Regarding Yi Jianping's worries, especially the possibility that the Japanese army might evade important matters and bypass the front line of Chifeng when they are unable to attack from the front, Wang Guangyu has not never thought about it. Otherwise, he would not have been there during Yang Zhen's stay in Linxi.
, once discussed with Yang Zhen, let the advancing army temporarily abandon the Jehol battle and move closer to the roundabout troops. This will allow the two armies to rely on each other and at the same time strengthen the strength of the Linxi battlefield.
But Wang Guangyu believes that although there is a certain danger on the southern front, this danger at least does not seem to be great now. Judging from the offensive that the Japanese army has launched, the roundabout troops are still their key counterattack target. As long as Lin Xi and Chen Hanzhang are not
In the event of an accident, it would be difficult for the Japanese army to deploy troops from the front to bypass the Chifeng front line.
Otherwise, weakening the force for frontal combat will be detrimental to the entire operation of the Japanese army. You must know that the Linxi battlefield is not far from the South Manchuria area, the core of Japanese rule in the northeast. Once it is occupied by Western Manchuria
If the Anti-Japanese Alliance seizes the opportunity to penetrate into southern Manchuria, the Kwantung Army's butt will be on fire.
The Kwantung Army will never allow such a thing to happen, and will never allow anything to go wrong in Southern Manchuria, their lifeblood. Therefore, at least in the short term, the Kwantung Army will not release too many troops.
In Rehe, the main focus will be on the Anti-Union Holy Land on the Linxi battlefield.
Of course, it cannot be said that it is absolutely impossible for the Japanese army to detour to the southern front. But as long as Linxi can stick the Japanese offensive to Linxi, it will be safe to advance there. And if you want to control the Japanese army in Linxi,
Sticking is actually not too difficult.
As long as his plan can be implemented smoothly, it will be almost impossible for the Japanese troops facing the Linxi battlefield to be transferred to other areas. Moreover, in Southern Manchuria, the base of the Kwantung Army, if instability occurs at the same time
Under the circumstances, it is unlikely that the Kwantung Army would have any concerns about going to Rehe.
Long before this battle started, some cadres who were good at guerrillas selected by the original First Army were the backbone. When the original First Army went north, they stayed in South Manchuria and persisted in guerrilla warfare. It was not until the end of the battle last year that they joined forces with the troops occupying the Ning'an front line.
Later, Cao Yafan, who had withdrawn to the base area for rest and recuperation, was the commander, and Yi Junshan, the former director of the Political Department of the Second Front Army of the First Army, was the political commissar. The guerrilla detachment had already secretly penetrated the front lines and penetrated directly into the Fushun, Benxi, and Xingjing lines in southern Manchuria.
All officers and soldiers of this guerrilla detachment organized into a regiment are selected from veterans with one year of military service. All cadres above the class have undergone special guerrilla warfare training. The newly formed guerrilla detachment adopts this method.
Guerrilla tactics are not simply anti-Union guerrilla tactics.
Instead, it strengthened the southern guerrilla tactics brought by No. 1 from the New Fourth Army and mastered by the old Red Army who participated in the three-year guerrilla war in the south. It can be said to be a guerrilla tactic that combines the best of two aspects. All the equipment it distributes is also
They are all issued according to guerrilla warfare. The grenade equipment is provided to the squad, and the 60 artillery equipment is provided to the battalion.
From top to bottom, except for the three submachine guns in each squad, they are all Japanese-made Type 38, Type 44 lances, and Type 96 light machine guns. In order to strengthen the firepower, it is not suitable to carry heavy machine guns in guerrilla warfare.
Below. In addition to three submachine guns and six Type 38 lances, each infantry squad is equipped with two Type 96 light machine guns and two grenade launchers. Each battalion is equipped with only four heavy machine guns.
It is a Type 92 heavy machine gun that has been improved, reduced in weight, and equipped with a new gun mount.
In addition to specifically learning some tactical training such as guerrilla tactics and demolition training, in order to stay hidden in South Manchuria for a long time, the troops also conducted training on the terrain, climate, and people's conditions in South Manchuria, as well as some of the methods used by the reconnaissance brigades directly under the military region.
Special training in field survival and makeup reconnaissance. All officers and soldiers have learned part of Korean to a greater or lesser extent.
Its top military and political leaders are Cao Yafan and Yi Junshan who have persisted for a full year in the mountainous area at the junction of Fengtian and Jilin after all the First Army retreated north to the base area for rest and recuperation. Cao Yafan and Yi Junshan persisted for a full year.
He was familiar with guerrilla warfare in mountainous areas, and had participated in two Western Expeditions of the First Army. He was also quite familiar with Southern Manchuria, its people, and the terrain.
Wherever the headquarters placed this unit, it was ordered to hide and wait, and they were strictly prohibited from carrying out any activities. They were not allowed to raise food, or expand their troops. They were strictly prohibited from conducting any activities except for secret reconnaissance of the surrounding enemy situation.
Activities. Even their supplies are airdropped at night via night-flying planes. This is just to wait for the favorable opportunity to come and let them play the role of causing havoc in the heaven.
The main task assigned by the headquarters to this force is to destroy the Fengtian section of the Zhongchang Railway after receiving the order and cut off the transportation link from Guandong Prefecture to Fengtian. When necessary, attack and destroy the steel plants in Anshan and Benxi, the coal mines in Fushun, and the aluminum
Factory, oil processing and refining plant. Destroy the basic Japanese and puppet regime in southern Manchuria, contain the Japanese and puppet troops, mainly part of the Kwantung Army, so that they cannot be used on other battlefields.
If this headquarters had already secretly ambushed South Manchuria, and the sharp knives lurking in the core area of the Japanese and puppets really played the role that the headquarters hoped they would play. Then the Kwantung Army, which is not stable at all, still has the time to pay attention to Rehe.
