[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 1148: Achieving Strategic Expectations (Subscription Requested!) , ask for a monthly pass, ask for everything! ）

After the applause, Xu Hu continued: "Comrades, although the achievements are gratifying, the challenges we face are also extremely strong. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info We are now the grandson monkey who ran into the belly of the princess of the iron fan, and if we are not careful, we will be digested by entering the house. In order to send our army to the heart of the enemy's invasion, Commander Ma Zheng did not hesitate to send 400,000 troops to set up a stage for us to sing, and even asked the Soviets to help. ”

"Commander-in-chief, rest assured, now that the Japanese army has transferred more than half of its troops in the central part of the northeast to the front line, as long as the commander's side does not relax, there will be no problems on our side, and we are very confident in all of our battles." Wu Xiuda said confidently.

"It's good to have confidence, Commander Ma Zheng judged that after this period of rapid development, our army will usher in a period of difficulty. After seeing the strength of our army, the Japanese army will inevitably mobilize a large army to encircle and suppress us, so it is very difficult for us to defend the big cities and counties, because the enemy has planes, artillery, and tanks, while we only have simple light weapons. Therefore, the commander ordered us to carry out the 'ant move' plan, that is, the whole army immediately withdrew the logistics baggage, field hospitals, and other troops to the deep mountains and dense forests, and set up secret camps in the mountainous areas with difficult terrain. ”

Then Xu Hu continued: "In addition, all the materials and factories in the occupied counties and districts will be emptied, and those that cannot be removed will be buried secretly on the spot, and all the grain that can be taken away will be taken away, and those that cannot be taken will be given to the local people." All the mines were blown up, the railroads were unplugged, the locomotives were used when they were useful, and they were blown up when they were used up. In a word, we must empty all the counties and cities we occupy now, just like the ants moved, and not even a single screw will be left for Japan to enter. ”

"In addition, it is better for the large army to withdraw from the occupied area, but it is not possible to run away without firing a shot, which is not the style of our Northern Saibei Corps. The commander instructed us to immediately mobilize the masses to build fortifications from now on, to use all the captured cement steel bars and sleepers, and to build every county town into a bunker group. ”

"When building a bunker, pay special attention to the upper part of the bunker, and beware of the little devils bombarding with heavy bombs. In the words of the commander, we must transform every county town we occupy into a meat grinder, so that the little devils will have to pay a heavy price for every city they occupy. In the end, the large army had to jump out of the enemy's encirclement, and then enter the secret base area for repair and training, leaving only a part of the small force to continue its activities and wait for the order to attack the northeast. ”

"Yes!"

All the cadres had almost no opinion on Ma Zheng's order, and they all knew the young chief's military command level.

"In addition, the commander has proposed a general tactical policy for us, and as for the specific ones, we have to sum them up. Now the little devils are concentrating heavy troops to encircle and suppress us, and the pressure on our army is not small, so we must complete the transfer of materials and the construction of city defense within half a month. ”

"Fortunately, there are a lot of cadres and fighters in our area, you are familiar with the terrain, and there should be no big problem in completing the task. They all talk about whether there are any difficulties, and if there are no difficulties, we will break the meeting, and time will not wait. ”

"Nope!" Several key leaders said in unison.

"Alright, adjourn the meeting!"

The news of Xu Hu's large-scale construction of fortifications could not be concealed from the Japanese army at all, and General Yamada Otosan soon received a report from the intelligence department.

In his opinion, tens of thousands of troops are not terrible, but what is terrible is that these troops hide in the mountains and mountains like voles and hide in the countryside and fields, and in order to completely destroy such an enemy, they need to dispatch at least ten times the enemy's troops, and even more.

But now the stupid Shina army is competing to gather its troops together to fight positional warfare, offensive and defensive wars and wars of attrition with the Empire, which is exactly what Yamada Otozo wants. In this way, only a similar number of troops would be needed to completely eliminate them.

On the one hand, General Yamada Otosan greatly praised the bravery of the Chinese army in the newspapers, and even openly called Xu Hu's troops the only warriors in China, and on the other hand, he stepped up his time to mobilize troops to the Yajia, Lishugou and other positions.

The battle on the outskirts of the northeast is still continuing, but both Ma Zheng and General Yamada Otomi know that the battles on the periphery are basically meaningless, and if they continue, they will only increase casualties.

