However, when Maruyama Masao asked, Ishihara Kanji instantly realized that the entire Seventh Army must change its thinking, because they are no longer defending Chita. Now the Seventh Army is engaged in offensive operations, and the tactical principles of offensive operations are the same.
Defensive operations are completely different. If you still use the same tactical thinking when defending Chita, you will be in big trouble.
It seems that it is necessary to convene the division commanders and chiefs of staff of each division to hold a staff meeting.
Immediately, Ishihara Kanji issued an order to suspend the night attack on Tieling, and asked the division commanders and chiefs of staff of each infantry division, armored division, and chief of staff of the Seventh Army to attend an emergency staff meeting at the headquarters.
Two hours later, the division commanders and chiefs of staff of seven infantry divisions and two armored divisions arrived. In addition to these division commanders and chiefs of staff, the meeting was also attended by general-level staff officers from the headquarters.
, plus Kanji Ishihara and Chief of Staff Yano Otonzaburo of the Seventh Army, dozens of generals almost crowded the temporary conference room.
"Gentlemen!" Yano Otonzaburo stood up to speak first, his cold eyes swept over the faces of the dozens of generals present, and then continued, "You must have heard about the Second Division's offensive against Tieling today.
After passing it, the result was very unsatisfactory! Not only did we suffer heavy losses, but we were not able to capture the entire city!"
After a pause, Yano Otonzaburo continued: "Until now, there are still at least 500 Chinese troops entrenched in Nancheng District, resisting stubbornly. Your Excellency, the Commander, is very dissatisfied with the result, so he specially ordered to call this time.
Staff meeting, I hope you can speak freely and propose constructive tactics! In order to end the Battle of Tieling as soon as possible."
"Let me add one more thing." Ishihara Wan'er knocked on the table and added, "Forget the glory of Chita, let alone bring Chita's tactics to Tieling or Fengtian, because the imperial army in Chita is fighting defensively, but
In Tieling or Fengtian, it is an offensive operation, so we must make a fundamental change!"
After finishing speaking, Ishihara smiled and pointed at his head.
A low whisper immediately sounded in the conference room.
Obviously, what Ishihara Wanji said touched everyone.
After a while, a major general staff officer from the headquarters took the lead and said: "Your Excellency, Commander, our Seventh Army was the defensive side in the Battle of Chita, so the defensive tactics adopted on the Chita battlefield are not applicable to Manchuria, but in Chita
The battle with the Soviet army on the battlefield still has certain reference significance."
Ishihara smiled and nodded: "What kind of reference significance does it have?"
Major General Gao Shenton first said: "In the Chita battlefield, faced with the large number of rocket launchers equipped by the imperial army and easy to carry, the Soviet tanks basically played no role in the critical battle. Then, for the same reason, since the Chahar Independent Regiment is also equipped with
With a large number of individual rocket launchers, our armored forces will have a hard time functioning in critical battles."
After Major General Gao Shen finished speaking, most of the division commanders and chiefs of staff present nodded their heads.
"Sodes." Ishihara Wanji also nodded happily and added, "What Mr. Koizumi said is absolutely true. It seems that in the following battles of Tieling and Fengtian, the 1st Armored Division and the 2nd Armored Division can only
Become a spectator."
After a short pause, Ishihara Wanji said to the division commanders of the two armored divisions: "But you two don't have to be depressed. If nothing else happens, Xu Rui's troops will definitely break through Fengtian in the end.
When the Chahar Independent Regiment breaks through, it will be the time when you two show up behind you!"
"Hai!" The division commanders of the two armored divisions nodded heavily.
The two armored division commanders looked frustrated on the surface, but in fact they were secretly relieved, because if they were to fight like this during the day, their two armored divisions would not be able to sustain it for too long. If you think about it, they would lose a tank squadron a day.
, a tank regiment can be lost in four days, and an armored division can be lost in eight days.
What's more, their two armored divisions are still called two divisions, but in fact there is only one division left, because in the previous Battle of Chita, in order to resist the attack of the Soviet Red Army, their two armored divisions
The losses were very heavy, so now that they heard that they no longer had to participate in arduous street fighting, the two division commanders couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Ishihara Wanji turned his attention to the major general's staff officer who had just spoken, and asked: "Koizumi-kun, do you have any other suggestions?"
"Hai!" the major general's staff officer paused again and said, "Your Excellency, Commander, I don't have a high opinion, but I do have a little humble opinion."
"Koizumi-kun is so humble." Ishihara smiled and said, "Tell me, have you come up with any good ideas?"
The major general's staff paused and said: "Your Excellency, Commander, if the armored forces cannot participate in the attack, then our Seventh Army will lack effective heavy weapons in street battles. Considering that the Chahar Independent Regiment is equipped with the same Soviet ordnance.
, in terms of small arms firepower, our Seventh Army is even at a disadvantage."
