At present, the emperor's first disciple is only the deputy commander-in-chief of the eighth theater, but he holds the real power of the entire eight theaters. Compared with the ordinary deputy commander-in-chief who has positions but no power, he is actually a deputy commander-in-chief established to balance the factions.
I don't know how high it is.
And after this battle, it is almost a certainty that the battle will be strengthened. The purpose of leaving southwest Shanxi at this time is not just to accumulate capital. People become better with age, and this veteran of the Sichuan Army who has been working in Central Sichuan for decades, let’s look at this
If you don't understand, you have been able to remain independent for so many years in the Sichuan Army, which has complex factions.
Of these two mothers-in-law, one has been with the dragon for a long time and has senior qualifications. She belongs to the lineage of the founding heroes. She has been highly regarded for a long time and has extensive connections in high-level circles. The other is a rising star in the Central Military Army and is known as the emperor's first disciple. Basically, his subordinates
They are all direct lineage elites of the Central Army.
These two people can cancel his organization with just one word. He can't afford to offend anyone, and it won't work if he doesn't implement the orders in that regard. But how can there be the best of both worlds in this world? After returning to the battlefield in central Henan, he faced
After only one day under the multi-headed command, he found that his two divisions had been deployed in a mess.
He, the commander-in-chief of the group army who currently has only one corps, two divisions and a centralized special agent battalion under his command, has been transferred to only one direct special agent battalion. The commander of his army, because two divisions were taken over by two mothers-in-law
If one of them is transferred away, they will become empty commanders.
Compared with this Sichuan Army veteran who is currently being married to a second woman. Both husbands have the right to command him, and neither can afford to offend him. However, the Sichuan Army veteran who is being commanded by multiple parties has made his head bigger. On the contrary, he has always been responsible for the main task.
The deputy commander-in-chief of the First Theater Command, who was on combat missions, seemed much more relaxed and relaxed at this time.
Although I am also very angry about the fact that I have been fighting alone for seven days and paid a heavy price to finally contain the offensive of the 37th Division and drag the Japanese army to a horse that is thin and hairy. Although everyone comes up to grab the fruit, I am also very angry.
.But after all, he has been in the officialdom for a long time, so he still has this magnanimity.
In addition, our own troops did not have an absolute advantage in strength and were at an absolute disadvantage in firepower. They suffered huge casualties in continuous battles. The main force of the 35th Army had suffered nearly half casualties. Moreover, when they arrived in Luoyang after a long march, they fell into a trap before they had time to rest and recuperate.
After a hard battle, the troops were extremely tired.
The key is that in addition to some of the food and ammunition supplies obtained after arriving in the First War Zone. After seven days of hard fighting, two-thirds of the ammunition carried when arriving in the First War Zone and allocated by the First War Zone had been consumed. However, the First War Zone was not seen.
The troops that can be replenished by one bullet or one cannonball have reached the point where they are no longer viable without replenishment.
In addition, after the two people joined in, causing chaos in the entire battlefield command, he knew that now was definitely not the time to be greedy for credit. He did not think that the proud and powerful generals of the Central Army could be commanded by a general of a mixed army like himself.
Move. When it's time to withdraw your hand, you must be decisive.
After the commander of the war zone commanded the Fourth Group Army to arrive, he took advantage of the situation and handed over the battlefield to this superior who did not hesitate to kneel down to take advantage. After that, he quickly gathered his two armies and two cavalry brigades and withdrew.
Rest at Linru line south of Luoyang.
Their two armies are well organized and well equipped, far beyond the comparison of the two armies that I have crippled. There is absolutely no problem in transferring all my positions to the Fourth Army. But this veteran can be considered
Interestingly enough, the positions were not handed over one-on-one until all the defensive troops arrived.
It did not appear that no matter whether the Fourth Army had arrived or not, it immediately withdrew after receiving the order to change defenses, and as for the enemy troops in front of them, they went to Ainana. The new deputy commander-in-chief of the first theater has done a good job in this regard.
Not to mention benevolence and righteousness, they even left two regiments behind to cooperate with the Fourth Army.
The newly appointed deputy commander-in-chief of the First Theater District, who chose to protect himself wisely, after gathering the troops, took the entire army to withdraw from the battlefield to rest. As for the remaining matter of how to divide the fruits, it is a matter between their Huangpu faction. It is not my own.
The generals of the miscellaneous army should join in the fight.
What I should do now is to withdraw the troops and restore their strength as soon as possible, and urge the Fourth Cavalry Corps plus a division that has just arrived in Xi'an, as well as the 5,000 recruits with three new regiments accompanying the army, to return to the organic system as soon as possible. Put this
He was worried about an army with extremely high mobility and combat effectiveness staying in Shaanxi for too long.
The deputy commander of the Eighth War Zone who is currently fighting in the First War Zone has always been interested in annexing miscellaneous armies like his own. He only has three armies in his hands, and they must be connected into one to maintain combat effectiveness. If one army is annexed like this, then
The harm to your own troops is too great.
And I don’t know when in the First War Zone, the two armies that have actually been crippled will be fully replenished. Those five thousand have completed basic training and can be incorporated into the army after being issued with weapons.
The new recruits are what he urgently needs to restore the combat effectiveness of his unit that has suffered heavy casualties at the moment.
After the entire army shrank to the front line of Linru, this man had been in contact with the Anti-Japanese Alliance in Houtao before. Now he is not far away from the Anti-Japanese Alliance in Hebei, the number one general of the Jinsui Army. Looking at the current situation
At the same time as the war in Hebei was unfolding, the interest in the Anti-League alliance became even stronger.
