Compared to the Korean battlefield, which was beginning to prepare, the battlefield in Kannai was a little strangely calm. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 In accordance with the unified deployment of the central government, in the first three months of the fourth or fifth year, the main task of the Kannai battlefield was to reserve ammunition and fuel, as well as medicine, food, and other materials.

The central authorities have demanded that in Hebei and Shandong, the ammunition reserve of the North China troops should be guaranteed for two years, the ammunition reserve for the troops entering the customs for one and a half years, and the heavy weapons and ammunition should be guaranteed to be in accordance with the five base numbers of the anti-United Nations standards. Other materials, such as oil and grain, should be used in a year and a half.

On the Bac Ninh Railway, which has just completed emergency repairs, a large number of military trains transporting supplies to the customs are moving every day. At most, 31 military trains were sent from Sujiatun Station in Shenyang to the Guannai in less than 24 hours. The Shenyang Arsenal, which has been repaired, will also start its full production capacity to make every effort to manufacture the required weapons and ammunition.

According to the existing inventory and weapon establishment, there is no need to manufacture 79 bullets and Japanese-style bullets at present. In the decisive battle of South Manchuria, the captured Japanese-style light and heavy weapons and ammunition, mainly mountain artillery shells, were enough to be used by the troops in the Guannai for several years. The seventy-nine bullets that Yang Zhen got from the Soviet Union were enough for the troops in the Guannai for three years.

The entire arsenal in Northeast China only needed to manufacture ammunition for the anti-Japanese alliance and ammunition for heavy weapons, and some bullets for German-made submachine guns to repair and refurbish the captured Japanese heavy weapons. All that remains is to produce and manufacture in full force, all sorts of aerial bombs, as well as air-to-surface rockets.

In view of the large number of captured Japanese-style weapons, at the request of the central government, Yang Zhen had terminated the plan to exchange light weapons with the Soviets in addition to German-made submachine guns and machine guns. By saving precious grain to make up for the shortage of production in the customs area, the pressure on the grain in the customs area will be relieved.

The largest grain-producing area in the entire North China base area is the Jizhong Plain in Hebei. Although Shandong's grain output is not small, it cannot be counted on until the summer grain is down for the entire four or five years. In the winter of '44 and the spring of '45, it was impossible to meet the needs of the troops and a large number of organs in the Guannai by relying on a single Jizhong Plain. The grain gap in the middle still needs to be replenished by transporting grain from the northeast into the customs.

After taking over the main force of the Anti-Japanese Federation, Mr. Lin was very determined, and at the same time, the central government also wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of the main force of the Anti-Japanese Federation to open up the connection with the main force of the New Fourth Army in northern Jiangsu. And on the basis of stabilizing the Shandong Liberated Zone, the Shandong Liberated Zone will be completely connected with the Huaibei and Northern Jiangsu bases, as well as the central and Huainan base areas.

The central government's intention to sweep through the two regions is not only a strategic need, but also a need for the overall situation in the entire Jianghuai region. The pressure on the two base areas of central Jiangsu and Huainan, which are located south of the Huai River, suddenly doubled after the Japanese army shrank to Huainan on a large scale and increased the Huaihe defense line in eastern Anhui and northern Jiangsu.

Although the local puppet army was already unstable, the Japanese army was greatly increased under the premise that the Japanese army had greatly increased from Shou County in the west to Funing in the east between the Jianghuai River. Originally, the situation in the relatively stable Soviet Union and Huainan, the two richest base areas among the major enemy base areas, took a sharp turn for the worse.

On the one hand, the Japanese army continued to increase its strength and build fortifications along the Huai River. On the one hand, in order to collect enough food, ensure the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army in Central China, and clear the threat behind the Huai River defense line. Constantly organize a large force of troops to carry out sweeping on the two lines of the Jinpu Road and the northern and central Jiangsu regions.

The situation in the entire Jianghuai region, which was originally relatively stable, took a sharp turn for the worse in a short period of time. The Huainan and Soviet-Chinese Military Regions have entered the most difficult stage. However, in view of the overall strategic situation, it is not realistic to temporarily withdraw the two military regions to the south. In order to meet the strategic needs of the New Fourth Army in the Soviet-Chinese and Huainan base areas, as well as the overall strategic needs, the central authorities are making plans to launch the Jianghuai Campaign.

