The most cattle cottage in the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 619
Before the start of the offensive campaign, Xue Dongsheng secretly summoned his generals and asked them to pay close attention to the movement of the 20th Corps. If the 20th Corps did not act, the 21st Corps would also stand still.

After the 20th Corps started in Jingmen County, Xue Dongsheng used a reinforced regiment to press head-on to Shayang County, which was defended by the Japanese 11th Division. Troops are not allowed to break away from the original fortifications.The various units launching the attack are also ready to retreat to their original defensive positions at any time.

The national army's tactics are rigid, they are best at fighting positional warfare, and they are afraid of leaving the position to fight the Japanese army in the field, so Xue Dongsheng dare not let his main force leave the fortifications.

Therefore, when launching offensive operations, they basically only adopted tactics of going hand in hand, and each unit dared not take the initiative to attack for fear of being attacked by the Japanese army.They mistrusted each other, and each army could not count on the other to come to the rescue when it was under siege.

As for the complicated tactics such as interspersing, detours, and ambushes that require mutual cooperation in offensive battles, the national army's troops simply cannot do it.

During the War of Liberation, the number of national army troops far exceeded that of the underground party troops, and their equipment exceeded that of the underground party troops by an unknown number of times, but they still could not beat the underground party troops.

On the Northwest battlefield, the Northwest Field Army had only more than 2 troops, while the national army had more than 30 troops. Due to their rigid tactics, they only dared to gather together and hug each other to keep warm. As a result, they were defeated one by one by the Northwest Field Army's flexible tactics.

When attacking Shayang County, Xue Dongsheng's troops did not dare to advance alone, but only dared to send a reinforced regiment to attack Shayang County, and they only dared to attack from one side, and did not dare to encircle the Japanese army, hoping to force the Japanese army Take the initiative to retreat.

Deputy Commander Zhang personally took command of the 21st Corps. Seeing that Xue Dongsheng's troops were just bluffing and probing forward to launch an attack, Deputy Commander Zhang had no choice but to do so.

After the battle started, the 11th Division of the Japanese Army immediately sent reinforcements to Shayang County.The Sixth Division of the Japanese Army also launched an attack on the 21st Corps of the National Army.

The troops of the 157th Division attacking Shayang County followed the order of the campaign to launch an attack on Shayang County, which was held by the Japanese army.Before launching the attack, they were afraid that they would be surrounded by the Japanese army alone, and they dared not advance boldly. Instead, they waited for the troops on the two wings to get together before advancing together. Therefore, they moved slowly, giving the Japanese army defending Shayang County sufficient time. Prepare for defense.An attack operation has become an upright and formal offensive and defensive operation.

The troops of the 157th Division took a stance, bombarded Shayang County, which was defended by the Japanese army, and then organized troops to launch an attack, but were repelled by the Japanese army.When they organized the offensive for the second time, they were bombed by the Japanese Air Force. They suffered heavy losses and lost their hearts.

Hearing that Japanese reinforcements were about to arrive, the 157th Division was worried about being surrounded by the Japanese army, so they immediately asked for reinforcements from large troops, otherwise they were going to retreat.

At this moment, the Japanese defenders in Shayang County launched a counterattack. The commander of the 157th Division immediately ordered a retreat. During their retreat, they were chased by the Japanese army. The troops were quickly disbanded and suffered heavy losses.

Seeing this situation, Xue Dongsheng immediately ordered the troops of the 21st Corps to retreat to their original defensive positions.Thus ended their offensive campaign.

Although Deputy Commander Zhang is the deputy commander-in-chief of the Ninth War Zone, but Xue Dongsheng relies on someone to back him up, and Deputy Commander Zhang can't command at all, and there is nothing he can do about it.

What Gao Jiu was most worried about appeared.The 11th Division of the Japanese Army accepted the command of the 3rd Division. They received an order from the commander of the 3rd Division and organized a reinforced regiment to attack the troops of the 20th Corps of the Sichuan Army from the west, threatening to encircle Jingmen. At the rear of the Sichuan Army troops in the county, they encircled Wei and rescued Zhao, and broke the siege of Jingmen.

The units of the 21st Corps and the 45th Army stationed in the west of Qingsong Ridge retreated immediately after being attacked by the Japanese army, dodging the road leading to Qingsong Ridge, allowing the troops of the Japanese 11th Corps to easily come to Qingsong Ridge.

