Chapter 340: The Four Clusters
In fact, Zhang Xuewu thinks that all this is still possible, because although Ishihara Wan'er was injured by his own saber in the crotch, but after all, he has not reached the situation of cutting off children and grandchildren, and he is willing to linger in Fengyue places, just in time to catch up with the mother of Ishihara Shintaro who likes to love and sell himself, so there is Ishihara Shintaro, an evil animal, and Ishihara Shintaro only learned the news before his mother hung up, For me, everything is possible.
For Zhang Xuewu, Ishihara Waner replaced Tojo Hideki, which was definitely something he didn't expect, at the level of overall strategic decision-making, Tojo Hideki is almost an idiot who cares about his head, and Ishihara Waner is a rare clear-eyed and calm person, plus Umezu Mijiro, the partner of these two people is very difficult to deal with.
In the two large-scale battles with the Kwantung Army, the tactical quality and tenacious spirit of the soldiers also deeply touched Zhang Xuewu, except for the 23rd Division because of the chaotic command of Tojo Hideki, the situation was not good, and the division commander ordered to lay down his arms and surrendered on a large scale, except for the 23rd Division of the 23rd Division because of the chaotic command of Tojo Hideki, which made Zhang Xuewu also pay a heavy price.
Zhang Xuewu was very shocked by the report submitted after the war, three or four soldiers of the Yue Army were able to hide in a small pit one meter square for as many as two days and nights, waiting for a tank or armored vehicle to attack and pass by from this area, and then pounce on the bottom of the tank or armored car with explosives bags in their arms? What madness is this? Even the chassis armor of the Iron Cavalry medium main battle tank is relatively fragile, and he can be said to be complacent about the record of destroying a tank in exchange for the lives of dozens of officers and soldiers.
He said that he could afford to sacrifice his life, but Zhang Xuewu could not afford to lose, the cost of the Iron Cavalry medium main battle tank was quite expensive, and the Iron Cavalry medium main battle tank was still in the period of secrecy, and the information he got was only that it was equipped with a 100 mm smoothbore gun, so that all the vehicles damaged in the battle had to be towed back.
Therefore, after learning that Ishihara Waner was appointed chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, Zhang Xuewu immediately stopped large-scale military operations and began to gather some troops in the direction of Taiyuan, because Ishihara Waner has always been known for his strange use of troops, and his tactical literacy is no less than his strategic decision-making ability, Zhang Xuewu does not want to give Ishihara Waner an opportunity to take advantage of, and then he is caught off guard by himself, then the shame is really going to be thrown to his grandmother's house, and he is the best at attacking at the most unlikely time and place that is considered the most unlikely, In terms of gambling, the greater the risk, the greater the reward.
Zhang Xuewu planned to use the First Armored Division, the First Honorary Division, the newly formed First Division, the Third Division, the Fifth Division, and the Seventh Division of the Youth Army, with the First Brigade and the Second Brigade of Field Heavy Artillery, and the First Brigade of Mobile Rocket Artillery! The 1st Armored Cavalry Reconnaissance Regiment, the Engineer Regiment, the Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment, the Anti-Chemical Regiment, the First Field Hospital, the 1st Flying Fighter Division, formed the North China Cluster, and deployed in Longhua to directly threaten the Pingjin area! Hao Wenbin served as the commander of the cluster.
The Northeast Cluster was formed with the Second Armored Division, the Tiger Division, the newly formed 2nd, 4th, 6th, and 8th Divisions of the Youth Army, the 3rd and 4th Brigades of the Field Heavy Artillery, the 2nd Mobile Rocket Artillery Brigade, the Special Reconnaissance Brigade directly under the 1st Armored Cavalry, the Engineer Regiment, the Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment, the Anti-Chemical Regiment, the Third Field Hospital, and the 3rd Flying Fighter Division.
Zhang Xuewu personally served as the commander of the Central Cluster, and under his command the Third Armored Division, the Ninth and Tenth Divisions of the Youth Army, the Fifth and Sixth Brigades of the Field Heavy Artillery, the Third Brigade of the Mobile Rocket Artillery, the Engineer Regiment, the Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment, the Chemical Defense Regiment, the Second Field Hospital, the Second Flying Fighter Division, and all the bomber units.
In Yinchuan, the 11th and 12th Divisions of the new Youth Army were used as the backbone, and the 700 grassroots officers of the Baotou Military Academy's short training class were supplemented, and the Northwest Cluster was formed with five garrison divisions transferred from various places, and the 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, and 15th Divisions of the newly formed Youth Army, the 7th Field Heavy Artillery Brigade, the 4th and 5th Mobile Rocket Artillery Brigades, the 1st Light Armed Regiment, the 2nd Light Armed Regiment, the 3rd Light Armed Regiment, the 5th and 6th Attack Aircraft Brigades, and Major General Officer Huang Tao, the General Staff Officer of the 10th Theater Theater, were the cluster commanders.
The purpose of the four combat clusters set up by Zhang Xuewu is to be flexible and mobile in operation, so as to avoid the suspicion that the subordinate units will rely too much on the staff headquarters and lack an overview of the overall strategy, and it can also be seen that Zhang Xuewu has changed the focus of the attack from the northeast to North China, because the main force of the army in North China is now digging in Jinzhou every day, and has become a gang of groundhogs.
