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After a pause, Sun Dianying smiled bitterly and continued: "I can't quit decades of smoking* addiction, and I don't want to stay and become addicted and make a young junior laugh." Therefore, I will go, go to Chongqing, go to Luoyang, go to Xi'an, find an idle job, but it is safe and comfortable. ”

"Mr. Sun goes, I will go too." Kang Xiang echoed: "From now on, Yang Tianfeng will not pay attention to outsiders, rather than being angry and neglected under him, it is better to find a comfortable place and settle down." ”

Sun Dianying hesitated for a while, nodded helplessly, but then stretched out his hand and pointed at Zhao Tang, and said, "Don't go Zhao Tang, I'll ask the war zone for instructions and give you the position of this deputy army commander." Although the New Fifth Army is gone, those old brothers can't ignore it, and with you, they also have a place to complain. In the name of the deputy commander, Yang Tianfeng can't go too far. ”

"But-" Xing Zhaotang was willing, but he always had to excuse himself to show his lover's intentions.

"Nothing." Sun Dianying waved his hand and said, "For the sake of the old brother, you have to endure the humiliation and burden, and it is difficult for you." ”

"What about those people in the back?" Kang Xiang asked, "Do you want to inform them to advance and retreat together?" ”

"No, no." Sun Dianying shook his head and said, "They stay, don't let Zhaotang be alone." Well, that's it, you guys go down and arrange it! ”

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It was already dark at night, and Yang Tianfeng was sitting lazily in his chair, discussing things with Liang Moqing and others. He had just left the welcome banquet held for Sun Dianying, although he hadn't drunk too much wine, he had been working hard for days and was somewhat tired.

"Can Sun Dianying quit decades of opium addiction?" Liang Moqing shook his head again and again in disbelief, and said with a smile: "The military seat is clever, let him take the initiative to retreat." ”

"The New Seventh Army does not allow opium smoking, this has always been discipline and military law." Yang Tianfeng smiled faintly and said, "I can't set this precedent because of him, but I didn't mean to force him away." Well, I said it subtly enough, and it had to be understandable, right? ”

"It's subtle enough, and you can definitely understand it." Liang Moqing pursed his lips secretly, diverted the topic, and talked about military issues.

"The recruitment expansion is relatively smooth, and judging from the current progress, it should be able to exceed the quota. Coupled with the new Fifth Army, there will be a big jump in numbers. I don't know if there is an upper limit on the military seat, or if Han Xin points troops, the more the merrier? ”

The eastern Henan Plain is not only a granary, but also densely populated, which also provides conditions for recruiting troops and horses. Coupled with the continuous number of refugees in the Yellow Flood Area, it is not surprising that the quota has been exceeded.

Regular army, partisans, joint defense units. The echelon military organization has taken shape, and as long as it does not suffer too heavy a blow, the reservists can quickly replenish the troops.

Yang Tianfeng pondered for a long time, and according to the data provided by the Commissioner's Office, he simply calculated the size of the base area that could support the troops.

"By the end of this year, our army will not exceed 36,000 people." Yang Tianfeng slowly said a number, "In this case, the three divisions will basically be fully equipped." From the grain in the base area, and the output of the arsenal, this is almost the limit. ”

"Unless our army can occupy more territory and capture more captures." Liang Moqing added, "And continue to expand the scale of the arsenal." ”

"There will be a place." Yang Tianfeng looked at the map on the wall, but he didn't know where he was looking again, "The key is to maintain combat effectiveness, the expansion is too violent, the material consumption is large, but the combat power is going to decline." ”

"The training of the army is very tight." Liang Moqing thought for a while and said: "It's just that the situation in the north is not optimistic, and the Eighth Route Army may not be able to resist the encroachment of the devil's road construction." The devils in Xinxiang also put pressure on western Henan, and it was still difficult for the Second and Third Group Armies to support our army. What's more, the Second Army is going to be transferred, and it is not superior in terms of troops. ”

"My Chief of Staff, don't you just see the comparison of forces!" Yang Tianfeng smiled faintly and said: "Our weapons have not been broken to support the second and third armies, if they can train diligently, will the combat power of the devils still be the same as before?" Besides, because of the meritorious service in the restoration of Kaifeng, didn't the Military Commission give the Third Army the number of a provisional division to settle Song Kebin's headquarters! As for the Second Army, although it was transferred, the 76th Army could not make up for the shortage! ”

"The group army is replaced by an army, hehe, it's not optimistic!" Liang Moqing smiled bitterly and shook his head.

After the restoration of Kaifeng, Sun Lianzhong made another meritorious service, and Chairman Chiang could not help but deal with it, so he decided to transfer Sun to the post of deputy commander of the Fifth Theater and as Li Zongren's deputy. Because Li Zongren is a veteran, letting Sun Lianzhong be his deputy is better than being the deputy of the "rising star" Wei Lihuang in terms of face. At the same time, Chiang also incorporated Liu Ruming's division of the 68th Army into the sequence of Sun's Second Army, so that Sun's Second Army had five divisions and two independent brigades.

In order to make up for the vacancy transferred by the Second Army and basically keep the strength unchanged, Wei Lihuang transferred the provisional 57th Division to Zhengzhou as a reserve.

