[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 10022: Reorganization of the North China Front (Ask for subscription!) , ask for a monthly pass, ask for everything! ）

The unprecedented reorganization had a great impact on Ma Zheng's department, first of all, Ma Zheng's department lost a lot of territory, and at the same time, it was also divided into some troops. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info more importantly, the passage for the troops to go south was blocked, and it was very inconvenient for the Shandong Military Region and the Corps Headquarters to think for thousands of miles.

After the reorganization order was issued to the Suicha Military Region, many commanders and fighters complained about it. Some cadres even openly accused the leaders of Yan'an of being unfair, saying that it was too unfair for the troops of the Suicha Military Region to fight in the front and the troops in the rear to receive the results.

Ma Zheng didn't think anything about this, firstly, it was not necessarily a bad thing for these 12 teams of Suicha Military Region, on the contrary, this may be the starting point for this unit to create brilliance again.

Although the Suicha Military Region was strong before, its troops were relatively scattered, and the cohesion of the troops was not as strong as before. In addition, the pace of military expansion in recent months has been too fast, and the change from 300,000 to 660,000 troops took less than a year, so such a rapid expansion of the army is not a good thing.

The number of troops has increased, but the combat effectiveness has declined, and even deserters have appeared during the attack on Beiping, which has never been done before the Suicha Military Region, which shows the seriousness of the problem.

It just so happens that now that the Kuomintang troops and the North China Corps are in front and the little devils are fighting against the cows, Ma Zheng can take his troops to have a good rest. When the rest is good, take the troops to the Shandong area, and then fight with the little devils.

What's more, his defense area is close to the northeast, and there is such a strong enemy in the Eastern Army, Ma Zheng is not afraid of having no opponent.

Second, the party Central Committee only divided the territory that the Suicha Military Region had just conquered, and did not move the core areas such as Baotou, Guisui, and Zhangjiakou, which was tantamount to distinguishing the duties of the Suicha Army, and did not mean to pick peaches.

Subsequently, Ma Zheng convened a meeting of senior cadres of the whole corps in Datong, explained in detail the above meaning, and at the same time clarified his own position, resolutely supported the decision of the party Central Committee, and the Suicha Military Region was renamed the Saibei Corps with immediate effect.

At the same time, Ma Zheng also made arrangements for the personnel appointments of the Corps and various military regions, and the commander of the Corps was naturally served by him Ma Zheng, which was an order from Yan'an. The political commissar of the Corps is still Lao Luo, Chief of Staff Xu Yinghui, Minister of Armed Forces Mo Shaoyan, Director of the Political Department Shen Yulong, Minister of Logistics Wang Huiguo, Minister of Military Industry Feng An, Minister of Education and Propaganda Deng Guohua, Vice Minister Chen Jiaying, and Minister of Military Intelligence Xu Xiaolin.

Huang Sicheng, commander of the Suiyuan Military Region, Xing Chao, political commissar, and Wang Tao, chief of staff, have a total strength of 120,000 troops under their command, including the 1st and 6th Divisions, the 11th, 12th, and 13th Divisions, cavalry brigades, artillery brigades, engineer brigades, guard regiments, and assault regiments.

The Chahar Military Region, with Commander Yang Chengwu, Political Commissar He Xiulin, and Chief of Staff Zhu Changgui, has a total strength of 140,000 troops under the jurisdiction of the Second Division, the Seventh Division, the 14th, 15th, 16th, and 17th Divisions, cavalry brigades, artillery brigades, engineer brigades, and guard regiments.

In the Rehe Military Region, Commander Ma Desheng, Political Commissar Tie Xinlan, and Chief of Staff Zhou Hai are under the jurisdiction of the Third Division, the Eighth Division, the 18th, 19th, and 20th Divisions, the Cavalry Brigade, the Artillery Brigade, the Engineer Brigade, and the Guard Regiment, with a total strength of 110,000 troops.

The Shandong Military Region, Commander Yun Jian, Political Commissar Li Yu, Chief of Staff Xie Wensheng, and the Shandong Instructor under the jurisdiction of the institute, the 1st Independent Division, the 2nd Independent Division, the 3rd Independent Division, the 4th Independent Division, the Cavalry Brigade, the Artillery Brigade, the Engineer Brigade, the Guard Regiment, and the Yimeng Arsenal, with a total strength of 120,000 troops.

In addition, the Saibei Corps also has a directly subordinate corps, with Xu Hu as the commander, Liu Fengchi, political commissar, and Wang Zhan, chief of staff, and the headquarters under the jurisdiction of the integrated Fourth Division, the integrated Fifth Division, the integrated Ninth Division, the Field Artillery Brigade, the Armored Brigade, and the Field Boat and Bridge Troops, with a total strength of 100,000 troops.

