For Umezu Yoshijiro and the Kwantung Army behind him and Japan, although the industrial zones in Fengtian, Anshan, Fushun, Liaoyang, and Benxi suffered heavy losses in this anti-alliance raid, the enemy did not respond to the enemy's defeat in a short time.
The factory was dismantled inside and caused too much damage. Although a large number of parts were dismantled and removed, the main body of these equipment was not damaged.
As long as parts can be found for these equipment, there is no hope of repair, and the factory has no hope of recovery either. Of course, the densely populated mines in these factories need to be cleared first. Otherwise, they will not even be able to repair the equipment.
arrive.
For Japan, the importance of Southern Manchuria to its overall strategy lies not only in the restoration of these factories. Japan also has a large number of other factories in Jinzhou, Liaodong Peninsula, Huludao and other places in Southern Manchuria. Just travel
There are dozens of large-scale military factories in this area, as well as the most important naval base in China. In various parts of southern Manchuria, there are also large amounts of rare metal deposits that the empire urgently needs.
Molybdenum from Yangjiazhangzi, zinc from Huludao, magnesium from Dashiqiao, coal from Fuxin and Beipiao, lead and zinc from Qingchengzi, copper mines from Hongtoushan in Qingyuan, etc. are all resources that Japan urgently needs for the war. Left
With these resources, Japan's tank lost two wheels. If Southern Manchuria were completely lost, the empire's own national strength alone would not be enough to sustain this war for a long time.
At the same time, South Manchuria cannot be defended, and it is equally difficult to defend North China and North Korea. Manchuria is the bridgehead for the empire to attack the interior of China, but it can also become a bridgehead for the enemy to attack North Korea, thereby threatening the mainland. In Umezu Yoshijiro's view, the current problem
It is not about recapturing the front line of Xinjing, but whether we can hold Siping and preserve Southern Manchuria, the empire's rear area for this war.
However, considering the overall situation of the entire battlefield, in order to reduce the pressure in the direction of Siping, Umezu Yoshijiro continued to adopt the policy of large-depth defense around Siping and Fengtian, relying on the terrain of rivers and hilly areas. With Xifeng and Quantou as the two wings of Siping
Defend key areas and secure Siping, the strategic key town of the Kwantung Army's entire northern front, to the death.
In Liaodong, we relied on the hilly areas of Liaodong to defend the line from Xifeng to Caoshi, with Xinbin and Qingyuan as strategic support points. We prevented the enemy from using the mountainous areas of Liaodong, and made another large-scale penetration in a decent manner. On the front of Siping
In the stalemate situation, they adopted a large outflanking tactic to encircle the entire retreat from Siping to Fengtian battlefield.
The enemy's last strategic attempt was to build an industrial base in southern Manchuria. Tactically, they adopted a quick-attack approach and immediately retreated after grabbing a handful, instead of taking a deep and roundabout approach to defend Fengtian for a long time. But in the eyes of Umezu Yoshijiro
Come on, if there is a first time, there may be a second time.
After the first sneak attack was successful, the enemy army, which had tasted the sweetness, would probably be more impressive again. If they could find a way to concentrate their forces, they would launch a bold surprise attack on their flanks. This time, there was no need to outflank Fengtian, and they would go directly through the mountains of Liaodong.
Cha Tieling, Kaiyuan line, behind the Siping battlefield.
If the enemy forces make such a move when the battle is getting tight in front of Siping, it will not be a quick victory. Once this situation occurs, all the retreat routes of the divisions participating in the battle in Siping will be cut off. Unless it is within a short period of time,
Reinforcements must be received within the battle, otherwise the main force of the Kwantung Army on the Siping front line will be surrounded. Coupled with the large number of armored groups invested by the enemy, the entire Siping front line is in danger of complete collapse.
Although Umezu Yoshijiro judged that the anti-alliance forces had been used to the extreme, he still did not dare to take it lightly. Therefore, he did not hesitate to shrink his troops on the Siping front line, withdrawing the focus of defense on the eastern front to Xifeng, and shrinking the focus of defense on the western front.
