Adopting this tactic requires a large number of troops, especially armored troops. If this large roundabout tactic is implemented, the troops that need to be invested are not only the Fengtian battlefield. There are also the Eastern Front, the Southern Front, and even the Western Front.
A large number of troops serve as coordination and support.
But what the Anti-Japanese Alliance lacks the most now is sufficient troops to meet this strategic need. Especially when frontal assaults also contain a large number of armored units, unless all the tank units on the Western Front are transferred back, Yang Zhen will
There is not enough armored force to implement this strategy.
Although this tactic has proven to be extremely successful on the Soviet-German battlefield, the Japanese army is not the Soviet army, and the Anti-Japanese Alliance is not the German army. Not only is the strength of the Anti-Japanese Alliance unable to compare with the huge mechanized armored group of the German army, but it is also the first-ever armored force.
The application of various armor tactics is also far behind the German army.
So although there are many difficulties, the most critical issue that made Yang Zhen give up this idea is that he believes that his troops are not yet capable of implementing such deep and roundabout tactics. Especially the armored troops do not have this capability.
The combat and actions of the armored forces in this battle revealed a large number of shortcomings and flaws.
Although these shortcomings are temporarily covered up by the results of the war, as the highest military officer of the entire army, it is impossible for Yang Zhen, who only sees the superficial glory and turns a blind eye to the problems covered up by the glory, is still keenly aware that the current resistance of the Anti-Alliance
Although the size of the armored force is not small, there are many problems that urgently need to be solved, both in terms of organization and command.
Unless the exposed problems are solved, the armored forces will not be able to bear the need for such large-scale, deep and roundabout operations, at least in the short term. Whether a unit can play its maximum role on the battlefield is definitely not just about
Whether the equipment meets the needs is a question.
What matters more is whether the tactical application can meet the needs, and whether the military literacy and theory of commanders at all levels are sufficient. To put it bluntly, it is whether the capabilities can meet the needs of the development of the situation. But the current performance of the armored forces, in Yang Zhen's eyes,
But it just cannot meet this need.
This is not only the performance of the armored units participating in the Northeast battlefield, which was not as satisfactory as Yang Zhen originally expected. But even on the western front, Chen Hanzhang personally commanded, the large-scale roundabout operations and subsequent interspersed operations.
During the battle, many weaknesses and shortcomings were also exposed.
During Chen Hanzhang's interspersed operations, if it were not for the concentration of tank troops to cross the natural dangers of Yinshan Mountain, they would penetrate into Suinan from a place that the Japanese army could not imagine, achieving an overall unexpected strategic intention. Moreover, the main force of the Mongolian Xinjiang Army deployed by the Japanese army in the Suiyuan area
All of them were also transferred out, and the entire vast area from Datong to Baotou was seriously short of troops. This created a prerequisite for Chen Hanzhang's surprise attack.
This enables the armored forces invested on the Western Front to achieve strategic goals in a short period of time. Judging from the serious problems exposed alone, if this prerequisite is not available, the outcome of the war is still unknown. Armor
Large-scale detours of troops are no longer a new topic in current world military theory.
But for the Anti-League, it is still a completely new field. The Anti-League still has a long way to go to truly master and skillfully use armored group assaults and applications. Commanders at all levels of the Anti-League armored forces still need
Only after a long period of training can one become truly proficient on the battlefield.
In addition, the current density of Japanese troops around Siping is far higher than that of Suinan. And the scale of the Japanese troops that can be invested in the follow-up battlefield in South Manchuria. Moreover, the mountainous terrain in Liaodong far exceeds the width of Yinshan Mountain, and is not very suitable for armor.
Troops raided and penetrated long distances on a large scale.
Without the participation of armored forces, the infantry, which cannot even be equipped with heavy artillery, will weave and weave alone. Not only will the speed of progress be affected by the speed of infantry action, but also the ability to attack difficulties will be extremely slow. Even the number of troops invested will be far away.
It exceeds what Anti-Lian can bear.
Therefore, after overall consideration, Yang Zhen gave up the tactic of using tanks to attack the relatively weak flanks of the Japanese army as early as the implementation of the Harvester Plan. Instead, he finally decided to fight quickly and retreat as soon as the purpose of launching the campaign was achieved, which became a necessity
choice.
In addition, if the Kwantung Army is crippled now and the entire Northeast is recovered, it will not be in line with the strategic interests of the Anti-Japanese Alliance and even China as a whole. If the Kwantung Army is crippled now, it will lose the importance of Nanman in the entire Japanese army's war layout.
From a physical point of view, this battle is bound to attract Japanese troops from other strategic directions.
In this way, the weakest among the entire combat front against Japan assumed the heaviest combat responsibilities. In other words, the weakest resistance alliance had to resist the main force of the entire Japanese army and the heaviest offensive. This is undoubtedly
This is absolutely unbearable for the current Anti-League movement.
The Japanese can choose to give up invading Australia, and they can choose to give up attacking India. But the Japanese will never choose to give up South Manchuria, or even the entire Chinese battlefield. If the Japanese could spit out some of the meat they swallowed, then maybe the entire Pacific War
There won't really be a fight.
Once the Japanese base camp thinks that there is a real danger that South Manchuria cannot be defended, they will immediately mobilize heavy troops to return to the Northeast. Then for the Anti-Japanese Alliance, which has suffered heavy casualties and has almost reached its ultimate loss of combat effectiveness, will this be the case?
It would be a disaster.
