How determined the commander of the Jinsui Sixth Column over there was, Sui Changqing didn't know very well. For him, the Jinsui troops did not belong to his unified command. Sui Changqing was only responsible for commanding the Yingxian battlefield and the surrounding anti-coalition forces, while the Jinsui troops were personally commanded by Commander Chen.

Although horizontal radio liaison was established with the Jinsui Sixth Column, communications staff officers and a 50-watt radio station were also stationed there. However, Sui Changqing only sent him a briefing on the enemy situation on time, and never mentioned a single word of reinforcement request. After all, although the two armies are on the same battlefield, they belong to different formations.

His troops had just been transferred from the northeast to the battlefield in northern Shanxi. I am not familiar with the Jinsui troops, and I don't know much about the combat style. In terms of seniority, he is even more of a junior in front of the commander with old qualifications. How to fight the brother troops, Sui Changqing, who is more delicate, does not want to point fingers.

After arriving in Yingxian, Sui Changqing received Chen Hanzhang's first telegram, which was to tell him that as long as the Japanese army did not take the initiative to attack in the northeast, he would never let the Jinsui Sixth Column participate in the battle. If the Japanese army attacks in the northeast direction, the strength of the troops should not exceed one infantry brigade, and do not interfere with the operations on the Jinsui side. Even if the Jinsui Sixth Column offered to participate in the war, it would have to be politely refused.

What is the specific reason and real intention of Chen Hanzhang to do this, it was not clearly stated in the telegram, and Sui Changqing did not ask. However, considering the actual position of the Jinsui Sixth Column now, it is at the junction of the battlefield in the northeast of Jin and Yingxian. Even without this order, Sui Changqing would not accept the request for reinforcements from this brother force closest to him.

They are located at the junction of the two battlefields. Behind it, the Anti-Union Department was fighting fiercely with the Japanese army in Hunyuan. And the Japanese army in front of him, after all, had two field wings. In addition, the strength of searchers, sappers, and baggage can be converted into combat soldiers at any time.

Unless he stops the training of the main force of the 10th Division, he will all be transferred out to participate in the battle. Otherwise, even if the strength of more than 5,000 people in the six columns of Jin Sui is added, there will be a certain disparity in the number of troops, and it will be easy for the Japanese army to leave an opportunity to take advantage of. Once the 32nd Division is inserted behind the Hunyuan battlefield, then the entire battlefield in the northeast of Shanxi Province is likely to cause some turmoil because of this miscellaneous fish.

Although as Du Kaishan's old subordinate, Sui Changqing did not think that his old superiors were not prepared at all in the face of this very likely situation. But after all, everyone's forces have been used to the extreme, so it is better to be relatively safe. Instead of triggering the passivity of the entire battle situation at that time, it is better to put the Jinsui Sixth Column in which position.

This is indeed somewhat embarrassing for this brother unit to be placed in that position. But Sui Changqing was obviously unwilling to cause any turmoil in the entire battle situation because of his plan. It's one thing to find an opportunity to take the next black hand by yourself, but Sui Changqing, who was born as a chief of staff, obviously has a much heavier view of the overall situation.

As for the idea that the Sixth Column of Jin Sui is now gearing up and wants to solve the idea of attacking the Japanese infantry brigade in the northeast of Jin in one fell swoop, Sui Changqing is naturally optimistic. After all, they all hit under their noses, and even if Commander Chen was here, he couldn't stop people from making a move.

In fact, Sui Changqing can still understand the current thoughts of the two military and political chiefs of the Jinsui Sixth Column. Ru Yuekou did not fight well, although the board could not all be hit on the six columns, but after all, they had a certain responsibility. The unit has just completed its reorganization, and although it has two brigades, the total number of troops in the whole army is only 5,000 men.

Even with the addition of the two battalions of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, the total strength is less than 7,000 people, and under the unfavorable terrain, the strength is insufficient. Moreover, most of the troops were upgraded by local forces before this war. In addition, it was in a situation of feint, and the defeat in the first battle was somewhat excusable.

