Although the Japanese army does not have many troops in Baotou, there are a lot of puppet troops who have been patched together. Although these miscellaneous puppet troops have poor combat effectiveness, under the supervision of the Japanese army, they hide in the fortifications and shoot outside.
But there was no big problem. Moreover, after these puppet troops knew that they were coming from the 18th Army, they resisted extremely fiercely.
Baotou's city fortifications, because of its important strategic position, are extremely strong. In addition, it was the first time that the Jinsui troops fought a fortified battle in such a fortified city, and they lacked actual experience in attacking fortifications and cooperative infantry and artillery operations, resulting in
The casualties during the battle were very heavy.
After a tough battle, the backbone of the first column suffered heavy casualties. In addition to the main force, the 359th Brigade, which suffered more than half of its casualties and lost its combat effectiveness, the remaining three brigades also suffered heavy casualties. In addition to other large and small battles,
In this Baotou battle, the main casualties of the Jinsui Military Region reached more than 5,000.
These casualties were all front-line combatants, even most of them were backbones. Some of the sacrificed battalion, company and platoon cadres were even old bones trained during the Red Army period. The number of casualties after a tough battle made the commander of the Jinsui Military Region
I was trembling with pain.
Although after the recapture of Baotou, the Shanxi-Sui Military Region troops recruited more than 7,000 new recruits in Suixi and Suinan, the training of new recruits takes time, and the losses in a short period of time are temporarily irreparable. Especially the backbone of combat and grassroots cadres.
Losses are difficult to make up for.
Excluding these casualties in the Baotou battle, and excluding the two brigades that must stay in Suiyuan from Baotou to the area south of Yinshan in Jining, as well as a brigade that was transformed from the Daqingshan guerrilla detachment, the main five columns of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Military Region can now be deployed
The combat strength is even less able to meet the needs.
Now, except for the third brigade, which is the most powerful unit, and remains in Suiyuan, the first brigade lost more than half in the Battle of Baotou and will not be able to participate in the war within a short period of time. It also stays in the Jining area to train new recruits and carry out replenishment. The entire army
With five columns, only nine and a half brigades can actually be put into combat. Even with two columns, four and five, there is now only one brigade.
This is the case for the main force, and the actual strength of the remaining units that have been upgraded from local forces is even worse. The newly formed column currently in northern Shanxi has only more than 6,000 people for the two brigades combined. In addition to
In addition to the hundreds of troops directly under the column, the average brigade has only more than 2,000 troops.
The entire column only had seven 92 infantry cannons, six rapid-fire cannons, two mountain cannons and a few mortars handed over by the Anti-Japanese League. Although the number of light weapons had received equipment seized from the Jining Battle by the Anti-Japanese League, it had already
The configuration of all Japanese weapons is relatively sufficient, but the basics are there. The strength of more than 6,000 troops, excluding directly affiliated teams and non-combatants, the troops that can actually be put into front-line operations are less than two regiments of the Anti-Japanese Alliance.
With these more than 6,000 troops, even if we add the two regiments of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, it is quite difficult to encircle and annihilate the Zuojian detachment in the shortest time. What's more, when fighting the Zuojian detachment,
, but also to allocate some troops to guard against the 32nd Division in Taiyuan, which may appear in northwest Shanxi at any time?
Moreover, after contacting the Jinsui Military Region, Chen Hanzhang also discovered that there is a very serious problem in the internal troops. The Anti-Japanese Alliance has fully tilted its staffing towards the front-line troops, and there are strict regulations on the number of people at all levels. Whether the front-line combat troops are
Compared with the situation where the preparation and actual quantity are quite sufficient.
Various units in the Jinsui Military Region, whether local units or front-line field units, have a considerable number of non-combatants. The establishment of directly affiliated teams at all levels is generally very large. There is even a division directly affiliated unit with five to six hundred people.
The situation arises. The infantry companies of the front-line troops generally have around sixty or seventy people. It is very common for each unit to be top-heavy.
