In the eyes of Major General Watanabe, the emergence of this situation also left a rather fatal weakness for the Japanese army's counterattack when necessary. Judging from the experience of the Imperial Army in the battlefield of China for many years, there are general disputes within the armed forces of China. Even if it is an ally on the same side, the gap is quite large. Not rescuing each other has become a common practice between them.

On the battlefield of China, the Imperial Army took advantage of the mutual wariness of the various factions in China, and defeated the enemy army many times. Internal disunity, mutual promotion and mutual promotion are the common weaknesses of the Chinese army. A Chinese person may be a dragon, but a group of Chinese people is a bunch of worms.

There are often problems in the internal coordination between the armed forces of the same formation, let alone two units of different formations? Fighting together, at least certainly not as smoothly as it seems. If all the people of China could cooperate with each other on the battlefield as closely as the Imperial Army, then the Imperial Army would not have occupied most of China in such a short period of time.

The national characteristic of the Chinese people is that they have more than enough internal fighting and insufficient external fighting everywhere, and this is a common phenomenon among them, and it is not a characteristic unique to one aspect. The communist army in China is also composed of people from China, and as long as it is a person from China, then this problem will definitely not be avoidable.

This is not his random speculation and baseless inference. Rather, it was clearly manifested in the sweep carried out by the North China Front last year against the communist army in China, the so-called base areas behind enemy lines. It can be said that it has no concept of coordination in the operational coordination among the various departments in North China.

The North China Front Army swept up the Central Hebei Military Region, and the troops of the Southern Hebei and Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Regions, which were close at hand, did not react at all. They did not give them any cooperation in the battle, and sat back and watched their so-called Jizhong Military Region be wiped out by the North China Front Army in one fell swoop.

This enabled the North China Front Army to sweep the CCP army in Hebei relatively smoothly and completely destroy the main source of materials for the entire North China Communist Army. This created an excellent condition for another sweep last winter to completely destroy its so-called base areas in North China.

Judging from the battle situation of the North China Front last year, the Communist Army in China was inevitably full of contradictions, but the expression was not as obvious as that of the Chongqing Army. If this point is well utilized, as long as it is fully prepared and accurately attacked, the current Fourth Army will not have room for a counterattack.

It's just that Major General Watanabeyang, who has not fought with the North China troops in the base areas behind enemy lines, and has not even fought with the Anti-Japanese Federation before, is a bit too idealistic in this judgment. Last year, when the North China Front carried out a large-scale sweep of the base areas behind enemy lines in North China, the main forces of the two major base areas in North China had already formed and marched northward.

Most of the troops left behind were newly upgraded by local armed forces after the main force moved north. The remaining main force is also the army that has suffered heavy losses in the Battle of the Hundred Regiments and has not yet been reorganized. Both the equipment and the combat effectiveness have dropped quite sharply. The remaining troops were more than self-sufficient, but their offensive capabilities were insufficient.

It is already quite difficult to ensure and maintain the old base areas in the mountainous areas, and they are still less capable of rescuing the Jizhong base areas. In particular, in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, from the chief officer of the military region to the chief officer of the military sub-district below, he was either absent or was newly submitted or transferred after the original chief officer was incorporated into the Advance Army.

Even after the start of the Japanese sweep, the commander of the military division was still vacant, and only one political commissar or chief of staff presided over the work. The absence of military commanders has caused the troops at all levels below to decline even more in terms of reaction speed and combat effectiveness to a certain extent.

However, the strength of the Southern Hebei Military Region itself is not strong, and it is in such a place of four wars, facing the situation of the North China Front Army and the Japanese army along the Jinpu Road being attacked from three sides. In the middle and the Jizhong base area, and separated by a large area of Japanese-occupied areas, its own equipment is worse than that of the old troops, and it is even less capable of rescuing Jizhong.

In addition, the overall level of communication and liaison between the troops is backward, and the large regions that have been fighting separately for a long time also lack cooperation and the habit of horizontal contact. At the same time, a large number of problems also arose in the judgment of the enemy's situation and other multifaceted issues, so that the entire Jizhong Military Region did not receive any cooperation in the sweep.

It is not that the contradictions and factions between the various units in the Guannai are caused by the lack of help. The various divisions in North China differed according to the troops developed by that division, and even the different armies and regiments of that front army as far back as the Red Army period. It does have its own factions, its own mountains, and it is also far and close to each other.

But externally, it is unprecedentedly consistent. The experience of countless previous bloodsheds has taught these generals at all levels, who have been forced to drill ravines and fight guerrillas, that no matter what kind of internal contradictions there are, only by uniting externally can they ensure their own survival and development.

Friendly forces are in difficulty and do not move like a mountain, that is the way of doing in some aspects, and the various anti-Japanese base areas behind enemy lines do not have these problems. Although the two armies still show their own fighting style on various battlefields, this is due to special reasons, not caused by contradictions between factions.

The most important thing is that both the two veterans of the advance army and Yang Zhen of the Anti-Japanese Federation gave the other party the authority to directly command their surrounding troops when necessary before this battle. This point was also repeatedly emphasized at the pre-war mobilization meeting. Even in order to avoid disobedience to commands, each gave death orders to the commanders of their respective units at the division and brigade level.

If you do not obey the other side's command on the battlefield, you will be dealt with with the strictest party and military discipline. The political commissar of the advancing army directly told the cadres at and above the regimental level that if anyone disobeyed the order or disobeyed the anti-union during the anti-union operation, he would be directly expelled from the party and all his posts would be carried out to the end. Moreover, expulsion from the party is never to be restored.

