This old gentleman is obviously worried that the current strength in his hands is far from what it was back then. Now it is compressed in a corner of southwestern Shanxi. It is extremely difficult to replenish soldiers and equipment. There are only more than 100,000 Shanxi-Sui Army left. Here.
During the first counterattack against southwestern Shanxi, he was used as cannon fodder by Chongqing. He wanted the Central Army in the Eighth Theater to take the lead in recovering the wealthy Yuncheng area for him.
The other princes who participated in the meeting could only smile bitterly at the actions of this man who was very good at calculating. Fortunately, the Chairman, who was eager to compete for US aid and China's initiative after the war in the future, still had a considerable strategic vision.
.I have never been too fussy about this matter with the King of Shanxi, who was once a pawnbroker.
And that one of his direct subordinates was right in saying a word. Taking Yuncheng will completely lift the Longhai Line. The long-range artillery blockade currently faced by the Japanese army. Completely opening up the Longhai Line will be crucial to ensuring the rear area.
Material transportation and contact with the front line are still very important.
Such a thing that killed two birds with one stone made him not care too much. If he expressed his requests directly, the central government could consider them further. He also asked the chief of staff of the World War II zone to come to Chongqing as soon as possible to discuss the specific details and quantities with the Ministry of Military Affairs.
.As for the 35th Army, if he is willing to accept it, then he will transfer it to the first theater of war.
As for the battle in East Henan, he agreed to proceed after a short period of consideration. After all, since the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain, the overall strength of the first theater that has not experienced a major war is the most complete among all theaters. Because it is located in the Central Plains and has an important strategic location, the war zone has an important strategic location.
Heavy equipment in war zones has always been a priority.
Although there are not many artillery troops, there are three divisions that have all been converted into artillery. The theater is directly under the Italian-made 150mm howitzer regiment and one 105mm field artillery regiment. It is also equipped with an equipment of ten
Battalion of two 150mm Italian-made cannons.
In the war zone, the Thirteenth Army, the Twenty-ninth Army and the Eighty-fifth Army are the three elite central armies. The Thirteenth Army is one of the only American arms armies at the moment. The army level is equipped with an Italian-made 100
5mm field artillery battalion, and a US-made 37mm field artillery battalion. Each division has a US-made 75mm field artillery battalion and an Italian 47mm combat artillery battery.
Although the light weapons of the remaining two corps are national weapons, their artillery is fully equipped. Except for the corps' artillery, which is equipped with Italian-made 1916-type 100-mm field guns, the mountain artillery battalions of each division are all made in Italy.
Seventy-five Mountain Artillery. Although the remaining two central armies are not elite, they have field artillery at the corps level, and the division-affiliated Sixty-Five Mountain Artillery Battalion is also equipped at the division level.
Although the quality of the artillery is not as good as that of the 6th and 9th theaters equipped with the few remaining German howitzers and a large number of American mountain guns. However, in terms of the number of artillery over 100 mm, there are more than 6 and 9th theaters. Especially in the 6th and 9th theaters.
It is the number of war defense artillery, which accounts for one-third of the total number of U.S.-aid war defense artillery.
Although he spends most of his time on the Indian battlefield, the U.S. Army lieutenant general who still has the energy to pay attention to the Chinese battlefield has been dissatisfied with the lack of major military operations in a short period of time in the First Theater Theater, which has average strength and equipment.
He kept on giving himself eye drops, asking the very strong First War Zone to launch a counterattack to the east of Henan and advance to the Jinpu Railway.
Although the number of Japanese troops in Jizhong and Shandong is large, they are all on the battlefield. At this time, completely recovering eastern Henan and northern Anhui, and entering southern Hebei when necessary, will still be quite beneficial to curb the southward movement of the communist army in North China. This will
Once the First World War is won, international pressure can be reduced, or at least the mouth of the American can be silenced.
Since the Commander-in-Chief of the Second World War Zone did not want the Thirty-Fifth Army, he made a decision on the spot to expand the Thirty-fifth Army and the other two armies in the back into a group army and transfer it to the First War Zone to participate in the war. The Eighth War Zone commander
The deputy commander-in-chief serves as the commander-in-chief of the group army and concurrently serves as the deputy commander-in-chief of the first theater.
As for the combat plans, they are all ready-made. Although they have been locked in the safe and have never been implemented, according to the requirements of the Military Commission, each theater has formulated a counterattack plan before this. The focus of the counterattack plan in the first theater is
East Henan area. Therefore, the combat plan only needs to be modified according to the current situation.
The First War Zone is in the Sulu-Henan-Anhui border area. There are now three group armies, plus a group army transferred from Houtao. The four group armies are enough to deal with the Japanese army in eastern Henan, whose main force has been transferred. If it is launched to counterattack in eastern Henan, it only needs to strengthen part of the artillery.
Just do it with the Air Force. After several considerations about the counterattack in East Henan, although he hesitated a little, he finally nodded.
In the end, the counteroffensive was limited to the battlefields in eastern Henan and Shanxi. The troops participating in the war were divided into the First Theater and the Second World War, and several armies in the Eighth Theater were strengthened. The other princes who participated in the meeting breathed a sigh of relief.
.Especially in the Battle of Changde, the commander of the Ninth Theater District, who suffered heavy losses, was completely relieved.
Only the commander-in-chief of the First War Zone looked a little sad. If this counterattack is successful, he will definitely fall out with the Japanese in Kaifeng. Then his black market businesses will probably be completely shut down.
The financial resources will also be cut off. If the fight is not good and the counterattack fails, the commander of the theater may become a scapegoat.
