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

Chapter 209 Adjusting the Organization of the Independent 48th Brigade Again

The independent 48th brigade was directly under the guard company, and the cavalry company was attached to the artillery company directly under the 358th regiment, and quickly advanced towards Xinkou Town.

After Lin Yunzhi, the commander of the seventh division of the Puppet Mongolian Army, received the report, he personally commanded more than 700 cavalry to attack quickly.

The eight Liao-made 75mm field guns of the cavalry artillery regiment also quickly turned their muzzles to prepare for shelling cover.

Lin Yunzhi believed that his troops had an absolute advantage and could easily deal with this Jinsui army.

But he didn't know that the three companies dispatched by the Jinsui Army were all trained by Chen Ziyun himself.

The guard companies are all elite officers and soldiers, and they have strong combat capabilities.

There are also many elite officers and soldiers in the cavalry company. This troop has grown rapidly and has already gathered strong combat effectiveness.

There are four Jin orogenic cannons in the artillery company, and there are detailed shooting parameter tables.

If it weren't for the wear and tear of these Jin orogenic cannons, I'm afraid they are still in the artillery battalion now.

It is not a simple matter for the cavalry of the puppet Mongolian army to solve these Jinsui troops.

After ten o'clock, a large number of puppet cavalry advanced, and Sun Ming, Zhang Wu, and Zhu Mingxuan responded quickly.

The artillery company's four Jin orogenic cannons quickly built artillery positions, and the artillery observers began to transmit relevant shooting data.

The four infantry platoons of the guard company quickly dispersed and set up positions, and they were ready for battle.

At the same time, the two machine gun platoons under the guard company and the cavalry company were merged together for combat.

Four 81-type heavy machine guns, four [-]MM mortars, set up positions around the artillery company.

The four cavalry platoons, under the command of the company commander Zhang Wu, quickly carried out large-scale roundabout operations.

"Boom boom boom."

At this time, the eight Liao-made field guns of the puppet Mongolian army had already started firing, and grenades were fired one after another.

There was a deafening explosion, and the shrapnel quickly spread around.

The terrain of Jin Province is very complicated, and a Tongpu Railway runs through the north and south.

Most of the areas that the railway passes through are flat and flat.

But the east and west of the railway are all high and low. At this time, the combat area of ​​the guard company and other troops is in the area north of Xinkou Town. The terrain here is flat and there is no danger to defend.

The shooting of the eight Liao-made field guns caused some casualties to the soldiers.

Fortunately, these officers and soldiers have a lot of combat experience. They built bunkers in time and dispersed their defenses, so the casualties were not too great.

Otherwise, the shelling of the eight Liao-made field cannons could completely defeat them.

More than 700 puppet Mongolian cavalry, with the help of field artillery cover, accelerated towards the positions of the guard company and other troops.

Lin Yunzhi rode a white war horse, holding the [-]-style rifle that the little devil rewarded him, and started shooting from a long distance away.

The puppet Mongolian cavalry uttered strange screams, and they also fired with their rifles.

Only when they advanced to less than 2000 meters from the position, Zhu Mingxuan commanded the artillery unit to start the shelling.

The four Jin orogenic cannons fired first, and under the guidance of the observers, a round of grenades were fired directly.

The shells landed precisely on the cavalry of the Pseudo-Mongolian Army, and with the sound of an explosion, some cavalry and horses began to fall to the ground.

Soon, four 81MM mortars also fired.

These eight artillery pieces continued to shell the puppet Mongolian cavalry, and the grenades fell on the ground one after another.

Lin Yunzhi saw that his cavalry was shelled and suffered casualties, so he began to order the cavalry to disperse and advance.

At the same time, the eight Liao-made field artillery covering the rear launched a covering bombardment, and a large number of shells continued to hit the position.

They tried in vain to use cover bombardment to suppress the artillery of the Jinsui Army and cover the advance of the cavalry.

"Da da da."

"Clap clap clap."

"Suddenly."

The cavalry of the puppet Mongolian army advanced quickly, but only after they entered the range.

Four Type [-] heavy machine guns and twelve Czech light machine guns took the lead in firing.

A round of bullets formed a firepower net with no dead ends, and the charging puppet Mongolian cavalry was instantly knocked down.

Some cavalry detoured towards the flanks regardless of casualties, and quickly approached the position.

But when they advanced to a position less than 300 meters away from the position, a large number of Jin-made submachine guns launched intensive firepower.

