However, Juichi Terauchi's mature and prudent choice certainly avoided the Red Party's danger of suffering a hidden loss, but it actually cut off the Red Party's most important source of Japanese intelligence. In addition, with the reorganization of the Japanese cabinet, Ozaki Hidemi also lost
The possibility of directly obtaining the core secrets of the Japanese army. (. o.) And when Japan obtained from Germany the "Enigma" cipher machine (Japan
version called the "Purple Cipher Machine"), the difficulty of deciphering Japanese military codes in the Fifteenth Army's telecommunications center suddenly increased exponentially. The Fifteenth Army, the Eighth Route Army and other Red Party military units had the advantage of knowing Japanese military intelligence very well.
have also temporarily disappeared. What they can rely on is only the support of the people and their own strength...
For now, Hu Weidong can only confirm that the Japanese North China Front now has a total of fifteen divisions (half of which are permanent divisions and more than two-thirds of which are field divisions.), with a strength of nearly half a million, and there are also some so-called
A large number of puppet troops numbering 200,000, with an actual strength of more than 100,000, assisted Zhou in his crimes, but Hu Weidong was not very clear about the specific distribution of these Japanese troops.
Considering the losses in previous battles, Hu Weidong believes that the Japanese army in North China now only has one field heavy artillery brigade, and even if it does exist, it must have crossed the Yellow River south to participate in the attack on the fifth theater. In other words, the Japanese army north of the Yellow River has no
Heavy artillery is available. Based on the analysis of the intelligence sent back by the underground party in Southeast Shandong, the total number of Japanese troops who crossed the Yellow River and attacked southward along the Jinpu Line should be no less than 150,000, which means that there are still more than 30 Japanese troops north of the Yellow River.
Ten thousand troops, but lacks heavy firepower.
However, the Japanese army's deployment of forces made it difficult for the Fifteenth Army to eat. Although the quality of the Japanese troops north of the Yellow River may be inferior, they were too numerous. Even if the Fifteenth Army joined hands with the Eighth Route Army again, there was no guarantee of total annihilation.
, and it must be considered that the Japanese army may send reinforcements from the northeast. This would be even more dangerous. Although the Japanese army on the Jinpu line has fewer troops, they are all elite field divisions, including a tank division that is powerful in field battles.
The regiment can also receive air support from the North China Front Army, the Central China Front Army, and even the Japanese Navy. This undoubtedly makes Hu Weidong particularly afraid. Especially although the number of people in the Fifth Theater is larger than that of the Eighth Route Army, the Fifteenth Army will definitely cooperate with them.
Far less tacit understanding than the Eighth Route Army...
Therefore, in North China, the two main forces of the Red Party Army and the Japanese North China Front Army actually formed a stalemate. No one dared to launch a large-scale offensive until they had a clear understanding of the enemy's strength. Therefore, after Hu Weidong planned for a long time, he came up with the idea
A trick to "snatch the enemy"...
Although the three major riots were launched at the same time, the Japanese army suffered a huge blow and effectively supported the squadron in regaining Shanxi. However, in order to prevent the Japanese army from prematurely using its main forces to "mopping up" the base areas, Jidong (including Jirebian), Pingxi
The three major base areas (including Pingbei) and Jizhong (including southern Hebei and northwest Shandong) have become much lower profile after the Eighth Route Army and the main force of the 15th Army regained Shanxi. Therefore, the Japanese army dared to ignore the threat of these anti-Japanese base areas behind enemy lines.
A large number of troops were sent south to attack the fifth theater in an attempt to open up the Jinpu Line and join forces with the Central China Front as soon as possible.
Therefore, Hu Weidong proposed to the central government this time that the three anti-Japanese base areas behind enemy lines launch large-scale raids at the same time to paralyze the Japanese army's logistical supplies on the Jinpu line. On the one hand, he would fulfill his promise to support the fifth theater; on the other hand, he would use this to test out the
The exact deployment of the Japanese army in North China to find opportunities for large-scale operations.
It is also worth mentioning that Hu Weidong had previously sent the "Eastward Detachment" with Lu Zhengcao as the commander and Chen Xianrui as the political commissar. Most of the more than 3,000 people were members of the Anti-Japanese University, and they boldly advanced into the southern part of Shandong that had already fallen.
The hidden secret laid before the outbreak of the all-out war of resistance - the Mengshan base area rapidly developed and expanded, establishing the Lunan base area with a larger area, a larger population, and stronger strength, and soon dispatched the heroic general Bao Sen and others to establish another base area.
Jiaodong, Luzhong, Luxi, Qinghe, Huxi and other anti-Japanese base areas behind enemy lines, and took advantage of the favorable situation that the main force of the Japanese army was eager to go south and Shandong was mainly left behind by the puppet troops. The territory of each base area was rapidly expanded. By the end of April 1938,
At that time, the major base areas in Shandong were basically connected together, with a total population of more than 8 million and a military strength of more than 100,000. Their strength was stronger than any of the three major base areas behind enemy lines in Hebei...
Therefore, in this unprecedented scale of raids in human history, the participants were actually the "four major base areas behind enemy lines" rather than the "three major base areas behind enemy lines". The total number of troops invested reached more than 200,000 (Note 1), regiment, independent
There are 103 regiments and other regiment-level units such as the Hui Detachment, so it is called the "Hundred Regiments War"...
Since the main forces of the Eighth Route Army and the Fifteenth Army basically did not participate in the battle, the actual combat power invested in this "Hundred Regiments Battle" was weaker than that of the historical battle of the same name, but the final result was actually greater. This made Hu Weidong
The initiators of the campaign were somewhat surprised. First of all, the current Japanese military strength in North China is not as sufficient as it was in the past 40 years in history. In particular, the number of puppet troops is too different, and there is no large-scale construction of bunkers and road networks, making them basically just
Being able to control large and medium-sized cities and major transportation lines gave the numerous independent regiments and guerrillas in the four anti-Japanese base areas behind enemy lines a huge space for movement, and thus became more and more at home.
Then, the early emergence of tunnel warfare, mine warfare, sparrow warfare, armed workers and other guerrillas, and even special tactics, made the guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines much higher than in history, and the blow to the Japanese and puppet troops was naturally greater.
also developed more rapidly (which further increased the efficiency of the anti-Japanese base areas behind enemy lines).
More importantly, the Red Party army's ability to attack difficult situations is now much stronger than in history. Even the militia guerrillas and local troops in the anti-Japanese base areas behind enemy lines are no exception. Whether it is "heartless artillery" or engineers' digging and blasting tactics,
It is enough to deal with the Japanese field fortifications, bunkers, and even city walls and some permanent fortifications...
Note 1: At this time, the total strength of the four major base areas behind enemy lines was 50,000 in Jidong, 40,000 in Pingxi, 70,000 in Jizhong, and 100,000 in Shandong. However, they were basically local troops or even militia. The total number of field troops was
There is less than one division, and because it is behind enemy lines, there is a shortage of weapons and ammunition, but it is still no problem to carry out a breaking attack.