Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Sadichi insisted that Tongliao has been completely lost and the 14th Division has been completely wiped out. The 7th Division has been inexplicably wiped out. The Kwantung Army is either encircling and annihilating the enemy on the Linxi battlefield, or dealing with
The enemies on the Tongliao battlefield have already missed their opportunity.
The 7th Division was inexplicably completely defeated in a short period of time. Most of the troops resisted the coalition encirclement and annihilation. The Tongliao battlefield and the Linxi battlefield were actually connected. Under this situation, if the Kwantung Army still wanted to
To maintain the original plan, it is necessary to increase the strength of at least two more divisions. However, this number is currently unbearable for the Kwantung Army.
At the same time, the Sixth Army Headquarters was successfully attacked by the enemy, and the first Army Headquarters in the history of the Japanese Army to be surrounded and annihilated appeared. It is very likely that the Kwantung Army's next combat plan is no longer secret to the Anti-Japanese Alliance. For
As far as the Kwantung Army is concerned, since the current fighter opportunity has been missed, judging from the reaction ability and speed of the opponent, it will never be recovered.
What is even more shameful is that the headquarters of the Sixth Army has been successfully attacked by the Anti-Japanese Alliance. No matter whether Lieutenant General Hisao Tani is dead or alive, the first soldier in the history of the Japanese Army will be captured or killed in battle.
Commander. Although this news has been kept secret from the Linxi battlefield commander to the officers below, it undoubtedly has a considerable impact on morale.
At present, the two division commanders on the Linxi battlefield have all sent telegrams, taking the initiative to request a retreat. This is the first time in the history of the Kwantung Army and even the entire Japanese Army that the two main division commanders on the front line have requested a retreat.
Yoshimoto Teiichi is still clear about the character of a division leader.
He knows very well that these two are quite capable people, and they are not the kind of people who are greedy for life and afraid of death. If these two can ask for an unprecedented retreat, I am afraid that the situation on the Linxi battlefield will definitely not be as optimistic as everyone here imagines.
.To say that the crisis is not that serious yet, but to say that optimism is probably far behind.
At the same time, Yoshimoto Teiichi believes that the current series of actions taken by the Anti-Japanese Alliance are obviously aimed at the Tongliao battlefield. The sudden westward withdrawal of the enemy troops on the Lishu line in eastern Shuangliao shows that the enemy has seen through the true purpose of the Kwantung Army.
Tongliao, and are ready to continue to invest troops in the battlefield of Tongliao.
Because by now, the true purpose of the Anti-Japanese Alliance's offensive has been exposed. The Kwantung Army has grasped the current true intentions of the Anti-Japanese Alliance and clearly knows that in order to ensure that their strategic goals are achieved, whether it is Tongliao or Linxi, they will absolutely
It is impossible to lose it. They must increase the strength of the two battlefields at all costs.
Under this situation, if the Kwantung Army continues to attack, even if it can defeat its opponent, it will suffer heavy losses. What's more, the Kwantung Army currently does not have enough troops to adjust as the battlefield situation changes. Resistance
The hundreds of tanks on the battlefields of Tongliao and Linxi, as well as the aviation force that could be increased at any time, also shrouded his mind like a dark cloud.
There is a serious lack of effective anti-tank weapons. The latest Type 97 tanks equipped by itself are no match for the improved anti-Soviet tanks. The loss of air supremacy caused the anti-Union aviation to pose a huge threat to the Kwantung Army ground troops.
, and caused heavy casualties.
The number of new fighter jets is too small, and the old fighter jets are no match at all, and they lack ground anti-aircraft firepower. This makes the Kwantung Army almost helpless in the face of the air superiority of the Anti-Japanese Alliance. At present, except for artillery, the Kwantung Army can barely keep up with the Anti-Japanese Alliance.
, in terms of heavy equipment, the Kwantung Army is no longer the opponent of the Anti-Japanese Alliance.
