1932: Playing with the Japanese Communist Party with a doll

This thing has appeared in China for thousands of years and is called "Yanwu"

The Central Red Army also held its first regimental-level tactical confrontation exercise in Changting, Fujian in November 1931. The 12th Red Army simulated a Kuomintang attack, while the 3rd Red Army was responsible for the defensive counterattack.

The Northward Anti-Japanese Corps, composed mainly of the Fourth Red Army, was no stranger to this - in February 1932, it had carried out a division-level "encirclement and attack" special exercise in western Anhui.

Moreover, in accordance with Li Desheng and General Zhu's instructions to "train soldiers the way they fight" and "never copy military academy textbooks," the Red Army's military exercises were completely different from the ordinary drill training of traditional warlord troops. (Li Desheng, you still say you don't understand military affairs!)

The Red Army exercise adopted a dynamic confrontation format of "enemy and us switching roles," specifically using scarecrows to identify the "enemy" headquarters. The participating troops were required to complete tasks such as tactical encirclement, large-scale maneuvers, and annihilation of the enemy's leaders during the exercise.

A "battle review meeting" will be held immediately after the exercise, where soldiers can directly criticize commanders' tactical mistakes, reflecting the unity of political democracy and military democracy. Therefore, the Red Army's combat effectiveness will be improved much faster than that of ordinary warlords.

(In stark contrast are the exercises of the warlord troops. There are videos of the exercises of the puppet Manchukuo troops (formerly the Northeast Army) in 1934 on Bilibili. That was a real act. Sadly, the combat effectiveness of this kind of troops was actually stronger than that of most national troops.)

Therefore, the various units of the Red Army were full of confidence - hahaha, it's just an exercise!

Watch how we beat you up and gain an advantage for Chairman Li in the negotiations!

However, they soon discovered that something seemed amiss.

Here.

"What is the goal of this exercise?

“There is no goal. AP

"Um???"

there.

".Let me see, our division will face an encounter.

"Encounter? Where?"

"have no idea.

"Um???"

Over there.

"Which army are we fighting against? How many men and guns are there?

"have no idea.

"Um???"

Who the opponent is, I don’t know;

I don’t know how many opponents there are;

I don’t know what weapons and equipment the enemy has;

What results the exercise was to achieve was unknown;

It is unknown when and where the exercise will begin.

The various units went to the training ground with confused looks on their faces... No, they didn't even know whether they had already started the training.

"...I'm wondering what's going on!"

A Red Army regiment commander complained:

"It's just an exercise. We don't even know who we're going to fight. What's the point of fighting? Are we really going to fight them to death?"

"Desperate?

The political commissar beside him shook the gun in his hand:

"This place is completely covered in 'painted blanks'. It's good enough that no one else is taking advantage of it, but you're still going to engage in a bayonet fight?"

"That's not impossible. After Instructor Ma came, our bayonet fighting skills improved.

"Don't be too proud, my comrade commander."

The political commissar said unhappily:

"Instructor Ma said that a large part of the bayonet fighting techniques she taught us came from the Japanese. But what about the 129th Division across the way? They had real Japanese military instruction!"

"Uh... that's true."

The leader muttered:

"When we met that day, I saw a few people in the front row who looked quite Japanese..."

"After all, their leader is Japanese. Last time, a Northeast newspaper said that the 129th Division is a 'melting pot of soldiers from all nationalities'. There must be former Japanese soldiers serving there..."

"I heard the Japanese are very cruel. How do they train people to be..."

"This is a typical nationalist view. Haven't you read 'Class Analysis' carefully? The Japanese are also human beings. The rulers above are the rulers, and the ordinary soldiers and civilians below are..."

The two of them chatted like this while leading their troops around aimlessly, searching for their "enemies" whose number they didn't know and whose whereabouts they didn't know.

Just as they were about to pass through a valley, they suddenly saw several people in bright red and blue clothes standing on the top of the mountain, observing this side with binoculars.

"Those people are... what... battlefield judges, right?"

"Well, mainly the ones from the 129th Division, called the Observation and Assessment Team. Our Red Army also sent observers over there. Look... they should be everywhere. Don't worry about them.

"Huh? Why does it seem like he's still carrying a radio?

"Should...should it be used to convey information to the exercise headquarters at any time?

"Tsk... Japanese people are really rich..."

"I find it quite strange. The Japanese don't seem to be that rich. During the Shanghai War of Resistance last year, I heard that they were beaten badly by the 19th Route Army because of a radio station issue.

"There's definitely more to it than just this... But speaking of the 19th Route Army..."

MN

The two of them didn't take it seriously and continued walking forward while chatting. But not long after entering the valley, two people from the "Observation and Assessment Group" suddenly ran towards them, waving small white flags. The man from Northeast China saluted:

"Hello, comrade!"

“Hello…Hello?

The people in the 129th Division are just like us, calling each other "comrades"...

