People are shining their swords, secretly helping the Iron Triangle in Northwest Shanxi

Chapter 129 Granting the Designation of the Independent 48th Brigade

The results obtained by Chu Yunfei's 358 regiment surprised Zhao Yinfu, Yan Laoxi, and Wei Junru.

Because before the war, they expected that the 358 regiment might suffer a defeat this time, and they might even pay a devastating blow.

However, by the end of the battle, the Fourth Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army was completely annihilated, which was completely different from what they had expected.

The Commander's Department of the Second War Zone and the Deputy Commander's Department reported immediately.

The headmaster, who was far away in the accompanying capital, also received the report from the attendant's room immediately.

"The 358th regiment of the Jinsui Army? I have an impression of this regiment. They were the ones who captured the flag of the Japanese elite third regiment before."

"Their regiment leader, Chu Yunfei, graduated from the fifth batch of Whampoa, and their regiment also graduated from the Army Artillery Academy."

"Chen Ziyun, I just remembered. The artillery officer of the 358th Regiment is called Chen Ziyun. He commanded the artillery to destroy the regiment headquarters of the [-]rd Regiment."

"Following up, I commanded the troops to seize the flag of the third regiment. Chu Yunfei and Chen Ziyun are really good students of mine."

"In such a difficult time, they were able to annihilate an independent mixed brigade of the Japanese army!"

"I said long ago that my students must be able to defeat the Japanese army."

"Chu Yunfei and Chen Ziyun have achieved such a result this time, it is a very commendable award!"

"Call back to the Chief of the Second War Zone to approve the proposal to expand into a brigade with the 358th regiment as the core."

"Give them the designation of the Independent 48th Brigade, and Chu Yunfei, the head of the colonel, was promoted to the commander of the Major General."

"Chen Ziyun, attached to the Lieutenant Colonel, was promoted to the infantry commander of the Independent 48th Brigade and assisted Chu Yunfei in managing and commanding the troops."

"In addition, I will reward Chu Yunfei Dayang with 1 yuan and Chen Ziyun Dayang with 8000 yuan in my name."

The principal was very excited when he knew the results of the 358 regiment, and he called back overnight.

And he personally awarded the number of the Independent 48th Brigade, and also specially rewarded Chu Yunfei and Chen Ziyun in his own name.

Of course, anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is the principal's wooing them.

After all, both Chu Yunfei and Chen Ziyun are currently under the command of the Jinsui Army and under the command of Yan Laoxi.

The most important point is that both of them are from Jin province.

Their identities are indeed a bit embarrassing. Although they are disciples of the Son of Heaven, they are in the Jinsui Army, and they are also from Jin Province.

Because Yan Laoxi had Shang Qiyu and Fu Yisheng leading his troops away from the Jinsui Army one after another, he was very suspicious.

Both Chu Yunfei and Chen Ziyun are disciples of the Son of Heaven, and Zhongtiao Mountain in southern Shanxi has been guarded by the Central Army for a long time.

He has always been worried that once the 358th regiment is expanded, they will take troops to join the Central Army.

So even though Chu Yunfei and Chen Ziyun had some achievements in battle before, he didn't propose to expand the army.

As far as the principal is concerned, although they are his own students, they are in the Jinsui Army establishment after all.

Now Yan Laoxi keeps flirting with the Japanese army, which makes the principal very afraid.

After all, he didn't want to give Yan Laoxi a large amount of combat supplies, and Yan Laoxi didn't use these supplies to fight the Japanese army. Instead, he continued to expand his troops and support himself.

Chu Yunfei and Chen Ziyun are currently in an embarrassing situation. If it weren't for the illustrious military exploits they gained this time, there would be no possibility of expanding their troops.

Of course, because they showed amazing strength, both Yan Laoxi and the principal wanted to win them over.

As for Wei Junru, the commander-in-chief of the first theater and concurrently the deputy commander-in-chief of the second theater, he has other ideas.

The troops under his command stick to the natural danger of Zhongtiao Mountain and prevent the First Army from crossing the south of the river, posing a threat to Shaanxi Province and other regions.

They fought fiercely with the main force of the first army in Zhongtiao Mountain one after another, and Zhongtiao Mountain even played the title of Oriental Maginot here.

But Wei Junru knows very well that there is no defense line that cannot be broken through.

In particular, Yan Laoxi's Jinsui Army seldom fought the Japanese army, which resulted in them not having any friendly troops on the periphery to support them.

Chu Yunfei and Chen Ziyun are disciples of the Son of Heaven, so Wei Junru hopes to get their support.

Especially after the 358 regiment showed combat effectiveness, Wei Junru wanted to train them into a powerful peripheral combat corps.

In this way, when Zhongtiao Mountain is attacked, Chu Yunfei and Chen Ziyun can command the troops to respond on the periphery.

After three o'clock in the morning, an overwhelming number of commendation messages were sent to the regiment headquarters of the 358 regiment.

For a while, Zhao Yinfu, the commander-in-chief of the group army, received such a commendation message, which was not enough to read compared to other commendation messages.

