Chapter 338: The Impact of the Battle of Liaoxi

As for whether separating the troops into battalions as formed units will affect his command of the entire battlefield, this brigade commander has no worries now. Because each of his battalions is now equipped with two radios. Communication between battlefields does not need to rely on communicators as in the past.

Whether it is information transmission or order issuance, it is more convenient and timely than before. At least there is no need to worry about the communicator being knocked out by enemy fire on the way, or some other accident, and not being able to receive orders in time. In the past, the failure to receive orders from superiors in time affected the progress of the battle and delayed the fighters will no longer occur.

At present, the battalion level is equipped with two five-watt radios and a five-door field telephone exchange. In wartime, the radio station is a communication with the superiors, and a company that is reinforced to the most important positions when necessary. Wartime field telephones, which can be equipped to the platoon level when necessary.

At the regimental level, there are two five-watt radios and one fifteen-watt radio, and a nine-door field telephone exchange. At the brigade level, he had two 15-watt radios and a 50-watt radio station, as well as a 20-door field telephone exchange. When necessary, it can communicate directly with the General Headquarters.

As for the level of the column above him, that's not to mention. Two 50-watt radios and one 100-watt radio. This standard, not to mention that there was no radio station at the division level, and even an army could not necessarily have a radio station during the Red Army period. Even after crossing the Yellow River to the east and penetrating deep behind enemy lines, there was no such arrogance, and at that time only the brigade level had a radio station.

Now that the means of communication and ability are so generous, he can use the troops boldly and without any scruples or worries. There is no need to worry about the development of the combat process that will be affected by the slight distance, and the adjustment of the tactical deployment that cannot be realized in the first time will delay the fighter. Don't worry about the troops, he released the pigeons at a critical moment, so he was very relieved and bold to release the troops.

Although the total strength of the Japanese army in front of him is not much, only the devil himself knows whether the Japanese army that obviously came out of Ye Baishou has any follow-up troops, and whether the Japanese army has other follow-up deployments. But the fact that this group of devils can touch here quietly shows that the Japanese army is still carefully prepared for this battle.

If you don't make some preparations in advance, you won't be able to eat meat anymore and your teeth will be broken, and you will be bitten back by the Japanese army. The most important thing is to eat the meat in front of you, and the safety of the Jianping battlefield must also be guaranteed. Although it is no longer possible to complete all the tasks assigned by the superiors at the moment, under the premise of sufficient troops, it is still necessary to do as much as possible.

Zhangjiayingzi is the only way for the Japanese army to reinforce Jianping County from Ye Baishou, as long as this battalion can withstand the Japanese attack for six to eight hours, its own side can solve the problem. The problem now is not what the Japanese army will have in the future, but how to solve the enemy as soon as possible.

After the departure of the alert troops, he immediately launched an attack on all fronts without the slightest hesitation. His idea is very simple, Lao Tzu has invested several times more troops on the battlefield than you, even if he fights with bayonets, he has fought you again. What's more, now that he has artillery in his hands and the amount of ammunition is quite sufficient, it is no longer the embarrassing situation of only a few bullets for a rifle.

The all-round improvement of equipment and communication capabilities, coupled with the superior troops, for this brigade commander, the confidence in this battle can be described as full. The previous Battle of Redong did not make him feel like a madman on the battlefield at all. If he can give up this battle, then he will really live to see the hell.

Stopping the head, the tail, and the waist, the founding lieutenant general of the republic in history, in the end, was the brigade commander who served as the deputy division commander during the Red Army, and the ability to grasp the fighter was extremely good in this battle. The essence of mountain sports warfare mastered by persisting in the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression behind enemy lines in North China for many years, as well as the ability to grasp fighters that he has trained in actual combat for many years in the southern and northern wars, have been vividly and vividly brought into play.

Under the cover of artillery fire, with a force in one fell swoop, the Japanese troops who were constantly counterattacking along the ridges on both sides were pressed down the valley. With accurate mortar fire, first knock out several Japanese fire cover machine guns at the mountain pass. And concentrate the troops on both flanks to intersperse the encirclement, and first knock out the Japanese artillery.

Then, with the cooperation of the troops who outflanked the Japanese army on two sides, broke the Japanese flank covering forces, and rushed over at the tail. Along the ridges on both flanks of the valley, as well as on the two mountain passes on the front, the offensive was constantly launched. The thousands of Japanese troops in front of him were suppressed on both sides of the Sihanseong River, and the east and west were no more than ten miles long in the mountainous valley area.

Although they attacked the waist several times, they were unable to separate the Japanese troops in the valley. However, its continuous multi-pronged attacks under the cover of artillery fire also made the Japanese position shorten almost every minute. The Japanese troops in the valley were suppressed by the machine-gun fire and mortars he concentrated on using them, and they could not raise their heads.

Although the compressed Japanese army continued to resist desperately, and constantly organized tactical counterattacks to the valley exits on both sides, trying to crush the attacking enemy in front of them, at least to ensure that the main force broke through. But it was also in vain, and it made itself suffer a lot of losses.

Although the brigade commander was in a hurry to eat meat, he fought this battle very smartly. He knew that once the Japanese army formed a group, he would have an advantage in firepower, but the Japanese army relied on the terrain in the valley and the high level of military quality, which was enough to contain its own offensive, and even inflicted heavy casualties on itself.

However, the Japanese army was suppressed in the valley, and its own artillery had an advantage, no matter whether the Japanese army in front of them wanted to or not, they could only adopt a long snake formation. The Japanese army put on such a position, which brought him a certain advantage in shortening the battle time as much as possible.

