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

Chapter 144 Harada Detachment Arrives
After Chen Ziyun ordered the troops to clean up the battlefield, he once again withdrew the troops back to Suohe Town to defend on the spot.

In this battle, all units suffered casualties. The two infantry battalions Wu Ziqiang and Shi Yujian had a total casualty of more than 200 people.

The guard company and the cavalry company also suffered dozens of casualties, and the only one that had no casualties was the artillery unit.

"Commander Chen, this time we killed more than 1000 puppet troops, which is a great achievement."

"And so many spoils of war have been seized, as long as you report to your superiors after you go back, you will definitely be rewarded a lot."

"It's a joy to fight with Commander Chen. It's like winning every battle."

"Commander Chen commanded well, the Japanese puppet army is no match for Commander Chen, under the attack of Commander Chen, they are soft persimmons!"

"This time we effectively supported Chief Wei's troops to fight in Zhongtiao Mountain. Chief Wei will be very happy when he gets the report."

"Who would have thought that our Jinsui army could achieve such a result. I think the little devil is almost vulnerable in front of us."

At twelve noon, the officers began to assemble at Chen Ziyun's headquarters.

When Wu Ziqiang and the others saw Chen Ziyun, they said with admiration on their faces.

This time Chu Yunfei equipped Chen Ziyun with two independent infantry battalions, the overall combat effectiveness was not the strongest.

Chu Yunfei arranged them to Chen Ziyun, apparently with the idea of ​​training these troops.

Wu Ziqiang and Shi Yujian were inevitably a little worried when they were fighting, especially when they had a head-to-head confrontation with the little devil, they were worried.

Especially when the two sides are engaged in a decisive battle, they all feel that their troops may be completely defeated.

However, under Chen Ziyun's excellent command, the Japanese army, which had a clear advantage, paid a heavy price and was eventually defeated.

Rao Wu Ziqiang and others also have relatively rich combat experience, but they agree with Chen Ziyun's command ability very much.

They even felt that as long as Chen Ziyun personally commanded them, no matter how many Japanese troops they faced, they could win the battle.

This kind of thinking is not only shared by these officers, but also by ordinary soldiers of the Jinsui Army.

In the hearts of the officers and soldiers, Chen Ziyun can completely represent a hundred battles and victories!

"Old Liang, the guard company has seized two infantry artillery, you can send some artillery to them so that the two infantry artillery can exert their combat effectiveness."

"Commander Wu, Commander Shi, the battle has just begun. The Japanese troops from northern Shanxi will come over soon, and the little devils from northern Shanxi will be the main force."

"The ones fighting us now are obviously the independent mixed brigades of the Japanese army, although they also have field brigade weapons and equipment."

"But judging from their battles, heavy weapons and infantry don't cooperate tacitly, and they must be supplementary heavy weapons in the future."

"We were able to defeat them, more or less due to luck. And no matter when, we must not have the idea of ​​underestimating the enemy."

Chen Ziyun looked towards the officers and said with a serious expression on his face.

Under his command, the troops fought many victories one after another.

Under his command, some troops even achieved victories such as capturing the flag of the Japanese Army Alliance, annihilating the Fourth Independent Mixed Brigade and so on.

Continuing to win battles will inevitably make officers and soldiers feel a little underestimated.

And letting such ideas spread, it would be a devastating blow to an army.

The Japanese army was hit one after another, which has something to do with their underestimation of the enemy.

If the Jinsui army also has the idea of ​​​​underestimating the enemy, it will suffer a big loss sooner or later.

"Yes, Commander Chen." The officers immediately replied with a salute.

Liang Guoping, the battalion commander of the artillery battalion, immediately made arrangements, and the relevant artillery began to be transferred to the guard company.

The guard company played a decisive role in this battle. They destroyed the Japanese artillery unit and effectively supported Li Yunlong's unit in combat.

Then they quickly threatened the main force of the Japanese field artillery brigade, reducing the pressure on the cavalry company.

This army can be said to be the trump card army built by Chen Ziyun himself, and they are gradually demonstrating their powerful combat effectiveness.

After being supplemented by two Japanese infantry guns, the combat effectiveness of the guard company will be improved.

"It's a pity that the four field cannons were not brought back. If these four field cannons can be brought back, our artillery battalion will be worthy of its name."

After arranging the relevant artillery to report to the guard company, Liang Guoping glanced into the distance and said with regret.

The guard company destroyed the artillery unit that cooperated with the Eighth Battalion of the Independent Infantry. At that time, it was completely able to capture four field artillery and two infantry artillery.

But Chu Yu only took away two infantry cannons, leaving the four field cannons directly.

Knowing this, Liang Guoping inevitably felt a little pity.

