Chapter 305: What the is this?
As for the infantry brigade that was transferred to the northeast by Lieutenant General Ide Tetsuzo, Sui Changqing was not worried. As early as when this infantry brigade was transferred to the northeast, he received a telegram from the commander and political commissar of the Jinsui Sixth Column. Looking at the determination on the telegram, Sui Changqing didn't say anything.
It's just that in the reply, he expressed his belief that the brother troops can cleanly solve this part of the Japanese army. Before entering Yingxian, Sui Changqing had a discussion with the commander of the Jinsui Sixth Column on the development of the war situation in Yingxian. When he learned of his plan, Sui Changqing was extremely impressed by the strong sense of challenge in the bones of this Red Army veteran.
This commander has such a mentality, coupled with the battle of Ruyuekou, the newly formed Jinsui Sixth Column did not fight well, and this battle must have been determined by the whole column to shame. Especially in the northeast of Yingxian County in the past few days, I am afraid that the commander is even more breathing in his heart.
With this determination, Sui Changqing really had nothing to worry about for his left flank, except for worrying that the Jinsui Sixth Column would be too impatient and would cause too many casualties. As long as they can adjust their mentality and learn the lessons of the first battle of Ru Yuekou, there should be no problem in this battle.
While nervously starting to deploy a counterattack, Sui Changqing gathered all the troops in the city as long as they could be gathered. In order to gather the limited forces in his hands, Sui Changqing even gave up some positions that were not too important. In addition to the troops who held out on the front line, plus the last company reserve in his hands, he was ready to counterattack on the whole front.
As long as the counterattack troops outside the city advanced to the front line of Lizhuang, they launched a counterattack on the whole line, entangled the Japanese troops who had rushed into Chengcheng, so that they could not go out of the city for reinforcements. In order to ensure that the left hook punch played by the troops outside the city can be fatal with one punch and knock the Japanese troops in front of them to the ground at the first time.
After issuing several orders in succession, Sui Changqing personally drafted a telegram to Yi Liangpin. Inform Yiliangpin of their ideas and deployment in detail. And the command of the westward attack troops was handed over to Yi Liangpin. As for whether Yi Liangpin would cooperate with him and eat the Japanese army in front of him, Sui Changqing was not worried at all.
After arriving in Yingxian County, Sui Changqing has maintained radio contact with Yi Liangpin. Tong Guò has frequent contacts, and now Yi Liangpin, who is on his left flank, can be so honestly there to fight with the Japanese army in person, for what reason. As well as what makes Yi Liangpin the most headache and depressed now, and what he needs the most, Sui Changqing understands very clearly.
In Sui Changqing's eyes, if he and other division commanders could be called militants, then Yi Liangpin was an out-and-out attacker. He has always been attack-oriented, and he has never known what it is to retreat, and after a somewhat depressed battle these days, I am afraid that he has already gone crazy.
The area where he is now is at the junction of the Datong Basin and the mountains. As long as you go back fifteen kilometers, you will find the relatively flat Datong Basin. And the terrain there is exactly where the power of his armored assault is brought into play. But because of the fierce battle behind him, he could only block the Japanese army in front of him in the mountains and could not continue to advance westward, unable to take a step back.
And because of the lack of troops, they could only fight this kind of painless confrontation with the Japanese army in front of them. With such a favorable overall situation, if he doesn't cooperate and still sticks to the rules, then it is not his easy character. Sui Changqing believed that after receiving this telegram from himself, he Yi Liangpin would definitely not stay there honestly.
Considering to stimulate this guy's nerves more, Sui Changqing's telegram also used some irritating wording. After this telegram was sent, Sui Changqing threw the entire battle situation on his right flank to Yi Liangpin, and he concentrated on the frontal battlefield in Yingxian. He believed that Yi Liangpin's ability would never let his right wing be in any danger.