However, Sui Changqing also looked at their deployment and command at that time, and indeed there were many problems. The vigilance troops on the flanks were too small, and when the commanding heights had already been occupied by the enemy, they did not make a detailed reconnaissance of the terrain and the enemy's situation, and before the troops were concentrated, they rashly launched a counterattack.

Not only was the location chosen for the attack too narrow, but the forces of the counterattack were also increased one after another, and the entire counterattack was fought as a tactic of adding fuel. In the counterattack, he only paid attention to fighting hard from the front, and did not pay attention to the flank detours, and failed to cut off the connection between Tiejialing and Wudou Mountain, as well as with the Japanese army in depth.

After the failure of the counterattack, the troops were somewhat out of order. The Japanese concentrated the main force and rushed from a high position, and even if the formation of a brigade participating in the counterattack was disrupted, the troops were suppressed in the Ruyue ditch. If it weren't for the two battalions of the Anti-Japanese Federation that preemptively occupied the mountains on both sides of Ruyuekou and forcibly covered this brigade, I am afraid that it would not have suffered a little loss at that time.

Fortunately, the troops that have been cultivated through independent guerrilla warfare over a long period of time have strong independent combat capability and adaptability to the battlefield. Although the Japanese army broke up the formation, the vast majority of the units were divided into battalions and companies, and they were quite skilled and safely dispersed and broke out, and even the equipment was not lost much, only a heavy machine gun was lost.

After the breakout, the speed of closing is also very fast. Although there were some losses on the whole, the amount of losses was still acceptable, and on the whole it was not too large, and the wounded were basically brought out. In the case of the troops being overwhelmed, the troops not only did not disperse, but also brought out everything that could be brought out. Sui Changqing admired this very much, even the old Anti-Japanese Federation, which fought guerrilla warfare back then, could not do this.

However, in Sui Changqing's view, there are many reasons for Ru Yuekou's defeat in the First Battle, but a very important point is probably due to their military and political chiefs. He believes that the defeat of the Sixth Column in this battle, no matter how many reasons there are, is actually a sentence. This battle was fought too impatiently, too much on oneself.

The order given to them by Commander Chen Hanzhang was to resist along the line of Ruyuekou. However, the Jinsui Sixth Column was transferred from the south of Shuoxian County to the direction of Ruyuekou and found that Tiejia Mountain and Wudou Mountain were occupied by the Japanese army. However, despite the fact that the troops had not yet been fully assembled, the two formed brigades only reached a 14th brigade, plus a regiment of the Taiyue Military Region, and even launched a counterattack before they could even check the terrain.

If this 14th Brigade first relied on the old positions left by the Jin Sui Army on the Ruyue Pass line, on the one hand, it would hold on to the mountains on both sides of the Ruyue Pass and wait for the follow-up troops to arrive, and on the other hand, it would conduct careful reconnaissance of the terrain. Although the commanding heights were in the hands of the Japanese army, the mountains on both sides of Ruyue Pass were still in their hands.

If you are calmer, even if you can't recapture Tiejia Mountain, it won't allow the Japanese army to advance to Yingxian so quickly. I was too impatient, but I suffered a big loss. The most important thing is that in Sui Changqing's view, although Tiejia Mountain is the commanding height inside and outside the entire Ruyue Pass, the local mountains are undulating and there are quite a lot of blocking positions, so there is no need to recapture this commanding height. Be calm, and you should be able to buy three to five days.

Although a brigade of its follow-up troops arrived in the shortest possible time, it only had time to cover the 14th Brigade, but because of the favorable terrain it was captured by the Japanese army, it was unable to delay the Japanese attack speed when there was no immediate position. When the 14th Brigade withdrew, it was almost chased down by the Japanese army.

The defeat in this battle made the commander and political commissar of the Jinsui Sixth Column, before retreating to the northeast to rest, express their dissatisfaction with this battle when they met with him, both inside and out, and they had a very dull feeling. I'm afraid that the expressions on the faces of the two brigade commanders who were severely criticized were also very ugly.

