In the Battle of Cheqiao, we successfully captured 24 Japanese soldiers, setting a record for capturing Japanese soldiers since the Anti-Japanese War.
However, in reality we could have captured more Japanese troops alive, at least quadrupled. In addition, we can also seize more ** equipment and other strategic materials.
These regrets are mainly due to the fact that we have not done a good job in cleaning up the battlefield. There are at least three "shouldn'ts" that we need to reflect on. First of all, there is a lack of dedicated personnel who should not be in charge.
It may be because we used to fight guerrilla warfare, or it may be because the scale of previous battles was not large and there were not many captures on the battlefield, so we paid relatively little attention to cleaning up the battlefield.
However, for this Battle of Cheqiao, we have already considered and arranged for someone who will be responsible for collecting and handling the loot. We need to learn from these regrets and constantly improve our capabilities and levels in order to achieve better results in future battles.
Regrets in the Battle of Cheqiao: No one is in charge, and the battlefield is not completely cleaned Although the Battle of Cheqiao was victorious, it also left some regrets. Due to the busy fighting and lack of personnel, comrades who were specifically responsible for handling the spoils of war were assigned to other emergency work.
Originally, they did not pay attention to the work of cleaning up the battlefield, handling the victories, and collecting documents, but this time there was even a situation of improper handling of the captured trophies, such as no one being responsible for handling the captured guns, and there was no good attention to the collection of documents, that is, the documents were thrown away casually.
In addition, there was a lack of focus in cleaning up the battlefield, and the capture of Japanese soldiers on the battlefield was not the top priority, resulting in many important trophies being ignored or omitted. The Cheqiao Battle created a record of prisoners since the Anti-Japanese War because of the capture of 24 Japanese soldiers, and if we strengthen the awareness of catching prisoners, especially the wounded, then this record in the Cheqiao Battle can at least quadruple.
In addition, after Cheqiao Town was taken by me, there were not enough personnel to clean up the battlefield at that time, so "pseudo staff, intelligence agencies, spies, and key criminals were not searched."
These are all regrets in the Cheqiao Campaign, and we need to draw lessons and improve deficiencies in future battles.
Cleaning up the battlefield requires careful care, whether it is the capture of artillery or the enemy's life and capture, it cannot be taken lightly. Otherwise, there may be a phenomenon of going through the motions, not searching thoroughly, or even being secretly searched back by the enemy.
For example, in the Lujiatan reinforcement battlefield, in the place where we had cleaned, 8 machine guns were salvaged by the enemy. If we had been careful and meticulous at that time, then the seizure of machine guns would have increased by 5 times.
Similarly, the number of bullets captured in the results statistics may also be doubled. The experience of the Cheqiao Battle tells us that details determine success or failure, and we should conscientiously sum up the shortcomings of each battle, so that we can have a more comprehensive, more objective, and more materialistic understanding and summary of a battle.