[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 1072: The army gathers (ask for subscription!) , ask for a monthly pass, ask for everything! ）

On April 1, 1943, under the command of Ma Zheng. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 The 10 infantry divisions of the Saibei Corps, which were ready to go, and a large number of technical support units began to advance to the Shandong area in three directions.

The first route was composed of the 2nd, 14th, and 15th divisions of the Chahar Military Region, and one brigade each of artillery, cavalry, and engineers, with Yang Chengwu as the commander-in-chief and Wu Xiuda, commander of the 14th Division, as the deputy commander-in-chief, with more than 69,000 troops in the army. The First Route Army assembled near Cangzhou, and then went directly south to capture Qingyun, Leling, Wudi, Xinyang and other cities and counties.

The Second Route Army was composed of the 4th and 5th Divisions, as well as the artillery brigade, armored brigade, cavalry brigade, and Zhouqiao troops directly under the corps, with Xu Hu as the commander-in-chief and Xue Zhiqiang as the deputy commander-in-chief. The Second Route Army assembled in Hejian, and then moved south along Xianxian, Wuqiang, and Wuyi counties to seize Hengshui, and then capture Dezhou.

The Third Route Army was composed of the reorganized 9th Division, the 21st Division, the artillery brigade directly under the Corps, the Logistics Support Brigade, and the Zhouqiao Unit, with Liu Fengchi as the commander-in-chief and Bi Lige, commander of the reorganized 9th Division, as the deputy commander-in-chief. The Third Route Army continued to move south after Xu Hu's division captured Hengshui, captured the Japanese army in the direction of Shimen after capturing Nangong, and at the same time waited for an opportunity to advance eastward.

Since Okamura Ninji took office, in order to strengthen the intelligence system and improve the troops' ability to collect intelligence, Okamura Ninji directly used his personal connections to specially mobilize more than 800 spies from Japan to enter the special high-tech section of the North China Front.

At the same time, Okamura Ninji has equipped the special high-tech with two special forces with a large number, and now the entire special high-tech has improved qualitatively in terms of intelligence gathering capabilities and reaction speed, which is much stronger than a few months ago.

Jinan. Conference Room of the Headquarters of the North China Front.

Okamura Ninji was sitting in front of the conference room, and in turn sat other senior officers of the North China Front, the lowest ranking being Hirahara Eiichi and a young man who was in charge of taking notes.

"Pingyuan-kun, tell everyone about the situation!" Okamura Ninji said lightly

His voice was very calm, and he couldn't tell whether his mood was high or low at this time, let alone whether he was happy or sad.

Hirahara Eichi sat up straight and said loudly, "Hai! ”

"Gentlemen, according to the latest information collected by our special high-tech department. The movement of Ma Zheng's headquarters in China is strange, a large number of troops are mobilized and assembled in the defense area of Tuba Road, there are obvious signs that this army is coming for the imperial army, I hope that the front army will make preparations as soon as possible! Eiichi Hiraha said succinctly.

Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka asked, "Hirahara, how many troops did the Shina people send this time?" Who is the commander and what are the numbers of the troops participating in the war. What is the personality of the commander? ”

Now Yoshio Shinozuka has been promoted to chief of the general staff of the North China Front Army and commander of the First Army, and the entire North China Front Army Headquarters can be said to have more than 10,000 people, and his words carry a lot of weight.

Pingyuan Rongyi didn't dare to slack off, and immediately replied: "Your Excellency, there are a total of 3 assembly points in China this time, namely Tianjin, Baoding, and Zhangjiakou. Among them, the assembly point in Tianjin is more obvious. The number of the unit is the 2nd Division, the 14th Division and the 15th Division of the Consolidated Division of the Chahar Military Region, and there is also a cavalry unit with an unknown number. The other two assembly points are not very obvious, and so far it is impossible to judge whether the Chinese troops in these two places are changing their guards normally or are coming against the imperial army. ”

Then Hirahara Eiichi said again: "As for the commander of the Chinese army, we don't know, but there is definite information to confirm that Yang Chengwu, commander of the Chahar Military Region of the Northern Chinese Army, arrived in Tianjin yesterday. ”

"Yo Xi, Hirahara-kun, you have bothered, it is a blessing for the Empire of Japan to have such an excellent officer as you." Yoshio Shinozuka praised.

"Thank you, Your Excellency, Plains just did what a soldier should do." Eiichi Hirahara said modestly.

