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Text Chapter 256: Unable to fight anymore

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    Just when Yang Zhen was wondering what the Japanese troops on the western front meant by this move, and whether they really did not dare to advance northward because of insufficient troops, his thoughts were interrupted by the sound of a report from Ma Chunsheng, who was ordered to return to Yang Zhen's headquarters.

    Seeing Ma Chunsheng come back, Yang Zhen, who was thinking about something, was not polite at all.  [.Com text] After personally pouring a glass of water for Ma Chunsheng and waiting for him to take a short rest, he went straight to the point and expressed his doubts.

    Since Guo Bingxun is not here now, Ma Chunsheng is actually his chief of staff.  It is better for two people to discuss it than to think about it alone.

    ¡°Furthermore, after the September 18th Incident, Ma Chunsheng worked as a pseudo-policeman for many years in Jiamusi, which has always been a heavy gathering place for Japanese troops, and he was very familiar with the enemy situation in the entire Sanjiang area.  With his help as a staff officer, he should be able to effectively help him thoroughly analyze the next move of the Japanese army.

    After listening to Yang Zhen's introduction about the enemy's situation, Ma Chunsheng stared at the map and pondered for a long time before saying: "Commander, I feel that the Japanese army on the Western Front is not advancing but retreating. One of the main reasons is probably the lack of troops, at least in their own opinion. The first two stages  The Kwantung Army suffered heavy losses in our hands, and now its mind has completely calmed down."

    "You see, the Japanese army on the Western Front has only identified a reinforced regiment of the 14th Division, part of the 8th Division. Although the remaining puppet Manchukuo troops have two brigades, in fact the Japanese army themselves know  Judging from the current situation, at least the Japanese army does not believe that these forces are 100% sure. "

    "Although the Japanese army on the eastern front seems to have a lot of troops, they still have to guard against the Soviet army east of the Ussuri River. It is impossible and they dare not invest too many troops in this direction. As long as our offensive stops, I think the Japanese army on the eastern front will  Not only can the Japanese army not strengthen, they will even withdraw to their original positions. The Japanese army does not dare to risk the empty troops on the Manchurian-Soviet border. You must know that the eastern border is their key defense area."

    Having said this, Ma Chunsheng pondered for a while and then said: "Commander, for the Japanese army, it is not only the lack of troops. The confusion in intelligence is probably also an important reason. Since our army was established, although it has developed  The speed is too fast, but there are not many blind spots for it to penetrate, but to be honest, there are not many. "

    "What they are scratching their heads about most now is not our combat effectiveness, nor is it just our equipment. It is that they still haven't figured out how many troops we have. In other words, until now, they still have no idea of ??our exact strength.  Not mind."

    "Our strength in performance is three field brigades, and what the Japanese army considers to be the so-called guard divisional cadre regiments. The total number of troops on the surface, according to the Japanese army's consistent intelligence collection capabilities, should be  It¡¯s very clear. The Japanese army has always been confident in its combat effectiveness, and their confidence is also very confident.¡±

    "Commander, to be honest, I have never seen your training methods in the old Northeastern Army, the Direct Army, the Central Army of the Nationalist Government, or even the Japanese army. Although it is sometimes a little extravagant and wasteful, the training is  It¡¯s a bit too strong, but it suits our current situation.¡±

    "But in this way, our quality is still one step behind the Japanese army, and it can even be said to be a big step. Being able to win many times is certainly a tactical opponent. But there is one thing that the Japanese army did not expect, and that is that we  Their tactical assumptions are not based on our actual strength, but on those forces that are only exposed on the surface."

    "After the first few supplementary regiments and independent regiments were formed, I have been wondering why these reserve troops were secretly assembled in Qunce Mountain and Xingshan Fortress, the two most heavily guarded places of our army, when the Japanese army was pressing down on the border.  train."

    "I didn't realize until the fight started that this was the beauty of it. At the end of the first phase of the war, the Japanese army thought they had suffered heavy casualties. I'm afraid we were almost done with the fight because he was too confident in the combat effectiveness of his troops. In fact,  They were not wrong in their estimation. Although our results in the first phase of the battle were not small, we could indeed say that we killed one thousand enemies and suffered eight hundred losses. "

    "This is also why in the second stage, they dared to go north alone when they dared to use one division as the main force, but they suffered heavy losses on the Western Front. In fact, the overall battle situation had no much cooperative effect."

