Regarding the abundant artillery of the 15th Red Army, Hu Weidong was much more generous. He had always regarded the 18 Meiji 38-type 150mm field howitzers as useless because of their too short range (he left 24 Taisho four
150mm field howitzers) and no less than a hundred old-fashioned 75mm mountain guns and field guns were given to the First Army Corps by him, and he gave them as many shells as they could carry. Anyway, the 15th Red Army was backed by the domestic
The No. 1 Gongxian Arsenal can produce its own artillery shells even if all the captured artillery shells are used up. Compared with the First Red Army Corps, which uses every round and loses one round, life will be much easier...
Although for the 15th Red Army, it was like phasing out some old-fashioned equipment, but for the 1st Red Army, which did not even have enough rifles due to rapid expansion in the past six months, these aids were undoubtedly a timely help. But after thanking him repeatedly,
Yu, for Mr. Lin who always liked heavy artillery and always kept an eye on those 150mm heavy cannons and 240mm heavy howitzers, Hu Weidong naturally understood his thoughts very quickly. Considering that the Red Army will have the need to attack critical difficulties sooner or later,
So he just did it to the end and gave the First Army Corps two 240mm heavy howitzers and six old-fashioned 150mm heavy cannons. However, when Hu Weidong saw that the commanders and fighters of the First Army Corps really figured out a way to tow the troops without a special tractor.
After these eight heavy cannons of several tens of tons were pulled into the mountains, I admired them in my heart, but still felt a little bit sad...
Although Hu Weidong said that the artillery shells could be moved freely, Mr. Lin was not so thick-skinned even if he was no longer ignorant of the world. In the end, the first regiment only moved more than 30,000 artillery shells, and they were mainly small-caliber ones, with a total of 150mm and 240mm large artillery shells.
Only more than 3,000 rounds were moved. But even so, the strength of the First Red Army, and even the entire Front Army, has been greatly enhanced. In addition, the Red Fifteenth Army suffered huge losses in personnel in this battle. Before
Among the Red Army units, the situation of the Eighth Red Army being the dominant one began to change. Although the Eighth Red Army was still the strongest, it was no longer as strong as all the other Red Army units combined. This is what Hu Weidong hoped to see.
Yes, after all, the truth of "the trees that stand tall in the forest will be destroyed by the wind" is understood by all Chinese...
At the beginning of the meeting, General Lin proposed that the two armies join forces to capture Pingjin. The reason was that Chiang Kai-shek was currently hampered by the rebellion in Guangdong and Guangxi. However, Hu Weidong expressed firm opposition. He cited the example of the Central Plains War in the past and believed that Chiang Kai-shek was
Chiang will bring peace between Guangdong and Guangxi within 1-3 months. "Although Chairman Chiang in Nanjing is not good at fighting, his old tricks of sealing officials and stuffing money are invincible against the warlords."
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In addition, if they fall out with the 29th Army, whose image as a hero of the Anti-Japanese War is still intact, just to seize territory, it will be politically disadvantageous for the Red Army. Besides, the Red Army beat the Japanese so hard this time, there is no guarantee that the Japanese will not become angry and send more troops to the border.
Even starting a full-scale invasion of China in advance, if the Japanese invaded as soon as the Red Army finished fighting the 29th Army, things would be very difficult. What’s more, the Red Army’s 15th Army is already full of wounded soldiers and suffering from fatigue and illness. If it goes on indefinitely
The ground will collapse sooner or later if the ground is fought, so it is better to retreat to western Henan for a few months to repair and regain strength. At this time, the central government also sent new instructions. It also required the two armies to return to their respective bases as soon as possible after the war and not enter the city.
He was reluctant to leave. At this time, Mr. Lin had to give up the idea of entering big cities. However, he still used the short half month before the evacuation to expand his popularity to more than 10,000 people in Pingxi and Jizhong areas, which made Hu Weidong sigh.
, "If it weren't for the fact that the number of soldiers recruited is ultimately limited by the population of the base area, just looking at such a terrifying rate of military expansion, even if we use the human sea tactic, we can still swamp the Japanese..."
In addition, it is worth mentioning that in the instructions sent by the central government, the great man also criticized the two major mistakes of the Red Fifteenth Army: the dispersion of troops in this campaign and the fact that Hu Weidong, the commander of the army, personally went down to the front line to command. He specifically pointed out that Hu Weidong is now a
A general who is in charge of his own affairs must no longer always place his hope on one or two successful military adventures to bring the final victory as before. Hu Weidong is not a stubborn person, and he soon realized the good intentions of the great man, "capital"
The thicker it is, the more cautious we have to be. When the troops were small and the equipment was poor, even if the entire army was wiped out, it would not have much impact on the entire revolutionary cause. But it is different now..."...
But criticism is criticism. The great man still affirmed and praised the illustrious military achievements of the 15th Red Army in the previous battles after it advanced into North China. And this time it was not just a few words of praise, the Central Committee also decided to add Hu Weidong as the "Northwestern Revolutionary Military Officer"
"Committee" member (the threshold is lower than the previous Central Military Commission and the later Central Military Commission). This is absolutely unprecedented trust for him, a young man who has been a member of the party for less than two years and even has questions about his origins.
, after all, the caliber of a great man cannot be compared with that of ordinary people...
Compared with the time when the Red Army first entered North China, the current Fifteenth Red Army has changed from shotguns to cannons. This is not only due to good luck, but also due to the bloody battles of the majority of commanders and soldiers. In these short two months, the Red Fifteenth Army
The army (including the troops directly under the legion headquarters) sacrificed more than 20,000 people, and the number of permanent casualties due to injuries, diseases, and disabilities was more than 30,000, and most of them were veterans who had experienced hundreds of battles. The Great War with North China
Compared with before the beginning, the number of veterans in the 15th Red Army dropped sharply to less than half, while the casualties among grassroots officers and political workers were even greater. Although the 15th Red Army advanced into North China and gained two soldiers through red expansion and transformation of puppet prisoners of war.
The addition of 30,000 soldiers was not enough to make up for such a huge loss. After a series of consecutive victories, the strength of the 15th Red Army was weakened. What if they were less lucky and suffered several defeats? Think about the Japanese army again.
Even if the quality of the officers and soldiers is not reduced, the army can be easily expanded to more than one million. Hu Weidong has to admit the great man's far-sighted thought of "People's War".
The team is far from enough to defeat Japan and regain the lost ground...
However, it is worth mentioning that although neither the Party Central Committee nor Hu Weidong and other leaders of the Eighth Red Army were very satisfied with the process and results of the final battle of the 15th Red Army in North China, ordinary Chinese people do not understand so much. They only see
When Hu Weidong led his troops to actually annihilate a permanent division of the Japanese, Hu Weidong's aura of "national hero" became more and more shining, and the domestic anti-Japanese and national salvation movement became more and more vigorous...(..You