[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 935: Post-War Summary (Ask for subscription!) , ask for a monthly pass, ask for everything! ）

Ma Zheng's plan to intercept and kill Yoshio Shinozuka was ultimately aborted for many reasons, first of all, Ma Zheng's aviation brigade had limited training time, and this was their first battle, so the fighters lacked experience in air combat, although they had the upper hand in the number of fighters, but they did not take much advantage in the actual combat process. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Secondly, because the fighter group of the Japanese aviation regiment was responsible for receiving reinforcements from Beiping and Tianjin, in order to avoid the well-cultivated aviation group being completely wiped out by the Japanese army in the first battle, Ma Zheng had no choice but to issue an order to retreat.

Although this interception failed to kill Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka, it wiped out the entire staff corps of the First Army, and the fighter plane carrying 12 combat staff officers was shot down at the beginning of the battle, which can be regarded as a lesson that the Japanese army will never forget.

On the morning of 5 October, the commander of the North China Front took the lead in announcing that after a week of bloody battles, the Imperial Japanese Army had defeated the encirclement of the 150,000 Eighth Route Army, and after paying a small price in casualties, the main force of the First Army stationed in Shanxi finally defeated the Chinese army head-on and broke out of the encirclement from the front.

In the external propaganda of the North China Front, although they lost Taiyuan and even the whole of Shanxi in this battle, and lost the initiative at the strategic level, the enemy they fought at the tactical level was unable to form an army, and it was not too miserable. In addition, some time ago, the front army also defeated Ma Zheng's troops and captured Zhangjiakou, an important town in southern Chanan, and five or six surrounding counties and districts, and this battle was a draw.

Even if it was claimed to be a draw, but in fact, all the Japanese officers knew that they had lost this battle, and they had lost it very badly.

At this time, the headquarters of the North China Front Army was miserable and desolate, and the solemn and solemn atmosphere made everyone feel very depressed.

Headquarters, conference room.

General Okamura Ninji said with a gloomy face: "Gentlemen, after a month and a half of hard fighting, the front army finally took Zhangjiakou back from Ma Zheng's subordinates, and also severely damaged the Chinese army in the direction of Zhangjiakou, but this does not mean that our Imperial Japanese Army has won in this battle. ”

"Everyone has seen the battle report of this battle, but let me tell you the truth, the battle records announced by the front army to the outside world are all fake, because we and the troops of China have not eliminated so many branches, but we ourselves have suffered heavy losses, and even Shanxi has been lost. Strictly speaking, we lost, very badly! Now let Kasawara-kun tell you about the real results of this attack on the Zhangjiakou Imperial Army, please Kasawara-kun! ”

"Hay!" Yukio Kasahara said respectfully.

"Ladies and gentlemen, since August 6, the front army has launched a full-scale attack on the Eighth Route Army entrenched in southern Chanan, northwest Hebei and central Hebei, and in this battle, our front army has killed and wounded more than 40,000 people of the Eighth Route Army, including more than 30,000 elite troops under Ma Zheng. According to reliable intelligence, more than half of the elite reorganized Second Division under Ma Zheng's headquarters suffered casualties and had lost its combat effectiveness. ”

Speaking of this, Yukio Kasawara's voice changed, and he said in a low voice: "But the casualties of the front army are also extremely heavy, the casualties of the 10th Division are 12,235, accounting for 79% of the total strength, of which 4,689 are dead. The 35th Division suffered 10,098 casualties, or 86% of the total force, of which 6,111 were killed. The total number of casualties of the 26th Division was 6,678, with 3,238 dead, 356 captured and 223 missing....."

In addition, the Imperial Allied Army also suffered extremely heavy losses in this battle, and the 13 regular infantry groups of the North China Public Security Army were almost completely lost, and the number of dead and captured Imperial Allied troops reached more than 80,000. Therefore, in this battle, the imperial army lost 120,000 troops, of which the imperial army lost more than 40,000 soldiers, and the imperial army was almost completely lost, so from the tactical level, the front army was a fiasco, as for the strategic level, it was ......"

