487 Campaign Reconnaissance
Qin Xiaosu and Ma Qiang quickly converged under the guidance of the drone, and did not continue to break through the road, but re-hid into the mountains and forests, interspersed along the abandoned British railway, and the Japanese army still defended several lines of defense on the road, and they left it to Lin Xiuxuan to solve. The drone detected an abandoned railway in the forest, which is a usable passage, and the old railway embankment has no vegetation and is relatively smooth. From this path they turned to the northwest to solve the last problem, trying to make a breakthrough in all directions at the same time, so that the first wounded did not stop and pass quickly, and then the trucks turned back and increased mobility in other directions. The requirement for the entire operation to fully disperse the forces was originally a taboo for soldiers, but under the conditions of informationization, it is indeed possible to achieve the most rational allocation of troops and firepower, while the enemy cannot do so.
In order to cooperate with the plan, the UAV began to increase the reconnaissance area, and a detachment of the new 38th Division can be seen in the northwest corner of the fierce battle with the Japanese army.
Sun Liren complied with the order and combined the troops he could still fight to start a counterattack, but the Japanese defensive troops did not receive any transfer orders from the headquarters, and they did not know that several defensive lines in the rear had begun to loosen. However, Miyazaki's deployment strategy was correct, allowing the original pursuit of the new 38th Division, the 124th Wing at the forefront to defend on the spot, seizing the flat area and the surrounding commanding heights, he expected that the new 38th Division had no heavy weapons, so there was nothing to fear in defense. It seems that Qin Xiaosu and Ma Qiang lack infantry, and the new 38th Division has no firepower, so how to cooperate with the two is a problem. I am afraid it will be too late to send liaison officers. Lin Xiuxuan asked Qin Xiaosu to communicate and coordinate with the new 38th Division, which was dozens of kilometers away, but the radio equipment of the new 38th Division was very poor, and it was impossible to complete effective communication in the mountainous areas of the jungle, so the UAV could only be used as a power amplification and relay job again.
In the evening of that day, Sun Liren found that it was very difficult for him to communicate with all directions (including with the high-power transmitter of the US army in Tingjiang), but the communication with the advance unit of the Synthetic Regiment was very smooth, even if it was difficult to send and receive telegrams in the past, now it is no problem to use voice calls, even if the correspondent was in the ravine for a while, the voice is just as clear, and even the background noise has been reduced a lot. He certainly didn't know that all the signals were amplified gain. They directly discussed the plan with their voices, discussing the plan of attacking at night, and the attack had to be fought on both sides together, because Qin Xiaosu's tank needed infantry cover. Sun Liren was a little worried that the communications would be eavesdropped by the Japanese, but he had no choice but to do so in a hurry. Of course, 419 has enough technical support, and it is impossible for this kind of thing to happen.
Everything went in an orderly manner as Lin Xiuxuan expected, he issued orders to all departments to plan the attack of several troops, and even Zhou Youfu couldn't understand his overall plan, and found that he had become a chess piece; And Miyazaki issued dozens of orders in the afternoon, waiting for the messengers to arrive on horseback.
According to Lin's intention, part of the main force of the 200th Division arrived by car and immediately joined the frontal attack to replenish the gap in the strength of the composite regiment. And Brooke had just arrived at a new position with heavy artillery tows, and a request to open fire flew in time. The coordinates of the shelling are required to be exceptionally precise, there is absolutely a probabilistic shot in an approximate area, and usually only one test shot is required, then several rounds are corrected, and then the next target is reached. It's like shooting at a range with an artillery observation post.
Judging from the map, many targets are behind the undulating ground, and some are several kilometers deep, so how did his troops obtain such accurate location information? Although he knew that this unit was good at reconnaissance and had some fairly specialized reconnaissance vehicles, it was incomprehensible that it could find targets behind enemy lines so quickly, continue to observe, and assess the damage, as if the Japanese alert force was completely ineffective.
What an army commander dreams of is to have a clear understanding of the enemy's various units, preferably like a small flag on a sand table, where they can be seen at a glance. But this is also absolutely impossible, and it can be said that the basic need of military confrontation is not to let you see my deployment. Even if the plane flew over enemy airspace without interruption, the pilot did not see all the enemy situation, and most of the time it was not clear to describe it.
It is more difficult for ground reconnaissance units to find the enemy's depth and quickly indicate targets in difficult terrain, and this kind of campaign-level reconnaissance needs to be carried out long before the start of the battle, but the enemy's deployment can also change at any time. And this Captain Lin seemed to get what he wanted easily, he didn't even like to scout in person as much as Chief Chu Ting, he just hid behind, received and sent telegrams to get things done, and the required shelling was fully considered for the ammunition reserves of the synthetic regiment, and there was no waste at all.
Before nightfall, about 2,000 men from the 200th Division of the New 22nd Division joined the battle, and Lin Xiuxuan ran to the front to avoid meeting with the officers of the 5th Army. In view of the fact that he was about to flee, his command was more brutal, and there was no Chu Tingchang who went to the front line to look around, pretending to find the faΓ§ade work of the enemy's node, and there was no passing scene where he burned incense and worshiped God to explain the reasonableness. The interspersed with the entire unit and the rapid artillery fire were all hit by the weak and vital points of the Japanese army, and a mere drone was enough to provide the campaign reconnaissance he needed, while the enemy was deaf and ineffective, and the movement was slow.
Qin Xiaosu's troops appeared in the rear of the 124th Wing, and all the tanks under his and Ma Qiang's command did not have much ammunition, and there were only a few 75mm shells left in each of the 2 Grants. So this battle has to be clean.
