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Text Chapter 542 A cold-blooded decision

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    After hesitating for a long time and looking at the casualty figures reported by Du Kaishan on the telegram, Yang Zhen was still unable to sign and agree.  ¡¾£º.Com/Text If he talks about the strength of Dongning Fortress, it¡¯s fine if he doesn¡¯t know.  Although he did not personally visit the scene, he did have a fair understanding of it when he read war history in later generations.

    Five years later, when the Soviet army captured the Dongning Fortress Group, they used two aviation divisions, an artillery brigade, two independent artillery battalions, an infantry division and a fortification garrison just to capture the Shenghongshan Fortress.  and a strength of more than two hundred tanks.

    In the first two days of the battle, more than 7,000 tons of artillery shells were dropped.  During the entire battle, not counting artillery shells of various calibers, tens of thousands of tons of aerial bombs alone were dropped.  Although the underground fortifications of the entire Shenghongshan Fortress were not much damaged, the surface positions were bombed into ruins.

    Even with the overwhelming superiority of troops and such powerful firepower, the Soviet army still paid a heavy price during the entire twenty-day battle to win over Hongshan.  The number of casualties alone was as high as 1,500, but only more than 300 Japanese soldiers were killed.  After more than twenty days of siege, they still could not completely capture the Shenghongshan Japanese fortress group.

    Five years later, the Soviet army that has experienced the test of war in the European battlefield and fought from Moscow to Berlin is not the Soviet army that has been severely weakened by the suppression of counter-revolutionaries.  Its strong attack ability, ferocious artillery fire, and rich combat experience of its soldiers, especially the use of armored troops, are absolutely world-class.

    However, this is an army that has experienced the test of twice the firepower density on the European battlefield. When faced with the Kwantung Army, all the elites at that time had been withdrawn, and the remaining ones were only old, weak and remnants of the Kwantung Army. Even though the opponent had solid and permanent fortifications to rely on,  But it was still like this, and the especially heavy casualty figures were a great stimulus to Yang Zhen.

    And the situation Du Kaishan is facing now is far more severe than the situation the Soviet army will face five years later.  Although there is also air support, and the artillery is also powerful.  However, the intensity of artillery fire cannot be compared with that of the Soviet army. At least it does not have the ability to fire 7,000 rounds of artillery shells in two days and drop tens of thousands of tons of bombs in one breath.

    The strength and firepower of the Japanese garrison faced were much stronger than those faced by the Soviet army five years later.  Far from being greatly weakened in terms of military strength and firepower, most of the garrison strength and equipment were transferred to other battlefields due to overall tightness, which can be compared with the Kwantung Army five years later.

    Of course, I know that the failure of the critical battle five years later that caused the entire Dongning area to change the color of the vegetation was closely related to the fact that the Soviet army's tactics were too rigid and their firepower was too fierce and not flexible enough.  However, it is an indisputable fact that countries around the world do not have many solutions for this semi-underground permanent fortification group, except for desperately developing large-caliber artillery and concrete-destroying bombs.  At least until the US military develops a new type of ground-penetrating bomb, there are not many solutions.

    The Battle of Liege Fortress in Belgium during World War I almost delayed the entire German army¡¯s Western Front operations.  The battles of Brest Fortress and Sevastopol Fortress in the Soviet-German War also caused heavy losses to the attackers.  In the Pacific War, which will be launched in full force next year, the U.S. military, which has absolute superiority in sea and air forces, also suffered heavy losses in the face of the fortress groups built by the Japanese army on the Pacific islands.

    Since ancient times, fortress assault has been the primary problem faced by countries around the world.  Although these fortresses are not as strong as Dongning Fortress, their firepower, especially artillery firepower, is stronger than that of Dongning Fortress Group.  But for the attacker, both the terrain and the distribution of firepower are far and away extremely advantageous.  But it still paid an unimaginable price.

    The firepower of the German super large-caliber artillery and the U.S. heavy battleships is not what I can compare with now.  If we fight hard, the second and third columns, especially the third column with only nine regiments, whose base is weak, will be severely damaged.  Thinking about the fact that the German army suffered more than 40,000 casualties in a Liege fortress, Yang Zhen still felt hesitant in his heart.

    "But these two new types of bombs, the ton-level super bombs, don't matter. Let alone transferring them to the Soviets, it doesn't matter if they are given for free.  But for the air-fuel bomb that is now an epoch-making weapon, Yang Zhen doesn't want to be exposed at least yet.  The Dongning Fortress Group is too close to the Soviet border, and also too close to Vladivostok, the central city of the Soviet Far East.  Once used, it would be difficult for the Soviets not to notice it.

    ¡°Once the Soviets realize the power of their new weapon, judging from their keen sense of smell, they will definitely come to them.  Even if he refuses, he will still find every way to get the technology.  But this is what Yang Zhenqia can't accept the most.

    It is his established policy to blockade the Soviet Union with new weapons, especially weapons of mass destruction.  Anyway, in the eyes of the Soviets, except for a small number of light weapons,Apart from that, it does not have any weapons design and production capabilities.  As long as you don't take the initiative to show it, or control the use without being noticed, you should be able to fool it.

