Chapter Three Different Suggestions of Guo Bingxun
Even after Ma Chunsheng's troops' insertion operation began, Guo Bingxun suggested temporarily suspending the offensive after Ma Chunsheng's troops were in place. However, at that time, he did not propose to switch to defense across the board. Instead, he suggested that after Chen Hanzhang's troops captured Tongliao, Switch to defense on the spot.
The first is to prepare for the key follow-up counterattack operations against the Tongliao battlefield when the Kwantung Army transfers the Fifth Division to the Xifuxin and Zhangwu front lines, and to coordinate the operations of Wang Guangyu and Ma Chunsheng. As long as they are in Tongliao On the front line, the Kwantung Army could not invest too much force in the other two battlefields.
Third, he also believes that biting off more than one can chew, eating too much in one sitting can only stretch oneself, chewing carefully and swallowing slowly is the real hard truth. He still understands this truth, not to mention the appetite of the Anti-League, and it is still It is far from reaching the level that can sweep the entire Northeast in one breath.
However, although he did not have any different opinions from Yang Zhen on the matter of terminating the offensive and switching to defense, he did not agree with Yang Zhen's follow-up plan in one aspect, but he did not have any opinions on other aspects. , but he had his own ideas about Du Kaishan's premature appearance on the battlefield.
In Guo Bingxun's view, since he has made up his mind to terminate the offensive across the board, Wang Xiaoming's troops on the Xinjing battlefield, which has captured a quarter of the entire Xinjing area, should take action at the same time, as well as the use of Ma Chunsheng and Wang Xiaoming. There are also some different suggestions.
In Guo Bingxun's view, compared to other units, Wang Xiaoming's unit, which has mostly entered the new capital, is the most difficult to get rid of the Japanese army in street fighting. In the situation where the enemy and our forces are intertwined, Under this situation, if you want to have a smooth and safe evacuation, you must have a rigorous and careful plan, otherwise, you may end up in a big trap.
In Yang Zhen's plan, Wang Xiaoming's troops on the battlefield in Xinjing were not taken into account. Guo Bingxun knew that this was not because Yang Zhen failed to take into account the actual situation on Wang Xiaoming's side, but because he hoped that Wang Xiaoming could be in Xinjing. The Beijing side wanted to increase some of the pressure as much as possible and attract the Kwantung Army to invest more troops in the Xinjing battlefield to reduce the pressure on other battlefields.
After entering the Xinjing urban area, although the Japanese army showed its determination to fight for every inch of territory, which also proved the importance of Xinjing to the Kwantung Army and its determination not to be lost, after the main force in the Jilin direction was transferred to the Xinjing battlefield, Wang Xiaoming's hands The troops are quite sufficient. If you want to put more pressure on the Kwantung Army in the direction of Xinjing, it is not because you have no strength.
But it is precisely for this reason that Guo Bingxun disagrees with Yang Zhen's idea. Xinjing is a big city. When troops enter such a city to fight, they will inevitably be divided into multiple fronts by streets and buildings, and may even be cut into more It is not an easy task to gather the troops and withdraw them under the circumstances of a small construction operation.
In Guo Bingxun's view, even if he does not withdraw from Xinjing City immediately, he should at least stop Wang Xiaoming from continuing to attack in depth and withdraw some of his troops from the city. Otherwise, if the depth is too deep, it will not be easy to withdraw. , especially now that they and the Japanese defenders in the city are fighting each other very tightly.
As for Liu Changshun and Tao Jingfei's troops on the eastern front, Guo Bingxun had no idea. Liu Changshun's troops had already switched to defense, while Tao Jingfei's troops were just feigning an attack. They were not in close contact with the Japanese and Korean troops. They wanted to break away. A very difficult thing.
After pondering for a long time, Guo Bingxun shook his head and said: "No. 1, there is no problem for Chen Hanzhang's troops to switch to defense, but the key now is whether Ma Chunsheng and Wang Xiaoming's troops will shrink back immediately. The troops are currently engaged in a fierce battle with the Japanese troops, while Wang Xiaoming's troops have already broken into the new capital."
"If we have made up our minds to switch to defense, it is best to let them break away from the Japanese army now. Otherwise, once other battlefields have completed their contraction and switched to defense, the focus of the entire battlefield will shift to him, and in street fighting Among them, gathering the troops is the most difficult thing."
"Once too much time is wasted in gathering the troops, it will be very difficult for them to break away in a short time. If the Japanese troops south of Xinjing take advantage of other battlefields to stabilize and concentrate their forces to attack their two wings, the main force It's quite dangerous for him while he's still in the city."
"In fact, compared to other battlefields on the 1st, Wang Xiaoming's troops should be the first to withdraw from Xinjing because of the special environment. And from an overall point of view, letting them withdraw from Xinjing does not mean that we will lose control. The enemies on the battlefield in Xinjing, as well as the Kwantung Army's ability to exert pressure south of Xinjing, may even make the Kwantung Army suspicious and tie their own hands and feet."
"Judging from the previous performance of the Japanese defenders on the Xinjing battlefield, the Kwantung Army will never give up on Xinjing, and as long as we see this, as long as they ensure their presence outside Xinjing, the Kwantung Army will not Dare to divert any troops from the Xinjing battlefield to other directions."
"There is also Ma Chunsheng's troops. If they can withdraw to the west bank of the Xiliao River in advance, they can effectively cover the back of Chen Hanzhang's troops, and they can also make way for the 18th Division in an open and fair manner. After all, we are receiving According to intelligence, only the 18th Division has begun to withdraw southward, but we do not have accurate information yet on which route it is planning to choose and which direction it will withdraw to."
