[Anti-Japanese Iron and Blood King] Chapter 357: Advance to Jidong (Ask for subscriptions, ask for monthly passes, ask for everything!) ）

At nine o'clock in the morning of March 2, Ma Zheng's unit arrived at the outskirts of Zhangbei County, and that night with the cooperation of the special combat team, they captured Zhangbei County.

Knowing that Ma Zheng's troops had captured Zhangbei County, General Sugiyama Yuan was angry and shocked at the same time, and immediately ordered the 16th Division to build a position on the front line of Shanfangbao north of Zhangjiakou to prevent Ma Zheng's headquarters from moving south to encircle Zhangjiakou. At the same time, General Sugiyama Mototo ordered the Japanese 10th Division and the main force of the 26th Division to immediately go north and station in the Pingjin area, ready to reinforce the battle in southern Cha at any time.

On the same night, Ma Desheng's troops, who had just captured Duolun City, suddenly moved south and quickly captured Guyuan County, which was only 70 kilometers away from the Taifusi Banner, so that the last stronghold of the Japanese army in Chabei was also finished.

However, Guyuan was not far from the Japanese defense area in Rehe, and on the second day after Ma Zheng's headquarters were stationed in Guyuan County, Lieutenant General Yasui Toji, commander-in-chief of the Japanese Army's Jidong Defense Command, received news that Ma Zheng's troops had occupied Guyuan County, which was not far from Fengning County.

As the commander of the 2nd Division of the Japanese Army, Lieutenant General Toji Yasui also had a very high level of strategy and tactics. He soon judged that this was a prelude to a large-scale battle by the Chinese army, although the intelligence department of the 2nd Division had only detected that the Chinese army had captured Guyuan County. However, Lieutenant General Yasui Toji did not believe that the Shina army would send troops to capture this small city in northern Chasa for no reason.

You must know that not any place can be easily captured by troops, although Guyuan is small, but it is between the Kwantung Army and the North China Front Army, if you don't plan to stay for a long time, attacking here can only be surrounded by the two major military groups, so Ma Zheng's troops are sending a signal to occupy Guyuan County. That is, they are going to do something to Jidong.

But Yasui Fujiji couldn't believe it, knowing that the second division and part of the fourth division, the most elite of the Japanese army, were stationed in eastern Hebei. Ma Zheng's department is still fighting with the North China Front in Chanan and Suidong, how can it be possible to divide the troops to the east, is the head of the general of China in the water, or does he think that the Tuba Road under his command can fight at the same time as the Kwantung Army and the North China Front Army.

Thinking of this, Fujiji Yasui couldn't sit still. He immediately ordered the troops to strengthen the surveillance of Ma Zheng's headquarters, and at the same time assemble the troops, and once Ma Zheng's headquarters showed a trend and signs of eastward advance, they would immediately march west to meet the battle.

Toji Yasui is a native of Toyama Prefecture, Japan, and graduated from the Army Non-commissioned Officer School and the Army University. He served as an instructor at the Army University, head of the Mobilization Section of the Army Ministry's Maintenance Bureau, commander of the 2nd Guards Infantry Wing, chief of the War History Section of the General Staff Headquarters, and commander of the 29th Infantry Brigade. Chief of Staff of the Tokyo Garrison. After the 918 Incident, he was transferred to Northeast China and served as the commander of the Fifth Independent Garrison, commanding the suppression of the North Manchurian anti-Japanese movement.

Last year, he was promoted to commander of the 2nd Division, and the unit was stationed in Mudanjiang, engaged in combat preparations against the Soviet Union and the suppression of the anti-Japanese movement. However, due to the great uprising in eastern Hebei, the puppet regime and economy in eastern Hebei were seriously damaged. Therefore, the North China Front requested that the Second Division of the Kwantung Army be transferred south to assist the North China Front Army Headquarters in garrisoning eastern Hebei.

After the Second Division was stationed in Rehe and eastern Hebei, it found that things were very tricky, on the one hand, the anti-Japanese forces in eastern Hebei were extremely strong. Riots broke out one after another, which was a great challenge for the 2nd Division, which was unfamiliar with the place.

Secondly, due to the geographical location of eastern Hebei and the division of defense areas, the situation of the Second Division was a little embarrassing. Originally, according to the meaning of the North China Front, after the Second Division went south, it was just a coordinated defense, and when the North China Front Army freed up, you would go back and forth. You are the guest, I am the master, and the guest is as the host as the host.