After receiving Sui Changqing's telegram, he had been directing the main force of the 10th Division to stand by and complete the final training, as well as the political commissar and deputy division commander of the 10th Division, who served as the in-depth defense in the northwest direction, and immediately commanded the troops to pour south. Along the Sujiafang, Qinzhuang, and Guandao lines, directly into the Lizhuang and Sanlizhai lines, and directly into the left rib of the 32nd Division's frontal troops in Yingxian County.
After a day and night of hard fighting, the assault troops defeated the Japanese interception in one fell swoop. It has successively broken through Lizhuang and Sanlizhai and seized the first line of Longquan. Like a sharp sword, the 212th Wing of the 32nd Division and the 211th Wing of the 211th Wing in front of Yingxian County were separated from each other.
Sui Changqing's sudden left hook instantly blinded the Japanese soldiers in front of him. Jing De Tiezang didn't expect that Sui Changqing would use himself as bait, and he would be able to calm down so much when his attack troops were all on the edge of his headquarters. The two regiments were forcibly detained in the loess hilly area on the north bank of the Sanggan River, and the strength of two battalions was used to confuse themselves.
The troops who rushed into the city and were fighting with the Anti-United Nations were entangled in the city by the anti-United Nations troops who suddenly launched a counterattack on the opposite side. Although the anti-coalition forces in the city are not much, their combat effectiveness is extremely strong. Iide Tetsuzo really couldn't figure out what the commander of the Anti-United Nations Division in front of him thought.
His forces in the city had been reduced to several disconnected courtyards, and one of his squadrons had begun to lay siege to his headquarters. He was still able to calm down so much, not only did the two regiments in the northwest direction never be used, but he was also able to leave a company of reserves in his hands. Who the fuck is this, and what's in his head?
In the face of the sudden killing of the enemy army, Rao is well out of the iron treasure is steady, and he can't help but curse a Chinese national scold in his heart. Such a calm opponent, this is the first time he has seen it in so many years in the army. Isn't he worried that the 32nd Division will kill or capture his headquarters?
It's just that no matter what Izumi Tiezang thinks, the dilemma of the battle situation in Yingxian County is something he must solve. Major General Ishida Yasutada, commander of the 32nd Infantry Regiment commanded in Yingxian, has sent three telegrams in succession asking for instructions. The telegraph was out of the iron store, and the counterattack momentum of the anti-union was unusually fierce.
It concentrated one part of its troops and most of its firepower, ignoring the resistance of the Japanese troops on both flanks, especially the desperate interception of the 212th Wing, and penetrated directly into the junction of the two Japanese wings in front of Yingxian. And after breaking through the front line to block the attack, under the cover of artillery fire, the defenders of the two squadrons were brutally defeated for the first time, and the Longquan where the junction of the 211th and 212th Wings in Yingxian County was located to complete the division of the two Japanese troops.
Even Major General Ishida Hotada's headquarters set up in Longquan was kicked at the same time as Longquan was lost. If it weren't for the desperate resistance of the guard troops, Major General Ishida Hotada, who covered him, broke out of the encirclement of Longquan that the Anti-Japanese Federation was about to complete and fled to the position of the 211th Wing. He, Major General Ishida Holoda, is already loyal to the emperor at this moment.
While forcibly penetrating Longquan, this force of resistance that suddenly came out of the north bank of the Sanggan River concentrated about a regiment of troops, under the cover of night and heavy artillery fire. Taking Sanlizhai as the starting point of the attack, along the west to south of the county seat of Yingxian, a counterattack was launched from the flank of the 212th Wing.
Since breaking through the Ruyue Pass, it has been the vanguard of the 32nd Division, and has been fighting fiercely in and around Yingxian for many days. At this time, the 211th Wing had just been replaced by two infantry brigades of the 211th Wing, and the exhausted 212th Wing was caught off guard. Under the tactics of rapid division of the enemy army and flowering in the center, they were defeated and retreated.