In addition, the Corps has directly reorganized the 10th Division, the 21st Division, the Cavalry Division, the Armored Division, the Artillery Brigade, the Support Brigade, the Aviation Brigade, the Special Forces, the Rear General Compound, and the Railway Patrol Unit, with a total strength of more than 86,000 troops.

After the order was issued, Ma Zheng's troops began to shrink their forces with all their might, and then carried out a frantic mobilization.

After more than a month of adjustment, the reorganization of the troops was finally completed before the Spring Festival in 1942, and then under Ma Zheng's order, the whole army began a three-month rest and recuperation training, in order to restore its strength as soon as possible.

While Ma Zheng's headquarters was resting, the Japanese army was not idle. Under the intervention of the base camp, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese invasion of China, Yan Junliu, reorganized the North China Front, and Okamura Ningji still served as the commander of the North China Front, and the main force of the North China Front was composed of Okamura Ningji's First Army stationed in Henan, the 12th Army stationed in Yamachihashi, and the troops directly under the Front Army.

The headquarters of the Front Army was set up in Jinan, and the new area under its jurisdiction included the entire Shandong Peninsula, northern Jiangsu, Anhui, and part of Henan.

After the reorganization, the North China Front Army had 14 infantry divisions, 6 independent mixed brigades, 1 chariot division, 1 cavalry division, 2 field heavy artillery brigades, and a small coastal patrol force, with a total strength of 330,000 troops.

In addition, the Japanese army also adjusted and expanded the puppet army of Ma Liang, Qi Xieyuan, and Cai Xiongfei, and unified it into the puppet North China Pacification Army, with a total of 150,000 people in 3 group armies, 9 armies, 18 divisions, and 150,000 people.

In addition to some directly subordinate gendarmerie units, intelligence department action teams, special forces, etc., as of mid-February 42, the total strength of the North China Front Army has reached more than 500,000 people.

In view of the low status of the puppet army, they were often beaten and punished by the Japanese army, which seriously affected the combat effectiveness of the troops and their loyalty to the imperial army. Therefore, Okamura Ninji deliberately improved the status of the puppet army, which made the fighting spirit of the Japanese puppet army in Shandong suddenly increase a lot.

In order to improve the combat effectiveness of the troops and temper the recruits under his command, starting in early February, Okamura Ninji sent a large number of troops to sweep the Eighth Route Army in Shandong.

Due to the current strength of the Japanese army, Ma Zheng ordered the entire Shandong Military Region to shrink its forces, and the large troops withdrew into the mountains, leaving only a small force to deal with the Japanese army.

Under Ma Zheng's order, the main forces of the Shandong Military Region disappeared overnight, leaving only a part of the elite and Japanese troops to go around in circles. The small force was small in number and well-armed and well-armed, and the Japanese troops who often took advantage of the terrain to fight suffered heavy casualties, and although they could not completely annihilate any of the Japanese formations above the squadron, they gave these Japanese recruits who had just landed in China a disadvantage.

The purpose of training with combat was not achieved, which made Okamura Ninji quite angry. Immediately turned the muzzle of the gun and launched a small-scale attack on the Kuomintang Sulu theater stationed on the Sulu border.

The Sulu Theater was established in November 1938 with the support of the Nationalist Government, and its original purpose was to unify the command of the regular troops and local armed forces in Shandong and Jiangsu provinces. In April 1939, the Lusu Theater was formed, with Yu Xuezhong as the commander-in-chief, Shen Honglie, chairman of Shandong Province, and Han Deqin, chairman of Jiangsu Province, as deputy commander-in-chief, Wang Jingxuan, chief of staff, and Zhou Fu, director of the Political Department.

The Inrusu Theater is a theater behind enemy lines, which has turned the enemy's rear into a front of the battle, and is constantly developing and growing, seriously threatening the enemy's security. The enemy's main transportation lifeline, the ---- Jiaoji Line, the Jinpu Line, and the Longhai Line, as well as the Tai-Wei Highway that runs through southern Lunan, may be cut off by the Sulu Theater at any time.

The Japanese army's attack on the Sulu theater was expected by Xuezhong, after all, now that the Japanese army's territory has shrunk, he is no longer a wild place far away from the emperor of the mountain. In addition, if the Japanese army wants to counterattack the Pingjin area, it must first clean up the backyard. This is the reason for fighting the Eighth Route Army in Shandong, and this is also the reason for beating him Yu Xuezhong.

But knowing this, Yu Xuezhong couldn't drink the Japanese army, after all, the Sulu Theater was only a theater behind enemy lines, and the background could not be compared with the United Front Zones such as the First War Zone and the Second War Zone.

There are not many troops in the entire Sulu theater, and the 51st Army, including Yu Xuezhong's old foundation, is only more than 40,000 people, and there is an extreme lack of weapons and equipment, and even the special service regiment directly under the headquarters has only more than 800 officers and soldiers.

For a time, Okamura Ninji made a big splash in Shandong, and the momentum increased greatly, and he had the intention of counterattacking the Pingjin area in one fell swoop.