At the same time, grenade launchers fired grenades one after another.

The guard company and the cavalry company have the same organization. Each platoon is equipped with three grenadiers, three light machine guns, twelve submachine guns, and eighteen rifles.

Each of their platoons is strengthened, with a total of 50 people!

At this time, the four infantry platoons and two machine gun platoons were fully fired, causing numerous casualties to the puppet Mongolian cavalry.

It was at this time that Zhang Wu commanded the cavalry company to quickly attack from the flanks.

The grenadiers under the four cavalry platoons fired intensively. After the light machine guns of each squad arrived at the position, they quickly dismounted and set up the machine guns to start shooting.

A cavalryman directly drew his saber and quickly approached the puppet Mongolian cavalry.

And behind these cavalry, many cavalry followed and advanced with Jin-made submachine guns.

After reaching the shooting range, the cavalry equipped with Jinzao submachine guns pulled the trigger.

The dense submachine gun bullets hit the pseudo-Mongolian cavalry, and many pseudo-Mongolian cavalry were instantly smashed into sieves.

As the submachine gun drums ran out of bullets, these cavalrymen did not change the drums, but immediately drew their sabers.

The cavalry on both sides met at close quarters, and the sound of metal collisions continued to resound.

For a time, in the area north of Xinkou Town, the cavalry company of the independent 48th Brigade directly launched a hand-to-hand battle with the cavalry of the [-]th Division of the Puppet Mongolian Army.

Sun Ming saw the cavalry fighting on both sides, so he left the artillery company and two machine gun platoons to stand firm and support the cavalry in the battle.

And he himself commanded four infantry platoons, quickly detoured from both sides, and went straight to the artillery positions of the puppet Mongolian army.

Chu Yunfei, who was located north of the battlefield, also got the report soon.

Without any hesitation, Chu Yunfei and Fang Ligong quickly commanded the 358 regiment to rush to the rescue.

Unknowingly, it was past eleven o'clock, and the Seventh Division of the Puppet Mongolian Army was hit hard, and the remnants kept trying to evacuate from the battlefield.

But under the attack of the guard company, cavalry company, artillery company and other troops, they had no way to evacuate.

Especially after Chu Yunfei commanded the troops to rush to help, they were almost trapped in a siege.

In the hilly area, Harada Kenzo's headquarters is here.

The major staff officer hurried over and began to report in a panic.

When he knew that the Seventh Division of the Puppet Mongolian Army had been attacked in the area north of Xinkou Town and was in danger, Harada Kenzo's face was serious.

He glanced at the map with a thoughtful expression on his face.

At present, the number of troops here in the hilly area is limited, and each ministry has different tasks.

Independently mixed into the remnants of the Fourth Brigade, the three puppet Mongolian army guards are attacking the Eighth Route Xinyi Regiment in Xinkou Town with all their strength.

The third and fourth brigades of the field infantry were equipped with eight Liao-made field artillery to defend Chen Ziyun's reserve 11th regiment on the south side with all their strength.

The independent infantry is the first, and the second brigade of 300, [-] troops serves as a reserve team.

Harada Kenzao has only 300 troops that can be mobilized, and they are also responsible for dealing with the 358 regiment.

Now that the Seventh Division of the Puppet Mongolian Army is being attacked north of Xinkou Town, these 1000 little devils should rush to help them quickly.

However, after understanding the situation on the battlefield in detail, Harada Kenzo did not issue a support order.

"The Jinsui Army in the area north of Xinkou Town has infantry, cavalry, and artillery."

"There are also some units equipped with a large number of submachine guns that launched combat strikes against the Seventh Division of the Puppet Mongolian Army."

"This must be the elite unit of the Independent 48th Brigade. It seems that their goal is very clear, which is to completely annihilate the puppet Mongolian cavalry unit."

"It's a pity that there are eight field artillery. If I knew that these puppet Mongolian troops are so vulnerable, I shouldn't have assigned artillery to them to fight."

"Contact the No. [-] and No. [-] Brigades of the Independent Infantry immediately, and let them quickly advance to Xinkou Town."

"Contact the head of the Tsuda Mibu Brigade, more than 1000 reserves will strengthen their attack operations."

"They must take advantage of this opportunity to completely wipe out the troops of the Eighth Route New First Regiment."

"At the same time, continue to contact the First Army Command and request the aviation unit to dispatch to assist in the operation."