Facing the Anti-Japanese Alliance equipped with hundreds of tanks, a large number of aircraft, heavy artillery and other heavy weapons, if the current Kwantung Army wants to eat one of them, the price will be huge. And once this happens, for
The impact of the empire's decided southward strategy is quite far-reaching.
Of course, the Chief of Staff of the Kwantung Army, who also had a new important responsibility, also put forward reasons for terminating the operation in terms of material supply. The Kwantung Army had just established a supply supervisor responsible for the strategic supplies of the entire Kwantung Army, and this supply supervisor was
Since Yoshimoto Sadichi also serves as chief of staff, he has a heavy responsibility.
It's just that Chief of Staff Yoshimoto, who was overwhelmed by the war situation at the moment, had no energy to take care of the establishment of a supply prison. He left the task of establishing a supply prison entirely to the commander who had just arrived from Japan and took office, and had a dark eye on the entire Manchuria situation.
The Chief of Staff of the Supply Monitor, Colonel Kiyohide Takada, and Chief of Staff Yoshimoto Teiichi, have no time to take care of this matter now.
But for Yoshimoto Teiichi, even though he is the chief of staff, he still has a good understanding of the current material reserves of the Kwantung Army as the chief of staff. The shortage of heavy artillery, ammunition and fuel makes the Kwantung Army ineffective on the battlefield.
Balanced fire support has been greatly reduced.
In particular, the number of shells for the French-made 155 howitzers, which are the backbone of heavy artillery fire support, has become insufficient. And the original reserves of mountain and field artillery shells, due to a large number of southward transfers before the war, have made the inventory unable to sustain for too long.
The supply of oil continued to decline throughout the battle.
In Western Manchuria, the main combat area of this battle, due to the lack of railway lines, the Kwantung Army relied more than ever on highways and Kacheng supplements in this battle. Especially the Linxi theater was lost in Kulun and Tongliao.
After the Dazheng Railway was cut off, the nearest railway line was more than 500 kilometers away.
Now the two divisions on the Linxi battlefield can only rely on the road from Chifeng to Linxi for all material replenishment. The number of trucks and gasoline is seriously unable to meet the needs. As well as the continuous air strikes by the Anti-Japanese Alliance, the front line
The number of supplies arriving is decreasing every day.
The impact of American sanctions on the current Japanese army has been fully demonstrated. Especially the oil embargo, which has begun to have an impact on the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army. Most of the existing oil stocks have been allocated to the Navy and the Southern Army, as well as to
Under the circumstances of leaving some reserves, the Kwantung Army will get less and less share, and it is simply unable to maintain operations for a long time.
Not to mention the current shortage of fuel supply, the Kwantung Army still lacks a sufficient number of trucks even if it is sufficient. The total number of trucks currently owned by the Kwantung Army is less than 2,000. But the number of trucks with less than 2,000 will still be needed in the future.
In order to ensure the use in other directions, it is impossible to allocate all of them to Linxi battlefield.
Even if the Kwantung Army transferred them all, the Kwantung Army would not have enough fuel for them to use. Of the more than 700 trucks currently deployed on the battlefield in Western Manchuria, a considerable part of them were lost in the air strikes of the Anti-Japanese Alliance. Right now
The supplies Linxi battlefield receives every day are less than half of the required amount. Sometimes, even this standard cannot be met.
At present, the two divisions on the Linxi battlefield are unable to raise supplies on the spot because the population density is too low after the supplies they originally carried have been consumed. Some first-line regiments have already begun to kill horses or reduce supplies. For
Strict restrictions are also placed on the use of ammunition.
Even some combat squadrons of the Thirteenth Division can only guarantee one meal. It is stipulated that each infantryman must not consume more than thirty rounds of ammunition per day, and the artillery must not consume more than five rounds of artillery shells per day. The anti-alliance firepower on the opposite side is
It was still extremely strong. When someone fired ten artillery shells, the two divisions on the Linxi battlefield combined could barely fire back five.
With the loss of the Wengniute Left Banner, all supplies can now only be transferred through Chifeng. This makes it even more difficult for the already overloaded supply lines to bear the supplies of the two divisions. Under this situation, the operation can barely be maintained.
