[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 552: All or Nothing (Ask for a subscription, ask for a monthly pass, ask for everything!) ）

In the eyes of General Sugiyama Moto, the troops of the Suicha Military Region were different from any other army in China, they were different from the regular army of the Nationalist Government, and at the same time, they were different from the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army, and they were an extremely difficult opponent. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

When he first arrived in North China to take up his post, General Sugiyama Mototo thought that with so many troops in the North China Front, it would not be a matter of collecting a dirt road. Although Sugiyama Gen had heard of Ma Zheng's murderous reputation when he was in China at that time, his superb tactical command ability was by no means comparable to that of ordinary generals.

But at that time, General Sugiyama Mototo believed that in the face of absolute strength, all conspiracies and tricks were paper tigers that could not stand the test. He did not believe that with the strength of a few divisions under Ma Zheng's command, he could fight to the death with nearly 200,000 troops of more than a dozen divisions under his command.

Moreover, in his impression, the weapons and equipment of the Eighth Route Army were very bad, although they were not as simple as the outside world said, but they were not as advanced and sophisticated. At the same time, the weapons and equipment of the Japanese army were also among the best in the world, although the artillery support capability of the Imperial Army and the performance of tanks and tanks were indeed inferior to those of several other military powers, but compared with China, which was weak in national strength, the weapons and equipment of the Imperial Japanese Army could be called luxurious.

Therefore, just after taking office, General Sugiyama Yuan thought about how to attack and even completely annihilate the Eighth Route Army, but it backfired, nearly a year has passed, and the North China Front Army has lost its cities and territories in many battlefields, and there is no way to take Ma Zheng's troops at all.

Although Sugiyama Yuan at this time already knew that Ma Zheng's department was not a toothless tiger, but an unprovoked beast and fierce beast, there was no way to do it at this time.

There has been news in the country that the base camp intends to let the villain Tada Jun succeed him as the commander of the North China Front, and due to the defeat in the war, he is likely to be thrown to a Shimizu Yamen to sit on the cold bench. In order to maintain his current position and to preserve his military honor, General Sugiyama Mototoshi was ready to sacrifice his life.

According to the news from the front line in the past few days, General Sugiyama learned that the most elite mechanized troops under Ma Zheng's department were on the Xinkou front line at this time, and they could not rush back to the Zhangjiakou front line in a short time.

He believed that as long as Ma Zheng's armored troops did not appear in the Xuanhua area, the North China Front would have the opportunity and ability to complete a severe blow to the 30,000 or 40,000 Tuba Road on the Xuanhua front, and with the strong offensive ability of the imperial army, it would be easy to entangle Ma Zheng's subordinate, and as long as the army completed the encirclement, there was still a good chance to eliminate the main force of the Tuba Road on the Xuanhua front.

Moreover, General Sugiyama knew that the allies of the Japanese Empire would soon provide the most direct support for their holy war, and that when the time came, whether it was the invincible British or the arrogant French, they would probably be dragged down by Hitler's mustache and would never interfere with the empire's great cause for no reason, and the red Soviet Union in the north would certainly not stay out of it.

Even if Stalin's bearded man barely resisted the attack of Hitler's mustache, his own vitality would be greatly damaged, not to mention attacking Manchuria, the "territory" of the empire, at that time, even if it was self-preservation.

As one of the few strategists in the Great Empire, Sugiyama Gendai is still very proud of himself, and even when facing His Royal Highness the Prince of Kanin Palace, Admiral Sugiyama Mototo, he does not think that he is worse than anyone else.

To tell the truth, although during this period of time, the North China Front Army suffered a lot of losses at the hands of the Eighth Route Army, but deep down in his heart, General Sugiyama Mototo did not think that the Great Japanese Imperial Army was worse than the Eighth Route Army, but only attributed the reason for the defeat to the fact that part of the main force of the Imperial Army went south to participate in the Second Battle of Wuhan. If those first-class field divisions with strong combat effectiveness were still there, no matter how strong the Eighth Route Army was, it would not be as rampant as it is now.

Secondly, the progress of the Imperial Japanese Army in the early stage of the war was too smooth, and in just a few years, it captured the equivalent of eight Chinese territories the size of Japan, but its military strength was not able to develop synchronously, so that now the Japanese army on the entire Chinese battlefield is short of troops, not to mention the long front, and the supply cannot keep up, which greatly affects the combat effectiveness of the army.

