"Yisheng believes that it is inappropriate to encircle and annihilate the Soviet army on the west bank of the Orkhon River"

As soon as Tao Rong's words came out, Song Zhewu suddenly stopped and looked at Tao Rong in surprise. The expression on his face, especially the tightly knit brow, showed that Song Zhewu's mood towards Fu Zuoyi and the Western Front Battle was both worried and worried at this time, and there was even some anger that could not be concealed.

As the war is about to start, Fu Zuoyi, as the commander-in-chief of the campaign on the Western Front, suddenly has doubts about the battle plan, and this is not a good phenomenon, which will seriously affect the commander's determination to fight, and if it is not done well, it may even affect the final result of the campaign.

Li Wentian explained: "That's right, Yisheng went to Fortress No. 1 a few days ago to inspect the battle situation. ”

Glancing at Liang Zhongjia, who had been silent, Li Wentian said: "He also made a special trip here to learn from Zixin about the operational characteristics of the Soviet army and the specific combat situation of the great victory in Manchuria at that time. After Yisheng returned, he sent a telegram to Chief of Staff Tao and me, saying, "The fierceness of Soviet artillery fire is something he has never seen in his life, and hundreds of planes are a great threat to our ground field troops." He believed that encircling and annihilating the Soviet army on the west bank of the Erhun River, which was flat, would inflict huge casualties on our troops. Moreover, after the annihilation of the Soviet army on the Western Road, it did not necessarily prompt the Soviet army to withdraw from Northern Mongolia. Therefore, he proposed to change the place of operation. ”

In Song Zhewu's heart, Fu Zuoyi is a brave and resourceful, resolute and good fighter. He never thought that Fu Zuoyi had a new idea just after understanding and seeing the strength of the Soviet army, did he Fu Zuoyi think that others did not know the fierce artillery fire of the Soviet army? Didn't even know that the Soviet army had air superiority? Or did he not understand the strategic importance of this battle for the defense of Northern Mongolia? Or, could it be that Fu Zuoyi has a fear of war?

Thinking of this, Song Zhewu was not only annoyed, but also angry, to be exact, the anger in his heart burned all at once.

Although it is said that the army is impermanent and the water is impermanent, it is also common to change formations in battle. However, at this moment, there are only five days left before the Soviet troops on the western route arrive at the ambush site, and it is already very difficult to change the ambush location, and if the opportunity to destroy the Soviet troops on the western route is lost, the battle situation in Northern Mongolia will take a sharp turn for the worse, and it is very likely that it will be difficult to achieve the operational goal of holding Northern Mongolia.

Song Zhewu even regrets it now, handing over the command of the Western Front to Fu Zuoyi. If it was Zhang Yafei, he would never have made such a suggestion at this time. Moreover, as long as Song Zhewu strictly ordered him, Zhang Yafei would no longer have any ideas, and would only concentrate on fighting this battle.

Song Zhewu thought in his heart that this was probably Fu Zuoyi's stinking mistake of repeatedly teaching and reluctantly preserving his strength.

Song Zhewu forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, frowned, and asked in an unkind tone: "I approved this plan, what does Fu Yisheng think is wrong?" ”

The anger, dissatisfaction, and even extreme disappointment on Song Zhewu's face, Tao Rong, Li Wentian, and Liang Zhongjia all saw it in their eyes, and they all secretly sweated for Fu Zuoyi.

Li Wentian glanced at Tao Rong, lowered his head and didn't make a sound, it was the first time he saw Song Zhewu so angry, and if he wanted to persuade Song Zhewu at this moment, only Tao Rong's words had the most weight.

Anyone can not speak, but Tao Rong, as the deputy chief of staff in charge of operations, can actually even be said to be the chief of staff of the Fourth Route Army, but because of Xiao Guodong, his chief of staff only hung a sub-word.

Although this battle plan was approved by Song Zhewu, he presided over the formulation of the plan, and he knew the advantages and disadvantages of the plan very well. As the de facto chief of staff of the Fourth Route Army, it was his duty to find out that there was something wrong with the battle plan and correct it in a timely manner. In order to preserve his own dignity, to be jealous of the virtuous and to crack down on dissenting opinions, this is the chief of staff's great taboo, especially in combat, and he must find a way to make his commander-in-chief accept the correct opinion. …,

However, many years of career as chief of staff also made Tao Rong very good at figuring out the thoughts of the chief officer, and he understood what made Song Zhewu so angry.

Tao Rong pondered for a while, and said softly: "Yisheng also asked me to tell the commander that if the commander insists on implementing the current battle plan of encircling and annihilating the Soviet army on the West Road, the task of blocking the middle road to reinforce the Soviet army will be the most difficult, and his 35th Army is willing to undertake this task, even if he fights to the last man, he Fu Zuoyi will go up by himself." ”

Tao Rong did not directly answer Song Zhewu's question, but first showed Song Zhewu that Fu Zuoyi's move was not selfish. He knew that as long as Song Zhewu thought that Fu Zuoyi was not just thinking about himself, Song Zhewu's anger would subside. He believes that Song Zhewu, who has calmed down, will definitely accept the correct opinion.

Sure enough, after learning that Fu Zuoyi was not trying to preserve his strength, but did have some new ideas, Song Zhewu's anger immediately calmed down.

Although Tao Rong didn't say it, Song Zhewu could see that Li Wentian and Tao Rong, the formulator of this plan, were inclined to Fu Zuoyi's new proposal in terms of attitude.

Song Zhewu thought about it carefully, this battle plan was formulated under the auspices of Tao Rong, and Tao Rong was willing to go along with Fu Zuoyi's new proposal regardless of gains and losses, which showed that Fu Zuoyi's proposal had merit. Maybe Fu Zuoyi has a better way? Even if the original plan remains unchanged, it doesn't hurt to listen to Fu Zuoyi's advice.

