[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 953: Chinese New Year (Ask for subscription!) , ask for a monthly pass, ask for everything! ）

Although the time had entered the expected year of 1941, the situation in North China was still tepid, the fighting between the two sides was still maintained and controlled below the scale of the battalion and company, and the combat units above the regiment level were not mobilized for two and a half months. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

However, whether it is Ma Zheng or Okamura Ningji, they all know what the other party has in mind, this is just a ghost trick to recuperate and accumulate strength, and when one side recovers its strength, then it will definitely not show mercy to the other party's subordinates.

Although they understood, neither of them was punctured, and everyone cherished such a good opportunity to rest. Ma Zheng and Okamura Ninji both knew that after the outbreak of the next war, the result would be either you die or I would die, and there would never be a second possibility, so they both seized this rare time to rest.

After more than two months of rest and training, the five major military subdivisions of the Shandong Military Region finally had a look.

With the approval of the central authorities, Ma Zheng adjusted the personnel appointments of the Shandong Military Region, and the specific appointments of the adjusted Shandong Military Region were as follows: Commander Ma Zheng, Political Commissar Yun Jian, Chief of Staff Li Yu, Military Intelligence Minister Wang Dechuan, Political Department Director Xu Weiguo, Logistics Department Director Wang Hansen, and Military Industry Minister Liu Yongen.

Xie Wensheng, commander of the Luxi Military Division, has a total strength of more than 20,000 people under the jurisdiction of Shandong Instructor.

Huang Bingyan, commander of the Luzhong Military Division, has a total strength of more than 14,000 troops under his command of the 1st Brigade of the 1st Independent Division of Shandong, the Guard Regiment, the Engineer Regiment, the Cavalry Regiment, and the 2nd and 3rd Battalions of the Artillery Regiment.

Liang Shangren, commander of the Lunan Military Division, has the 2nd Brigade, the Guard Regiment, and the 1st Battalion of the Artillery Regiment of the Shandong Independent Division, with a total strength of more than 12,000 troops.

Lu Ming, commander of the Jiaodong Military Division, has a total strength of 11,000 people under the jurisdiction of the 1st Brigade of the 2nd Independent Division of Shandong, as well as the Divisional Guard Regiment and the Engineer Regiment.

Jiang Hao, commander of the Bohai Naval Division, has a total strength of more than 8,600 troops under his command of the Second Brigade of the Shandong Independent Division, the cavalry regiment and the artillery regiment of the divisional headquarters.

In addition, the headquarters of the military region has also set up units directly under the guard brigade, cavalry regiment, artillery regiment, engineer regiment, transport regiment, and supplementary corps, and now the total number of troops in the entire military region has exceeded 70,000.

The most important thing is that almost all the recruit units have completed the three-month intensive training for recruits, and the discipline and combat effectiveness of the troops have been markedly improved.

The border government also came with good news, the 359 Brigade and the 11th and 12th Independent Brigades of the Suicha Military Region in Yan'an have achieved phased results, although the weather is cold and the ground is not carrying out reclamation operations, but the three brigades have demarcated the reclamation area around Yan'an, and use the materials provided by the Suicha Military Region to build a large number of production equipment, including shovels, hoes, sickles, etc., in addition, a large number of horses and ploughing cattle have been sent to Yan'an, just wait for the beginning of the spring of the next year to start this production campaign.

What pleased Ma Zheng the most was the news from the troops sent to the northeast by the military region that Huang Haitao had already made contact with many units of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Federation, and had substantive contacts with several of them, and the troops had also expanded a lot. Now their infantry brigade has nearly eight cadres, and its prestige in the northeast is not small.

In addition, Huang Haitao applied to Ma Zheng to transfer some cadres with excellent political quality to the northeast to preside over the work.

Ma Zheng knew that Huang Haitao was a practical talent and a good hand at fighting, but managing the ideological work of the troops was not something he was good at.

Therefore, after consultations between Ma Zheng and other leaders of the military region, it was decided to establish the Suidong Military Sub-district, and Ma Zheng, the commander of the Northern Military Sub-district, was appointed as the commander and political commissar of the Suidong Military Sub-district, and Zhou Hai, the political commissar, took over the post of commander of the Chabei Military Sub-district.

The Suidong Military Sub-district has three cavalry brigades under its jurisdiction plus Huang Haitao's headquarters, and the defense area is in a vast area between Tongliao, Chifeng, and Shuangliao, and at the same time radiates the entire northeast region.

