Chapter 227: Instructions from the Acting Commander
Looking at Yang Jicai's stubborn eyes, the acting commander was silent for a long time, and finally nodded: "Okay, you can try. But I can only give you three days. No matter how much equipment is disassembled after three days, the mission is completed.
No matter how much, you must evacuate. In addition, I will ask the Intelligence Department to find ways to communicate and contact you to meet your needs as much as possible."
"I will seize the time to coordinate the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei, Taihang, and Taiyue Military Region troops to cooperate with your actions. Fortunately, this time the boss is personally sitting at my headquarters, and the deputy commander-in-chief is sitting at the Taihang Military Region Headquarters. With these two great masters
Now, there are less bits and pieces in the middle."
"But you still have to remember that I can only give you three days. It's up to you what to do. By then, even if you don't withdraw, our participating troops will have to withdraw. You kid has to go against the wind.
I like your courage very much. But this time you attack, you are going to poke a hole in the sky, and I am very worried about you."
"It's a good thing to have air support. At least we don't have to worry about bombs falling on our heads. But you have to understand that planes can't come down to capture prisoners. The real solution to the battle still depends on ground troops. For air support, we can't blindly
dependence. To truly solve the problem, we have to rely on ourselves.”
"Also, in this retreat and evacuation, the first priority is to save people. As long as people can be saved, other lost things will be recovered sooner or later. If there are no people left, then we will give you so much equipment.
What use are you? Save people and lose land, and both people and land will be saved. Save land and lose people, and both people and land will be lost. This is how combat is, and this mission is the same."
In response to the acting commander's warning, Yang Jicai smiled and said nothing. Instead, he turned his attention back to the map and urgently discussed the battle plan with the acting commander in front of him and the commander of the Eighth Division. The reconnaissance force he sent out,
He also constantly relayed back the enemy situation around Lan County.
As for the supporting troops of the Jinsui Military Region, there is no need for mobilization. As early as receiving this combat mission, the Jinsui Military Region transferred six divisional basic battalions to the jurisdiction of the eighth division. A regiment directly under the jurisdiction of Lan County and Xing County
Defenses were deployed between counties. It can be said that except for the armed forces in some counties that still need to be mobilized, the rest of the troops are around Yang Jicai.
It's just that although it was eight hours of rest time, there were big differences between Yang Jicai and the commander of the Eighth Division on how to implement the combat plan, and neither of the two people who wanted to have the final say could convince the other. And there were many veterans over there.
Su Yingqi, who had replaced his comrade-in-arms, said nothing about the controversy over the battle plan.
After suffering many losses, Su Yingqi, who used to be careless, has become somewhat smarter now. Although he has many acquaintances in the Jinsui Military Region and many old comrades-in-arms. Even many local cadres who serve in the Jinsui Military Region still work together with him.
People who escaped from the Hexi Corridor.
But after all, he was not in his old army, so he had better be cautious. Even his old acquaintance in Yan'an, the chief of staff of the Eighth Division only gave him a wink and asked him to persuade these red-faced chiefs. He also regarded it as
I didn't see it, I was just there to catch up with old comrades. And his political commissar was also a cadre transferred from the customs, and he was smart enough not to participate.
When the Director of the Political Department of the League, who came from the Anti-Japanese League, wanted to persuade him, he was stopped by this very eye-catching political commissar with a wink. When gods fight, it is better for mortals like them to stay out of the way. No matter how this plan is formulated,
, they are all executors, it is better not to participate.
The bookish director of the Political Department was dragged into the army to inspect the troops' preparations for war. In the Anti-Japanese Alliance, this was always a matter for the military chief. The political commissar not only stepped in for his subordinates, but also
He also roped in the director of the Political Department, clearly not wanting to get involved.
Yang Jicai and the commander of the Eighth Division were constantly arguing over how to implement the combat plan. The cadres over there were wise enough to hide far away. Even this time, because the Commander of the Eighth Division wanted to follow Yang Jicai's troops, he took over.
The commander of the first division who directed the front-line operations in Lan County and Jingle also slipped away under the pretext of going to Lan County and Jingle for deployment and deploying it in advance.
Seeing that the time for the operation to start was getting closer and closer, the two men were still arguing here. The acting commander, who was troubled by the quarrel between the two, finally made the final decision. Yang Jicai was responsible for all military combat command of the operation. Eighth Division
troops to cooperate with this operation.
As for the commander and political commissar of the Eighth Division, he was changed to be the political commissar for this battle. Anyway, the Anti-Japanese League did not equip this roundabout force with a political commissar. The commander and political commissar who shouldered the military and political duties of the Eighth Division happened to be
Replacing the duties of the political commissar. Is it political work? It is important at all times.
The protest raised by the somewhat unwilling commander of the Eighth Division was dismissed by the acting commander with one sentence: "If you know how to command tanks to fight, how to coordinate infantry and artillery operations, and how to command mechanized troop operations, then this operation will be
It's up to you to command."
The acting commander made the final decision, and the commander of the Eighth District, who had the final say wherever he went, finally shut his mouth. For military cadres in this era, interpersonal communication is quite simple. No matter how high his position is, but when faced with
When he was an old superior, he was still very respectful. An old superior was an old superior. Once the acting commander spoke like this, he no longer dared to argue.
Just waiting for him to get into Yang Jicai's German-made officer's command car, he still muttered unwillingly. I have walked through the snowy mountains and grasslands. The situation in northwest Shanxi was so tense last year. I survived it. How can I still be afraid of this iron thing?
?Isn’t it just a tank? There was no chance before. When the revolutionary situation stabilizes, I don’t believe I can learn it.
