Chapter 970: Polemic (4)
Of course, the future general will spray, what is the place of Qiqian Village? It's just a mountain village on the flank of Niangzi Pass. The 386th Brigade was arranged to be stationed here by the newly appointed deputy commander of the Second Theater of Operations, also because he looked down on the equipment of the Eighth Route Army and had the intention of using them as a reserve.
Although he was very aggrieved, because the two parties once again united to establish an anti-Japanese united front for the first time, the Central Committee of the Red Party and the headquarters of the 129th Division remained silent. Temporarily stationed here, it can also be regarded as protecting the rear flank of Niangzi Pass.
But if you look at the terrain, you can see that if the Japanese want to fight here, they must first conquer Xuehua Mountain and then overcome Donkey Ridge, and then bypass the Yuyu Town, which belongs to Jingcheng County, and it takes a lot of effort to get here. With that kung fu, it is better to directly attack the flank of Niangzi Pass.
Unexpectedly, Liu Lang actually regarded this position as the main battlefield, isn't it a little too taken for granted?
Of course, the future general will not know at this time that in the past time and space, the Japanese really did this. Moreover, caught off guard, the 386 Regiment of the 771 Brigade suffered a small loss.
In the words of the deputy commander of the Second Theater of Operations, Chief Huang: The Red Party troops, which are the best at guerrilla warfare, were attacked by the guerrilla warfare of the little devils this time. Although the intention was to ridicule the red troops he looked down on, he inadvertently told a fact.
Little devils, in addition to part of the main force on the front line of Niangzi Pass and the hard top of the Chinese army, the other part played guerrilla tactics interspersed with dividing and roundabout attacks.
And that's really not the invention and innovation of the little devils of the 20th Division. In positional offensive and defensive warfare, the most common tactics used by the Japanese army were to attract firepower from the front, break through on the flanks, and constantly send small elite units to make long-distance detours to the rear of the defenders to attack the command structure and auxiliary forces such as baggage. The first attack of the 771st Regiment of the 386th Brigade in Qiqian Village was nothing more than a cunning old devil Kawagishi Bunzaburo who applied the tactics on the battlefield to the battle, which was an amplified roundabout attack.
However, it works very well. Because the Chinese army's defense line was too long, and the gap between the armies was too large, from the main battlefield of Niangzi Pass to the two flanks, it was nothing new for the Japanese to send brigade-level troops to attack and harass. As a result, the Chinese army suffered heavy losses.
In the past time and space, the loss of Niangzi Pass, in addition to the lack of equipment, is actually very related to the Japanese army's use of this tactic.
However, Liu Lang knows better. Perhaps the rest of the national army would have retreated after suffering this loss, but the red troops, who had already deeply understood the essence of guerrilla warfare in Taizu and his old man, were even more skilled, not only quickly recovering the field, but also beating the Japanese army who was unwilling to defeat all over the place.
Although, in this place of Qigan Village, the Japanese invaders they annihilated were not as many as the Japanese invaders of the 5th Division that the 115th Division ambushed and annihilated at Pingxingguan last month. But the "God of War" has given a subversive application to the taboo of "no longer using soldiers".
The so-called "use of troops and no more" means that in a battle, do not use the same tactic twice, otherwise it is very likely to shoot yourself in the foot.
However, under the leadership of the "God of the Army", the future general led his 386 Brigade to ambush the Japanese army three times in a row in Qiqian Village.
That's right, to ambush the Japanese army three times in a row with the same tactics in the same position, isn't it very blinding? Liu Lang saw the description of these three battles in military history, and he could only describe them as dumbfounded. Could it be that the Japanese are pigs? Ambush in the same place three times in a row?
Of course, the Japanese are not pigs, but they did not expect that someone would do the opposite. The first time I was beaten with a stick, it was just that, it was not strict enough. However, the second time the marching route was strictly guarded, and all suspicious directions were shot and reconnoitred。。。。。。 But unexpectedly, he continued to be beaten hard.
Within two days, there were two consecutive ambushes at the same place, and more than 400 people of the 20th Division were killed.
As for the third time, the Japanese were finally woken up, and all the elite infantry they sent were also helped, and the 386th Brigade, which lacked firepower, could only withdraw with one stick, and the results were naturally much smaller.
