[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 415: The panicked North China Front Army (Ask for subscriptions, ask for monthly passes, ask for everything!) ）

Soon after the Yan'an side made its decision, the Suicha Military Region received a telegram from the central working group inspecting the Suicha Military Region and ordered the Suicha Military Region to do a good job in receiving it. According to the decision of the Yan'an side, the inspection of the Suicha Military Region will be led by Vice Chairman Zhou and President Zhu, and the members will come from various departments of the Yan'an Border Region Government.

After receiving the telegram, the Suicha Military Region immediately jumped up. In this era, it is rare for a working group to come down to inspect, let alone directly send a working group from Yan'an.

Since this kind of thing is rare, everyone has little experience with the reception problem. However, after all, Ma Zheng has been in the army for a long time, and he has seen many big leaders of the Military Commission of later generations go to inspect them, so he is not nervous about the arrival of the working group this time.

Not being nervous does not mean that Ma Zheng dares to slack off. Ma Zheng knew that the arrival of the central working group this time must be that the central authorities wanted to thoroughly understand the Suicha Military Region, so this time the military region absolutely could not hide it, but should bring out all its strength and give a good influence to the comrades of the working group. Therefore, this face-saving project must be done well, and the lining must also be done well.

More importantly, after Ma Zheng read the list of members of the working group, an idea suddenly came to his mind. Since the Yan'an side even sent Vice Chairman Zhou and President Zhu this time, it shows that they attach great importance to this inspection, so why didn't the headquarters of the military region come forward and directly invite the chairman to come in person.

The idea of inviting the chairman to inspect the Suicha Military Region Ma Zheng also came up with it temporarily, mainly about penicillin and new weaponsMa Zheng felt the need to report to the chairman and others, originally Ma Zheng planned to wait for this time to go back to Yan'an in person, specifically to report the details to the chairman and others, since there is such a good opportunity this time, why not let them come and see it in person.

Thinking of doing so, after discussing with Yunjian and others, Ma Zheng immediately sent a telegram back to Yan'an, inviting the chairman to come with him in the name of the military region headquarters and himself.

Soon there was a response from Yan'an, and the chairman agreed to come along.

After receiving the telegram, Ma Zheng was overjoyed. Military and political cadres from several nearby military sub-districts were immediately convened to discuss specific reception matters. Immediately after that, Ma Zheng sent a telegram in the name of the commander of the Suicha Military Region to all military subdivisions, ordering all the troops of each military subdivision to immediately rest on the spot, and that all units should immediately complete the replenishment of their troops, and that the surplus troops should be immediately returned to Sui.

At the same time, if the military and political commanders of all divisions and brigades immediately return to their respective units to preside over the work without special reasons, they must not only do a good job in the reorganization and training of the troops, but also pay attention to the building of local political power; in particular, those counties and districts that have been newly incorporated into the defense zone of the Suicha Military Region must establish the county governments and various departments as soon as possible. In addition, Ma Zheng also informed all units that he would accompany the comrades of the Central Working Group to inspect the military sub-divisions in a week's time.

On 11 April, Yun Jian, political commissar of the Military Region, personally left Guisui with the cavalry regiment directly under the Military Region, and went straight to Wushenqi through Baotou, Dongsheng, and other places to meet the inspection team.

After a day's galloping, they finally arrived at Wushenqi at ten o'clock in the evening of the 11th, and after resting for the night, the troops continued south.

On the morning of the 12th, Yun Jian and others joined up with the northbound inspection team at Sulid Sumu, south of Wushen Banner, and then the large army immediately rushed north to Dongsheng.

Not to mention the fact that the Suicha Military Region was busy receiving the Yan'an working group, because the Suicha Military Region was carrying out large-scale transfers for more than 10 consecutive days, various divisions and brigades moved frequently. From time to time, the Japanese reconnaissance planes could see large troops marching on your road, and there was even no shortage of technical units such as artillery and cavalry.

In the past two months, the North China Front and Ma Zheng's troops have fought successively in Chahar, Rehe, eastern Hebei, and northern Shanxi, and the result is that the Japanese puppet army has suffered heavy losses, not only losing more than 20 banner counties and districts in Chanan, Chabei and Renan, but also losing a large number of soldiers, and three units at the division and regiment level alone.

Among them, the Sendai 2nd Division, which was regarded as the most powerful by the Japanese Army, was completely annihilated, and only the division commander, Lieutenant General Yasui Toji, escaped alone. The Fourth Division and the 16th Division were severely damaged, especially the 16th Division, which had less than two wings left of more than 18,000 people, and even the commander of the division, Lieutenant General Fujie Keipu, was also killed, and the losses were not insignificant.

