[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 167: The Defense Area of the Seventh Division (Ask for Subscription!) ）

Fenglin Town is not very far from Ruichang, and Ma Zheng's headquarters arrived in Ruichang at 11 o'clock at noon on the 23rd, and then Ma Zheng was called to the temporary headquarters of the Second Corps for a meeting.

As soon as he entered the headquarters of the Second Corps, Ma Zheng felt that the atmosphere here was very wrong, and all the officers' faces were extremely solemn. The lieutenants who came in and out were also very nervous, and there was a feeling of trembling.

There were no acquaintances in the conference room, not even the commander of the Second Corps, Zhang Fakui and Ma Zheng. However, Ma Zheng doesn't know them, but most of these people know Ma Zheng, mainly because Ma Zheng is the darling of the media during this time, and major media have reported on Ma Zheng's achievements and published photos of Ma Zheng.

Although Ma Zheng didn't know anyone, he could tell who had the highest rank in the conference room, and the one with the rank of general didn't need to guess to know that it was Zhang Fakui, the commander of the Second Corps.

After entering the door, Ma Zheng said loudly: "Report, Ma Zheng of the Seventh Division is here to report!" ”

Sure enough, a general in the conference room immediately got up and said: "Hahaha, our most capable war in all of China is coming, I am Zhang Fakui, and Master Ma is really young and promising!" ”

Ma Zheng immediately said: "The chief has won the award!" ”

"I've never liked to praise people, but I really want to praise you, whether it's Hasunuma Pan or Takamori Koichi, these are all famous cavalry experts in Japan, and they were wiped out on the prairie, so to speak, defeat them in the enemy's best field, no wonder Japan calls you a Chinese magic general!" Zhang Fakui said with a smile.

"The chief has won the prize, and it is just a fluke to be able to kill Hasunuma Pan!" Ma Zheng said modestly.

"I don't know if it's a fluke or not, but I've seen a real record. Alright, take a seat, it's waiting for you! Zhang Fakui said.

After Ma Zheng sat down. The expression on Zhang Fakui's face returned to his previous solemnity again, and he got up and said: "I just received a telegram order from the commission, ordering our Ninth Theater to encircle and annihilate the Japanese Botian Detachment and the 106th and 101st Divisions in the mountains west and south of Jiujiang. The troop deployment was based on Wang Jingjiu's army of Xue Yue's corps to defend the south shore of the lake and the pass town on the west side, and Yu Jishi's army to defend De'an and Mahuiling. Shang Zhenjun is located in De'an and Yongxiu. For the reserves. Ye Zhaojun defended Nanchang. ”

Then Zhang Fakui said: "The main task of our department is to hold the area from the west of the Jiujiang River to the Jiangjiang defense line, specifically: Wang Lingji Group guards Mahuiling, Xiling, Dongling, Xiangjialing, and Gaoling, with the focus on the right. Xiao Zhichu's army guarded Gaoling, Chishan, and Cihua Mountain. Sun Tongxuan's army guarded Tianzi Mountain and Guniuling, but it was necessary to control Ruichang with 1 division. The two armies of Huo Kuzhang and Li Yannian defended the fortress of Tianjia Town, but the Huo army had to stick to Matou Town. Guan Lin's expeditionary army is located between Yangfang and Lixi as a reserve. In addition, the 7th Division of the Independent Army was used to guard the front line of Port, Baihua and Yong'an, and strictly prevented the Japanese army from making a detour to Ruichang to flank the defenders. ”

After speaking, Zhang Fakui walked to the map and said: "This operation is related to the safety of Wuhan, but also to your personal future, and today the Military Commission also sent a punishment decision: The 11th and 128th Divisions of the Reserve Division were ineffective in the Battle of Jiujiang. Yu was directly responsible for the defeat, so the Military Commission decided to revoke the numbers of these two divisions and transfer their six regiments to other units. I don't want you to be the third or fourth unit to be revoked! ”

"Okay, I won't say much about the specifics, your respective combat missions have been notified to you, how you behave is up to you, disband!" Zhang Fakui said.

After returning to the station, Ma Zheng immediately ordered the troops to move. Head to the port town north of Ruichang.

The port town of Ma Zheng has been found on the map, and it is next to the Yangtze River waterway with Baihua Township and Yongan Township. If you look at the current combat situation. It is impossible for the Japanese army to attack from this direction, after all, the main force of the Japanese army is in Jiujiang, and even if it is to attack, Zhangjiashan and Ruichang should be the main battlefield.