    "The Japanese army believes that our army has limited strength. This is not surprising. Because the Japanese have always been rigorous in doing things, they probably know the population base of the counties in Sanjiang Province better than we do. In addition, the people who interrogated our prisoners should know that,  Our current main force comes from labor.¡±

    "As for the population in our control area, they may think that you can't get these troops even if you dig three feet into the ground. The current three main brigades, these 30,000 troops are probably all our strength."It¡¯s over.  Even if there are some additional troops, it won't be too much.  Coupled with the casualties in the first stage, I'm afraid they thought we had suffered too many casualties and didn't have much combat power left.  "

    "You put these supplementary regiments and independent regiments, whose numbers were far greater than the Japanese army expected, into the battlefield halfway through the battle, when the Japanese army thought that our army's strength was exhausted. And replenished the main force in the shortest time, the Japanese army was afraid that  It was not expected at all. The more we fought, the more we attacked, which caught the Japanese army by surprise."

    "The first phase of the battle has made Umezu Yoshijiro realize our true combat effectiveness. That is, there is a certain gap compared with the Japanese army, but this gap is far not as big as they imagined. In the second phase, our troop strength is not  It went down instead of up, making him even more confused about our true strength.¡±

    "The Japanese army has not only endured casualties that they could not imagine or even have never imagined. More importantly, they are now increasingly unsure of what to do. The troops are insufficient, the front is too long, and China is too big. Without a large force,  With the Corps replenished, the Kwantung Army now feels guilty. "

    "The Japanese troops stationed in Muling, Hulin, Suiyang, and Mishan were constrained by Jiangbei and were unable to dispatch all of them, and the reinforcements only arrived at the 14th Division. They now feel that their strength is empty. We have already completed this battle.  It tore a big hole in the defensive posture built on the so-called Manchu-Soviet border.¡±

    "Unless they don't want Southern Manchuria and Western Manchuria, they won't be able to mobilize enough troops to counterattack us before new reinforcements arrive. I guess it's impossible for them to have less than three divisions now, and they don't dare to  When they launch a new offensive against us, they cannot mobilize three divisions without mobilizing the troops stationed on the Manchu-Soviet border and affecting their overall deployment."

    "When a greedy snake treats a hedgehog as a delicious meal, it is destined to be stabbed half to death by the hedgehog, and if not, it will have its intestines pierced. Commander, look at the situation of the Japanese army on the map.  Look, it¡¯s not that they don¡¯t want to fight now, they just don¡¯t dare to fight.¡±

    "After the Second and Twenty-fourth Divisions were almost completely destroyed, and the Twenty-fifth Division was severely damaged, the Fourteenth Division almost became the only mobile force of the Kwantung Army. Don't forget, the Kwantung Army now has two sides.  Fight. And his other enemy is far stronger than us."

    ¡°If it changes to a defensive posture on the Manchu-Soviet border, facing the Soviet army, which is far superior to ours in strength and possesses a huge number of aircraft, tanks, and heavy artillery, no matter whether it wants to or not, it will have no choice but to deploy a large-depth defense.  Otherwise, the opponent will easily tear apart his defense."

    "In the situation of choosing the lesser of two evils, his 8th and 11th Divisions can only adopt a defensive posture for us. As for the remaining troops of the 4th Division, I want to use them again in the future.  When facing us, unless the Kwantung Army goes crazy, the army will not use these guys in the offensive. "

    "If the main force is transferred to our side, once Jiangbei takes action, I am afraid that the Kwantung Army will really be paralyzed."  And when the Eastern Front could not deploy troops to cooperate, based on previous battles, even if Umezu Yoshijiro was bold, he would not dare to throw a lone 14th Division onto the battlefield.  "

    "You have to know that if something happens to the 14th Division again, our army can even go straight to Harbin in the east. If Harbin is lost again, it will be difficult for the Kwantung Army and even its Tokyo base camp to communicate with their bullshit emperor.  . And if something goes wrong on the eastern front, its largest fortress in Hulin will be directly exposed to the front of our army. "

    "Under this situation that they can no longer afford to lose, even if the Japanese army is more arrogant and does not take us seriously, I am afraid that before Tokyo adds new divisions to them, they will not launch another attack anyway. Although Japan  Some people only care about eating and not fighting, but you can¡¯t deny that they do have a good strategy and tactics.¡±

    "However, the Japs don't have enough troops to attack now, but these troops are enough for defense and even blockade us. Muling's 8th Division, Mishan's 11th Division, Suiyang's 12th Division, they  The defense zone is now within easy reach of us, and it is still possible to maneuver within a small area as long as it does not go deep into our belly."

