Chapter 343: Smashing the pot and selling iron
Since Li Mingfeng dared to sing an empty city plan in the rear, and dared to stab the hornet's nest of Ye Baishou, Chaoyang, and Beipiao, it shows that in his heart, he doesn't even want a draw in this battle. For a person who has endured for a long time and has accumulated enough strength in his heart, once it breaks out, the momentum will definitely soar to the sky.
After issuing several orders in succession, Li Mingfeng focused his main attention on the northeast of Kejianping, and with the arrival of reinforcements from both sides, the battlefield had expanded to the east of the Jumping River, north of the Jianping-Chaoyang Highway, and west of the Beidawa to Louzishan.
He told Cao Yafan, the commander of the 1st Mountain Division of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, who had rushed to the northeast battlefield of Jianping to command the operation. For the Japanese troops on the northeast battlefield of Jianping, first solve the Japanese army cluster reinforced from the Xinhui battlefield. As for the original Japanese army, which had fallen into chaos, they divided and encircled first, which meant that the main branch was first cut and the branch was cut.
The main force of the 8th Division, which the Japanese army put into a counterattack on the entire Liaoxi battlefield, is now on this battlefield. As long as he can solve the enemy in the northeast battlefield of Jianping in the shortest possible time, then this battle is equivalent to firmly holding the initiative in his own hands for him.
But this battle is not an easy thing for Li Mingfeng to win in a short time. This area is where the main vein of Nurul Tiger Mountain is located, and most of the mountains are about eight or nine hundred meters above sea level. There are even quite a few peaks that are about a thousand meters above sea level.
Fighting in this kind of terrain, the entire battlefield cannot be connected. It is destined to be divided by the direction of the mountain. Regardless of whether the Japanese army or the Anti-Japanese Federation chooses to reinforce the Jianping Northeast Battlefield from which direction, they are actually fighting a mountain offensive battle. This kind of battle is not an easy thing to solve in a short time.
The only good thing now is that both armies are mixed together, and neither has much advantage in the terrain. On the battlefield, although the Japanese army controlled the commanding heights of this line, Dashuangjianzi Mountain, the follow-up troops were divided by the attack forces of the Anti-Japanese Union. And the rest of the commanding heights around it are now also controlled by the anti-alliance.
On this line, in addition to the original regiment, two battalions were marched into the army. A regiment of the Anti-Japanese Union, which originally attacked Jianping, was also transferred to the battlefield. In addition to leaving a regiment to monitor the defenders of Jianping, the main force also adopted the tactics of outflanking and joined the northeast battlefield of Jianping.
In addition to the previous two fully manned infantry brigades, the Japanese army also successively invested one and a half infantry wings in the Xinhui battlefield. On the entire Jianping battlefield, the current situation is that one and a half regiments of the Anti-Japanese Union are mixed with two infantry brigades of the Japanese army. A battalion that arrived later, and a brigade of the advance army, were inserted into the flank of a half-wing that the Japanese had put in behind.
At the same time, in Jianping County, a regiment of the advancing army strengthened a battalion of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, and confronted four infantry squadrons of the Japanese army across the Jianping city wall. The whole battlefield is you and me, and I have you. In such a chaotic situation, Li Mingfeng thinks that it is still beneficial to himself. It is indeed a little difficult to advance into a brigade to solve one and a half wings of the Japanese army, but there should be no big problem in strengthening a regiment of the Anti-Japanese Union.
Compared with Li Mingfeng, who is full of confidence, Cao Yafan, who is now setting up his headquarters on the front line of the racecourse, feels the pressure doubling. After the outbreak of the Northeast Battlefield in Jianping, a regiment under his command quickly handed over the original plan of attacking Jianping to the advancing troops who had originally planned to set up an ambush on the highway between Jianping and Ye Baishou, and he quickly rushed to the Northeast Battlefield of Jianping with a reinforced regiment.