"If they turn around and go south, directly inserting Horqin's left center flag, they will pose a great threat to Chen Hanzhang. If the fifth division moves all the way north from the Xifuxin and Zhangwu front lines, Chen Hanzhang will be in a situation where Ma Chunsheng's troops cannot cope with them. It’s a dangerous situation, after all, they are not under Wang Guangyu’s command backed by Outer Mongolia, so they may very well be in danger of being attacked from both front and rear.”
"And the 18th Division chose to penetrate directly behind Ma Chunsheng, so Ma Chunsheng would also be in a situation where he would be attacked from both front and rear. At the same time, the Japanese Fifth Division would go north and entangle Chen Hanzhang's troops, making it unable to support Ma Chunsheng. If Chunsheng fights, the situation will be quite dangerous for Ma Chunsheng."
"Ma Chunsheng's headquarters is only the size of a reinforced division. It is already very difficult to deal with one Japanese division. If the 18th Division pounces from behind at this time, instead of the Japanese troops attacking front and back, then for Ma Chunsheng's headquarters, They will be in a more dangerous situation than Chen Hanzhang's troops."
"No. 1, the Kwantung Army's plan, whether it is to attack Ma Chunsheng's headquarters first or to solve the problem of Tongliao first, is to dispatch at least three divisions to participate in the war. Since the 18th Division has already taken action, this one is already in Will the Fifth Division on the Xifuxin and Zhangwu lines, and other Japanese divisions on the Faku and Kaiyuan lines join the battle?"
"This is still an unknown for us for the time being. Once the Japanese army concentrates its superior forces, it will adopt the tactic of holding back one of Ma Chunsheng's and Chen Hanzhang's troops and concentrate its forces to solve them one by one. Whether it is Chen Hanzhang or Ma Chunsheng's two troops, If any part is in danger, Wang Guangyu will not be able to rescue it."
"Wang Guangyu, who is still carrying the pressure of two divisions, cannot mobilize any troops to support his neighboring troops. For us, this situation is the most dangerous situation, so I said that since it has We are determined to drive the 18th Division back to the starting point, so why don't we do it more simply."
"Let Ma Chunsheng's troops get rid of the entanglement with the enemy in advance and directly get out of the way, forcing the 18th Division to choose to retreat back along the original route. As long as we gather a group of bombers and use them to deal with the 23rd Division in Hailar Our tactics are to use air strikes against the 18th Division. If they don’t want to take the route we selected for them, we can force them to go."
At the same time, Ma Chunsheng withdrew behind Chen Hanzhang's troops. The Eighteenth Division turned around and tried to attack Chen Hanzhang's back, but they had lost their chance. As for the enemies facing Ma Chunsheng's troops, they had already shifted to a defensive posture across the board, and had the Xiliao River as a natural barrier. Chen Hanzhang's troops can completely block it on the east bank of the river, "
"Also, on the 1st, I do not advocate that Du Kaishan's troops attack in advance. Du Kaishan hides and waits. On the whole, it is still beneficial to us. The reason why the Kwantung Army has been unable to decide whether to reinforce the Tongliao line first, and The main direction of the counterattack is Linxi."
"In addition to their belief that the Tongliao front line has complete defenses and there will be no problems in a short time, I am afraid that they have also been unable to find out where Du Kaishan's headquarters is hiding and waiting, because for the current Kanto As far as the army is concerned, even if there are only two divisions, they dare not take it lightly."
"No. 1, no matter how good our confidentiality capabilities are, if the Kwantung Army doesn't even know the names of some of our senior commanders in the past few years, how can the Japanese be able to figure it out in a short time? It annexed most of China."
"The intelligence work of the Japanese army has always been famous for its meticulousness. The troops of the two divisions under Du Kaishan disappeared without a trace after completing the battle against the 71st Division. It is strange that the Kwantung Army headquarters did not suspect anything. Well, the Kwantung Army has already started on the Linxi front line, but Tongliao has not moved yet. I am afraid that the main reason is that the movements of Du Kaishan's troops who disappeared on the battlefield are unclear."
"They sent the 18th Division to take advantage of the gap we had consciously left to go north. I think their intention was not only to cut off the retreat of Chen Hanzhang's troops, but also to test us, trying to find traces of Du Kaishan's troops. In fact, the Kwantung Army should have judged that Du Kaishan should be at the closest position to the battlefield in Western Manchuria, but the specific direction is not clear."
"From the perspective of the Kwantung Army, as long as Du Kaishan's troops do not appear on the battlefield for a day, they will take action. The strength of the two divisions is indeed insignificant for the overall battle situation, but for the local battle situation, it is insignificant. It can change the outcome of a battle. The combat effectiveness of our army is obvious. Even with the strength of two divisions, the Kwantung Army does not dare to take it lightly at the moment."
"The Kwantung Army did not dare to launch a full-scale counterattack against our army because Du Kaishan's headquarters has not appeared for a long time, because they do not know where the next target of the two divisions under Du Kaishan's headquarters will be, and they have repeatedly attacked us. As for the Kwantung Army, which had errors in its strength assessment, they were not even sure how many troops Du Kaishan's troops had hidden in the army."
"If they also launch operations in the direction of Tongliao at the same time as the Linxi counterattack begins, Du Kaishan's troops, who have never appeared on the battlefield, will become their most dangerous enemy. No matter Du Kaishan's troops appear in Linxi , or on the battlefield of Tongliao, their counterattack will become the most deadly threat."
"In order to mobilize Du Kaishan's troops, they adopted a two-pronged approach of selecting one unit to launch a counterattack, and simultaneously attacking the back of the other unit with the troops of one division. This was only based on the strategic positions and threats of the two places, as well as Due to the different development of the battle situation, they chose the Linxi battlefield as their first counterattack point."