Having said this, Lin Zhiqiang looked at the cadres at all levels below who had different expressions after listening to his analysis, but he smiled and said: "Perhaps everyone here thinks what I said is exaggerated and exaggerated the power of these puppet troops. combat effectiveness, but I can responsibly say that these are facts, and they are also the experience gained with blood during the long-term battle between the Northeast Anti-Resistance Alliance and the Japanese and puppet troops."
"The current Puppet Manchukuo Army is no longer the same as the Puppet Manchukuo Army in its early days. It turns out that after the September 18th Incident, the Kwantung Army was composed of bandits and even ruffians recruited by the Japanese army from the former Northeastern Army. The puppet Manchukuo army that was formed has been demobilized long ago, and the rest were trained by the Japanese after re-recruiting troops."
"Although most of the officers, especially senior officers, are those Northeastern Army officers who surrendered to the enemy, these people do not have real power. The real power lies in the hands of the so-called Japanese officers specially installed by the Kwantung Army in order to control this army. , those so-called Manchu officers are just some old masters who shake their heads."
"In fact, before the current number one leader of the Anti-Japanese Alliance reorganized the Anti-Japanese Alliance in 1938, the puppet Manchukuo military police and a small number of local independent garrison troops of the Kwantung Army were mainly fighting against the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces in the Northeast. These people were fighting against the Anti-Japanese Alliance. During many years of guerrilla warfare, we have accumulated rich experience in counter-guerrilla warfare."
"The most important thing is that there are many anti-union traitors among the puppet Manchukuo military and police. Although the level of guerrilla warfare of these people may not be as good as the leaders here, their level is still quite high. Compared with the Japanese and puppet troops, They are more familiar with mountain warfare and guerrilla warfare."
"The existence of these people effectively filled the gap of the Japanese and puppet troops' lack of experience when facing guerrilla warfare. No matter what the reason for these people's rebellion, it was these people who almost drove the Anti-Japanese Alliance to a dead end. I am here When we were fighting against the Third Route Army, we suffered heavy losses from them many times."
"Because of their origins, these people are eager to show off their merits in front of their masters, and they also know that once their masters fall, they will not have a good result. Therefore, these people are particularly vicious and work extremely hard for the Japanese army. In addition, they themselves They are familiar with guerrilla warfare, so they pose the greatest threat to us and are more ferocious."
"These are the first steps to analyze the enemy's situation and combat effectiveness when we fight in Jehol. Only by making an accurate judgment on the enemy's true situation can we formulate a more effective and targeted combat plan. In addition, we Let me talk about the advantages and disadvantages shown by the enemy and ourselves in this battle, and the combat capabilities of the opponents before us."
"The defeat of the leading brigade in the battle this time was indeed largely due to certain flaws in our own deployment and improper handling of some key issues before the battle. However, the Japanese and puppet troops used mountain trails to take long-distance operations. The mobile sneak attack, and the adoption of frontal sneak attacks and flank penetration during the attack, were also something our military had not anticipated."
"This time the vanguard brigade was attacked. From the frontal defensive position where the sneak attack by the Japanese and puppet troops was discovered by our army, to the two flank positions being infiltrated by the Japanese and puppet troops in many places, the difference between the gunfire and the sound of gunfire was actually less than fifteen minutes, and even at that time The right wing of the battalion was fired at almost the same time as the front, and the interval between gunshots was less than five minutes."
"You must know that this was a mountain battle, especially at night, and judging from the confessions of the prisoners of the puppet Manchukuo army captured later, after discovering the position of our battalion, they switched from the marching column to the deployment posture, to It only took half an hour for all the troops to be in place."
"Even though our army has always been good at night fighting, it is difficult for most of the troops to achieve this level in night encounters in the mountains. The most important thing is that these puppet Manchukuo troops dare to engage in close combat, hand-to-hand combat, and fight with us with bayonets. , this is something that most of our previous commanders have never thought about.”
"Our underestimation of the enemy does not mean that we underestimate the capabilities of the Japanese army in mountain warfare and mobile warfare. We also underestimate the puppet Manchukuo army. We always feel that since they are also puppet armies, they are the same as the puppet army in the pass. As long as the Japanese army After being defeated, these puppet troops also lost their determination to fight. As long as we stick up to them and fight them in close combat, they will surrender their guns."
"We have ignored the unique characteristics of these puppet Manchukuo troops themselves, as well as the different levels of Japanese control over the puppet troops inside and outside the Pass, resulting in different combat effectiveness of the puppet troops. This battle failed because our soldiers suffered from a serious lack of nutrition and food. Lack of physical strength is a problem. I did not expect that these puppet Manchukuo troops would be so tenacious. I neglected to guard against them and underestimated the combat effectiveness of the puppet Manchukuo troops. This is the most critical reason."
"The reason why a battalion serving as a flank suffered so many casualties in the battle was due to this reason. This is almost unimaginable on the battlefield behind enemy lines in the pass. I don't know if you have discovered one thing. This time On the surface of the battle, the Kwantung Army's Jehol Independent Ninth Guards was deployed in full force, but the main force of the Japanese and puppet troops we actually encountered during the battle was the puppet Manchukuo army."
"In other words, the actual training level and combat effectiveness of these puppet Manchukuo troops in Rehe, especially the mountain warfare that our army has always been proud of, their night combat capabilities are not lower than ours, at least not too different. , and what is even more worrying is that through prisoner interrogation, we also learned that the Japanese and puppet troops did not discover the location of the vanguard brigade this time."
