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

Chapter 188 Chen Ziyun's Super Commanding Ability

"Boom boom boom."

Here on the city wall to the south of Xinxian County, the Japanese army continued to use explosives and blasting tubes to blow up the city wall.

As the gaps were opened by the explosive package, and then expanded by the blasting tube, the little devil would cheer.

Of course they didn't know that Chen Ziyun, the head of the 11th Regiment, and Shi Yu, the head of the Sixth Battalion, quickly made adjustments according to the gap.

The main force of the Sixth Battalion, two infantry companies, and one machine gun company quickly assembled for defense.

The first defensive position of the southern city wall was abandoned, and they began to deploy all their strength on the second defensive position.

As long as the little devil enters the city to attack through the gap, a large amount of firepower will be fired, which is enough for the little devil to drink a pot.

The Japanese troops outside the city were completely unaware of the deployment inside, and they were excited when they saw gaps appearing here and there.

The two major captains who commanded the battle showed even more smiles.

In their view, so many gaps are enough for their main force to enter the city.

As long as they entered the city, the battle would be over.

"The strength of the empire is far beyond what they can imagine. We can defeat any army."

"The army of the world, the imperial army will always be number one! Any army in front of us will be completely conquered and wiped out!"

"The performance of this Jinsui army is indeed commendable, but unfortunately in their words, this is just a flash in the pan."

"I can't wait to enter the city. My family's treasured sword has not been stained with the blood of an officer of the Jinsui Army for a long time."

"Hahaha, when our troops enter the city, a wonderful massacre will be staged soon."

"I prefer to chop off the heads of prisoners of war and watch their bodies tremble before me."

"Sad Jinsui army, after this battle, they will know how terrible the imperial army is!"

The two major captains of the 13th and 14th Independent Field Brigades couldn't hold back any longer. They held sabers and looked at the city with bloodthirsty eyes.

The little devil's blasting is still going on, and it's not just the two major captains who think they've got the chance to win.

Major General Tsuda Mitake, the head of the brigade, and the Chief of Staff of the Lieutenant Assistant also believed that they were confident enough to take the county before dark.

So the brigade and regiment headquarters contacted the artillery unit as soon as possible, and the captain of the lieutenant assistant began to command the artillery to harass and bombard the city.

The four Liao-made field guns use the ultra-long range to carry out extended bombardment to support the frontline troops in combat.

At this time, all the attention of the Japanese army is completely on the south side. They think that they are about to break through and will easily take the county.

And here in the west, more than 12 little devils from the 700th Field Battalion launched a diversion attack.

They were stubbornly blocked by the fifth battalion, and Wu Ziqiang personally commanded the troops to fight.

The machine gun is equipped with four heavy machine guns, using the shooting holes dug in advance to shoot continuously.

Two 81MM mortars fired curved shells across the city wall to attack the advancing Japanese troops.

The two infantry companies assembled [-] light machine guns, and they also used the firing holes to launch bursts of fire.

On the city wall, Wu Ziqiang selected more than 30 veterans.

Some of these veterans were riflemen and some were grenadiers. They used their excellent individual skills to launch precise strikes against the Japanese army.

The little devils of the 12th Field Battalion could not get close to the city wall, and their own casualties continued to increase.

Captain Shao Zuo frowned, and he began to order the troops to disperse and launch long-distance shooting to avoid more casualties.

In the eyes of Shao Zuo, his side was just a feint, and there was no need to pay heavy losses for it.

As for their ammunition, they can also save as much as possible.

Especially the smoke bombs. Because they were fired too much in the south, they didn't have many smoke bombs attached to them.

Captain Shao Zuo didn't want to waste ammunition here, after all, there would be other combat missions in the future.

It's just that the little devils of the 12th Field Brigade didn't notice the imminent danger at all.

At [-]:[-], these little devils also carried out diversionary attacks on the western city wall. They took long-distance shooting to continuously attack the fifth battalion.

Wu Ziqiang, the battalion commander of the fifth battalion, personally commanded the battle, and both sides had different losses.

Of course, Wu Ziqiang's side was on the defensive side. They had a city wall to cover them, and the little devil didn't have much cover, so naturally the losses were greater.

It was at this time that without any warning, intensive firepower came from the north side of the 12th Field Battalion.