21st Corps Command.

The chief of staff took the telegram sent by the 45th Army and said to Xue Dongsheng: "Commander, the 11th Division of the Japanese Army has appeared in Qingsongling, and they are going to attack the rear of the Sichuan Army. See if this matter has been reported to the Sichuan Army. a bit?"

Under normal circumstances, the chief of staff is quite right to do this, and he should take the initiative to inform the friendly army about the enemy's situation.Xue Dongsheng stopped him.In this offensive campaign, his troops did not make any progress, but lost a lot of troops, thus ending the campaign.

Of course, Xue Dongsheng didn't want the troops of the Sichuan army to make great achievements, so he hoped that the Japanese army could succeed in the surprise attack.If it is said that the losses of the Sichuan Army were greater than that of his troops, it means that he was correct in taking the initiative to withdraw his troops.

Thanks to Gao Jiu who deployed a division of troops in Qingsongling in advance and rushed to repair the fortifications in advance, he prevented the Japanese army from cutting off the rear.

At this point in the battle, Deputy Commander Zhang understood why Gao Jiuning could deal with the 3rd Division and 11th Division of the Japanese Army with the troops of the Sichuan Army because he could not trust Xue Dongsheng.If Xue Dongsheng's troops were only allowed to deal with one division of the Japanese army, they would have a certain sense of security. Under such circumstances, Xue Dongsheng would be able to provide part of his troops to stop the 11th division of the Japanese army, and the battle would not be over. this point.

The battle plan formulated by Li Fengming and Deputy Commander Zhang couldn't chew on more, which put the troops of the 20th Corps in danger.

Seeing this situation, Deputy Commander Zhang simply commanded the troops of the 45th Army of the National Army to go to Qingsongling.However, the 45th Army of the National Army had already received Xue Dongsheng's order to preserve its strength, and only sent a battalion of troops to harass the Japanese army. After being counterattacked by the Japanese army, it returned to its original position.

Since the war has been fought, the 20th Corps is facing the attacks of the two main forces of the Japanese 3rd Division and the 11th Division.

20th Corps War Room.

Standing in front of the combat sand table, the deputy commander of the Sichuan Army frowned when he saw the enemy's situation map marked with small flags by the staff.

At this time, Gao Jiu was leading the main force of the Sichuan Army to surround Jingmen County to fight for reinforcements. The rest of the Sichuan Army blocked the troops of the 11th Division of the Japanese Army on Qingsong Ridge. The Sichuan Army's rear was very empty.The mobile forces in the hands of the Sichuan Army Headquarters are only directly subordinate units such as the Corps Guard Corps, and their strength is very weak.Fortunately, Gao Jiu had come to the guard regiment of the Ninth War Zone in advance, and the deputy commander of the Sichuan Army felt more at ease.

The deputy commander of the Sichuan Army inquired about the enemy's situation in the direction of Qingsongling, and learned that the Japanese army was attacking very violently. He, as discussed with Gao Jiu in advance, sent the Ninth War Zone Guard Regiment to the direction of Qingsongling for reinforcements.

Deputy Commander Zhang saw that the battle situation was not good, and worried that the Sichuan Army would be besieged by the Japanese 3rd and 11th Divisions, so he called from the 21st Corps headquarters.

Deputy Commander Zhang first asked about the situation of the Sichuan Army.

The deputy commander of the Sichuan Army said: "Mr. Zhang, Mr. Gao is leading the main force of the Corps to attack Jingmen County, and is fighting fiercely with the main force of the 3th Brigade of the 6rd Division of the Japanese Army."

Hearing this, Deputy Commander Zhang was very worried that Gao Jiu and the others would be attacked.He was very anxious, and said: "A reinforced regiment of the 11th Division of the Japanese Army has already copied your rear from the direction of Qingsongling. You should immediately notify Gao Jiu and withdraw the troops."

The deputy commander of the Sichuan Army said: "Mr. Zhang, please don't worry. Our corps has already deployed a division of troops in Qingsongling for defense in advance. Now the guard regiment of the Ninth War Zone has also rushed to reinforce it. It is fully capable of stopping the Japanese army. .”

