[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 401: The mountain people have their own clever plans (ask for subscriptions, ask for monthly passes, ask for everything!) ）

Seeing that everyone had different opinions, some for and against, more were silent. However, in many cases, the silence itself speaks for itself, and it is clear that everyone is still quite suspicious of launching a continuous attack.

Ma Zheng immediately continued: "Comrades, it stands to reason that our casualties in this war against Japan are not small, and the most correct thing for us to do next is to seize the time to rest and recuperate. In addition, we have also seized the territory of more than a dozen banner counties from the little devils this time, and we should seize the time to digest the newly occupied territory. But the little devils owe us a blood debt that must be repaid immediately, so that they can see the strength and determination of our Eighth Route Army. ”

As soon as Ma Zheng's words fell, Yun Jian got up and said: "Commander, although we have achieved fruitful results in these two stages of the battle, capturing the Chabei and Renan regions, our own casualties are also very heavy. Take the 93rd Division as an example, in the first battle of Xinghe, more than 6,000 soldiers were sacrificed, and the remaining soldiers were basically wounded, and a fully reinforced division was basically disabled. The 7th Division also fought very the Datong front, the two brigades also suffered heavy losses, and more importantly, our reserves and ammunition were basically exhausted, and we were really unable to launch a large-scale attack in a short time. ”

Ma Zheng said in a deep voice: "I have also considered what you said, there are indeed difficulties, the loss of soldiers and equipment, the reserve of ammunition and the physical consumption of soldiers, etc., all of these are problematic. But because of this, we have a chance to win, because the Japanese think the same as you think! ”

Then Ma Zheng got up from his seat, then came to the hanging map, picked up a teaching stick and pointed to a point on the map and continued: "Everyone, please look here, Nanchang, Jiangxi!" According to reliable sources, the Japanese army was preparing to launch a considerable campaign in northern Jiangxi, and its main force was the Central China Dispatch Army of the invading Japanese army, and the focus of their attack was Nanchang. ”

"Comrades, since the First Battle of Wuhan, with the efforts of both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, we have held Wuhan and achieved an unprecedented victory, inflicting huge casualties on the Japanese army, so the Japanese army has been trying to counterattack and conduct the Second Battle of Wuhan. After more than half a year of preparations, the Japanese army completed its preparations, both politically and militarily. Politically, the Japanese have succeeded in dismantling and splitting the Nationalist Government; at the end of last year, Wang Ching-wei, vice president of the Kuomintang and chairman of the National Council for Political Participation, absconded from Chongqing and defected to Hanoi, and more than 10 other important Kuomintang members, including Chen Gongbo, Zhou Fohai, Chu Minyi, and Zeng Zhongwu, joined the enemy. ”

Wang Jingwei's defection to the enemy was a very serious blow to the Nationalist Government, and a large part of the soldiers were also shaken, so the Japanese army disrupted the rhythm of China's War of Resistance by borrowing Wang Jingwei alone. Moreover, from the end of last year to the present, the Japanese army has continued to increase its troops on the Chinese battlefield, and now at least eight divisions and regiments have arrived on the Chinese battlefield one after another, and the total strength in China has reached more than 800,000 people, so under such circumstances, the Japanese army is bound to launch a campaign of considerable scale. ”

Judging from the current situation, the main energy of the Japanese army is still on the side of the Nationalist Government, especially this time, in order to clear the obstacles for the next battle of Wuhan, the Japanese army will focus on northern Jiangxi. But have you ever thought about it, what happens once the Japanese army captures Nanchang? ”

Ma Zheng's question made all the officers present stunned, wasn't they discussing the third phase of the operation of the Suicha Military Region, and why did it involve the Nationalist Government and Nanchang again? Nanchang is the provincial capital of Jiangxi, and the Nationalist Government has always stationed heavy troops there.

Besides, Nanchang is thousands of miles away from Chahar, and even if it is captured by the Japanese, it will have much impact on the Eighth Route Army. Even if it does have an impact, it will have an impact on the New Fourth Army in the south, and the impact on the Suicha Military Region is almost negligible!