"Well, it's like this. According to the command center, your army was ambushed and most of them were killed. You have completely lost your combat effectiveness. Please obey our command and withdraw from the battlefield with us.

"???'

Wait a moment??

ambush??

Where did the ambush come from?!

As if he had guessed what they were thinking, the observer waved his hand, and indeed, a lot of things were shaking on both sides of the valley. Everyone squinted their eyes and looked carefully for a while before they realized that they were actually people!

Good guys!

It’s hidden so well!

Is it the colorful clothes that are the problem?!

Hiss...We have to report it when we get back, we need it too!!

Although they admitted that they did not observe the ambushers, the Red Army still disagreed with this result:

"Even if we were ambushed, we're not powerless to fight back! How come so many of us were killed?"

"Oh, there are two reasons. First, the ambushing troops have a large number of mortars and attacked you immediately..."

With another wave of the hand, the "Blue Army" showed off their large number of mortars that made the Red Army envious.

By the way, to make the exercise more realistic, the cannons and shells were real, they were just not fired.

"The second reason is that because you two were walking in the front, you were too conspicuous and had no protection, so you were killed immediately by the Blue Army sniper, which affected the subsequent command and combat of the troops.

Sniper?

"We're not making this up. Look, I've never met you, but I found you right away, not to mention the elite snipers."

While explaining, the observer stuck a small flag into the ground and made a gesture:

"If you don't believe in their abilities, this should prove it...Okay, time to shoot!"

With two gunshots, "Bang! Bang!", two small holes instantly appeared on the small flag, which was only the size of two palms.

Until this time, the Red Army still did not find where the sniper was.

Since he could hit the small flag without warning at such a long distance, then killing two enemy soldiers at the same time suddenly would definitely not be a problem.

After the observers sent by the Red Army nodded in agreement, the regimental commander and the political commissar looked at each other, admitted the result with great frustration, raised the white flag, and dejectedly withdrew from the battlefield with their troops without firing a single shot.

Oh, I was careless. When I saw the observation team, I should have guessed that there were enemies nearby!

Because there was no fighting, everyone in the regiment was a little slack and didn't notice this, but some smart people guessed it.

Hmm, what does an observer do?

Observe the battlefield and evaluate the results of the battle!

In that case, they will definitely appear near the battlefield!

In other words, the enemy is nearby!

So, after discovering the observation group, a certain Red Army regiment instantly became extremely vigilant. The entire regiment sounded the combat alarm and stared at the observation group's location.

However, after watching for a long time, no one came to attack them, so they had no choice but to go up and ask. As a result, they were told that the location of the observation team was random and did not necessarily mean that there was an ambush nearby.

ah???

what!!!

Then we spent the whole morning in vain!

The angry regimental commander cursed a few words and gathered the exhausted troops who had been tense all morning to prepare to leave. Suddenly, the rumble of artillery sounded and a large number of enemies appeared behind them.

If we say that these two troops were ambushed during their active attack, then there are also some smart people in the Red Army:

Since we have no target and don't know where the enemy is, why should we take the initiative to attack?

Why don't we hide and wait for the other party to come?

Hey hey!

Smart as me.

You won’t believe it, but a Red Army regiment actually successfully ambushed a unit of the 129th Division.

"Hahahahaha... Look, look, we've caught you, haven't we?

"Captain, you are wise. Now the enemy can't escape.

"Hmph... the equipment looks quite good, but unfortunately, this kind of terrain... Order the troops to hide and prepare for battle. Wait for my order! Wait until the enemy enters the encirclement before launching the attack! Cut off the head and tail and attack the middle!"

"yes!

However, just as the regimental commander was confidently watching the enemy troops approach, the familiar charge horn of "beep beep beep beep beep" suddenly sounded!

Well, our charge still sounds more exciting!

哎?

etc???

When the hell did I give the order to blow the charge?!

Who the hell blew it!!!

No matter how shocked the regimental commanders were, after hearing the charge signal, although they felt a little strange, the Red Army soldiers immediately jumped out of their hiding places without hesitation and bravely launched an attack on the enemy.

At this time, the regimental commander realized that the charge was blown by the enemy on the opposite side...

Dog stuff ahh ...

If this battle was an ambush, with the advantage of terrain and the initiative, the Red Army might be able to catch the Blue Army off guard;

But once they lost this advantage, facing the Blue Army, which was armed to the teeth, with fighting power, fighting desire and discipline that was no less than theirs, and even had slightly more people...

In short, after the casualties were judged to be more than 20%, the unit wiped out the charging Red Army. The "killed" regiment commander cursed the Blue Army for being unsportsmanlike and almost beat up the Blue Army commander (also a former Red Army officer). He was put in solitary confinement afterwards.

Similar things are happening everywhere.

Of the 20 "experimental military exercises" held almost simultaneously, the Red Army lost 18 of them.

The reasons are different, but one thing is the same: