After hesitating for a long time, looking at the number of casualties reported on Du Kaishan on the telegram, Yang Zhen was still unable to sign and agree. [:.Com/Text If it is said that the Dongning Fortress is strong, it is fine that he does not know. But although he has not yet
I was there in person, but when I read the war history in later generations, I had a pretty good understanding.
Five years later, when the Soviet army captured the Dongning Fortress Group, they deployed two aviation divisions, an artillery brigade, two independent artillery battalions, an infantry division and a fortification garrison just to capture the Shenghongshan Fortress.
and more than 200 tanks.
In the first two days of the battle, more than 7,000 tons of artillery shells were dropped. During the entire battle, not counting artillery shells of various calibers, tens of thousands of tons of aerial bombs alone were dropped. Although the underground fortifications of the entire Shenghongshan Fortress were not damaged,
No amount of damage was done, but the surface position was reduced to rubble.
Even relying on the absolute superiority of troops and such powerful firepower, the Soviet army still paid a heavy price during the entire twenty-day battle at Shenghongshan. The number of casualties alone was as high as 1,500, but only the Japanese were killed.
More than 300 people. After more than 20 days of siege, they still could not completely capture the Shenghongshan Japanese fortress group.
Five years later, the Soviet army that has experienced the test of war in the European battlefields and fought from Moscow to Berlin is not the Soviet army that has been severely weakened by the suppression of counter-revolutionaries. It has strong attack capabilities, ferocious artillery fire, and rich combat experience among its soldiers, especially for
The use of armored troops is absolutely world-class.
However, this is an army that has experienced the test of twice the firepower density on the European battlefield. When faced with the Kwantung Army, all the elites at that time had been withdrawn, and the remaining troops were old, weak and remnants. Although the opponent had solid and permanent fortifications to rely on,
But it was still fought like this, and the especially heavy casualty figures were a great stimulus to Yang Zhen.
The situation facing Du Kaishan now is far more severe than the situation that the Soviet army will face five years later. Although there is air support and the artillery is also powerful, the intensity of the artillery fire cannot be compared with that of the Soviet army, at least.
No one can afford to fire 7,000 rounds of artillery shells in two days or drop tens of thousands of tons of bombs in one breath.
The strength and firepower of the Japanese garrison faced were much stronger than those faced by the Soviet army five years later. Far from being greatly weakened, both the strength and firepower of the Japanese garrison were greatly weakened. Most of the garrison strength and equipment were due to overall tightness.
The Kwantung Army five years later, which was transferred to other battlefields, can be compared.
Of course, I knew that the failure of the critical battle five years later that discolored the entire Dongning area had a lot to do with the fact that the Soviet army's tactics were too rigid and their firepower was too fierce and not flexible enough. However, countries around the world are concerned about this semi-underground situation.
It is an indisputable fact that besides desperately developing large-caliber artillery and concrete-destroying bombs, the permanently prepared fortification group did not have many solutions. At least until the US military developed a new type of ground-penetrating bomb, there were not many solutions.
way.
The Battle of Liege Fortress in Belgium during World War I almost delayed the entire German army's Western Front operations. The battles of Brest Fortress and Sevastopol Fortress in the Soviet-German War also brought difficulties to the attackers.
Heavy losses. In the Pacific War, which will begin next year, the U.S. military, which has absolute superiority in sea and air forces, also suffered heavy losses when faced with the fortress groups built by the Japanese army on the Pacific islands.
Fortress assault has been the primary problem encountered by countries around the world in fortified battles since ancient times. Although these fortresses are not as strong as the Dongning Fortress, their firepower, especially artillery firepower, is stronger than that of the Dongning Fortress Group. But for the attackers
Regardless of the terrain or the distribution of firepower, they were far and away extremely beneficial. But they still paid an unimaginable price.
The German super large-caliber artillery and the firepower of the US heavy battleships are not comparable to what we are now. If we fight hard, the second and third columns, especially the third column, which has only nine regiments, have a weak base. They have to gain strength.
The serious injury was inevitable. Thinking that the German army suffered more than 40,000 casualties in a Liege fortress, Yang Zhen still felt hesitant in his heart.
But these two new types of bombs, the ton-level super bombs, don't matter, let alone being transferred to the Soviets, even if they are given to the Soviets for free, it doesn't matter. But for the air-fuel bomb that is now an epoch-making weapon, Yang Zhen at least does not want to expose it yet.
The Dongning Fortress Group is too close to the Soviet border, and also too close to Vladivostok, the central city of the Soviet Far East. Once used, it will be difficult for the Soviets not to notice it.
Once the Soviets are aware of the power of their new weapons, judging from their keen sense of smell, they will definitely come to them. Even if they refuse, they will find every way to get the technology. But this,
This is what Yang Zhen can't accept the most.
It was his established policy to blockade the Soviet Union with new weapons, especially weapons of mass destruction. Anyway, in the eyes of the Soviets, except for a small number of light weapons, they did not have any weapons design and production capabilities. As long as they did not take the initiative
Displaying it, or controlling its use without being noticed by it, should be able to fool it.
