Chapter 44: The Battle of Jinzhou (2)
Wang Kefu nodded and said, "Okay, the big boss will have a good rest, take care of his spirits, and fight tomorrow." β
After Wang Kefu withdrew, Du Lisan lay on the bed, but he couldn't sleep for half a day, although Wang Kefu's plan seemed to be impeccable, but Du Lisan always felt a little uneasy in his heart, but he couldn't say why he was uneasy.
In tomorrow's battle, although the quality and weapons of the KPA soldiers are superior to their own, they have an absolute advantage in terms of troops, and with the help of the Mongolian cavalry, Du Lisan thinks that he is at least 6 or 7 points sure, and there is really nothing to worry about. It's just that a kind of intuition about danger formed by years of outlaw career of bandits and knife licking blood made Du Lisan uneasy, so he tossed and turned, unable to sleep peacefully.
It was tossed until the second half of the night, Du Lisan fell asleep in a daze, but it didn't seem to be long before Du Lisan was woken up by a strong shaking, only to hear Song Qinglian say urgently: "Big boss, wake up, wake up, the People's Army is coming, attacking." β
Du Lisan was clever, suddenly sleepy, turned over and sat up, and said, "Old Song, what kind of people's army attacked? What the hell is going on?"
Song Qinglian said: "Big boss, you hurry up, it's too late." β
When Du Lisan heard this, he hurriedly dressed and got up, and then came to the tent, only to find that the camp was already in chaos, and the bandits were scurrying around like headless flies, and there were many Russian soldiers who were shouting loudly, and sometimes they would hold a few people, and there was a loud roar, but they spoke in Russian, and no one could understand what they meant. I was so anxious that the Russians pulled and pulled. And the bandits are not good-tempered, although some bandits do not dare to fight the Russians, but their mouths are not clean, scolding and scolding; some bandits who have a temper don't care so much about you, and directly collide with the Russian soldiers, and even push and shove.
It turned out that the bandits camped at night, completely disorganized, and did not build defensive positions, but left a few soldiers who kept vigil. In their opinion, although the People's Army gave up the fortified city and took the initiative to fight, it still had to focus on garrison, after all, the number of the People's Army was too small, so they were also thinking about how to break through the positions of the People's Army, and as a result, although the camps of the two sides were only more than 10 kilometers apart, they did not think of arranging defensive positions in front of the camps. Early this morning, after receiving a report from the scouts, the People's Army had already organized its ranks, fought out of the camp, and advanced towards its own camp, apparently to take the initiative to launch an attack.
Originally, the commanders of Japan and Russia did not directly command the bandit army, one was the language barrier, and the other was that they did not want to deal with these bandits, so all military plans were suggested to Du Lisan through Wang Kefu, and then orders were issued in Du Lisan's name to carry them out. But now the time is pressing, after all, the People's Army is only more than 10 kilometers away from itself, if it is a rapid march, it will be there in 1 hour, so it is not enough to care about this, the Japanese army has to arrange artillery positions, so the Russian army has taken on the task of organizing defense. It's just that the language is not understood, and the Russian soldiers are impatient, so they were busy for a long time, not only did the defensive front not be arranged, but it made the camp even more chaotic.
At this moment, I saw Wang Kefu rushing over, pulling away a few bandits who were about to fight the Russian soldiers, and said loudly to them: "Brothers, the current situation is critical, everyone should save it, quickly call you in charge, and bring people to the left side of the camp to gather, there are Russian soldiers there, no matter what he says, just do what he does." β
After beating those bandits, Wang Kefu said to the Russian soldier again, and after the Russian soldier turned his head and left, he came to Du Lisan.
Wang Kefu said: "Big boss, hurry up and recruit your people, go to the front to arrange, and I'll arrive here after arranging it." β
Du Lisan nodded, and at this time, Song Qinglian had recruited more than a dozen people to come over, all of whom were Du Lisan's old subordinates, and said, "Big boss, what should we do?"
Du Lisan thought for a while and said, "Old Song, I'll go to the front to see the direction of the wind first, you hurry up and gather all the brothers, now we have to be a little more active, and if we find something wrong, we will quickly pull out." β
Song Qinglian said: "Understood, big boss." As he spoke, he took a few people and left.
Du Lisan took the remaining 6 or 7 people and went straight to the camp, only to see that the commanders of the Japanese and Russian armies were already here, one hiding behind a tree and the other behind a stone, looking into the distance with a telescope. There are also dozens of Russian soldiers around, as well as some bandits, squatting or lying on their stomachs, hiding by the rocks behind the trees.
