The reason why the two armies cooperated well on the battlefield in northern Shanxi is fundamentally different from that on the Taiyuan battlefield. The reason why Yang Jicai and the two divisions of the two major base areas cooperated better was because the battlefield was around Taiyuan, and there was almost no room for maneuver. Several
The divisions and the anti-Japanese war troops are all grasshoppers on a rope, and no one can escape.
The second is also the military and political officer of the two divisions, personally commanding. With the pressure from their immediate superiors, the troops below do not dare to exert their guerrilla level too much. At least the regiment and battalion commanders below, no one dares to do anything in front of these two
Thorn. Compared with the regiment-level cadres below who are accustomed to fighting independently, these two senior cadres during the Red Army still have the vision and level.
If it were not for these two military division commanders to take charge personally and a group of regimental leaders to come, Yang Jicai would probably not be able to fight this battle as smoothly as he is now. First of all, the issue of reorganizing command authority would cause him a big headache.
Rudou. Although the Guan Nei army does not pay attention to job-related relationships, seniority is a fatal issue.
Maybe, even if he wants to persist, no matter how fat the meat is in front of him, he will have to give up completely. The most important thing is that these two division leaders, including the commander of the peripheral Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Second Division.
Consciously or unconsciously, they were all caught up in the pie drawn by Yang Jicai.
When he wanted to escape, he found that he had no choice but to bite the bullet and fight the bold young man in front of him to the end. Otherwise, whoever evacuated in advance would cause the entire battlefield to collapse. And when he went back, his superiors would definitely not be able to spare him. Even if
They had to bite the bullet and persevere. In other words, the situation forced everyone to do this. Therefore, Yang Jicai was much more comfortable on the battlefield in Taiyuan.
Regarding the current disharmony in cooperation in the battlefield in northern Shanxi, and even some estrangement in some aspects, Chen Hanzhang is not the only one who has a headache. He is personally commanding the front line.
The acting commander of the Sui Military Region also had a headache, and even the boss in Xing County also had a headache.
Before this battle, the boss came from Yan'an and was appointed by the chairman to personally rush to the Jinsui Military Region to take charge. He was not just supervising the war. Here, the boss always had a very direct grasp of each front. Especially the troops of the Jinsui Military Region who participated in the war in northern Shanxi.
Performance, the boss understands it very clearly.
As for the Anti-Japanese Alliance, before Chen Hanzhang went to attack, he repeatedly asked Chen Hanzhang to give a detailed report on the daily battle situation to the boss. Therefore, the boss’s grasp of the entire battle situation is actually no less than that of Yang Zhen, so the boss also
I have a lot of headaches over this matter.
Even before Yang Zhen arrived, the boss had the intention to transfer two brigades back from the Baotou front line to cooperate with the anti-alliance operations, replacing the original local armed forces with upgraded new units. These were the main forces used as the backbone of counter-mopping up operations, and they had guerrilla habits.
Still a lot less.
It was only after Yang Zhen received three secret telegrams from Chen Hanzhang that he realized the seriousness of the situation. At this critical moment, he flew from the Tongliao headquarters to the northwest. The battlefield in northern Shanxi was fought around the Guan Nei base area, and there was no Guan Nei
Without the support and cooperation of the troops, it is very difficult to win this battle successfully. And if this problem is not solved, it will also affect the unity of the troops inside and outside the pass.
Does Yang Zhen have a solution to the problem in his mind? On the incoming plane, he had already considered a way to solve this problem. The first way is very simple, to withdraw all the troops of the Jinsui Military Region participating in the war from the front-line battlefield. Use
Transporting supplies at the rear, guarding prisoners, and ensuring the safety of communication lines.
But this solution seems to be the simplest, but it may also cause the greatest trouble and subsequent impact. Withdraw all the participating troops in the pass from the front line. It is obviously very easy for people to think that I am the best in the world in the Anti-Japanese Alliance, and I am the best in the world.
It's an idea that even fraternal troops look down upon. Maybe it will seriously affect the unity between the two armies.
The second one is simpler. A group of cadres are transferred from the Anti-Japanese League. All the troops and regiment chiefs of staff of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Military Region participating in the war are replaced. At the battalion level, each battalion is assigned an Anti-Japanese League cadre to serve as deputy battalion commander.
This method is actually simpler and more effective. However, this method brings more trouble than the first method.
Let’s not talk about straightening out the command relationship, just the issue of the command authority of the troops is very troublesome. The internal troops do not have clear authority between the military chief and the chief of staff like the Anti-Japanese League. The military chief has always been
The military officer has the final say. The chief military officer has absolute authority in military command. The chief of staff has no decision-making power in command, and many troops do not even have the right to make suggestions.
In the internal troops, in addition to the high command, the responsibilities of the chief of staff at the regiment level are more like a steward of the team directly under the military headquarters, or a senior herald. When it comes to specific command, it is more
The military chief acted arbitrarily, and of course the political commissar had the final decision-making power. In terms of specific command of operations, the chief of staff basically had no role.
In the process of contacting the advancing army, Yang Zhen found that the troops from the Taihang Military Region and the 129th Division, which were his old troops, paid more attention to the work of the chief of staff and had clearer responsibilities. However, the troops from other base areas
, the difference is too big. In many brigade-level troops, the chief of staff is even just a decoration.
In fact, this is not unique to the Guanneri army. It is basically the practice of all Chinese armies to despise staff work. According to the Beiyang government's explicit regulations, the chief of staff needs to be demoted two levels when he is transferred to the position of military chief. Even if he is
In terms of organizational structure and system in Chongqing, the most modern Central Army, the actual role of the chief of staff in many units is also very limited.