Hearing this, Deputy Commander Zhang breathed a sigh of relief.He really didn't expect Gao Jiu to predict the enemy like a god and deploy blocking troops in Qingsong Ridge in advance.

After putting down the phone, Deputy Commander Zhang said suspiciously: "How did Mr. Gao know that the Japanese army was going to outflank Qingsongling?"

Li Fengming knew Gao Jiu's layout in advance. He said: "Mr. Zhang, I knew about this matter in advance. But Mr. Gao asked me not to announce it, because he was worried that Xue Dongsheng would know Mr. Gao in advance and take precautions against him."

Hearing this, Deputy Commander Zhang's face was gloomy, and he said bitterly: "Xue Dongsheng is afraid of the enemy and avoids the battle, and delays the opportunity of the battle. He really deserves to be killed."

Li Fengming smiled helplessly, he knew that Deputy Commander Zhang could only speak in anger, Xue Dongsheng had a strong backer behind him, and Deputy Commander Zhang basically had nothing to do with him.

At this time, Xue Dongsheng was not idle either.He reported to the commander of the Ninth Theater that the 21st Corps bravely launched an attack on the Japanese army according to the pre-formulated combat plan.However, they encountered fierce attacks from the two main divisions of the 11th Division and the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army. In order to avoid heavy losses, they had retreated to their original positions.He assured the commander that he would be able to hold his position and stop further Japanese attacks.

The commander in chief listened to Xue Dongsheng's report. Although the 21st Corps did not make any progress, it was able to preserve its strength. This result is also acceptable.He called Deputy Commander Zhang again to inquire about the situation of the Sichuan Army.

Deputy Commander Zhang was very angry with Xue Dongsheng. He reported the situation after the start of the battle to the commander-in-chief and demanded that Xue Dongsheng be severely punished.

The commander-in-chief did not say a word, saying that since the offensive operation could not continue, he was asked to notify the Sichuan army to withdraw the troops quickly to avoid heavy losses.

Deputy Commander Zhang said: "Mr. Gao is currently leading the main force of the Sichuan army, fighting fiercely with the Japanese army in Jingmen, it may be difficult to withdraw."

The commander-in-chief said dissatisfiedly: "What's the matter with Gao Jiu? He even took the main force of the Sichuan army to risk. Tell him to withdraw the troops immediately."

In the direction of Jingmen, Shimada Shinichi, the brigade commander of the sixth brigade of the third division of the Japanese army, led the 26th Regiment, the 6th Regiment of Engineers, the 6th Regiment of Supplies, and the 6th Battalion of Field Artillery, with a total of more than 7200 people. I am marching on the road to reinforce the 27th Regiment of the Japanese Army stationed in Jingmen County.

After hearing that the 27th Regiment was under siege by the Guojun Sichuan Army, he didn't feel nervous, but a little excited.

For a long time, the Sichuan army relied on solid fortifications to defend to the death. The Japanese army had no good way to deal with these Sichuan army hiding like old shu. They launched many attacks without making significant progress.

Unexpectedly, they dared to leave their positions and come to Jingmen County to die, which gave the Japanese army a good opportunity to encircle and annihilate them.

Shimada Shinichi decided to seize this opportunity to eliminate these desperate Sichuan troops.

Shimada Shinichi was dozing off in the car when a motorcycle caught up and handed him a telegram.

The telegram was sent by the captain of the 27th Regiment of the Japanese Army, saying that the Sichuan Army was attacking fiercely and hoped that reinforcements would arrive as soon as possible.

Shimada Shinichi first inquired about the marching progress of the troops and learned that it was less than 20 kilometers away from Jingmen County. He asked the communications staff to send a telegram ordering the 27th Wing to defend the county, telling them that reinforcements would arrive soon.

He said to the adjutant beside him: "Send the order and order the troops to advance at full speed."

There was a hilly area ahead, with dense vegetation on the hillsides on both sides. Under normal circumstances, the Japanese army would definitely send scouts to search, but the Japanese army didn't care, and continued to march on the road swaggeringly.

This is not to say that the Japanese army lacks basic military knowledge, but because in the past two years, the Guo army has only passively defended and has never launched a decent attack, let alone go deep into the hinterland of the Japanese army and launch a large-scale ambush up.Therefore, the Japanese army believed that no one would dare to ambush heavy troops here and fight them at the brigade level.In addition, the 27th Regiment of the Japanese Army stationed in Jingmen County kept urging the coalition forces to arrive quickly, so the Japanese army was not prepared at all.

