[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 150: The human spirit Yan Laoxi

After receiving the reward and punishment decision from Wuhan, Yan Xishan, the commander of the Second World War Zone, frowned!

He knew that Lao Jiang in Wuhan was unhappy, but his life was also not good. Lao Jiang was afraid of Ma Zheng's department, how could he not be afraid of Yan Laoxi, and in comparison, he was even more frightened of Ma Zheng's department, which had risen strongly.

There is an old saying in China, how can others sleep soundly next to the couch, the two provinces of Jin and Sui have always been regarded by Yan Laoxi as his own back garden, whoever wants to grab land with him will be in a hurry, even Lao Jiang can't. Why did the Central Plains War break out, isn't it because Lao Jiang wants to rob him of Yan Laoxi's lifeline!

It's good now, the Japanese came before, and his Jin Sui army lost its armor and collapsed. had no choice but to let the Central Army come over to help, so Lao Jiang's power took root in the ancient land of the Three Jin Dynasty.

Then the Eighth Route Army came, and Yan Laoxi didn't take it seriously when he came, he fought with the Red Army, the predecessor of the Eighth Route Army. He knew very well the combat effectiveness of the Red Army, although the soldiers of the Red Army were indeed heroic, and they were as desperate as crazy when they started fighting. But their weapons and equipment are so poor that they can't even get a single old sleeve. Not to mention that compared with the well-equipped Japanese army, even compared with his Jin Sui army, it is far behind.

Secondly, there are few soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, with a total of 45,000 people in three divisions of a group army, of which some are still guarding Yan'an, and only a little more than 30,000 can reach the anti-Japanese front. And he, Yan Laoxi, has 200,000 heavy troops in his hands, and 100,000 central troops are under his control, and he is not afraid of the Eighth Route Army making trouble.

Originally, he thought that it would not take long for the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese to be wiped out, and the best outcome would be that both sides would be defeated, and there would be no threat. But now it seems that his idea is too simple, and instead of being completely annihilated, he has gained a firm foothold in Shanxi. The 120th Division guarded the northwest of Jinjin, the 129th Division guarded the southeast of Jinjin, and the 115th Division was divided into two, one part advanced into the Jizhong Plain to open up the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei base area, and the other part continued to cooperate with the 129th Division.

According to the information they obtained, the strength of the Eighth Route Army has more than tripled at least a year ago, and this is not counting the sudden rise of Ma Zheng's department. When the Eighth Route Army crossed the Yellow River in October last year, Yan Laoxi personally sent troops to monitor it, and the total number of people who crossed the Yellow River and arrived at the anti-Japanese front line was only 35,000, but now it has changed into a small 100,000 people.

What's even more terrifying is that Ma Zheng, it is said that at the end of last year, that guy was just a small infantry battalion commander of the 120th Division, and there were more than 400 guns under his hands. As a result, after being beaten by the little devil, he turned out to be a sperm, and in just seven or eight months, he successively raised a large army by recruiting bandits and puppet army prisoners, and beat the little devil to cry and cry for his mother.

According to incomplete statistics, more than 30,000 Japanese puppet soldiers died in the hands of Ma Zheng in the past half a year, of which more than 10,000 were serious 800 little devils, including a lieutenant general, and a major general was captured not long ago. It is said that almost every officer under Ma Zheng's command has a Japanese command knife, and their military uniforms are changed according to the dyeing of the Japanese army's military uniform, except for the Rendan beard, there is no difference between standing there and the officers of the Japanese army.

Originally, he Yan Laoxi didn't believe in these achievements, he Yan Xishan had studied at the Japanese non-commissioned officer school, and he was still in the same class as Itagaki Seishiro and others, and he knew the strength of the Japanese army. It is also a division-level establishment, and one division of the Japanese army can be equal to two and a half elite German divisions of China in terms of numbers, and can be worth three ordinary infantry divisions, and the combat effectiveness is even stronger, and one division of the Japanese army can even be worth five to ten divisions of China.

At the time of the Battle of Xinkou, although the Japanese army had three divisions and regiments, only one and a half divisions were really used for the attack, while the defenders had 6 group armies, a total of 31 divisions, 13 brigades, and about 280,000 people.

