Speaking of this, Yang Zhen paused: "Especially now in Beiping City, those graduates of the Japanese Army University, those officers above the middle level, are the real elite of the Japanese Army." It also really takes a longer time to cultivate before it can really grow. ”

"The training of a qualified military cadre requires a rather long process. In particular, the training of qualified operational staff officers requires a systematic and scientific training process. For an army like the Japanese army, which pays too much attention to elite soldiers, it is also not an easy task to train their senior combat staff officers. ”

"These people are far more difficult to train than a second lieutenant squad leader. Killing a hundred Japanese ensign squad leaders is not as valuable as killing a Japanese army captain or a middle one. This is not to say that the killing of high-ranking Japanese officers is more face-saving, but the damage caused to the Japanese system is greater. ”

"Under the circumstance that the training capacity of the Japanese Army University is limited, this kind of person is one less than one death. If you die one, you will lose your vitality. At least in terms of time, it is difficult to fully compensate. The real value of a middle- and high-ranking officer who has been systematically trained is far greater than that of a junior officer who has been trained quickly. ”

Not to mention those lieutenant generals, major generals, and senior officers in Beiping City, these are the real brains of the Japanese Army. The killing of any one of these men would be a real loss for the Japanese Army, which would be tantamount to the defeat of an infantry brigade of the Japanese Army, and possibly even more. ”

"If we kill a lieutenant general or major general of the Japanese Army, when the Japanese army expands, it may lose a qualified division commander or brigade commander. If they were able to kill a Japanese army chief, they would have one less qualified chief of staff or wing commander. ”

"When an army painstakingly cultivates senior officers and a large number of qualified combat staff officers, the permanent loss is the most irreparable loss for an army, and it is the real heavy damage to them. Because of the loss of these people, it will be difficult for them to completely replenish in a short period of time. ”

"If we let these people return home alive, even if we really win this war. But without destroying the real brains and essence of these armies, the Japanese could rebuild an army at any time if they felt that a war was needed, and with a relatively sound industrial system, and the recovery of this army would be quite fast. ”

"Just like Nazi Germany now, the recovery will be quite fast. After World War I, Germany retained only 100,000 troops, but they retained a sound officer corps. When the international situation permitted, in a short time, it was re-expanded into a large and combat-ready army. ”

"If you want to destroy an army from the roots, you have to destroy their system. The first thing to do is to destroy the people who lead the system, that is, these high-ranking officers and senior staff officers. If you can defeat the headquarters of the Japanese North China Front, completely kill or capture all the officers. Then the entire strategic significance is definitely no less than the total annihilation of two divisions of the Japanese army. ”

"Whatever our starting point for this operation, there is no doubt about one thing. If we can completely smash the brains of the entire Japanese North China Front, it will be quite beneficial to our army's next strategic attempt. It will be a great help for our army to gain a firm foothold in Hebei and even in the whole of North China. It's just that now, it's a bit of a pity. ”

After Yang Zhen's words were finished, the boss was also very silent. Yang Zhen said that these bosses know very well that the complete disintegration of an army is not how many troops you destroy, but whether you can completely disintegrate his system and completely knock out their brains. This is especially important for eliminating an army that values legacy.

But now there is no choice between a rock and a hard place. If an agreement is really reached this time, the entire North China Front Headquarters, as well as the remnants of the Japanese army, will be evacuated from Beiping and returned to Tianjin or even to Japan. Although it is indeed as Yang Zhen said, it is indeed a pity.

But completely knocking out the entire brain of the Japanese army in the North China battlefield may have a chance in the future. But if Beiping, the ancient capital of thousands of years of Chinese civilization, is destroyed in the war in its own hands, then it will never be able to be regenerated. Between the dilemma, you can only choose the one that I am afraid will never have a chance to make up for it.

As for other issues, if it is acceptable, we can only choose to give it up for the time being. However, in this war, it is not known how many years it will last. Even if the Japanese North China Front is released this time, as long as the war is still going on, there will still be a chance to completely solve them in the future.

However, the boss did not say it completely, after all, whether the Japanese would agree to this request is still two words. The current Beiping City is indeed of no great strategic significance to the Japanese army. However, as long as the Japanese army is still entrenched in Beiping, even if it is only for one day, it will be like a fish in the throat for the entire North China war situation on its own side.

The Pinghan Railway and the Pingsui and Pingcheng Railway Lines are unusable for a day. That is to say, although Beiping City has no practical strategic significance, as long as the Japanese army holds Beiping City for one day, it can choke the throat of the Anti-Japanese Union in terms of logistics and supply. The supply of the Anti-Japanese Union to the battlefield in central Hebei could only be through the simple road in the Taihang Mountains.

At the same time, it will also contain a considerable part of the troops invested on the battlefield by the Anti-Japanese Federation and the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region in the vicinity of Beiping and cannot be transferred to other battlefields. This will have a considerable impact on alleviating the disadvantage of the anti-coalition forces on the battlefield in central Hebei.

