Regarding Mr. Lin's worries, Yang Zhen smiled and said: "Mr. Lin, you are too worried. I am just using the Soviets as an analogy. After all, the war has reached this point. The Soviet air force can only be regarded as a tactical air force, but their
The army is already the largest in terms of numbers and armor strength."
"After several years of bloody battles, most of the senior Soviet generals have become extremely proficient in large group movement operations. Especially the use of tank clusters, it can be said that they have reached the level of proficiency. I just say that if we are on the Soviet-German battlefield right now,
If the German army on the battlefield were replaced by us, would we have the ability to compete with the Soviet army?"
"I'm just using them as a metaphor, not to fall out with them. Not to mention that we are also at war. Even if the war is over, as long as they don't invade our land, I can't offend these quarrels.
The Soviets are quick at reading."
"In addition, the Soviet army's tank tactics are still good at the moment. However, the infantry tactics are purely based on the use of people. If they fight blindly, the victory will be achieved by the infantry. The Soviet casualties are so heavy,
The rigid tactics of the Soviet generals at all levels cannot be blamed for this."
It's just that when Yang Zhen said these words again, although his face was always smiling, Mr. Lin could clearly feel that his inner thoughts were definitely not as happy as what he showed on his face. For the Anti-Union and
Mr. Lin knew something about the relationship between the Soviets.
Mr. Lin knew that Yang Zhen had always disapproved of the Soviets, and even rejected them from his heart. The Soviets' domineering style played a very bad role in the relationship between him and the Soviets. Therefore, Mr. Lin's words also
It's a reminder. Of course, Mr. Lin doesn't know what Yang Zhen is doing now. If he knew about it, Mr. Lin's first thought would be that this guy is crazy.
Regarding Yang Zhen's disapproval, Mr. Lin, who was extremely rare to say such a big thing, did not say anything. However, he was very politically sensitive, and finally said: "Comrade Yang Zhen, I hope you will take care of yourself.
Don't do anything too outrageous, otherwise the central government won't even be able to wipe your ass."
"A general like you is priceless in times of war. But in times of peace, your character needs to be restrained. We people want to talk about military affairs, but we also need to talk about politics. Again, General
The way of doing things is to be lenient and strict at the same time. Blindly being too harsh is not a good thing for dealing with the relationship between superiors and subordinates."
Mr. Lin, who has always had a strong political sensitivity and rarely showed it in front of others, said these words, which is enough to show his appreciation for Yang Zhen. Yang Zhen nodded slightly at Mr. Lin's kindness.
Accept it humbly. After saying this, both Yang Zhen and Mr. Lin became silent.
Just when Yang Zhen and Mr. Lin had just finished talking, two telegrams from Wang Guangyu and Tao Jingfei made Yang Zhen turn his attention to the map. It turned out that on the Jinzhou battlefield, after passing through the Western Front Cluster and jointly attacking with the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei troops, they were
Contact with the Fifth Army was cut off. The remnants of the Japanese Fourth Army, which had now all retreated to the line from Jinzhou to Huludao, suddenly abandoned Jinzhou City and surrounding key points.
Before Wang Guangyu and the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei troops could complete the siege of Jinzhou, they all retreated to Huludao. Their retreat was so fast that even the Japanese in Jinzhou City and a large amount of supplies, weapons and ammunition had no time to take them away.
.The major factories in Jinzhou City were also destroyed.
Tao Jingfei reported that according to aerial reconnaissance, in order to avoid the Anti-Japanese Alliance aviation attack, the Japanese naval ships originally bound for the sea off Lushun and the cargo ships in the port suddenly disappeared last night, and it was temporarily impossible to find out their whereabouts. He has sent planes along the Liaodong coast.
Conduct large-scale reconnaissance and search in the Yellow Sea east of the peninsula and along the coast of North Korea.
After receiving these two telegrams, Yang Zhen tapped his fingers on the map and intuitively believed that these two incidents were definitely not isolated. At present, all enemies of Jinzhou have withdrawn to Huludao, and Huludao is currently the only one in western Liaoning.
