Now that the two of them have reached an agreement, there is nothing to delay. Wang Guangyu did not have a fake staff officer, and personally drafted the report to the headquarters. The current situation of the entire Linxi battlefield, including the battlefield of Alu Horqin Banner, was reported in detail to Yang Zhen and Guo Bingxun.

At the same time, in the report, Wang Guangyu also put forward ideas to solve the dilemma according to his own ideas, and wrote down the possible follow-up impact of launching a counterattack in advance. In Wang Guangyu's view, Yi Jianping is not wrong in what he said. Striking the grass and startling the snake also depends on the situation.

If it is really because of the attack on the 7th Division, which causes the two Japanese divisions in front of the Linxi battlefield to shake or even disengage, then it will affect the entire layout of the headquarters on the Ximan battlefield. After all, the Japanese army of two divisions will be under considerable pressure wherever it is placed.

In fact, Wang Guangyu has never understood why the headquarters insisted on taking the Seventh Division first in the face of the Japanese counterattack. Yi Jianping is not wrong in what he said, if the Seventh Division is attacked first, then it will easily cause a chain reaction. That is the real surprise, which is why he and Yi Jianping will reach an agreement in such a short period of time.

But he and Yi Jianping didn't understand the idea of the headquarters very well. Because they are the commanders of the entire Linxi battlefield, they really have a certain understanding of the current battle situation. The daytime and tonight's battle have shown that although the three divisions of the Japanese army are in different positions, they are coordinated with each other in an orderly manner.

Except for the 7th Division, which was a little special because of its location, the other two divisions almost entered and exited at the same time. The progress of the attack every day can be described as the same pace. The distance of attack between the two divisions did not even exceed fifteen kilometers. Even if it is in accordance with the requirements of the headquarters, the 7th Division will be solved first.

But those two divisions will definitely be adjusted under the sorrow of the rabbit and the fox. or completely huddled together, or quickly retreated, or even turned around and went all out to rescue the Seventh Division. No matter how the two divisions of the Japanese army are adjusted, it means that the next step of the operation will be quite difficult.

If they first counterattack and encircle the two divisions of the Japanese army in front of them, and a seventh division wants to rescue, I am afraid that they do not have the strength to do so. A division is not too much pressure for Wang Guangyu. What's more, it was still bombed by aviation plus heavy artillery units, and a half-crippled division has already been blown up.

Instead of hitting the 7th Division first, it alarmed the main forces of the Japanese army. It is better to strike first and concentrate the main force to attack the two divisions in the front first. This was the idea of all the commanders of the roundabout troops, such as Wang Guangyu, Yi Jianping, and Sun Wenjiu. It's just that after receiving the detailed enemy situation on the battlefield in Linxi, the headquarters repeatedly asked Wang Guangyu to take the Seventh Division on the flank of the entire battlefield first.

Although he couldn't figure out the true attitude of the headquarters, Wang Guangyu could only come up with a combat plan around the requirements of the headquarters. But this kind of practice of sacrificing the basics and seeking the last, Wang Guangyu is really a little unwilling. Only then did he formulate a plan to concentrate a part of the tank and cavalry clusters and forcibly outflank the Weng Niute Banner after completing the encirclement of the Seventh Division.

This time, Wang Deyao's unauthorized attack disrupted the entire battle plan. Wang Guangyu, who has now completely calmed down, suddenly remembered that this is not all bad. If the headquarters can be persuaded to revise the battle plan, it would be a good thing to focus on the Japanese troops in front of Linxi. Therefore, this telegram was drafted in great detail by Wang Guangyu.

However, after taking into account the situation on the battlefield and the return call from the headquarters, after Wang Guangyu finished drafting the telegram to the headquarters, he gave an order to the troops who were hiding and waiting in the territory of the Zalut Banner to prepare for battle. At the same time, he ordered the troops in the territory of the Zalut Banner to be ready to forcibly penetrate along the banks of the Xila Murong River.

For Wang Guangyu, no matter what the answer of the headquarters is, he must make preparations for combat in advance, especially preparations for launching a siege of the Seventh Division in advance. If the headquarters answers, it is better to start with the 7th Division first. It's better to prepare in advance now than to have a temporary Buddha's foot.

After drafting the telegram to the headquarters and the standby troops of the Zalut Banner, Wang Guangyu hesitated again. He also personally made a phone call to Li Mingfeng, who was in the front, and told him to closely monitor the every move of the two Japanese divisions in front of the Linxi battlefield. He also repeatedly stressed that even the transfer of a squadron must be reported in the shortest possible time.

At the same time that Wang Guangyu drafted a telegram to the headquarters and successively issued orders to the troops around the Seventh Division, Yi Jianping, who only brought a guard squad and a radio station, went straight to the front line of Balaqirude in a starry night. In order to arrive in the shortest possible time, Yi Jianping did not take the Bahrain Left Banner, which is relatively safe and currently belongs to the rear, but directly inserted it from the front line of the Bahrain Right Banner close to the battlefield.

Under the current situation of fierce fighting on the front line, it is quite dangerous for Yi Jianping to do this. Compared with the relatively weak artillery firepower of the 7th Division, the number of artillery deployed in the frontal Japanese army in the Linxi Battlefield, which was mainly strengthened by the Japanese army, was almost equal to that of the Anti-Japanese Union.

