Chapter 1168: Lessons Learned!
In fact, Zhang Qingshan only advanced the plan in disguise, but the loophole is big.
In the original plan, everyone resisted layer by layer, and little by little led the main force of the little devils to the county government, and at the same time, the three roads continued to harass the little devils. But even so, everyone knows very well that it is impossible to hold the county seat at all, so the ultimate goal of this battle is to do their best to kill and injure more little devils, forcing them to invade the hinterland of the base area due to the excessive casualty rate and insufficient troops.
However, now, with this major discovery in the Lin family's manor, it is worth fighting...... Anyway, I know I can't keep it, so there's no pity to try. If you don't try it, you'll be very sorry...... What if it succeeds?
And now, the main force of the defenders of the north and west walls has been transferred, leaving only a small part to continue the defense—in fact, it is equivalent to a vigilance. It seems that it is to concentrate forces so that it can attack the little devils, but in fact, it is very risky.
The main purpose of the attack is to attract the main force of the little devils here, and then send an elite force to attack the little devils in the Lin family's manor. However, in this way, the troops of the north gate and the west gate will be evacuated, so once the little devil discovers this, when the time comes, relying on the abundant troops, he can send troops over, and he will inevitably be able to take one of them in one go, and then he can deploy calmly.
If the little devil takes the west gate and the north gate at the same time, it is equivalent to surrounding everyone in the assault group city on three sides, and at that time, the assault group will not be able to retreat if it wants to, and even, if the speed of retreat is not fast, it may be bitten by the little devil and cannot get out. The most serious consequence is that once the little devil attacks at the same time, as long as a group of men and horses is arranged outside the north gate, there is no need to cross the river, as long as they guard on the other side of the river, when the time comes, the assault group will really be difficult to fly...... The main reason is that the north gate is easy to defend and difficult to attack, not only because of the city wall, but also because the geography outside the north gate is not suitable for attacking the city; second, and the main reason, the little devil also knows the cruelty of street fighting, so he doesn't want to carry out street fighting, but wants to force the assault group out of the city, so that the little devil can save a lot of living forces, so as to prepare for the next attack on the hinterland of the Eighth Route Army's base area.
That is to say, once the little devil discovers that the north gate and the west gate are empty, and when the time comes, the assault group will be surrounded on three sides, then the little devil will achieve its strategic goal of opening the hinterland of the Eighth Route Army's base area at the minimum cost.
To put it bluntly, Zhang Qingshan is gambling that he will take the little devils in the Lin family's manor one step ahead of him, or the little devils will form a three-sided encirclement first.
In doing so, on the other hand, it can be regarded as the commando group is not willing to lose, unwilling to give up Sanqiao County, and even more unwilling to just kill a large number of little devils, but wants to win.
Therefore, on the premise of knowing that the county seat will not be able to hold on sooner or later, he will simply give it a go.
However, thinking about it on the other hand, the assault regiment itself has nothing to worry about: the county town will be lost sooner or later, as long as you kill more little devils, the people have already moved to a safe place, and it will be much more convenient to transfer them themselves, and the task of dragging the little devils has already been completed, and you can let go of the next battle...... Under such a premise, it is a pity to lose in such a go, but there are huge benefits to winning. Anyway, there is no excess loss if you try, and how do you know that you won't win if you don't try?
Hu Yingze and Tian Guozhong also felt that this was the best way at present, and they could only do so.
However, Tian Guozhong still proposed more cautiously: Even if these troops are to be transferred, they must be after dark, so that they can be deployed by using the night, and the night can also be used to make the little devils unable to find out, so that at least one night can be delayed, that is, one more night of safety.
In this regard, Zhang Qingshan and Hu Yingze naturally have no opinion.
But there is a premise for doing this, the first battalion must hold out until dark, otherwise, as soon as the battalion retreats, the little devils can directly hit the county government in the center of the city. In the original plan, at this time, because there was a crossroads in front of the county government, and there was no direct access to the place where the temporary regimental headquarters of the assault regiment was located, then the little devil would inevitably divide his troops. It's just that now that part of the previous battle plan has been changed, the devils can't be allowed to break through the defense line of the first battalion.
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Liu Bing, the commander of the first battalion, is now more angry.
Although since Hu Yingze returned to the regiment headquarters, the regiment headquarters never urged him to retreat as planned, but he knew in his heart that he had to proceed according to the plan, no matter how late the time was, he had to retreat as planned.
But the problem is that he can't retreat now if he really wants to: the little devil not only bit the first and third consecutive bites to death, but also suddenly 'opened up'...... To be fair, it's a bit inaccurate to say that the little devil is 'enlightened', and the accurate book should be that the little devil finally put away his arrogant mentality and paid attention to the opponent in front of him.
At the beginning, although the little devil suffered a small loss at the mouth of the city wall, he didn't care much, which can be seen from the fact that although he had abundant troops, he never divided his troops to advance forward.
You know, there are many alleys here, and there are many buildings on both sides, such a long dragon rushes in, once there is a battle, so many people and horses are crowded together, it will inevitably be impossible to spread the advantage of troops, and the little devil didn't even send troops to both sides to occupy the commanding heights, so he hurriedly continued to advance. In this way, the soldiers of the assault regiment, who had long been ambushed on the buildings on both sides, could just condescend and hit the little devils fiercely.