Zhang Xuewu gathered all the elites of the 10th War Zone, and Hao Wenbin, Chen Yuxing, Li Xinkai, Wang Chuang, Xu Guohui, Zhao Xinyu, Hu Zhenglong, Gao Zhihang, Guo Xiangfei, Zhanyang, Tang Ziqiang, Zhang Tianpeng, Huang Tao, Ye Yunfei, Zhang Lingfu and others rushed back to Chengde from the front line of the troops.
Before the operational meeting, Zhang Xuewu first took out a telegram condemning the shamelessness, inaction, and non-resistance of the national political axe to a group of generals to jointly sign, and the generals attending the meeting were also said to be on fire by the Kwantung Army this time, especially in the Fifth Theater, which has more than 700,000 troops stationed in Xuzhou, has been tirelessly playing strategic deployment from beginning to end for two months? This unhurried strategic deployment did not end until it was confirmed that the Yue army had been defeated, but only a corresponding strategic deployment was made for the Chinese army in central China, and there seems to be no tendency to take the initiative to attack in the near future.
A cadre of generals led by Hao Wenbin and Xu Guohui thought that the national political axe was already a dou that could not be supported, and they had given Li Zongren so much help in the Fifth War Zone before, but in exchange for only standing still? Didn't Li Zongren even dare not accept the general's military orders abroad? In fact, Zhang Xuewu knew very well that it was not that Li Zongren did not dare, but that if Li Zongren really did this, and a large number of miscellaneous troops were all put into battle, how should the descendants of the Central Army, as the most effective troops in the Fifth War Zone, deal with themselves? What if these troops were like Towneburg and didn't listen to the tune? Obviously, Li Zongren's situation is the only one who knows him best, Zhang Xuewu.
So, the indignant generals signed a joint condemnation one after another, and everyone knew very well in their hearts that the so-called condemnation was just a gimmick by Zhang Xuewu, the real purpose was to let everyone stand in the same boat and help each other, the chairman's gold bullet and silver bullet were very tempting, but it was also necessary to consider that if you really became a traitor, how could you be trusted in the past? Moreover, the troops of the 10th Theater were adapted from the Rehe Army, which has always been repeatedly instilled and educated the vast number of officers and soldiers with a fanatical personality cult and national rejuvenation as the core concepts, and even the division commander may not be able to pull the troops away, because the company and battalion commanders below are all trainees of the Baotou Army Infantry Command College, and Zhang Xuewu is also the dean of the academy.
Looking at the deployment of one party after another to sign the joint signature, Zhang Xuewu is still very satisfied with these subordinates who are now jealous of the national political axe and can only run to the black with him, only by forming a close interest group, can the tenth theater continue to exist, and the collapse of a powerful group and fortress is often not overcome, but begins to disintegrate from the inside.
After Zhang Xuewu ordered the people to send a telegram, he began to hold a secret military meeting to study and discuss the next step of the plan for the reorganization and replacement of troops, and transferred the strategic center from attacking the three northeastern provinces back to North China, but in the northeast, it was necessary to give the Kwantung Army a huge sense of oppression, so that he himself fell into a forced strategic defense.
Zhang Xuewu was studying his strategic deployment, but in Luojia Mountain, Wuhan, someone dropped a Qianlong pot worth tens of thousands of oceans, stared at him, and Chiang Kai-shek, who was beating with green tendons on his head, tore the electricity to pieces, and scolded Zhang Xuewu and others for being the only man of the people and the people, and they were spreading rumors and slandering the supreme commander.
He Yingqin, Bai Chongxi, Zhang Qun and other cadres stood aside speechless, especially He Yingqin's insight into the whole incident can be said to be clear, it was you, Chairman Jiang, who forced Li Zongren, and instructed to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, now that the two tigers have finished fighting, he said that he was completely defeated and retreated, Zhang Xuewu naturally has to hold a grudge, and if he doesn't make a disgusting mess about you Jiang Zhongzheng, he will not be Zhang Xuewu.
As a matter of fact, this time the Kwantung Army and the North China Front Army jointly carried out a siege of the 10 th Theater, including many foreign reporters, also believe that there will be a major military operation in the Fifth Theater, and it is very likely that they will take the initiative to seek fighter planes to attack the Central China Front. But the government has always claimed that the time is not yet ripe, and now that the battle has come to an end, the Kwantung Army has fled, and even the main force of the North China Front has been chased and fled into Manchukuo? It can be said that the Fifth Theater has lost a lot of good fighters from beginning to end.
Therefore, Zhang Xuewu's power-on is like a depth charge, and Zhang Xuewu is an authentic "map cannon"! Chiang Kai-shek's anger was directly manifested in the establishment and supply approved by the Ministry of Military Affairs for the 10th Theater, and everyone knew that the Supreme Military Committee of the Central Political Axe only gave the 10th Theater a fixed establishment of 12 divisions.
The situation in the 10th War Zone is extremely special, it hangs behind the enemy alone, the replenishment of soldiers has to pass through Shanxi, and the government also secretly uses hands and feet to intercept the patriotic and enthusiastic young people who go to the 10th War Zone, resulting in Zhang Xuewu having to fight with the Second War Zone at both ends in three days, but Zhang Xuewu has the experience of killing the second war zone, and the Jin army is very afraid of Zhang Xuewu, who completely ignores it.
(To be continued)