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

Chapter 169

The Eighth Route Army is actively preparing for a large-scale sabotage operation. They are preparing to launch combat strikes against the various units of the North China Front Army.

This time they want to destroy the blockhouses built by the Japanese army and destroy the railways and highways they rely heavily on.

In this battle, Eight Routes will completely break the cage policy that the little devil is currently actively implementing.

Yoshio Shinozuka's First Army obviously hasn't realized this problem, and they are still actively planning a combat attack on the Yangcun area.

Originally, they wanted to attack and fight, but the battle in Xin County and Yuanping City was delayed.

Now it has completely stabilized here, and the Ping-Han Railway has been completely repaired and smooth.

The First Army once again set its sights on the Yangcun area, and they planned to deploy troops to launch combat operations, so as to completely annihilate Chu Yunfei and other troops here.

At this time, the troops under the First Army made major adjustments. The three security divisions, the 36th Division, 37th Division, and 41st Division, were still deployed in the southern Shanxi area.

The third independent mixed brigade was responsible for the defense of the original Pingcheng area and the north of the original Pingcheng. They got in touch with the 26th Division deployed by the Mongolian Army in Yuncheng, northern Shanxi.

The independent mixed eighth brigade has been transferred from the Taiyuan area to the eastern Henan area, and is mainly responsible for the defense tasks along the Zhengtai Railway.

This force is in contact with the 110th Division deployed west of Zhengding to ensure the safety along the Zhengtai Railway.

The independent and mixed Ninth Brigade is responsible for the defense of areas that are too far away.

The independent and mixed 16th Brigade is responsible for the defense near the far south, and directly communicates with the three security divisions in the south.

There are quite a few troops like these little devils, three security divisions and four independent mixed brigades, but they are scattered in different positions in the occupied areas of Jin Province, and their strength is obviously insufficient.

For example, the four independent mixed brigades, and each of their independent infantry brigades, almost all need to be responsible for the defense of a county.

These independent infantry brigades are 800 troops, let them be responsible for the defense of a county, and the degree of dispersion of troops can be imagined.

After all, these little devils not only need to be stationed in various major areas of the county for defense, but also need to send troops to station in the bunkers and gun towers along the railway.

This led to some important villages and towns, at most a hundred or so little devils came to settle in.

And in each of their areas, there are a considerable number of puppet troops to assist in the defense.

Of course, don't look at the scattered strength of the Japanese army, but the ties between them are very close.

In addition, they can quickly rely on railways and roads for maneuvering.

In other words, if you want a small devil's army, there may be more than 100 Japanese puppet troops at most.

But as long as the puppet troops rely on blockhouses and fortifications to block the attack for more than 100 days, the Japanese and puppet troops from all directions can quickly rush to help.

Even the Japanese army was able to quickly dispatch aviation units and immediately launch air support.

So their forces are scattered, but it is still very difficult to solve them.

Especially in the absence of sufficient heavy weapons, it is not a good choice to launch an offensive operation rashly.

The first army's three security divisions and four independent mixed brigades adopted a completely defensive strategy.

The mobile combat force directly under it is an independent and mixed fourth brigade, which is currently assembled in Xin County, too far north.

This force will cooperate with the Yamamoto Special Forces to advance to the Yangcun area and directly carry out annihilation operations against Chu Yunfei, Li Yunlong and other troops.

In order to be able to kill Chu Yunfei and other troops with one blow, the First Army Headquarters is constantly conducting combat discussions here.

They want to draw up the most complete combat plan, so as to completely solve these troops and avoid accidents from happening again.

In the following time, Japanese and puppet reconnaissance troops continued to approach the Yangcun area.

The little devil's air force was dispatched one after another, and a reconnaissance plane kept lowering its altitude to take pictures.

The camera carried on the reconnaissance plane took a large number of photos of the terrain and positions in the Yangcun area, and then handed them over to the First Army Command for analysis.

Time passed bit by bit, and on August [-], the Eighth Route General Headquarters began to issue orders for campaign operations.

With the issuance of combat orders from the general headquarters, each ministry received more detailed combat missions.

The troops participating in the war also began to be divided and assigned to different cadres for command.

Here on the Zhengtai Railway, the 129th Division will attack the railways in the Jin Province area, and the Jin-Cha-Hebei area troops will attack the railways in the Hebei Province area.

The 129th Division here is divided into two sabotage units on the left and right, and the second Kong Jiexin regiment that was transferred was transferred again.

The Kong Jie regiment was assigned to the right attack sequence, and they will directly participate in the attack operation.

Brigadier Chen of the 386th Brigade commanded four regiments including the Xinyi Regiment and served as the general combat reserve.

Master Liu is a famous military god with outstanding commanding ability.

