Chapter 260 The dispute between expansion and mechanization
After Yang Zhen's words fell, Li Yanping understood that Yang Zhen had already made up his mind to expand the troops this time. In fact, Li Yanping did not object to the expansion of the troops. The situation was different. The original three field brigades had more than 30,000 people.
The main force is obviously not enough. [.Com text] And with the expansion of the base area, the expansion of local troops is also imperative.
What he was worried about was that according to Yang Zhen's plan, not counting local troops, the field army alone would have to increase the strength of six brigades at a time. Although according to his plan, two columns plus three independent brigades directly under the military region and some directly under
The total strength of the army is only more than 60,000, which is not much. But according to the population base of Sanjiang Province, it is a lot.
Including more than 30,000 local troops, this adds up to nearly 100,000 troops. Not counting equipment, it would be difficult for Sanjiang and one province to support itself alone. Even if there are seized materials available for use
For a period of time, it is unrealistic to always rely on capture. Moreover, according to the current number of soldiers that can be replenished, they are only more than 20,000 puppet Manchukuo prisoners captured and more than 30,000 laborers rescued.
After excluding those who are old among the laborers and are not suitable for marching and fighting. In the puppet Manchukuo army, we also need to eliminate the Japanese and puppet spies and those who are unwell. It would be good if the remaining troops can barely be enough to supplement the field troops.
This group of soldiers from the Puppet Manchukuo Army is the first batch of national soldiers recruited by the Puppet Manchukuo Army. They are all carefully selected, and their physical condition is absolutely unknown. However, in order to ensure the control of this group of Puppet Manchukuo Army, the Kwantung Army definitely contains some adulteration.
There are spies of the Japanese and puppet troops. Moreover, it is difficult for these people to directly join the army without education. The little devils still have quite tight control over the puppet Manchu army.
But even if these people can be replenished into the army, the expansion of the local army will inevitably recruit at least 20,000 soldiers from the local area. This number is only more than one million per person. More than 20,000 people have been recruited before, and now some more have been recruited.
For the Sanjiang Province where the militia is located, the pressure can be imagined. It is impossible not to have an impact on the local area.
In order to stabilize the situation in Sanjiang Province and ensure agricultural production and local necessary simple industries, it is really not appropriate to recruit too many troops. According to Li Yanping's wishes, doubling the field brigade first and organizing it into six brigades is already the limit.
The divisional force is still based on a basic regiment. As for the vacancies, militia regiments that stay away from home can be filled.
Looking at Li Yanping's hesitant expression, Yang Zhen shook his head and said: "Political Commissar, I also know that too many conscriptions will affect the local area. But regardless of whether the Japanese army will launch a winter offensive, one thing is for sure that the Japanese army will never sit back and watch us grow bigger.
The current lack of military strength does not mean that they will also have insufficient military strength in the future."
"I estimate that the next time the Japanese army launches a full-scale invasion, it will probably not be one or two divisions. Now the Kwantung Army, which is a serious threat to us, might be dispatched in full force. There are hundreds of thousands of Kwantung Army and puppet Manchukuo troops. We don't have to wait early.
Make preparations, and when the time comes, it will not be a simple sentence that can be said clearly. We can't recruit troops temporarily, just issue a rifle and add them to the army, right? Then we will let them die."
"If we hadn't organized some independent regiments as supplementary troops before the battle, we wouldn't have been able to fight in the second stage of the battle, and we wouldn't have the strength to fight it. Not to mention taking Jiamusi, we might be beaten back directly.
Deep in the mountains and old forests, war requires more than just advanced technical equipment, manpower is the real foundation."
"Political Commissar, as the saying goes, when playing chess, you have to take one step and look at three steps, but in war, you have to take one step and look at five steps. Without soldiers, how can we go to war? Although the population of Sanjiang and One Province is only over one million, we can only recruit 40,000 in total.
The strength of the troops should not be damaged. Now that we are recruiting new soldiers, we can have a considerable period of training time. We won't be in a hurry when the war comes."
At this point, Yang Zhen turned to Guo Bingxun and said: "Old Guo, it's still the old practice. Set up two teaching groups. One is to train squad leaders and deputy squad leaders. The other is to train officers at all levels and political cadres at all levels. New
The cadres required for the established army must be selected from among the squad leaders of the entire army. Those who have not served as squad leaders are not allowed to be promoted to cadres."
