Chapter 102: The Japanese Army Who Messed Up Himself
Seeing that they had strictly followed the training model and acted on the principle of dispersed action and concentrated targets, the various tactical groups were eliminated one by one. Knowing that if the situation continues to develop like this, all his subordinates can only be eaten by the enemy in one bite, and I am afraid that it will be difficult for one of them to escape. It can be regarded as quite decisive, making a choice that seems to him to be extremely difficult.
Facing the anti-coalition forces that surrounded him, and the superior firepower of the enemy forces that suddenly appeared. He knew that if he continued to grind, he would fall into a dead situation. Orders were given to all subordinates to disperse and break out in tactical groups when they could no longer assemble.
All the troops do not have to return to their original hiding places, and they do not have to assemble after the breakout, and disperse their operations in their own tactical groups. Either move closer to the large forces on the battlefield between the rivers on their own, or move closer to the direction of Baoding. In short, it is okay to break through in that direction, as long as it can stand out.
Kamashiko Shigeo's idea is good, and the breakthrough tactics he chose are also very right. But Yang Zhen, who has already made up his mind to completely annihilate him here, will he give him this opportunity? Obviously, this honorable person who was able to personally confront the No. 1 military commander of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, in fact, was at most a figure at the level of the captain of the Japanese army, and it was impossible for him to have such an opportunity.
Why did Yang Zhen wait until this time to launch a counterattack when all the troops were in a detour and sent all the living forces to the battlefield. With such painstaking planning, Yang Zhen, who had already prepared a response plan for them, where would they have a chance to break through?
However, under the circumstance that the troops available to him were not sufficient, Yang Zhen still did not mobilize the regiment of the Jin-Cha-Ji troops on the periphery to participate in the battle. It is worried that because of the lack of actual combat experience, this new unit will rashly participate in the war, but it will create a chance for these Japanese troops to break through.
And Yang Zhen is also worried that judging from the tactical literacy shown by this Japanese army, even the average old unit is difficult to be an opponent, let alone a new unit. At the same time, the pattern of the battlefield is so big, and there are too many troops, but it can't be used. Therefore, before Chai Shirong was replaced by himself, Yang Zhen repeatedly told him that the most important task after returning to the front was to stop the regiment from participating in the war.
No matter what kind of demands they have, no matter how eager they are to fight, they must be stopped. The peripheral Jinchaji vigilant troops, if there is a soldier on the battlefield, they will ask him. Yang Zhen did this, in addition to some other considerations. It is more from the growth of this army and the current situation on the battlefield.
If a new army encounters such a fierce opponent as soon as it enters the battlefield, it will either really grow through bloody battles, or even its backbone may be broken. For a new army inside and out, which has not been tested by any battle, really let them deal with such an enemy on the battlefield of Renqiu, according to the comparison of the tactical literacy of the two sides, the probability of the second scenario will be greater.
Once the second situation arises, it will bring complete destruction to this army from the heart. Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, that's for sure. But if the first battle is unfavorable, the impact on the morale and development of a force will also be fatal. Therefore, Yang Zhen resolutely disagreed with the transfer of this regiment to participate in the war, or the same sentence to train the troops, and it cannot be such a training method.
Yang Zhen told Chai Shirong that if this army asked for battle, he would tell them a word. Let them be sure to protect it, and now they are checking the safety of the work boss where they are. As long as the safety of the boss is protected, it will be a great achievement for the entire battle situation.
Although even with his own personal guard platoon, the strength in his hands is only three companies. In the case of leaving a part of the army to defend the other gates, there are even fewer troops available. However, Yang Zhen still did not mobilize any peripheral troops to participate in the battle, including a reinforced battalion left by Du Kaishan in Lügongbao, and used the guard troops in Renqiu.
Yang Zhen, who is very aware of the nature of his guard force, is quite confident in whether he has the ability to deal with this so-called special forces of the Japanese army. He believes that ordinary troops can not play a very big role in dealing with such troops. Special-to-special is the best solution.
The battlefield at the north gate of Renqiu is not too wide, and if you invest too many troops, it is easy to cause chaos for yourself. The old troops are okay to talk about, but at the moment, the guards on the periphery of Renqiu are all new troops from the inside out. Rash reinforcements, I'm afraid it's more of their own positions that mess up.
And the facts on the battlefield also proved that Yang Zhen's judgment was correct. After Mashiko Shigeo ordered the breakout to be dispersed, the outflanking troops were deployed, albeit with few troops. With the cooperation of the snipers on the city wall, the tactics of fighting groups against groups were adopted, and the Japanese troops who broke through in the form of tactical groups were knocked out one by one.
As for the Japanese troops who were desperately attacking at the north gate, there was no possibility of turning around and breaking through. After dealing with the Japanese forces on the city, the anti-coalition troops on the city wall immediately descended the city. In addition to using a part of the force to cooperate with the troops that came out from behind, to deal with the Japanese army trying to break through. The rest of the forces were all thrown into the battle to outflank the Japanese troops in front of the North Gate.
Although Mashiko Shigeo adopted the tactic of gecko tail breaking, he constantly launched a counter-charge at the city gate with a force to block the anti-coalition forces that were attacking from the north gate. The rest of the troops, under their own personal command, turned 180 degrees and tried to force a breakthrough to the northwest in the same way as a tactical group.
