Chapter 120: Bloody Battle on Phoenix Ridge
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"You prick up your ears and listen to me, don't emphasize objective reasons, after the shelling is over, I will pull the mortar battalion up to support, you must organize attacks in turn, and do not give the enemy time to breathe." Just two regiments attacked, Li Yannian saw it clearly, the opponent's firepower and weapons and equipment were not under him, especially the opponent's combat effectiveness surprised him, no wonder Ouyang Jian fought several times into the realm of no one, it seems that Ouyang Jian is by no means in vain, his regular combat is so orderly, so that Li Yannian was surprised and his arrogance was gone.
"Send a report to the Nanchang camp, I ask for air support!" After Li Yannian finished speaking, he picked up the binoculars and continued to check the attack. The forward attack was suppressed, the troops were stopped within 200 meters, sometimes lying down to dodge, sometimes advancing with great difficulty, the opponent's machine gun fire formed a rain of cross-bullets, and there were no dead ends. The charging soldiers kept falling to the ground, and the opponent's individual soldiers were not only well-trained, but also very accurate in marksmanship, and a fierce battle was inevitable. Although his subordinates bravely charged, they ······. Li Yannian closed his eyes and couldn't look any further, there was no doubt that this round of attack was repulsed again.
After the shelling, the third offensive began, when four bombers and two reconnaissance planes appeared in the sky. When the generals and soldiers saw the fighters in the sky, their morale was immediately boosted, and they launched a fierce attack as if they had been beaten with chicken blood. The bombers rushed to the battlefield and immediately began to bomb, accompanied by the whistling sound of the planes and the sound of violent explosions, the assault troops entered a distance of 100 meters and entered the grenade area, and countless grenades flew out of the Red Army positions.
The bombers had limited time in the air, and after 20 minutes, four bombers withdrew, and the battlefield fell silent. There were casualties in the positions of the Red Army, stretchers were transferred to the rear. In the division command post, Zhang Shiying said with a stern face: "The corps commander said that the air attack in the future war is the devil, this is not true at all, and he ordered the forward troops to rescue the wounded, save ammunition, and meet the next round of attacks, and the fierce battle is still to come." "The commissar went to the front to boost morale, and the chief of staff called to give orders.
Li Yannian was so angry that he ordered the two regiments in the front to continue the offensive, and at this time, a fast horse flew from the rear, "Report to the brigade seat, the commander of the division has arrived, and the commander of the division order to stop the attack!" Soon, dozens of war horses swarmed in, Li Yannian and the generals stood up to greet them, and the Nanchang Suppression General Headquarters had already ordered that the siege brigade should be controlled by Wei Lihuang. Wei Lihuang jumped off the war horse, and Li Yannian stepped forward to salute and report loudly: "The lowly attack is not good, please give instructions to the master!" Wei Lihuang knew that Li Yannian's attack was blocked, so he took the telescope from his subordinates to check it.
Li Yannian carefully reported the attack situation next to him, and after a long time, Wei Lihuang put down the binoculars and said: "You put two regiments into an attack and didn't shake the opponent's position, don't you think there is a problem?" "Please make it clear!" "We must find out the enemy's defensive strength, then formulate an offensive plan, and immediately inquire about the air force's reconnaissance situation." It is obvious that Wei Lihuang's military command ability is one step higher than Li Yannian. The situation was quickly fed back, and Wei Lihuang judged that the Red Army troops blocking the attack had at least one division.
Wei Lihuang quickly convened a military meeting and drew up an offensive plan: "According to the information we have, Ouyang Jian's main division has at least 6,000 people (in fact, 7,000 people), Ouyang Jian deployed heavy troops to intercept in Phoenix Ridge, there is no doubt that he really wants to attack Fengyun County, and immediately report to Nanchang Xingying, Ouyang Jian dispatched the main force, the purpose is to take Fengyun County and eat the 55th Division, and threaten Nanchang and then disrupt our encirclement and suppression plan." "Soon the Nanchang Xingying sent a telegram, affirming Wei Lihuang's evaluation, and informing the 27th Division reinforced on the northern line that it was rapidly advancing towards Fengyun County, and ordered Wei Lihuang to break through the Phoenix Ridge defense line before midnight."
