Chapter 1070: The Japanese Army on the Rise of Movement (Ask for Subscription!) , ask for a monthly pass, ask for everything! ）

The Spring Festival of 1943 was still a relatively peaceful festival, and I don't know if I was scared or licked my wounds, in short, the Japanese army did not come out to make trouble during this Spring Festival, and the people of North China finally lived a peaceful year. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

However, as soon as the Spring Festival ended, before the first lunar month, news came from the direction of southern Hebei that the first army of the Japanese army in southern Hebei began to move again.

On 3 March, an infantry wing of the Japanese 37th Division stationed in Handan moved its position 15 kilometers forward, so much so that the reorganized division was almost next to the defense area of Gao Shuxun's headquarters, and the nearest line of defense was less than 4 kilometers away, and it was even close to the range of mortars. All of a sudden, the situation in the southern Hebei direction suddenly changed, and the war seemed to be about to break out.

The actions of the Japanese army caused great pressure on the Nationalist Government in the First War Zone and the Second War Zone, because the Japanese army had advanced to Shahe, and further north was the important town of Xingtai. And Xingtai is the gateway to the important town of Shimen, once lost, the Japanese army will quickly advance to Shimen City, and the consequences will be unimaginable.

The most important thing is that whether it is Xingtai or Shimen, after so many years of gun attacks, their city fortifications have been destroyed. In addition, the defenders of this line only have Gao Shuxun's 39th Army and the Sixth Army of the Second Theater, with less than 50,000 troops, and once the Japanese army exceeds three divisions, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Under heavy pressure, the First and Second War Zones did not dare to slack off, and sent reinforcements in the direction of Shimen one after another, so as not to be caught off guard by the Japanese army.

This time, Chongqing gave Wei Lihuang and Yan Laoxi a death order, and it must be an inch of mountains and rivers and an inch of blood, and not an inch of land.

It was not that Lao Chiang suddenly woke up, nor that the strength of the Nationalist Government had skyrocketed and that he had the strength to fight the Japanese army, but that Lao Chiang was frightened by the Eighth Route Army.

Lao Jiang can now understand that the Eighth Route Army is now a big one, and its huge strength has seriously threatened the security of the Nationalist Government. More importantly, now at the critical moment of the decisive battle between China and Japan, Lao Chiang really can't spare his hands to deal with the Eighth Route Army.

It's not that Lao Jiang doesn't want to, but he can't. First, the strength of the Eighth Route Army is too strong, and once it moves, it is likely to cause the country to split, which will only cheapen the Japanese. Secondly, even if Lao Chiang is willing, he has this determination, but the United States and Britain and other countries will never see such a thing happen.

You must know that China, the United States and Britain are allies now, and China now has at least 1.2 million Japanese troops on the battlefield, not counting the hundreds of thousands of Kwantung Army in the northeast, which greatly reduces the pressure on the allies in Southeast Asia. If China suddenly fell into chaos, then it would be shocking news for the Japanese army on the Chinese battlefield, and the opportunity would certainly not be missed.

Once China is defeated, it will be a shocking news for the United States and Britain and other countries, after dealing with the Chinese battlefield, millions of Japanese troops from southwest China poured into Burma and India, which is undoubtedly a disaster for Britain and the United States.

Because of this, neither the United States, Britain, nor other allies want a large-scale conflict between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party.

Since it is impossible to turn the other cheek, if Lao Jiang wants to curb the development of the Eighth Route Army, he must let his troops compete. Throughout the course of the Anti-Japanese War in the past few years, Lao Jiang found a rule, that is, the Eighth Route Army would not directly grab territory with his troops. First, the Eighth Route Army has limited troops, and is good at guerrilla warfare but not good at defensive warfare, and in addition, grabbing territory with them is also morally untenable.

Now almost all the chassis of the Eighth Route Army were taken back from the Japanese, so that no one else would say anything, and they could only grit their teeth and admit it. Therefore, if we want to keep our territory and curb the development of the Eighth Route Army, the first thing we must do is to ask the troops in each theater to guard their own territory and not give the Japanese a chance, and of course not to give the Eighth Route Army a chance.

After receiving the order from Chongqing, Wei Lihuang, commander of the First Theater of Operations, was the first to respond, and in less than two days, the troops of the two divisions moved 30 kilometers east from the Zhongtiao Mountain area, and the front of the troops was directed towards Jiaozuo, where the First Army of the North China Front Army was stationed.