However, several organized breakout operations were beaten back by the precise firepower of the Anti-United Nations. Although the strength of the anti-coalition that outflanked the front and rear of the north gate was not much, the firepower was extremely accurate. Almost every time a gunshot rang out, one of his men would fall. His troops, on the other hand, were under direct enemy fire and mortar shells, making it difficult to make tactical moves.
What kind of precision shooting in motion, what tactical evasive action, under accurate and ruthless artillery fire, it is simply impossible to make it. Rifles and machine guns cannot penetrate enemy armored vehicles. Several times he organized meat bullet attacks, and under the fire of the infantry covering the perimeter of the armored vehicle, he was beaten into a meat sieve before he could get forward.
In terms of infantry firepower, everyone is half a pound to eight taels, and no one is better than the other. However, the use of the tactical group of the Anti-Japanese Federation far exceeded that of the Japanese army. After the two heavy machine guns were blown up, the resistance to the United Nations occupied a cheaper position in heavy weapons. In particular, those armored vehicles deployed in a fan shape almost became the most ferocious roadblock on the Japanese army's breakthrough route.
After being put into the battlefield, the armored vehicles of the Anti-United Nations did not attack the depth of the Japanese formation, but only kept a distance from the Japanese army at a distance within the line of sight. With two armored vehicles as a firepower unit, deployed at a 45-degree angle, it constantly suppressed the Japanese army with its own armor superiority and firepower, and created fighters for the infantry around them to destroy the enemy.
Its machine guns and direct-aim artillery were accurate and ruthless. With the accurate shooting of the infantry and the sniper tactics of the snipers, the Japanese army was skinned layer by layer. The first batch of tactical groups of the Japanese army to break through were still all left behind halfway to the breakout, although the distance was very wide. The follow-up Japanese echelon, despite the continuous assaults, still could not get rid of the fire attack.
Although Mashiko Shigeo adjusted the breakout tactics and did not concentrate on the breakout. In fact, under the direct aim of the Anti-United Nations and the fire of mortars, he could not gather troops. But his breakout operation, no matter which direction it went, could not succeed. His troops were divided into small groups, and the people also fought in tactical groups.
However, although the Anti-Japanese Union will have troops, it will also adopt the tactic of acting in tactical groups. However, the cooperation between them is quite meticulous, coupled with the fact that in addition to a few cemeteries at the north gate of Renqiu, the terrain of Pingchuan is unobstructed, which exposes all the tactical attempts of the Japanese army.
As well as the large number of snipers deployed in depth by the Anti-Japanese Alliance, the tactics of long-distance accurate sniping and allowing the Japanese army to break through in multiple ways did not last long. Not only did it fail to stand out, but it lost more than half of its remaining troops in the breakout operation.
In fact, in terms of tactics and individual combat capabilities, Mashiko Shigeo's subordinates are no worse than the guard battalion of the Anti-United Nations in person. However, the difference is that there is a considerable problem in the application of the whole tactic. With a two-person tactical team as the formation of a scattered breakout, how many ways can be highlighted. With the training and own capabilities of these Japanese troops, as well as the strength of the anti-coalition forces in person, it is undoubtedly a correct decision.
But here's the key issue as well. At the beginning, when the new Mashiko Shigeo Advance Team was training, it only paid attention to the tactical coordination from the two-person tactical group to the detachment, and even all the troops together. But there is no training to break through in the form of a tactical group.
According to the way of thinking of the North China Front in forming this unit, there were only two words to attack, so they only went through various tactical coordination training during the offensive. As for the only small retreat training, it was still based on the Japanese army's customary squad formation and scattered training to break out. With the breakthrough of the tactical group situation, I am sorry that there was no training at all.
In other words, the usual retreat tactics of the Japanese army were abolished, and the situation of tactical groups was replaced to disperse and break through the encirclement. Mashiko Shigeo's subordinates didn't know what to do, so they ended up herding sheep for themselves. made the usual mistake of the Chinese army when it broke through and broke up by himself.
Moreover, the order given by Shigeo Mashiko was to disperse the breakout, and each tactical group chose the direction of the breakthrough on its own, and did not specify the direction of the breakthrough for each tactical group. Of course, he didn't have that much time to give so many tactical teams a way to break through one by one.
But as soon as he did this, the various tactical groups of the Japanese army originally coordinated effective tactics, and the whole became their own battles. The original tactical coordination between the various tactical groups has been disrupted, and it is difficult to form an effective cooperation. In the process of breaking through, all the tactical groups basically did not get the cooperation of friendly and neighboring troops.
The most important thing is to follow the direction of retreat indicated in the previously drawn up battle plan. After the Japanese troops chose other directions to break through and suffered a comprehensive setback, the direction of the breakthrough was basically concentrated in the northeast and northwest directions. As a result, when there was basically no cooperation between the two sides, it gave the anti-United Nations blocking forces a chance to display their firepower.
However, the original cooperation system of the Japanese army was disrupted, but the cooperation system of the Anti-Japanese Union was quite complete. Although they also formed a tactical team to deal with it, they cooperated with each other very carefully. The tactical sign language used by the various tactical groups to communicate with each other could only shout to each other, which exposed their own Japanese troops that could not be compared.
One side cooperates tacitly, and the tactical use is smooth and free. And the tactics of steady and steady attack and pressing step by step not only blocked the route of the Japanese army's breakthrough, but also gradually compressed the entire front of the Japanese army. One side messed itself up and lost almost all cooperation. At this point in the battle, there is actually not much suspense.