Ishihara smiled and nodded: "This is exactly what I am worried about."
The major general staff officer added: "However, aviation bombing and artillery shelling have limitations, and it is difficult to completely destroy the enemy's defenses in the city. Therefore, in order to win this small-scale street battle in Tieling City, our Seventh Army
I’m afraid we have to find a simpler but more effective way to attack the problem.”
"A simpler but more effective way to attack difficulties?" Ishihara smiled, "What method?"
"Demolish the city!" the major general's staff officer laughed ferociously and said word by word, "Demolish the Nancheng District of Tieling!"
"Nani?" Ishihara Wan'er was stunned when he heard this, and the dozens of generals present also looked at each other in shock.
After a long while, Ishihara smiled and said unhappily: "Koizumi-kun, are you kidding me?"
The major general's staff officer shook his head and said: "Your Excellency, Commander, how can you dare to joke about such an important staff meeting in such a humble position?"
"Then tell me, how are you going to demolish the southern part of Tieling?" Ishihara Wan'er said angrily, "With the several engineer regiments of our Seventh Army, we won't be able to demolish the southern part of Tieling until next year."
The major general's staff officer said with a sinister smile: "Of course it's not possible to rely on a few engineering regiments of our Seventh Army alone, but if all the Chinese people from all the towns and villages around Tieling are gathered together, it will be possible! If there are not enough people nearby, we can also
We can gather all the people around Siping and even around Xinjing."
"Nani? Are you calling on Chinese people to demolish it?"
"It's a good idea, but it's not conducive to long-term peace and stability."
"Yes, the security situation in Manchukuo has finally improved, but once this strategy is adopted, it will easily cause the people of Manchukuo to have a rebellious mentality."
The conference room immediately erupted in whispers.
Ishihara Wanji's expression also changed again and again, because the method mentioned by Staff Officer Koizumi is a double-edged sword. If this method is adopted, it is indeed very easy to capture the Nancheng District of Tieling, but in the long run, it is
The consequences are endless, because what is hurt is the people's hearts and minds in Manchukuo. People's hearts and minds are invisible and intangible, but their power is infinite!
Otherwise, the North China Front Army would not have to go to great lengths to implement the Three Nos policy in North China.
It is a pity that before the Three Nos policy implemented by the North China Front could bear fruit, it was met with a blitzkrieg by Xu Rui's Chahar Independent Regiment. Then all efforts were in vain. In Manchuria, the Chinese resistance movements one after another finally succeeded
After being suppressed, if it resurgences because of this, then the gains outweigh the losses.
At that moment, Ishihara smiled and said: "I still have to think about this matter. Please continue to speak."
There was not much to talk about in the following meeting, because there were only those traditional attack tactics. No matter how many staff meetings Ishihara Kanji convened, he could not come up with any new ones.
The discussion lasted until around ten o'clock, when Ishihara smiled and announced the adjournment of the meeting.
Then in the early hours of the morning, Ishihara Wanji finally made up his mind. The old Japanese finally decided to adopt this extremely vicious tactics, and then asked Yano Otonzaburo to give orders to the surrounding towns that were still under the control of the Japanese army, and let the military police everywhere
In the name of building fortifications, the team drove local people to Tieling to demolish the city.
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Tieling, Nancheng District.
The more than 500 remaining soldiers of the first battalion built three lines of defense inside and outside based on the two blocks in Nancheng District. These three lines of defense are also the last lines of defense. Once these three lines of defense are broken through by the Japanese, it means that
The whole army of the First Battalion was wiped out! Therefore, today is very likely to be the last day in the lives of all the officers and soldiers of the First Battalion.
However, there was no trace of fear in He Guangming's heart, only deep regret, or guilt.
What makes He Guangming feel guilty is that the First Battalion failed to complete the task assigned by the regiment leader. They failed to hold Tieling for at least ten days, but fell on the second day. Yes, that's right, He Guangming thought they
The first battalion cannot survive today. Judging from the intensity of the Japanese attack yesterday, they will not be able to survive until the evening at most.
But even so, He Guangming will never give up easily before the last moment arrives.
So right now, He Guangming is patrolling the position with his guards to see where there are any loopholes in the defense?
After a round of inspection, He Guangming did not find any loopholes. The rest were veterans who had experienced hundreds of battles. War was as normal to them as eating and sleeping, so how could they make mistakes?
However, what surprised He Guangming was that the sun had already risen, but the Japs’ aviation force had not yet flown in to bomb them, and the Japs’ artillery had not moved at all! Ordinarily, at this time, their first battalion was stationed.
Shouldn't the Nancheng District of Guangzhou have been blown up into a sea of flames by Japanese aviation and artillery a long time ago?
Just when He Guangming was feeling puzzled, a sentry hidden on the roof of a private house in front suddenly screamed uneasily: "Battalion Commander, there's something going on!"