Looking at the brigade commander's ashamed and aggrieved face, the commander could only shake his head. He didn't know that the troops were almost out of food. Now, even if Jireliao marches into the entire headquarters, they can only guarantee drinking water in a day.
After two meals of gruel, the situation of the troops below can only get worse.
He also knew that sending troops to disperse to collect food was a helpless choice. What he was angry about was not that the brigade went out to collect food on its own, but that when collecting food, there was no overall detailed plan and they fought independently. The three regiments acted independently, resulting in the original
Superior military strength becomes a disadvantage in battle.
But you have three infantry regiments in your brigade, not directly affiliated with it. Why can't you act in a unified manner when collecting food, and let each regiment disperse to do it? During the short rest period, why can't you concentrate on garrisoning? You consider that the soldiers' bodies cannot bear it
In a short period of time, it takes more than ten or dozens of miles to cover the mountain road. So why not gather all the troops to garrison together?
Now that food has been cut off and it is extremely difficult to raise food locally, there is no need to concentrate or disperse it. Because Rehe is basically a new area at the moment, the entire army is fighting without a rear. And the local area has been forcibly implemented by the Japanese army to implement group tribes.
Policy, and in a sparsely populated situation, even if you disperse the guerrillas, you cannot solve the problem of food for the troops.
And since the troops have run out of food, why not ask for help from the headquarters. Although the headquarters is also very nervous, it is not without the ability to squeeze out a small amount of food to supplement you and solve some of the urgent needs. Besides, even if the headquarters is short of food and the headquarters is hungry,
Nor can the combat troops be completely deprived of food.
You are not afraid of getting food, and it is not a problem to mobilize troops. But after knowing the situation, why don't you adjust the deployment? Deploy troops to replace those who are going to get food? You have three regiments of troops in hand, can you completely mobilize a whole regiment to do it?
That is to facilitate coordination, and because they are familiar with each other, the cooperation is much better. Can the remaining two regiments move closer to each other and concentrate their forces to prepare for battle?
What's even more serious is that in the subsequent counterattack, the overall tactics were not even satisfactory. As a senior commander, no one requires you to be proficient in everything. But why don't you go where you don't understand?
Can you listen to reasonable suggestions from others?
There is also artillery command. Since I don’t understand it, why don’t I leave it to professionals to command? Why do I have to have it in my own hands? There are more than a dozen artillery pieces, and each battalion of the troops participating in the counterattack is divided into parts. Do you think this is a division?
What about clothes? But even if you divide clothes, you can't just divide them randomly without even caring about the size.
The Anti-Japanese Federation has transferred a large number of personnel to assist you in tactical training. Why don't you listen to their opinions? Your brigade chief of staff was transferred from the Anti-Japanese Federation and once served as the deputy chief of staff of the division. In this kind of battle, others will take command.
He has more experience than you. Why not listen to his opinions and ideas?
If it weren't for the Japanese and puppet troops fighting in the mountains and taking advantage of the sneak attack. With the flanks collapsed and the core position exposed, I would first feel guilty when I found that the opponent's equipment was almost the same as my own and that reinforcements were coming back one after another.
If you take the initiative to retreat, the consequences of this battle will be quite serious. Maybe the main force of your brigade will be eaten.
In fact, there are some deep-seated reasons. How could this veteran commander not understand in his heart? The fact that he allowed his troops to act without authorization without unified deployment may seem to be due to the physical strength of the troops. In fact, it is because of the physical strength of the troops.
The most fundamental reason is one sentence: "Guerrilla habits cannot be changed."
When the Eighteenth Army crossed the Yellow River eastward to open up anti-Japanese base areas behind enemy lines, in addition to retaining part of the main force, the rest of the troops were divided into different organizations according to the enemy's situation. Drawing the scope of each guerrilla zone on the map would be considered
Areas of jurisdiction of each military unit.
As for how to make troubles and whether they can develop and pull up the troops, you have to look at the abilities of your commanders at all levels. At that time, the Japanese army, which was busy attacking cities and territories behind enemy lines, only occupied towns and could not take care of the vast countryside for the time being. The National Government
Various county governments followed the troops in withdrawing southward, leaving the vast countryside completely blank. It was a good time to build base areas.
However, although it is a blank, it is not peaceful either. Spontaneous by the common people in various places, the defeated armies of various numbers of the National Government, organized by local powerful people, and even teams organized by mountain kings from various places are everywhere. Even within a county, there are
There were seven or eight commanders-in-chief and a dozen army commanders. Anyway, there were plenty of civilian guns, plus the weapons discarded by the national army when they retreated. At that time, as long as someone pulled together a team, it was not too difficult.
Although there are many truly anti-Japanese teams among them, most of them take the opportunity to expand their own power, distribute funds under the banner of anti-Japanese, and make a lot of money from the national crisis. Many of them surrendered as soon as the Japanese troops came and became emperors.
Army. Under this situation, it is undoubtedly a very good opportunity to establish a base area.
