"Modern equipment such as tanks, airplanes, and automobiles are indeed powerful, but without the fuel, they are just a pile of scrap metal. Our current gasoline can last for up to half a year, and aviation gasoline can last for nine months. The diesel fuel needed for tanks is still
It can barely last ten months of reserves."
"And this result is the result of our careful budgeting, reducing the use of cars as much as possible, and concentrating fuel to ensure the use of tanks. If we start all the cars and all the aircraft we currently equip, this consumption will increase by one
Times."
"Once this battle continues to stalemate for a long time, it will be very disadvantageous for us. With the channels for foreign aid and outsourcing basically cut off, it will be difficult for us to obtain supplements in a short time. We can only rely on reserves.
You can't last long in combat."
"Also, after we capture Xinjing, in addition to the military burden, the most important thing is the economic burden. Xinjing's current population, including the Japanese, has reached more than one million. Once we regain Xinjing, we can certainly
Politically, it’s all well and good, but economically it’s unaffordable for us.”
"Such a large population base needs us to support. The daily consumption of food, calculated at one and a half catties per person, is as high as more than two million catties per day. In addition to the coal, kerosene, salt, and cotton needed for daily life
, medicine and other supplies are enough to bring down our currently extremely weak economy. With just food, it is difficult for us to meet our consumption. This will further affect the overall strategic deployment of our army in the next step."
"Old Chief, the main grain producing areas in the Northeast are not in Northern Manchuria, but in Southern Manchuria and central Jilin. Compared with Jilin and Southern Manchuria, the grain output in the North Manchu base area is very different. Just rely on the current grain output in Northern Manchuria
, excluding the grain required for exchanging materials with the Soviet Union, and except for part of the remaining grain being used as reserves, we simply cannot support such a large urban population."
"To seize the Xinjing area now, the immediate benefits are huge, and it can win a high voice politically. But in the long run, it does not bring much benefit to us. On the contrary, it increases our burden, and even
It may also bring down the fragile economy within the base area. And once our manpower is exhausted, it will be difficult to hold Xinjing even if we occupy it."
"Rather than taking it back and then throwing it away from our hands, which will bring even worse consequences, it is better to give up temporarily. Therefore, taking into account the overall situation we are currently facing, as well as our long-term plans for the future, we believe that we should give up now.
Taking Xinjing is not very suitable for us. Rather than taking Xinjing now, it is better to leave it in the hands of the Japanese army temporarily as a weight for us to contain them."
"So our goal in this operation is to focus on Western Manchuria and use Eastern Manchuria to contain and disperse the strength of the Japanese army. As for the center line, to put it bluntly, it is to contain the main effective forces deployed by the Japanese army along the Zhongchang Railway so that they cannot use all their strength.
, just reinforcements to the west, Xinjing is not the target of our operation at all."
Regarding Yang Zhen's idea of not taking Xinjing, one of the two veterans agreed and the other disagreed. The commander who agreed believed that Yang Zhen was right. Taking Xinjing would be tantamount to the Anti-League
It's a big burden. And judging from the current strength of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, it really can't withstand the heavy consumption.
Once the casualties are too heavy and the follow-up troops cannot keep up, the entire good situation will be ruined. As a veteran, he knows better that once the Anti-Japanese Alliance launches an attack on Xinjing, given the important location of Xinjing, the battlefields around Xinjing will
It is not possible, but it is destined to become a meat grinder. However, the Anti-Union does not have much capital to invest in this meat grinder.
Regardless of the gains and losses of one city or one place, this is the essence of the anti-Japanese guerrilla war. Although the situation in Northern Manchuria is different now, the capture of a large city heavily guarded by the Japanese army will bring casualties and the subsequent counterattack of the Japanese army will bring consequences.
The impact cannot but be considered.
At present, it is undoubtedly a very wise choice for the Anti-Japanese Alliance to only form a pincer offensive against Xinjing to contain the heavy Japanese army group south of Xinjing without launching a real offensive against Xinjing. The military does serve politics, but it cannot be because
With a little political fame, all the troops are involved. Only with the troops can we guarantee that the red flag will be lowered.
Now it is better to mainly focus on the military. As for the political limelight, it is better not to be out of the spotlight for the time being. The current strength of the army is still far from the real strength of the army. Even the resistance now seems to be very strong.
It's the same for Lianhe. It's not an appropriate price to sacrifice a major strategic area in exchange for a city.
The political commissar who did not agree with it believed that if the Anti-Japanese Alliance captured Xinjing, it would be a great encouragement to the morale of the entire National Resistance Army and would greatly combat the clamor of the capitulationists. However, this matter is an internal matter of the Anti-Japanese Alliance.
At present, this young cadre is already a cadre on the same level as himself, and it is not easy for him to interfere too much.
Moreover, judging from the various orders given by the central government to the advancing army, the central government does not agree with the Anti-Japanese Alliance's premature capture of Xinjing. Even if it captures Xinjing, it will have a negative impact on the domestic situation that is already secretly turbulent.
It's a great help. Being able to make the central government express its stance also means that this guy has already reached a certain tacit understanding with the central government in this regard.
