The baton in Chen Hanzhang's hand drew a big circle around the entire Shandong, northern Jiangsu, and northern Huaibei before continuing: "It is judged from the deployment of enemy and friendly forces around the entire Dezhou battlefield. So on the 1st, since the Japanese army started the Dezhou battlefield
Since the east and west wings began to shrink their forces, I have always believed that the Japanese army was trying to cover up the situation."
"The line from Linqing to Xiajin is the connection between the two armies of our entire defense line. The Japanese army, which has always been good at detouring the junction of the two armies and looking for breakthrough points, will never give up such an important goal so easily. I
It is believed that their move is definitely a conscious use of their own deployment adjustments to mobilize our army's frontal defense system in Texas and prepare for its subsequent counterattack."
"Indeed, on the surface, the Japanese army in Shandong currently does not have enough troops north of the Yellow River. However, it has deployed two heavy divisions in Jinan, Tai'an and Yanzhou south of the Yellow River. In Xuzhou at the junction of Shandong and Lu,
There is also a division with full personnel transferred during the battle. Even in the chaos of the Shandong battlefield, it was never dispatched and always maintained control of the Jinpu Railway from Yanzhou to Xuzhou."
"Although the Japanese troops deployed on the front lines of Jinan, Tai'an, and Yanzhou have not been deployed on the battlefield in Hebei, they have relied on their absolute superiority in military strength and firepower to cooperate with the Japanese troops stationed in northern Jiangsu. Through continuous operations, troops from the Shandong Military Region have
We regained control of the railway from Yanzhou to Xuzhou and re-opened the highways from Yanzhou to Linyi and Xuzhou to Taierzhuang."
"At the same time, with the end of the first phase of the war, the Japanese army did not conduct any major operations along the Jiaoji Railway. However, it greatly increased its troop strength in several ports on the Jiaodong Peninsula. Especially in Yantai, north of the Jiaoji Railway.
As far as the Longkou line, the strength has now increased to one division and one detachment."
"However, this part of the Japanese army is deployed on the line from Yantai to Shouguang. It seems that they can go south at any time to cooperate with the Japanese army in Qingdao and reopen the Jiaoji Railway. But in fact, their position is to the east, south, and north.
But, that means you can invest wherever they need at any time."
"The Japanese army is located to the north and can cross the Yellow River at any time, directly to the flank of the Japanese army on the entire battlefield. It echoes the Japanese army in Jinan, controls Jinan and the entire defense below the Jinan section of the Yellow River, and forms a concave-shaped defense with the Japanese army in Jinan
System. Its deployment seems to be aimed at the Jiaoji Railway, but in fact, the controllable range of the location where the Japanese troops are deployed is quite large."
"But on the 1st, we have not yet detected the Japanese army's trend of adding new troops to the battlefield in Shandong. But I think the current situation does not indicate the Japanese army's next operational plan. They are still prepared to adopt defensive measures in Shandong.
The main situation.
"The transportation in Shandong is quite convenient. There are not only several ports in Weihai, Qingdao, and Yantai, but also the Jin-Pu railway line and the Jiao-Ji railway. The nearby Sulu border area also has the Longhai railway. And if the Japanese army wants to, then Jining and below
Canals and rivers that are still navigable can also become important channels for supplying materials and transporting troops. As long as they want to increase their troops, they can quickly increase their troops in a short period of time."
"Although the Jiaoji Railway has been completely cut off by the Shandong Military Region troops and has basically controlled the route east of Yidu. However, the Shandong Military Region troops currently do not have the ability to compete for or control several ports. Especially now that Laizhou Bay has
After the Civilization, the Japanese army resumed the use of Longkou Port. At the same time, they firmly controlled the west of Longkou with a force. If necessary, they could also use Laizhou as a landing port for supplies."
"Along the Jiaoji Railway east of Yidu and in the southern part of the Jiaodong Peninsula, there were originally two independent mixed brigades, as well as the strength of a brigade-level detachment that was gradually reinforced. After withdrawing to Qingdao, the troops who had previously fought with the Shandong Military Region were eliminated.