In Liang Zhongjia's war room, Tao Rong pointed to the map and introduced Fu Zuoyi's idea to Song Zhewu.

Fu Zuoyi believed that encircling and annihilating the Soviet army on the western route in a flat place on the west bank of the Erhun River certainly had the advantage of being easier for our army to annihilate the enemy. But. The west bank of the Erhun River is too close to the Soviet army in the center, and the rescue of the Soviet army in the center is convenient, and the task of blocking the reinforcements will be very arduous and difficult. ”

Besides, even if the 80,000 Soviet troops were encircled and annihilated in a relatively flat place, Yisheng believed that it would be impossible to do it without more than half a month. During this period, the troops that served as blocking and reinforcing troops suffered so many casualties under the attack of the Soviet troops on both sides that needless to say, it is difficult to say whether they can complete the task of blocking the enemy. It is very easy to have a situation in which hundreds of thousands of our troops and nearly 300,000 Soviet troops in the west and the west are fighting in a melee, and in that case, the battle situation will inevitably develop into a decisive situation, which is very unfavorable to our army. ”

In a decisive battle with the Soviet army, the Fourth Route Army will not take any advantage, although Song Zhewu is very confident in his troops, but it has not yet reached the point of arrogance, the strength of the Fourth Route Army is far from reaching the level of the Soviet army, which he is self-aware. Now for a decisive battle, that is the situation that Blyukhel would like to see the most,

Tao Rong continued: "Yisheng thinks that the most important thing is that even if our army annihilates the Soviet army on the Western Road under such circumstances, the casualties will be very huge, and the main force of our army will probably be unable to fight again at that time." ”

"At that time, although 80,000 Soviet troops were annihilated, they could not hold North Mongolia. Victory in battle, but defeat in strategy. ”

"Victory in battle, but defeat in strategy." This sentence shocked Song Zhewu a lot.

Although Song Zhewu is a traverser, it does not mean that his military command ability is stronger than that of people of this era, he is not an all-rounder, which he himself knows very well. Even in his previous life, he was not a military enthusiast who was adept at talking on paper. His military command ability only comes from the memory of the real "Song Zhewu" of this era, the experience and practice of the past few years, and many classic combat examples in his previous life.

Outstanding military talent is not only impossible, but will never come from textbooks, but depends on one's understanding and spirituality. For example, Xu Haidong, a potter, is a prime example.

Through several years of war practice in Dabie Mountain, Xu Haidong has accumulated rich experience in warfare, and he can often judge the opponent's strength and firepower as soon as he engages with the enemy. When he fought against the encircled and suppressed national army in Geteng Mountain in western Anhui, he annihilated two enemy regiments in one fell swoop with less than 2,000 troops. He only lost 7 people and wounded 30 people, creating an astonishing battle loss ratio of 100:1. …,

Liu Shuchun, the commander of the captured national army, admired Xu Haidong's command of this battle, and asked Xu Haidong in person: "How many phases are you in Huangpu?" ”

Xu Haidong replied: "I have never listened to Baoding's class, nor have I entered the door of Huangpu, I graduated from 'Qingshan University'."

Xu Haidong is true of this, except for a few days when Ye Ting was the regiment commander and served as the acting platoon commander of the 34th Regiment of the Fourth Army for a few days, all his experience in military command came from guerrilla warfare after he returned to Dabie Mountain. It was obtained entirely by his own extraordinary spirituality and understanding.

Xu Haidong, who is extremely good at fighting, was once offered the highest reward by Chiang Kai-shek, offering a reward of 250,000 oceans for Xu Haidong's head. Mao Taizu called him "a person who has made great contributions to China", while Chairman Jiang of the Nationalist Government denounced him as "a great harm to civilization". These are enough to show the weight of Xu Haidong.

Song Zhewu is very self-aware, because he has nearly a hundred years of historical accumulation than others, and in terms of strategy, he is not inferior to the heroes of this era, but in terms of tactics, he is far behind. The use of superb tactics requires keen observation and decisive improvisation.

In this era, both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party have produced many outstanding military strategists, and Fu Zuoyi is undoubtedly one of them. As long as it is out of public intentions, any suggestion by Fu Zuoyi should be taken seriously by him.

"What are Fu Yisheng's specific thoughts?"

Song Zhewu's question made Tao Rong and Li Wentian secretly relieved. As for the fierce firepower of the Soviet army, not only Tao Rong, who had not fought with the Soviet army, could not imagine it when he drew up the battle plan in Taiyuan, but even Li Wentian, who had participated in the great victory in Manchuria, did not expect that the Soviet army would show its true strength this time.

In the Battle of Manchuria, the Soviet army did not take Zhang Xueliang's Northeast Army into account at all, and the military preparations were not sufficient. However, after the defeat in Manchuria, the Soviet army from top to bottom had a new understanding of the Chinese army, so the military preparations for this attack on North Mongolia were quite sufficient; although these troops were not as elite as the Soviet army in the European part, they could surpass the Chinese army by a large margin in terms of firepower and combat effectiveness, and it was completely an inevitable posture.

After Tao Rong inspected the battle situation in Northern Mongolia, he also felt that there was something wrong with the plan he had made. After carefully studying Fu Zuoyi's suggestion, he had completely agreed with Fu Zuoyi's new suggestion in his heart.

Tao Rong pointed to the map and said: "Yisheng's suggestion is to abandon the plan to encircle and annihilate the Soviet army on the west bank of the Orkhon River, let the Soviet army on the west road go south, and set up the battlefield at the southern foot ......of Bogda Mountain".