Three hundred and fiftieth chapters north and south attack
Xuzhou currently has more than 300,000 Japanese soldiers even if they don't count the wounded. How come it doesn't even have the strength to deal with the 100,000-plus troops of the 15th Army? But that's not how the score is calculated. Although Xuzhou is not completely surrounded now, it can still
It is said that it is besieged on all sides, but there are eight enemies to the west.
Although the 200,000 to 300,000 people in the Route Army are on the defensive, who knows if they will suddenly attack? After all, the strong forces are there, and the great victory that just ended a few days ago also made Shunroku Hata come back again.
Don’t dare to underestimate the combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army.
To the north and east are the Fifteenth Army and the other two armies besides the Fifteenth Army, which is the main force. They have a total of two to three hundred thousand people. Although the average quality may not be as good as that of the Fifteenth Army, which Hu Weidong started.
troops, but there is the New 38th Division, the "world
With the "First Division", the Japanese would never dare to be careless, not to mention the solid canal defense line as a support. These two armies can be said to be able to advance and attack, and retreat and defend. Even if the Fifteenth Army leaves, there will be ten battles on this front.
The Fifth Army Group still had a clear advantage.
Since Xuzhou is threatened by powerful enemies on three sides, Xuzhou will not be able to rest assured if it does not leave 200,000 troops. In this way, Shunroku Hata can only send a few hundred thousand troops, even if the lightly wounded are allowed to participate in the defense.
, and can only send out a maximum of 200,000 people, and let them fight in the field with the 15th Army, which has no less strength than our own but is obviously more powerful. Wouldn't that be a way to die?
But in any case, if the Jinpu line cannot be opened as soon as possible, the 500,000 Japanese troops in Xuzhou will really have a dead end. Therefore, Shunroku Hata is not not sending troops south, but is just waiting for Shanghai, Nanjing and Hangzhou to send a large army to attack China's Tenth
The Fifth Army is what the Japanese think of
The number one enemy. However, at this time, although Okamura Neiji had reported his suspicions about the purple cipher machine to the Japanese headquarters headquarters, the Japanese had not yet confirmed this speculation, so they just used the purple cipher machine to generate another set.
New password. But the Red Party password
After working all night long, the experts successfully deciphered it in less than two weeks. Therefore, Hu Weidong now knew exactly when the Japanese would dispatch, what their strength and configuration would be, "20 troops each in the north and south"
Thousands of Japanese troops in Shanghai, Ningxia and Hangzhou had recently obtained
The 200,000 reinforcements from the mainland increased its total strength to about 400,000, but what they didn't know was that this was also the last batch of reinforcements that the Central China Expeditionary Army received...). 400,000 troops to deal with us
A soldier really thinks highly of me..."
In fact, even though the Japanese army dispatched a total of 400,000 troops, because it was divided into two groups, as long as the 15th Army could defeat each of them, it might not have no chance of winning. It must be noted that after countless battles in the past few years, it was tempered.
Although Hu Weidong's ability to command large corps in combat is still relatively weak, he can fully cope with a scale of 100,000 people, which undoubtedly makes him more confident.
But the Japanese were probably frightened by the mobile warfare of the Red Party troops. Even though the Fifteenth Army's air superiority was not as good as before because it was deep behind enemy lines, the air supremacy was probably about a 50-50 split. Moreover, the Japanese ground forces had almost the same
With a force advantage of 3 times (Note 1), Shunroku Hata still chose to be cautious and cautious. It was obvious that he would rather give up the opportunity to annihilate the 15th Army than reveal his flaws and be brushed by Hu Weidong again to "win with less."
"Multiple" brilliant achievements.
Judging from the fact that Shunroku Hata tried his best to squeeze out 200,000 troops, he was actually very eager to wipe out the 15th Army and Hu Weidong himself who were hated by the whole country of Japan in one fell swoop. But even so. He still
He controlled his emotions and allowed the troops participating in the battle to fight steadily. He was worthy of being the only commander in the Japanese Army (Note 2).
In a sense, Shunroku Hata may be the first among the senior Japanese generals to realize that the war of aggression against China is no longer possible. (Historically, after the Battle of Xuzhou, he realized that Japan had been dragged into the quagmire of a protracted war.
, there is no hope of victory, and this time and space will only be earlier.) Therefore, Shunroku Hata hopes to reduce the losses of the Japanese army more than annihilating the Chinese army, so as to gain as many chips as possible when they are defeated and sue for peace, and also for the post-war
Japan's reconstruction should preserve a little more vitality...
In this way, it would be very simple for the 15th Army if it just wanted to retreat unscathed. However, Hu Weidong pulled out his most trusted old troops and went deep behind enemy lines, not just to harass the Japanese army's logistics supplies in Xuzhou. "With great difficulty,
We have just mobilized the enemy. It would be a pity not to seize the opportunity to annihilate the enemy in the field. 400,000 people is indeed a bit too much, but this time I brought more than just the 15th Army!"
Note 1: In fact, it is not that big. Counting the two hidden troops, the Japanese army's strength is only about 2.5 times. If the militia guerrillas in the Huaibei base area are also included, the Japanese army's strength advantage is even smaller, but
The Japanese were passive in terms of intelligence at this time and had no idea about this.
Note 2: During World War II, there were many tactical talents in the Japanese Army, but only three were more powerful strategically. One was Kanji Ishihara, one was Shunroku Hata, and the other was Neji Okamura, among whom Kanji Ishihara was the staff officer.
As a person, he rarely leads troops in combat. Although his strategic ability is ranked first in Japan, he cannot be called a handsome man. As for the latter two, historically, Mr. Peng and other middle-level officials
Most of the country's top generals think that Okamura Neiji is more powerful, but in fact Okamura Neiji just knows too much about China, so many of the measures he takes are very targeted, but if you analyze it carefully, you will find that many of his
In fact, strategic planning only considers the game between China and Japan in isolation, completely ignoring the influence of great powers such as the United States and the Soviet Union. However, Shunroku Hata is very principled and never
The advantage of being able to sway due to immediate interests is unique among the Japanese army. Therefore, I personally think that after a comprehensive analysis, Shunroku Hata is still better than Neji Okamura as a commander (but the general talent may be greater than Neji Okamura)
Strong, historically Shunroku Hata has been engaged in staff work for a long time, and due to his seniority and good background, he became a general as soon as he led the troops...
.), but the two of them have one thing in common, that is, they are not placed in the most suitable position for them. In fact, in history, there are many cases of improper employment by the Japanese, and capable talents are always placed in unsuitable positions.
Or he was put in a suitable position and then he was transferred to a position that was not so suitable (compared to the previous position) just after he had achieved some results...