Although Yang Zhen did not want to accept this command, the chairman did not say so clearly, but his attitude was very clear, and he still insisted on letting him be responsible for commanding the main operations. The central government has not given any reply to his idea of establishing a general front committee. The central government has not given any reply.
Since no reply was given, Yang Zhen must make preparations in advance.
In this battle, I am afraid that the main forces of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei and Shanxi-Hebei-Luyu regions will have to go all out. The first section of the Shandong Military Region, and even the main force, will also participate. Therefore, Yang Zhen, in formulating the battle plan,
He was quite cautious and even postponed his return to Northeast China.
If it fails, all the troops participating in the war will be seriously damaged. Yang Zhen believes that more contingency measures should be considered in advance. When formulating the combat plan, more consideration should be given to possible changes in the battle situation, so that it can be more reliable. Especially especially
In order to conceal the battle plan, there is not much room for frontal attack options.
Yang Zhen's attitude is a combination of right and wrong, focusing on centripetal assaults. During the assault, armored troops are mostly used. When defending against Japanese counterattacks, mobile defensive warfare is still the main one. Ground and air firepower is assigned to armored troops, and the implementation is rapid.
Interspersed with each other, the Japanese troops in the central Hebei Plain area were eliminated in the shortest possible time.
These ideas of Yang Zhen are already familiar to Guo Bingxun. However, they are still obviously not suitable for the chiefs of staff of several major strategic areas in the pass. After the battle in 2014, for these chiefs of staff,
, the anti-league fight was really a bit too thrilling.
Now Yang Zhen still wants to adopt this idea. He does not want to make a head-on breakthrough. Instead, he adopts a two-wing breakthrough and pincer attack tactics. For several chiefs of staff, they all feel a lot of pressure. Such a large and deep attack
This is the first time that various troops in the pass have faced each other in interspersed battles.
However, for Guo Bingxun, the main maker of the plan, simply launching a pincer offensive from both wings is not his first choice. In Guo Bingxun's view, if too many Japanese troops are encircled at one time, it will undoubtedly delay the progress of the battle. Simply launching a pincer offensive from both wings is not his first choice.
Relying on the two wings to pass through, it is easy to open your eyes too wide.
Moreover, it is quite difficult to simply organize two wings to intersperse, and it is quite difficult to choose the location of the attack. The Jidong and Pingjin areas are still in the hands of the Japanese army, and the Zhengtai Railway is also in the hands of the Japanese army. The two major areas of Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei and Shanxi-Hebei-Luyu
In the meantime, there are still Japanese troops present, and without direct ground contact, there are not many choices for starting areas for the attack.
His understanding on this point is no different from that of Yang Zhen. Therefore, Guo Bingxun believes that in addition to the pincer offensive on both wings, he should also concentrate a force to divide the connection between Pingjin and Tianjin. He should also concentrate on armored mechanized clusters and move from the front to the front.
Southern assault. At the same time, use one force to separate the enemy forces in Peiping and Tianjin, and encircle Peiping City.
Based on the development of the entire war situation, Tianjin was captured at the appropriate time to cut off the Japanese reinforcements from the mainland and other strategic areas. At the same time, the Japanese troops in Beiping were isolated and forced to leave the city for a decisive battle. Guo Bingxun was still worried that Peiping was in the hands of the Japanese.
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In Guo Bingxun's view, not only will a large number of troops be restrained under the Pingjin City, but it will also pose a considerable threat to the supply routes. The city is full of Peiping, which embodies the essence of China's civilization history for thousands of years. If it is like Xinjing,
Completely smashed, this is something no one wants to see.
However, if Beiping City is still in the hands of the Japanese before the end of the battle, this will undoubtedly put a huge pressure on the control of the Jizhong Plain after the war. Cutting off the Ping-Tianjin Railway and the connection between the two places will force the Japanese forces in Beiping City to
A decisive battle outside the city is undoubtedly the best way to preserve the ancient city.
So what Guo Bingxun meant was to form two rapid clusters in the east and west with two armored divisions, each with a reinforced portion of motorized infantry and a cavalry brigade. Rapid assaults would be adopted from the Jehol and Chanan areas, with Peiping as the triangular offensive.
