Faced with this situation, first Mu Changqiu and then Chen Hanzhang had a headache. They wanted to speed up as much as possible, save manpower and powerlessness, and all hopes of using the original lines of the Japanese army to set up telephone lines were dashed. Novel Download could only send out a large number of The communications corps tried every means to re-establish wired telephones.
But when it was set up here, there was no sign of it there. Many brother troops who had lost contact appeared out of nowhere and took them as newly installed telephone lines by the Japanese army and followed them to dismantle them. Although they were working together in one area , but the lack of communication between the information has brought countless troubles.
The phone line was barely established, but the wired phone contact was intermittent, which was more likely to delay things. It was better not to set it up. Chen Hanzhang, who was so dizzy, could only order the phone line to be disconnected. All communications shall be by radio.
In addition, the highway was severely damaged, which limited his mobility, leaving Chen Hanzhang at a loss. The troops under his command are not organized, so it is not good to force orders. But if you don't force orders, you can just watch. The gap between the brotherly troops is getting deeper and deeper.
Mu Changqiu was the same before. He issued an order not to allow the destruction of roads, but was resisted by some cadres in the customs army. Even many local cadres in Jinsui, who were accustomed to thinking from the worst side, believed that if the roads were not destroyed, once the battle failed, A large-scale counterattack by the Japanese army will bring serious damage and losses to the base area.
In the eyes of many cadres, your anti-alliance base is far away in the Northeast. If you lose the battle, you can just leave. But what about the base in northwestern Shanxi where almost all the main troops are absent? Last year, the Japanese army continued to attack the major bases in North China. After more than half a year of crazy raids, the Jinsui base area suffered the smallest losses among the major base areas in North China.
However, the intensity of the Japanese army's raids was unprecedented. Although the overall losses were not as great as those in Beiyue District and Taihang District, the losses of food and large livestock were particularly large. The remaining food and materials in the base area last winter almost made it impossible for the troops to winter.
The losses last year were still fresh in the memory, so the local troops in Jinsui were very dissatisfied with Mu Changqiu's request not to destroy the highway. Even some cadres did not take it seriously at all. Not only did they destroy the highway, they also used the remaining resources of their respective troops. With a small family base, many landmines were laid on the road.
Chen Hanzhang had to admire the ability of these internal troops to destroy roads and cut off wired communications. In a short period of time, the entire road was dug into large pits and small pits, and many pits were buried inside. Landmines. [ ] There were many large craters in them, not to mention cars and tanks. All the telephone lines and poles were completely pulled out.
However, once the highway was destroyed, the Japanese army did not stop it, but instead restricted the mobility of the Anti-Japanese Alliance. When Wang Minggui crossed the line of the Great Wall, he suffered a lot on the shabby road. After entering the outer line of the Great Wall, despite the It wasn't that far away, but the poor road conditions along the way made it impossible for Wang Minggui to increase his marching speed. Before leaving the territory of Youyu, dozens of trucks were stuck in the big hole.
Even Wang Minggui himself suffered a hidden loss. His American-made jeep was hit by a land mine. If the land mine hadn't been filled with black powder, its power would have been limited. And the American car under his butt The quality of the jeep is excellent and it has not been damaged in any way. I am afraid that Wang Minggui has not fulfilled his ambition and has gone to the hospital to recuperate for a while.
Wang Minggui, who was startled, was also puzzled in his heart. There were so many tanks and trucks in front of him, but this land mine did not explode. Why did his car arrive here and detonate this land mine? If this was an original land mine, and the speed of the car was not fast due to the convoy, this land mine would have sent itself directly into the sky.
Although Wang Minggui escaped, the tank that opened the way was not so lucky. The tank of the 1st Armored Brigade, which was opening the way for the entire army, fell silently into a gap that was wide and long enough to kill the entire army. The entire T-26 tank was packed into the huge pit.
The most critical thing is that there is also a powerful anti-tank mine modified from the 92 infantry artillery shell buried in this pit. The location of the explosion is exactly the weakest chassis of the tank. After the tank fell into the pit It was directly destroyed and all three crew members in the tank were seriously injured.
If it weren't for the hand disease of the Jinsui leader who led the team, which stopped the anti-Japanese coalition's rapid counterattack, his own people might have started fighting first. The newly upgraded local troops in the Jinsui Military Region had accumulated a lot of experience in fighting Japanese tanks during the anti-mopping period. The combat experience was not used on the Japanese army at this time, but was all used on the Anti-Japanese Alliance.
The damaged highway along the way made Wang Minggui's speed barely faster than a snail after entering the front line of the Outer Great Wall. In many places, it was even difficult to move forward. In the end, Wang Minggui couldn't bear it anymore and couldn't express his anger towards his brothers. , simply ordered the troops to get out of the car and advance on foot to the designated location at the speed of a forced march.
If you are traveling in a truck, according to the road conditions, you will not be able to reach the battlefield when the battle is over. The slowness of your own movement is small, but if it affects the overall battle situation, it will miss the big event. The road is in tatters, but it is delayed. Due to the marching speed of the troops, the infantry abandoned the vehicles and carried the necessary ammunition and set off first. Heavy weapons became his only option after finding a way to follow up.
The problem on the highway is only one aspect where the two armies are not getting along well. In fact, the troubles in the cooperation between the two armies are far more than this. There are problems with the communication between the two armies, as well as differences in operational concepts, and even Outweighs the hassle on the road.
