Yang Zhen's words made the chairman nodded slightly, but after pondering for a long time, the chairman said: "You are right. This war in South Manchuria requires not only military accounts, but also political and economic accounts."
.In your opinion, if the battle cannot be won this year, or the campaign to regain South Manchuria cannot be launched, then would it be a more appropriate time to liberate South Manchuria?"
"You are the top military commander of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, so I'm asking you today, not anyone else. This time the central government has made a decision on the northeast strategy, your opinion is very important. So I didn't ask anyone else here today, I just want to hear it.
Your entire opinion on this matter."
"Comrade Yang Zhen, I want to hear all your opinions. You have to pour the beans out of the bamboo tube and pour out all the thoughts in your heart. Your opinions are very important to the central government's decision on the Northeast. You don't have any scruples.
, just say whatever you have."
After the chairman's words, Yang Zhen pondered for a long time before saying: "Chairman, if you follow my way of thinking, at least we can't fight in Southern Manchuria this year. Because the time for a strategic decisive battle with the Kwantung Army has not yet come.
"If we decide to fight now, it's not impossible to fight, but the consequences will be difficult to predict."
"Although the Japanese army suffered successive defeats in the Pacific battlefield, its army and navy still have strength and have not yet completely declined. The Americans' offensive on April 3rd was mainly concentrated in the Southwest Pacific. And it was mainly based on sea and air confrontation.
, the Japanese land forces in the Pacific suffered no fatal losses."
"And even though the Japanese have suffered consecutive defeats, the decline of the entire war situation has become obvious. But the entire battlefield is still quite far away from the core area of the Japanese and even the mainland. The Americans are currently engaged in the Mariana Islands
The battle for control is, at best, a collision with the Japanese."
"That is to say, although the Japanese have suffered continuous defeats on the battlefield, the US military has not yet been able to directly threaten the core area of Japan's entire rule. Therefore, the Kwantung Army is in the Japanese base camp and is not yet fully supplemented with much consideration.
, it still maintains quite strong strength."
"In addition to the support of the North Korean army when needed, the strength far exceeds the actual strength on paper. South Manchuria and North Korea are not only connected by mountains and rivers, but also have convenient railway lines. Once the situation requires it, the North Korean army will be ready at any time
The maneuver can be completed in a short time.”
"The North Korean Army and the Kwantung Army have always been closely interdependent. Behind every action of the Kwantung Army, there is the shadow of the North Korean Army. From the September 18th Incident to the Zhang Gufeng and Nomenhan Incidents, there is the North Korean Army behind it.
Small move. The industry in South Manchuria is very important to our future development right now, but it is even more important for Japan to maintain this war. If we engage in a decisive battle with the Kwantung Army, the Korean army will get involved regardless of whether the Japanese base camp is willing or not."
"The reason why the Japanese dared to swallow the elephant and launch a full-scale war of aggression against China as a small country was because of the large amount of industry and resources they obtained after occupying Northeast China in the September 18th Incident. Just one Fengtian arsenal almost shouldered the burden of the invasion.
Most of the weapons and most of the ammunition needed for the Chinese and Japanese troops to fight."
"It is precisely by relying on the industry in South Manchuria that the Japanese have greatly reduced the supply pressure on their homeland and the Japanese invaders. Coupled with the food and mineral resources in the Northeast, Japan, which has a small land and poor people, has the ability to fight
A large-scale war, and the confidence to maintain this war. It will no longer be like the Sino-Japanese War of 1894 and the Russo-Japanese War, which almost bankrupted the country of Japan."
"It can be said that without the September 18th Incident, there would not have been the Japanese army's all-out invasion of China. It was precisely relying on the cheap resources plundered from the Northeast and the support of the Northeast's strong industrial base that the Japanese had a comprehensive The confidence to invade China. So I think South Manchuria is important to our future development, and it is even more important for the Japanese to maintain the current war situation."
"There is no coal in Fushun and Fuxin in the Northeast, which seems to be free recently. There is no steel in Anshan and Benxi Lake, which accounts for 30% of the Japanese total output. There is no support for the chemical and metallurgical industries in Shenyang and Fushun, especially the support of man-made petroleum in Fushun. The Japanese, who lack resources, cannot fight this war at all."
"The war has been going on for such a long time, and the Japanese economy, which is already very weak, has not finally collapsed and can continue to persevere. The main reason is to rely on the seemingly free resources in the Northeast to provide them with a steady stream of blood transfusions. As long as the war situation is not If the situation deteriorates to an irreversible level, then the Japanese army will not easily weaken the strength of the Kwantung Army, which is the basis for their ability to continue the war."
"We don't care whether the Tanaka memorial is true or false, but one thing the Japanese are right about is that the Northeast is indeed the lifeline for the Japanese to launch a war. Without the resources of the Northeast, the Japanese cannot afford to fight a long-term war of attrition. That's right. It’s because the Northeast, especially South Manchuria, is so important to Japan’s entire strategic pattern. Once South Manchuria enters a decisive battle, the North Korean army will definitely take action.”
"Although other battlefields are suffering setbacks, the strength of the Kwantung Army in South Manchuria, the most important strategic area, has not been significantly weakened. In terms of heavy weapons, it is even the strongest among all the Japanese army's strategic directions. Only then This is what worries me most about launching a war in Southern Manchuria."
"We won't have any fear if we fight. But if all those pots and jars in Southern Manchuria are smashed, it will have a great impact on our future development. And now, although the Kwantung Army has been compressed to a corner of Southern Manchuria by our army , but its overall troop density has greatly increased as its territory has shrunk."
