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

Chapter 210 Chen Ziyun was transferred to the head of the 358 regiment

Chu Yunfei and Chen Ziyun finalized the reorganization plan of the independent 48th brigade, and then they began to wait patiently for the arrival of additional soldiers.

Beginning in the afternoon of August [-]th, Fang Ligong, Lin Zhiqiang, and Sun Ming began to bring relevant soldiers to the Xin County area one after another.

After getting Yan Laoxi's approval, the Seventh Army specially dispatched a group of soldiers to supplement them.

Lin Zhiqiang and Sun Ming recruited a certain number of young people from nearby villages and towns.

It should be said that the Jinsui Army had been nesting in the western Shanxi area before, and they hardly fought against the Japanese army.

Most young people here in Jin Province are unwilling to join the Jinsui Army, so it is also somewhat difficult for the Jinsui Army to recruit soldiers.

However, the recruitment situation of the Independent 48th Brigade is completely different at the moment. Many people responded positively to the names of Chu Yunfei and Chen Ziyun.

And Chu Yunfei took out the rewards he had received before, and each family gave five oceans to the conscripted soldiers!

As soldiers arrived one after another, the Independent 48th Brigade began to reorganize on the front line.

The 358th Regiment is Chu Yunfei's absolute main field regiment. According to the latest adjustments, they have a full strength of six battalions.

Therefore, the 358 regiment has received key supplements, and they have given priority to the selection of relevant soldiers.

The first battalion, the second battalion, the third battalion, and the fourth battalion have gradually returned to full strength, and they have added a large number of soldiers.

Of course, with the completion of replenishment, there are a certain number of recruits in these four infantry battalions.

These recruits were also exposed to guns for the first time, which reduced the overall combat effectiveness of the 358 regiment.

Zhang Wu's cavalry company was directly expanded into a cavalry battalion.

It is worth mentioning that Zhao Yinfu, Commander-in-Chief of the Seventh Army, was born as a standard cavalry soldier. He graduated from the cavalry department of a military academy.

There is a cavalry establishment in the Jinsui Army, but the number of cavalry is pitifully small, and it is the same as outside the pass, with a large formation and a small number of troops.

Each cavalry regiment has three or four hundred cavalry units.

This time the Independent 48th Brigade completely resolved the Seventh Division of the Puppet Mongolian Army and seized many war horses and corresponding equipment.

As for the cavalry personnel, Fang Ligong got some supplements after leaving Zhao Yinfu's relationship.

Don't look at the cavalry as a declining branch, but to support a cavalry unit, the expenses in all aspects are unimaginable.

Raising one cavalryman can raise several infantrymen.

Therefore, the Jinsui Army focused on the development of infantry and artillery, and the cavalry did not receive much attention.

This caused some Jinsui Army cavalry to be forced to change careers and directly became infantry.

Zhao Yinfu was born in the cavalry, so he naturally knew the situation of the cavalry. This time he selected a group of cavalry to supplement.

In addition, when Lin Zhiqiang and others recruited soldiers in nearby villages and towns, they also deliberately selected young people who could ride horses.

The cavalry battalion was barely established. They had three cavalry companies, one machine gun company, and a cavalry reconnaissance platoon under their jurisdiction.

Each cavalry company has 150 people, equipped with nine crooked light machine guns, nine grenades, and one hundred Czech rifles or [-] rifles.

The machine gun company is equipped with four Type 81 heavy machine guns and four [-]MM mortars!
The directly subordinate cavalry reconnaissance platoon is equipped with forty Jin-made submachine guns!

The entire cavalry battalion has a full strength of nearly 600 people, which is almost equivalent to the strength of two cavalry regiments of other troops.

However, with such a large number of cavalry units, there are quite a few recruits among them.

And in this army, there are even soldiers who can't ride horses.

Therefore, it will take longer for this army to condense its combat effectiveness.

As for the artillery battalion, they were directly transferred from the 11th reserve regiment, and they didn't have much loss.

The battalion commanders of the four infantry battalions did not make any adjustments, and continued to be the previous battalion commanders. They were all single-handedly selected by Chu Yunfei.

The cavalry battalion was expanded from the cavalry company. According to his qualifications, Zhang Wu was not qualified to be the battalion commander.

However, the number of cavalry in the Independent 48th Brigade is pitifully small, and cavalry officers are even rarer to see.

Under Chen Ziyun's personal recommendation, Zhang Wu was exceptionally promoted to serve as the battalion commander of the cavalry battalion!
The 358th regiment is directly under the artillery battalion. After being transferred, personnel adjustments were also made.

Liang Guoping, the former battalion commander, was transferred to the field artillery battalion directly under the brigade headquarters as the lieutenant colonel battalion commander.

Li Yang, commander of the first company of the artillery battalion, was promoted to major and battalion commander of the artillery battalion; Sun Xiong, former commander of the second company of the artillery battalion, was promoted to captain and deputy commander of the artillery battalion.

At the same time, these two people continued to serve as company commanders.

It can be said that the artillery battalion is completely controlled by Chen Ziyun's confidants.

The 358th regiment began to quickly replenish its troops, and by two o'clock in the morning on the 31st, their battalions had been replenished.

