Speaking of this, Guo Bingxun hesitated slightly and said: "New weapons are greatly affected by raw material constraints and production processes, especially since our industrial base is still extremely weak, and they are not suitable for large-scale use. Especially when this kind of weapon is extremely powerful and needs to be strictly kept secret from the outside world. Overexposure in advance will only cause harm without any benefit."
"And relying solely on heavy artillery firepower is extremely undesirable when we are unable to produce the required shells and spare barrels." These 240mm heavy cannons, 300mm fortress guns and 200mm fortress guns We simply cannot produce the shells for the 40mm heavy howitzer, at least not yet. All the thousands of rounds of shells are captured. Once they are used up, what will we do in the future?"
"As for the other reasons for your refusal, I think you still have a point. However, it is simply not to let the troops develop the habit of relying too much on fire support. At the same time, the troops must learn to fight with their brains when the situation changes. I just think you did nothing wrong."
"Although this kind of learning often has to pay a considerable price. But this is exactly what you said before, the price that must be paid for growth. There are many times when rejection is not an injury, but a kind of harm. Help. We should all learn to say no."
Hearing Guo Bingxun's words, Yang Zhen nodded slightly thoughtfully, stood up and walked around the room for a while and then said: "Old Guo, should I go to the Dongning front line to see what's going on there? How should we start? I am a little worried that too many casualties will damage the vitality of the three verticals. After all, this critical battle is a new test for us."
Regarding Yang Zhen's idea of rushing to Dongning to command the front line in person, Guo Bingxun said with a faint smile: "No. 1, you have a bit of a look. What did you tell us at the beginning? Why can't you keep calm when you come here? ?How can you see a rainbow without going through wind and rain? This is what you often tell us."
"In the Battle of Mishan, you have done everything you should do, and the rest can only be understood by themselves. We will face many similar situations in the future, and you cannot go to the scene to command every battle. But on the spot Disposal is also the most basic test for a senior commander. Under the premise that we have gained similar experience before, if we cannot pass this test and can only fight hard, then we should consider changing this position. People."
At this point, Guo Bingxun's tone changed slightly, and he said seriously: "And I think that if you really get similar experience, even if the price you pay is higher, it is not unacceptable. If nothing else, Hunchun in the south of Dongning , the Japanese army has a large-scale fortress project under construction."
"Furthermore, through interrogation of prisoners of the Japanese First Division, we learned that the Japanese army is also building a large secret fortification group in the Hailar area of Hung Yen Province. This is what we currently know. In the entire Northeast, we do not know how many secret fortification groups there are. How much, I’m afraid no one knows except the Japanese Kwantung Army.”
"We must gain such experience no matter how much it costs. From Hutou Fortress to Luming Terrace, Dongning is on the front line, and there is a light railway built by the Japanese army that can be used. But one day in the future, if we encounter What if the Japanese army cannot use heavy artillery in the western fortress group where the roads are more difficult?"
"Besides, the price to be paid is not necessarily high. He, Du Kaishan, has had some experience before. Now he cares and causes chaos. Seeing that other fronts have stopped, only his side is still fighting. Still. I can't resolve the battle quickly and I just feel like I'm losing face. It's not that this guy doesn't have the ability, he's just a little impatient now."
Guo Bingxun's words reminded Yang Zhen that he himself seemed a little impatient. After thinking about it, Yang Zhen laughed it off. After thinking about it, he sent another telegram to Du Kaishan. And this telegram contained , Yang Zhen only wrote four words: "Slow, steady."
After sending this telegram, Yang Zhen and Guo Bingxun quickly threw themselves into new work. The war had just ended, and there were too many things to do to replenish the troops and deploy defenses. Yang Zhen did not have much energy to focus on a single battlefield now. Moreover, he still knew the abilities of Du Kaishan and Wang Xiaoming.
If the two of them were put together, they still would not be able to scoop out the remaining three fortresses of the entire Dongning fortress group: Shenghongshan, Xunshan and Chaorishan. Or they would have to fight hard to bring such a fortress group to the troops. If there were heavy casualties, then their column commander should also come to an end.
However, after thinking about it, Yang Zhen decided to transfer Ma Chunsheng to Dongning to assist in the operation, and put Liu Changshun in charge of the entire Mudanjiang area. At the same time, he adjusted his deployment and transferred Tao Jingfei's troops to Shuangcheng. The column was transferred to Qiqihar for garrison.
After adjusting the overall deployment, Guo Bingxun hesitated for a moment and then said to Yang Zhen: "No. 1, you see, although our results are great this time, the number of troop casualties is unprecedented. So far, not counting the Eastern Front operations, The single and fourth verticals alone caused more than 30,000 casualties. And with the continuous construction of new infrastructure facilities, our labor force is already obviously insufficient."