"It wasn't until we were less than a kilometer away from our army that we learned from the top soldiers that our troops were directly in front of their marching route. They didn't even know the strength of our troops until they touched our positions. It was only after the battle actually started that we found out the location of our brigade headquarters."
"That is to say, this battle was not an encirclement battle that the Japanese and puppet troops had planned, but at most it could only be said to be a night encounter. The Japanese and puppet troops who were fighting fiercely with the leading brigade just accidentally collided and were blinded. This also shows that until this battle, the Japanese and puppet troops did not know the actual position of our army, but we must pay attention to its subsequent response."
"They were able to switch from a marching state to a combat state in such a short time after discovering the enemy's situation, and complete the deployment in the shortest time. Their combat literacy is at least not lower than that of our army, and they were able to do so in such a hurry. Within a short period of time, no major flaw could be found in its entire firepower, troop deployment and arrangement."
"During the movement in front of the enemy in the mountains at night, there were no large numbers of people falling behind or even running the wrong route. There were no major mistakes in the cooperation of all parties. Moreover, during the movement, the movement was actually carried out right under the nose of our army and no one was caught. It was found that no one exposed the target, which is basically impossible for the puppet troops in the pass, and it also shows the high level of these puppet Manchu troops in mountain combat."
"On the other hand, we made a lot of mistakes in this kind of battle, which our army was originally good at. The mortar company directly under the third regiment made fatal mistakes in the battlefield movement. One company was sacrificed in the enemy's artillery fire without firing a single bomb. When the troops were moving, they did not pay attention to the use of tactics, and many soldiers died in vain under the firepower of the Japanese and puppet troops."
"Also, the correspondents and guards around cadres at all levels are all wearing short guns. When cadres at all levels tie up their armed belts on the battlefield, they also wear short guns and telescopes on their chests. They don't pay attention to concealment and command on the battlefield. They also didn’t pay attention to the use of code words and semaphores, either shouting or sending correspondents running around.”
"The Japanese and puppet troops in front of them could easily judge the locations of our army's headquarters at all levels based on this alone. It was for this reason that the Second Regiment Headquarters was discovered and was surrounded by the infiltrated Japanese and puppet troops. The brigade was Our troops were almost defeated by the Japanese and puppet troops, which was a loss that should not have occurred."
"When fighting in the Northeast, anti-alliance cadres must carry binoculars. Cadres at all levels are not allowed to wear armed belts or short guns when going to the battlefield. The guards around them are also not allowed to wear short guns. This is because of the Japanese army's tactical reconnaissance capabilities on the battlefield. It is extremely powerful, and the Japanese army’s ability to penetrate the battlefield is also extremely strong.”
"Also, our troops at all levels are accustomed to eating wherever they go when fighting in the pass. In enemy-occupied areas, they are also accustomed to raising food on the spot. When it is difficult to raise food, the use of food There is no overall plan for distribution, and the caliber of our military’s weapons is complicated due to historical reasons.”
"Most of the troops' weapons are not uniform in caliber, and there are even situations where a regiment of troops has three or five types of ammunition in their rifles. When the logistics department delivers ammunition to the front, especially in chaotic situations, there are also cases where the wrong ammunition is delivered. Regarding the incident, the Third Regiment of the Leading Brigade consumed too much machine gun ammunition during the counterattack, and the caliber of the ammunition sent later did not meet the requirements, which seriously affected the progress of the battle."
"The third regiment is equipped with water-cooled heavy machine guns. There is only one Japanese-style 92-type heavy machine gun. However, the ammunition sent to the regiment's front logistics are all Japanese-style 77-caliber machine gun bullets. The water-cooled heavy machine gun uses 79-caliber bullets. There were no rounds. The third regiment ran out of machine gun bullets in a short period of time during the battle. Although the method of use was wrong, it also had something to do with the inconsistent caliber of ammunition sent by the logistics department."
"Commander, political commissar, and chiefs, what you see are the flaws in our army's tactical application and overall deployment in this battle. As the chief of staff of the leading brigade, I need to pay more attention to the details of the army's problems. , we have big problems within ourselves.”
"I think as the Chief of Staff, I have to fulfill my duties here and remind all the leaders that the Puppet Manchu Army currently deployed in Rehe is the essence of the entire Puppet Manchu Army system, and it is also the most stubborn group in the entire Puppet Manchu Army. Among the entire Puppet Manchu Army, they are the ones with the strongest combat effectiveness and the most blood debts on their hands, and a considerable part of them are adapted military policemen from the former Puppet Manchukuo Army."
"These people not only owed us a huge debt of blood during the suppression of the Anti-Japanese Alliance in the Northeast, including being transferred to Rehe to participate in the so-called suppression and return to villages and merged households, how many ordinary people and anti-Japanese comrades fell to their butcher's knives Under the circumstances, it may be difficult to calculate clearly. These people also know that they have too much blood debt on their hands, which is one of the reasons why they fight to the death on the battlefield and refuse to retreat."
"For this kind of opponent, we must be extremely cautious. We cannot take it lightly, nor can we be bitten by a snake once and fear the rope for ten years. But there is one thing we must pay attention to. When dealing with these puppet Manchukuo troops, The issue must be given the same attention as the Japanese army, and because of the unique characteristics of these people, the level of attention should be slightly higher than that of the regular divisions of the Japanese army."