Chapter 474: This is character
He hadn't thought about it before. Yang Jicai always believed that after the 28th Wing was defeated by Wang Deyao, the remnants were more likely to retreat across the Xila Murong River. But after the troops led by Su Yingqi appeared on the battlefield, the number of troops that Su Yingqi appeared was quite a small part less than the troops he reported when he retreated. It can even be said that it is about a third less.
Even if he had to leave part of his forces, it was not very convenient to protect the artillery. But if you don't encounter the Japanese resistance along the way, then you won't lack so many troops all at once. Even if the forced march started all the way from Bayanor, it would not throw so many people off at once.
Although his own unit is a newly trained unit, Yang Jicai is still clear about the real level of training. It is an indisputable fact that continuous marching and fighting will cause considerable fatigue among the troops, and the number of recruits in the troops who have not been on the battlefield is also somewhat large. However, the troops have already completed their full training, and it is absolutely impossible to say that a third of the troops have been thrown off at once.
According to the level of recruit training of the Anti-Japanese Federation, and the fact that the fighters after the training of the recruits in Tong guò are more sufficient, there will not be such a situation of too many soft-footed shrimp. If the training level of the Anti-Japanese Federation and the physical quality of the fighters are at this level, how can we talk about expelling the Japanese and recovering the rivers and mountains?
It was precisely when he saw that Su Yingqi appeared on the battlefield with too few troops that Yang Jicai thought of judging from the marching posture of the 28th Wing last night. After the main force was defeated, it is likely that a considerable part of the remnants of the formation remained east of Zagastainor. Even because of the melee at night, it was impossible to discern the direction and dispersed to the entire battlefield of the Alukorqin Banner.
At night, when visibility was extremely low, it was again in the chaos of a chaotic battle. The two sides involved in the war will definitely not be the only ones who have lost contact with their own troops. Even the well-trained Japanese army made this kind of mistake, and it was actually not a low-level mistake. In particular, the 28th Wing was still formed as a squadron, and the marching distance was too wide.
You must know that although your troops are not as good as the old ones in terms of weapons and equipment. However, the communication equipment is equipped in full accordance with the establishment of the main force, and the standard of walkie-talkie equipment is the same as that of the main force, which is up to the company level. With such complete communication equipment, there is still a situation where three companies cannot be contacted, not to mention that the communication equipment is far inferior to that of the Japanese army, which is fully equipped to resist the United Nations?
Dispersing the march at night in unfamiliar terrain, especially when large-scale lighting is not available on the battlefield, the chaos created by this march is inevitable for any army. Even if there was a map to use, the devil knew where to find the coordinates marked on the map in the night.
If there is a situation where one or even several Japanese squadrons run in the wrong direction with their heads covered. It is absolutely not impossible that even from Zagastainor, which crosses the entire Arukorqin Banner horizontally, and suddenly appears on the battlefield of Balachrud due south. Su Yingqi was likely to encounter a similar situation on the way to Bayannoor.
If he encounters the remnants of the Twenty-Eighth Wing on the way back, it won't be the worst. However, if there is a real encounter with the remnants of the 28th Wing that are scattered or scattered when attacking and advancing from Bayanor to Balachrude, then it means that there must be the remnants of the 28th Wing that have run away around here.
After having this judgment, Yang Jicai immediately felt an invisible huge pressure on his body. But when Yang Jicai thought about this, it was already too late. All his forces have been mixed with the enemy. It can be said that all the troops he can mobilize at the moment have been put into it. The troops that could not move had also been thrown in.
At the moment, it is not only here in the southeast of Balakirude, the fight is in full swing. Not to mention withdrawing it, it is impossible to temporarily break away from rectification. Even on the west side of the Ao Han camp, the sound of gunfire is also dense for a while. It can be said that the entire line from Balaqirude to Ao Han Yingzi has been launched.
After the battle on Balakirude's side, the enemy troops in front of Ao Han's camp seemed to have a heart, and concentrated their forces to retreat to the northeast despite the defenders' continuous tactical counterattacks. The political commissar of the 1st Regiment and the deputy commander of the 2nd Regiment who commanded the operation over there had no choice but to risk all the troops at hand with less than one battalion to counterattack.
Do your best to get entangled with the enemy and try to prevent the enemy from leaving the battlefield. Because they were given orders to entangle the enemy before reinforcements arrived, at any cost. Even if you can't delay until the reinforcements arrive, you can't let the enemy troops in front of you cross the line of Zhangjiayingzi and move closer to the front of Balaqirude.
And it's not just that all the troops in the direction of the Ao Han camp have been put in, in order to stabilize the battlefield on the Western Front and ensure that the enemy army is solved smoothly and without worries. After receiving the report from the direction of Ao Han Yingzi, Yang Jicai put all the troops on the front line of Zhangjia Yingzi, which was already small, except for leaving a platoon as a vigilance, to the direction of Ao Han Yingzi.
At this moment, except for the company beside him, Yang Jicai no longer has any troops in his hands, and even a squad can't be drawn. After hesitating for a long time, Yang Jicai looked at the Japanese positions that were still shrouded in poison gas in front of him, and transferred a reinforced platoon from the last company to Su Yingqi under his command and served as a defense facing the northeast.
