Military academies are only responsible for part of grassroots military education in the West. In addition to talents trained by military academies, a considerable part of the recruitment of wartime officers relies on university reserve officer training groups and the selection of officers from outstanding non-commissioned officers. In China, in
This point, at least in the short term, cannot be made up for.
The Japanese's most basic military education should be said to be quite good. At least in the early days of the war, the level of their reserve officers was still quite high. Even at the current desperate stage, the level of reserve officers is not bad. But they differentiate too much between officers.
The difference between them and non-commissioned officers is that 99% of those experienced non-commissioned officers can only stay as non-commissioned officers for the rest of their lives.
Rather than selecting officers from a large number of experienced non-commissioned officers, the Japanese would rather choose officers who have no experience and undergo assault training. This is the biggest mistake of the Japanese in officer training. But this does not mean that Japanese-style officers
Cultivating ideas is really worthless.
Although the Soviet-style military education system is divided too finely, it is not conducive to the development of comprehensive capabilities of a grassroots commander. At least in units below the regiment level, and even at the division level, commanders at all levels can only be responsible for their own
Arms command. But after all, it meets the most basic needs of the troops on the basis of conforming to one's own national conditions.
What they pay more attention to is the most basic establishment in the combined force stage, which is also the most critical link between mid-level officers and senior officers at the regiment level, as well as the integrated training of officers above the regiment. The level of education in the country is far from what it was when the civil war just ended.
Under the circumstances of the Soviet Union, this system was still in line with China's national conditions, at least for a short period of time.
Moreover, Guo Bingxun also knew that although Yang Zhen supported him in engaging in education, he would not agree to serve as the principal of an infantry school. In fact, as the chief of staff of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, Guo Bingxun, who was well aware of the weaknesses in training military cadres of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, had to
He admitted that Yang Zhen's focus was accurate. After pondering for a long time, Guo Bingxun finally nodded.
Guo Bingxun's final nod made Yang Zhen secretly relieved. Yang Zhen still supported Guo Bingxun's intention to engage in military education after the war. But Yang Zhen could roughly guess what Guo Bingxun was thinking. After all, it was
Top students from famous Western military academies are still very convinced of the educational model of the military academy that trained France's most famous military commander.
As his best assistant, Yang Zhen still supports the idea of setting up a military academy. The establishment of a formal three-level military education system is also what Yang Zhen has been pursuing. However, Guo Bingxun's idea is very unrealistic in Yang Zhen's opinion.
.At least for a long period of time, there will be no such foundation in China.
Yang Zhen proposed to use Soviet-style military education as the basis, plus some Japanese military education concepts, which is undoubtedly in line with the current situation in the country. Drawing on all aspects, including the advantages of his own enemies, and adding the actual situation and experience inside and outside the customs, he got
Developing a military education system and theory that suits its own characteristics is a strategic issue related to the future development of the entire military.
Although Guo Bingxun is a bit idealistic, he has both ability and vision. Yang Zhen is very clear about this. Moreover, Yang Zhen does not agree with the overall Sovietization of the military education system. Although the Soviet military education system
It is more in line with China's national conditions, but its own shortcomings are also there.
The military education system is too rigid and divided too finely. For example, there are a large number of machine gun schools in the Soviet army that train machine gun platoon leaders. Yang Zhen does not agree very much. These basic things can be trained in infantry schools.
.There is also the Soviet Military Normal School, and Yang Zhen doesn’t really agree with it either.
It is a bit too cumbersome for each arms major to go from the basic arms command school to the arms academy that trains senior commanders of the arm. Although the Japanese were defeated by their own hands, at least in some aspects of the military education system, Yang Zhen is still very good.
Appreciate the Japanese military’s education system.
Therefore, Yang Zhen proposed absorbing the essence of Japanese-style military education and improving the Soviet-style education system planned to be adopted based on its own characteristics. Taking two completely different military education concepts and systems but with the same goal, he created a military education model that suits the Chinese people.
