Yang Zhen looked at the different expressions on the faces of the two old commanders after hearing his words, but he did not stop talking and said: "As for our army in Guan, before our army captured the Suiyuan and Chabei areas, we delayed
The various divisions of the Japanese army in North China were housed so that they could not successfully complete their assembly, and the transfer was completely possible."
"After last year's Hundred Regiment War, the Japanese army greatly strengthened its troops along the railway and added a large number of fortifications on various traffic arteries. It also mobilized many armored trains specifically for railway patrols. But our army
The equipment has also been greatly improved at the same time. With its own artillery, the number of artillery shells is relatively sufficient. The ability to attack difficult situations has been substantially improved."
"And in last year's Hundred Regiment War, our army also mastered abundant capabilities to attack railways and highways. And except for the central Hebei plain area, most of the remaining areas are mountainous. Under this situation
, there is no problem in taking advantage of our army’s mountainous terrain to launch attacks on railway lines and delay the Japanese army’s build-up. We also use the advantages of mountainous terrain to delay the deployment of reinforcements by the Japanese army.”
"Although the troops in various base areas in North China suffered a lot of casualties in the Hundred Regiments War last year, and most of the main forces have been incorporated into the advancing army, most of the remaining troops are newly upgraded local armed forces. However, the current equipment is better than last year's Hundred Regiments War.
At that time, there was also a big improvement. Although the combat effectiveness has declined somewhat, but with the improvement of equipment, I feel that the decline should not be too much."
"Furthermore, through this launch of the raid, we can also train the new troops. How can troops who have not been trained for battle and have not been tested mature as soon as possible? We can use this newly launched campaign to make the troops mature as soon as possible.
These new troops will receive real training and testing, allowing them to mature as quickly as possible."
After talking about the areas that required the cooperation of the troops within the customs after the campaign was launched, Yang Zhen looked at the two veterans and said: "Besides, before we launch the attack, we will also adopt a series of means to conceal our army's true combat intentions. Our army is in northern Manchuria.
As the troops marched south to Jehol, it was not difficult for the Japanese army to guess the general strategic intentions of our army."
"But whether our next step is to attack the Beining line eastward or attack Fengtian via Chaoyang, or whether we go south to Zhangjiakou and approach the Pingjin area, we can make a fuss about it. The Japanese army can figure out the general strategic intention of our army, but in general, it is not
The representatives are real, and as long as we don’t let them figure out our true strategic intentions, there are still a lot of things that can be done in the middle.”
"Launching a campaign requires the concentration of a large number of infantry, tanks, heavy artillery, and thousands of trucks for supply. It is indeed difficult to completely conceal the whereabouts. Moreover, the entire Western Manchuria campaign has been launched for such a long time, and the Japanese army has invested so much force in our army.
and equipment, we already have a general understanding. It is indeed difficult to completely avoid any clues about the entire strategic intention."
"But it's difficult, but it doesn't mean it's impossible. The terrain of Jehol is complicated, and Mongolians and Han people live together, but the biggest advantage is that it is connected in all directions. To the east, we can go straight to the hinterland of Fengtian, and to the northeast, we can attack the Japanese troops on the front line of Xinjing at any time.
Flank. To the south, you can attack the Pingjin area, and to the west, you can attack Chahar."
"In such a place of four wars, as long as we do our job well, we can still make it difficult for the Japanese army to figure out our army's true strategic intentions. As long as we hide our army's true combat intentions well, we can prevent the Japanese army from knowing our army's true strategic intentions.
As long as the strategic initiative is in our hands, it will be much easier to handle."
Regarding Yang Zhen's ideas, the commander pondered for a while and then said: "According to what you mean, do you want to fight another hundred-regiment war in Shanxi and Hebei provinces? Your plan involves more than just dispatching a few regiments of troops.
It can be completed. Only when our troops stay in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei and Taihang bases and mobilize all of them can we deal with this situation."
