Chapter 859: The situation took a turn for the worse
At present, there are only two ways in front of Shen Jiabing, one is to continue the attack, and the other is to take the opportunity to return to the defense, rectify the troops and advance again. However, it is almost noon on the second day of the exercise, and there is only one and a half days left for the exercise, and if the offensive is stopped and the opportunity is taken to return to defense, then there will not be much time left for the Sixth Army to attack, and even if the Sixth Army does not intercept it halfway if it drags on for a while, its own troops will not be able to reach the opponent's main camp. So, in the end, there is really only one way to go on the offensive. But if you want to attack, you can only rely on one of Qiu Rong's troops, and the rest of the troops can't be drawn at all, and once the troops are mobilized, the other party will take the opportunity to break through the line, which will make people regret it.
After all, the strength of the Fifth Army is not abundant now, so how can there be more troops to attack.
Not to mention Shen Jiabing's difficulties, even Bai Chengjiang on the other side was also worried, and he couldn't make up his mind for a while whether he should give up the initiative to attack. The meeting has lasted for a while, and everyone below has their own opinions, and Lao Xia, who was originally commanding the battle in the 179 position, has also returned to the main camp, and when he saw that the situation was not good, he first returned to the main camp by helicopter, and finally did not "die" and withdrew from the exercise as soon as possible. However, after the blow from the front line, Lao Xia was a lot more silent, and it was only at this time that he saw clearly that he was not much different from Zhao Kuo, who was talking on paper. The theoretical knowledge is not bad, but the actual combat experience is almost zero, which led to the defeat in the previous battle.
Bai Chengjiang was originally a decisive person, but now the situation is really complicated, and there are different opinions below, and it is difficult for him to make up his mind for a while. In the end, after Lao Xia reminded him of the defensive problems of the 175 position, Bai Chengjiang temporarily gave up the troubles in his heart and ordered the men and horses from the left to support the 175 position in the middle. Let the 175 position be used as a defensive buffer point, try to drag Qiu Rong here, and then let the men and horses on the left retreat, shrink the defense line, and prevent Qiu Rong from taking the opportunity to chase and intercept the troops.
After Bai Chengjiang finished arranging the defense of the 175 position, he continued to hold an operational meeting to continue to discuss whether the front-line attacking troops should return to defense, and for about ten minutes, the opinions on the discussion gradually converged and continued to attack, and it was also necessary to increase the intensity of the offensive so that the Fifth Army could not take care of itself, so that the Fifth Army could finally defend against the attack of the Fifth Army. Seeing that everyone was unified, Bai Chengjiang didn't say anything, and finally decided to increase the intensity of the attack.
As for how to increase the intensity of the offensive, there is only one way, that is, airdrop, to achieve airdrop, increase the intensity of the offensive, then we must first solve a problem, Qiu Rong's troops. It is necessary to find a way to trap Qiu Rong's troops in a certain position, and not divide their forces to attack other positions, so that they can draw troops from other positions and form an airdrop force to increase the intensity of the attack on the position of the fifth army. In the final analysis, it is to sing about the empty city plan.
How can Qiu Rong be trapped in a certain position and not be able to divide his troops to attack? This problem is easy to say, but it is not easy to do, Qiu Rong is not a simple role after all, if you are a little careless, and Qiu Rong is out of control, then those empty positions will be driven straight into by Qiu Rong and directly attack the main camp. This is not what Bai Chengjiang wants to see.
"Bai Shao, I think there is only the 175 position, and I can take the opportunity to drag the troops led by her here!" Lao Xia finally couldn't help but whisper, he saw Bai Chengjiang frowning, and he didn't come up with a good way for a while before he said this. Originally, after the previous failure, he no longer had the courage to offer advice to Bai Chengjiang.
Bai Chengjiang's eyes lit up, looked at Lao Xia, and said with a smile: "Lao Xia, I thought you were frightened by the battle just now, and you didn't dare to give me advice at all." Ha ha...... As the saying goes, victory and defeat are common things in soldiers, and a temporary defeat is really nothing, you have rich theoretical knowledge, and what you lack is only actual combat experience. Exercise more, and there is still a great future. ”
Lao Xia smiled embarrassedly, and then whispered in Bai Chengjiang's ear for a while, Bai Chengjiang nodded frequently when he heard it, "Okay, okay, this trick is very good, I think I will do what you say." I don't believe that Qiu Rong really has the ability to predict the future, and can fully anticipate our plans. Haha......" Bai Chengjiang laughed loudly.
At about three o'clock in the afternoon, the battle of the 175 position began, Qiu Rong naturally did not have the ability to predict the future, so he was trapped in the 175 position by Lao Xia's trick to hide the sky and the sea, in order to make sure that Qiu Rong did not divide the troops in the middle of the ambush in advance, Bai Chengjiang ordered the scouts to lay a net near the 175 position, and dispatched several aerial reconnaissance aircraft. When Bai Chengjiang determined that all Qiu Rong's troops were trapped in the 175 position, he dispatched a squadron of transport planes and helicopters, and sent the vast majority of the troops in the rear through the squadron of transport planes and helicopters to the vicinity of point B and H, forming an offensive force of about 1,500 people, attacking the fifth unit, and also dispatched heavy troops such as armored battalions and mechanized infantry battalions. In the rear of the 6th Army, less than five hundred people were on defense. Because of the simultaneous attack of two troops, coupled with heavy troops such as armored battalions and mechanized infantry battalions, the attack of the sixth army was quite sharp, and the defense of the fifth army suddenly increased greatly and soon lost two important positions.
Shen Jiabing urgently convened a meeting, but after discussion, there was no way to deal with it, unless he was like the Sixth Army, he gave up the outer defense and pulled the defensive line back, so that it was possible to prevent the attack of the Sixth Army.
At about four o'clock in the afternoon, the Fifth Army lost a position again, and Shen Jiabing saw this, and had no choice but to order to adjust the defensive strategy and shrink the defensive line. It was only in the process of adjustment that some positions retreated improperly and were pursued and intercepted by the attacking troops of the Sixth Army, losing quite a few people.
By 5:30 p.m., the adjustment of the defensive line of the Fifth Army had been completed, all the outer positions had been abandoned, and the vast majority of the positions in the center had also been abandoned, leaving only a few important positions. Due to the adjustment of the defensive line and the redeployment of troops, the offensive momentum of the Sixth Army was finally stopped, and it was no longer as fierce and unstoppable as it was at the beginning.
At six o'clock in the evening, the two attacking units of the Sixth Army temporarily stopped the offensive and rested. Now there are still about 30 hours before the end of the whole exercise, and the offensive unit of the Fifth Army is locked in position 175, the defense is suppressed, and the situation is very unfavorable.
Qiu Rong in the 175 position seemed to realize something, and she was very depressed, but all the troops she led were trapped in the 175 position, and she couldn't break through at all, and the time was getting less and less......