Section 73 Discussion of Encirclement and Annihilation

The mood of the crowd was very high, and the officers shouted like ordinary soldiers to kill, which rarely happened, and this situation could not help but surprise the stone. However, after thinking about it, he was immediately relieved, obviously thanks to the policy of rewarding land according to military merit that he had implemented in Yifeng in recent years. At that time, all I thought of was purely compensating the soldiers, anyway, they were all snatched from those corrupt officials, black-hearted landlords and rich businessmen, and distributed to the brothers in the regiment, just to comfort them for their heroic battles in the past few years, so that they could earn a little more.

However, Shi obviously underestimated the enthusiasm of the Chinese people for land, and if there is a field and a land, it is equivalent to having a home. Especially in Yifeng for more than a year, they finally settled down, and in vain all this may be lost in a blink of an eye, who can stand this kind of gap?

Seeing the soldiers' fighting spirit, Shi was also very satisfied, no matter what the reason, as long as the brothers were fearless and dared to fight, it was equivalent to having the foundation to win this battle, and he, as the head of the regiment, would have the confidence to fight the battle in front of him. After pondering for a long time, after the emotions of everyone on the side were about to calm down, Shi pointed to the map and said slowly: "Chief Li wants to encircle and annihilate the 33rd Division of the devil, which is a very wonderful move, if it can really succeed, there will be great hope for recapturing Nanchang, and no matter how bad it is, it can give the devil's 11th Army a fatal blow." ”

Stretching out his hand and clicking on the map three times, Shi said to himself: "Judging from the information obtained so far, this time the Japanese army has adopted a three-way tactic. The strength of each road is very strong, and each road may be a feint attack or a main attack, or simply all three ways are the main attack, with the strength of the Japanese army, this is not impossible. As long as they continue to maintain the current offensive momentum, the defenders in the pincer offensive will eventually be compressed to the area of Shanggao, so many troops crowded together, in fact, will not strengthen the defensive force, but will be killed and injured in large numbers because of the sharpness of the Japanese artillery, and I am afraid that Shanggao will not be able to hold at that time. ”

"Shanggao was lost, Changsha lost the east gate, and the devils could immediately attack from the east and north. Last time, the devil only relied on the strength of two or three divisions to open a gap in the Xinqianghe defense line and other places, and successfully killed in front of Changsha City. Yichang has been lost, and if Xiangbei loses it again, I'm afraid it will be soon! Stone said in a deep voice.

Lin Xiufeng on the side couldn't help but say: "The regimental seat is just two guard divisions, it shouldn't be able to make such a big wave, right?" In the upper and high areas, in addition to our army, the main forces of the 19th Group Army are all there, whether it is Chief Luo or the commanders of other armies, they are all used to fighting tough battles, how can they let the little devil succeed? ”

The stone shook his head and said, "Not necessarily! Things on the battlefield, the situation is complex and changeable, anything can happen, but nothing is necessarily inevitable, if Shangfeng is as light as the enemy like us, I'm afraid something big will happen! ”

As soon as Shi Shi said this, everyone on the side couldn't help but bow their heads one by one, obviously they recalled the words just now, and they also noticed that their confidence exploded. The strength of the devil is indeed incomparable with before, but because of the advantage of air supremacy, because of the advantage of artillery, even if it is a newly built unit, with this kind of powerful artillery support, its overall strength is far from what they can compare.

Shi didn't talk about these things anymore, he changed his words and said: "Chief Li's strategy of encircling and destroying the 33rd Division is very targeted, since the Japanese army is attacking on the same three routes, then what they are most afraid of is the mistake of cooperation between each other, once the troops on the flanks do not keep up with the rhythm of the attack, then the troops in the middle will easily become a lone army to go deeper, and in this way, the opportunity to encircle and annihilate will come out." ”

Gao Da Hammer couldn't help but interject and asked: "Stone, are you saying that the encirclement and annihilation of the 33rd Division is fake, and the eating of the 34th Division is true?" ”

Shi waved his hand and said: "Actually, these two siege and annihilation battles are real, just like when we counterattacked Nanchang, we attacked Dacheng by surprise, and the battle plan formulated by Shangfeng was to eat all the 101st Division and 106th Division, but the delay in attacking the first line of Chazishan was too long, and the friendly troops on the flank did not put enough pressure on Fengxin's 106th Division, resulting in the battle plan being ruined." If, after we take Dacheng, we can take Chazishan and eat the 101st Division in the shortest possible time, we will not be able to eat the 106th Division, but we will also be able to inflict heavy losses, and then the Japanese army in Nanchang will completely collapse, and the situation will not be as grim as it is now. Now the same is true, start with the 33rd Division on the flank, as long as you can eat this division, the 34th Division in the middle will not be able to escape, the devils on the south bank of the Jinjiang River may have no way to take them, but after taking Nanchang, they will not be able to run away, and it will be unimaginable to really achieve such a goal to recover Nanchang. Therefore, the immediate goal is to eat the 33rd Division in front of you. ”

Listening to the commander of the 70th Army, Commander Li, said that the 33rd Division of the Devil was surrounded and annihilated, the people of the Independent Regiment did not react, and even some did not care, but when they heard that the stone said that the division that would encircle and annihilate the devil, everyone couldn't help but feel energetic, and listened calmly one by one, because they knew that the stone never said empty words.

