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

Chapter 164

The Japanese independent mixed fourth brigade was attacked by Chu Yunfei's troops and Li Yunlong's troops in the Yangcun area before, and was completely annihilated.

However, the two-level headquarters of the North China Front Army and the First Army covered up the truth. They only announced that the independent and mixed fourth brigade had been hit hard.

Therefore, the independent mixed fourth brigade began to carry out the so-called rest and replenishment. In fact, this force is currently reorganized here in Hebei Province.

According to the meaning of the North China Front Army Command, the independent mixed fourth brigade continued to be formed according to the previous establishment.

However, this time in Xinxian County and Yuanpingcheng in the area too far north, the First Army Command was very dissatisfied with the combat effectiveness of the independent mixed brigade.

The independent infantry brigade under the independent mixed brigade has only 800 people, and they lack heavy weapons.

Such troops can still maintain an advantage in the face of ordinary Jinsui Army and other troops.

But in the face of elite troops, they are completely vulnerable, almost without any combat effectiveness.

Even if they were temporarily supplemented with heavy weapons, they could not exert their due combat effectiveness.

We must know that a unit often fights together, can form a tacit understanding with each other, and can demonstrate strong combat capabilities.

The temporarily strengthened troops are very strange to each other, and they cannot effectively cooperate in combat.

The First Army also realized this, so they communicated with the North China Front Army Command to prepare to change the establishment of the independent and mixed fourth brigade.

"Your Excellency Commander, Your Excellency Chief of Staff, these independent infantry brigades only have three infantry squadrons, one machine gun squadron with four heavy machine guns."

"In the face of the Jinsui Army and the Eighth Route Army with heavy weapons, they have no advantage at all, and they may even suffer a devastating blow."

"This time fighting in the area too far north, the three independent infantry brigades deployed by the Sato detachment have been strengthened and become the size of a field brigade."

"However, the troops that were temporarily strengthened for them, because they were unfamiliar with each other, could not effectively cooperate with each other, causing them to suffer heavy losses."

"So we propose that the fourth brigade be formed independently and organized according to the field troops."

"According to our current situation in Jin Province, we also urgently need a field force that can conduct mobile operations."

After Nanshan Hideyoshi came to the headquarters of the North China Front Army, he reported directly with a solemn expression on his face.

Originally, the First Army still had the Elite Third Wing as a mobile combat unit directly under the army, but this unit had its designation revoked because the wing flag was seized.

The three security garrison divisions of the First Army need to be in southern Shanxi for a long-term confrontation with the Zhongtiaoshan defenders.

The remaining three independent mixed brigades need to undertake defense and defense tasks in different occupied areas.

This is also the reason why they had to deploy troops stationed in Mongolia to assist in the battle in order to deal with Chen Ziyun's troops.

As Chu Yunfei's troops and Li Yunlong's troops continued to grow, they already felt threatened.

And they didn't have enough mobile combat troops to deploy, which made Yoshio Shinozuka very stretched.

"I really didn't expect that the Jinsui Army, which we despised before, would have such combat effectiveness."

"Chu Yunfei, Chen Ziyun, these so-called disciples of the Son of Heaven still have certain combat command capabilities."

"What is even more infuriating is that the Eighth Route Li Yunlong's troops took advantage of the opportunity to rise rapidly, and it has also become our confidant's trouble."

"They have cooperated with each other several times, causing the First Army to suffer heavy casualties one after another, which is really annoying!"

"Chu Yunfei, Chen Ziyun's troops, and Li Yunlong's troops must completely annihilate them, and they must not be allowed to develop."

"Otherwise they will motivate other troops and cause more troops to fight us, then the First Army will be more passive in Jin Province."

Commander Tada Hayao of the Front Army stood in front of the map and said with a serious expression on his face.

Compared with the well-known Okamura Ningji, the third commander of the North China Front Army Tada Hayao is relatively unknown.

And in the Japanese army, whether Tada Hayao was in the Non-commissioned Officer Military Academy, his grades in the Army University were only moderate.

But Tada Hayao has a special experience. He has come to China twice to serve as an instructor of the Domestic Army University.

It can be said that the middle and senior officers of the Central Army and other troops have all listened to the lectures of Tada Hayao.

Tada Jun's ability is not weak, especially he knows the situation in North China very well.

The cage policy he drafted is also a highly targeted deployment.

If this were not the case, the Eighth Route General Headquarters would not have launched a subsequent large-scale sabotage operation with hundreds of regiments participating in the battle.

But now in the battle in the area too far north, Chen Ziyun successively destroyed the blockhouses along the railway line and destroyed the Tongpu Railway.

