[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 1073: No Way Back (Ask for Subscription!) , ask for a monthly pass, ask for everything! ）

Although the intelligence is insufficient, with Okamura Ningji's ability and level, he naturally would not think that Ma Zheng's subordinates are moving so frequently for the sake of soy sauce. After www.biquge.info making a plan for key defenses, Okamura still analyzed and guessed the military operations of Ma Zheng's department.

With the cooperation of Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka, Okamura Ninji believed that the focus of Ma Zheng's attack must be in Texas. I have to say that Okamura Ningji's judgment is indeed extraordinary, although he has not completely guessed Ma Zheng's intentions yet, but it is indeed commendable to guess this point from just a little bit of information collected by Tegaoke.

Although Okamura has not yet been able to determine where Ma Zheng's final attack will be, Okamura has ordered Yoshio Shinozuka and his First Army to be ready to reinforce Texas at any time.

On April 2, just as the troops of the Saibei Corps had arrived in the Jilu border area, Ma Zheng received a very bad telegram.

"Report!"

"Come in!"

"Report to the commander, an urgent telegram has been sent from the intelligence department, Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka, commander of the First Army of the North China Front Headquarters of the Japanese Army, suddenly inspected the military administration in northwest Shandong this morning, and the main destination is Dezhou, and at the same time, the 41st Division of the First Army has been transferred to the northwest of Shandong, and the 21st Division of the Japanese Army, which was originally stationed in northwest Shandong, will undertake the garrison work together with the 21st Division of the Japanese Army, which was originally stationed in northwest Shandong."

"Got it!" After listening to the operator's words, Ma Zheng said slowly.

Ma Zheng didn't expect the Japanese army's reaction to be so fast, but he didn't get frustrated at all, if Okamura Ning was so easy to deal with, Xue Yue wouldn't have been so troubled.

You must know that Okamura Ninji is a famous Japanese general, and his strategic vision can be described as the first person in the Japanese Army, and when he was in charge of North China, he achieved unprecedented results in both military encirclement and political inducement, which was incomparable to his predecessors, and because of this, Okamura Ninji was also the most hated by the Chinese as a senior officer, and to a certain extent, even the Japanese emperor did not have this treatment.

Ma Zheng's calmness does not mean that other comrades can also be so calm. After the operator withdrew, Chief of Staff Xu Yinghui couldn't help but ask: "Commander, what should I do, it seems that the little devil has discovered our strategic intentions, should we continue this battle?" ”

"Fight, why don't you fight?" Ma Zheng asked in surprise.

"Now the Japanese have discovered the strategic intentions of our army, if our army still advances into the big cities heavily defended by the enemy. At that time, the casualties of the troops will definitely not be small, and I am afraid that the gains will outweigh the losses. Xu Yinghui considered the casualties of the troops and said in a deep voice.

Although Ma Zheng also agrees with Xu Yinghui's views, he is more rational and calm than Xu Yinghui.

After thinking about it carefully, his cold face showed a more resolute look, and said: "No matter how big the casualties are, we are no longer a dirt road to change places with a shot, we are now a Chinese regular army with the responsibility of defending the territory, and we have our own responsibilities and obligations, so we must need a strong elite army." ”

"Besides, now that our family has a big business, every step of the corps has to be watched by many people, and it is no longer possible to be as fully concealed as before. In the past, the Japanese army may have entered our ambush circle and did not know where our army was, let alone which stronghold we were going to attack next. But we are now a thorn in the side of the little devils, whether it is the Corps Headquarters or the second-level military region, it has attracted the attention of the people and the enemy, maybe every word we say now will appear in the newspapers in a short time, do you think we can still be quiet? ”

Seeing Xu Yinghui's contemplative expression, Ma Zheng continued: "Old Xu, when our family was young, we were fish, and fish can swim easily in the water. But now that we are the real masters of this land, the Japanese puppet army has become rats, so we have to adapt to the change of each other's identities. This battle must be fought, and the scale must be expanded as much as possible to a point that the Japanese puppet army is afraid of. ”

"The commander is right, there are iron laws in war, and casualties are necessary. The troops have developed to the point where our military region can no longer fight a war as secretly as before, so we will fight this battle even if we smash the pot and sell iron, and perhaps the decision we make now will become an important turning point in changing history, and this battle will be fought. Although Mo Shaoyan, the Minister of Armed Forces, was silent, he was a blockbuster every time he spoke.

"You have to fight, but you can't do it. This time, we will not only take Shandong, but also open the passage for our army to liberate Shandong. In addition, it is an arduous task to restore the democratic regime and guerrilla forces in Shandong and to guide and support the anti-aggression struggle of the Shandong people. Xu Yinghui said in a deep voice.

