Chapter 287 No matter how difficult it is to fight
After looking at the senior cadres in front of him, Yang Zhen turned his head and looked at Mr. Lin and Guo Bingxun, then turned to the commanders and political commissars at all levels in front of him and issued the last order before the attack: "You should return to your respective positions immediately.
Headquarters, enter the final preparation stage before the attack. At 6:25 on October 22, launch a full-line offensive against the Kwantung Army in southern Manchuria."
"After launching the attack, each unit must complete the first step of the battle plan with the fastest speed and the most violent attack. Remember, what is in front of you are the wings of our nation's soaring. This is between us and the Kwantung Army, this
The Japanese army, which has been at the vanguard in all the wars of aggression against China, is carrying out a strategic decisive battle. The eyes of the people of the whole country will be watching your battle."
Having said this, Yang Zhen looked at the cadres at all levels in front of him, smiled and said: "Everything that should be explained to you has been completed now. After the meeting, you go back immediately to prepare. Everyone is very foreign now, and there is a long way to go.
There are planes and all of you who are close by have your own cars, so I won’t leave you here to eat.”
After Yang Zhen said these words, except for some cadres of the aviation force, who dared to stay at the headquarters? After receiving from Guo Bingxun the direction of his responsibility, the detailed combat plan and the force organization list, he immediately took a plane or car and returned.
Their respective headquarters. Even Du Kaishan, who was responsible for fighting in Yang Zhen's direction, disappeared in a flash.
After the meeting, Guo Bingxun was busy making final preparations and talking to Yi Liangpin about the Korean war situation. In the conference room that was originally full of people, now only Yang Zhen and Mr. Lin were left. In addition to the security personnel outside the door
With the sound of footsteps and the sound of telegrams in the confidential room over there, everything inside and outside the conference room was peaceful.
Looking at Yang Zhen with a stern expression, Mr. Lin chuckled and said: "For this battle, you dared to slap the table with the deputy commander-in-chief at the Military Commission. Why does it seem like your mentality is not too calm now? This is not good, as a
A commander-in-chief of a front army must be calm before every battle. Before the battle is about to begin, your mentality must be adjusted."
"This time you have put almost all your troops into front-line combat at once. According to your plan, the reserve team in your hand only has two divisions plus five brigades transferred from Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong and Yu. This time
The war is not only against the Kwantung Army, but also a strategic decisive battle for you."
"Although the Japanese army is in decline now, the basic vitality and backbone of the Japanese army are still there. Although it has curled up into a dog, you should not forget that a wolf will always be a wolf. Even if it is with its tail between its legs now, it will not
You have really become a dog. The more this time comes, the more calm you, the top military commander, must be."
"The general direction of your plan is still very accurate. But there is one thing you must pay attention to, and that is your flank. The Japanese army is very good at flank breakthroughs. The connections between the various theaters must be well connected.
We cannot have the idea that if we win, we will all be princes together, and if we lose, we will be pulled down together."
"However, the tactics you adopted this time look very familiar to me. If I'm not mistaken, the tactics you used to infiltrate tanks in depth this time are the tactics you used on the North China battlefield in the last battle.
Enhanced version. Your mind is not simple, although your real intention is not to have a decisive battle with the Kwantung Army now."
"But in my heart, I have actually been prepared for this day. In the last battle, I used the Japanese North China Front to practice my skills. I used the Japanese troops in the pass as a whetstone to let your troops become familiar with this.
It’s a tactical application. Once you apply it, practice makes perfect.”
Yang Zhen, who had his thoughts revealed by Mr. Lin, shook his head and smiled bitterly after nodding: "Mr. Lin, to be honest, this strategic decisive battle will only start in the first half of next year according to my scheduled plan.
.Although I used the last battle to familiarize myself with strategy and tactics, according to my assumptions, I really didn’t want to start it so early.”
"And this battle is probably the most difficult battle I have fought so far. Even when I was out in the deep mountains and old forests, with life and death ahead uncertain, I had never hesitated as much as I do today. In such a big Southern Manchuria,
It is not comparable to Peking City. Even a little negligence may cause irreparable consequences."
"The industrial zone in Nanman starts from Jinzhou and Huludao in the west, Fengtian, Liaoyang, Anshan, and Benxi in the middle, all the way to Fushun in the east, and south along the Zhongchang Railway to Dalian. It covers an area of several thousand square kilometers.
The Zhongchang Railway and the Beining Railway are the links, and there are hundreds of factories, large and small. There are more than 400 large and small factories in Tiexi, Shenyang alone."
"Special steel in Fushun, petroleum smelting, coal mines, machinery manufacturing in Fengtian, arms, aircraft, steel rolling, non-ferrous metal smelting, textiles, steel in Anshan, iron smelting in Benxi Lake, building materials, chemicals, machinery manufacturing, and motorcycle manufacturing in Dalian
, shipbuilding, textile industry in Anton. Non-ferrous metal smelting and petroleum smelting in Jinzhou and Huludao.”
"Although during our Operation Harvest, we dismantled the industries in Fengtian and Fushun to pieces. However, the Japanese relied on their original foundation and their own machinery manufacturing capabilities to restore them after a large number of repairs.
Most of the factory’s production.”
"In such a big place, with so many factories, Mr. Lin's battle is really difficult to fight. Especially Jinzhou, Fengtian, Anshan, Dalian, Fushun, plus Benxi Lake, which of these industrial towns will be destroyed?"
, we will all become sinners in the history of this country’s industrial development.”
