[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 547: Fat Delivered to the Door (Ask for a subscription, ask for a monthly pass, ask for everything!) ）

Xia Yuan Xiong Mi really didn't want to travel thousands of miles from Jingcheng Pass to Handan, not to mention the troubles along the way, his 108th Division alone is the reserve of the 20th Division on the Xinkou front, once the Xinkou front line changes, the 108th Division will become the last reinforcement of the 20th Division, if they go south to rescue Handan now, if the 20th Division has an accident, then there will really be no one to save them. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, the Tokugawa family was not something he could provoke, and after seeking the advice of the commander of the First Army stationed in Shanxi, Umezu Mijiro, Shimoto Kumanya had to order the chief of staff, Kimura Kuzo Daisa, to lead the 77th Infantry Wing, the 28th Cavalry Wing, and the 26th Field Artillery Wing to Handan to rescue Tokugawa Yasuichi.

As soon as Xiong Mi's side took action, the intelligence department of the Suicha Military Region received relevant news, after all, the movement caused by the actions of thousands of people in the 108th Division was not insignificant, and how could it be concealed from the intelligence personnel of the Suicha Military Region.

After receiving the news, Xu Yinghui did not dare to slack off, and immediately connected to the secret telegraph and reported the news to the independent division.

After reading the information from Qian Zhuangfei, Ma Zheng was also taken aback, Xia Yuan Xiong Mi is often a character, Ma Zheng still knows this person, the commander of the 108th Division. Although Ma Zheng had never dealt with this Japanese division, the 108th Division was an old opponent of the Eighth Route Army, and the 129th Division had been fighting against this Japanese division for a long time in the past.

Originally, the Xiayuan Xiong Mi Department should now be stationed in Linfen, Shanxi, Jingcheng Pass and Yangquan are not the garrison of the 108th Infantry Division, and two months ago the division was also responsible for the vigilance task in the Yuncheng area and along the Yellow River in this section, and fought a few battles with the 129th Division, and the 386th Brigade also lost a few companies, why did it run to Jingcheng Pass in a blink of an eye, what was the little devil so sneakily preparing to do?

Ma Zheng secretly calculated that although the 108th Division was a division of the Japanese army's three-unit system, its combat effectiveness was average, and it was not half a star worse than the 20 or so permanent divisions and regiments that were the most elite in the Japanese army. Since the start of the Sino-Japanese war, this infantry division has hardly fought a few hard battles, and its record has been mediocre, and the only thing it has done is to capture Linfen, a temporary garrison in the second war zone.

Let's talk about Yuan Xiong Mi, this person is still a little capable in tactical command, Lu Shi graduated from the 15th term, and he also worked as an instructor at Lu University. But just like the 108th Division under his command, it looks okay, but the results are mediocre.

The 108th Division quietly moved to Jingcheng Pass, probably to serve as a reserve for Ushijima on the Xinkou front, and now it turned to rescue Handan, which made Ma Zheng see an opportunity.

The Japanese army has a lot of troops south of the Yangtze River, and it is indeed an exaggeration to say that it is a million troops, but there are still 500,000. However, in North China, there are only nine divisions and seven independent brigades, and the total strength is less than 300,000.

Although the Japanese army hyped up their brilliant achievements south of the Yangtze River in the newspapers, Ma Zheng also saw clearly that the Japanese army was strong and strong. Nine divisions and regiments have to be stationed on the territory of four or five provinces, and the difficulty can be imagined.

Among the nine divisions under the jurisdiction of the North China Front, Shandong Province had four divisions, and the First Army of Shanxi also accounted for three divisions, which means that there were only two divisions in the entire Hebei Province and the Pingjin region.

To be honest, Ma Zheng is really admired for such a troop arrangement, which is completely a military adventure. Fortunately, during that time, the whole country was anxiously waiting for the results of the Battle of Wuhan, and Ma Zheng's troops were busy digesting the territory and going south to Shandong, so they did not launch a new offensive against the Japanese army in North China, otherwise North China would have been in chaos a long time ago.

Now that Ma Zheng has finally freed his hand, it is natural to take care of the old devil Sugiyama Yuan. Among the so-called security areas of the Japanese army in North China, Ma Zheng still valued Hebei and Shanxi and most of Rehe. This is because compared with the provinces of Henan, Anhui, and Shandong, Hebei and Shanxi border the defense areas of the Suicha Military Region, and as long as they see the opportunity, they can recover a lot of national territory.

