[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 715: This task is a bit of a pit (ask for subscription!) , ask for a monthly pass, ask for everything! ）

The Japanese troops in the direction of Jizhong were routed, and even the commander Shigetoku Numata was killed. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info As for whether Numata Shigetoku was killed in the Loess Cliff like Abe Norihide in history, Ma Zheng is not clear, and of course he doesn't have the energy to take care of the idle affairs of the Jinchaji Military Region.

However, Ma Zheng knew very well that due to the sudden killing of Numata Shigetoku, the Japanese army's attack in the Jizhong Military Region and the Beiyue Mountains was completely aborted, and even the independent mixed Second Brigade, a rare mountain combat brigade in the Japanese army, was not favored, and it was useless for other troops to go.

The most important thing is that now that Tada Jun, the old devil, has mobilized all the troops that can be mobilized by the Japanese North China Front, so Ma Zheng judged that there would not be many troops to reinforce the Jizhong side, and no one could replace Numata Shigetoku to clean up the mess in Jizhong.

In this way, the troops of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region and the Jizhong Military Region can be freed. Although Tadajun's experience will definitely leave a part of his troops to monitor the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region and the Jizhong Military Region, this does not prevent the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region from supporting other battlefields of the Eighth Route Army.

Ma Zheng was right, Numata Shigemoku's death did make Tada Jun feel very passive, and he lost everything if he made a mistake, which is a true portrayal of Tadajun's complicated mood now.

However, despite the erosion of the battle situation in Jizhong, Tada Jun still has no intention of withdrawing his troops. In Tada's view, the reason why Numata Shigetoku was defeated so quickly was entirely because Numata Shigetoku himself was arrogant and underestimated the strength of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region. Therefore, as soon as he received the telegram that Numata Shigetoku had died in battle, he airdropped a commander to the Jizhong direction to be in charge of the war in Jizhong.

In Tada's view, Major General Masaki Hirata, who had outstanding strategic foresight, would certainly be able to recover the declining situation, and at worst, he would be able to stabilize the situation in Jizhong. As long as the imperial army solves Ma Zheng's department, it is not easy to go back and clean up those dirt roads in Jizhong.

However, what Hirata did not expect was that the loss of the independent mixed second brigade was completely beyond his expectations. The strength of the five infantry brigades of the Second Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade was completely wiped out by two and two of them were severely damaged by the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, and only one infantry brigade stationed at the base camp in Dingzhou was not hit.

The heavy casualties, coupled with the low morale of the troops, made the new commander Major General Hirata Masashi unable to sort out his head for a while, and the entire battle situation in Jizhong was strangely calm.

The rapid reversal of the battle situation in Jizhong was crucial to the morale of the units of the Eighth Route Army, just as Ma Zheng said in his evaluation of the first battle in Jizhong after the war: "The Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region inflicted heavy losses on the second brigade of the Japanese army's independent mixed brigade with a fearless spirit, and killed Lieutenant General Numata Shigetoku......

The troops of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region fought well, but the troops in southern Hebei were not so powerful. As Ma Zheng expected, after the Japanese 32nd Division, 35th Division, and the 3rd and 4th Independent Mixed Brigades arrived in southern Hebei, they first dealt a devastating blow to Shiyou's 3rd Division entrenched in Handan. Not long after the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region killed Numata Shigetoku, the battle on the southern Hebei side also took a turn for the better, but this time it seemed to be in favor of the Japanese army.

The supreme commander of the Japanese army in the southern Hebei direction was Lieutenant General Kimura Hyotaro of the 32nd Division, and with the support of accurate information from Tegaoko, Kimura's headquarters was progressing smoothly.

At first, Shi Yousan still had illusions, hoping to confront the Japanese army for a while, and to ask the Nationalist Government for guns, artillery and officials, but this time the Japanese army was determined to solve his wall. Therefore, after the large army arrived in southern Hebei, Lieutenant General Kimura Hyotaro gave Shi Yousan a big ultimatum through secret channels.

In an extremely stern tone, Kimura Hyotaro warned Shi Yuzo that the 39th Army had been listed by the Imperial Army as one of the most untrustworthy and hated Chinese armies, and if Shi Yusan surrendered to the Imperial Army now, then the conditions that the Imperial Army had promised to Shi Yuzo would still be valid, and the troops under his command would still be retained. But if Shi Yousan still wants to play tricks, then once the war starts, the Imperial Army will not accept the surrender of the 39th Army.