Under the order of Commander Yan Xishan, the two infantry divisions under the Sixth Army reinforced Shimen from the direction of Yangquan and Shouyang, and put on a posture of decisive battle with the Japanese army on the line of Xingtai and Shimen.

When the news reached Datong, Ma Zheng's mind was activated. Now the Soviet Union has completed its counteroffensive on Stalingrad, and 90,000 German troops, including Field Marshal Paulus, have been captured. In the Pacific region, the U.S. military is competing with Japan for Kuah Island, and it has an absolute advantage.

The end of the Battle of Stalingrad marked the beginning of the Soviet counteroffensive, that is to say, from now on, the Soviet Union has gotten rid of the unfavorable situation at the beginning of the war, and is no longer worried that the Japanese will fight them with the Germans, so at this time it has become the Japanese.

As for the actions of the US military in the South Pacific, they greatly restrained Japan's already weak national strength, and the moral young men and weapons and equipment were sent to the Pacific theater, and the Chinese battlefield became a posterior.

Therefore, Ma Zheng judged that this time was the best opportunity to launch the final battle against the Japanese army in North China. If you want to solve the Japanese army in North China in one fell swoop, you must first occupy a bridgehead in Shandong, and at this time Ma Zheng set his sights on Dezhou, an important town in northern Shandong.

Dezhou is located in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, in the northwest of Shandong Province, and is the northern gate of Shandong Province. Historically, Dezhou is an important wharf of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and has been known as "Jiuda Tianqu" and "Shenjing Gateway" since ancient times.

Originally, when the Japanese army did not retreat to Shandong, the geographical location here was not significant, after all, the entire North China was the territory of the Japanese, and Texas was not too important if there was no war.

But now it's different, since Okamura Ningji retreated to Shandong, Dezhou has become a nail in the coffin for the Japanese army to break into the land of Yanzhao. From the map, we can see that Dezhou is actually an enclave between central and southern Hebei.

Now the Japanese puppet army has not only stationed a complete infantry division in Texas, but also stationed 2 puppet infantry divisions and a chariot wing, which is surprisingly strong. It can be seen that Okamura Ninji used this place as a springboard for his counterattack in North China, and when the Japanese army counterattacked North China, Dezhou became the forefront.

Moreover, since the last time the Japanese army was defeated in Tianjin, Okamura Ninji has begun to continuously improve the defense capability of Texas. First, the number of defenders in Dezhou was intermittently strengthened, and secondly, the common people in Shandong were constantly forced to strengthen the fortifications of the entire Dezhou, and a large number of new pillboxes and important large strongholds were built.

Tianjin. Conference room of the headquarters of the Northern Saibei Corps.

At this time, the operational meeting of the heads of the major military districts of the Northern Serbian Corps was in full swing, and the meeting was held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on 7 March, and it is still going on, and even lunch is held in the conference room.

After taking a sip of the boiled water, which was already cold, Ma Zheng stood up and said: "Everyone has already read the battle plan, what do you have to say, don't hide it." ”

"Commander, are you going to make that military district a big leader?" Yang Chengwu immediately asked.

"Of course, it's your Chahar Military Region, the main thing is that the battlefield is closest to you, who are you not going to on? I can warn you in advance, you have to use your strength to feed, and you don't give me soft feet when the time comes! Ma Zheng said loudly.

Although Yang Chengwu is now the commander of the military region, he and Ma Zheng are old acquaintances, so the two of them talk very casually, even when they are in a meeting.

"Commander, don't worry, our Chahar Military Region has long been holding its breath, this time we say that we will enter Texas City, you are optimistic." Yang Chengwu said confidently.

However, not everyone wants to fight, and as the political commissar of the Northern Saibei Corps, Political Commissar Luo knows better than anyone the current situation of the Northern Saibei Corps.

Don't look at the strength of the Saibei Corps now, but in fact, there are many hidden dangers in the entire military region, both internally and externally, and although these hidden dangers do not seem fatal now, it would be bad if they broke out at a critical time, so he believes that what the Saibei Corps wants now now is to develop carefully.

"Commander, we have finally been idle, do we want the troops to continue to rest for a while? According to your battle plan, this time we will dispatch at least 15 divisions and 300,000 troops, and with the current economic strength of the military region, it will not last long at all. Political Commissar Luo suggested.

Hearing that Political Commissar Luo opposed the war, everyone quieted down and fixed their eyes on him and Ma Zheng.