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

Chapter 184 Stick to Xinxian County
At four o'clock in the morning, northeast of Qicun Town.

The artillery company directly under the 358th regiment, and the field artillery company directly under the independent 48th brigade came here one after another and built sheltered positions.

Six Jin orogenic cannons and four Liao-made field cannons set up positions in different positions, and there are telephones and radios to keep in touch with the artillery observation post in front.

The three infantry battalions of the first battalion, the second battalion, and the seventh battalion all followed, and they were responsible for building fortifications around the artillery positions.

It can be said that Chu Yunfei has the absolute main force in his hands, and it is the Chief of Staff Fang Ligong who is commanding them to fight.

In addition, Qian Bojun, the acting head of the 358 regiment, also voluntarily applied, and followed Fang Ligong to come here to command operations.

Qian Bojun and Zhang Fugui managed to get together in the Seventh Battalion.

"Tuan Zuo, I don't understand. The brigade seat arranged for other troops to come over, why did you ask me to take the initiative to fight, and you have to come here in person."

"There is no terrain advantage here. If the main force of the Japanese army attacks us with all its strength, we may lose our lives at any time."

"And you think that Chen Ziyun and the others can take down the county seat. This is impossible. Even if the county seat is defended by a small number of troops, they will not be able to take down the county seat."

"Xinxian County is very strong, and it is almost impossible for them to break through."

Zhang Fugui looked at Qian Bojun with a puzzled face, and asked directly.

These troops were sent by Chu Yunfei to stop and intercept the withdrawal of the main force of the Fourth Independent Mixed Brigade.

Chu Yunfei immediately made deployment arrangements based on the situation he had.

Of course, he didn't know that the county seat had been captured by the first battle group, but he firmly believed that what Chen Ziyun was going to do would definitely succeed.

So Chu Yunfei dispatched the main force to attack and deploy, preparing to intercept and attack the Japanese troops.

But Zhang Fugui would not believe that the small army sent by Chen Ziyun could really take down the county.

"Before there is no suitable price tag, what we can do is to continuously improve our own value."

"It's not like you don't know the price offered by the little devil. Give me a colonel leader and you a lieutenant colonel deputy leader."

"That's all we have to bring enough troops to go there. The little devil doesn't take us seriously at all."

"Here I am the head of the regiment, and you are the battalion commander. This price just wants to make us turn against the water. The little devil has a really good plan."

"As for the Jinsui Army, you have also seen it, as long as Chu Yunfei and Chen Ziyun develop steadily in the Jinsui Army."

"With Chief Yan's character, he will definitely not reuse us. We still have to be inferior to Chu Yunfei and Chen Ziyun."

Qian Bojun glanced into the distance and said with an indifferent expression on his face.

When Chen Ziyun was the infantry commander of the 358 regiment before, he was very dissatisfied with Chu Yunfei.

Up to now, he already has the idea of ​​rebellion, as long as he is given the right price, he will rebel at any time.

It's just that neither the little devil nor Yan Laoxi paid too much attention to him.

The little devil even gave the conditions directly. Qian Bojun and Zhang Fugui brought enough troops to defect to them, and gave them the positions of regimental commander and deputy commander.

Qian Bojun was very dissatisfied with such a price, so he simply ignored it.

As for Yan Laoxi, although Qian Bojun has been wooed, Chu Yunfei and Chen Ziyun only need to be in the Jinsui army.

Then Yan Laoxi would never reuse Qian Bojun, even if Yan Laoxi was confused, he would not let Qian Bojun and Zhang Fugui replace Chu Yunfei and Chen Ziyun.

"Tuan Zuo, the brigade seat is obviously weakening our command right now."

"We want to improve our own value, I am afraid it will be difficult to do so."

"If we go to other Jinsui Army units, I'm afraid we won't even have our current positions."

"You see, if we find an opportunity to take Chen Ziyun... In this case, the little devil will definitely give us a high price."

Zhang Fugui made a gesture of wiping his neck, he said cautiously.

"Confused, of course we can get some benefits from solving him, but in the future, will the little devil still value us?"

"What we have to do now is to continue to follow Chu Yunfei and Chen Ziyun to gain military exploits and promote their positions."

"And we must try our best to control the military power. As long as there are enough soldiers and horses, no matter which side, they will pay us a high price."

"Xin County will definitely be taken down by the 11th Preparatory Regiment. What Chen Ziyun wants to do, he will definitely do."

"This attack, if we don't come here, the military exploits will be made by others."

"But we're here, and we can get a share no matter what."

