Chapter 393 Roundabout and Victory

To measure the combat effectiveness and equipment of an army, the equipment are secondary. The most important thing is the organizational ability of the army. The organizational ability of a unit directly determines whether the unit can successfully execute various tactics.

Especially those difficult tactics are extremely dependent on the organizational ability of the troops!

It seems common to talk about a circuitous attack, but if you want to make a successful detour in the enemy's eyelids, this is quite a test of the organizational ability of the army.

Similarly, if the enemy of the defense wants to take the initiative to intercept the circuitous attack troops on the opposite side, it also needs good organizational ability, because the enemy is making a circuitous attack and the defense is also trying its best to carry out various defensive tactics.

In contemporary China, the troops with the above organizational capabilities are absolutely few, and each unit is the main force of the major warlords, such as the three main divisions of the 3rd Division, 9th Division and 10th Division of the Feng Army, such as the 4th Division and the 2nd Mixed Brigade under Duan Qirui, or Wang Shizhen The sixth division under its command, the second division under Wu Fengling, the seventh division under Wang Zhanyuan, in addition to the 19th town of the Southern Federation and the 10th town destroyed.

As for other troops, such as the 1st Division and 14th Division in the Feng Army, the 6th Mixed Brigade in the Anhui Army, the 6th Division of the Liangjiang Army, and the 1st and 2nd Town of the Southern Federation, although these troops are also one of the main forces of the major warlords, and their weapons and equipment are not inferior to the ace forces in the hands of the major warlords, but in all aspects The quality is still slightly inferior.

Although it is not a problem for the first-class 7th Division of Liangjiang, the 11th Division of the Feng Army and other troops to carry out normal operations, there is still a lot lacking.

In today's Battle of Ma'anshan between the two armies of Feng and Anhui, the gap between the ace force and the general main force is very obvious.

When Fang Qingkun commanded the 33rd Regiment to launch a roundabout attack, although the 25th Regiment of the 7th Division of Liangjiang on the opposite side also sensed Fang Qingkun's tactical intention in time and also sent troops to intercept, it was one thing to see through Fang Qingkun's tactics and send interception troops, but whether it can be intercepted smoothly It's another matter.

If you want to stop the circuitous attack of the 9th Division, the trump card main force in the Feng army, even if the fourth division led by Duan Qirui is here, it may not be easily stopped.

The previous Battle of Chuzhou proved this very clearly. In the face of the roundabout attack launched by the 6th Brigade of the 3rd Division, although Duan Qirui sent the 7th Brigade to intercept the attack, which led to the meeting of the 7th Brigade of the Anhui Army and the 6th Brigade of the Feng Army on a narrow road. What was the result?

The 7th Brigade of the Anhui Army was defeated by the 6th Brigade of the Feng Army, and the 7th Brigade was directly defeated. Although some people escaped, the 7th Brigade was still completely defeated. The failure of the 7th Brigade directly led to the complete defeat of the Wan army in the Battle of Chuzhou and finally forced to retreat to Jinling.

Today's collision is between the 9th Division and the 7th Division of Liangjiang. Although the roundabout attack ability of the 9th Division is not as strong as that of the 3rd Division, it is not what the 7th Division of Liangjiang can stop.

So this situation occurred. The battalion that the Anhui army went to intercept was quickly maneuvering, and there was soon a gap in the defense line, and this gap may not be in the eyes of ordinary officers, but for the front-line commanders of the 33rd Regiment of the Feng Army who are experienced in fighting, this is undoubtedly Excellent opportunity.

Therefore, the troops of the 2nd Battalion of the 33rd Regiment did not hesitate to launch an air raid on the direct combination of the two infantry companies of the Anhui Army.

If the previous confrontation between the two sides was an encounter that was expected by both sides, then this time the collision between the two sides and the interception forces can be said to be unexpected by the commander of the Anhui army.

In the face of the sudden attack of the Anhui army on the way, although the reaction of the 7th Jiang Division was fast enough, step by step is a step mistake. The tactical mistakes they made at the beginning were not so easy to make up for.

With the sound of machine guns and explosions on the battlefield, an infantry company quickly crossed the combination of the two infantry companies in the Anhui army battalion. When they separated the two infantry companies, there was almost no doubt about the next battle.

Under the fierce attack of the first battalion of the 33rd Regiment, the first battalion of the Anhui army that went to intercept could not reach such a fierce attack at all. However, in less than half an hour, an infantry company of the Feng army had completed the tactical interspersing, approaching the Feng army and gathered the troops of two companies to annihilate one of the divided Anhui companies. Destroy the battle.

Under such tactical conditions, the troops used by the Feng army to attack and encircled are already as high as three companies, and there is only one company in the encirclement circle. If the strength of the two armies of Feng and Anhui is at a comparable time, the 7th Division of the Anhui army can still barely fight, but at the time of several times the strength gap, not to mention the 7th Division of the two rivers. Even if the fourth division comes, it can't stand it.

Immediately after that, the infantry company of the Anhui army was quickly defeated. After dozens of people were killed and injured, others either surrendered on the spot or fled everywhere. From a military point of view, this infantry company no longer exists.

After completing the annihilation of the enemy company, two infantry companies of the first battalion of the Anhui army quickly went north and cooperated with another company to encircle and annihilate the remaining infantry company of the Anhui army.

In just two hours, two infantry companies in the interception troops of the Anhui army have been completely defeated, and the remaining two companies have no way to stop the attack of the first battalion of the Feng army.

