Chapter 60: The Hengshan Military Conference (Ask for Collection)
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If we go back in time, what really gave Chiang ZS a profound experience of guerrilla tactics should be the Red Army's several anti-"encirclement and suppression" campaigns. From December 1930 to March 1933, the Kuomintang carried out four "encirclement and suppression" of the **** Red Army, all of which were defeated, and this painful lesson prompted the Kuomintang to begin to study the tactics of the Red Army and countermeasures.
The experience of "encircling and suppressing" the Red Army five times had a far-reaching impact on the transformation of the Kuomintang's military thinking. The Kuomintang learned and became familiar with the guerrilla tactics of the Red Army and began to study and apply them.
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, many generals who participated in the war of "encirclement and suppression" of the Red Army still had fresh memories of the Red Army's guerrilla tactics and were easy to accept and use such tactics to resist foreign aggression. Guan Linzheng, a famous anti-Japanese general of the Kuomintang, once said: "Only by using the tactics of the Red Army to attack us can we defeat Japan." ”
After the outbreak of the "September 18" Incident in 1931, when the national crisis was becoming more and more serious, many generals and strategists in the Kuomintang realized that war between China and Japan was inevitable, and therefore they were also seriously studying the strategy of dealing with the enemy.
In particular, after the outbreak of the Lugou Bridge Incident, the Kuomintang army basically practiced positional warfare in the form of deep ditches and high fortifications, but it was repeatedly defeated and suffered heavy losses. As a result, the practice of studying guerrilla tactics within the Kuomintang became increasingly popular, and many high-ranking generals with rich combat experience wrote books and talked about the wonderful methods of guerrilla warfare, thus promoting the theoretical study of guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines.
Among them, the Xingui department compiled the "Scorched Earth Series," Jiang Baili wrote "Outline of New Guerrilla Tactics," Feng Yuxiang wrote "Questions and Answers on Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Tactics," and Huang Shaohong wrote "The Theory and Practice of Guerrilla Warfare." and even literati and politicians commented on guerrilla warfare.
As early as April 1938, Chiang ZS and the Military Commission realized the strategic position of the ever-expanding occupied areas in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and therefore gave the following all-round strategic guidance to the occupied areas: "In addition to always uncompromising on the enemy's politics, economy, and culture, in the occupied areas, they should also launch a vast guerrilla warfare, so that the invading enemy forces can only occupy points and occupy the line, and cannot use their military power to gain political force and occupy their area, and the enemy forces will have serious military concerns about the area around the points and lines they occupy, and they will not be able to drive straight into the area to destroy their strategic attempts." ”
Therefore, when the state government urgently needed a programmatic document to standardize the tactical methods of guerrilla warfare and to guide the Kuomintang guerrilla warfare, the military command sent Yang Tianfeng's "Essence of Boya Tactics" that had been processed. No, the name of the new book is "Compendium of Guerrilla Warfare".
I have to say that Dai L is the person who is best at figuring out Jiang ZS's psychology. Although most of the book adopts Yang Tianfeng's writings, they have undergone appropriate artistic processing and become very different.
First of all, the beginning of the book brings the use of guerrilla tactics before the Republic of China, and gives some characteristics of guerrilla tactics to the countless military struggles led by the father of the nation, such as assassinations, raids, and military adventures.
Then the book wrote about the strategy and tactics of "suppressing bandits" emphasized by Chairman Chiang in 1933, that is, "advancing lightly, exploring from afar in plain clothes, being quick in secret, and attacking at night." Well, well, Chairman Jiang's "research results" have been compiled into the "Handbook for Suppressing Bandits" and distributed in large quantities, and Yang Tianfeng is just using the topic to play again.
Of course, it is not enough for the two giants to have the foresight of these two giants, and they have also compiled all the articles on guerrilla tactics by Jiang Baili, Li Zongren, Feng Yuxiang, and other high-ranking officials and famous generals of the state government, and finally formed the present "Guerrilla Warfare Outline Manual." As for Yang Tianfeng, he ranks last among the authors listed in the book, which can be regarded as comforting.
In any case, Yang Tianfeng's goal is achieved, he is not so concerned about his reputation, as long as the Chinese can kill a few more devils in the war of resistance, he feels psychologically happy, anyway, he has and is accumulating his property.
But now, Chairman Jiang has indeed begun to pay attention to this Yang Tianfeng, whom he has never met. Well, I also studied in Japan, but Chairman Jiang has always claimed that he graduated from the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School, and he has some affection for the younger brother surnamed Yang.
Running for hundreds of miles, capturing senior Japanese generals, recovering two county towns, and writing such a good book that can guide the guerrilla warfare of the × army is indeed an object worth cultivating. Although the country is fighting together, it is very important to cultivate its own anti-Japanese war heroes and anti-war teams, both in terms of scenery and strength.
"Chairman, everyone is here." The attendant officer walked in again, interrupting Chairman Chiang's thoughts.
Jiang ZS nodded, stood up, picked up the "Guerrilla Warfare Outline" on the table, and slowly walked out.
The main agenda of the Hengshan Military Conference was to sum up the lessons and lessons of the first phase of the operation and determine the strategic policy for the second phase of the War of Resistance. In addition to the high-ranking generals of various departments of the Central Military Commission and the whole country, more than 100 officers at and above the division commander level of the Third and Fifth Theaters were also notified to attend the meeting as observers.
Chiang ZS and his generals analyzed the military strength of both the enemy and us in advance. It is believed that after the Japanese army occupied Wuhan, it was unable to launch a large-scale offensive due to insufficient troops and difficulties in replenishment. However, the enemy's army, navy, and air force are well-equipped, well-trained, well-equipped, manpowered, and still very strong in combat.
In view of the above situation, the second phase of the operation will be a period of stalemate between the enemy and us, that is to say, during this period, it is impossible for the Japanese army to penetrate deep into the rear of the Nationalist Government; It was also impossible for the Chinese* army to defeat the Japanese and drive them out of China at once.
Based on the above judgment of the situation, the guidelines and strategies of the second phase of the operation of the Chinese* army: to continuously launch limited offensives and counterattacks in order to contain and consume the enemy; Respond to the guerrilla forces behind enemy lines, strengthen control and harassment behind enemy lines, turn the enemy's rear into the front, force the enemy to cramp in the dot line, prevent his overall domination and material plunder, and smash his attempt to use China to contain China and use war to feed the war; At the same time, units were selected to take turns for training to strengthen their combat effectiveness. Prepare for a general counteroffensive.
That is to say, with the relative calm of the frontal battlefield, the state government will attach importance to guerrilla warfare by elevating it to a strategic height, and the "Guerrilla Warfare Outline" will be used as a programmatic document to guide the Kuomintang guerrilla warfare, and will be issued to all theaters and military schools as teaching materials for conducting guerrilla warfare, thus providing a feasible basis for the implementation of guerrilla warfare.
At this time, Jiang ZS's mood improved a lot. It turned out that the Kuomintang's anti-Japanese guerrilla tactics were taught by the Central G, but it lagged far behind the Central G, and the two were not the same. However, now the national * army also has a guerrilla warfare theory that is comparable to that of China and G. Hmph, will the battlefield behind enemy lines only be the world of the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army?
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