At the same time when Yi Jianping and Wang Guangyu were communicating, Yang Jicai under the mountain was facing the battle situation that was almost under his nose, but he was not nervous at all, and his calm was a little scary. What I know is that he may be confident, and those who don't know think that this person's mentality is too good.

Yang Jicai was not in a hurry, just holding a telescope and carefully observing the changes in the enemy situation on the battlefield. At this time, the sky was already bright, and the line of sight was quite good. Although he couldn't see the situation on the other side of the stone table from here, he could still see the situation of the Japanese army under his nose quite clearly.

As for the direction of the stone table, what is the current situation of the Japanese army, Yang Jicai handed over the task of observation to Gou Zaihe of Balaqirude. From the direction of Balakirude, the direction of the stone table can be clearly observed. The situation is a little clearer and more accurate than on the side behind the entire front. It is quite appropriate for the troops on the front line of Balachrude to undertake the task of observing the enemy situation in the direction of the stone table.

However, considering Gou Zaihe's previous attitude towards his orders, Yang Jicai directly sued him this time, if he pushed his orders and discounted them again and again in execution, he Yang Jicai would not mind slashing Ma Jian with tears. Although Gou Zaihe's qualifications are much older than his Yang Jicai, Yang Jicai, who definitely doesn't want to have the previous situation, is still very serious.

And after a short period of consideration, it is necessary to ensure the smooth flow of command and avoid the situation of discounting the execution of orders before they arise. Yang Jicai's sacrifice of Wang Deyao, as well as the news that his superiors ordered him to temporarily take over Wang Deyao's command, also sued Gou again.

After receiving Yang Jicai's extremely tough order this time, Gou Zaihe over there was not as stubborn as before this time. Perhaps the news of Wang Deyao's sacrifice was a severe blow to him. Perhaps the mistake made in the direction of the stone table before left him speechless. So this time, he was still very happy to implement Yang Jicai's order.

According to Yang Jicai's request, the movement of the Japanese army in the direction of the stone table was reported every ten minutes. In particular, the Japanese army's continued efforts to increase troops in the direction of the stone table despite the damage caused by artillery fire were truthfully reported to Yang Jicai.

As for the poor communication with Yi Jianping and Qiu Jintang behind him before, it was actually Yang Jicai's conscious order not to answer any call requests from behind. Although he did not turn off the walkie-talkie directly, he did not give any reply to the call request from there.

He did this because he was worried that the two superiors behind him would interfere with his determination. At the same time, he is also worried about the political commissar behind him, worried about his own safety, and interferes with his own decisions. Although he knew that his actions might be severely held accountable after the war, considering the current situation on the battlefield, Yang Jicai still made up his mind to take a risk.

However, although in the face of the obviously unfavorable battle situation in front of him, Yang Jicai himself did not care too much. But behind him, his guards, communications staff, including the combat staff officer sent by Qiu Jintang to assist him in command, were now all fully armed.

In his hand he was either carrying a submachine gun full of bullets, or he was carrying a pistol with the safety had been opened. There was even a grenade with a safety cover unscrewed on each person's belt in order to go off if necessary to prevent capture. The walkie-talkie crew put two grenades, which were also pulled from the starting arque, directly on the walkie-talkie. On the side of the secret book, a small bottle of kerosene was also placed.

Compared with Yang Jicai's relaxation with confidence, the expressions on the faces of several people were quite nervous. There was no way, there was only one or more companies in the defense, but the enemy was facing several times. In the case that it has been hit under his nose, everyone is just as nervous.

Turning his head to look at the nervous looks of several people, Yang Jicai waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, there is no problem, you all calm down." I don't want to be a captive, and I won't let a few of you be captives. I'm still young, I haven't driven the little devils out of China yet, and it's still a little early to see Marx. ”

"I don't care as the initiator, so why are you so nervous. You grenades, screw the safety covers. Don't wait for the devil to touch it for a while, you make it sound first, and blow yourself up, wouldn't it be unlucky? The safety of the weapon is also closed, don't be nervous, and it will affect others. ”

After properly calming down the few people who seemed extremely nervous, Yang Jicai said to the communications staff officer: "You can contact the head of Gou of Balaqirude again and ask him what he has observed." Now from the front line of the stone table, how many Japanese troops have rushed over? ”

"Also, contact the two artillery companies in the back, and let the 75th Field Artillery Company take the remaining two artillery pieces, not on the front line of the blockade stone table. Intensify all the firepower to the right flank. It is necessary to block the Japanese army's detour to the back of the Ao Han camp, and it is absolutely impossible to allow a single Japanese soldier to rush over. ”

"Tell them to keep a close watch and open fire whenever the Japanese show signs of a detour to the right flank. While taking care to save shells, not allowing a single Japanese to rush through their fire blockade. Now that the sky is bright and the visibility is excellent, I think it should not be difficult to observe the direction of the Japanese movement. ”

"Tell them not to be timid because the two field guns caused a bombing incident because of the high rate of fire. The loss is lost, it's no big deal. As long as I can block the Japanese troops who broke through, and take a detour and outflank route to the back of the Ao Han camp, even if all their artillery pieces are blown up and lost, then I will give them credit. ”

Yang Jicai's remarks were aimed at the previous blockade of the 75th Field Artillery Company in the direction of the stone table, the two 38-type 75-mm field guns were fired with a large charge for a long time, and the service life of these captured Japanese artillery guns was quite long, and they were already old. As a result, two 75 field guns exploded, and all of them were lost.