To the southwest of Siping City, we mobilized troops to strengthen defense in the east of Liaodong.
In Umezu Yoshijiro's view, although this move is suspected of making up for the situation, it is necessary because his opponents are too cunning. When the fighting on the Siping battlefield was getting intense, no one expected that they would deploy a considerable number of troops.
, he fought a surprise attack in the Liaodong mountainous area. According to Umezu Yoshijiro, falling down once in a pit is not terrible, but falling down continuously is the most terrible thing.
In fact, Umezu Yoshijiro's worries were completely unnecessary. Yang Zhen's ultimate goal in the Northeast battlefield in this battle was to frustrate the Kwantung Army. In terms of the overall strategy of the Japanese army, it was already in a situation of attacking from all sides and stretching the front too long.
Next, completely destroy the offensive capabilities of the Kwantung Army.
He clearly knew that he did not have the capacity to devour the main force of the Kwantung Army in one go, nor did he think about completely regaining the entire Northeast. First, the Anti-Japanese Alliance did not currently have the strength, nor did it have enough troops, to regain the entire South Manchuria.
With two war zones raging at the same time, the Siping battlefield contained the main force of the Anti-Japanese Alliance in the Northeast battlefield.
The battle was so protracted. Although the Kwantung Army suffered heavy losses, the casualties suffered by the Anti-Alliance were definitely not light. Although they were much less than those of the Kwantung Army, the Anti-Alliance, whose follow-up forces had been exhausted, definitely did not have the strength to invest in new ones.
Go out with all your strength and continue fighting a continuous battle with the Japanese army.
In fact, in the Northeast battlefield, although the Anti-Japanese Alliance still relies on the mobility and assault capabilities of a large number of armored forces, it always controls the initiative on the battlefield. However, due to excessive casualties, it has lost most of its continuous offensive capabilities. At least it has no ability.
Divide your troops to open up a new battlefield.
Even if we are alone on the Northeast battlefield, we no longer have that ability. The offensive launched now is just a coordinated diversionary offensive. If a new large-scale offensive is really launched, even if we find ways to recruit all soldiers, but at the moment
The resistance forces were really exhausted.
As the territory controlled by the Kwantung Army shrunk, its room for maneuver on the battlefield also shrank greatly. However, the density of troop and firepower deployment also increased significantly as the defensive front shrank. In this battle,
The density of Japanese troops and firepower deployment on the Northeastern battlefield far exceeded that of previous battles.
Not only were they defeated again and again, the Japanese base camp was already impressed by the sudden rise of the Chinese army from top to bottom against the Allied Forces. Moreover, the Kwantung Army, which had suffered consecutive defeats and lost most of the Northeast, had been forced into a corner.
Compared with Northern Manchuria, which mainly produced timber and served as a base for operations against the Soviet Union, Southern Manchuria was the real foundation of the Kwantung Army.
Moreover, Southern Manchuria's industry and mineral resources, which are far more developed than those of Northern Manchuria, are an important asset for the Japanese army to dare to launch a world war. Without Southern Manchuria, the Japanese army's war resources will be reduced by at least one-third. If Manchuria is
The Japanese had the confidence to initiate the war, so South Manchuria was the most confident among the Japanese.
The change in the situation caused the Japanese base camp to pay extraordinary attention to South Manchuria. Even with the launch of the Pacific War, not only did it not weaken the area under its jurisdiction, only the original Kwantung Army strength in Liaoning was left, but to a certain extent, there was still a relative
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This led to the fact that in this battle, the density of Japanese troops deployed from Xingjing to the Siping front line was much greater than in previous battles. There was almost no large-scale penetration of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, leaving any gaps that could be exploited. Although the Anti-Japanese Alliance was
During the initial stage of this battle, strategic deployments were repeatedly adjusted in an attempt to mobilize Japanese defensive forces.
However, it has never been able to open the gap between the various departments of the Japanese army on the front line and create a fighter plane that can be used for its offensive. Whether it was the previous interspersed encirclement south of Xinjing or the flanking detour on the Siping line, they were not able to achieve success in the first battle.