After full preparations and setting up the ambush position, the offensive against the 27th Regiment stationed in Jingmen County was launched this morning, waiting for the arrival of Japanese reinforcements.

In the temporary command post on the side of the road, the chief of staff was very excited, even a little uneasy.He had never fought such a battle, and he was worried that the Japanese army would see through the Sichuan army's attempt to encircle and attack reinforcements, that the Japanese reinforcements would not arrive, and that the reinforcements would come from other directions to besiege the ambush Sichuan army troops.He was also worried that even if the Japanese army entered the ambush circle, the Sichuan army would not be able to quickly wipe them out. Once the stalemate broke out and other reinforcements from the Japanese army arrived, the Sichuan army would be in danger of being wiped out.

He felt that Gao Jiu's fighting method was a little risky, but he didn't know that Gao Jiu was extremely safe in doing things.

Gao Jiu had already done a lot of work before adopting the tactics of encircling the spot and attacking aid.First of all, he obtained the deployment of Japanese troops in this area through the military command. He carefully inferred the strength and arrival time of the Japanese reinforcements, and even carefully analyzed the Japanese reinforcements.Gao Jiu concluded that the Japanese army would definitely dispatch reinforcements from Zhongxiang, and the strength of the reinforcements would not exceed one brigade.

The troops of the two divisions of the Sichuan Army are three times the number of Japanese reinforcements.With the help of Gao Jiu, the weapons and equipment of the Sichuan army have also been greatly improved, and the firepower can at least be equal to that of the Japanese army.Due to prior arrangements, there is no need to worry about the support of the Japanese Air Force.Coupled with the use of sneak attack tactics such as ambush, there is great confidence in annihilating the reinforcements of the Japanese army.

Gao Jiu sat on an ammunition box, and seeing the chief of staff fidgeting, he took out an Old Sword cigarette and handed it over.

The chief of staff usually doesn't smoke, but at this time he couldn't help but take it because he was nervous.Gao Jiu took out the lighter and lit it for him. He took two puffs of the cigarette uncomfortably, which made him cough continuously.Not to mention, he calmed down a little.

Gao Jiu said: "Sensei, keep your heart in your stomach. I have already got the information that the Japanese army has already dispatched, with only 7000 to [-] troops. We occupy a favorable terrain. As long as they enter the ambush circle, we will destroy them." them."

Although the chief of staff was still a little uneasy, seeing Gao Jiu's confident face, he was still full of expectations for the upcoming big battle of annihilation.

Gao Jiu received a telegram from the special forces, saying that the Japanese reinforcements were only five kilometers away from the ambush circle.

The generals of the Sichuan Army saw that the Japanese army had really arrived on schedule as Gao Jiu had judged, and they were even more convinced of Gao Jiu.

Gao Jiu said: "Sit down, give orders to the troops, prepare to fight."

Du Shengxi led the special forces team to plant a large amount of explosives on the road, and the artillery was marked to shoot Zhuyuan first, waiting for the Japanese army to arrive.

According to Gao Jiu's arrangement, Du Shengxi was the No.1 initiating the ambush battle, and he decided when to launch an attack on the Japanese army.

The vanguard of the Japanese army drove over, but Du Shuangxi did not move.

The soldiers of the Sichuan Army ambushing on the hillsides on both sides were holding their guns tightly. They were all very nervous and their palms were sweating.

Time is so hard to bear, every minute and every second seems very long.Everyone stared closely at the Japanese soldiers on the road. Many people's eyes were sore from staring, and they had to rub their hands.

The vanguard of the Japanese army continued to advance, followed by the infantry of the Japanese army's brigade.They marched forward with neat steps and swagger.

Du Shengxi still did not issue an attack order, he was waiting for the target he wanted to strike first.

The vanguard of the Japanese army passed before his eyes, followed by the infantry of the brigade, followed by the engineering troops.A motorbike team appeared behind the engineering troops, and behind the motorcycle team were several cars, and this was the first target Du Shengxi wanted to attack.When he saw those cars driving in front of him, he shouted loudly: "Detonate."

(End of this chapter)