[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 212: Preemptive Strike (Subscription Requested)

The sudden outbreak of the Zhang Gufeng incident can be regarded as the relief of the siege of the Suicha base area, and Ma Zheng is still extremely afraid of such a giant as the North China Front. Once the North China Front launched a large-scale attack on the Suicha base area, the troops on the Wuhan battlefield must withdraw to Saibei, otherwise the nest will really be lost.

However, now that the Soviets were contained, the Japanese army temporarily stopped all operations against the Suicha base area, which made Ma Zheng breathe a sigh of relief.

Regardless of whether this breath had not yet been breathed, Ma Zheng's nerves tensed again, because the battle situation on the Wuhan front had changed again, and his Duqi Division was once again on the cusp.

In view of the defeat of the Japanese army on the Jiujiang and Hukou lines some time ago, the Central China Front Headquarters immediately ordered the 9th Division and the 27th Division to move west to reinforce the 101st and 106th half-crippled divisions, and prepare to recapture Hukou and Jiujiang.

At the same time, the Second Army, which was cooperating with the operation, also began to assemble at the northern foot of the Dabie Mountain, preparing to cooperate with the attack of the 11th Army on the south bank of the Yangtze River, and a large-scale military mobilization began in the Japanese theater.

After all, August and September are the height of summer in China, and the large-scale mobilization and operation of troops at this time is very hard, and it will even cause a large number of troops to be reduced due to heat stroke. In order to avoid such unnecessary attrition, it is best to conduct the campaign after October.

However, the Army's opinion was rejected by the Navy, which insisted on attacking at this time, on the grounds that it would be beneficial for the Navy to attack at this time. According to the data collected by the Navy Department over the years, August and September of each year is the wet season of the Yangtze River, and there are very few shoals on the vast surface of the river, which is convenient for large ships to trace back to the Wuhan area. Formations and coordinated operations are carried out, so it is better to carry out operations at this time.

In order to cooperate with the army and at the same time, the Third Fleet of the Japanese Navy transferred the remaining 12th Sentai and all small and medium-sized ships from Qingdao to the Wuhan front line to prepare for the Battle of Wuhan.

Naturally, the movements of the Japanese army could not be concealed from the surveillance of the all-pervasive Military Command Bureau, and soon the whereabouts of the Japanese troops were reported to the divisions and brigades on the front line. Naturally, it also passed on to Ma Zheng.

After reading the enemy war report sent by the Ninth War Zone, Ma Zheng was silent, and Ma Zheng, who was familiar with history, knew that the real Battle of Wuhan was about to begin.

In fact, the fighting in the first two months can only be said to be a prelude to the Battle of Wuhan, and its purpose is nothing more than to seize the bridgehead for attacking Wuhan. Therefore, the Japanese offensive at this stage was very limited in terms of both strength and firepower, and in fact the Japanese army only used three divisions and one Potian detachment, which was far from the nine divisions planned by the Central China Front.

Historically, the Japanese army basically followed such an offensive trajectory to capture Wuhan, when the Japanese army successfully captured Huangmei and Jiujiang in the first stage, and then used these two bridgeheads as a springboard to concentrate forces to break through to Wuhan. In the end, the Nationalist Government was defeated and the Battle of Wuhan was won.

But now, due to the sudden appearance of the Duqi Division, although the first phase of the Japanese army's campaign was basically over, the two major objectives only occupied Huangmei and did not achieve the expected goals. Therefore, if the Japanese army wants to achieve the ultimate strategic goal, then the next stage of the battle is to capture Jiujiang.

As for the capture of Jiujiang, Hukou, where the Duqi Division is now stationed, is the first to bear the brunt, thinking that at least four powerful Japanese field divisions will soon besiege Hukou. Ma Zheng's mood suddenly became unbeautiful.

Although the soldiers of the Seventh Division are now strong, the soldiers and equipment promised by the Nationalist Government are all in place. An army of 27,800 is not weaker than a group army of the Nationalist Government. But if it was against the four divisions of the Japanese army, it would still be far behind, so Ma Zheng decided to strike first.

Taking advantage of the rest in the past few days, Ma Zheng drew up a new battle plan, which was discussed by all the officers of the division headquarters and felt that it was very feasible, and Ma Zheng immediately decided to implement this battle plan.

