In Chen Hanzhang's tone, he was filled with resentment: "These 92 infantry cannons, 37 rapid-fire cannons and 97-type 20mm automatic cannons are naturally difficult to attack the Japanese army's permanent fortifications, but they adopt a direct-aiming method. , there is no problem at all in hitting the Japanese flank cover positions and foxholes, right? A small artillery piece is no longer a cannon."
"Even for those permanent fortifications, if you take advantage of their lightness and good ballistics, you can adopt bayonet tactics on the cannon, use the high-speed cover of machine guns and automatic rifles to advance to a distance of more than 100 meters from the Japanese permanent fortifications, and shoot straight through their shooting holes. , I think the probability of killing as long as one hit is better than that of a machine gun."
"Are we now so wealthy that we look down upon the captured equipment so much? We are so dismissive of the equipment that has been of great use to us. When did we, the Anti-Japanese League, become such big landlords? He is already rich. To use the words of No. 1, he is simply acting like a nouveau riche."
"Have they all forgotten how we fought in the past? Not to mention a cannon, even if we captured a Liao 13-type rifle, we would jump for joy. If the weapons of that division could be unified in caliber, they would all be 38-type rifles. , this division commander is so happy, Lao Liu, you are from the Seventh Army, your Seventh Army's activity area is close to the Heilongjiang River, and the conditions are better."
"I remember when I took over the Fifth Division of the Second Army, there were more than 400 people in the division. It was the division with the largest number of troops in the First Army. But what kind of weapons were they? The old Fengjun left behind the Soviet Union during the October Revolution and handed over them to Belarus. The Shui Lianzhu rifle, the Italian-made rifle that has no place to find the bullets imported by the Fengjun army.”
"If a squad can be equipped with Japanese Golden Hook rifles, Northeastern Army's Czech-made rifles, and Liao-13 rifles, it will be a fist force. There are only two machine guns in the entire division, and one of them is an Italian machine gun without bullets. Even if Among the rifles, there are also many without bullets."
"Although the weapons and equipment were greatly improved after the seizure, the entire division is still very short of ammunition and has poor equipment. Not to mention cannons, there are only a few light machine guns. Now they have everything, including artillery on the ground. , tanks, planes in the sky, everything you should have, and things you couldn’t even imagine before are now available. I feel like I am a landlord and have become rich, so I don’t take the captured equipment seriously.”
"Our cadres, especially military cadres, all came here in the most difficult times. Whether it is the 18th Army Group in Guan Nei or our old cadres, they all came from the shortage of guns and ammunition. How could they come so quickly? You should never forget your roots and look down upon captured weapons."
For a long time, he led the Fifth Division of the Second Army to cover the flanks of the entire First Army and cooperated with the Second Route Army in operations. The First Army was far away and the Second Route Army was not their own organization. In fact, it had always been independent from the main force in guerrilla warfare. Chen Hanzhang developed a The habit of thinking independently has also developed the habit of never complaining.
Because for him, there is no place to complain. The First Route Army to which he belongs is fighting in southern Manchuria. It is affiliated with the Second Route Army, which seems to be more closely connected, and lacks effective communication tools. Long-term independent operations and surrounding areas The environment determines his position and determines that he can only bear all problems independently.
And he was shouldered by the military and political affairs, and many times he didn't even have anyone to consult with. Under such circumstances, he developed flexible command habits, especially his ability to adapt to changes in the enemy's situation, even in the current situation. It is also unique among the Anti-Japanese Alliance.
Chen Hanzhang is very particular about changes in the enemy's situation on the battlefield, his ability to adapt to the development of the situation, and his flexibility in the use of tactics. He has always been very demanding. The wonderful tank attack he played in North Korea last year was exactly when he was fighting against the enemy. It was based on accurate analysis and judgment of the battlefield situation. It was for this reason that Yang Zhen named him and transferred him to the Armored Forces Headquarters as the first commander.
In fact, regarding the use of Chen Hanzhang, Yang Zhen, like Wang Guangyu, prepared to train him as a first-level composite commander of the group army, and did not prepare him to serve only in the position of chief officer of one arm for a long time, but to let him serve as the commander of the armored forces in the initial period. , in addition to giving full play to his strengths, it is also necessary to let him think more about and get in touch with the combat theory of armored forces.
And for Yang Zhen, the current armored force, artillery, cavalry and other headquarters are just temporary institutions that assemble various services and arms and complete training and troop formation. After completing the formation and training of the troops, these arms headquarters will be downgraded to The secondary organization of the headquarters is only responsible for the daily training of the troops, as well as the configuration and organization of equipment, and is no longer responsible for commanding the troops in operations.
Chen Hanzhang was transferred to the commander of the Armored Forces. He only participated in the formation of various units of the Armored Forces and the training of these troops for use as seeds. The most important thing was to find out a set of armored force tactics that were consistent with the Anti-Japanese Alliance. He himself had extremely high talents, and under Yang Under Zhen's deliberate training, Chen Hanzhang's tactical vision and strategic vision are quite high.
In particular, his tactical literacy is quite good, he has a strong ability to accept new things, and he dares to explore new combat modes. The wonderful battle in North Korea is not something ordinary people can fight. Yang Zhen believes that it is important for him to form an armored force. The military type is an extremely appropriate choice.
This is different from Yang Zhen, who has his own golden finger. Chen Hanzhang's achievements are all based on innate talent, as well as acquired hard work and hard work. Of course, he has served as a division-level commander in the Anti-Japanese League for many years and led independently. A unit with the best strength and equipment among the First Army, its long-term experience in guerrilla warfare also has a lot to do with it.
