[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 226: Overseeing the Ninth War Zone

Ma Li's question is not only what she wants to know, but also what Sui Jinguang, Lu Yunguang and others want to know. After all, even people who don't know how to fight know that the most important thing in war is to look at the strength of both sides, whoever is strong can win, and it is not impossible for the weak to defeat the strong, but it is by no means as easy as the Duqi Division.

Seeing that everyone was fixed on him, Ma Zheng smiled and said: "This problem is very complicated, and it can't be explained clearly in a while, but it is roughly divided into two aspects, one is tactical, and the other is strategic. ”

Then Ma Zheng continued: "In terms of grand strategy, there is indeed a huge gap between us and the Japanese army, which no one can deny, otherwise it will not be the turn of the little devils to spread wild on our Chinese soil now!" But the Japanese are not invincible, nor are they always stronger than us, as long as we use our tactics properly, we can still defeat them! ”

"General Ma, can you be specific?" Sui Jinguang immediately asked.

"Well, the reason why we feel that the Japanese army is strong is because the Japanese army occupies almost all the initiative, and we can only be beaten passively. But as long as we change our thinking and tactics and let the Japanese army be led by our nose, we can completely defeat the little devils. Let's take a few battles as an example, the fact that the Japanese army has suffered heavy losses is not that the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army is inferior to that of our Duqi Division, but because the high-ranking generals of the Japanese army have a narrow strategic vision and are dull in tactics, and they have made mistakes in the application of tactics, so that they have affected the entire strategic layout. Ma Zheng said in a deep voice.

Sui Jinguang said with emotion: "The incisiveness of General Ma's remarks is the only one I have ever seen! I wonder what the general thinks about the prospects of the war? ”

Ma Zheng thought for a while and said, "This question has been asked to me by many people, but my answer is the same every time. Although the Japanese army is stronger than us in all aspects, we in China will never die in a country of four islands, and we want to swallow elephants in a small land, and we have a great appetite, but we do not have that strength, let alone that luck. The final outcome will inevitably be the destruction of the country and the family. ”

"May I ask General Ma, where does your confidence come from?" Sui Jinguang asked again.

"Coming from the study of reality and the judgment of the future, although the Japanese army is rampant now, the reality of the island country limits its strength of outward expansion. How many resources does an island country have, and how many wars can Japan afford with those materials produced in Japan? The reason why the little devils are invincible now is only to consume the foundation accumulated in the 100 years of the Meiji Restoration, and when these are consumed, the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army will inevitably decline rapidly due to the deterioration of the domestic economy, if the international situation changes. Japan's defeat was inevitable. ”

Then Ma Zheng said: "What's more, defending the country is the most sacred mission of our generation of soldiers, and the strength of the enemy is definitely not a reason for us to retreat." As a soldier, we must be full of desire for victory, and enthusiasm is the real motivation of a soldier. The 5,000-year-old historical inheritance of the Chinese nation must not be severed in our area, so whether it is for survival or for the sake of the millions of people behind us, we must stand up and fight bravely. ”

The interview didn't last long. First, Ma Zheng really doesn't have so much time to spend with these reporters, and second, there is an urgent military situation. So at five o'clock in the afternoon, Ma Zheng ended the interview.

After Lu Yunguang left with the two reporters, Ma Zheng turned his head to Huang Sicheng on the side and asked, "What's going on, what's going on on the front line of Peng Ze?" ”

Huang Sicheng immediately said: "Just now, the Ninth Theater Commander's Department sent a telegram saying that a Japanese support has arrived at the front line of Pengze, which is equivalent to an infantry brigade. In addition, an unknown number of enemies are coming, and Peng Ze will soon become the focus of contention between China and Japan. Therefore, the Ninth Theater Commander's Department ordered us to strengthen the guard force in the direction of Hukou and guard the rear road for Xue Yue's First Corps. ”

Ma Zheng frowned and said: "I haven't fought yet, I'm thinking about the back road, no wonder the millions of troops were beaten by tens of thousands of little devils and lost their armor, you send a report to Chen Cheng, and say that our Duqi Division will give him to supervise the battle in the back." It is absolutely impossible for the enemy to step through the mouth of the lake, but the rest of the people on the front line of Peng Ze should not want to fly through the mouth of the lake. ”

"Commander, we're just a guest army, so there's no need to be like them, right?" Huang Sicheng said.

