kingnovel Chapter 368 I, Chen, mainly play the role of listening to advice
Chapter 368 I, Chen, mainly play the role of listening to advice
The situation at the front line was reported to Ding Wei's command center, making people unable to help but sneer.
This is really funny. We haven't encountered such a situation since the war began.
The first target chosen by the 8th Column was the 50th Temporary Division in Lishugou. Just as they pushed the vanguard troops over, the enemy decisively slipped away.
Da Huang, who was so angry, immediately turned his gun around and dealt with the 22nd Temporary Division which was farther away.
As a result, the 22nd Division ran quite fast and quickly escaped from the pursuit.
And they started to play in circles in the mountains.
The three forces pursued for more than ten days, but no battle broke out and they were exhausted.
The Provisional 22nd Division found an excellent garrison location, the Yangjia Mining Area.
This was a mine developed during the Manchurian period. After the Japanese occupation, they strengthened the fortifications and expanded the scale of mining, making it able to accommodate 10,000 people at a time.
Factories, fortifications, mines, etc. are all there, making them suitable for garrison deployment.
The brothers were really tired and didn't want to run around in the mountains anymore, so they decided to hold on here and let Fengtian arrange troops for support.
"Good, great, there has been a turning point in the Jincheng Railway."
Chief of Staff Chen immediately summoned the main personnel to discuss which team should be arranged for support. They wanted to use the Yangjia mining area as the dumpling filling and the supporting forces as the dumpling skins, and use the dumpling-making tactic.
Surround and annihilate the Red Army’s 8th and 9th columns.
Regarding support, everyone has different opinions. No one is willing to take the initiative to attack, and they would rather hold on to the important city.
Don’t seek merit, but seek no faults.
The 49th Army, which was newly transferred to the Northeast region, originally came from the Northeast Army. Commander Chen selected it as a general and wanted to send the 79th and 105th Divisions of the army to provide support.
Zheng Dongguo couldn't help it and reminded the airborne commander, "You act according to your thoughts."
"Captain Chen, the two existing divisions have just been attacked by the enemy column. Would it be inappropriate to send two more divisions there at this time?"
The Provisional 22/50 Division was chased and beaten and fled in the mountainous area for more than ten days.
Now two more divisions are being arranged to go there. This is not just a way to deliver food.
If you want to fight, you must deploy more troops. The biggest taboo in military strategy is to increase troops gradually in this way.
It's not that this tactic is not good. It has to be combined with the actual situation. In some cases, it is appropriate to gradually increase troops and drag the battle into a stalemate.
It is not suitable in some situations, like now, sending two divisions over is not enough, we have to send two more divisions into the Eighth Route Army's territory?
Isn't this simply a suicidal act?
Commander Chen thought what he said made sense and adopted the suggestion, but he still sent out the 49th Army the next day.
Highlight a person who listens to advice but cannot control himself.
Commander Zheng was so angry that he didn't care at all. Damn, Commander Chen was so soft-hearted. I don't know which idiot said that to him, but he still sent the 49th Army to die.
Zhang Dabiao hurried in and saw Ding Wei still eating calmly.
We can't let Ding Wei worry about a battle of this scale.
"Commander, the Nationalist Army has sent two additional divisions to Jianchang. The commander of the 2th Column must stick to the original plan and destroy the 8nd Division first."
"I propose that the heavy mortar regiment go to Jianchang to support the battle and transfer the 120mm mortar regiment. The firepower of three battalions is enough to suppress the enemy."
"Yes, according to your suggestion, if the situation changes, the 8th Column can retreat to the west without forcing an attack."
Ding Wei has four heavy howitzer regiments in Tongliao, but the weight of the howitzers is not suitable for operations in mountainous areas.
The power of mountain artillery is small, not as good as the 120mm heavy mortar, but it has strong firepower, does not require much traction, and can travel on mountain roads.
Zhang Dabiao is familiar with the terrain over there and knows how to deploy firepower, so Ding Wei doesn't need to worry about it.
