[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 541: This battle can be fought (ask for subscriptions, ask for monthly passes, ask for everything!) ）

To be honest, when he first learned that the Japanese reinforcements were going south to reinforce Feixiang, Ma Zheng actually didn't take it seriously. The main reason for www.biquge.info was that the Tokugawa Division's performance was really bad at the beginning, and its tactical command was as rigid and rigid as that of ordinary officers of the Japanese army, without the slightest flexibility.

But when this Japanese army suddenly changed its fighting style, Ma Zheng and others found that this Japanese army that suddenly appeared did have something extraordinary. Similarly, the Japanese army did not look down on Ma Zheng's subordinates at the beginning, thinking that like ordinary guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army, they could harass the garrisons in the occupied areas and did not have the ability to launch large-scale battles.

Even the North China Front Army Command deliberately analyzed it, believing that this was the Eighth Route Army Headquarters supporting the Suicha Military Region on the Tubalu flank of the occupied area, in the hope that the Imperial Japanese Army would divide its troops to the south in order to create an opportunity for the Suicha Military Region's next actions.

But now the Japanese army doesn't think much about it, and the combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army in southern Hebei is too amazing. In just four or five days, Daming County, Guangping County, Wei County, Linzhang County, and Anping County were captured, and the combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army exceeded the expectations of the Japanese army in North China.

And the territory of five or six counties is not small, adding up to 20,000 or 30,000 square kilometers, such a large area is not to mention the Eighth Route Army's suffering, haha, even the Japanese army, which has always been wealthy, does not want to give up.

The Japanese reinforcements unexpectedly arrived in Feixiang County, blocking the rapid advance of Ma Zheng's troops at the east gate of Handan, although the reinforcements that arrived were only 26,700 people, but compared to the independent division and independent regiment, it was a behemoth that could not be shaken.

However, the Japanese army obviously underestimated the combat determination of Ma Zheng's subordinates, and they did not know how embarrassing Ma Zheng's position was now. The Suicha Military Region, which has more than 100,000 elites, has become the most capable army in China through a series of battles, and he Ma Zheng himself has made the Japanese army exclaim as the "Demon General of China", with a great reputation, which can be called a banner of China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.

This person is afraid of being famous, pigs and being strong, and in the situation of thousands of horses, if he Ma Zheng does not fight a hearty battle, then he is sorry for the trust and expectation of 40,000,000 compatriots in China.

Now it is the Nationalist Government that is watching him, the Yan'an Party Central Committee is watching him, and even the common people of China are watching him. So he had to fight this battle, and he had to win it. If you lose, the consequences are very serious. It is not only irresponsible to the party and the people, but also a serious blow to the anti-Japanese morale of the entire Chinese nation. Therefore, Ma Zheng knows very well the significance of this battle, and it is impossible not to spend blood.

However, Ma Zheng also has a trace of expectation in his heart, the risk and opportunity are equal, the greater the capital, the more profitable it will be, and of course, the loss will be the same.

This time Ma Zheng was ready to fight hard, he not only ordered more than 20,000 people of the Independent Division to devote themselves to this battle, but also put more than 8,000 people from the Southern Hebei Administrative Office and about 7,000 people from the main force of the 115th Division into it, so there were more than 40,000 people in the Eighth Route Army on the entire battlefield in southern Hebei. This is not counting the tens of thousands of troops of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army who are also active in central and southern Hebei, and as long as Ma Zheng's troops are in need, they can join the battle at any time.

In addition to these, Ma Zheng mobilized the four integrated divisions of the Suicha Military Region and a number of units directly under the Military Region, totaling more than 100,000 people.

That is to say, from now on, in the vast area from southern Chanan to southern Hebei, there will be 140,000 troops under the direct command of Ma Zheng. In addition, there are at least 100,000 reserves, which can completely engage in a strategic decisive battle with the overstretched North China Front.

Ma Zheng himself did not realize at first that the scale of the battle had become so large, and the troops invested by both sides were at least 300,000 or more, if not more. But at this point, he can only fight this battle as much as possible, after all, this battle is not only about the reputation of the Eighth Route Army and his Ma Zheng, but also about the morale of the entire Chinese nation.