The three provinces of Henan, Anhui and Shandong are too far away from the defense area of the Suicha Military Region to be beyond the reach of the whip commander, and Ma Zheng does not have the ability to do so even if he has an idea. What's more, the two provinces of Henan and Anhui are geographically close to the Yangtze River, so they are in the auxiliary battlefield of the Japanese army in Central China, so Ma Zheng has ideas but has no ability to fight their attention.

Despite his unwillingness, Ma Zheng could only give up dealing with the Japanese troops in Henan and Anhui provinces. But Ma Zheng will not be polite to the Japanese army in Hebei, Shanxi and Rehe. Perhaps Ma Zheng's actions were too frightening, which made the Japanese North China Front Headquarters feel the pressure, and it was not at ease to arrange the 20th Division and the 109th Division on the Xinkou front, and the 108th Division of Xia Yuan Xiongmi was also transferred to the rear of Xinkou, ready to be used as a backup force for Ushijima Shitsune.

To be honest, if there were only the 20th Division and the 109th Division on the Xinkou front, Ma Zheng would not be worried. After all, the reorganized 1st Division is the most powerful unit in the Suicha Military Region, and in addition, there are cavalry brigades, assault brigades, and other units of the military region to cooperate in operations, and it is still possible to deal with the two divisions of the Japanese army.

Not to mention that the 20th Division was killed by Ma Zheng's troops not long ago at the Hunhe River next to Dai County, and its combat strength was lost by more than half, so it was easy to recover so quickly.

However, if the 108th Division of Shimoto Kumaya also joins the battle group, it will be a lot of pressure for the reorganized first division. In this way, the reorganization of the first division will have to face the entire First Army stationed in Shanxi, and even if it is lucky enough to capture Xinkou, its casualties will be heart-wrenching, and even the Suicha Military Region will not be able to bear it.

But now that he is playing crookedly, he has resolved such a crisis in this game of chess in southern Hebei, which has to be said to be an unexpected gain.

It just so happens that now that the battle on the Feixiang side has ended, there is basically no suspense in the battle of Handan City. Although there were still more than 4,000 puppet troops in the city, they had to face the attack of more than 20,000 troops under Ma Zheng's command, and they were far behind in terms of military strength and firepower.

In addition, Handan is not a big city, and the city fortifications are not too complete, and the Japanese army's defensive pressure is very high, and the capture of Handan is just a general attack order of Ma Zheng.

If he could, he could plan this 108th Division, but it was a pity that he didn't have enough troops, otherwise he could use Handan as a bait to hit this 108th Division hard. Thinking that Xia Yuan Xiong Mi was busy going south to save people, coupled with the fact that the traffic in southern Hebei was not good, and he had to pass through the Taihang Mountains during the period, it was impossible for the Japanese army to carry too many heavy weapons.

And without those planes, artillery and tanks, the combat effectiveness of the little devils would be reduced by at least a third, or even more. In this way, they are not much stronger than the Eighth Route Army, and if the tactics are used reasonably, it should not be a problem to defeat or even completely annihilate the 108th Division.

With Tokugawa Yasuichi as a bait, the 108th Division was definitely hooked, Ma Zheng really didn't want to miss this opportunity to beat the little devil. What's more, the 108th Division was originally used as a reserve for Ushijima Shitsune's headquarters, which was related to the battle on the Xinkou front, and the defeat of the 108th Division was also a big help for the Xinkou Campaign, and even crucial.

Ma Zheng paced around the former enemy headquarters alone, thinking about what to do with the 108th Division. If he fights, his strength is not enough, he has so many people in his hands, and now he has conquered the territory of 8 counties in southern Hebei at once, and Handan City is about to be conquered, so he can't divide his troops to deal with this 108th Division that is going south.

But if you don't fight, it's a pity, the little devils have brought meat to their mouths, and if you don't eat it, you will be damned. What's more, if this division really has to wait for it to arrive in southern Hebei, it will also be a threat to the current Shandong Independent Division.

What's more, at this time, there was not only the Eighth Route Army in southern Hebei, but also the Kuomintang Lu Zhonglin and Zhang Yinwu's department, and these two guys didn't have much good impression of the Eighth Route Army.

With Ma Zheng's understanding of these two guys, if the Japanese 108th Division really fights, they will definitely take this opportunity to grab territory. Therefore, the Eighth Route Army in southern Hebei has a fierce wolf in front and a vicious tiger in the back, and the situation is a bit bad, so it is imperative to prevent the 108th Division from going south. (To be continued.) )