Some troops in the Jinsui Army thought that the radio stations they were equipped with were a burden because their cadres had been fighting for a long time. Although they were not willing to throw them away, they were unwilling to use them. There were more cadres who continued the Hundred Regiment War of the year before last during the battle. They have a habit of fighting if they win. If they feel it is not worthwhile, they just leave and let go of the pigeons that cooperate with them in fighting the anti-alliance forces.
Okay, just notify the brother troops next door. Some troops don't even notify them and disappear without a trace. As soon as the radio station assigned to them is turned off, there is no place to look for it. Although each of them has certain activities. But in this unfamiliar mountainous area of northern Shanxi, where can the Anti-League find it?
Mu Changqiu and then Chen Hanzhang had complained to Yang Zhen more than once about these points. But what could Yang Zhen say? He could only tell his subordinates that this was the result of the internal troops' failure to fight against the Japanese and puppet troops for several years without the capital. , dispersed guerrillas all year round, and formed a habit during the period of mobilizing the masses.
He repeatedly told Chen Hanzhang that this battle should focus on the anti-alliance forces. Due to training and equipment problems, the internal troops should not be placed in the main position as much as possible. At the same time, Yang Zhen also urgently transferred Yi Jianping from the front line of Xinjing to rush there. In the Datong battlefield, he took over as the general political commissar of the northern Shanxi battlefield and was responsible for communicating with the brother troops in the pass. This allowed Chen Hanzhang to focus his main energy on the battle.
It’s just that Yang Zhen believes that the different concepts can be changed little by little after the war. But the current problem of cooperation with the brother troops in Guan Nei has reached a point where it must be solved. According to the current situation, if this problem is not solved, it will This caused serious estrangement between the two armies.
For many years of guerrilla warfare, the Guannei troops have developed the habit of fighting if they can win and leaving if they cannot win. Before the Japanese army raided, they destroyed all the roads and cut off the Japanese army's logistical supplies. They were looking for fighter planes to deal with the small Japanese army. If it didn't work, they would A local armed force protected the masses in the base area, and the main force jumped out to fight outside.
Troops can disperse and gather energy, and each unit can use unorganized units to fight alone. This is the essence of guerrilla warfare. Especially when the enemy is strong and we are weak, even mobile warfare is rarely fought, and guerrilla warfare is mainly used in battlefields behind enemy lines. Above all, habits developed in long-term guerrilla warfare cannot be changed in a day or two.
In addition, the original backbone troops of the Jinsui Military Region all went out to fight on the front line of the Great Wall. Most of the troops left behind were newly upgraded local armed forces. These troops were originally good at this combat style. If you let them fight in positional warfare, they would I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on for too long. You make the Japanese troops he harasses restless and exhausted, and then use the power of these local armed forces to trap the Japanese troops near their strongholds. This is their fighting style.
Fighting sap and using dirty tricks are the strengths of these local armed forces. If you let them fight the Japanese army face-to-face in regular combat, their abilities will be much worse. Although these local armed forces have now been upgraded to the main force, many cadres of the army , it turned out that the main force also went down. But the combat style developed through long-term combat cannot be changed in a short time.
To put it bluntly, if you throw these troops into an area where the enemy is stationed with heavy troops, they will still be able to survive, fight the Japanese, and carry out sabotage attacks. Even if the Japanese army is repeatedly mopping up, these troops will fall into temporary difficulties, but as long as they are slightly Let them take a breather and they will develop and grow again.
The 18th Group Army of this era has this ability. But if you ask it to fight such a tough battle, it doesn't mean that it cannot be fought. It is the concept formed in the minds of many cadres that this kind of battle is not cost-effective. Pay the effort. The price is paid, but there may not be much gain.
Over the years, inferior weapons, equipment and training, as well as complex survival conditions, have made these troops develop the habit of fighting independently. This is an advantage of the Guanchi troops, but it is also a disadvantage. That is, they can clenched into fists when needed. When fighting out, they can also fight independently when dispersed, and have strong survivability. This is the advantage of the internal team.
But in some aspects, it is not a disadvantage. Coupled with the impact of natural disasters, without the participation of an outsider like Yang Zhen, in fact, the troops of the 18th Group Army did not return to the early stage of the War of Resistance until the end of the War of Resistance because of the rapid expansion of the troops. The ability of mobile warfare. Even some troops did not fully grasp the combat capabilities of large corps until the eve of the final battle.
Two troops who are accustomed to different combat modes and have two completely different combat styles collide and fight together. It would be strange if there is no problem. Everyone is fighting based on their own old experience, but the old experience was originally useful against the Japanese army. , when they cooperated, there were situations where they undermined each other.
Last year in the Rehe battlefield, the advancing army and the Anti-Japanese Alliance only supported and cooperated with each other strategically. Tactically, they did not cooperate. These problems have not yet been revealed. Moreover, the troops that make up the advancing army are from the two major military regions. The elite troops are almost all old Red Army troops.
There are even those who served as regimental commanders during the Red Army and are still serving as regimental commanders now. Although there are some shortcomings in training and command, the respective commanders have made up for this shortcoming to some extent by relying on their own abilities. But now the two armies are really The first time they cooperated in tactics, this difference in concept was fully reflected.