Chapter Seventy-Four: Meng Yan's Great Victory (2)
Speaking of this, Li Jiansheng took a sip of tea, glanced at everyone, and motioned for everyone to stare at the hanging military map, and continued to issue combat orders while pointing to the markers on the map:
1. Enemy Situation Briefing: According to the intelligence of the reconnaissance battalion and the situation of communication monitoring, another division-level detachment of six divisions of the enemy's Central Army Xue Yue's headquarters has already driven over this morning and is pursuing our unit. At the enemy's current pace, his vanguard will engage our troops as soon as this evening. Among them, the 59th Division of the enemy's forward leading force came directly from Liping to Mengyan. At the forefront was the enemy 173 Brigade, in the middle was the 175 Brigade, and finally the 174 Brigade. Division commander Han Hanying moved with the 175 trip; The baggage troops moved with the 174 Travel; Each brigade has two artillery batteries with 40 heavy machine guns. Each brigade is separated by 12 miles. Behind the 174th Brigade was the Tangyun Mountain Division of the enemy's 93rd Division, which was also marching back and forth with the Third Brigade. At the forefront was the 275 Brigade, followed by the 276 Brigade, and finally the 277 Brigade. The armament is the same as that of the 59th Division, but it has one more artillery battalion directly under the division than the 59th Division. The two divisions were commanded by Xue Yue's deputy, Wu Qiwei. Because this was six brigades in a row, it was in a long snake formation, which had a major impact on our army's encirclement and annihilation of this department, because it made it impossible for our army to completely encircle the six brigades that were more than 30 miles long at one time. And if our army only encircles any of the enemy's brigades a little, it will inevitably cause the enemy's other units to quickly enter the battle, which will be very detrimental to our army.
2. Our army's combat intentions: Our regiment has more than 55,000 people, including 53,000 troops directly participating in the battle. After successive victories in the previous stage, our army is fully equipped with weapons and ammunition, and has an artillery regiment and a number of heavy machine guns, light machine guns, and submachine guns, and the superiority in automatic firepower is even more obvious than before. This time, I mean, all four divisions went into battle. What I mean is that all participating units should implement a responsibility system, that is, the 16th Division encircled and annihilated the 174th Enemy's 173rd Brigade, the 17th Division encircled and annihilated the enemy's 175th Brigade, the 18th Division encircled and annihilated the enemy's 174th Brigade, and the 19th Division encircled and annihilated the enemy's 275th Brigade. Once all units have completely annihilated the enemy in the encirclement, they immediately divided their troops and went back to participate in the battle of the 276th Brigade and the 277th Brigade. At this time, the guard regiment and the special service regiment had to do everything possible to hold back the two enemies. The Teaching Regiment, the Engineer Regiment, and the Baggage Regiment were all issued weapons and served as reserves. If our army's attack is successful, the reserves will quickly plunge into the battle of encircling and destroying the 276th and 277th brigades, crushing these two brigades at once; If our army's attack does not go well, the reserve will be used as a reinforcement force, but this time the reinforcement is Xue Yue's main force. Note that once Xue Yue's main force comes, I will ask all units to quickly withdraw from the battle, and all departments must implement it unconditionally. And the reserves, which are used for reinforcements, need to hold back the enemy's attack for an hour at all costs, so as to facilitate the smooth retreat of our main forces!
3. Our regiment is determined to annihilate the enemy's 59th and 93rd divisions here, and each division is acting simultaneously. All divisions are asked to make all preparations to see which division will be the first to annihilate the enemy. The order of operations is based on the 19th Division's start of battle. I moved with the 19th Division, Yuntian with the 18th Division, Ji Zhentong with the 17th Division, and Peng Zhi with the 16th Division. Zeng Zhongsheng moved with the first wave of reinforcements, and the political commissar and Wang Hanying moved with the reserves. This time, I also pay attention to only one word, that is, the word fast, we must quickly annihilate the enemy and prevent the enemy from reacting, so that our unit can have the opportunity to continue to annihilate the last two brigades of the enemy.
