[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 309: Intelligence from Chabei (Ask for subscription, ask for a monthly pass!) ）

Abe Norihide was really broken, he knew very well how much influence the consortium gate lords had on the empire, especially the big families like Mitsubishi, Mitsui, Sumitomo and other big families that rose in the Meiji period, their penetration of Japanese politics and military circles was simply terrifying, and especially the Iwasaki family of the Mitsubishi Foundation was the most powerful.

The influence of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries alone is enough to crush him, a lieutenant general, to slag, as the largest arms manufacturer in the empire, its arms production includes almost all light and heavy weapons in the empire's active service, and even includes war artifacts such as chariots, airplanes, and warships.

In addition, Abe Norihide also knew that the young master Iwasaki who was in danger was the youngest son of the current patriarch of the Iwasaki family, Iwasaki Koyata, who is now 28 years old and is a business wizard who is deeply trusted and respected by Iwasaki Koyata. If something happens to him, even if the 26th Division is all buried with him, it will not be able to calm the anger of the Iwasaki family.

Now Abe Norihide even hopes that the Shina people have known the identity of Young Master Iwasaki in advance, so they may be able to spare Young Master Iwasaki's life, but is this possible?

If it was the ordinary guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army who attacked Datong and the mining area today, Young Master Iwasaki still had a great hope of survival, and it was just a big deal to be captured. According to their understanding, ordinary Eighth Route Army troops hardly killed prisoners, let alone mistreated them. Especially for Japanese civilians, their usual practice was to send them to a nearby Imperial Army stronghold.

But now it is the demon's troops that are attacking the Datong mining area, according to the intelligence they have gathered. Ma Zheng's subordinates not only hated the imperial troops who "entered" China, but even the civilians. When fighting, it is almost not screened, and the soldiers are just that, and there is a great possibility of killing them directly.

Now almost the entire army knows that the demon of China almost never leaves a living mouth, unless you are a mid-to-high-ranking officer and surrender on your own initiative. Otherwise, there is absolutely only one end, and that is to march to the Yasukuni Shrine. Ordinary Imperial subjects, on the other hand, were often escorted back to their so-called base areas as trophies, and were executed if they resisted.

However, Abe Norihide knew that Mitsubishi Mining was not an ordinary enterprise, and that there was a strong escort force in the mine, and the total strength seemed to be more than seven or eight hundred. If this escort resists, Young Master Iwasaki's safety may not be guaranteed.

Except for the matter of the Mitsubishi Foundation Young Master Iwasaki. There is another thing that also makes Lieutenant General Norihide Abe panic, and that is the secret laboratory built under the garrison headquarters. It was an important branch of Ishii's forces in North China, and it was more involved than the Iwasaki family and the secret prison. Once exposed, the consequences are unimaginable.

All in all, this time he is on the stall, and he is on the stall! Either thing could have taken him to court-martial, and even Abe just hoped that he would be transferred to the reserve with dignity when the time came.

It is precisely because of these things in his heart that Abe Norihide is in such a hurry and wants to rush to Tianzhen as soon as possible. Return to Datong early.

But he was in a hurry, Yang Chengwu was not in a hurry. While the headquarters blocked the 19th Wing, Yang Chengwu ordered the divisional engineering regiment to cooperate with other directly subordinate troops to start repairing the seriously damaged Tianzhen East Gate position.

Although Takahashi Daisa is arrogant, but this person's tactical command level is not bad, especially the construction of this fortification is quite good, if they didn't carry a lot of artillery this time, I'm afraid it would really be difficult to take Tianzhen.

Although the position at the east gate is now very badly damaged, there is a foundation there after all. As long as it is patched, it can still be used. In addition, there is still a lot of cement in the Japanese army warehouse in Tianzhen City, which is just used to build fortifications.

After most of the day's efforts. Now that the fortifications outside Tianzhen have been almost repaired, and the 1st Regiment and 1st Battalion of the 274th Brigade of the 92nd Division, the main force of the 274th Division, have been stationed in their positions, and it is almost impossible for the Japanese army to break through the city defenses and recover Tianzhen in a short time.

