Chapter 110: Recruit Training Close to Actual Combat
At the same time, the central government abolished the original organizational structure of the Northeastern Field Army, and the Northeastern Military Region and the Field Army were restructured to implement integrated leadership instead of separate leadership levels. However, in response to Yang Zhen’s request to strengthen the leadership of the Northeastern Military Region, the central government is now short of cadres everywhere.
I made a lot of determination, but in the end I still couldn't meet all his requirements.
For this series of changes, Yang Zhen has long been mentally prepared. However, for him, he has neither the mind nor the time to care about these things now. A battle that determines life and death is imminent, and the heavy pre-war preparations make Yang
I was so busy that I didn't even have much time to sleep.
After returning to the Northeast, Yang Zhen did not return to Harbin immediately. Instead, after entrusting all the work to Li Yanping and Guo Bingxun, he took a group of combat staff from the headquarters and secretly disguised himself as a Mongolian herdsman or traveling businessman.
.Personally rush to the East and West Ujimqin Banner, Abaga Banner, Keshiketeng Banner, Weichang and Fengning areas to secretly inspect ammunition, material storage points, and field airport setup points.
In fact, after the battle, the headquarters had deployed a group of manpower to carry out these things secretly, but Yang Zhen was still somewhat uneasy. The supply line for this battle was too long, and the battlefield was located in areas with extremely underdeveloped transportation.
area.
Without sufficient preparation in advance, unexpected losses will be too great. Moreover, the Japanese army's battlefield reconnaissance capabilities are quite strong. These material and ammunition storage points and field airport selections can easily cause damage to the Japanese army if they are not carefully deployed.
Leave a gap that can be exploited.
The most important thing is whether these locations are hidden or not is not only related to the safety of this batch of materials, but also related to whether the secret can be kept until the last moment before the battle begins, in order to maximize the suddenness of the battle, which is also a key consideration for Yang Zhen.
On the other hand, the forwarding of a large amount of supplies and ammunition will definitely attract the attention of the Japanese army. If the concealment is not good, it will easily alert the Japanese army. That's why Yang Zhen had to take a look in person and inspect all the supply routes in detail.
It was not until December 2nd that Yang Zhen returned to Harbin secretly after completing the inspection. However, he did not take any rest, and did not even have time to wash away the dust of the journey. He immediately started to work on the plan that Li Yanping and Guo Bingxun had come up with.
Based on this, the troops will be adjusted and expanded.
Through the various efforts of the Northeast Bureau and the Northeast People's Government, by late November, 150,000 additional troops had been mobilized for the Anti-Japanese Alliance in the newly liberated areas. In addition to the 30,000 additional troops mobilized from the old base areas, although it was not in line with the requirements
There is still a quantitative gap of nearly a quarter, but it is at least enough to meet the expansion needs of the main force.
As for the restoration and replenishment of local armed forces under each secondary military region, the time is not so urgent yet and can be slowed down a little. At the moment, the focus of troop expansion must be on the main force first, so as to prepare for the upcoming second phase.
Battle, make final preparations.
The Anti-Japanese Alliance used these new soldiers. In addition to replenishing all casualties in the first phase, it also formed six new divisions and three independent brigades. Except for the 1st to 10th divisions, only some new soldiers were added. The rest of the troops were
It was established in a mixed manner with the old leading the new, veterans and old troops as the backbone, and new soldiers as the backbone.
This expansion model not only ensures the expansion of the army, but also prevents the combat effectiveness from declining too quickly due to too many recruits. In order to improve the combat effectiveness of this batch of recruits as soon as possible before the launch of the 1942 campaign, this batch of recruits will be in accordance with the Anti-Japanese War
According to the requirements of the headquarters, in addition to two months of basic training, they were all taken to the synthetic training base for comprehensive training.
Let the recruits who have just completed two months of basic training lie down in the trench and be blasted with artillery shells and then burned with incendiary bombs. After that, the tanks will drive back and forth directly overhead. The recruits are even asked to line up in a row.
The training method of lying down between two tank marching columns with a distance of less than five meters is probably something only the Anti-Japanese Alliance can do.
Looking at the training method of the new recruits of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, the two veterans were dumbfounded before they realized what they called close to actual combat training. Not to mention how much materials were consumed during the training, it was so cruel.
I'm afraid no army can do it.
This is recruit training, not a veteran exercise. This kind of training is conducted among recruits who have only completed two basic trainings. Except for the Anti-Japanese Alliance, I am afraid that no army in the world would dare to do this. This is to allow the recruits to do this on the training ground.
You will experience the cruelty of war.
In fact, what the two veterans don't know is that when they arrive at the comprehensive training ground, they have already entered the comprehensive training stage. The real basic training begins when these new recruits enter the army and undergo a month of queue and housekeeping training, as well as basic tactics and physical fitness.
After training, psychological training begins with basic tactical training.
Before the new regiment had time to familiarize themselves with the firearms issued to them, and they had just become familiar with the military camp, they were ordered to dig trenches and then squat in the trenches, allowing machine gun bullets to hit the trenches where they were less than a hundred meters away.
Carry out horizontal fire and at the same time detonate explosive points buried within a distance of five meters in front and behind their position to create artillery fire effects.
This kind of training without any expense has certainly paid a considerable price. Even if there are veterans as the backbone of the new recruits who have never been on the battlefield, it is impossible for them to face this training method without any problems. Wait until
When this group of new recruits completed basic military training and entered the army, they suffered more than 500 casualties in each stage of training alone.
