409: Xiao Cai, here you come! 8/12
Because the headquarters is temporarily transferred, no one knows who will become the commander-in-chief of a certain area before the commander-in-chief gives an order, and although there are only a few people who are qualified to serve as the commander-in-chief, the entire secrecy system within the army is still very strict. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
As for the purpose, the main purpose is to prevent the leakage of confidential information, but also to protect the security of the high command. Once the command is taken out, the losses are no less than the annihilation of a division of troops.
Therefore, Cao Kun received the order this morning, and then directly took his command members on the train to Manchuria, and this train happened to be a special train to transport the vanguard of the 18th Division to the front line, and a lot of supplies were also placed on it.
In fact, there are not many members of Cao Kun's headquarters, a guard regiment, a staff team, and a communications company, with a total of more than 3,400 people, which is the composition of Cao Kun's headquarters.
Under normal circumstances, when a general first serves as a commander, he will form his own headquarters, and if he is satisfied with the cooperation between them, then it is basically fixed, and if he is not satisfied, he can also fine-tune it, or completely overturn and rebuild.
Cao Kun's headquarters was established during the Korean War, and after two years of cooperation, the tacit understanding between them has become higher and higher. Of course, with the update of the equipment of the guard regiment, Cao Kun has become more and more confident, if it is not allowed by military regulations, Cao Kun even wants to directly move his headquarters to the front line.
On the train, the radio station that had been working received an order from the headquarters, and in fact, when he received the order to serve as the commander-in-chief of the Western Front, Cao Kun already had some understanding of the Western Front, not only of the Western Front, but also of the Eastern Front.
After all, when there is no task, he is the deputy commander of the First Group Army and Wang Shuqi's deputy, and he also needs to be responsible for a lot of work.
"Report to the commander, telegram to the commander-in-chief!"
Cao Kun took the telegram and looked at the contents of it, slightly shocked, but seemed to feel reasonable, Cao Kun directly handed the telegram to the chief of staff Hu Ke sitting opposite him, the two of them cooperated quite tacitly, and made many achievements on the Korean battlefield, and later quickly stabilized the situation in North Korea, and let Li Xi basically control the entire North Korea, of course, the influence of the Chinese Empire in Korea has not been weakened at all.
Even now, the Eighth Army is still stationed in North Korea, and it stands to reason that the North Korean side is also responsible for half of the expenses of the Eighth Army.
"Lao Hu, do you have any ideas?" Cao Kun asked with a wicked smile.
"Thoughts? What can I think? Haven't you already thought of everything you should have thought about? Hu Ke replied angrily.
"Look at what you said, you are my chief of staff, how can you not express your opinion on such a big matter? Besides, I am not omnipotent alone, there are always omissions, and you, as the chief of staff, should also correct my mistakes. Cao Kun suddenly changed his expression, and said very rigorously, looking dignified and old.
And Cai Ye on the side, listening to the conversation between the commander and the chief of staff, could only forcibly turn his head and try his best to control himself from laughing.
These two people have been fighting since yesterday, and the reason for the fighting spirit is even more laughable, it is because of a game of chess, and the fuse that triggered this war without gunpowder smoke turned out to be Cao Kun's trick when he played chess, and what soldiers are not tired of cheating, as the chief of staff, you can't even understand this reason, how can you be the chief of staff? Just go home and farm, so the two fought, and they have not stopped until now.
"Hehe, you are a commander of one side, and you are in power, how dare I, a little peasant, correct you? Besides, can I, a little peasant, see your mistakes? How could you make a mistake? Hu Ke didn't hesitate, but his eyes glanced at the telegram very dishonestly.
"Good! Good! Good! I admit my mistakes, can I still admit my mistakes? Let's reconcile first, if you want to fight, we will continue to fight when we finish this battle. Cao Kun apologized again and again, creating a step for Hu Ke.
Hu Ke ignored Cao Kun, but thought quickly in his mind, about the situation on the Western Front, he also knew a little more, although the situation has changed, but the overall change is not big, and the decisive battle, Hu Ke also thinks that it is necessary, even if Li Yunchang does not propose a decisive battle in Borja, Hu Ke will find a suitable place to have a decisive battle with the Russian army.
The faster the battle is fought, the faster the victory, the more it will be able to show the strength of the Chinese Empire, in Hu Ke's words, now is to cut through the mess quickly, so that the Russians can kill them before they can react, and to do this, there is nothing more suitable than to come to a decisive battle.
