Yang Zhen's words were very complaining, which made the boss slightly stunned. The boss could hear the grievance in Yang Zhen's words. He also knew the tremendous pressure this young man was under. Many of his actions,
Not to mention that many people within the party and the military do not understand. Even I, the person who supports him the most, also does not understand.
The boss thought for a while and said: "It's not that I don't agree with you launching this battle, I'm just worried about how long you can hold on with the current number of casualties. According to the troops you deployed on the battlefield in Xinjing, if this number of casualties is
If this continues, I'm afraid it won't be long before the troops on the battlefield in Xinjing will be exhausted."
"Now that you are allocating troops from the Eastern Front battlefield, which has the least pressure, to reinforce the Xinjing battlefield, it has already shown that your stamina is insufficient. Once the troops are excessively lost in this meat grinder, even if you have achieved the purpose of launching the campaign,
But the base area is still undefended. Don’t forget, your lack of stamina is now your most fatal weakness."
"No matter what your starting point is, I think it's time for you to adjust your deployment. How many troops can you fill with the huge consumption in these two aspects? With your current strength, how much more can you fill?
According to the current rate of casualties, how long can you hold on?"
"Comrade Yang Zhen, the Chairman and I both understand and support your thoughts and original intentions. However, such heavy casualties will consume too much of you. You have told me more than once that you have to develop more firepower.
It’s because we have no choice, because even if we compete for human resources, we can’t compete with the Japanese army.”
"But have you noticed that you are now developing towards the most dangerous aspect of fighting for manpower. And on the battlefield in northern Shanxi, with the arrival of Japanese reinforcements one after another, it is about to enter the most difficult moment, and we will also face huge challenges.
Troops are being depleted. With both ends involved, how many troops do you have left to mobilize?"
"Even on the Chanan battlefield on the center line, the advancing army does not need your reinforcements. But if such huge consumption on the east and west fronts continues, do you really want to wipe out the troops? You know, your current situation is already in the demolition of the east.
We have to repair the Western Wall. Northern Shanxi is now going to become a flesh and blood mill again. How many more walls do you have left that can be demolished?"
"Now that Xingjing has been captured, the entire Xingjing salient has been leveled. As for the front line of Siping Street, I think that although the strategic position is very important, if you don't capture it for the time being, it won't cause you any strategic difficulties. Now turn to defense.
With superior firepower, the consumption of troops can be greatly reduced."
"Passive defense is indeed a bit unsightly. But this can save you a lot of troops. The most important thing is to reduce the number of casualties so that you can prepare for long-term development. In fact, what will happen even if you take Siping Street now? That's it.
Can you fully improve your overall strategic posture in the Northeast?"
"I don't believe that without the depth of these counties, you would not be able to defend yourself against the Japanese air raids. Without the grain output of these counties, you will be hungry in the future. Comrade Yang Zhen, looking at the overall situation, you do have the upper hand.
.But in fact, your effective strength has been used to the extreme. If the Northeast War situation continues to develop according to the current situation, it will be very detrimental to you."
"Enough is enough, and you should do what you can. This is not only in daily work, but also on the battlefield. You can't know that you only have eight taels of belly, but you have to hold in two kilograms. I can ask you now, when will you
Think it’s time to take a break?”
"The war situation is ever-changing. Who can guarantee that the Japanese base camp will not significantly increase its troops in the Northeast when the war situation is unfavorable, especially when South Manchuria is at a loss? You also said that the Northeast is Japan's lifeline. Regarding the fight for its own lifeline, the Japanese army
Will the base camp allow the war situation in Northeast China to continue to deteriorate and ignore it?"
When the boss said this, his tone was obviously a little angry. The consumption of two regiments a day, plus the two divisions that fought for Xinjing, were all wiped out at once. According to the establishment of the Anti-League, the two divisions amounted to nearly 50,000 people.
The strength of the army. In a battle, there were so many casualties. This was the first time since the formation of the entire army.
When the Red Army forcibly crossed the Xiangjiang River, it also suffered heavy losses, but it did not reach this number of casualties. Several legions did suffer heavy losses, and basically their backbones were preserved. Especially the first and third legions, which were basically the two main legions of the Red Army.
It has been completely preserved.
Now in the Northeast, the two first-class main divisions were reduced to skeletons in just one battle, and they were all old bones. According to this casualty number, relying on the existing strength of the Anti-Japanese Alliance and the entire strategic situation, it is impossible to
It can't last too long.
If the entire unit is crippled, it will be fatal to the future development of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, which has just begun to grow. Even if the Japanese have suffered too many losses now, they rely on the relatively strong manpower in the local area and can continuously mobilize from the local area at any time.
New troops. But you only have so few human resources. If you use them all, there will be no place to replenish them.
Even if various base areas within the customs can allocate troops and find ways to assist you in recruiting new soldiers. But it takes a lot of time for a person to grow from an ordinary citizen to a qualified soldier. The training of commanders at all levels requires a lot of time.
Time. If the Japanese can afford this manpower consumption, how can you use it? Especially once all the backbones are used up, how many years will it take for this army to regain its strength?
The boss is still very aware of the pressure on Yang Zhen. So in order to fight this battle well, let the troops inside and outside the pass cooperate well. After several discussions with the chairman, the boss personally rushed to the Jinsui Military Region to take charge. Why? Isn't it just
In order to grasp the situation of the Suiyuan War, should Yang Zhen focus his main energy on the Northeast battlefield?
