[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 56: The sky has fallen on the top of the madman

Ma Zheng described in detail the southward outwitting Tianzhen County, the nameless mountain road ambush, the forcible capture of Yangyuan County, and the air defense battle in the county seat, but he did not mention the rescue of the prisoners.

The main reason is that Ma Zheng knows that the losses of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region this time are not small, and now they urgently need to replenish the troops, if they know that Ma has rescued more than 4,000 prisoners, he will not ask the head of the headquarters for instructions to replenish all these prisoners to the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region.

Weapons and equipment, as well as food and medicine, Ma Zheng are not stingy, and they can be given as gifts, but this person is the only one. Chahar is located in the northern Xinjiang of China, has always been vast and sparsely populated, the total population of the province is only 2 million, this is still the data before the war, after the devastation of the war is not clear how many Ma Zheng are left, but presumably not more than before the war, only less than before the war.

Therefore, Ma Zheng is not short of weapons and equipment now, but there is a shortage of people, especially soldiers with a certain military foundation. Therefore, Ma Zheng is very precious to those captives, and he will never give them away.

But even so, after listening to Ma Zheng's words, Commander Nie and the military chiefs of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region were stunned.

"Ma Zheng, how did you do it, this is incredible, isn't it? Could it be that the combat effectiveness of the little devils has decreased? Commander Nie asked in shock.

"In fact, the combat effectiveness of the little devils has not decreased, but the combat effectiveness of our department has increased. Speaking of which, I have to mention the previous major wars of our department, and it is precisely because of the foundation laid in the previous wars that our weapons and equipment are not inferior to the Japanese army, and they are even more powerful than the Japanese army in terms of automatic firepower. In addition, in almost every battle, we have come out of the nest, with superior forces against the Japanese army, and the tactics are used properly, so we have achieved such a result. ”

Then Ma Zheng continued: "But there is also a certain danger for us to do this, first of all, our troops have too much automatic firepower, and in the case of not being able to produce ammunition by themselves, it will consume a lot, and once it is captured, it cannot meet its own needs, and the result is very serious." Secondly, we do not have much mass base, and it is difficult for soldiers and others to be resupplied, and once there are a large number of casualties, we will quickly reduce our personnel. ”

Commander Nie sighed and said, "What you said is very reasonable, you have been fighting a tailwind battle now, and once you encounter setbacks, the consequences will be unimaginable. ”

Then Commander Nie's voice changed and said, "But it is already commendable that you can develop from a crippled infantry battalion to the current scale. I'm not as good as you at this point! When I separated from Division Commander Lin, I took part of the old foundation of the 115th Division, and asked for a special service regiment and cavalry battalion from the headquarters. ”

Ma Zheng shook his head and said: "Commander Nie, don't say that, I know that it is not easy for you to be established, the base area is newly established, there are many difficulties, the troops are always in the process of moving and fighting, and there is no time to develop." It's not your fault, and you shouldn't be presumptuous. ”

"However, this time, the Japanese army's plan to encircle and suppress the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region has been completely ruined, and it is unable to launch another large-scale offensive in a short time, so the Jin-Chahar-Hebei Military Region will usher in a period of steady development in the future. At that time, the strength of the troops and their provisions will be assured. This time, our Chasharan Anti-Japanese Detachment has prepared a gift for each of your military regions, presumably with this gift, the Jinchaji Military Region will be able to fight with the little devils next time without our reinforcements. ”

"Oh, what kind of gift is so powerful?" Commander Nie said with a smile.

Ma Zheng said: "1,500 Type 38 rifles, 20 crooked machine guns, 10 Type 92 heavy machine guns, 10 mortars, 50 grenadiers, more than 50,000 rounds of various bullets, 10,000 shells and melon grenades, more than 100,000 catties of grain, 20 boxes of military canned food, 20 boxes of sake, and a number of other military supplies. ”

"So many, wouldn't all the supplies on those carts outside be given to us?" Commander Nie asked in surprise.

"Almost, except for a part of the food, it's basically for you!" Ma Zheng said.

Commander Nie excitedly took Ma Zheng's hand and said, "Ma Zheng, brother, I thank you!" This makes me happier than giving me gold and silver, and with this batch of weapons, I can double the size of my base in the shortest possible time. ”

sat until dark, and under Yang Chengwu's reminder, everyone remembered to eat.

The dinner was very rich, although it was not a big fish and meat, but a large pot of stewed canned vegetables, a small pot of braised pork, and white rice still made these senior generals of the Eighth Route Army feel very satisfied.

After dinner, Ma Zheng asked Wu Xiuda to organize the troops to rest, while he himself went to write a good news to the headquarters.

At the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, everyone breathed a sigh of relief after the news of the Japanese army's withdrawal came, and the heart that was hanging high finally fell into their stomachs. So after dark today, Mr. Peng asked the staff officers who had stayed up for more than a dozen days and nights to hurry up and rest.

But just after the middle of the night, Mr. Peng was woken up by the staff officer of the headquarters, saying that it was an urgent telegram from the anti-Japanese guerrilla detachment in Chanan.

At the same time, the deputy chief of staff of Zuo, who lived next door, was woken up, and the two casually approved a piece of clothing, and looked at the telegram sent by Ma Zheng in the dim light.

Mr. Peng took the battle report handed over by the operational staff officer, and the more he looked at it, the more excited he became, and then he read it aloud in his hometown dialect, which he hadn't spoken for a long time: "Chief of the General Headquarters: After the capture of Yangyuan County, our department made persistent efforts to ambush Japanese fighters in Yangyuan County, shooting down three and injuring three. Subsequently, our army moved south to join the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region, and two hours earlier the two armies met at Longwang Mountain Wangzhuang. ”

"In the first battle of Yangyuan, our army captured a lot, and all the weapons and equipment have been transferred, but the grain cannot be taken away because it is too much, so our department will not be able to take away more than 100,000 catties of fine grain and hundreds of thousands of catties of miscellaneous grains to the people in Yangyuan area, and now our department is safely transferred. In addition, our department donated more than 1,500 rifles and a large amount of weapons and equipment that could not be taken away to the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region to make up for their losses this time. ”

After reading the report sent by the anti-Japanese detachment in southern Chaharan, General Peng said to the deputy chief of staff of the left: "This kid is really generous, he gave more than 6,000 guns to the 120th Division, and now he has given the equipment of a whole reinforced regiment of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, which is not bad and worthy of praise!" ”

The deputy chief of staff of the left also said with a smile: "This horse madman, he is really a member of our army." I think it's better to change this battle report and send it to the chairman, so that the chairman and they will be happy. ”

"Hair, of course it's going to be sent, but don't change it, and send it to the chairman along with the previous battle report!"

"Yes! I'll go! ”

Mr. Peng yawned and said: "That bastard boy is okay, it's just that the habit of sending telegrams in the middle of the night has to be changed, you go, I have to make up for a while, I'm almost tired during this time!" ”

Deputy Chief of Staff Zuo smiled and said: "You can't get tired and lie down, Mr. Zhu is back in Yan'an for a meeting now, you are our backbone, what if you are tired and lie down with us!" ”

"There are horse madmen, what are you afraid of! The sky is falling, and the madman is on top! Hahaha! ”

"It's time for him to be a madman!" The deputy chief of staff also said with a smile.