Chapter 1095: Weixian Concentration Camp (Ask for subscription!) , ask for a monthly pass, ask for everything! ）

Although the Japanese counterattack was expected by Ma Zheng, the strength of the counterattack really made Ma Zheng very startled, the attack method of aircraft artillery and warships is indeed very powerful, not to mention Yu Xuezhong, a unit without anti-tank heavy weapons, even the ace troops of the Saibei Corps dare not say that they will be able to retreat under the blow of this strength. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Since the First Theater and the Sulu Theater were not part of the battle sequence of the Northern Saibei Corps, Ma Zheng only had the right to advise them, but he did not have the right to command. Originally, according to Ma Zheng's meaning, they should take the initiative to give up a big city like Zaozhuang, and the troops only need to control the vast rural towns. Then even if they have completed their task in this battle, the development of the troops in this area will be much smoother in the future.

However, Wei Lihuang and Yu Xuezhong are both competitive personalities, and this suggestion was put forward by Ma Zheng, they were really interested, but they actually organized the troops to defend their positions and fight the Japanese army to the end.

But yesterday's only one day of fighting made these two veterans regret it, this kind of infantry and tank coordinated operations, the three-dimensional combat mode of the land and air trinity is far more powerful than the duel between infantry alone, and one of Yu Xuezhong's main regiments was disabled in just one day, and the other two regiments also suffered heavy losses.

If it weren't for the fact that the Nationalist Government had sent the only air force in its hands to support them in the evening, I am afraid that it is still unknown whether the three infantry regiments stationed in Zaozhuang would have been able to break through.

After seeing the strength of the North China Front, without Ma Zheng's urging, Yu Xuezhong took the initiative to give up Zaozhuang and other towns this time, of course, it was inevitable to search hard before retreating.

Yu Xuezhong's initiative to retreat was beyond Okamura Ningji's expectations, but he was relieved when he thought about it. Although Yu Xuezhong in the Sulu Theater has an average level of operational command, he is a good person, and he will definitely not fight the Japanese army.

In the past few days, the situation in Shandong has taken a sharp turn for the worse, and the Japanese army's strong counterattack has once again brought a halt to the anti-Japanese sentiment in China. On the contrary, the media under the control of the Japanese puppet began to exert their strength, and newspapers and broadcasts in Japan began to trumpet the invincibility of the Imperial Japanese Army, which was dazzling and dizzying.

Ma Zheng was also a little confused by the battle situation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party and Japan during this time, first of all, the Japanese army, after the North China Front Army was transferred part of its troops, Ma Zheng judged that Okamura Ningji should take a defensive position, but how could he not bear the loneliness and couldn't help the temptation after holding it for a long time, and the intelligence department of the Saibei Corps did not receive any news about the Japanese army's southward transfer.

However, Okamura Ningji's abnormal performance still made Ma Zheng firmly believe that the North China Front must have come with strong foreign aid, otherwise Okamura Ningji would not be so ignorant of the importance and bet on the North China Front's foreign affairs.

To be honest, the consistent performance of the Nationalist Government gives people the impression of short-sightedness, and then shamelessness and untrustworthiness. However, this time, Lao Jiang was unusually in dealing with relations with Japan and the Communist Party, showing amazing political skills, neither being used by Ma Zheng nor letting the little devils take advantage, but on the contrary, he also achieved a lot of results, adding a lot of influence points in the international community.

Based on this situation, Ma Zheng issued an order to end the offensive and defensive battle in Dezhou, and the entire Saibei Corps began to retreat and establish a permanent defense line on the front line of Dezhou, Linqing, Liaocheng, and Leling. In addition to the occupied areas, only a few backbone detachments were left to fight guerrilla warfare in the local area, turning an area about 100 miles wide into a buffer zone between the two sides.

After more than two months of hard fighting, Ma Zheng finally smashed the turtle shell of the North China Front Army, opened the door to march into Shandong, and also connected the communication channel between the Saibei Corps and the Shandong Military Region. Now Ma Zheng only needs to complete another task assigned by the central government, and then he can solve the affairs of northern China with peace of mind.

After two days of investigation, Ma Zheng finally determined what the Weifang concentration camp in Wang Yingchun's mouth was.

In fact, this Weifang concentration camp was not a concentration camp established to imprison Chinese, but after the outbreak of the Pacific War, in order to retaliate against the United States for concentrating more than 60,000 Japanese nationals in Los Angeles for unified care, Japan also arrested all the foreigners of the Western allies in China and imprisoned them in Weixian Ledaoyuan, Shanghai Longhua and Hong Kong.

