Precisely because the strategic importance of the Jiaxinzi front line is very important, Yang Zhen always feels that the Japanese army will shift its attack focus to Dongguan at this time, while the attack intensity of the Jiaxinzi front line has dropped greatly, always concealing some purpose, the real purpose It is very likely that they are still on the front line of Jia Xinzi. Perhaps what they are waiting for is to take the initiative to weaken the defensive strength of Jia Xinzi's front line.
According to the reconnaissance of the scouts sent by Liu Changshun, the Japanese troops on the Jinshagang front line are all the 12th Regiment and one and a half brigades of the 43rd Regiment. The remaining troops of the 43rd Regiment have not yet appeared. Although the reconnaissance was due to time, The reason was rather crude, but Liu Changshun was certain that the remaining troops of the 43rd Regiment, which had been missing all this time, were definitely not on the Jinshagang front line.
Moreover, it is not just one and a half squadrons of the 43rd Regiment that are missing. According to the intelligence intercepted by the scouts, there are also three squadrons of several squadrons that Ushijima Mitsuru forcibly transferred from the 8th Frontier Guards, as well as The Mishan Special Guard was formed by Koreans in Manchuria recruited by the Japanese army.
A second lieutenant of the Japanese Military Police from the Mishan Military Police captured by the scouts from Qixinghe heading south for reconnaissance at the Jubao line confessed that this Mishan Special Guard formed by the Koreans was specially formed by the Japanese army after the battle last autumn to replace the already established military police. The unstable puppet Manchukuo army began to appear and implemented a blockade of the base area.
Although the Mishan Special Guards wear Puppet Manchukuo military uniforms and are paid by the Puppet Manchukuo Military and Political Department, they are commanded by the Japanese army. They are all trained using the traditional training methods of the Japanese army. All officers are selected from the Japanese army and a small number of Korean graduates of the Puppet Manchukuo Military Academy serve as officers, and there is not a single so-called Manchu in the entire army, that is, a Chinese from the Northeast.
Judging from the confession of the military police lieutenant, the combat effectiveness of this so-called Mishan Special Guard Group is quite powerful, far exceeding that of the general Puppet Manchukuo Army, and the most important thing is that its number of troops is almost the same as that of a reorganized brigade of the Japanese army, and its equipment is also complete. According to the standard configuration of the Japanese army brigade, it has all the light and heavy machine guns, grenade launchers, and infantry artillery.
According to this configuration, although the 43rd Regiment left one and a half battalions of troops in Jinshagang, after adding the Mishan Special Guards and the three squadrons drawn from the Eighth Border Guards, in fact, However, there is one more brigade than the original strength, and its total strength is actually equivalent to a reinforced regiment.
Thousands of Japanese troops have not shown up yet. Coupled with the importance of the Jiaxinzi front line, it is difficult to convince Yang Zhen that the Dongguan offensive is the Japanese army's true intention. On the premise that the 43rd Regiment has not shown its tail. Next, Yang Zhen will never use any troops on the Jia Xinzi front line, because judging from the overall deployment of the 11th Division in the north of Baoqing, this 43rd Regiment will never be too far from the main battlefield, and should be right in Baoqing. around the county seat.
However, although Yang Zhen did not interrupt the mobilization of soldiers on the front line of Jiaxinzi before the 43rd Regiment showed any clues, Yang Zhen had already made up his mind. As long as the 43rd Regiment appeared on the Baoqing battlefield, , then it is the time for the main force hidden at the junction of Baoqing and Boli to dispatch, and the armored brigade on the northern line can launch a comprehensive attack on the Hulin line according to the predetermined plan.
Looking at the northern Baoqing area that had been turned into a mess on the map, Yang Zhen frowned, and felt some admiration for his opponent, Lieutenant General Ushijima Mitsuru, who had caused the current situation. If the Japanese army had not suffered huge losses before, it would have caused There is an obvious shortage of troops.
When the 11th Division goes north, if we can mobilize some troops from Ning'an and Weihe to attack north, and cooperate with the 14th Division to the west, Bo Li's 29th Division and this 11th Division, I'm afraid I will be able to If you are really passive, you might even be overturned if you don't do it right.
Thinking of this, Yang Zhen shook his head in his heart: "This Ushijima is really a talented general. No wonder he will be called the most difficult Japanese general in the Pacific battlefield by the US military in later generations. If this siege plan is commanded by him, , I’m afraid it will be much harder for me to defeat him. People say that Namada Juichi is good at attacking, but his strategic and tactical deployment is still much worse than Mitsuru Ushijima, who is good at making surprise attacks.”
"His 11th Division seems to have dispersed its forces, but in fact, whether it is the 44th Regiment in Baoqing County or the 12th Regiment in Jinshagang, on the whole, they are supporting each other. , plus the 43rd Regiment that is still missing, no matter which direction appears passive, the other side will arrive with reinforcements in the shortest possible time."
"And its overall strategic deployment is almost a chain of links. Its meticulousness in tactical deployment and superb tactics are actually rare since I traveled through time. Almost every move on the entire Baoqing battlefield is... In his calculations, perhaps he was the only one who did not expect that he had aviation and an armored brigade on hand."
It is precisely because Ushijima Mitsuru is too meticulous in the overall layout that Yang Zhen is worried about the 43rd Regiment, which is still missing, and would rather let Peng Shilu die in Dongguan than move the trap. Xinzi fought one soldier at a time, because in his opinion, if Dongguan is the support point of Baoqing County, then Jia Xinzi is the support point of the entire Baoqing battlefield.
Yang Zhen, who had been wondering how Ushijima Mitsuru would use the 43rd Regiment whose strength had reached the standard of a strengthened regiment, suddenly had a very strange thought. He now wanted to see this man for himself. He has added countless troublesome guys. If this guy hadn't committed many crimes in the Nanjing Massacre, Yang Zhen would have really wanted to order the arrest and let this guy stay and become his instructor, just like his captured guy in the autumn battle last year. Same as my colleagues.