However, although the arrogant little devils immediately suffered a loss, they still insisted on their invincible arrogance in the world, and did not learn a lesson, but still went their own way and continued to insist on moving forward, regardless of both sides.
Soon, having paid a certain price, came to the last line of defense of the 1st battalion.
However, the little devil who didn't learn a lesson and was still arrogant, this time, was indeed beaten a little miserably, and finally put away his attitude of being above the top, and had to pay attention to the opponent in front of him: seven times in a row, every time he attacked, he was beaten by the bullets flying in the head and called his mother, or the front was in full swing in the battle, and he urgently needed support from the back, but as a result, the back was blocked by someone, causing the front to fall short. This also includes the bombing of the little devils' planes, and as a result, even so, it was because they didn't take the commanding heights on both sides seriously, so that the little devils were deflated again...... After eating so many losses, even a pig will instinctively avoid it, but the little devil only woke up after seven times in a row, which shows how stubborn the little devil is.
So, during the eighth attack, the little devil who was hurt finally opened his mind, and he no longer dared to rely on advanced weapons, and his equipment was as empty as possible. They were not in a hurry to attack the first and third companies directly ahead, but first concentrated their forces and fought for every inch of ground with the second company defending the buildings on both sides of the street.
To tell the truth, the battle of the second company is the most comfortable, it can be said that it is a completely condescending fight, and there is no loss at all, how can you not be happy?
So, when the little devil attacked for the eighth time, he turned the target to the second company, and the second company was really unwilling to give up such a happy style of play at first, so he also blocked it fiercely. However, the little devils were as well equipped as possible and had a large number of people, and the second company's blocking did not achieve much success, so they had to avoid its edge and retreat temporarily.
Then, the little devils swept room by room, room by room, and made sure that the men and horses of the second company were all withdrawn, and then they began to attack the first and third companies on the frontal battlefield again.
The First Company and the Third Company put up a tough confrontation with the little devils head-on, and although they repelled seven attacks by the little devils one after another, four of which ended in white-knuckle battles, they killed 1,000 enemies and suffered 800 losses! The two companies have fought so far, and under the heavy losses, they still have to face the eighth attack of the little devils.
And without the second company to help from the flanks, how could it be possible to defend against tanks, armored vehicles, and little devils who were several times their own size with the remnants of the first company and the third company?
As a last resort, Liu Bing had no choice but to send someone to the second company to give orders to recapture its original position, so as to continue to assist in the defense of the frontal battlefield.
It's easy to sit up, but it's hard to get to the sky!
Although the little devil is stubborn, he is not stupid. Since the buildings on both sides of the street have been occupied as the commanding heights, how can they not send heavy troops to defend them? Relying on the men and horses of the Second Company alone it is difficult to completely recapture the positions on both sides of the street, and at most they can only attack one side.
Seeing the second company commander's request for additional troops, Liu Bing was very helpless, but he had to recognize the reality: either send the fourth company as a reserve, cooperate with the second company, and one company to seize one side of the street, so that it may still be possible to succeed, and then continue to assist in the frontal defense. Either that, it is to retreat according to the plan, and then follow the little devils from a distance, and after they divide their troops, they will concentrate their forces according to the plan and eliminate one of the little devils.
After rapid but careful consideration, Liu Bing chose the second point, after all, he thought that the time had come when he had to retreat, otherwise, not only would the position be lost, but it would be difficult to say whether the first and third companies could all be withdrawn.
But just when Liu Bing was about to order a retreat as planned, Hu Yingze came.
When Hu Yingze came this time, he naturally gave an order from the regimental headquarters: the first battalion must hold out until dark before retreating according to the previous plan.
Hearing this, Liu Bing was first annoyed that he had not retreated on time and as planned, which had led to the current situation, and then he was furious: I did not retreat on time and according to the plan before, it was my fault, and I wanted to kill you or kill you, but the problem is, now, under the heavy losses of my first battalion, you actually let me retreat, and let me defend until dark, isn't this a child's play with the lives of all the officers and men of my first battalion?
Faced with Liu Bing's roar, Hu Yingze had no choice but to explain.
When he heard the latest decision and deployment of the regiment headquarters, the arrogant Liu Bing finally calmed down, and, under the influence of his arrogant personality, he silently accepted this new order, but also put forward new conditions: First, to supplement two companies to the first battalion to ensure that it can fight until dark. In the end, Hu Yingze reluctantly agreed to replenish a platoon for him; second, to replenish the weapons and ammunition of the first battalion, especially *, at least 50 boxes, and as a result, it was reduced to 25 boxes -- the ammunition reserves of the regimental headquarters were indeed sufficient at the beginning, but a lot of them could be taken away by the troops who were constantly transferred abroad, and now, there is not much left, and it must be spared. To be able to give half is already an effort to cooperate. Third, even if the first battalion is exhausted, it is necessary to rebuild the first battalion after the war, which has been affirmed.
Subsequently, Liu Bing had to give it a go for this new task......