Chapter 471: Retreat and Scuffle
After listening to Yang Jicai's plan, especially the last sentence, although he hesitated slightly, he finally nodded to implement it, and after he left, Yang Jicai put on the gas mask, in fact, in his heart, Yang Jicai did not have much confidence in Gou Zaihe whether he could make this order for himself, this person was too rigid and inflexible.
In the past, he was asked to find out the focus of the enemy's troop deployment, and under such a favorable situation, he could not seize the opportunity to quickly divide the enemy's army, but retreated according to the order he had given before, and even did not have time to re-issue the order himself.
It was not for him to forcibly penetrate into the depth of the enemy army, but just to let him contact the enemy army to find out the enemy's strength and firepower configuration, why did he rush to retreat, as long as he held on for three more minutes, his new order would arrive, so why bother.
Moreover, his troops on the right flank could hold out for a few minutes to delay the retreat of the Japanese army, as long as the Japanese army was delayed, the artillery behind could fully cooperate with them to prevent the possibility of the Japanese army breaking through, but he was faced with such a favorable opportunity, not advancing but retreating.
But in the current situation that no one is available, he can only hope that he can hold back the enemy army for a point, and he can only pin more hopes on Su Yingqi's side to arrive quickly, and the enemy's actions have been delayed by artillery fire for a long time, as for this old man, as long as he doesn't toss the troops out.
Fortunately, although the commander of Gou Zai and the regiment was slow and too hesitant, the artillery group that had arrived in the direction of the stone table at this moment was not slow, and Yang Jicai had just put down the field phone in his hand, and the shells over there had already begun to shell the Japanese army divided into two parts according to his request.
Especially the retreating Japanese army, the vanguard was directly covered by a burst of 107 rockets, and then after a 100-millimeter grenade of a test nature accurately hit the retreating Japanese ranks, a dense number of shells whistled and accurately smashed into the retreating Japanese marching columns.
Although the 122 rockets did not participate in this shelling, the 107 rockets were not much less powerful than the 122 rockets in addition to the inferior range and density of the shells, although only three companies participated in the shelling because of the restrictions of the shells.
However, the three companies had a total of 12 12-barreled 107 rocket shells, and the 144 rockets fired in one breath were not something that the retreating Japanese troops could bear.
As a squadron of the vanguard and half of the baggage squadron, almost none of them survived under the intensive fire of the rocket artillery during this period, and the follow-up troops were also implicated, and there were also many casualties, plus 75 mm field artillery, 100 mm howitzers, and a company of 155 howitzers, the retreating Japanese troops can be said to have lived a hellish time like yesterday afternoon.
It was only because he did not have many troops at hand that he knew that the opponent had an absolute advantage in artillery fire, but he did not dare to disperse his troops, although the troops were killed and wounded by this period of shelling, and it could even be said that more than half of them were killed or wounded in the first wave of shelling, but he did not dare to stay for a moment to avoid the shells.
Its march was intercepted by dense shells, with only a brief pause, followed by a constant burst of shells, and a brief pause at the beginning of its interception, and from the flanks it came up with the flank and the flank of the flanks and the frenzied machine-gun fire of the subordinate, that is, it did not dare to stop to avoid the artillery fire, nor did it dare to stop and return fire.
As for the wounded and equipment, everything that could be thrown was thrown away, and even the six mountain guns and two field guns that were assigned to him at the time of the parting were also lost, and as for the light and heavy machine guns, mortars, and infantry guns, all of them were lost, and some even threw away their rifles.
The journey to hell yesterday afternoon and night, coupled with the nightmare this morning, made not only the deputy wing captain who was bent on retreating, but also everyone who retreated with him no longer have any fighting spirit, and they had only one thought in their hearts, that is, the sooner they evacuated, the better.
Ignoring casualties and dense artillery shells, they retreated desperately, and after losing more than half of their men within a distance of less than five kilometers, the remaining 700 or so Japanese troops finally broke through the artillery interception area arranged by Yang Jicai, which consisted of various body-barreled artillery pieces and 107 rocket artillery with a range of about 8,000 meters.
It's just that before the Japanese troops who broke through the interception area composed of various body-barreled artillery pieces were relieved, the 122 rocket launchers with the farthest range and had been silent before suddenly opened fire, and another wave of dense shells hit the Japanese troops who were about to stop to catch their breath and prepare to repel the Japanese troops who were entangled in themselves.
The number of 122 rockets in Qiu Jintang's artillery shells is the least, although the accuracy of this rocket is the worst among all artillery, but the range is only the farthest, so Yang Jicai left it to the end, that is, the most critical time to use, in order to prevent accidental injury, before using the 122 rocket artillery, Yang Jicai even asked Gou Zaihe to retreat 500 meters.
Seeing the sudden retreat of the anti-coalition troops who had been encircling him on the flank, the deputy wing commander who commanded the retreat reacted extremely quickly, and did not care about the rockets and artillery shells that fell in the columns of the marching troops, so he commanded the troops to make a 90-degree turn on the spot and turned the direction of retreat to the southeast.
