Furthermore, these mysterious troops are even more annoying than thieves and robbers. They always attack secretly and cause destruction, causing heavy losses to the equipment, ammunition, and baggage of the Soviet Red Army. Timoshenko had no choice but to stop the war, because
It’s hard for a clever woman to make a fire without rice. How can she fight without ammunition? How can she drive a tank without gasoline?
The results of the Chinese Volunteer Army made everyone in Finland almost ecstatic. Some senior officers at the division commander level even advocated a counterattack against the Soviet Red Army. Chen Dajun immediately put an end to this sentiment. He said to Finnish President Mannerheim, "We in China
The volunteers help Finland and can only fight on Finnish territory; in addition, after nearly a month of continuous fighting, our soldiers are very tired and need to rest soon."
"Haha, thank you, General Chen. Some generals advocate a counterattack against Soviet Russia, which is obviously unrealistic. I have put a stop to this idea. However, General Chen, what advice do you have for the next battle in Finland?"
At this time, Mannerheim was completely convinced. The combat strength of 1,000 Chinese volunteers was more than two marine divisions. Even if all six Finnish divisions were sent out, it would be impossible to achieve such results.
"Stop it when it's good. At present, the Soviet Russian army is very unsuitable for our fighting rhythm and style. In addition, the weather is also helping Finland. The Soviet Russians will face such a dilemma. Once they also train special forces, plus
As the weather gradually turns late, the Soviet and Russian troops will slowly regain their battlefield advantage." Chen Dajun said.
Before departure, Wu Aihua talked with Chen Dajun for a whole afternoon, analyzing the national conditions of Soviet Russia and Finland, Soviet Russia's demands for this war, the fighting spirit of the Finns, etc.; and also analyzed what might happen during the war.
The emerging situation was also predicted. Historically, although the Soviet Russians achieved their strategic goals, they ultimately suffered a tragic victory. The losses announced by the Soviet Russians were about 160,000 casualties, but the actual Soviet casualties should be 500,000.
However, it is impossible to stop Soviet Russia from giving up because the territorial claims proposed by Soviet Russia are indeed crucial to the security of Soviet Russia.
Because the population base of Soviet Russia is more than 30 times that of Finland, even if the sacrifice of Soviet Russia is twice as large as it is now, it will not be a huge loss. Therefore, it is simply impossible for Finland to gain anything through the battlefield. The only way
The only opportunity is diplomatic negotiation.
Of course, following Wu Aihua's instructions, Chen Dajun actually put forward some useful suggestions: taking advantage of the Soviet-Russian armistice, quickly build a new line of defense on the edge of Soviet Russia's territorial claims. This line of defense must be completely fortress-like and fortress-like.
; At the same time, increase the training of the Finnish reconnaissance force and strive to form a 300-person Finnish special forces force.
The master of the Kremlin was in a dilemma when facing this winter war, which had turned into a meat grinder. He originally wanted to remove Timoshenko from his post and send someone else to take command, but after much deliberation, there was no alternative to Timoshenko.
A more suitable commander. Because of this, he had to mobilize 20 army divisions and 5 tank brigades again to strengthen the attack force on the Karelian Isthmus.
However, when this 400,000-strong force arrived at the front, the Finns had once again consolidated the Mannerheim Line of Defense, and at the same time built a stronger defense line behind the Mannerheim Line; waiting for the Soviets,
It's not necessarily the victory they want.
On March 5, the Soviet army resumed its offensive, but it did not quickly approach the Finnish rear defense zone as it had historically. Instead, it encountered a fierce counterattack from anti-tank mines, incendiary bombs, and anti-aircraft guns at the forward positions.
"This is the last battle with Soviet Russia!" Mannerheim transferred all the light and heavy weapons obtained from China to the front line. After repelling the first wave of Soviet attacks, Mannerheim used 200 weapons imported from China to
A T-24A tank was the forward, and more than 30,000 people from 2 infantry divisions armed with 3,000 Type 39 submachine guns and 500 MG42 squad machine guns followed the tanks and launched a fierce counterattack against the Soviet Red Army from the left wing of the battlefield!
The left wing of the Finnish army is the right wing of the Soviet army. Historically, it was the 7th Army on the right wing of the Soviet army that surrounded Vyborg from the northeast, thus making the Finnish army lose its resistance value.
The newly formed Soviet 7th Army had 2 more divisions than in history. However, they never expected that the Finns would still have the strength and dare to attack! Therefore, the 7th Army was caught off guard. The Soviet army was quickly mobilized.
Two tank brigades tried to block the Finnish attack. Half an hour later, another tank brigade was transferred to join the blockade. However, the performance of Finland's T-24A tank was inferior.
Just as the Su T-26 tanks were fully restrained, the tank battle between the two sides lasted for about three hours. About one-third of the remaining Soviet tanks were defeated and retreated to the rear. The basically intact Finnish tank force used half of its tanks to attack the Soviets.
Charge fiercely, refuel the other half of the tanks on the spot, and then take over the charge, keeping the Soviet tanks at bay, or covering the Finnish infantry to attack the Soviet army.
