Chapter 1113: Fight! (Ask for a subscription!) , ask for a monthly pass, ask for everything! ）

Time passed day by day, and until the end of August, the North China Front Army did not move, and suddenly Ma Zheng had a bottom in his heart. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

With the Allied offensive in northern Burma, Ma Zheng believed that Okamura Ningji was stopped by the Japanese high-brass, so he stopped the offensive to the north.

However, for the Saibei Corps, the current North China Front is like a retracted fist, not only guarding its own cover doors, but also will be more powerful when it is fought next time, so it is not necessarily a good thing that the Japanese army did not carry out a retaliatory attack.

Ma Zheng wanted to stimulate the little devil again, but unfortunately Okamura Ningji didn't give him a chance. Several times Ma Zheng sent troops deep into the hinterland of Shandong to find trouble with the Japanese army, but they were easily resolved by Okamura Ningji.

More importantly, after the Great War some time ago, Okamura Ninji knew that there were still huge loopholes in the North China Front's control of Shandong. There were still a large number of regular troops of the Eighth Route Army in Shandong, so in the following period he focused his attention on the security operations in the occupied areas.

At this moment, the life of the Shandong Military Region was not very good, and under the frantic sweep of the Japanese army, the situation in Lunan and the Jiaodong Peninsula changed rapidly. Although the strength of Yunjian's department is not bad, it is still slightly thin compared to the hundreds of thousands of troops of the North China Front.

Therefore, under the order of Yun Jian, several divisions of the Shandong Military Region immediately turned from light to darkness, and then withdrew to the mountainous area to avoid the enemy's edge.

Ma Zheng saw the changes in the situation in Shandong, but there was no other way, the Japanese shrank like a turtle, and there was no defensive loophole at all. If he commanded the troops to attack, he would inevitably suffer heavy casualties, and then it would be the big deal of Okamura Ningji, so Ma Zheng had to order Yun Jian and the others to turn the attack into defense, preserve their strength, and wait for the time to come.

Subsequently, Ma Zheng set his sights on northern China, which was the key to breaking through the shackles of the Saibei Corps.

Ma Zheng has not been thinking about the eastward expansion for a day or two, and he has also reported the application for the eastward expansion to Yan'an more than once, but due to military and political considerations, the Party Central Committee has never supported Ma Zheng's eastward expansion and the Kwantung Army.

However, with the repeated changes in the strength of the two sides, especially the annihilation of tens of thousands of Japanese troops in the Suidong area half a year ago and the thwarting of the Japanese army's conspiracy to seize Rehe, Yan'an's attitude finally changed a little regrettably.

In mid-August, Ma Zheng, accompanied by Xu Yinghui, conducted an all-round inspection of the Rehe Military Region, including the troops in Suidong.

After this inspection, Ma Zheng found that Ma Desheng, Huang Haitao and others were developing very well in the northeast region, so he decided to apply for the army to develop eastward again.

Ma Zheng's plan to expand eastward has already been formulated, but it has not been approved by the Party Central Committee. According to Ma Zheng's plan, first of all, a large army of medicine continued to infiltrate the northeast region, and finally completely wiped out the Japanese army in the northeast region and recovered this black land.

Moreover, in Ma Zheng's view, it is urgent to develop eastward.

He knew very well that the Saibei Corps had developed to the current scale, and it could no longer use the way of survival of other units of the Eighth Route Army to change places with one shot. What the military region has to do now is to attack, that is, to use the guns in its hands to seize the territory for the troops to survive.

However, there is also a principle in grabbing land, and the territory of the Nationalist Government cannot be grabbed, nor can the chassis of the local warlords be grabbed, after all, whoever grabs it is sabotaging the united front, and no one can afford to take down this hat.

Since you can't rob the Nationalist Government, you can only rob the Japanese. The Japanese army now has two strategic groups bordering Ma Zheng's headquarters, one is the North China Front Army and the other is the Kwantung Army.

If you look at the strength of the two sides, Ma Zheng's division is the most suitable to fight the North China Front, after all, the North China Front is like a water dog now, facing the Saibei Corps that has been defeated repeatedly, and it has a psychological advantage to beat them the Saibei Corps.