Just an hour and a half later, three lines of defense were broken through one after another. By the early morning of the battle, about two battalions of this anti-union and the anti-Japanese alliance that had seized Longquan had formed a semi-encirclement posture against the 212th Wing. If it weren't for the desperate counterattack of the two squadrons of the 212th Wing east of Longquan to contain the headquarters of the Longquan Anti-Coalition, the current 212th Wing would probably have been surrounded by the enemy.
However, the two squadrons of the 211th Wing, which participated in the counterattack, lost more than half of them in a short period of time under the counterattack of a battalion of enemy troops who had turned around. It could only rely on the field fortifications east of Longquan to delay the enemy's outflanking retreat of the internal troops of the county. wants to save the 212 Wing, but there is nothing they can do.
And the defenders in Yingxian County, who had been compressed into a group, and it could be said that they were struggling to catch their breath, suddenly launched a counterattack in the city with the support of a new living force that did not know when it would appear. Contain the main force of the 211 Wing that has already entered the city, so that it cannot go out of the city for reinforcements. I could only watch the anti-Japanese alliance outside the city, separating the two Japanese troops.
Faced with the current crisis situation, although most of the troops of the 211 Wing were pinned down in the city and could not be withdrawn. However, Major General Ishida Hotada was still organizing some troops to desperately counterattack on the front line of Longquan, trying to reopen the connection with the 212th Wing.
However, there were only two infantry brigades at hand, including one and a half infantry brigades, and the three squadrons of the 212th Wing were entangled in the city, and the troops for counterattack were always insufficient. Even under the counterattack of the Longquan Anti-Alliance, it also formed a situation that it was difficult to protect itself. Major General Ishida Hotada, who could only try his best to withdraw a squad from the city, threw a squad in the direction of Longquan.
At the same time, he issued an order to the 212th Wing Captain Hui Tengshilang Dazuo, who was desperately opening the anti-union attacking from Sanlizhai and concentrating his forces as much as possible to launch a counterattack in the direction of Longquan, ordering him to command the troops to retreat eastward at any cost and join the 211th Wing. Even if only one infantry brigade is withdrawn, it can be regarded as maintaining a certain strength.
The commander of the 211th Wing, who commanded the siege operation in the city, was ordered to immediately break away from contact with the anti-coalition forces in the city at any cost, and make every effort to withdraw from the county seat of Yingxian and assault in the direction of Longquan. In order to cover the 211th Wing to get rid of the entanglement of the anti-Japanese alliance in the city, Major General Ishida Baotada ordered the commander of the 32nd Field Artillery Wing, Sakurai Gongdasa, to concentrate all the artillery fire that could be concentrated and open fire at the junction of the two armies in the city.
However, under a detailed understanding of the situation, Sakurai Gong Daisa refused Major General Ishida's order. There is no way, now the two armies in the city are staggered, biting together. After a shell, it is not clear who will suffer more casualties. If you want to concentrate your forces to fight for Longquan, this order must not be carried out.
After learning about the real battle situation in the city and the reason for Sakurai Gongdasa's refusal, Ishida Hotada's ass was on the chair and did not ease his mind for a long time. Judging from the current internal situation in Yingxian County, I am afraid that the Anti-Japanese Federation in the city has long been prepared for the troops that will order the 211 Wing to enter the city at a critical moment to forcibly break away from it.
Otherwise, he would not have made such a situation on the battlefield in the city. The two armies bite so tightly and plunge into each other so deeply. Even the dogs are indescribable, and it can be said that the two sides have been completely mixed together. What is this situation that can occur in conventional warfare?
If it wasn't deliberately intentional, even if it was a street fight, it would not have been possible to achieve such a result. Sakurai Gong Daisa is right, in such a situation, if a shell goes down, the casualties of the 211 Wing can only be above the anti-union in front of it. In this case, what is the point of being able to withdraw even if you can do so?