Liu Changshun's attitude was extremely stubborn, and Wang Minggui and Yang Jicai were helpless. This man was too stubborn in seeking stability. The two of them had seen it when they fought in the Sunit Right Banner. They all knew that he was used to playing slow and steady.
, it is difficult for him to take any risks.
Ouyang Jishan, who is now the political commissar of the Western Front Cluster, was a little worried when Commander Chen left. After closing the door and having a conversation about what was going on, the two rushed to the 17th Division to personally supervise the battle.
.In the absence of the political commissar, there was nothing we could do against this stubborn commander.
And the current situation is not to mention that the political commissar is not here, even if the political commissar is still here. According to the regulations that the anti-union political commissar is not allowed to interfere with the military chief’s combat command without orders from superiors, there is nothing Liu Changshun can do. If Liu Changshun even has a regiment
Failure to do so would constitute complete disobedience to superior orders. As the political commissar, Ouyang Jishan has the right to change or even directly revoke his decision.
But Liu Changshun has now sent a reinforcement team. Although it is obviously to deal with errands, Ouyang Jishan has nothing to do with him. In other words, the only ones who have the power to revoke Liu Changshun's decision are Chen Hanzhang to come back in person, or the headquarters to send someone.
Only then can he revoke his decision as acting commander.
Before leaving the headquarters, Wang Minggui grabbed the hand of Yang Jicai who came to see him off and said: "Commander Liu is fooling the headquarters by doing this and will delay important events. The war situation is changing rapidly. According to his approach, all problems will be solved when they are solved."
Ming Ming is making up his mind, but everything has gone cold. With No. 1’s temper, I’m afraid it won’t be long before he is replaced.”
"But his personal honor and disgrace is a trivial matter, but the war situation really can't be delayed, and Commander Chen can't afford to delay it. Commander Chen's side has made three detours, and neither of them has an absolute advantage in strength. Especially in the direction of Datong, if you do
The one that is not easy to face is the entire First Army."
"You are the third most respected combat officer in the army, and you have a lot of clever ideas. If we can't persuade him, we will think of other ways. In this way, after I arrive at the 17th Division, I will immediately dispatch the best regiment. I
It's not appropriate to go directly to the commander. I'll go to the political commissar and ask him to talk to the commander, and you will be the commander."
"After you take the troops to the position, you must break through the Japanese defense line on the Kangbao front line as soon as possible. At least you must cling to the independent mixed ninth brigade to pave the way for the next step of executing the headquarters' interspersed plan. These things,
This is the only thing you and I can do now, and it can be regarded as a way to make up for the situation."
"I hope the Japanese army's reaction speed will not be so fast. Before the headquarters replaces our overly rigid Commander Liu, the Japanese army has not yet wiped out Mu Changqiu's outflanking troops. But in this way, the pressure will be on you
The burden on my body is a little too heavy.
"Kangbao is the junction of the two major divisions of the Japanese army in the entire Western Front war. For the Japanese army, the strategic location there is extremely important. And currently, the 110th Division still has a complete infantry 16th division in its hands.
The third regiment was placed on the front line of Huade and did not participate in the war."
"If you attack Kangbao, whether it is to maintain the integrity of the defense line or to ensure the safety of your flanks, the 110th Division is bound to carry out rescue. It doesn't take much, even if only one infantry brigade comes, it will be a big blow to your flanks.
Threat. If the Japanese army becomes more courageous, they may even encircle you."
"An infantry regiment, even a strengthened regiment, faces three Japanese infantry brigades, plus a regiment that may participate in the war at any time. Even if it can fight, the disadvantage is too obvious. I really don't know what Commander Liu is like.
What exactly was going on in his mind?"
"The Sixty-Nineth Division of the Japanese reinforcements was blocked by Yi Liangpin in Jining. Once Commander Chen succeeded in his detour, as long as they stayed on the Datong-Jining front line, they would block the passage for the Japanese First Army in Shanxi to go north for reinforcements. In Canada
With the cooperation of the customs troops in Shanxi, within a short period of time, the Japanese army will have no place to find reinforcements."
"Now we can definitely deal with the 110th Division and grind against them bit by bit. We just need to contain it and ensure the progress of the battle to encircle and annihilate the 26th Division. Now we can deploy a division and even a tank battalion,
There is absolutely no problem in switching to Kangbao territory.”
"And even if there is no order from superiors, after the division of the 26th Division and the 110th Division is completed, Kangbao must be captured. Commander Chen also repeatedly warned him before leaving.
He, Kang Bao, must take it down as soon as possible. But in such an important direction, facing such a huge enemy force, he only sent one reinforcement group."
"He is too striving for stability, always thinking about eating one bite at a time. He also doesn't think about how long Commander Chen can persist if he cannot get a large number of reinforcements in a short period of time, facing the entire Japanese First Army.
How long? Once Commander Chen's side collapses, the entire Suinan battlefield will fall into a dangerous situation."
"The good situation we created before will be destroyed in one day. The battle situation in Suinan is now affecting the whole body. But he is still here blindly seeking stability and does not dare to take a step easily. Could it be that
Can he really not see the importance of the Suinan battle?"
Wang Minggui, who knew that there was only so much he could do before he could not change Liu Changshun's mind, patted Yang Jicai's shoulder and sighed, turned around and got in the car and rushed to the command post within the territory of the White Flag. Yang Jicai looked at the jeep.
Looking back, I was stunned for a while, then turned around and returned to the headquarters.
