Chapter 17 The Thunder (Part 1)
For the next two or three hours in the afternoon, the Japanese, who were beaten to death, no longer had the strength to launch a large-scale attack.
The Japanese army just sent out a squadron from time to time to carry out several weak and tentative attacks on the positions of the Chinese army. When they encountered the strong resistance of the Chinese army, they quickly retreated. This cautious fighting posture of advancing and his usual fierce fighting style is completely different from the fierce and fierce fighting style. This kind of advancing and retreating and two-way attack is more like a self-comfort for the Japanese than taking the initiative.
However, Japanese planes frequently visited the positions of the Chinese army at this time. However, with the strong cover of Taierzhuang's complex terrain, although the Chinese army was also killed by the Japanese planes, the losses were not very serious.
The war was stalemate until dusk, and both sides achieved their goals.
On the Japanese side, after receiving accusations of serious misconduct from Colonel Nagano's command by several intermediate officers from the 40th Regiment. Colonel Nagano Yoshio was immediately removed from military power by the 10th Japanese Division Command and transferred back to the division headquarters to be a senior staff officer. It is expected that the division commander command had prepared a ticket for Nagano to return to China. While replacing the front-line commander, the 10th Japanese Division Command also drew a temporary special brigade from other fronts to support the 40th Regiment, which had been completely disabled by the Chinese army. This special brigade with only more than 400 people had all entered Taierzhuang at dusk.
As for the Chinese army, the two full main battalions and the Independent 100 Brigade who were secretly transferred in from outside Zhuangzi in batches were also in place. Moreover, under the strong coordination of the chief department, the Chinese army in Zhuangzi finally unified the command.
There are two troops with different structures in a village. If the command cannot be unified, there will always be some problems in tactical coordination. Although the Independent 100 Brigade and the 31st Division can still help each other in the face of strong pressure in the daytime battle today, it will be very bad if something happens next. You must know that Taierzhuang is the core battlefield for the battle between more than 100,000 troops of China and Japan, which is impossible to get out of no accident.
Based on this point, the war zone chief was determined to set up a command center to unify the troops in the village. However, the candidate for the commander-in-chief was a bit troublesome.
This commander-in-chief is of course the most convenient way to be produced between two captains in the village, and in general, it is often handled in this way. However, the situation in the village is a bit special now. It is not appropriate for the two captains to choose who to look at the overall situation.
If the military position is based on the size of the military position and the level of the official rank, the 31st Division should be commanded by Commander Chi of Zhuangzi. However, at present, the 31st Division has been killed or injured, and all the fighters are less than 500. With the current strength of the 31st Division, let alone act as the main force of the counterattack, whether the 100 independent brigade can defend it depends on how much the independent 100 brigades are willing to help. Commander Chi, the short commander, will be commanded by Commander Chi, the brigade commander of the independent brigade directly under the war zone, which is more powerful than the 31st Division. If there is anything that Cheng Jiaji's unit does not listen to hello, and if it delays the military event and affects the entire battle situation, it is better not to set up this command center to maintain the current situation of mutual cooperation and combat.
"Haoran, you should stick to that night attack plan." Although Xie Hong was nominally a commander-in-chief, he had been in charge of the army for many years and knew in his heart that his commander-in-chief was just a role of coordination between the upper and lower levels and left and right. Although his reputation was respected, his real power was not great. The battles in this village were fought with the troops that depended on Cheng Jiaji's troops, and his nominally a leisurely nobleman who had ideas.
If the commander had not named him, Xie Hong would never have been willing to do this, and he would not have made much credit for winning. He would have been responsible for the defeat and be responsible for the commander-in-chief.
Since he has done it, Xie Hong still hopes to do this role well and fight this battle well. Nowadays, the thousands of people in the village are probably Cheng Jiaji's subordinates, and communication with Cheng Jiaji is naturally the top priority after Commander Xie took office. Now, Commander Xie just took Cheng Jiaji to the battlefield for inspection.
He asked Cheng Jiaji about this for the sake of starting a conversation. Mr. Xie didn't know that Cheng Jiaji had been using a surprise attack in the evening to drive the 10th Japanese Regiment out of Zhuangzi.
"Brother Junchen, I feel that my plan is no longer suitable for the actual situation on the battlefield in front of me. I made another plan and ask you, the commander-in-chief of the frontier, to help ask the bosses of the war zone chief to approve the big bosses." After saying that, Cheng Jiaji handed Xie Hong a letter paper that was as big as a palm with pens. (Sorry, Cheng Jiaji's brush calligraphy is really bad, and he can't show off his ugly appearance.)
Cheng Jiaji knew that in this regard, the war was in fact the main battlefield of Taierzhuang, which had actually taken over the top priority. This point can be seen from the newly established Taierzhuang Front General Command, which is directly under the war zone, and the Second Army in charge of the defense of the entire Taierzhuang front line cannot control the main position within its jurisdiction. This shows the position of Taierzhuang in the heart of the war zone chief.
If he wants the War Zone Chief Office to approve his somewhat fantastic plan, Xie Hong's support is essential. Cheng Jiaji knows whether Xie Hong's support is the nominal supreme commander in Taierzhuang or the eyes and ears of the War Zone Chief Office at Taierzhuang, whether Xie Hong's support is crucial to whether his plan can be passed.
"Haoran, your plan is too big!" When he saw Cheng Jiaji's combat plan, Xie Hong couldn't help but take a breath of air conditioning.
In the front part of Cheng Jiaji's combat plan, the Taierzhuang defender, the main force of the Independent 100 Brigade, launched a full-scale attack on the 40th Japanese Regiment tonight. The combat goal also changed from driving the Japanese army to annihilation of at least most of the Japanese Regiment, which was a major increase in the original plan. But what made Xie Hong feel incredible was that Cheng Jiaji's combat plan was the second half of Cheng Jiaji's combat plan. In the second half of this plan, the Independent 100 Brigade would concentrate more than half of its troops and use the cavalry battalion as the pioneer to carry out large-scale interspersed combat in the depth of the position of the 10th Japanese Division. This is not the most headache for Commander Xie. What made him most headache was that in this combat plan, the Independent 100 Brigade actually required the Air Force to send several fighter jets to support and cover when conducting large-scale interspersed combat.
Chapter completed!