"The Eighteenth Division, the Fifth Division, and now they are entangled with Ma Chunsheng's troops. Their intentions are obviously a Japanese division in the Tongliao battlefield, and the Fourteenth Division that was not finally surrounded and annihilated at that time. Even if

If the three divisions on the Linxi battlefield do not join, it will be enough to put pressure on Chen Hanzhang's troops. What's more, they still have two divisions in Fengtian Province and can join the battle at any time."

"It's just that Ma Chunsheng's troops suddenly appeared in Lishu, which just disrupted the Kwantung Army's plan. If we hadn't asked Ma Chunsheng to speed up his actions, Chen Hanzhang would have been besieged on three sides during the Tongliao Campaign, or even worse.

Duo. It was the sudden appearance of Ma Chunsheng's troops that made the Kwantung Army hesitate and unprepared, which allowed Chen Hanzhang to complete it smoothly without any interference."

"And if Du Kaishan's troops reinforce the Linxi battlefield, they will use the at least equal forces formed by the three divisions and Wang Guangyu and Chen Hanzhang's troops to entangle our army on the Linxi battlefield. Concentrate the remaining troops and mobilize

The Fifth Division will first deal with Chen Hanzhang's troops in Tongliao. As long as they control the rhythm and don't take risks to advance, their tactic may not be successful."

"From the overall battle situation, if Ma Chunsheng's unexpected appearance did not break their strategic intention, their plan could even be said to have a high probability of success. For the Kwantung Army, as long as these three points are achieved,

, which is equivalent to achieving the other two points.”

"In the view of the Kwantung Army, as long as the 18th Division breaks into our depth and cuts off the supply line of Chen Hanzhang's troops, it will also pose a threat to our army's depth and cut off the connection between the Xinjing battlefield and the Western Manchuria battlefield. It can even directly threaten

On the south bank of the Songhua River, our army is on the front line of defense."

"Forcing us to put Du Kaishan's troops into the battlefield in order to ensure the safety of the flanks and rear of Chen Hanzhang's troops and maintain the offensive in the direction of Tongliao. At the same time, it can also disrupt our army's combat plan and reduce the pressure on the Xinjing battlefield. At that time, at that time

Given the development of the war situation, no matter how reluctant we are, we can only give up our attempt to hide and wait."

"The attempt to mobilize the Eighteenth Division to attack behind Chen Hanzhang's troops was not just a risky tactic adopted by the Kwantung Army in order to cut off the retreat of Chen Hanzhang's troops. The current actions of the Eighteenth Division seem to be in a hurry.

But in fact, it can be said that it was quite carefully planned, and even put a lot of thought into it. Moreover, this plan of the Japanese army is not small, and it can be said that it kills three birds with one stone."

"First, the 18th Division's detour behind Chen Hanzhang must have cut off the retreat and supply lines of Chen Hanzhang's troops, and divided the connection between Chen Hanzhang's troops and other fronts of our army. It is a strategy to prepare for the Kwantung Army's next focused counterattack on the Tongliao front line.

Intention, there is no doubt about it.”

"Second, disrupt our rear and pose a direct threat to our rear. Even if we cannot force us to transfer back to Chen Hanzhang's headquarters, we must reduce the pressure on Tongliao's front line and shake our army's determination. Third, knock on the mountain to shake the tiger, just to find out.

The true position of Du Kaishan's headquarters forces Du Kaishan's headquarters to take the initiative to appear."

"It's just that they didn't expect that the 7th Division would be wiped out in a short period of time by a combat staff officer of our army using a small number of infantry and most of the artillery. There was no threat to Lin Xi at all.

The flank of the battlefield plays a role in cooperating with the two divisions on the front."

"The accident of the 7th Division was solved in advance, so that the strength of the three Japanese divisions on the Linxi battlefield has been reduced to one out of three. At the same time, Wang Guangyu's troops can concentrate on facing the two Japanese divisions in front. They don't have to

On their flanks, there's no worry or distraction."

