Although the Japanese army in Xuzhou was strong in strength, they finally couldn't stand it in the face of such tragic losses and were forced to agree to the request of the frontline troops, allowing the Japanese army that had been forced to the "Lincheng-Zaozhuang" line by the 15th Army to retreat southward to the canal.
Guard the south bank (or west bank) along the river, and at the same time continuously send reports to the headquarters headquarters for help.
The results of the Fifteenth Group Army exceeded expectations, but due to the stubborn resistance of the Japanese army, the price of victory was also very heavy. If the casualties of the 71st Army (referring to the casualty data after being included in the establishment of the Fifteenth Group Army) are also included, the Fifteenth Group Army's
The total casualties exceeded 100,000, of which the number of permanent casualties was no less than 50,000. Considering that the total strength of the 15th Group Army before the war was only
With only more than 200,000 soldiers, this loss was enough to make it lose its ability to conduct a full-scale offensive. But what caused Hu Weidong even more headaches was the huge consumption of artillery and aviation reserves in the Shandong base area. In addition, the brilliant victory achieved by the New 38th Division was also the same.
It was created by artillery and explosions. The amount of medicine reserves of the main force of the 15th Group Army in Shandong has dropped to a very dangerous level.
The situation of infantry light weapons such as infantry is not bad, basically between 2-5 base numbers, considering that they are relatively rare in battles (because for large corps operations, only part of the infantry can always participate in the battle at the same time.
.), it can last for a period of time even if you continue to use it.
.The artillery that is more important for attacking fortresses is even more lacking, with an average of only 15 bases left. Among them, the situation of mortars is slightly better, and the artillery reserves of larger calibers are even more insufficient. As for aerial bombs and rocket launchers, they are almost
Used completely. Among them, the 48 doors and 40 tubes assigned to the new 38th Division 1
Sun Liren only left the number of 22mm rocket launchers needed for one bombardment in case of emergency. If their record had not been so good, and considering that "hitting the enemy is not a waste of ammunition," Hu Weidong would have really wanted to call Sun Liren, the "prodigal son" here.
Give me a scolding, you must know that the rocket launcher itself is not valuable,
However, rocket launchers are extremely expensive. The rockets destroyed by Sun Liren and his division within a few days, if converted into money, are more than the annual tax revenue of some poor provinces in China. Fortunately, the Central Plains Border Region is temporarily
It is still based on the planned economy model, and labor, the largest part of the cost, does not count.
In addition, the 15th Group Army still has many artillery pieces that were damaged due to enemy attacks or the life of the barrels was exhausted. They need to be transported back to the arsenal for repair or even rebuilt. The large ships of the Navy are completely unable to come out for ventilation.
It needs to be overhauled. In this case, even if the Japanese don't fortify along the river, the 15th Army basically has no strength to attack. If the Japanese army also consumes a lot of medicine, Hu Weidong would even worry about the Japanese suddenly launching a massive counterattack.
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In the current situation where both sides are short of medicine, their respective logistical capabilities have become the key to victory or defeat. In comparison, although the Japanese's logistical capabilities are not very good either historically or in this time and space, the Japs' logistical capabilities are not very good.
After all, Japan is already one of the great powers. In terms of logistics organization, it is much better than a few years ago when its logistics supplies relied entirely on captured Red Party troops.[
More importantly, the Japanese army also took advantage of the supply route. They could first use sea transportation to deliver supplies to Nanjing, which had long since fallen, and then transfer the supplies to Xuzhou via the Jinpu Railway, which was very convenient and fast. The Shandong base area and
Not only are the Kuomintang-controlled areas separated from the western Henan border areas, but the connecting railway is under Japanese control. Therefore, the 15th Army has only two transportation routes to choose from. One is to transport from Zhengzhou to Zhengzhou by car.
For the Shandong base area, the second is to ship down the Yellow River, go ashore in Jinan, transfer to the Tianjin-Puzhou Railway, and transport south to the front line. The former is not only expensive due to the limited number of cars in China, but also the transportation volume is obviously small; and the latter,
Even if the Japanese's North China Front is temporarily suppressed by the Eighth Route Army, it can still pose a threat to the river transportation in the lower reaches of the Yellow River. What's more, the main force of the Eighth Route Army has begun to move south, and the Yellow River is about to freeze.
Therefore, the conclusion is obvious. The Japanese army in Xuzhou will definitely be replenished before the 15th Army. To this end, Hu Weidong sent Chen Xianrui and other guerrilla warfare experts south to consolidate and develop the anti-Japanese base areas behind enemy lines on the Jiangsu-Anhui border. On the other hand, the New 38th Division
The Japanese prisoners of war sent to be escorted back to the Shandong base area were inspired and came up with a delaying strategy. If this strategy could succeed, the benefits would go far beyond just delaying the war.
Including the results of the past ten days or so, the total number of Japanese captured by the 15th Army has exceeded 200,000. Among them, in addition to 20,000 to 30,000 skilled workers and special talents urgently needed in the border areas, and those who have never been workers, but at least have a high school diploma
, in addition to the more than 10,000 people who can be easily trained into skilled workers using quick methods, and the more than 10,000 officers and soldiers of the Japanese government, there are still hundreds of thousands of Japanese prisoners of war left.
They are still undergoing reform through labor (in fact, there are 20,000 to 30,000 people who have almost been reformed, but the Japanese vertical establishment is so large, so they can only continue to reform through labor). Originally, Hu Weidong planned to carry out ideological reform on them on the one hand, and let them work in transportation on the other.
The inconvenient Shandong base area was building roads to atone for his sins, but now he suddenly remembered the no less than 300,000 National Army prisoners of war captured by the Japanese army after the failure of the Fifth Theater.
A small number of these people are cowardly and fearful of death. They surrendered to the Japanese and became puppet soldiers. They will inevitably be judged and sanctioned by the people in the future. However, Hu Weidong has nothing to do with them now.
Respectable, at least worth rescuing. Hu Weidong, who is currently worried about serious attrition, immediately
It occurred to me that if these Chinese prisoners of war could be rescued, wouldn't there be at least 100,000 additional troops needed for the battle damage and expansion of the 15th Army? These are all veterans who have experienced bloody battles, even if their military quality and combat experience are
Even the semi-off-the-job militia in the old base area in western Henan can't compare, let alone the Shandong militia with shorter training time.
However, it is not easy to rescue them. At present, most of these prisoners of war have been transported to prisoner of war camps in Jiangbei. Even if the 15th Army captured Xuzhou, they were still out of reach. Moreover, with the stubbornness of the Japanese, the Japanese often killed them before they were defeated.
Taking prisoners alone is equally fatal. But now that Hu Weidong saw so many Japanese prisoners of war, he suddenly
Then an idea came to his mind. He had already exchanged captured pilots with the Japanese before. Could he use a similar method to exchange the hundreds of thousands of Chinese prisoners of war? If he thought about it carefully, maybe it was not just this batch of Chinese prisoners of war.
Military prisoners of war, previously captured national troops and even other armed personnel including the Red Party troops can also be exchanged!
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