In view of the huge consumption in the campaign, the task of the North China troops at present is to rush to repair the Tianjin-Pudong Railway south of the Yellow River and build bridges on the rivers north of the Huai River to ensure logistical supplies and troop mobility in wartime. and hoarding strategic materials to ensure the supply of ammunition and materiel in wartime. At the same time, before being transferred to the pass, the anti-coalition troops that had just finished the South Manchurian campaign also needed a period of rest and replenishment.

While the troops were still in the preparatory stage, in order to respond to and support the two major base areas of Huainan and the Soviet Union and China, they fought almost continuously with the Japanese army. The air force transferred to the Kannai battlefield by the Anti-Japanese Union took the lead in finishing rest and recuperating and entering the battle, regardless of fatigue after a major battle.

It constantly airdropped ammunition and supplies to the two major base areas, and at the same time dispatched attack aircraft groups to carry out aerial fire strikes against the sweeping troops dispatched by the Japanese army. However, the ground operation cannot be launched for the time being. What the troops transferred to the north of the Huai He can do at the moment is to continuously carry out fire strikes on the Japanese positions south of the Huai River.

At the same time, a large number of troops were mobilized north of the Huai River to bluff in order to contain most of the Japanese army along the Huai River. However, for the Jianghuai Campaign that the central government is preparing to launch next, Mr. Lin, as the commander-in-chief of the campaign, is still very cautious. The Jianghuai region is not the northeast, where the water web is vertical and horizontal, and the rivers are as dense as spider webs.

In addition, after the Huayuankou embankment burst, the Yellow River seized the Huai River into the sea, and a large amount of water from the Huai River had nowhere to vent, and the entire Huainan area was full of lakes. Under this kind of terrain, whether the heavy troops of the Anti-Japanese Union, especially the armored forces, can still play a role, is a deep concern for Mr. Lin.

The situation along the Huai River is also quite complicated, and the area west of Shou County is the newly established 10th Theater of Operations in Chongqing, where a group army, the main force of the Gui system, and a group army each of the Sichuan Army and the Northeast Army are stationed. At the same time, the situation in eastern Anhui is also relatively complicated.

If the two countries and the three parties are mixed together, if they adopt the large-scale roundabout and interspersed tactics of the Hebei battlefield, it will not affect the domestic political situation. If northern Jiangsu is chosen to carry out an assault, the river network is too dense, and at the same time, the main strength and firepower of the Japanese army are also deployed in this direction.

For this reason, in the preparation stage of the campaign, Mr. Lin continued to fly to the northeast to study and discuss with Yang Zhen the next step of the central government's combat situation. Yang Zhen, who is a bad debt himself, can only discuss with Mr. Lin, the second mentor who returned to this era, especially the military mentor.

The terrain of the entire Jianghuai operation was also the first time for Yang Zhen that there were many large and small rivers and a dense network of rivers. Although it fought in Hebei and the Liaozhong battlefield, the Anti-Japanese Federation also faced the dense river area. But it was the first time he had experienced such a dense river in the Jianghuai region.

Compared with the terrain is better, but the three parties are entangled, and the situation is relatively complicated, there are more rivers in northern Jiangsu where Mr. Lin has formulated the main direction of attack. Even the area south of Yancheng can be described as many. The use of armored forces will inevitably affect the speed of the troops' assault. If armored forces are used, there are a number of topographical constraints on this battlefield.

After studying for a long time, Yang Zhen believed that tank troops should still be used. But to equip the armored forces with a large number of sappers, as well as tools for building bridges. Yang Zhen suggested that if northern Jiangsu was chosen as a breakthrough, then each tank could be given a certain number of bridge-building tools.

At the same time, among the tanks invested, you can choose the American-made M-3 and M-5 light tanks, as well as the British-made Crusader cruiser tank, the German-made No. 3 tank, these light tanks and tanks with less overall weight. The heaviest four and t three-four tanks were used as second-line echelons.