"The devil is advancing in three ways, south of the Jinjiang River is the independent mixed 20th brigade, the middle road is the 34th division, and the upper road is the 33rd division, in addition to the mixed 20th brigade is far apart, the 33rd division and the 34th division are separated by only forty or fifty miles, only half a day's journey, in this case, if you want to fight encirclement and annihilation, the first thing is to open the distance between the two armies to divide and encircle, after the encirclement, you must send out troops to intercept the reinforcements of the 34th division, otherwise once the enemy's two divisions converge, I'm afraid that we alone will not be able to eat them by the 19th Army. Stone said eloquently.

Liu Wenfeng said: "Stone, Li Junzuo asked us to stand by in place, could it be that he wanted us to intercept the troops of the 34th Division after the 33rd Division was surrounded?" If that's the case, the losses in this battle will be great, whether it is Sixi or Ducheng, in addition to a full infantry division, there are also 58 divisions as a mobile that can be reinforced at any time, and our regiment, although it has been expanded to 4,000 combat troops, it is still impossible to block the attack of a division of the devil, right? At that time, if the siege and annihilation battle is lost because our defense line is breached, this battle will be fought. ”

Shi shook his head and said: "It's unlikely, even if only some of our 74th Army know the strength of our independent regiment, and other troops are even more unclear, the reason why this Li Junzuo asked us to stay in place is probably not to take us to heart, so it is just right to cut into the battlefield at the most critical time, which can not only reduce our losses, but also play the greatest role." For us, that's probably the best. Brother Wu, if you work a little harder during this time, it will be up to you to keep in touch with the 70th Army. Brother Lin, if you keep in good contact with the county magistrate Hu of Yifeng and recruit some people to transport the materials for war preparedness to the front line, it should not be long before they need to come in handy. ”

Wu Zihuai and Lin Xiufeng stood up and saluted in response: "Yes"

Shi looked at the others and said solemnly: "Brothers, this is the first battle after the reorganization of our independent regiment, and it is also a battle to defend our homeland and defend the results. Not only that, but we also have to show our own prestige, so that the little devils will flee when they see the battle flag of our independent regiment. ”

"Victory!" Everyone listened to the strong and powerful voice of the stone, and couldn't help but open their mouths one by one and shouted wildly, thinking of the countless battles fought behind the regiment commander in the past few years, they couldn't help but be full of confidence, with the regiment commander here, there is no need to worry about losing the battle at all, with the regiment commander here, this battle will be won!

On the afternoon of the 17th, the independent 20th Brigade of Ducheng was unable to overcome the attack for a long time, and was blocked in the area of Jigongling, making it difficult to move an inch. As a last resort, the 102nd Brigade broke away from the main force and attacked the direction of Quangang alone to cover the left flank of the army. As a result, it happened to encounter the 49th Army that crossed the Ganjiang River to the west, and although the Japanese army threatened that a brigade could be worth a division of the national army, it was still unable to resist in the face of the strength of an army, and most of them were annihilated.

However, this loss not only did not make the 20 Brigade somewhat restrained, but on the contrary, it seemed to stimulate their bestiality and increase the intensity of the attack, which can even be called a loss at any cost. In a short period of time, they launched dozens of waves of suicidal attacks on the front line of Jigongling, each infantry attack was accompanied by the bombardment of rear artillery, and without the slightest disregard for accidental damage, the fierce attack of the Japanese army dealt a heavy blow to the 151st regiment of the defenders.

If it is replaced by an independent regiment, whether it is Liu Wenfeng of the first battalion or the tall sledgehammer of the second battalion, they have enough experience to deal with such a suicidal attack by the devil, but although the 151st regiment is no worse than the independent regiment in terms of weapons and equipment and individual soldier ability, the gap in actual combat experience is too big, especially the experience of this kind of vicious and bloody battle, it cannot be compared. In the bloody battles fought by the 51st Division in the past, the 302nd Regiment, the "cannon fodder regiment", charged ahead, and the 301st Regiment, the predecessor of the 151st Regiment, followed behind and waved its flag and shouted.

In desperation, Li Tianxia could only order a retreat, withdraw from Ducheng, and withdraw to the front line of Gray Bu to garrison, wanting to rely on the reinforcements of the 58th Division to block the advance of the devils.