"I once imagined using a multi-channel squeeze method to squeeze the main force of the Kwantung Army out of Southern Manchuria. However, after repeated considerations, it is still impossible to achieve this. South Manchuria is full of Japanese troops maintaining the war.
It is a very important confidence. Without the support of Southern Manchuria, the Japanese may not be able to fight at all."
"The Japanese said that Manchuria and Mongolia were their lifeline, and they were right. Without the steel industry in the Anben area, the Japanese could indeed maintain the war by relying on their own steel industry. But without the iron industry in Gongchangling
Mines, relying solely on the iron ore in the Korean Peninsula. Even if their local steel industry is developed, without resources to utilize, the result will be the same. What's more, without the high-quality coal in Fushun, they will not be able to sustain the war.
"
"It is precisely because of the importance of South Manchuria to Japan's maintenance of the war that the Kwantung Army will not take the initiative to evacuate South Manchuria without giving a fatal blow to the Kwantung Army. And as a typical Eastern army, the Japanese will not
Without suffering heavy losses, I voluntarily gave up on Southern Manchuria."
"The most important thing is that even if the Kwantung Army takes the initiative to abandon South Manchuria without suffering heavy losses, it will still be detrimental to us. If the Kwantung Army is allowed to withdraw completely to North Korea, it will inevitably increase the pressure on our military in the areas controlled by the Korean Peninsula.
.I can ignore other places. But North Hamgyong Province in North Korea is extremely important to us right now."
"The iron mines in Northern Manchuria are small in scale and the quality of the ores is not high. They are mainly poor ores. The few rich ores are located in the deep mountains and old forests of the Greater and Lesser Hinggan Mountains. From construction to mining, a lot of energy is required.
.We have just started development and are still far from being put into production."
"The ore used in our current steel industry basically comes from the Musan iron mine in North Korea. At least half of the copper in our non-ferrous metal smelting comes from Hyesan. We spent so much effort to control North Hamgyong Province in North Korea
, not just for the Japanese steel plants in Chongjin and Seongjin."
"Those two steel plants are only part of our goal. My real focus is on the Mushan iron ore and nickel mine. Especially the Mushan iron ore, which is the best iron ore in Northeast Asia. It has lost its salty
The Musan iron ore and nickel mines in Gyeongbuk-do, the steel plants and non-ferrous metal smelting plants we have painstakingly built will be in a situation where we will not be able to cook without rice."
"If the Kwantung Army is allowed to withdraw to North Korea without suffering heavy losses, not only will our troops in North Korea have to switch from offensive to defensive due to the sharp increase in pressure, but North Hamgyong Province will be in danger of regaining gains and losses. At the same time, our troops in the Northeast will be in danger.
The overall strategy, as well as the next strategy, is also quite unfavorable. The border between China and North Korea is hundreds of kilometers long. If our army switches to defensive operations, how many troops will be needed to fill it?"
"So this battle not only has to be fought, but also requires that at least more than half of the Kwantung Army be eliminated while many places must be completely preserved. Mr. Lin, you are a military expert and you know that unpredictability is too much on the battlefield.
In such a cruel war, who can guarantee that these industrial bases will not suffer any losses?"
Regarding Yang Zhen's words, Mr. Lin was silent for a moment and then said: "No matter how difficult it is to fight, we must fight this battle. And not only must we fight it, but we must fight it cleanly and beautifully. Just as you said, Nan
Manchuria's industry is not only important to the Japanese, it is equally important to our nation and country."
"For this battle, the Chairman and the Central Committee have very high expectations for you. Although there is great pressure within the customs, a group of reserve teams have been mobilized for you from Shanxi, Hebei, Luyu and Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei. For this battle, you
We can only fight well. But I still want to advise you, don’t be too strict during the battle, and focus on preserving heavy industry and several major industrial bases. As for the light industry, it doesn’t matter if you give up temporarily.”
After hearing Mr. Lin's words, Yang Zhen raised his head and looked at the hazy sky outside the door but did not answer. Instead, he finally chose silence. Yang Zhen chose silence, and Mr. Lin, who was already taciturn, also did not say anything more.
What? I was just staring at the map on the wall of the conference room in a daze.
Compared to these two people, who had become a pair of bored gourds, the several direction commanders who hurried back to their respective command posts faced the headquarters' battle plan and began to make final preparations one after another. The attack sequence of their units,
The firepower configuration of the entire combat area, right down to the distribution of ammunition, left these senior generals in a hurry.
But fortunately, the foundation is relatively solid on weekdays. Although there is a certain amount of confusion, the work of each department is still completed step by step. After the order was issued, each unit did not mess up their respective tasks because of the somewhat rushed time.
Position. In accordance with the order designated by their respective superiors, they march to the attack starting area one after another.
Just as the front-line troops marched towards their respective attack starting positions, the Kwantung Army, which had a fairly sensitive sense of smell, immediately discovered the anomalies in the anti-alliance positions in front of them. The intelligence coming from all aspects made the Kwantung Army, which had cried wolf countless times, feel
This time the wolf is really coming.
Just when Qin Yansanlang received intelligence from the front line, he found that the number of enemy troops on the front line had increased significantly, and the number of various heavy weapons was increasing. He immediately concluded that the anti-alliance offensive was imminent. However, when Yang Zhen mobilized his troops, he took
A lot of confusing methods were used. When the Kwantung Army understood the situation and wanted to adjust its deployment, it found that it did not have enough time.