Chapter 295: It's Time to Launch a General Attack

The direct consequence of Li Mingrui's blowing up of the Japanese army's Jiamusi airfield and the hundreds of planes where the Japanese army was concentrated was. The cute figure of the air force that Fujiji Yasui had been looking forward to in the fierce battle never appeared in the clouds on the horizon. Under Mu Changqiu's mistake, Yasui Fujiji lost all his artillery. Now without air support, Toji Yasui is like a tiger with its teeth and claws plucked out.

Without the threat of the Japanese air force, Yang Zhen's artillery could finally be removed from the right to speak during the day. For the first time, under the command of Qiu Jintang and Ma Qichang, and with the support of the mountain artillery battalion of the Second Brigade, the artillery concentrated all its artillery fire and provided fierce and effective fire cover for the attacking troops.

Although the ground-to-air fire support was lost, the resistance of the 2nd Division was still stubborn and fierce. But a tiger that had lost its teeth and claws, no matter how fierce it was, was getting weaker and weaker against Yang Zhen's offensive. Facts have proved that after losing the superiority of ground-to-air firepower, no matter how flamboyant and fierce the Japanese army is, there is a limit.

Calling for air support was fruitless, and the artillery lost almost all of its artillery, making Yasui Toji suffer. In the middle of the night and half a day of fierce fighting, the 2nd Division suffered heavy losses. Especially on the other side, if you don't fight, you can only do it, and one dozen will be overwhelming, which will cause heavy casualties to the Japanese army. As soon as this kind of artillery appeared, the bones of the entire two squadrons of the 30th Wing, which had been left by Yasui Fujiji as a reserve to reinforce the 16th Wing, were destroyed.

Although Yang Zhen could not fight the tactics of using overwhelming artillery fire to destroy the Japanese army a few years later, in order to minimize casualties, he also used all possible means to use artillery fire to support the attacking troops. In the face of the bitter complaints of the logistics department, Yang Zhen often laughed at himself: "I don't have the life of an American, but I often have to put an American score." ”

Self-deprecation is self-deprecation, but what needs to be done still has to be done. Between the number of casualties and the consumption of materials, Yang Zhen did not hesitate to choose the consumption of materials. Even though Zhang Zhenhua complained bitterly because of the excessive consumption of artillery shells, Yang Zhen still did not hesitate to choose to replace personnel with artillery fire.

Since the launch of the counterattack on the whole front, he has been squatting in Liu Changshun's headquarters, and Yang Zhen, who has been closely observing the progress of the war, does not know, although he has not interfered with the command of Liu Changshun and Wang Xiaoming.

But he put great pressure on Liu Changshun here. Although he was not afraid to fight, but in the face of the first brigade of the Fourth Wing in front of him, compared to Du Kaishan, who was fighting with a big opening and closing, he was a little restrained.

Since Yang Zhen arrived at his own headquarters, he didn't dare to stay in his own headquarters, so he could only go to the front line to temporarily act as the head of the regiment, and at this time, Liu Changshun, who was squatting in a shell crater and observing the battlefield, put down the binoculars in his hand and said to Wang Xiaoming beside him: "I said political commissar, this little devil is the devil's trump card in the end." It's fucking hard. Lao Tzu's regiment, more than 3,000 people, fought for most of the night, and even a fucking brigade couldn't eat. ”

Hearing this, Wang Xiaoming, who was staring at the map, put down the pencil in his hand, raised his binoculars to observe the forward positions in the fierce battle, and then said with a smile: "We have been fighting with this second division for so many days, and we have long figured out the strength of these devils." But don't look at this devil as tough, but they still fight the same old way. ”

"The artillery rushed after the infantry, and the infantry rushed after the artillery bombardment. If it can't be beaten, it will be smoked with poison gas, charged with tanks, and burned with incendiary bombs. As long as he resists their three-plank axe, this little devil will be almost helpless. But they have been fighting from the northeast to the southwest with this simple set of simple tactics. ”

"But the little devil can be so arrogant, by virtue of not only the advantages of his equipment. Brigade commander, look at this little devil in front of us, the total strength will not exceed one infantry brigade, not to mention the combat effectiveness. In terms of a series of fortifications such as field fortifications, firepower arrangement, and flank fire cover, it can be built to such a scale in such a short period of time, not to mention that not only our brigade, but even a battalion of the whole army can do it. ”

"Their artillery can fire at a distance of less than 20 meters between the skirmish lines of the enemy and us, and the infantry artillery directly under them dares to open artillery cover at a distance of less than 10 meters between the enemy and us. And our artillery can't do it, at least for now. ”

"The firing accuracy of its infantry of about 400 meters is comparable to none of our troops other than those in the reconnaissance battalion. It's not for nothing that a little devil can be so arrogant. ”