At the same time, the remaining 100 grenades and 107 rocket launchers, and the limited shells were concentrated in two companies each. These four artillery batteries, along with two companies in the field artillery group with the most abundant shells at present, were transferred to the southeast of Balachrud. As a fire reserve, as soon as a new Japanese unit really appears, it will adopt the method of fire interception.
The remaining field artillery unit, a mountain artillery battery with only seventy shells, and a regiment of original infantry guns and mortars formed a new artillery group, and the two platoons left as the main force of the Balachrud frontal entrenchment. In the case of insufficient troops and insufficient firepower, Yang Jicai could only make up for it by using the already small artillery resources he had at hand as much as possible.
In fact, Yang Jicai's worries were not superfluous, after the fierce battle of the 28th Wing last night, in addition to the withdrawal of some troops to Shaogen, there were also several Japanese squadrons that were scattered on the battlefield east of Baichengzi after being dispersed by Wang Deyao. Moreover, one and a half squadrons of Japanese troops ran to a place less than ten kilometers southeast of the Balachrud battlefield in a daze.
It's just that the Japanese squadron leader who led the team was really a little too brainless, and after Tianming discerned the direction and found that he had run in the opposite direction, and he had deviated very outrageously, and he couldn't even see a shadow of his own wing around. With the rest of the men, he turned around and returned to Zagastenor, ready to continue westward according to the route originally drawn up by the wing.
As a result, this squadron and a half, together with the other squadrons on the battlefield that he had gathered after arriving at Zagastainor, were forced to gather four or five hundred Japanese troops by him. Unexpectedly, on the edge of the Haihar River, he encountered an ambush force that was attacking. Under the onslaught of tanks and cavalry, in less than an hour there were not even bones left.
The original decision of this brainless Japanese squadron leader was undoubtedly a very lucky thing for Yang Jicai, who had already been dispatched at this moment. If this guy hadn't turned around and walked a few kilometers forward, I'm afraid the outcome of this battle would have been very different. This result is undoubtedly extremely lucky for Yang Jicai.
Although this squadron of one and a half Japanese troops is not a lot of troops. But on the battlefield, such a small number of troops often becomes the last straw that breaks the camel's back. It's just that things on the battlefield are sometimes so wrong, this old man who passed by the god of luck didn't know until he died that he had a chance to change at least one part of the battle.
In fact, even if Yang Jicai had already thought of his omissions, would he terminate the counterattack when the enemy army in front of him had already begun to retreat? I'm afraid that in terms of his character, he would rather take this risk than sit idly by and watch the Japanese army in front of him withdraw so smoothly.
This is his character, and he will definitely not change his decision because of a slight change on the battlefield. Not to mention that the situation at that time was already in front of him, even if there was no fighter plane for him to passively respond to the battle, it was definitely not his style. Let him let the Japanese army slip away in front of him because of the possible danger, let alone what he can do.
However, although Yang Jicai didn't know that he was almost on the verge of defeat, the arrival of the reinforcement troops promised by Yi Jianping made a big stone that had been hanging in his heart finally land. Although there were almost no infantry rushing to reinforce him, the mobile firepower that rushed over made it easier for him to take a considerable amount of risk.
Those 57-mm recoilless guns are enough, but the double 14-mm high-level dual-purpose machine guns are quite a powerful weapon. With this thing, Yang Jicai believes that even if a new Japanese army unit appears on the battlefield. As long as there was no artillery, one platoon of his troops was enough to fight a squadron of Japanese troops.
Just before Yang Jicai observed the battle situation and thought about the final reply from his superiors. What method can I take to annihilate all these Japanese troops in front of me as quickly as possible without hurting my muscles and bones. The column has not yet given itself an answer, and it must be prepared for both.
As he moved over, the field telephone that had been erected together suddenly rang. When I took off my gas mask and picked up the phone, I was stunned. This phone call was actually made by Commander Wang Guangyu himself. Picking up the phone, Yang Jicai faced Wang Guangyu's inquiry about the change in shape, and replied directly: "Commander, I have launched a full-front counterattack in Balaqirude. Our troops are now being concentrated in a fierce battle with the retreating Japanese troops. ”
Wang Guangyu on the other side of the phone heard that Yang Jicai's side had already launched a counterattack without any order. Although he didn't get angry on the phone, he was somewhat dissatisfied in his heart because of Yang Jicai's unauthorized actions.
What he usually does, he can not be investigated, but this time Wang Guangyu is really angry. Because of the importance of the Balakirude front line to the entire Linxi battlefield, he was not unaware. In the case that the comparison of forces was not favorable, and the shell consumption was too large, and it was no longer able to support long-term fire support, this kid couldn't wait for an hour.
Didn't he know how much impact it would have on the entire Linxi battlefield if he agreed to his request? The requirements of his superiors should be carefully considered. Doesn't he really understand the truth of moving the whole body? In the case of insufficient troops, is it true that the consequences of taking the risk of attacking are not considered?