[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 707: Beacon Smoke Rises (Ask for Subscription!) , ask for a monthly pass, ask for everything! ）

The cleaning of the battlefield did not take too long, and it took only about half an hour to do so, and then the units of the reorganized Second Division withdrew from the battle one after another. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoIn order to cover up the traces, the Eighth Route Army's plan to destroy the corpses was carried out very thoroughly, and only a few thousand vague Japanese corpses were left after the troops retreated.

Now that the protagonists are gone, there is no need for the other tricksters to continue fighting, so Dashuiquan Village has quieted down. And Abe Norihide, who came to reinforce, heard that the gunfire in the direction of Daisui Spring had stopped, and knew that Kato's side was less ferocious, so he didn't care about pursuing the Eighth Route Army, and directly ordered the troops to hurry to the main battlefield.

When the results of the Dashuiquan ambush were reported to the general headquarters, Ma Zheng was resting, and when Xu Yinghui sent a telegram from the Second Division to Ma Zheng's residence, he was stopped by Ma Zheng's guards, saying that Ma Zheng had just fallen asleep, and if it wasn't something urgent, it would be better to come back tomorrow.

Xu Yinghui also knew that Ma Zheng hadn't closed his eyes for two days and two nights, but it was not appropriate to report such a big victory to Ma Zheng as soon as possible. Hearing that there was an emergency military situation, the guards did not dare to slack off, and immediately entered the house to report to Ma Zheng.

In the haze, Ma Zheng seemed to hear someone calling him, and suddenly he sat up straight from the bed with a spirit, which startled the guards who came to call him.

Ma Zheng looked at it and saw that it was his own guard, so he frowned and asked, "Xiao Wu, how long have I been sleeping, and there is nothing going on outside, right?" ”

"Commander, you've slept for less than two hours, and it's already a quarter past four in the morning. However, Chief of Staff Xu is waiting for you outside the door, saying that there is an urgent battle report to report to you, so I will wake you up. Xiao Wu reported.

"Then please invite Chief of Staff Xu in!" Ma Zheng said.

"Yes!"

After Xu Yinghui entered the house, he immediately said: "Commander, there is news from the second division, after more than six hours of fierce fighting, they completely annihilated the invading Kato detachment, killed more than 7,000 enemies, and severely damaged the 26th division......

After listening to Xu Yinghui's report, Ma Zheng was overjoyed and said in a loud voice: "Very good, send a telegram to the former enemy headquarters of the Second Division, congratulate them on their great victory in my own name and in the name of the headquarters of the military region, and at the same time order the logistics department to allocate 500,000 rounds of ammunition and 3,000 shells to the former enemy headquarters in Chanan as a reward." ”

The slight difference between the Suicha Military Region and other units of the Eighth Route Army is that the troops will not only receive spiritual rewards but also material rewards for winning battles. This kind of material reward will generally not be money, but the military district command will give rewards according to the things that are in short supply of each unit at the moment, such as weapons and ammunition, horses, food, etc., and sometimes even a technical branch such as an infantry battalion or a cavalry battalion and an artillery battalion.

The Dashuiquan ambush was a judgment made by the command of the former enemy in Chachanan according to their respective battlefield situations, so Ma Zheng did not know much about this, but Ma Zheng was very happy about this, and he was in charge of the previous Suicha Military Region alone, so the democratic atmosphere of the troops and the ability to fight alone were not strong. He is the only one who has an all-round hand, and if something happens to him, then the entire military region will be in a panic.

Now, as long as the troops below, especially the cadres at the grassroots level, learn how to lead the troops, then he, the commander of the military region, will be much easier to do. Moreover, the growth of the top level of the military region is also extremely fast; so far, high-level strategic talents have emerged in an endless stream throughout the military region, and there are also quite a few high-ranking cadres who are both civil and military, including Yun Jian, Xu Yinghui, Huang Sicheng, Yang Chengwu, and others, who have all grown into talents who are in charge of their own affairs.

The first shot fired by the former enemy headquarters in Chanan fired the first shot of the anti-sweeping campaign in North China, which was a rare start for the entire Suicha Military Region and was of vital importance to the improvement of the morale of all units.

Overnight, Ma Zheng reported the latest progress of the battle in Chanan to Yan'an and the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, and also made a report and commendation to the whole army, and recorded first-class merit to all the troops participating in the Dashuiquan ambush.