Qian Bojun showed a playful smile on his face, and he directly expressed his thoughts.

Zhang Fugui is also a smart person, and immediately understood what Qian Bojun meant.

The two discussed softly, and it didn't take long before the sound of artillery firing began to sound.

Tsuda Mitake knew that the county seat of Xin County had fallen, and the engineering team and the transportation team had been completely annihilated. Without any hesitation, he immediately assembled the troops.

Thousands of Japanese troops began to retreat towards the hilly area in a mighty manner, preparing to quickly return to the county to fight through here.

But their whereabouts were locked by artillery observation, and groups of data were passed on.

Six Jin orogenic cannons and four Liao-made field cannons fired immediately.

These ten guns all have detailed shooting parameter tables, and they can launch precise bombardment.

A large number of grenades began to fall on the Japanese army, and as the explosion sounded, the shrapnel quickly spread around.

The little devil who had no defense at all paid casualties in an instant.

After Qian Bojun heard the sound of the guns, he immediately began to return to his command position.

Qian Bojun was in charge of the absolute main force before, and he was an old subordinate who had followed Chu Yunfei for many years.

He is arrogant and domineering, and feels that in Chu Yunfei's army, he can give orders.

He didn't even take Chu Yunfei seriously, but after Chen Ziyun appeared, the situation changed completely.

With the support of Chen Ziyun, Chu Yunfei continued to reorganize the troops, improving the combat effectiveness of the troops.

And Qian Bojun and Zhang Fugui confronted Chu Yunfei several times, and they also began to be gradually marginalized.

Realizing this, Qian Bojun knew that he had to make changes, so he took Zhang Fugui to challenge him.

Of course, the change he wants is not to correct his mistakes and actively fight devils.

Qian Bojun just wanted to take the opportunity to reap military exploits and keep raising his price tag.

At present, Chu Yunfei is not aware of this.

These two people are also a time bomb buried in the Independent 48th Brigade, which will explode at any time.

However, Chen Ziyun knew what they were thinking, and Chen Ziyun was the only one who could prevent them from exploding and threatening the Independent 48th Brigade.

The Fourth Independent Mixed Brigade was violently shelled on the way out, and the brigade head, Mitake Tsuda, was full of anger.

He was forced to issue orders for the troops to disperse immediately.

At the same time, he hurriedly organized his troops and quickly advanced to attack the artillery of the Jinsui Army.

"Baga, hell, damn the Jinsui army, I must smash them into pieces!"

"Attack, attack quickly, deal with these artillerymen of the Jinsui Army, and cut off their heads!"

"The cavalry quickly circled and outflanked the past from the flanks. They must not be allowed to retreat to the high ground!"

"The artillery unit immediately built a position to suppress the shelling and cover the troops' actions."

Tsuda Mitake stared at a pair of red eyes, and said with a gloomy face.

At this time, his mentality was obviously a little irrational. After all, the county seat was captured, and the troops were bombarded when they returned to aid. A series of things had a great impact on him.

The little devil's troop launched an operation, but it was not an easy task for them to obtain the results of the battle.

The three infantry battalions have already built a defensive position.

After four o'clock, the Japanese attacking force was tenaciously defended.

A large number of firepower nets fired over, and the three infantry battalions, with the effective assistance of ten artillery pieces, blocked the attack of the little devils.

After Tsuda Meiwu got the news, his face was full of anger, and he began to personally command the troops to fight.

While they were fighting, at five o'clock in the morning, the sky had already become bright.

At this time, Chen Ziyun commanded Wu Ziqiang's fifth battalion, and Liang Guoping's artillery battalion quickly came to Xinxian County.

Shi Yuframe and other officers immediately went out of the city to greet them, and reported the situation in the county in detail.

Chen Ziyun communicated with Chu Yunfei's brigade department immediately through the radio he brought over.

After coming to the county seat, Chen Ziyun talked with the officers of various ministries to learn more about their situation.

Currently in Xin County, there are Wu Ziqiang's Fifth Battalion, Shi Yuzhen's Sixth Battalion, and Liang Guoping Artillery Battalion.

In addition, there are guard companies, cavalry companies, reconnaissance platoons and other troops.

The total strength of these troops is more than 2000, but the artillery unit only occupies 500 people.

Even though the artillery battalion only had eleven mountain cannons, there were quite a few of these mountain cannons since then.

In addition to artillery, there are also supplies, transportation and other troops.

In addition, the large number of horses attached to them also need to be raised by special personnel, and they must be followed by veterinarians and other personnel.

