[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 544: Flee Without a Fight (Ask for a subscription, ask for a monthly pass, ask for everything!) ）

Although Sugiyama Yuan saw through Ma Zheng's intentions, he did not expect that the enemy in both the north and south directions was Ma Zheng's troops, so it was inevitable that there would be mistakes in tactical arrangements. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

As a matter of fact, Sugiyama Gen still knows about the changes in the Suicha Military Region, and the infiltration of the Japanese army's special high school into China over the years has reached the point of pervasiveness, not to mention the movement of more than 100,000 troops under Ma Zheng's command is not small, and it is not easy to completely hide the Japanese.

Because of this, the headquarters of the North China Front Army did not dare to slack off, and immediately concentrated the main forces on the front line of Xuanhua and Xiahuayuan, and the headquarters of Ma Zheng sent troops from Zhangjiakou to the south to attack the Pingjin area.

At the same time, General Sugiyama also ordered the main force of the First Army stationed in Shanxi to block Ma Zheng's headquarters north of Xinkou, and never let Ma Zheng's headquarters capture Xinkou.

Ma Zheng's plan was undoubtedly successful, and his unreasonable approach made the Japanese army quite helpless, and he could only be led by the nose.

The battle on the front line in northern Shanxi was very smooth, and the First Army stationed in Shanxi knew that there was no danger to defend north of Xinkou, so it took the initiative to withdraw troops from Dai County, and the main 20th Division and the 109th Division were withdrawn from Dai County to Yuanping to hold on.

Ma Zheng's division was reorganized into the 1st Division and the assault brigade took Dai County by taking advantage of the situation, and the main force launched an attack on Yuanping. Although their opponent was the 20th Division of the Japanese Army, the reorganized 1st Division fought very beautifully, and it only took two days to break through the first line of defense of the Japanese army. And after paying the casualties of an infantry battalion, they finally approached the second line of defense of Yuanping, as long as this line of defense was broken, then the troops of the Suicha Military Region could drive straight to the city of Yuanping.

In the eastern grassland, Ma Desheng's cavalry division and Liu Fengchi's reorganized three divisions one south and one north echoed each other, the two armies went straight to Chifeng and Keshiketeng Banner, although the Eighth Wing of the Japanese Fourth Division stationed in Chifeng urgently shrank its strength, but still could not resist the attack of Liu Fengchi's department, Weichang County and Karaqin Banner were successively conquered by the reorganized Third Division, and the main force of the Eighth Wing had to withdraw to Chifeng City to hold on to wait for reinforcements.

After all, as the Mongolian upper-class princes and nobles, the prestige of King De in the eyes of Mongolian herdsmen is still very high, and the herdsmen of the eastern steppe easily reported the whereabouts of Ma Desheng's department to King De in the banner.

After receiving the report from the herdsmen, King De was taken aback and hurriedly asked for help from Chichai Dazuo in Chifeng City. But when he learned that the 8th Wing of the 4th Division was also being attacked by Ma Zheng's headquarters, King De immediately made a decision - flee!

Although the headquarters of the North China Front ordered the headquarters of the German king to block the Tu Eighth Road from the direction of Xilinhot to the north of the Keshiketeng Banner, so as to ensure the rear road of the Eighth Wing, so as not to prevent the Eighth Wing from being flanked by the North and South of the Eighth Route Army and being attacked by the enemy on its back.

But King De knew that he had a few catties and a few taels, and if he dared to stay in Keqi, it would not take a few days for these troops in his hands to become prisoners of Ma Zheng's subordinates, there is no doubt about this.

When there are troops in his hands, the Japanese will still treat him as a human being, but if these precious troops in his hands are buried again, then it will not be easy for him to make a comeback, and the Japanese will definitely not support him anymore, so the only thing King De can do at this time is to escape.

Moreover, King De did not move closer to Chichai Dazuo in Chifeng as everyone expected, but went all the way to the east and fled directly to Tongliao, which was 400 kilometers away. King De saw very clearly that Ma Zheng's division was sandwiching the Eighth Wing from the north and south, and with the combat effectiveness of the Eighth Wing, the possibility of wanting to hold Chifeng was very small, even with the more than 20,000 people in his hands, it was impossible to hold Chifeng. Rather than being surrounded in Chifeng City in the end, it is better not to go there in the first place.

Of course, this will definitely be reprimanded by the Japanese army, but King De does not care. With 20,000 troops in hand, the Japanese army would not do anything to him even if they were unhappy. But if there were no 20,000 troops, even if he was willing to be a lackey of the Japanese, the Japanese might not be able to look up to him.

