Having said this, Yang Zhen pointed to the progress of various ministries on the map and said: "The Kwantung Army is currently deployed in southern Manchuria. Several divisions in North Korea suffered heavy losses in last year's battle. They are also nominally still in Japan and Japan.
North Korea is undergoing repairs or reconstruction, but they have not completed the repairs at all because the Japanese military control is too tight, and we currently have no information at all."
"However, judging from the mobilization efficiency and speed of the Japanese army in the past, these troops that we have reduced to empty frames last year, except for a small number of left-behind troops, should have been replenished. The overall mobilization efficiency of the Japanese army is
It is incomparable to other countries, and their reserve troops are far more abundant than ours."
"In particular, there are quite a lot of veterans who have participated in the war of aggression against China. Although it is a little difficult to make up for last year's losses, there is basically no big problem. The most important thing is to mobilize these veterans.
After a short period of adaptive training, they can be put into actual combat. Therefore, we must treat these divisions as complete divisions."
"What we know now is that among these divisions, except for the Second Division, which has been transferred to the Southern Army, the remaining 1st, 19th, and 20th Divisions are concentrated in North Korea and Japan.
.These divisions are probably just resting in name only and may be put into the battlefield at any time. The Japanese army has the advantage of sea transportation. When needed, they can transfer several divisions to the Northeast to participate in the war at any time."
"And in addition to these reorganized divisions, the 13th Division mobilized by the Japanese army from the Guanci Civil War has arrived in Dalian. The 9th Division, which was originally transferred back to China, has now returned to North Korea and has arrived in Busan at any time.
They can all reach the Northeast through railway transportation to participate in the war."
"Not counting the divisions they currently deploy in Jilin and the west of Xing'an Mountains, plus the 57th Division originally stationed in Southern Manchuria, there are six divisions concentrated in Southern Manchuria and North Korea alone, plus
The total number of troops assigned to us has reached more than 200,000. These Japanese divisions are now watching us eagerly in Southern Manchuria and Korea."
"Once our strength is exhausted on the battlefield, these Japanese divisions will not hesitate to launch a comprehensive counterattack under the command of the Kwantung Army Headquarters. By then, our outcome will probably be quite disastrous. Don't forget,
The Korean Army and the Kwantung Army have always shared weal and woe and advanced and retreated together."
"Constrained by the narrowness of Japan's mainland and the actual situation of little room for maneuver, the Japanese army has always preferred to attack rather than defend strategically. But this does not mean that their thinking is static. At least, they will say whatever they want on the top of the mountain.
They still understand the truth."
"And the greatest advantage of the Japanese is that they are good at learning from the strengths of others. They lure the enemy deep and use solid defense to consume the opponent's effective strength. After the veterans of their divisions are exhausted and suffer heavy losses, they will then mobilize new reinforcements to engage in a full-scale counterattack tactic. It is not only ours
It will be used. When necessary, the Japanese army, which always pays attention to offense, will also use it."
"You have already seen the current development of the war on the entire battlefield. Except that Chen Hanzhang made great progress by taking advantage of the connection between the Japanese 28th Division and the 51st Division, where the defensive strength was relatively weak.
On the entire midline battlefield, whether it is Du Kaishan or Wang Xiaoming, except for the smooth initial breakthrough, there is not much follow-up progress so far."
"Of course there is a reason for the Japanese army's desperate resistance. But for more than half a year, the Japanese army has built a large number of semi-permanent fortifications and field fortifications at various frontline defense positions, as well as the large-depth defense lines it has established.
Attack a great obstacle."
"If we hadn't taken tanks as the lead, the infantry would quickly follow up the assault. We would also have distributed recoilless guns, large-caliber machine guns and other weapons to the entire army that could deal with Japanese field fortifications and semi-permanent fortifications, as well as against the anti-counterfeiting weapons built by the Japanese army.
The tank trenches have adopted relatively reasonable tactics, and our casualties on the first day of today's battle are not expected to be that small. It is estimated that even the breakthrough of its forward position will not be so smooth."
"Lao Ma, we can't drain our blood in one place just because of temporary gains. We still have a long way to go, and this war cannot be over in a short time. Our perspective is better to take a longer-term view.
We can’t limit ourselves to Xinjing. You can fight any battle in the future. Xinjing may not be captured now, but we will definitely regain it in the future.”
"If the Japanese army hadn't suddenly transferred the 51st Division to Nanxing'an, the front of Aershan would have received information that the Japanese 13th Division had arrived in Dalian and that the Japanese troops stationed in Korea had moved. The Chief of Staff and I, like you, would still have
We did not realize that the heavy troop cluster deployed by the Japanese army north of Xinjing, including Xinjing, was a bait set by the Japanese army for us."
"Their real purpose is to take advantage of our mentality to capture Xinjing during the deployment stage of the campaign. They will use the solid defense lines that have been built north of Xinjing, including around Xinjing, to exhaust our effective forces, and then use them to
The newly mobilized force is engaged in a full-scale counterattack, trying to completely solve our entire resistance alliance and base areas in one fell swoop."
