[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 159: The General Offensive Begins (Ask for Subscription!) , ask for a monthly pass, ask for everything! ）

The night of January 14 was a sleepless night for all. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoWhether it is Ma Zheng, who is busy in the front-line headquarters, or the chairman who is far away in Yan'an, everyone's mood is eagerly looking forward to it.

Although the preliminary preparations were sufficient, no one dared to guarantee victory in this battle, after all, they were facing the most elite military group in Japan.

Especially for the cadres and soldiers of the Northern Saibei Corps, since the establishment of the Saibei Corps, there has never been such a solemn preparation for a battle. All the previous wars were natural, Ma Zheng said that he would fight, and as for how to fight and when to fight, it was also decided by Ma Zheng.

But this time it was different, and this time all the cadres and fighters of the Kwantung Army felt an atmosphere called tension, and this tension was completely reflected in those high-ranking cadres of the Corps Headquarters.

At the Tongliao Frontline Headquarters, Ma Zheng stared at the map with a frown, marking something on the map with a red pencil from time to time, and sometimes measuring the distance with a standard military measuring tape.

"Chief of Staff, is the intelligence accurate, the Japanese Kwantung Army border guards really went south?" Ma Zheng confirmed again and again.

"Yes, Commander. I just got the news that the 23rd Division, the 64th Division, the 128th Division, the 126th Division, and the 1st Tank Division of the Tank Army stationed in Heihe and Yichun have all left their garrisons and are rushing to Changchun with all their might, seemingly to reinforce Yamada Otozo's Kwantung Army Headquarters. Xu Yinghui said with certainty.

"Where have the troops of the Japanese army gone south to reinforce them?" Ma Zheng continued to ask.

"I have arrived in Harbin, and I can reach Changchun in 20 hours at most." Xu Yinghui continued to answer.

"Okay, let the little devil go south first, and then order Xu Hu's department to send the main force north to stab the Japanese in the heart, I want to see if Yamada Yisan is Gu Tou or Gu Buttocks." Ma Zheng sneered.

"And what about the other troops?"

"What to do, continue according to the original plan. All the troops arrived at their designated positions this evening and awaited orders. When the time came, the whole army assaulted. Ma Zheng said coldly.

"Okay, I'll deliver the order."

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At 1 o'clock in the morning of the 16th, the entire front-line headquarters was still brightly lit, and all the operational staff officers and service personnel were in place, waiting for Ma Zheng's order.

"Chief of Staff, have all the units arrived at their designated positions and are they all ready for battle?" Ma Zheng confirmed for the last time before the battle.

"Yes, commander, all the troops have arrived at the designated position, including Xu Hu, and all of them have entered the predetermined combat position and waited for the commander's order." Xu Yinghui replied loudly.

"Very well, now we will start to check the table, my time is 0:55 in the morning, and in 5 minutes I will give the order to attack the whole army." Ma Zheng said loudly.

"Yes!"

The First Command of Shuangliao, the Second Command of Baicheng, the Third Command of Shuangyashan, and the Fourth Command of Qinglong received a total order from the headquarters of the Saibei Corps at the same time.

At one o'clock in the morning, more than one million elites of the Eighth Route Army, under the cover of 1,200 tanks and armored vehicles and 1,300 large-caliber artillery pieces, launched an all-out attack from the northeast and Shanggan kilometers of the border.

At one o'clock in the morning, General Yamada Otozo had just fallen asleep when he was woken up by the guards. Yamada Otozo, who was originally extremely angry, suddenly broke out in a cold sweat after listening to the report of the newspaper operator, and his drowsiness was thrown directly out of the clouds.

"Nani, the Shina people have launched an all-out attack on our Imperial Japanese Army? Is the message accurate? General Yamada asked urgently.

"Haiyi, ten minutes ago, the Chinese launched a full-scale attack on our Kwantung Army in Qinglong, Lingyuan, Qinhuangdao, Shuangliao, Baicheng and other places in South Manchuria. The news came back from the front and was unmistakable. Chief of Staff Yoshimoto said loudly.

"How's the battle going?"

"Report to Your Excellency Commander, there is no report on the results of the battle for the time being, but I think that the people of Laizhi have been preparing for so long, and the first round of attacks will definitely be fruitful. Although the exact outcome of the war is not clear, we are still prepared for the worst. Regardless of whether the troops on the front line can withstand the attack of the China, our headquarters must make some moves and arrange a defensive plan in advance. Sadachi Yoshimoto suggested.

"Yoshimoto-kun is right, what are the actions of the Soviets, where are the 23rd Division and other troops?" Yamada Otozo will continue.

"There is no news from the Soviets for the time being, but the Soviets have just won a big victory in Europe and recovered the Kursk region, and now they are busy expanding their gains, so they should not have time to take care of the fighting in the Far East, after all, the Soviets do not want to be in a dangerous situation of fighting on two fronts."

"You mean that the Soviets will not intervene in this war?"