At a fixed point, we forced ourselves across the gap between Pingjin and Tianjin in a fast group, and crossed southward along Jinpu Road.
They left Chanan in a rapid group and forcibly crossed southward along the Taihang Mountains and the Pinghan-Han Line. When they arrived at Zhengding, the troops were divided into two groups. One group continued to attack southward, seizing the Shimen to clamp down on the Japanese troops in southern Hebei and northern Henan. The main force then moved towards Zhengding.
Attack and advance from the east. The two armies storm the meeting point and choose Hejian on the north bank of the Hutuo River.
Guo Bingxun suggested that the two anti-Japanese divisions currently stationed in northern Shanxi should not be transferred back to the northeast for the time being. They should cooperate with one armored and cavalry brigade transferred back from northern Shaanxi and take advantage of the cross-country capabilities and strong maneuverability of the M-3 light tank to defeat the enemy.
Pass directly into Baoding. From the Japanese second line, deploy a sword across the flank, cutting off the entire Japanese defense in depth.
On the battlefield in western Hebei, the main force of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region adopted point tactics to contain the Japanese troops in western Hebei and distract the Japanese troops stationed around Peiping to ensure the success of the frontal anti-alliance breakthrough.
After that, ensure the flank security of the Western Cluster and move south with no less than two brigades of troops to cooperate with the troops of the Shanxi-Hebei-Luyu Military Region to block Japanese reinforcements before the end of the battle.
On the battlefield in Shanxi, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region used part of its forces to cooperate with the Taihang Military Region of the Shanxi-Sui Military Region, the Shanxi-Hebei-Luyu Military Region, and the Taiyue Military Region. The main force was responsible for closing the Zhengtai Line and the Tongpu Line to contain the Japanese First Army stationed in Shanxi. Guo Bingxun could not
It is recommended to launch a large-scale offensive on the Shanxi battlefield and only use squeeze and containment tactics.
As long as the Jizhong Plain is captured and Baoding and Shimen are captured, the First Army can be locked in the Shanxi battlefield. Once the retreat is cut off, the Shanxi Japanese army will either evacuate on their own initiative or be trapped in the Shanxi battlefield with no choice.
Guo Bingxun believed that with the current main force of the Shanxi-Sui Military Region, together with the cooperation of the Taiyue Military Region, the first section of the Taihang Military Region, and the first section of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, under the circumstances of the limited strength of the Japanese Shanxi First Army, it was impossible to contain the First Army.
The eastward transfer mission is still possible.
In southern Hebei, the main force of the Shanxi-Hebei-Luyu Military Region and part of the Shandong Military Region launched an offensive against the Japanese troops in southern Hebei. They also launched along the southern Hebei line to block the Japanese reinforcements in northern Hebei. The two divisions of the Anti-Japanese Alliance are currently stationed in northern Shanxi.
, will not return the organizational structure for the time being, and will cooperate with the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region on the spot to leave western Hebei and attack in the direction of Beiping.
According to Guo Bingxu's plan, the troops and equipment mobilized and invested will exceed Yang Zhen's expectations. In addition to the two armored divisions and two armored brigades Yang Zhen planned to invest, at least two to three independent tanks will be added.
regiment to ensure the operations against the Japanese troops on the front lines of Pingjin and Tianjin.
The focus of Guo Bingxun's campaign planning was to annihilate the battlefield on the Pingjin line, and the main target, Hebei Zhongping, was based on the principle of encirclement and division. Two armored divisions were equipped with a cavalry mechanized group, and a two-wing pincer offensive was adopted, and the method of rapid frontal penetration was used to completely
Disrupt the Japanese troops deployed in Jizhong.
This tactic is equivalent to a large ring within a small ring, with the Pingjin area as the bottom and the Hutuo River line as the bottom line of the encirclement circle. It uses two wings to fly together and a quick breakthrough in the middle to divide the Japanese army into two different battlefields for encirclement and annihilation. Guo Bingxun
The focus of the Anti-Alliance force investment was on the Jizhong Plain, and the cover of the western flank was handed over to several major strategic areas in North China.
In his plan, all the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei, Shanxi-Hebei-Luyu, and even Shanxi-Suiyuan troops were mobilized. This large-scale move made the Military Commission and the chiefs of staff of several major strategic areas obviously feel that their appetites were a bit too much, and even some could not bear it.
