When they received the telegram from the commander-in-chief regarding the other party's reply, Yang Zhen and Guo Bingxun had just returned to their headquarters in Xingshan Fortress after completing the summer campaign that lasted more than half a month but did not end very satisfactorily.
In the just-concluded summer offensive campaign, Yang Zhen and Guo Bingxun each took charge of one side and commanded the first and second regiments respectively. They cooperated with the basic regiments of the two divisions and strengthened the complement of the first and second regiments.
Summer offensive campaign expanding east and south.【.Com text】
Taking down Suibin and Tangyuan, and taking down all the jurisdictions of the two divisions, is Yang Zhen's long-awaited battle plan. Now tens of thousands of troops have gathered in Luobei, and Heli has two people with such a large population.
Together they are within a small county of only over 100,000 people. Even if part of Foshan is included, the total is less than 200,000 people. Not to mention anything else, the two counties are completely eaten up.
Most of the terrain in the two counties is the Xiaoxinganling Mountains. Although the landform and topography are favorable to Yang Zhen. But in other words, this terrain also represents another meaning, that is, it is vast and sparsely populated. As the last developed area in the entire Northeast
Most of these areas, which are mostly mountainous, rely on mineral resources or forestry to attract non-local manpower.
Except for those gold diggers, loggers and their families, most of the geographical situation here is mountainous. Compared with the Songnen Plain on the west side of the Xiaoxing'an Mountains and the fertile Liaohe Plain further south, it is not an attractive place.
Not much. Compared with Guan Nei, the Northeast, which is vast and sparsely populated and rich in land, has many more places to attract people from Guandong.
The fertile black soil in the Northeast is where food grows. The Chinese people who depend on food have no need to come to this small border county where the climate and geographical conditions are worse than the Songnen Plain and the Liaohe Plain. Let alone here.
It's only a river away from the ferocious Big Nose.
It is obvious that compared to little Japan, the people in the Northeast, who suffered from the invasion, burning, killing and plundering of Tsarist Russia, have less favorable impressions of the original Tsarist Russia and the current Soviet Union in the north. If it were not for the Kwantung Army to plunder land for the so-called pioneering group,
In the name of opening up wasteland, some farmers from the northeastern hinterland have been driven here to open up wasteland. I am afraid that the population here will be even thinner.
The population is sparsely populated, and it is difficult to replenish supplies. The self-produced food in several counties north of the Songhua River is not even enough for their own use. There is still room to supply Yang Zhen's tens of thousands of troops. Although Yang Zhen wanted to calm down and train the troops.
The harsh reality forced him to expand outward.
In the past, the size of the army was small, but it was nothing. Now the size of the army has reached tens of thousands. Even if these people eat, Luobei, a sparsely populated county, can even be said to be a small resource-based county in the 1930s.
Exhausted.
It is necessary to expand the living space. If the Japanese army cannot be attracted by the situation in Nomenhan to the west at this moment, seize Suibin, and wait for the Japanese army to react, they are likely to be enclosed in Luobei. Not only supplies, but also
The strategic maneuver space is extremely small. In Yang Zhen's words, even if you adjust your butt, it feels like the space is too small.
Contrary to Yang Zhen's expectation, who originally thought that the Japanese and puppet troops would resist desperately, the initial stage of the campaign went very smoothly. On the second day after launching the campaign, Yang Zhen occupied Suibin County almost without a fight. The Japanese troops in the city had already withdrawn, and the remaining
The puppet Manchukuo military and police surrendered without any resistance at all.
After occupying Suibin County, Yang Zhen used mobile ambush tactics with field artillery battalions in the Songhua River Estuary area northwest of Suibin County, with the cooperation of two companies each of infantry artillery and rapid-fire artillery. After an hour of fierce artillery battle, the three ships of the Puppet Manchurian Army Jimin, Limin, and Jiangtong were sunk in one fell swoop. The two ships Jiangqing and Lisui were severely damaged, and the Datong ship was captured and ran aground during the artillery battle.
In the three-hour artillery battle, Yang Zhen suffered heavy damage to a field artillery battalion, damaged eight field guns, and injured more than 200 officers and soldiers. In one fell swoop, he defeated the main fleet of the Puppet Manchurian Army stationed in the Heilongjiang Basin. He was killed and injured. Lieutenant General Yin Zuoqian, commander of the Puppet Manchuria Army, who was personally on the front line to supervise the battle, had more than 700 officers and soldiers, and defeated the 3rd Marine Regiment of the Puppet Manjiang Army stationed in Fujin, which came to snatch the stranded Datong ship.