Just when Yang Zhen was wondering where the 43rd Regiment would appear, a staff officer came in and handed a telegram to Yang Zhen and said: "On the 1st, Commander Liu called. In the morning, our aviation force completed the interview with Qing Dynasty." After the Japanese attack on the front line, the radio stations they used to monitor the movements of the 11th Division suddenly lost all monitoring signals, including the tactical radio stations often used by the Japanese army."
As early as when Liu Changshun arrived on the north bank of the Qixing River, he followed Yang Zhen's order and cooperated with the personnel of the Military Region Intelligence Office to set up several high-power radio stations and has been trying to monitor the telegrams of the 11th Division, although it is not yet possible to decipher the code. , but at least its location can be roughly determined.
It's just because the opponent is cunning and changeable. The high-power radio station he uses maintains radio silence most of the time. He even uses tactical radio stations to forward each other and rarely turns it on. Even if he does turn it on occasionally, it only lasts for a very short time. Although he captured Eleven The high-power radio signal used by the division was always unable to determine its exact location because the Japanese army's call time was too short.
Hearing that Liu Changshun's monitoring radio station had lost the radio signal of the Eleventh Division Headquarters, Yang Zhen was slightly startled, and immediately took the telegram and read it carefully: "Is it possible that the Japanese troops on the Qingyuan frontline are not just logistics and supply bases, but also eleventh division headquarters?" The division headquarters is also in Qingyuan. The air raid on Qingyuan by the aviation force destroyed the 11th Division headquarters together with the baggage? Otherwise, when the war is heating up, no matter how cunning Ushijima Mitsuru is, he will not close it. All radio stations, unless he wants to cause chaos across the battlefield."
Looking at the contents of the telegram, Yang Zhen really found it hard to believe that he had such good luck. Just after the Baoqing Battle was launched, the headquarters of the 11th Division was cut off. However, this cunning one brought him a lot of trouble. Could the troublesome Ushijima Mitsuru die so easily?
Although Yang Zhen does not believe that the cunning Ushijima Manchu will be easily killed, one thing is certain that the interruption of all radio signals of the 11th Division is definitely not a deceptive fake move by the Japanese army, but definitely a result of the 11th Division's radio signal interruption. The First Division Regiment Headquarters had its own problems.
However, judging from the fact that the signal interruption at the 11th Division Regiment Headquarters occurred after the aviation force completed its air attack on Qingyuan, Yang Zhen can be sure that the 11th Division Regiment Headquarters is on the Qingyuan front line, and it was still there just now Yang Zhen, who was pondering the movements of the 43rd Regiment, was now wondering what the next step would be for the Japanese troops in Baoqing if the headquarters of the 11th Division was destroyed.
Although I don’t believe that the Japanese army, which is extremely capable of fighting independently and has a strong ability to fight independently, will fall into complete chaos, but without the command system, there will definitely be some problems with the overall coordination. For me, it is a counterattack right now. The best time for the 11th Division in the Qing Dynasty to launch a general offensive.
Although the strength of the 11th Division has not been weakened to the goal that Yang Zhen set in mind, if it continues to be delayed and the junction area between Baoqing and Mishan is not closed in time, it is very likely that the main force of the 11th Division will be destroyed. If Ushijima Mitsuru really died, Yang Zhen wouldn't worry about the 11th Division slipping away.
But this Ushijima is still alive, and it is very likely that a general retreat will occur when the situation is not good. If the entire 11th Division is allowed to withdraw to Mishan, it will bring great passivity to the next battle plan.
After hesitating for a moment, Yang Zhen, who made up his mind to launch a general attack, said to the staff beside him: "Please record it. Du Kaishan is ordered to attack Mishan from the current location of Sifang Dingzi Mountain to the southeast. It must be occupied before 12 noon tomorrow. Mishan County, seal off the retreat route of the 11th Division, and at the same time attack and advance towards the front line of Yanggangzi, Hulin, with no less than two regiments."
"Order the First Column Wang Guangyu and Yi Jianping to command the First Brigade and the Fifth Brigade to immediately attack and advance eastward from the Laotudingzi line to seize Xiaochengzi, Taipinggou, Erdaohezi, and the Jianshanzi line to block Baoqing The Japanese army retreated in the north, and at the same time used a brigade to seize the Tuanshanzi line to the north and penetrate directly into Qingyuan."
"Order Tao Jingfei to immediately turn around and head west to penetrate the flank of the 29th Division after defeating the 63rd Regiment, and send a report to the Chief of Staff. All the troops on the Guokuihe River line will be under his unified command to suppress the actions of the 29th Division, so that It cannot send reinforcements eastward to the battlefield of Baoqing and Mishan."
"The telegram ordered Sun San to immediately follow the planned plan and force his way south along the junction of Baoqing and Raohe, and forcibly penetrate into Hulin. He must reach the Yanggang line before 7 o'clock tomorrow evening to cut off the 11th Division's eastward retreat from Hulin. Route, and at the same time cooperate with Du Kaishan to launch an attack on the 8th Division that is currently resting at the junction of Baoqing and Hulin, entangle the 8th Division tightly, and ensure that the main force can encircle and annihilate the main force of the 11th Division."
"The telegram ordered Liu Changshun to attack southward from the Jinshagang line with no less than one regiment of troops, forcibly penetrate deep into the 11th Division, severing the communication between various departments of the 11th Division, and ordered Yuan Bin and Xia Boxun's aviation corps to attack the territory of Baoqing.
Conduct rigorous reconnaissance, find out the 43rd Regiment at all costs, and launch an air strike immediately."