After all, the current artillery battalion is called a battalion, but in fact there are only six mountain cannons and two Liao-made field cannons.

The six Jin orogenic cannons of the Sun Xiongshan artillery company are currently assigned to the 358th regiment, serving as the artillery unit directly under the regiment.

In his position, Liang Guoping, the battalion commander of the artillery battalion who sought his position, naturally hoped to give the artillery battalion a few more cannons.

However, Chen Ziyun didn't care about this matter, on the contrary he agreed with Chu Yu's approach very much.

There were also Japanese troops from northern Shanxi, and the overall combat effectiveness of the Harada detachment was stronger than that of the Sato detachment.

During the battle just now, Chen Ziyun could clearly see that the troops led by Li Yunlong only had mortars.

In terms of fighting defensive warfare, guerrilla warfare, etc., Li Yunlong's troops have mortars that are completely sufficient.

However, if we want to fight offensive operations, especially fortified operations, we will definitely not be able to do without mountain artillery and field artillery.

These four field cannons were equivalent to being given to Li Yunlong by Chen Ziyun.

After all, in several battles, the Jinsui Army and the Eighth Route Army complement each other.

And to be honest, Chen Ziyun really didn't like the Japanese Type [-] field artillery.

The Japanese 1905-type field gun was developed and produced in [-], and it is now at the antique level.

The little devil wanted to develop a new field gun as early as the 20s to replace the [-]-type field gun.

In the end, the [-]th modified field gun was successfully developed. Compared with the [-]th type field gun, the [-]th modified field gun is very powerful in terms of range and power.

It's just that after the outbreak of the all-out war, the Japanese army continued to expand its troops, requiring more and more artillery.

The manufacturing cost of the [-]th modified artillery was relatively high, and in the end the little devil had to stop production and continue to produce a large number of cheaper [-]th type field artillery.

Chen Ziyun didn't like this [-]-type field artillery, and this field artillery was not suitable for the artillery battalion's operational philosophy.

The Artillery Battalion of the Independent 48th Brigade adopts advanced artillery concepts, and Chen Ziyun has high requirements for it.

They need to maintain a certain degree of mobility so that they can better support infantry operations.

The [-]-type field gun is relatively heavy and cannot be disassembled for transportation. Carrying this artillery will affect the mobility of the artillery battalion.

The Artillery Battalion is currently equipped with the Liao-made 77mm field artillery. Although it is a field artillery, it can be disassembled and can also ensure mobility.

Relatively speaking, Chen Ziyun currently wants to capture some of the [-]-style mountain artillery from the little devil.

Even in future battles, Chen Ziyun would not carry the two Liao-made field guns.

He wanted to build an efficient and mobile mountain artillery unit, so as to better complete artillery support tasks.

"Chu Yu, did you hear that, the artillery battalion needs at least a few cannons to be considered a real artillery battalion."

"In the next battle, if you can encounter the Japanese army's mountain artillery, no matter what, your guard company will get a few back."

"Otherwise, let alone Battalion Commander Liang, even I will complain that your guard company is incompetent."

Chen Ziyun looked at Chu Yu, and he gave orders directly.

"Commander Chen, don't worry, as long as I can touch the Japanese artillery, I will guarantee to get a few back for the artillery battalion."

"If Battalion Commander Liang likes it, there are little devils and girls, and our guards can still get them back."

Chu Yu stood up straight and replied immediately.

As his words fell, the officers couldn't help laughing.

Liang Guoping was rather embarrassed and could only laugh at himself.

He is considered an old man of the 358 regiment, so he doesn't know Chu Yu's origin.

He couldn't afford to offend Chen Ziyun, and he still couldn't offend Chu Yu.

In the following time, Chen Ziyun actively deployed, and the ministries continued to strengthen their positions.

In addition, Suohe town also began to deploy combat troops.

Wu Ziqiang's Fifth Independent Infantry Battalion had two infantry companies, one machine gun company deployed on the high ground of Yangpo Village, and two infantry companies stationed in Suohe Town for defense.

Two infantry companies and one machine gun company of the Sixth Battalion of Shi Yuzhen's Independent Infantry were deployed on the high ground of Xihui Village for defense.

The other two infantry companies were under the control of Chen Ziyun and directly served as the reserve team.

The Zhangwu cavalry company is still deployed in the area north of the battlefield to guard, and the Chu Yu guard company is deployed to the northeast of Suohe Town to keep in touch with the cavalry company.

At 12:30, the cavalry company began to send cavalry to report.

The Harada detachment from the north of Shanxi has arrived at the Yuanpingcheng area after continuous marching, and they are about to get in touch with the Sato detachment.