It feels like according to Guo Bingxun's plan, the amount of troops invested can almost be said to be that several major regions are dispatched.
But after several considerations, Yang Zhen still agreed to Guo Bingxun's general battle plan. However, Yang Zhen repeatedly reminded Guo Bingxun that when formulating the battle plan, detailed preparations must be made for the defense of Rehe and Western Manchuria. For the battle between Pingjin and Tianjin,
The enemy should also be considered as comprehensively as possible.
After losing Chanan and the surrounding areas of Peiping have become the front line, the Japanese North China Front will retract all the defense lines in Hebei from Peking to Tianjin. The defense of Jidong has been completely handed over to the Kwantung Army. Jidong and Rehe
It's very close. If the Kwantung Army cooperates in fighting, then Rehe, which connects the two strategic areas of Northeast China and North China, will definitely bear the brunt.
At the same time, the Japanese army built a large number of fortifications between Peiping and Tianjin, from Juyongguan through Shunyi, Pinggu, Jixian, Yutian, and Fengrun, and deployed a large number of troops in depth. Only around Peiping, new troops were stationed
The 63rd Division was formed, and the 8th and 9th Brigades were reorganized into independent hybrids.
The reorganized 27th Infantry Division is stationed in Wuqing, Xianghe, and Baodi. The reorganized 110th Division is deployed in Zhuoxian, Laiyuan, and Baoding, as well as the reorganized independent mixed 1st Infantry Division.
The first brigade. The 17th Division was transferred from the East China battlefield, and the reorganized 48th Division was deployed in the Jizhong Plain.
After the battle in 1942, the Japanese army significantly strengthened the deployment of troops at the junction of Pingjin and Tianjin. At the same time, it also made a lot of preparations for the tank offensive of the Anti-Japanese Alliance. It also increased the number of troops in Fuping at the junction of western Hebei and northern Shanxi.
Laiyuan, these two strongholds deep in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei base area are deployed.
Not counting the First Army in Shanxi, the Japanese army deployed five infantry divisions and three independent mixed brigades throughout the Hebei battlefield, forming a deep trapezoidal configuration. Yang Zhen repeatedly told Guo Bingxun that the flanks of the West Cluster must be
Guaranteed. At the same time, when the troops are deployed across the board, they must keep confidentiality as much as possible and develop detailed supply routes.
After finalizing the rough battle plan, Yang Zhen hurried back to the Northeast. Guo Bingxun continued to stay in Yan'an to finalize the final detailed battle plan, and he returned to the Northeast to start preparations. Speed up the standard allocation of military personnel and select those who enter the customs.
Troops. Hoarding of fuel and ammunition, especially the production of artillery shells.
After Yang Zhen returned, the Anti-Alliance Alliance began to transport supplies to the pass. Facing the famine in the pass, the supplies allocated were not only oil and ammunition, but also strategic materials such as grain. Not only the supplies needed by the Anti-Alliance Forces,
There are also 79 bullets and other ammunition allocated to the troops within the customs.
The original Military Industry Department, which has now been renamed the Equipment Department, and several heads of the Logistics Department were forced to turn around. The Logistics Department allocated supplies, and several heads of the Equipment Department personally visited the arsenal to urge the acceleration of ammunition production and at the same time speed up the production of ammunition.
The speed of modification of German and British tanks. The focus is on the production of various artillery shells and high-explosive grenades for tanks.
According to Yang Zhen's plan, all German-made Panzer IV tanks using short-barreled 75mm howitzers were replaced with Soviet-style 76mm tank guns. The British-made Matilda II and Churchill tanks were also replaced with Soviet-style 76mm tank guns.
Soviet tank gun. The British-made Crusader cruise tank was replaced with a Soviet 45mm tank gun.
In this way, after all the German light tanks were eliminated, the tank guns of the Anti-Japanese Alliance were concentrated in the relatively single calibers of the American 37, the Soviet 45, the 76, and the German 50 mm. As for the British 40 mm
All tank guns were eliminated. Although a lot of trouble was taken, the caliber of tank guns was reduced as much as possible to ensure the uniformity of ammunition caliber and reduce the possibility of confusion in logistics.