Although the Russian army has just completed the reorganization of the army, the configuration of the troops is more reasonable, and the combat effectiveness has also risen to a higher level, but in the face of the Chinese Empire, the Russian army is still vulnerable. If the Russian army is version 1.0, then the Chinese Empire has already entered version 2.0, and the two sides are no longer on the same level at all.
And what has always puzzled Hu Ke is that he doesn't know if the Russian army is starting to swell or what's wrong? Why did the commander of the Russian army stupidly put on a posture of going to a decisive battle? Didn't he know that even the use of guerrilla warfare would bring more trouble to the Chinese Empire than a decisive battle?
"Simple! Since there is going to be a decisive battle, then it will be carried out more thoroughly, and there is no need to rush this battle, isn't it uncertain how many people there are in the Russian army now? Then let's lure all the Russian troops out first, and then let's get rid of them at once.
Temporarily order the troops to stop advancing, ensure that they are outside the range of the Russian artillery, and wait for the arrival of the follow-up troops, and then, we will surround Borja, and then order the 103rd Division to go around the rear and destroy the railway, completely cutting off the rear road of the Russian army.
Of course, leave some flaws for them as much as possible, the signal soldiers want to go out, they can, but the troops break through, absolutely not, force them to gather more troops over, and then we will be able to start a decisive battle with the Russian army. If possible, use the mobility of the 101st and 103rd Divisions to annihilate the Russian troops who rushed to support. Hu Ke said his plan, summed it up, it is twelve words, besiege but not attack, lead the snake out of the hole, and surround the point to help!
"What about the artillery of the Russian army? They had more than 300 guns. Cao Kun frowned, Hu Ke also thought of something he said, although Hu Ke said it more comprehensively, but about the Russian artillery, Hu Ke did not give a solution.
They already knew the news that the Russian army had destroyed three Boar tanks by artillery flat shooting, and even went to see the wreckage of the three tanks when the train arrived in Harbin.
If he hadn't seen it, maybe he wouldn't have been so nervous, but after seeing the tragic situation of the wreckage of the three tanks, Cao Kun was also faintly worried.
The Russian army has found a way to deal with tanks, what should they do at this time? Continue to use the tank to go hard? The Russian army has more than 300 artillery pieces, and there is no problem for one artillery gun to correspond to one tank, although it may not destroy all the tanks, but if the Russian army is lucky, it is still no problem to kill half of the tanks.
They can't afford to lose, so they have to use infantry to solve the problem, but the infantry moves more slowly, and if the artillery is used together, the losses are probably more than the armored troops.
As for the Second Artillery Division, what can be used is actually the heavy artillery of that regiment, and the artillery of the other three regiments cannot be used at all, and with the increase in the number of Russian troops, if the 75 artillery wants to be used, it is necessary to advance the distance to about four kilometers, which is equivalent to placing the artillery directly in front of the enemy's formation, and some gains outweigh the losses.
"Find the position in advance, and when you use the speed advantage of the tank at night, you can rush directly into it, and then more than 300 tanks will work together to kill most of the Russian artillery." Hu Ke hesitated a little and said.
"It's not good, this method is not good, the vision at night is affected, and the tank lights can't be turned on, otherwise it will point out the target to the Russian artillery, and without the protection of the infantry, the tank will not be very rational to rush in. Moreover, the effectiveness of the night attack is also very poor, and the armored forces are now the treasure of the whole army, and we cannot take this risk. Cao Kun shook his head.
"Xiao Cai, you have a flexible head, is there any good way?" Hu Ke looked at Cai Ye behind him and asked.
After more than a year of training, Cai Ye has now taken the rank of captain, and the speed of promotion can be described as a rocket jumping, while Jiang Baili and Zhang Xiaozhun, who were at the same time as him, are now only a lieutenant.
"The best way to deal with artillery is to use artillery, although our artillery is insufficient, but our artillery also has our own advantages. In terms of mobility, none of the Russian army can catch up with us. In fact, as long as our scouts can confirm the exact location of the Russian artillery and do a good job of guidance, our artillery can make full use of its strong mobility to change places with one shot, so that the Russian army can never find us.
Moreover, we also have one of the biggest advantages, that is, the Russian army does not know the model and performance of our artillery, so unless our position is discovered by the Russian army, otherwise, within ten minutes, the Russian army will definitely not be able to find our position. Cai Ye said, in fact, this matter is not so complicated at all, it is very simple. (To be continued.) )