Now that the central government has made a conclusion, it is better not to interfere too much. Although this veteran with a background as a political worker really hopes that the Anti-Japanese Alliance can seize Xinjing, the capital of the puppet Manchukuo, in order to block some domestic forces that are very detrimental to the 18th Group Army and the New Fourth Army.
speech.
After he expressed his attitude, the commanders and political commissars in front of him had different expressions, either in agreement or in opposition. Yang Zhen just smiled slightly and did not ask further questions. For him, it was impossible for him to do this for a false reputation.
Throw your troops into that bottomless pit. The Kwantung Army has that capital, but the Anti-Japanese Alliance does not.
He could understand that the political commissar did not agree with his idea and still wanted to seize Xinjing. Although the political commissar was still serving as the commander and political commissar of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, compared to military cadres, he was more of a political cadre.
.Before the establishment of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, he served as the chief of political work most of the time.
Naturally, when considering the problem, it is more from a political perspective. But understanding it does not mean that he will implement it according to his ideas. Xinjing cannot fight at the moment, and Yang Zhen has already considered it very maturely.
As for Ma Chunsheng, considering that it would affect this guy's enthusiasm, I didn't tell him the truth. Ma Chunsheng is good at everything, and he is also a general. But the biggest problem is that it is easy to think too much about some things.
, risking his own life and resurrecting things, I'm afraid it would be difficult for him to do it without a gun forcing him to do so.
Once this guy knows the inside story, it will be difficult to complete the drama. If he, who is currently closest to Xinjing, shrinks back and does not use all his strength. He puts on a posture of retreating at any time and uses him to attract the Japanese troops south of Xinjing.
The plan of attention may not be realized.
In Yang Zhen's view, the bigger the noise Ma Chunsheng makes there, the closer the fight is to Xinjing. The more attention the Kwantung Army can draw from Western Manchuria, the better it can ensure the progress of the war in Western Manchuria.
.As for their own safety, Yang Zhen was not too worried.
As long as Wang Xiaoming and Liu Changshun continue their operations, even if the Japanese army sends reinforcements, there will not be any big problems on their side. They have already entered Shulan, and the forwards have entered Jilin. They have already reached the Jiutai area with Ma Chunsheng.
The troops formed a pincer-like coordination and could reinforce and cooperate eastward at any time.
Moreover, the Japanese army's first-line defense south of the Songhua River has collapsed. Except for those who were encircled and annihilated, the rest of the Japanese troops have retreated to the second line of defense north of Xinjing. There are currently no large Japanese troops north of Xinjing, and
The current situation on the entire battlefield makes it difficult for the Japanese army to easily send reinforcements in that direction.
As long as he did not hit the last line of defense of the Japanese army north of Xinjing, the Japanese army's counterattack would be too early. As long as Chen Hanzhang's offensive to the west of him continues, compared with the more tense Kailu and Tongliao front lines, the Japanese army's current
The focus of the counterattack will not be on his side.
If they just counterattack all the way, the Japanese army will weaken the defense on both wings. But if the Kwantung Army counterattacks all the way, unless the Kwantung Army uses all its strength and mobilizes all the troops on hand to participate in the battle, the Kwantung Army will be in a situation where it cannot take care of both the head and the tail. At least until the Japanese army's conspiracy succeeds.
Before, they would not mobilize all their main forces to fight back. Yang Zhen was still sure of this.
Without the Japanese conspiracy, Yang Zhen would really be worried about the possible counterattack by the Japanese army. But for now, Yang Zhen can be quite confident that, at least until the conspiracy succeeds, their counterattack will not start yet. Unless, they want to
My own troops also feed fish.,
As for whether Ma Chunsheng would suffer heavy losses due to his rash advance, Yang Zhen was not too worried. Although Ma Chunsheng was sometimes too courageous, he was still very cautious on the battlefield. Even if he did not lose his poise, he was quite cautious.
Very flexible. The most important thing is that this guy's nose is also quite sensitive.
Once he finds something wrong with the surrounding situation, he will also deal with it flexibly. The reason why Yang Zhen didn't tell him the headquarters' true intentions was for this reason. If this guy knew the headquarters' true combat intentions, he might not be able to immediately transfer to the headquarters.
Defense. The current situation is that the headquarters requires him to fight as far south as possible.
In addition to being sure of the war situation, I also conveyed the possible conspiracy of the Japanese army to him before coming. Let him control the intensity of the southward attack and grasp the scale of the southward move. Protect his own retreat and make arrangements according to the situation.
According to changes in the situation, be prepared to withdraw to Jiangbei at any time. At the same time, the logistics department is ordered to prepare ferries in Jiangbei so that they can go south to respond at any time.
Regarding what might happen to Ma Chunsheng, Yang Zhen can be said to have made as complete preparations as possible. As for the rest, he mainly relies on the battlefield commander's ability to adapt to changes in the battlefield. As the commander-in-chief, he cannot always be confident.
It's all over the place. Let's take care of everything for you.
As a battlefield commander, if you don't even have this acumen, how can you entrust the most critical part to him? The choice of this bait still needs to be carefully considered. At least put Ma Chunsheng in this position