"But have you ever considered that in the two major base areas behind enemy lines of Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei and Taihang, except for the troops of the Taiyue Military Region and the Central Hebei Military Region, which are still relatively intact, and the old backbones are still maintained, most of the rest are newly formed
The local armed forces were upgraded. The equipment and combat effectiveness are very different. Even the backbone troops who stayed and persisted were mostly in the Hundred Regiment War last year and have not yet recovered due to excessive casualties."
"In order to complete the central government's opening of the land line of communication with the Anti-Japanese Alliance, each base area, just after the Hundred Regiment War, mobilized most of the main forces to go north and gather into the northwest Shanxi base area for reloading and training. After each unit was in the Hundred Regiment,
In order to restore the combat effectiveness as soon as possible due to heavy losses during the war, we even adopted the method of merging two regiments into one regiment and drawing troops from other troops to supplement them."
"There are not many old troops left behind in the base areas. Although their equipment is now complete, in fact most of them are incomplete. They were either lost in the Hundred Regiment War or they were replenishing the troops that left the customs. These troops who stayed behind are actually in the same condition.
Mainly new soldiers and local armed forces who have just been added to the main force. Except for the two military regions of Jizhong and Taiyue, the combat effectiveness of the remaining troops is now quite limited."
"Furthermore, since last year's Hundred Regiment War, the Japanese North China Front Army has completely eliminated our anti-Japanese base areas behind enemy lines in order to stabilize its occupied areas. From last winter to the present, large numbers of Japanese and puppet troops have been concentrated on many occasions to attack our Jizhong, Taihang, and Beiyue areas.
Carry out large-scale sweeps in turns. The intensity of the sweeps, the number of troops used, and the density are quite unprecedented."
"The average number of raids at the regiment level is once or twice a month. The number of raids at the brigade level is once every one and a half months. And from the end of last year to the first half of this year, it only took half a year. The entire North China Front organized
Extraordinary large-scale raids have been carried out three times. With the cooperation of the puppet troops, brigade-level raids are carried out almost every week."
"In order to consume our army's strength, stifle our army's development, and prevent the common people from supporting our army during the great sweeps, the Japanese army adopted a three-pronged policy of burning them all, killing them all, and robbing them all. After the main force was transferred away, those who remained persisted
In order to defend the base area, our troops fought many fierce battles with the Japanese and puppet troops. Although they caused considerable losses to the Japanese and puppet troops, our army also suffered heavy losses."
"On May Day this year, the newly appointed commander of the North China Front of the Japanese Army, Okamura Neiji, gathered his 110th Division, the main force of the 41st Division, the 27th Division, most of the 36th Division, and the 33rd Division.
The first division, four independent mixed brigades, and most of the puppet security forces, totaling more than 70,000 puppet troops in central Hebei."
"With the cooperation of the aviation force, nearly a thousand tanks and vehicles were dispatched, adopting multi-channel dense network-style and comb-style tactics to encircle our Jizhong Military Region, Taihang Military Region, and the Beiyue area of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region on all sides.
A major sweep. The focus is on our two major military regions, the Jizhong Military Region and the Taihang Military Region."
"The Japanese and puppet troops not only invested more than 50,000 troops in the Jizhong Military Region at one time, but also carried out repeated sweeps in our Jizhong base area. In order to restrict the activities of our army, they also arrested a large number of civilians, and
A large number of blockade ditches, gun towers, etc. were built on the Jizhong Plain."
"In just two months, all the county seats and larger market towns in our Jizhong base area were lost. In the two months of fierce fighting, our troops in the Jizhong Military Region suffered heavy casualties, with more than 18,000 casualties.
Five cadres at the military division level have died, and more than ten regiment-level commanders have died. There are now only more than 20,000 troops in the army, and the base area has been reduced by two-thirds."