Not to mention that the Anti-Japanese Alliance is only one part of many aspects on the Chinese battlefield. Even China as a whole does not have the ability to bear the heavy burden of the current Japanese military's strategic focus shift across the board. It does not have the strength to compete with the Japanese army, which has reached several million in size.
The Japanese army, however, launched a comprehensive counterattack.
The Japanese troops on various battlefields now are not the Japanese troops after the July 7th Incident. At that time, Japan did not carry out local general mobilization because of the war of aggression against China. Although the scale of the Japanese troops invested in the Chinese battlefield was huge, they always controlled it as much as possible.
To avoid affecting the normal domestic economic order and shaking the national strength.
In other words, until the outbreak of the Pacific War, the Japanese could only be considered to have invested half of their body in the Chinese battlefield. Not only did the mainland not enter into general mobilization, but it also needed to maintain a large army and did not reduce its support for the navy and other aspects.
investment.
They even have the energy and ability to ensure continued investment in Northeast China. The Japanese obviously do not want to hinder the normal domestic economic development and life for the sake of China. At the same time, China's complex terrain and quite poor western China also prevent the Japanese army from continuing
The desire to advance westward.
After the addition of general mobilization, the inevitable damage to national strength caused, and Japan's own relatively weak national strength also destined it not to be in a state of general mobilization for a long time. Therefore, although China fought extremely hard against the Japanese army with a limited degree of mobilization,
But if we adopt the strategy of trading space for time, we can still bear it reluctantly.
But once the general mobilization is completed, the number of troops and strength Japan invests in the Chinese battlefield is definitely not something that China, especially the Anti-Japanese Alliance, can bear. Now that the Japanese have partially completed their mobilization, their military expansion is so great that once they abandon other fronts, all
Invest in China, and the current stalemate on the Chinese battlefield will be completely broken.
Moreover, shortening the war time can certainly reduce the sacrifices of the Chinese nation and shorten the duration of the suffering of the Chinese people, but it will have a considerable impact on obtaining assistance from the United States and Britain. Regarding my own paper, most of it still exists on paper.
The above plan will have fatal consequences.
This is not that Yang Zhen is selfish, nor is he consciously conserving his strength. In addition to the fact that the Anti-Japanese Alliance has no power to completely defeat and annihilate the entire Japanese army in South Manchuria, the most fundamental thing is the sacrifices and sacrifices made by the Chinese in this war.
The price of suffering and whether actual gains can be achieved do not mean how much lost ground will be recovered on the battlefield or how much trauma caused by war will be reduced.
Is it possible to achieve the real rise of the Chinese nation, instead of remaining a weak country that is only on paper, and can cut off a piece of flesh whenever others want, but it can only open its mouth to protest. National strength determines the destiny of the country.
To truly build a strong China is not as simple as just talking.
Although this war brought countless sufferings to the Chinese nation, it also gave the Chinese an opportunity to truly rise. However, in that period of history that Yang Zhen knew, China's political situation at the time did not fully utilize this opportunity.
Opportunities. Moreover, the National Government does not have the ability to take on the responsibility of making China truly take off and build China into a truly powerful country.
What Yang Zhen wants is not what he has mastered. It is powerful on the surface, but extremely weak in nature. In fact, no one takes you seriously at all. You only get the name of a so-called great country by relying on the gifts of others. A weak person
A fat man, a so-called big country that can be divided by others, but the actual situation is not really any better than before the war.
China lost Northeast China in the September 18th Incident, and lost Outer Mongolia permanently after the Anti-Japanese War, but did not even have the right to protest. Such a weak big country is of no use to Yang Zhen. Now he would rather bear the infamy than
We must go on unswervingly. Because if his country becomes really strong, it will be a China that no foreign enemy dares to look down upon.
Therefore, Yang Zhen believes that if we use all our strength now, it will fundamentally weaken Japan's fundamental potential to maintain the war. From the perspective of his overall plan, it is not a very cost-effective deal for the Chinese. On the battlefield, it can only be
The snipe and the clam competed for the fishermen's profit, draining their own blood and allowing the United States and Britain to take advantage.
In addition, the Anti-Japanese Alliance really does not have the strength to surround and annihilate the main force of the Kwantung Army in one go, and completely liberate the entire Northeast. Even if they manage to defeat it, they will not be able to defend it at all under the counterattack of the Japanese army's concentrated forces. It may even be possible.
It is said that once the fighting force in Southern Manchuria is exhausted, let alone Southern Manchuria cannot be defended, even the original old base area will be difficult to defend.
Yang Zhen also understands this truth that you have to eat one bite at a time and walk one step at a time. Now that he only has five ounces of food in his stomach, trying to hold on to two kilograms will only make him sick. Back then, he only had half a kilogram.
I had to force myself to eat eight taels of food, but I had no choice but to do it because of the situation. If I were still so desperate to swallow it raw now, I would be the only one who would die.
Therefore, in the entire harvester plan, Yang Zhen chose to fight quickly and stop immediately after achieving his goal, instead of delaying the war. He never thought about inserting Siping from behind to complete the battle against Siping.
To encircle the main force of the Kwantung Army. For him, this was not just a risk, but a fundamental strategic misstep.
When the time was favorable, Yang Zhen did not adopt the tactics that Umezu Yoshijiro was worried about. Now that he had suffered a big loss in the Kwantung Army, he would not take this risk after being prepared.
In Yang Zhen's eyes, some things can only be done once, and it would be foolish to think of doing it again. Repeating the same thing over and over again, Yang Zhen thinks is extremely undesirable.