Chapter Ninety-Nine: Tang Jinshan's Attack Setback (Supplemental Edition)
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At seven o'clock, Chiang's artillery and air force fighters shelled and bombarded the PLA's forward positions. Twenty minutes later, Chiang's artillery switched to extending fire on the depth of the PLA positions.
But Chiang Jun would not have imagined that after more than half a year of fighting, the PLA had skillfully learned how to covertly protect itself under enemy shelling and bombardment. A large number of shelters and anti-artillery holes were excavated in the forward fortifications. As soon as the enemy opened fire, the officers and men took refuge in the shelters and anti-artillery holes with a thick layer of soil on top. Although the forward fortifications were blown into a sea of fire, the caves dug up after learning the lessons of many previous bloodsheds played an effective protective role, so the enemy's bombardment did not cause major casualties to the PLA.
As soon as the enemy bombardment ended, the officers and men quickly got out of the caves. At this moment, the People's Liberation Army in gray military uniforms lay in the criss-crossed multi-level trenches, clutching machine guns, rifles, submachine guns, and carbines, glaring angrily at the opposite side.
In the open space in front of the position, the soldiers of the Jiang Army of the Black Suppression Brigade rushed towards the PLA in a straggler formation, like waves in the sea, wave after wave. Beneath the dark green steel helmet were arrogant and smug faces.
As a red flare rises into the air, a hastily engaged blocking battle begins. With a sharp and dense whistling sound, one after another fiery snakes rushed out of the PLA position and flew to the heads of the swarming Jiang army. The officers and men of Chiang were caught off guard, and those in the front fell to the ground one after another, and some of the enemies behind hurriedly lay down, some fired indiscriminately, and some turned around and fled, and the neat formation was all thrown into chaos at once.
Under a ridge, a hunched Major Jiang Jun snatched the microphone from the hand of a telegraph operator carrying an American-style BC1000 radio, and shouted: "We were blocked by the communist army in Luhe County, and we were blocked in Luhe County!" ā
A row of heavy machine-gun bullets swept over, and dozens of artemisia grasses more than a meter high on the ridge were broken waist-high. After two rolls of grass stems and leaves in the air, they all fell into the dry trench below the ridge, splashing the major and several of his subordinates who were still calling......
In the lobby of the front yard of the Taiping Collection, the compound of the military headquarters of the 74th Army, Tang Jinshan stood in front of the table of the Eight Immortals, looking down at the military map spread out on the table, with a smug smile on his face. From time to time, the sound of dense artillery came from afar, booming and booming.
After the front-line troops were blocked from attacking the communist positions, he immediately ordered the offensive to be stopped. After the troops entered Luhe County, he noticed that 30 miles behind the forward position of the communist army was the 30-meter-wide Luhe River. Why did the communist army play this kind of backwater combat deployment that violated the taboo of soldiers? Based on his experience in fighting the communist army many times in the past, he judged that the communist army was bluffing at the front and laying traps in the rear to lure the national army to rush forward rashly and catch the bait. Therefore, in the past few days, he has only sent a small force to carry out tentative sexual harassment, and has never dared to recklessly attack on a large scale. Now that the attack is blocked, his first reaction is to stop the attack.
Half an hour later, he ordered his troops to attack again, only to be fiercely blocked by the communists. He again ordered the attack to be halted and the interval between the next attack was extended a little, but when the offensive was resumed, it was again blocked by the Communists. After several attempts, Tang Jinshan figured out the cards of the communist army, and the communist army did not intend to symbolically withdraw after a while, so as to lure the national army into their preset pocket formation, but was determined to stick to the position in front of them.
At this moment, Tang Jinshan looked at the map, raised his hand and said to Juniper, who was standing next to him: "The infantry unit has temporarily stopped attacking, and the artillery unit has continued to maintain continuous shelling of the communist position, forming mental pressure on the communist army. In addition, I immediately reported to Chief Chen that the communist army is determined to hold its position on the south bank of the Lu River, and requires our troops on both flanks to quickly attack the flanks of the communist defense line, insert themselves into the rear of the communist army, and strive to encircle the front-line troops of the communist army on the south bank of the Lu River. ā
Juniper nodded, Liu Yan next to him picked up a folder on the table, opened it, held a pen and wrote down Tang Jinshan's dictated order on the blank page, and then handed the folder to Tang Jinshan.
Tang Jinshan took the folder and pen and signed his name on it. Just as he was signing, Xu Li raised the camera, bent down to point at Tang Jinshan, and skillfully pressed the shutter, clicking, the magnesium light flashed, and the action of signing just now was captured.
Liu Yan took the folder from Tang Jinshan, took down the page signed by Tang Jinshan, handed it to Chen Shuxiang next to him, and said, "Translate it into a password immediately, and hand it to Miss Tian to send a report, don't delay." ā
Chen Shuxiang took the telegram, put his feet together, straightened his waist, and said loudly: "Yes, do it immediately." ā
When Chen Shuxiang turned to go out, Xu Li bent down again, raised the camera, and took another shot at Tang Jinshan.
Jinyan, Chen Mosong's office, Wenda proudly shook the telegram in his hand, and said to a flat-nosed lieutenant colonel about 30 years old in front of him, "The communist army actually blocked our army on the south bank of the Lu River, it is really a dog jumping off the wall!" Fighting against the water is a taboo for soldiers! Staff Officer Lei told the 74th Army to organize powerful artillery fire, cover the infantry attack, and resolutely crush the resistance of the communist army in front of him. At the same time, the troops on both wings of the 74th Army were required to advance bravely, boldly insert into the depth of the communist army, implement a roundabout encirclement, and give the communist army a turtle in an urn! ā
"Yes!" Staff Officer Lei immediately opened the folder he was carrying, picked up a pen and began to draft Wenda's orders. The management system of the general staff was invented by the armies of modern European countries, and at first, the chief of staff could only handle the specific tasks assigned by the commander-in-chief of the army, and could not directly issue orders to the subordinate troops. Later, the shrewd Europeans discovered that this practice of requiring the approval of the commander in charge before everything could be done was easy to delay the fighters and defeat the battle on the rapidly changing battlefield, so they gave the chief of staff the power to issue orders directly to the subordinate troops on behalf of the commander in chief if necessary. The orders of the chief of staff have the same effect as the orders of the commander-in-chief, and there is generally a difference in the wording, the commander-in-chief's order is to directly ask what troops to do, and the signature of the commander-in-chief is the signature of the commander-in-chief. The order of the chief of staff usually means that the commander-in-chief orders what troops to do, and the signature of the chief of staff is signed. The European approach was later adopted by the armies of many countries and became the international rule of the modern military command system
At this moment, as soon as Staff Officer Lei wrote "Battalion Commander's Order" on the blank page of the folder, he heard someone say: "Slow down, stop attacking." ā
Chen Mosong, who had been standing by the wall and reading the map, turned around, walked to the desk, gently tapped the desktop with his fingers, and said in a calm tone: "Order: The 74th Army will stop attacking and build field fortifications on the spot to prevent the communist army from counterattacking." The troops on both flanks should also stop their advance, build fortifications in the area close to the 74th Army, and pay attention to maintaining contact with the 74th Army. ā
"Huh?" Wenda blinked, "Sir, the communist army is collapsing, you should strike while the iron is hot." Yan Guangxi, who was next to him, also nodded, "Yes, now that we have such a good opportunity to destroy the communist army, we shouldn't miss it." ā