At this point, the commander couldn't help but increase his tone and said: "The Japanese army's combat effectiveness and firepower are not comparable to those of the Kuomintang army during the ten-year civil war. You know this very well, especially in the Rebei area, which is a big problem for us. It’s a completely unfamiliar environment. The Japanese and puppets have extremely tight control here, far worse than the situation in the pass, and you are still so careless.”
"I understand that you feel sorry for the troops and the soldiers below who are so hungry that they can hardly even stand. You want them to reduce their activities as much as possible to preserve their physical strength. But as a veteran, you have been fighting behind enemy lines for four full years. What should be more clear is the Japanese army’s revenge and reaction speed.”
"In our previous battles within the pass, after the Japanese army suffered heavy losses, they didn't just change hands and retaliate. What's more, Rehe is the hub of contact between the Japanese Kwantung Army and the North China Front. How could the Japanese and puppet forces not pay attention to this situation? The following is The troops may not consider it, but as a senior commander, you are not mentally prepared for that."
"Now that we have this prerequisite, why didn't we adjust our deployment according to the actual situation after discovering that the troops below were acting without permission? Didn't we bring the remaining troops as close together as possible and make battle preparations to guard against a surprise attack by the Japanese and puppet troops? , you still use this place as your old base in North China. As soon as the Japanese and puppet troops are dispatched over there, someone will report to you here. You are also someone who established a base area. You have also experienced this kind of start, so why are you so careless?"
"Also, what I don't understand, why don't you listen to other people's suggestions? How do you use your artillery? There is no focus on the use of firepower. It is distributed equally. You think this is playing house. And why don't you listen to the anti-alliance cadres? The suggestion was to adopt a tactic of dispersed arrangement of light and heavy machine guns and concentrated firepower, and to arrange all the light and heavy machine guns in a line. As a result, one third of the enemy was lost in a single artillery fire."
"When shooting light and heavy machine guns, ammunition was wasted seriously. In one battle, the machine gun bullets we carried were basically used up. Hundreds of thousands of bullets were fired out like water. You are really generous. Let me ask you, if the Japanese army After you successfully counterattacked their flanks and did not retreat, your next battle, how are you going to fight, use your rifle to fight them head-on."
"You should know that with the Japanese army's consistent style, the probability of this situation happening is still very high. According to your experience, as long as the Japanese army has an advantage, when has it taken the initiative to retreat, especially when the initiative on the battlefield is , and it is still firmly in their hands.”
"And the mortar company of your third regiment was able to run to the wrong place at such a close distance and move under the eyes of the enemy. It didn't pay attention to tactical movements, and its reaction was even slower. As a result, it was moving Not even a single shot was fired, but the Japanese artillery fire covered all the losses."
"What's even worse is that the regiment-level cadres took the lead in charging and left the regiment command post alone. When the troops below asked for instructions, only the director of the political office responded. Field telephones for communication between the front and rear were not set up. There was no communication between the various troops. The communication is still done in the same old way, using correspondents and tones. Could it be that the field telephones assigned to you by your superiors are just for show?"
"As for the battle, the coordination of infantry and artillery was out of sync. There was basically no coordination between infantry and artillery. When the charge horn sounded during the battle, all the tactical actions of the troops below were forgotten. When carrying out counterattacks, they basically There was no focus on the situation, the troops were evenly distributed, and the troops rushed in a swarm, causing many unnecessary casualties."
"My comrade, do you know how much it cost the comrades of the Anti-Union Army to transport these weapons and ammunition from the base areas outside the customs to Yan'an, and how many sacrifices the comrades of the Anti-Union Army made to get them from the hands of the Japanese army? What we captured, let me tell you, was the cost of several tons of gold just in terms of the fuel money and landing fees paid to the Soviet Union."
"It's a good thing now. You have thrown away so much of the equipment that you have worked so hard to transport, as well as ammunition, do you really think you are a landlord? Even the Kuomintang army did not have any during the war. It has been such a waste, only pursuing firepower density and not paying attention to accuracy and efficiency."
"Have you ever calculated how many casualties those bullets you fired caused to the Japanese army? We all came from hard times. When we used to fight ambushes, five bullets could kill an ambush. But now we can It's good that the environment hasn't been fundamentally improved yet, so you should learn to waste it first. Brother Comrade, that's what you do as a brigade commander."
"Also, why don't you use the tactics of using landmines that the Anti-Japanese Alliance comrades taught you during rest and defense? Why don't you use those directional mines and landmines that the Anti-Japanese Alliance airlifted over? Why are they placed in the station as decorations and not used during rest and recuperation? Why didn't we build fortifications and put the security forces so close together?"
"Even if the soldiers no longer have the energy to post the guard posts too far away, if you can lay the mines before taking a break, you won't have no reaction at all to the Japanese and puppet troops' sneak attacks. Why don't you arrange it while the troops are resting? Regarding the firepower on duty, isn’t the layout of your security posts a little too simple?”
