[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 946: The Third Guards Cabinet (Ask for Subscription!) , ask for a monthly pass, ask for everything! ）

After returning to Guisui, Ma Zheng immediately convened a meeting of senior military and political cadres of the whole military region, clarified the tasks of the military region for a period of time to come, and regarded the training and recuperation of the troops as the most important task in the future. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Second, the military region should transfer a part of its garrison troops to Yan'an to take part in the large-scale production battle, and it should also increase its economic support for the border areas to ensure the victory of the large-scale production battle. In addition, the military region should also set up new units at all costs and strive to expand the number of troops in the military region to more than 600,000 within two years.

After the meeting, Ma Zheng sent a telegram requesting the party Central Committee and the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, requesting that the party Central Committee and the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army provide a large number of military and political cadres to the Suicha Military Region to support the new plan of the Suicha Military Region.

After all, the number of troops reported by the Suicha Military Region to the Yan'an Military Commission is 280,000, and there are still as many as 320,000 troops from the 60 th National Army.

However, despite this, the party Central Committee agreed to Ma Zheng's request and transferred 125 military and political cadres, including Cao Lihuai, chief of staff of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningbo Border Region Corps, and Mo Wenhua, director of the Political Training Department, to the Suicha Military Region.

Since the transfer cannot be completed in a day or two, and in particular, some cadres are subordinate to the New Fourth Army and are still fighting guerrillas in southern Anhui, and these military and political cadres will not be able to rush to Guisui without a month or two, so the troops can take advantage of this time to have a good rest and recuperate.

At this time, the entire Suicha Military Region was very still, and there was no major war, except for the few special combat teams that were scattered before the war, which were still playing hide and seek with the Japanese army in the enemy-occupied areas, only the infantry brigade that was transferred to the northeast region was still exchanging fire with the Kwantung Army in the mountains, and the rest of the troops were nesting on their own turf to lick their wounds, after all, all the divisions and brigades in the great war some time ago suffered a lot of losses.

After settling down in the north, Ma Zheng immediately set off for the south, and arrived in Liaocheng, Shandong on September 22, returning to the Shandong Military Region.

At this time, the Shandong Military Region had also completed the integration, although there were still so many troops, more than 60,000 people in three divisions, but after more than a year of tempering and fighting, the weapons and equipment of all units had been uniformly replaced, and all the 38-style rifles and new-style military uniforms looked quite elite.

Moreover, under the auspices of Xie Wensheng and others, an arsenal in the Yimeng Mountains was also built, although it could only produce rifles and simple ammunition, and could not produce artillery, but the production capacity was not bad.

In view of the fact that the territory controlled by the troops is still too small, and the passage between Luxi and Lunan is not very safe, Ma Zheng then held a military meeting, followed the example of the Suicha Military Region, and divided the entire Shandong Military Region into five military subdivisions: Luxi, Lunan, Luzhong, Jiaodong, and Bohai.

At the same time, Ma Zheng transferred 15 companies and 22 platoons from the entire military region and sent them to various localities for independent development with companies and platoons as units. Again, how big the ability is, how big the chair, in a year's time, whoever can expand the unit to the regiment is the regiment commander, and if it is expanded to the brigade, it is the brigade commander.

Ma Zheng's side is at ease and has a good momentum of development, but the Japanese side is much more miserable in comparison.

From the beginning of the 40th year to the present, the Japanese army has fought two major wars, one is the Battle of Changsha, and the other is a sweep against Ma Zheng's department. The result? In the end, the Battle of Changsha was successfully counterattacked by the Nationalist Government, not to mention the loss of troops, and it also greatly lost face in the international community.

The battle against Ma Zheng's department is the same, except for finding some self-confidence in the Eighth Route Army in Jizhong, the rest of the battlefields are all defeated, if it weren't for Okamura Ningji being wise at the critical moment, I'm afraid that the First Army stationed in Shanxi has now been removed by Ma Zheng's department.

No, as soon as the war ended, the base camp of the Japanese army couldn't wait to make a major adjustment and change of blood for the Japanese army invading China! After the study of the Japanese army base camp, it was decided: "The newly formed 42nd and 43rd divisions will be transferred to China." and the 42nd Division was incorporated into the 21st Army; The 43rd Division was incorporated into the 11th Army. The 5th Division, which was directly under the headquarters of the base camp, was incorporated into the 21st Army. The unit was ordered to immediately set off by ship from Tianjin and land and assemble at the port of Sanya, Haishi Island. ”

Subsequently, the newly formed 17th, 18th, and 19th independent mixed brigades were transferred to China, and the independent mixed 17th brigade was transferred to the 12th Army; The 18th Brigade was incorporated into the 13th Army; The 19th Brigade was incorporated into the 11th Army. ”

