Regarding Yi Jianping's worries, especially the possibility that the Japanese army would evade important matters and bypass the front line of Chifeng when they were unable to attack directly, Wang Guangyu had not thought about it, otherwise he would not have been there during Yang Zhen's stay in Linxi. , once studied with Yang Zhen, let the advancing army temporarily abandon the Jehol battle and move closer to the roundabout troops, so that the two armies can rely on each other and at the same time strengthen the strength of the Linxi battlefield.
But Wang Guangyu believes that although there is a certain danger on the southern front, this danger at least does not seem to be great now. Judging from the current offensive launched by the Japanese army, the roundabout troops are still their key counterattack target. As long as Lin Xi and Chen Hanzhang do not In the event of an accident, it would be difficult for the Japanese army to deploy troops from the front to bypass the Chifeng front line.
Otherwise, weakening the force for frontal combat will be detrimental to the entire operation of the Japanese army. You must know that the Linxi battlefield is not far from the southern Manchuria area, the core of Japanese rule in the northeast. Once it is occupied by Western Manchurian If the Anti-Japanese Alliance seizes the opportunity to penetrate into southern Manchuria, the Kwantung Army's butt will be on fire.
The Kwantung Army will never allow such a thing to happen, and will never allow anything to go wrong in Southern Manchuria, their lifeblood, so at least in the short term, the Kwantung Army will not release too many troops. In Rehe, the main focus will be on the Anti-Union Holy Land on the Linxi battlefield.
Of course, it cannot be said that it is absolutely impossible for the Japanese army to detour to the southern front, but as long as Linxi can stick the Japanese offensive to Linxi, it will be safe to advance there. Sticking is actually not too difficult.
As long as his plan can be implemented smoothly, it will be almost impossible for the Japanese troops facing Linxi battlefield to be transferred to other areas. Moreover, in Southern Manchuria, the base of the Kwantung Army, if instability occurs at the same time, Under the circumstances, it is unlikely that the Kwantung Army would have any concerns about going to Rehe.
Long before this battle started, some cadres who were good at guerrillas selected by the original First Army were the backbone. When the original First Army went north, they stayed in South Manchuria and persisted in guerrilla warfare. It was not until the end of the battle last year that they joined forces with the troops occupying the Ning'an front line. Later, Cao Yafan, who had withdrawn to the base area for rest and recuperation, was the commander, and Yi Junshan, the former director of the Political Department of the Second Front Army of the First Army, was the political commissar. The guerrilla detachment had already secretly penetrated the front lines and penetrated directly into the Fushun, Benxi, and Xingjing lines in southern Manchuria.
All the officers and soldiers of this guerrilla detachment, organized in a regiment, were selected from veterans with one year of military service. All cadres above the class level have undergone special guerrilla warfare training, and this newly formed guerrilla detachment adopts this method. Guerrilla tactics are not simply anti-Union guerrilla tactics.
Instead, it strengthened the southern guerrilla tactics brought by No. 1 from the New Fourth Army and mastered by the old Red Army who participated in the three-year guerrilla war in the south. It can be said that it is a guerrilla tactic that combines the best of two aspects. All the equipment it distributes is also They are all issued according to guerrilla warfare. The grenade equipment is provided to the squad and the 60 artillery equipment is provided to the battalion.
From top to bottom, except for the three submachine guns in each squad, they are all Japanese-made Type 38, Type 44 lances, and Type 96 light machine guns. In order to strengthen the firepower, it is not suitable to carry heavy machine guns in guerrilla warfare. Under this, each infantry squad, in addition to three submachine guns and six Type 38 lances, is equipped with two Type 96 light machine guns, two grenade launchers, and heavy machine guns. Each battalion is only equipped with four It is a Type 92 heavy machine gun that has been improved, reduced in weight, and equipped with a new gun mount.
In addition to specifically learning some tactical training such as guerrilla tactics and demolition training, in order to stay hidden in South Manchuria for a long time, the troops also conducted training on the terrain, climate, and people's conditions in South Manchuria, as well as some of the methods used by the reconnaissance brigades directly under the military region. Special training in field survival and makeup reconnaissance, and all officers and soldiers have learned part of Korean to a greater or lesser extent.
Its top military and political leaders were Cao Yafan and Yi Junshan, who had been tested by many years of guerrilla warfare. After all the First Army retreated north and rested in the base area, they persisted alone in southern Manchuria. In the mountainous area at the junction of Fengtian and Jilin, they persisted for a full year. He was familiar with guerrilla warfare in mountainous areas, and had participated in two Western Expeditions of the First Army. He was also quite familiar with Southern Manchuria, its people, and the terrain.
Wherever the headquarters placed this unit, they were ordered to hide and wait. They were strictly prohibited from carrying out any activities, not allowed to raise food, not allowed to expand the troops, and not allowed to conduct any activities except for secret reconnaissance of the surrounding enemy situation. The activities, and even their supplies, are all airdropped at night via night-flying planes, just to wait until a favorable opportunity arrives for them to play the role of causing havoc in the heavens.
The main task assigned by the headquarters to this force is to destroy the Fengtian section of the Zhongchang Railway after receiving the order, cut off the transportation link from Guandong Prefecture to Fengtian, and attack and destroy the steel plants in Anshan and Benxi, the coal mines in Fushun, and the aluminum when necessary. Plant, oil processing and refining plant, destroyed the basic Japanese and puppet regime in southern Manchuria, and contained the Japanese and puppet troops, mainly part of the Kwantung Army, so that they could not be used on other battlefields.