Ma Zheng's battle plan was not complicated, he just wanted to take advantage of the favorable opportunity when the Japanese 101st Division and the 106th Division were heavily damaged. Before its reinforcements arrived, it directly sent troops to seize control of the Pengze front line and moved the front dozens of kilometers further east. It is best to capture Madang Fortress, and then cooperate with Chen Shaokuan's navy to block the Japanese naval fleet to the east of Madang. It is no longer possible to support the Japanese Army to attack the upper reaches of the Yangtze River using three-dimensional tactics of land, sea and air.

Now that the battle plan has been formulated and all the conditions are in place, Ma Zheng no longer hesitates. At the same time as the entire retreat of the Mongolian army, Ma Zheng commanded his troops to begin to advance towards the Pengze area.

Due to the sudden destruction of the 101st Brigade of the Division, the 101st Brigade did not dare to attack at will, and even after joining up with the 106th Division, it could only shrink the defensive line. The place west of Pengze, except for the small lonely mountain that broke into the Yangtze River, did not have much strategic value, and even if there was, there was no terrain for a large army to be stationed, so it was simply abandoned by the Japanese army.

Because Ma Zheng originally planned to attack the Japanese army, all units of the Seventh Division changed into Japanese uniforms and marched, and traveled day and night along the way, and placed the scouts more than 20 miles away, so they were not blocked until Ma Zheng's troops arrived at the periphery of Furong Town.

Ma Zheng has only two goals for this eastward expansion, Peng Ze and Ma Dang! The soldiers are fast, Ma Zheng knows that the Japanese army will not leave him too much time, and the Japanese army in Pengze County is newly occupied, which has not yet been consolidated, and there is still a possibility of capturing. But the Madang fortress was well fortified, and the Japanese had occupied it for more than a month, so there was no possibility of taking it at all.

In addition, the terrain of Madang Fortress is really not conducive to the attack, thinking that Madang Fortress has just been lost, the 43rd Army and the 60th Division and other units have launched counter-charges many times under the cover of the Air Force, but they still have not been able to recover Madang, so Madang can be collected, and there is no way to collect it.

In order to take care of the captives who had just recovered, Ma Zheng asked the troops to stop and move for two nights after a journey of less than 100 kilometers. But even so, the captives were still a little overwhelmed, but fortunately, the troops did not need to go into battle immediately, and they had time to rest.

In the mountains and forests, the six infantry regiments and two fire regiments under the Seventh Division were resting, this was their last rest before the battle, and when the combat order was issued, they would be greeted by bloody battles one after another.

In fact, many people have a lot of opinions about Ma Zheng's way of marching day and night, eating and sleeping in the mountains and forests, especially those soldiers transferred from the 4th Army and the 27th Army of the Central Army. Not only did some soldiers not understand, but many lower-level officers also had quite opinions, feeling that this was not fair enough, and that it was a kind of stealing chickens and dogs.

But how could they know that this habit was the tradition of the Duqi Division, and it had been deeply ingrained in the bones of every soldier since the first day of the establishment of the Duqi Division.

Because Ma Zheng knows that now there is only a place for Chinese on land on the land of China. China's sea and air have long ceased to belong to the Chinese. Both the four major territorial waters and the attached airspace have become the world of the Japanese. Therefore, Ma Zheng once issued a mandatory order, as long as conditions permit, all the troops of the Seventh Division should go into the mountains when resting, and try to avoid resting in the plains, so as not to be used as a live target by the Japanese planes.

Although these newly joined troops did not understand, Ma Zheng did not explain too much, this kind of thing must form a habit, and too much explanation will make people feel that the troops of their Duqi Division are too timid. They simply don't say anything, the troops can execute it, and they will understand after a few victories, and it won't be long before staying overnight in the mountains and forests will become a habit for them.

When the large army was resting, Ma Zheng scattered all the people of the Thor Special Combat Team, and he wanted to know all the information about Peng Ze.

Although in later generations, Ma Zheng once came to Pengze, and also went to the site of the Xiaogushan War. But this does not mean that Ma Zheng knows everything about Peng Ze, after all, time has passed, although more than 60 years have not been able to make vicissitudes, but things are not people, but there will always be people. (To be continued.) )