[Anti-Japanese Iron and Blood King] Chapter 441: Jingluo Jinbei (Ask for subscriptions, ask for monthly passes, ask for everything!) ）

Seeing that the mood of the officers seemed to be a little low, Ma Zheng smiled and said, "I know what everyone is thinking, but in fact, I don't want to be like this at all. As soldiers, our main task is to protect our home and defend the country, and although we can't support the Wuhan battlefield head-on, it doesn't mean that we can't help at all, in fact, we can do a lot more! ”

"What do you mean, Commander?"

"In fact, it is very simple, the War of Resistance is a whole nation's affair, whether it is the Wuhan battlefield or other battlefields, it is a whole, after all, whether it is the North China Front Army or the Central China Dispatch Army, it is the Japanese army, and one is killed and one is missing. Although we can't grow wings and fly to Wuhan, we can fight a war of annihilation at our doorstep, teach the Japanese devils a hard lesson, and force the Japanese army in North China not to dare to reinforce the Wuhan battlefield, and support the Nationalist Government to defend Wuhan! Ma Zheng said.

"The commander is right, it's not the same to fight devils there, anyway, as long as you can eliminate the little devils, it is equivalent to weakening the strength of the Japanese army!" Huang Sicheng said in a deep voice.

"Commander, what do you say, we will all listen to you!" Ma Desheng, commander of the cavalry division, said loudly!

Ma Zheng got up, walked to the map, picked up the teaching stick and pointed to the huge map of North China and said: "Everyone, no matter how the Kuomintang fought on the Wuhan battlefield, let's take a look at our own situation first." Now the 27th Division of the Japanese Army is guarding Datong, and the front of the troops is directly aimed at Fengzhen, Liangcheng and Qingshuihe, in addition to the second brigade of the Japanese army independently mixed into the first line of Shuoxian and Yinshan to cooperate with it, if you count the puppet army, there are more than 25,000 puppet troops on the Datong line alone. ”

"Secondly, there is the 110th Division of the Japanese Army stationed in Tianzhen, although the division has been heavily damaged before, but the basic combat strength is still there. Its three main wings were stationed in Tianzhen, Yangyuan, and Weixian, and they were mainly preparing to attack Xinghe. ”

"In addition, there is Yoshio Shinozuka's 10th Division stationed on the front line of Xuanhua, Zhulu, and Huailai, which is the most combat-effective division of the Japanese army in North China.

In addition, the Japanese army also transferred Abe Norihide's 26th Division to the Laiyuan line, which was the logistics base of the Japanese army on the Datong and Tianzhen lines, and the 26th Division was also the reserve of the 27th Division and the 110th Division. The situation is roughly like this, it can be said that the Japanese army was already eager to try and ready to move at this time, and if it were not for the fact that the plague was breaking out in the defense area of our army, they would have acted a long time ago. ”

Then Ma Zheng continued: "As I said just now, since we can't support the Wuhan operation head-on, then we have to support them from the side. I propose to launch a war of annihilation on a considerable scale in North China to deal a severe blow to the arrogance of the Japanese army. ”

Yun Jian immediately asked, "Commander, how are you going to fight, and how big is this considerable scale?" ”

Ma Zheng pointed to a point on the map and said: "We can't intervene in Wuhan, we can't transport troops to Wuhan in a short time, and Lao Chiang doesn't allow us to act privately, so we have to reopen the battlefield and draw the attention of the Japanese army back to North China from Central China." What's more, some time ago, the First Army of the Japanese Army stationed in Shanxi successively carried out a long-term and brutal sweep of the Second War Zone and other units of our Eighth Route Army, resulting in heavy losses to the anti-Japanese forces in Shanxi. ”

"According to the information we have received, the Japanese First Army in Shanxi has concentrated the strength of two divisions and regiments to prepare for another attack on the Zhongtiao Mountain area. With the current situation of the troops in the Second War Zone, I am afraid that they have been frightened by the little devils, and if we don't take them a hand, I am afraid that Jinzhong and Jinnan will all fall. To be a good person is to do it to the end, in this case, we will set the battlefield here, cuddle the grass and beat the rabbit, not only to teach the Japanese devils, but also to reinforce the Wuhan battlefield, but also to reinforce the second theater, killing three birds with one stone! ”

"Datong?"