As soon as his troops seized the line from Daiwang Mountain to Luofugou, the Japanese reinforcements drawn from the Xinhui battlefield had already arrived. The two armies were on the line from Daiwang Mountain to Luofugou, and then a fierce battle began. Especially the front line of Luofugou, behind it is the Northeast Battlefield of Jianping. Once broken through by the Japanese army, the 32nd Wing, which had been disrupted from the original structure, could immediately join up with the reinforcements.
Throughout the battlefield, the enemy and the enemy fought fiercely for every hill. Under the cover of heavy artillery fire, the Japanese army launched an extremely rare group attack on the front line of Luofugou, the direction of its key assault. On the flank, small forces were constantly sent to try to outflank Luofugou and cut off the connection between Luofugou and Daiwang Mountain.
The two regiments of the Advance Army, which were then withdrawn from the Jianping battlefield, encountered fierce counterattacks from the enemy on the front line of Luojia Shaoguo, Xiaofangshen, and Weijiapuzi, and the progress was very slow. Although the unit was under the cover of a mountain artillery battalion and a brigade formed artillery unit. Fighting an offensive battle, but under the constraints of the terrain, the battle situation has been deadlocked.
The two infantry brigades of the Japanese army on the front line of Luojia Shaoguo, Xiaofangshen and Weijiapuzi were extremely fierce, not only defending unusually tenacious, but also constantly launching tactical counterattacks with squadron formation. The advance army of the ministry fought hard several times and paid a great price, but it was never able to break the deadlock.
Faced with a stalemate, Cao Yafan gritted his teeth and threw all the troops in his hands out. The reserve of the last battalion in his command, under the cover of five mountain guns, opened the bayonet on the automatic rifle and launched a swift attack on the Japanese flank of the entire Jianping East Battlefield from the line of the big camel ditch.
After a night of fierce fighting, they successively broke through the Japanese positions in Dahelong and Pingfangdian, and defeated the flank positions of the Japanese army in Daiwangshan in one fell swoop, cutting off the connection between the Japanese army in Daiwangshan and the Japanese army on the front line of Luofugou. But when he arrived at the first line of the small twelve nests, it was because the living force was basically exhausted, and he could no longer attack.
After the battalion was transferred to the first line of Xiaoshiwopu, the Japanese troops on the first line of Luofugou quickly drew out two infantry squadrons, and under the cover of a mountain artillery squadron, they constantly launched counterattacks against the positions captured by the battalion, trying to defeat the division and regain contact with the Japanese troops on the first line of Daiwangshan.
At the same time, behind Luo Fugou, the Japanese army on the Jianping East Battlefield was also unable to be contained. With the various formations to which they belong now, except for leaving part of the troops to drag down the surrounding anti-coalition forces. The rest of the forces were also desperately trying to break through to the east, trying to get closer to the reinforcements.
Faced with the ever-changing situation, Cao Yafan hesitated for a long time and issued a general attack order on the Jianping East Battlefield. On the flanks, the two regiments of the advancing army were also repeatedly tug-of-war with the Japanese troops in front of them, trying to speed up the attack and complete the outflanking of the Japanese reinforcements.
Jianping's situation in the entire Northeast Battlefield made both Li Mingfeng and Lieutenant General Shizuo Yokoyama a little unable to sit still. Looking at the stalemate of the battle, Li Mingfeng gritted his teeth and released the last two battalions in his hands. From the line of Louzi Mountain, a forced attack was launched on the rear of the Japanese troops on the front line of the gunner camp and Deli Hutong.
After putting in the last bit of reserve in his hand, Li Mingfeng gave Cao Yafan on the front line and the brigade commander who advanced to the army, and gave the order for the final general attack. At the same time, all the artillery that can be used at hand will be transferred to the northeast of Jianping to participate in the battle, so as to increase the firepower of the front-line troops as much as possible.
When the battle came to this point, Li Mingfeng could be said to be smashing the pot and selling iron. And at this moment, in his deep area, except for two infantry battalions, one cavalry battalion, and one infantry battalion of the Advance Army, there is almost no soldier. Even the lightly wounded in the hospital, as long as they could pick up guns, were once again mobilized and stationed at various key points to take up defensive duties.