The most important thing is that he has been fighting hard here for many days, and he has been politely rejected by himself when he has called many times to ask for reinforcements, which may make the sixth column hold back his strength for a long time, and he may even think that he looks down on them. At this time, Iide Tetsuzo dispatched a large group of troops to attack the northeast of Yingxian, and took this opportunity to take advantage of the shame. And fight a good fight and show yourself.

Whether the current thoughts of the Jinsui Sixth Column are the same as their own judgment is not important to Sui Changqing. For him, after this infantry brigade was transferred to the northeast, it was already the best moment for a full-line counterattack. Originally, he was worried that the fight would be stalemate, which would affect the deployment of Commander Chen's side on the entire battle situation. Therefore, there is a slight hesitation about the timing of the attack.

But now Lieutenant General Iide Tetsuzo, who is in front of him, has weakened the forces of his left flank. The remaining strength of the entire Yingxian battlefield between the left flank and the troops on the western front was only one infantry squadron plus an engineer squadron, plus a squadron of light armored vehicles.

With such a small number of troops in such a large depth, it can almost be said that its flanks have been completely exposed. So if you are still waiting here, you will be a little sorry for the painstaking efforts of others. If it's not the fighter plane that arrives at this time, when will it arrive? The truth that the first strike is strong, and the second strike suffers, Sui Changqing still remembers it very deeply.

Since Iide Tetsuzo himself has exposed his flanks, he will take advantage of your illness to kill you. Lao Tzu doesn't ask for all of you to be annihilated, but there is still no problem in defeating you. Therefore, Sui Changqing's first wave of counterattack fists was ready to smash into the Longquan line at the junction of the two wings of the Japanese army in front of Yingxian. Divide the two frontal wings of the Japanese army, and then concentrate your forces to annihilate one of them first.

After the Japanese brigade that attacked in the northeast direction, it fought with the Jinsui Sixth Column on the front line of Shuigoumen and Black Stone Kiln. He immediately ordered the two regiments that had been waiting on the front line of Xuejiaying on the north bank of the Sanggan River to immediately force south with the strength of five battalions. The soldiers were divided into two roads along Sujiafang, Qinzhuang, and Guandao to pave a line, directly into the line of Lizhuang and Sanlizhai, and directly into the left rib of the enemy in front of Yingxian.

Originally responsible for the defense of the northwest direction of Yingxian County, but now under the command of the 10th Division, after withdrawing from Ruyuekou, he was transferred to the northwest direction on the second day of the start of Yingxian County. Now he organized the remaining strength of a reinforced company, and one battalion and two companies drawn from the 29th Regiment were mixed into a two-battalion compendium regiment for the defense of the northwest direction.

The 2nd Battalion of the 30 th Regiment was fully organized, and under the command of the regimental commander of the unit, who was originally in charge of command, he immediately turned around and headed southwest to force his way to Huanghualiang at the junction of Shanyin and Yingxian. Attack behind the Japanese army who was fighting fiercely with Yi Liangpin.

In cooperation with Yi Liangpin, who was fighting against the Japanese army in this unit, he adopted the method of flanking on both sides to completely defeat the Japanese army in this unit. And cut off the route of the Japanese army to reinforce the battlefield around the county seat of Yingxian when necessary, and ensure the safety of the flank of the main battlefield of the county seat of Yingxian.

Sui Changqing admired the ability of this regiment commander to cover the Jin Sui troops under that situation. and organize troops along the way, as far as possible to disperse and delay the speed of the Japanese attack. Although, for some reason, the casualties of the troops in the battle were somewhat larger.

But being able to bring the troops down in such a critical situation, and no part of the various blocking positions was crushed by the Japanese army, this shows that he is very capable. handed over the troops inserted to the front line of Huanghualiang to his command, Sui Changqing was still quite relieved.