PFC Chapter 490
Chapter 490
"Okay, after this battle, Wu Lin and I will discuss it.
It depends on how many troops he should take with him."
Zeng Jiwen nodded.
Then, as if remembering something, he spoke again.
"Then tell Secretary Liu and the others to transfer the remaining troops in Ludi to southern Hebei."
After hearing Zeng Jiwen's words, Chen Shukang nodded.
Then Zeng Jiwen looked at Master Xu: "
Keep talking about your thoughts~
"
After hearing Zeng Jiwen's words, Commander Xu looked at the map and thought for a while.
"That is to say, the Henan Central Military Region now has three Soviet-equipped divisions, plus the four in our military region, seven Soviet-equipped divisions with nearly 100,000 people, which can be mobilized as the main force."
"I wonder if these seven Soviet-equipped divisions are attacking reinforcements or what else!"
As Commander Xu spoke, he took a few steps from time to time and pointed his finger at some key areas on the map.
“But the problem is that the Japanese reinforcements are also very strong, especially with the addition of the Kwantung Army. I envision seven Soviet-equipped divisions facing the Kwantung Army.
To be honest, I’m not sure~”
"What do you mean?" Zeng Jiwen continued to ask without any impatience.
"I'm wondering whether to attack the Kwantung Army directly or other Japanese forces in North China."
Commander Xu paused, his tone revealing some doubts.
"The Japanese Kwantung Army's reinforcements meant they would concentrate their superior forces.
But it also means that they will not be able to disperse more forces to other places.
Can we reduce their overall strength by attacking their other units?"
The atmosphere in the conference room suddenly became quiet, and everyone was thinking about this problem.
Zeng Jiwen narrowed his eyes and nodded slowly:
“Indeed, attacking the Japanese army in North China is an option, but the prerequisite is that we must ensure that we can quickly defeat the original Japanese army in North China in a short period of time.
Otherwise, the Kwantung Army will have the opportunity to concentrate its superior forces to strike back at our main force."
Next, the discussion at the meeting entered a more specific stage.
How to strategically attack the local divisions of the Japanese army in North China, how to coordinate the cooperation of various troops, and how to gain advantages on specific battlefields became the focus of everyone's discussion.
After intense discussions, the following key tactical deployments were finally determined:
As the Japanese Kwantung Army moved south, its main force gathered in the Baoding area.
Therefore, the main force of the Kwantung Army was mainly handed over to the troops of the North China Military Region.
The main target of other military regions was the North China Expeditionary Force.
By besieging the North China Expeditionary Force, the Kwantung Army was forced to split up and send reinforcements, and then they were defeated one by one.
The main target of this battle was the five Kwantung Army divisions of the Japanese army moving south.
At the same time, the Eighth Route Army launched the first attack in this battle.
In the first phase, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region and the Central Henan Military Region launched attacks on the Japanese troops in the Beiyue District and northern Henan respectively.
In addition to having the Northwest Shanxi Military Region contain the 37th Division in Datong, the main target of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region was the 109th Division in the Wutai area and the 2nd Independent Mixed Brigade in Zhangjiakou.
At the same time, troops were dispatched to block the 41st Division in Xinzhou.
The Northern Henan and Central Henan Military Regions encircled the 27th Division and blocked the 8th and 15th Mixed Brigades from reinforcing the 27th Division.
The 114th Division and the 21st Division in eastern Henan were tied down by troops from the Shandong Military Region.
After launching the first phase of the combat plan, the Japanese army will definitely send reinforcements from all over the country.
The second phase of the battle was mainly carried out by the North China Military Region.
The three columns of the North China Military Region attacked Taiyuan, Jinzhong and other places, forcing the Japanese troops in Taiyuan to split up.
As for the five divisions of the Kwantung Army in Baoding, if the Kwantung Army went south or north to reinforce, after the Kwantung Army divided its troops, it would surround the remaining Japanese divisions and annihilate the remaining Kwantung Army divisions in one fell swoop.
If the five divisions in Baoding are not divided, the target will be shifted to other divisions in North China except the Kwantung Army divisions.
The main task of the North China Military Region was to delay the five Japanese Kwantung Army divisions and buy time for other troops to completely annihilate the Japanese divisions.
After the discussion, on the evening of August 4th.
Zeng Jiwen issued a battle preparation order to the North China Military Region, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, and the Central Henan Military Region in the name of the North China Front Command.
At the same time, report to your family and the Eighth Route Army Front Headquarters.
The order explained that in the current context of the fierce Japanese army's advance in North China, the Eighth Route Army decided to take the initiative to fight against the Japanese army in North China, and decided to launch a large-scale battle in the vast area of North China - the North China Campaign.
In the first phase of the battle, the Henan-Central Military Region and the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region took the initiative to attack and mobilized their main forces to besiege the Japanese 27th and 109th Divisions and the 2nd Independent Mixed Brigade.
At the same time, we requested the Northwest Shanxi Military Region and the Shandong Military Region to block the Japanese reinforcements in the defense zone.
In the second phase of the battle, troops were dispatched from the North China Military Region to block the Japanese troops from Taiyuan from reinforcing the Beiyue area, while troops from southern Hebei and western Shandong blocked the Japanese troops from reinforcing Shandong.
They also concentrated their superior forces and assembled them in the Shijiazhuang area to confront the Japanese Kwantung Army Division head-on.
In the third phase of the battle, the decision on whether to attack the Japanese army in North China or the Kwantung Army was made based on whether the main force of the Japanese army was divided.
In this battle, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region dispatched 150,000 troops, the Central Henan Military Region dispatched 130,000 troops, and the North China Military Region dispatched 200,000 troops.
The total number of troops participating in the war was 480,000. Including troops from other military regions, the total number of troops was 600,000.
The battle was commanded by the front-line headquarters and was launched on August 16.
At the same time, according to the order of the front-line command, in order to ensure the smooth progress of the battle.
In addition to the mobilization and tactical deployment of the main forces, the command particularly emphasized the role of the militia guerrillas in the battle.
Especially the key tasks in destroying the enemy's logistics lines and strongholds.
This strategy can not only effectively weaken the Japanese army's supply lines, but also enhance the combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army and create favorable conditions for the main force's attack.
In order to ensure that the militia guerrillas could play their maximum role in combat, the command carried out careful mobilization and deployment.
Although the Eighth Route Army's militia guerrillas were powerful, their actions had to be precise and orderly in order to achieve maximum effectiveness against the Japanese supply lines.
The command adopted a zoning mobilization method to rationally deploy militia guerrillas in various places according to geographical location and battlefield needs.
First, the areas of central Hebei, southern Hebei, and northern Henan became the main targets of the militia guerrillas due to the Japanese army's heavy garrisons and frequent passage of supply convoys.
After a long period of training and accumulation of practical experience, the guerrillas in these areas have acquired very rich tactical knowledge and response experience on how to cut off the Japanese army's supply lines.
Zeng Jiwen and others took into account that the Japanese army's supply lines usually relied on railway and road transportation.
In order to break the Japanese army's supply chain, it was decided that the militia guerrillas would first target the Japanese army's railway transportation.
After all, they have a fairly mature set of tactics for railway sabotage.
In particular, the railway network in the Hebei Plain and northern Henan was an important channel for the Japanese army to carry out logistical supplies.
To this end, Zeng Jiwen and others decided to first launch a destructive attack by local militia guerrillas.