However, the Kwantung Army did not use it or did not have time to use it in the Northeast, but the Japanese army may not do so in Korea. Compared with the Northeast, the strategic position of the Korean Peninsula is even more important for the Japanese army to stick to its home defense line. The Korean Peninsula
If it is lost, the Japanese will lose their last barrier on the west coast.
At this time, if the Japanese are really like mad dogs and use poison gas on a large scale to bite themselves when they are dying, they will be making a big loss out of a small gain.
Although the headquarters has repeatedly strictly stipulated that during the battle with the Japanese army, regardless of whether the Japanese army used poison gas, all gas masks and poison gas protective equipment must be fully worn. However, it has been about two years since it was encountered on the battlefield.
The grassroots troops of the Japanese army who used poison gas were somewhat mentally paralyzed.
Troops have never stopped putting gas masks on ammunition storage points when fighting, or simply wearing gas masks lightly during operations. After all, that thing has been in the minds of many grassroots commanders.
It's of no use. Carrying it is still a burden. If you have the physical strength, it would be more useful to carry more ammunition. Moreover, if this thing is lost, you will be punished by carrying it.
After making this discovery, he secretly transferred all the troops and equipment of the chemical defense battalion of the 17th Division to the front line. At the same time, he required all troops to carry gas masks when going to the front line. That troop was unwilling
Take the military and political officer of that unit and hand over the command directly.
To be on the safe side, he even personally checked the gas masks carried by each unit while he was busy thinking about tactical adjustments. Even the troops at the frontier were ordered to pay at all costs, or you could collect them from the corpses of Japanese soldiers.
Or you can come down and collect it yourself. Within the specified time, everyone must have a gas mask.
Because in the two days since he arrived at the front line, he has not seen that cadre or soldier carrying a gas mask with him. He is also carrying a gas mask bag, but it contains either bullets or other items. There are even defensive masks for quite a few soldiers.
The bag has become a grocery bag.
Not only the soldiers but also some cadres, even the cadres at the battalion level, did not carry gas masks in accordance with the regulations. This situation made Yang Jicai very dissatisfied. The troops below did not consider or did not see the possibility of the Japanese army jumping over the wall.
, as the first deputy division commander who is actually in charge of the military work of the entire division, he has to consider this issue.
When he was considering tactical adjustments after taking office, and during private family gatherings, Yang Zhen's words kept lingering in Yang Jicai's mind. He clearly remembered the words of his elder brother. Once the war got into trouble on the battlefield,
In a stalemate, as a military commander, you must first calm down and not simply be swayed by the pressure from your superiors and the casualties of your subordinates.
At the same time, when adjusting tactics, we must consider targeted adjustments. It is not only necessary to adjust infantry tactics, but also to consider adjustments to fire support. When making adjustments, we should not only consider front-line adjustments, but also consider more
Adjustments when attacking the enemy's first, second, and even third lines.
As a military commander, you need more than determination and courage on the battlefield. More often, you need a cool head, a comprehensive perspective on the problem, and a cold heart when necessary. Because it often determines victory or defeat.
Or the fateful moment is in the last five minutes, or even the last minute.
If you are distressed by the excessive casualties of your troops and choose to give up at the final stage of gritting your teeth at the last moment. Then you are not only wasting resources and time, but also squandering more lives. Giving up at the last moment may not be enough.
The life and blood of the warriors were compensated.
Soldiers are not politicians, let alone philanthropists. When it is time to bite the bullet, even if there is only one soldier left, we must persevere until the last minute. The saying "Kindness does not lead the troops", for a commander, especially
For a senior commander, it never goes out of style.
In daily life, you should care more about your subordinates, but on the battlefield, as a commander, you must harden your heart. The more critical the moment, the less soft your heart becomes. If you are soft, it means the sacrifice and dedication you have made before.
, will all be in vain, and the cost of recovery will often be even greater.
Another sentence that particularly impressed him was that Yang Zhen warned him repeatedly. Never underestimate the Japanese army on the battlefield. This kind of army is crazy and unscrupulous. Even if you are in overwhelming power, you must beware of the Japanese army at the most critical moment.
, I will give you a chance to die together, or to die together.
Although the elder brother only said these words to himself in private, Yang Jicai knew that these were the lessons learned from the elder brother's bloody battles on the battlefield over the years, leading this army from a weak to a strong one today. Behind these experiences and lessons
, is countless blood and lives.
In the past few years, whether he was working in the headquarters or in the grassroots units, the things he had come into contact with made Yang Jicai know how his elder brother had come through these years. He was able to turn the tide of the entire Northeast battlefield under that situation. At the end of last year, more
It was the Kwantung Army that was completely eliminated in one fell swoop. This cancer that the Japanese had planted on the Chinese people's bodies, how much hardship and sweat my brother put in it.
Although Yang Jicai is more branded with Guo Bingxun, he disagrees with some of his eldest brother's views and even some unscrupulous practices in some aspects. Although Yang Jicai doesn't know much about things that really involve confidentiality, he can even
Say very few.