The situation couldn't be clearer, Nanchang Xingying ordered Wei Lihuang to quickly break through the Phoenix Ridge defense line, with the purpose of using a north-south flank attack to fight Ouyang Jian in Fengyun County. The 10th Division had 16 mountain guns, and soon the heavy shelling began, and bombers appeared in the sky, and the battle became fierce. Li Yannian served as the left flank attacker, and Wei Lihuang's brigade served as the right flank offensive, and the battle line became longer and the scale of the battlefield became larger. Soon after the offensive began, the Nanchang camp sent another telegram, asking Wei Lihuang to break through the Phoenix Ridge defense line before 22 o'clock.
The battle soon entered a state of scorching, Li Yannian was annoyed and ashamed and personally supervised the battle, and Wei Lihuang ordered a continuous attack to form a group of attacking troops. Under the supervision of Li Yannian himself, the right flank took turns to attack and play a miraculous effect, and a group of charging troops approached the Red Army position. Suddenly, the Red Army counterattacked, and a large number of Red Army soldiers jumped out of the trenches, and suddenly the Battle of White Ninja was staged. In hand-to-hand combat, the bombers in the sky could not choose a target, so they had to bomb the left flank. The bayonet is red, it is the weakness of the general's soldiers.
The scene of scuffle and fighting in front of the position was extremely terrifying, and a thin Red Army soldier and a Jiang soldier who was a head taller than him were not afraid. The general soldier relied on his height and did not put the small soldier in front of him in his eyes at all, and it was a stab when he came up, the small Red Army soldier was very flexible, and his body shook to dodge a blow, and the Jiang soldier angrily picked up the butt of his rifle and smashed it, at this moment the opponent's bayonet was inserted into his chest, and the Jiang soldier seemed to not believe his eyes and fell to the ground. The small Red Army soldiers became more and more courageous, and singled out two more enemies in succession.
The bayonet is a combination of will, blood, and even skill on both sides of the competition, and skillful assassination skills cannot be practiced overnight. The Red Army soldiers were tested by brutal assassination training, and the Chiang soldiers made a judgment based on their faces, and the bloody massacre quickly made the Chiang soldiers frightened, and they quickly and embarrassed to retreat. The generals and soldiers were frightened by the bloody nature of hand-to-hand combat, and the efficiency of the attack was sharply reduced. Li Yannian was shocked when he saw the scene of hand-to-hand combat, and he didn't expect that Ouyang Jian's Red Army troops, the bayonet and red technology would reach such a high level.
At this time, one of Wei Lihuang's brigades attacked the right flank position, and he ordered the attacking troops not to rush to achieve success, and to press the opponent steadily. This method worked wonders, and the attacking forces approached the Red Army positions for a time, but the Red Army's defense was not only stubborn but also extremely solid. Several times the uphill was covered with the corpses of the fallen soldiers, and the attack did not improve at all. "Reporting to the division, Li Yannian's left flank attack was repulsed again, and the two regiments suffered heavy casualties. Ouyang Jian's troops really lived up to their reputation, and their combat effectiveness was very strong. ”
"Ouyang Jian's combat effectiveness is not only strong, but also well-trained, especially the individual combat quality is above us, and the weapons and equipment are not inferior to ours in any way. The 27th Brigade was ordered to come down and rest, and the 28th Brigade was put into battle, and we were to use continuous attacks to drag down the enemy, and then achieve the goal of breaking through the defensive line. Li Yannian, the left-wing, was annoyed and angry, appeared in the foreword, and personally supervised the battle to launch a decisive attack. With an order, the two newly invested regiments launched a charge like a tide. The young and vigorous Li Yannian decided to use the tactics of crowds to the death regardless of the cost.
But Li Yannian's unexpected situation happened, only to see countless shells exploding in the charging queue, and there were strange small cannons with a power similar to a grenade, but several times farther than a grenade. Accompanied by the violent explosion, the soldiers who launched the group attack were blown upside down and killed and wounded. As soon as the assault entered the distance of 200 meters, the assault was so heavy that the generals and soldiers could not withstand it, and the spontaneous retreat could not stop it. Li Yannian had no way to exert his power again, and the attack failed again.