The machine gun platoon of the guard company took the lead in firing. Two heavy machine guns and two mortars fired wildly.

The [-] rounds of the [-]-type heavy machine gun were quickly fired, and the nearby ammunitionists immediately replaced them.

A round of grenades were put into the mortar one after another, and then they were fired out quickly.

Bullets and grenades continued to hit the Japanese troops, and the little devils who were caught off guard fell one by one in a pool of blood.

The company commander Chu Yu personally commanded the four infantry platoons to advance, and the four infantry platoons advanced in a diamond formation.

After reaching the relevant distance, the four infantry platoons assembled twelve grenadiers and directly launched intensive shelling against the Japanese army.

A large number of grenades were fired one after another, and the Japanese troops were completely stunned.

At this time, they were facing the attack of Wu Ziqiang's fifth battalion head-on, and the guard company's attack from the side, and their casualties were increasing.

The commander of the Shao Zuo brigade, who commanded the battle, never expected that under such circumstances, the troops of the Jinsui Army would charge!

He hurriedly organized troops to counterattack, and quickly issued a series of combat orders.

"Machine gun squadron, suppress the Jinsui army on the north side and prevent them from advancing."

"First and second squadrons suppress the Jinsui army on the front wall and cover the retreat of the troops."

"Artillery Squadron, the third and fourth squadrons quickly carried out annihilation operations against the Jinsui Army on the north side."

After being surprised for a short time, the captain of Shao Zuo hurriedly made adjustments and deployments. At this time, he had a big appetite and was going to eat up the guard company's troops in one bite.

The four cannons of the artillery squadron began to turn their muzzles, but before they had time to start shelling, a round of grenades hit without any warning.

As the shrapnel spread, the Japanese artillery suffered casualties. Some shrapnel hit the infantry guns and rapid-fire guns, making nails even more.

"Cavalry, Your Excellency Captain, it's not good, there is a cavalry unit of the Jinsui Army behind us."

"Damn it, their cavalry troops are advancing rapidly, getting closer and closer to us."

"Your Excellency, Captain, we... We were encircled and attacked by the Jinsui Army!"

A little devil lieutenant looked back with a pale face. When he saw a large number of horses galloping, he shouted in panic.

The captain of Shaozuo glanced at the rear, and couldn't help but froze in place.

At this time, the guard company on the north side has advanced rapidly, and the light machine guns of each squad launched intensive fire suppression.

A large number of soldiers equipped with submachine guns and rifles quickly pressed up from the north side with the help of light and heavy machine guns and the cover provided by grenadier mortars.

There was a brief panic in the Japanese army, and it wasn't long before the machine gun squadron fired at the guard company on the north side.

They were ordered again, and part of the heavy machine guns of the machine gun squadron turned their guns in a panic, preparing to shoot at the rear cavalry company.

However, the cavalry advanced very fast, and the grenadiers in each row began to dismount and start shelling.

A grenade hit directly, and the Japanese army's light and heavy machine guns and other firepower were hit one after another.

When Wu Ziqiang saw the guard company and the cavalry company attacking, he didn't hesitate at all.

Two infantry companies and twelve grenadiers under six infantry platoons were all transferred to the city wall by him.

These grenadiers launched intensive shelling at the little devil, and fired grenades one after another.

They didn't stop firing until the guard company and cavalry company advanced to less than 200 meters from the little devil's troops. They were worried about accidentally injuring their own people.

Of course, some confident veterans are still carrying out precise strikes.

"Clap clap clap."

"Suddenly."

In the cavalry company, dozens of cavalrymen fired with Jin-made submachine guns.

At the same time, the twelve light machine gun shooters also began to dismount. They set up the light machine guns on the ground and fired directly.

The dense bullets hit the little devil one after another, and many little devils were instantly smashed into sieves by the bullets.

Company commander Zhang Wu took dozens of cavalrymen, brandishing sabers directly, and quickly entered the Japanese army.

With the help of the impact of the horse, the sharp saber quickly cut off the head of a little devil.

The captain of the major brigade dodged in a panic, but a cavalry saber directly cut off one of his arms.

The bright red blood sprayed out, and the captain of the Major Commander couldn't help but let out a scream like killing a pig.

Dozens of cavalry rushed over from the Japanese army in an instant like a whirlwind, and dozens of little devils fell to the ground.