Port. And all the Japanese navy ships in Port Arthur, including cargo ships, suddenly disappeared. It would be strange if there is no connection between them.
Yang Zhen didn't even have to think about this matter. He immediately understood that the Kwantung Army was going to lose soldiers to save the car. He abandoned Liaoxi, which had become a dead place, and used the Japanese navy's little wealth and fleet in Port Arthur to transport the remnants of the Fourth Army.
Return to the Liaodong Peninsula and prepare to regain control of the Liaodong Peninsula, or prepare to concentrate forces to defend Lushun.
General Yamada Otsuzo and Lieutenant General Qin Yanzaburo were probably ill and had to seek medical treatment. In the absence of air superiority and a large number of ship escorts, the Japanese army relied on only a few ships and unarmed transport ships.
Retreating the entire Fourth Army to the Liaodong Peninsula was beyond the imagination of these two men.
After thinking about it, Yang Zhen drafted a telegram to Wang Guangyu and Tao Jingfei respectively. He clearly told Wang Guangyu to mobilize all the aircraft assigned to him and immediately prepare to attack from western Liaoning to attack the Japanese fleet. As for the battle on the ground
, must continue to attack Huludao. Even the soldiers of the Fourth Army must not be allowed to withdraw to Lushun.
However, considering the peninsular terrain of Huludao, it is conducive to Japanese defense without the cooperation of the navy. Moreover, although most of the Fourth Army's troops have been eliminated, after all, there are still more than 18,000 troops. All of them should be withdrawn.
Going to Huludao, the Japanese defense force density was too high.
Yang Zhen's suggestion to Wang Guangyu was that after half of the Japanese troops boarded the ship, the aviation force would send those Japanese troops directly to Hailongwang as guests. As for Wang Guangyu's progress before, it was relatively slow and he was unable to solve the fourth problem in a short time.
Jun, Yang Zhen did not give any criticism or urging.
The terrain of the western Liaoning battlefield in this battle is quite narrow. The entire Liaoxi Corridor is backed by mountains and sea, and the widest point is only fifteen kilometers. The Fourth Army only needs to hold the Songling Mountain line in the north, the Yiwulu Mountain line in the northeast, and various key points in the Liaoxi Corridor, with single firepower
You can control the entire Western Liaoning Corridor.
The terrain was too narrow, and the Japanese army adopted a huddled defense. On the narrow terrain, the troops were unable to carry out large-depth roundabout operations. No matter which direction they attacked from the north, east, or west, once they entered the narrow Liaoxi Corridor, they could only attack slowly.
advance step by step.
Although the strength of this Fourth Army is the weakest among all the Kwantung Army armies, it is the most advantageous in terms of terrain. Because in this direction, the Anti-Japanese Alliance's offensive can only attack one point at a time. At most, it will be a beating.
Small-scale intersecting operations. But as long as the Japanese army controls various key points in the Liaoxi Corridor, its intersecting speed cannot be increased at all.
After the battle started, Wang Guangyu could only fight step by step, fighting for key points along the Songling Mountain line and on both sides of the Daling River, and trying his best to eliminate the Japanese army in the mountainous battlefields outside Jinzhou and Yi County. In addition, he also had to use one unit to control Guandong.
The Fifth Army of the Army only had three divisions deployed on the front line, and the forces needed to break through on the flanks were still somewhat insufficient.
However, although Wang Guangyu's progress was a bit slower, with the cooperation of the First Department of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, which attacked from the east of Hebei, he adopted the method of encirclement and reinforcements, and ate up a division of the Fourth Army in one fell swoop on the Yixian battlefield.
In addition, an independent mixed brigade was added to seize the front line from Goubangzi to ***.
Although Yixian had eaten up one-third of the Fourth Army's strength in one go, the first battle also alerted the enemy. When the Battle of Yixian came to an end, Lieutenant General Shojiro Iida immediately withdrew quickly. The entire army withdrew to Jinzhou and concentrated its efforts.