This kind of combat ability makes Tada Hayao a bit afraid.

"Your Excellency, Commander, currently we are in Jin Province mainly to contain Zhongtiaoshan Wei Junru's troops, win over Yan Baichuan's Jinsui Army's troops, and block the Eighth Route Army."

"These troops are also the main opponents of the First Army. Relatively speaking, the Jinsui Army has the strongest weapons and equipment. If they invest more troops in the battle."

"Then we will be very passive in fighting in Jin Province, and even if they join forces in an all-round way, we may be defeated."

"In 38, they cooperated effectively and almost wiped out the 20th division in the southern Shanxi area."

At this time, Yukio Kasahara, chief of staff of the North China Front Army, came over, and he said with a worried expression.

In the initial stage of the operation, the troops under the second theater can effectively cooperate with the operation.

At that time, the Jinsui Army was also willing to fight, but now, Yan Laoxi began to preserve his strength.

Not only did he not fight the Japanese army, but he flirted with the little devil.

However, the Independent 48th Brigade fought fiercely with the Japanese army one after another and achieved great results. They were in the battle order of the Jinsui Army.

The little devil has to worry that the independent 48th brigade will cause a chain reaction, causing more Jinsui Army troops to be willing to fight the Japanese army.

If this is the case, the First Army will be very passive in Jin Province.

"The First Army lacks sufficient mobile combat troops. As long as we have mobile combat troops, we will be able to deal with them."

"Your Excellency Commander, Your Excellency Chief of Staff, it can be said that it is imminent to adjust the establishment of the independent fourth brigade."

"As long as the field combat capabilities of this unit are enhanced, we can use them to completely eliminate Chu Yunfei's Independent 48th Brigade, Li Yunlong's Xinyi Regiment and other units."

"Once these troops that have brought us heavy losses several times are annihilated, it will be a devastating blow to the morale of the Jinsui Army."

"At the same time, we can also beat Yan Baichuan hard, making him give up his unrealistic fantasies, lower his posture and cooperate with us."

Kusuyama Hideyoshi also immediately echoed that, as the Chief of Staff of the First Army, he naturally hoped to strengthen the strength of the First Army's combat troops.

Tada Hayao and Kasahara Yukio glanced at each other, and they discussed for a while.

Soon, the North China Front Army Command made an absolute decision here.

The independent mixed fourth brigade continued to retain the current designation, but their establishment was adjusted.

Its subordinates have five field infantry brigades, directly under artillery, supplies, engineers, and cavalry.

Their strength is about 8000 people, more than 2000 troops more than normal independent mixed brigades.

According to the plan of the North China Front Army Command, the independent mixed fourth brigade will be organized as a small field division.

Hideyoshi Kusuyama, Chief of Staff of the First Army, completed the task very well.

After receiving the promise of the Front Army Command, he began to return to the First Army Command.

And Hayao Tada personally issued an order, and the depot under the jurisdiction of the Front Army Command began to carry out a series of supplements to the independent mixed fourth brigade.

Around June [-]th, the capital of Jin Province was too far away, and the First Army Headquarters was in the middle.

Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka is playing chess with the Chief of the First Section, and the two are constantly fighting on the chessboard.

Shinozuka Yoshio was born as a top student, with the title of a scholar in the army. The head of the section was obviously no match for him, and he lost the battle not long after.

"Your Excellency, Commander, is a superb chess player. I am far from your opponent."

Chief Dazuo got up immediately and said in a respectful tone.

Shinozuka Yoshio just smiled, didn't say anything, but looked at the chessboard, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Your Excellency, Commander, the North China Front Army Headquarters has sent a message that the formation of the independent and mixed fourth brigade has been completed."

"Next, they will follow the troops directly under the front army to carry out some sweeping missions in Hebei Province, so as to conduct actual combat tests."

"The Front Army Command is expected to be able to transfer this force by the end of the month and place it directly in the battle order of the First Army."

Chief of Staff Kusuyama Hideyoshi came over with a telegram, and he saluted and reported directly.

Shinozuka Yoshio took the telegram to check it, got up and came to the map directly, with a satisfied expression on his face.

"The Yamamoto special team has also been organized and started intensive training."

"They have received a large amount of weapons and equipment this time, and I believe they will have stronger combat capabilities."

"As long as those forces are operational, then we can attack them immediately."

"For us, the most important thing right now is to completely solve Chu Yunfei's independent 48th brigade and Li Yunlong's new regiment."

"As long as they are completely eliminated, the fighting determination of the Jinsui Army and other troops will be extinguished in an instant."

"When we completely eliminate Zhongtiaoshanwei Junru's troops, we will be able to free up enough troops to completely eliminate the Eighth Route Army."