Yang Zhen's attitude was even tougher, when the two armies were fighting together. If they are assigned to the troops of the Advance Army and do not obey the command of the Advance Army, no matter how high their position or seniority, they will be regarded as a battlefield mutiny. You can have opinions on the battlefield, but your opinions will be said after the war.

When it comes to the battlefield, orders and the situation are everything. No matter who it is, as long as it affects the development of the war situation, the headquarters will not show mercy. Because this battle is related to the battlefields inside and outside the Guanxi area, whether or not a truly overall and critical battle can be formed, the headquarters will not allow anyone to do anything that jeopardizes the progress of the war.

There are two orders with infinite killing forces hidden behind them, whether it is the cadres at all levels of the Anti-Japanese Federation or the Advance Army, who would dare to disobey the order on the battlefield or disobey the yang and the yin? What is regarded as a battlefield mutiny, which can be directly shot on the spot? And what is the eternal expulsion from the party, that is the loss of political life.

In addition, whether it is Yang Zhen or the two veteran commanders of the advancing army, they are relatively cautious in the use of the opposing troops under their own command. At the end of last year and the beginning of this year, the two armed forces also conducted a number of confrontation and coordinated exercises, and the overall coordination between the two armies, at least so far, has not been estranged, and the straightening out of the command relationship has been quite smooth.

At the same time, in order to strengthen command and coordination, the Anti-Japanese Federation issued codes for horizontal liaison at the column and brigade level of the advance army and the division level of the troops participating in the war in Suidong, Jinbei, and Rehe, which are adjacent to the battlefield. Between the columns, special code books were also issued. At the same time, the divisional level of the Northern Jin Battlefield and the Rehe Battlefield also issued a special password to communicate with the headquarters of the Advance Army.

Of course, there are still small frictions and mutual dissatisfaction, but when I think of reaching the judgment of Major General Watanabe, there is still too much difference. And even if there is mutual dissatisfaction, they are all privately contested on the battlefield, and no one dares to talk about it and put it into action.

Most of the judgments of this major general Watanabe are quite accurate. However, in judging the coordinated operations of the two armies, they are too based on past experience. In particular, last year's Japanese army's sweep of North China did bring great losses to the troops left behind in various base areas in North China, as well as to various base areas.

However, the experience gained by the Japanese army was not always correct. However, judging from this experience that there is a problem between the advance army and the coordinated operation of the anti-Japanese alliance is too wishful thinking. It's just that this stubborn Major General Watanabe always thinks that his judgment is accurate.

In particular, in this battle, the Anti-Japanese Union was in charge of the two ends, and the advance army composed of troops from various base areas in North China was responsible for the middle. The two battlefields are almost distinct, with their own systems of command. Even the Rehe battlefield, where the only two armies cooperated in combat, was also responsible for one share, and the situation of two command systems made this Major General Watanabe more convinced of his own judgment.

And it was precisely because of this judgment that Major General Watanabe suggested that the regimental headquarters of the 8th Division plus an infantry brigade of the defenders should be used to hold Chaoyang with all their might. Although there were not many defenders, there was only one infantry brigade. But the regimental headquarters of the 8th Division also had a search squadron in its hands, two engineer squadrons. The main force of the baggage wing is also in Chaoyang City.

Coupled with the fragmented artillery wing, field hospitals, field epidemic prevention and water supply departments, and other non-combatants, the number of troops that Chaoyang City can use for defensive operations is still not small. Although some units could not engage in field warfare, they still had the ability to shoot while hiding in fortifications.

On the Beipiao battlefield, taking advantage of the situation of two enemy armies breaking through alone, mobilize the surrounding garrisons to first solve the enemy in the south of Beipiao County, which is only one regiment of troops. At present, although Chaoyang and Beipiao have not been able to draw troops, the Fourth Army can at least piece together the strength of two infantry brigades on the front line of Yixian, Jinzhou, Xingcheng, Jinxi, Suizhong, and Huludao.

Although these units are garrisons, gendarmerie, and even mine police and factory guards, they lack heavy equipment such as artillery. But the same units of the Imperial Army, which have also completed all military training, have no problem pulling out to fight when necessary.

In particular, there are two bridge-building engineer squadrons and two railway squadrons in Jinzhou, two tunnel engineer squadrons and an independent river-crossing engineer squadron in Huludao, all of which are soldiers that can be effectively utilized. As for the shortage of light weapons, it is entirely possible to replenish the weapons and equipment in the Jinzhou arsenal.

Moreover, there are a large number of Japanese railway police and Manchu armed police on this line, and these people can be pulled into the battlefield when necessary. In the case that Chaoyang and Beipiao were attacked at the same time, the enemy on the Beipiao battlefield was also resolved. Taking advantage of the situation of the enemy's lone advance in the southern part of the Beipiao battlefield, mobilize all the forces that can be mobilized, and make every effort to solve the enemy army of one regiment in Daban.

As for the defense void left by the evacuation of the garrisons in these places, it was not a big deal in the eyes of Major General Watanabe. The enemy's forces have now been used to the extreme, and it is already their limit to advance to the line of Chaoyang and Beipiao, and they have no ability to threaten the security of these places at all.

If you can solve the enemy of Beipiao and Chaoyang in one battle, break off one arm and one thigh of the enemy army in the battlefield of Liaoxi. Even the threats that may be there in these places can disappear completely, and there is nothing to worry about. Therefore, Major General Watanabe Yang suggested that the troops in Jinzhou, Xingcheng, Jinxi, Huludao, and Suizhong should be concentrated as much as possible to go north to participate in the war.