At the same time, the air forces of both sides also fought a battle over the battlefield. The Finnish Air Force won because of its advanced aircraft quality and advanced tactics, while the Soviet Air Force won with quantity. The two sides were evenly matched in the air. However, although the Soviet Air Force maintained
This balance of power in the air resulted in the loss of more than 320 combat aircraft, and the support for ground combat was also very limited.
After the Finnish tank troops and two infantry divisions wiped out all three Soviet tank brigades, they quickly turned back and rushed towards the Soviet infantry division. The powerful firepower and flexible maneuverability of the T-24a tank gave the Soviet Union
The infantrymen learned a profound lesson, this is the real tank battle!
This battle started at 10 am local time until the Finnish tank troops and infantry divisions returned to their starting point at 4 pm. It was regarded as a classic battle of "short assault" by later generations of military history and became a required course in military schools in various countries.
course.
The Soviet Red Army became a negative example with the loss of 3 tank brigades, nearly 300 tanks, more than 320 aircraft, and the annihilation of nearly 100,000 people in 5 infantry divisions.
This "short assault" is a typical tactic of the Chinese National Defense Force and one of the most commonly used tactics in defensive operations in later generations. In a war, the weak side does not mean that it can only defend, but only defend. Since the Soviet Red Army focused on occupying land,
Purpose, why can't the Finns aim to destroy the enemy? Therefore, when the Finns' thinking changed from "defending the ground" to "annihilating the enemy", the entire war became alive, at least, local battles or battles could become alive.
This classic battle of short assaults was naturally the masterpiece of Chen Dajun. What Chen Dajun said before was all about national power and strategy, and regarding tactics, Mannerheim wanted to hear the opinions of the Chinese. Facts
The same is true above. Apart from personal military qualities, the brilliant achievements shown by the Chinese Volunteer Army are due to their endless tactics.
"You can do a short assault, also called a limited counterattack!" Chen Dajun said.
"Counterattack?" Mannerheim was surprised. Didn't the Chinese say they can't fight back?
"Yes. But it's not a full-scale counterattack, it's not a campaign counterattack, it's not a strategic counterattack, it's a battlefield counterattack. A short assault on the battlefield for the Soviets might have very good results." Chen Dajun said.
"..." Mannerheim was digesting Chen Dajun's words. Defense and counterattack, offense and defense, are such natural things in Eastern military thought, but for so-called military strategists in the West, they need to understand
It's still quite difficult.
"Your Excellency, it might be better if we discuss this topic in a different way." Seeing that Mannerheim didn't think about it, Chen Dajun added.
"Oh, tell me." Mannerheim looked at Chen Dajun with interest and said.
"When the Soviet Russians launched this war, their goal was to seize the territory; and if the Finns also 'defended the territory' during the war, wouldn't the rhythm of the war be controlled by the Soviet Russians? Therefore, they wanted to 'occupy the territory', Finland
Of course, people cannot give in easily, but the Finns cannot defend the territory just because they defend the territory. The Finns should take the annihilation of the Soviet Red Army’s effective forces as the goal of the campaign, or even the goal of the war. In this way, there will be more Finns in the next war.
Initiative.”
"In fact, your Excellency the President also knows that it is very difficult for Finland to defend the territory that Soviet Russia wants. However, if Finland changes its war thinking and aims to annihilate the enemy, when too many Soviet Russians die and supplies are consumed,
If you eat too much, maybe you can sit down
to negotiate, and Finland may not lose those lands, or may retain some key lands. In short, the Soviet Russians may not necessarily give them all they want. In this sense, Finland, as a small country, fought against the Soviet Russia, and although it lost
You are so glorious, you are defeated in name but actually victorious!"
In fact, as a special forces officer, Chen Dajun did not have such a powerful strategic thinking. The communication personnel of the Fengqi Bureau who went to Finland with Chen Dajun were in contact with the country at any time.
From the very beginning of the Soviet-Finnish War, the General Staff of the Chinese National Defense Forces was faced with a huge sandbox. Basically all the chief officers above the chief of staff of the Wehrmacht Group Army were concentrated in Nanjing, and the chiefs of staff or chief officers of each marine division
, also divided
They arrived in Nanjing in batches to participate in the Soviet-Finnish War University Hall. These staff officers and chief officers were either divided into two groups to conduct deductions or war games on the sand table, or they listened to the lectures of the Chief of General Staff or the Deputy Chief of General Staff.
to improve their warfare level.
During this period, Wu Aihua inspected various provinces. Although he did not have a sand table with him, he did carry a huge map of the battlefield situation with him. Every night, he would study the Soviet-Finnish war with his accompanying staff officers.
When Chief of General Staff Jiang Baili formulated the "short assault" strategy, Wu Aihua's mentality completely relaxed. He was not nervous about whether Finland would win or not, which had little to do with him. What he was nervous about was Finland's ability to pass this game.
war
, to what extent can it kill the Soviet Red Army, and how much national power can it deplete Soviet Russia. Although the Soviet people may become better at fighting through this war, you are making progress as your path is higher and your magic is higher.
At the same time, others are also making progress.