Kenzo Harada stood in front of the map and thought for a long time, then he said with a serious expression on his face.

"Hi, Your Excellency General." The Major Staff Officer immediately agreed.

Obviously, the little devil is planning to completely abandon the Seventh Division of the Puppet Mongolian Army.

And they want to use the period of time when the Jinsui Army troops encircled and wiped out the Seventh Division of the Puppet Mongolian Army to strengthen the combat forces here in Xinkou Town, so as to encircle and wipe out the new regiment.

More than 1000 troops from two independent infantry brigades rushed towards Xinkou Town, and they were going to fight against the new regiment.

After Tsuda Meiwu received the telegram, he began to direct the operation himself.

At twelve o'clock, there were nearly [-] little devils, and they launched a fierce attack from both sides.

The three garrison units of the Puppet Mongolian Army have already suffered casualties due to continuous fighting.

But Mitake Tsuda did not give them any rest time and continued to ask them to attack from the front.

Eleven Japanese-style artillery and eight Liao-made artillery continued to bombard.

Countless shells kept falling on the new group's position.

Deafening explosions continued to sound, and a large number of Japanese and puppet troops launched a wave-like tactical charge.

At this time, the Xinyi regiment was facing more than 4000 days of puppet army attacks. Although Li Yunlong was prepared, they were also under greater pressure.

"Pillar, disperse the mountain artillery and infantry artillery to support the operation, and don't be locked by the Japanese artillery."

"Tell Zhang Dabiao that the six heavy machine guns of the machine gun company will be left for them, and the four mortars will be allocated to the second battalion and the third battalion for defensive operations."

"The Japanese and puppet troops are really serious this time. All the battalions are defending with all their strength, and the Japanese and puppet troops cannot break through."

"Sun Desheng, look at how powerful his cavalry company is, you have to show your face to me."

"You attack quickly and support the battle from the outside!"

With a serious expression on Li Yunlong's face, he began to issue a series of combat orders.

Originally, Lao Li also wanted to transfer troops to the north to join in the fun, to fight against the Seventh Division of the Puppet Mongolian Army, and to reap benefits by the way.

As a result, the Japanese and puppet troops increased their troops to launch an attack, so he had to give up the idea of ​​going north to fight, but stuck to Xinkou Town with all his strength.

All three infantry battalions and troops directly under the regiment headquarters participated in the battle.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, intense gunfire began to come from Xinkou Town.

Deafening explosions continued to sound, and thick gunpowder smoke filled the battlefield.

The Japanese and puppet troops besieged on three sides, and nineteen artillery pieces continued to provide them with artillery support.

The new group of positions began to be destroyed one after another, and their casualties also increased.

And here in the north of Xinkou Town, the battle is not over yet.

There are still more than 100 cavalry troops of the Puppet Mongolian Army, but they are still resisting tenaciously.

The Seventh Division of the Puppet Mongolian Army is a field cavalry division specially left by the little devil, and their overall strength is not weak.

The Zhangwu cavalry company started hand-to-hand combat with them, and there were also casualties among themselves.

After Chu Yunfei arrived with his troops, he immediately withdrew the cavalry company.

However, these puppet Mongolian cavalry kept charging around, and it was still difficult to deal with them.

In particular, they scattered and galloped fast, and the cavalry showed superb riding skills, and it was difficult for machine gun fire to lock them.

But at two o'clock in the afternoon, the guard company had a major harvest!

Sun Ming commanded the four infantry platoons of the guard company, and after some battles, they completely took down a cavalry artillery regiment of the Puppet Mongolian Army.

They seized six Liao-made 75MM field guns and more than a hundred artillerymen of the pseudo-Mongolian army.

Of course, the guards fought for so long in order to capture as many cannons as possible.

Otherwise, if they had launched an annihilation campaign without any worries, the puppet Mongolian army here would have been completely eliminated long ago.

After Chu Yunfei got the report from the guard company, he began to order the troops to stop shooting.

For the more than 100 puppet Mongolian troops who were still fighting tenaciously, Chu Yunfei had the idea of ​​capturing them, so he began to send personnel to persuade them to surrender.

At the same time, he ordered the guard company and other troops to quickly build an encirclement. If these puppet Mongolian cavalry did not surrender, they would definitely be wiped out completely.

The puppet Mongolian army ignored Chu Yunfei's persuasion to surrender, but continued to choose to fight.

But at this time, the three infantry battalions, together with the cavalry company, guard company, and artillery company, formed an encirclement circle.

