[The Iron Blood King of the Anti-Japanese Army] Chapter 72: Ma Zheng's appetite

When he received the telegram from Yunjian, Ma Zheng was summarizing the battle with Lu Ming and others, and after reading the telegram, Ma Zheng was overjoyed and immediately said: "The political commissar has also succeeded, and the sixth cavalry division of the puppet Mongolian army has been wiped out." ”

Hearing this, Lu Ming and the others were also very happy, especially Wu Xiuda, who shouted directly: "Three cavalry divisions have been damaged at once, and the little devil is going to scold his mother this time!" ”

Lu Ming smiled and said, "It's not three divisions, it's four." ”

"It's obviously three divisions, how can it be four?" Wu Xiuda asked puzzled.

"Three is true now, but tomorrow it will definitely be four." After speaking, Lu Ming looked at Ma Zheng with a smile.

Ma Zheng immediately said: "Well, what Commander Lu said is right, the political commissar did not alarm the others when they eliminated the puppet Sixth Division, and now they are arranging the battlefield and waiting for the arrival of the second cavalry division of the puppet army." With the strength of Huang Bingyan and Chen Xudong's troops, it shouldn't be much of a problem to kill that puppet army cavalry division. ”

"There must be no problem, although the establishment of the puppet army is a division, but in fact there are more than 2,000 people, and at the very least, it is only a regiment. The four regiments of our Seventh Brigade fought against their four regiments, and they were still unintentionally calculated, how could they be undefeated. Lu Ming said with a smile.

"There are few people who can be traitors, and the little devils are counting on them to encircle and suppress us, they are really dreaming of marrying a daughter-in-law, and they just want to do good things." Wu Xiuda said.

Ma Zheng smiled and said, "The little devils just want us Chinese to fight the Chinese, and they are sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight." However, their wishful thinking is wrong this time, they can be said to have lost their wives and soldiers this time, and after we convert these prisoners, it will be equivalent to adding thousands of recruits for nothing, and there will be little devils to drink a pot at that time. ”

"Brigade commander, is it feasible to transform prisoners, you must know that those guys have done a lot of bad things with the devils, can they really follow us to fight the devils?" Lu Ming asked in a deep voice.

Ma Zheng immediately got up and said, "Is there a natural traitor in this world?" Although most of those puppet soldiers are soft bones and do not have much will to fight, being a traitor in the puppet army is just a last resort, to put it bluntly, it is just to find a way to live, so we just need to get rid of the first evil. As for those ordinary soldiers, as long as they know what they are doing and what they can do in the future, I believe they will abandon the darkness and turn to the light. ”

Lu Ming shook his head and said: "I don't think it's that simple, since those guys can be traitors once, they may not be able to be traitors a second time, don't think about things too simply." ”

"Hahaha, it's okay, I understand what you mean. If we are at a disadvantage in the war against Japan, then the assumption you are talking about is not unfounded, but as long as we maintain the current state of affairs, I believe that the things you mentioned will not happen. Ma Zheng said.

"The brigade commander's words are to the point, even if those puppet troops abandon the darkness and turn to the light, it depends on our subsequent performance. If you perform well, it's naturally fine, but if we encounter setbacks in the future, the consequences will be unimaginable! ”

"It's not as serious as you think, the army is a melting pot, and when they join in, it will be completely fused." Ma Zheng said with a smile.

Lu Ming didn't say anything more, of course, this doesn't mean that he was persuaded by Ma Zheng, it's just that he is a smart person, and he knows that some words can be stopped at the point, and there is no need to argue.

"Brigadier Commander, what are we going to do next? Are you going to return to the base to beat the little devils? Wu Xiuda suddenly asked.

"There's no need, I've already said before, although the terrain of the big hills we occupied before is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, but it is not a base area, and it is not suitable for a base area, because there is no population and suitable land for farming, so we have to find a suitable place to take root." Ma Zheng said.

"Rooted? Does the brigade commander mean to fight a county town and keep it for himself? Lu Ming said in surprise.

"Hehe, I didn't expect Captain Lu's appetite to be so small, and a county town will meet your requirements?" Ma Zheng asked with a smile.

Lu Ming's eyes widened, and then he asked, "Brigade commander, what do you mean to fight a few more?" ”

Ma Zheng smiled and said: "The little devil's troops in the Suicha area are weak, and the land of more than one million square kilometers is only stationed in the nine cavalry divisions of the first division and one brigade plus the puppet army, and the total strength is only forty or fifty thousand people. After several months of hard fighting, we have severely damaged the 26th Division and many garrison squadrons of the Japanese army, and now we have completely annihilated three cavalry divisions of the puppet army, so we are fully capable of taking root and developing in the Suicha area. ”

Lu Ming cautiously asked, "Brigade Commander, how big is your appetite?" ”

Ma Zheng stood up, walked to a huge map, drew a large circle on the map with his hand and said, "It's not very big, it's just a few counties!" ”

Lu Ming said in surprise: "Zhuozi, Jining, Fengzhen, Xinghe, Shangdu, Huade, your appetite is really big, these are 6 counties, aren't you afraid of breaking your stomach?" ”

Ma Zheng smiled and said, "It's okay, it's only six counties, it's no problem at all." ”

"Brigade commander, I have no doubt about taking these six county seats, but have you ever thought about it, once we do this, will we face the next problems?" Lu Ming asked with a frown.

Ma Zheng nodded and said, "You mean that this will expose our strength, cause the Japanese invading army to reestimate our strength, and make the enemy concentrate on us." ”

Lu Ming nodded and said: "Well, now the main force of the Japanese army is fighting against the Central Army in Shandong and Henan, so our wisest choice is to secretly develop our forces, rather than exposing the target prematurely." Otherwise, the Japanese army will definitely concentrate its forces against us, and when the time comes, we will not only suffer heavy casualties ourselves, but also not be able to recover our vitality. ”

Ma Zheng shook his head and said, "Although what you said has some truth, it ignores a problem. ”

"What's the problem?"

"You ignore the importance that the Japanese army attaches to our army, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with you thinking this way a few months ago. But after this period of continuous battles, especially after we completely annihilated the four cavalry divisions of the puppet army this time, do you think the little devils will still despise us like now? ”

Seeing that Lu Ming was silent, Ma Zheng said again: "Don't think about the Japanese so simply, the Japanese can dare to fully invade China with only a few hundred thousand troops, and there will definitely be people who understand among them, so it is only a matter of time before we are surrounded and suppressed by heavy troops." ”

"That being the case, then why don't we turn the passive into the active, and take the initiative to show our hole cards before the Japanese army encircles and suppresses us. Taking advantage of the fact that the Japanese army has no time to take the initiative to attack, maybe when they come to their senses, we have already established a solid base, and at that time we can really fight with the little devils. ”

Lu Ming thought about it carefully and felt that what Ma Zheng said was indeed reasonable. Moreover, the fact that the Japanese army dispatched two infantry wings and four puppet cavalry divisions to encircle and suppress the Duqi Brigade is very telling, and the Japanese army has already remembered them. If it weren't for the fact that the main force of the North China Front now has no time to take care of it, I am afraid that this time it would not be the four puppet armies that fell ill and died, but the four elite divisions of the Japanese army.

Immediately, Lu Ming nodded and said, "What the brigade commander said makes sense, you can give the order!" ”