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Yang Zhen believed that as long as he persuaded Guo Bingxun and discarded those somewhat unrealistic ideas, he would do a good job. Guo Bingxun, who single-handedly created the efficient and concise headquarters system of the Anti-Japanese Alliance and did solid staff work, had any
Yang Zhen still has the confidence to run a comprehensive command military academy.
After taking care of Guo Bingxun, Yang Zhen still focused on his few secret plans. As for the Korean battlefield, he only sat at the rear and did not go to the front line to command in person. At this moment, even if Du Kaishan mobilized what he could
With most of the troops, the entire Korean battlefield can still only be regarded as a local battlefield.
At least until the main force of the North Korean army is fully invested, the overall size will be at the level of a group army at most. Yang Zhen believes that Du Kaishan's ability, at least for now, is more than enough. Therefore, Yang Zhen did not go to the Korean battlefield to command in person, but just
Sit back and watch.
On the battlefield inside the Pass, preparations for the Jianghuai Campaign, which had been underway for two full months, started on April 21. The Anti-Alliance troops entering the Pass, as well as one unit each of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, Shanxi-Hebei-Luyu Military Region, and the Shandong Military Region
With the cooperation of the New Fourth Army's main forces in the Jiangsu Military Region, the Huaibei Military Region, and the Fifth Division of the New Fourth Army operating in eastern Henan, they launched a full-line attack on the Japanese defense line along the Huaihe River.
During this battle, Mr. Lin showed his usual meticulous thinking. Before the war, he continuously dispatched reconnaissance troops. With the cooperation of the Huainan and Suzhong Military Regions of the New Fourth Army, he conducted detailed reconnaissance of the Japanese defense system in Huainan.
To make up for the shortcomings of aerial reconnaissance. At the same time, when deploying on the battlefield, the characteristics of the terrain are also taken into account in detail.
In terms of the deployment of troops and firepower, the eastern front, where the terrain is more suitable for tank assault operations, is the main one. At least on the surface, this deployment is quite satisfactory. However, Yang Zhen also knows that with Mr. Lin’s own command style, he will definitely not
We would adopt such a mediocre tactical deployment. Otherwise, we would not have visited the Northeast many times to learn from our experience during the deployment phase.
Not only did he have to take away his own experience in commanding tank clusters, but he also had to take away the experience of the Soviet army in using large-scale armored forces on the Soviet-German battlefield summarized by the Anti-Alliance Headquarters, as well as some special battle cases. He also had to take away Chen Hanzhang, the Anti-League leader.
The best commander of the armored forces. Yang Zhen was somewhat curious to see what methods Mr. Lin was hiding.
After the Jianghuai Battle kicked off on April 21, General Lin personally commanded an armored division, four armored brigades, five independent tank regiments, the 1st Mechanized Infantry Division, 11 infantry divisions, plus Shandong
The four divisions of the military region and the main force of the Northern Jiangsu Military Region formed the Eastern Front Corps, which took the lead in launching a forceful crossing operation in Lianshui and Funing.
Lianshui and Funing took the lead in front-line battles, officially kicking off the Jianghuai battle. Under intensive artillery fire and air cover, after five hours of repeated assaults, the five troops who were the first wave of forced crossings
The infantry division, with the cooperation of a division from the Shandong Military Region and the main force of the Northern Jiangsu Military Region, took the lead in opening a fifteen-kilometer-long gap in front of Lianshui.
Of course, this section of the river can no longer be called the Yellow River. Since the Huayuankou burst its banks seven years ago, and the Yellow River followed the Yinghe and Luohe rivers southward to the Huaihe River and entered the sea, this section of the river has become the Yellow River. This Jianghuai battle at least
On the Eastern Front, it would be more appropriate to call it the Huanghuai War.
It is now the dry season. Coupled with the water diversion effect of Hongze Lake, the amount of water in this section of the Yellow River after taking over the Huaihe River is not large, and the river surface is not too wide. Mr. Lin chose this direction, which is quite satisfactory as the main direction of attack.