Even Wei Junru is not only the deputy commander of the second theater, but also the commander of the first theater.

Zhao Yinfu, the commander-in-chief of the group army, is naturally incomparable.

By 358 o'clock in the morning, the Minister's Department had already sent a message that the 48th regiment would be expanded into an independent [-]th brigade.

However, the establishment of the independent 48th brigade has not yet been decided.

Of course, this is not something that Chu Yunfei and others can control. It requires Yan Laoxi to play a game with the principal.

Yan Laoxi wanted a regular number, and with a regular number, he could ask for military pay, supplies, and weapons and equipment.

But for the principal, these can be distributed, but the most basic Jinsui Army has to fight the little devils.

Yan Laoxi kept asking for things, but flirted with the Japanese army, and the principal didn't want to be taken advantage of.

Therefore, the specific establishment of the independent 48th brigade has not yet been fully finalized.

However, the Chief of the Second War Zone, as well as Wei Junru, have already started sending troops to transport the corresponding supplies.

If Yan Laoxi wanted to win over Chu Yunfei and Chen Ziyun, it would definitely cost him money.

Otherwise, empty words these days won't earn anyone's allegiance.

Time is passing, at eight o'clock in the morning, the capital of Jin Province is too far away, in the headquarters of the First Army.

The head of the second class, Da Zuo, hurriedly took the documents and came to the military commander Yoshio Shinozuka, with a serious expression on his face.

"Your Excellency Commander, Your Excellency Chief of Staff, here are some important pieces of news we have received."

"According to our monitoring and deciphering, last night the Commander's Department of the Second Theater and the Deputy Commander's Department of the Second Theater generated power more frequently."

"They used high-power radios, and after deciphering the messages we intercepted, they discovered an important piece of information."

"After repeated confirmation, Major General Katayama Shotaro, the head of the brigade, may have been broken."

"The independent and mixed fourth brigade has also suffered a devastating blow. Together with its attached combat troops, everything is broken."

Chief Da Zuo stood up straight and saluted. He took a deep breath and slowly reported.

The Japanese army is very powerful in communications, and they can intercept and decipher messages.

In addition, they have a complete intelligence system, so they can grasp a lot of news at the first time.

Of course, Yoshio Shinozuka was not too surprised after hearing such a report.

This time, the Combat Army Command has maintained contact with the Fourth Independent Mixed Brigade, and they completely lost contact overnight.

Shinozuka Yoshio and Kusuyama Hideyoshi repeatedly arranged for communications soldiers to communicate, but they were unable to communicate with any Japanese combat unit.

You must know that the Japanese army is equipped with radios at the brigade level, and the army headquarters has completely lost contact with the frontline troops.

What this means, everyone in the Japanese Army Command can clearly speculate.

At this time, with the report from the head of the second class, they knew that what they expected was completely confirmed.

Yoshio Shinozuka was shocked to the extreme, because in his opinion, this would never happen.

An independent mixed brigade reinforced with a large number of heavy weapons will be defeated by two or three regiment-level troops.

We must know that when the staff members of the Japanese army headquarters at all levels drew up their combat plans, they had a very clear judgment of the combat power of both sides.

A brigade of the Japanese army is capable of dealing with a division of most troops.

In the eyes of the Japanese First Army, the Jinsui Army troops could scare them away by beating their helmets with wooden sticks against them.

Even if Chu Yunfei's 358th brigade is more capable, it still won't be an opponent of the independent fourth brigade.

As for the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese army admitted that they were difficult to deal with, but the little devil knew very well that the Eighth Route Army lacked weapons and equipment and was not good at regular combat.

Even if the Japanese army faced them in a crisis, as long as they stood still, they could ensure that they would not receive a devastating blow.

This is also the reason why the Japanese army built artillery towers and bunkers on a large scale to deal with the Eighth Route Army.

The Eighth Route Army doesn't have many heavy weapons, and these blockhouses and bunkers cannot be destroyed by them.

If Yan Laoxi risked his life to fight the Japanese army, the Japanese army would be hard-pressed to build these blockhouses.

After all, Yan Laoxi, who was defeated after the Great War in the Central Plains, was still able to have the strength of ten artillery regiments under greater restrictions.

"Impossible, this is absolutely impossible. How can one regiment of the Jinsui Army and one regiment of the Eighth Route Army eat up the strengthened independent and mixed fourth brigade?"

"You must know that their artillery team has been strengthened by artillery, and there is also a machine gun brigade and a mortar brigade to assist in operations."

"In addition, they have the Eighth Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Association Army to cooperate. Even if these Imperial Association Army are stupid pigs, they can still play a certain role."

"Your Excellency, Commander, such a result is definitely not true, and the imperial troops will not pay such heavy casualties."

"The Jinsui Army does not have this ability, nor does the Eighth Route Army. Even if they fight together, they will not be able to wipe out such a large number of imperial troops."

After the report from the head of the class was completed, there was silence in the headquarters of the little devil army.

But soon, radical staff members stood up, looked at Yoshio Shinozuka, and directly denied it.