    "From the Rao River on the edge of the Wusuli River eastward through Baoqing and Boli, to the Songhua River at the junction of Yilan and Tonghe. Although the little devils have lost the Songhua River that can be used as a blockade, they can already use this  The mountainous terrain where Wanda Mountain and Zhangguangcai Ridge meet form a second blockade for us.¡±

    "Their troops are insufficient for offense and more than enough for defense. However, I estimate that the Japanese army's move is not simply due to insufficient troops, and that they have realized their previous mistakes in their understanding of us. They may also have other motives.  "

    "I think besides waiting for the Japanese army base camp to increase its troops. From the current deployment of the Japanese armyJudging from the situation, their other intention is to take advantage of the inherent shortcomings of the Xiajiang area's sparse population and the fact that most supplies must be transported in from the outside world. They want to take advantage of the severe cold in winter to weaken our combat effectiveness as much as possible.  "

    "I guess that in addition to continuing the blockade against us during the Battle of Nomenhan, the Japanese army may also use diplomatic means, especially the combination of military pressure and diplomacy, to cut off the continuity between our army and Jiangbei. That is,  They said they were going to cut off all our access to the outside world.¡±

    "Although the Xiajiang area is rich in products, it has a sparse population. It covers an area of ??more than 100,000 square kilometers and has a population of only more than one million. The main grain-producing area, the central plain of Tangyuan County, has probably lost food since the beginning of September to the present two wars.  All harvests have failed. However, it is simply difficult to meet the needs of the local people and the tens of thousands of soldiers by relying solely on the grain production of the northern plains of Baoqing, Luobei, and Huachuan."

    "As for other counties, you also know that they are sparsely populated. They are either large swamps or deep mountains and old forests. On weekdays, food, cotton, cloth and other living materials need to be shipped out, and now they are even more scarce. Without the supplement of external food, plus  The severe cold in Xiajiang is over minus 30 degrees Celsius in winter, and we don¡¯t have enough clothes to wear. It doesn¡¯t take one more winter for us to collapse from cold and hunger.¡±

    "Siege tactics, this tactic can be said to be a death tactic for any army with a rear area, but it is very suitable for dealing with us now."

    Regarding Ma Chunsheng's analysis, Yang Zhen nodded slightly and said: "You are very rational and your analysis is good. However, the Japanese army you mentioned has discovered huge errors in their judgment of our army's strength due to consecutive defeats. This is also one of the main reasons. This  I didn¡¯t expect that at all.¡±

    "I feel that your analysis is not entirely correct, but at least one thing is the same as mine. That is, the Japanese army put up this defensive and defensive posture, and it must have the intention of blocking us."

    "It is now mid-October, and winter has begun to gradually enter the Xiajiang area. If we had not seized Jiamusi in time and seized a large amount of winter clothing and food, we would not be able to solve the winter clothing problem in the base area alone. Even food can only be maintained until  In the beginning of next spring, I¡¯m afraid the foundation will be clean.¡±

    "At least we have captured Jiamusi. The winter clothes we seized are enough to re-dress the entire army. Otherwise, if we simply stick to the north of the Songhua River, we will hold the base. But without food supplements and winter clothes, after one winter, we will be hungry.  That¡¯s why we went south to cross the river after we were exhausted.¡±

    "If we can't fight out, without replenishing soldiers, without food, without supplies, we will end up like the Anti-Japanese Alliance. We still need to import arms and military raw materials, but other supplies such as food, military uniforms, etc. still rely on our own imagination.  Method. If food also needs to be imported, let¡¯s not say that we don¡¯t have that much hard currency. Even if we have it, we can¡¯t put our lifeline in the hands of others.¡±

    Ma Chunsheng nodded when he heard this and said: "Commander, what should we do now? Should we put all the troops on hand to open a gap at one point, or should we shrink across the board for the time being." In response to Ma Chunsheng's question, Yang Zhen  He smiled and said, "What do you think we should do next?"

    Ma Chunsheng hesitated and said: "Commander, I think it's time for us to rest. I'm afraid the Japanese army won't make any big moves before the spring of next year. And after two months of bloody battles, our long-term division is extremely tired.  Not to mention the urgent need for rest and recuperation, the organization, cadres, ammunition, and battle-damaged weapons and equipment of each unit all need to be adjusted.¡±

    "In the two stages of this battle, the troops, especially the veterans, suffered heavy casualties. Even though many troops have been replenished several times, most of the organic units are still incomplete. The three brigades now do not have a complete organic wing. Each unit  The situation is now unsustainable, and it will be very detrimental to us if we continue to fight, so I suggest we stop and take a break to at least let the troops take a breath and adjust their organization and weapons. "

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