"In this battle, while our army launched an offensive in North China, in order to contain the Kwantung Army from reinforcing the North China battlefield, our army also launched an offensive in the Northeast battlefield. However, after a month and a half of hard fighting, although hundreds of thousands of Kwantung Army were contained, they could not south, but the offensive made little progress."
"A large part of the reason for this situation is of course the insufficient investment of our army's troops. But the bigger reason is that the Kwantung Army's combat effectiveness and military strength have not declined significantly. Even because of the reduction of the control area, The troop density has also been greatly increased. Under this situation, our army is forcibly attacking South Manchuria, and with the full reinforcements of the North Korean army, I am afraid that this progress will not be too fast."
"The Japanese are a crazy nation. They are capable of anything if they have a lot of energy. If they are struggling to their death, with the mentality of "I am going to perish, but you won't get it either", it will be unfair to South Korea. If we carry out massive destruction to the entire industry, our losses will be huge."
"At present, the Americans have begun a full-scale counterattack in the Pacific battlefield. In March this year, the US military has begun to compete for the Mariana Islands in the Pacific battlefield. The Mariana Islands are strangulating the chokepoint of the Central Pacific route, and the Mariana Islands have been lost. , not only will all routes in the South Pacific be interrupted, but even Taiwan and the Philippines will be within the operational range of US military bombers."
"Once the front line of the Mariana Islands is breached by the US military, it is equivalent to the US military opening the door to the Japanese mainland, so it is praised by the Japanese military as the breakwater in the Pacific. Because the strategic position of the Mariana Islands is crucial, the Japanese military is bound to launch a massive
Put your vitality into the fight."
"My idea is to wait until the US military is in the Pacific battlefield and the ongoing battle for the Mariana Islands ends, and then make next plans based on the results of the battlefield. If the Americans win, the Japanese who have opened the door to the absolute defense circle are bound to
Increase the frontline defense of the mainland, Taiwan, the Philippines, and Okinawa."
"No matter how important the South Manchuria Industrial Zone is to Japan's strategy, it will never be as important as the Japanese mainland. The Japanese army will be transferred whether they like it or not, or part of the transfer is currently concentrated on the elite of the Kwantung Army, or
Transferred to the mainland, or transferred to Taiwan, Okinawa and even the Philippines, or even the Ogasawara Islands and Iwo Jima Islands, etc., Japan's so-called absolute defense circle deployment."
"Chairman, my opinion is to wait for the Americans to decide whether to seize South Manchuria based on the development of the situation after the ongoing Mariana Islands campaign is over. However, right now, or even throughout the entire 44 years, I do not agree with seizing South Manchuria.
Man. I’m not trying to avoid the important and take the easy. In fact, I’m trying to defeat Nan Man with a bit of a knack.”
"We are not the Soviets. We have a strong industrial foundation. Even if part of it is destroyed, we still have a strong foundation. South Manchuria industry can be said to be crucial to our future development. Moreover, the Japanese are far more crazy than before.
Non-Germans can compare. If South Manchuria is destroyed, it will be too difficult to rebuild."
Having said this, Yang Zhen smiled slightly and said: "Chairman, the most important thing is that in this battle, although we have achieved great results, the losses of the troops were too great, which somewhat damaged their vitality. The troops participating in the Northeast battlefield generally
With a 30% to 40% reduction in personnel, the casualties are still light."
"Of all the divisions participating in the North China battlefield, the number of troops in each division is still 60%, and generally more than half of the casualties are suffered. The division with the heaviest casualties has only 30% of its strength after excluding the wounded. Cadres of each division below the battalion level are generally
It took one round, and some divisions even had two rounds."
"In addition to the heavy casualties of the infantry, the losses of heavy equipment were also great. The tank units deployed in the North China battlefield in this battle, not counting the reserve units that were replenished and transferred later during the battle, the entire army lost more than 700 tanks.
Nearly 90% of the ammunition hoarded before the war was consumed."
"In the later stages of this battle, mainly the participating troops on the North China battlefield relied entirely on their tenacious fighting will and consistent resilience to persist in fighting. After completing the encirclement and annihilation of the 100th Division, no matter from the casualties of the troops
In terms of numbers, or in terms of material consumption and reserves, we are actually unable to fight."
"The Japanese army's final comprehensive retreat was not so much that it was completely defeated, but rather that it was scared away by my two tank groups. If Okamura Neji and Uchiyama Eitaro could mobilize two or three divisions to participate in the battle,
If we persist even for seven days, it's really hard to say who will win this battle."
"The troops of the Anti-Japanese Alliance in this battle have been seriously weakened. Chairman, without at least half a year of rest, we really will not have the ability to launch such a large-scale operation as this battle in a short period of time.
.However, for a tough country like Nanman, with less troop input, it will be difficult to achieve the combat effects we want."
Yang Zhen's words fell, and the chairman was slightly surprised. The number of casualties in this battle of the Anti-Japanese League has not yet been reported. Although he was mentally prepared, the chairman still did not expect that the losses in this battle of the Anti-Japanese League would be so high.
It's huge. The muscles and bones have been damaged after this battle. According to the current human resources in their control area, they don't know when they can be replenished.
Since the ground contact with the Guan Nei was established, after two consecutive battles of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, they had to rely on blood transfusions from the Guan Nei troops to barely recover. After each battle, Yang Zhen asked the troops within the Guan Nei again and again to help him.
The Chairman still vividly remembers the mobilization of reserve forces by the Anti-Resistance Alliance.