"For the Ninth War Zone, we are indeed a guest army, but for the great rivers and mountains of China and the millions of people living on this land, we are the masters, otherwise why should we go south, and the two provinces of Suicha can't fight devils?" Ma Zheng said loudly.

"Won't this offend Chief Chen?" Huang Sicheng said.

"What if we offend, we don't belong to their ninth war zone, and we don't receive a penny of food from him Chen, what are we afraid of?" Ma Zheng said in a deep voice.

"Yes, I'll send a report!" Huang Sicheng said

After receiving the telegram from the Seventh Division, Chen Cheng's whole mood suddenly became bad.

It was not because Ma Zheng, a lieutenant general and division commander, dared to speak to him like this, but because Ma Zheng threatened to supervise the battle in the Ninth Theater, which was a naked insult and contempt for hundreds of thousands of officers and men in the Ninth Theater. What troops on the battlefield need to supervise the battle, and it is the kind of troops that are ready to flee at any time that need to be supervised by the superiors.

What level of unit is the 9th theater of operations? This is one of the only theaters in the whole of China, and it also has the most elite hundreds of thousands of troops and the best commanders of the Nationalist Government, including more than a dozen of the most elite divisions of the Central Army.

But Chen Cheng didn't have anything to do, people Ma Zheng dared to say that it was relied on, and people's reliance was one brilliant record after another. In comparison, the hundreds of thousands of troops in his Ninth War Zone are indeed embarrassing, Anqing was lost in two days, Madang Fortress was lost in one day, Pengze was lost in half a day, Hukou was in one day, Jiujiang in three days, and the Japanese army would fight in Wuhan for a month or two at most.

All the officers in the headquarters did not dare to make a sound, for fear of upsetting the commander, and everyone could see that Chief Chen was holding his breath in his heart.

After a long time, Chen Cheng let out a sigh of relief and said: "Send a report to the First Corps, send them this telegram from the Duqi Division word for word, and tell Xue Yue that if their First Corps can't hold Peng Ze, I will let the Duqi Division go to their rear to supervise the battle." ”

"Yes!"

Peng Ze, the headquarters of the First Corps, Corps Commander Xue Yue was discussing with Ou Zhen and others how to deal with it, and learned that the Japanese army with at least two divisions and an infantry brigade and a large number of naval warships rushed to the front line of Pengze, and the entire First Corps was extremely worried about this battle, and some people even suggested that the troops should only arrange one infantry division in Pengze City, and the rest of the troops were measured in the mountainous area outside Pengze City, and set up a defensive line there, once the Japanese army broke through the city defense, there would be a buffer.

But at this moment, a major staff officer of the corps suddenly came in with a telegram and said: "Report, Chief Xue, the headquarters of the theater commander is in an emergency!" ”

"Read!"

"Sir, let's see for yourself!" The major staff officer whispered.

"What's wrong?" Xue Yue glanced at the major suspiciously, but still took the telegram.

The message was not long, only more than a hundred words, Xue Yue quickly read it, and then Xue Yue suddenly slapped the table hard, and said loudly at the same time: "The good-mouthed boy actually insulted my First Corps so much, I really think that the world is the only one in the world that his Seventh Division can fight, what a bastard!" ”

Xue Yue's sudden outburst shocked all the officers in the corps headquarters, and they didn't know what was going on, so they all stopped what they were doing, and they all stared at Xue Yue.

Xue Yue threw the telegram on the table and said loudly: "From now on, the First Corps will defend Peng Ze at all costs, and anyone who retreats lightly - kill!" (To be continued.) )