Chapter 358: An Unexpected Discovery
Although in the previous battles, he suffered certain setbacks, and even sacrificed his division commander. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info but this army has not been completely defeated in terms of will. In the eyes of the cadres and soldiers of the army, Yang Jicai saw not gloom and gloom, but anger and unwillingness, or more shame.
In terms of obeying orders, there has never been such a thing as talking twice or negotiating the price. The most fundamental aspect of this unit is that from top to bottom, its tactical literacy is absolutely first-class among the anti-coalition forces. The tactical vision of the commanders at the grass-roots level has at least met the needs of their positions and capabilities.
I can't help but say that this unit was quite well a** by Ma Chunsheng. No matter what difficulties they faced, they did not make this force bend down. This army is used well, and it is definitely an indestructible blade. After discovering this, Yang Jicai knew that he had received a baby. With this foundation, Yang Jicai can be said to be full of confidence in this battle.
And what reassured him even more was the support behind him. The political commissar of the division looked like a good old man, but in fact he was extremely principled and never discounted the execution of the orders of his superiors. Even if he adjusts his own deployment, no matter how much he doesn't understand it, he never crosses the line to interfere in his own command, and he fully supports himself. Although he is now the acting teacher, no one will say that he is not suitable.
However, the political commissar of the division did not intervene in any military issues, but only silently continued to support himself behind him, helping him suppress some dissenting opinions of the troops below. These favorable conditions allow Yang Jicai to let go of the ideas in his heart. The only drawback is that these favorable conditions also put a lot of pressure on him.
However, for Yang Jicai, the whole division hopes to turn around as soon as possible, which brings him pressure, but also motivation and ambition. For such a force that is eager to be humiliated, Yang Jicai believes that as long as he finds the right plan for tactical adjustment. The combat effectiveness displayed by this force will be as invincible as a volcanic eruption.
Yang Jicai continued to adjust his deployment, but he never initiated any action. made the whole division a little confused. Several cadres of the 17th Division who were familiar with him knew that he was a master of artillery. In the case of insufficient troops, relying on relatively sufficient artillery, thousands of Japanese troops were defeated.
To this day, this example is still a training class for middle and high-level cadres of the military region, and it is a battle column that must be talked about during the class. Of course, the number of shells he consumed in that battle was enough to make the logistics department scold his mother for more than ten days. But all the cadres above the regiment level who knew him knew about this example, and even more so knew that this guy was not an honest man.
This example is regarded as both positive and negative in the training class. The positive example is, of course, this guy, when the situation is critical, the clever use of artillery to defeat the enemy's army, can be used as a classic example of the use of artillery fire. But the consumption of shells in that battle made the logistics department scold the thirteen Tianniang for a whole time, and also warned all the cadres. In the context of limited logistical support capabilities and military industrial capabilities, this tactic exerts tremendous pressure on logistics.
It is not strictly forbidden to use it, but it must be used with caution. This kind of sea of fire tactics was a great pressure on the logistics of the United Nations at that time, which was still very weak, and the production capacity of the military industry. According to the firepower plan, the artillery shells that could support a battlefield were all wiped out by him in a short period of time, and almost did not affect the progress of the entire battle.
But in any case, as long as you know his cadres above the regimental level, you will know where this guy is, as long as he lets him touch the troops, he is definitely not the kind of person who plays cards according to the convention. But this time, he just kept adjusting his firepower, but he remained silent on the battlefield, which made people who knew him feel a little strange.
However, it was obvious that Yang Jicai was not interested in what these people were thinking in their hearts. He was just planning according to his own mind, adjusting from firepower to tactics step by step. As Guo Bingxun's most proud disciple, Yang Jicai inherited Guo Bingxun's style of being effective and the best explanation.
As Guo Bingxun's most proud disciple, Yang Jicai, who has always been afraid of Yang Zhen, the eldest brother, from the bottom of his heart. In fact, in the experience of growing up, he was more influenced by Guo Bingxun. Even when he served as an operational staff officer for Du Kaishan for a period of time, Du Kaishan's influence on him exceeded that of Yang Zhen, the eldest brother.
Yang Zhen should be regarded as an idol for Yang Jicai in the strict sense. Or a stern one who constantly spurred his brother. What really played a key role in his growth should be his mentor Guo Bingxun. Among all the senior cadres, Du Kaishan has the most appetite for him.
Maybe he cherishes his current family very much, and he doesn't want his younger siblings to encounter anything in the future political storm, or because of his identity. After recognizing each other, Yang Zhen played more roles, playing the role of a strict father when the elderly could not be disciplined.
This also caused several younger siblings to be afraid of him like tigers, and among them, because Yang Jicai, who was a boy in the combat army, was under the most pressure. There is no way for anyone to let him be a soldier too, and he is still dangling under Yang Zhen's nose all day long, who can bear this spur. Therefore, Yang Zhen played more of a role as a whip in the process of his growth.
But if it is really Guo Bingxun who plays a decisive role in his growth, it can even be said that there is Du Kaishan. Yang Zhen, the eldest brother, played a supporting role. Maybe Yang Zhen didn't realize that his younger brother had more Guo Bingxun's imprint. Even his style on the battlefield is somewhat similar to Du Kaishan's original style, and there are not too many places like him.
