Chapter 46 old trilogy

One of the most important differences between "retreat decisive battle" and single-line defense is that after consuming the enemy's strength, let the enemy army break in freely, and at the same time use key points as bait to force them to automatically give up their maneuver advantage and leave the front-line corps behind. Launch a siege on the main points. Who will keep the key points?Guarded by the second-line corps.In the single-line defense, the second-line corps is only a reserve team to fill the gap in the first-line position. If the position defended by the first-line corps is breached, the reserve team is used to piece together the second line of defense. The "retreat decisive battle" is different. The second-line corps can be completely unaffected by the front-line corps. No matter how the front is fought, it will not rush forward, but will only keep the lineup intact. When the Japanese army is attracted to the main point, Fight with it again.

"Retreat decisive battle" is different from luring the enemy to go deep in the traditional sense.Generally, in order to lure the enemy deep, the defensive side must surpass the opponent in terms of maneuverability, or at least the difference should not be too great. The mobility advantage of climbing mountains and ridges made it impossible for the Kuomintang troops who came to "encircle and suppress" at all. In the Anti-Japanese War, the maneuverability of the Japanese army far surpassed that of the Chinese army. If it is not done well, the attacker is likely to turn to the enemy and take advantage of the inside line. Therefore, the success of the "retreat decisive battle" actually depends on the ability of the second-line corps: you can hold it The other party, let the other party want to stop, and finally fall into the trap (Luo Zhuoying calls it "magnet tactics"), then you are the biggest contributor to this battle, if you can't, you are the sinner of this fiasco.

The judgment of merit and demerit is both direct and cruel, and looking around northern Jiangxi, there is no second choice for such a heavy burden except the Seventy-Fourth Army. Luo Zhuoying still lacked experience in mastering the "decisive retreat" in the Battle of Gao'an, the most critical of which was that he did not make good use of the Seventy-Fourth Army.The Seventy-Fourth Army was supposed to be used as a backplane, and it would only attack with all its strength when the Japanese army rushed in front of it, but in actual operation, it was the frontline corps with insufficient combat power that served as the backplane.The Seventy-Fourth Army ran up to defend against the enemy ahead of time, but due to insufficient mobility, the intention of encircling the 106th Division of the Japanese Army and cutting off its rear was not fully realized. During the pursuit, only the Jiuxiantang of the 51st Division The battle was played beautifully.

In the past, it was putting the cart before the horse, but now it has to be readjusted, that is, let the 74th Army lead the second-line corps as the base, and let the first-line corps intercept the enemy's rear from the flanks. After receiving Luo Zhuoying's order, the 74th Army immediately occupied the second-line position centered on Shanggao.For this reason, Wang Yaowu also specially sent a battalion to defend in front of Shanggao's mountain pass, strictly preventing all irrelevant troops from withdrawing to the vicinity of Shanggao, so as not to interfere with the deployment of the defense battle.

After Zou Jiyan showed his order to participate in the defense of Shanggao, they were allowed to pass through the pass of the mountain pass and go to station at the foot of a high mountain in the south of Shanggao City.In the second-line corps, except for the 74th Army, the rest of the troops, including the 70th Army, were used as follow-up counterattack troops and did not participate in the first round of operations. Because Luo Zhuoying did not fully carry out the blockade in the front-line area, and sometimes even pretended to be defeated, the Japanese army in northern Jiangxi has advanced at an average speed of 30 kilometers per day since it dispatched troops. It is said that it is a battle, but it is actually more like a march. On March 17, the 34th Division of the Central Road broke through the Xiangfuguan defense line stationed by the Chinese front-line corps, and continued westward after capturing Gao'an.The next day, the soldiers arrived at the periphery of Shanggao, and a brigade of more than 800 people attacked the security position held by the 172nd Regiment of the 58th Division of the Chinese side.

The surrounding area of ​​Shanggao is full of hills, large mountains and small ridges, which are continuous.The security position is located on the hill, but only two companies are set up on the position, and the main tasks are to implement mobile defense and alarm.In order to remove this hard nail, at the beginning of the attack, the Japanese army dispatched nine planes to bombard the defenders' positions on the hilltop in turn. The wave-like continuous charge of several infantry columns.On the security position, gunpowder smoke filled the air, flames shot into the sky, gunshots roared, and wounded officers and soldiers were continuously carried off for transportation.

Due to the small size of the position, under the concentrated bombardment of Japanese planes and artillery, two company commanders were killed and one injured, totaling more than 80 people were killed or injured. The terrain and the established solid position repelled the fierce charges of the Japanese army again and again.In the evening, the remaining troops of the two companies withdrew to the main position to join the main force. At this time, Liao Lingqi, the commander of the 58th Division, was attending an officer training class in Yuelu Mountain, Hunan Province. Zhang Lingfu, the deputy commander, acted as the commanding officer. According to the feedback of the enemy situation, he quickly adjusted the defensive deployment and adjusted the heavy troops to the main attack direction of the Japanese army.

The Japanese army seldom changed the attacking procedures, and followed the provisions of its military textbooks, and followed the steps of reconnaissance, advance, and deployment in sequence.After attacking the guard position of the 58th Division, the 34th Division of the Japanese Army determined that it had detected the configuration of the defense line, so it was convenient to mobilize the main force to launch an offensive against the main position of the 58th Division on March 19. The Seventy-Fourth Army has considerable experience and level in field position construction.The positions built on the outer periphery of Shanggao are stronghold-style semi-permanent field fortifications. They are connected by points into lines, and then connected by lines into areas. Compiled tightly.

Such a deployment is only to resist the infantry charge, and it is not enough to repel the entire Japanese attack.The experience and lessons since the Anti-Japanese War tell people that the Japanese attack has an old trilogy, that is, bombing, shelling, and charging. Army suffered heavy casualties.When the Japanese infantry began to charge, there were often no soldiers on the ground. In view of this understanding, the Chinese army has long implemented the principle of "mobile warfare in positional warfare" in mountain defense warfare, that is, digging hidden positions more than 100 meters behind the mountain ridge.When the Japanese army bombed, all the main forces withdrew to the hidden positions, leaving only the observers and signal soldiers in the front positions, and reported the Japanese army's movements at any time.

This is the structure of the main position system of the 58th Division.When the Japanese army used the first two axes, the mountain was blown up with smoke and dust, and gravel flew randomly. When the Japanese army thought that the defenders were dead and wounded under their fierce bombardment, so they launched a pounce with infantry, the main force of the defenders would suddenly come to their senses. The ridge line turned up behind, and quickly formed a crossfire net, which caught the Japanese army by surprise. The fierce battle continued day and night, and the main position of the fifty-eight division remained unmoved.At the same time, the fifty-seventh division on the other side also showed its glory.Shi Zhongcheng, the former commander of the division, has been promoted to deputy commander, and the current division commander Yu Chengwan led his troops to attack the Japanese army from the side.