In the command post of the division in the blocking position, the chief of staff looked at the bombers in the sky and said: "Division commander, the enemy planes are under great pressure on us, according to observation, at least 10 bombers have been put into battle, and the casualties of our unit mainly come from the bombing and artillery fire of the enemy planes. The attack on the left flank seemed fierce but undisciplined, and the right flank seemed slow but effective, and the enemy never stopped firing the artillery fire despite the safety of the charging troops. At present, the reserves of the 49th Regiment and the 50th Regiment are all engaged in the battle, and the casualties are increasing, whether to put them into the 51st Regiment of the General Reserve? ”
Zhang Shiying was covered in dust and his face was gray, but his eyes radiated a resolute gaze. At this time, he recalled Ouyang Jian's words in his mind: Until the last resort, you can't throw it alone, and you must keep a counterattack force in your hand. "Do you have any instructions from the Legion Commander?" "No, just tell us that the outflanking operation of the 27th Division is well underway, and it is estimated that the encirclement will be completed by midnight." Zhang Shiying took out his pocket watch and glanced at it, and the minute and hour hands pointed to 6 o'clock and said: "The enemy's left flank attack seems to be fierce, but there is no order, what I am worried about is the right flank." ”
"Order the 51st Regiment of the Reserve to move to the right flank, and at the critical moment we launched a counter-charge to catch the enemy by surprise." The chief of staff said: "The enemy suddenly increased the intensity of the attack, and it was obviously Lao Jiang who gave the order to die. As soon as the chief of staff's words fell, an operational staff officer made an urgent report: "Report, the enemy forces on the right flank have intensified their attacks, and the artillery fire is still fierce, and the troops on the position have retreated to avoid artillery fire." "Tell the 49th Regiment that now is the time for the test, and the people are firmly nailed to the position for me."
The chief of staff said: "Division commander, I will go to the 49th regiment to personally command!" Zhang Shiying nodded and said, "Don't pay attention to safety!" "The political commissar went to the 50th regiment, and in addition to a few operational staff officers, newspaper operators, and guards, Zhang Shiying was left alone in the division headquarters. The severity of this resistance battle was the first time he had experienced it. Fortunately, the concept of three-dimensional warfare has been instilled in his mind, and there will be no mistakes in commanding operations that should not be made.
It was close to 7 p.m., the sky was still bright, and enemy planes were still wreaking havoc in the sky. The 29th Brigade had just withdrawn, and Wei Lihuang ordered the 30th Brigade to go into battle, and he was going to break through the Red Army line before dark with the final blow. The reason is that his pressing style of play has already worked, and if you wait until dark without planes to help, it will be difficult for the breakthrough to work. Taking advantage of the decline in the defensive ability of the Red Army, which was blocking, the use of the last swift attack was sure to be a one-hit victory. Wei Lihuang ordered the artillery fire not to stop, and to extend the artillery fire according to the offensive position of the charging troops, even if it was accidentally injured. The Nanchang camp had sent several telegrams urging him to break through the Red Army line before 22 o'clock. Wei Lihuang knew that this was a death order from Lao Jiang.
Lao Jiang is entrusting himself with the trust, and Wei Lihuang does not dare to be calm about this. Li Yannian's left-wing attack has gradually exhausted, and now it is all relying on the right-wing attack. Wei Lihuang looked at his loyal subordinates, kept advancing, and gradually approached the position of the Red Army, the breakthrough was imminent, the follow-up troops had followed up, and an operational staff officer had drawn up the telegram to report the victory. Suddenly, a loud trumpet of the Red Army sounded from the Red Army position, and a large number of Red Army soldiers jumped out of the trenches and launched a counter-assault ······. (A good event for pie in the sky, cool mobile phones are waiting for you!) Follow from ~ Dian/Chinese network public account (WeChat add friends - add public account - enter ddxiaoshuo), participate now! Everyone has a prize, now pay attention to ddxiaoshuo WeChat public account! )