This kind of situation is almost impossible to happen in the Anti-Japanese War. It is equivalent to the armored force headquarters at the column level, the headquarters, the political department, the logistics department, and the equipment and technology department.
There are more than 200 people. There is no way to compare with the direct team of a regiment here.
If there are many personnel in an agency, it will inevitably crowd out the number of front-line combat troops. If agencies at all levels occupy too many establishments, the lower units will have fewer front-line combat soldiers. The country itself is the weakest, and the limited population base cannot support a large number of troops.
In the case of military expansion, the establishment of agencies will have too many personnel, which is not a good thing.
Chen Hanzhang believed that Yang Jicai's calculation was very accurate, but he ignored one point, that is, the existing strength of the Jinsui Military Region. Not only is the main force of the Jinsui Military Region currently limited in strength, but also the troops of the Jinsui Military Region remaining in northwest Shanxi, not all of them are strong.
Able to fight.
The Second War Zone, with one army, has entered the Fangshan line. Although it has stopped advancing northwards, this move is due to the current domestic political situation and involves a large part of the Jinsui Military Region's troops.
No matter how tense the war situation in the north is, it is inevitable that a certain amount of troops should be left for defense in the south to prevent some parties from taking advantage of the troubled waters.
Don't block the Japanese attack here, but the Chinese stab you in the back behind your back. That would be really fun. Maybe you have too little experience, or you have enough experience
Arrogant, the only enemy in Yang Jicai's eyes was the Japanese army. He did not consider many things outside the battlefield.
After all these calculations, Chen Hanzhang had a clear idea of the troops of the Jinsui Military Region that could participate in this battle. He knew that with the current strength of the Jinsui Military Region, it would probably not be able to cope with the entire battle situation in northwest Shanxi alone. This
This was also where he was dissatisfied with Yang Jicai's plan.
Chen Hanzhang clearly knows that the most critical node in the entire western battlefield in this battle is about to come. Once the Japanese army launches a full-scale counterattack, it will be a comprehensive offensive. The entire northern Shanxi will become a huge battlefield. Regardless of
Neither northeastern Shanxi nor northwest Shanxi could stay out of this fierce battle.
I must be cautious in my deployment during the last period before the war. Because once the bow is fired, there is no way to turn back. For the sake of caution, the main force of the Jinsui Military Region must all go south under the condition of limited strength. Moreover,
We can't just concentrate one brigade and go south as soon as we arrive at it, as is the case now.
You must wait until the entire army is assembled before heading south in order to squeeze your limited strength into a fist. Killing with one strike is the most important tactical action you should take at the moment. Otherwise, any delay in any battlefield will be affected.
overall progress.
After hesitating for a while, Chen Hanzhang looked at Yang Jicai and said: "Your original mission of going south to find the main force of the Zuojian detachment has been cancelled. You will stay with me and continue to serve as your chief of operations, specifically responsible for our troops and the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei
Liaison with the Jinsui troops."
"You record now. 1. Order the Sixth Column of the Jinsui Military Region under our command to strengthen a cavalry battalion and a battalion of field artillery. Set off from Luping, pass through Pianguan, Sanchakou, and enter the west of Wuzhai to hide and wait. Tell me
The commander of the sixth column asked him to avoid all inhabited places while marching, and the more concealed his whereabouts, the better."
"Secondly, two infantry regiments, two tank companies, a 122 howitzer battalion, and a 75th field artillery battalion were transferred. Mu Changqiu personally commanded the troops from Shuo County via Qianzhai and Yangwankou to the south to Ningxia.
Wu, and seize the Ninghua Fort between Ningwu and Jingle."
"Tell Mu Changqiu that I don't care what method he uses, but let him remember one thing: when he goes south, the bigger the noise, the better. It would be best if the entire Taiyuan City is alerted. Order
All our troops stationed on the line from Shentou to Yanmenguan, except for some remaining troops, are mainly heading towards the line from Xishuo County to Shenchi. Wang Minggui was ordered to bluff in the west and assume the posture of the whole army going south to fight."