"From last night when we counterattacked on all fronts until now, it is not easy to fight with the superior strength of one regiment to this point. Lao Liu, we are under a lot of pressure right now. Du Kaishan's side has already completed the division and encirclement of the two brigades of the enemy in front of him, and we are still gnawing hard here one bite at a time, and if we continue to fight like this, we will not be able to solve the problem at all when it gets dark. ”

After listening to Wang Xiaoming's words, Liu Changshun seemed to be a little unconcerned on the surface, but in fact he was a little envious: "Old Du is really fucking lucky." Not to mention that his roundabout troops went the wrong way, they were fucking separated. But in this case, they were able to beat the artillery that ate the devil and cut off the retreat of the Japanese army. ”

And cut off the connection between the 30th Wing and the 16th Wing of the little devils, and even broke the waist of the 29th Wing of the little devils. Grandma's, what kind of dog luck is he going? Otherwise, with this big mistake they made, the commander would have to deal with their three brigades. ”

Speaking of this, Liu Changshun said with a hint of admiration in his tone: "He Tao Jingfei is also capable, when he found that he had taken the wrong path and the troops were scattered, he actually dared to take two battalions of troops to directly press the Japanese position." I just took a handful of it in the heart of the Second Division. ”

"With Japanese troops on all sides, they not only knocked out the headquarters of the Second Division, but also killed the chief of staff of the Second Division. If it weren't for Yasui Toji's fast legs, this guy would have opened the record of the whole army for the first time and caught a devil's lieutenant general. ”

After Liu Changshun raised the telescope and observed the progress of the battle again, he picked up the field phone and said to Huang Yao, the commander of the Fifth Regiment who commanded the operation: "Old Huang, you kid pay more attention to the flanks of the little devils, don't always blindly attack from the front. Especially the junction of the 4th Wing and the 29th Wing. Cast the main power for me there. Also, your infantry artillery company eats white rice? Put bayonets on Lao Tzu and go to the front, don't keep in the back. ”

"The fourth wing of the little devil is now an infantry brigade, and the twenty-ninth wing is divided by the third brigade. One of his brigades was crippled by us during the blocking battle a few days ago. The remaining two squadrons were transferred away, and now the remaining two squadrons were divided by two battalions of the 3rd Brigade and 8th Regiment to the southeast of Junde, and there was only one squadron with the 4th Wing. You kid hasn't been separated until now, how did you fight this battle. ”

"What reinforcements, the brigade of his 30th Wing, which had been killed and wounded by us before, is now fighting fiercely with the 3rd Brigade and 9th Regiment, and it is entangled to death, and it is difficult to protect itself, so there is still energy to take care of other aspects. The devil is now on the front line of Junde with these three complete brigades, and the three brigades have rounded two, and the remnants of the remaining two brigades are still in the hands of others. ”

"In front of us, there is a reinforced brigade of devils, the strength of a regiment of your kid plus the brigade mountain artillery battalion, which has been fought in the middle of the night and most of the day, and has not been able to eat it all, why do you kid eat? I tell you, I will give you another two hours, and if you can't separate the Fourth Wing from the Twenty-ninth Wing, I will let Wang Kaixiang replace you. ”

Hearing Liu Changshun's tone, Wang Xiaoming frowned, took the phone from his hand, and said to Huang Yao in front of him: "Old Huang, don't worry too much. You focus on the 4th Wing first, and as for the 29th Wing, you take out two companies and watch him first. ”

On the phone, Huang Yao said to Wang Xiaoming with a bitter face: "Political commissar, what you said is not wrong, but you also know the combat effectiveness of this little devil." Although the little devils in front of us don't have many troops, they cooperate very closely with each other. As soon as my side attacks, that side will immediately respond and fight against us. The joint is almost watertight. You and the brigade commander are not allowed to cause too many casualties, and I have a really tricky fight. ”

"This night, we finally gnawed down a few strongholds of the devils, and after dawn, this little devil was under the cover of poison gas, and the whole squadron launched a counter-charge, and almost no stronghold had to be fought over repeatedly. Although it lost the support of artillery fire, the grenadier hit it with great accuracy. Several heavy machine guns of the main attack battalion lost half of them in one round. ”

"Our artillery is not as good as the little devil artillery, and we can only use barrage to intercept its follow-up troops. But the little devils stick to your position, and if there are no fortifications, they will use corpses to build fortifications and fight against you. Even if there is only one person left, you can still shoot at each other. ”

"From the very beginning of the battle, I tried to divide the Japanese army. But after fighting for most of the day, I haven't been able to separate it. Our attack surface was also very narrow, and the terrain was not as open as that of the 3rd Brigade. Troop strength cannot be unleashed, and all troop forces can only be put into batches at the company level, and superior forces cannot be exerted at all. ”