4. Operational deployment: The three companies of the sniper battalion were temporarily reorganized into four detachments, which were assigned to the four combat divisions. The goal of the sniper battalion is to establish a concealed sniper position, to take out all the enemy officers who can be detected at the first time, and then to take out the enemy's possible firing points; The three companies of the reconnaissance battalion were to be divided into five detachments, each of which was assigned to four main divisions and the first wave of reinforcements, which were to be arranged by the political commissar in a unified manner, and their duty was to continue to conduct reconnaissance and grasp the enemy's movements in a timely manner. The communications battalion should also be divided into five detachments, all of which should be equipped with telescopes, and they should pay attention to the following things: First, set up a forward observation post 1,000 meters away from the ambush point of the 19th Division, and contact us by telephone. Second, we have set up telephone calls between me and the ministries so that they can provide timely feedback on information. The guard companies directly under each division and the special service regiment directly under the corps headquarters were mainly concealed on various hills, and their task was to kill the enemy's search spearheads.
5. Firepower allocation: All units of the artillery regiment shall be divided into five detachments according to the principle that every two companies shall be assigned to one division, and shall obey the command of the commanders of each division. The light machine guns of each department are used for their own use, and the heavy machine guns are uniformly arranged according to the plan of the staff office, and each machine gun is required to mark the firing boundary in advance to ensure that the fire covers the road surface in the entire ambush circle, leaving no blind spots for shooting, and the position must be hidden before firing and cannot be discovered by the enemy.
6. Cleaning up the battlefield: When the battlefield was cleaned after the battle, the communication companies of each division also participated. All the prisoners were guarded by a battalion assigned by the division that cleaned up the battlefield, and the rest of the fighters hurried to the second wave of ambush fields. The communications companies involved in cleaning up the battlefield should directly hand over the enemy's radio stations and telegraph personnel, control the prisoners at the first time, prevent the enemy telegraph operators from destroying the code book, and then immediately hand them over to the commander of the regimental radio station Fan Company.
7. The second wave of ambushes: When the first wave of ambushes cleans up the battlefield, all units immediately run quickly to advance to the second wave of ambush fields, don't care about anything, and immediately enter the battle. If the battalion-level unit arrives first, the battalion commander will command the battle and send a deputy battalion commander to tell the chief of staff. I mean, the main reason why the departments have notified themselves that they have arrived is to facilitate the chief of staff to grasp the battlefield information in real time, so as to facilitate the unified command of the battle!
8. Reserves: After the second wave of ambushes begins, if there is a major change in the enemy's situation, the entire front will immediately withdraw from the battle, and no battle will be allowed. Use the commissar's reserve to buy time for everyone. In addition, the special service regiment and the guard regiment were immediately mixed into an echelon, commanded by Wang Hanying, and the reserve led by the political commissar was alternately withdrawn from the battle. The 19th Division, which I led, also took part in alternate cover battles. If there is no major change in the situation of the enemy, the units will continue to follow the established procedures.
9. The communications battalion immediately pulled the line and set up a telephone with the forward observation posts, the warheads, and me. Before the battle, the regiments and divisions were contacted by flags, and the 19th Division launched an attack with the sound of my gun, and the rest of the divisions were scheduled to fire by the commander of the regiment on the spot. Note that you must not blow the trumpet when you start the attack, everyone is just desperately smashing the bullets, and you must beat the enemy's momentum first! Charge again. In my opinion, each division should have a first assault regiment, and if this regiment does not charge, no one in the other divisions is allowed to charge, so as not to be accidentally injured by the machine gun fire of the other division!
After Li Jiansheng finished speaking, he looked at the cadres again: "Did you hear it clearly?" Any comments? ”
All the cadres at the corps, division, and regimental levels replied in unison: "I heard it clearly!" Resolutely carry out the order! ”
Li Jiansheng waved his hand again and said, "Everyone remember, this battle means a lot to us. Everyone must be careful in the formation, bold attack, and must win all! The leaders glanced at each other, and their big hands touched Li Jiansheng together, and then they rushed out and quickly rushed to their troops to prepare for an ambush.