In fact, at the beginning, Ma Zheng was ready to fight a medium-sized battle of acceptable scale, which boosted the morale of the whole country and gave an explanation to the people. But now it seems that the trend of development has greatly deviated from his prediction, although the battle of more than 100,000 people is not as good as the battle of 100 regiments that will break out in the near future, but this is also unprecedented in the history of the Eighth Route Army.

Despite this, Ma Zheng is not worried. Looking at the current situation, even if the situation on the battlefield has deviated from his expectations, everything is still under Ma Zheng's control.

The main reason why Ma Zheng is so confident is that the current situation at home and abroad is very favorable to them. Let's talk about China first, after Wang's puppet and Yandian are made public, as long as the Japanese are not kicked in the head by a donkey, they will certainly quickly support Wang Wei to come to power, which will not only help divide the national government, but also give hope to those who have two hearts in the war of resistance.

Therefore, preparations for the establishment of a puppet Nationalist Government in Nanjing were imminent, and at this critical juncture, the Japanese army certainly did not want to cause unnecessary trouble, so it would not launch a new offensive against the Eighth Route Army or even the troops of the Nationalist Government for the time being. There will not be many troops to clean up the security in the occupied areas, and the battles that occurred during this period fully prove Ma Zheng's judgment.

Internationally, the Soviet Union and Japan had been fighting in the Nomenkan area for three or four months, and the battlefield situation was becoming more and more unfavorable for the Japanese army. The Soviet Far East Red Army under Zhukov's command had approached Manchuria and Hailar, putting tremendous pressure on the Japanese Kwantung Army.

If the Suicha Military Region were to fight the Japanese army in Chifeng and Tongliao in the south, then the Kwantung Army would be attacked from the belly. With the strength and combat power of the Kwantung Army at this time, there was no guarantee that it would be able to win this battle, so the Japanese army had no intention or ability to launch a campaign of sufficient scale at this time.

In this way, Ma Zheng has a bottom in his heart, with a mind or not, as long as he is well prepared and has a reasonable plan, he will definitely have unexpected gains at that time.

More importantly, in the entire northern region of China, except for the four northeastern provinces, although the Japanese army in various places has a certain advantage, it is no longer in absolute advantage.

Whether it is the regular army of the Nationalist Government, the troops led by Yan Xishan and other warlords, or even the Eighth Route Army led by the Chinese Communist Party, they have made great progress in the past two years. Although the Japanese army still occupies most of the wealthy towns in Hebei, Shandong, Rehe, Shanxi, Henan, Anhui and other provinces, and almost all of the transportation arteries and railway hubs.

But all this is only superficial, more than 80 percent of the rural areas and 50 percent of the townships and towns are still openly and covertly under the control and jurisdiction of the Chinese government, especially in the provinces of Shanxi, Hebei, and Shandong, where the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese army are almost as numerous as the Japanese army, and even the guerrillas and militia organizations of the Eighth Route Army are more numerous than the Japanese army.

The strategic posture of the enemy and us is not as disparity as it was when the war first began, and this is not only manifested in numbers, but also in terms of combat effectiveness, China's national defense strength is also advancing day by day. The Japanese army, on the other hand, was due to the increasing shortage of troops, the increasing shortage of resources, and the long battle front, which led to a considerable decline in the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army.

Under the elimination of the advantages of the other, the advantages and disadvantages of the enemy and the enemy have narrowed a lot. Although China is still no match for the Japanese army in terms of comprehensive national strength due to historical and practical reasons, this gap is narrowing with the passage of time.

In North China, due to the strong rise of Ma Zheng's headquarters, the Japanese army lost a large number of experienced veterans, and more importantly, many middle and senior officers. The loss of soldiers is okay, after all, there is such a large population base there, recruit and train more soldiers, and increase some training expenses can create a lot of experienced veterans.

However, those excellent commanders and discerning staff officers cannot be bought with that money, which can only be cultivated at a great cost to the country, and the loss of one is very heavy. However, Ma Zheng's subordinates rose on the bones of these Japanese elite commanders, and such a huge loss even Japan, known as the first country in East Asia, could not afford such a huge loss.

Ma Zheng made a simple comparison between the strength in his hands and the manpower and material resources that the Japanese North China Front could mobilize, and found that his side still had a great advantage. (To be continued.) )