After defeating the Eighth Division's headquarters with surprise tactics, Sun San, who was eager to regain contact with the headquarters, ordered a stop and carefully cleaned the battlefield. First, during the long-distance attack, many tanks suffered non-combat losses, so they continued to repair them. Second, he was also worried about the possibility of a night battle. During the mission, there was a misunderstanding with the friendly forces whose whereabouts were unknown at the moment. The third one was also looking for a radio, even if it was an accessory.
Fortunately, hard work paid off. Although the urgently needed radio station was not found, a lot of accessories for the radio station were found at the Eighth Division Regiment Headquarters, including much-needed resistors and tubes. After obtaining the accessories, the communications corps urgently Emergency repairs were carried out, and contact with the headquarters was finally restored at midnight.
After explaining in detail why he lost contact with the headquarters, Sun San made a detailed report on the current battle situation. When he received a call back from the headquarters, Sun San broke out in a cold sweat. Thanks to his order to stop advancing, Otherwise, in a night battle with extremely low visibility, Zhu Bajie might actually end up eating pig trotters and killing each other.
He didn't know beforehand that right in front of him, Du Kaishan's two regiments were attacking the front line of Hongling. They were fighting fiercely with the 17th Regiment. If he just fought through it without hesitation, he might really get into trouble. He accidentally injured one of his own, but the second telegram from the headquarters made Sun San somewhat reluctant.
The headquarters sent a telegram to seize the time to take in the prisoners on the spot, repair the tanks, and use one force to suppress the 17th Regiment on the Hongling line and about two brigades of the Search Regiment, cut off their retreat, and turn the rest to the west. , participated in the encirclement and annihilation of the Fifth Regiment, and as for the Hongling front line, it was handed over to Du Kaishan's headquarters.
Sun San believed that the number of Japanese troops blocking Du Kaishan on the front line of Hongling was only two brigades. If he inserted himself into Hongling, which was already close at hand, and cooperated with Du Kaishan's troops who were attacking from the front, he would probably be defeated in a very short time. It will take time to resolve the battle, and turning around to the fifth wing will probably be a head-to-head battle.
We only have five infantry battalions. Even if we add one attached infantry battalion, we still have to leave some Japanese troops to guard the prisoners of war and to encircle and annihilate the Qihu Linhe line. There are only two more battalions that can be dispatched. If the number of infantry to cover is not enough. , unable to implement effective cover for the tanks, the risk of dealing with most of the Japanese regiment is still quite high.
During the Battle of Nomonhan, the Japanese army destroyed hundreds of Soviet tanks with meat bombs. This somewhat made Sun San feel a little bit worried. The armor of his own tanks was not as thick as that of the Soviet army. Their ability to withstand Japanese meat bombs was not good. How much better than the Soviet tanks would be, which made him feel a little worried about gains and losses.
I can't compare with Jiangbei who can replenish ten vehicles after destroying one. The armored troops of the military region only have such a small capital and they are all in my own hands. If one vehicle is destroyed and one is missing, there is no place to replenish it. They have lost hundreds of dollars. He even thought that he had won a great victory over a tank, but he could not do it here. Losing a hundred tanks would be equivalent to losing all his wealth.
Although the headquarters is negotiating with Jiangbei to introduce the production line of Soviet-made T-26 light tanks or BT-7 fast tanks, it is still unknown whether the talks can be concluded. If the talks cannot be concluded, if the losses of the existing tanks are too large, the armored brigade will If you suffer too much loss and become crippled in one battle, you will become the sinner of the entire Jidong Military Region.
After hesitating for a while, Sun San still reported his thoughts and ideas to the headquarters, in fact, Yang Zhen, hoping to wait until the Japanese troops on the Hongling front line were eliminated, and then turn to the west with Du Kaishan's headquarters. After taking out the 17th Regiment, at least I had a lot of infantry cover, and I felt more at ease.
As soon as he received Sun San's telegram, Yang Zhen didn't need to think too much. He guessed what this guy was thinking. Although Yang Zhen understood his thoughts, for Yang Zhen, no matter what an army is, it has All equipment is prepared for actual combat, and his final examination will be on the battlefield.
Even if this armored brigade is exhausted in this battle, as long as you gain beneficial experience for the future, it is a victory. When you face a blank piece of paper, the first pen down will always be difficult. This is what is called The final kick is the most difficult to kick out, but as long as the first stroke is written and the first kick is kicked away, the subsequent things will be much easier to handle.
You can't just hide it because of difficulties in replenishment or fear of losses. You can only go through the test of blood and fire to develop a set of effective tactics that are most suitable for you. Compared with the battlefield, the training ground is like The difference between a person playing chess by looking at the records and playing against a real master.
Being afraid of Japanese bombs is not a problem. Everyone knows the losses and profits of this kind of business, but you have to find effective solutions. Don’t be afraid if there are problems, but you have to face them, always like an ostrich. When in danger, you stick your head in the sand and don't care about anything else. You don't dare to face this kind of business.
How the armored forces should be used is a blank slate, both for the headquarters and the armored forces themselves. This combat experience is crucial to how the armored forces should be used in the future, and will also have a decisive impact on the future morale of the armored forces. Influence.