Du Lisan also found a big stone to hide, and then looked at the opposite side, although there was still some morning fog, but he could also vaguely see that there were indeed a lot of figures flashing about a thousand meters away, and his heart suddenly jumped wildly, the People's Army will take the initiative to attack their own side, is it difficult that they are already sure to win? .
At this time, Wang Kefu and Song Qinglian also came to the camp with more than 100 people, Wang Kefu said: "Brothers, find a place to hide, as soon as the People's Army attacks, they will beat me hard." β
Song Qinglian came to Du Lisan's side and whispered: "Big boss, I only gathered more than 200 people, brought half of them, and half of them were waiting at the back of the camp, and your horse was also there." β
Du Lisan nodded and said, "Okay, well done." β
At this time, Wang Kefu and the Japanese commander came over together, and Wang Kefu said: " Lieutenant Kawaguchi said that the KPA took the initiative to attack this time, and it was a self-defeating disaster, and we only need to stabilize our position and defeat the KPA easily, but now the camp is too chaotic, and the deployment here will be handed over to Lieutenant Shalimov, who will go to check the position of the artillery, and as soon as the artillery is ready, he will immediately open fire to give the KPA a dismount and compensate him, and I have already sent someone to send a letter to the cavalry, so that they can immediately come to the reinforcements, please hurry up and put the army in order and prepare for battle. β
Du Lisan looked to the left, and sure enough, about 200 meters away, there was indeed a group of Japanese soldiers who were placing artillery, seeing these artillery, Du Lisan's heart was also a little comforted, Bi Jing's power of these artillery pieces was still considerable, the last assault on Jinzhou's battle, he was able to connect the three counties, thanks to the help of these artillery, so he nodded and said, "Okay." β
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"Report, the cavalry units are all in place, and Chief Yang has informed you that you can start. β
Ouyang Longxing nodded and said, "Are the artillery positions ready?"
A staff officer said, "It's all ready, and you can fire at any time." β
Ouyang Longxing said: "Okay, pass my order and fire." β
Just last night, after the bandit army arrived in the Qilihe area, someone suggested to Ouyang Longxing, thinking that now the enemy is outnumbered, so it is necessary to win by surprise, and can launch a night attack on the camp of the bandit army, so as to defeat the bandit army in one fell swoop and defeat the strong with the weak.
However, Ouyang Longxing rejected this suggestion, first, the troops responsible for intercepting the bandit army from all walks of life were not yet in place, and the cavalry army was not in place, so the people's army launched a night raid, and it could indeed defeat the bandit army in one fell swoop, but it could not completely annihilate the bandit army, and then it would have to spend considerable energy to wipe out the remnants of the bandit army; second, Ouyang Longxing did not think that because the enemy was outnumbered, it meant that the enemy was strong and I was weak, and although the People's Army had a large number of people, its firepower was strong, and even if it was a head-to-head battle, it could completely defeat the bandit army, so there was no need to play tricks.
So at 6 o'clock in the morning, the People's Army set off from the camp and advanced to the camp of the bandits, but after entering the combat distance, the bandit army had not completed the whole army, and the People's Army was not welcome, first of all, the mortar units had arranged their positions, set up mortars, and set up shooting parameters according to the enemy positions provided by the drones. With Ouyang Longxing's order, the mortar units opened fire one after another, launching a fierce bombardment of the bandit camp.
Although the number of this people's army is not large, only one battalion, but there are a lot of mortars, all kinds of mortars add up to more than 40 pieces, in the battle of this era, a battalion-level unit has such firepower, it can only be regarded as very considerable, but for the bandit army, it can only be described as terrible, after all, the camp of the bandit army is not large, more than 40 mortars, enough to form a covering blow to the camp of the bandit army. This is also the main reason why Ouyang Longxing firmly believes that even if it is a head-on battle, the bandit army will never be the opponent of the people's army.
"Boom, boom, boom!"
As the shells continued to fall on the camp of the bandits, each explosion would cause a large number of casualties to the bandits, because the camp of the bandits was too dense, so the shells also brought the lethality to the extreme. But for the bandits, it was a complete catastrophe, with explosions one after another, blood and flesh flying, countless casualties, people shouting and horses, and the already chaotic camp became even more chaotic.
The artillery positions of the bandits were hit by shells before they could fire a single shot, and not only were all the artillery positions destroyed, but even almost all the Japanese soldiers in the positions were killed.
The whole shelling lasted only a little more than one minute, and the bandit army completely collapsed, and the bandits fled from the camp one after another, fleeing in all directions, and Bi Jing's flesh and blood could not compete with the iron fire. Only then did Ouyang Longxing order the People's Army to launch a charge against the bandit army and completely resolve the battle.