During the rest period, he asked the intelligence department of the First War Zone for the entire process of the Anti-Japanese War in Hebei. While training the troops, he studied it carefully. The more carefully he studied, the more he learned about Yang Zhen, the top military commander of the Anti-Japanese Alliance.
The more members you have, the more interested you will be.
He was studying Yang Zhen, but he didn't know that Yang Zhen in Hejian County was also studying him at the same time. Since the counterattack launched by Chongqing in Yuncheng and eastern Henan, Yang Zhen had been closely observing the battle situation.
, after mastering the entire process of the Henan-Chong battle, his interest in this famous general also became more intense.
However, compared to him who is in the rest period and has a lot of time to study Yang Zhen, Yang Zhen does not have much time to study him at the moment. The first theater of war has actually stopped, and the counterattack in East Henan this time
After the battle, Yang Zhen had to consider the chain reaction it would cause.
In fact, the counterattack against Chongqing was half-baked. Although some of it was indeed unexpected by Yang Zhen, most of the ending was within his expectation. In other words, this time Chongqing,
Generally speaking, the counterattack in southwestern Shanxi and eastern Henan followed his judgment. Overall, the fight was not more exciting than Yang Zhen had originally expected.
In this counterattack, Chongqing's old problems in the past have not been fundamentally improved. When it should be decisive, it is procrastinating. When it should be more steady, it is irritable. At the critical moment
time, it still hasn’t changed the dog’s habit of being on the wolf but not on the wolf.
In the Battle of Yuncheng, several weaker corps were charged at the front. The two most well-equipped and best-trained corps, plus a fully mechanized division, were watching the battle motionlessly from the back. Among the reserves.
Maintaining a force with strong combat effectiveness is the right choice on the battlefield. But you cannot put the two strongest corps, plus a well-equipped division, in the reserve position.
Let those troops with poor equipment and poor strength charge at the front for you. Put the two most well-equipped corps in the reserve position. Such a deployment will not alienate the subordinates during the battle.
When is the time to sacrifice my life for you? The most important thing is that it also affects the development and progress of the battle situation.
The overall coordination and cooperation on the battlefield is still as messed up as ever. The Central Army and the local factions are still full of conflicts during the battle, scheming against each other, and even being wary of each other. Everyone is conserving their strength. This is the case for the motley army. The Central Army
It's also like this.
The biggest highlight of this battle is probably the former Suixi King, the latest deputy commander-in-chief of the First Theater, fighting in the western battlefield of Luoyang. His judgment on the development of the battlefield situation influenced Nagano Yuichiro's actions
The grasp of the pulse and the prediction of changes in the entire battle situation can be said to be quite accurate.
If he hadn't adopted the strategy of attacking instead of defending on the battlefield west of Luoyang, clinging to the Thirty-seventh Division, making it impossible to achieve whatever subsequent combat objectives were. I'm afraid that by then, the Japanese army would not have been encircled in the first theater.
Instead, the Japanese army encircled several armies in the first theater of war and attacked in eastern Henan.
Once that point is reached, not to mention that the battlefield in eastern Henan will completely collapse, the entire first theater of war will probably fall into chaos. Maybe instead of regaining eastern Henan, the Japanese army will invade central Henan. This battle can be won on the battlefield in central Henan.
In this way, it can be said that this person is definitely the first contributor. After looking at this person's entire performance in this battle in Henan.
Looking at this man's performance in the western battlefield of Luoyang, Yang Zhen believed that if he was given two fully-equipped armies, it would be difficult for the Thirty-seventh Division to escape from his hands. Even if the First Army or the
He is one of the 90th Army, assigned to his command. Of course, the premise is that if the proud soldiers of these two armies can obey his command, the fate of the 37th Division will not be much better.
In this battle, this person showed decisiveness in killing, orderly advance and retreat, and strong ability to grasp fighter opportunities. It can be said that he is the best among all the commanders participating in the counterattack in Chongqing.
Far surpassing the No. 1 disciple of the Emperor in the Eighth War Zone. If nothing else, just his ability to analyze and grasp the entire battle situation, the two of them are not on the same level.
If this person had commanded the Battle of Yuncheng, with so many well-equipped troops, I am afraid that the Thirty-seventh Division would not have been able to escape, and there would have been no Battle of Central Henan. An extremely strong opponent.
, a qualified front army commander. If he is given a wider world, his achievements will be greater. This is Yang Zhen's final evaluation of this person after seeing his performance in this battle in central Henan.
Not only did Yang Zhen's evaluation of this person far exceed that of all the generals who participated in the Chongqing counterattack, but he also evaluated the two armies under him quite highly. With two pieces of equipment, they could only be considered second-rate.
The strength of the Japanese army dared the Japanese army to fight an offensive battle with a strengthened division.
Despite the heavy losses, not only were they not defeated, but they also delayed the entire operation of the Japanese army for seven days. The two armies were both offensive and defensive during the entire operation, and they cooperated quite well. At the critical moment, they dared to engage in close combat with the Japanese army.
, fight night battles. When necessary, dare and be bold.
Even if each unit penetrated too deep and was counter-surrounded by the surrounding Japanese troops, they did not fall into chaos. The units below the division level all have a certain degree of independent combat capabilities and can quickly regroup even if they are scattered. This is in the entire Chongqing system.
Although it cannot be said that he is unique among the army, there are definitely few who have this ability.
In particular, the performance of the two cavalry brigades affiliated to this department in combat is quite remarkable. Their range of activities is large, their actions are fast and agile, and they will never show any mercy when it is time to make a decision. Even if
It would be impossible for the Anti-Japanese Alliance to do better if they replaced their own cavalry units.