In this battle, the Central Army and the Jin Sui Army were defeated, Xinkou and Taiyuan were lost, and Yan Laoxi's confidence in the War of Resistance was almost lost. In just one year of the war, the land of the Three Jin Dynasty lost two Jin, the northern Jin and the middle of the Jin fell into the hands of the enemy, and the southern Jin was also in danger. And the Jin Sui army itself suffered very large losses, and many old troops were gone. All but a small part of the enemy were annihilated by the Japanese.

Such a result seemed reasonable to Yan Xishan, but the only thing he didn't expect was Ma Zheng's accident. Since that guy suddenly jumped out, the army stationed in Mongolia has been like a ghost hitting a wall, hitting an evil spirit, losing a brigade today, losing a county town tomorrow, and even the headquarters of the front army has been killed. Now it is even more outrageous, the annihilation of the entire brigade and the entire brigade is simply incredible.

If it weren't for the fact that these things were said by the Japanese themselves, I'm afraid no one would believe that Ma Zheng could kill and capture more than 30,000 puppet troops in half a year, and the Japanese army that was wiped out by his formation alone had a cavalry brigade, an infantry wing, four infantry brigades, and five puppet cavalry divisions.

But because of the domestic political situation, such a great achievement can only be offset by a merit now, and Yan Laoxi can't help but feel sorry for Ma Zheng.

Jiang Guangtou can do this, but he Yan Laoxi does not dare to do this, first, Lao Jiang is the supreme leader of the national government, and people will naturally not be afraid of Ma Zheng, a small division commander. Second, the emperor is far away, and Wuhan is thousands of miles away from Chahar, even if Ma Zheng is angry, he is helpless.

But he is different, although he Yan Xishan is said to be the chairman of a province, but now most of the land in Shanxi has been lost, and the territory he actually controls is not large. Besides, the total strength of the Jin Sui Army under his command is only more than 200,000, and the actual combat effectiveness is not as good as the two divisions of the Japanese army.

And although Ma Zheng's Duqi Division only has two brigades and less than 10,000 people on the surface, it can repeatedly hit the elite troops of the Japanese army, and its ability to break through Zhangjiakou, where the headquarters of the Japanese army in Mongolia is located, can't break the small county town of Fangshan? If you provoke Ma Zheng, maybe who will hit whom.

Besides, the station of Ma Zheng's department can be said to be close to Shanxi, and he will have to deal with it often in the future. Maybe you will ask for help that day, just like the last battle of Northwest Jin, so this relationship must be handled.

Lao Jiang can ignore it, but he, Yan Laoxi, doesn't dare to take this risk. Of course, Wuhan decided to support it, and the merits and demerits are worth it! But as a unit in the WWII zone, is it always okay to replenish some food and ammunition!

What's more, Yan Laoxi knows better that once Wuhan's decision is published in the newspaper, it will inevitably attract boycott and abuse from the domestic people, and he doesn't want to accompany Lao Jiang to be scolded! Therefore, at the same time as issuing the decision of Wuhan to the headquarters of the 18th Group Army, Yan Laoxi also decided to replenish 200,000 catties of grain and a large amount of cloth to the 7th Division!

On July 5, 1938, the Ministry of Military Affairs of the Nationalist Government issued a notice to the whole army that Ma Zheng, the commander of the Seventh Division, had transferred troops without authorization in disregard of military orders.

As soon as the circular was issued, it was quickly published on the front pages of major newspapers and spread throughout most of China in a very short period of time. And this decision also caused heated discussions among the people of the whole country, Ma Zheng is a hero in their hearts, but their hero was treated like this by the government on the premise of winning the battle, which is simply chilling.

However, the decision made by the government is based on evidence, and there is nothing wrong with the regulations. The Duqi Division did not ask the higher authorities for instructions in this operation, and the headquarters did cause a lot of casualties, so don't mention the entanglement in people's hearts.

But everyone also understands that such a decision is mainly because Ma Zheng and Duqishi are not surnamed Jiang. If it were the Central Army that annihilated the Japanese cavalry brigade this time, even if it was disobedience on the battlefield, it would have been rewarded. It is precisely because of knowing this that everyone is extremely unhappy and feels aggrieved for Ma Zheng, but is Ma Zheng really aggrieved?