At this time, their four infantry battalions had a combat strength of 800 people.

Counting the artillery battalion, cavalry battalion, reconnaissance platoon and other troops, their strength is about 4000.

You must know that the infantry divisions of many non-branded armies usually have only four to five thousand troops.

After two o'clock in the morning, the independent 48th brigade began to supplement the 11th reserve regiment and the troops directly under the brigade headquarters.

After dawn, the 11th reserve regiment was replenished. Of course, they are currently in a state of absence.

If this force wants to return to full strength, it still needs to wait until the security team dispatched by the first theater comes to replenish it.

By ten o'clock in the morning, the 48th Independent Brigade was replenished as a whole.

Chu Yunfei also immediately announced the orders of the General Command of the Seventh Army and the Chief of the Second Theater Command.

Chen Ziyun was transferred to the colonel and head of the 358th regiment, and at the same time continued to serve as the infantry commander of the independent 48th brigade.

Wu Ziqiang, the commander of the Fifth Battalion, was promoted to the acting head of the 11th Preparatory Regiment, and at the same time continued to serve as the commander of the Fifth Battalion.

Qian Bojun, former acting head of the 358 regiment, was transferred to the supplementary regiment as head.

Zhang Fugui dismissed the position of head of the supplementary regiment and was reassigned as the lieutenant colonel of the supplementary regiment.

Zhou Wenbo, the company commander of the field artillery company directly under the brigade headquarters, served as the captain and deputy battalion commander of the field artillery battalion.

Due to the lack of sufficient artillery officers, Zhu Mingxuan, the commander of the artillery company directly under the original 358 regiment, was transferred to the field artillery battalion as the company commander.

This artillery company is currently attached to the 11th Reserve Regiment.

After this adjustment, the Independent 48th Brigade has a stronger artillery unit.

The brigade headquarters is directly under the Field Artillery Battalion, which has four Liao-made 77MM field artillery pieces and six Liao-made 75M field artillery pieces.

The 358th regiment is directly under the artillery battalion, with six Bofors mountain guns and six Type [-] mountain guns.

The 11th reserve regiment and the supplementary regiment are directly under the artillery company, and each artillery company is equipped with four Jin-made 75MM mountain cannons.

They have a full 24 artillery pieces, far exceeding the [-] artillery pieces of an artillery regiment of the Jinsui Army.

In addition, each infantry battalion will also have 81MM, 82MM, and 75MM mortars directly under it.

Even in the supplementary regiment, there is an additional regiment directly under the 82MM mortar company!

Such an artillery unit has a strong artillery strike capability.

After the independent 48th brigade was replenished, they began to run in.

However, there was still no fighting in Xinxian County. The Japanese and puppet troops were stuck in the hilly area, and they did not move.

The Independent 48th Brigade besieged it and did not take the initiative to attack it.

As for Li Yunlong's new regiment, they were supplemented soon after contact.

Compared with the Jinsui Army and other troops, they directly recruited strong men, and transferred local security regiments to supplement field troops.

The supplementary system of the Eighth Route Army is relatively complete, and they have gradually established a corresponding system.

Militia, district squads, guerrillas, county brigades and other local armed forces can quickly replenish the field troops at any time.

Moreover, most of the soldiers they added were soldiers who had touched guns, or even soldiers who had fired guns and fought against little devils.

In this regard, it is definitely much better than temporary pull-ups and the deployment of a security team to supplement them.

At this time, Li Yunlong's new regiment was restored to 2000 troops, and there were more than 100 militiamen to assist in transportation.

They didn't get much benefit from this battle, but they captured a lot of ammunition.

And they also found a bargain from the battlefield. At present, Sun Desheng's cavalry company has two hundred horses and corresponding weapons and equipment.

Of course, the new regiment is also facing a problem, that is, there is no corresponding cavalry to supplement.

It's just that this problem can't be difficult for Li Yunlong. He arranged for Zhao Gang to take the captured more than 300 Liao-made rifles and go directly to the north to find the 120th Division troops.

The 120th Division is mainly active in areas such as northern Shanxi, which is close to the Suicha Grassland area.

So riding a horse is not difficult for the people here.

Li Yunlong wanted to use the 120 division to add some soldiers who could ride horses.

Li Yunlong was excited just thinking about the 200-man cavalry unit.

On the evening of the 31st, Zhao Gang came with some soldiers, and the cavalry company directly under Li Yunlong's regiment also expanded to 200 people!

The troops can be said to be strong and strong, and Li Yunlong began to look at the hilly area.

For him, Li Yunlong, the thousands of Japanese puppet troops in the hilly area are fat to the lips.

"It is definitely impossible for more than 2000 people from our new regiment to eat them, but there is also Chu Yunfei's independent 48th brigade here."

"Are they vegetarians? I don't believe that Chu Yunfei has no ambition at all?"

"Old Zhao, let me tell you directly, if we can't capture the little devil's mountain cannons this time, our Xinyi regiment will lose the battle."

"Your old Zhao, just go and ask, when did our old Li lose a battle!"

"So many comrades have died here, if they don't win the battle, can they be worthy of them?"