But Ma Zheng knows how dangerous this location is, after all, it is close to the Yangtze River waterway. And once the Military Commission prepares for a strategic decisive battle with the Japanese army west of Jiujiang, then that line will inevitably become a mill of flesh and blood. It was very difficult for the Japanese army to break through. If the Japanese army cannot attack for a long time, the usual tricks of the Japanese army will inevitably be a roundabout attack, and then the area they defend will become a new breakthrough point for the Japanese army.

More importantly, if the Japanese army were to break through here. The superiority of its navy and air force is unmistakable. First, this line was not originally a river defense area built in the middle of the Nationalist Government, so there were no large fortresses and batteries, and the Duqi Division did not have heavy weapons such as anti-aircraft guns that could restrain the Japanese warships.

And Ma Zheng also saw that Lao Jiang didn't have any good intentions in sending the Duqi Division to guard here at this time. If the Japanese army did not attack from here, this is the generosity of Jiang and the intention of not using the Duqi Division as cannon fodder. If the Japanese army attacked from here in a roundabout way, then it was he Jiang who had the foresight to put such an elite as the Duqi Division in this position so early.

As for whether the Duqi Division can hold it, and how big the losses will be after holding it, I'm sorry, this is not something they have to consider. Especially once the defense line of the 7th Division was broken through by the Japanese army, then it was the 7th Division that people would blame, because they had failed to live up to the expectations of Chairman Chiang, and he Ma Zheng should give an explanation to the people of the world.

Of course, the best result was that the Japanese army landed from here, and Ma Zheng's troops desperately resisted, and finally the Japanese retreated, and Ma Zheng's troops suffered heavy casualties.

But these Ma Zheng didn't mind, after all, they came to fight devils when they went south, not to attend the banquet of the national government.

After arriving in Port Town, Ma Zheng began to deploy, this time bringing three regiments plus a special operations group. The strongest of the three regiments was the 200th Regiment, followed by the Guards Regiment, and finally the Independent Regiment, which had just been formed.

The port town and Baihua Township are already a concave curve in Yongan Township, and the port town and Yongan Township are divided into two points in the south and one in the north, while Baihua Township is slightly behind. Such a defense was not bad for the defenders. Therefore, Ma Zheng put the 200th regiment and division headquarters in Baihua, the two battalions of the guard regiment in the port town, and the independent regiment with the largest number of troops was sent to the Yongan area.

Since the Yangtze River waterway can land on more than just the Yong'an line, Ma Zheng placed a company in Wangjiabao and Zhaojiazhou to the west of Yong'an. and put a pie in Dashu Village, east of Yong'an.

In addition, the division headquarters transferred a company from the guard regiment and divided it into more than 30 combat groups and scattered along the Yangtze River waterway to closely monitor the movements of Japanese troops along the waterway. Although the troops are slightly scattered in this arrangement, Ma Zheng knows that this generation has no danger to rely on, and if the density of troops is too large, it is likely to become the target of devils, especially the Japanese aircraft.

And the area of this generation is not very large, as long as there is a situation in that place, the troops will be able to rush over quickly.

On the 23rd, the Japanese army tossed around the city, cleared the remnants of the enemy, and repaired the fortifications, which also gave the Chinese side a chance to breathe, and the troops began to move to various locations and build simple fortifications.

However, the calm days lasted only one day, and on the morning of the 24th, the Japanese Hatian detachment launched a fierce attack on the periphery of Jiujiang, and although the defenders also carried out a heroic counterattack, they still failed to stop the Japanese advance. In just one day, the Botian detachment broke through to the front line of Lion Town, which was less than sixty kilometers away from the county seat of Ruichang.

However, Zhang Fakui's tactical command level was still very high, and he quickly mobilized troops to set up positions on the Xintang line, and transferred the 13th Army of the Central Army, which had the strongest combat effectiveness under his command, to Xintang to block the Japanese army.

This 13th Army is Tang Enbo's troops, and its quality of soldiers and weapons and equipment are much stronger than ordinary troops, and its combat effectiveness is naturally not to mention. Coupled with the fact that the strength of the Japanese army was more than three times that of the Japanese army in front of them, the advance of the Hatian detachment was finally blocked to the east of Ruichang. (To be continued.) )