[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 919: Seeing Through the Conspiracy (Ask for Subscription!) , ask for a monthly pass, ask for everything! ）

On the 28th, the strength of about one infantry wing of the 33rd Brigade of the 10th Division of the Japanese Army, with the cooperation of more than 50 Type 97 combat vehicles, launched an attack on the southern position of Zhangjiakou, and at the same time, an infantry wing of the 11th Brigade also launched an attack on the defensive position west of Zhangjiakou with the cooperation of the same number of combat vehicles. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The 35th Division was not far behind, because the 35th Division suffered serious losses in the offensive and defensive battles of Chicheng and Chongli, and this division was still a second-rate three-unit division that had just been formed, so only one attack group was formed, and the Japanese army of about four infantry brigades drove more than 3,000 puppet troops to launch an attack on the position east of Zhangjiakou with the cooperation of more than 20 chariots.

In order to cope with the Japanese attack, the defenders of Zhangjiakou used all the light and dark pillboxes and high-power mines, and the huge number of anti-tank trenches also caused a lot of trouble to the Japanese army, and the two sides fought to the death on the periphery of Zhangjiakou.

In just one day, the entire urban area of Zhangjiakou was in ruins, littered with broken bricks and rubble. The losses on both sides were heavy, because the second division directly used only a dozen anti-aircraft machine guns in the division headquarters, so it caused huge casualties to the dense Japanese infantry, but the Japanese armored clusters and powerful artillery attack capabilities also made Yang Chengwu's troops taste the bitterness.

The night finally brought the curtain down on the day's fighting, and both sides were very dissatisfied when they went back to think about today's battle, but the most dissatisfied was Lieutenant General Ueda to the first time.

Originally, Ueda thought that he could achieve great results today, and at least he should directly occupy the positions on the periphery of Zhangjiakou, after all, the strength of the 10th Division was there, and this elite division with brilliant experience fought from South China to North China, not only with the Central Army of the Nationalist Government, but also with the Jin Sui Army, the Sichuan Army, the Gui Army, the Guizhou Army, the Yunnan Army, and the Hunan Army, and after arriving in North China, it also fought with the Eighth Route Army.

There were no less than ten units at the level of the Chinese division that were annihilated by the 10th Division, and it is impossible to count the number of those who were defeated. Now with the assistance of aircraft, combat vehicles, and heavy artillery, it is impossible to break down a defensive line garrisoned by Dohachi, which makes Lieutenant General Ueda to the first place very faceless.

Therefore, after receiving the battle report from the front, Major General Yanagawa, who sent Ueda to a pair of fronts to take charge of the command, was scolded and ordered the troops on the front line to intensify their offensive tomorrow and to take the positions on the outskirts of Zhangjiakou by the army at noon tomorrow.

And Yang Chengwu was also very dissatisfied with the battle on the 28th, mainly because the casualties of the troops were indeed a bit large, not counting the ordinary people in the city, the regular troops on the front line alone lost nearly an infantry regiment in today's battle, plus the lack of troops before, the entire Chanan Military Division has lost more than 5,000 people, which accounts for more than one-eighth of the total strength of the military division, which is somewhat inconsistent with the strategy formulated before.

What happened on the battlefield of Zhangjiakou was quickly reported to Ma Zheng, and after analyzing the offensive situation of the Japanese army, Ma Zheng believed that the Japanese army wanted to take Zhangjiakou as soon as possible.

Perhaps perceiving the strategy of the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese offensive mode on the Zhangjiakou front line has changed greatly, and the biggest change is that the Japanese army rarely lets the infantry units fight alone, and rarely carries out large-scale group charges, but there is a little trend of modern mechanized corps information mode operation.

