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

Chapter 222 Chen Ziyun Meets Kong Jie (Subscribe)

The First Army issued a combat order, and Major General Ikegami Kenkichi, the head of the Independent Mixed Ninth Brigade, bit the bullet and carried out the combat order.

He mobilized about 2000 Japanese troops and [-] puppet troops, and put together a reinforcement of [-] people.

The 2000 reinforcements had already begun to march quickly from Yangqu under the cover of [-] armored vehicles, and marched directly towards Douluo Town.

There are local personnel from the Eighth Route in Yangqu. After they learned about the situation, they immediately contacted the Xinyi Regiment.

When Zhao Gang got the news, he didn't dare to delay, and immediately reported to Li Yunlong.

Li Yunlong's expression changed when he heard reinforcements coming from Yangqu.

Even though they have the strength of three regiments now, the puppet army of Douluo Zhenri is not weak.

Otherwise, with Lao Li's character, how could he be trapped in the surroundings instead of actively attacking.

There are currently 23 artillery pieces in the Douluozhen Japanese puppet army, and these artillery pieces make Lao Li very afraid.

Among other things, the eight Liao-made field guns and the eight Japanese-style field guns are enough to give Li Yunlong a headache.

What's more, they also have four 100MM howitzers and three [-]-style mountain guns.

With the assistance of such a large number of artillery, if the Xinyi regiment and other troops want to attack by force, they will definitely suffer.

Li Yunlong and others are preparing to adopt a siege strategy, allowing the Japanese and puppet troops to break out of the encirclement on their own initiative, and then attack them.

Or wait until the Independent 48th Brigade has dealt with the little devils in Xinxian County, and they will come to their aid before launching an attack.

After all, the Independent 48th Brigade also has enough artillery to form a suppression.

But the situation is different now. There are Japanese and puppet reinforcements here in Yangqu.

Once these Japanese and puppet troops get together, the consequences will be disastrous.

"We can't let the Japanese and puppet troops from Yangqu come over, otherwise they will be even more tough when they unite together."

"We must stop the Yangqu reinforcements in the area south of Baizi Mountain and Crouching Tiger Mountain, so that they cannot approach Douluo Town."

"Old Ding, your New Second Regiment and our New First Regiment are fully defending the highlands of Baizi Mountain and Crouching Tiger Mountain to block the Yangqu reinforcements."

"Old Kong, the Independence Regiment is scattered around Douluo Town. If the Japanese and puppet troops here want to break out of the siege, you will launch guerrilla warfare against them."

"Old Zhao, you send messengers to the county seat immediately to report the situation to the Jinsui Army troops."

Li Yunlong had a serious expression on his face. After thinking for a while, he decisively issued a combat order.

For him, the Yangqu reinforcements are more threatening, so he must deploy the main force on the high ground for defense.

Moreover, the Japanese and puppet troops in Douluo Town wanted to break out of the encirclement, so their going north was a dead end.

The only way for this Japanese and puppet army to break through is to go south. The New First Regiment and the New Second Regiment stick to Baizi Mountain and Crouching Tiger Mountain, and they can also do their best to prevent the little devils from breaking through.

For a time, the three regiments of the Eighth Route quickly mobilized their forces, and they quickly advanced towards different areas.

The New First Regiment and the New Second Regiment gathered in Baizi Mountain and Crouching Tiger Mountain one after another. They immediately set up positions and made preparations for blocking.

Zhang Dabiao's first battalion was directly drawn out by Li Yunlong and deployed in Zhuangmo Town. They were to serve as the general reserve team.

At nine o'clock, bombers came over the battlefield.

The little devil bomber began to lower the flying altitude cautiously. When they found that the ground was the Eighth Route Army, these airmen had no fear.

The six bombers immediately lowered their altitude and began to drop aerial bombs with precision.

They mainly carried out intensive bombing on Baizi Mountain and Crouching Tiger Mountain in an attempt to defeat the Eighth Route Army by bombing.

However, the last time Li Yunlong fought in Xinkou Town, he suffered a lot from the bombing.

So he learned his lesson, and the various ministries have built air-raid shelters on the high ground, specifically to avoid the bombing of the little devils.

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

Countless trees were instantly destroyed, and some trunks burned directly.

Gunpowder smoke covered the highlands, and the sky was full of dust.

Even though the ministries built air-raid shelters in advance, some cadres and soldiers still suffered casualties in the face of such a level of bombing.

The smell of blood spread along the air, and the temperature of the highland continued to rise.