"Yes, Your Excellency, Commander. The Soviet Union's dispatch of troops to Manchuria was certainly a disaster for the empire, but it was not necessarily beneficial to the Soviets, and in the end it would only be a cheap deal, so it was judged that the Soviets would not do such a stupid thing. Yoshimoto continued.

"Not necessarily, the Americans can come up with tens of billions of dollars in supplies to fund the Allies, so why should the Soviets be 'stupid' once in a while. Moreover, now that Ma Zheng's headquarters are charging in front, the Soviets may not want to solve the threat of our Kwantung Army to the Far East in one fell swoop, and this will be beneficial to the Soviet Union and China, and even to the Americans. "General Yamada Otosan has seen farther and his thinking is clearer.

Yamada then continued: "If the Soviets had not been involved, what would have been the outcome of this war? ”

"It's hard to be sure, the biggest possibility of five or five is a lose-lose situation. The battle of Ma Zheng's division is indeed very powerful, and we cannot deny this. Judging from the current situation of the Kwantung Army, if it is to exchange fire with Ma Zheng's troops alone, the chances of victory are not too great, because our army does not have an advantage in terms of troops or weapons and equipment. ”

Speaking of this, Yoshimoto Sadachi slowed down and continued: "However, it is simply wishful thinking that the Shina people want to rely on a mere Saibei Corps to completely destroy our Kwantung Army. No matter how to say that our army also has 700,000 elites, plus we have been operating in Manchuria for 10 years, whether it is logistics supply or fortifications, it is far more convenient than the people of China, if there is really a full-scale war, the people of China and my Kwantung Army may suffer a little loss in the early stage, but in the later stage, it is definitely the people of China who take the initiative to retreat, because the logistics supply line of the China army is extremely fragile, and it is simply unable to undertake such a large-scale campaign. ”

"And what if we add the Soviets, what are our chances of winning?" Yamada Otozo continued to ask.

"Commander, I don't think this assumption is at all necessary, the Soviets will not declare war on the Reich, because they are afraid that the Reich will attack them with the Germans. One Germany was enough for Stalin to have a headache, and with our Great Japanese Empire, there was no doubt about the defeat of the Soviets. ”

Speaking of this, Yoshimoto Sadami said with some uneasiness: "Your Excellency, say something presumptuous! If the Reich had acceded to the Germans' request to send troops to the Soviet Far East, the Soviets would have been defeated now, and the Reich would not have been in the predicament it is in today. ”

"Yoshimoto-kun, don't worry about this, we are all soldiers, and soldiers should take obedience to orders as their duty. We don't need to think about things at the top, His Majesty the Emperor said that we can just command the troops to charge, even if His Majesty the Emperor asks us to fight the Germans. ”

"Hay!"

"You are the chief of staff of my Kwantung Army, you know the strength of our army best, and now you tell me if the Kwantung Army is flanked by the north and south at the same time as the Soviets, can we hold Manchuria, and if we can't hold it, how long can we hold out." Yamada Otozomichi.

"If the Chinese and the Soviets flank our army at the same time, our chances of victory are almost zero. A single Saibei corps is enough for our Kwantung Army to deal with, and if the Chinese troops cooperate with the Soviets, our army will definitely be defeated, and it will last for 2 months at most, or even less. "Yoshimoto Sadachi.

"Yo Xi, Yoshimoto-kun, your analysis is very reasonable, now I am not worried about the war in western Manchuria, as you said, it is impossible for the people of China to attack Xinjing immediately, our fortifications in the major cities along the line are not repaired in vain, with the blocking of these fortifications, we can calmly dispatch troops. But I'm worried that if the Chinese and Soviets join forces, the result will be unpredictable. ”

"Why are you so worried about the Soviets?"

"Yoshimoto-kun, judging from the fact that Ma Zheng's department suddenly has a large number of Soviet-made equipment, the people of China must have reached some kind of tacit understanding with the Soviets, but I don't know if they have developed to that point, whether they have reached a strategic alliance or even a closer relationship. But what is certain is that the Soviets must have been closer to the Chinese than they were to us. "Yamada Otozomichi.

"Yo Xi, Your Excellency Commander is right!" Yoshimoto Sadachi slapped a fluttering sycophant.

"Yoshimoto-kun, you immediately send an order, all troops are in a state of readiness, including the border troops in North Manchuria, all troops must prepare enough ammunition and food for at least a week's battle, and at the same time order Ti Mishu Nan to move the headquarters north to Yichun and closely monitor the movements of the Soviets." General Yamada said with a frown.

"Hay!"

"Yoshimoto-kun, this battle can be said to be related to the life and death of our Kwantung Army, and there is not much benefit in winning, but if it is defeated, the Japanese Empire is likely to lose Manchuria, a strategic colony that has been in operation for more than ten years, do you understand?" Yamada Otozomichi.

"Hai, I understand!"

"It's good to understand, please!"

"Hay!"

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