However, under the training of Guo Bingxun's deliberate transfer in multiple positions, Yang Jicai developed a very keen sense of smell. From many clues, he could more or less judge the swords and shadows behind these problems, as well as the undercurrents hidden under the calm surface.
Yang Jicai also had to admit that some things were a helpless act under special circumstances. So although he did not agree with some of his elder brother's methods, Yang Jicai still remembered his elder brother's words very firmly.
Some of these words were emphasized repeatedly by the elder brother in the training class for senior military cadres. But when these words were spoken to him in private, Yang Jicai realized the different meanings. Moreover, some of the words were only spoken to him in private by the elder brother.
Talk to yourself some.
Because in fact, everyone on the battlefield knows that these are facts, once they are revealed publicly, especially from the mouth of the elder brother, the leader, it will set off a huge wave. Not only in the Anti-Japanese Alliance, but also in the
None of the military textbooks of a country would state it so straightforwardly.
Even the Japanese army, which has always treated soldiers only as battlefield consumables, did not say it so straightforwardly in its military textbooks. Although this is a truth that every soldier, especially senior commanders, understands. But in private, you
I understand that I understand it privately, and it won't do to say it outright.
Yang Jicai, who regarded his eldest brother as his idol and teacher, always kept his words in his heart. The changes in the Japanese army's equipment made him immediately feel vigilant.
So even when he was thinking the most nervously, he did not forget to personally check the carrying status of the gas masks of the troops.
But when everything was ready and everyone was looking forward to Yang Jicai's big move, Yang Jicai only adopted a small-scale cannibalization tactic on the front line. With the cooperation of the readjusted fire cover group, a little bit
Each point is like a pawn in chess, unhurried, unhurried, relaxed and well-organized, advancing forward step by step.
The cement he asked for was put into gasoline barrels and pushed by bulldozers, following the attacking troops. In some areas where there were repeated battles, these gasoline barrels filled with cement, with the cooperation of bulldozers, were transported within a short period of time.
A simple fortification was provided for the attacking troops. Yang Jicai repeatedly adopted this tactic for three consecutive days.
Although the progress of this method was slower, after three days of offensive, everyone was shocked to find that the most difficult areas to attack had more or less nails wedged into the Japanese positions. The situation was the best.
At one point, it even advanced directly to the foot of a core highland of the Japanese army.
In the rear, the two battalions deployed by Yang Jicai from the reserve team also continued to practice repeatedly during the past three days. In the new tactics, these two battalions no longer launched attacks in a battalion and company structure.
Except for one main attack company, the rest of the troops are organized into squads. Behind these two battalions, there is the last battalion of the entire 17th Division reserve team, which is also conducting secret drills at the rear.
Three days later, on the eighth day when Yang Jicai took over as the first deputy commander of the 17th Division, Yang Jicai transferred the two battalions to the front line. However, he did not use these two battalions to directly replace the various attacking units on the front line.
The two battalions were placed in the second position. At the same time, the artillery groups of the 17th Division also began to fire a large number of incendiary bombs and smoke bombs.
While the troops below were preparing to launch the attack again, Yang Jicai also convened the first battalion and regiment-level cadre meeting in the entire Tieyuan and Jinhua battlefields after his arrival at the division headquarters. At this meeting, Yang Jicai presented his plan
Completely brightened up.
Everyone who attended the meeting was shocked by his bold plan. The young guy in front of him actually gave up the fight for all the points on the periphery. After the frontline troops reopened the breakthrough, his target was actually directed at
The line between Kodaesan and Munhyeri was the core group of Japanese positions on both sides of the Hantang River on the battlefield south of Cheorwon.
Facing the cadres with different expressions after he proposed this plan, Yang Jicai did not explain anything. He is now deploying combat tasks, not soliciting opinions from all parties. On military issues, as the military chief, he should act arbitrarily
When it comes to time, you have to act decisively.
In addition to deploying combat plans at the meeting, Yang Jicai also repeatedly emphasized the issue of each unit carrying anti-virus equipment. On this matter, he and the experienced and prudent division political commissar have reached a tacit understanding. Anyone who finds these items cumbersome should be treated as a burden.
If you are willing to carry it, the teacher will not mind killing two chickens to show to the monkeys.
This matter was supported by the political commissar who was the nominal acting division commander, and no one among the cadres below dared to play any tricks. Fortunately, the anti-alliance forces, under the long-term leadership of Yang Zhen, did quite well in this regard. These
After the cadres returned to their respective units, they took the gas masks, which they regarded as a burden, from behind and brought them back to the forward positions for emergency distribution.
Some cadres who directly dumped these materials in the country could only find the logistics director of the division at the last minute and beg grandpa and grandma to deduct some from the loot of the logistics department. Fortunately, Yang Jicai did not embarrass them. Although on the surface,
I am not satisfied, but in fact I have already told the logistics department to be prepared. After all, this is not the time to hold people responsible, everything must still focus on the war.
After all preparations were completed, Yang Jicai began a general attack across the entire front. Under the cover of artillery, the scheduled attack troops changed their original tactics. Targeting all aspects of the Japanese frontline, except for a few highlands that had to be fought for, the main targets were as far as