Chapter 660: Order to retreat
"Hey!"
After receiving Leng Feng's thousand-word message, Li Delin couldn't help but let out a long sigh, although he also wanted to eat the Japanese army's Seya detachment and Sakamoto detachment in one go. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
But he has been in the army for many years, and he still has some intuition and judgment.
The Seya detachment could not hold on for long, three or five days at most, and these five days of fighting basically knocked out the heavy equipment that the Seya detachment relied on to support.
Although the Seya detachment had not yet reached the point of exhaustion, as long as it continued to fight steadily, it was only a matter of time before the Japanese army was encircled and annihilated.
But if the Sakamoto detachment is also included in the encirclement and gives them the opportunity to join forces, then the situation is different, the Sakamoto detachment is a new force, and it is different if the Seya detachment has been fighting bloody battles in the Taierzhuang area for more than ten days.
Even if they were blocked and couldn't advance an inch in Lanling Town, they would still be able to maintain strong firepower and combat effectiveness.
He knew in his heart that with a regiment of the Tang Army, he could not stop the Sakamoto detachment at all, and it was the elite detachment sent out by the new 38th Brigade that really played a role.
Hearing that there was another unit, Li Delin knew that it was the small unit sent by Leng Feng to rescue the Sichuan Army in Tengxian County, and the two troops combined numbered more than 500 people, and also captured Japanese artillery, as well as a large amount of ammunition and supplies.
It is precisely with these heavy equipment that they can fight on an equal footing with the elite Japanese army Sakamoto detachment.
In the matter of changing the battle plan of Taierzhuang, Li Delin felt that he was already very sorry for Leng Feng, so he decided to give the new 38th Brigade some compensation.
The artillery units that were withdrawn from the New 38th Brigade were withdrawn for rest and recuperation (the artillery directly under the 38th Brigade) was not the artillery regiment assigned to the New 38th Brigade by Leng Feng, the 105th Howitzer Regiment continued to be deployed and used by the Theater Commander's Department, and the two artillery regiments of the 1st Honor Division also continued to participate in the battle of besieging the Japanese army.
The armored brigade was also withdrawn to rest and replenish!
The armored brigade suffered heavy losses in the fighting of the previous days, and more than half of the tanks were destroyed, almost completely scrapped, and they had to dismantle the parts to repair the damaged tanks.
Although all the captured Japanese tanks belonged to the armored brigade, the replenishment could not keep up with the battle damage.
The Panzer Brigade is now equipped with almost two-thirds of the number of Japanese tanks it had before the war, and only one-third of them can continue to fight.
The rest are lying on their stomachs, and I don't know how much can be repaired, and I don't know how many can be used.
There is not much fuel left, and no one has any opinion when it is withdrawn for rest, so it is impossible to exhaust all the fuel of the armored brigade, and when the time comes, the tank will become a pile of scrap metal.
Besides, now with the support of heavy artillery, the Japanese army has been completely suppressed in terms of firepower, and the casualties of the GJ attack have been greatly reduced, and this battle is at least satisfactory to many people now.
Li Delin is not an ordinary general, he is a commander, and the commander wants to see what the generals below can't see, and he wants to look at the longer term.
Hundreds of thousands of GJ were handed over to him, and it was necessary to command them to win the battle, but they could save more, that was the real purpose.
There are not many people in this fifth war zone who are sober-minded now, Leng Guoguang is definitely one, he, he was still a little hesitant before, and he still had a little fantasy about changing the battle plan, but since receiving Leng Feng's telegram, he suddenly came to his senses.
Perhaps he wanted too much for a big victory, forgetting the calmness and objectivity that a commander should maintain.
Now that the order has been issued, it can no longer be changed, otherwise the order will be changed overnight, and the consequences will be even more serious, Tang Keqin's troops have already moved, and if they are forcibly stopped at this time, it will inevitably cause chaos, shake the morale of the army, and cause unpredictable results!
Not only can he not afford this responsibility, but no one can afford it!
"Order the new 38th Brigade to want to move in Chahe Town and Sihu Town!"
"Yes!"
Lanling Town, on the blocking position of the new 38th Brigade.
At this time, it was close to dusk, but the Japanese attack was wave after wave, and the Japanese army sent a death squad from the next afternoon, and the charge did not stop.
Obviously, the Japanese army just wanted to use this tactic of repeated impact to break through a hole in the defense line of GJ!
The detachment leader, Shun Sakamoto, received an order from Seishiro Sakagaki that he had to defeat the Naka-GJ team, which was blocking head-on, and rush over to join the Seya detachment.
This is not just the meaning of Sakagaki, but also the order of the commander of the North China Front, Terauchi Shouichi!
Sakamoto Shun just wanted to play tricks, and he didn't dare to have any other thoughts, so he could only obey the order and launch wave after wave of charges against the position of the middle GJ pair in Lanling Town.
This tactic of wave warfare and charging made a great name in the Russo-Japanese War, killing the Russians all over the field, and the Russians are still afraid of this tactic!
But now this tactic that works on the Russians does not have a response effect on the Chinese.
The Chinese are too cunning!
This is also the tactics that Cao Xingyang and Yang Rui have figured out to deal with the Japanese army's wave war!
The Japanese army's wave battle charge was indeed very powerful, and if it was a simple defense, unless the cavalry was dispatched, it was really not an opponent of this tactic.
In the beginning, they suffered losses and quickly adjusted their tactics.
Adopting the method of avoiding the enemy's edge and attacking the flanks is almost a hundred tried-and-true methods, and of course, it is necessary to use it flexibly to judge the main attack position of the Japanese army and give corresponding commands.