But the Kwantung Army Command didn't think so, anyway, Jidong and Rehe were next to each other, so simply the North China Front Army would put Jidong under the jurisdiction of the Kwantung Army! on this. Even though the North China Front communicated with the Kwantung Army several times and wanted to return to eastern Hebei, the second division was ordered by the headquarters to not leave, which made Yasui Fujiji extremely uncomfortable between the two groups.

In addition, since last year, a large number of small forces have suddenly appeared in his defense area. Although each small unit did not have many troops, more than a squadron, less than a small squadron, but the combat effectiveness was extremely strong, and it was elusive, and they constantly attacked the strongholds and communication lines of the units of the Second Division, so that Lieutenant General Yasui Toji was about to go crazy.

In addition, there are many regular troops in his defense area, especially the Baosen Department "entrenched" in Qianxi County, which has strong combat effectiveness and often besieges nearby county seats. This made Yasui Fujiji very angry, and sent troops to encircle and suppress many times, although he also achieved great results, but whenever the battle was the most critical, there was always chaos in the rear, either the arsenal in this place was blown up or the transport brigade was intercepted.

But Yasui Toji did it with someone I don't know, and in the end, Lieutenant General Yasui Toji also understood. There is also a mysterious Chinese resistance force active in the eastern Hebei region, the number of which is unknown, and at one time they actually dispatched more than 3,000 elite troops to attack a transport brigade of the Japanese army. And that mysterious resistance force also has a strong connection with the Bao Sen Department in Qianxi County, as long as one side is attacked, the other side will surround Wei to save Zhao and find trouble with the Japanese army. In addition, Bao Sen's department is generally stationed in the mountains, which is very troublesome to find, so Lieutenant General Yasui Toji had no choice but to acquiesce in the existence of these two anti-Japanese armed forces.

Because the interior is not stable, Fujiji Yasui did not dare to take the initiative to attack, lest there be a fire in the backyard. He had already made up his mind that as long as Ma Zheng's subordinates did not have the intention of going east, he would let it go and would never interfere. But he didn't expect that Ma Zheng's department was coming to his territory this time.

In view of the importance and danger of this eastward advance, Ma Zheng personally served as the commander, while Chen Xudong, the political commissar of the 93rd Division, served as Ma Zheng's deputy. For the sake of insurance, Ma Zheng deliberately incorporated Xing Chao's Independent Brigade, the 274th Brigade of the 93rd Division, and the Engineer Brigade of the Military Region into the joint attack group, and at the same time brought the fire support regiment of the Military District's fire artillery brigade.

The first task of eastward expansion into eastern Hebei was to capture Chengde, the capital of Rehe Province, which was a difficult bone for Ma Zheng's department.

At the Guyuan Frontline Headquarters, Ma Zheng, Chen Xudong, Tie Niu, Lu Ming, commander of the 274th Brigade, Xing Chao, commander of the Independent Brigade, Xue Haibing, commander of the Engineer Brigade, and Hu Yanbing, commander of the Fire Support Regiment, were holding an operational meeting.

As soon as the meeting began, Ma Zheng asked in a deep voice: "Tie Niu, have you found out the situation of the Japanese puppet army in eastern Hebei, how many defenders does the enemy have, and what is the number?" ”

Tie Niu immediately said: "It has been figured out, there are a total of four troops stationed in eastern Hebei, and the first is the Second Division of the Kwantung Army. According to the telegram sent by the underground party comrades in the eastern Hebei region, the fourth division only sent the strength of a brigade and of course a tank brigade. However, the location where the troops of the Fourth Division were stationed was a little far away from our army, and we could not fight that place in Qinhuangdao for the time being. ”

Then Tie Niu continued: "Commander, the third defender is the special garrison of the Japanese North China Front, stationed in Tangshan. The last one is the North China Security Army, which is very weak in combat, not to mention it. ”

Ma Zheng nodded and said: "Among these Japanese troops, we must pay special attention to the second division of the Japanese army and the special garrison, and the other two troops should not be afraid!" ”

"Commander, this second division is just that, we all know that he is one of the strongest first-class field divisions of the Japanese army, and the fifth division of Itagaki Seishiro who attacked Datong and Taiyuan is a level of troops, we should attach importance to this unit, but what the hell is this North China Special Garrison, is it very powerful? Could it be that this unit is more powerful than the 4th Division? Chen Xudong asked in a deep voice.

Chen Xudong's words have asked other people's voices, which is also a question that other people are more concerned about. Although none of them had fought against the Second Division or the Fourth Division, they had heard of the prestige of the Japanese Army's first-class field divisions, and among these first-class divisions, the first to sixth divisions were the most powerful. Unexpectedly, Ma Zheng actually said that the Fourth Division was not to be afraid, but asked them to pay attention to the so-called special garrison, I don't understand! (To be continued.) )