Among these people, there are only a small number of people who can fight. Of course, Chen Ziyun will not mobilize them until the critical time.

"The fifth battalion, the sixth battalion, the artillery battalion, and the guard company are responsible for the defense of the city."

"The cavalry company, the reconnaissance platoon will conduct mobile operations on the periphery, and cooperate with the defense in the city."

"Mobilize the people, let them help build defensive positions, and at the same time evacuate some old, weak, sick and disabled."

"The seized food and materials were distributed to these people, and the cavalry company guarded the surroundings, and quickly reported the situation."

After Chen Ziyun understood the situation, he immediately issued a combat order.

The task of the system is to take down the county seat by August 25th and hold on until September [-]th.

Now it is August 23rd, which means they have to stay in the county for seventeen days.

After carefully approaching, Chen Ziyun did not leave all his troops in the county for defense.

The cavalry company and reconnaissance platoon with less than 300 troops were transferred outside the city for mobile operations.

In the city, the main force remained, and they had about 100 or [-] troops.

Xinxian County is surrounded by flat plains, and the distance between the north and the south is also flat.

There are Luliang Mountains in the west and Taihang Mountains in the east.

However, these highlands are a certain distance from the county seat. Even if the artillery is deployed on the highlands, it will not be able to reach the county seat.

This is also the reason why the Japanese and puppet troops did not deploy their positions on high ground, so Chen Ziyun also gave up deploying on high ground.

However, the highlands on the east and west sides provide cover for the cavalry company and reconnaissance platoon, and they can effectively maneuver around the periphery.

In the following time, the city began to get busy.

Chen Ziyun took Liang Guoping, an artillery officer, to check repeatedly, looking for a suitable location to build an artillery position.

Then he and Wu Ziqiang and Shi Yuzhen, two battalion commanders, surveyed the infantry defense positions.

Due to the lack of troops, Chen Ziyun did not intend to control the outer positions.

The city wall is relatively thick here, and he intends to use the city wall to build the first defensive position.

After the city defense position is breached, the main streets entering the city are blocked by residential buildings. This is the second defensive position.

As for the third defensive position, it is a large number of residential buildings in the city and temporary fortifications.

"Weapons are heavy at the front and light at the back, and soldiers are light at the front and heavy at the back."

"The first defensive position is mainly deployed with light and heavy machine guns."

"The second defensive position mainly deploys submachine guns and grenades."

"The third defensive position mainly deploys light infantry."

"The fifth battalion and the sixth battalion are responsible for the main defensive positions, the artillery battalion is for support operations, and the guard company is the reserve."

"In addition, young people who are willing to join the army are selected from the people in the city to conduct training quickly, and form a company of recruits as much as possible."

"This time we have to stick to the county seat and persuade the doctors in the city to stay, even if they are local doctors."

Chen Ziyun gave detailed instructions, and he did everything by himself, lest he might be negligent.

Time is passing, around ten o'clock in the morning, after a fierce battle.

The little devils independently mixed the main force of the [-]th Brigade, using gas bombs, and finally repelled the troops commanded by Fang Ligong and Qian Bojun.

A large number of Japanese troops began to come to the hills, and they took a short rest.

"Your Excellency, brigade commander, this is the report we just received."

"The number of Jinsui troops in the county is only more than 2000 at most, and they are currently deploying defensively in the city."

"It seems that they intend to stick to the county seat for a long time, so as to cut off the Tongpu Railway."

"It's really strange that this Jinsui army will fully cooperate with the Eighth Route Army to fight."

The chief of staff of the lieutenant officer got the news as soon as possible, and he hurriedly reported.

After Mitake Tsuda got the news, his face was gloomy.

"Leave one unit to stick to the hilly area and contain the main force of the 48th Independent Brigade to prevent them from advancing towards the county."

"The other main forces quickly moved towards the county seat, and we must quickly regain the county seat before dark."

"In addition, at the army headquarters, don't report for the time being. We will report after we capture the county."

"The First Brigade of Independent Field Operations stays in the hilly area and distributes yellow special bombs to them, which can be used to block the main force of the Jinsui Army when necessary."

With a serious expression on Tsuda Mitake's face, he decisively issued a combat order and said.

"Hi, Your Excellency the brigade commander." The chief of staff of the lieutenant officer immediately agreed.

Around 11:30, hundreds of little devils were left in the hilly area for defense. They got a certain number of gas bombs to strengthen their defense.

As for the main force of the independent and mixed fourth brigade with thousands of people, they are marching towards the county town in a mighty way, and a big battle is about to break out.

(End of this chapter)