The reinforcements of the Yangquri Puppet Army quickly moved north along Gaozhuang Village and Shangyuan Village with the help of aviation cover.

From Yangqu to Douluo Town, there are two roads that can pass.

One is to go through Zhuangmo Town in the west and make a detour to Douluo Town.

The other is to go directly north through Gaozhuang Village and Shangyuan Village in the east to reach Douluo Town.

But at the center of these two roads, there are highlands such as Baizi Mountain and Crouching Tiger Mountain.

The New First Regiment and the New Second Regiment are currently stationed here on the high ground, and they can block these two roads.

However, under the air bombing, the Japanese and puppet reinforcements took the opportunity to quickly launch operations from Gaozhuang Village and Shangyuan Village on the east side.

The sentries who stayed in the position discovered the actions of the Japanese and puppet troops and hurriedly reported.

After Li Yunlong got the news, he immediately organized troops to intercept firepower.

The machine gun companies of the second battalion and the third battalion fired first, and a [-]-type heavy machine gun condescended to fire.

The dense bullets hit the Japanese and puppet troops in an instant, and some Japanese and puppet troops were shot and killed on the spot.

But as the machine gun fire was exposed, the little devils aviation began to continue to lower the altitude.

They used large-caliber aviation machine guns to directly fire.

A round of large-caliber bullets was fired, and the two machine gun companies suffered a large degree of damage.

Three of the heavy machine guns were destroyed!
At ten o'clock, the bombing and strafing by the little devils air force ended. They cleared up all the aerial bombs and bullets they brought, and then withdrew from the battlefield.

Li Yunlong's new regiment and Ding Weixin's second regiment suffered varying degrees of casualties.

But they still relied on their tenacious fighting will to intercept the Japanese and puppet troops in the Shangyuan Village area.

The new regiment began to concentrate the second and third battalions. The regiment was directly under the artillery company, and the mortar company launched firepower strikes.

But this Japanese puppet army was also not to be outdone, and they actively organized troops to fight back.

The armored vehicle squadron attached to the army headquarters launched fierce fire.

The Japanese armored vehicle squadron is equipped with twelve Type 3.5 heavy armored vehicles, which weigh [-] tons in total.

The main weapons are a 13MM large-caliber heavy machine gun mounted on the car body and a Type [-] light machine gun mounted on the turret.

There are three occupants in the car, namely the driver, the commander (light machine gun shooter), and the heavy machine gun shooter.

As the new regiment launched a fire attack on the high ground of Crouching Tiger Mountain, the intercepting reinforcements advanced towards the north.

The armored vehicle squadron actively launched a counterattack, and the 13MM heavy machine gun fired large-caliber bullets one after another.

Large-caliber bullets with strong penetrating power shot towards the exposed firepower point on the high ground one after another.

A Type [-] heavy machine gun was hit by a bullet before it could be transferred, and was destroyed on the spot.

Twelve armored vehicles and twelve large-caliber heavy machine guns fired a salvo, almost suppressing the new group of firepower.

A famous car commander did not show any weakness. They personally controlled the light machine gun of the turret and fired directly.

The Type [-] light machine gun is an upgraded version of the crooked handle light machine gun, which also uses a bucket for ammunition.

However, the difference is that the crooked light machine gun uses six five-round magazines in its magazine, while the Type [-] light machine gun can be loaded with ten five-round magazines.

This means that the magazine of the Type [-] light machine gun has a full fifty rounds of bullets.

As a well-known car commander fired, one round of 6.5MM shot towards the high ground one after another.

Li Yunlong's new regiment has been greatly suppressed.

The two sides continued to fight fiercely in the Shangyuan Village area, and it was difficult to tell the winner for the time being.

It was at this time that the battle here in Xinxian County had already achieved great results.

The 358th regiment had wiped out the third battalion of the Japanese field infantry at around nine o'clock.

Following Chen Ziyun's command, the 358th Regiment and other troops began to encircle and annihilate the Fourth Field Infantry Battalion on the west side with all their strength.

By 10:30, there were less than 400 little devils left in the Fourth Field Infantry Battalion.

Facing the attack of the three regiments, although these little devils wanted to resist tenaciously, they were not opponents at all.

358 regiments, reserve 11 regiments, supplementary regiments, and troops directly under the brigade headquarters.

They have ten infantry battalions, two artillery battalions, plus a super powerful guard company, and a reconnaissance platoon that is good at special operations.

These little devils were beaten, and there was almost no room for retaliation.

