[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 1186: Lore (Ask for subscription!) , ask for a monthly pass, ask for everything! ）

Okamura Ningji obviously didn't expect Ma Zheng to dare to take such a risk, as one of the few soldiers in Japan who can be called strategists, Okamura Ningji's vision is still good. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

When the news of the discovery of Chinese troops on the Soviet-Eastern and Henan fronts reached Xu Beng's headquarters, Okamura Ningji frowned, and immediately sent a telegram to the Japanese base camp after analyzing the pros and cons, the main content of the telegram was to request permission for the North China Front to break through to the south, and at the same time order the Chinese dispatch army to send heavy troops north to respond.

However, Okamura Ninji's request was rebuked by the Japanese base camp, which believed that the North China Front was already the last bridgehead of the Japanese Empire in the entire North China, and that once the North China Front withdrew from Anhui and Jiangsu, wouldn't it be announced to the world that the Japanese had abandoned North China, which was unacceptable to the Japanese base camp in any case.

As for Okamura Ninji's concerns, the base camp believed that now that the imperial army had completely occupied Chongqing, Chengdu and other areas, it was unlikely that they would want to conquer Xikang in one fell swoop, because the conditions in the Xikang area were harsh and the battle line was too long, so it was decided to let the main force of the Central China Army send back to North China.

Although Sichuan is known as the country of abundance, in fact, the roads in most areas of Sichuan are extremely difficult to walk, even the road between Sichuan and Chongqing is extremely rugged, so after the Japanese army arrived in Sichuan, except for a limited number of large cities such as Chengdu, other areas were basically still under the control of the national government.

In addition, the Japanese army was not accustomed to the hot and humid climate in Sichuan, and fell ill in a short period of time, so the Japanese army came up with the intention of stopping its westward advance.

But the reality is cruel, it is easy to enter Sichuan, but it is difficult to withdraw.

Although the Sichuan army has limited combat effectiveness and relatively poor weapons and equipment, this unit is the most difficult and bloody army in China.

After the Japanese army entered Sichuan, the Sichuan army carried out fierce resistance, although the strength difference was huge and failed, but the Japanese army occupied just an empty city, before the Japanese army arrived in Chengdu, the Sichuan army had united with Sichuan's largest gang to evacuate Chengdu and its nearby residents, so the Japanese army in Chengdu not only could not collect food, all the strategic living materials must be supported through Chongqing.

More importantly, the elusive Sichuan army was more difficult to deal with here than the guerrillas in North China, and in just one month, all the roads in and out of Sichuan were dug up, and a large number of bridges were blown up, making it difficult for the Japanese army to move on foot or by car.

The Japanese army in central China was trapped in Sichuan and could not extricate itself, while on the Henan front, the Japanese army was losing and retreating.

In addition, in Jiangsu, Ma Zheng's 150,000 troops landed in Yangzhou and quickly spread to the surrounding areas, even threatening Nanjing, the core area of the Japanese puppet Jiangnan's rule, causing extreme panic among the Japanese puppet army.

Due to the frantic attack of Ma Zheng's headquarters, it not only caused great pressure on the North China Front, but also forced Okamura Ningji to urgently mobilize 7 divisions from the Wuhan front line to support Nanjing. At the same time, the main force of the Third Fleet was urgently transferred to guard the Yangtze River channel to prevent Ma Zheng's troops from crossing the river.

More importantly, Ma Zheng's department has now formed a strategic encirclement of the North China Front, and nearly 300,000 Japanese troops and 100,000 puppet troops have fallen into the encirclement of Ma Zheng's department.

The powerful offensive of Ma Zheng's department caused Okamura Ningji to be extremely uneasy, he felt that he had attached great importance to the threat of Ma Zheng's department, but he never expected that the department had developed to such a powerful force, and he knew that Okamura Ningji would not attack Lao Jiang if he said anything.

You must know that because of Lao Jiang's containment, Ma Zheng's subordinates did not dare to go south easily, otherwise the first person to attack the CCP would definitely be Lao Jiang. Now it is precisely because there is no containment of the Chiang government that the CCP side will go on such a rampage with such impunity.