After such a transfer, on the surface, the number of national * troops in western Henan did not decrease, but seemed to have increased. According to the number, there are six infantry divisions, two provisional divisions, and the 1st Cavalry Division and the 14th Cavalry Brigade as reserves.

But the number is the number, because the number of each unit is not the same, in fact, the strength of the western Henan is indeed reduced.

Similarly, the Japanese army in Xinxiang was not a division anymore. Tada Jun took advantage of the change of defense to get a short time of double configuration. After the counterattack in western Henan was frustrated, the 14th Division was ordered to be transferred, and the 35th Division had no choice but to transfer a brigade and regiment, break it into pieces, disperse and station, and assume the task of local guarding.

After such adjustments, the enemy and us are again in a balanced confrontation situation.

However, in Yang Tianfeng's view, this kind of military balance will always be broken, either the Japanese army will send troops to attack, or the national * army will go on the offensive after the strength of the national army increases.

"Looking ahead, looking farther, thinking deeper, optimism may be too early to say, but pessimism is extremely wrong." Yang Tianfeng smiled slightly and said, "The devil is going downhill, my chief of staff, don't you see it?" ”

From the analysis of the characteristics of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression after entering the stage of stalemate, with the Battle of Wuhan as the peak, after that, the quality and combat effectiveness of the Japanese army as a whole were in a state of gradual decline, after all, after several battles, the casualties were very large, especially the veterans, who were the backbone of the Japanese army.

The illusion of annihilating China in a short period of time forced the invading Japanese army to stretch the front and disperse its forces. In the protracted all-people war of resistance, the high-quality soldiers and military supplies accumulated by the Japanese army before the war were gradually consumed, resulting in a gradual decline in its combat effectiveness.

The direct manifestation of this was that after 1938, the Japanese army began to organize a large number of independent mixed brigades and regiments responsible for rear security tasks. These units are mainly conscripted reservists, and their equipment is not only worse than that of active-duty divisions and regiments, but their combat effectiveness is also quite far behind that of active-duty field divisions and regiments.

In the early days of the war, more than 9 percent of the soldiers of the Japanese army were active soldiers or reserve soldiers, most of whom were between 20 and 30 years old, and had undergone relatively adequate military training, and were alert, had good shooting skills, and were in good health.

However, from April 1938 onwards, a large number of "supplementary troops" with poor military and physical fitness began to be incorporated into the Japanese army in order to replenish the number of troops and reduce their strength. Supplementary soldiers generally only go through about three months of training, and their military skills are poor, and their physical fitness is far inferior to that of the original active soldiers and reserve soldiers.

In the early days of the war, the medical examination for recruits was very strict, and it was relaxed every year after that. In 1938, the average height and weight of the recruits of the Japanese invasion of China was 1.66 meters, and in 1939 it was reduced to 1.58 meters and 52.5 kilograms, in 1940 it was reduced to 1.5 meters and 50.6 kilograms, and in 1941 it was reduced to 1.49 meters and 50 kilograms, respectively. By 1943, it had dropped to 1.46 metres and 47 kilograms, respectively.

In the fourth or third year, according to the standards of the early stage of the Anti-Japanese War, the pass rate of recruits was only 10 percent. Even many people with cripples, myopia, one-eyedness, and willow disease were drafted into the army. In North China in particular, after 1940, the Japanese army also recruited many "child soldiers" who were 16 or 17 years old. These "child soldiers" fall behind on the march and retreat when they go to battle, and can only perform general tasks such as vigilance.

According to the normal formation, the number of infantry squadrons of the Japanese army should be between 180 and 200 people. However, due to factors such as war death, disability, and illness, they could not be replenished in time, and the number of personnel decreased year by year, and even in the later period, there were only more than 120 people. Therefore, as far as the same combat unit of the Japanese army invading China is concerned, due to the decrease in the number of troops, the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army will vary greatly from one period to another.

According to Okamura's recollections, by about 1941, "there were very few veterans left" in the Japanese army, only active duty soldiers and young supplementary soldiers; In 1944, the 3rd Division and the 13th Division, known as the "trump card troops" of the Chinese Dispatch Army, "no longer had the might of steel and iron bones," and "the equipment and combat effectiveness of the other corps were markedly lower than before." The whole army has become inadequate. ”

When the anti-Japanese base area in Shandong launched a counteroffensive against the Japanese army in 44 or 45, the situation was very obvious. In the early and middle stages of the Anti-Japanese War, it was often only three or four Chinese soldiers who could suppress one Japanese soldier, but now it has become a bayonet of the Eighth Route Army, which can suppress three Japanese supplementary soldiers and cannot move.

Speaking of which, many people have questions. Since the quality of the Japanese army is declining year by year, why can it still hold back the Chinese X army and launch the "No. 1 operation" in four or four years? Why didn't anyone notice that the devils were not good and wanted to launch a counteroffensive in advance?

This issue is very complicated, and the negative thinking of "preserving strength and waiting for victory" in the later stage of the Anti-Japanese War is naturally very critical, and the reason why China's X army failed to launch a counteroffensive in advance is, in the final analysis, the difference in strength. (To be continued.) )