At this point, Wang Guangyu paused and looked at what he said. After hearing his words, Yang Zhenhou continued with an expressionless face: "My idea is to keep the main force in my hands and use one force to attack the core to mobilize the Japanese army.
After the Japanese army breaks away from the current fortifications, we will use our advantages in firepower and mobility to eliminate one or most of the Japanese army on the move. As long as we can eat part of the main force of the Japanese army, I think we can completely reverse the current situation on the Linxi battlefield.
situation.
"No. 1, in fact, my deployment is also risky. I only use one regiment to attack Linxi County. In fact, the strength of the attack is only roughly equal to the regular troops of the Japanese army defending the city. Can it cause a considerable blow to the Japanese army?
pressure, mobilizing peripheral Japanese troops is still unknown."
"If this regiment pays a considerable price in casualties but cannot shake the Japanese defense in Linxi County, we will most likely fall into a situation where we lose both our wives and our troops. And the mobile force is only one regiment, although it is equipped with a large number of tanks.
But it is not enough to encircle and annihilate the entire Japanese army in a short period of time."
"No. 1, the terrain in Linxi is very complex. The overall terrain is not very suitable for large-scale armored force movements. Under this kind of terrain, we basically need to rely mainly on infantry to solve the problem. The troops I have are limited, so it is impossible.
Concentrating too many forces in one direction."
"The armored forces assigned to the 23rd Division are not much less powerful and equipped than ours. Although the Japanese army made extremely poor use of armored forces in previous defensive operations, their exposed strength is incompatible with what we have obtained.
The intelligence quantities do not match up.”
"Once the Japanese army dispatches armored troops to cooperate with the counterattack, then for us, the lack of troop strength may bring fatal danger. Even if there is no big surprise, but we want to eat it in a short time
It is impossible to lose even one Japanese army."
"No. 1, judging from the battle situation in the past three days, although the main force of the Japanese 23rd Division is deployed in Linxi, there is also an infantry regiment, an artillery brigade, and a tank squadron in Lindong. Behind it are
Within the territory of Wengniute Banner, there are still six infantry squadrons and two tank squadrons in reserve."
"If we concentrate our main force to attack Linxi County and only place one regiment of troops on the outside, then once the Japanese troops from Wengniute Banner and Lindong are outflanking us, and our army has too few troops to control the outside, we will not have enough mobile troops.
If we are faced with a situation where it is difficult to fortify the city, then our army will be attacked from both sides."
"On the 1st, although I have the strength of five regiments, one of the regiments has deployed a reinforced battalion to escort Yang Jicai to transfer supplies to the advancing army. The actual strength on hand now is only more than four regiments. If according to the headquarters'
Deployment, under the circumstances that a part of the troops must be detached to cut off the connection between the Japanese troops in Linxi and Lindong, I will no longer have any reserves on hand."
"Once the war drags on and we are unable to capture Linxi County, and the situation changes, we will no longer be able to fight back. No. 1, we are likely to encounter any situation on the battlefield. You have repeatedly stressed to us
, in the end, the most important thing on the battlefield is the unexpected situation that may occur at any time."
"Because many times, this situation often becomes the most critical straw that determines the outcome of the battlefield. If we don't keep enough reserves on hand, we will not be able to take measures to deal with unexpected events. No. 1, the actual situation here,
You know it very well."
After finishing his thoughts, Wang Guangyu looked at Yang Zhen who was listening carefully to his words. After hesitating for a while, he still said: "No. 1, not only Linxi needs to maintain a certain reserve team on the battlefield. I am here
We also need to maintain a certain amount of troops at the junction of Keshiketeng Banner and Linxi to keep an eye on the battle situation there in Rehe."
"Once the advancing army is in trouble, or the Japanese and puppet troops in Duolun intervene in the battle in Jehol, I will have to provide support to the advancing army at any time. In this way, it originally seemed that we and the 23rd Division had the same strength.
But the actual number of troops that can be deployed on the front line is inferior to them."
After that, Wang Guangyu handed a telegram to Yang Zhendao: "No. 1, it's not that I don't believe in the combat capabilities of the advancing army. The current strength and equipment of the advancing army, as well as the number of troops, should be able to cope with the local Japanese and puppet troops in Rehe.
There is no big problem. But now that the Japanese garrison in Mongolia has been involved, the pressure on the advancing army will be quite high."
"Although the support team commanded by Yang Jicai was waiting in concealment at Huanggangliang in Keshiketeng Banner, it defeated tens of thousands of Japanese and puppet troops in one fell swoop. But after all, these Japanese and puppet troops were mainly puppet Mongolian troops with relatively low combat effectiveness.
There is a huge gap between the combat effectiveness of the real Japanese army."
"Although Yang Jicai's battle on the front line of Huanggangliang was beautiful, it only interrupted the Japanese army's intervention in the Rehe war in Chahar. I feel that the Mongolian army sent out this time is mainly composed of the puppet Mongolian army, and more
It's like a test. The first is to find out our combat effectiveness. After all, they have not had direct contact with us before. It is a relatively safe move for them to let the pseudo-Mongolian army serve as a scapegoat and feel our true combat effectiveness.