Regarding Huang Yao's explanation, Wang Xiaoming frowned and said, "I and the brigade commander know your difficulties, but you can't just talk about difficulties. If you can't take it for a long time, why don't you use your brains tactically? Always blindly attacking, the little devil's individual soldier is much higher than ours, don't you use your own disadvantages to compete with the advantages of the little devil? You must pay more attention to tactical adjustments. ”

Speaking of this, Wang Xiaoming raised his voice and said, "Huang Yao, I can tell you, the commander is watching behind us." The brigade commander and I will give you another afternoon, if you can't take it again, you won't be able to eat this squadron of the Fourth Wing, don't say that the brigade commander and I won't give you face. Let me emphasize to you again, if you don't change your thinking, you will change people. ”

Wang Xiaoming's voice fell, and there was silence on the other side of the phone. After a long time, Huang Yaocai said: "Political commissar, you talk to the brigade commander, and I promise to make a breakthrough within an hour." I'm going to get rid of this brigade of the 4th Wing cleanly before it gets dark. However, I hope that the brigade is replenishing me with 500 grenades and some 120-mm and 90-mm mortar shells. ”

Hearing Huang Yao's assurance, Wang Xiaoming nodded and said, "I can transfer a thousand pieces for you." It's all grenades produced by our own military factories. You remember your promise to settle all battles within three hours. But again, you must pay attention to casualties. Don't run out of troops. ”

Putting down the phone in his hand, Wang Xiaoming said to Liu Changshun: "Brigade commander, you are in control of the overall situation here, especially the artillery." I'll go up and take a look. The main forces of the Japanese army on the front line of Jiangjun Shi are all in the third brigade of the people, and in front of us is an infantry brigade that has strengthened a squadron, and if we can't take it down, the face of the second brigade will be lost. ”

After receiving the latest deployment reported by Liu Changshun, Yang Zhen frowned slightly, but did not say anything. just said: "The little devil has not much time left for us, you must do your best to eat the enemy in front of you." Wang Guangyu's side faced two complete infantry brigades of the devils, and the strength of nearly ten squadrons was under great pressure. ”

Putting down the phone in his hand, Yang Zhen thought about it and picked up the phone again to call Guo Bingxun: "Old Guo, I think the attack speed needs to be accelerated." The pressure on Wang Guangyu's side was extremely great, and Major General Saburo Katayama adopted the tactic of breaking the tail, leaving behind an infantry brigade reinforced by four squadrons, under the command of the fourth wing commander Sugino Yan Daisa, to entangle the main force of the first brigade. And he led the rest of the troops to the north with all his might, wanting to rescue the Junde line. ”

Although Wang Guangyu's regiment used interspersed tactics to take the front line of Fuguitun and block the route of Major General Saburo of Katayama Province to the north. However, under the repeated onslaught of the Japanese army, which was almost frenzied, the casualties were heavy. Once the troops led by Saburo Katayama are allowed to join up with Fujiji Yasui and shrink into a group, we will lose our fighters. By dawn tomorrow at the latest, it is necessary to completely annihilate the Japanese troops on the front line of Junde. ”

Guo Bingxun, who heard the worry in Yang Zhen's tone, carefully analyzed the current battle situation and said, "Commander, I think it can be like this." Now that our army has become entangled with the Japanese army, rocket artillery, which is more suitable for fire suppression and coverage, has lost its effect. I think we can transfer the rocket artillery regiment to Wang Guangyu. ”

"As for this side, the roundabout troops of the 8th and 9th regiments led by Tao Jingfei have completely annihilated the second brigade of the 30th Wing of the Japanese army, and are fighting fiercely with the two squadrons of the 29th Wing of the Japanese army, the remnants of the 1st Brigade of the 30th Wing, and the main force of the 2nd Engineer Wing. Although they were not superior in numbers, their progress was rapid. ”

"The 3rd Brigade and 7th Regiment under Du Kaishan's personal command have used guò encroachment tactics and eaten up two squadrons of the 16th Wing. With the addition of a squadron that had been defeated before, the 16th Wing now had less than one and a half squadrons of strength left. Now Du Kaishan is encircling and annihilating it for the last time. ”

"I have ordered Du Kaishan to leave one battalion to carry out the final encirclement and annihilation of the 16th Wing, and the rest of the battalion troops will directly go south and join the 8th and 9th regiments. Before dark today, according to the current comparison of enemy and enemy forces, there should be no problem in completely solving the 16th Wing of the Japanese Army. ”

Although Tao Jingfei took the wrong road, he delayed the roundabout time. But it was a mistake and the waist of the 29th Wing was discounted. In one fell swoop, the 29th Wing, the 1st Brigade of the 30th Wing, and the Engineer Wing were separated. Commander, I think we can now launch a general attack. ”