"What the chief of staff said is reasonable, this battle cannot be brutal, if you fight this battle well, you can take Texas with fewer casualties, and if you don't fight well, the casualties will definitely be greater, but no matter how you fight Texas, you must take it, this is a death order." Ma Zheng said.

Then Ma Zheng talked about the precautions for the battle for nearly half an hour, unifying the thinking of all commanders on the front line.

Let's not mention that the headquarters of the Saibei Corps has been arguing for most of the morning, let's just say that the Cangzhou front command is also very tense. The information on Yoshio Shinozuka's inspection of northwest Lu was soon sent to the front-line headquarters, and many leading cadres thought that the action should be postponed and that they would make plans after Yoshio Shinozuka returned to Jinan.

But like Ma Zheng's temper, Yang Chengwu is resolutely opposed to the suspension of action, and he put forward the principle that morale is like a tiger, and then it will decline and be exhausted. Now the fighters have received orders to attack, and morale is high, and if the operation is suspended, it will be a great blow to the morale of the troops.

In addition, the troops fought against all the Japanese puppet troops, including him Yoshio Shinozuka, and it cannot be said that Yoshio Shinozuka was more powerful in marching and fighting, so he avoided his edge, which was not the style of the Saibei Corps, so Yang Chengwu insisted on continuing to march towards Shandong.

Yang Chengwu's prestige in the Saibei Corps was still very high, and although there was no shortage of cadres in the forward command who had participated in the Long March, the old revolutionary Red Army who had participated in the Long March, but after the young commander-in-chief insisted, they were all silent, although they also had doubts and worries in their hearts, but when the order was issued, they still decided to carry out the order.

Soon the telegram from the military region headquarters was also sent to the forward command in time, and after reading Ma Zheng's telegram, Yang Chengwu ordered several divisions under his command to advance in unison, and there was no need to hide their whereabouts, only need to pay attention to the bombing of Japanese planes, and tens of thousands of troops drove towards Lubei in a mighty manner.

The news of the invasion of the Northern Saibei Corps was quickly sent to Okamura Ningji's desk by the special high-tech agents, and after determining the goal of Ma Zheng's department, Okamura Ningji's fighting spirit was also stimulated.

Think about how brilliant the Imperial Japanese Army was six years ago, capturing the capital of China in less than four months, and occupying most of China in half a year.

In that year, the Japanese Army marched straight in, and no matter whether it was such large cities as Beiping, Tianjin, Chengde, Zhangjiakou, and Taiyuan, or small and medium-sized cities such as Baoding, Langfang, and Handan, they could not stop the footsteps of the Great Japanese Imperial Army.

Whether it is the government army of China or the local warlord troops, it is about to collapse at the touch of a button, General Itagaki Seishiro half a division defeated more than 30 infantry divisions in China, more than 200 soldiers of the sixth division dared to pursue more than 100,000 government troops in China, and at the most glorious time, a few Japanese ronin held the Japanese flag and dared to occupy a county town in China.

But looking at the present, it was just a Ma Zheng, and the whole situation took an unexpected turn. The senior officers of the Imperial Army were slaughtered like pigs and dogs, and the rule that the Empire had so hard-built in North China was as invisible as a collapsed house. The hundreds of thousands of troops of the entire front army were wiped out in just a few years, and hundreds of county towns in several provinces in North China directly became the territory of the Chinese people.

In the last battle, Okamura Ninji witnessed the strength of Ma Zheng's department, and the fighting spirit of not fearing death and seeing death as home deeply shocked Okamura Ninji.

What worries Okamura Ningji even more is that the style of Ma Zheng's army is not at all worthy of the devil army in the mouth of the Imperial Japanese Army, they will take revenge, they will revenge, they will revenge, they are cold and bloody.

Okamura Ninji was worried that the empire had such a group of enemies, and if this war was lost, Okamura Ninji could not imagine what the Great Japanese Empire would face. Perhaps what the Imperial Army did in the capital of China will be repeated in Tokyo, something that Okamura Ninji does not want to see anyway. So he secretly vowed that he must win this war, because the Great Japanese Empire had no way out.

Okamura Ninji immediately convened a military meeting and ordered Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka to take full command of the battle on the Texas front. In order to allow Yoshio Shinozuka to command the front-line battles with peace of mind, Okamura Ninji immediately adjusted Yoshio Shinozuka's position, and from now on, Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka will no longer serve as the commander of the First Army, and Junior High School Yoshiki Sadachi will be transferred to replace Yoshio Shinozuka as commander of the First Army.