[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 346: Chabei (Ask for subscriptions, ask for monthly passes, ask for everything!) ）

Ma Zheng stood up, then walked to the map hanging on the wall, picked up a whip, pointed at Nanchang and said: "Look, this is Nanchang, this is Wuhan, and this place is Nanjing. After the Japanese occupied Nanjing, their strategy was to march west along the Yangtze River to the westernmost part of China. And on this route, in addition to the two important nodes of Shanghai and Nanjing, there are also important cities such as Wuhan, Yichang, and Chongqing, so the next target of the Japanese army after the occupation of Nanjing must be Wuhan, which has been proved by the first Battle of Wuhan. ”

"But if you want to occupy Wuhan, you have to capture Nanchang first, because Nanchang has one of the few air bases that the Nationalist Government has so far mastered, and once something happens in Wuhan, the Chinese Air Force can arrive in less than an hour, so for the Japanese army, Nanchang must be taken."

"However, the first battle of Wuhan reminded the Japanese army that those who were just wary of Lao Chiang would suffer, and our Eighth Route Army had grown into a considerable strategic force, ready to cause trouble for them at any point in the overall situation. Therefore, before launching the Nanchang Campaign, the Japanese army had to beware of a repeat of the fiasco of the Battle of Wuhan, so let the North China Front first probe the bottom of our Eighth Route Army, and it was best to contain the main force of our army. ”

Then Ma Zheng continued: "Comrades, it is not difficult for everyone to see now that it is only a matter of time before the Japanese will inevitably launch an attack on our army's defense area. Now they are fighting other units of the Eighth Route Army is just a temptation, although they have the purpose of law and order and rectification, but in fact they are charging for a larger strategic goal, once they have achieved certain results in the operation of law and order, they will concentrate all their efforts on attacking our department in preparation for the Nanchang Campaign and the second Wuhan Battle that followed. ”

Ma Zheng's words had just finished speaking. All the senior leaders of the Suicha Military Region in the conference room discussed, they didn't expect Ma Zheng to take such a long-term view, especially about the Japanese army's sweep There was such an inside story, or the Japanese army actually had such a purpose.

About ten minutes later, Yun Jian spoke first: "Let's be quiet first, since the commander has analyzed the causes and consequences of this battle and what wishful thinking the little devil played. So I think the commander must have made a mistake this time, what is the commander going to do? ”

Ma Zheng smiled and said: "In order to sweep away the Eighth Route Army, the Jinsui Army and other anti-Japanese forces in North China, the Japanese enemy mobilized the 10th Division, the 26th Division, the 21st Division, the 110th Division, and the 116th Division along the Pinghan and Jinpu Railways, totaling more than 100,000 people, to launch a comprehensive clean-up of the anti-Japanese forces in the area under their jurisdiction in the vicinity of the theater. ”

"As far as the Japanese army in the southern Hebei region is concerned, the 10th Division and the 110th Division, with a total of more than 30,000 people, carried out a large-scale sweep of the southern Hebei region from the east and west lines by 11 routes, in an attempt to flank the main force of our Eighth Route Army on the southern Hebei Plain. However, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army and the 129th Division could only use the 85th Brigade, the 386th Brigade, the Youth Column, the Eastward Column, the Advance Column, and other combat groups, and although the total strength was about twice that of the Japanese army, there was a huge disparity in firepower. If the Japanese army did not have heavy firepower such as chariots and artillery, it would still be able to win a few ways. However, the 10th Division is one of the most powerful first-class field divisions of the Japanese army, and its combat effectiveness is strong, and the Eighth Route Army simply does not have the strength to resist such a heavy army group, so we must reinforce them. ”

As soon as Ma Zheng's words fell, Yang Chengwu spoke: "Commander, there are more than a dozen counties in southern Hebei separated from our army's defense zone, how can we reinforce them?" ”

Ma Zheng smiled and said: "The reinforcement operation is divided into frontal reinforcement and side reinforcement, and the front is definitely not good." Separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, distant water cannot quench the thirst of the near. So I can only support them! “

"Wai Wei to save Zhao?" Yang Chengwu said.