    But if he just sat back and watched his troops suffer heavy casualties just to keep the secret of a weapon, Yang Zhen couldn't accept it from his heart, which in his opinion, only cold-blooded politicians would do.

    Yang Zhen is confident that there is no current British Prime Minister Churchill. He would rather sit back and watch a city being razed to the ground during ten hours of indiscriminate bombing, with heavy casualties among residents, than risk the news that the British army successfully deciphered the German code.  The risk of leakage strengthens the courage of the air defense capabilities there.

    Yang Zhen was in a dilemma for a while.  Whether it is strategic obedience and tactics, or tactical obedience and strategy, it is quite a headache for Yang Zhen.  Disagreeing means that your troops will pay a bloody price, but agreeing is a very serious loss for your strategic goals.

    Let the Soviets shed more blood on the Soviet-German battlefield in half a year, or even dry up the blood, so that the Soviets, who are extremely resilient, have no time to visit in a short period of time, and have something to do with China after the war.  Demand is an important strategic goal of Yang Zhen towards Su in the future.

    In addition to dealing with solid fortifications, the greatest power of air-fuel bombs is to deal with armored clusters.  Although a single weapon cannot completely change the outcome of a war, it can change the balance of victory in a battle.  But this kind of balance can influence the course of the war.

    Agreeing or disagreeing fought in Yang Zhen¡¯s head for a long time, but in the end strategic reasons prevailed.  Yang Zhen finally decided not to agree to Du Kaishan's request.  At this time, Yang Zhen didn't know that because of this decision, which he considered to be a bit cold-blooded, he had gone from a simple military commander to the level of a strategist.

    For many people, this seemingly simple difference is not a threshold that can be crossed at any time.  Many people can be excellent military commanders, but at the strategic level they will never be able to cross that seemingly simple threshold.

    At this time, Yang Zhen's vision was not only focused on the battlefield, but also outside the battlefield.  If the decisions he made before were made because he had decades more experience than others.  Now he has begun to think at a strategic level.  This is the difference between a good military commander and a strategist.

    After soliciting the opinions of Guo Bingxun and several other people, we learned that the Japanese 410mm super heavy artillery captured in Harbin was too cumbersome to operate and could not be used at least within a short period of time.  Yang Zhen personally drafted a reply to Du Kaishan.

    In the call back, Yang Zhen told Du Kaishan straightforwardly that given the geographical location of the Japanese Dongning Fortress, it is inappropriate to use some new weapons now.  Moreover, the production capacity of these new weapons is very low due to constraints on production capacity and import of raw materials.  It¡¯s not yet time for large-scale use.

    After thinking about it, Yang Zhen forwarded some of the methods for attacking the fortress group that he learned in later generations to Du Kaishan.  In particular, some of the experience in arduous and difficult battles such as the Battle of Songshan a few years later was transferred to Du Kaishan.  Although the density, firepower, and solidity of the fortifications there are not as great as those of the Dongning Fortress.  But the complex terrain is still above the Dongning Fortress.

    These experiences, coupled with the experience accumulated from the previous attacks on Mishan Miaoling Fortress and Lumingtai Fortress, should be of some help to Du Kaishan.  In addition to some things that have not yet been exposed, Yang Zhen also has another idea: he does not want his troops to develop the habit of relying solely on firepower and new equipment.

    After sending the telegram, Yang Zhen turned to Guo Bingxun beside him and said: "Old Guo, do you think my decision was too cold-blooded? Just to keep a new weapon secret, I would rather let my cadres and  The soldiers will bear the unnecessary casualties. I hope that the three columns will not be injured after this tough attack on the Dongning Fortress."

    After hearing this, Guo Bingxun, who was studying the replenishment plan, raised his head and smiled and said: "No. 1, from the perspective of the battlefield situation and simply reducing troop casualties, what you did is indeed a bit excessive. But if you look at the overall situation, you  There is nothing wrong with this. This new weapon is a trump card that we don¡¯t have much in our hands now. If it is exposed too early, it will only do harm but not good.¡±

    "The most critical battle against the Dongning fortress group is a rare experience for us. For this kind of fortress group, it is not advisable to simply rely on one or two special operations forces such as reconnaissance battalions directly under the military region.  The battle against the Tiger Head Fortress and the Hormozin Fortress Group can only be a special case. Most of the time, ordinary combat troops are required to complete the battle. "

      "Although we have gained some experience in the previous battles against Mishan Miaoling Fortress and Lumingtai Fortress. However, the first one was mainly accomplished with new weapons. The second one was relying on capturing the Japanese heavy artillery and destroying the Japanese army from behind.  The main positions are completed, and there is not much experience in real fortress attack.¡±

    "For most of our troops who are still pure infantry and lack experience in many aspects, the only thing we can do is to learn war from war. Apart from this path, at least for now, we do not have any other shortcuts.  . We need to find a good foothold. If we miss it, the price we have to pay will be even greater.¡±

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