They are unwilling to admit such a defeat. After all, such a defeat is simply a great shame to them!
Shinozuka Yoshio and Kusuyama Hideyoshi stood silently in front of the map. As the supreme commanders of the First Army, they naturally would not say such naive words.

Things have happened and been confirmed, and now they can't change the result even if they keep denying it.

In fact, the overall equipment level of the independent mixed brigade of the Japanese army is not very strong, and each independent infantry brigade is weakened.

Let them deal with troops without heavy weapons, and they can still have an advantage.

But when it comes to well-equipped main forces, these troops have no advantage at all.

And the Japanese army is not invincible, during the Battle of Xucheng in 38.

The main combat force of the North China Front Army was concentrated in the Lu Province area, and the second theater was to cooperate with the fifth theater.

Under the command of Wei Junru, a large number of troops launched a counterattack in southern Shanxi.

The 20th Division of the First Army deployed in the defense of southern Shanxi was almost devastated.

"Immediately contact the aviation unit and immediately dispatch to carry out carpet bombing of the Yangcun area."

"At the same time, power is sent to the nearby garrison troops, asking them to enter a combat state to prevent the Jinsui Army and the Eighth Route Army from attacking."

"In addition, quickly report to the front army headquarters in detail to explain the situation of the independent and mixed fourth brigade."

"One more thing, we need the assistance of the second section of the front army. We need the detailed information of Li Yunlong, Chu Yunfei, and Chen Ziyun."

After a moment of silence, Shinozuka Yoshio gave the order decisively.

Being able to serve as the commander of the First Army, Shinozuka Yoshio is naturally not an ordinary person.

At this time, he didn't have any anger, but was very calm.

When the situation was unclear, he did not arrange for the troops to launch an immediate retaliatory action, but instead used his aviation advantage to carry out bombing.

"Hi, Your Excellency Commander." Kusuyama Hideyoshi replied with a salute.

Immediately afterwards, the communications staff of the First Army Command began to arrange for the communications soldiers to generate electricity immediately.

Messages were sent out one after another, and at the same time, the aviation units in Jin Province began to dispatch.

This time they dispatched about [-] planes. In addition to bombers, these planes also had reconnaissance planes.

After arriving in the Yangcun area, these planes began to lower their flight altitude, and directly launched a carpet bombing.

The position of the new regiment in Yangcun and the position of the 358th regiment of the Jinsui Army were successively attacked by aerial bombs.

Fortunately, all ministries have cleaned up the battlefield and withdrew to their respective defense areas, and they are ready for defense.

Therefore, when the Japanese air force bombed, all ministries were prepared.

They paid a certain amount of casualties, but they were within a controllable range.

If the little devil bombers bombed when the regiments were cleaning the battlefield, then with their bombing capabilities.

Whether it is Li Yunlong's new regiment or Chu Yunfei's 358th regiment, they will definitely suffer heavy losses.

Around ten o'clock in the morning, the Japanese North China Front Army Headquarters is here.

Lieutenant General Hayao Tada stood in front of the microphone, and he was talking with the dispatched army headquarters at this time.

"Hi, please tell your Excellency the Commander-in-Chief and the Chief of Staff that we will organize the First Army to launch combat operations in the near future."

"We will concentrate our forces to attack southern Shanxi, so as to contain the troops in the first theater to fight and ensure that they cannot withdraw troops to leave."

Tada Hayao said respectfully into the microphone, and then he hung up the phone directly.

At present, after the Japanese 11th Army seized the important town of Hankou, they are in a very passive situation.

They are surrounded by troops from the third, fifth, and ninth theaters. On the whole, the 11th Army is surrounded by these theaters.

The 11th Army is a strategic mobile combat corps, and its commander Neiji Okamura has super commanding capabilities.

Therefore, during this period, the 11th Army fought very frequently. They successively launched combat operations in the fifth and ninth theaters, trying to annihilate the main force of their theaters.

Neiji Okamura has planned to launch an attack on the fifth theater in May, thus breaking the strategic encirclement of the 11th army by these theaters.

The fifth theater is currently adjacent to the first theater, and they may receive support from the first theater at any time.

Therefore, the headquarters of the dispatched army has already dispatched heavy weapons to the First Army, preparing to fight against Zhongtiao Mountain in southern Shanxi.

This time, the four Liao-made 77mm field guns attached to the Fourth Independent Mixed Brigade were specially strengthened for the First Army to attack Zhongtiao Mountain.

The Japanese army intends to attack Zhongtiao Mountain, so as to attract and contain the first theater in the western Henan area, and prevent them from supporting the fifth theater.

Naturally, Tada Hayao would not refuse this, so he readily agreed.

It's just that he doesn't know yet that the First Army has suffered major losses, and the independent and mixed Fourth Brigade has also suffered a devastating blow.

"Your Excellency, the First Army has sent an urgent message."

"Their campaign of sweeping and suppressing the Yangcun area is over."

At this time, Hirata, the deputy chief of staff of the front army, walked quickly, and he said with a solemn expression.

(End of this chapter)