"The Eighth Route Army is eliminated, and Yan Baichuan's Jinsui Army is no longer qualified to negotiate with us. We can easily incorporate them."

After reading the telegram, Shinozuka Yoshio picked up the baton and said with a confident expression.

Up to now, Chu Yunfei's troops and Li Yunlong's troops can be said to be the heaviest worries of the First Army.

They regard the annihilation of these two troops as their top priority right now.

If it weren't for the heavy damage suffered by the independent mixed third brigade in the previous battle, the independent mixed fourth brigade has not yet returned to the first army.

I am afraid that Yoshio Shinozuka will start combat operations as soon as the battle in Jinnan is over.

Now they are going to wait, and once the independent mixed fourth brigade and other troops return, they will start operations immediately.

Of course, while the First Army was waiting, it also continued to carry out close investigations in various aspects to learn more about the specific situation of the Independent 48th Brigade and other troops.

It's just that the little devil doesn't know that during this period of time, the independent 48th brigade and other troops have developed rapidly.

The Independent 48th Brigade now has more than 7000 troops, and the overall weapons and equipment are excellent.

Ammunition is even more abundant, with fifteen artillery pieces containing thousands of shells.

This is also the first time that these artillery units of the Jinsui Army have several ammunition bases.

During this period, the Independent 48th Brigade mainly carried out supplementary rest and strengthened training at the same time.

The 358 regiments and the 11 reserve regiments took turns to cooperate with the artillery battalion for training.

According to the system's judgment, many officers and soldiers in this army have reached the elite level.

Chu Yu's guard company and Li Yangshan's artillery company were also judged to be elite troops by the system.

Such troops can fight against the little devils' field troops, and they have a strong advantage against the little devils' garrison troops.

Zhangwu Cavalry Company and Sun Xiongshan Second Artillery Company also have a large number of elite officers and soldiers.

However, these two troops still need more actual combat before they can be judged as elite troops by the system.

As for the other troops, the overall combat effectiveness is not bad, and they can also exert a certain combat effectiveness when the various ministries cooperate in combat.

The strength of the independent 48th brigade continued to increase, and it was difficult for the Japanese army to solve them.

The new regiment in the Yangcun area has grown to more than 2000 people.

After Li Yunlong's new regiment was incorporated into the main field regiment sequence, their soldiers and weapons were supplemented to a certain extent.

Now each of their battalions has three infantry companies and one machine gun company, with a strength of about 700 troops.

At the same time, the regiment headquarters is also directly under the cavalry company, infantry artillery company, machine gun company and other units.

Their current strength is around 500, and their overall strength is very strong.

The machine gun company directly under the regiment headquarters is equipped with light and heavy machine guns. This is the unit organized by Li Yunlong due to lack of firepower.

In addition, Ding Wei's new second regiment and Kong Jie's independent regiment each have about 500 people.

Each of their battalions also has an infantry company, and the machine gun company has a strength of more than 400 people.

Of course, they are relatively lacking in artillery. Each regiment only has three or four 90MM mortars.

The Japanese army would not have thought that these troops were growing rapidly, and they would have great difficulty in annihilating these troops.

Time is passing, on June 48th, in the brigade headquarters of the independent [-]th brigade.

Chu Yunfei called for Chen Ziyun and Qian Bojun, two acting regiment commanders, and directly read out the orders of Zhao Yinfu, commander-in-chief of the Seventh Army.

"Captain Qian, Commander Chen, the general headquarters ordered that the first part of our brigade stay where it is, and the main force of the brigade move closer to the main force of the group army."

"The meaning of the general headquarters is to let us take over the task of defending the main line of defense of the group army."

"Currently the Seventh Army has undergone major adjustments, so we need to withdraw to undertake the relevant line of defense to ensure the smooth and complete adjustment of the Army."

Chu Yunfei looked towards Qian Bojun and Chen Ziyun, and said with a serious expression on his face.

When Qian Bojun heard it, he stood there without saying a word as if he had nothing to do with himself.

"Brigade, if this is the case, why not leave the Seventh Battalion of our regiment where it is, and withdraw the other troops."

Chen Ziyun was very unhappy seeing Qian Bojun's appearance, so he immediately made a suggestion.

The 11th Battalion of the [-]th Preparatory Regiment is the old base of Qian Bojun and Zhang Fugui, and Zhang Fugui is currently the battalion commander.

When Qian Bojun heard that Zhang Fugui's seventh battalion was going to be left here, his eyes widened instantly.

He glanced at Chen Ziyun viciously, and immediately objected.

(End of this chapter)