Therefore, during the battle, he adopted the method of attacking simultaneously in a company and platoon formation, focusing on the head and tail and waist, making it difficult for the Japanese army to respond to the end of the day. The waist focused on cutting off the connection between the two Japanese divisions, while the two wings focused not on how many Japanese positions to take, but on killing and wounding the living forces of the Japanese army.

Although the attack on the waist, even to the extent of fighting bayonets many times, it was because of the desperate resistance of the Japanese army, but it was not able to completely break the waist of the Japanese army. However, by seizing the troops wedged into the Japanese defensive formation, with the cooperation of two heavy machine guns and one anti-aircraft machine gun on the ridge behind them, they blocked it with firepower, breaking the idea that the Japanese troops on both flanks moved closer to the center and completely shrank into a group.

The military and political quality of these old Eighth Roads, which formed the Advance Army, was not low. During this period of training in the Northeast, the level of tactics and firepower has also been greatly improved. Although there is still a certain gap in the use of tactics on the battlefield compared with the Japanese army. But this gap is no longer as huge as it used to be.

In addition to the slightly poor shooting accuracy, whether it is the tactical use of the company platoon or the level of fighting bayonets, it is no longer inferior to the Japanese army. In particular, each infantry squad was equipped with two submachine guns, which posed a considerable threat to the Japanese in such mountain warfare.

The light machine guns, which support the firepower of the front-line positions, are deployed alternately with the heavy machine guns behind them to form a situation of covering each other. Immediately after the machine gun fired two short bursts and one burst fire, it quickly shifted its position under the cover of the machine gun behind it to avoid the blow of the Japanese grenadiers.

Although the quality of light machine guns is not satisfactory, the number of equipment is no longer the time when there was not even a platoon in the past. The abundance of ammunition has also brought into full play the military qualities of these old Eighth Roads, which are not bad. All light machine guns, unless necessary, are a combination of short and long bursts.

For the first time, this Japanese army wore a light yellow uniform with a different color from the Anti-Japanese Federation, and it was when the authentic Baye gray uniform marched into the army. If it weren't for the different military uniforms on his body and the different guys in his hands, this officer in the Japanese army who had fought with the Anti-Japanese Federation still thought that he was fighting against the old Anti-Japanese Federation.

Although the Japanese army was suppressed in the valley, they desperately tried to resist to the end by relying on the terrain in the valley. But both in terms of strength and firepower, it is inferior to the Japanese army that is facing it. Under the encroachment tactics constantly adopted by the opponent, the original strength of thousands of people was weakened little by little.

After more than five hours of fierce fighting, the brigade launched a final general attack in the face of the Japanese army, which was no longer able to fight back and whose strength had plummeted from a reinforced group to a squadron. After a bayonet battle, this Japanese army, which was originally responsible for sneaking up on the rear of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, but did not expect that the Japanese army, who had fought an encounter with the enemy army that attacked their rear, would never reach their destination.

At the end of the encounter, the brigade commander was in a situation where the enemy forces were alarmed and the original plan could no longer be carried out. simply directly from the first line of the Sihancheng River to the first line of Ye Baishou. After taking Ye Baishou, depending on the situation, he either went south to make a profit, or outflanked Chaoyang County to the west.

The battle was fought cleanly and neatly, and the troops participating in the battle also displayed a high degree of battlefield discipline of the old Eighth Road, the spirit of not fearing death, and the skillful combat skills of mountain combat. From the sudden encounter with the Japanese army to the subsequent battle development and deployment, the connection is extremely close, which can be described as remarkable.

After the war, even Yang Zhen couldn't help but sigh at this fierce general in the army with the nickname of a madman, this battle was indeed wonderful. Although Yang Zhen also saw that in the overall deployment, there were still some deficiencies in the deployment of firepower. But these shortcomings are flawed and do not affect the excitement of this battle.

With the total strength of one brigade, under the condition of actually investing five battalions of troops on the front line, a reinforced infantry brigade of the Japanese army was completely annihilated, and it was also a reinforced infantry brigade of the veteran division of the Kwantung Army. This result is undoubtedly a tremendous encouragement for the Japanese army to fight an infantry brigade in general, or to advance into other units according to the strength of a brigade.

Moreover, although the scale of this battle is not large, the impact on the entire battle situation in western Liaoning is not small. The impact of this battle on this battle was not only the annihilation of a Japanese reinforced brigade, which not only eliminated the Japanese army's attempt to resist the deep penetration of the alliance, but also broke an arm in this battle.

The Japanese army lost an arm, and at the same time, the Anti-Union freed up a reorganized brigade. The forces of the two sides will not only eliminate the strengths of one side to a certain extent, and Li Mingfeng's attack on Jianping County will no longer have hidden dangers, but it will also pose a considerable threat to Ye Baishou in depth and the entire area controlled by the Japanese army on the Jincheng Line.

Once Ye Baishou is lost, then the connection between Chaoyang and the Japanese army in Lingyuan will be completely cut off. And Jianping County has also become an isolated stronghold hanging outside the entire battlefield. At the same time, once Ye Baishou is threatened, even if the Japanese army is reluctant, they can only find a way to send troops to reinforce it.

No matter whether this brigade moves south or not, whether it can take Ye Baishou or not, as long as this brigade appears between Ye Baishou and Chaoyang, then the original offensive deployment of the Japanese army will be completely disrupted. Therefore, this small battle, although it cannot have a decisive impact on the overall situation, has affected the trend of the battle to a certain extent.