"Before leaving the customs, I repeatedly emphasized at the meeting of cadres above the regiment level that after each unit penetrates into enemy-occupied areas, at least three warning lines must be deployed during rest periods. When posting warning posts, a combination of light and dark posts must be used. At the same time, The firepower on duty must be arranged well, and the firepower on duty must be deployed according to the principle of decentralized deployment and concentrated firepower. Once there is any trouble, the entire team will not fall into a passive situation."
"During the break, you should also gather the troops as much as possible. Why don't you implement these points? Feeling sorry for the soldiers is not only to save the soldiers' physical strength, but also not to let the soldiers die in vain. Their parents put all their hard work Do you understand that if you raise your sons and send them to the army, you will not waste their lives in vain?"
"This is not our old base area. There are no militiamen or people standing guard for you. We can only rely on us commanders to think of the front and reach the front. The situation is different. We, the senior commanders, must also adapt our struggle strategies accordingly. It will change as the situation changes.”
"Brother Comrade, with your style of fighting, we have to pay a price that we shouldn't have to pay. It doesn't matter if we don't, we have to know how to learn. I also know that this kind of regularized combat of large corps will not be the best for mobile warfare and mountainous terrain." For you who are war-oriented, this is a completely new subject."
"From the tactical arrangements of infantry squads to the layout and use of artillery fire, these are all new topics not only for you, but also for me as the commander, but we can't pretend to understand if we don't understand, and pretend to understand if we don't understand. Our current The equipment is something we only dreamed of having before.”
"In the past, every artillery piece and every machine gun we owned required our soldiers to pay the price of their lives to capture it. But now, with the support of our brother troops at all costs, and with such good equipment, how come we still can't win it?" If you don’t know how to use it, this won’t work, gay brother.”
"With the changes in equipment and strength, our command level as senior commanders must also undergo a fundamental change. Without equipment, our command capabilities will still remain in the original guerrilla warfare. If we win in mobile warfare, we will fight. If we cannot win, we will win." In the case of just leaving, the correct use of tactics will save us from paying a lot of unnecessary costs."
"We must humbly accept the experience gained by our brothers and sisters with their lives and blood. Don't think that just because we have won a battle, we should think that I am the best in the world and that the Japanese army is not a big deal. We were unable to fight before because the equipment was too good." Poor, there is a huge shortage of ammunition, it’s not that our combat effectiveness is not good, it’s not that our level is not good.”
After criticizing the leading brigade commander, the old commander raised his head, scanned all the cadres at regiment level and above with his only eye and said in a serious tone: "This battle is a bloody lesson for us. , our actual combat level is not only inferior to that of the Japanese army, but even the puppet Manchu army has a certain gap. This is why we need to use reasonable tactics in the battle to achieve the victory we want."
"I hope that those of you who are column commanders, political commissars, brigade commanders, brigade political commissars, regiment leaders, and regiment political commissars can learn the lessons of this battle and don't repeat the same mistakes again. It's not terrible to fall alone, but it's terrible. They were wrestling continuously at the same place and because of the same thing."
"Pride and complacency are absolutely unacceptable. The most important thing is that the previous guerrilla habit of fighting on your own must be changed. You are all cadres above the regiment level. If you don't strengthen yourself, how can you command the troops below? The number of people is not enough. Leeks can grow back after being cut. Your mistakes in command will be made up for by the cadres and soldiers below with their blood and lives."
"It doesn't matter if you don't understand. You have to learn with an open mind. Comrades of the Anti-Japanese Alliance have sent us such teachers. Why don't you learn? In front of the fraternal troops, you always act like a big brother and have seniority. During the battle, you don't treat others. The reasonable suggestions put forward fell on deaf ears and were ignored.”
"I'm emphasizing again today, if all of you here are still like this, blind and arrogant, pretending to understand what you don't understand, then hand over the troops to me and continue to let you go, it will be a crime against the troops. , is a crime against our soldiers. I think everyone here should know what it means to know one's shame and then be brave."
"As for the issue of food shortage, the headquarters has had some communication with the comrades of the Anti-Japanese Alliance. The Anti-Japanese Alliance has agreed to airdrop some food for us in the shortest possible time. After you go back, you must contact the ground and air personnel assigned to your respective units by the Anti-Japanese Alliance. The pilots should study carefully how to guide the transport aircraft to carry out airdrops as accurately as possible."
"Also, all the materials airdropped by the Anti-Union comrades will be uniformly deployed by the headquarters. There is absolutely no room for selfishness. After receiving the airdropped food, you will hide it yourself and not hand it over. Once you find that unit, you will secretly hide the Anti-Union airdropped materials. , the headquarters will severely punish them and will never tolerate them."
"Comrades, the more difficult the time, the less likely we are to be selfish, and the more units must be united. The old problem of making money must be completely eliminated. After returning home, each unit must organize all cadres
, Warrior, learn the three major disciplines and the eight points of attention again."