Seeing the cavalry leave, the little devil wants to organize firepower to attack these cavalry units.

But on their north side, the guard company advanced, and a large number of light machine guns, submachine guns, and rifles focused fire.

The guard company is all elite-level officers and soldiers. The distance is less than 200 meters, and they have almost hit a hundred shots.

Intensive bullets attacked, and a little devil began to fall in a pool of blood!

At seven o'clock, the trumpeter of the cavalry company blew the charge horn.

The cavalry, who were shooting with Jin-made submachine guns, put away their charges one after another, and they drew their sabers.

Hundreds of cavalry repeatedly attacked the Japanese army, and their sharp sabers mercilessly harvested the lives of the little devils!

The guard company and the fifth battalion took advantage of the short time when the cavalry left and started firing.

The cavalry came and went, constantly slaughtering with sabers.

When the cavalry left, a lot of firepower shot over.

The 12th Battalion of the Little Devils' Independent Field Battle was beaten to no avail. They wanted to evacuate, but they had no chance.

At around [-]:[-], the captain of Major Major was targeted by a machine gun shooter from the guard company.

The dense bullets hit them, and the captain of Major Major's chest was covered with blood holes, and he fell to the ground and died.

Up to now, there are less than 12 remaining soldiers in the 200th Independent Field Battalion of the Little Devils.

These more than 100 little devils were terrified and hiding near the corpses of other little devils, their faces were full of panic expressions.

It was at this time that the Japanese Army Brigade and Regiment Headquarters had already received news.

Four Liao-made field artillery quickly launched artillery support. The cavalry company and guard company quickly withdrew from the battlefield after hearing the sound of the artillery.

A grenade hit, and more than 100 little devils were affected by the explosion.

After the four Liao-made field artillery of the Japanese army stopped firing, there were only dozens of little devils in the 12th Field Battalion.

There were more than 50 people in this unit, who were killed by Japanese artillery.

After the shelling ended, the remaining 70 little devils ran towards the southwest of the county in a panic, wanting to withdraw.

But the cavalry company was dispatched quickly, and the cavalry were armed with submachine guns and Czech rifles.

It didn't take long for these Japanese soldiers to be killed.

By 07:30, the 12th Independent Field Brigade under the Fourth Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army was wiped out!
"Baga Road, damn Jinsui army, they are still ambushing cavalry troops outside!"

"Bastard, trash, idiot, the 12th Field Brigade did not conduct an investigation in advance, which resulted in a devastating blow."

"These stupid pigs are simply a disgrace to the imperial army. They were completely wiped out, and they didn't have the slightest impact on the Jinsui army!"

"Contact the 13th Brigade of the Independent Field Battle, and the 14th Brigade quickly rushed along the gap, broke into the city, and quickly eliminated the Jinsui Army in the city."

"The 15th Field Brigade is responsible for the brigade headquarters, the artillery unit is responsible for the guard, and the cavalry unit is responsible for the battlefield security!"

"Tell the two major captains who are in command of the battle that no matter what, they must break into the city and take back the county seat of Xin County!"

At this time, Major General Mitake Tsuda, the head of the brigade, was no longer happy. He was full of anger and kept roaring.

Originally, many gaps were blown out of the southern city wall, which allowed Tsuda Mitake to see the dawn of victory.

As a result, the Japanese army's attention was focused on the southern city wall, which caused the 12th Field Brigade, which was conducting a diversion attack in the west, to be encircled and attacked.

Two infantry companies and one machine gun company of the fifth battalion continued to fire on the west wall.

The guard company attacked from the flanks, and the cavalry company raided from the rear, resulting in the final annihilation of the 12th Field Brigade.

Such a loss made Tsuda Mitake furious, and now he can only place his hope on the southern city wall.

He urged the two brigades to quickly advance into the city along the gap, preparing to quickly capture Xinxian County.

Starting at 07:30, more than 1000 little devils continued to enter the city along the gap to fight.

However, as soon as these little devils came to the city along the gap with their front feet, they were hit by intensive firepower on their back feet.

Jin-made light and heavy machine guns, Jin-made submachine guns, Japanese-style rifles, and Japanese-style grenade launchers.

There were also a large number of grenades thrown over, and the Japanese troops could hardly gain a firm foothold in the city.

