[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 1150: War of Words (Ask for subscription!) , ask for a monthly pass, ask for everything! ）

As Yoshimoto Sadachi guessed, Ma Zheng at this time was indeed licking his wounds like Yamada Otozo, and the casualties of the troops collected by Xu Yinghui made Ma Zheng worried. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Although the losses of the Saibei Corps were not as miserable as Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Sadachi's judgment, Ma Zheng was still very guilty and angry. The loss of more than 80,000 troops cast a shadow on Ma Zheng himself and the entire Saibei Corps, although the absolute loss was less than 50,000 people, but this was beyond Ma Zheng's expectations.

"Chief of Staff, how could the troops have suffered such heavy losses, according to our plan, they lost up to 40,000 people, how did they suddenly become 80,000, a whole double, the reason must be investigated." Ma Zheng said depressedly.

"Commander, it has been found out, this has nothing to do with our previous plan, but there are some circumstances that are not our plan, so it has led to a significant increase in the casualties of the troops." Xu Yinghui said.

"What's the situation?"

"First of all, we didn't expect Xu Hu's unit to develop so rapidly, so a large number of untrained personnel appeared on the battlefield as soldiers, so the casualties of the troops increased a lot. Of the 80,000 people lost, 50,000 troops were lost on the battlefield in the hinterland of the northeast, and the losses of Li Zhaolin's troops accounted for 20,000 of the 50,000 people, so the casualties of the troops would have doubled, while the casualties of our old troops were actually not large. Xu Yinghui explained.

"Hey, this is also no way, the Anti-Japanese Federation is too far away from us, originally I planned to let the Soviet side provide them with support, but I haven't had time or opportunity to negotiate with the Soviets, so Li Zhaolin's department can be said to be a weakness of our army, and it is good that they can fight like this this time. But what about the casualties on the little devil's side, we can't even know how many animals we have slaughtered after fighting for a long time. Ma Zheng said.

"The loss of the Japanese puppet army should be more than 300,000, because in the battle on the Shuangliao line, they were completely annihilated by us Nearly 50,000 people, the Japanese army also lost nearly 30,000 people in the battle of South Manchuria, and the Japanese army also lost 40,000 people in the battle of North Manchuria, and nearly 150,000 puppet troops were killed and wounded by our army in this battle, that is to say, at least 120,000 Japanese troops and 150,000 were annihilated, or even more." Xu Yinghui said.

"Well, with an approximate figure, we must not let the little devil brag so unscrupulously again, send reports to Xinhua News Agency and other media, and publish the statistics of our results, the data may as well be bigger, of course, we can't talk nonsense at will, I want to see what Yamada Otozo uses to fight this war of words with me, if there is no evidence, just say nonsense, I will see how thick-skinned he is this old guy, hehehe." Speaking of this, Ma Zheng couldn't help laughing first.

"Alright, I'll do it." After speaking, Xu Yinghui walked out without looking back.

After Xu Yinghui left, Ma Zheng once again fell into contemplation, the battle was finally over, the planned strategic objectives were all achieved, and the tactical objectives of the military regions were also exceeded, although the casualties in this battle were much more than Ma Zheng had estimated before, but the results were also quite brilliant.

The most important thing is that through this battle, Ma Zheng knocked out the golden signboard of the Saibei Corps, and now almost all people in the northeast know that our Chinese troops have finally returned to the northeast, and they can fight the little devils face to face for three or two months, which will greatly arouse the enthusiasm of the people in the northeast to oppose Manchu and resist Japan.

In addition, this war horse showed off his little muscles to the Soviet Union and the Americans, letting them see that the CCP and the Eighth Route Army were not the weak birds they imagined, this was an iron army that could handle difficult and high-intensity tasks.

The Kwantung Army, the most elite of Japan, was disappointed head-on, and I thought that this achievement should be able to impress the United States and the Soviet Union and deter the stubborn.

Although the Eastern Crusade of the Northern Saibei Corps ended, its influence did not diminish at all, but still had a tendency to expand rapidly.

The reason is simple: both sides have different opinions on the outcome of the battle, with both sides claiming that their side has won a decisive victory and the other side has suffered a crushing defeat. In addition, there is also a huge gap between the two sides regarding the casualties of the other side and the losses of their own, which makes people feel inconsistent.

So an even more jaw-dropping battle unfolded between the newspaper and the radio, and the war of words was a relatively technical battle, and Ma Zheng really didn't have much experience in this regard.

The high-educated and high-level intellectuals of the Northern Saibei Corps are also very limited, although the evidence is sufficient, but there are some things that are really not suitable for exposure now, so the two sides quarreled fiercely in the newspapers.

