[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 382: The Eighth Division (Ask for subscriptions, ask for monthly passes, ask for everything!) ）

As soon as this unspecified telegram from Ma Zheng's department was issued, it immediately aroused wide repercussions at home and abroad. Two hours ago, the headquarters of the Japanese North China Front Army was still clamoring about how much success it had achieved, saying that it would not accept the surrender of Ma Zheng's headquarters, and even showing reporters some evidence that Ma Zheng's headquarters had been surrounded, which made the entire Chinese nation worried about the safety of this legendary general.

Unexpectedly, just two hours later, the legendary general actually sent a report to the outside world, and treated others in his own way. Not only did he laugh at the Japanese, but he also announced to the world that he had just annihilated more than 20,000 Japanese puppet troops, forcing a Japanese lieutenant general to commit suicide.

Of course, the North China Front did not believe this telegram from Ma Zheng's department, because the Japanese army had always believed that the main force of Ma Zheng's department had been on the Chengde front line from beginning to end, and this was confirmed by the second division in Chengde City, how could it be possible to send troops to annihilate Sawada Shigeru's department.

Besides, there are more than 20,000 people in Sawada Shigeru's department, and even with a one-to-one ratio of troops, Ma Zheng's department needs at least more than 20,000 people to annihilate Sawada Shigeru's department. However, according to the intelligence collected by the special high school, there were only more than 20,000 troops under Ma Zheng's department advancing eastward, so objectively speaking, the Eighth Route Army did not have the conditions to annihilate Sawada Shigeru.

The most important thing is that although Sawada Shigeru's division is mainly a puppet army, even if it is annihilated, it cannot be completed in just a few hours, and if there is really danger during this period, Sawada Shigeru's department can at least send a telegram back to the front army headquarters for help. However, from the beginning to the end, the North China Front Headquarters did not receive a telegram for help from Sawada Shigeru's department, so all the Japanese military leaders, including Sugiyama Moto, thought that this was a sign of Ma Zheng's dead duck's hard mouth and the end of a strong crossbow.

However, Sugiyama Moto's heart was still a little worried, after all, they really couldn't contact Sawada Shigeru's department now. Although the answer given by the communications department was that the 4th Division had entered a special terrain and landform, such as a mountainous area or a dense forest, so it could not be contacted, General Sugiyama was still a little worried.

In a hurry, a sternly worded order was immediately issued to the temporary headquarters of the 16th Division, and the North China Front Headquarters ordered Lieutenant General Fujie Keipu to settle the battle within three days, capture the county town of Xinghe, and annihilate the 93rd Division in China.

At the same time, Yoshio Shinozuka on the front line of Datong also received a telegram from Sugiyama Moto, ordering them to defeat the Shina army in front of them, capture the county seat of Fengzhen, and join forces with Fujie Egusho under Jining Castle.

Lieutenant General Fujie Meguma was not a dry eater, and immediately sent a telegram to the commanders of the front, Major General Sakai Naoji and Major General Sugawara Jiro, ordering them to attack the county seat of Kowa within two days, and then quickly advance westward to attack Jining Castle.

However, the wish is beautiful, but the reality is cruel, although at this time they have indeed surrounded Xinghe County, including Yang Chengwu more than 10,000 people were besieged in Xinghe City, but because Xinghe has always been the first line of defense of the Suicha Military Region and the Japanese army, so since last year, the Suicha Military Region has been transforming Xinghe City for a whole year, Houhe, Erdaohe and the old city are full of pillboxes and defensive positions, so it is impossible for the Japanese army to capture Xinghe County in a short time.

The progress of Fujie Eguga's department is slow, and Yoshio Shinozuka is also having a hard time. Although they seized Yangyuan, Guangling, and Tianzhen County from the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, they then seized Yanggao County from the Seventh Division of the Suicha Military Region, thus relieving the danger of Datong. However, on the way to Fengzhen in the north, he was stubbornly resisted by the Duqi Division.

In addition, the follow-up troops were fiercely attacked by the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region in Wei County, and the troops suffered heavy casualties, not to mention that they were held back, and they could not meet the main force of the 10th Division for a while.

As a last resort, Yoshio Shinozuka had to order Major General Takesehira not to join up with the division headquarters, and to clean up the hateful group of groundhogs behind, so the main force of the 10th Division was contained by the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region.

In order to hold back the 11th Brigade of the 10th Division, Commander Nie of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region personally led the main force of the Military Region to fight the Japanese army at Huajialing, a mountainous area north of Wei County. Commander Nie occupied the geographical advantage of the right position, and also built strong fortifications, the purpose of which was to drag the more than 6,000 people of the 11th Brigade in the area of Wei County.

