Moreover, in many battles such as the Battle of the Canal held shortly before the Central Plains Battle, the Fifteenth Army also made considerable gains, especially in the battle where it defeated the Japanese First Mecha Army. Countless tanks and armored vehicles were captured. If
Counting all those that were subsequently repaired (including assembled with salvaged parts), the total number is more than 600...
So many newly acquired tanks and armored vehicles were not only enough to make up for the losses of the armored cavalry division and the new 38th Division armored battalion, but were even barely enough to build another conventional armored division. However, after consulting Ma Zhongying and Sun Liren, Hu Weidong decided
The tanks and armored vehicles that were not used by the Armored Cavalry Division and the New 38th Division (Note 1) were given to the "Luoyang Armored School" which was recently spun off from the Anti-Dalian Luoyang Branch.
It turns out that the previous expansion of the Armored Cavalry Division has almost exhausted the school's students. Even if an armored division is formed now, qualified officers and soldiers cannot be found. Instead of this, it is better to further expand the enrollment scale of Luoyang Armored Forces School.
Expand and reserve talents for future expansion of the armored forces.
In addition, Hu Weidong also considered that after the disastrous defeat in the Central Plains Battle, the Japanese army had basically lost the ability to conduct large-scale offensives at the strategic level. Therefore, in the future, the opportunities for the Red Party army to engage in mobile warfare will inevitably be greatly reduced, while the proportion of critical battles will rise linearly.
In addition, as the Japanese-occupied areas are continuously compressed, the Japanese air superiority will gradually recover to a certain extent, which is even more detrimental to the performance of the Chinese armored forces. Therefore, even if it continues
Forming an armored division will not have a decisive impact on the overall situation of the war. There is an armored cavalry division, which is actually barely enough. Moreover, compared with conventional armored divisions with medium tanks as the main force, armored cavalry has different terrain and climate.
It has more advantages in terms of adaptability, and has lower fuel consumption and failure rate. It will be very useful in the river network areas such as Yancheng and Nantong that will be captured next in the 15th Army Plan...
But just when Hu Weidong was complacent, a telegram suddenly made him shocked and angry. He did not expect that the military strength of the Red Party had already surpassed Chiang Kai-shek's Central Army. The headquarters of the New Fourth Army were also completely different from those in history, but the tragedy was
It is still inevitable, but the location and details are different. The "Southern Anhui Incident" in history has become the "Southern Gansu Incident" in this time and space...
At the end of 1938, Chiang Kai-shek took advantage of the opportunity that the two main forces of the New Fourth Army (Detachment 1 and Detachment 4) stayed away from the Fujian-Jiangxi border area in order to cooperate with the friendly forces in Jiangbei. At the same time, the Japanese army also retreated to the east of Hefei and temporarily no longer posed a threat to Wuhan. From the original
Prepared to defend against Japanese attack
The main force of the national army in Wuhan was 300,000 elite soldiers out of more than 800,000. In order to prevent the Japanese army from attacking the tungsten refining base, they suddenly invaded the Fujian-Jiangxi border area, which had been reduced a lot when the Red Army was reorganized. At this time, the Fujian-Jiangxi border area surrounded the New Fourth Army.
Including the headquarters, there are only more than 10,000 regular troops.
However, in this extremely dangerous situation, Xiang Ying, the deputy commander who holds the actual leadership of the New Fourth Army, has been deeply influenced by Wang Ming and has long had illusions about the Chongqing government, completely unaware of the seriousness of the problem.
He actually asked Army Commander Ye Ting to talk to the enemy commander
Gu Zhu negotiated with them, but was detained as soon as they entered the barracks. The 300,000 Nationalist troops seized the opportunity of Xiang Ying's carelessness and immediately launched an all-out attack. The New Fourth Army in the Fujian-Jiangxi border area was greatly outnumbered, and Xiang Ying had never shown his military ability.
You are good at it, but now you have lost the upper hand, how can you resist?
As a result, in less than a few days, more than half of the New Fourth Army's more than 9,000 troops were sacrificed, and less than one-third broke through the encirclement. Xiang Ying was killed by traitors among the rebels. Soon, many counties in the Fujian-Jiangxi border area were successively attacked.
The national army invaded and occupied
, tens of thousands of party members, cadres and revolutionary masses were arrested and killed. However, Chiang Kai-shek "reported first to the evil ones", slandered the New Fourth Army as "rebels" and canceled its designation. The whole country was in an uproar, and it was known as the "Southern Gansu Incident" in history.
....
After Hu Weidong learned the news from the telegram, the first thought that came to his mind was "Is Chiang Kai-shek out of his mind? There is no need to be so anxious if he wants to die?" As the most important general of the Red Party,
He knew very well that if the Japanese army had not fully invaded China, the Red Party would
As early as the time when the Red Army was reorganized, its military strength was enough to compete in the world. But now the people's army is undoubtedly more powerful, with millions of field troops alone. If you include local troops, the number exceeds 2 million, and the basic militia and enemy lines are
The number of guerrillas in the base area has increased
It also amounts to more than one million. With these apparent strengths alone, the Red Party is already much more powerful than the Chongqing "government army" which, although it has now expanded its army to 4 million, is generally poorly trained and cannot even guarantee food for its soldiers.
Many, not to mention the two parties are forming
There is a huge difference in the ability of organizers. In fact, the Red Party agreed to accept the leadership of Chiang Kai-shek in form entirely out of considerations of unity in resisting Japan. In addition, it did not want to lose politically by taking the lead in destroying the "Anti-Japanese National United Front".
Just divide it...
In this case, Chiang Kai-shek took action first. Didn't he know the huge gap in strength between the two parties? This is obviously impossible. In fact, based on the series of brilliant achievements of the 15th Group Army and the Eighth Route Army since the Anti-Japanese War,
It is enough to make anyone with a normal IQ understand how powerful the Red Party's military power is and how Chiang Kai-shek can climb to his current position.
, he has two brushes at least, and naturally he will not be so stupid. Hu Weidong thought about it and finally figured out what Chiang Kai-shek was thinking, "If he is really bent on rebelling against the Red Army, he will be beaten sooner or later. In this case, later It is better to fight early. Even if we cannot fight now, it is worse than fighting in the future when our army is stronger..."
When Hu Weidong thought about it carefully, he suddenly became more and more frightened. The reason why he now felt that Chiang Kai-shek was seeking death was because the two major armies of the Red Party suddenly launched a general offensive against the enemies of Kaifeng and Xuzhou in advance due to overseas factors, and because Okamura Neji
led his troops to surrender and
As a result of the chain reaction it caused, the two armies were able to eliminate all 4 to 50,000 Japanese troops in a short period of time without paying much of a price. Therefore, when Chiang Kai-shek suddenly launched an attack, the Red Party just happened to free up millions of field elites and others.
there...
Note 1: Shortly after the victory of the Huaibei Battle, the armored battalion of the New 38th Division was expanded into an armored regiment. Although the number is still not comparable to that of the Armored Cavalry Division, because the armored regiments of the New 38th Division are equipped with medium tanks, if armor is used
Cluster assault tactics, because the armored cavalry division has now conquered the Huaibei battle
Those medium tanks that were temporarily added were replaced with more flexible light tanks, so they are not as powerful as the armored regiment of the new 38th Division... (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian (
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