The casualties, plus the various troops left behind, there are about one and a half brigade left."
"These Japanese troops in Qingdao, coupled with the cooperation of a small number of naval ships, will have no problem holding on to Qingdao's urban area and port. But if they want to attack without large-scale reinforcements, they no longer have the strength. In other words, the Japanese army
The troops deployed on the Jiaodong Peninsula have become sinking."
"However, through analysis of the entire Shandong battlefield and the overall situation in the surrounding areas, although the Japanese army has deployed its entire deployment to attack our Shandong Military Region troops along the Jiaoji Railway, forming a three-sided attack situation from the north, south, and west. But it is precisely because of this Japanese army's
deployment, I think the Japanese army has actually given up, at least for a short period of time, its attempt to reopen the Jiaoji Railway."
"Because according to the current situation along the Jiaoji Railway, re-opening the Jiao-Ji Railway will inevitably mobilize a large number of troops. At the same time, even if the Jiao-Ji Railway is opened, it will not be able to completely eliminate the troops of our Shandong Military Region. If we want to ensure that the Jiao-Ji Railway is
The smooth flow of the Jinji Railway requires at least two divisions of troops."
"This is not an easy task for the Japanese army, whose current situation around the Shandong battlefield is not very favorable. Two divisions are definitely not a small number for the stretched Japanese army. What's more, according to the current situation in Shandong
Considering the situation on the battlefield, once the garrison is dispersed, it is not that easy to concentrate it."
"At least until the current crisis in northern and northwest Shandong is resolved, they do not have enough troops or energy to open up the Jiaoji line. Even if the east of Henan calms down, they will not have the strength until they get enough reinforcements.
Go and open the Jiaoji Railway."
"The Shandong Military Region fought this battle very smartly and brilliantly. They made full use of the advantages of their own troops. They took advantage of the Japanese army's relatively small number of troops on the Jiaodong Peninsula and their highly dispersed garrison situation. They used concentration versus dispersion, division and encirclement,
The focus of the encirclement and rescue operations was on the Jiaoji Railway.
"Not only did it achieve brilliant results, but it also completely paralyzed the Jiaoji Railway and contained two Japanese divisions in Shandong. In order to ensure the safety of the Jinpu Line, they were unable to participate in the war. It also made Qingdao Port, the largest port of the Japanese army in Shandong,
, could not play a role before the freeze. It can be said that the Shandong Military Region has indeed done its best when cooperating with us in this battle and played a considerable role."
"But as long as the Longhai Road is still there, even if the Jiaoji Railway is not opened, as long as the Jinpu line between Jinan and Xuzhou is kept smooth, the Japanese army can also guarantee that when needed, it can quickly mobilize a large number of heavy troops to participate in the war. At the same time, compared with the Jiaoji Railway
, the terrain around the Longhai Line is also more conducive to reducing the pressure on the Japanese army to ensure the security of the Longhai Line."
"Although the transportation capacity of Lianyungang is not as good as that of Qingdao, using Longhai Road as the main troop transportation channel can also partially avoid the attacks of our army's aviation forces and reduce the loss of transportation troops. The most important thing is that for the current Japanese army
It is better to guard one side than to guard two sides."
"Instead of paying a high price and spending a lot of time to reopen the Jiaoji Railway, it is better to use the Jiaoji Railway first to attract the troops of our Shandong Military Region, with a newly reinforced division from Yantai to Weixian, and to Qingdao.
Together, there are also a large number of Japanese troops, which puts tremendous pressure on our Shandong Military Region troops."
"At least when they launched a full-scale counterattack on the battlefield in Hebei, they attracted the main force of our Shandong Military Region along the Jiaoji Railway, making it unable to cope with our army's operations in Hebei. I guess this is why the Japanese army gave up temporarily and reopened the Jiaoji Railway.