Although the scale of the battle was not large, these successive subversive ambush battles showed the exquisite tactics of the future marshals and generals of the Republic to the fullest, and even beat the Japanese army carefully. Playing guerrilla warfare, they are really worse than the Red Army. In the future, hundreds of thousands of red troops fought guerrilla warfare with the Japanese for seven or eight years in the northwest of Shanxi, in North China, and behind enemy lines in East China.
The reason why Liu Lang chose Qiqian Village as the main battlefield in his mind is of course not only to commemorate the battle in the past.
What's more, in the past time and space, the 20th Division, which was divided into left and right columns, roundabout the strength of the left column in Yuzhen was as high as four infantry brigades and one artillery brigade. Otherwise, the 771st Regiment, which was caught off guard, would not suffer a small loss.
Now, Liu Lang is going to use this tactical concept of the 20th Division Kawagishi Bunzaburo to give him a hard blow. This left column, with a strength of up to 8,000 men, was his target.
Of course, all this is based on the fact that the main battlefield of Niangziguan must block the attack of another detachment of the Japanese army.
Therefore, whether the Battle of Niangziguan can be won depends on whether the main battlefield of Niangziguan can firmly tie the fence and withstand the attack of the Japanese invaders. As long as it is resisted there, the Japanese invaders must attack the Donkey Ridge, and then pass through Qiqian Village with a force to launch an attack on the right rear flank of Niangzi Pass. And Qiqian Village is a big pocket that we put on them, surround them, and eat them. Liu Lang finished analyzing the battlefield situation, planted the red flag in the location of Qiqian Village, and said categorically.
The two generals stared at the sand table in silence and did not say a word. These two are battle-hardened generals, and after carefully thinking about Liu Lang's seemingly fantastical tactics, they were surprised to find that Liu Lang's tactical deduction is really very likely to be realized.
The only thing that is uncertain is, will the Japanese really do this? With such a large number of people into the mountains for long-distance detour operations? Even if it really takes a detour, will the defenders of the main battlefield of Niangzi Pass really be able to block the bombardment of the Japanese invaders? As Liu Lang said, as long as the most important point is broken through, the entire defense line that is too long and the troops are weak will be broken through, and at that time it will be the end of the defeat of the whole army, and the so-called ambush war can only be a utopia.
"Therefore, the 17th Division of Chief Zhao, which held the enemy's right detachment at Xuehua Mountain and Donkey Ridge, must fight to the death against the Japanese to show its determination to hold the important ground. But we can't play too much with them, otherwise even if we beat the little devils crying and calling for their mothers, we will lose a lot of money and it will be too worthwhile, we have to attract them and put them in this big pocket to clean them up. Liu Lang set his eyes on Zhao Shoushan.
Zhao Shoushan hesitated slightly, and said: "But, even if I retreat according to what you say, I must have an order from the Second Theater Commander's Department, otherwise, the military law is ruthless." ”
"Please rest assured that Chief Zhao is this, I still have a little personal friendship with Chief Yan, the 17th Division suffered heavy losses in the bloody battle with the Japanese in five days, you ask for instructions to retreat and repair, he won't be so unkind!" Liu Lang seemed to have anticipated Lieutenant General Zhao's difficulties, and said directly.
Good guy, even the commander of the second theater can get in touch, the two generals glanced at each other, and each suppressed the horror in their hearts.
"Okay, then my 13,000 brothers of the 17th Division will fight with the little devils in these two places, as you said, at least five days and nights." Zhao Shoushan gritted his teeth and said.
Don't look at the time and space in the past, the 17th Division had nearly half the time compared with the Japanese invaders in Xuehua Mountain and Donkey Ridge for nine days and nights, but Liu Lang knew that these five days and nights were also a sea of corpses and blood, even more tragic than in the previous time and space.
Because, this time, the first part of his independent regiment is going to enter the main battlefield of Niangziguan to assist in the defense, and the Japanese who have not made progress in the Niangziguan area will be more eager for the lack of donkey ridge, and the offensive will be more fierce.
The five days and nights promised by Zhao Shoushan, every minute of perseverance, were all earned at the cost of soldiers' sacrifices.
In that time and space, the corpses of the three Qin boys were all over the mountains of Donkey Ridge.
On the Lack of Donkey Ridge, the blood is like frost.