Chapter 1542 The Wall Falls and Everyone Pushes It
Chapter 1542 The wall fell and everyone pushed it
Author: Expeditionary Soldier
Chapter 1542 The wall fell and everyone pushed it
Then the conference room fell into silence.
The emergence of the Japanese BF109 will indeed be a trouble. The Japanese do not even need to produce many BF109s. They only need a few dozen to match the long-range "Feiyan" and put a lot of pressure on the Eighth Route Army's "Pull 5"...
The "La 5" itself has the disadvantage of short range. Its only advantage is that it is faster than the "Feiyan". If the Japs add the faster range BF109 to cooperate, it will surpass the Eighth Route Army in both speed and range.
More importantly, the BF109 has a metal fuselage and has much better defense than the "La 5". In addition, the Japanese pilots are more trained and have more combat experience. What will the "La 5" use to fight the Japanese?
The chief of staff lit a cigarette, stared at the map and said: "Except for a few mountain ranges, most of the northeastern area is flat. Although it is suitable for mechanized troops to fight, such terrain requires high air superiority. The Japanese may have seen this.
A little bit, that’s why we decided on air supremacy!”
The chief seemed to have thought of something and asked: "How is our air defense system? Can it work?"
Wang Xuexin shook his head and replied: "The air defense system is still being upgraded. After the upgrade, it will be lighter and more reliable. The previous shortcomings of being unable to follow the troops and having a high failure rate may be gone. However, the missile has a limited range and can only be used in a small range.
Achieve air defense within the territory!”
The chief nodded. He actually understood that anti-aircraft missiles were transported on the ground after all, and they were both cars and missiles. It was quite good to be able to travel forty or fifty kilometers an hour.
But airplanes can reach speeds of five, six or even seven hundred per hour. During wartime, if the enemy planes had not actively broken into the airspace of the air defense system, there would be almost nothing they could do to the enemy.
The chief of staff sighed and said: "Originally we were planning to attack Fengtian, but now it seems..."
Wang Xuexin was stunned and asked: "Chief of Staff, do we have a plan to attack Fengtian?"
The chief nodded and continued: "It's not that we have a plan to attack Fengtian, but it's too critical to attack Fengtian!"
The leader pointed to two points in Fengtian on the map and said: "The Japanese have two arsenals in Fengtian, one is the Fengtian Ordnance Factory and the other is the 'South Manchu Army Arsenal'. These two arsenals provide almost the entire Northeast and even the invading China."
If Fengtian can capture the Japs' weapons, equipment and ammunition, it will not only cause a huge blow to their supplies, but will also split the Japs in half into two areas that cannot be connected!"
After being told this by the chief, Wang Xuexin discovered that it was true: Chifeng had been recaptured by the Eighth Route Army, and the area west of Chifeng was under the control of the Eighth Route Army. If they could go east and capture Fengtian, they would divide the Japanese into two parts.
The devil felt uncomfortable.
Wang Xuexin never thought about this because he always thought that the Eighth Route Army did not have that strength. Even now, Wang Xuexin has not changed his mind.
"Chief!" Wang Xuexin said: "The Japanese Kwantung Army has dozens of divisions. Not to mention others, there are seven divisions in Fengtian. Can we handle such a large number of troops?"
(Note: The Japanese originally had eight divisions in Fengtian. After the 39th Division was transferred to reinforce Chifeng, only seven divisions were left)
Wang Xuexin continued: "And what we have to face is not just the seven divisions stationed in Fengtian. Once Fengtian is attacked, the Japanese will immediately send reinforcements from other areas. We will probably have to face the Japanese in the entire Kanto region."
military!"
The chief nodded and agreed with Wang Xuexin's analysis.
Moreover, the Japanese reinforcements from other directions are likely to arrive quickly, because the Japanese have established a relatively complete railway line in the northeast.
Even the reinforcements to Fengtian may not only be the Japanese Kwantung Army, but also the North China Front Army. By then, the Japanese will be almost endless.
The chief of staff sighed and said: "We are also hesitating whether to fight or not. After regaining Chifeng, we have gained space and time for development. Logically speaking, this should be the time for us to develop for a period of time and accumulate strength. On the other hand, if we
Attacking Fengtian... is like poking a hornet's nest. The Japanese are likely to concentrate all their forces on our army, which is inconsistent with the strategy we formulated before!"
This strategy should be said to be formulated by Wang Xuexin, that is, fight to the north without cutting off the Japs' lines of communication, so that the Japs can continue to transport troops south to put pressure on the stubborn army. Otherwise, the stubborn army will sit on the mountain and watch the fight between tigers and will not contribute at all.
, which is also detrimental to the national war of resistance.
However, the chief of staff changed the topic and said: "However, the importance of Fengtian makes us feel that we can make a bet. If we win the bet, the enemy's combat effectiveness will change from strong to weak, even though we have cut off the enemy's traffic.
The front line allows them to regard us as their main target, but if the stubborn army knows that the enemy is gone, and the people across the country know that the enemy is gone, is it possible that they will all join in this fierce war of resistance?"
After listening to the words of the Chief of Staff, Wang Xuexin understood that the attack on Fengtian was not only to destroy the Japanese arsenal and divide the Japanese into two parts, but also to awaken the determination of the people across the country and even the recalcitrant troops to fight.
What the chief of staff said is indeed possible.
There is a saying that "if the wall falls, everyone will push it"... If everyone thinks that the wall will not fall, no one will push the wall, because everyone thinks that it is a waste of effort.
This is just like everyone thinks that the Japanese cannot be defeated. At this time, few people will resist the war. Most of them want to protect themselves wisely. Only hard-core soldiers like the Eighth Route Army will fight against the Japanese.
But if everyone knows that the wall is going to fall or thinks that the wall is going to fall, they will step forward to increase their strength, and then the wall will fall faster.
For example, will the stubborn army still maintain its attitude of sitting on the mountain and watching the fight between tigers and tigers?
The stubborn army will have to worry that if this continues, the Eighth Route Army will fully take over the Japanese industries in the Northeast, and gain the recognition of the people through victory after victory, and will become stronger and stronger, right?
What will happen to the stubborn army then?
Therefore, at this time, the stubborn soldiers, both public and private, must go out of Chongqing to seek to fight the Japanese and gain some fruits of victory, otherwise they are destined to be abandoned by the Chinese people and eventually eliminated.
This is what the leader and chief of staff want, and this is also the real strategic goal of their plan to attack Fengtian.
If it were before, it would indeed be possible to defeat Fengtian:
The air defense system is upgraded, T44 is mass-produced, "La 5" competes for air supremacy, and guerrillas cooperate to destroy railways and roads... Although it will be difficult, there is hope for victory.
However, now, if the Japanese have BF109 and the Eighth Route Army loses air supremacy, it will be almost an impossible task to attack Fengtian.
After thinking for a while, Wang Xuexin said: "Commander, Chief of Staff, let me think about it and see if there is any way to deal with the Japanese new fighter planes!"