Compared with Li Mingfeng, who threw the last bit of reserve in his hand, Lieutenant General Shizuo Yokoyama was unable to send reinforcements to the commander of the 8th Infantry Regiment of the 8th Division, who was commanding at the front, ordering him to do whatever it takes to get rid of the surrounding enemy forces and move south quickly.
Compared with the inability of the main force of the Eighth Division to participate in the battle in the northeast battlefield of Jianping, the task of reinforcing the North Ticket has been delayed. What made Lieutenant General Shizuo Yokoyama even more annoyed was that the defenders who had retreated from Sidaoyingzi Mountain, while fighting hard with the enemy's blocking troops on the line of Guanyingzi and Beidawa all night, failed to break through the enemy's blocking line.
The enemy troops, who were suddenly rushed out from behind, outflanked them from behind, and rushed the entire marching sequence to pieces. This force, which wanted to outflank the enemy forces around Beipiao, was instead flanked by the enemy in front and back, and was trapped in the Daqing Mountains for a long time and could not get rid of the invasion of the surrounding enemy forces, but was in a situation where it was difficult to protect itself.
The Chaoyang garrison was outflanked by the enemy's two flanks, and not only could not go north to rescue, but was blocked by the enemy at the doorstep. Not to mention the reinforcement of Beipiao, it is to break through the enemy's defense line outside Chaoyang City, and so far there is little hope.
What worries Shizuo Yokoyama the most is not whether Chaoyang City can be kept, but the northern ticket in the northeast of Chaoyang at the moment. Originally, the defenders there had three infantry brigades, but in order to reinforce Ye Baishou, some of the troops were transferred by Lieutenant General Washitsu Leadping. The remaining defenders had to stick to the vast area from Beipiao to Yixian.
The entire Beipiao county town and the defenders in the surrounding key points now have only one reinforced infantry brigade. can only barely defend the county seat of Beipiao, and is unable to take care of the surrounding points at all. The Eighth Division learned the lesson of its previous failure in the fight against the Anti-Japanese Union because of the light enemy, and even if the enemy dispatched only one battalion, the troops below the brigade level were resolutely unable to be dispatched.
To deal with a battalion of the Anti-United Nations, the average combat budget should be at least one brigade with reinforced artillery and two infantry squadrons. However, to deal with a regiment of the enemy, the number of troops dispatched should not be less than one and at least two infantry squadrons should be added to the formation of a wing, otherwise it is very easy to defeat the tiger and suffer from it. Although there was only one regiment of the Anti-Japanese Federation that went south to Beipiao, in Yokoyama Shizuo's view, it was already rare for a reinforced infantry brigade in Beipiao County to be able to hold the county seat.
Although the Kwantung Army has always asked Lieutenant General Washizu to ensure the safety of Hokupiao and Fuxin. However, in Yokoyama's view, although the Northern Ticket is very important in the strategic pattern of the entire Kwantung Army. But this is not the only reason to defend the North Ticket, the most important thing is the army headquarters of Lieutenant General Washizsu Leadhei, which is now in the North Ticket City.
Although Lieutenant General Washjin has urgently mobilized reinforcements from Yixian and Fuxin, only God knows when the reinforcements will arrive and whether they can rush back in time to rescue the driver in time. What's more, now the enemy army is only one regiment on the surface, but in the face of an opponent who is both insidious and cunning, who knows where they will suddenly emerge a force?
At the beginning, Eagle Jin Leadping ignored his own opposition, and sent reinforcements from Chaoyang and Beipiao to reinforce Ye Baishou's troops, including Ye Baishou's defenders, and there was no return to the meat buns and dogs. Instead of succeeding in the rescue, it weakened Beipiao and Chaoyang, and the defense itself was not very sufficient.
At present, when there are no mobile troops, the troops in the northeast battlefield of Jianping are now also in a dilemma. The troops drawn back from Sidaoyingzi Dashan were stopped by the enemy on the front line of Daqingshan, and it was difficult to protect themselves. In the face of the rapid erosion of the battle situation, Lieutenant General Shizuo Yokoyama, who was already without troops, was almost overwhelmed.