"At the same time, no matter whether it was on the Linxi battlefield or the direction of Tongliao, no matter when the battle situation was tense, we did not mobilize Du Kaishan's troops to participate in the battle. Even if the 18th Division penetrated deeper behind Chen Hanzhang, we would only use the original deployment in that direction

The strength of the two regiments. With the cooperation of aircraft and a large number of artillery, the tactics of weakening the enemy layer by layer were adopted to allow Du Kaishan to continue to hide and wait."

"Someone did the opposite. They transferred a reinforced division from the Xinjing battlefield to bypass the Xinjing battlefield, and forced their way south regardless of the 18th Division on the flanks. This not only ensured the safety of Chen Hanzhang's flanks, but also protected the central troops south of Xinjing.

The long railway posed a direct threat, forcing the Kwantung Army to dare not act rashly. Moreover, it formed a trident-like, simultaneous attack pattern on the battlefield in Western Manchuria."

"Ma Chunsheng's sudden appearance on the flank of the Zhongchang Railway can be said to have disrupted the Kwantung Army's original counterattack deployment, and restrained the Kwantung Army's original attack on the Japanese army on Chen Hanzhang's right wing. The only way for them to counterattack on the Tongliao line was

It forms a frontal attack, and it is impossible to concentrate superior forces to participate in the battle."

"The current situation is probably quite beyond the expectations of the Kwantung Army headquarters. With the battle going like this, it can be said that the Kwantung Army made mistakes every step of the way. After the entire seventh division was destroyed, the Linxi battlefield has entered a stalemate stage. And

On the battlefield of Tongliao, Chen Hanzhang was in danger when he attacked the front line of Tongliao with all his strength, regardless of the Eighteenth Division behind him."

"When faced with the crisis in Tongliao, the Kwantung Army could no longer take into account where Du Kaishan's headquarters was hiding and waiting, and where the battlefield would eventually appear. When it wanted to concentrate its final forces to launch a counterattack against Chen Hanzhang's headquarters, it was not only a matter of time, but

It was too late, and the plan was completely disrupted by the sudden appearance of Ma Chunsheng's troops."

"The initiative in the entire Western Manchuria campaign can be said to be firmly in our hands at present. Unless the Japanese base camp mobilizes troops from within the Pass or domestically to reinforce the Kwantung Army at all costs, they will now be unable to change the situation of the war. In other words,

Our army has already secured victory in the Western Manchuria region, and now all we need to face is the problem of how to digest it."

"But on the 1st, if we want to terminate the continuation of the campaign, it is not something we can decide unilaterally. If we want to act according to our ideas, we still need to adopt a certain confusing posture. Otherwise, once the Kwantung Army becomes vicious again,

, a cunning evil wolf, going completely crazy, maybe we will be bitten."

"The most dangerous thing on the battlefield is knowing that the opponent still has a certain strength, but never showing up on the battlefield. So not only can we not let Du Kaishan's troops appear on the battlefield at this juncture,

. We also need to find a way from the eastern front to allocate some troops to continue to hide and wait, so that the Kwantung Army can't figure out what we want to do next."

After Guo Bingxun took a sip of water, he hesitated and continued: "No. 1, in fact, we are very lucky to be able to achieve the current situation on the battlefield. If we judge every move of the Japanese army, even if it is slightly

Any mistakes may have serious consequences.”

"And every loophole we make, once caught by the Japanese army, will pose a fatal threat to us. If we are not always quick to grasp and adjust the battle situation, then the Kwantung Army's painstaking calculations will

Under this situation, our Western Manchuria campaign will probably fail, at least we will not achieve the current results."

"No. 1, at least when Wang Guangyu launched the roundabout operation, we did not expect that the Kwantung Army would use a division of the 23rd Division to weaken our strength, judge our specific dynamics, and destroy the river embankment and flood the river for them.

The tactic of using a large number of troops to win time."

"I never thought that the Kwantung Army, which has always been proud of its force, would use air attacks to destroy river embankments, artificially create floods, and create opportunities for it to reverse the situation of the war. If it succeeds, we will not only face hundreds of thousands of troops in Jiangnan and

It’s hard to say whether the equipment can be withdrawn or not.”

"Fortunately, although our aviation force's performance was unsatisfactory, it finally did not let the Kwantung Army's conspiracy succeed. But on the 1st, if we want to temporarily shrink and digest the results we have achieved, then we must take
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