In fact, although the boss expressed support for this campaign from planning to launch, after many discussions with the deputy commander-in-chief, he was still sweating for Yang Zhen in his heart. As Yang Zhen had never met,
According to the deputy commander-in-chief, this little guy's appetite is too big.
In the face of the Kwantung Army, the largest strategic group of the Japanese army, we also need to open up land connections with the Kwantung to the west and fight against the Japanese Mongolian garrison and the North China Front Army. This is not just a two-sided battle. If it is more serious,
, it can even be said that they are facing two major strategic groups at the same time: the Japanese troops inside the Pass, the China Expeditionary Force, and the Kwantung Army outside the Pass.
In such a large-scale battle, even if there is the cooperation of the advancing army that brings together the best of the two base areas in the pass, and the coordination and support of the relevant troops, it will be difficult to completely achieve the purpose of the campaign when the entire army faces the general disadvantage of the Japanese army.
.The Anti-Japanese Alliance has a large number of tanks and artillery, as well as aircraft support. The initial breakthrough may be smooth.
However, with the military strength at an absolute disadvantage whether inside or outside the pass, no matter which battlefield is weak, the battle will probably be lost. The Japanese army is indeed fighting on three sides, but the Japanese army's ability to replenish troops and continuous operations are
Their capabilities are not comparable to those of the Anti-Japanese Alliance and the Guan Nei troops. What's more, the Guan Nei troops are not only inferior to the Japanese army in terms of military strength, but also in terms of equipment and quality of soldiers. The command capabilities of officers at all levels are also far inferior to the Japanese army.
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The deputy commander-in-chief believes that the most appropriate deployment is for the Northeast to take action in order to concentrate troops and equipment and give priority to opening up connections inside and outside the customs. Be prepared to provide soldiers and other resources to the Anti-Japanese Alliance within the customs. Instead of doing so in such a long period of time
On the front line, a large-scale offensive was launched at the same time.
If you want to become a fat man in one bite, you have to have such a big belly. Although the quality of the soldiers and equipment in his hands are the best in several major strategic areas, the ability to continuously replenish soldiers is the best in major strategic areas.
The weakest link among them. Under the circumstances of retaining a large agricultural population and recruiting a large industrial population, it is quite dangerous for Yang Zhen to do this.
Indeed, so far, the Anti-Japanese Alliance has maintained an almost 100% victory standard against the Kwantung Army. The first few battles were indeed fought beautifully. It can be said that in terms of campaign conception, deployment, and grasp of the overall battle situation, almost
It's impeccable.
Especially in terms of the suddenness of the launch of the campaign and the suddenness of the putting into use of new equipment, the success seemed to be almost 100%. But it was precisely because of this that the Kwantung Army and even the Japanese base camp paid more attention to the investment in the Northeast battlefield.
There are more troops and effective forces.
Although the Anti-Japanese Alliance has a considerable advantage in equipment and is indeed quite powerful in terms of combat effectiveness, judging from the quality of the Japanese army. At present, with half of the total number of troops that China invested in the Songhu battlefield, it is difficult to resist the Japanese army that invested nearly half of the troops in the Songhu battlefield.
Twice the number of troops is really too risky.
Even if they kill a thousand enemies and suffer five hundred losses, the Resistance Alliance cannot afford this all-out effort. Although the Japanese army still has to fight on multiple fronts, after all, the total population is there. If they want to expand their army, they rely on an effective national mobilization system.
, it will be able to meet the needs very quickly. But it is not that easy for your Resistance Alliance to make up for the losses in the battle.
Your North Manchurian base area has now implemented a strict planned use of young adults, which has never been done before. This very straightforwardly illustrates the weakness of your ability to sustain development. Now
For you, it just so happens that the situation inside the pass has taken a 180-degree turn.
The weakness has changed from fighting for steel and the quality of the army to not being able to fight for casualties. No matter what the starting point of your campaign is, it is best to stop at the right time and act according to your ability. You can't make a fat man with one bite, and you can't build it in a day.
A tall building. You have exhausted all your troops, but the enemy can continue to increase their troops. What will you do then?
This was the deputy commander-in-chief’s idea after learning about Yang Zhen’s entire plan for this operation, and the reason why he was somewhat opposed. As the deputy commander-in-chief of the military, his focus was quite accurate. At a glance, he could see that Yang Zhen’s plan was the biggest
The weakness lies there. The total number of troops that the Japanese army can sustainably invest far exceeds that of the Anti-Japanese Alliance. The lack of sufficient reserve forces is the biggest weakness of the Anti-Japanese Alliance in this battle.
The deputy commander-in-chief is even more worried that once the Anti-Japanese Alliance's investment in Suiyuan and northern Shanxi is insufficient, it will be difficult for the internal troops who suffered heavy losses after last year's sweep to undertake such a major war. In other words, the deputy commander-in-chief
It is believed that the customs troops do not yet have the conditions and strength to fight this kind of battle.
Under the current situation that the Anti-Japanese Alliance still needs to undertake the main operations in the entire battlefield in northern Shanxi, once the Anti-Japanese Alliance fails in the battle in northern Shanxi, the entire troops participating in the battle in the pass will also suffer serious losses. The deputy commander-in-chief is very worried.
The door caught fire, causing damage to the fish pond.
If this happens, it will undoubtedly aggravate the difficulties of various troops in the pass after last year's counter-mopping up. The difficulties of the already weak base areas in North China will be further exacerbated. Regarding the deputy commander-in-chief's thoughts, the boss
Although he didn't express his position, his heart was secretly worried.