Du Kaishan's voice fell, Ye Chao hesitated for a moment and said: "Commander Du, since Yoshio Hongo has plans to break through, should we adopt the tactics of encircling three and one, and let them break through through with an opening." After they break away from the fortifications, wouldn't it be effective to speed up the progress of the battle and greatly reduce our casualties by adopting the tactics of outflanking and pursuing them in the middle? ”

"Judging from the current battle situation, they can only encircle the **. Whether it is in the northeast or southeast, it is a mountainous terrain, and our army can first mobilize reserves to intercept it in front, and at the same time adopt the tactics of outflanking it on both flanks to wipe it out in the mountainous area at the junction of Kaiyuan and Fushun. ”

"I think as long as we move quickly and deploy our troops in place, we should not have much of a problem in encircling and annihilating the Japanese army in pursuit. Even if we can't wipe them all out, as long as we defeat their main force, I think we will win this battle. Take 1065"

Ye Chao's suggestion, Du Kaishan didn't think about it and directly refused: "No, the mountainous area of Liaodong is full of deep mountains and old forests, and the Kwantung Army has been entrenched in this place for a long time, so it is very familiar with the mountainous terrain here." It connects Jidong in the north and Liaodong Peninsula in the south, and can quickly withdraw to Korea directly to the east. ”

"Such a large mountainous area, facing such a cunning opponent, do you know where they will run after breaking through? Under the limitations of mountainous terrain, unless Lieutenant General Yoshio Hongo went crazy, he would not and could not concentrate all his forces to break through in one direction. ”

"Once the Japanese army releases the ducks, how will you chase such a large mountainous area? How many troops do you need to block all directions? Judging from the current deployment of our second-line troops, even if we let a large group of Japanese troops string to our rear, it will be a major event. ”

"This time, in order to completely capture South Manchurian in a short period of time, our main force is almost out of the nest. In the rear, there is no main force left in the rear, except for those county and district local armed forces and trained recruits. Once they get into our rear, the losses they bring to us will be great. ”

"Not to mention other directions, the Meihe estuary behind us is the rear supply base for the entire Eastern Front battlefield in this battle. If the mountain of ammunition, supplies, and fuel there is lost, the entire Eastern Front will be in danger of being cut off, along with the guns. You can't afford it, and I can't afford it. ”

"Don't think that we can force them and retreat along the route we have specified. Let's not talk about whether we can control such a large-scale Japanese army. Let's just say that with such a large area of deep mountains and old forests, how many troops can we use to stop them? ”

"Nanman has always been the core of the little devils, and they are no less familiar here than we are. Not to mention here, it is the less populated Xing'an Mountains and Changbai Mountains, which are as familiar as devils. Up to now, we have not been able to thoroughly ascertain how many secret warehouses of the Japanese army are in the entire northeast. ”

"Even if they retreat 10,000 steps, they do not break through in other directions, but only retreat to the south. But at the moment, Lao Wang's eastern cluster is fighting fiercely with the little devil's third army along the Anbong Railway. The strength in Lao Wang's hands does not occupy an absolute advantage compared with the third army of the little devils. ”

"If we let go of even one wing here, it will be difficult for Lao Wang, and it may even change the progress of the battle. Circumference is a good tactic, but it should be used on a case-by-case basis. We do not yet have an absolute superiority in troops, and this tactic cannot be used when we can only form a relative advantage. ”

"Besides, I don't like to be passive, I prefer to be aggressive. With such a large mountain area and only a few villages, I don't believe that the food and ammunition stored here by the little devils can be used for a lifetime? If it weren't for the needs of the war situation, Lao Tzu would have eaten away little by little, and they would have been trapped here. ”

"In addition, although South Manchuria is warmer than North Manchuria, the winter here is far from being comparable to that of Kannai. At present, the night in the mountains is as cool as a day, and the big padded jacket has to be put on in the morning and evening. In a few days, it will start to snow. The devils are still fighting in regular clothes, and winter clothes have not yet been issued. ”

"Now that we have cut off the back road, they can't bring their winter clothes even if they are ready. If his Hongo Yoshio is not in a hurry, it will be a hell of a life. If they don't want to break through, they will freeze to death in the shallow mountainous area east of the Zhongchang Railway. ”

"Tell the troops on the front line that the two key points of Shuangtailing and Gushan Village must be cleared for me tonight. And the Japanese can erect artillery up the hill, can't our artillery go up? Xiangyang Mountain, the commanding heights of this area, is now in our hands. Transferring a few artillery pieces up the hill should still not be a big problem. ”

Speaking of this, Du Kaishan hesitated for a moment and said: "Order the troops on both sides of the Chai River, no, all the troops on the eastern front of the entire battlefield, to make certain preparations to prevent the enemy from encircling the enemy." With so much determination and so much play, I think it's time for them to open all their hole cards. ”

"This cunning fellow, I think what is his ultimate purpose? Since he wants to play yin, then it's good to have fun. Tell the front-line troops to adopt more company-platoon infiltration tactics, make full use of the direct firepower in our hands, and dare to adopt the tactics of bayonets on artillery when necessary. ”

"Since his hometown Yoshio is going to see the poor dagger, then let's not be polite. All the preparations that need to be made must be prepared. Set up the banquet, we can feast guests. Inform the aviation units to be equipped with the combat forces of our unit and be ready to dispatch at all times. The deployment of artillery should also be adjusted to a certain extent. ”

"Order the 1st Battalion and the 3rd Battalion of the 11th Howitzer Regiment directly under the command to immediately withdraw from the northern front and secretly return to the east bank of the Chai River. The first battalion of the 4th Regiment of the 122nd Rocket Artillery Regiment and the 4th Company of the 2nd Regiment of the 105th Cannon Regiment immediately advanced to the northwest of Shuangtailing to prepare for the fire blockade of the line from Chaihebao to Gushantun. ”

Du Kaishan's words were actually more pointing, so Ye Chao nodded slightly, and quickly conveyed his order. And when Ye Chao picked up the phone and wanted to give orders to the divisions on the front line one by one, Du Kaishan raised his binoculars and looked at the mountains that were fighting fiercely in front of him, not knowing what he was thinking.

