Yoshimoto Teiichi's attitude is very clear. Instead of fighting hard now, paying a huge price to compete with the Anti-Alliance for Western Manchuria, and wiping out the Anti-Alliance's troops in Western Manchuria, it is better to use the huge consumption and transportation required to maintain the Western Manchu garrison. Restrictions will wear them down little by little.
He knew the overall situation of the Western Manchuria region. Most of the grain output in Western Manchuria, which is dominated by Mongolian nomadic areas, is not as good as that of a single county in the grain-producing areas of Manchuria, except for Tongliao and Kailu. In terms of output, ammunition is not included in the battle of large troops. The food problem alone is enough to give every commander a headache.
As for the current Kwantung Army, the two divisions on the Linxi battlefield are currently in an increasingly difficult situation and the situation is becoming more and more dangerous. Facing the Kwantung Army, they are unable to mobilize enough troops to reinforce Linxi. The reality on the battlefield is that it would be better to withdraw the two divisions to the line from Chifeng to Jianping.
As long as they don't get through the direct connection with the battlefield in the pass, they will be trapped to death even if they are trapped. Can Northern Manchu, which is vast and sparsely populated, be able to fight against Southern Manchuria? Even in a normal year, Northern Manchuria's food and Other supplies still need support from Southern Manchuria. Now that Western Manchuria is included, how long can they last?
If the war between the Soviet Union and the Germans had not broken out before, or if the Soviets had won the Soviet-German war, the Kwantung Army could have been more hasty. But now, the Soviets have too much to take care of themselves. The Germans even captured Kiev, the second largest city in the Soviet Union. Well, in the battle of Kiev, nearly a million Soviet troops were surrounded. As long as the German army captured Moscow and Leningrad, how long could the Soviet Union, which was at the end of its rope, be able to hold on?
Without the support of the Soviet Union, how long can they support the production and construction corps they created and the vast and sparsely populated North Manchuria? Even if they are winning on the battlefield now, the outcome of a war cannot be determined by What they achieved by winning one or two battles was national strength and resources. Compared to this, they were far behind.
If we talk about the battlefield inside Guannei, the China government can still rely on the abundant manpower support of mainland China. Then in Northern Manchuria, which is vast and sparsely populated, the total number of people in the several provinces they captured is not as large as that in Guannei and China. Now, The Kwantung Army should not be afraid of the large area controlled by the Anti-Japanese Alliance. As long as it controls southern Manchuria and Jehol, it can control the space for real development.
What's more, Yoshimoto Teiichi does not think that mobilizing the Fifth Division to support the Linxi battlefield is a better decision. In his opinion, the best role of the Fifth Division at this time is more of deterrence than actual investment. On the front line, if the Fifth Division is committed to the Linxi battlefield, it will actually open a passage south to Jehol for the anti-alliance forces on the Tongliao front line.
At present, the advancing army in Rehe has made it difficult for the Rehe independent garrison to support. Without the cooperation of the North China Dispatch Army, I am afraid that the entire territory of Rehe has been lost. If the Anti-Japanese Alliance increases some troops in Rehe, the Rehe garrison will be even more difficult to support. Support, but without Rehe, the Anti-League is equivalent to opening up direct contact with the interior of the pass.
Once they are allowed to obtain sufficient manpower supplements within the Pass, large-scale expansion of strength, and rapid expansion, this will be a disaster for the Kwantung Army. Since soldiers have become the most critical issue that prevents the growth of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, then The Kwantung Army can completely start from this aspect in terms of its overall strategy.
Then the more places they occupy and the more dispersed their forces are, the more beneficial it will be to the Kwantung Army. Hasn’t the Kwantung Army suffered losses in this regard many times? Now that the tide is turning, it is not necessarily a bad thing for the Kwantung Army, and The Anti-Japanese Alliance's occupation of Western Manchuria requires not only garrison troops, but also more than a million people to feed.
Among the more than one million ordinary people, there are still hundreds of thousands who cannot farm and can only live a nomadic life, but they need to eat food and wear clothes. At the same time, the Kwantung Army can have a lot of work to do, in the Anti-Japanese War The Mongols who have made some fuss inside the controlled area to make them chaotic, haven't Outer Mongolia always had ambitions in the Inner Mongolia area? This is where the Kwantung Army can intervene.