"Although our army rescued more than 100,000 workers from the Hulin Fortress Group, the Hormojin Fortress Group, the Farabie Fortress Group and the Dongning Fortress Group this time. However, the ages of these workers vary. Judging from the current statistics, Only less than 60% of the people are of suitable age. Although the rest can pick out some technical jobs?p>
But as a soldier, he is obviously too old.?p>
"The more than 30,000 Puppet Manchukuo soldiers and police captured in this battle still need to undergo strict physical examination and screening. It is estimated that there is a lot of room for selection among the national soldiers, but for those spy armed forces such as the Puppet Manchukuo forest police, Again, if you don't need to use that sentence, try not to use it. In this way, unless a universal compulsory military system is implemented in the new area, we will still have a certain shortage of soldiers to supplement the gap."
"Just from the perspective of local armed forces, we need to establish at least four new divisions and prepare a certain amount of armed forces. This does not include supplementing the original parts of each division that have been transferred to the main force. In addition, in order to maintain the current scale of the base area, we Six to eight more field brigades will be formed, as well as supplementary brigades and other supplementary units."
"As a result, the potential of soldiers is still somewhat insufficient. From the current point of view, the shortage of soldiers is more than 20,000 to 30,000. This does not include the additional soldiers for the First Army. What we are facing now is that the potential of soldiers in the old base areas has been exhausted. Digging out the embers, the situation in the new area is complicated and there is no half a year of rectification time, so it is impossible to start recruiting troops."
"So I suggest that our current recruitment of soldiers should be mainly based on rescued laborers, supplemented by captives of the Puppet Manchukuo soldiers. Compared with the Puppet Manchukuo army who don't know how many Japanese and puppet spies are involved, the nature of the labor is more A little bit purer. Moreover, these people have suffered a lot from the Japanese army, and they have a lot of hatred for the Japanese army."
"The most fundamental thing is that their homes are far away in the pass. Under the current situation, there will not be a large number of deserters. Since the number of soldiers of suitable age among the laborers we have rescued is not enough, I suggest that Li Mingrui Deploy some cavalry from a brigade from Wang Xiaoming to attack the Hunchun front line."
"Judging from the confessions of Japanese prisoners of war and information from the Intelligence Department, the Japanese army is building a large fortress on the Wujiazi front line in Hunchun. Although the scale is not as good as the two major fortress groups of Dongning and Hutou in the north, it should not be larger in size. Second to several major fortress groups in Heihe."
"Based on the labor usage of the several Japanese fortresses we have captured so far, the Hunchun Fortress needs at least 30,000 workers. And now the Japanese army only has two regiments of the 57th Division in Hunchun. .I suggest taking advantage of the fact that the Japanese army is also in urgent need of rest and recuperation, and conduct a surprise attack to rescue all those workers."
"First, it can prevent these workers from being tortured to death by the Japanese army, or being massacred after the completion of the project. Second, this part of the labor can be used to make up for the gaps in our soldiers. Otherwise, if our army occupied Dongning, the Japanese army would very They may have taken advantage of these workers to keep them secret. There is also the Japanese fortress group on the Hailar front line. Once the exact location is found out, troops can also be sent to attack specifically for rescue."
Guo Bingxun's suggestion made Yang Zhen slightly stunned after hearing it. Although he felt that Guo Bingxun's surprise attack specifically to rescue the labor organization was a bit exaggerated. But for the current situation, especially when the newly liberated areas have not yet come and rectified, the troops Yang Zhen still knew about the difficulty in replenishing soldiers.
For most of the base areas in the vast and sparsely populated North Manchuria region, the problem of replenishing soldiers has even replaced the problem of equipment as Yang Zhen's most troublesome problem. Now if the arsenal is put into full production, it does not count ammunition. Light equipment can be completely self-sufficient.
But soldiers are different. In Northern Manchuria, which is vast and sparsely populated, no matter how hard you try to find soldiers of the right age, there will always be a limit. Without soldiers, it means that everything is gone. If equipment is a reflection of part of the combat effectiveness of an army, Then soldiers are the basis for the survival of an army.
Although Yang Zhen now controls the Binjiang Province, Longjiang Province, Heihe Province and Sanjiang Province of the puppet Manchukuo, his territory seems to have expanded, and his resources are also worthy of mention, but his population resources are limited. The total population of the four provinces is less than to five million. The total population is less than the several administrative regions of the most populous provinces in Guan Nei. The population base is too small, which has become a key factor restricting Yang Zhen's development.
Not to mention that it is not possible to recruit soldiers in the new area now, even if it can be carried out, the number of soldiers that can be provided is not very sufficient. Among the population of less than 5 million, the remaining part must be reserved for the needs of several large industrial plants in the future. Provide workers and retain a considerable part of the population to engage in agricultural production.
There are only so few young adults. Unless Yang Zhen does not plan for the future development of mountainous areas and the construction of factories, and the entire army is prepared to go hungry, the number that can really be added to the army is still quite limited. And the captured puppets It is rare for the Manchu Army to be able to replenish troops as soon as they capture them. The problem of replenishing troops has almost become the biggest headache for Yang Zhen and even the top brass of the entire military region.