After carefully checking the contents of the telegram to the boss just now and the map of Shanxi marked by the staff officer, Yang Zhen shook his head: "The lagging behind in intelligence against the Japanese army this time has caused us to be too passive. The current situation
Yes, even if we mobilize our artillery and march southward, it may be difficult for us to pass the Japanese blockade."
"Ningji Okamura acted preemptively this time, and his plan to drain the firepower out of us has already caused us to be quite passive. He first used a small force to attract our army to northeastern Shanxi, and dispatched a large number of Japanese and puppet troops to attack us.
Large-scale raids were carried out in the two major base areas of Taiyue."
"Coupled with the fact that the 32nd and 21st divisions have not made any moves yet, even if we want to adjust our combat deployment, we have to be very careful. No matter how we move now, we are actually slowing down.
It took a long time, and the Japanese army moved much faster than we originally expected."
"Both we and the brother troops in the pass have made a mistake. They are still looking at the problem from the same old perspective. But they did not expect that the Japanese army would disrupt the puppet army's organization and disrupt us by adjusting the deployment of the puppet army on a large scale this time.
sights and sources of intelligence.”
"Using these miscellaneous troops in the former national army, their desire for territory, the idea of preserving their strength, and the replenishment of equipment and soldiers as bait, the puppet army replaced the Japanese army as the main force to undertake the mopping up of the base areas behind enemy lines. Okamura Ningji this
It’s really a beautiful game to control China with China with one hand.”
Regarding Yang Zhen's sigh, Guo Bingxun thought for a while and said: "No. 1, it is not the time for us to sigh now. The top priority now is to solve the problem. If the Japanese army really blocks the Zhengtai and Nantongpu railway lines, how should we solve the problem?
This telegram? We cannot mobilize troops to escort a large force, and it is very unsafe for a small force to escort us along the way."
"We have to implement the boss's order. But how to implement it is a headache right now. In fact, when the ground artillery cannot get through, we can also use aviation to replace the ground artillery. But the internal troops do not have the ground and air firepower to cooperate.
experience, and also lacks ground guides and corresponding equipment.”
"During Yang Jicai's battle in Taiyuan, in order to avoid accidental damage, he did not even dare to use aviation to support front-line operations. He only dared to use aviation to bomb the Japanese positions in depth. If air support was sent, it would easily cause combat chaos."
"But if we are still unable to come up with a solution, when the Japanese and puppet troops have completely completed their deployment, it will be difficult for us to find opportunities to send artillery to the Taihang Mountains. Now that the Japanese and puppet troops have just completed their deployment, the puppet Second Front Army
The main force is still in the eastern Henan area. If we think of a way, we can still solve the problem."
Guo Bingxun's words made Yang Zhen look at the map of Shanxi and fell into deep thought. After a long time, he looked up and said: "Order Chen Hanzhang to immediately dispatch a tank battalion and a cavalry brigade to form a rapid detachment to cover the dispatched artillery and take advantage of the fact that the Japanese army has not yet raided the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei base area.
opportunity. Pass through Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Beiyue District and forcibly cross towards Zhengtai Road."
"Last year, the Japanese army built a large number of roads in the hinterland of Beiyue District in order to raid the Beiyue District of Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Province. We can use these roads to transport these artillery units to the Taihang base area as quickly as possible. Along the way, we can also get the second division of Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei
And four-zone coverage.”
"Aren't there still a large number of Japanese and puppet troops in the middle? This is an opportunity. No matter what the little devils mean by leaving this vacancy, they must make good use of it. The artillery and equipment must be transferred safely at all costs.
Sent to the south of Zhengtai Road."
"Tell Chen Hanzhang that the artillery deployed should be mainly light Japanese-made mountain cannons, plus some heavy mortars. If conditions permit, he will use the twenty-four Japanese-made Type 94 mountain cannons currently equipped in his army.
Seven Type 99 heavy mountain guns, together with the artillery, were all transferred to the Taihang Military Region. In addition, he was asked to allocate two 107 rocket launcher batteries and transfer them to them."
"As for the artillery shells, the maximum carrying capacity shall prevail. Bring as much as you can. After the artillery is mobilized, the headquarters will replenish it in the shortest possible time. At the same time, we will notify those stationed in northern Shaanxi and Sui
The aviation force of the South must cover the entire process while Chen Hanzhang is escorting him southward."
"In addition, tell Chen Hanzhang that I agree with him to dispatch a group of elite troops to go deep into northwest Shanxi to search for traces of the main force of the left center detachment. I also asked him to organize a group of trucks to speed up the return of the main force of the Jinsui Military Region. It is not to go to Pianguan.
Even if we understand the situation within the territory, we will send the Shanxi-Suiyuan troops to the places where they should deploy their defenses."
"Lao Guo, ask Zhang Zhenhua to check the inventory and see how many 79 bullets we still have. In addition, don't we have seven British-made light transport aircraft in our hands now? They have all been transferred to Datong Airport. We need to use light transport.
Taking advantage of the short drop distance, this batch of ammunition can be sent directly to the Taihang and Taiyue base areas."
In accordance with Yang Zhen's intention, Guo Bingxun quickly drafted a telegram to Chen Hanzhang. After a slight hesitation, he made some changes based on Yang Zhen's order. First, when Chen Hanzhang chose to escort the troops, he had to send a team
Well-known and capable cadres command.
