Chapter 380 Crossing the River Battle Plan 1

When the Soviet system was resting and replenishing, they successively restored the main force going south to their previous full strength, replenished a large number of artillery, machine guns and other ordnance, and began to hoard a large amount of ammunition in many military warehouses in Jiangbei.

Unlike the troops in Henan, they can directly rely on the Jinghan Railway to obtain convenient supplies, but the Feng army troops fighting in Jiangbei are trapped in a long distance and the lack of railway transportation and water transportation are also limited. In fact, the more the Feng army's troops in Jiangbei go south, the more supplies the troops can get. Difficult.

At present, among the troops in the north of the Yangtze River, the supplies of troops in the north of Jiangsu mainly rely on the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and sea transportation. Among them, maritime transportation is not directly transported to Jinling, Yangzhou and other Yangtze River coastal cities, but can only be transported to some small coastal ports in Jiangbei, and then transported to the front line by land or river transportation. . This is mainly because many important forts along the Yangtze River are still controlled by the Anhui system, among which the Shanghai Fort and Jiangyin Fort directly blocked the naval departments under the control of the Soviet system outside the mouth of the Yangtze River.

Although the artillery of these forts is also old, the key is that the navy controlled by the Soviet Union is not very good, and only a few warships dare to venture into the narrow Yangtze River and the fort.

If the navy wants to enter the Yangtze River, it must first pull out the two big nails of the Shanghai Fort and Jiangyin Fort, otherwise it is unlikely to enter the Yangtze River on a large scale.

Based on this, it is actually very troublesome for troops in northern Jiangsu to obtain supplies!

The situation in northern Anhui is not good. At present, the supply required by the First Army in northern Anhui has completely relied on the supply line. Although this supply line no longer has a large-scale enemy threat and can ensure basic safety, it is bent and curved, and the land distance is as high as more than 400 kilometers.

For this reason, not only the First Army Command organized a large number of logistics forces for transportation, but also the Quartermaster Department requisitioned more than 100,000 people in order to maintain the operation of this supply line.

In order to supply the combat needs of troops in northern Anhui and northern Jiangsu, the Soviets hired and recruited more than 300,000 people in southern Henan, northern Anhui and northern Jiangsu, not including railway transportation, maritime transportation and canal transportation north of Xuzhou.

Basically, it takes three civilians to supply a soldier to fight on the front line.

The huge pressure of logistics was also the main reason why the Feng army took Chuzhou and most of northern Anhui in December last year and took the initiative to stop the large-scale offensive after arriving in Jinling and Anqing.

It's not that the Feng army has suffered heavy casualties, but that the front-line troops have really killed all the shells and bullets, and can only rest in place and wait for the rear supplies.

An important part of the so-called "reep supplement plan" started at the end of last year is to refill a large number of shells and bullets for the front-line troops. As for the replenishment of soldiers and ordnance, it is actually secondary.

In order to solve the problem of the difficult supply of front-line troops, the Quartermaster's Department has also thought of many ways. At the beginning, the Quartermaster's Department sent personnel directly to the front line to purchase and requisition food, forage, livestock, carriages and even clothing for the troops to reduce the pressure on the supply line.

Subsequent, the Quartermastership Department also hired a large number of foreign ships to transport supplies for the frontline troops, such as trying to hire British ships to transport a batch of artillery directly from Tianjin, and then directly across the Yangtze River to Yangzhou, which is only separated by a river from Anhui, but this move is limited to high-value and urgently needed materials. The reason is also simple, because during the war, those foreign ships were all lions. Just transporting the batch of artillery, the Soviets paid tens of thousands of yuan in freight, which was enough for the Soviets to buy several more artillery.

The Soviet family is weak and can't stand such toss, so most of the materials are transported from the rear by railways, canals and sea transportation to various material transfer centers, and then rely on people to pick horses, and then slowly transport them forward.

The difficulty of resupply has led to the need for a long period of supply hoarding if the front-line troops want to launch a large-scale battle.

Especially if the Feng army wants to launch a river crossing battle, the ammunition required is not a small amount. According to the statistics of the staff, it is necessary to prepare at least enough ammunition for the front-line troops to support the two-month battle, so that they can safely launch the river crossing battle without worrying about the lack of ammunition in the middle of the battle.

The Feng army hoarded ammunition and stopped the large-scale war on the front line. Therefore, between December last year and February this year, the Jiangbei front line fell into a strange calm. Both Su and Anhui were dispatching troops on a large scale. The Soviets hoarded ammunition, and the Anhui system also hoarded ammunition.

However, anyone with a clear understanding of the domestic situation knows that the two factions of Su and Anhui are already making final preparations and seem to be calm now. However, once the battle breaks out, it will be a decisive battle to determine the survival of both sides.

In this kind of scene, the officers of various departments in the command of the Su system were in a hurry throughout January and February!

In particular, the staff officers of the Operations Department of the General Staff of the Command have begun to plan for the Battle of Crossing the River since December last year.

