"I also know that I should send troops to outflank the enemy's retreat, but the strength of the division in front of me is much stronger than I previously expected. Even now that they have won the artillery battle, the Japanese heavy artillery still has no losses, and their large artillery is still intact.
Part of the strength is still there, and as you just said, Lao Su, there is another division behind the enemy. If we send troops to cut off the connection between the two, this army will inevitably face the attack of the two Japanese divisions. The pressure is extremely high.
Huge? If we send fewer troops, we will definitely not be able to stop it, but if we send more troops, our frontal troops will be insufficient. Therefore, we can only take one step at a time, killing as many enemies as possible first, and then depending on the situation, we will decide whether we will win or not.
Is it a rout battle or a battle of annihilation..." Hu Weidong said with a helpless smile, and then added, "And now we still need to wait for the scouts to send back more accurate information. We don't even know whether the enemy has
I don’t know how many heavy artillery pieces there are, and I can’t even confirm whether the enemy is actually the 12th Division. This is just a blind attack with eyes closed!”
Although the 12th Division is good at artillery, it also has a cavalry regiment of more than 900 people (Note 1). In terms of combat effectiveness, it is definitely stronger than the original puppet Mongolian cavalry that was just incorporated by the 15th Red Army. However, in terms of numbers, both sides
The difference is at least ten times, and with more and more Puppet-Mongolian prisoners of war, the gap is still growing. In addition, the Japanese artillery does not dare to be used easily, but the Red Army's artillery is becoming more and more unscrupulous, giving each cavalry
The troops had sufficient fire support. Under the ebb and flow, the Japanese cavalry regiment soon suffered all casualties. The open area between the two armies was almost completely controlled by the powerful reconnaissance of the Red Army cavalry. This naturally provided a good opportunity for the Red Army's scouts.
Sneaking into the enemy positions provides great convenience. If not, it would not be easy to capture a few tongues in a plain battle where there is no concealment. Even if you make full use of the cover of night, it will not be an easy task. But even so, the front and back are still the same.
It took two days and the sacrifice of dozens of commanders and fighters to finally get accurate information about the enemy...
"The Japanese really think highly of us. The firepower of a division can only be compared with that of a front army..." Hu Weidong frowned slightly, but couldn't help but feel a sense of pride, "It turns out that our
The army is already so powerful..."
Not only Hu Weidong, Su Yu and even Zhang Hao, who was still a military layman, also felt the same, but after knowing that the enemy had 72 long-range heavy artillery, everyone was still inevitably afraid of three points. Zhang Hao, the political commissar of the legion, believed that if this problem could not be solved,
Threats, it is better to withdraw from the battle voluntarily, lest the Japanese 4th Division rush to the battlefield. At that time, it may not be easy to withdraw, but the two military commanders Hu Weidong and Su Yu still want to give it a try.
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But the Japanese are not stupider than the Chinese. They can also learn war from war. Although the 12th Division lost most of its field artillery, the mountain artillery and infantry artillery attached to the infantry regiment are basically still there. In the Red Ten
Under the sharp artillery fire of the Fifth Army, the Japanese also learned the "artillery guerrilla tactics" of firing a few shots and then moving within a few days, which greatly reduced the effectiveness of the Red Army's bombardment. Fortunately, the Red Army did not deploy many troops in the forward positions.
Therefore, the losses were not huge. In addition, after the 72 heavy artillery moved to a safe position, they also began to frequently bombard the positions of the 15th Red Army and the larger cavalry groups, which soon forced Hu Weidong to stop the large-scale
Cavalry "Power Reconnaissance"...
"Without getting rid of these 72 heavy artillery pieces, we cannot launch a general offensive, and we dare not send troops to cut off the enemy's retreat. When the target troops have no protection and cover, their power is too great...
", Hu Weidong thought for a while and finally made a decision, "Since artillery can't solve them, we can only rely on infantry..."
"No. How can the Japanese artillery be so easy to defeat? You yourself have said that the Japanese artillery force has a large proportion of infantry. Even if our small unit successfully infiltrates, it will be difficult to deal with it. And if we can dispatch
If there are too many, I'm afraid that the Japs will find them on the road, and the Japs have a tradition of destroying weapons. Once they blow up the artillery, we will definitely be destroyed. The more people we go, the greater the loss will be, and I'm afraid it won't be worth it!"
Su Yu, who also likes taking risks, shook his head after hearing this, and Zhang Hao naturally voted against it...
Hu Weidong seemed confident, "The artillery positions set up by this Japanese army are widely spaced. Even if some artillery shells are detonated by the Japanese, it will not lead to serial explosions. As long as we have sharp eyesight and quick hands, this problem is not that serious. And for this battle,
I have an idea... Political Commissar and Lao Su, have you all watched "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms"? I wonder if you still remember a plot in it, which is the part where Cao Cao fought against Ma Chao at Tongguan. Cao Cao was the number one military strategist in the Three Kingdoms.
, but was successfully robbed by Ma Chao, a guy everyone thought was brave and foolhardy..."
Naturally, both Zhang Hao and Su Yu had watched "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but they had not paid attention to that detail. Now that Hu Weidong mentioned it, they thought about it, and their eyes suddenly lit up, and they felt that maybe this battle could really be followed.
Moreover, dividing the assault force into two groups can also reduce the target and increase the possibility of penetrating into the enemy's rear. However, this plan is extremely difficult to implement. The two groups attack together when only
On a dim starry night, it is not easy to coordinate perfectly.
"So this time I plan to lead the team myself, and I'll leave it to you two." Hu Weidong smiled calmly and said confidently.
Note 1: According to the establishment of the Japanese army in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, most of the cavalry regiments under the standing divisions were actually mechanized reconnaissance regiments, usually equipped with a light tank or armored vehicle squadron (10-24 tanks or armored vehicles, usually 15
vehicles.) and a 130-man cavalry squadron, two 160-man motorized squadrons, and a 100-man truck transport squadron (used to transport the two motorized squadrons). However, the 12th Division brought its own tanks
Because of the regiment, its cavalry regiment does not need to use mechanized troops, so it is just a regular ordinary cavalry regiment with a full strength of 950 people. This is not a problem, but before this battle, the tank regiment of the 12th Division
But it was taken away, so that the 12th Division now doesn't even have a tank or armored vehicle, otherwise the Mongolian cavalry of the 15th Red Army would not dare to be so arrogant...(...Your support is me