Listening to the unwilling commander of the Eighth District muttering beside him, Yang Jicai smiled and said: "Chief, you want to learn to drive a tank? There is no problem. When this battle is over, I will go find No. 1 to transfer you."
Go to the Anti-Japanese Alliance to study for a while. When our own tank factory produces tanks in the future, how about equipping you with the first batch?"
"Don't worry. Now that the Anti-Japanese Alliance has it, all the troops in the pass will have it sooner or later. Since you have this idea, it's better to learn it in advance. Tank combat is not a simple infantry combat. Don't look at it as simple.
Practical application is very complicated.”
"Commander Yi Liangpin is an old acquaintance of the commander, right? He is now the commander of the 1st Armored Division of our Anti-Japanese Alliance. You may not know that we only have two armored divisions in the Anti-Japanese Alliance. And his 1st Armored Division is the first armored division of our Anti-Japanese Alliance.
An armored division with the best equipment. Including the directly affiliated reconnaissance battalion, among the 210 tanks, 90 are the latest medium tanks equipped with 76mm tank guns."
"This division is not equipped with cars, but with half-track armored personnel carriers. This half-track vehicle has most of the maneuverability of a tank and some of its armor protection capabilities. With this half-track vehicle, the infantry
You can follow the tanks and fight quickly without worrying about enemy infantry fire damage."
"Whether it is mobility or protection, it far exceeds that of ordinary military trucks. In addition to the trucks in the logistics department of this armored division, even the artillery and anti-aircraft weapons are all crawler-type. The command is like this
A large number of tanks and mechanized troops cannot fight without corresponding military knowledge."
Having said this, Yang Jicai smiled strangely: "Chief, since the head of the Shanxi-Sui Military Region can put you in such an important position in the Eighth Division, shouldering both military and political duties, I think your ability must be very strong, and it must be that
This kind of person is both military and political. If you go through systematic study, he is definitely no worse than Commander Yi. I heard that when you were in the Red Army, you served as army commander and military political commissar. Although you are not familiar with tanks, as long as you are willing to
I’m sure I won’t be bad at studying.”
Although the commander of the Eighth Division was from the First Army, he was no stranger to Yi Liangpin, who was from the Fourth Front Army. When he was at the Anti-Japanese University, Yi Liangpin was a student in their department, and he was the director of the political department of the third department.
He is quite familiar with it personally. He still knows very well that Yi Liangpin can fight.
But hearing that Yi Liangpin actually became the commander of one of the best divisions in the Anti-Japanese War, with more than 200 tanks and a large number of armored vehicles under his command. This undoubtedly made this old Red Army climber who climbed snowy mountains and crossed grasslands feel at ease at this moment.
The eastern gateway of the Shanxi-Sui Military Region shouldered the responsibility of military and political affairs. The old Red Army soldiers who suffered a lot of losses from the Japanese mechanized mobile units during the counter-mopping process were very envious.
After hesitating for a long time, the commander looked back at the tanks that Yang Jicai had brought to the army, gritted his teeth and said: "Damn it, Lao Yi can command so many tanks in combat, I will definitely not be worse than him if I have the chance."
We are all old comrades, who doesn’t know how many taels of sesame oil are in his stomach? When this battle is over, I will report to the Northeast to study."
Seeing that he had successfully diverted the attention of the Eighth Division Commander, Yang Jicai smiled but did not speak. Instead, he turned his attention back to the map in his hand, quickly calculating in his mind how this battle should be fought.
No matter how we fight, we can realize the superior's intention. But no matter how we calculate, we still feel that our troops are not enough.
Yang Jicai knew very well that as the entire Shanxi war was currently concentrated in Datong, a few hundred kilometers away, the number of enemy troops in Taiyuan would not be too large. Therefore, he did not focus his main attention on Taiyuan, but on Yangquan.
Changzhi, Linfen, and even Yuncheng. Of course, the eastern section of the Zhengtai Railway in Hebei was also within his sight.
As for the troops behind him, due to the strengthening of part of the Jinsui Military Region, the 240 trucks he brought were obviously not enough for transportation. Su Yingqi, who led the team, directly asked his troops to allocate four companies and use tanks instead.
The truck was given to the troops of the Jinsui Military Region. It was the first time for the troops of the Jinsui Military Region to take part in the war, and everyone from the soldiers to the cadres were a little excited.
At the same time that Yang Jicai led the team to set off, the various troops deployed by the Jinsui Military Region, which had set out earlier, had begun to launch large-scale raids on various Japanese strongholds along the road from Lan County to Jingle. They also mobilized Jingle, Lan
All the county armed forces, as well as some of the main forces, launched a siege against Lan County and Jingle County.
In particular, a large number of militiamen were mobilized to carry out large-scale destruction of telephone lines connecting various strongholds. All telephone lines along Yang Jicai's march to Taiyuan were paralyzed in just a few hours. They gathered in advance
The troops only cut off the telephone lines. The militiamen who gathered later, under the tight time constraints, even dug up the telephone poles.
The deputy commander of the 8th Division who stayed in the 8th Division of Gujiao also directed the armed forces of the counties and districts under his jurisdiction to begin to concentrate and mobilized the militiamen of each district to prepare for the war. At the same time, the troops of the 4th Division of Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei, who were forcibly brought back by the Commander of the 8th Division, and
The Eighth Division Base Camp began to distribute ammunition and prepare for battle.
In order to prepare for this operation to cooperate with the Anti-Japanese Alliance, the Eighth Division, which was somewhat competitive, took out the last bit of its wealth under the order of the commander. All the ammunition in stock, except for those that could not be used or had no firearms,
Except for the miscellaneous brand ammunition that can be used, all the items are taken out at once.