Although the firing range of large-caliber artillery is not as good as that of the Soviet-made 152-mm howitzers and 122-mm howitzers used by the frontal anti-Japanese resistance of Linxi and Bahrain Right Banner, the firepower density is not as good as that of the 122 rocket artillery. However, although the number of Taisho 14-year cannons, 91-type 105-mm cannons, and 89-type 150-mm cannons is small, their larger firing range poses a considerable threat to the depth of the confrontation union.

Although the number of Soviet-made 152-mm howitzers of the Anti-Japanese Federation is not large, the range and power are far from being comparable to the French-made 155-mm howitzers equipped by the Japanese army and the 150-mm howitzers of the Taisho 4-year type. In this battle, due to the lack of cover from aviation, the Japanese army organized the cannon with the longest range into several artillery groups, which were specially used to suppress the frontal depth of the anti-union Linxi.

Front-line fire support is more given to mountain artillery and Taisho four-year 150-mm howitzers or French-made 155 howitzers. The artillery of the Anti-Japanese Union has a clear division of labor, and the rocket artillery is responsible for striking the Japanese army clusters. Large-caliber howitzers were responsible for suppressing the depth of the Japanese army.

It's just that because of the lack of long-range cannons, the long-range suppression task is carried out by Soviet-made howitzers with long range and high power. In addition, Soviet-made shells are currently in insufficient numbers, so they are generally fired only at night. The daytime suppression mission in great depth was carried out by two squadrons of Su-2 light bombers and one squadron, which had been changed to special ground attack fighters.

In this way, among the enemy and us on the frontal battlefield in Linxi, within 10 kilometers of the anti-Japanese alliance and within 20 kilometers of the Japanese front, almost all of them were artillery blockade areas of the other side. After a day and fierce fighting in the middle of the night, the entire depth of the enemy and us was full of craters.

Not only the threat of artillery fire, but also the infiltrated enemy detachments, which are quite a threat. And a jeep with its headlights on is a fairly obvious target at night. If you are not careful, you will either be blown into parts by artillery fire, or you may be attacked by a Japanese detachment.

Not even to mention the others, even the craters everywhere on the simple kilometer will bring mortal danger to this small army led by Yi Jianping at any time. But although it can't be said that he is anxious at this moment, Yi Jianping, who is also anxious to figure out the situation, can't care about these anymore, looking at the morning star that has appeared in the sky, and urging the drivers around him to speed up.

Fortunately, although it is less than ten kilometers away from the forward position, it is still dark after all. The heavy artillery of the Japanese army is also focusing more on the front line at the moment. The fire blockade of the rear of the front-line troops is far from being tight. And the Japanese detachment that may infiltrate and reconnoiter may not have a chance to attack, or may not have any scruples about this small convoy composed of a jeep and a truck.

However, along the way, apart from a few blind shells, there were not many dangers. And these dangers, Yi Jianping, who was in a hurry to Balaqirude, did not think about them along the way. Although because the car almost didn't fall into a crater, it was somewhat thrilling. But after galloping for nearly four and a half hours, Yi Jianping still arrived at Yang Jicai's location without danger.

Regarding Yi Jianping's sudden arrival, Yang Jicai was not too surprised. In fact, long after the telegram, which was somewhat vague, was sent, he thought that his superiors would definitely send someone. It's just that he thought that it would be Sun Wenjiu, the chief of staff, who came, but he didn't expect that it would be the political commissar.

Looking at Yang Jicai, who was not very surprised, Yi Jianping walked to the side of the bonfire and stretched out his hand to the fire, and after easing his hands for a while, he said, "Tell me what you think." Oh, just say what you want to say in your vague telegram, but don't say it. ”

"I know you're on telegram, a lot of things are not made clear. You are a combat staff officer, so you should know how to report on the situation of the war. This vague telegram is not yet your real level. I'm here to hear what you really think. There is also the actual situation on the side of the second regiment, what is going on now, and whether they are safely withdrawn now. ”

After getting straight to the point, Yi Jianping didn't seem to care, but said in a voice that Yang Jicai could hear clearly: "The weather in Ximan is really strange, it's so cold in the early autumn evening." Sitting in an open-top jeep for hours is like sitting bare-bottomed in cold water, and your hands and feet are almost freezing. ”

Yi Jianping's words made Yang Jicai stunned. For a while, I didn't understand the meaning of Yang Jicai's words. But in the face of Yi Jianping's eyes that seemed to see everything, Yang Jicai was a little unnatural. This kind of look, he had only seen it in the eyes of his eldest brother and Chief of Staff Guo. Now Commissar Yi glanced at him with such eyes, making him feel that he couldn't hide anything from these eyes.

Yang Jicai, who was somewhat uncomfortable by Yi Jianping's insightful eyes, smiled bitterly when he heard this: "Political commissar, I'm not vague and want to fool my superiors. I can't help but report on the situation at that time. The supreme military commander on the battlefield of the Alukorqin Banner was killed, and the troops of a regiment were cut off on the other side of the entire battlefield. ”

"And in the hours of melee, the regiment suffered many casualties, and it is not clear how much combat strength the regiment has left. At present, the troops of one of our regiments are facing the attack of two entire wings of the Japanese army. If the Japanese army breaks through the Balachrud line, our army will fall into passivity. ”

"If I conceal and fail to report the current relatively critical war situation, it will be the biggest mistake to my superiors. But the reason why I didn't say it in the telegram was because I hadn't thought about my next move. Moreover, the situation on the side of the Second Regiment, I have already reported everything I know to the column. Any more will only be known after they have withdrawn. ”