If after escorting the artillery across the Zhengtai Railway, the escorting troops are cut off and unable to return, they will stay in the Taihang Military Region and be under the command of the Taihang Military Region to cooperate with them in anti-mopping up operations. At the same time, a capable political cadre will be selected for coordination
The relationship between the two armies. This political cadre is preferably a cadre transferred from the Taihang Military Region to work in Northeast China.
Second, Chen Hanzhang should be more cautious in choosing the route when escorting the troops southward, and not act hastily. At the same time, it is recommended that Chen Hanzhang coordinate the participation of a troop in the escort mission from the Beiyue District troops arriving in northern Shanxi. These troops
Although the equipment is poor, they are familiar with the terrain and enemy situation in northeastern Shanxi. They can also coordinate with the local armed forces in Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei along the way.
When necessary, even if we take some detours, we must try our best to send these artillery and artillery units that are urgently needed for counter-mopping up in the Taihang District. If we can avoid the Japanese army along the way, we must avoid the Japanese army as much as possible to ensure that the Taihang troops
, the suddenness in the use of firepower.
Third, tell Chen Hanzhang that under the current situation where the headquarters has no time to mobilize, whether he is bleeding from the spoils or from his own troops, he must raise at least 50,000 gas masks for the Taihang District troops. At the same time, from his troops
Among them, a battalion of chemical defense troops, as well as a group of emergency medicines and medical personnel were dispatched and sent to Taihang District at the same time.
Finally, Guo Bingxun directly told Chen Hanzhang in the telegram. Considering that the communication capabilities of the brother troops in Guan Nei are relatively poor, in order to avoid interfering with the radio stations of the brother troops in Guan Nei, it is not appropriate to send out electronic jammers at the moment. In terms of searching for traces of the main force of the Zuojian detachment, let him try his best.
to win the cooperation from Jinsui.
After all, it was Guo Bingxun who thought about these details in detail. After reading the telegram that Guo Bingxun had changed, Yang Zhen nodded with satisfaction. Although the two people had such a tacit understanding that there was no need to say anything, Yang Zhen still
He gave a thumbs up to his attentive chief of staff. What Guo Bingxun added was exactly what he had not considered.
But after the telegram to Chen Hanzhang was sent, Guo Bingxun got a headache: "No. 1, we no longer have 79 bullets here. After the entire army completed the replacement, the production of 79 bullets itself has stopped. It's just that
After the advancing troops arrived in northern Manchuria, the production line was reopened in order to re-equip them."
"But the total output is not that large. The total production only adds up to a few million rounds. Now this batch of bullets, together with the last batch shipped before the Soviet Union seized our supplies and equipment, have all been transferred to the Soviet Union.
March. We really have no inventory of this kind of bullets. Moreover, we have no inventory of bullets made in Hanyang for a long time."
"No. 1, if it doesn't work out, you can discuss it with the two leaders of the advancing army and distribute three million rounds of ammunition from them to the Taihang and Taiyue Military Regions. The advancing army is in the logistics warehouses of Shangduhe and Xindian.
There are still 10 million rounds of ammunition, and the reserve is relatively sufficient."
"First transfer three million rounds from them to let us get through this period. We are trying to fill the gap left. Even if we reopen the production line and produce another batch for them, it is okay. On the 1st, I also
I know this is a bit difficult. The advancing army is currently at a critical position, and it is a bit difficult to mobilize the ammunition they have in stock at this time."
"But we really don't have a single round of 79 bullets in stock now, let alone the round-head bullets used by Hanyang. All these bullets have been allocated to the advancing army before this battle.
Entering into the now exclusively German-made caliber weapons, they are in great demand.”
"As for the regiments arriving in Beiyue District in northern Shanxi, we might as well replace them with Japanese-made weapons and equipment so that we can solve the supply problem. If Chen Hanzhang doesn't have enough, we can use the loot captured from the Northeast battlefield.
Allocate part of it.”
"Either hand over to them the Soviet-made light and heavy machine guns and Soviet-made rifles we seized from the Mongolian army, as well as the light and heavy machine guns handed over by Li Mingfeng after last year's campaign. In this way, the calibers of the light weapons of the Beiyue District troops will be
At least be consistent with our troops. It can also reduce some of our logistical pressure and avoid chaos."
"In addition, we also have 1,500 German-made 98K rifles and 130 German-made MP 40 rifles that were handed over by the Soviet Union. They were not distributed to the advancing army because they were damaged. Now they have just been repaired.
I think the submachine guns and ten German-made MG 38 machine guns can be handed over to the Taihang troops."
"Although we don't have 79 bullets, we do have a sufficient quantity of 9mm pistol bullets. I asked Zhang Zhenhua to allocate 200,000 rounds from the 9mm bullets in stock. In fact, No. 1, if you agree, we now have inventory
The more than 10,000 Italian rifles and all the stocks can also be transferred to them."
"We basically no longer use these Italian-made rifles. Local armed forces have all been replaced with Japanese-made weapons. Before being put into storage, they were all inspected, repaired, and maintained, and were put into use by front-line combat troops. There is no use at all.
The problem is that there is enough ammunition to last for three years."
"Now for the internal troops, the first thing they need is weapons with enough ammunition. Weapons are not a problem, but the ability to support ammunition is the key. We have completed the overhaul of these Italian rifles, and the ammunition is quite sufficient. Even if they are not handed over,
It is given to the main force, but there is no problem in distributing it to local troops."
"This can eliminate the home-made rifles of local armed forces that lack ammunition sources, upgrade the combat effectiveness of local armed forces, and better cooperate with the actions of the main force. We store these Italian rifles in the warehouse and require a lot of personnel to maintain them. Especially