Yang Jicai understood Wang Minggui's sentiments very well. However, due to his identity and status, he did not want to make any comments on Wang Minggui's words. Both of them are their leaders, and as subordinates, even in private,
I can't make any comments.
As for what Liu Changshun is thinking, Yang Jicai actually knows it very well. In a word, Commander Liu's current performance may be because he has been fighting in unimportant positions before, but now he is transferred to the most critical position.
On the front line, the mentality was not adjusted at any time.
In my heart, I take my current position too seriously, which leads me to worry too much about gains and losses. If my mentality is not adjusted well, how can I let go? In the battle of Sunit Right Banner, Commander Liu was already very superficial.
The player's mentality was very bad. After taking over the command of Chen Hanzhang, his mentality did not adjust immediately.
On the contrary, it restricted his own hands and feet even more. In terms of the entire deployment, he just followed the footsteps and plans formulated by Chen Hanzhang. He did not dare to go a step beyond the bounds. He basically had no plan of his own. And for the battle plan left by Chen Hanzhang, he executed
At the same time, we also tend to focus on stability.
In this state of mind, he didn't even want to run in small steps. He just kept running steadily. He was afraid that if he took the risk, he would suffer unnecessary and serious losses. Under this situation, what else could Yang Jicai say?
?If you can't adjust your own mentality, no matter how others persuade you, it will be useless.
Without this order from the headquarters, before the 26th Division was dealt with, apart from sending a small number of troops to the direction of Kangbao as a warning, he would not have sent even a reinforcement regiment. Because Commander Liu believed that,
Solving the 26th Division, which is now crippled, is the basis for the next step to continue the offensive.
Until this is realized, nothing else matters. Whether the attacking troops' retreat is safe is very important to him. Even if the remnants of the 26th Division can only hold on, they will no longer have the strength to launch a counterattack.
, he was unwilling to take any risks by cutting off the retreat of the troops that were developing in depth.
With this kind of mentality, who can persuade him? Not to mention Chief of Staff Wang Minggui, even if the political commissar came back from the 17th Division, it would be difficult to sway his mind. It is precisely because he can see Liu Changshun's inner thoughts very clearly.
, so Yang Jicai said nothing.
Most fundamentally, he also knew that what he said would be of no use, but would get him into trouble. Because he didn't want people to think that his unintentional words were just to sow discord among the current No. 1 and No. 2 military leaders on the Western Front.
He did not want to cause any trouble to his eldest brother by creating discord between the two chiefs.
Moreover, although Yang Jicai had not been with Commander Liu for a long time, he had already discerned that Commander Liu's command and combat style were more suitable for defense. He simply did not want to fight such a broad-based attack.
Appropriate and meticulous, it is very appropriate to describe Commander Liu.
This kind of mentality and ability will not cause any big problems in a defensive battle. As long as there is no retreat order from his superiors, he will definitely fight to the last soldier and will not retreat even half a step, but he can seize the opportunity to fight.
In an offensive operation that requires very high abilities, it was a bit too difficult for him.
In contrast to Yang Jicai, who had a very complicated mentality after hearing Wang Minggui's words. Wang Minggui, who rushed to the 17th Division over there, kept his word. After he arrived at the command post where the troops of the 26th Division were being surrounded and annihilated, he immediately joined the battle.
From the two divisions, an infantry regiment with the strongest combat effectiveness was selected.
Two complete organic companies were also transferred from other troops to supplement the regiment's casualties during the battle, allowing the regiment to be fully staffed. The firepower configuration of the entire regiment was also adjusted to a certain extent. From ten
Among the chemical defense companies of the Seventh Division, a flamethrower platoon was assigned to this regiment.
As for the additional troops needed to form a reinforced regiment, he did not draw ordinary infantry. Instead, he took out one of the best reconnaissance companies from the divisional reconnaissance battalions of the two divisions currently fighting in the territory of the White Banner.
.From the reconnaissance companies in the six infantry regiments, one platoon was transferred from each to form two companies to strengthen the regiment-level detachment.
In addition to the deployment of one company each of 76mm cannons and 107 rocket launchers in accordance with Liu Changshun's request, a company of 120mm heavy mortars, a company of recoilless guns, and a company of 100mm howitzers were also deployed.
One, strengthen into this detachment.
The equipment of artillery shells is distributed according to two base numbers. The air-ground communication code and an air-ground communication radio are also handed over to the regiment. At the same time, two division-affiliated automobile battalions are mobilized to complete these tasks in the shortest possible time.
A detachment of troops was transferred to Ciying Temple, the starting position for the attack that he personally selected.
At the same time, as the chief of staff of the entire Western Front Cluster, Wang Minggui knew the situation well and knew that Kang Bao was a tough nut to crack. In order to increase the firepower of the participating troops as much as possible, he personally called the commander of the Western Front Aviation Force and personally communicated with Yang Jicai
In the upcoming Battle of Kangbao, there is a problem with the air support needed.
As for the matter of handing over this unit to Yang Jicai's command, he didn't waste much words. Although Liu Changshun was very reluctant to transfer Yang Jicai, the combat director who he used very smoothly, at this time. But the political commissar Ouyang Jishan came forward.
Liu Changshun said nothing and nodded in agreement.
The tense battle situation made Yang Jicai, who knew that he had a great stake in this battle, not dare to delay at all after receiving the order. Taking the collected intelligence, he immediately set off from Ganzhu Temple, where the headquarters is located, by car and rushed to Ciying.
The front line of the temple merged with the troops who were also rushing there.