In this series of battles, it has the same characteristic, that is, in each offensive battle, the Feng army can always maintain its own military advantage, and this military advantage is still very large, at least twice or even three times.

You should know that the total strength of the circuit and interception troops of the two sides is equivalent, but the Feng army can form a huge military advantage in local battles, which is the difference between the ace troops and ordinary troops!

From ancient times to the present, all military strategists have adopted various tactics. What do they want?

Four words: military advantage!

In the case of equal or even inferior troops, it is the ultimate goal of almost all tactics to win a local military advantage for yourself and then attack the enemy.

And the generals who can lead troops to do this, especially in battles on a scale of hundreds of thousands of people, are all military personnel who can live forever.

Of course, in the Feng army, there is no one with this kind of strategic command ability. Even Gu Lanyu, who has been in the limelight in the domestic military in the past two years, can only barely command the division-level troops to launch a circuitous attack. If he is allowed to command the army of more than 100,000 or 200,000 at once to do any circuitous attack. The result is definitely not optimistic.

At present, the Feng army is good at circuitous attack, especially small-scale circuitous attack, such as a battalion and a company.

However, even this small and medium-scale circuitous offensive tactics have brought great tactical advantages to the Feng army!

Why is the Feng army on the Jiangbei front line at a disadvantage, but still can take the initiative to launch an attack? To a large extent, it relies on various roundabout attacks. Although there is a tenth division in the Feng army that is good at frontal breakthroughs, in fact, the Feng army rarely plays frontal breakthrough battles, and basically plays roundabouts.

This can be seen from the layout of the whole river crossing battle. Why did you choose to cross the river in Hezhou and Dangtu? It is to avoid the main force of the Anhui army, and then prepare to intersperse after crossing the river, and then divide the connection between the fourth division and the second mixed brigade, and then adopt the tactics to break the above two.

Looking further, Fang Qingkun of the 33rd Regiment is also playing this hand!

Moreover, it was relatively successful. With only one battalion's strength, the enemy was also passively maneuvered to create favorable tactical opportunities, and then directly defeated the infantry battalion of the Anhui army.

You should know that the forces of both sides are similar, but the Feng army can use various tactics to create local military advantages, and then annihilate the Anhui infantry battalion one by one. This routine is the same as the battle between the 6th Brigade of the Feng Army and the 7th Brigade of the Anhui Army in the Battle of Chuzhou.

"Now the first battalion has successfully defeated the enemy, allowing the second battalion to increase its offensive to delay them. Today, I will make them unable to leave!" Fang Qingkun is in a good mood now and has successfully defeated a battalion of the enemy, which means that he has defeated at least one-third of the enemy's troops. In this way, he has really occupied the military advantage.

In addition, the successful circuitous encirclement of the first battalion, if you cooperate with the second battalion, it will not be so easy to leave the remaining battalion of the Anhui army opposite.

Sure enough, the development of the matter was similar to Fang Qingkun's expectation. Although the remaining battalion of the Anhui army was hard to support, it could not stop the two battalions of the 33rd Regiment from attacking on both sides. Then they wanted to take the initiative to retreat, but they left there!

Although the battlefield is full of accidents, the reason why miracles are called miracles are because they rarely appear, and it is obviously impossible for any miracles to happen to the Anhui army today.

So, the 33rd Regiment directly defeated the remaining Anhui infantry battalion like the autumn wind sweeping away the fallen leaves.

In this way, the three battalions of the 25th Regiment deployed by the Anhui army on the front line of Ma'anshan have been defeated one after another, which means that the Feng army, which is crossing the river in a short period of time, will no longer encounter the counterattack and interception of the enemy.

And if the main force of the Seventh Division of Liangjiang on the other side of Tu is to arrive, it will take at least ten hours.

"Let the 33rd Regiment slow down and deploy the defense line immediately!" Major General Pan Luanqing, the commander of the 17th Brigade, has just walked off the bow, and behind him is a large number of soldiers of the 34th Regiment crossing the river!

"In addition, inform the military headquarters to request reinforcements of ammunition. The ammunition consumption of the 33rd Regiment is relatively large!" After Pan Luanqing stepped on the beach, he immediately took his staff and subordinate officers to various places to inspect and prepare to deploy the defense line.

In the following two days, Pan Luanqing's task was very arduous. Although the 33rd Regiment had successfully defeated an enemy regiment, on the whole, it did not alleviate the many difficulties faced by the 17th Brigade, because the enemy faced by the 17th Brigade Originally, it was not a battalion or regiment of the Anhui army. They had to face the whole Seventh Division of Liangjiang.

When the 17th Brigade stopped to continue to expand its depth and began to dig trenches and arrange defense lines, the other troops of the Feng army were also busy. The artillery troops were busy dragging heavy artillery to the riverside. The heavy troops were busy transporting all kinds of supplies, and those ships did not stop for a moment. It is either transporting soldiers or transporting various ammunition supplies. In addition, the soldiers of the Task Force are sweating and stepping up the construction of a pontoon bridge.

When the Fourth Army was busy, the 7th Division of Liangjiang in Dangtu County also received the news that a large number of troops of the Feng army had landed in Ma'anshan. Half an hour later, a regiment of the 7th Division rushed to Ma'anshan, and then more main forces, artillery, heavy troops and other troops also rushed to the saddle. Mountain.