"Hasn't the artillery teaching group completed all training? In addition to dividing the artillery that has been trained by the artillery teaching group, the general district field artillery regiment, more than thirty 75 mountain field guns captured at Lianjiangkou, will be assigned to the new
Each brigade formed formed a field artillery battalion.”
"The twelve 105 field guns and the 100mm Austrian light howitzer seized from Lianjiang Mouth will be mixed to form two columns of direct artillery. The captured 150 howitzers, 105 cannons, and our inventory
150 howitzers to form a heavy artillery regiment directly under the military region."
"As for the thirty tanks and armored vehicles captured, plus the three hundred vehicles captured, plus the direct cavalry battalion, four infantry battalions, the four 105-height mountain cannons, six mountain cannons, and twelve captured
150-heavy mortars and some flat-fire artillery to form a mechanized brigade."
"The arsenal has now solved the problem of the quality of artillery fuses. Although production has just started, the output is not high. But with the expansion of production capacity, the output will gradually increase. Zhang Zhenhua promised me that production can be completed by the end of this year at the latest or early next year.
We will produce 20,000 rounds of 75mm mountain artillery shells, 3,000 rounds of 37 level artillery shells, and more than a thousand rounds of 100mm grenades. However, heavy artillery shells over 100mm cannot be produced for the time being."
"Lao Guo, please take the time to go find Chen Long and ask him to select some instructors for you from among the Japanese prisoners of war. I think for the Osaka soldiers of the Fourth Division, the life of working as coolies in the coal mines is different from the life of working as coolies in the coal mines.
Compared with the subsidies, I think artillery instructors and armored instructors are easier to find."
"This part of the instructors must be used boldly and strictly controlled. The money will come from the funds of the Intelligence Department. Temporarily give them some good treatment to solve the current situation of our shortage of technical talents. But there is one thing, it must be strict
Keep it secret. Never let them know anything they shouldn’t know.”
"Next week, the second batch of more than 300 cadres and more than 100 military workers transferred by the central government from various bases in the pass will arrive. A considerable number of them are transferred from Xinjiang. Among these people are several who learned to fly in Xinjiang.
pilots and a group of navigation talents, as well as some artillery majors."
"If the commander-in-chief can negotiate with Jiangbei this time when he crosses the river, and open an air route from Luobei, through Jiangbei, and from Outer Mongolia to Yan'an, at least we can open up air connections with the central government. In this way, it will be much more convenient for us to deploy cadres
Already."
Hearing this, Guo Bingxun nodded and said: "Yes, Ma Qichang told me yesterday that he only has the skills to teach mountain artillery. With so many heavy artillery, he is really overwhelmed. With the talents selected by the central government, we can solve many problems.
.However, there are not many artillery talents selected by the central government, and they cannot solve all the problems."
"It is a good thing to be able to select a group of instructors from the Japanese soldiers we captured on the front line at Lianjiangkou. But isn't this a bit inappropriate? If these people play any tricks, not only will they waste our precious time, but they will also be on the battlefield.
A major mistake was made. Should the commander-in-chief come forward and hire a group of artillery instructors from Jiangbei?"
Yang Zhen shook his head and said: "Jiangbei pays more attention to the number of artillery in combat, and is not very good at artillery technology. I have seen the interrogation records of Japanese prisoners of war who participated in the Nomonhan battle by the intelligence unit. In Nomonhan
During the battle, the Soviet army focused more on cluster fire coverage, but the shooting accuracy of individual guns was very poor, and the preparation time for artillery fire was very long."
"And when it comes to the construction of artillery fortifications, they don't pay much attention to air defense. They have a large number of aviation forces, and we don't have this condition. Artillery bunkers must not only defend against artillery, but also against air defense."
"Also, except for a small number of French and German artillery, most of them are Japanese artillery. Compared with Jiangbei, it would be more suitable for us to find a way to select some of the Japanese prisoners of war for our use. Most suitable for our current situation.
At least the artillery’s versatility will be better.”
"We don't have as many artillery shells as Jiangbei, and we can't afford their style of play. The 100,000 rounds of artillery shells captured at the front line of Qunce Mountain were completely consumed, and our artillery almost lost its fire. Although the little devil's style of play is a bit stingy,
But it’s still more suitable for our current situation.”
"And I don't trust them. We have to face not only the intelligence department of the Kwantung Army, but also the Soviet Ministry of Internal Affairs and the GRU. We must also pay attention to it. I don't want another Chen Shaobin to appear in my army.