After the artillery battle, the severely damaged Puppet Manchurian Army withdrew from the Suibin section of the Heilongjiang River from Foshan. Its activities on the Songhua River were also greatly weakened. Although it paid a heavy price, Yang Zhen ensured that he would pass through the river in the future. The smoothness and safety of water transportation channels in Heilongjiang.
While Yang Zhen was fighting a fierce battle with the puppet Manchurian Army at the mouth of the Songhua River, Guo Bingxun, who was also launching a campaign on the southern front at a small cost, had greatly supplemented the basic cadres of the second division by winning over lumberjacks to join the army. With their cooperation, Tangyuan County was captured.
Guo Bingxun's battle to liberate Tangyuan County was almost the same as Yang Zhen's occupation of Suibin. The Japanese troops in Tangyuan County had also withdrawn, and the remaining puppet Manchukuo soldiers and police only put up slight resistance before surrendering.
Although the first step of the campaign was achieved almost effortlessly, whether it was Yang Zhen or Guo Bingxun, subsequent campaign attempts encountered comprehensive setbacks. It would be nice to say it was a stalemate.
Yang Zhen's several attempts to forcibly cross the Songhua River on the northern front encountered strong resistance from the Japanese and puppet troops along the route. The Japanese army voluntarily abandoned Suibin County, but deployed heavy troops along the Songhua River. The Japanese army even did not hesitate to weaken the troops in the East Manchuria area. , dispatched the main force of the Japanese 11th Division to go north to join the battle.
The main force of the group that successfully smuggled across to the south of Suibin County was also besieged by the main force of the Fourth Division and the Seventh Puppet Manchukuo Military District on the east bank. There were planes on board the Japanese and puppet troops. Under the all-out encirclement and suppression by tanks and heavy artillery, Wang Guangyu could not stand at all and was forced to retreat to the west of the Songhua River.
While Yang Zhen's attempt to advance to the east was met with a stubborn sniper attack by the Japanese and puppet troops, Guo Bingxun, who captured Tangyuan County on the southern line and continued to move south, captured the entire territory of Fengshan, but encountered difficulties whether he was going south to Tonghe or west to Tieli. The Japanese and puppet troops were heavily besieged. After several hard battles, they were unable to achieve a breakthrough. Guo Bingxun, whose flanks were threatened by the Japanese and puppet troops in Suiling on the western front, could only switch to defense on the spot.
The progress in both directions failed one after another, which made Yang Zhen's feverish mind gradually calm down. He now understood that the Japanese army's current strategic intention was to trap themselves in the Xiaoxinganling Mountains to the west of the Songhua River, in a relatively narrow strategic space. within.
Most of this area is undeveloped virgin forest. Except for Tangyuan, the rest of the area is almost entirely sparsely populated mountainous areas. The population of one county in Fengshan County is even less than 30,000, and the combined population of several counties is only a few dozen. Thousands. Such a population base is simply unable to support an army of tens of thousands. This situation is the last thing Yang Zhen wants to see.
Occupying all three counties of Fengshan, Tangyuan and Suibin, although there is more room for maneuver, it cannot change the embarrassing situation of sparse population. Even among the rescued workers, due to their age or physical reasons, they have already lost their jobs.
Those who were not suitable for military service, together with their family members, totaling more than 10,000 people, formed a production and construction unit. But it takes time for the seeds to grow into food.
It is almost impossible for an army that has reached tens of thousands of people to fight only on captured food. The food problem has replaced the problem of weapons and equipment and the combat effectiveness of the troops, and has almost become Yang Zhen's biggest headache.
An army of tens of thousands is correct. After occupying Xingshan Street and Xingshan Fortress, Yang Zhen carefully selected more than 20,000 workers who were rescued from Xingshan Fortress and large and small coal mines in Heli area.
All the people were integrated into the army. In addition to making up for the casualties in the army, three supplementary regiments were formed.
After rapid expansion, in just over a month, Yang Zhen's troops had puffed up to nearly 40,000 ** troops. The expansion of the army is certainly a good thing, but the subsequent impact is
This made Yang Zhen, the head of this unit, feel quite anxious.
The matter of weapons and equipment can be said to have been basically solved after Ma Chunsheng revealed all the secrets in his heart. He even retained a certain amount of reserves. But for the 40,000 troops, not counting other supplies, the daily food and drink alone is
An astronomical number.
Even based on the minimum standard of one kilogram of food per person per day to maintain combat effectiveness. This 40,000-strong army alone consumes nearly 40,000 kilograms of food a day, not counting military uniforms, non-staple food and other necessary supplies. And this scale
, except for Tangyuan, several sparsely populated counties simply cannot afford it.