Where there is controversy, there is concern, and where there is concern, the impact will not decline. On the second day after the end of the battle, Ma Zheng received a telegram from Yan'an to congratulate the Central Committee on the initiative of the Saibei Corps to attack and deal a major blow to the Japanese puppet army in the northeast.

Later, the Nationalist Government, the Soviet Union, the United States, and several other anti-fascist alliance forces also sent congratulatory telegrams one after another, congratulating Ma Zheng's troops on their unprecedented victory in the northern battlefield.

At this time, the Third Battle of Changsha, led by the Nationalist Government, also ended, and the Japanese army also returned with a crushing defeat.

Subsequently, the Central News Agency of the Nationalist Government reported on the battle in the form of a front-page headline, and then newspapers in Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union also reprinted the report one after another.

Changsha is the capital city of Hunan, which in turn is a famous barn in China. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Hunan Province became an important supply base for food, soldiers and industrial resources of the Nationalist Government. After the battles of Wuhan and Nanchang, Changsha's strategic position has risen to a particularly prominent position, and it has become a strategic point on the gateway to China's strategic rear and southwest. In order to highlight the importance of Changsha, Lao Chiang deliberately set up the headquarters of the commander of the 9th Theater here.

Although the Nationalist Government defeated the invading enemy in the Second Battle of Changsha, it also suffered heavy losses of its own, and the Japanese army even attacked the city of Changsha for a time. Therefore, although the Nationalist Government attached great importance to the Third Battle of Changsha, it did not have the confidence to win.

Moreover, the Nationalist Government did not have an advantage in terms of troops, and the defenders commanded by Xue Yue only had about 170,000 people in 13 infantry divisions, but the Japanese army that came to attack had a full 100,000 people, as well as a large number of puppet troops and air forces.

Unlike the apprehension of Lao Jiang and He Yingqin, General Xue Yue, as the commander of the Ninth Theater and the commander of the Changsha garrison, was full of belief in the victory of this Changsha battle.

Xue Yue, 46, is in the prime of life, and he has ambitions that Chen Cheng, He Yingqin and others do not have. In view of the extreme importance of Changsha, Xue Yue had long judged that the Japanese army would inevitably attack, and for this reason determined the basic policy of defending northern Hunan and northern Jiangxi.

Xue Yue, the commander of the Ninth Theater, was deeply trusted by Lao Chiang, and he constantly wrote to Lao Chiang to request that troops be increased in the Hunan region, and at the same time issued operational instructions to all units under the 1st Theater.

Before the Japanese army attacked Changsha, Xue Yue had already completed the corresponding deployment and also formulated a counterattack plan. In addition, Xue Yue had another bargaining chip in his heart, that is, on the basis of summing up the lessons and lessons of the previous two battles, he proposed a set of new tactics for using the complex terrain of northern Hunan to fight a decisive battle with the Japanese army, that is, the "Heavenly Furnace Tactics".

Xue Yue knew very well that the terrain in the Changsha area was not conducive to defensive operations, and the northern part was flat and unsafe. Therefore, he summed up the lessons and lessons of the defeat in the battles since the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, changed the previous rigid tactics of fortifying at various levels and waging positional defensive battles with the Japanese army one by one, to only using some troops to hold on to the existing positions in the front, inflicting attrition on the enemy one by one, and taking the initiative to move to the enemy's flank, and then using various means such as ambushes, flanking attacks, and tail attacks to gradually deplete the enemy's forces, and waiting for the enemy to enter the predetermined decisive battle area, and concentrating on the use of absolutely superior forces to encircle and annihilate the enemy in one fell swoop.

At the same time, Xue Yue conscientiously learned the lessons of the Battle of Nanchang and paid special attention to destroying all roads that could be used by the Japanese army, including railways, highways, and even country roads, making it difficult for the Japanese mechanized troops and heavy artillery to operate. In addition, in the battle, Xue Yue carried out an extensive campaign mobilization in view of the extreme importance of Changsha.

Under the stubborn blow of Xue Yue's subordinates, the results of the Japanese attack were not satisfactory. During the campaign, the Japanese army headquarters of the Chinese Dispatch Army concentrated 100,000 troops to march south, but not only failed to achieve the operational goal of annihilating the main force of the 9th Theater, but on the contrary, all roads were effectively blocked and flanked, and some Japanese troops were encircled and suffered heavy losses. In the whole campaign, more than 50,000 Japanese troops were annihilated, and for a time, the Japanese army suffered heavy losses one after another on the Chinese battlefield, and its arrogance was frustrated again and again.