"
"Second, it is estimated that there is also the intention to test the Kwantung Army's reaction. After all, this is the territory of the Kwantung Army. Although the Japanese troops inside and outside the Kwantung Army have already cooperated, after all, the North China Front Army has not really intervened yet. It sent out troops mainly composed of puppet troops.
Let’s test it out so as not to cause any conflict between the two sides.”
"But I think the Mongolian garrison will never let go so easily, and there will definitely be follow-up actions. If the main force of the Japanese Mongolian garrison participates, it will bring great interference to the Jehol campaign launched by the advancing army.
, and may even lead to the failure of the Battle of Jehol."
"And if the main force of the Japanese troops stationed on the Duolun front line enters the Keshiketeng Banner, it will directly cut off the connection between our army and the advancing army. Both we and the advancing army will be trapped in a situation of being attacked from both sides. Through Yang Jicai's battle, we will feel
We now know the strength of the puppet Mongolian army."
"These puppet Mongolian troops are quite different from not only the Japanese army, but also the puppet Manchurian army in terms of tactical literacy, equipment and real combat effectiveness. No matter how many they come, there is nothing to worry about. But if the main force of the Mongolian troops stationed in Xinjiang
Being involved is a very serious threat to us. In view of this situation, No. 1, I have to make some preparations."
After receiving the detailed battle report sent by Yang Jicai from Wang Guangyu after the battle in Huanggangliang, Yang Zhen read it carefully. Although he was very satisfied with his brother's performance this time, Yang Zhen was still very satisfied. But at the moment, he
But he had neither time nor inclination to evaluate this small-scale battle.
Yang Zhen understood Wang Guangyu's words. He also knew that Wang Guangyu's current military strength was somewhat insufficient due to the need to take care of the direction of Rehe. At that time, when the roundabout force was formed, the roundabout force would take at least a long period of time.
, in a lone combat situation with no rear supplies.
It is necessary to carry as much ammunition, supplies, and fuel as possible, as well as considering its own carrying capacity. Therefore, after repeated considerations, only one reinforced division was mobilized. You must know that there are only a few hundred trucks and more than 200 tanks and armored vehicles.
The amount of fuel required to achieve combat capabilities within a certain period of time is an astronomical figure.
Therefore, after considering its own transportation capacity and after much hesitation, when forming the roundabout force, only one reinforcement division, one cavalry brigade, one armored brigade, and some directly subordinate artillery forces were incorporated. These forces and a large number of attached technical arms
, if you simply deal with the 23rd Division, you can at least not fall behind.
Of course, if the 23rd Division is willing to fight Wang Guangyu in a head-on decisive battle, with superior firepower and armor support, these troops will be barely enough. Yang Zhen believes that in the field, with
With the strength of the four remaining regiments Wang Guangyu had on hand, plus the cooperation of the cavalry and armored brigades, it was not possible to defeat the 23rd Division in a field battle. But there was no problem in inflicting heavy losses on them.
However, the current tactics adopted by the 23rd Division are to rely on solid fortifications to hold on. In addition, he has to dedicate part of his troops to monitor the changes in the battle situation in Jehol, so the troops he has on hand are very reluctant.
Unless Wang Guangyu made up his mind to convert all the cavalry on hand into infantry. But even so, the troops he had at hand were somewhat insufficient.
After all, the 23rd Division is a reinforced division. Although the quantity and quality of tanks and artillery are not necessarily comparable to those of the roundabout troops, the quantity is not much different. Moreover, the 23rd Division is on the Linxi front line, and there are
The strong fortifications can be relied on, which to a certain extent offsets many of the Anti-Union's advantages in firepower.
In addition, what was not in the original intelligence was that there were actually more than 3,000 Japanese expatriates in Linxi County. Even if half of them were young adults who could participate, they could undoubtedly be regarded as part of the reserve soldiers of the 23rd Division.
There are more than a thousand Japanese expatriates who can be armed at any time. It is naturally impossible to let them go to the battlefield to charge.
However, if you undergo simple training, you will still have the ability to stick to the fortifications and fire out guns. If these more than a thousand foreigners are really thrown into the battlefield by the 23rd Division, they can at least replace nearly two brigades of regular Japanese troops.
In other words, if the division commander of the 23rd Division wanted to, he could have two more brigades in reserve at any time.
Although the strength of the two brigades does not seem to be much, considering the consistent combat effectiveness of the Japanese army, once these two brigades appear at key positions at critical moments, what will it mean for the situation on the entire battlefield? Yang Zhen
It is clear that although the strength of these two infantry brigades is not too large, it is enough to be the last straw that breaks the entire battle situation at a certain critical period.
What's more, when the headquarters was formulating the plan, it did not expect that the Japanese-Puppet-Mongolian garrison in Duolun would intervene so quickly, which was also a very important reason. This made Wang Guangyu have to spare some of his energy during the fierce battle in Linxi.
Go and observe the Jehol battlefield, and you must keep a certain amount of mobile troops on hand.
The result of this approach was to create a roundabout force whose original strength was only barely sufficient. Now the strength is somewhat tense. If calculated carefully, there are even some situations where the strength is insufficient. After Wang Guangyu said this, Yang Zhen admitted that he had just