And what troubled him the most was that he was at odds with his deputy, who held three group armies, several of the most elite Central Army units in the First Theater of War, and was also the commander of the Henan, Anhui, and Sulu Border Regions.
Fortunately now, that guy didn't drive away, and here comes another thorn in the side.
The 35th Army was transferred to the First War Zone, and he was naturally happy to have such a strong combat unit that had repeatedly severely damaged the Japanese army in Suiyuan. At least such a unit could play a protective role by staying with him. But
The newly transferred deputy gave him another headache.
However, even though he was very reluctant in his heart, he did not dare to show any expression on his face. Now that the big boss has made up his mind, he, as the manager of the branch, can only execute it. As for whether it is a good fight or a bad fight,
, then we have to listen to fate. Anyway, he is very optimistic about this counterattack.
After the local counterattack in eastern Henan and Shanxi was decided, a certain official who attended the meeting proposed that negotiations should be held with Yan'an. Since Peiping has been recovered, the mayor of Peiping should be sent from Chongqing. There are also those from the Northeast.
Several provincial chairpersons can also handle the matter together.
Since Yan'an insists on the so-called anti-Japanese united front, it should be administratively subject to Chongqing management, military orders and government orders. The selection of the mayor of Peiping and the chairmen of various northeastern provinces is a matter for the Executive Yuan. Even their Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia
Didn't the border region government formally establish its status only after being recognized by the government?
If the Yan'an side refuses the personnel appointed by the Executive Yuan, it will be a disguised form of independence and disobedience to the central government in an attempt to cause separatism. It can just take this opportunity to put pressure on the Americans who have been very worried about the Chinese starting a civil war.
They terminated aid to the communist army.
If the Yan'an side accepts it, then it will be a good opportunity to drive a nail in the area controlled by the Communist Army. Regardless of whether this idea can be realized, it will be politically beneficial to Chongqing. And he suggested that after the candidates are selected, they can
Publicize it vigorously through newspapers and create public opinion.
Although everyone knows what the real situation is, they are all blind. Now we can do some articles on these issues. Since Chongqing has the power of the superstructure, it should make good use of it and make full use of it.
They used all their superficial powers to take advantage of the position of the Chongqing central government to openly and openly engage in a conspiracy with Yan'an.
At the same time, this man proposed that the young marshal of the Northeast Army be sent back to the Northeast to form a Northeast Administrative Committee and its chairman to camp in Harbin. Or a new war zone should be established in the Northeast, with the young marshal as the commander-in-chief of the war zone.
Several Northeastern armies were transferred to the command of this theater.
Use the popularity of this young marshal in the Northeast to sort out and organize the hearts of the Northeast, and to fight against the Northeast Communist Army. In this official's opinion, the current Northeast Army system's several armies, except for the commander, are still the same.
.The rest of the aspects have been completely centralized. Even if the young marshal is commanding, he may not be able to really command.
Transferring the Northeastern Army back to the Northeast in the name of returning to the Northeast battlefield, and letting the young marshal serve as the commander of this theater, is enough to shut up anyone's mouth. No matter how good the yellow-haired boy from Yan'an is, he has nothing to do with the qualifications of the young marshal.
It is simply incomparable to the reputation in the Northeast. Although those few are from the Northeast Army, they are actually centralized armies and are easy to control by the central government.
The suggestion made by the lame National Defense Supreme Council Central Design Director was quite in line with the appetite of the No. 1 person in Chongqing. He agreed to this suggestion without even thinking about it and immediately instructed the Executive Yuan to get it immediately.
Select suitable candidates. After selecting the candidates, immediately notify the US Ambassador and the Eighth Office of Chongqing, and announce them in newspapers across the country.
But for the suggestion of letting the Marshal and the Northeastern Army return to the Northeast, he shook his head like a rattle and rejected it without thinking. Are you kidding? How can we do it again and again?
The young marshal should let him continue studying and fishing in Guizhou, and it would be better not to discuss the matter of going to the Northeast.
We can consider establishing a new theater in the Northeast, but don't even think about releasing the Marshal and the Northeast Army back to the Northeast. Although those armies have been centralized, even if the Marshal is released, he may not be able to command them. But let them
Returning to the Northeast, the sky is high and the emperor is far away. Who knows whether there will be any changes?
Don't forget, those army commanders came from the Northeast Army. And the young marshal's influence on these senior officials cannot be eliminated in a short time. Once they join forces with Yan'an, it will be like letting the tiger return to the mountain.
This enhanced Yan'an's influence in the Northeast.
There are so many veterans from the Northeastern Army in Chongqing, as well as military and political officials from the Northeast who obey the central government. It’s not that we can’t pick out others, so why do we have to let them go? After glaring at the person who made this suggestion, this issue continued
There was no discussion at all and the issue was rejected directly.
This military review meeting was long and protracted. But after these few items were settled, the rest of the issues were not that big of a deal. For some generals who were quite unprogressive on the battlefield, the most they could do was scold them.
After the last meal, you have to use it as you want.
Of course, this old gentleman always has the character of an unlucky person every time he holds a military review meeting. This meeting was not without unlucky people. The man with a division of troops stayed in Changde for nearly half a month.
, a reorganized division defeated the Changde garrison commander who only had 300 men left.
Because the defenders were exhausted and the reinforcements were delayed, they had no choice but to break out and were arrested. As for other generals who were unlucky in the rescue, there were also a few who were punished or dismissed from their posts. Of course, the truly unlucky ones were,
Only the garrison commander who did not die in Changde.