They continued to advance at the same time, reducing the range of activities of the puppet Mongolian cavalry.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, there was a burst of gunfire, and Lin Yunzhi, the commander of the Seventh Division of the Puppet Mongolian Army, was hit by a shell, leaving no bones left.

After Lin Yunzhi was killed, the remaining dozens of cavalry directly threw away their weapons and equipment, and raised their hands high!
So far, the Seventh Division of the Puppet Mongolian Army has been completely resolved!

Chu Yunfei ordered the troops to quickly clean up the battlefield. At the same time, the cavalry company and the guard company quickly advanced towards Xinkou Town, preparing to support the new regiment.

At this time, bombers began to appear in the sky in the distance.

After the First Army received the call from Kenzo Harada, they quickly contacted the aviation unit.

Four bombers came over the battlefield, and they directly launched the bombing.

Aerial bombs fell on the ground one after another, and there was a deafening explosion.

This time, not only the Xinyi Regiment in Xinkou Town was bombed, but the 11th Regiment in the south of the hills and the 358th Regiment in the north of Xinkou Town were also bombed.

Of course, the little devil's aviation is still an old routine. For the Jinsui army, it is only high-altitude bombing to avoid being hit by anti-aircraft weapons.

But for the Eighth Route New First Regiment, they directly lowered the height of precision bombing.

After dropping all the aerial bombs, four bombers also launched a strafing attack on Xinkou Town.

It was not until five o'clock that the four bombers left the battlefield.

Harada Kenzo also took the opportunity to bomb, and all the troops that could be withdrawn were withdrawn to the hilly area.

Up to now, the Japanese and puppet troops in the hilly area have suffered relatively large casualties.

Harada Kenzao and Tsuda Meiwu met to discuss, and they began to organize the Japanese infantry into a unified group.

They organized four full-fledged field infantry brigades, numbering 800 men.

The three garrison teams of the Puppet Mongolian Army organized a puppet Mongolian Army infantry brigade with 1000 or [-] people.

At the same time, an artillery unit of hundreds of people was formed, and their total strength was less than 7000.

Of course, their artillery unit is still very powerful, and there are still 27 artillery pieces.

But you must know that when Harada Kenzo commanded the Japanese and puppet troops to come to the rescue, the number of his troops exceeded 8000.

The independent mixed fourth brigade commanded by Tsuda Meiwu also has a combat force of more than 8000 people.

When the two troops were full, there should have been more than 6000 troops, but now they only have 6000 troops left.

This means that they lost a full 1 casualties.

Under such circumstances, Harada Kenzo and Tsuda Mitake would not have any ideas.

For them, it is already the best choice to be able to stick to the hilly area and ensure that these troops will not be devastated.

The Japanese and puppet troops retreated to the hilly area, and at this time, no matter whether it was the independent 48th brigade or the new regiment, they had no ability to continue fighting.

Li Yunlong's new regiment was under continuous bombing and onslaught. Its troops of more than 2000 people are now only more than 600 people left.

Looking at the hilly area, Li Yunlong's teeth itch with anger.

He could only temporarily withdraw his troops to the area east of Xinkou Town to rest and wait for follow-up combat orders.

Chu Yunfei also contacted Chen Ziyun immediately. He asked the 11th regiment not to continue attacking for the time being.

Up to now, both the 358 regiment and the reserve 11 regiment have suffered large casualties.

Chu Yunfei was planning to temporarily suspend the battle, lay siege to the Japanese and puppet troops, and replenish troops by the way.

At night, Fang Ligong, Chief of Staff of the Independent 48th Brigade, began to leave the front line.

Following Fang Ligong, Lin Zhiqiang, chief of staff, and Sun Ming, chief of the guard company, left with Fang Ligong.

They want to carry out some activities and find a way to get some soldiers and supplies from the headquarters of the Seventh Army to supplement them.

At the same time, they also went to nearby villages and towns to directly recruit soldiers.

Both sides are considered powerless to fight any more, and a confrontation has formed here in Xin County.

However, Chen Ziyun was not idle, he had a rare free time, and he began to sort out the casualties of the troops.

For the officers and soldiers who died in battle, Chen Ziyun definitely wanted to give a compensation.

At this time in Xin County, the Japanese and puppet troops retreated to the hilly area to defend on the spot.