As long as the Kwantung Army controls southern Manchuria and central Jilin, which are rich in human resources, and strictly blocks the entire Jehol territory, blocking its southward path and preventing them from opening up connections with the interior of the pass, then for the Kwantung Army, it will When the joint resistance forces are stretched to the extreme and internal instability occurs, this is the best reality for the Kwantung Army.
This is considered from a strategic point of view. On the remaining battlefields, if the Anti-Japanese Alliance deploys the two divisions that have been hiding in secret and the troops transferred from the East Manchu battlefield to the line from Tongliao to Lishu, then the mechanization of the Anti-Japanese Alliance in Tongliao will be With the troops freed up, they can either go south to the Beining Railway or go east to the Zhongchang Railway at any time.
Once your judgment is confirmed, the anti-alliance forces that appear in Tongliao, Lishu, Horqin Left Wing Center Banner, Rear Banner, and even Lishu and Kangping will require several divisions and hundreds of tanks with air support to intercept them. And armored vehicles, plus an armored cluster composed of a large number of heavy artillery units. Does the Kwantung Army now have so many troops and equipment to intercept and attack across the board?
To the east, south, and even north of Tongliao is the Songliao Plain. Under this kind of terrain, facing the enemy's tank attack, how much force does the Kwantung Army need to concentrate in order to gain an advantage on the battlefield? Who dares Guarantee that the troops and firepower currently deployed on the battlefield are sufficient.
As for the 18th Division, which was alone behind the Tongliao front line, Yoshimoto Teiichi even believed that it must withdraw immediately. If it is not withdrawn, according to the current battlefield situation, once it is surrounded on all sides, the Kwantung Army will even mobilize rescue forces. If they don't come out, the Kwantung Army has already suffered enough losses in this battle, so there is no need to add another 18th Division.
Now the Anti-Japanese League has mobilized troops from the Xinjing front line to attack the flank of the 18th Division to the west. Coupled with the blocking troops deployed by the Anti-League around the 18th Division, as well as a large fire network composed of artillery and aviation, the 18th Division is now There has been a problem with self-protection, and once the Anti-Japanese Federation, which has already begun moving northward in the Tongliao area, dispatches some armored groups to move northward, the 18th Division will be in a situation of being encircled.
Although the Anti-Japanese Alliance could mobilize troops from the Xinjing battlefield to the Western Front to besiege the 18th Division, the Kwantung Army was unable to mobilize troops from the Xinjing battlefield to the west to support the 18th Division. The reason was simply that the Anti-Japanese Alliance had been secretly The troops of the two lurking divisions never showed up, which made the Kwantung Army extremely defensive in Xinjing.
Even if there are not these two divisions that can threaten Xinjing at any time, the Anti-Japanese Alliance still has a considerable number of troops on the battlefield in Xinjing, which is currently enough to put considerable pressure on Xinjing. Judging from the current situation around the 18th Division From the looks of it, if the Kwantung Army wanted to mobilize troops from the nearby Xinjing battlefield to support the 18th Division, the troops it would mobilize would require at least two regiments.
The deployment of two regiments of troops will be devastating to the Xinjing battlefield. Tongliao has now been lost. Will the freed-up anti-union forces there use tank clusters as the forerunners to penetrate directly along the Zhonglong Railway? , who can guarantee that the divisions along the Zhongchang Railway that were originally intended to be used as reserve forces for the Xinjing battlefield will now dare to be transferred to other directions in order to ensure the safety of the Zhongchang Railway.
The importance of Xinjing to the Kwantung Army is self-evident. People can not attack, but the Kwantung Army has to defend it. The Anti-Japanese Alliance can only leave a part of its troops in Xinjing to contain it, but the Kwantung Army just does not dare to mobilize from Xinjing. One soldier at a time, they were transferred to any battlefield. The resistance alliance in front of them probably saw this and dared to act like this.