Yang Chengwu said in a deep voice: "Commander, do you mean that the Japanese army may list us as the next target for attack?" ”

Ma Zheng nodded and said, "It's not possible, but it's certain!" ”

"No, commander, we have all seen Nanchang City, it is a real strong city, besides, where Lao Jiang has arranged a large number of elites, no matter how powerful the little devil is, he will not be able to occupy Nanchang in a short time!" Huang Sicheng said.

Ma Zheng shook his head, Ma Zheng already knew the result of the Battle of Nanchang, if it was not expected, the Nationalist Government would undoubtedly lose this battle, and it would be very miserable.

How miserable is it? According to historical records, the Battle of Nanchang took more than a month from the beginning to the end, but in just a few days at the beginning of the war, the Japanese army used tank clusters to break through the defense line of the Nationalist Government and break through the city of Nanchang.

Thinking of this, Ma Zheng immediately said: "In this battle, the Japanese army learned the lesson of the Battle of Wuhan and will never leave the slightest chance for Lao Jiang, but on the other hand, Lao Jiang's side is full of arrogant soldiers, and defeat is inevitable." Of course, this is just my personal speculation, and there is not much evidence. Putting these aside, once Nanchang falls into the hands of the enemy, this will be an extremely serious blow to the situation of the Anti-Japanese War, and the impact of Wang Jingwei's defection to the enemy will inevitably make many people who are not optimistic about the future of the Anti-Japanese War even more frustrated and disappointed. ”

Second, after the fall of Nanchang, the Japanese army cleared the obstacles to attacking Wuhan, and the second Wuhan Battle was inevitable. According to the strength of the Nationalist Government, it will definitely be difficult to hold Wuhan, and Lao Chiang is very dissatisfied with the development of our army in the north, so he will inevitably invite our army to the south to participate in the Battle of Wuhan. Under the expectation of the whole people, our army is really not good and cannot sit idly by, and it is almost a foregone conclusion that we will go south! ”

"Third, if I were the head of the Japanese base camp, I would definitely launch a battle plan against our troops in the north to contain our troops from moving south, so it was almost inevitable that we would fight the main forces of the North China Front. And it won't drag on for too long, only in three months, so whether we want it now or not, a full-scale battle with the Japanese army is inevitable. ”

Speaking of this, Ma Zheng said meaningfully: "The ancients said that people must have near-term worries without long-term concerns, since we have seen the near future, why don't we lay out in advance?" ”

Yun Jian immediately said: "The commander's analysis is very reasonable, but how do you want to lay it out?" ”

Ma Zheng immediately said: "Once the Battle of Nanchang begins, the Japanese army in North China will inevitably take action. Even if it will not directly mobilize troops to the south to reinforce the Central China Dispatch Army, it will transfer the main force to the front line of Anhui and Henan, put pressure on the Kuomintang troops on the front line of Dabie Mountain, and support the battle in northern Jiangxi on the side. ”

"Secondly, the Japanese army, as you just thought, believes that our army has lost the ability to attack, so it will definitely not launch a large-scale attack in a short time. Therefore, the Japanese army will inevitably take this opportunity to fill in the holes dug by our army for them some time ago, such as the growing resistance in eastern Hebei, northern Shanxi, and central Hebei. In this way, the defense of its security zone will inevitably be lax, and this will create an opportunity for our army. ”

Yun Jian asked again: "Commander, what is the goal of our third phase of operations, and where is the main direction of operations?" ”

Ma Zheng pointed hard at the map and said, "Here! ”

"Zhangjiakou?" Yun Jian asked in shock.

"Yes, even Zhangjiakou, don't be so surprised. Garrisoned in Zhangjiakou was the 16th Division of the Japanese Army, which was greatly inferior in combat strength after being continuously attacked by our army. The second is that this time on the Xinghe front, the three most elite wings of the 16th Division, have all suffered heavy losses, although the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, but as long as we draw up a detailed battle plan, it should not be a problem to kill this sick tiger, so we can only take advantage of his illness to ask him. Ma Zheng said.

"Commander, that's the 16th Division, our two main divisions are all seriously injured, what can we do to resist the 16th Division?" Yun Jian asked in surprise.

"Mountain people have their own tricks!" Ma Zheng said mysteriously. (To be continued.) )