After Chen Ziyun received the report from the cavalry, he asked all the ministries to prepare for battle.

After knowing that the Harada detachment was carrying Type [-] mountain artillery, Chen Ziyun directly contacted Zhang Wu and Chu Yu.

He asked the cavalry company and the guard company to seize the Type [-] mountain artillery as much as possible during the battle to supplement the artillery battalion.

The Type 5 Mountain Cannon is a very good artillery piece. A skilled artilleryman can disassemble it into eleven parts within [-] minutes.

Moreover, these eleven parts can be transported by manpower, and within 10 minutes, skilled artillery can quickly assemble them and put them into battle.

If the artillery battalion can have six Bofors mountain cannons and six [-]-style mountain cannons, then the entire artillery battalion will be very powerful.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, the Harada detachment and the Sato detachment began to join together, but at this time their total strength was 8000.

Compared with the previous First Army Command, which hoped that they would flank Chen Ziyun's troops with 1 troops, the strength of this Japanese army has been reduced.

Of course, after the Sato detachment passed through Suohe Town, the morale was hit to a greater extent.

Up to now, more than 2000 little devils have not fully recovered, and Nakazu Sato is very helpless about this.

After reconciling with the Harada detachment, Nakazu Sato mustered up his courage and started to generate electricity to report to the headquarters of the First Army.

The capital of Jin Province is too far away, in the headquarters of the First Army.

Yoshio Shinozuka stood in front of the map with a smile on his face.

The various ministries on the frontline in southern Shanxi fought well. They continued to push forward to oppress Zhongtiao Mountain, and gained success one after another.

In Shinozuka Yoshio's view, if he continued to invest enough troops, it would definitely not be a big problem to seize the outer positions of Zhongtiao Mountain this time.

However, as Chief of Staff Kusuyama Hideyoshi walked over quickly with the telegram, and after saluting and reporting the content of the telegram, Shinozuka Yoshio's face became gloomy.

He glanced coldly at Suohe Town on the map, his brows were slightly frowned, and there was a little killing intent all over his body.

"How come these Jinsui troops have joined forces with the Eighth Route Army several times? It's not that they rarely fight with each other."

"Chu Yunfei's troops launched combat operations one after another, and their organization is still under the battle order of the Jinsui Army."

"Yan Baichuan wants to bet on both sides, it's really cunning!"

"The Harada detachment and the Sato detachment currently have 8000 troops, and they still have some advantages."

"However, this Jinsui army is sticking to the high ground. If we launch an attack, we will definitely suffer."

"Contact the frontline troops, as long as they do not threaten the security of our occupied area, confront them temporarily."

"In addition, troops can be deployed to launch night attacks, so as to avoid being hit by their superior firepower."

Shinozuka Yoshio took a deep breath and waited until his emotions calmed down before he began to give orders.

At this time, the First Army fought from the north to the south, thus encircling and annihilating the attacking Jinsui Army troops.

Up to now, Yoshio Shinozuka's intention is obvious, that is, the Jinsui Army will ignore them if they don't threaten their occupied area.

The loss of 2000 people in the Sato detachment made him more afraid.

In his view, if the fight continues at this level, even if they can win, the Harada detachment and the Sato detachment will have to pay a lot of casualties.

So as long as Chen Ziyun's troops do not attack, he is willing to confront them.

After all, it does not affect the battle in southern Shanxi and does not threaten the occupied area. Yoshio Shinozuka is not willing to see another heavy casualty in his troops for the time being.

"Hi, Your Excellency, Commander." Kusuyama Hideyoshi nodded, and immediately began to arrange the communication soldiers to generate electricity.

And Shinozuka Yoshio immediately found the head of the second section, and he began to ask for information about Chen Ziyun.

Chief Osa sorted out the documents and handed them directly to Yoshio Shinozuka.

"Chen Ziyun graduated from the Army Artillery College and is a professional artilleryman."

"However, judging from the current battles, Chen Ziyun seems to have the ability to command mixed forces."

"Or in the Jinsui Army, there are other outstanding officers coordinating and commanding."

"What is going on, your intelligence agency must investigate clearly in the shortest possible time."

After reading Chen Ziyun's information, Shinozuka Yoshio frowned and said with a dissatisfied expression on his face.

With the end of the battle in Suohe Town, Yoshio Shinozuka was a little confused as to whether Chen Ziyun was in command of the Jinsui Army that attacked.

Of course, he would never have thought that although Chen Ziyun was an artilleryman, he also had superpowers in commanding other arms.

You must know that apart from the command skills of the relevant units rewarded by the system, Chen Ziyun has been a man for two generations, and he must know more than any outstanding commander at this time.

(End of this chapter)