The general reserve team has assembled the absolute elite of the current division, and these troops can play a key role in turning the tide of the battle.

Lao Li's new regiment, needless to say, has more than 2000 troops, well-equipped weapons and strong combat effectiveness.

In addition to the new regiment, there are two old main field regiments, the 769 regiment and the 772 regiment, in the general reserve of the four regiments.

These two regiments are the earliest troops formed in 37. They also have regular numbers and can directly receive the military pay and supplies issued by the above.

As for Li Yunlong's Xinyi Regiment and other troops, although they also have designations, they don't have military pay and supplies, and they have to solve it all by themselves.

On the night of August [-]th, the brigade commander directly called the Xinyi Regiment in Yangcun.

At ten o'clock in the evening, the new regiment began to mobilize urgently.

According to the brigade commander's order, they were going to advance to the south of Xin County and the area west of the Tongpu Railway to hide and stand by.

The south of Xinxian County is naturally too far away, and the brigade commander obviously has ideas for deploying Li Yunlong's regiment here.

Li Yunlong, who received the order, was full of excitement, and he led the troops into action overnight.

As for the new first regiment and the new second regiment, the vacancies left by the new second regiment were defended by the independent regiment.

In this large-scale battle, the independent regiment obviously has no chance to participate in the battle.

After eleven o'clock in the evening, the independent 48th brigade was stationed.

Night fell, and it was dark all around. It was August, and even at night, it was still very hot.

Chen Ziyun, who has been a human for two lifetimes, is very unaccustomed to it. He tosses and turns in the heat, and he never feels sleepy at all.

"Commander Chen, the brigade headquarters urgently ordered all officers above the battalion to go to the brigade headquarters for a meeting."

Not long after, the messenger from the regiment headquarters quickly came outside the house and immediately shouted.

Upon hearing this, Chen Ziyun got up quickly without delay, and immediately asked the messengers to contact the battalion commanders.

The four battalion commanders Wu Ziqiang, Shi Yujian, Zhang Fugui, and Liang Guoping began to gather here at the regiment headquarters.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Ziyun took them directly to the brigade headquarters on horseback.

By the time they arrived at the brigade headquarters, Qian Bojun had already arrived with the four battalion commanders of the 358 regiment.

The 358 regiment is near the brigade headquarters, so they are naturally faster.

Of course, the 11th Preparatory Regiment was arranged to be far away from the brigade headquarters. This was not because Chu Yunfei was alienated from Chen Ziyu.

After all, the four battalion commanders of the 358th Regiment were all Chu Yunfei's direct henchmen, and Qian Bojun, the acting commander, was completely dismissed.

Chu Yunfei arranged the 358 regiment by his side, so he could command the troops better.

Up to now, there is almost no difference between the existence and non-existence of Qian Bojun, the acting head.

After all the officers were in place, Chu Yunfei picked up a document and read it out in public.

After the report of the General Command of the Seventh Army and the approval of the Chief of the Second Theater, Fang Ligong, the Chief of Staff of the Lieutenant Colonel of the Independent 48th Brigade, was promoted to the Chief of Staff of the Colonel.

At the same time, Lin Zhiqiang, the staff officer of the brigade, was promoted to the chief of staff of the Lieutenant Colonel of the Independent 48th Brigade.

Hearing the name Lin Zhiqiang, Chen Ziyun checked it out.

Looking at Lin Zhiqiang in the lieutenant colonel's uniform, Chen Ziyun quickly thought of a very classic scene in the play.

This Lin Zhiqiang is the ancestor of Kazuki Yamamoto in the original play.

"Everyone, apart from announcing the appointment of Chief of Staff Fang and Director Lin, there is one more thing."

"This is an urgent message from the General Command. According to reliable intelligence, the Japanese army is likely to launch a sweeping operation against us in the near future."

"As for the Japanese army we are facing, its designation is still the Fourth Independent Mixed Brigade!"

"However, according to various information, this force has changed a lot. Its combat strength exceeds 8000!"

"They have made good progress in fighting in Hebei Province and Jin Province. This force has strong field combat capabilities."

Chu Yunfei tapped the table lightly, he looked towards the officers and said with a serious expression.

The Fourth Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army was completely wiped out, and even Major General Shotaro Katayama, head of the brigade, was shot to death.

But the little devil didn't admit it, he just said that the independent and mixed fourth brigade had suffered heavy losses, so as to cover up the truth of the defeat.

Yan Laoxi is a native of Jin Province, and he knows how to make good calculations from the womb.

He hoped to rely on Chu Yunfei and Chen Ziyun to rectify the name of the Jinsui army and get rid of the bad reputation of the Jinsui army for not fighting devils.