The place of the Fourth Battle? If the Kwantung Army does not increase its troops, or can only partially increase its troops in the Western Manchuria battlefield, then they will not be able to take care of Rehe for the time being.
It's just that the entire roundabout force, except himself, the part-time deputy commander of the field army, and even Yi Jianping, the political commissar of the roundabout army, didn't know about it. Even at the headquarters, except for No. 1, No. 2, and the third person who made this plan,
Outside the number, even Cao Yafan and Yi Junshan's old superior, Deputy Commander Yang of the military region, didn't know.
Although Wang Guangyu wanted to tell his old friend to stabilize his mood, but since it was still unclear whether the sharp knife that the headquarters had inserted into the heart of the Japanese army had been activated, Wang Guangyu could only do this temporarily.
Suppressed in my heart. However, although this matter cannot be discussed, now that the battle has begun in an all-round way, other things can also be announced.
After looking at the map and thinking about it for a while, Wang Guangyu said to Yi Jianping: "Old man, you still haven't understood the main idea of No. 1 regarding the Linxi battlefield. You are worried about the direction of the Alukorqin Banner. This is not wrong. These concerns of yours
, it’s not without any truth. What you said is correct, there is indeed a weakness there, and it is a quite obvious weakness.”
"During the offensive operations, the Japanese army used to adopt flanking tactics when they were unable to attack from the front. In this battle, the Japanese army wanted to make a final decision, stabilize the battle situation as soon as possible, and reverse the current passive situation. At the same time, they adopted
The tactics of frontal push and flanking detour are probably quite possible."
"It's not that Umezu Yoshijiro is a little impatient, but I'm afraid that the Japanese base camp will not allow the Kwantung Army to remain passive on the battlefield for a long time. No. 1 saw this exactly, so he formulated the plan
This is the current tactic. The two regiments placed in which direction are placed there because No. 1 intends to show weakness."
"It is precisely because of the consideration that the Japanese army may attack the junction between our army and the advancing army that No. 1 consciously exposed a weakness on our northern line, that is, at the junction between our two major battlefields and Chen Hanzhang. To lure the Japanese generals with
The troops on the southern front are invested in this direction."
"In other words, the headquarters uses this method of deliberately exposing its own weaknesses to reduce the exposure of our most fatal weakness on the southern front as much as possible. And from now on, the Japanese army will invest such a trump card division, the 7th Division, in Alukorqin
Flag, indicating that the headquarters’ plan has been successful.”
"Under this situation, no matter how many troops or what kind of troops we leave there, as long as the Kwantung Army wants to win this battle, or even reverse the current passive situation, they will choose this place as a
A breakthrough point. Because as long as we break through in this direction, the entire Western Manchuria battlefield, which used to be the horns of each other, and Chen Hanzhang's troops will be completely divided into two pieces."
"The direction of the Aruhorqin flag was adjusted on the 1st. Our troop deployment is actually to attract as many Japanese troops as possible. Therefore, although your worries are not unreasonable, you don't need to worry too much. As long as there are no accidents with Chen Hanzhang
, or we suffer a complete defeat on the Linxi battlefield, otherwise the Japanese army will not be able to deploy troops to the southern front, at least in the short term."
"But considering the comparison between our current strength and the strength that the Japanese army may deploy for counterattack, No. 1 adopted a pre-emptive tactic. We first weakened the strength of the Japanese army with ground and air firepower, and then used our current advantages in mobility and tank number to wait for
After the Japanese attacking troops distanced themselves from the follow-up troops, they used tanks and ground-to-air firepower to prepare a fire circle for them. Try to break off one of their pincers first, and then counterattack across the entire line."
"And if our sea of fire plan succeeds, the Japanese army, which is not willing to fail, will have to invest follow-up troops in order to keep Southern Manchuria and expel us from Western Manchuria. Then they will not and will not have the strength to use the main troops
Commit to the battlefield of Jehol."
"Because at least for now, the Japanese army still regards us as its main opponent. As for the advance, there will be some pressure. But at least in a short period of time, the pressure will not be too great. As long as we can grasp this degree,
The Japanese army wants to worry about Rehe, but they no longer have the strength and energy."
"Because the Kwantung Army does not regard Rehe as the main battlefield, it is still possible to appropriately increase the strength of Rehe. After all, the advancing army has an absolute advantage in strength compared with the Kwantung Army's independent garrison in Rehe. The current
In terms of equipment and firepower, we also have an absolute advantage."
"If the Kwantung Army does not provide certain reinforcements to the Rehe battlefield, the possibility of collapse on the Rehe battlefield is very high. Although the Kwantung Army does not regard the advancing army as its main opponent, the collapse of the Rehe battlefield is something that the Kwantung Army does not expect.
I’m willing to see it. After all, the strategic location there is quite important. It’s easy to lose it, but it’s difficult to get it back.”
"But with our army containing the main force of the Kwantung Army, even if there are reinforcements, the Kwantung Army can currently mobilize not many troops. At most, it can only mobilize a few brigades from its reserve divisions, or
According to the Japanese combat practice, a complete regiment was selected as the backbone, assigned a certain number of troops, and a detachment was formed to join the Jehol battlefield."
"However, although this situation will definitely happen, in view of the current war situation in Western Manchuria, the Japanese army will never invest too many troops. Unless the Kwantung Army is sure that it can completely solve the problem by relying on the few divisions currently invested.
The current war situation in Western Manchuria.”
"Until Linxi and Tongliao completely take the initiative in the two major battlefields, the Kwantung Army will not and cannot send too many troops to reinforce Rehe. So I say that their pressure will increase, but it will not be too great. At least.