"Yes, it is Datong, Datong is an important town in the north of Shanxi, we have faced off with the Japanese army here several times, but in the end we can't hold here. The reason for this, I don't say that you also know, it's not that we can't build Datong, but that we can't defend it, because we don't have a good strategic support point. But now it is different, we have occupied Xilinhot and Chengde in the north, and Zhangjiakou, an important town in the south of Chanan, and have strategically found a support point that can cooperate with Datong, so it is time to take this strategic place. Ma Zheng said.

"Commander, your idea is very good, but you also said just now that the Japanese army has two field divisions on the Datong front alone, and if you add the 26th Division in Laiyuan and the independent mixed second brigade in Shuoxian, the Japanese army alone has three divisions and one mixed brigade around Datong, with a total strength of more than 50,000 people, are we now capable of launching a campaign to encircle and annihilate 50,000 people?" Chief of Staff Xu Yinghui asked in a deep voice.

"Chief of Staff, you are wrong, we are not facing 50,000 people, but 65,000 people. In addition to the 55,000 Japanese troops, we also had to face more than 10,000 puppet troops. ”

Speaking of this, Ma Zheng smiled, and then continued: "65,000 people does sound like a lot, even if we fight against it with a one-to-one force, our army will have to dispatch at least three integrated divisions, and it is not easy to transfer so many troops in the current state of our army." But let's not forget that Datong can be said to be a home game for us. ”

"Playing at home?" Everyone didn't understand what Ma Zheng meant, what it meant to fight at home.

Ma Zheng immediately said: "We have been fighting around Datong with Japanese devils for more than two years, and we are familiar with every inch of land there, which the Japanese are not as good as us." Secondly, although the Japanese army had more than 60,000 people, it was scattered within a radius of 300 kilometers, especially the 26th Division was still far away in Laiyuan, and even if it was by car, it would take more than a day to reach Datong without blocking all the way. ”

"So, as long as we act stealthily and quickly enough, we will only have to deal with a division, and at most some puppet troops. The 27th Division stationed in Datong should be familiar to everyone, this is our old adversary, its predecessor was the Chinese Garrison Brigade, and we have also fought against it. In addition, the first battle after the formation of this division was fought with us, that is, the Pengze offensive and defensive battle in the first Battle of Wuhan, and in that battle, this division was lost by us and lost more than half of its armor. ”

At this time, Huang Sicheng smiled and said: "Yes, I remembered, it was this 27th Division, and the division commander should have been called Masaharu Honma at that time, I don't know if it's that old thing now." If it weren't for the fast running of this old devil in that battle, we would have been wiped out in Pengze a long time ago. ”

Xu Yinghui immediately said: "The commander of the 27th Division is still Masaharu Honma, and it seems that this person has been punished by the Japanese upper echelons for his poor performance in the first Battle of Wuhan. Moreover, as far as I know, although the 27th Division of the Japanese Army has more than 17,000 people in three field wings, it actually has only 14,000 people, and it is mainly new recruits, and its combat effectiveness is very average. ”

Ma Zheng smiled and said: "This is the opponent we are going to face, there are not enough soldiers, the combat effectiveness is average, and it is not taken seriously in the Japanese army." In addition, don't forget that Datong is not the first time we have breached, as early as the last time we occupied Datong City, I had already ordered someone to stay behind, and as long as we are fast enough, we can definitely take Datong City before the Japanese army reacts. ”

"Backhand?" Everyone was surprised, including Yun Jian, who didn't know what Ma Zheng had left behind in Datong.

Ma Zheng didn't explain too much, but got up and said: "Okay, now listen to my orders: the reorganized 1st Division, the artillery brigade directly under the military region, the assault brigade, and the special operations brigade immediately secretly assemble in Datong to form a southward attack group, which I personally command, and prepare to seize northern Shanxi." The reorganized 2nd Division, the Cavalry Brigade, the Engineer Brigade and other units immediately assembled in the Chanan area in case the Japanese army launched an attack on the Zhangjiakou area. The rest of the troops were to be vigilant and ready to respond to the Japanese counterattack. This time, we must use blood and heads to teach the Japanese devils an unforgettable lesson, do you have confidence?"

"Yes"

(To be continued.) )