After three days and three nights of fighting, the Japanese army was completely annihilated by a field brigade and two puppet regiments, totaling more than 3,000 people, and at the same time, the main force of the division besieged Shuo County, forcing the Japanese army to independently mix into the second brigade and regiment had to shrink its forces and defend Shuo County.

Judging from the entire battle situation, almost the whole front fell into a stalemate, and the Japanese army occupied the absolute initiative on the Xinghe front, while on the Chengde front, Ma Zheng's department occupied the initiative. The remaining battlefields also have their own victories and defeats, and no one can help anyone in a short period of time. Although from the overall point of view, it seems that the Japanese army has a certain advantage, but it seems that Ma Zheng's department is not without a chance to turn the tables, and it is confusing.

After sending the telegram, Ma Zheng hurriedly drove to Mayingzi in the south of Chengde City, where all the prisoners escorted by Chen Xudong's department had arrived at Mayingzi last night.

In the temporary headquarters of the 274 Brigade, Ma Zheng met the guest he wanted to meet, Liu Fengchi, commander-in-chief of the first group of the puppet North China Public Security Army. Ma Zheng knows about Liu Fengchi, because this person is also a famous general in history. This person graduated from the Baoding Beiyang Military Academy and is a well-known representative of China's modern military "Baoding Department".

Liu Fengchi successively served as the commander of the 81st Regiment, the chief of staff of the 2nd Artillery Brigade of the 6th Division of Zhang Xueliang and Guo Songling of the Fengjun Army, and the commander of the cavalry brigade of the 30th Army of the Beiyang Army. After the Central Plains War, Liu Fengchi returned to Beiping to serve in the Beiping Garrison Command, and was awarded the rank of major general a year before the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War.

After the July 7 Incident, the Beiping North China Command of the Nationalist Government had a premonition that the war was not going well, so it destroyed a large amount of important materials and military secrets. After that, Liu and several other generals dismissed their officials and went home, resolutely drawing a line with the Japanese side! Later, after the hiding place was found and kidnapped by the traitors, Liu Fengchi and other generals were imprisoned in a compound near the front gate, controlled by the Japanese. The Japanese induced, brainwashed, and persuaded them to surrender. asked him to come out to preside over the situation, but Liu Fengchi resolutely refused to cooperate.

Later, Qi Xieyuan formed a puppet North China Security Army, in order to invite Liu Fengchi out of the mountain, Qi Xieyuan sent people to Liu's house to mobilize many times, and instigated and intimidated Liu Fengchi in a deceptive way, but Liu Fengchi resolutely refused to go out of the mountain out of national righteousness, and maintained national integrity. Later, because life became increasingly difficult, the lives of more than a dozen people in the family became problems, and Qi Kunyuan and others insidiously used various means, both soft and hard, coercion and temptation, to deceive Liu Fengchi out of his "post". Liu Fengchi was then forced to take up the post of commander of the police bureau of the puppet North China government to assist in Japanese security work.

Although Liu Fengchi took up a false position, he was not willing, which is fundamentally different from Qi Xieyuan. In particular, when Liu Fengchi witnessed the heinous crimes of Japanese fascist aggression and cruelty to the Chinese people, he deeply hated this, and he actively organized his family and friends to engage in underground struggles against Japanese aggression.

Liu Fengchi's eldest son, Liu Yuncheng, was a surgeon who worked at the Japanese-controlled Beiping Railway Hospital after returning from studying in Japan. The roommate was an underground CCP member, and some anti-Japanese personnel were seriously injured in the battle. At that time, most hospitals were controlled by the Japanese, and it was very easy to expose their identities when they were sent to the hospital for surgery. Human lives are at stake, and the situation is at stake. So they found the Liu family, hoping to use the Liu family's Japanese pseudo-employment status and the doctor in the deep house compound to rescue the wounded, so that it was safe and not easy to be detected.

Liu Fengchi readily agreed, so he vacated his own library. The eldest son, Liu Yuncheng, personally operated on the wounded. In this way, during the eight-year Anti-Japanese War, more than a dozen wounded anti-Japanese soldiers were secretly rescued by the Liu family.

Liu Fengchi risked his life to rescue and finance the underground workers of the Communist Party, and at the risk of being arrested and killed, he used his house as a base for the Communist Party's underground work to meet behind enemy lines. After learning the information in advance, the Eighth Route Army promptly transferred and resettled a large number of people. Indirectly, a large number of innocent property and lives have been saved.

It is precisely because of various performances that after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Liu Fengchi was not held accountable for his false position, and was able to spend his old age in peace, so Ma Zheng decided to meet this legendary general. (To be continued.) )