But for the Anti-Japanese Alliance, this price is really helpless. In just four months, it is too short for these new recruits to complete the transformation from farmers to qualified soldiers. Not in terms of training.
Intersperse training as close to actual combat as possible so that recruits can experience the actual battlefield conditions on the training ground. When they are on the battlefield, the price these recruits pay can only be greater.
After these recruits join the army, they will immediately face a fierce battle, leaving them little time to adapt. If these recruits are not trained as close to actual combat as possible, I am afraid that after a battle, these recruits will not be able to survive.
Half would be good.
This high price is something that the Anti-Japanese Alliance cannot afford. That's why Yang Zhencai personally formulated this training plan. In addition to accelerating the maturity of these recruits and shortening the growth process of the recruits, it is also to improve the psychology of the recruits on the battlefield.
Bearing capacity.
Although this seems a bit cruel, it is also a helpless choice. The recruits who replenished the army this time accounted for almost one-third of the total number of troops. The full training time is only four months at most, which makes it impossible for them to truly
Understand what war is.
Once these recruits have a psychological breakdown on the battlefield, it is likely to have a decisive impact on the war situation. One can take away ten, and ten can take away a hundred. In the face of a cruel war, no matter the strong military discipline and
Ideological work is not as good as the desire for life. Although this kind of training seems a bit cruel, it undoubtedly accelerated the growth of these recruits in advance.
There is no way, the time left for the Anti-Japanese Alliance preparations for this battle is too tight. Calculated according to time, it is simply impossible to adopt the method last year after completing the training, dragging it to the confrontation zone with the Japanese army, and fighting in small-scale rounds
This way, these new recruits can accept what a real battlefield is.
In fact, after a recruit completes basic training, many of the problems a recruit faces on the battlefield are not tactical problems, but psychological quality problems. Tactical problems are easy to solve, but psychological fear is the most difficult to solve. There are constant explosions around him.
Artillery shells, countless rounds of bullets hitting oneself, and the bloody corpses of fallen comrades beside them will all cause a psychological breakdown in recruits who go to the battlefield for the first time.
Veterans know how to protect themselves on the battlefield. They are familiar with war and have been used to life and death. Naturally, there will be no problem with their mental state. But these recruits who have not experienced actual combat, no matter what they learned in the training ground, they will not have any mental problems.
, when facing a hail of bullets on the battlefield, it is difficult to control one's fear.
Under psychological fear, no matter how good the tactics are, they will be completely lost. Let them experience the actual situation on the battlefield in advance on the training ground, which will be beneficial to them in overcoming their psychological barriers. Only by solving the psychological problems
Without obstacles and fears, these recruits can truly mature and be put to use on the battlefield.
While the main force was expanding and adjusting, and was busy training new recruits, Yang Zhen also made certain adjustments to the weapons and equipment of each unit based on the experience of the first phase of combat. The original battalion's 57 mm recoilless
The artillery platoon was decommissioned from the army and all were replaced by the new 82 recoilless rifles.
The 57mm recoilless rifle is of course flexible and can be used to partially replace the original small-caliber combat anti-aircraft gun. However, after this battle, the general reaction of the troops was that when dealing with the Japanese army's permanently prepared fortifications, the power of long-range shooting is still a bit biased.
It's small, and the range is a bit too close.
In addition to the agreement reached with the Soviets, the Anti-Japanese Alliance needed to provide the Soviet Union with a large quantity. Since the production of this artillery had been discontinued and Yang Zhen did not want to reopen the production line, all the 57mm recoilless rifles were
It was withdrawn from the front-line troops and the entire army was uniformly converted into stock 82 recoilless rifles.
The infantry weapons and equipment were adjusted. In addition to the replacement of the 57mm recoilless rifles, the number of 12mm high-level and flat dual-purpose machine guns in each infantry battalion was increased by two. The original company-affiliated general-purpose machine guns were all issued to
Each infantry platoon. The number of each infantry platoon increased to three.
The original division-affiliated artillery regiments, except for the newly established divisions, still use Japanese-style 95 field artillery due to insufficient numbers. The field artillery battalions of the division-affiliated artillery regiments of the old army have dismantled all Japanese-style field artillery.
Type 38 field guns and Polish-made Type 1**7 field guns were modified into 76mm cannons delivered by the Soviet Union.
As for the M-30 122mm howitzers exchanged by the Soviet Union, Yang Zhen did not give them to the division artillery regiment. Instead, he used these howitzers to replace the Polish artillery in the column's artillery and the direct artillery.
Build a 100mm Austro-Hungarian howitzer.
These 100mm howitzers that were replaced were selected to be still usable, adding part of the strength to each division's artillery regiment. The 38-type field guns and Polish-made French field guns that were replaced by Soviet-made artillery,
In addition to increasing the supplement to the advancing army and leaving some as reserves, all the troops were transported to the battlefield within the pass by air.
As for the batch of two-pound guns transferred by the British along with these tanks, Yang Zhen formed a six-gun company for each infantry regiment of all troops, including the advancing army. As a regimental direct firepower,
Used to deal with Japanese light armored targets and civil fortifications.
Although these two-pound guns have lagged behind in the North African and Soviet-German battlefields, they still have no problem dealing with Japanese tanks and civil fortifications on the Asian battlefield. The most important thing is that these two-pound guns are very light and can be used in mountainous areas.