The differences between the two command systems, and even some units with different concepts, will have a lot of conflicts in command concepts. These things started when the personnel selected by the Anti-Japanese Federation to form the advance army were mainly assigned to serve as chiefs of staff.
By that time, I had already suffered enough.
Now that personnel are being transferred from the Anti-Japanese Federation to replace the chief of staff, unless the boss personally gives the order, the effect they can have will probably be quite limited. Moreover, doing so will easily create some barriers. In the eyes of many people, they will think that they are responsible
It's too long. He's an old comrade who has been with me for many years, so it's not good for me to step in hastily.
When talking about the most critical and urgent problem, Yang Zhen's sudden silence made the boss a little confused for a short time. But who is the boss? Although he has a kind personality, he has more military experience than Yang Zhen, a newcomer.
He is much older than the remaining commander, so he still doesn't understand the thoughts of his subordinates.
The boss quickly figured out the crux of Yang Zhen's silence on this issue. The boss knew very well what Yang Zhen's concerns were. However, the boss believed that as the military commander of several major strategic areas, he was the least qualified.
Being the youngest, it is normal for him to have concerns in this regard. This also shows that Yang Zhen is calm-minded and does not have any high fever because of his change in status.
After hesitating for a while, the boss finally made a decision: "The situation in Baotou has now stabilized. The remaining negotiations are mainly between us and Houtao and Yulin. And judging from the conduct of the chief officer of Houtao,
He will not provoke a conflict at this time. The possibility of a conflict breaking out in the Suixi region is now almost impossible."
"In addition, Baotou is isolated in Suixi. Although there are railway lines connected to the rear, the local area is a poor area after all. A large number of troops stationed there for a long time not only brings a huge burden to the local area, but we are also unable to guarantee logistical supplies.
I think it’s time to call back some of the main force at this time.”
"In this way, I asked the Jinsui Military Region to leave all the cavalry, one regiment of artillery, and two brigades of infantry to be responsible for the defense of the front line from Baotou to Guisui, Tuohetuo. After that, three independent regiments were allocated to be responsible for
The remaining troops were immediately transported to the Datong line via the Pingsui Railway at the fastest speed.
"Now that we have a railway in the area under our control, we don't have to worry about the extreme fatigue caused by the continuous march of the troops when mobilizing troops. Quickly transferring the main force of the Jinsui Military Region back will not only save Baotou, but also supply the grain reserves in Guisui to Shanxi.
The northern battlefield can also greatly reduce your pressure."
"The most important thing is that under the circumstances that there will be no obvious fighting in the short term around Baotou, we can put the greatest effective force on the battlefield in northern Shanxi. Since we have already fought Datong, we must fight this battle
Good. We must not only hold on to the fruits of victory gained some time ago, but also further stab the Japanese in the heart of North China."
"We should respond well to the unfounded accusations from some quarters that we are loitering instead of attacking, and that we do not fight Japanese troops but only fight friendly forces. Let the people of the country take a good look at us and see how determined we are to resist Japan. See if we are sincerely resisting Japan.
Let’s see who is truly resisting Japan.”
"I immediately asked the acting commander in charge of the base area to rush back to the battlefield in northern Shanxi. Except for the two regiments with the best performance, all the regiments currently cooperating in the operation were withdrawn and transferred to the rear garrison.
.After the main force of the Jinsui Military Region returns, all troops will be transferred to Liangcheng for training and will serve as the reserve team for the battlefield in northern Shanxi."
Having said this, the boss looked at Yang Zhen's slightly frowned brows after hearing his thoughts and said: "As you have begun to enter the customs to participate in the war, the transportation lines within the customs have been fully opened, and the international situation has changed, our fighting ideas have also changed.
It’s time to make some changes. The original guerrilla habits of some troops must be changed. They must be changed.”
"Guerrilla warfare is just a way of fighting that we adopt under special circumstances. In the past, in cruel environments and with a shortage of guns and ammunition, in order to survive, there is nothing wrong with adopting a combat mode that is more in line with our own conditions.
.Because we didn’t have such deep capital in the past, we really couldn’t afford to make losses, and we couldn’t afford to fight a war of attrition.”
"In the past, the average gun in the army only had five rounds of ammunition. The rifles made by Hanyang were all good guns. The ammunition for light and heavy machine guns was less than a base, and very few artillery soldiers had guns and ammunition. After fighting a battle, they had to find a way to return to the battlefield to pick up
The bullet casings are returned to the superiors for reloading. This condition forces us to adopt this kind of business, where we have to calculate whether it is a loss in every battle."
"But now the conditions have changed, and the requirements for combat have also changed considerably. The way of thinking of many of our cadres at all levels has not been fundamentally changed, and they cannot adapt to the changes in the new situation. We know that our brother troops are equipped with a large number of
Cars and tanks, but they still insist on destroying the road. As a result, the mobility of the Japanese army has not been reduced, at least it is not visible yet, but it has trapped you."
"This situation must be changed. We cannot always regard ourselves as guerrillas. The conditions and environment have changed, and our thinking should also change. After this battle is over, not only the troops in the northern Shanxi battlefield will have to
Reorganization and training, even other base area troops must undergo large-scale reorganization and training. Shandong and the New Fourth Army units are far apart, and if the troops cannot be transferred back, then a group of cadres will be transferred back."