In the history of modern warfare in China, there is a very strange phenomenon!
That is, in the face of the powerful Japanese army, the Kuomintang army can stubbornly resist for eight years and form a solid front until it ushers in a comprehensive victory in the War of Resistance; while fighting against the initially weaker Communist army, it was defeated in just a few years
In fighting against the Japanese army, the Nationalist army did not suffer any strategic losses, in fact, it still had a slight upper hand, and the losses were eaten by the poor equipment and firepower of the nationalist army. According to some authoritative statistics, the ratio of firepower of the Chinese and Japanese armies is 1:4 to 1:5.
During the entire period of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Japan's strategy and tactics were not outstanding, basically advancing one after another and confronting the Kuomintang army. In the early days of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Kuomintang also fought hard with the Japanese. But the problem is that although the Nationalist army has the advantage in numbers, it cannot put so many troops at the same time on each combat surface, so the firepower does not have any advantage, on the contrary, the intensive deployment makes it easier for soldiers to become cannon fodder.
It was only because of the expansion of the war situation that the Japanese army was scattered and the support was not good, and the momentum of the offensive was slowed down. On the contrary, it was convenient for the national army to replenish its personnel, and the US military assistance was gradually strengthened, so that the front line could be stabilized. On the local battlefield, the Nationalist army even began to win some victories. In short, the Nationalist army fought very bravely on the anti-Japanese battlefield, and Japan did not have any surprise soldiers, basically fighting hard. As a result, in the local battlefield, the Nationalist army basically could not fight the Japanese army, but could only gradually consume and drag down the Japanese army strategically.
In the final analysis, the disadvantage of poor firepower comes from the slow industrialization process of the country, the inability of heavy industry and military industry to keep up, and the weakness of the country's financial resources, which means that economic strength ultimately determines the strength of the country's comprehensive strength. In the era of conventional warfare, it is actually industrialization, Germany, the Soviet Union and Britain and the United States are fighting for aircraft cannons; while China and Japan are fighting for rifles and machine guns, but China is inferior to Japan in this regard!
The Nationalist army fought against the communist army and went through three stages
Stage 1: Hard-hitting. In the all-round offensive and key stage of the Kuomintang, the communist army was initially unconvinced, and it also fought hard with the nationalist army. Due to the lack of firepower of the communist army, basically three dozen and one could not defeat the nationalist army, and finally had to be forced to shrink and retreat, until it was forced to helpless, Chen Su took out all his belongings and nibbled down the 74th Division. But that didn't change the situation, because the style of play was too fluke. The communists thus changed their strategy.
Stage 2: Movement Warfare. At this stage, the Kuomintang showed passivity strategically. The communist army of the three roads galloped across the Central Plains, and the Kuomintang was defeated. However, specific to each campaign, the communist army must maintain four or five times the superior strength, and also pay attention to nibbling at the weak brigade first, and avoid hard contact with the main Kuomintang troops such as the 74th Army and the 18th Army. In fact, after this phase of the battle, the balance of victory and defeat has shifted.
Stage Three: Hard-hitting. At this stage, it was hard again, but it was the turn of the Communists to find the Kuomintang to fight. The Battle of Jinan had already kicked off the prelude to a strategic decisive battle, and Wang Yaowu was frightened by the PEOPLE's Liberation Army's tactics of the sea of people. The three major battles have little suspense except the Battle of Huaihai. Although the Kuomintang army had the numerical superiority in the Battle of Huaihai, it was eaten by the Platon Army one by one. In fact, in each specific small campaign, the PLA still maintains its numerical superiority. The reason why the Kuomintang army is so passive is not only the embodiment of the overall strategy of passivity, but also the result of the internal factions and the ineffective mobilization, and the PLA has brought the strategy of breaking down to the limit!
In short, the Nationalist army fighting the Japanese army is like two Chinese samurai and a Japanese samurai dueling in the dueling field, but the Chinese samurai's sword is not very sharp, always cut by the Oriental sword, but has been struggling to support with half a sword
The Nationalist army fought against the Communists as if a Chinese samurai were surrounded in a wheat field by ten Chinese peasants with iron rods. The samurai stopped and said, "Are you going up one by one?" Unexpectedly, as soon as he hesitated, ten peasants flocked to him, and the samurai was beaten to death.
alack! History is that simple!
1. Chiang Kai-shek's military strategy of the Nationalist army is not at all the same level as that of Lao Mao. Old Mao's male talents are roughly known. Chiang Kai-shek did not go to a school similar to that of a non-commissioned officer in Japan, in fact, to teach him how to be a qualified soldier. This duke has been a soldier's mind all his life. Do things righteously, not talk about strategy. He knew only that he was not afraid of sacrifice, not afraid of death, the victim of Japan's decadent military ideology. The favorite is to pay attention to military appearance, what is not afraid of death and so on. Typical soldier thinking! What a strategy does not understand. You can also fight domestic warlords with silver bullets and buy them over. Unfortunately, this move was useless to the Japanese army and the communist army. I like to command beyond the level, but I don't understand the actual situation on the battlefield. In the Battle of Shanghai, he said he was going to drive Japan into the sea. Li Zongren knew that morale could not be discharged. If you could really drive Japan into the sea, Japan wouldn't have come to beat you. Considering the military is about feelings and emotions, not on wisdom. Of course not.
2, employ people. How does Liu Bang compare to Xiang Yu? His subordinates Tang Enbo Hu Zongnan, Liu Chi (this person does not seem to have brought more than 200,000 people. In the early stage, he was a fierce general, but in the later stage, he was known for his incompetence, but he carried more than 200,000 horses. And Du Yuming Wang Yaowu Sun Liren and the like were only a military commander. There are only 3 divisions under one army, more than 30,000 people. In particular, to Liu Bocheng's fear, Hu Lian, who successfully defended the Golden Gate, was said to be the prototype of Chu Yunfei, but he was only a division commander of the 18th Division. And look at Lao Mao, Lin Biao, Liu Bocheng, Jia Yu and others who are not commanding hundreds of thousands of troops, and compared with their opponents Du Yuming, they are often just a military commander. It's a shame that I can't use it inexhaustibly! Moreover, how free are Lin Biao jia yu and others to act, but what about Du Yuming and others? The only time Bai Chongxi defeated Lin Biao (those who don't believe can go to check.) Lin Biao threw away his armor and fled to Northern Manchuria, and as a result, the old man changed Chen Chenglai. Chen Cheng is a good comrade. Explain the puppet army and fight the bandits. In this way, they all fell into the hands of the communists.
Kuomintang-style Equipment is not false. However, in World War II, German Tiger tanks on the Western Front were basically destroyed by air power. And how many aerial weapons did the nationalist army get? Therefore, although American weapons are advanced, but without air power, the power will only be greatly reduced.
Finally, look at the two little brothers of Vietnam and North Korea that we brought out. North Korea has been suppressing the stick for a long time, and if the United States had not been where it was, South Korea would have been liberated long ago. South Korea has a population of more than 40 million, while North Korea has just over 20 million. Industrial capacity and economic capacity as well as scientific and technological power far exceed North Korea. Look at Vietnam, which made Lao Mei look like that. But after ten years of the Cultural Revolution, we beat Vietnam to the ground with a partial division. Even my little brother can't win the fight, and he still comes to annoy me?