Li Mingfeng believed that the morale of the Japanese troops on the front line from Shijiazi Nangou to Damai Gou had been shattered and their strength was running low. He would just use this opportunity to give the advancing troops a good workout and test the skills they had trained in the months before the war.
The result. Isn't this much better than going directly to the battlefield and facing a complete Japanese army?
Fighters are rare, and you should let go when you should let go. Don't let your mother-in-law and mother control too much. People are not just for bread. All brigade commanders and regimental commanders have fought one battle after another. And this kind of mountain ambush
War is also my strong point, so why do you interfere so much?
Besides, they have eliminated more than half of the entire Japanese army that broke out. Is it appropriate for you, Cao Yafan, to take over the battlefield at this time, instead of just grabbing meat from others' bowls? This is something that the headquarters will not worry about. Why are you, a division commander, so careless?
If you have any spare time, you might as well seize the time and deal with the remaining enemies on the battlefield west of Luofugou that have not yet been dealt with.
You are the commander-in-chief on the Jianping battlefield, not a regiment commander or division chief of staff. These issues should not be considered by you. Li Mingfeng clearly told Cao Yafan that in terms of military command, he is responsible for the overall situation. As for participating in the war with the advancing army
Liaison with the troops is left to his political commissar.
Moreover, he is not allowed to interfere with the specific command of the battlefield. Let him do what he should do, rather than what a regiment leader should do. He is the commander-in-chief of the entire Jianping battlefield, not the local battlefield.
A commander's energy should not be distracted by a local battlefield.
Li Mingfeng's telegram was very rude. The wording showed his dissatisfaction with Cao Yafan for interfering with the command of the advancing army but failing to do his job well. He believed that Cao Yafan did not manage things that he should have managed properly and should not have done.
I was worrying a little bit blindly about things. I was away from my own job as a commander.
In the telegram, Li Mingfeng told Cao Yafan that he would immediately command the troops that had completed all operations and regroup as quickly as possible. He also ensured that the Japanese troops who broke out from Jianping City would not escape and would not affect the progress of the Shijiazi Nangou battlefield.
Basically, if appropriate, use one force to go south, quickly enter Beipiao and Chaoyang battlefields, and cooperate with the advancing troops there.
At the end of the telegram, Li Mingfeng gave Cao Yafan six hours. Within six hours, he had to do two things. One was to complete the assembly of troops that had no combat missions and adjust their organization; the other was to, within six hours,
It is necessary to deal with the remaining Japanese enemies on the battlefield west of Luofugou.
Putting down the telegram in his hand, Cao Yafan shook his head and did not make any statement on the battle on the front line of Damai Gou. He has said what he should say, what he should do, and what he should not do. How to fight this battle?
Let the brigade commander who is advancing the army have a headache. Since his immediate superior has said so, it is time for him to let go.
In accordance with Li Mingfeng's request, he quickly issued orders to all participating units. All units that had completed their combat missions immediately gathered at the Wu Zhangzi front line. He ordered the deputy division commander commanding the battlefield west of Luofugou to completely resolve the issue before dusk today.
Face the Japanese army. Then command the troops on the battlefield west of Luofugou and immediately go south into Chaoyang territory.
After carefully considering the firepower configuration of the advancing army brigade on the front line of Damai Gou, Cao Yafan handed over the artillery he brought to the advancing army's one mountain artillery battalion and two heavy mortar companies. At the same time, he returned it to the advancing army's brigade.
Two anti-aircraft machine gun companies were left behind.
He deployed the current battalion on the Jiangyingzi and Liutiaogou lines between the Damaigou and Jiajiayingzi lines to ensure the safety of the flanks of the Damaigou line. He took his division headquarters to the Wuzhangzi line.
Turn in. That is the assembly point of his troops, and he must be there first.
After Cao Yafan left, the brigade commander of the advancing army was obviously relieved. At the same time, he also made up his mind to keep the two battalions on the battlefield of Nangou, Shijiazi, and the one that was advancing towards the front line of Jiajiayingzi.
Even if that battalion was completely destroyed, he would not use the battalion left by Cao Yafan.
However, he accepted the artillery and anti-aircraft machine guns left by Cao Yafan without any hesitation. He was a stubborn person, but his mind was still very flexible. It was not his style to fight hard. He knew his artillery.
, compared with the artillery of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, there is still a certain gap in the technical and tactical level.
If this kind of mountain artillery support is provided, the artillery of the Anti-Japanese Alliance can still play a key role. Moreover, the number of artillery and anti-aircraft machine guns deployed on the Damaigou front line is not as large as that of the Anti-Japanese Alliance. Therefore, even if it is to reduce casualties, this force
He must borrow it even if he doesn't want to.
What's more, he feels more sorry for his troops than Cao Yafan. An entire battalion of his fist troops was wiped out on the Shijiazi battlefield. He would be damned if he didn't feel sorry for himself. That's his old troop.
It was also a steel knife in his hand. After the first battle, he was in a worse mood than Cao Yafan.
On the Shijiazi Nangou battlefield, he did not want the experience of the Shijiazi battle to be repeated again. He did not want his troops to be crippled in one battle. In order to reduce the casualties of his troops, he not only accepted Cao Yafan's stay
The artillerymen also moved all the artillery to the front line and transported the anti-aircraft machine guns to the commanding heights.
However, accepting artillery is acceptable, but this does not mean that he will honestly follow Li Mingfeng's request and fight according to the plan left by Cao Yafan. As soon as Cao Yafan left, after the firepower was adjusted in place, he ignored the persuasion of his political commissar
, launched the general attack in advance. However, some adjustments were made in the attack plan.