If this headquarters had already secretly ambushed South Manchuria, and the sharp knives lurking in the core area of the Japanese and puppets really played the role that the headquarters hoped they would play, then the Kwantung Army, which is not stable at all, would still have the time to pay attention to Rehe. In the area of the Fourth War, if the Kwantung Army does not increase its troops, or can only partially increase its troops in the Western Manchuria battlefield, then they will not be able to take care of Rehe for the time being.
It's just that the entire roundabout force, except himself, the part-time deputy commander of the field army, and even Yi Jianping, the political commissar of the roundabout army, didn't know about it. Even at the headquarters, except for No. 1, No. 2, and the third person who made this plan, Outside of the number, even Cao Yafan and Yi Junshan's old superior, Deputy Commander Yang of the military region, didn't know.
Although Wang Guangyu wanted to tell his old friend to stabilize his mood, but it was still unclear whether the sharp knife that the headquarters had inserted into the heart of the Japanese army had been activated, so Wang Guangyu could only do this temporarily. I suppress it in my heart, but although I can't talk about this matter, now that the battle has started in an all-round way, other things can also be announced.
After looking at the map and thinking about it for a while, Wang Guangyu said to Yi Jianping: "Old man, you still haven't seen through the main idea of No. 1 on the Linxi battlefield. You are worried about the direction of the Alhorqin Banner. This is not wrong. These concerns of yours , it’s not that there is no truth at all, what you said is correct, there is indeed a weakness there, and it is a quite obvious weakness.”
"During the offensive operations, the Japanese army used to adopt flanking tactics when they were unable to attack from the front. In this battle, in order to make a final decision, the Japanese army stabilized the battle situation as quickly as possible and reversed the current passive situation. At the same time, they adopted The tactics of frontal push and flanking detour are probably quite possible."
"It's not that Umezu Yoshijiro is a little impatient, but I'm afraid that the Japanese base camp will not allow the Kwantung Army to remain passive on the battlefield for a long time. No. 1 saw this precisely, so he formulated the plan
In view of the current tactic, the two regiments placed in which direction are placed there because No. 1 intends to show weakness."
"It is precisely because of the consideration that the Japanese army may attack the junction between our army and the advancing army that No. 1 consciously exposed a weakness on our northern line, that is, at the junction between our two major battlefields and Chen Hanzhang, to lure the Japanese generals with
The troops on the southern front are invested in this direction."
"In other words, the headquarters uses this method of deliberately exposing its own weaknesses to reduce the exposure of our most fatal weakness on the southern front as much as possible, and from now on, the Japanese army will invest such an ace division as the 7th Division in Alukorqin
Flag, indicating that the headquarters’ plan has been successful.”
"Under this situation, no matter how many troops or what kind of troops we leave there, as long as the Kwantung Army wants to win this battle, or even reverse the current passive situation, they will choose this place as a
A breakthrough point, because as long as we break through in this direction, the entire Western Manchuria battlefield, which used to be the horns of each other, and Chen Hanzhang's troops will be completely divided into two pieces."
"The direction of the Aruhorqin flag was adjusted on the 1st. Our troop deployment is actually to attract as many Japanese troops as possible. Therefore, although your worries are not unreasonable, you don't need to worry too much. As long as there are no surprises there, Chen Hanzhang
, or we suffer a complete defeat on the Linxi battlefield, otherwise the Japanese army will not be able to deploy troops to the southern front, at least in the short term."
"However, considering the comparison between our current strength and the strength that the Japanese army may deploy for counterattack, No. 1 has adopted preemptive tactics, using ground and air firepower to first weaken the Japanese army, and then use our current advantages in mobility and tank numbers to wait for
After the Japanese attacking troops distanced themselves from the follow-up troops, they used tanks and ground-to-air firepower to prepare a fire circle for them, trying to break off one of their pincers first, and then counterattack across the entire front."
"And if our sea of fire plan succeeds, and the Japanese army, unwilling to fail, must invest follow-up troops in order to keep Southern Manchuria and expel us from Western Manchuria, then they will not have the strength to move the main force.
Troops were deployed to the Jehol battlefield."
"Because at least for now, the Japanese army still regards us as its main opponent. As for the advance, there will be some pressure, but at least in a short period of time, the pressure will not be too great. As long as we can grasp this degree,
The Japanese army wants to worry about Rehe, but they no longer have the strength and energy."
"Because the Kwantung Army does not regard Rehe as the main battlefield, it is still possible to appropriately increase the strength of Rehe. After all, the advancing army has an absolute advantage in strength compared with the Kwantung Army's independent garrison in Rehe. The current
In terms of equipment and firepower, we also have an absolute advantage."
"If the Kwantung Army does not provide certain reinforcements to the Rehe battlefield, then the collapse of the Rehe battlefield is very likely. Although the Kwantung Army does not regard the advancing army as its main opponent, the collapse of the Rehe battlefield is something that the Kwantung Army does not expect.
I’m willing to see that, after all, the strategic location there is quite important. It’s easy to lose it, but it’s difficult to get it back.”
"But with our army containing the main force of the Kwantung Army, even if there are reinforcements, the Kwantung Army can currently mobilize not many troops. At most, it can only mobilize a few brigades from its reserve divisions, or According to the Japanese combat practice, a complete regiment was selected as the backbone, assigned a certain number of troops, and a detachment was formed to join the Jehol battlefield."
"However, although this situation will definitely happen, in view of the current war situation in Western Manchuria, the Japanese army will never invest too many troops, unless the Kwantung Army is sure that it can completely solve the problem by relying on the few divisions currently invested. The current war situation in Western Manchuria.”
"Before Linxi and Tongliao completely take the initiative in the two major battlefields, the Kwantung Army will not and cannot send too many troops to reinforce Rehe, so I say their pressure will increase a bit, but it will not be too great, at least It’s still within the range they can bear.”