Chen Hanzhang, who is only 28 years old this year, is among all the commanders of divisions and above in the Anti-Japanese War. He is the first one who can drive a tank and the first one who can accurately hit the target with a tank gun. He also learned how to drive an airplane and calibrate an artillery gun. With professional skills in multiple arms, it can be said that he is even better than Wang Guangyu in terms of ability and level in using multiple arms.
However, Chen Hanzhang himself has strict requirements, and he has equally strict requirements for his subordinates. He has always believed that if he can do things, his subordinates must also be able to do the same. Although he has been the commander of the armored forces for less than a year, he has already conquered the armored forces. The combat effectiveness of the two brigades is fully formed, and the troop organization is reasonable.
But it was precisely because of his extremely strict requirements for himself that Chen Hanzhang was too rigid about the Tongliao operation, the adaptability of his troops below and the execution of tactics on the battlefield. Facing a large number of permanent and semi-permanent fortifications of the Japanese army, he remained stubborn. The performance of the tactics used either to contain the flanks and turn around, or to use tanks to cover the infantry and fight hard was very unsatisfactory.
Coming from the most difficult period of the Anti-Japanese War, he once independently led a force that was used as the main force for a long time. He expressed considerable dissatisfaction with the fact that the troops ignored the captured Japanese weapons and equipment and did not know how to make good use of them. In his eyes, this is undoubtedly a huge waste.
Among his many dissatisfactions, he was most dissatisfied with the tactical problems. In particular, despite having certain response tactics, commanders at all levels still held all the equipment they could mobilize in their hands. In my hands, I have never thought about strengthening these equipment to the front-line attack troops.
As a result, if you need anti-aircraft machine gun level fire cover in the front, you have to apply for it with your superiors and get approval from your superiors before you can get it. This back and forth wastes a lot of time in communication between superiors and subordinates. In the Anti-Japanese Alliance, the first company level has a walkie-talkie. , can communicate with superiors, but at the platoon level, there is no means of communication except for correspondents. However, the current battlefield situation is most suitable for operations based on squads and platoons.
Moreover, they did not adopt a combat model based on strengthening squads, forming a multi-arms joint small unit to cooperate, and multi-point penetration to cooperate with each other. They still clung to the idea of large group operations. During the battle, company-level troops were always used as the main force. The base attack was used to launch the troops, and the tactics of one point, two sides, four groups and one team, which No. 1 had repeatedly emphasized, were almost completely forgotten.
The automatic rifles currently equipped by the main force of the Anti-Japanese Alliance can indeed suppress a crooked handle or Type 96 light machine gun with two cross-fires. Coupled with a squad light machine gun, the firepower of a squad is enough to suppress the troops. Japanese military fortification group in a small group.
However, all the fortifications of the Japanese army are not only equipped with machine guns, but also a large number of riflemen. Not only can each fortification group itself be in a cross-covering state, but it can also form a three-dimensional cross-cooperation with the surrounding fortification groups. In this case, the original The squad, and even the first-level troops, obviously lacked suppressive firepower.
Moreover, under such circumstances, adopting a frontal assault or a simple flank assault will only cause the attack surface to be too narrow, and the movement of the troops will be greatly restricted. If the squad is used as the organization, after strengthening part of the direct firepower, adopt Multi-faceted assaults, multi-point penetration and mutual support, and tactical progress in flexible operations will also be greater.
The 60 guns equipped at the first level of the company have insufficient firepower of rocket launchers. Although the general-purpose machine gun has a fast rate of fire, its long-range fire suppression power is somewhat insufficient. Dual-purpose machine guns, because they are always controlled at the battalion level, are not distributed to each infantry company, so that even at the company level, the number of suppressive firepower is far from meeting the needs.
Although the 60mm mortars equipped by each company have achieved considerable results in dealing with Japanese traffic trenches, trenches, and Japanese machine gun firepower points without solid fortification cover, they are unable to deal with the majority of the covered tanks. The power of civil fortifications is obviously insufficient. As for permanent and semi-permanent fortifications, these 60-gun cannons have basically no effect.
If the recoilless rifles of the battalion's recoilless rifle platoon are decentralized to each infantry platoon to supplement the insufficient number of rocket launchers, and the 82 mortar is strengthened to the company level instead of being tied to the battalion level, the firepower configuration can be made more flexible. , can also greatly strengthen the firepower organization of the attacking troops.
However, the captured Japanese Type 92 infantry artillery, 37 rapid-fire cannon and Taisho 11-year-old infantry 37 flat-firing artillery were insufficiently used, and there was an urgent need to follow the artillery cover in the front. The use of mountain field artillery was suppressed by enemy artillery fire and the minefields were blocked. , and due to the slow movement of its own weight and the inability to keep up with the attacking troops, more than a dozen captured Japanese artillery pieces were idle behind and were not used at all.
The Japanese 92 Infantry Artillery can be pushed by one person, and can be used easily by two people. With the help of certain cover, it can even be easily pushed into the nose of the Japanese bunker. It is quite suitable to use the artillery as a bayonet tactics on the artillery. of.
It is still very powerful to use these 92 infantry guns as direct-aiming artillery to destroy the Japanese non-permanent fortification groups at close range. If a precise point strike is adopted and the launch hole is hit at close range, then the target Those permanent and semi-permanent fortifications are also a considerable threat.
Even if it cannot penetrate the thick reinforced concrete protective layer, if a 70mm grenade explodes inside, it can still kill a large number of defenders inside. Without the defenders, there is no use no matter how strong the fortifications are. It's just a decoration,