"Third, mobilize the third automobile regiment attached to our unit and deploy all trucks on the front line from Daiyue to Yinshan. Fourth, order the logistics department to seize the time to stock up on ammunition, food, oil, and all other materials. Especially artillery shells.
Be sure to stock up on as much as possible.”
"Fourth, order all our troops currently stranded in Suinan to immediately withdraw into northern Shanxi, and transfer all currently controlled areas to the Shanxi-Sui troops. Not a single soldier should be left behind. Datong Station is currently
All trains, including the six trains you brought back, are all heading north to leave the northern Shanxi area. Fifth, order the Western Group of Aviation Group to prepare for all dispatches immediately."
"Send a report to the acting commander of the Jinsui Military Region, asking the remaining units of the Jinsui Military Region to conduct a rigorous search of the predetermined location. However, as long as the Japanese army does not take action, try not to alarm them as much as possible. At the same time, please ask the Jinsui Military Region to pay close attention to changes in the enemy situation around Taiyuan.
.Especially the whereabouts of the 32nd Division, we must firmly grasp it."
After Yang Jicai quickly recorded several of his orders, Chen Hanzhang turned his head and looked at the boss who was looking at the map and thinking, but said nothing about Chen Hanzhang's deployment: "My suggestion is to concentrate the main force in Jinsui, and the Jinsui army."
All the artillery firepower of the military region was used to encircle and destroy the main force of the left detachment.
"The local troops currently staying in northwest Shanxi, as well as the few existing main forces, have all moved south to guard the front line of Fangshan. At the same time, the Jinsui Military Region must seize the time to deal with the cadres and soldiers of our army who were captured among the rescued prisoners of war.
Review and conduct rectification.”
"Don't worry about whether these captured personnel are from Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei, Taihang or Taiyue Districts. After the main force of the Shanxi-Sui Military Region went south, they were immediately supplemented into various regiments of the Shanxi-Sui Military Region. Such a large number of prisoners are enough to defeat the enemy in a short time.
Enrich the strength of the Jinsui Military Region as soon as possible."
"But boss, when the troops of the Jinsui Military Region arrive at one brigade, they move southward by one brigade. It's not good to spread out and go south like this. If it is decided that the battlefield in northwestern Shanxi should be based on the Jinsui troops, then they must fight with a fist. I think
In this way, all troops from the Shanxi-Suiyuan Military Region who have returned to northern Shanxi will stop moving southward. They will not all move southward until the entire army is assembled."
"If we find traces of the Zuojian detachment before all the main forces of the Jinsui Military Region arrive, then we can go south to the Jinsui Sixth Column and the troops of the two anti-alliance regiments and put them on the battlefield first. Even if the thirty-two
The divisions are dispatched, and we also have a large number of vehicles that can transport the concentrated main force of the Jinsui Military Region to where it is needed as soon as possible."
"As for the battlefield in northwestern Shanxi, I think based on the current strength of each strategic group of our army, it is appropriate to concentrate all the main forces from Shanxi and Suizhou southward. With the few thousand troops of the sixth column currently in northern Shanxi, even with the addition of
I'm worried that the strength of the two regiments of the Anti-Japanese Alliance is still insufficient. If we add the main force of the Jinsui Military Region, we will be able to operate with ease in northwestern Shanxi."
"This area is the old base area of Jinsui. The Jinsui troops are familiar with the terrain and people's conditions and can exert their maximum combat effectiveness. My suggestion is to use one regiment of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, plus the Jinsui Sixth Column, and the local troops left behind in Jinsui to encircle and annihilate
This left detachment, the main force of the Jinsui Military Region, is deployed across the entire southeastern direction of Jingle, responsible for guarding the Japanese troops on the front line in Taiyuan."