While Ma Zheng adjusted his troops in a small area and actively prepared for war, the Japanese army was not idle. At the same time, the Japanese government issued a general mobilization order for the second war, calling on young and middle-aged people throughout the country to actively participate in this "holy war."

In addition, Japan's intelligence agencies have continued to infiltrate the Southeast Asian region, and almost all of its navy has been mobilized, and its spearhead is directly aimed at the United States, Britain, and other countries in Southeast Asia.

The Japanese army's movements did not attract the attention of the United States and Britain and other countries, let alone issue a precautionary order against Japan, and everything was running according to the Japanese side's assumptions, which greatly excited the Japanese top bringers.

January 26, 1941, the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, Chinese New Year's Eve!

Today is the last day of the Chinese Year of the Dragon, and there are many things to be happy about for the suffering Chinese, the Nationalist government not only inflicted heavy losses on the Japanese army in the Battle of Changsha, but also won the support of the Americans, not only got a $2,500 tung oil loan, but also finalized a war loan of about $200 million, which is no less than a charcoal in the snow for the Nationalist government.

On top of that, President Roosevelt had already decided to have Chennault organize a flight team to aid China, and there had been substantial progress on the matter, with about 500 American pilots already on board the journey to China, which is expected to arrive soon.

At the beginning of the year, the Japanese North China Front Army lost its armor and abandoned its armor, hundreds of thousands of troops were defeated and retreated, and even Beiping was almost conquered, so that the base camp forced Tada Jun, who had been in office for less than a year, to commit suicide and be responsible for the defeat.

Not long ago, the Suicha Military Region, in coordination with the First Theater, the Second War Zone, and other units of the Eighth Route Army, once again inflicted heavy losses on the Japanese army in North China; although it lost Zhangjiakou, it conquered Baoding and Shimen, which were heavily garrisoned by the Japanese army, and completely drove the First Army stationed in Shanxi out of the land of the Three Jin Dynasty in one fell swoop, and the whole territory of Shanxi Province was recovered after three years of occupation.

At this time, the Japanese army in North China only retreated to Beiping, Tianjin, Shandong and other places, and the defense area was reduced by two-thirds compared with the peak time, you must know that when the Japanese army was the strongest, it not only occupied the Pingjin region and Shandong Province, but also captured the entire Chahar and most of Suiyuan and Shanxi, in addition to most of Henan and a part of Jiangsu were under the control of the Japanese army.

The unprecedented victory of the Chinese army and the people made the situation of the Japanese army in North China increasingly difficult, and if there was no breakthrough in a short period of time, I am afraid that the Japanese army in North China would be completely wiped out in a few years.

Therefore, this year is a bumper harvest year for the Chinese people, and it is also the most promising year. On the night of the reunion on the Chinese New Year's Eve, the military and civilians in the vast rear areas really reveled for a while.

However, for the people in the occupied areas, there is really nothing to celebrate this year. The better the anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians fought on the front line, the greater the losses of the Japanese army, and the more difficult the situation for them, the enslaved people, because the Japanese army had long implemented the policy of feeding the war with war on the Chinese battlefield, and in addition to weapons and equipment, the rest of the expenses were all raised by the local Chinese people, including military rations.

Every time after a major war, the Japanese army would loot the people in the occupied areas, especially after the defeat.

Therefore, the common people in the occupied areas were more sad than any other year, and there were almost no people who did not wear linen and filial piety, and even many villages were completely reduced to ruins and were wiped out alive.

Especially this time Okamura Ningji was defeated in North China, and the whole of Shanxi was lost, not only the soldiers were lost, but most of the materials were lost, and more importantly, the puppet army that the Shanxi traitor Cai Xiongfei easily pulled up was also completely finished, and was served by Ma Zheng.

Such heavy losses must be made up, especially under the threat of Ma Zheng's subordinates, the Japanese army will not dare to and cannot ignore the existence of the Eighth Route Army, so as soon as the battle ended, the Japanese army began to capture a large number of strong men and form a puppet army.

For a time, the whole Hebei and Henan people were panicked, and as long as there were young adults in every village, they were basically arrested. And in these years, there are a few soldiers who can have a good end, especially when they are puppet soldiers, so even if it is the New Year, the people in the occupied areas do not think about tea and dinner, and there is no slightest festive energy. (To be continued.) )