Chapter 683: Falling short
If you think too stupid about your enemies, you will look too stupid!
Although Zhang Qingshan advocated despising the enemy strategically and attaching importance to the enemy tactically! However, at the beginning of the development of the matter, no matter how quick and wise he was, there was no way to make the enemy follow his deployment, not to mention that the enemy's commanders were obviously no worse than him in terms of experience and ability in tactical command.
The three-sided encirclement of the little devil was absolutely correct in terms of tactics, and the time was very accurate, taking advantage of the excellent opportunity of the absence of the three battalions of the assault regiment to sneak attack. It's just that the little devil underestimated the courage and determination of the assault regiment in terms of tactics, and he didn't see the huge geographical advantage of the assault regiment headquarters in Qinglong Mountain.
On the side of the little devils, there are two obvious shortcomings: the first is that they look down on the assault regiment too much in tactical formulation, thinking that a little trick can confuse the assault regiment, but they don't know that it is self-defeating, but it is a surprise to startle the snake. Imagine, if they don't send out the little devils in the county, but directly use reinforcements to raid, then, nine times out of ten, they will achieve the purpose of sneak attack, instead of now, not only do not the commando regiment come up with a counter-encirclement strategy, but also have to fight an offensive and defensive battle with the commando regiment with a huge geographical advantage little by little.
The second deficiency is even worse: they underestimate the assault regiment, or rather, the backbone of the Chinese soldiers. Thinking that all the armies of China are non-resisting armies, they will break up and flee with a charge - of course, this has a huge reason for the victory they have fought all the way, who has made our Chinese army unable to win until now, so that the little devils have developed arrogance.
Therefore, they thought that with thousands of men and horses, they would be able to attack the headquarters of the assault regiment. But he was accidentally dragged into the quagmire by the assault group and fell into the current passive situation...... Of course, it is fair to say that if the second battalion of the assault regiment did not arrive, but gave the little devil a little more time, the little devil still had a great chance of attacking the commando regiment headquarters, after all, the commando regiment headquarters is now not as many as the little devils in terms of equipment and numbers, and the biggest reliance on being able to defend until now is the geographical advantage - even Zhang Qingshan is not optimistic about successfully holding the commando regiment headquarters, so he will arrange to retreat to the edge of the primeval forest and use himself as a bait to drag the little devil to the next tactic.
The little devils are not only cunning, but their means of communication are much stronger than those of the assault regiments. Not to mention anything else, the radio station alone is far from being comparable to even a commando regiment that does not have a radio station.
At this time, the slow communication speed became the biggest failure of Zhang Qingshan's side in this battle.
This alone is destined to make Zhang Qingshan's plan to encircle on all sides come to naught...... With a little military common sense, they will definitely put some 'sentinels' around it and even on some key roads, and when the time comes, all it takes is a telegram to prepare these little devils to retreat in advance. Besides, if the little devil can touch Qinglong Mountain so accurately, and he can also know so much about the entry and exit of Qinglong Mountain, then the little devil would not have known the location of the three battalions of the assault regiment before the war.
Looking at it now, Zhang Qingshan's prevention of the second battalion from taking advantage of the situation to attack the little devils in the northeast, but letting them press forward step by step, is the best means for the environment and the ultimate goal. However, judging from the post-war summary report, this became his biggest mistake in this battle.
If he asked the second battalion to take advantage of the impact caused by the rout of the little devils in the south and attack the little devils in the northeast, then even if he encountered the resistance of the formation deployed by the little devils in advance, there would be a great chance to drag the little devils and create an opportunity for the upcoming first and third battalions to encircle the little devils. At that time, even if the little devil knows that he is about to be surrounded, but he has been bitten by the second battalion, I am afraid that it will be difficult to get out in a short time, or in other words, he will have to pay a certain price to get out safely...... However, there are no buts!
The little devils are arrogant, even if they know that there is a possibility of being surrounded and annihilated, they have no intention of retreating. On the contrary, it is a great shame to think that there are so many people, but they have not broken through the third line of defense of the assault regiment for so long a day.
Therefore, relying on their own deployment of positions in the back in advance, they did not care too much about the defeat in the south. Even, there was a lot of ridicule for those who were driven from the south. It was because the second battalion did not take the opportunity to chase and kill, but it made them more determined that the people of the assault regiment were afraid of them, so they dared to bully the few people with more people. Otherwise, how could they be so stupid as not to take advantage of the opportunity to cover up?
However, an unexpected incident made the little devil completely give up the attack on Qinglong Mountain and retreat in embarrassment.
According to Zhang Qingshan's order, the temporary team composed of the first and second companies of the fourth battalion and the pigeon mountain men and horses made a detour from the forest to the forest about four miles behind the little devils in the northeast of Qinglong Mountain.
And because this side and the right are the key defense areas of this little devil, they have put out a long cordon on both sides.
As a result, there was an exchange of fire between the two sides.
The little devil's cordon immediately retreated while fighting.