Night fell again, and when the Japanese headquarters at all levels were deploying troops and preparing to launch a hunt against the Eighth Route Army in Datong, Ma Zheng was directing the troops to prepare for retreat.

The dark night was a little cold. Although the sun is still shining in the south this season, the hot people are eager to peel off all the skin on their bodies. However, the generation of Chanan, Jinbei has entered the mode of late autumn, not only the leaves are yellow, but the night is also very cold.

The troops, who had been dormant all day, were fed, drunk, and rested, and when night fell, they swarmed out like ghosts of the night. The order has already been given by the forward command. Tonight is likely to be their last day in Datong, and in the 12 hours between now and six o'clock tomorrow morning, they will emptie the entire Datong and all the contents of the mining area.

Although these officers of the Jin Sui Army Observation Corps felt that it was a pity, as people born and raised in the land of the Three Jin Dynasty, they knew very well that the status of Datong in the minds of the people of Shanxi was to a large extent inferior to this city of the nine ancient capitals.

What's more, Datong is located in the center of the Datong Basin, at the junction of the three provinces and regions of Shanxi, Chahar and Hebei, and the northeast edge of the Loess Plateau. After the Japanese army captured Datong in 37 years, it went all the way to the northwest to capture Jining, Guisui and Baotou, and the other way was to go south to fight Taiyuan, and the Jin Sui army and the central army were defeated, which was the eternal pain in the hearts of all the Jin Sui army generals.

This time, they were fortunate enough to see Datong City recaptured overnight, which made everyone excited. But before they could be happy, they heard Ma Zheng order the troops to prepare for retreat, which made all the senior generals of the Jin Sui Army, including Yang Aiyuan, very angry, for which Yang Aiyuan also deliberately looked for Ma Zheng twice, hoping that the Eighth Route Army could hold Datong, but if it didn't work, he would ask Chief Yan to send troops to reinforce them.

But Yang Aiyuan's request was decisively rejected by Ma Zheng, fighting Datong instead of Datong, this is a battle plan formulated in advance, so Ma Zheng did not hesitate to retreat.

Moreover, this morning Xu Yinghui of the Military Intelligence Department sent a telegram saying that the 16th Division of the Japanese Army stationed in Zhangjiakou was assembling on a large scale, and at least 10,000 people had already completed the assembly. In addition, this unit has advanced 60 kilometers all the way south since this afternoon, and has reached the county town of Huai'an, which is 90 kilometers away.

In addition, the 27th Division of the Japanese Army, which was stationed in Zhulu, was also ready to move, and this morning it sent a wing to advance 55 kilometers to the west, and the forward was not far from the defense area of the Third Army Division of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, and the two sides could exchange fire at any time. Moreover, the follow-up troops of the Japanese army are still being assembled, and it is expected that there will be no less than one division.

If the Japanese troops on the Yinshan front line were independently mixed into the second brigade, the Japanese troops on the periphery of Datong would exceed two divisions and one mixed brigade, with a total strength of more than 50,000 troops. In addition, there are different numbers of puppet North China security forces, and if they don't retreat, the pressure on Ma Zheng's department is too great.

Secondly, what worries Ma Zheng the most is that Xu Yinghui also sent a piece of information about the Northeast Kwantung Army, according to the information sent back from the notice of the Hebei East Anti-Japanese Federation, King De and Li Shouxin who fled back to the Xilin Gol Grassland and the Horqin Grassland met with a group of Japanese missions, and then there were about an infantry wing and a cavalry wing of devils stationed in the Left Banner of Bahrain, and this devil force was the Japanese Kwantung Army.

In addition, the 1st Division of the 2nd Division, which was stationed in Rehe, had moved the defense area to the west by more than 40 kilometers, and was less than 50 kilometers away from Guyuan County. More importantly, Guyuan is not very far from Zhangbei Shangyi, although it is not yet possible to conclude whether the purpose of the Japanese Second Division is Ma Zheng's department, but it must still be guarded against.

At the same time, King De and Li Shouxin once again recruited troops on a large scale in the Xilin Gol grassland to form new troops, and once their plot succeeded, the situation in Suicha Province would become even more complicated. (To be continued.) )

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