Among them, the Ledao Institute in Weixian County detains all the Western expatriates in the entire North China, including Beijing, Tianjin, Xuzhou, Jinan, Qingdao, Yantai, Tengzhou and other places, with a total number of about 2,000 people.

Among those detained are some of the best in their professions, such as 400m Olympic champion Eric Brown. Lidtier, Dr. Hesch, the founder of North China Theological Seminary, Father Kiger, who was an advisor to Lao Chiang, Dr. Devis, provost of Qilu University, Heng Anshi, who served as the US ambassador to China after the re-establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States, and Shadra, the wife of the chairman of Citibank. 33 well-known professors, including Sima Lei, Manager Weber of Qingdao British Tobacco Company, Wei Erxuan, Dean of the School of Science of Yenching University, and his wife, Dr. Xie Dike, Dean of the Department of Literature, Ms. Sang Meide, Dean of the Department of English, Dr. Bo Chen, Dean of the Department of Philosophy, Mr. and Mrs. Dou Weilian, Dean of the Department of Chemistry, and Mr. Fan Tianxiang, Dean of the Department of Music, etc. and Mr. Argent, a British Catholic priest, and Michelle, who later served as the Superintendent of Canadian Christian Missions Abroad. Dr. David, Dr. Dai Cunren, son of the founder of Yantai Zhifu English School, Dr. Dai Cunren, the son of the British pastor Hudson Taylor, and more than 4 European and American teachers and students of Zhifu School, etc.

According to the intelligence that has been transmitted back in the past few days, this Allied expatriate concentration camp is not as simple as it looks from the outside, and according to the topographic map that has been sent back, Ma Zheng feels that it is not easy to get rid of this cancer and rescue the hostages.

The Japanese invaders took a lot of effort to choose the Ledaoyuan in Weixian County as a concentration camp for Allied expatriates from many cities in North China. First, it's far away from the metropolis and the port, so it's relatively safe.

Second, the economic and public security situation in Weixian County reassured them. Third, railways, highways, and airports are unimpeded, making it more convenient to escort expatriates. Fourth, there is a sealed environment suitable for European and American expatriates.

After the Japanese military police and puppet soldiers were stationed in the Ledao Academy, they drove away all the personnel of the hospital and the school, demolished the small sets of courtyard walls of various departments, and built many pillboxes using the masonry and felled wood from the demolition of the walls, leaving only the small courtyard of the former Americans in the southwest corner for the Japanese guards to live in.

In addition, a tall pillbox was built in the northeast and northwest corners of the compound wall, equipped with searchlights, machine guns, small cannons and other weapons, and power grids were erected on top of the high walls on all sides, and barbed wire and power grids were also erected outside the walls to prevent outsiders from approaching the walls.

The inside of the courtyard wall was built as a walled road, and barbed wire was also erected inside the road to prevent foreign nationals from escaping and to facilitate guards and patrols. At the same time, there are also power grids on the four walls, and the Japanese troops guarding here are divided into two parts: regular army and auxiliary military police, with about 400 people. One infantry squadron and one patrol squadron.

The most important thing is that Weifang is located in the northeast of Shandong, and the current sphere of influence of the Saibei Corps is thousands of miles away. Besides, the Japanese army's defense department is far stricter than imagined, and I heard that the Japanese army has set up a department specifically in the special high-tech department for the Saibei Corps, and as long as Ma Zheng's department uses an establishment that exceeds the brigade level, it will alarm the Japanese army.

Of course, Ma Zheng doesn't believe in this kind of talk, and it is understandable that the establishment of a department specifically for the Saibei Corps is understandable. If the Japanese army is still indifferent after suffering so many such big losses, it will not be the Japanese army, which is expected to be sad, after all, the little devils in history have also used this trick against the Eighth Route Army.

However, if it is said that as long as the Saibei Corps uses the brigade-level troop establishment, it will alarm the Japanese army, Ma Zheng will not believe it. Maybe there may be secret agents of little devils in the field troops, but there are a few such people among the millions, and it is obviously impossible for them to have the ability to monitor all the troops of the Northern Saibei Corps.

In addition, there are some troops that belong to the absolutely secret troops of the Saibei Corps, and these troops are unknown to anyone except Ma Zheng and Political Commissar Luo. How could the little devils know about the movement of these troops, this time Ma Zheng was ready to use these mysterious troops to Weifang to rescue the hostages.