In response to Wang Guangyu's answer, Yang Zhen shook his head and said: "Don't move the tanks on the Dajing front line yet. The troops over there are prepared to stay and face possible Japanese counterattacks on the Sunjiayingzi front line. You concentrate the tank troops in the reserve team.
Add in the twelve tank troops on the front line, and the number is roughly the same."
"In the combat mode of tank battle, victory or defeat is not determined by the number of tanks alone. The performance of the tanks on both sides and the training level of the crews are key issues. More is not necessarily a good thing. We form new troops
, the purpose of acquiring new equipment is for actual combat, not for review. We practice for combat, not for viewing. Since the number of tanks dispatched by the Japanese army is around 60, we can mobilize a similar number of tanks."
"As for whether it will alert the enemy, I don't think that's the case. I just told you that the Japanese counterattack is not an isolated action. No matter whether the Twelve Thousands of Thousands of Thousands of Thousands of Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Threads attack the front line can succeed or not, it will be the same for the Japanese army. There
It’s just a bait, a bait to lure us in. Even if we swallow it, it won’t have much impact.”
After thinking for a while, Yang Zhen raised his head and said to Wang Guangyu: "You stay here to command the overall situation, and I will follow the reserve tank troops to the Twelve Tu. Here you prepare the plane for me, Twelve Tu
As soon as the battle over there is concluded, I will rush back immediately."
Hearing that Yang Zhen wanted to rush to the front line in person, Wang Guangyu naturally disagreed. However, before his words of persuasion were spoken, Yang Zhen rejected him and said: "Old Wang, I understand your thoughts. Logically speaking, I should return to the headquarters now.
But this is the first time our tank troops have faced off against the Japanese tank troops face-to-face. If I don’t go and see, how can we adjust the training of our tank troops according to the combat situation?"
"Our tank factory has been roughly completed. The reason why we have not yet produced tanks is because of the restrictions on raw materials. In the future, when there are no restrictions on raw materials, one day we will have our own armored divisions and tank divisions, and even
It's from the Tank Army."
"Now we have to constantly adjust our training according to the actual combat situation, so as to pave the way for future development. Only by creating tactics that suit our own reality can our troops make real and substantial progress. Everything is for actual combat,
It’s that simple.”
"It's one thing that it's not convenient for us to communicate with the outside world now, but it's our own business to keep the door behind closed doors. Only by constantly adjusting the training troops according to the actual combat situation can we reduce some unnecessary losses. In addition, you put here
Make a detailed report to the chief of staff on all situations. Let them prepare for a comprehensive counterattack by the Japanese army according to the predetermined plan."
After that, Yang Zhen rejected Wang Guangyu's move to add more security troops to him, and said with a smile: "Old Wang, it's actually not that dangerous. There are dozens of tanks escorting you, what else do you have to worry about? On the contrary, you are here
, you must pay more attention. The Japanese army's actions this time are unusual, you must also pay more attention and don't let them take advantage of it."
Thinking of this, Yang Zhen thought about it for a while and drafted two telegrams in succession. Wang Guangyu asked Wang Guangyu to immediately forward one to Li Yanping and Guo Bingxun, who were currently presiding over the war in Harbin, telling them to pay close attention to the Japanese army's situation and where to go.
kind of change.
The other letter was to Du Kaishan. In the telegram, Yang Zhen told Du Kaishan straightforwardly that in addition to leaving a regiment and a small number of artillery to cooperate with the Nenjiang local armed forces to carry out the final encirclement and annihilation of the remnants of the 71st Division, the main force immediately followed the Greater Khingan Mountains.
The mountains secretly move southward.
Several independent brigades of the original Nenjiang Military Region, as well as most of the key regiments of the divisions, have all been upgraded and removed during this battle. The troops of the Nenjiang Military Region that have been mobilized south are mostly armed public security brigades that were originally responsible for internal security in each county, and are left behind.
A small number of divisional basic regiments and independent battalions were organized into one unsatisfied brigade and three independent regiments.
The common situation is that the equipment is relatively poor, the artillery is lacking, and the personnel are dissatisfied. Although there are not many light and heavy machine guns and mortars, as well as recoilless guns and rocket launchers, their organization and equipment are more suitable for bandit suppression, security and other operations.
, and are not equipped with automatic rifles and anti-aircraft machine guns.
It would be difficult for them alone to encircle and annihilate even the remnants of the Japanese army. However, after some hesitation, Yang Zhen sent a telegram to Guo Bingxun, asking him to detach two regiments from the reserve team and strengthen them at Wangye Temple.
to the southern Xing'an line. And Yang Zhen designated the final encirclement and annihilation campaign to be commanded by Yang Jingyu, deputy commander of the military region who succeeded Wang Guangyu and concurrently served as commander of the Nenjiang Military Region.
The old troops in the reserve have been transferred to various theaters as the war progresses. Now the remaining troops are new troops that have not actually participated in the war. The main force of the 71st Division has been basically surrounded and annihilated, and the remaining troops
The few remaining soldiers and defeated generals under the command no longer have the ability to fight many storms. Now it is time for the new troops to go out and see the blood.
However, after considering that these new troops were either local armed forces better at suppressing bandits and guarding work, or newly formed troops, Yang Zhen decided to let Du Kaishan leave a regiment of the Fifth Division to supervise the formation and serve as
Contingency work. Otherwise, if the troops are all novices, they will be in trouble once their opponents seize the fighter planes to break away and flee into the base area. Moreover, the new troops have poor equipment and lack of practical experience. Without the cooperation of the old troops, heavy casualties will easily occur.