What Ding Wei needed to arrange was the column-level troop mobilization, with Kong Yong's column advancing towards Zhangwu, Kong Jie's column heading towards Kangping, and Wang Tao's column heading towards Shuangliao.
As a mobile force, the HD Column is ready to provide support in three directions at any time.
As for Zhang Dabiao's column, it was temporarily placed in Tongliao to replace its ordnance.
He had several thousand semi-automatic rifles in his hands, which he was going to gradually deploy into the main column.
A part of them were placed in Kong Yong's column, which had more snipers and could better utilize the advantages of semi-automatic rifles.
Most of the remaining weapons were placed in Zhang Dabiao's hands to further enhance the firepower of the troops.
The replaced Type 2 rifles were transferred to the 3nd and rd line troops.
Another thing was to discuss with Brother Gangzi about the 60mm small cannon. The military factory on hand produces 50mm small steel cannons, but their range is not as good as that of American mortars. It is suggested to modify them in batches.
The 60mm mortar greatly increases the firepower of a company or platoon.
The production of mortars is not difficult. It is understandable that heavy artillery cannot be manufactured. 60mm mortars can be replaced in batches.
Its maximum range is 1500 meters, which is beneficial for the team's charge and advancement.
The other combat supplies awarded were gradually transferred to the North Manchuria Military Region. American and Soviet artillery were given priority to Zhou Weiguo, Wang Chao, and Sun Desheng.
New artillery pieces have a longer lifespan, while second-hand artillery pieces are retired in batches and used for artillery training or by other columns.
The replaced 50mm mortars can be distributed in batches to the front-line columns for use.
The replacement of weapons and the deployment of troops were carried out simultaneously. The large amount of combat supplies awarded to Ding Wei must be used to update the troops at hand.
The mortars, artillery, rocket launchers, a large number of shells and bullets were transported in batches to the military warehouse.
This type of arrangement required him to personally dispatch the trucks without the help of anyone else.
A blocking battle in the south of Siping brought Ding Wei a lot of gains, especially various types of artillery shells, which could support several large-scale artillery battles.
The only difficulty is to transfer the shells so that they appear among the troops in a reasonable manner.
The battle broke out in the mountains, and the 8th Column exchanged fire with the 22nd Division. These two newly reorganized columns have been trying to prove themselves.
Especially Commander Dahuang, who was transferred from the New Fourth Army and has never had any outstanding military achievements.
After finally getting the chance, he commanded his troops to launch a fierce attack on the Yangjia mining area.
The temporary division's combat effectiveness was average, and the soldiers' will was also insufficient. They tried to hold on with the existing fortifications, but it did not achieve the expected effect.
After only two days of resistance, the Provisional 22nd Division was defeated.
With the 8th Corps' fierce attack and the 9th Corps' auxiliary attack, more than 1000 enemies were killed and 2500 captured. The remaining remnants did not want to continue to persist and fled from the Yangjia mining area in disgrace.
The 22nd Division was crippled and retreated to the direction of Suizhong. Before the dumpling-making tactics began, the 8th Column had eaten up the dumpling filling.
The 49th Army could have just withdrawn at this time, but no, the army commander, Wang Tiehan, was an upright man.
Following the order of General Staff Chen, we insisted on pressing into the Yangjia mining area.
Da Huang had just won a small victory and when he learned that the enemy's 49th Army was coming to support him, he did not dare to underestimate it.
The 8nd and 22rd Divisions of the 23th Column were immediately deployed to the Yangjia Mining Area for defense. The 24th Division was kept as a reserve force, ready to support the battlefield at any time.
The 9th and 25th Divisions of the 26th Column blocked the enemy's other reinforcements from the periphery.
Using three divisions to fight against the two divisions of the 49th Army was obviously a bit disrespectful. In terms of troop strength, the two sides had 3 to 2 troop strengths.
But the 49th Army is, after all, an American-equipped unit with strong firepower and decent combat effectiveness.
All Da Huang can rely on is his trust in Ding Wei.