Taking advantage of this time difference, they used the anti-joint launch rockets as a barrier, and put aside Gou Zai and his subordinates, who had been on their flanks and took a bite when they were caught by hungry wolf tactics, and desperately retreated in the direction of Bayannuoer in the southeast direction, regardless of the rockets smashed on their heads.
This deputy wing commander, who had lost more than half of his troops in the midst of the intensive firepower, was miraculously unwounded, and he played a really beautiful game, taking advantage of the opportunity to temporarily retreat by entangled enemy troops and prevent accidental artillery fire from being injured by accidental fire, and turned around and changed the direction of retreat, throwing aside the enemy troops who were spreading out in the eastward direction.
He was a little caught off guard by this hand, and after the 122 rocket launcher stopped firing, he could only passively follow the pursuit, and because his feet were half a beat slower, and the retreating Japanese army was almost desperate to run, he never caught up, and could only chase desperately behind the Japanese army's buttocks.
In the face of this situation, Yang Jicai is also a little helpless, and now the Japanese army has been out of the range of fire of most of the artillery groups in the direction of the stone table under the degree of desperate retreat, and the various field artillery groups with relatively sufficient shells at present do not have such a large range.
And there are some artillery shells of the French M 1917 Type 155 howitzer group, and the maximum firing range is only 12 kilometers, because the frontal battlefield of the Alukorqin Banner is relatively narrow, and the French M 1929 Type 155 howitzer, which has the largest firing range in the Anti-Japanese Alliance, is not deployed here.
The 155 howitzers deployed here are all made in the French or French Polish, and the old M-1917 155 howitzers with a maximum range of only 12 kilometers fire from the direction of the stone table, and it is simply impossible to intercept the Japanese troops who turned around and ran all the way to the southeast
The only one-two-two rocket artillery with sufficient range is because there are not many shells in itself, which have been consumed when they have just been intercepted at a long distance, and they cannot be pursued and intercepted by firepower.
It was so easy to catch up with the Japanese army, and without the interference of artillery fire, dozens or a dozen people were constantly divided into dozens or a dozen people among the retreating Japanese troops to carry out harassing blockades against the pursuing troops.
Just when Yang Jicai was somewhat helpless in the face of the current situation, and the Japanese army, who did not dare to stop at all, was almost about to run out of the observation distance of the artillery team mirror in Yang Jicai's hand at the moment, dense gunfire suddenly sounded in the front of his ranks, as well as the explosion of mountain artillery and mortar shells.
Only caring about fleeing for their lives and blocking the Japanese troops pursuing behind, they didn't expect to collide with Su Yingqi's troops who were attacking and advancing in this direction, but Su Yingqi's troops who rushed all the way from Bayan Nuoer's forced march, although they arrived in time, but there were not many troops, and there were a large number of people who fell behind in the forced march regardless of fatigue along the way.
Coupled with a company left behind to cover the artillery, Su Yingqi, who had only two incomplete companies at hand at this moment, and the actual strength added up to less than four platoons, faced the Japanese army, which had more than 1,000 troops in front of him who had begun to retreat, had dropped sharply to more than 500 people.
But there was no fear or hesitation, but there was a trace of excitement on his face, Su Yingqi, carrying his machete that he had brought from Guannai to the northeast, and without any hesitation, he took two companies with a total of less than four platoons around him, as well as the only mountain artillery and two eighty-two mortars that followed, and all of them entered the battle.
Because the encounter with the Japanese army was too sudden, it was too late for his headquarters to start a blockade, Su Yingqi simply took all the troops on the bayonet, and fought a white-knuckle battle with the Japanese troops who rushed over, commanding the troops who were actually less than two companies around him, and started a hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese troops who rushed over about one and a half squadrons first.
At the same time, the Zhao army behind him concentrated only a mountain artillery and mortars that followed up to concentrate firepower, cut off the connection between the front and rear sequences of the Japanese army, and intercepted the Japanese troops who rushed over later, so as to reduce the pressure on Su Yingqi in the front, while the political commissar Chen Zhiping took two political cadres to collect the stragglers in the rear.
Seeing that more and more Japanese troops were breaking through the dense artillery interception, Chen Zhiping did not care about reorganizing the stragglers who had been driven to the battlefield in the 66th according to the organizational system.
It's just that the original strength is limited, coupled with the casualties paid when the small Japanese troops were blocked by the small Japanese troops along the way, as well as a large number of people who have been overtired and have not been able to catch up with the stragglers, Chen Zhiping's concentrated forces are really limited.
Until half an hour after the battle began, Chen Zhiping had only concentrated less than two platoons, plus the two incomplete companies with only four platoons of troops invested before, these forces were already all the troops that Su Yingqi could invest, except for these troops, unless the company covering the artillery arrived, Su Yingqi could no longer take out a single soldier at hand.
The Japanese side was similar to him, breaking through the limited artillery fire to intercept a small squad and then a squad was put into a squadron, and a combat group was put into a combat group, and a melee was equivalent to one and a half companies from the beginning of the enemy and us, and the Japanese army was even less than the strength invested by the Anti-Japanese Alliance, and finally it became a large melee with three or four hundred people each.
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