Ma Zheng was not a good person, and after reading the telegram from the front, Ma Zheng judged that the abnormal behavior of the Japanese army must be a cover-up of some ulterior conspiracy. He immediately ordered the intelligence department to pay close attention to the movements of the North China Front, and sent an electronic countermeasures squadron to intercept the Japanese army's telegrams, and even instructed Xu Hu to immediately interrogate the captured Gansu Shigetaro and other high-ranking prisoners of war.

Not to mention, the effect of the multi-pronged approach soon became apparent, and soon a piece of information about the field observation group composed of senior officers of the Chinese Dispatch Army Command going north to North China for exchange and study was put on Ma Zheng's desk.

This information came in a timely manner, and Ma Zheng, who couldn't figure out what the Japanese army wanted to do, quickly judged the true intentions of the Japanese army, and this so-called field observation group reminded Ma Zheng of more things.

In his previous life, Ma Zheng was not only a military fan, but also a TV fan, especially like to watch some military programs or war dramas, Li Youbin starred in the anti-Japanese war blockbuster "Bright Sword" is one of Ma Zheng's favorite TV series.

And the scene of Li Yunlong's total annihilation of the Japanese battlefield observation group in "Bright Sword" is a very useful reference for Ma Zheng at this time, it seems that the North China Front Army is going to put on a good show for the so-called field observation group in the Zhangjiakou area, and his Yang Chengwu department is a whetstone used by the North China Front to prove its strength or show off its muscles.

Of course, Ma Zheng also thought of another possibility, that is, the Japanese army is very likely to send elite special operations troops to attack the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, especially like the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army or the headquarters of major military regions, after all, the Yamamoto special forces team in "Bright Sword" wants to show off by destroying the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

Although this is just a guess by Ma Zheng, besides, the current defense level of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters is not what it used to be, and the entire four guard regiments are enough to block all the Japanese attacks from the sky and the earth.

However, if you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what happens, and the importance of the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army to the entire Eighth Route Army is self-evident, so Ma Zheng immediately telegraphed the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army to strengthen the defense force of the headquarters, and the slogan and radio password must be changed in time to avoid a surprise attack by the Japanese army.

Now that he learned of the intentions of the Japanese army, Ma Zheng was not polite, and the abacus of the North China Front was a thief. However, he is not a vegetarian either, and it just so happens that he is really afraid that the Japanese army will stop attacking, and the whole army will not come out of Beiping, Tianjin and other big cities, so that the plan to consume the vitality of the Japanese army drawn up before will be completely lost.

Now even if Ma Zheng does not lure the Japanese army, the Japanese army will take Zhangjiakou at all costs, which is exactly what Ma Zheng wants.

As for the safety of Zhangjiakou, Ma Zheng did not pay attention to it, in Ma Zheng's view, most of China has fallen at present, and the gains and losses of Zhangjiakou are insignificant at all. After occupying Zhangjiakou, it had to send troops to garrison it, and the mobility and flexibility of the troops were greatly reduced, so a big city like Zhangjiakou close to the enemy-occupied area was a chicken rib for the Suicha Military Region, and it was a pity to abandon it if it was tasteless.

But for the Japanese army, it was different, what is Zhangjiakou, that is the capital city of Chahar Province, is the gateway to Beiping, and taking back Zhangjiakou means that Beiping has one more barrier.

After the capture of Zhangjiakou, the defenders of the Beiping area would not always be vigilant, and even did not need to station so many troops. Therefore, the Japanese army in Zhangjiakou is bound to win, even if it pays a big price.

Since the Japanese army was so interested in Zhangjiakou, Ma Zheng was not polite, and took the opportunity to urgently transfer a large number of heavy machine guns and mines to Zhangjiakou, and at the same time there were more than 2,000 machine gunners who accompanied the escort troops.

Ma Zheng's intentions Yang Chengwu and He Xiulin were very clear, that is, Zhangjiakou would definitely not be able to hold it, but the two of them could not easily give up Zhangjiakou to the Japanese army, and the Japanese army had to fill it with human lives if they wanted to take Zhangjiakou. (To be continued.) )