Although when they occupied Tangyuan, Fengshan, and Suibin, they seized more than a million kilograms of grain hoarded by the Japanese and puppets. Even if these grains were based on the minimum standards, they would not last until the end of the year. Knowing that in order to recover the rescued laborers
My body is already extremely weak, and the daily ration of one pound of food is simply not enough.
When the attempt to advance eastward failed, Yang Zhen withdrew to his headquarters in Xingshan Fortress. He could only shake his head and smile wryly at Guo Bingxun, who was retreating with him. He fed the tens of thousands of troops.
Horse chewing is really not easy.
Yang Zhen is not without solutions to this problem, but everything must be based on winning the battle. Although there is no movement from the Japanese army yet, it does not mean that they do not value themselves. The heavy troops they encountered in Fujin and Tieli
The encirclement and suppression campaign clearly illustrates the problem.
Looking at Yang Zhen who was brows puzzled, Guo Bingxun handed him a glass of water and said: "Old Yang, you don't need to be too anxious. The supplies we have on hand are enough to last until winter. It's only six months now.
Month, we still have time.”
"Besides, it is not necessarily a bad thing for us that we have encountered certain setbacks. Don't you think that our fight has been too smooth since we went north? Whether it is grassroots cadres and soldiers, some mid-level and senior commanders, or even
There is more or less the phenomenon of underestimating the enemy in our heads. If this continues in the long run, it will only be harmful to us."
"To be honest, Lao Yang, if you had made adequate preparations and conducted battlefield reconnaissance many times when you marched eastward to Fujin, it is impossible that you would not have discovered that part of the Japanese 11th Division had arrived in the area north of Fujin County.
Deploy defenses. And the great changes in the Fourth Division are something we have never imagined before."
"It's not just you, I am also a little too careless. If after taking Fengshan County, I defend to the south, expand to the west, and attack Suiling first, I am afraid that the current situation will not happen. Even if I
After capturing Fengshan County, we should be more vigilant against the Japanese and puppet troops in the direction of Suiling, and this will not lead to a complete setback for our army on the southern front."
"I didn't expect that Suiling's puppet Manchukuo army would dare to attack us at night with their inferior strength. A main company of the second regiment, occupying favorable terrain, was actually attacked by a battalion of the puppet Manchukuo army that had strengthened some forest police forces.
Defeated. Such a result can only be said that we have a careless mind from top to bottom."
"Seeing that the Japanese and puppet troops in Suiling only had a small gendarmerie squad, a small number of puppet Manchu troops plus forest and railway police, I became careless. Ignored the threat of the puppet Manchu troops to our army. Maybe it was because the previous battle was too intense.
By the way, we all underestimated the Puppet Manchukuo military and police too much."
"These ordinary cadres and soldiers below can be forgiven for not thinking about it, but it is incomprehensible for us commanders not to think about it. The current temporary setback can not only kill the arrogance of the troops, but also calm our heads. To be honest,
We launched this offensive somewhat hastily."
"The reason for the setback is not just the underestimation of the enemy. Our army suffered serious attrition in the previous stage and has not yet fully replenished it. Now it seems that the strength of the army is not small, but the number of experienced veterans has dropped sharply. And in Xing
Although the number of new recruits in mountainous areas is large, they still need training."
"The combat effectiveness of our previous troops was based on the backbone trained in the Laoheidingzi secret camp, coupled with short-term but extremely intense training that can be said to be overloaded. But these new recruits now
The effect of one month of training is simply incomparable to the previous time at Qunce Mountain."
"When we were at Qunce Mountain, we could almost describe it as not counting work. At that time, recruit formation training was only conducted at night, and during the day, in addition to marching training, there was weapons operation training. Half a month later, we even started to conduct squad formation tactics.
Collaborative training.”
"But now a month has passed, and the new recruits have only completed the formation and basic weapons operation training. Even the live ammunition shooting has just begun. When such new recruits are added to the army, it is not called an increase in combat effectiveness. It is already a burden even if it is not said to be a burden.
You’re welcome.”
"This situation is certainly due to the fact that our current backbone has suffered too many casualties at the front and we cannot allocate too much manpower to train new recruits. But it is also because the situation has eased slightly and we no longer have the same sense of urgency as when we were at Qunce Mountain.
.So Lao Yang, I feel that the current setback is not entirely a bad thing for us. At least it allows us to recognize the situation clearly and calm down."
"Now for us, taking advantage of this rare period of calm, it is more important to train the troops with all our strength than to expand our survival. Only when the troops grow stronger and the combat effectiveness increases can we defend our territory. Otherwise, even if we regain those areas, we will not stand still.
You can't stand it. Sooner or later, you'll have to be kicked out."
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