However, when Ye Chao was explaining to the various divisions, Du Kaishan seemed to be careless about the changes and progress of the front-line battle situation reported by the various divisions on the front line, but in fact he listened quite carefully. After Ye Chao finished explaining and was about to report to him, Du Kaishan waved his hand and turned his gaze to the map again. At the same time, his two thick eyebrows were deeply twisted together.

After pondering for a long time, Du Kaishan raised his head and said to Ye Chao: "What you want to say, I know it now." Judging from the latest trends in the adjustment of the enemy's deployment on the front line, it also confirms our judgment just now, and this Hongo Yoshio has made up his mind to carry out a general breakthrough.

"You immediately order the 31st Regiment of the 11th Division to which the reserve belongs, and the 19th Division to be reinforced. The 51st Regiment of the 17th Division and a tank battalion were ordered to immediately strengthen to the line of Shuangtailing. No matter what the Japanese troops in front of them did, they had only one goal, and that was to storm me on the front line of Chaihe Fort. ”

"Order the 50th Regiment of the 17th Division, two companies of the 122nd Rocket Artillery, two companies of 150 howitzers, and one company of the 105th Cannon, and immediately deploy them on the spot along the line of Lujiatun and Guanmen Mountain, east of the mountain. You personally have to call the commander of the 26th Division on the front line from the eastern front to Lujiatun, and ask them not to keep the reserves, and the whole division will press me to the front line. ”

"If the enemy breaks through in their direction, resolutely block it on the front. However, on the flank, more company-level tactical counterattacks should be adopted, and the counterattack troops should not worry about being trapped by the Japanese army, and the assault troops on the flanks should dare to boldly intersperse. Let them pull all the reserves up for me. Tell them that the Japanese ran a squadron from their position, and that I would settle accounts with their 26th Division. ”

"Tell all divisions in other directions to speed up their attacks and seize the line from Datai to Guojiagou in the shortest possible time at all costs. No matter what Yoshio Hongo was thinking about now, he wanted to run in that direction. But now that we're moving, this is our best chance. ”

"All units should carry forward the three fierce tactics of our army's fierce attack, fierce charge, and fierce attack, do not care about casualties, do not want mother-in-law and mother-in-law in the battle, rush towards their respective targets, and stubbornly entangle all the forces of the Japanese army in front of them. Tell the armored forces to dare to use the maneuverability of the tanks to fight me a tank split battle in the mountains, and let their tanks move for me. ”

"Let them force me to pass through from the front line of Mengjiazhai to the front line of Majiazhai with a force of no less than one battalion and an infantry unit. Even if all the tanks are exhausted, by 12 o'clock tomorrow at the latest, I must take the Chenjiagou line east of Majiazhai. ”

"Tell all units that during the attack, they should pay attention to coordinating with friendly and neighboring forces. Don't stare at one place, the left and right wings have opened the assault opening, can you borrow the way? The various attack directions are connected by mountains and rivers, don't just stare at your own dish. ”

With the issuance of these orders from Du Kaishan, the offensive strength of the anti-coalition forces from Zhonggu to Chaihebao and in the direction of Shantun in the east suddenly increased. Under the personal supervision of Du Kaishan, all units launched attacks on various positions of the Japanese army under the cover of artillery fire in accordance with their own offensive directions and routes.

According to Du Kaishan's intentions, the various units on the front line adjusted their tactics separately, and paid more attention to coordinated operations with the brother troops on the left and right flanks during the attack, so as to let the defending Japanese troops take care of one and lose the other. At the same time, the tactics of taking turns to assault were adopted to give the Japanese troops no respite.

Faced with increasing pressure from all sides, Yoshio Hongo quickened the pace of retreat. He used the 107th Division, which is currently the most complete division, as the fist unit to break through the anti-joint encirclement, and launched an all-out breakthrough to the east just when Du Kaishan's reserve force began to unfold one after another to the east of Gushantun.

The two armies fought a fierce battle of offensive and defensive switching around Lujiatun and the front line of the mountain. In order to cover the breakout operation, Yoshio Hongo secretly withdrew more than 80% mountain artillery from all operational directions. An artillery group was formed, with Gushantun as the center, and launched an all-out breakthrough operation in the direction of Lujiatun and Lijiagou on both flanks.

In order to make a gap in the first time, Yoshio Hongo can be said to have moved his old book. A large number of shells from 75-mm mountain artillery, 150-mm mortars, 105 howitzers and cannons, as well as Taisho 4-year 150 howitzers, blew this line into a sea of fire.

Under the cover of a large number of artillery, the three wings of the 107th Division and the supporting forces marched hand in hand, and the fiercest battle broke out on the entire Eastern Front with the anti-coalition forces on this front. In order to concentrate his forces to the greatest extent, Yoshio Hongo ordered Lieutenant General Takaichi Yasube, commander of the 107th Division, and even the divisional baggage, engineers, and search wings to pull up.