.The matter of the former commander-in-chief of the Third Anti-Alliance Army must not appear in our army."
"Aside from mutual use, our relationship with them is only normal economic and trade exchanges. These people fall out faster than turning over a book. Once we endanger their so-called Soviet interests, they will betray us without hesitation. Still that?
In a word, you must both use and guard against it.”
Regarding Yang Zhen's words, Guo Bingxun thought for a while and said: "Okay, I asked Chen Long to try his best to select some people from the Japanese prisoners of war who can serve us. But Commander, regarding the establishment of a mechanized brigade, you
Are you thinking about it? I have encountered those tanks in France, and their structures are extremely complex. Not to mention that they are all oil-hungry, and there is a lot of wear and tear on every part."
"For those lost parts, we have no production capacity ourselves. All the required oil depends on seizures, and the sources are extremely limited. Japanese tanks mostly use diesel. Unless we outsource it to Jiangbei, otherwise we only rely on what we have on hand.
That part of diesel fuel cannot even complete the most basic driving training."
"If we all rely on outsourcing, it is equivalent to handing our necks to others. According to our current financial resources, we cannot support it for long. Commander, it is not impossible to establish a mechanized force. The German Army's attack on Poland in September has shown that in the future
The pattern of war has changed tremendously. Weapons such as tanks will become the main weapon of the Army in decisive battles."
"Commander, it is a good idea for you to use the captured Japanese tanks to develop our own armored strength. But you have to consider our own shortcomings. Not to mention the entire vehicle, but all the required parts and components.
There is no way to produce it. We cannot produce even one liter of the large amount of oil required by these oil tigers, so we all rely on seizure or outsourcing.”
"Without our own hematopoietic ability and extremely limited financial resources, we have neither the ability nor the conditions to support a mechanized force. Rather than building a mechanized force that can wear down all our resources, we should focus on developing counterattacks.
The cost-efficiency ratio of chariot weapons is much higher, and we can afford it."
"The most important thing is that we have no air supremacy. Once the Japanese army dispatches a large number of aircraft to deal with our mechanized troops, we will not even be able to fight back. Without air cover, no matter how many tanks we have, it will just be a piece of food delivered to our doorsteps."
It’s just meat.”
"We can temporarily use these tanks as reserves and train the necessary talents. As for the others, we will discuss them when conditions are ripe. To form a mechanized force, at least we must wait until we can produce some vulnerable parts ourselves.
After ability.”
"Otherwise, even if only one part is broken and there is no replacement, the tank will become a pile of scrap metal. You will still have to eat in one mouthful. Also, according to your idea, the Type 99 heavy-duty vehicle will be incorporated into the mechanized brigade.
Mountain artillery is pulled by mules and horses. Can this kind of artillery keep up with the speed of mechanized marches? Even if it is possible to train in peacetime, what about wartime?"
"The most critical point is that we do not have talents in this area. Even if technical talents can be cultivated, what about command talents? The personnel for this kind of combined combat vehicle, vehicle-mounted infantry, cavalry, and artillery operations must not only be proficient in general infantry and artillery coordination tactics, but also
It is even more important to be proficient in the technical performance of tanks. It is difficult to cultivate such talents without certain cultural qualities."
"We can't imagine what the result will be if an illiterate person is asked to learn the driving principles and structure of a diesel engine. How long will it take him to figure it out? Drivers are easy to train, and we can also train maintenance personnel.
It can be cultivated, but this kind of professional commanders does take a long time."
"Not to mention that we are seriously lacking in people with regular military academy background. Even I, a so-called drunkard of foreign ink who graduated from the Saint-Cyr Military Academy in France, find it difficult to understand this kind of thing at once. The armored force itself did not appear until World War I.
A new type of military force, and the tactics of using tanks as the main means of assault only appeared during the German invasion of Poland."
"We are not a German army. We have a high-quality officer team and strong national strength to support it. We lack everything, equipment, talents, and even the financial resources to maintain such an army. After so many years of industrialization in Japan, the entire army has
The number of chariots is no more than a thousand."
"Our current strength is far different from that of Lao Heidingzi's secret camp, but our overall strength is far from being comparable to the Japanese army. Not to mention material resources, financial resources, just manpower, we are far from comparable to the Japanese army.
For example, except for a small arsenal, there is almost no modern industry. At this time, it is really inappropriate to organize a mechanized force that can be described as a gold-swallowing beast."
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