Faced with Zhao Gang's persuasion, Li Yunlong stared and said.

This time the Xinyi Regiment lost a lot in the battle in Xin County, and Li Yunlong was not one to suffer.

Li Yunlong was sharpening his sword, ready to attack the Japanese and puppet troops in the hilly area again.

And at three o'clock in the morning on September [-]st, the security team dispatched from the first war zone came to the front line of Xin County.

With the direct replenishment of this security regiment to the reserve 11th regiment, the independent 48th brigade at this time has a very strong force.

The 358 regiment has six battalions with a strength of about 4000 people.

The 11th Reserve Regiment has three battalions and one artillery company, with a strength of 2000 and [-] people.

The supplementary regiment has three battalions and two artillery companies, with a strength of more than 2000 people.

The brigade headquarters is directly under the field artillery battalion, guard company, communication company, supply company and other troops. These troops have more than 1000 troops.

If you count the recruited civilians, the Independent 48th Brigade has tens of thousands of troops at this time.

Of course, there are some non-combatants in these troops.

At present, the Independent 48th Brigade has three regiments and a large direct unit.

The more than 300 heavy soldiers of the supply company couldn't keep up with their work, so Chu Yunfei specially recruited civilian husbands.

These civilian husbands can assist in the transportation of materials and undertake the tasks of the heavy soldiers.

The Central Army, Jinsui Army and other troops have a common problem, that is, most of the troops are field personnel.

During combat, material transportation, rescue of the wounded, etc. all need field personnel to perform, which leads to a decline in their combat soldiers.

In order to prevent such things from happening, Chu Yunfei and Chen Ziyun paid out of their own pockets and recruited civilian workers to assist in the transportation of supplies.

At eight o'clock in the morning, the Independent 48th Brigade began to make operational adjustments.

Qian Bojun and Zhang Fugui commanded the supplementary regiment to be responsible for the defense of the county.

Chen Ziyun commanded the 358 regiment to be responsible for the defense of Qicun Town, Hesuo Town and the area south of the hilly area.

Chu Yunfei commanded the troops directly under the brigade headquarters, and Wu Ziqiang prepared the 11th regiment, which was deployed for defense in the area north of Xinkou Town.

The independent 48th Brigade has tens of thousands of troops and tightly encloses the hilly area.

At the same time, Chu Yunfei continued to conduct combat research, and he also planned to eat up the thousands of puppet troops in one bite.

As for Chen Ziyun, he didn't pay much attention to the Japanese and puppet troops during this period. He focused on understanding the situation of the subordinate battalions.

Needless to say, Li Yang Artillery Battalion, Chen Ziyun was completely relieved.

Four infantry battalions and one cavalry battalion were Chen Ziyun's focus.

On the side of the cavalry battalion, Chen Ziyun simply asked them to go to the Qicun Town area for direct training.

It is worth mentioning that the former commander of the 358st Battalion of the [-]th Regiment was injured in the previous defensive operations in Qicun Township.

During this period of time, he was in charge of the first battalion to rest for a long time, his injuries worsened, and he was forced to be sent to the rear for treatment.

The battalion commander of the first battalion was vacant, and the brigade headquarters made arrangements directly.

The first battalion of the 358th regiment was directly swapped with the seventh battalion of the 11th reserve regiment.

Chu Yu led the seventh battalion to the 358th regiment, while the first battalion came to the reserve 11th regiment.

At the same time, Chu Yunfei transferred his confidant to temporarily act as the battalion commander of the first battalion.

After adjustments, the 11th Reserve Regiment has one battalion, five battalions, and six battalions under its jurisdiction.

The 358 regiment has two battalions, three battalions, four battalions, and seven battalions under its jurisdiction.

The Seventh Battalion under Chu Yu's command was basically Qian Bojun and Zhang Fugui's old battalion.

This army was arranged under Chen Ziyun's command, which was obviously the best choice.

At twelve noon on September [-]st, the capital of Jin Province is too far away, and the headquarters of the Japanese First Army is here.

Major General Kusuyama Hideyoshi, Chief of Staff, and two Chiefs of the General Staff kept marking on the map, and they clearly marked the current combat situation.

Up to now, tens of thousands of reinforcement troops dispatched by the three security divisions under the First Army have come to the front line, and they quickly advance eastward from the Tongpu Railway.

These little devils are going to quickly blockade the area south of the 129th Division, thus launching a pincer attack on it.

The reinforcements drawn by the Front Army from Hebei Province have also joined forces with the Independent Mixed Eighth Brigade, and they are deployed on the Zhengtai Railway.

At this time, the First Army was actively implementing the previous combat plan, preparing to launch a north-south attack, encircling and annihilating the 129th Division in the area south of the Zhengtai Railway.

It's just that their tricks and schemes are ridiculous in front of Mr. Liu.

Based on the reports from various ministries, Commander Liu decisively judged the little devil's battle plan, so he launched a targeted deployment.

Their main force is gradually shifting towards the periphery, while one part stays on the inside for containment.

The two sides continued to have small-scale battles, but the Japanese army still could not capture the main force of the 129th Division.

(End of this chapter)