I have to say that Sugiyama Gen has a sense of self-deception in this kind of thinking, and now the development of the various units of the Eighth Route Army is extremely rapid, especially the strength of Ma Zheng's department, which is well known.

The difference in the situation of the Eighth Route Army two years ago is also obvious to all, and the reason why such a huge change can take place in such a short period of time is that General Sugiyama Mototo naturally thought about it, and other senior Japanese generals who served in the North China Front Army have also made detailed analyses, but they have not found the real reason for the rapid development of the Eighth Route Army and its strong combat effectiveness.

General Sugiyama Yuan is also very helpless now, at this time the smoke is everywhere in North China, northern Hebei, southern Hebei, the eastern grasslands, the land of Sanjin and the land of Qilu are all fighting, but almost all the mobile forces of the Japanese army have been dispatched, and the news that has come in recent days has become more and more worrying, especially the "Lu Zhengcao" department in the central Hebei region is jumping a little out of line.

What worries General Sugiyama Yuan the most is the Ma Zheng Department of Suicha and the two provinces, you must know that dogs that can bite people do not bark, and in Sugiyama Yuan's eyes, Ma Zheng's Department is a mad dog who doesn't know what to do. Either obediently do not move, and if you move, it is earth-shattering.

finally lurked for a few months, and this move was to annihilate all the Japanese puppet troops in Chifeng, and even the puppet regime supported by the Japanese army was driven to the Tongliao area by Ma Zheng's department.

The battle situation on the front line of Xuanhua was even more stalemate, and the 10th, 110th, and 26th divisions of the Front Army under the command of Yamashita Fengwen, as well as the half-crippled 16th Division, the Military Police Brigade of the North China Front Army, and the 11th, 13th, and 16th Groups of the North China Public Security Army fought with Ma Zheng's headquarters on the Xuanhua and Chicheng lines. Although the Yamashita Division has an absolute advantage in numbers, judging from the current battle situation, the Yamashita Division still does not have the upper hand.

Although Yamashita Fengwen is still a capable high-ranking officer, he can only protect himself in the face of the strange tactics of Ma Zheng's subordinates. Fortunately, the strength of the Imperial Japanese Army on the front line of Xuanhua has far exceeded the expectations of the Shina people, so the next thing to see is the performance of Yamashita Fengfumi.

Fortunately, Yamashita Fengwen did not disappoint Sugiyama Moto, just half an hour ago, the Yamashita Division sent a good news, after a day and a night of fighting, the Japanese Imperial Army finally occupied the most important dangerous place south of Zhangjiakou, Shalingzi.

Shalingzi is the only way to Zhangjiakou Dongcheng District, although at this time Ma Zheng's department has gained a firm foothold in Zhangjiakou, but as long as Shalingzi is defeated, the main force of the Japanese Imperial Army can rush to Zhangjiakou in the shortest possible time, and even if the people have the ability to turn the sky upside down, don't want to keep Zhangjiakou.

The geographical location of Zhangjiakou is destined to be a heavy city that cannot be lost, and Zhangjiakou is also known as "Zhangyuan" and "Wucheng". Located in the south of Chahar, it is the capital city of Chahar Province and the largest city currently controlled by Ma Zheng's department.

In addition, Zhangjiakou is located at the junction of Beijing, Hebei, Shanxi and Mongolia, which is the northern gate of Beiping, and is also a place where soldiers must fight in history, and an important geographical and cultural city. Whether Zhangjiakou can be held or not is extremely important to Ma Zheng's department, both from a political and military point of view. And for General Sugiyama Yuan, whether he can take Zhangjiakou is also related to his fate.

After taking Zhangjiakou, even if the Eighth Route Army makes trouble in North China, the base camp will not punish him for the credit of recovering Zhangjiakou, at most a few reprimands, and will not consider replacing him as the commander of the front army.

But if it can't be beaten, the consequences will be serious, and when the time comes, it will be the last moment of liquidation, and being transferred back to the country to sit on the cold bench is already the best treatment, just like the general Terauchi Shouyi who returned to China last year. (To be continued.) )