"Yo Xi, Pingyuan-kun, does your intelligence department know about this Yang Chengwu?" Yoshio Shinozuka asked again.

"Yes, since two years ago, our special high-tech department began to consciously collect the information of the officers of the Eighth Route Army, especially the information of the commanders at all levels of Ma Zheng's department, and this Yang Chengwu has a very high status in Ma Zheng's department in China, so it has been filed in our special high-tech department last year." Eiichi Hirahara said slowly.

"Yo Xi, then tell me quickly, who is this Yang Chengwu, and why does Ma Zheng trust this person so much?" Okamura Ninji also asked.

When Ping Yuan Rong saw that the two bigwigs of the North China Front Army cared so much about Yang Chengwu, how dare he slack off, and immediately said: "Yang Chengwu, nationality is Chinese; political party Communist; The education level is unknown, it should be in junior high school or above; He is originally from Fujian, China. This person first participated in the peasant rebellion in western Fujian in 1929. and joined the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army. He served as a squad leader, squadron leader, wing commander, brigade commander, and division commander officer of the Red Army in China. He also participated in the strategic transfer of the first to fifth anti-"encirclement and suppression" operations of the Red Army in China and the so-called 25,000-mile Long March. ”

After the outbreak of the China Incident, he served as the commander of the Independent Regiment of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army, and led his troops to participate in the Battle of Taiyuan. Later, he was transferred to Ma Zheng's department, and is currently the commander of the Chahar Military Region and the commander of the Second Division. ”

"What is this person's level of tactical command?" Okamura asked.

"Your Excellency Commander, this person is quite strategic, eclectic in combat, good at using reverse thinking to think about problems, brave and decisive in battle, extremely difficult. Many high-ranking officers of the Imperial Army died in the hands of this person, who can be described as a fierce general, and also Ma Zheng's right-hand man. ”

Pingyuan Rongyi could say it in detail, because the losses and pressure caused by Yang Chengwu to the Japanese were not much smaller than Ma Zheng, and he ranked 4th in the list of all the generals of Ma Zheng's department of the Eighth Route Army of the Special High Branch, only after Ma Zheng, Political Commissar Luo, and Yun Jian.

"Yo Xi, the information is very detailed, so have you found information about the establishment and distribution of troops in Ma Zheng's department?" Okamura continued to ask.

"I'm sorry, Your Excellency Commander, due to the extremely strong scrutiny of cadres and ordinary soldiers in Ma Zheng's department, several undercover agents in the empire who had managed to infiltrate the unit were quickly found out, so it directly led to the destruction of our special high-tech department's ability to collect intelligence. They also formed an intelligence unit with strong reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance capabilities, and several of our intelligence stations were destroyed by that intelligence organization. ”

Then Hirahara Eiichi continued: "So far, our special high-tech department has also detected that there are about 70 infantry divisions in the Zhina Ma Zheng Division, but as for whether these 70 infantry divisions are real numbers, or just an empty shell to confuse the imperial army, it is unknown. Eiichi Hihara said.

"How many people are in Ma Zheng's department?"

"This is not certain, it is conservatively estimated that Ma Zheng's department should have at least 500,000 or more now."

"Pingyuan-kun, you have made great progress, you have lived up to my trust and training, the Zhina Ma Zheng department is indeed more difficult to deal with than ordinary troops, you have done this far is already very good, I am very satisfied. Continue to investigate, make sure to figure out the offensive route of the Shina people, and if there is any information, you should immediately report it to the front army headquarters, do you understand? Okamura Ninji said loudly.

"Hai, I understand!"

"Ladies and gentlemen, while the intelligence department continues to investigate the movements of the Shina people, we must also be prepared for battle. After all, Ma Zheng's department is different from the ordinary Chinese troops, and the front army must pay attention to it! ”

"Hay!"

"Listen to my order: from now on, all troops shall immediately cancel their leave, and those who are on leave shall immediately return to their units, and this order shall be directed against all soldiers and officers of the front army, and no one shall violate it, otherwise it will be severely punished. In addition, the troops close to the China defense area immediately reduced their strength and strengthened their vigilance, and troops smaller than the infantry brigade level were not allowed to go out to sweep the villages of China without permission, so as to prevent a sneak attack by Ma Zheng's department. The 63rd Division, the 64th Division, and the 66th Division, which had just landed in Qingdao, immediately rushed to Jinan by car to wait for the dispatch of the Front Army Headquarters. Gentlemen, please! ”

"Hay!"

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