This is also after Yang Zhen found out that his younger brother was somewhat close to Du Kaishan in some aspects, and later pressed him in the post of main division and deputy army for many years. I just don't want him to be promoted, and he will involuntarily participate in some aspects of the struggle.
Sometimes it's not you who take the initiative to participate, but you can't help but get involved in that position. When Yang Jicai was officially awarded the title of colonel in the late 40s, he had the rank of colonel for almost ten years. After being promoted to major general at the end of the fifties, this rank of major general was almost never brought to retirement.
Most of the time he served in the border army divisions or provincial military districts, and even when he was the commander of the field army, he always served in the border area. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Chen Hanzhang, who served as deputy chief of the general staff, had to transfer Yang Jicai to serve as deputy director of the War Department many times, but Yang Zhen suppressed him. Many people didn't even understand Yang Jicai for a while, but Yang Zhen finally insisted on doing so.
But at least for now, Yang Zhen has not yet realized this problem. Including Yang Jicai, who is making every effort to adjust his deployment at the moment, he didn't realize that he was unintentionally forced to go to the puppet Manchurian recruit training camp by the puppet sheriff, and then walked into the recruit training camp of the Anti-Japanese Federation.
Yang Jicai this time in addition to suppressing the Japanese army's deep artillery group, as well as the rocket artillery of the second and third line defense forces. The rest of the artillery groups were all disrupted, and even supported the front-line operations with a single artillery situation, which made many people who were familiar with him a little puzzled. Coupled with the strange things he asked for from his superiors, more people didn't know what this guy was going to do.
Although two days passed after agreeing to Du Kaishan, Yang Jicai still had no intention of making a move, and was still preparing unhurriedly. And over there, Du Kaishan also seemed to have formed a tacit understanding, but he didn't even make a reminder call. Du Kaishan did not urge, which made Yang Jicai greatly relieved.
And the Japanese troops in front of them in the past few days have not been unmoved. It is also taking advantage of this short period of calm to constantly adjust its deployment. The main thing is to draw a certain amount of troops from the second line to replace those formations that were disabled in the previous fierce battles. And seize the time to go to the front, hoarding ammunition and food and other materials.
Regarding the adjustment of the Japanese army in person, Yang Jicai observed it quite carefully. The Japanese army's adjustment of troops and the removal of all those units that were crippled made Yang Jicai smile on the corner of his mouth. He also found a trace of intriguing meaning from the process of the Japanese army's defense.
In addition to the adjustment of the strength of the Japanese army, in addition to the transfer of those formations that were disabled in the previous battles, all the formations were replaced. It is true that the Japanese troops were fully loaded, but in addition to the necessary ammunition, they all wore full gas masks and carried a special backpack. One of the characteristics of the withdrawn troops is that they did not carry gas masks.
This can be clearly judged from what the withdrawn Japanese troops were carrying. As a veteran, Yang Jicai is still very clear about the Japanese army's weapons, ammunition and equipment storage system. Junior officers and ordinary soldiers of the Japanese army were punished very severely if they lost the so-called official rations, that is, the standard equipment.
Occasionally, there is a loss of equipment, especially gas masks, which are generally not used in ordinary combat, but the weight is not light. However, given the strict management of equipment by the Japanese army, it is quite abnormal to say that a unit has lost all its equipment. The Japanese troops who withdrew did not carry gas masks, which can only mean that when these troops went to the front line, they did not carry them at all.
However, no matter how many troops were newly taken over, even if there was only one squad or even a combat group, the gas mask was carried with them, which attracted Yang Jicai's attention. And the backpack behind it, there must be something weird in it. Yang Jicai even believed that it was very likely that the Japanese army would use a large amount of poison gas.
In the past, in the battle with the Kwantung Army, because Yang Zhen managed to equip a large number of anti-poison equipment. In addition to a large number of Japanese-made anti-poison equipment seized on the battlefield, the Anti-Japanese Federation also brought a large number of gas masks with better performance from the German army and the Soviet army from the Soviet Union.
Therefore, in the battle, the power of the Japanese army's poison gas warfare was limited. By the later period, the Japanese army had almost ceased to use poison gas as its trump card at a critical moment. In the later stage, the Anti-Japanese Federation captured a large number of Japanese-made poison gas bombs in the northeast battlefield. In Tongliao alone, the Anti-Japanese Federation seized more than 100,000 rounds of poison gas shells of various calibers.
In this battle, in the secret warehouses of the Japanese army in Shenyang's Tangling and Benxi, as well as in Anshan's Qianshan District, Fuzhou and other areas, millions of poison gas shells and bombs of various calibers were captured. As for the gas warfare equipment such as smoke canisters and poison cartridges, the total number is even more huge.
From this point of view, the Kwantung Army was psychologically and militarily prepared for the large-scale use of poison gas warfare in the final decisive battle. However, it has not been ascertained how many poison gas bombs have fallen into the anti-Japanese coalition. The Japanese army, which was worried about the large-scale poison gas retaliation by the Anti-Japanese Union, did not even use poison gas at the last moment of the decisive battle in South Manchuria.
In addition, these weapons warehouses stockpiled with a large number of poison gas bombs have fallen into the anti-Japanese alliance under the airborne landing and large-scale interspersed tactics of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, and the Japanese army will actually have time to put these gas bombs to use. However, if the gas bomb warehouses in Shenyang, Benxi, and Anshan are not lost, then there is no guarantee whether the Kwantung Army will use them.