All kinds of shells are used to cover dense machine gun bullets. The assaulters with submachine guns and the riflemen with rifles continue to advance.

After reaching the distance, grenades were thrown out one by one, and the assaulters advanced rapidly with the help of smoke and dust.

After finding the little devil, he shot him with bullets.

Many Japanese soldiers were beaten into sieves, and there were also some little devils who didn't even leave their complete bodies.

"Bagaya Road!"

"Contact the Army Command and request the air force to carry out a carpet bombing of the county."

"These bastards, we will die with them!"

The Major Captain of the Fourth Brigade's face was livid after being beaten, and his eyes were full of anger.

The troops under his command are almost unable to shoot now, as long as they are exposed, they will immediately be hit by crazy firepower.

And the area they were defending was constantly bombarded by various artillery grenades, leaving the little devils with no place to hide.

Captain Shao Zuo knew that it was only a matter of time before his brigade was completely wiped out, and now he wanted to let the air force carry out carpet bombing.

In this way, even if they were all wiped out, the Jinsui army in the county would suffer heavy casualties.

It's just that his idea is good, but it is difficult to implement it.

The brigade headquarters is directly under the Field Artillery Battalion, and currently under the personal command of the deputy battalion commander Zhou Wenbo, a wave of rapid fire has begun.

Six Liao-made 75MM field guns and six Liao-made 77MM field guns fired successively.

Four 77MM field guns with detailed shooting parameter tables can accurately hit the target.

The little devil's radio was shelled and destroyed on the spot, and a dozen communication soldiers and orderlies were killed on the spot.

Major Major was not very far from the radio, so he was also affected.

He fell to the ground in disgrace, with a serious expression on his face.

Before he could react, a round of grenades hit him again.

A grenade landed not far from Captain Shao Zuo, and with the sound of the explosion, a cloud of blood appeared.

Immediately afterwards, the stump of the severed arm began to fall to the ground, and the commander of the Shaozuo Battalion was killed, and his body was also torn apart.

At eleven o'clock, Chu Yunfei's brigade headquarters advanced to the vicinity of the county again.

Chen Ziyun, who was commanding operations in the city, was also notified immediately, and he immediately went to the brigade headquarters.

"Ziyun, the Japanese and puppet troops have dispatched reinforcements in the area too far away. The strength is about 2000 people, and they are also equipped with armored vehicles."

"The Eighth Route Army has been attacked one after another. The situation is very dangerous. The remnants of the Japanese and puppet troops in Douluo Town may break out at any time."

"What's the situation in the battle in the city? Do we have enough troops to be dispatched quickly to support the battle in the south?"

After Chu Yunfei saw Chen Ziyun, he asked with a serious expression on his face.

Now Chu Yunfei has great ambitions, he wants to fight the war of annihilation.

The Japanese army was independently mixed into the Fourth Brigade, and the Mongolian army was stationed as a reinforcement unit. Chu Yunfei was planning to completely annihilate these two units.

In particular, the Major General Tsuda Mitake, the commander of the independent and mixed fourth brigade, had not been killed yet, so Chu Yunfei would definitely not give up the battle easily.

After all, in this battle, Chu Yunfei's main goal is to kill Mitake Tsuda.

He wants the little devil to know that if he dares to slaughter the people, the price will be blood!
"There are only more than 200 little devils in the city, but they are very tenacious and are still stubbornly resisting."

"Since the south needs to rush to help, the reserve 11th regiment and the reconnaissance platoon will stay and deal with the Japanese army in the city. It won't be too difficult."

"It's just... the brigade seat, the parlor seat, we will go south to directly cooperate with the Eight Route Army, and the officer's department..."

Chen Ziyun showed a embarrassed expression on purpose, he must want to separate himself from the relationship.

In order not to wait until the end of the battle, the Minister's Ministry will hold him accountable.

"I don't care about these things now, you just feel free to fight, and I will take all the responsibilities."

"If the Ministry of Ministers can't understand, then there is nothing we can do."

"After all, you can't let the little devils go because of these concerns."

Chu Yunfei glanced towards the south, and said with a firm expression on his face.

"Indeed, the fighter plane is fleeting. We have to wait for the order from the Minister's Department. It's too late."

"Commander Chen, the brigade headquarters will take all the responsibilities here, so you don't have to worry."

"What happened in Cangyun Ridge will never happen again."

Fang Ligong, the chief of staff at the side, also immediately expressed his opinion.

Up to now, the Independent 48th Brigade is a well-known force, and its series of victories are enough to disdain the Second Theater.

