Speaking of this, the old commander couldn't help but sigh: "Judging from the information transferred from the central government, my old subordinates are amazing. Except for the fact that they don't have a navy, the rest of their equipment is better than the national equipment before the July 7th Incident."
The government army is much stronger. In their autumn battle last year, they dispatched hundreds of aircraft, more than a hundred tanks, and a large number of heavy artillery to cooperate with the battle."
"One of their divisions, according to the organization they reported to the central government, has three infantry regiments and one artillery regiment in each division. In addition to the mortars and infantry guns belonging to the infantry regiment, only the artillery of more than 75 mm belonging to the division is
There are thirty-six guns. The total strength of the division is nearly 20,000, and the number of guns is more than the number of people. If the artillery of the entire division were added together, our previous entire army would not be able to match it."
"In last summer's battle, they consumed tens of thousands of artillery shells on just one local battlefield in one day and night. If it were you and me, no, any unit of the entire army, they wouldn't be able to win this kind of battle no matter how hard they try.
They started it. Now they have promised that as long as we reach the territory of Jehol, all ammunition and materials will be supplied by them by air."
"Old man, they now have strong troops and great wealth. Their troops and equipment are not comparable to those of us, the old superiors. When it comes to the results of the war against Japan, we, the old superiors, should be ashamed. Several main divisions are fighting for these few
In the year, no one has achieved great results in the summer battle last year. Old subordinate, please don’t mention this again."
After listening to the emotions and worries of his old comrade, the equally experienced political commissar could only smile bitterly. The contrast between the troops transitioning from guerrilla status to regular combat was too great. Infantry and artillery coordination, as well as ground-air coordination in the future, would not be the best for the original
It is indeed a considerable challenge to rely solely on infantry for combat, and rely more on explosive troops for critical battles.
Now, with the strong support from the Northeast, the army's equipment has made great progress. In addition to the lack of heavy artillery, it has a complete range of wild mountain artillery, infantry artillery, and mortars. The number is not small, and the artillery shells are also sufficient. But the coordination of infantry and artillery
Ability is indeed a considerable test for commanders at all levels.
After all, although this batch of equipment is large in quantity, it does not take long to transport it. The combat tasks designated by the central government are too tight, but the combined training of the troops has just begun. The frequent raids by the Japanese army have seriously reduced the strength of the troops.
There is not much time for synthetic training.
Among the several military regions that received equipment transferred from the Anti-Japanese Alliance, except for the Shanxi-Suiyuan Military Region, which took advantage of the geographical convenience of being backed by the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region, it was easier and faster to change equipment. The rest of the troops, whether they were from Shanxi-Chacha
Hebei is still in the Taihang area, and you have to pass through multiple Japanese blockades to reach northern Shaanxi.
No matter whether a large amount of equipment is transported from under the nose of the Japanese army, each unit has to cross the Japanese blockade and go to the Jinsui Military Region to change equipment. After the change of equipment is completed, they still have to cross the Japanese blockade without letting the Japanese notice it.
And then return. At the same time, all this must be kept strictly confidential, which is not an easy task.
Coupled with the interference of frequent raids by the Japanese army in retaliation for last year's Hundred Regiment War. In addition to the Shanxi-Sui Military Region, which completed all the changes at the beginning of the year, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region and the 129th Division began to change their equipment at the latest.
It was not until the end of last month that all the re-equipment work was completed for the troops.
If the Japanese army in North China had not focused its main energy on the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain in May, judging from the intensity of the Japanese army's raids and blockades of various base areas in North China since the end of the Hundred Regiments War last year, I am afraid that the replacement work would not have been completed by now. Even if
In this way, the training of artillery and some technical arms has not been completely completed so far.
It's okay to say that infantry weapons are type 38 rifles, crooked light machine guns, type 92 heavy machine guns and grenade launchers. They are also one of the main weapons used by troops in various base areas in North China. For the 18th Group Army, which is extremely short of equipment and ammunition
, whether it is the old Hanyang-made rifles brought by the troops during the reorganization, or the Central Army's abandoned Chinese and Czech rifles collected when crossing the Yellow River eastward, or the imitation 38-type rifles of the Jinsui Army, all comers are accepted.
Even when the 29th Army retreated, they discarded the Liao 13th rifle, the poor-quality Daku machine gun, and the rifle machine gun made in Zhangqiu. The old sleeves collected from civilian armed forces and the only ammunition they had were all used up.
There is no place to look for Italian-made rifles. These broken weapons don’t even have spare parts. I can’t put them down.
There are even many places where the armed forces are equipped with Duxulong, a homemade pistol that fires one bullet at a time. When the Beiyang warlords retreated, they abandoned various old rifles with different calibers and no ammunition. More
Not to mention the Japanese-made Type 38 rifles, crooked-handle light machine guns, and Type 92 heavy machine guns that were much more sophisticated than domestically produced weapons.
Since I crossed the Yellow River eastward and joined the anti-Japanese battlefield, I have captured a lot of these equipment, and I am very familiar with them. Compared with artillery weapons, these infantry weapons are easier to master. But artillery and other technical arms are not so good.