At the same time, he also avoided that the headmaster of the accompanying capital would be suspicious of him, and would even mobilize troops to fight his Jinsui Army.

But on the side of the little devils, Yan Laoxi was unwilling to completely anger them. He felt that if the Japanese army went all out to deal with the Jinsui army, his little family fortune would be wiped out.

Now Yan Laoxi is on two boats, neither of which is willing to offend.

Therefore, Yan Laoxi still tried his best to control the annihilation of the independent and mixed fourth brigade, and did not conduct publicity and reports.

Even if someone asked, Yan Laoxi only told that the troops had made a lot of gains, but he did not directly admit the annihilation of the independent and mixed fourth brigade.

This led to the report of the little devil, which was recognized by many people.

After all, one regiment of the Jinsui Army and three regiments of the Eighth Route Army joined forces to wipe out an independent mixed brigade of the Japanese army. This is indeed hard to believe.

"Brigade, now our brigade is strong and strong. Although it is the designation of a brigade, its strength in all aspects is not weaker than that of a division."

"Don't say that we have a division of the Jinsui Army, even an elite division of the Central Army may not have weapons and equipment like our brigade."

"The 8000-strong army of the little devils wants to eat us, it's just a daydream, as long as we rely on this position to hold on, they won't gain anything."

"That's true. The Artillery Battalion under Commander Chen has eleven mountain artillery pieces, the brigade headquarters has four field artillery pieces, and the 358th Regiment also has six mountain artillery pieces."

"Not counting the mortars of the battalions, we have 21 mountain artillery and field artillery alone. This is the size of an artillery regiment."

"What's more, the four battalions of the 358th regiment have twelve 82mm mortars, and the reserve 11th regiment also has six 81mm mortars!"

As Chu Yunfei finished speaking, the officers spoke freely.

The troops won battles one after another, and the independent 48th Brigade inevitably had some ideas of underestimating the enemy.

Especially after reorganization, their overall strength has been greatly supplemented.

The Japanese 90MM mortars of the whole brigade were directly transferred to the General Headquarters of the Seventh Army.

These larger-caliber mortars can be used to form divisional mortar units.

And Zhao Yinfu added a batch of 48MM mortars to the Independent 82th Brigade.

Each infantry battalion of the 358th regiment currently has three 82MM mortars.

As for each infantry battalion of the 11th Reserve Regiment, there are two captured Japanese 81MM mortars.

After all, Chen Ziyun's 11th regiment still had an artillery battalion, so the mortar was reduced.

In this way, the two regiments complement each other, and the number of artillery in each regiment is not weak.

The 358 regiment has six mountain guns and twelve 82MM mortars.

The 11th reserve regiment has six 81MM mortars and eleven mountain cannons.

There are four field artillery directly under the brigade and four infantry artillery (machine gun platoons under the guard company and cavalry company).

There are 43 artillery pieces in the whole brigade. This configuration is definitely not weak.

It is precisely because of this that the officers felt that ordinary little devils would definitely not be opponents of the Independent 48th Brigade.

"Everyone, although we have won battles one after another, the little devil is definitely not a soft persimmon."

"Every time we fight, there will be certain casualties. In terms of weapons and equipment, we can indeed, but the individual combat capability is not even as good as the Eight Route Army."

"The so-called arrogant soldiers are bound to lose. If we win a few battles and despise the Japanese army, then sooner or later we will definitely lose."

"No one should be arrogant and complacent. Even if the Japanese army is a soft persimmon, it must be hit as a hard rock."

"What's more, is the Japanese army a persimmon? They are not. On the contrary, we are the real persimmon in their eyes!"

Chu Yunfei had a serious expression on his face and said in a stern tone.

He is familiar with the art of war, so he naturally knows the consequences of the troops being arrogant and complacent and despising the opponent.

Seeing that Chu Yunfei was a little angry, the officers immediately quieted down.

Chief of Staff Fang Ligong began to come to the map and immediately made deployment arrangements to ease the atmosphere on the scene.

It was at this time that a signal soldier quickly came into the room.

"Brigade seat, attendant seat, just got an urgent message from the cavalry company."

"The troops of the new regiment stationed in Yangcun moved overnight, and the position was taken over by the other eight routes."

"At present, there are only more than 200 Eighth Route troops stationed in the Yangcun area, which is a strengthened company."

The signal soldier came into the room and quickly saluted and reported.

After hearing the news, everyone couldn't help being stunned.

Chu Yunfei looked towards the location of Yangcun on the map, with a serious expression on his face.

"Traveler, they...they got the news that the Japanese army is about to mop up and attack, so they ran away!"

Qian Bojun, who had been silent before, immediately got up and shouted directly.

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