Although the Japanese army did not agree, they basically could not hold Beiping. Even if you choose to attack the city now, with the strength of the Japanese troops in the city, it will take two days at most to completely resolve the battle. But even if the situation has deteriorated to the extreme, for the Japanese generals who have always been stubborn and admit death, whether they can bow their heads is still two words.

Compared with other problems, if the Japanese army does not give up Beiping, then how to fight in the next battle is the most troublesome thing. It is the most difficult battle to destroy the Japanese troops in the city, but also to protect those monuments from large-scale damage, and to avoid large casualties among the people in the city as much as possible.

In particular, no one can guarantee that the Japanese army will not jump over the wall at the last moment and burn a jade stone. Now the Japanese army in the city has no strength to hold Beiping City. But if you drag some people in Beiping City and the ability to be buried with some ancient buildings, they still have it.

After thinking about it, the boss raised his head and said to Yang Zhen: "Let's not take it too seriously here." It is still difficult to say whether the Japanese army will finally agree to our request. No matter what the final result is, our ultimate foothold is still to be on the fight. ”

"The Central Committee has given a death order this time, and we, as front-line commanders, will still carry it out no matter what. As a front-line commander, you should now consider how to meet the requirements of the central government and completely wipe out the Japanese troops in the city. The thousand-year-old capital of Beiping will be handed over to the people as intact as possible. ”

"It's like fighting rats in a china shop, you have to kill the rats, but you can't smash all the jars and jars in the store, which is not an easy task. You should think carefully about how to fight this battle of catching rats in the porcelain shop. Especially for an army like the Japanese army, how should you fight this battle. ”

"Especially now that most of the Japanese troops in the city have withdrawn into the imperial city, it is the most difficult test for us. I'm still saying that, once you really need to siege the city. Then this battle must not only be fought well, but also not cause any irreparable losses. ”

At the boss's words, Yang Zhen nodded slightly and said, "Boss, you don't have to worry too much about this." I already have a certain plan for forcing us to attack the city if the Japanese army does not agree. In the struggle between the inner city and the outer city, I disorganized the troops, based on tank platoons and infantry companies, and adopted multi-channel infiltration and point-to-point tactics. ”

"Infantry brought into the city is not to be used in battle, except for recoilless guns and bazookas, artillery and explosive packs. However, in order to strengthen the firepower of the fortified positions, one company and I were going to strengthen an anti-aircraft machine gun and a five-seven recoilless gun. The anti-aircraft machine gun had high penetration, but there were no anti-personnel blasting shells. ”

"Five-seven recoilless guns can't deal with heavy fortifications, but they can deal with ordinary field fortifications. Whether it is a twelve-mm machine gun or a five-seven recoilless gun, the killing range is not very large. Even if you accidentally hit some monuments, you won't cause devastating damage. ”

"At the same time, the tanks transferred into the city to participate in the battle, I plan to use the independent 13th Tank Regiment, which was transferred from the northeast only yesterday and is mainly equipped with British infantry tanks. The regiment was armed with Matilda II infantry tanks with a main gun caliber of forty mm. It's enough to deal with normal fortifications, but it won't do much damage to surrounding outbuildings. ”

"And British infantry tanks, the thickness of the armor is sufficient. The result of dealing with the meat bullet tactics that the Japanese army may adopt will be relatively better. Even at close range, a hit by a Japanese anti-tank gun would not pose much of a threat to it. Putting tanks into the battle will help reduce our casualties. ”

"As for the battle for the imperial city, which is the most elite in the entire Beiping City, the main force of the reconnaissance brigade directly under my military region is now on standby on the front line in Tangshan. Once it is necessary to forcibly attack the city, I am ready to adopt the method of combining ground infiltration and airborne landing to directly storm the imperial city when the battle between the outer city and the inner city is coming to an end. Strive to solve the main force of the Japanese army in the city outside Miyagi. ”

"After the Battle of Xinjing last year, we thought about attacking the big cities. In order to make the scene of the Battle of Xinjing, not to be re-enacted in other cities. In the second half of '42, we specially dispatched a number of troops to practice urban fortifications, especially street battles. We are no strangers to this kind of combat against rats in a porcelain shop, and we have also summarized some special tactics. ”

"But boss, I can't guarantee that there will be no damage to the monuments, and I can't guarantee that some of the monuments that have become battlefields will not cause devastating damage. Boss, this is a war, not a military exercise, and it is not a game. I can't guarantee 100% what happens on the battlefield. ”

"But now that the battle has reached this point, I will never let go. Let's not talk about letting go at this time, all our previous efforts will be wasted, and even affect the course of the entire campaign. Even if the siege is not changed to a siege, what will happen to the hundreds of thousands of Chinese people in the boss Beiping City? ”

"There is no grain production in Beiping City, and even if there is grain in stock, the Japanese will not supply it to the Chinese under the condition that they still have to ensure the supply of military food and maintain tens of thousands of Japanese expatriates. The strength of the long-term siege of Beiping City, judging by the number of Japanese troops in the city, is not impossible to get now. But if the siege continues for a long time, what will happen to the hundreds of thousands of Chinese in the city? ”