[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 102: The base camp that blew up the pot

Overnight, the headquarters of the Second World War Zone issued instructions to send a delegation headed by Yang Aiyuan, commander-in-chief of the Sixth Army, to Jining to express condolences to the Seventh Brigade in spite of the ongoing exchange of fire on the front line.

Of course, Yan Laoxi gave clear instructions when he left. Their main purpose of going north this time was twofold, one was to express their condolences to the Ma Zheng Department of the Eighth Route Army on behalf of the Theater Commander's Department, and to find out the true combat strength of the Seventh Independent Brigade.

The second is to verify the results of the 7th Brigade, and if the results are true, immediately convey the commendation order of the Theater Commander's Department: In the name of the theater, the whole army will be commended, and in addition, the establishment of the 7th Brigade will be directly upgraded to a reinforced brigade, and a number of weapons and equipment of the 7th Brigade will be allocated, as well as 10,000 yuan from the ocean.

Although everyone was puzzled why Yan Laoxi was so courteous to Ma Zheng's department, Yan Laoxi himself knew that he had to do this, and he had to set an example. He wants to let everyone in the Jin Sui military system know that I, Yan Xishan, am not a person who picks the door, as long as you can fight and win big battles, then it goes without saying that you will be promoted and make a fortune, and there is no problem in upgrading and expanding the troops.

I can be willing to be rewarded like this for the Eighth Route Army, not to mention if I change you, and it's just like a thousand dollars to buy horse bones.

What's more, in this way, he Yan Laoxi has something to do with the great achievement of killing the commander of the Japanese lieutenant general, and Ma Zheng's department itself belongs to his headquarters in the Second World War Zone, and his Ma Zheng can grow from a small guerrilla leader to a famous hero today is inseparable from his recommendation Yan Xishan.

With such a meritorious protection, even if there is something to do in the future, Jiang Guangtou will not want to kill him. Look at Li Zongren of Gui Jun, who dares to chew his tongue behind his back when he is beaten down by Taierzhuang, even Lao Jiang has to be courteous when he sees him.

In this regard, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army naturally cannot refuse, in the words of Mr. Zhu, people are stepping on the spring breeze, and our Eighth Route Army cannot refuse people thousands of miles away, this is not the way of hospitality.

Immediately, Mr. Zhu transferred a cavalry battalion from the troops directly under the headquarters to urgently join Yang Aiyuan and others, and was responsible for escorting them along the way, and also coordinating the Eighth Route Army in various jurisdictions.

Compared with the high efficiency of the Second War Zone, the pace of Wuhan is much slower, and it is not that the news received by Wuhan is much slower than that of the Second War Zone. It was because the telegram reported by the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army to the Ministry of Military Affairs was artificially suppressed, not because someone deliberately targeted Ma Zheng and his Seventh Brigade, but because no one believed in the achievements of the Seventh Brigade.

After reading the telegram, the first reaction of several division chiefs of the Ministry of Military Affairs was to open their mouths and scold, first scolding the Seventh Brigade and Ma Zheng, and then even several leaders of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters also scolded together. They scolded the Eighth Route Army for being really lawless, lying about their military exploits, and mixing so much water that they really regarded the people in their military and political department as fools.

With regard to the local troops, which have always been able to lie about their military exploits, the consistent practice of the Ministry of Military Affairs has been to turn a blind eye to them, or to directly issue a commendation order full of empty words without the slightest practical significance, and the record of the 7th Brigade destroying the enemy at 30,000 in capturing Zhangjiakou and killing the commander of the Japanese lieutenant general is really a bit out of line in the eyes of those masters of the Ministry of Military Affairs, so the Ministry of Military Affairs does not even bother to issue a commendation order.

Did Wuhan say that Ma Zheng didn't care at all, anyway, he was the Eighth Route Army, and he was not a descendant of Jiang. What if he was a Kuomintang unit? He is a mud leg, he is not a graduate of the Whampoa Military Academy, he has never attended the Central Military Academy, and he is not from Fenghua, so it is difficult to get into the sky if he wants to make a name for himself in the Central Army, so the cold Ma Zheng of Wuhan did not feel any surprise.