This ultimatum of the Japanese army can be regarded as frightened Shi Yousan, he knows that this time he was really forced to a dead end by the Eighth Route Army, or he would fight to the death with the Japanese army without any hope, and live and die with Handan City. Either surrender to the Japanese completely, and there is no middle way to go.

But Shi Yousan was not entangled, surrendering the Japanese was something he had always wanted to do, and now it was just a period of time in advance, which was not a big deal for him, so Shi Yousan "simply" gathered his henchmen to conspire, preparing to surrender to the Japanese army and immediately join the Japanese army to counterattack the Eighth Route Army troops in southern Hebei.

Shi Yousan's secret letter soon arrived on Kimura Hyotaro's desk, although solving the 39th Group Army will definitely not delay Lieutenant General Kimura's time, but what Kimura Hyotaro lacks most now is time, now the whole of North China is fighting, and every morning to end a war zone, then the Japanese Imperial Army can draw a large number of troops to support other battlefields, so I am still very satisfied with Shi Yousan's acquaintance, Lieutenant General Kimura.

Not to mention the embarrassed appearance of Shi Yousan, who was forced by the Japanese army to have no way out, the Eighth Route Army in southern Hebei is now highly motivated, and because of Ma Zheng's coordination with the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, the head of the headquarters temporarily transferred Deng Political Commissar of the 129th Division to southern Hebei to coordinate and command the Eighth Route Army in southern Hebei, and all units of Ma Zheng's Shandong Military Region have also completed the assembly, and the war in southern Hebei is about to break out.

Under Ma Zheng's reminder, Xie Wensheng and the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army paid great attention to Shi Yousan, although most of the Eighth Route Army in southern Hebei is now concentrated in Daming County, but the surveillance of Handan and the surrounding counties and cities has not been relaxed at all. As soon as the Japanese army arrived at Shimen, Xie Wensheng and others received accurate information from the intelligence department of the Suicha Military Region.

The strength of the two divisions and two brigades of the Japanese army is indeed extraordinary, not counting the supernumerary puppet army of 50,000 people, and the puppet army in southern Hebei is also well-known, the puppet North China Security Army has six infantry groups (brigades) stationed in southern Hebei, in addition to a cavalry group, although each group of the puppet North China Security Army is only two or three thousand people, but there are more than 20,000 people in the number of ****, and there are more than 20,000 troops with names and surnames, plus those green forest bandits, mountain kings, traitors, and landlords, the number of people can go to the sea.

In addition to the more than 40,000 people in Ma Zheng's department, there are only more than 10,000 people in the eastward detachment of the 129th Division and more than 8,000 people in the 334th Brigade of the 115th Division, in addition to more than 6,000 people under the jurisdiction of the Southern Hebei Administrative Office, and the troops that can be mobilized by the entire southern Hebei former enemy command are only more than 60,000 people, which does not have much advantage.

What's more, some time ago, the troops of the Shandong Military Region had just fought to the death with the Japanese army, and although they had achieved brilliant results, they had also caused certain casualties, so there were only so many troops that the Eighth Route Army could mobilize and have combat effectiveness, while the enemy had nearly 80,000 troops, and the disparity between the enemy and our forces was far beyond the expectations of Xie Wensheng and others.

What worries Xie Wensheng the most is the 39th Group Army, which now occupies six counties in Handan, that is, Shi Yousan's troops. According to the information from Ma Zheng, Shi Yousan is likely to lead his troops to defect to the enemy and commit treason.

Although Shi Yousan's troops were less than 30,000 people, if Shi Yousan betrayed the country at this time, the strength of the Japanese army would reach a terrifying 110,000 troops, more than twice that of the Eighth Route Army in southern Hebei. Moreover, this time, Ma Zheng's strategic goal for Xie Wensheng's department was to completely annihilate a division of the Japanese army, and it was also a death order, which must be completed.

Is it easy to completely annihilate an infantry division of the Japanese army, it has been almost three years since the Sino-Japanese war began, and how many units have completely annihilated the integrated divisions and regiments of the Japanese army? Not to mention that the Japanese infantry divisions and regiments are often equipped with infantry, cavalry, artillery, engineering, communications, chariots, and other technical arms, and their combat effectiveness is much stronger than that of the Eighth Route Army with the same number.

More importantly, the Japanese army will never watch a field division being completely annihilated, and once there is such a sign, the Japanese troops will frantically support, in addition to ground reinforcements, there is also air support. Therefore, the total annihilation of an infantry division must use five times the enemy's strength to achieve the strategic goal with the same casualties. (To be continued.) )