Such an important attempt, but he was hesitant because he was worried about the loss of tanks. How can this be done? This telegram from Sun San made Yang Zhen very dissatisfied, but since it was his first time to participate in the war, it is normal to have some concerns. , so Yang Zhen didn’t say anything about Sun San’s request for instructions in the telegram, but only criticized it with four words: "Xiao Jiazi is angry."
With Yang Zhen's call back, Sun San, who understood that the decision on the 1st was not negotiable, shook his head and smiled bitterly. He had to order a small number of troops to stay to guard the prisoners of war, while the main force seized the time to repair the tanks and chariots that had malfunctioned due to the wear and tear of the march. Before midnight, in addition to leaving In addition to dismounting all Japanese tanks and an infantry battalion from the side and rear to attack the front line of Hongling, the rest of the troops all turned around and headed west, cooperating with the troops originally used on the western battlefield to launch an attack on the 17th Regiment.
In fact, Sun San didn't know that Yang Zhen was very unfamiliar with the use of armored troops at this time, and sometimes he was even at a loss. Before he traveled through time, he was just a small company commander, and large-scale synthetic tactics were simply incompetent. In this era, although there are many "innate things" that can be learned from, most of them still have to be fumbled at almost every step.
In modern warfare, it is difficult to ultimately defeat the opponent by relying on ground combat alone, especially when facing an army like the Japanese army that is supported by modern industry. Countless battles have proved that when simple infantry faces a synthetic army, even if they want to achieve Winning a battle is as difficult as smashing eggs with a stone.
Although the gains and losses of both sides in the later Liberation War were ultimately decided on the battlefield, the decisive factor was outside the battlefield. The situation during the three years of resisting U.S. aggression and aiding Korea was somewhat similar to the situation in front of you. Once your opponent is familiar with your operations, When it comes to style, the price paid for victory will be unimaginable.
And his current strength is incomparable to that of New China in later generations. With considerable foreign aid, the local war fought with the strength of the whole country is simply incomparable. At least it cannot be compared with the recruitment of troops, let alone In terms of the quality of the soldiers and the ability of the commanders, although the weapons of the Soviet army in later generations were charged, the price, delivery speed and payment method are all quite favorable. It can even be said that you pick up the goods first and pay later, and Most of the time, this account is hung first.
Even if we look at the entire three-year War of Liberation, compared with the current Japanese army, the coordination capabilities, equipment, and firepower of the services and arms of the Kuomintang army at that time are still not at the same level. During the Liberation War, even though the Kuomintang army was known to be fully equipped with weapons The artillery strength of the 74th Army and the New 1st Army, which are equipped with the first trump card, is barely equal to that of a Japanese division at the moment, and this equipment is only used by four or five armies in the national army.
In addition to the advantages of automatic firearms and communication equipment due to walkie-talkies, the equipment, especially the density of one-time firepower delivery, is equipped with twelve US-made 105 howitzers, fifty-four 75 mountain guns and It can mobilize a large number of attached heavy artillery with a caliber of more than 100 mm at any time to participate in the battle, and a Japanese division with complete wild mountain artillery cannot compare.
Although the basic combat unit of the Japanese army is the division, when it fights, it always uses a large number of strengthened heavy artillery and independent artillery to participate in the battle. In addition, each division of the Japanese army has dozens of mountain field guns, howitzers, and cannons. The firepower density is basically It is incomparable, not to mention the chariots, the quality of individual soldiers, the problem of multi-arms coordinated operations and many other factors. Even after the liberation of the country, the national army's ground-air coordination and multi-arms coordinated operations capabilities are still not as good as those in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War. Compared with the Japanese army.
Therefore, Yang Zhen can learn from the experience of the Liberation War in later generations, but apart from the later battles in the Northeast battlefield, most of the things he can learn from are at least not available for now. If he doesn't have the capital, he can win if he can win, and if he can't, he can win. Just the money to leave.
As for the armored combat experience of the later Soviet generals who had experienced four years of bloody battles and had reached a level of proficiency in armored combat, they did not match their current situation. If they wanted to learn from other people's combat experience, at least they had to wait until they had that experience. A medium-sized battle requires the deployment of thousands of tanks, thousands of combat aircraft, and tens of thousands of large-caliber artillery pieces, with a strength of hundreds of thousands of people.
Therefore, Yang Zhen takes this armored brigade's first actual combat seriously. To be honest, if this armored brigade is really wiped out, Yang Zhen will also feel distressed, but he still understands the truth of being reluctant to let his children catch the wolf. For a In a brand new and unfamiliar field, only by exploring and accumulating experience through actual combat can you truly grow.
As for the supplement of tanks, Yang Zhen believes that there will be bread. Even if the Jiangbei tank production line and technology transfer issues cannot be discussed, with the development of future wars and the development of his own military industry, he will one day be able to manufacture tanks by himself. of.
Yang Zhen had already made up his mind to develop his own tank industry and aviation industry. Otherwise, he would not have spent so much energy and almost emptied his family fortune to select a large number of international students to study in Jiangbei. What Yang Zhen wanted
It is not just the ability to simply produce imitations, but his ultimate goal is to have his own design and development capabilities. It is just a simple apprenticeship in Handan, which is not his Yang Zhen style.