It is impossible for the Saibei Corps to take any advantage from the South Manchurian battlefield, and Japan will not even want to move the Saibei Corps, and the reason why the two sides have not withdrawn their troops now is entirely because of the fighting in the hinterland of the northeast.

The Saibei Corps did not want General Yamada Otozo to mobilize troops from the northeast border area to reinforce the northeast hinterland, but General Yamada Otozo was afraid of luring the wolf into the room again, so the two sides were still facing each other in the northeast border area.

But a discerning person can clearly see that the battle on both sides has lost its previous passion, although it is still fierce but far from tragic, and the withdrawal of troops seems to be not far away.

On November 20, 1943, Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Sadachi, chief of staff of the Japanese Kwantung Army, issued an order to encircle and suppress Xu Hu's headquarters, and the Japanese 118th Division, 119th Division, 123rd Division, 149th Division, 80th Independent Mixed Brigade, 131st Independent Mixed Brigade, 135th Independent Mixed Brigade, 136th Independent Mixed Brigade, and 144th Mixed Brigade directly entered the Jixi area north of the Mudanjiang River. On the first day of the battle, there were more than 20 positions exchanged fire, and the scale was very large.

In order to successfully complete the task this time and exterminate Xu Hu's headquarters, the Kwantung Army Headquarters specially mobilized almost all the bombers and fighters that could be mobilized to fight together, and even the Second Tank Division, which had been hidden by them for nearly half a year, was also put into battle.

Although Xu Hu's unit had already lost almost all air supremacy at the beginning, and their only 25 anti-aircraft machine guns were all destroyed by the Japanese bomber group in less than two hours after they were put into battle, this did not prevent Ma Zheng's unit from striking at the enemy's sharp spirit.

In fact, Ma Zheng had already anticipated these problems, and as far as the current situation was concerned, it was obviously impossible for the Saibei Corps to level the Kwantung Army in one fell swoop, after all, the Kwantung Army was the most powerful strategic group of the Japanese army, and its strength was far from being comparable to that of the North China Front.

Therefore, when formulating the operation, Ma Zheng planned to implement it in stages, and the task of the first stage was to recover the eastern grasslands and open up a safe passage into the hinterland of the northeast.

Now it seems that this strategic goal has been achieved, as long as the troops gain a firm foothold in the hinterland of the northeast, then they can launch the final blow against the Japanese puppet army in the northeast.

At this time, for Ma Zheng, the time to launch a general offensive was not yet ripe, firstly, the two months of continuous fighting had consumed most of the ammunition hoarded by the Saibei Corps, and secondly, the troops were also quite tired and had to be repaired as soon as possible.

But as Xu Hu said when he conveyed the order, retreating is a technical job, and it must not be withdrawn without firing a shot.

After all, there is no huge difference in the strength of the two sides now, and it is completely possible to take advantage of the favorable opportunity when the Japanese army is eager to recover the hinterland, and use the strong fortifications to kill and injure a large number of the living forces of the Japanese puppet army, so as to create opportunities for the next counteroffensive.

And Xu Hu's subordinates obviously carried out Ma Zheng's orders very firmly, and all the main positions were composed of reinforced concrete pillboxes and trenches. In addition, a large number of air-raid shelters were built in each position, and although the number of firefights each time they went up was small, they were basically automatic firepower, which caused heavy casualties to the attacking Japanese troops.

However, as far as the situation of the entire battlefield is concerned, the Japanese counteroffensive did take the initiative, and as soon as it came up, it worked desperately, putting great pressure on Xu Hu's troops.

Fortunately, Xu Hu had already been prepared, and as early as half a month ago, he had ordered more than half of the regular troops and all the logistics personnel to withdraw to Laoyeling, Weihuling, Daqingshan, **Ling, Qing'an Forest Farm and other places, and only in the central area of the battlefield, only more than 80,000 of the most elite troops were left to hold on.

Xu Hu knew Ma Zheng's intention to do this, although it is indeed necessary to kill and injure the enemy into the living force, but more importantly, the commander should let the people of the entire Northeast see hope, our Chinese army has fought back to the Northeast, and only in this way can the troops get the trust and help of the people in the short term.