The main reason for the economic line.”
"Because this calculation is much more cost-effective than reopening the Jiaoji Railway. Because the Japanese army has to consider that this railway line is within the combat range of our aviation tactical attack aircraft. Even if it is reopened at the cost of time and casualties, it will still be
Can it meet their needs?"
"And I don't think the Japanese army will massively reinforce Shandong in a short period of time and reopen the Jiaoji Line. Except that the Longhai Railway is still open, the Jiaoji Line is too close to our army and can no longer play a big role.
. It may even be that in order to confuse us and cover up its true strategic intentions, it did not mobilize a large number of reinforcements in a short period of time."
"The most important thing is that around the entire battlefield, our troops seem to be quite numerous. There are hundreds of thousands of troops from the Shandong Military Region in northern Jiangsu and Huaibei, as well as two divisions of our New Fourth Army. In addition to the troops from the northwest
The troops of the Hebei, Shandong and Yu Military Region, as well as our troops on the front side of Texas, seem to have a lot of troops that can be put into the battlefield at any time."
"But judging from the battle situation some time ago, there are still certain deficiencies in the overall strategic coordination of our army's participating units in Jiangbei. When the war was intense in the first stage, on the Jiaoji Railway and the Jinpu Line in Shandong,
Being paralyzed by the Shandong Military Region troops and unable to be used."
"Because the Japanese army could not muster enough troops to reopen the Jiaoji Railway in a short period of time, they switched to the Longhai Railway to transport troops to northern Henan, and then transferred them to the Pinghan Line to reach the battlefield to ensure that reinforcements could arrive quickly.
.It shows that the extent of damage to the Longhai Line has not reached the level required to meet the needs of the frontline war and interrupt the Japanese army's troop transport capabilities."
"During the entire battle, the Japanese army's movement of transferring troops through Longhai Road was basically not affected at all. It is precisely because Longhai Road is still generally open at the moment that the Japanese army dare not mobilize too many troops on the current Shandong battlefield.
, but will temporarily focus on eastern Henan."
"For the Japanese army, the troops, strength, and even weapons and equipment of the various departments participating in the war north of Huaibei are uneven. They have never conducted coordinated operations. In addition, in such a large combat area, there are many units participating in the war, and the battlefield is difficult to control.
It is difficult to do it in a timely and accurate manner and other reasons, which are all opportunities that it can take advantage of."
"If I were Neji Okamura, I would now do my best to ensure the smooth flow of the Longhai Line and Jinpu Railway. Using the Jiaoji Railway as a bait, I will firmly secure the Shandong Military Region troops who have been most effective in cooperating with our army in combat operations some time ago.
Attract along the Jiaoji Line. And take advantage of the special terrain of the Jiaodong Peninsula and the current overall situation between the enemy and ourselves in Shandong to firmly fix the main activity area of the Shandong Military Region within the scope of the Jiaodong Peninsula."
"No. 1, don't you think that the deployment of the Japanese troops on the battlefield in Shandong is quite strange, or even weird? They focus on controlling the Jinpu Railway in the west, the Longhai Railway in the south, and the Yantai-Jinan Highway in Jiaodong.
, the Qingdao-Linyi highway is the entire deployment of two bottom lines in the north and south."
"If the areas where they are stationed are connected with lines, and the terrain of the long and narrow peninsula of the Jiaodong Peninsula is added, then the main force will be concentrated around the main force of the Shandong Military Region in the section east of Jiaoji Road and Yidu, or even the entire
The Jiaodong Peninsula formed a huge blockade."
"Moreover, this blockade is not one, but takes Yidu, Linqu, Yishui, and Linyi highways as the middle line, and the first blockade area to the east, trapping the main force of the Shandong Military Region within the Jiaodong Peninsula. This line
The area between the Jinpu Railway to the west is the buffer zone and the second blockade area, cutting off the connection between the main force of the Shandong Military Region and the base areas in central and southern Shandong."