Fiddled with. Without long-term study and training, it is simply impossible to develop combat effectiveness.
If this old comrade beside me hadn't thought far enough, last year when the central government mobilized troops from major strategic areas to be airlifted to the Northeast, it requested the Anti-Resistance Alliance to train a group of artillery backbones for major strategic areas.
If there are not enough personnel to use them, let alone being unable to complete the tasks assigned by the central government, the entire army may become a joke.
Fortunately, there is still less than half a month until the launch of the campaign assigned by the central government. For synthetic training, such a small amount of time is certainly a bit tight, but it is still enough time to sharpen weapons before the battle. I hope these cadres can use this time to
Mature as quickly as possible.
Although he knew that it was far from the time to be optimistic, the veteran political commissar thought for a while and persuaded the old comrade who looked somewhat worried: "Brother, don't be too aggressive about this matter."
There are still half a month left before the final time for the launch of the campaign issued by the central government."
"Although half a month is not too much time, I think we can use this half month to strengthen the training of cadres at all levels. Although time is a bit tight, I want to simply conduct infantry and artillery coordination training.
There is still enough time to sharpen your weapons before the battle. At the same time, make final adjustments and additions to the organization of the troops."
"And didn't the central government say in the telegram that the main strength of the Japanese army in Jehol in this battle is to be dealt with by the Anti-Japanese Alliance. They have concentrated more than 100,000 heavy troops in that direction, as well as a large number of tanks, heavy artillery and aviation.
With these modern weapons and the judgment of the strength of the Japanese army in the direction of Jehol, I think this battle should not be difficult for them."
"As for us, the central government has clearly instructed that the main purpose of this battle to go north to Jehol is to clear out the Japanese and puppet forces in the countryside, cut off the connections between Japanese and puppet troops in various places, and restrain the Japanese North China Front in Hebei from going north for reinforcements. According to this battle plan, our
The main combat targets are puppet troops and a small number of Japanese garrison troops."
"Although the combat effectiveness of the Puppet Manchu Army in Rehe is much stronger than that of the Puppet Security Army in North China, and the centripetal force is relatively strong. However, under the current situation in Northeast China, the Puppet Manchu Army may not be too stable. Otherwise,
The Kwantung Army would not have disarmed most of the puppet Manchukuo army when the summer campaign of the Anti-Japanese War was intensifying last year and the front line needed a lot of reinforcements."
"Even the puppet Manchukuo troops transferred to Rehe have sent a large number of Japanese advisers to strictly control them. Even the heavy weapons have been confiscated, and the distribution of ammunition must be controlled in the hands of the Japanese army. Under this situation, I think
With our current situation of sufficient ammunition, there is no big problem in completing the tasks assigned by the central government."
"Old man, the strength of the Anti-Japanese Alliance is much stronger than ours. Whether it is equipment or the quality of large-scale combined operations, it is much higher than us. Didn't you once say that the kind of battle they fight?
Can't we fight? If you are inferior to others, you are inferior to others. There is nothing to be embarrassed about in front of our brother troops."
Speaking of this, the veteran political commissar smiled bitterly and said: "Compared with the main force of the 115th Division and the Shandong Column, at least our main force has now completed the reloading. The reserve of ammunition is now extremely sufficient. I'm afraid they are the best.
The most troublesome thing is that the deputy commander-in-chief would not have rushed to Shandong in person."
"This time the various military regions in North China are reloading, the main force of the 115th Division and the Shandong Column have only been reloaded with light weapons from two regiments due to limited transportation lines. In terms of ammunition distribution, the central government tried every means to transport less than eight
One hundred thousand rounds. In addition to the 500,000 rounds of ammunition airdropped by the Anti-Alliance Aviation Forces stationed in northern Shaanxi at the risk. The total of the two is added to only 1.3 million rounds of ammunition."
"Now they are asked to contain two infantry divisions, three mixed brigades, and a large number of heavy artillery and tanks under the extremely complex situation among China, Japan and China, and the Kuomintang army has initiated frictions many times.
The Japanese Twelfth Army cannot go north for reinforcements, so I’m afraid it won’t be that easy.”
"Even though the central government has ordered the Third Division of the New Fourth Army to go north to cooperate with them, the situation and pressure they face are still much more difficult than ours. In any case, our equipment this time has been fundamentally changed.
Although it cannot be compared with the Anti-Japanese Alliance, it can be regarded as more than enough. At least the shortage of ammunition has been effectively alleviated."
Hearing the words of encouragement from his old comrade, the old commander nodded slightly, but then shook his head and said: "Just do your best. In any case, I have taken over the heavy burden. Facing the remaining Japanese troops
We have a small number of garrison troops and puppet Manchukuo troops. If we don't fight well, we will really have no face to see anyone, let alone have any way to explain to the central government."
"You are right. Although the remaining time is a little tight, there is not any room for maneuver. Half a month is still barely enough to train infantry and artillery coordination tactics. But we also need to add the newly formed new
During the adjustment of the brigade-level organization, each unit must be familiar with each other, and time is also very tight. Now we can only sharpen the guns as much as possible during this final moment of sharpening their guns in battle."