With the platoon as the organic unit and the squad as the tactical combination, the 82 mortars replaced by the heavy mortars left by Cao Yafan followed the assault troops. All the infantry artillery batteries of the regiment were also advanced, using the method of attaching bayonets to the cannons.
Tactically, directly follow the frontline combat troops to advance. When encountering fire interception, directly use artillery fire to speak.
At the same time, a reinforced platoon equipped with a large number of submachine guns will be selected from the two battalions. The six MG three-four machine guns on the Damaigou line will be equipped with one for each of the two reinforced platoons.
Two highlands south of the ditch were attacked from the north and south respectively, dividing the overall battle formation of the Japanese army.
In order to ensure that the problem was solved in the first battle, he personally made phone calls to the firepower points at various commanding heights and explained them one by one. He wanted to suppress the firepower on several hills occupied by the Japanese army and create conditions for the attacking troops to resolve the battle as soon as possible.
. He didn’t believe that his two battalions of troops, occupying such a favorable terrain and having an absolute advantage in firepower, could not deal with the remaining Japanese troops at the foot of the mountain?
For this brigade commander who was very concerned about face, Cao Yafan's thoughts gave him a lot of stimulation. It aggravated the psychological imbalance caused by another brother's army's victory on the Jianping West battlefield. In his heart
The secret mage must make a name for himself in this battle.
Let the brother troops of the Anti-Japanese Alliance see if their troops can fight a tough battle and fight this kind of annihilation war. At the same time, let his comrade who is called a madman see whose troops are the main brigade of the column. Let him
The whole army also looked to see whose brigade was the ace and sharp knife force of the advancing army.
His words were not just what he said in his heart. His words were also conveyed to the various troops below along with the phone. His troops were instigated by his few words and screamed. Especially the two sharp knife platoons.
, the morale was extremely high inspired by him.
He patted his chest and promised that he must fight this battle well to silence the brothers' troops. Let the troops advancing to the army also see who is the sharp knife brigade of the advancing army. Looking at the troops who were howled by him,
His political commissar could only shake his head and smile bitterly, but did not stop him.
He also knew that his brigade commander was very angry when Cao Yafan insisted on replacing his own troops with anti-alliance troops. Although his brigade commander did not understand Cao Yafan's thoughts, he saw it on the front line of Shijiazi
He was very aware of the tragic battlefield at that time.
However, although he understands Cao Yafan's thoughts, it does not mean that he really supports Cao Yafan's approach. As a brigade political commissar who suffers both losses and glory with the brigade commander, he simply cannot accept the fact that his troops are at this critical moment.
The method of being replaced by others. If the brigade commander has a strong self-esteem, he is not that bad as the brigade political commissar.
Just out of status considerations, he did not express his position when the brigade commander quarreled with Cao Yafan. Because he was a political commissar and had to consider the relationship between the two armies. If his superiors also insisted on Cao Yafan's approach, he would not have spoken at that time.
There is room for relaxation and the situation will not become too tense.
Although he knew very well that after this battle, no matter what the outcome was, his brigade would definitely be damaged. But the brigade political commissar believed that no matter how many casualties there were, he must support the brigade commander in this battle. This is the relationship
When it comes to the dignity of his own troops, as a political commissar, he must cooperate unconditionally.
So when the brigade commander called the troops below one by one, he not only did not stop him, but after the brigade commander finished talking, he also repeatedly told the two battalion commanders below that they did not want their casualty figures in this brigade, but this
The battle must be fought well. If the battle is fought well, the brigade will give them credit. If the battle is not fought well, the battalion commander and instructor will be removed from their posts.
The political commissar, who has been paying close attention to the casualties of the troops since he took office, said such words. While the cadres below were surprised, they also felt the determination of the brigade commander and political commissar. With the brigade commander and political commissar's determination
After saying this, aren’t the troops below going crazy?
After the general offensive order was issued, the two battalion commanders, with the regimental commander and political commissar personally supervising the battle on the front line, concentrated their respective troops and launched a desperate attack on the Japanese troops in front of them. Even if the brigade political commissar had not personally controlled the battle, they had suppressed several control
The troops at the commanding heights were in a frenzy. I was afraid that the machine gunners at these commanding heights would carry Type 92 heavy machine guns and charge.
As the general attack of the unit began, Okajima Shigetoshi, who felt something was wrong as soon as the battle began, was a little panicked. Originally, according to his plan, he planned to wait until nightfall and use the Japanese night battle tactics, with all troops armed with bayonets.
He broke out from the west of Damai Gou. However, the sudden general attack launched by the enemy caught him by surprise.
He didn't expect that the enemy would invest so many troops at once and attack from all directions at the same time. He didn't even know where the enemy's main attack point was. If this situation continued, he might not be able to hold on until
The right time to break out is a matter of whether or not you can hold on until dark.
At the same time, he discovered that he had made a serious mistake before, that is, when he was looking for a holding point and waiting for darkness, he failed to capture any commanding heights. The most important thing was that in the previous battle, he had spent all his energy on the front line of Damai Gou.
Too many troops.
The front line of the attack was too concentrated on the Damai Gou line, and the attack on other commanding heights was abandoned. As a result, the several highlands under its control were overwhelmed by the intensive firepower from the surrounding commanding heights. Especially the enemy
The army's mortar fire and large-caliber machine guns almost turned the defenders on several highlands into living targets.