"Yes and no! Encircling Wei to save Zhao is certainly a good way, but it is only one part of my entire battle plan! ”

Then Ma Zheng came to the battle map again and said: "The best way to support the counter-sweep in southern Hebei is to encircle Wei and save Zhao, that is, to launch a large battle of sufficient scale within the scope of our army's attack, so as to stir up the nerves of the Japanese North China Front, so that it has to transfer a part of the troops back to support this area, and once to relieve the pressure on the other departments of the Eighth Route Army." But as for which place to hit, it is quite particular. ”

"Commander, where are we going to fight, Datong or Zhangjiakou?" Huang Sicheng, the commander of the Duqi Division, asked loudly.

"Neither, we're going to fight here!" Ma Zheng said, pointing to a dot on the map.

"Xilinhot?" Yun Jian asked in surprise.

"Yes, it's Xilinhot! Ladies and gentlemen. As I said just now, there is no doubt that the Japanese army will inevitably attack our army's defense area. Therefore, we must expand the occupied area as much as possible and increase the strategic depth of our army before the Japanese army is ready for war, but now we have seen the situation around us, the enemy's hypocrisy and stubbornness, and the situation is very complicated. After the end of the Suixi Campaign, the way for our army to attack to the west has been blocked, and we can't say anything about attacking Fu Yisheng's department! ”

Then Ma Zheng continued: "To the south is Datong, which is heavily garrisoned by the Japanese army, and to the east is Zhangjiakou, both of which are the front door and backyard of the old devil of Sugiyama Yuan. ”

"There are two advantages to fighting the north, the first is that it is located in the northernmost part of China, and the Japanese army has few garrisons here, only a few garrison wings, and the rest are newly formed units of the puppet Mongolian army, and their combat effectiveness is extremely limited. In addition, as early as half a year ago, our intelligence department had begun to infiltrate these places, and several independent companies had also entered these places to fight, so it was not very difficult to take down Chabei. Second, Erenhot and other places in Chabei are connected with Outer Mongolia, and Outer Mongolia now has close relations with the Soviet Union, and the occupation of Chabei is tantamount to opening up ties with the Soviet Union, and this is extremely important for the future development of our military region. ”

Yun Jian, Huang Sicheng, Yang Chengwu and others listened to Ma Zheng and discussed it, and they all felt that Ma Zheng's analysis was very reasonable.

"Commander, you just said that encircling Wei and saving Zhao is just one of the links, are there any other actions?" Yang Chengwu asked again.

Ma Zheng nodded and said: "Naturally, there are not many places we want to capture in the Battle of Chabei, and there are only about a dozen counties when we are full, and there are not many enemies we are facing, a few puppet army divisions and one or two Japanese garrison wings, cavalry groups and an infantry brigade can solve it." But everyone also knows that the Japanese army in Chabei does not have many troops, and even if we annihilate the enemy, it will not cause too many losses to the Japanese army, let alone break our muscles and bones, so we have to dig a pit for the little devil! ”

"How to dig?" Yun Jian was also hooked and immediately asked.

"Ming Xiu plank road is dark Chen Cang, on the surface concentrate all the troops to attack Chabei, and secretly concentrate the troops to knock the little devil with a stuffy stick." Saying that, Ma Zheng pointed on the map, and then said: "Look, the Japanese army has carried out such a large-scale encirclement and suppression operation in the entire North China, but it has put two divisions at our doorstep. ”

"Now we are completely taking advantage of the favorable opportunity for the Japanese army to launch a law and order operation in the defense area, and concentrate our forces to give the little devil some color. My plan was to concentrate the main forces of the military region in the second phase of the operation, and launch simultaneous attacks on the Japanese troops in Zhangjiakou and Datong by two routes. As for the specific battle plan, I will hand it over to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army and Yan'an later, but before that, the troops can secretly gather forces, especially the defensive gap left by the departure of the large army must be filled, and once the headquarters approves it, the order will be issued to your various divisions and brigades. (To be continued.) )