In addition, in order to cooperate with the Nanchang offensive launched by the Central China Army in northern Jiangxi, the North China Front Army transferred the two master regiments stationed in Shandong and southern Hebei to the first line of Anhui, so the defense of the Pingjin line was full of loopholes, and if Ma Zheng's troops launched a large-scale attack again at this time, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Aiko Sato, the commander of the North China Front Army's intelligence, was shocked when she received the information sent back by the reconnaissance plane, and immediately sent a large number of spies into the defense area of the Suicha Military Region to collect intelligence. Soon the agents of the special high-tech department sent the collected information back to Beiping, and the result shocked Aiko Sato, because according to the news sent back by these agents, Ma Zheng's department was mobilizing troops on a large scale.

First of all, the strength of the garrisons in various places is increasing, and a large number of new recruits have been replenished to the front-line units, even including a large number of heavy equipment, including light and heavy machine guns and artillery. In addition, Tubalu is recruiting a large number of soldiers in the defense area, and if it is not for the preparation for the big battle, it is impossible to make such a big move, and all kinds of signs indicate that Ma Zheng's department is going to act again.

After the news came back, Aiko Sato's whole person felt bad, and she was completely stunned by Ma Zheng's "madness". You must know that in the past few battles, although the imperial army suffered a heavy defeat, it suffered a big loss. According to the estimation of the front army's general staff, Ma Zheng's headquarters suffered at least 30,000 casualties in the previous major battles, and may even reach 50,000.

Although this figure may be exaggerated, and the wounded do not count as absolute losses, the wounded will not be able to participate in the fighting at least in the short term. Coupled with the casualties on other battlefields, it can be said that the Suicha Military Region is also seriously damaged this time, and according to the prediction of the front army staff, the people of China should lose the ability to attack in the short term.

However, Aiko Sato's analysis of the General Staff is not completely believable, on the one hand, the General Staff estimates the battle losses of Ma Zheng's headquarters too highly, and at the same time, it does not calculate the number of Ma Zheng's troops to absorb the Imperial Allied Army. As far as she knew, a large part of Ma Zheng's troops were from the captured Imperial Army. Moreover, this proportion accounts for at least one-tenth of the total strength of Ma Zheng's department, and the rest is the prisoners of war who were collected and exchanged, and this proportion accounts for three-tenths of the total strength of Ma Zheng's department.

Ma Zheng's troops suffered a lot of losses this time, but they captured a large number of Imperial Army, and with Ma Zheng's Department's ability to absorb the Imperial Army, at least 90% of the captured Imperial Army will join Tubalu. There is even evidence that Liu Fengchi, the former Imperial Cooperative Army, has joined Ma Zheng's department and served as the supreme commander of the Chengde region, which shows that Ma Zheng's department has annexed that part of the Imperial Army.

In addition, Aiko Sato has the impression that Ma Zheng is a person who does not play cards according to common sense, and he is an officer who likes military adventures, which is very consistent with his age. According to the analysis of the General Staff, due to the heavy casualties among the Chinese people, another clash with the same front will not be considered for the time being. But considering it the other way around, it is even more dangerous, this time no matter what, Ma Zheng's department won the battle, and the number of dead was definitely far less than that of the North China Front.

Judging from the losses of the front army, the battle losses of Ma Zheng's division are obviously much smaller, and some of the main forces of the front army are now far away from the Pingjin area. According to Ma Zheng's personality, the troops of the Suicha Military Region are likely to seize this opportunity to launch another big war and wait for an opportunity to expand the results of the war.

Besides, this kind of thing can't be lazy no matter whether it's reliable or not, and as an intelligence officer, Aiko Sato knows a truth very well, she must report such a thing, not to seek merit but to be without fault. Therefore, Aiko Sato quickly reported the information about the frequent activities of Ma Zheng's department to Sugiyama Moto.

General Sugiyama Moto, who received the news, also panicked, he knew very well how bad the situation of the North China Front was now, and it was difficult for the Israeli Front Army to fight an evenly matched battle with the people of China in the current situation. Unless the people of China give them time to mobilize their troops, the consequences will be unimaginable. As a last resort, Sugiyama had no choice but to order the 21st Division of the 12th Army in Shandong to immediately go north to prevent a sudden attack by Ma Zheng's troops. (To be continued.) )