They thought of various ways, but they never got anything.

On the contrary, many grenades were hit by mountain artillery and were directly destroyed.

Four infantry guns, four rapid-fire guns were also destroyed after advancing shelling, and two infantry guns, one rapid-fire gun.

The little devils paid a lot of casualties, and they fought fiercely until nine o'clock in the evening, but they didn't gain anything.

Instead, their troops of more than 600 people dropped sharply to 1000 to 400, and more than [-] people paid the price of casualties.

Of course, many of the little devil's weapons and equipment were also destroyed in the battle.

At this time, the total casualties of the independent and mixed fourth brigade were already close to 2000.

Such a heavy loss has already reached the point where it hurts the muscles and bones.

"Baga Yalu, quickly order the mountain artillery unit to fire special bombs."

"Mix the green bullets, red bullets, and yellow bullets!"

"The 13th Independent Field Brigade and the 14th Independent Field Brigade withdrew to rest."

"Gather all the gas masks and equip them to the 15th Independent Field Battalion, and arrange them to attack at twelve o'clock!"

"Other artillerymen assisted in shelling to confuse the Jinsui Army."

Tsuda Mitake's eyes were red and his expression was ferocious. He gritted his teeth and gave the combat order.

The so-called special bombs of the little devil are actually gas bombs, and these gas bombs are divided into four types.

Green bombs and red bombs are irritating gases, mainly tear gas and sneezing.

Yellow bullets are erosive gas, once in contact with, the skin and mucous membranes will fester.

Tsuda Meiwu asked Shanpao to fire these poisonous gases in order to resolve the battle through poisonous gases.

Of course, the little devil's gas mask can resist irritating poisonous gas, but it cannot resist erosive poisonous gas.

So they also need enough time to wait for the poisonous gas to dissipate before continuing to attack.

Otherwise, even they themselves will be poisoned.

The mountain artillery units began to shell, at first they fired grenades.

Then they immediately fired poison gas bombs, and it didn't take long before smoke began to appear in the south of Xinxian County.

Shi Yujia, the commander of the Sixth Battalion, hurriedly ordered the troops to wear gas masks. He planned to continue to stick to the second defensive position.

But Chen Ziyun frowned. After thinking for a while, he directly gave the order to retreat.

Chen Ziyun has been a human being for two lifetimes. Because of his hobbies, he has watched a lot of related TV series and books.

He can say that he understands the little devil very well.

They paid such heavy casualties and losses, according to their character, now that they have fired gas bombs.

Then these gas bombs must be fatal.

The batch of gas masks urgently sent by the Seventh Army General Headquarters could not stop the attack of deadly poisonous gas.

Without any hesitation, Chen Ziyun gave up the second defensive position and retreated to shrink his troops.

At the same time, Chen Ziyun arranged for messengers to issue combat orders immediately.

The little devils continued to attack for a day, and they paid heavy casualties.

Based on the current comparison of the strength of the two sides, there is no need for the reserve 11th regiment to continue to defend.

Of course, if you continue to stick to it and use street fighting to bring more casualties to the Japanese army, this is the best tactical arrangement.

But the little devil has poison gas bombs, so many troops are fighting in the city, if the little devil uses poison gas to attack on a large scale, the consequences will be disastrous.

So Chen Ziyun arranged the sixth battalion, and the artillery battalion was responsible for the defense of the county.

The guard company and the cavalry company are deployed on the west side of the county; the fifth battalion is deployed on the east side of the county.

These troops are like two sharp swords, arranged on both sides of the county. When necessary, they can attack at any time, launch offensive operations, and threaten the rear of the Japanese army.

As for Monk Wei's reconnaissance platoon, Chen Ziyun arranged for them to fight on their own, dispatching at random to strike valuable targets.

The county town of Xin County, which had been fighting fiercely for a long time, became quiet in an instant.

But here in the south of the county, all kinds of poisonous gas spread.

Fortunately, Chen Ziyun commanded the troops to evacuate in time, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.

The little devil is resting and preparing here, and of course their artillery fires from time to time.

It's just that these grenades were shot without a target, and they were completely retaliatory shelling by the Japanese army in anger.

It was at this time that the 11th Independent Field Brigade in the hilly area to the west of the county seat began to take the initiative to launch combat operations.

(End of this chapter)