In the choice of the main attack direction, Yang Zhen prudently suggested that Mr. Lin should not choose a direction in northern Jiangsu as the main attack direction, and should adopt the tactics of advancing east and west, assaulting on both flanks, and attacking centripetally. If you have any concerns about choosing eastern Anhui as the direction of the assault, then the main direction of attack on the western front can be placed on the Huainan Railway, which the Japanese army is currently focusing on.

At present, although there is a group army with the main force of the Gui system in Anhui, its garrison area is mainly in the Dabie Mountains. In the eastern Anhui Plain, control is relatively weak. In the areas east of Hefei and Chaoxian, there were no troops except for some miscellaneous armed forces under their banners.

And this area is the scope of activity of our Huainan Military Region, whether it is from the perspective of the mass base or from the topography, if this direction is chosen as the route of the western front, it is still possible. And this line is only a few hundred kilometers away from the battlefield in Guannai, where the headquarters of the Japanese invasion of China is located.

Once a breakthrough is opened from this direction, the Japanese army's forces will be mobilized on a large scale, which can create favorable fighters for subsequent operations. Although the number of rivers in this direction is also quite large, it is also located in the eastern part of the Jianghuai hills. But the more such terrain there is, the more favorable it is for the suddenness of the campaign.

Yang Zhen's meaning and thoughts are interspersed with actions, and it is enough to avoid the main control area of the Tenth War Zone located in the Dabie Mountains of western Anhui, and there is no need to take too much into account. If, in the process of interspersing, the Chongqing side takes action against the interspersed troops, I am afraid that the Americans, who now have the source of their arms, will not agree.

And with Chongqing's current mentality, it may not really do it. I can't figure out that for this campaign launched by the central government, I can't be happy to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight. Therefore, Yang Zhen's suggestion to Mr. Lin is to adopt the tactics of centripetal attack after the two wings are quickly interspersed. The focus of the blow was on the Japanese troops south of the Huai River, along the Jinpu Road.

Although the entire defensive posture of the Japanese army seems to be the key direction in northern Jiangsu, in fact, it is still focused on Jinpu Road and Huainan Road. As long as Mr. Lin can encircle the Japanese army's western group between Jinpu Road and Huainan Road, the enemy in northern Jiangsu will be in a position where it is difficult to hold on alone.

Compared with the integration of the troops of the Huaibei Military Region and the troops of the Shandong Military Region that can fight in the south, the Japanese army can use the abundant troops in his hands, and the Japanese army is fighting on three sides. Not only the troops of the Soviet-Chinese Military Region and the Huainan Military Region are also constantly carrying out anti-sweeping operations.

Even Chongqing, to the west of the Japanese-occupied area, also needed to send troops to defend. In the Dabie Mountains of western Anhui, there are also three group armies in Chongqing. Although it is a local miscellaneous brand, the Japanese army is still more scruples about the combat effectiveness of the Gui system. Regardless of whether the 10 th Theater will use this fighter to take the initiative to attack, the Japanese army must leave part of its forces in western Anhui to ensure the safety of the entire left flank of the Huaihe defense line.

Yang Zhen meant that in this Jianghuai operation, the first difficulty was to ensure the speed of the armored troops' advance in the water network zone where the Jianghuai River was overcome, and the second point was to cut off the connection between the Japanese army's cluster in northern Jiangsu and the cluster in eastern Anhui. As long as these two things are done, then there will be no big surprises in this battle.

But the key problem will appear in the closing stage. If the 10th War Zone takes advantage of the rout of the Japanese army to seize territory, it will probably be a trouble for Mr. Lin to finish. As for the 10th theater in the early stage of the campaign, including the idea of Chongqing sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, it may be more likely.

When discussing with Mr. Lin the whole idea of the Jianghuai operation, Yang Zhen suggested that Mr. Lin should still have some targeted deployment on the left flank, so as not to be made passive as a whole at that time. If necessary, the Fifth Division of the New Fourth Army, which was active in the eastern Henan region after retreating north, could be deployed on the left flank of the entire battlefield along with the south.