"Judging from the battle situation sent by Tao Jingfei, the Japanese and Korean troops have been rapidly expanding and their total strength has reached three divisions. Now our East Wolf and South Tiger, even on the western front where the Japanese army has the weakest strength, except for the existing
In addition to the 23rd Division and the 51st Division, we can also receive support from the Japanese North China Front at any time."
"Under this situation, if we are a little careless, not only will we not be able to achieve our own strategic goals, but it will bring irreparable losses to ourselves. So for you, this degree must be mastered. Both
We must firmly attract the attention of the Japanese army to the north of Xinjing without causing too many casualties and giving the Japanese army an opportunity to bite us back."
"Of course, if conditions permit, the headquarters will consider whether to capture Xinjing. But this premise is that we can achieve our first strategic goal and the situation permits. However, your momentum is getting stronger and stronger.
OK. We must convince the Kwantung Army that our main target for this battle is Xinjing and the grain-producing areas north of Xinjing."
"As for other directions, they are just diversionary actions. All offensives are carried out consciously to disperse their forces. The deployment of Japanese troops in the heavy troop group in South Manchuria attracted my attention to the Xinjing front line to reduce the impact on the western front.
pressure to ensure that our true strategic intentions can be achieved."
"This is also the reason why the headquarters concentrated nearly half of our mobile forces and 60% of the artillery and armored forces on the front and two wings of Xingjing during the launch stage of the campaign, and used the main force of the aviation force in this direction. Even even
Our main strategic objectives on the Western Front have not concentrated so much artillery, armor, and aviation."
"To put it bluntly, in this battle, you, who seem to be the protagonist on the battlefield, are actually a supporting role. But although you are a supporting role, you are the first supporting role. And you, a supporting role, have to take on the role of the protagonist to a certain extent. Can you
If you can't enter the play as quickly as possible, it depends on how you grasp it. Whether our big play can be performed successfully, your position as a supporting role and protagonist is very important."
Of course, Yang Zhen did not say it clearly. Can he say that the reason why he is controlling the intensity and direction of the troops' attack is to drag the Americans into the water who are still watching the fire on the other side of the ocean? Is it to not change the original magnificent history of World War II?
How would Yang Zhen feel at ease if too much Japanese blood was drained at once, making the Japanese unable to move south and leaving the Americans to stay out of the situation?
The Americans have used their unique status to make money on both sides for too long, and they have made enough money. It is time for them to let go. If they do not drag the Americans into the water, it will be worthy of the Americans' participation in this war.
Those blood-stained gold and dollars obtained from the war that swept the world?
If I express all my thoughts, I'm afraid I will scare the capable general in front of me to death. After all, except for the Japanese who think that there is no one in the world that they cannot afford to offend, who can be 100% sure about the Japanese?
Will they take the initiative to attack Americans?
Although he did not tell all the reasons, Yang Zhen felt that he had said enough. Regarding the true intention of this operation, division-level cadres knew that, except for several division commanders on the Western Front, Ma Chunsheng was currently the only one.
.If he wasn't afraid that this guy would be so audacious and head straight for Xinjing, Yang Zhen wouldn't have been able to say this to him.
In fact, if Ma Chunsheng had not served as chief of staff for a long time and had never served as a military officer, he lacked the experience of actually commanding a large-scale combined force. Yang Zhen would not have transferred Du Kaishan to the Western Front at this time, but directly
Send him to the Western Front to replace Wang Guangyu.
After last year's battle on the Eastern Front was under his sole command for most of the time, and in the first half of this year he has been responsible for the task of fighting various units. This guy is now much more mature and steady. He has long since gotten rid of his original irritability, and as long as he feels
A character who doesn't care if the opportunity is favorable.
In addition, he is flexible and changeable. He is not rigid in fighting and has flexible tactics. He can completely stand alone. Yang Zhen is very relieved to put him in this direction. But now the Western Front needs a commander who is good at mountain warfare.
To replace Wang Guangyu who led the team's detour. In addition, the result of the Western Front is the most important factor in whether the strategic goal can be achieved this time. The only choice is to send Du Kaishan, a guy with relatively rich experience in mountain warfare.
Since both Wang Xiaoming and Tao Jingfei were unable to be transferred from their current positions, Liu Changshun's command style was not suitable for the current situation, and he had to coordinate the overall situation, Yang Zhen hesitated again and again and chose Ma Chunsheng. Of course, it was
I took a fancy to this guy's keen sense of smell and flexible and eclectic tactical style on the battlefield.
Although this guy has little combat experience in commanding a large corps, he is bold, careful, has a lot of clever ideas, and is capable enough to cope with the situation at hand. As long as he grasps the overall situation, this guy can still make a difference in the middle line.
At least the intention of attracting the Kwantung Army's attention to the direction of Xinjing can still be achieved.
But the shortcoming is that this guy is a little too courageous. If the original Du Kaishan dared to poke a hole in the sky with a bamboo pole, then Ma Chunsheng is the kind of person who dares to lift a hole in the sky. He is indeed very thoughtful.
, but what is different from others is that his courage is precisely because of his carefulness and grasp of fighting opportunities.