On the other hand, the Kwantung Army is different, not long ago the Japanese base camp made a large-scale supplement to the Kwantung Army, so far the Kwantung Army has expanded into a powerful field division of 22 regiments, rear garrison divisions and regiments, 9 independent mixed brigades, and dozens of puppet army infantry divisions and cavalry are powerful clusters.

The 1st Division, the 7th Division, the 8th Division, the 9th Division, the 11th Division, and the 14th Division, and the 23rd, 24th, 25th, 28th, 29th, and 57th Divisions with slightly weaker combat effectiveness are the 23rd Division, the 24th Division, the 25th Division, the 28th Division, the 29th Division, and the 57th Division.

It can be said that the entire Kwantung Army is now in a period when the army is strong and strong, although it lost a lot of troops some time ago, but compared with the hundreds of thousands of elite troops of the Kwantung Army, the loss of more than 10,000 cavalry is not a broken bones. Therefore, at this time, it is unwise to attack the northeast where the Kwantung Army is heavily garrisoned.

But Ma Zheng also has his own considerations, first of all, there is no external pressure from the Kwantung Army, whether it is the Nationalist Government or the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union, they are all happy to see it. If the troops continue to attack southward, at least Lao Chiang does not want to see it, and may even secretly obstruct it.

Secondly, if you attack the North China Front, you may not be able to achieve much success, mainly because almost all the forces in the hands of General Okamura Ninji are concentrated in Shandong, and the four or five hundred thousand troops are stationed in Shandong Province and Henan Province, and the density of defenders is very large.

On the other hand, the Kwantung Army, although its strength is huge, most of the elite have been transferred by the Southern Army, leaving only some old, weak, sick and disabled. Secondly, the territory garrisoned by the Kwantung Army was too large, and in addition to the four provinces of Heiji, Liaore, Korea, and part of Outer Mongolia. With such a scattered force, even if it has an army of six or seven hundred thousand, what can it do.

Another point that Ma Zheng also valued, that is, the Soviet Union also stationed heavy military groups in the Far East, although due to the existence of the "Japan-Soviet Neutrality Treaty", the Soviets may not take action against the Japanese army.

But those hundreds of thousands of troops are not for use, at least the Japanese army does not dare to draw all its forces to fight him, so the strength that the Kwantung Army can exert is very limited.

Based on the above, Ma Zheng feels that if the army wants to develop now, there is only one direction to the east.

What's more, it is now the autumn of 43, and it has been less than two years since the surrender of the Japanese army in history.

In addition, Ma Desheng's department has completed the infiltration of the eastern grasslands, which is also an important reason why Ma Zheng dared to send troops to the northeast this year.

However, as for whether or not he can send troops, it depends on the meaning of the Party Central Committee, don't look at Ma Zheng's fame now, and he is also the secretary of the Northern Bureau, but he still needs to accept the command of the Central Committee in the party, and this cannot and will not change at any time.

Soon, an application for the strategic operation plan of the Saibei Corps to the east was sent to Yan'an by Suiyuan, and after reading the operational application sent by Ma Zheng, this time the Party Central Committee did not immediately refuse, but replied that the leaders should think about it first, after all, such an important matter must be discussed at a meeting.

In fact, this time, the chairman and others were very moved after seeing Ma Zheng's revised battle plan, according to Ma Zheng's battle plan, this battle will open the door to the northeast. All in all, the loss will not be too big if you lose the battle, but once you win the war, then the living conditions of the Eighth Route Army will change decisively, and you will no longer have to rely on others to snort and speak in the future.

But when the chairman and others saw that Ma Zheng was going to mobilize 500,000 troops at once, everyone was silent. It's not that they don't believe in Ma Zheng's ability, but the 500,000 army is indeed a bit too much.

You must know how many people there were in the Eighth Route Army a few years ago, and although the development of the troops is very good now, the sudden dispatch of 500,000 troops still makes the chairman and others hesitate.

Fortunately, the chairman and others did not disappoint Ma Zheng in the end, and after some discussion, the chairman finally decided to fight!