Compared to the Western Front, the breakthrough point on the Eastern Front, where the main forces were concentrated, opened much faster.
After taking the lead in opening a gap on the eastern front, General Lin not only ordered the first wave of landing troops to develop in depth immediately, but also quickly invested follow-up troops, especially the armored troops to expand to both wings to expand the beachhead. At the same time, in the shortest time,
Some artillery units were mobilized to the south bank.
After eighteen hours of fierce fighting, under the cover of the Sixth Armored Brigade of the first batch of troops crossing the river, the first round of forced crossing troops fought hard and repelled more than ten Japanese counterattacks. They successively recaptured the important towns of Lianshui and Funing on the south bank of the lower reaches of the Huaihe River.
, and established a beachhead on the south bank of the Huaihe River with a depth of more than 30 kilometers and a depth of more than 100 kilometers from north to south.
After expanding and stabilizing the beachhead position, the participating troops immediately, with the cooperation of the 1st Armored Division that crossed the river and two tank regiments, carried out interspersed and divided operations against the entire Japanese defense line. The forwards pointed directly at Yancheng, an important town in northern Jiangsu, and
Use one force to quickly penetrate in the direction of Baoying.
Just as the Japanese army was hurriedly launching a counterattack towards the breach opened by the Anti-Japanese Alliance in front of Lianshui and Funing, trying to re-seal the breach. Two divisions from the Shandong Military Region and one column from the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region were under the unified command of the Shandong Military Region.
With the cooperation of the tank regiment directly under the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region.
Taking advantage of the attention of the entire front line, the Japanese army was attracted by the defeat on the frontal battlefield in Funing. The entire front east of Funing was already quite empty of troops. A forced crossing operation was suddenly launched again on the Caiqiao line in the northeast of Funing. After completing the river crossing,
, launched a forced penetration in the direction of Yancheng.
After this force crossed the river and spread out across the south, it heralded that the Japanese defense line on the south bank of the Huaihe River was completely defeated. The three attack forces that launched assaults from Lianshui, Funing and Beicaiqiao were like three sharp knives.
Likewise, it completely disrupted the Japanese defense system between the Jianghuai River and the Huaihe River.
In order to ensure that the armored cluster, which is the focus of the Eastern Front attack, can quickly cross the river and attack in the water network area. At the launch stage of the campaign, Mr. Lin concentrated 60% of the engineering troops on the entire Eastern Front. He carried nearly half of the army's weapons.
bridge and pontoon bridge, and two-thirds of the assault boats.
After the breach was opened, engineers participating in the battle quickly erected more than 20 pontoon bridges on the river from Lianshui to Funing within six hours. Within eleven hours, the main force of the Eastern Front Cluster included a large number of tanks participating in the battle.
All heavy equipment, including the troops, completed the crossing of the river.
In addition to the large number of Pontoon troops participating in the war, the 200 American-made LVT amphibious landing vehicles transferred from the Anti-Japanese War to North China were all invested in this direction. It was on this basis that the first wave of assaults could be carried out in one go
Five divisions are invested. When the Lianshui and Funing directions are launched at the same time, there is still the ability to carry out a second forced crossing operation on the Beicai Bridge front line.
In order to support this river-crossing operation, in front of Lianshui and Bunning, General Lin deployed nine 150mm howitzer regiments, two 122 rocket regiments, and all artillery with a caliber above 200mm.
The aviation units transferred to the pass also invested two attack aircraft groups and a medium bomber group.
In addition to a large number of division-affiliated artillery and team-affiliated mortars, as well as a mountain artillery regiment and a field artillery battalion from the Shandong Military Region, a field artillery regiment directly under the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, plus a Japanese-style howitzer battalion. The participating troops have powerful artillery.
and aviation, providing sufficient fire support for the assault force to open the gap as soon as possible.
On the first day, the artillery troops of the participating troops fired more than 100,000 artillery shells of various calibers. The Japanese positions in Lianshui and Bunning, which were more than 20 kilometers deep, were blown into ruins. Powerful artillery fire and air cover ensured the forced crossing.