The retreat route at this most critical moment to protect Huludao.
However, Wang Guangyu did not expect that in less than a day after Lieutenant General Iida Shojiro retreated to Jinzhou, even Jinzhou quickly gave up. In addition to using one force to control various key points outside Huludao, the main force
Evacuate all directly to Huludao.
At present, Wang Guangyu is organizing troops to launch an attack on the Huludao front line. However, the resistance of various departments after the Japanese army broke off is extremely tenacious. In addition, the narrow peninsula terrain is not conducive to the attack, and the Japanese troop density is too high. Although the long-range artillery fire on the Tianji Factory and the camp line is
Cover, but Wang Guangyu's attack progress is still extremely slow, it can almost be said that it is squeezing bit by bit.
It was precisely in view of the current situation that after concluding that the Fourth Army was going to run away, Yang Zhen ordered Wang Guangyu to increase the pressure, force the Japanese army to speed up their retreat, and use planes to greet them at sea. This approach was better than on the ground.
Slow attack speed and efficiency are much higher.
At the same time, Yang Zhen ordered Tao Jingfei to immediately terminate the eastward search. All attack aircraft groups and bomber groups assigned to him would be sent to the west of Jinzhou. They would be under the command of the Western Front Aviation Command and prepare for combat against the Japanese transport fleet.
.At the same time, the original Puppet Manchukuo maritime police force currently in Fuzhou Bay and the original escort ships were ordered to deploy outside Lianshan Bay.
In terms of orders, Yang Zhen asked Tao Jingfei to speed up the attack and capture Port Arthur in the shortest time. The troops heading north should seize the line from Haicheng to Xiuyan as soon as possible, cut off the remaining Japanese Fifth Army on the entire Liaozhong battlefield, and attack
The final route of retreat to the east, and posed a threat to the Japanese army's rear along the Anfeng Railway.
Yang Zhen's judgment was quite accurate. On the night when Wang Guangyu's telegram was received, the Western Front Cluster discovered that dozens of Japanese ships, including coastal defense ships and below, arrived at Hulu that night, including a group of trawlers and sailboats.
Island Port. But these Japanese warships were very cunning. After entering Liaodong Bay, they hid in the middle of Liaodong Bay during the day and waited until dark before heading towards Huludao.
In the second half of the night, the Japanese retreating troops began to board the ship as quickly as possible under the cover of the heavy artillery of the Fourth Army to suppress Gaoqiao and the anti-alliance artillery group on the Hanjiagou front line. The Japanese troops participating in the retreat only carried light weapons.
.All vehicles and heavy weapons were abandoned in Huludao.
Regardless of the carrying capacity of the ship, after an all-out retreat in the middle of the night, the first batch of tens of thousands of Japanese troops had all boarded the ship. And behind them, every ship on the periphery of Huludao was packed to the brim.
In particular, there was a 5,000-ton cargo ship, two barges, and five 1,000-ton cargo ships parked in Lushun Port. Because the carrying capacity was slightly larger, all of them from the cabin to the deck plugs were Japanese soldiers.
This 6,000-ton cargo ship is the only large transport ship in Northeast China for the Japanese army, which is now at its wits end. It was the Japanese navy that specialized in plundering mineral resources from South Manchuria, especially pig iron from Benxi Lake.
Those five thousand-ton cargo ships are left for use in the Northeast.
The 6,000-ton Takasaki transport ship was a trophy captured by the Russians during the Russo-Japanese War. It was originally retired from the Navy in the 1930s and was transferred to the Army as a transport ship. The Army then used it as a transport ship.
It was placed in Lushun and was originally used to transport the Kwantung Army's defense troops.
However, because this transport ship was too old, the Army was overwhelmed by maintenance problems after using it for four or three years. The Army could not afford to use it even if it lacked ships, so it transferred the ship back to the Navy.
Now it has become the only large transport ship in the Navy that travels from Port Arthur to the Japanese mainland.