Although the Japanese sometimes push hard to one place with one tendon, it does not mean that they do not know how to change places, so the use of tactics and the improvisation of commanders are also very important.
Three hundred meters of charge, maybe there is still a lot of strength left, five hundred meters, six hundred meters?
Even if it was an alternate charge, the heavy machine guns of the reconnaissance battalion were not vegetarian, and they swept over and fell in pieces, which almost became the norm for the Japanese army.
Of course, the Japanese army was not stupid, they quickly thought of a way to occupy one place, consolidate one place, and keep moving forward.
But these trenches extending in all directions, unless all the people in the trenches are filled, Cao Xingyang and them can pass the traffic trenches at any time and recapture the position!
In the trenches, the two sides are entangled. Entangled, everything is spoken by the small arms in the hand.
Both the Reconnaissance Battalion and the Special Service Regiment are armed with automatic rifles, commonly known as the MP18 of the Flower Machine, which is a short-range, powerful street fighting weapon that is equally suitable for fighting in the trenches.
The Japanese army's accurate shooting did a good job, but it could be equipped with automatic weapons and limited weapons, and the 38 rifle had to pull the bolt once it was fired, and the efficiency was too slow.
What especially made the Japanese army rout was that the Chinese also used homemade "special ammunition", and they also carried gas masks, and although the attacking Japanese troops were also equipped with gas masks, they abandoned the gas masks in order to reduce the weight of the charge.
In short, the Japanese army was abused by Cao Xingyang and them.
The regiment sent by the 20th Army Corps to assist in the war also joined in, and most of the time they served as guards and watching the play, as long as the Japanese army did not secretly detour or other moves, they stayed in the second-line positions and watchposts arranged for them by Cao Xingyang.
"Tuanzuo, you said that we have been here for three days, and it is a joy to see people fighting, and the devils have died one after another, so we have become a corpse collection team."
"Aren't we still giving them the task of vigilance, as long as the little devils don't pass from us, even if the mission is completed, the prefect's department won't say it, we have to listen to their command, don't fight, don't die, isn't it?"
"Okay, that's good, but why are we here?"
"If you want to go to the front line, okay, I'll talk to that Battalion Commander Cao when you go back, and let you go." Commander Cheng is annoyed, how can anyone worry about fighting every day, what's the good of a dead man?
Isn't it very good to collect corpses, resist ammunition, and deliver meals?
"Tuanzao, the correspondent of the division headquarters is here!"
"Invite someone in!" Regiment Commander Cheng was stunned, it was so late, and there were still some urgent tasks in the division headquarters that could not be completed.
"Commander Cheng, the division headquarters ordered you to withdraw from their positions and move in the direction of Fu Shan after nightfall, and at the same time, your regiment will take on the security guard task of Fu Shan's left flank."
"What does this mean, retreat, we are fighting well here, why are we evacuating?" Captain Cheng was in a hurry.
"This is the order from above, Commander Cheng, if you have any questions, you can go directly to your brigade commander to ask, I am just a messenger of orders, and I don't know if you ask." The messenger said, "I have to rush back overnight and say goodbye!" ”
"What do you want to do up there, isn't this deliberately trying to let the little devil pass?"
"Tuanza, since there is an order from above, we just follow the order, why think so much." The chief of staff of the regiment reminded.
"Do you want to inform Camp Commander Cao?"
"Yes, if we evacuate suddenly and don't tell people, it will be too inauthentic." Captain Cheng said, "I'll say it myself." ”
"Tuanzuo, don't go, just send Staff Officer Huang there, this matter can't be explained clearly." The chief of staff stopped.
Commander Cheng sighed, although they only got along for three days, he really admired Cao Xingyang's troops, they were the real elite divisions, and the 20th Army Corps was known as the first in GJ, compared with others, it was still a big difference.
"Staff Officer Huang!"
"Yes!"
"Take a trip to the headquarters of the reconnaissance battalion directly under the new 38 brigade ......"
"Cao Heizi, what order did you give to evacuate Lanling at this time, your brain is in water?" Tu Man angrily rushed into the headquarters and bared his teeth at Cao Xingyan.
"You personal butcher, what are you shouting at me, you think this order is from me, this is an order from the brigade seat!" Cao Xingyang's heart is not angry?
Yang Rui and Guo Xing also felt commanded, Guo Xing was muffled, Yang Rui was also black, smoking, not saying a word, obviously not in a good mood.
"Brigade, how could Brigade give such a foolish order!" Tu Man was so angry that he took off the steel helmet on his head and threw it on the table, with a bang, startling everyone.
Cao Xingyang glared at him fiercely and did not speak.
"Silence, dumb?" Tu Man glared at him with dissatisfiedness, "Are we really going to withdraw?" ”
"Military orders cannot be violated!" Guo Xing said slowly.
"You kid didn't say a word for a long time, and you let out such a stinky fart?" Tu Man scolded.
"Camp Commander, please pay attention to your identity!" Guo Xing was also angry, slapped the table and stood up, pointing at Tu Man and shouting.
"What's the matter, you still want to fight with Lao Tzu?" Tu Man rolled up his sleeves and was about to do it.
"Man Tuzi, do you want to rebel?"
"If you rebel, you will rebel, Lao Tzu is angry in his heart, and he wants to find someone to be angry!"
"You want to find someone to be angry, okay, come at me, okay?" Cao Xingyang was also angry, this order came too suddenly, not only couldn't figure it out, but everyone couldn't figure it out.
"Battalion, the 52nd Regiment of the 25th Division of the 150th Army has come to a staff officer Huang and said that he has something important to report!"
"Let him in!"
(To be continued.) )