It is precisely because of these changes that Fang Ligong's attitude has obviously changed a lot.

In the past, Fang Ligong would definitely be the first to object to such a thing.

Chen Ziyun got the promise, so naturally there would be no delay.

At 358:[-], the [-]th Regiment, the Supplementary Regiment, the Field Artillery Battalion directly under the brigade headquarters, and the guard company withdrew from the county seat.

Under the command of Chen Ziyun, they quickly moved south towards Douluo Town to assist the Eighth Route Army in their operations.

Chu Yunfei's brigade headquarters was established in the county, and he will personally command the 11th reserve regiment to fight.

The 11th Preparatory Regiment currently has one battalion, five battalions, and six battalions.

Acting regiment leader Wu Ziqiang and battalion commander Shi Yujia are all Chu Yunfei's confidantes.

Chen Ziyun left them to fight in the county as a favor.

As long as the 11th regiment is prepared to wipe out the little devils in the city, it will be easier for Wu Ziqiang, the acting head of the regiment, to become a regular in the future.

The overall strength of the 11th Reserve Regiment is not weak, and with the cooperation of Wei Monk's reconnaissance platoon, there must be no problem in fighting in the city.

To the south of Xin County, Douluo Town.

As the Yangqu reinforcements began to fight against the New First Regiment and the New Second Regiment, the Japanese and puppet troops here in Douluo Town could not sit still.

A large number of Japanese and puppet troops began to take the initiative to attack all around, and they kept searching for the location of the independent regiment.

The artillery of each door is in a combat state and will start shelling at any time.

When Chen Ziyun brought his troops over, it was already a scuffle.

Tsuda Mitake commanded more than 2000 days of puppet troops to attack the independent regiment with all their strength, in an attempt to completely annihilate it.

The more than 1000 people in the independent regiment fought very passively. They could only conduct guerrillas in a scattered manner, so as to avoid major casualties.

However, the Japanese and puppet troops completely took the initiative, and they gradually moved towards the high ground, obviously wanting to reconcile with the reinforcements.

At twelve o'clock, Chen Ziyun commanded the troops to launch combat operations.

The artillery battalion and the field artillery battalion set up artillery positions and launched shelling directly.

The 358th regiment and the supplementary regiment cooperated to attack and directly attack the Japanese and puppet troops.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, Tsuda Mitake quickly withdrew his troops back to Douluo Town and continued to defend.

At 01:30, in a small village southwest of Douluo Town.

Chen Ziyun brought Qian Bojun, Zhang Fugui and other military officers to come, and at the same time, Kong Jie, the head of the independent regiment, also came to the small village.

Before the joint operations, the two sides only relied on messengers to communicate.

That's because the troops of both sides have an absolute advantage. They don't need to discuss the plan, they just need to attack with all their strength.

But the situation is different now. The puppet army in Douluo town for more than 2000 days has relatively strong strength.

Among other things, they have more than twenty artillery pieces, which is enough for any army to drink a pot.

What's more, here in the southern highlands, there are their reinforcement troops.

If the two sides cannot discuss a suitable combat plan, then the next battle will be very passive.

"The Seventh Group Army of the Second Theater is directly under the infantry commander of the independent 48th Brigade, and concurrently serves as the commander of the 358th Regiment Chen Ziyun."

"Qian Bojun, head of the Supplementary Regiment of the Independent 48th Brigade directly under the Seventh Army of the Second Theater, and Zhang Fugui attached to the regiment."

"Kong Jie, head of the Independent Regiment of the 129th Brigade of the 386th Division of the [-]th Group Army in the Second Theater."

After everyone met, they saluted each other, and then revealed their identities.

The Route Army was a regular designation 37 years ago. After the all-out war, starting in September, the Route Army designation was gradually cancelled, and it was renamed the Group Army.

It's just that the Eighth Route Army has continued the designation of the Route Army, so the designation of the Eighth Route Army is very resounding. When it comes to the Eighteenth Army, few people know it.

However, when communicating with other troops, the number of the Eighteenth Army must be used.

"Tuan Zhang, Qian Tuan, Zhang Tuanfu."

"Thank you for sending troops to help in time. I hope that your two departments can unite and fight together."

"We have had good cooperation several times before, and I believe we can also win this time and obtain results."

Kong Jie showed a smile on his face, and after saluting, he stretched out his hand and said.

Qian Bojun and Zhang Fugui ignored it and proudly stood aside, obviously not taking Kong Jie seriously.

(End of this chapter)