But if he just sat back and watched his troops suffer heavy casualties just to keep the secret of a weapon, Yang Zhen couldn't accept it from his heart, which in his opinion, only cold-blooded politicians would do.
Yang Zhen is confident that there is no current British Prime Minister Churchill, who would rather sit back and watch a city being razed to the ground during ten hours of indiscriminate bombing, with heavy casualties among residents, than risk the news that the British army has successfully deciphered the German code.
The risk of leaks strengthens the air defense capabilities there.
For a moment, Yang Zhen was in a dilemma. Whether to obey strategy and tactics, or to obey tactics and strategy, it was quite a headache for Yang Zhen. Disagreeing meant that his troops would pay a bloody price, but agreeing would be more important to his strategic goals.
That said, it was a pretty serious loss.
Let the Soviets shed more blood on the Soviet-German battlefield in half a year, or even dry up the blood, so that the Soviets, who are extremely resilient, have no time to visit in a short period of time, and they can do something for China after the war.
Demand is an important strategic goal of Yang Zhen towards Su in the future.
In addition to dealing with solid fortifications, the greatest power of air-fuel bombs is against armored clusters. Although a single weapon cannot completely change the outcome of the war, it can change the balance of victory in a battle. And this
It's a kind of balance, but it can influence the course of the war.
Agree or disagree, they struggled in Yang Zhen's head for a long time, and finally strategic reasons prevailed. Yang Zhen finally decided not to agree to Du Kaishan's request. At this time, Yang Zhen still didn't know that because of this
What he considered to be a somewhat cold-blooded decision made him rise from a simple military commander to the level of a strategist.
For many people, this seemingly simple difference is not a threshold that can be crossed at any time. Many people can be excellent military commanders, but at the strategic level they cannot cross that threshold in their lifetime.
The road seems to be a simple threshold.
At this time, Yang Zhen's vision was not only focused on the battlefield, but also outside the battlefield. If we talk about the decisions he made before, it was also because he had decades more experience than others.
If so. Now he has begun to think about problems at a strategic level. This is the difference between an excellent military commander and a strategist.
After soliciting the opinions of several other people in Guo Bingxun and learning that the Japanese 410mm super heavy artillery captured in Harbin was too cumbersome to operate, at least within a short period of time, Yang Zhen personally drafted a draft for Du Kaishan.
Got a call back.
In the call back, Yang Zhen told Du Kaishan straightforwardly that in view of the geographical location of the Japanese Dongning Fortress, it is inappropriate to use some new weapons now. Moreover, the production capacity of these new weapons is very limited due to production capacity and raw material import factors.
Low. It’s not yet time for large-scale use.
After thinking about it, Yang Zhen forwarded to Du Kaishan some of the methods of attacking fortress groups that he learned in later generations. In particular, some of the experience in arduous and difficult offensive battles such as the Battle of Songshan a few years later was transferred to Du Kaishan.
.Although the density of the fortifications there, the firepower, and the solidity are not as great as those of the Dongning Fortress, the terrain is more complicated than that of the Dongning Fortress.
These experiences, plus the experience accumulated from the previous attacks on Mishan Miaoling Fortress and Lumingtai Fortress, should be of some help to Du Kaishan. In addition to some things that have not yet been exposed, Yang Zhen has another idea
I just don’t want my troops to develop the habit of relying solely on firepower and new equipment.
After sending the telegram, Yang Zhen turned to Guo Bingxun beside him and said: "Old Guo, do you think my decision was too cold-blooded? Just to keep a new weapon secret, I would rather let my cadres
Soldiers have to bear the unnecessary casualties. I hope that after this tough attack on Dongning Fortress, the three columns will not be injured."
After hearing this, Guo Bingxun, who was studying the replenishment plan, raised his head and smiled and said: "No. 1, from the perspective of the battlefield situation and simply reducing troop casualties, what you did is indeed a bit excessive. But from an overall perspective, you
You are right. This new type of weapon is a trump card that we don’t have much in our hands now. If it is exposed too early, it will only do harm but not good for us."
"The most critical battle against the Dongning Fortress Group is a rare experience for us. For the battle against this kind of fortress group, it is not advisable to simply rely on one or two special operations forces such as reconnaissance battalions directly under the military region.
The critical battle against the Tiger Head Fortress and the Hormozin Fortress Group can only be a special case. The real critical battle still requires ordinary combat troops to complete most of the time."
"Although we have gained some experience in the previous assaults on Mishan Miaoling Fortress and Lumingtai Fortress, we mainly relied on new weapons to complete them. Second, we relied on capturing Japanese heavy artillery and destroying the main Japanese positions from behind.
There is not much experience in actually completing fortress conquests.”
"For most of our troops who are still pure infantry and lack experience in many aspects, the only thing we can do is to learn war from war. Apart from this path, at least for now, we do not have any other shortcuts.
.This foothold must be found well. If we miss it, the price we have to pay will be even greater.”
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