After more than a year of ups and downs, King Tokuro has long seen the true face of the Japanese, in the eyes of the Japanese, he is a dog used to bite people, and when he has teeth, the Japanese will reward him with a piece of meat and bones to eat. But if he becomes a toothless dog, the Japanese may slaughter him and stew him to eat dog meat.

The escape of King De's troops without a fight was beyond the expectations of Ma Desheng and others, and it made them feel like they were punching cotton. Although it was very helpless, there was no way, the people had already fled, and it was too late to chase them, so they could only continue to command the troops to go south, converge with the integrated three divisions of the Chifeng front, and then take Chifeng City.

The fighting on the front lines of southern Hebei, Rebei and northern Jin was very smooth, but only the integrated second division that attacked Xuanhua ran into trouble. Xuanhua is only 170 kilometers away from Beiping, and has been the barrier of Beiping since ancient times.

The Japanese army noticed that Ma Zheng's headquarters was assembled on the front line of Zhangjiakou, and believed that Ma Zheng's headquarters was aiming to capture Beiping, where the headquarters of the North China Front Army was located, so General Sugiyama Mototo ordered Shinozuka Yoshio's 10th Division to be placed in Xuanhua, and at the same time ordered the 110th Division to be stationed in Beiping, and the 26th Division to be stationed in Baoding, as a reserve for the 10th Division.

In order to ensure the safety of Beiping, General Sugiyama Mototo also transferred Yamashita Fumi, chief of staff of the front army, to Xuanhua to preside over the battle at the front.

As the most promising lieutenant general in the Japanese Army, Yamashita was dissatisfied with the more than a year of fighting in the Front Army. Especially in the battle against Ma Zheng's headquarters, the front army suffered repeated setbacks, which made Yamashita Fengwen very depressed, so after receiving Sugiyama Yuan's order, Yamashita Fengwen immediately rushed to Xuanhua from Beiping with a heavy artillery wing to take over the command of the front.

Compared with the cautious Yoshio Shinozuka, Yamashita Fengfumi's command level is undoubtedly superior, and this person is crazy enough that Yang Chengwu has no way to deal with the Japanese army in front of him for a while.

When he learned that the commander of the Japanese army on the Xuanhua front was Yamashita Fengwen, Ma Zheng was silent. As a soldier who traveled back in later generations, Ma Zheng is quite familiar with this Japanese army general with a tiger of Malaysia. This person is from the Imperial Road faction, and he is a capable general of the Imperial Road faction in the Japanese army, and has always been highly respected by the Japanese emperor and the top level of the base camp, and was promoted to major general at a young age.

However, in 1936, Yamashita wrote in "II. After the incident subsided, the army began to enforce a large-scale "purge of the army", and the imperial faction was purged like never before. Sadao Araki, Shinzaburo Mazaki and other high-ranking officers of the Imperial Sect were dismissed. The commander of the Kwantung Army, Minamijiro, and the chief military attache of the army, Shigeru Honjo, were transferred to the reserve, and it can be said that the forces of the Japanese Imperial Road faction suffered heavy losses.

Shimofumi was a loyal follower of Sadao Araki, Shinzaburo Mazaki and others during this incident, and the forces of this incident came partly from his old 3rd Wing. After the incident subsided, Yamashita was determined to retire from the army, but was retained by the Minister of War Yoshiyuki Kawashima and transferred to the commander of the 40th Brigade of the Army in Yongsan, North Korea, and left the Ministry of the Army.

About a year after Yamashita took up his post in Korea, the Japanese army provoked the 77 Incident in China. This gave Yamashita Fengwen in the "Fallen" a new chance.

However, during the tenure of General Terauchi Shouichi, Yamashita Fumimi was not valued by the Japanese military leadership, but since General Sugiyama Mototoshi took over from Terauchi Shouichi as the commander of the North China Front, Yamashita Fumi's spring has come. Because Sugiyama Moto, originally "two. One of the leaders of the "Erliu" incident is the leader of the Imperial Dao faction, so he is even more optimistic about Yamashita Fengwen, the right-hand man of the Imperial Dao faction.

Therefore, soon after Sugiyama Yuan became the commander of the North China Front, Yamashita was repeatedly entrusted with important tasks, and finally was promoted to lieutenant general for merit, and succeeded Lieutenant General Okabe Naosaburo as chief of staff of the North China Front.

It can be said that among the Japanese generals in the entire North China region, in addition to Umezu Mijiro in Shanxi, only Yoshio Shinozuka of the 10th Division can compete with one or two, and General Sugiyama Mototomi sent Yamashita Fengfu to take over the command of the Xuanhua frontline, which shows how high the expectations are. (To be continued.) )