Even if the Kwantung Army knew for a long time that they deliberately set up this formation and the offensive against Xinjing was just a part of the feint attack on the entire battlefield, they were helpless because the row of large-caliber heavy artillery deployed by the Anti-Japanese Alliance on the Xinjing battlefield was ghostly. Know whether they will turn their feints into real attacks when they deem it necessary or appropriate.
Xingjing is the capital of Manchukuo, a transportation hub for the entire Central Manchuria region, and the location of the Kwantung Army headquarters. If Xingjing is lost, the damage to the morale of the entire empire will definitely not be comparable to that of Harbin. Knowing that the opponent It was most likely a false shot in Xinjing, but the Kwantung Army did not dare to draw troops from Xinjing.
What annoyed Yoshimoto Teiichi the most was that the super heavy artillery used by the Anti-Japanese Alliance on the Xinjing battlefield was made by Japan itself. It was originally intended to be used in the Manchu-Soviet border fortress group in the Eastern Manchuria area to fight the Soviet army, but now it hit itself. No matter how strong the fortification is on the head, it cannot withstand the bombardment of a 240mm howitzer.
In addition to both tactics and strategy, both believed that the Kwantung Army had reached a time when it had to withdraw. In order to convince the senior Kwantung Army officers in front of him, Yoshimoto Teiichi also had a very high position in terms of the resources needed to maintain the war, as well as the current international situation. In terms of situation, the advantages of abandoning Western Manchuria were analyzed.
In Yoshimoto Teichi's opinion, not only cars, but also the large amount of oil required for road transportation are beyond the ability of the Anti-Japanese Alliance. Unless the Americans assist the Anti-Japanese Alliance at all costs, the Anti-Japanese Alliance will not produce a drop of oil at all. , simply cannot afford the fuel needed for a large number of cars.
And if the Soviet Union was defeated by its ally the Germans, the Americans would provide a large amount of aid to the Anti-Japanese Alliance at all costs, and it might be delivered to the Anti-Japanese Alliance with no outlet to the sea. Judging from the current almost one-sided battle situation on the Soviet-German battlefield, the Soviet Union People fail only sooner or later.
Without external assistance, their planes, tanks, and cars were just a pile of scrap metal. Moreover, without the ability to manufacture them themselves, one less one was destroyed. After the Soviets failed, as long as the Kwantung Army was stuck in the resistance, The passage to the pass, coupled with the end of the Imperial Army's southward campaign, can turn the focus back to Manchuria. So is solving the Anti-Japanese Alliance still a problem?
Yoshimoto Teiichi believed that once it entered a long period of consumption, either the Anti-Japanese Alliance would reduce its troops in Western Manchuria, or he would be overwhelmed by the huge transportation costs. If the Anti-Japanese Alliance wanted to open up connections with the customs, Western Manchuria would be a must. Land, in this way, the Anti-Union can only be dragged down bit by bit.
It just makes this man think that even the Kwantung Army cannot afford to garrison a large number of troops in Western Manchuria, and the Anti-Japanese Alliance cannot bear this kind of consumption. If the Anti-Japanese Alliance garrison a large number of troops in Western Manchuria, it will only be overwhelmed by the huge consumption. If Without a large number of troops stationed, Ximan could be taken back at any time. What Yoshimoto Teiichi didn't expect was.
In order to ensure the supply of troops stationed in Western Manchuria and to ensure the realization of future strategic goals, after the battle, the Anti-Japanese Alliance did not hesitate to weaken the field troops and specially transferred some cadres and soldiers, as well as a thousand trucks and 20 high-horsepower trucks. Track chain tractors formed a railway troop column.
With the assistance of Guo Bingxun's father, a veteran Chinese railway expert and other railway experts who arrived in October, and railway graduates from various Jiaotong University, they used the Japanese army's stockpiles seized in Harbin and Qiqihar, as well as several aids provided by the United States in 1942. Thousand tons of rails and sleepers.
Under the personal command of Military Region Commander Yang Zhen, who is in charge of the overall situation, and Deputy Commander Yang Jingyu, who is also the commander of the railway column, the method of starting construction on both ends at the same time, surveying and constructing at the same time, starting one section after completing the survey, and constructing multiple roads at the same time. In 1942, the railway that originally only went west to Tongliao was extended to Linxi.