After drafting collective telegrams to Guo Bingxun, Yang Jingyu, and Du Kaishan respectively, Yang Zhen issued a separate order to Du Kaishan. In this separate order, he clearly told Du Kaishan that he must find a way to create his
The troops are still fighting against the 71st Division.
The whereabouts of the main force should be exposed as late as possible. At the same time, the march route should be chosen to be as sparsely populated as possible. In a word, we must do our best to conceal our strategic intentions and be discovered by the Japanese army as late as possible. Du Kaishan
In the next battle, Yang Zhen will be of great use. Even to a certain extent, he will become a reserve force for the battlefield in Western Manchuria.
Therefore, for Yang Zhen, the more concealed the whereabouts of Du Kaishan's southward movement, the better. Yang Zhen's designated location for Du Kaishan's southward movement is the line of Aoniu Mountain in Taonan. Although the mountains there are not high, they are densely forested and have good vegetation, which can effectively
Troops provide shelter.
To the north of Tongliao, this is the place closest to the battlefield that can provide effective concealment. To the east, there is the endless Songliao Plain, and large troops cannot effectively conceal themselves. To the south, they are out of schedule.
The main combat area. After careful consideration, Yang Zhen chose the Aoniu Mountain line for Du Kaishan. It is connected with the mountains and rivers of Nanxing'an and Wangye Temple, and the troops can effectively conceal their whereabouts along the mountains on the southern slope of the Daxingan Mountains.
Time is urgent, and it has taken a lot of time to convince Wang Guangyu here. After explaining Wang Guangyu, Yang Zhen immediately rushed to the reserve station with his personal guard platoon without any delay. The battle situation is urgent, so he will stay for one more minute.
time, the situation of the battle ahead will change even more.
Just when Yang Zhen personally led the reserve team towards the direction of Twelve Tu, the battle in the direction of Twelve Tu had already entered a fever pitch. At this time, the battlefield in front of Twelve Tu was about 1,500 meters away from the front.
About fifty meters away, on a high hill that stands out in the landscape surrounded by grasslands, the current chief of staff of the 23rd Division, Colonel Matsuda Iwa, who is directing the Japanese counterattack, is attacking the tank regiment.
The attack was quite unsatisfactory.
The five infantry squadrons deployed under him can be said to have done their best, but the tank regiment's offensive has been unhurried. There are more than 60 tanks and armored vehicles, but only a dozen are dispatched in each attack.
Or simply dispatch a few vehicles. As soon as they encounter anti-tank fire from the defenders, they will immediately stop the attack, turn around and retreat.
There was even one time when the infantry was attacking, they only provided artillery support from a distance. This tank regiment's attack did not look like a desperate battle, but rather like a battlefield tour group. They did not work hard and made it in vain.
Not only was the precious artillery shells wasted, but the attacking infantry was also implicated, and suffered heavy casualties under the fierce firepower of the defenders.
After four attacks, the tank regiment only lost four Type 94 armored vehicles and one Type 95 light tank. The five infantry squadrons that coordinated their attack lost one and a half. This result was so impressive that Colonel Matsuda Iwa
, not satisfied no matter what. Not just him, anyone else would not be satisfied.
The 23rd Division is to let them serve as the main attack, not to provide artillery support. If they are used to provide artillery support, then almost all the artillery within the 23rd Division's own establishment and the attached artillery will be concentrated behind them.
They are for food. No matter how poor the 23rd Division is, they will not be used to provide fire support.
It's just that he is a subordinate commander, but not within the establishment of the 23rd Division. No matter how angry Matsuda Iwa is about the performance of this tank regiment, there is nothing he can do. There is no way. Although they are holding your job, they are not under your control. You
There is only the right to use, but no decision-making power. No matter how hard you work, you can only watch.
In fact, this tank regiment is not the tank regiment that was adapted from the search regiment of the 23rd Division after the Battle of Nomenhan. That tank regiment was the one that was formed during the 23rd Division's battle starting from Hailar.
During the great rout, all the equipment was either abandoned because it ran out of fuel, or was destroyed by planes on the way.
Except for some crew members who ran out, the original tank regiment of the 23rd Division failed to bring back all its equipment when they reached the safe zone. Although the Anti-Japanese Alliance could not catch up with the main force of the 23rd Division who ran all the way.
, but under its day and night air raids, the 23rd Division lost all equipment above the heavy machine gun and most of the wounded and expatriates.
Although they were unable to catch up with the extremely fast Japanese troops, they picked up a large amount of equipment discarded by the 23rd Division along the way. Just more than ten Type 95 tanks and Type 94 armored vehicles were picked up, and six more were picked up.
A Type 97 medium tank. There are also seven Type 95 field guns and six 105mm field guns. These equipment were all incorporated into the Kwantung Army when it expanded the 23rd Division after the Battle of Nomenhan.
Supplementary.
The division has a tank regiment, which has never been thought of among other divisions of the Japanese army. It is also the only one in the entire Kwantung Army. Although it mainly uses old equipment, and the tanks are mostly light-weight
Mainly, the number of the latest Type 97 tanks is not large, but they are all intact and have not suffered any damage.
There are also a large number of equally complete mountain field artillery, infantry artillery and trucks and a large number of technical equipment abandoned. It can be said that when the 23rd Division retreated, it was too embarrassed and all kinds of technical equipment were thrown away from Hailar to the Aershan line.
.The ammunition abandoned along the way alone is enough for one column of the customs troops to use for more than a year.