Of course, the Yan'an side was jubilant, while the Japanese North China Front was unwilling to lose. On the same day, Tada Jun, who learned of the news, dispatched the air force available to the entire North China Front Army to carry out retaliatory bombing of Jining, Guisui, Chengde, and other large cities controlled by the Suicha Military Region, causing huge casualties and immeasurable economic losses to the Suicha Military Region.

At the same time, the thunderous and furious General Tada Jun also ordered all the participating troops gathered in Beiping to immediately rush to the designated position, and the whole army marched in unison, and must meet in the Xinghe area by the end of January 15.

On January 6, the 16th Division of the Japanese Army, the 15th Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade, and the 6th Brigade of the Field Heavy Artillery finally arrived at Xuanhua, and formed the 1st Attack Group with the 26th Division, which suffered heavy losses, and at the same time the 10th Division and the 110th Division completed the assembly in Zunhua, Tangshan and other places, and united the main force of the 1st Division and the 4th Division of the Kwantung Army stationed in Qinhuangdao to attack the Eighth Route Army in eastern Hebei from the north and south.

At the same time, the main force of the Japanese First Army stationed in Shanxi also went north to Ningwuguan and Yuanping Town, and launched a frontal attack on the Eighth Route Army in this area.

Under the leadership of the brigade commander, Lieutenant General Shigetoku Numata, a total of more than 20,000 people marched towards the defense area of the Central Hebei Military Region and the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region.

The 32nd Division, the 35th Division and the 3rd and 4th Independent Mixed Brigades of the Japanese Army in southern Hebei also completed the assembly, and the forward came directly towards Handan. For a time, the whole of North China was turbulent, and a war was about to break out.

The Japanese army is menacing, and Ma Zheng is also prepared. In addition to the Suicha Military Region, the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region and the Jizhong Military Region, which are adjacent to the defense zone of the Suicha Military Region, also sent telegrams to Ma Zheng's headquarters, saying that they had all made preparations for counter-sweeping and that the Suicha Military Region could let go of its hands.

After receiving the telegram from Nie Rongzhen and Lu Zhengcao, Ma Zheng immediately ordered all units to take their positions, not to take into account the Japanese troops in other directions, and to directly deal with the devils in front of them, and he and other leaders of the military region would coordinate and direct the battle of each unit in the middle.

This time, Ma Zheng really delegated the command of the front line to the command of the former enemy, and he only needed to mediate in the middle, and the specific battle was handled by the commander-in-chief of each command center.

The first to engage the Japanese army was the integrated Third Division in eastern Hebei, and the predecessor of this unit was the Longhua Independent Detachment and the Luannan Detachment of the Suicha Military Region, and then the captured puppet army was formed. Although the division commander Liu Fengchi was a puppet army, he was a patriotic general and had rich combat experience, so Ma Zheng entrusted Liu Fengchi with full authority for the battle in eastern Hebei.

The main force of the three divisions of the Japanese army attacked Jidong together, which was the first time in the history of the Anti-Japanese War in Jidong, and Liu Fengchi also faced so many Japanese troops for the first time. However, Liu Fengchi is not worried that he will not be able to hold on, now although the strength in his hands is far less than the Japanese army, but he still has a trump card army in his hand that has not been used, that is Ma Zheng placed in eastern Hebei a year ago, it is really not possible Liu Fengchi is ready to invite that army out of the mountain.

Moreover, there are more than 5,000 people in the Baosen Regiment and more than 13,000 people in the local security regiment in eastern Hebei, and at the same time, there are also two divisions of troops rushing to eastern Hebei, in short, the strength is not much worse than the Japanese army.

However, Liu Fengchi knew that he must not have a face-to-face fight with the Japanese army, which was the result that the Japanese army most expected to see. After all, the Japanese army has planes in the sky and tanks on the ground, and if it is really a face-to-face hard regret, even if it wins the battle, the troops will suffer heavy losses.

The best way to deal with this large-scale attack of the Japanese army is to lure the enemy deep, clear the field with strong walls, and then concentrate the main force to encircle and annihilate the main force, and at the same time jump the enemy's outer line with large forces, so as not to be surrounded and annihilated by the heavy Japanese troops.

The idea is not bad, but the Japanese army has learned well this time, and the Japanese army attacking eastern Hebei this time set off from the five directions of Zunhua, Tangshan, Changli, Funing, and Qinhuangdao, and the Fifth Route Army is killing towards Chengde, where Liu Fengchi is located, at a very slow speed. (To be continued.) )