The 48th regiment of the independent 358th brigade is attached to the guard company directly under the brigade headquarters, and the cavalry company deploys defense in the area north of Xinkou Town.

The 11th reserve regiment is assigned to the field artillery company directly under the brigade headquarters, the supplementary regiment is directly under the second artillery company, and the mortar company is deployed in the south of the hilly area.

The supplementary regiment was stationed in Xin County for defense, while Li Yunlong's new regiment retreated to the area east of Xinkou Town to rest.

Fighting so far, the independent 48th brigade has captured a lot.

Among other things, they have seized hundreds of war horses alone.

Countless artillery and other weapons were seized, and after ten o'clock in the evening, the smell of meat continued to come.

The horses of the puppet Mongolian army that were beaten to death became a delicacy in the mouths of the soldiers.

Of course, Li Yunlong's new regiment was not idle. While cleaning the battlefield in Xinkou Town, they searched and cleaned the battlefield directly to the north.

Chu Yunfei, the brigade commander of the Independent 48th Brigade, was from a wealthy family, a graduate of Whampoa's fifth batch, and a serious student of the Son of Heaven.

The Jinsui Army has its own supplementary channels, and they will not sweep the battlefield too far.

When Li Yunlong's new regiment came to the battlefield north of Xinkou Town, they still had a lot to gain.

Time passed bit by bit, eight o'clock in the morning on August 28.

Chu Yunfei started to generate electricity to contact the Seventh Army General Headquarters, and also reported to the Commander's Headquarters and Deputy Commander's Headquarters of the Second Theater.

He hoped to adjust the establishment of the independent 48th brigade again, and personally recommended Chen Ziyun as the head of the 358th regiment.

Because according to Chu Yunfei's idea, the 358 regiment still has to adopt a super strengthened regiment.

Qian Bojun is not suitable to be the head of such a main field regiment, so this time Chu Yunfei recommended Chen Ziyun to be the head of the 358th regiment.

At eleven o'clock in the morning, the General Headquarters of the Seventh Army called back here.

Zhao Yinfu said that he would add some soldiers to the Independent 48th Brigade, and he also supported Chen Ziyun as the head of the 358th Regiment.

And at two o'clock in the afternoon, Wei Junru, who was far south of the Yellow River and in the west of Yu Province, also sent back and forth calls to Chu Yunfei.

He said that he would immediately communicate with Yan Laoxi to increase the combat strength of the Independent 48th Brigade.

Moreover, Wei Junru specially dispatched a security regiment from the first war zone to directly supplement the 358th regiment.

Of course, this security regiment actually only has a few hundred troops, and it doesn't have any weapons and equipment.

However, if Wei Junru can supplement these hundreds of troops, for the independent 48th brigade, it can also solve the urgent need.

After all, this time the independent 48th Brigade's various units fought, there were relatively large casualties.

Until 48 o'clock in the evening, the Chief of the Second Theater directly passed the General Command of the Seventh Army and sent electricity to the Independent [-]th Brigade.

Yan Laoxi approved Chu Yunfei's request after careful consideration.

With Yan Laoxi's reply, Chu Yunfei immediately started to reorganize the independent 48th brigade.

He called Chen Ziyun directly and started to discuss.

Now they have enough cavalry weapons and equipment, Chu Yunfei plans to expand the cavalry company.

The establishment of the 358 regiment will also be adjusted accordingly.

The 358 regiment will have one battalion, two battalions, three battalions, four battalions, cavalry battalions, and six artillery battalions.

It was precisely because they had such strength that Chu Yunfei insisted that Chen Ziyun be the commander of the 358th regiment.

The 11th Preparatory Regiment has the fifth battalion, the sixth battalion, and the seventh battalion under its jurisdiction, and the regiment headquarters is directly under the artillery company.

The supplementary regiment has jurisdiction over the eighth battalion, the ninth battalion, and the tenth battalion. The regiment headquarters is directly under the second artillery company and the mortar company.

The brigade headquarters of the independent 48th brigade is directly under the field artillery battalion, guard company, supply company, and communication company.

Of course, if each battalion still adopts the formation of five companies in between, then the entire independent 48th brigade will have tens of thousands of troops.

There is no way for them to replenish such a large number of troops in a short period of time.

So after this reorganization, the infantry battalion was reduced from the previous four infantry companies and one machine gun company to one infantry company.

Each infantry battalion will have three infantry companies and one machine gun company under its jurisdiction, with a strength of about 700 troops.

(End of this chapter)