Speaking of this, Yukio Kasawara did not continue to speak, but looked at Okamura Ninji on the side, after all, this time it was commanded by Okamura Ninji, if it was not for his authorization, Kasawara Yukio really didn't dare to speak indiscriminately, after all, he still understood the truth that disaster came from his mouth.

Okamura Ninji said in a deep voice: "Don't hide it, our Imperial Japanese Army has the strength to win a big battle, and we must have the courage to admit defeat!" ”

Kasawara Yukio immediately said: "At the strategic level, the front army was also defeated very badly, and the people of China exchanged a hollowed out Zhangjiakou from the front army for the whole of Shanxi, and now the front army has no bridgehead on the Shanxi plateau." ”

After Yukio Kasawara finished speaking, Okamura Ninji did not speak, but waited quietly, he needed to let all the senior officers present digest the news.

Although Okamura Ninji had limited time to take over the command of the North China Front, Okamura had a certain understanding of these high-ranking officers under him. Okamura strongly felt that the Japanese officers in North China were vaguely divided into two extremes in their understanding of Ma Zheng's department.

Some officers of the Imperial Army still do not have a clear understanding of Ma Zheng's department, and their understanding of Ma Zheng's department is only superficial, and others will not think that the fighting power of the people is strong, but that the commander of the imperial army is incompetent, and has failed His Majesty's expectations, and it is a matter of course that they have won the war.

The other kind of people have developed a sense of fear of Ma Zheng's department, and because of the strangeness and strength shown by Ma Zheng's department, these officers of these independent mixed brigades and C-class divisions are very frightened of Ma Zheng's department.

Such troops were very numerous in the battle sequence of the North China Front, and even several infantry divisions with strong combat effectiveness openly stated that their divisions could not and did not want to encounter the main force of Ma Zheng's division in battle. And this time, Ma Zheng's subordinates pulled out their teeth and knocked out the 33rd Division of Lieutenant General Gampa Shigetaro, which intensified the fear of this type of people.

Ma Zheng didn't know that he had risen to the level of the devil in the hearts of the Japanese army, and when the North China Front held a military meeting, Ma Zheng also held a military meeting at the level of the division commander of the Suicha Military Region in Shimen.

Ma Zheng was not very satisfied with this anti-sweeping operation, mainly because he seriously underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army, and due to insufficient preparation, it led to extremely serious losses to Yang Chengwu and Xu Hu's troops stationed in the area of Wei County, so Ma Zheng made a profound self-examination at the beginning of the meeting.

"Comrades, we have achieved phased results in this anti-sweeping campaign, in this campaign, our army annihilated an entire division of the Japanese army, disabled four infantry divisions and a tank division of the Japanese army, and killed and wounded more than 100,000 Japanese puppet troops, of which the Japanese accounted for a little more than half of them. At the same time, our army also captured nearly 40,000 puppet soldiers and more than 4,500 devils. ”

Speaking of this, Ma Zheng's voice changed, and he said in a deep voice: "However, due to my personal mistakes, I seriously underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army, underestimated the Japanese commanders, especially Okamura's command level, so our army suffered heavy losses in this battle. Our army lost as many as 31,213 soldiers in this battle, of which 8,766 were killed in battle, and the casualties of many units were more than 50 percent. ”

Then, Ma Zheng suddenly raised his voice by more than one syllable, and said loudly: "Comrades, but our losses are still worth it, although we lost tactically, no matter how many Japanese soldiers we killed and wounded, but the military goal of the Japanese army to occupy Zhangjiakou has been achieved, so in terms of tactics, we did lose, but in terms of strategy, our army has won the strategic initiative, especially after taking Taiyuan, the Japanese army is even more passive at the strategic level. ”

"According to reliable intelligence, the Japanese army seems to have made a big move, and since last month it has secretly transferred troops from North China and Central China, and just two days ago a number of elite units of the Japanese army have left North China on ships, and the specific itinerary is unknown. Moreover, the 110th and 16th divisions of the Japanese army also began to assemble in the Beiping area, and the Japanese troops assembled in the port of Tianjin have reached tens of thousands, so I personally think that the Japanese army will not provoke a major war in North China in the short term, and their goal should be other places outside China, so the battle of annihilating more than 100,000 Japanese puppet troops this time is of great significance. (To be continued.) )