Okamura Ninji didn't dare to imagine what kind of situation it would be like if the North China Front Army fell into the encirclement of Ma Zheng's department, in terms of troop comparison, the Japanese Empire was already far behind the Shina, and the wars of the past few years had cultivated the Shina people into a real war machine, and every time he thought about coming to Okamura Ningji, he felt extremely frightened.

As a last resort, Okamura had no choice but to call the base camp again and ask the North China Front to withdraw its troops. However, when the Japanese base camp agreed to Okamura's request for the southward retreat, it was discovered that Ma Zheng's headquarters had completed the encirclement of the North China Front from the southwest, southwest, and north.

At this time, Okamura Ningji was facing a huge problem, the way to the south of the department was blocked, and if he wanted to withdraw his troops, he had to break through the defense line south of Ma Zheng's department. However, if the North China Front Army leaves Xuzhou, which is well-fortified, it may not be able to hold out for even half a month, so whether to withdraw or not is a very tangled issue.

It is obviously impossible to stay, you must know that the predicament faced by the main force of the Japanese army is definitely not what ordinary people can imagine, if they do not withdraw to a safe place, I am afraid that the survival of the 400,000 troops will not exceed 100,000, and even the whole army will be wiped out.

After struggling for several hours, Okamura finally decided to retreat. However, it is not an easy thing to withdraw, Ma Zheng's bayonet has already hit the nose of the Japanese army, as long as the Japanese army dares to withdraw, the millions of troops in the Saibei Corps will definitely press up, so Okamura Ningji decided to break the wrist of the strong man and only withdraw the main force.

Under the order of Okamura Ningji, 80,000 Imperial Allied troops and 50,000 new soldiers who had just been transferred to North China were stationed on the Xuzhou front, and the 280,000 troops of the original North China Front Army were immediately transferred eastward in the name of reinforcing Yangzhou, and Okamura Ningji's purpose was only to keep the 280,000 elites.

At the same time, Okamura Ninji ordered the main forces of the Navy's Third Fleet to immediately move to the line of Lianyungang in Jiangsu Province to assist the North China Front in retreating from the sea.

Okamura knew that this was the last chance for the North China Front, so he not only mobilized all the ships of the navy, but also forcibly recruited a large number of large merchant ships and fishing boats from Nanjing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, and other places to help the North China Front withdraw south.

After receiving a report from the intelligence officers in Nanjing, Ma Zheng judged that the Japanese army was about to flee and immediately organized the redeployment of troops, but Ma Zheng did not prevent the Japanese army from advancing eastward.

Ma Zheng is very aware of the combat effectiveness of the North China Front, if Ma Zheng was nervous when he fought the Kwantung Army, then he was still the same for Ma Zheng of the North China Front, because this time he wanted to shake Okamura Ningji head-on.

The most important thing is that if it is forced too hard, Okamura Ningci will send an elite to defend Xuzhou, then even if the Saibei Corps can take Xuzhou, it will eventually pay an extremely heavy price, so Ma Zheng doesn't care about the main force of the Japanese army fleeing eastward, no matter how powerful Sun Monkey is, he still can't escape the palm of the Buddha.

On September 8, the Japanese troops preparing to enter Yangzhou suddenly diverted to Lianyungang, and on the same day, a large number of naval ships escorted thousands of large and small sea ships towards Lianyungang, preparing to withdraw nearly 280,000 elites who had retreated to Lianyungang from the encirclement of Ma Zheng's department.

While commanding calmly, Ma Zheng ordered the air force, which had already been ready for battle, to prepare for battle, and at the same time, the naval fleet that was already on standby in the East China Sea also rushed to Lianyungang.

In fact, as early as when Okamura Ningji was about to move, Ma Zheng expected that the Japanese army wanted to escape by water, because this was the last chance for the Japanese army, with such a judgment, Ma Zheng would naturally not be polite.

Although China does not have a strong navy, even though the Huyan Military Department has more than 100 ships and even two small aircraft carriers, it is still no match for the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet, even if the Combined Fleet has been beaten to death by the Americans at this time.

But Ma Zheng knows better that the best and most effective means of attacking the navy is not the navy, but the air force, as long as there is a large-scale air force, even if it is an aircraft carrier, it is just a group of sheep to be slaughtered.

And it was just that Ma Zheng's department had a large number of fighters at this time, and Ma Zheng believed that as long as he used this force in his hands reasonably, he could completely kill the North China Front!