When superiors give you policies, they will also give you some troops. Of course, they will also give you some organizational structure. Independent regiments and new regiments were all developed at this time. Your superiors will give you organizational structure, but other things, including weapons and ammunition,
Military uniforms and funds must be raised by oneself. Not only must everything be raised by oneself, but part of it must also be turned over to superiors to help the main force expand.
There is no way, the capital of the Eighteenth Group Army is not enough. If we do not seize the time to develop and strengthen ourselves, we will rely on the three organic divisions allocated by the National Government for one group army, but only have the funds for one division. Let alone fighting behind enemy lines, it is very difficult to survive.
, can’t even eat.
In an extremely complicated situation, these people not only expanded their base areas behind enemy lines, but also formed a team. However, the guerrilla habits they developed and the habit of fighting on their own will be difficult to get rid of in a short period of time. There is no way.
In such a severe situation behind enemy lines, if you want to survive and develop, you should use whatever method works.
Weapons and ammunition are easy to say. Thanks to more than ten years of warlord fighting and social unrest, the number of civilian guns in North China is still higher than that in Northeast China. Although there are not many good guns, the actual number is still very large. Moreover, the National Government has
When North China fought with the Japanese army, the number of guns lost was also quite huge.
There is no way. The national army has not learned how to retreat on the battlefield since the day it was formed. It often retreats and retreats, and the troops disintegrate inexplicably. Although they have suffered repeated defeats, every defeat always turns into a rout in the end.
.This problem was not corrected until the late period of the Anti-Japanese War. In the Battle of Henan, Hunan and Guangxi, most of the troops were not defeated, but ran away.
Not to mention the light and heavy machine guns of these defeated troops, these relatively bulky weapons and equipment, even rifles, were scattered everywhere. Even when the 115th Division was originally formed and the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei base area was divided, one company was in one place.
Hundreds of Czech-made light machine guns and Czech-style rifles abandoned by the 29th Army during its southward retreat were recovered.
The Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region has grown from a few companies when it was first divided into more than 30 regiments, with a main force of tens of thousands. Collecting weapons discarded by the defeated army and civilian guns has made a lot of sense.
Otherwise, relying solely on seizures and the meager output of one's own arsenal, even if an army is formed, there will be no weapons for use.
It is not too difficult to disperse the various guerrilla units and collect weapons. But other materials are not so easy to obtain, and the local snakes will not let you easily gain a foothold on their territory. And although guns are not difficult,
Yes, but ammunition is hard to come by.
Without ammunition, the gun in hand is not even as good as a fire stick. There are also food, military uniforms and all the necessary materials to maintain combat effectiveness. They all need to have enough food and clothing by themselves. In order to survive and continue to fight the Japanese army, what can these troops do?
All have been used.
In order to obtain urgently needed ammunition and funds, some troops even became kings of the mountain and engaged in the kidnapping business. Of course, those kidnapped were not ordinary people, but the families of puppet officials and wealthy businessmen who had defected to the enemy and puppet forces. Over the past few years,
Through the arduous struggle, the troops have indeed grown and expanded, and their base areas have also expanded. However, these troops have also developed the problem of fighting independently and lacking effective cooperation.
This is better among the main forces and fist forces of each military region. After all, these troops, as mobile forces of the large military regions, have always maintained their organizational structure intact, and their supplies are also uniformly provided by the military regions. But those who are the backbone of the military regions
This problem is particularly prominent in newly formed regiments and independent regiments promoted from regiments and local county brigades.
He raised his head and looked at the leading brigade commander in front of him, as well as other cadres above the regiment level. The old commander said in a serious tone: "I'm not complaining that you indulged the troops in independent activities in order to raise food, causing such serious losses to the troops.
But think about it for yourself, the various determinations you made during the battle and the loopholes in your deployment."
"It is not a problem to raise food, but the troops below acted without permission. You, the brigade commander, not only failed to stop it after discovering it, but also did not adjust the deployment according to the situation. Instead, you maintained the original deployment unchanged. Even
While you still have a regiment in your hands, you haven't increased the strength of your flanks."
"You are also a veteran of the Red Army, with rich experience in actual combat. In the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, you were originally the military division commander responsible for a strategic direction. You should be very clear that the tasks that originally required a regiment were reduced to a battalion after the force was reduced.
We have to defend such a long cordon, and what will happen when we face a strong enemy?"
"Especially when the troops' physical strength and combat effectiveness decline extremely quickly due to lack of food. You only have one battalion on your entire flank, and the troops themselves are neglected. In Japan, where a local strength advantage has been formed,
How long can you hold out under a sneak attack by the puppet army?"
"If the Japanese and puppet troops hadn't made their own mistakes after the successful sneak attack. Once they ignored the harassment of our remaining troops and continued to forcefully advance towards your deep attack, you wouldn't even have time to mobilize your troops for a counterattack. You
This brigade will be completely defeated by others. There is even a possibility that the entire army will be destroyed. As a brigade commander, can you still sit here and have a meeting now?"