These staff officers are either from studying abroad or in training classes. These top professional staff officers among countless Soviet officers have been almost restless day and night in the past two months. Countless combat plans have been put forward and then denied. Sand table deductions are staged in many sand table rooms almost all the time. .

"I dare not agree with what Brother Chen said. Although our army is brave and good at fighting, it launched a front-on battle to cross the river in Jinling. In the face of the south bank guarded by the enemy's heavy troops, the price to be paid will never be accepted by our army!" A young major raised his head slightly: "The first thing in the battle of crossing the river is not to defeat the enemy head-on, but to cross the river safely and smoothly. Therefore, I insist on my previous opinion that our army should avoid Jinling, Anqing and other enemy troops and choose another place to cross the river!"

The officer surnamed Chen, who also wore the rank of major next to him, snorted coldly: "In Xinyuan's view, it is natural for our army to cross the river in another remote place, which is close to Jinling and Anqing, but if you choose a long distance, how to solve the mobilization of troops and later transportation, and when our army is mobilized, is it possible that the opposite Anhui Is the army dead wood, watching our army's large-scale mobilization and indifferent?

The face of this person, known as Xinyuan, is extremely young, and like many generals in the Soviet system, he is also a famous person in history. He is Sun Chuanfang!

Speaking of this Sun Chuanfang, he was not actually a Soviet general at the beginning. He was a direct person. Why? Because Wang Yingkai is his brother-in-law!

With the support of Wang Yingkai, he successively worked as a student, studied in Beiyang Rapid Military Academy, and then was selected to study in Germany in 1904. The reason why he did not study in Japan as in history is naturally because of the changes caused by Zhao Dongyun. In addition to the early Beiyang sent many people to study in Japan, Since 1903, many students who were originally selected to study in Japan have been sent to Germany to study military.

Sun Chuanfang can't get rid of the butterfly effect. Like many students who were supposed to study in Japan, she went to Germany to study.

It's just that when he returned to China at the end of 1907, the domestic situation was completely different. The republic was over, Wang Yingkai went out of the field, and Zhao Dongyun became a new generation of leaders in Beiyang and received many direct forces, including civil and military generals. Many direct people chose to be loyal to Zhao Dongyun. Lu Yongxiang and Bao Guiqing are the most obvious examples.

In addition, after returning to China, most of the students studying in Germany will choose to go north and join the Feng army to play for Zhao Dongyun. Under this wave, in addition, although Wang Yingkai was driven off the stage by Zhao Dongyun, he was seriously ill at this time and did not have the intention to make a comeback. In addition, he also saw the general trend of the world. Although now China It's still three points in the world, but he still thinks that Zhao Dongyun's victory is much bigger.

Why?

Because Wang Yingkai was defeated by Zhao Dongyun, are other Duan Qirui, Wang Shizhen, Wu Fengling and Zhang Zhidong stronger than themselves? Impossible! Although Wang Yingkai was defeated, he was still a conceited person.

He didn't want to bury the future of Sun Chuanfang, his wife and brother, so he simply encouraged Sun Chuanfang to serve Zhao Dongyun and read several books to ask his old subordinates such as Lu Yongxiang and Bao Guiqing to take good care of Sun Chuanfang.

After such twists and turns, Sun Chuanfang officially entered the Fengjun system. First, he served in the Strategic Office, was promoted to major a few months later, and transferred to the Operations Office as a third-class combat staff officer.

It is not surprising that Sun Chuanfang has entered the combat office, because many international students who have just returned to China will not serve in the field force as soon as possible. Generally, they will work in various departments of the command department. This stage is mainly to see if the students have real materials, and then according to everyone. For the specific allocation of capabilities, those with low ability generally continue to be cold benches in various institutions. Generally, they will be transferred out to serve as company commanders and combat staff officers of second-line troops, while the more outstanding ones are generally special arrangements, such as arranging to enter the combat office, arranging for the main forces to serve as company commanders or even battalion commanders, etc.

The reason for observing for several months is to avoid people who are not good at learning. Students studying in Germany are better. Whether their abilities are good or bad, most of them are military students. Those with poor ability can barely be regarded as officers by rote memorization.

However, there is a huge gap in the ability of students studying in Japan. Naturally, a few universities such as Lu Shi and the Empire are top students, but in recent years, there have been tens of thousands of Chinese students studying in Japan. How many real Lu Shi or Japanese universities have graduated from? There are only a few hundred people.

Most of them return to China after a year or two from middle school or language school. Many contemporary Japanese students graduated from the language school of Zhenwu School and dared to return to China after a few months of internship in the Japanese army. They went to Japan to study in a middle school. They dared to claim to be the emperor's university before returning to China without learning Japanese.

For this kind of person, Fengjun has always been far away.

When Sun Chuanfang and other staff officers argued around the sand table, Shi Yanglin outside was also thoughtful. His combat office has been preparing for a plan to cross the river for a long time. Zhao Dongyun has been urging for a long time, but so far, Shi Yanglin has not been able to come up with a battle that can satisfy all parties. With the passage of time, the front-line troops are getting more and more prepared, and his pressure is getting heavier and heavier day by day!