But for the temporary team, it is a little difficult: since it is exposed, it is naturally better to attack the back end of the little devil now, but I can't figure out how Zhang Qingshan arranged it - after all, the previous obvious advantages were directly stopped by Zhang Qingshan, and now if he acts rashly, it is not good if he disrupts Zhang Qingshan's deployment.
Therefore, the temporary team only sent people back to tell the regiment headquarters about the situation here, and asked the regiment headquarters to give further instructions, and at the same time sent a platoon to chase and kill those little devil scouts, and the large army moved a mile to Youyou, which was regarded as avoiding.
However, this time, which seemed to be a small battle that was not even an encounter, frightened the little devils a lot: they did arrange secret agents around the three battalions sent by the assault group early on, and equipped them with radio stations. Then, naturally, they knew the departure time of the three battalions. But the problem was that they couldn't send people to follow them all the way, so they could only guess the approximate time when the three battalions arrived at Qinglong Mountain. And their plan is to capture the headquarters of the assault regiment before the arrival of these three battalions, complete the purpose of beheading in their eyes, and then retreat according to the predetermined plan before the three battalions are encircled from the periphery, or directly defeat the three battalions of the assault regiment, so as to calmly return to the county seat of Sanqiao County.
However, they never expected that the commando regiment would be so resolute in resisting, and the weapons and ammunition were also sufficient, and it had a huge geographical advantage. Therefore, they have not laid the last line of defense of the assault regiment until now.
But because of this, they thought that as long as they worked harder, they would definitely be able to accomplish the operational objectives set in advance, and for this reason, even if the second battalion of the assault regiment had arrived, they planned to rely on their strong firepower and the quality of individual soldiers higher than the opponent's, and under the influence of arrogant thoughts, while sending people to prepare to deal with the approaching second battalion, while attacking the third line of defense of the assault regiment, making a last stand!
However, when the scouts returned, they reported that they had encountered hundreds of people in the forest directly behind, and they were stealthily approaching...... If there can be hundreds of people, it will naturally be a battalion-level combat unit. This creates a misjudgment for the little devils, making them think that the assault regiment now has more than one battalion in place, and at least two battalions.
Obviously, this was to save the defense of Qinglong Mountain, which was in danger, and was also preparing for the encirclement, otherwise, why would that hidden 'battalion' just hide in the forest behind them? When the other battalion arrived, it would inevitably launch an all-out attack on them.
Looking at the map, the second battalion on their left had already appeared, and there was a 'battalion' of the assault regiment hidden in the forest behind them, and another battalion on the right. Then, no matter how arrogant the little devil is, he is confident that he has the ability to break through, and the losses will be heavy, which is not in line with the little devil's prior tactical arrangement.
Moreover, in this way, their tactical goals cannot be achieved, and not only do they lose the meaning of their operations, but they also lose their troops.
The commander of the little devil is experienced and his character is clearly very decisive. No, as soon as he analyzed such a result, he looked at his soldiers who were about to rush to the third line of defense, but he gritted his teeth and ordered to immediately gather the team and retreat to the right according to the predetermined retreat route.
When the second battalion suddenly appeared, Zhang Qingshan's heart instantly lifted, and he was deeply afraid that he would be startled and his ultimate goal would fall short.
However, when he saw that the little devil not only did not show the slightest sign of retreating, but attacked more violently, he instantly understood the little devil's thoughts: last fight!
In order to be able to hold this last line of defense, and also to be able to drag the main force of the little devil here, he immediately mobilized all the manpower that could be mobilized on the mountain. Even if I can't invest so many troops at once because of the terrain, for the extra ones, I have to stay behind as a reserve. Not to mention the people in the primeval forest, even the guard platoon that was defending the south, was also transferred by him to two more squads - the guard platoon originally had four squads, one stayed in the northwest, and now two more have been transferred, leaving one squad to the south, it can be seen that Zhang Qingshan is also desperate.
Both sides increased the investment of troops and firepower, so that the intensity of the battle immediately became tragic.
The morale of both sides was very strong, one side relied on the geographical advantage, the other side relied on firepower, and in just ten minutes, the total number of casualties on both sides was enough to exceed 100, and it was basically half.
But the quality of the little devil's individual soldiers is really strong, especially the quick response, and the assault regiment is mostly recruits, due to the lack of ammunition, there is very little actual combat training in marksmanship, and the overall level of marksmanship is naturally not as good as the little devil......
Gradually, the little devils still attacked little by little.
Seeing that the little devil was constantly advancing, Zhang Qingshan was anxious, and took the two squads drawn from the guard platoon and went directly into battle.
The fighters of the guard platoon are veterans and are carefully selected from among the veterans. This time, they relied on the geographical advantage, and in a short period of time, they could be regarded as curbing the advance speed of the little devils, but they only remained in place and did not directly retreat.
What Zhang Qingshan wants is such a situation: not only to ensure that the defense line is not breached, but also to drag the little devil here.
However, what he never expected was that the commander of the little devil was so decisive: he actually ordered a retreat directly at this critical juncture.
Zhang Qingshan is angry!
As long as we hold on for a little longer, it is estimated that we will be able to accomplish the combat goal of the little devils...... It's really a failure!