It is already extremely disadvantageous.
The most critical thing is that after the 7th Division was defeated on the battlefield of Alukorqin Banner, the two divisions on the battlefield of Linxi and Bahrain Right Banners have lost their flank cover. The loss of Ongniute Left Banner has caused the entire Linxi and Bahrain Right Banners to lose their flank cover.
The two divisions on the western battlefield are already in a semi-surrounded state.
If the two divisions lurking in the dark together with the Anti-Japanese Alliance take this opportunity to seize the northern mountainous area of Chifeng, or the so-called advancing army that cooperates with them attacks and advances eastward to destroy the Yechi Railway, or takes advantage of their strength to seize Chifeng, then these two
This division is in danger of being completely surrounded.
Even if the Kwantung Army can defeat the resistance in front of Tongliao by then, the two divisions on the Linxi battlefield were surrounded and annihilated. This exchange is impossible for the Kwantung Army. What's more, after the fighter plane has been missed, now
The Kwantung Army had no chance to encircle and annihilate the resistance coalition in Tongliao.
It was precisely because of the situation on the entire battlefield that Yoshimoto Sadakachi believed that the fighting must be stopped immediately. At the same time, the existing troops were strengthened in the defenses of Chifeng, Jianping, Beipiao, Kangping, Changtu, and Lishu to prevent the resistance from continuing.
Go south, and at the same time ensure the security of Jinzhou and Fengtian provinces, the empire's most important industrial, energy and special mineral deposit bases in Manchuria.
As long as the southward operation of the base camp is completed, or the local mobilization is completed, a large number of troops can be mobilized to supplement the Kwantung Army. By then, the empire, which has solved the sources of oil and some urgently needed mineral resources, will rely on its strong national power to crush the anti-Union pressure.
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For the current Kwantung Army, as long as they hold Rehe, block the confluence channel between the Anti-Japanese League and its internal troops, and block their access to Fengtian, they can still be trapped. As long as they are not allowed to enter Fengtian and they occupy Western Manchuria, they will be
Because the troops and materials were dispersed to the maximum extent, it was more beneficial to the Kwantung Army.
Yoshimoto Teiichi believes that it is difficult for the Anti-Japanese Alliance to support long-term operations with the foundation of Western Manchuria. If the Anti-Japanese Alliance wants to control Western Manchuria for a long time, then let alone ammunition and weapons and equipment, even the required food, fuel and other survival supplies, they will
It can only rely on replenishment from its so-called old base areas.
The Kwantung Army, which lacks a sufficient number of trucks, does not have strong strategic supply capabilities. However, in the Western Manchuria region where there are no railways, the Anti-Japanese Alliance still needs a large number of trucks to transport supplies by road. In wartime, at all costs, it is still possible to
It can be barely maintained. However, long-term supplementation is also a heavy burden for the Anti-League.
Although the Anti-Japanese Alliance can use the Sitao Railway and the Tao-Ang Railway to transfer supplies to the Tongliao line, the rest still requires road transportation. Western Manchuria is so vast that even the Kwantung Army can hardly afford the consumption of long-term transportation.
The number of troops stationed in Western Manchuria before the war was quite limited. So how could the Anti-Japanese Alliance, whose foundation was far inferior to the Kwantung Army, be able to afford it?
With the technical capabilities of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, I am afraid that they do not have the ability to lay railways at all now. Even if they want to switch to railway transportation, they are powerless. In an area as vast as Western Manchuria, they may only be able to continue to use expensive trucks for transportation. Kanto
The army is currently short of gasoline, but the Anti-Japanese Alliance, which can only rely on imported oil to fight, has enough oil?
The Soviets are now unable to provide them with gasoline. As for the Americans, their hands are still a little too long. So what if there are a large number of American trucks with excellent performance? Without oil, they are nothing but decorations? Now that the Anti-Japanese Alliance has occupied Western Manchuria, then