Achieve the desired effect in a short period of time.
The emergence of this situation cannot but be said to be that the Japanese frontline generals were quite sophisticated in their use of troops and responded extremely quickly. What Yang Zhen saw was not only the judgment and ability of the Japanese commanders on the battlefield, but even more clearly.
What we can see is that during this battle, compared with before, although the company suffered heavy losses, at least the quality and combat capabilities of the Kwantung Army's soldiers did not decline significantly.
Not only has the extremely tenacious fighting will not declined significantly, but neither the technical and tactical level nor the military quality of commanders at all levels has declined much. The Japanese base camp still attaches great importance to the Kwantung Army. After the recruitment of soldiers,
up, without any downward adjustment.
The emergence of this situation is also the main reason why Yang Zhen fought very well in the Northeast battlefield in this battle and rarely used surprise troops. Because for an army like the Japanese army, with such a large density of troops,
Under the deployment situation, whether the surprise troops were outflanking or inserting on a large scale, the Japanese army could only divide their overall deployment.
Especially now that the Japanese army's combat effectiveness has not declined significantly and its basic strength is still there, launching surprise troops can only be a very dangerous strategic adventure. This kind of adventure may not necessarily bring much losses to the Japanese army, but if it fails,
, will bring irreparable losses to the Anti-Japanese Alliance. If we take more risks, we can only say that the gains outweigh the losses.
The fact that this battle was so difficult cannot but be said to have a great relationship with the excessive concentration of Kwantung Army forces on the entire battlefield. In terms of the overall strength comparison between the two sides, the Anti-Japanese Alliance did not have an absolute advantage. In this offensive battle
Among them, the reality of being unable to completely defeat the Kwantung Army was doomed as early as the launch of the campaign.
Yang Zhen sees this very clearly. Not to mention that the Anti-Japanese Alliance is currently fighting on two fronts, but it has not opened up the western front battlefield and is not currently fighting in northern Shanxi. The Anti-Japanese Alliance does not have that much strength to completely defeat the enemy in one fell swoop.
Go down the entire Northeast. Even if you take the risk of completely breaking your muscles and bones, you don't have the strength to decide the outcome in one game.
The most important thing is that when Yang Zhen raided Fengtian before, he had considered using a deep and roundabout approach. After seizing Fengtian, he forced his way north and penetrated behind the front-line Japanese troops in Siping. Together with the troops around Siping, they formed an encirclement of the main force of the Kwantung Army in the Siping area.
Even if Bu can eat the entire main force of the Kwantung Army in one go, he still has to inflict enough heavy damage.
But after careful analysis and hesitation, Yang Zhen finally gave up this idea. Yang Zhen knew very well that if he decided to fight this battle quickly and focus on the industries in South Manchuria, the Japanese base camp or the Korean army would not necessarily intervene.
After all, for the Japanese army, which is currently stretched too far, its military strength, especially its elite soldiers, is also being used to the limit.
But if once the war drags on and the Anti-Japanese Alliance manages to defend Fengtian and Liaodong, surround the main force of the Kwantung Army at Siping, and stab it from behind, the Japanese base camp will definitely not sit idly by and do nothing. It will mobilize troops as soon as possible.
Reinforcements. Even if they give up some achievements on other fronts, they will not sit back and watch Southern Manchuria be lost.
If the Japanese base camp quickly mobilizes heavy troops from other directions, due to the tense battle situation and the use of troops to the extreme, this unit serving as an interlude is destined to break in alone and cannot even cooperate with the flanks. It will be counterattacked by the Japanese army.
The danger of encirclement.
It takes a lot of time for the Japanese army to mobilize reinforcements from other fronts. Even if it moves quickly, it will not get there quickly. However, it is not very troublesome to mobilize troops from the Korean army or even the mainland to reinforce South Manchuria, and it does not take much time.
.When the time comes, this roundabout force will fail to defeat the tiger, so don’t suffer the consequences again.