This situation suddenly made the two artillery companies somewhat daunted in the battle. Not to mention the obvious slowdown in the rate of fire, the field artillery company had a long pause in the process of firing. As a result, the blockade was not timely, and a large number of Japanese troops rushed in from the direction of the stone table at once.

The Japanese troops who rushed in later not only intensified their offensive against Sumuyintara, but also tried to make a detour in the direction of the Ao Han camp. In desperation, Yang Jicai could only order the 100-mm howitzer company to turn around and concentrate firepower to block the Japanese army's westward route. The two mountain guns blocked and broke through the Japanese attack on the Balachrude line.

Therefore, Yang Jicai, who was very worried about this situation again, told him with some anxiety. He also knew that the troops were currently using the 38-type field guns captured by the Japanese army, as well as the Polish-made 100-mm howitzers and 75-mm field guns transferred by the Soviet army.

Even some of the captured Japanese-style 38 field guns were assembled from the original parts imported from Germany when the Japanese army manufactured the 38-type field guns. It has been used for more than 30 years. No matter how good the quality of the German artillery steel is, after so many years, the aging is unusually bad.

Compared with the captured Japanese army's new and improved Type 38 field guns, Type 90 and Type 95 field guns, and Type 91 105-mm cannons, these two guns are not only mostly overused, but also appear quite old. Some of them have even aged after intensive use.

This situation is not the only one of these two types of artillery. The caliber and source of the artillery of the Anti-United Nations can be described as quite complicated, and they are basically second-hand. With the exception of self-produced rocket artillery, mortars and recoilless guns, there were almost no newly manufactured suppression guns.

Although there is a large number of artillery pieces in the current armament, they are either from captured Japanese guns, or from French and Czech-made guns transferred from the Soviet Union, as well as Polish-made guns. Although these artillery pieces are said to be made in addition to the Japanese artillery and the Czech mountain artillery, whether it is a legal or Polish-made field artillery, they are all imitation French artillery and the caliber is the same, and the shells are basically universal. However, the quality varies depending on the quality of steel in their respective countries.

Especially Polish-made artillery that was re-exported from the USSR, because the quality of Polish steel was not very good, and the quality of these guns themselves was not very good. Coupled with the years of manufacture and use, as well as the intensive use last year and this year, the aging of the artillery is already quite severe.

Even among the Polish-made field guns transferred from Jiangbei, in addition to the imitation French field guns, many of them are simply the products made by the Soviets during the civil war captured in the Soviet-Polish War, or the products of the First World War of Tsarist Russia, and these field guns are in even worse condition.

On the contrary, it was the Czech-made artillery that was captured by the Poles in the Czech Republic and then captured by the Soviets and handed over to the Anti-Japanese Union. Although the quantity is small, it cannot be compared with Japanese-style and Polish-made products. And the years of production and manufacturing are not much shorter. However, because the Czech steel is the best in the world, the quality is far better than that of Polish and Japanese artillery.

Although those old artillery pieces were repaired before they were put into use, after all, where is the production and service life. Coupled with the intensive use last year and this year, these guns are generally not in very good condition. After a long period of shooting, it is easy to have a danger of exploding.

This point is also clear to Yang Jicai, who once served as an operational staff officer at the headquarters. He also knew that, due to the constraints of the conditions, although these guns were old, they could only be used at the moment when there was no source of new guns at the headquarters, and because of the fact that they were unable to produce and manufacture new guns due to raw materials and technical reasons.

Even for the sake of artillery safety, the headquarters has organized many artillery pieces that have reached the end of their service life separately and used them as artillery reserves and training, so as not to send them to front-line combat units as much as possible. However, because the number of artillery to carry out the fire battle plan this time was obviously insufficient, the headquarters could only pull out these reserve artillery pieces and send them to the battlefield.

This was the case with one of the two field artillery regiments and two 100-mm howitzer battalions deployed to the Aru Korqin Banner. Therefore, it is not an accident that the artillery exploded due to long-term high-intensity use and a large charge.

In order to prolong the service life of these guns as much as possible, the most important thing is to avoid unnecessary casualties caused by accidents such as explosions. Headquarters even mandated the rate of fire of these guns, the maximum range, and the shortest possible service intervals.

But now that the situation is urgent, Yang Jicai can only take some risks. That's why there was an accident in which two consecutive 38 field guns exploded in just five minutes. Although he also knows that if he uses it according to his previous frequency, these old cannons will have various accidents. It's just that at this time, he has no choice. It's better to cry a few people than to cry on a battlefield.