"On September 17, 1940, the base camp abolished the battle sequence of the 21st Army, established the South China Front Army and the 22nd Army, and incorporated them into the battle sequence of the Chinese Dispatch Army. Subsequently, the South China Front was ordered to break away from the battle sequence of the Chinese dispatch army and be transferred to the direct command of the base camp. ”

As a result of the above-mentioned adjustments, by the end of September, the number of troops stationed in China by the Japanese invasion of China had reached 27 divisions, 21 independent mixed brigades, tank groups, and 1 flying group. The battle sequence is as follows:

General Yan Junroku, commander-in-chief of the Chinese Dispatch Army, and General Seishiro Itagaki chief of the General Staff. The headquarters is still located in Nanjing. It has jurisdiction over the North China Front Army, the 11th and 13th Armies, and the 3rd Flying Group.

Commander of the North China Front, Senior General Okamura Ninji, Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Yukio Kasawara. It has jurisdiction over the 1st and 12th armies, the 26th, 10th and 110th divisions, the 7th, 8th and 15th brigades of independent mixed formation, the 5th Wing of Telecommunications, the North China Meteorological Department, the 2nd Field Railway Department, and the Chinese Military Police stationed in Tun.

Commander of the 1st Army, Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka, and Chief of Staff, Major General Takayoshi Tanaka. The headquarters is located in Xinxiang, Henan, and has jurisdiction over the 36th, 37th, and 41st Divisions, the 5th, 9th, and 16th Independent Mixed Brigades, the 8th Tank Brigade, the 8th Field Heavy Artillery Brigade, the 5th Mountain Artillery Brigade, and the 2nd Anti-aircraft Artillery Wing!

The commander of the 12th Army, Lieutenant General Iida Sadagu, and the chief of staff, Major General Yoshio Hongo, have headquarters in Jinan. It has jurisdiction over the 21st, 35th, 6th and 10th Independent Mixed Brigades, 9th Tank Brigade, 9th Field Heavy Artillery Brigade, 6th Mountain Artillery Brigade, and 4th Anti-aircraft Artillery Wing.

The 11th Army, the commander of the Lieutenant General Anami Yuji, the chief of staff, Major General Shigesei Aoki, and the headquarters were stationed in Hankow. It has the 3rd, 6th, 13th, 33rd, 34th, 39th, and 40th divisions, and the 14th, 18th, and 20th brigades of independent mixed divisions.

The commander of the 13th Army, Lieutenant General Ryuichi Sakai, and the chief of staff, Major General Sakurai, were located in Shanghai. It has the 15th, 17th, 22nd, and 116th divisions. Independently mixed into the 11th, 12th, 13th, 17th brigades.

Lieutenant General Toshitoshi Kinoshita, commander of the 3rd Flying Group, has its headquarters in Beiping and the 1st and 3rd Flying Regiments under its jurisdiction.

In addition to the military adjustments, the Japanese government has also made adjustments to the members of the government's cabinet, and due to the increasing tension between Japan and neighboring countries due to the continuous mistakes in foreign policy, Prime Minister Konoe held consultations with the ministers of the army and navy on September 20 and decided to resign in general, especially Foreign Minister Matsuoka, who is in charge of foreign affairs.

The next night, the second Konoe cabinet carried out the general resignation.

Immediately afterward, the Emperor ordered Konoe to form a cabinet again, and on September 22, the third Konoe Cabinet was formed. The foreign minister of the new cabinet is Admiral Sadajiro Toyoda, the former Minister of Commerce and Industry, and most of the members of the new cabinet are ministers of the previous cabinet, with the exception of three.

On 25 September, the new Government held its first joint meeting with the base camp, at which the Minister in Chief, the Army and Navy's Commander-in-Chief made new demands on the Government.

First of all, the principles of national policy to be adopted by the Imperial Council at present have been clearly stipulated in the "Outline of the Imperial National Policy to Adapt to the Evolution of the Situation", which was decided by the previous Imperial Council. The various domestic and foreign policies formulated in accordance with the above-mentioned "Outline" need to be implemented promptly.

In particular, with regard to the military measures against French Indochina, which are currently being implemented, the High Command will properly implement them in accordance with the established guidelines. To this end, it is hoped that the government's various policies will also be closely coordinated.

There must be no room for slackening or delaying the war preparations for the south that have begun in response to the current state of emergency. In this regard, of course, we are confident that the Government will be able to adhere to the established policy, but we would like to take this opportunity to once again demand that it be implemented in a practical and vigorous manner.

Second, with regard to the adjustment of diplomatic relations between Japan and the United States, the Army and Navy Command, which represents the base camp, hopes to always adhere to the established policy and, in particular, to implement its measures without violating the spirit of the Trilateral Axis. (To be continued.) )