"150,000 houses were burned down in the region, more than 20,000 basic people were killed, and tens of thousands more were arrested and are still missing. More than 58 million kilograms of food was robbed and burned. The entire Jizhong Military Region has been
The vitality has been injured, and the main force has been unable to gain a foothold in the Jizhong Plain. Last week, it had to be withdrawn to Beiyue and Taihang Mountains for training."
"At the same time as the Japanese North China Front was operating, the Japanese First Army stationed in Shanxi, after the battle at Zhongtiao Mountain, the day after our advancing army came out of Beiyue Mountain, concentrated the main force of the 36th Division and independently
The 3rd, 4th, and 9th mixed brigades, as well as the four infantry brigades of the 35th Division transferred from Henan, totaled more than 30,000 people."
"With the cooperation of the Shanxi Puppet East Asia Imperial Association Army, the East Asia Suppression of Communist Army, the Fifth Route Army of the Imperial Association Army, and other miscellaneous puppet troops, the tactics used by the North China Front Army in the central Hebei region were adopted to counter the activities in our
In the southeastern Shanxi region, the Taihang and Taiyue military districts launched a large-scale sweep."
"Furthermore, the goal of this sweep by the Japanese and puppet troops is very clear, which is to completely eliminate our troops operating in the Taihang Mountains and the headquarters of the 18th Army. The Japanese army not only dispatched a large number of troops in this sweep, but also attacked
A large number of plainclothes armed forces were dispatched to the base area, either disguised as ordinary people or members of our army, specifically to capture our army's command organs."
"During the counter-mopping up, the headquarters of our 18th Army was repeatedly encircled by the Japanese and puppet troops. During the breakout process, headquarters personnel suffered heavy losses. The Secretary-General of the 18th Army Headquarters was captured and his whereabouts are still unknown. The Logistics Department
The political commissar of the Ministry of Military Industry and the director of the Political Department were all killed."
"Now the area of our various base areas has been greatly reduced, and the local government and cadres have suffered great losses. Frequent fighting has prevented our remaining troops from receiving much-needed rest and recuperation, and the lost troops cannot be replenished. At present, the full strength of each troops is very small, and their combat effectiveness has declined.
It was quite powerful. There were still quite a few troops who were scattered by the Japanese army."
"Judging from the situation reported by the troops left behind in the pass, as of last Sunday, the large-scale raids by the puppet troops in our Jizhong, Taihang, and Taiyue districts were still continuing. Our troops left behind suffered heavy casualties in the bitter battle with the enemy. In addition to
In addition to the troops of the Central Hebei Military Region, they are no longer able to hold on. The casualties of our Taiyue Military Region, which has lighter casualties, have now reached nearly one-fifth."
"Compared to the Jizhong area that was almost completely lost, the Taihang and Beiyue areas were better off, but the base areas were also severely damaged. A large amount of food, clothing, and material reserves were destroyed, and a large number of basic people were massacred.
The local government suffered heavy losses, and a large number of local cadres died or were arrested. During the frequent raids by the Japanese and puppet troops last winter, a considerable part of the troops were not even able to raise winter clothes."
"Just the day before yesterday, the Japanese army gathered one section of the 27th Division, the main force of the 15th Mixed Brigade, two brigades of the Puppet Manchukuo Army, and two groups of the Puppet Security Army to launch a large-scale attack on our base areas in East Hebei and Pingxi.
The Jidong Military Region has lost contact with us, and the situation there is still unclear."
"Now all the troops in the pass, especially the troops of the Central Hebei Military Region, which is the key target of the Japanese army, have reached the area where they are unable to launch large-scale operations without a long period of replenishment. Except for a few troops of our Central Hebei Military Region, we have stayed to cooperate with the local area
Except for the persistence of the troops and militia, the main force has withdrawn."
"The Taihang and Taiyue Military Regions are still conducting anti-mopping operations. The Jidong Military Region has now lost contact with us, and the specific situation is still unknown. Under such circumstances, let the troops complete such large-scale raids again.
, the task of containment will probably be quite difficult."