The drone found out that the enemy began to build a line of defense in the rear, but it was sloppy. Wing Commander Fukuzawa Dinghe had just received the news from the cavalry, and the rear was lost, and the division commander asked him to defend on both sides, as the last barrier of the division, of course, he did not expect the enemy to be so fast, the Chinese army has never shown a strong offensive force, and the action is also very slow, this is the consensus of him and all the Japanese officers, so he judged that the problem was not big, and the sound of artillery fire behind him was still far away.
The tanks drove onto the road towards the enemy. The enemy heard the movement from a distance, but could not see clearly, they were digging fortifications, and the sound of artillery came from the northern combat zone with the new 38th Division, so it was natural for them to think that it was a force that had come to support.
The headlights of the Stuart tank suddenly turned on and began to strafe the stunned enemy with machine guns. Xu Chong was on a nearby hill and shot targets on the anti-aircraft artillery position, and it was not difficult to work, because there were only two guns in total. The fortifications were dug very carefully, only the barrels of the guns were exposed, and the line of fire was close to the ground. However, Xu Chong is almost undefended on the commanding heights. Several tanks rushed through the enemy lines at once, and then opened fire in all directions. A gap was made in the Japanese defense line in an instant, and after the enemy figured out the situation, they began to organize death squads and anti-tank efforts, and the new 38th Division arrived in a company, using the Japanese trenches to cover the tank battle, and soon more infantry arrived, and the Japanese defense line lost its effect and began to collapse.
150 kilometers away, Dai Anlan, who was in charge of the broken post, began to frequently hear the victory ahead and heard the name Lin Linqi.
He remembered hearing it for the first time when the staff officer next to him was amazed at the speed of this man's attack, because it was planned to free up half of the trucks to transport thousands of people to assist in the attack, but as soon as the troops arrived, the first line of defense broke through, and then directly into the follow-up attack, without any delay in between. He knew how difficult it was to break through the Japanese defenses, and it was a frontal attack, and he really admired this man. The second time I heard this name, it was Chu Tingchang who said it on the radio, because he wanted to find out about Lin Linqi from Chu Tuan. Chu said that this person is a sapper, and his command ability is very average, and he is completely in accordance with his own deployment on the radio, so he does not need to think too highly.
Chu Tingchang's sloppy words worked, he forgot to investigate Lin Linqi's origin for a while, after all, the enemy who had reorganized behind was rushing over, and he had to deal with it carefully.
Just as he was looking down at the intelligence, Yu Shao walked into the command room, stood in front of the map, and watched the staff officer change his arrows, and let out a sigh of admiration.
"Hey, this synthetic regiment really has good steel, and it hits so smoothly, it seems that the 31st Division is also a noodle melon."
"General Yu, if the intelligence was good last month, the 31st Division used Miyazaki Shizaburo, but it was a big mistake in Shanghai. How could it be waste. Dai Anlan raised his head and said.
"Yes, I also think it's strange, it stands to reason that in the defense of the Japanese division, we have to invest 5 to 1 offensive forces to have a chance of winning. Who is this former enemy commander? β
"The division seat is from your division's engineer battalion, called Lin Linqi. Dispersed into the synthesis group. The staff officer on the side blindly said a name that Yu Shao had never heard.
"Lin Linqi?"
"What's wrong?" Dai Anlan was keenly aware that something was wrong.
"There must be a mistake, it's true that my 96th Division engineer unit was scattered in Timinra, but there is no such person. Maybe it's the 94th Division, it's a mistake. β
"Could that be wrong?" Dai Anlan turned around, his face was also a little confused, Chu Tingchang's introduction to this person was very vague, except for the negative evaluation, there was no amount of information, and it seemed that there was indeed no mention of the original unit number.
"Chief of Staff, you go and check the engineer captains in each unit, oh no, check all the captain-rank officers, and see which unit this Lin Linqi belongs to."
He is resolute in his work, and he must do it when he thinks of it.
"Division, at present, many units are disrupted, and it is not easy to find a captain, so you have to ...... from the Chongqing Military Command Department Communication with Chongqing is also difficult at the moment. β
"For the Americans to forward the communication, this person must find out."
"Senior Dai, don't be in such a hurry, right? I went to India first and then checked slowly. Yu Shao said.
"Hey, you don't know my thoughts, this time we planted in Burma, and we lost a lot of the 5th Army's family business." He sighed and shook his head, "If there is anything else to gain, it is that a few materials have been found, Chu Tingchang counts one, and there is this Lin Linqi, I really want to know if he is from our 5th Army, so good at mobile attack, talent is rare...... Do you think about which counterattack we have fought back so sharply since the 26th year of the Republic of China? Not to mention that there is a division in front of you, it is a brigade, and it is enough to gnaw for a while. β
"That's what I said, but I heard the pavilion chief say just now that this person has no talent, and this attack was commanded by his rear."
"The pavilion chief can fight without faking, but he is greedy and selfish, of course, among these ranks, I can understand the thoughts of belittling peers. But you look at the speed of the synthetic group's approach today," Dai Anlan said, pointing to the map, "This is not something that can be done by relying on rear command alone, it must have the strong command and intelligence gathering of the former enemy, otherwise, the more detailed the rear deployment, the easier it is to attack in front of you." Therefore, the experience of our command headquarters, the rear command, should be coarse rather than fine; And such an organized attack cannot be commanded from a distance of 100 kilometers, and the pavilion chief really regards himself as a god, and he has to take any credit from himself. β