Besides, Ma Zheng doesn't have time to care about these now, and the battle is not over yet! An infantry brigade of the Japanese army was approaching Zhangjiakou, and he had to transfer all the materials captured in the city before they arrived in Zhangjiakou, otherwise he would feel uncomfortable.

However, Ma Zheng didn't expect that not long after Yang Aiyuan and the others set off, Yan Xishan confirmed the results of the Duqi Brigade from other channels. Fearing that Wuhan would take the lead, Chief Yan immediately summoned the imperial literati, and with his direct intervention, an article entitled "The Enemy Chieftain Conferring the Title -- Remembering the Great Victory of the Seventh Brigade in the Second World War Zone" was freshly published.

Moreover, in order to rush for time, on the morning of May 10, the Shanxi Provincial Daily urgently added a special issue and solemnly reported the whole process of Ma Zheng's department recovering Zhangjiakou.

After the special supplement was issued at about 10 o'clock in the morning, it quickly attracted the attention of the major media in Shanxi Province, and reporters from all walks of life went to the headquarters of the prefect of the Second War Zone to inquire about the news, while other newspapers and media began to report on the war by citing articles from Shanxi Provincial Daily.

However, since there are no accompanying pictures, many people are skeptical about the authenticity of this record. But after all, it was the killing of the commander of the Japanese lieutenant general, whether it is true or not, it is worth everyone to report, so in a voice of doubt, Ma Zheng's achievements quickly spread all over the north and south of the river, although the Chinese people feel that the record of recovering the provincial capital and killing the lieutenant general commander is a little unreliable, but since the Shanxi Provincial Daily dares to report with such fanfare, it means that this victory should not be fake, maybe it is just an exaggeration of the record.

What Chinese people like to hear is good news, and the big victory is good, and everyone likes to see the small victory. As a result, people are still scrambling to buy relevant newspapers, hoping to know the "truth" about them!

Just when people were excited to guess the truth of the matter, Shouichi Terauchi, who was in Beiping, also learned about the report from Shanxi through a special channel. Compared with the people in China, Terauchi Shouichi, as the supreme commander of the Japanese North China Front, naturally had a very wide range of information sources, and he already knew in advance that Zhangjiakou was attacked by Ma Zheng's department, so he quickly concluded that what was reported in the newspaper was true.

In addition to being angry, Terauchi Shouichi didn't dare to assert himself, if he just lost a provincial city, it would be nothing, just take it back. Now the capital of China is still in the hands of their Imperial Japanese Army, even if they recover a provincial city, it is nothing.

But this time it was different, in addition to losing a provincial city, they also had a lieutenant general commander killed, and more importantly, the identity of this lieutenant general commander was extraordinary.

Compared with the title of commander of the Mongolian army, Lieutenant General Hasunuma Pan has another more important and special identity, he is the most trusted chief of the military attache of His Majesty the Emperor. When His Majesty the Emperor was the crown prince in the East Palace, he was with him and was very close to the emperor. Therefore, after the outbreak of the war of aggression against China, Hasunuma Pan was sent by the emperor to the area of Mongolia in North China and became the commander of the Mongolian army.

Now he is dead, and he was killed by the Chinese army, and he didn't even get his body back. Terauchi Shouichi could have imagined that once the news reached Tokyo, it would inevitably cause an uproar.

But such a thing can't be suppressed at all, and the number of casualties can be concealed if the troops are annihilated, but a high-ranking officer like Hasunuma Pan died in battle, but it can't be changed. In desperation, Terauchi Shou reported the matter to the base camp truthfully.

After receiving the telegram from Shouichi Terauchi, the Japanese army base camp was completely fried, and everyone couldn't believe it was true.

The invincible Imperial Japanese Army suffered an unprecedented defeat in the northern part of the country, and the lieutenant general commander was killed on the battlefield, which was absolutely unprecedented. Several bigwigs in the base camp believed that this was true after repeated confirmation, and then they did not dare to slack off, and went directly to the palace to meet His Majesty the Emperor and report the matter.