Chapter 274: The enemy of Bengbu, suggestions for a major counter-offensive
But except for the short passiveness of the winter offensive in 1939 that caused the 11th Army to be passive, the 11th Army took the initiative to attack and completed the task of the Japanese base camp well, namely, "to counterattack the concentrated enemy in a timely manner to defeat its intention to resist the war, suppress Dongting Lake, and the main force of the enemy in Changsha..."
The 11th Army is very powerful, and the 11th Army can be given priority supplements. The 11th Army has many famous generals commanded it, the 11th Army... But is this the reason why millions of national * troops can't do anything in five years?
Well, it is still possible to deal with the slap of destroying it in one fell swoop. It is better to have a heavy blow to the more than 100,000 Japanese troops? Even if it is not now, when the Pacific War breaks out and the elite divisions of the 3rd, 6th, and 13th are transferred, they can only organize some independent mixed brigades and three-unit security divisions to make up the numbers. Zero fighter jets also leave the Chinese battlefield. Can't they counterattack and attack or even eliminate this Japanese army that has committed crimes in China?
Yang Tianfeng had such a vision, and even had a rough plan. He went south to Henan, advanced along the Pinghan Line, and worked with the Fifth War Zone to attack Xinyang. If he could occupy the Central Plains of Beiping, lock in Ezhou in the south, and control the traffic throats of north-south, it would be considered a great achievement.
Of course, these are just Yang Tianfeng's ideas. Without 100,000 soldiers, he would not have made such an ambitious plan. Therefore, the choice to go north was not denied, but depends on the timing, the situation, and then make the final decision.
"Military throne, emergency military information." The staff officer hurried in and interrupted Yang Tianfeng's thoughts in the face of the map.
The enemy from Bengbu was dispatched? Yang Tianfeng frowned and carefully read the information.
The Fifth Brigade of the Third Japanese Division stationed in Bengbu dispatched more than 1,500 mixed infantry, cavalry and artillery troops, as well as the Ninth Division and the 14th Division of the Puffer Suzhou-Anhui Border Region Pacification Army, a total of more than 6,000 people (there are less than 3,000 people in one puppet army division), equipped with four tanks, and carried six 75mm field artillery pieces, and went out of Huaiyuan to advance towards Longkang Town.
The Long Kang battle is also called the Long Kang battle. It has indeed happened in history. It also used the Eighth Cavalry Division as the main force, fought against the Japanese and puppet troops and repelled the enemy, but the time and military strength were different from now.
Yang Tianfeng looked at the map and thought quickly. There were independent brigades and Eighth Cavalry Division in Mengcheng direction, and it should not be a problem to resist more than 6,000 Japanese and puppet troops. But this is very likely to be a restraining or feint attack by the Japanese army's large-scale mobilization, and the enemy's main attack direction was still in Xiaoxian.
The Japanese want to restrain our army, but they will not let him succeed. You are a feint attack, but I want to destroy you. What does it mean to be a joke? I will let the Japanese know now.
Yang Tianfeng slowly sneered and looked up and asked, "The Second Squadron of the Special Forces Brigade is in Suxi, Sunan, guerrilla warfare, right?"
"Yes, the second squadron was led by Sun Shaoquan. Yesterday, together with the guerrillas, they ambushed a convoy of the Japanese in Sunan." The staff officer had a good memory and gave Yang Tianfeng a positive confirmation without thinking.
"Send a report and order them to secretly go south to Huaiyuan, and make a specific arrangement later, there will be another telegram notification." Yang Tianfeng ordered the orders continuously, "order the 23rd Regiment of the Independent Brigade to move, advance quickly to Longkang Town, and reinforce the 3rd Regiment of the Eighth Cavalry Division; send a telegram to the Chief of Staff, I will personally go to Longkang Front to fight against the Japanese army in Bengbu, and ask him to concentrate on commanding the anti-sweeping, and the Japanese in Xiaoxian may be dispatched soon."
"Wait." Yang Tianfeng called the staff officer and continued to dictate the order, "Give the Eighth Cavalry Division a call, and ask them to send a first regiment from Shuangjian Town to reinforce Longkang, the Second regiment heading south, cross the Wohe River, and then cross the Heliu and Feinan area cameras again cross the river northward, and detour behind the enemy; in addition, order the Air Force Troy to take off and to Longkang Town for reconnaissance, Feiying One and Two are also ready to take off at any time and wait for the order."
The staff officer gave orders one by one, repeated it again to confirm it, turned around and walked out.
Since the Long Kang battle began earlier than in history, I might as well let the attack on Huaiyuan take place in advance. Yang Tianfeng thought about the map for a while and searched the information in his mind. He felt that he was very sure, so he got up and shouted at the guards, ready to set off to Mengcheng immediately and go to Long Kang.
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"...From weapons and equipment to communications, plus maneuver speed, our army is weaker than the Japanese army. This will cause our army to have poor command system and the coordination and cooperation of each unit are not consistent enough. The larger the battle, the more troops it participates in, the less ideal our army's performance will be. On the contrary, the Japanese army is used to large-scale combat. The larger the combat scale, the stronger its comprehensive combat power..."
"...If the original planned large-scale counterattack on the whole line is divided into several counterattack battles and carried out in succession, it may make up for the weaknesses of our army to the greatest extent. In relatively small war zones, the participating units are also easy to coordinate. As long as the connection is appropriate, the effect of the counterattack can be guaranteed."
"...If one or two armies are used as combat units, we will take turns to attack areas with weak and strategic value in the Japanese army. Even if the Japanese army with limited troops feel tired and run away, it will help our army to capture better fighter jets and extend the time for a large counterattack, from winter to spring, to summer. This will also cause our army's counterattacks to rise one after another in the international are completely suppressing the impression of the Japanese attack..."
From this winter to next spring, Chairman Jiang felt a little uncomfortable with the dentures and couldn't help but grin.
When Song Meilin saw Jiang's expression, she thought he was angry. The talks with US Ambassador to China Jensen were not going well, and the US neutrality amendment was naturally not something that an ambassador to abroad could change.
"Da Ling." Song Meilin sat next to Jiang and comforted her: "Ambassin Jansen pays great attention to your words, and he will definitely report them to Washington immediately."
Chairman Jiang smiled bitterly, gently stroked Song Meilin's right hand, and did not directly answer Jansen's story, but praised: "You translated very well today."
"Is it okay to be a translator for you? "Song Meilin smiled and replied casually.
"Some translators don't even understand the Chinese poetry and idioms I talked about, and they can only translate it." Chairman Jiang said with complaints.
"They have no cultivation of Chinese literature. I live with you all day long. I sometimes translate the books you read, so it's not difficult to translate them."
"You have also cultivated foreign literature."
"You know I was at Wells Academy of Sciences, majoring in English literature, and I also took the elective of philosophy and oratorship." Song Meilin looked a little proud.
Chapter completed!