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

Chapter 224
The main force of the Independent 48th Brigade of the Shanxi-Sui Army assembled in the area west of Douluo Town, and the three infantry regiments directly under the troops lined up, ready to fight.

The three regiments of the Eighth Route gathered in the southeast area of ​​Douluo Town. They built a perfect position and closely monitored the movements of the Japanese and puppet troops.

After these troops appeared in Douluo Town, Mitake Tsuda, who originally planned to break out of the siege, immediately asked all the ministries to stand still.

He mobilized a small group of troops to move forward, set up a guard position, and checked the movements of the Jinsui Army and the Eighth Route Army.

At the same time, Mitake Tsuda immediately contacted the headquarters of the First Army and asked the commander Yoshio Shinozuka for tactical guidance.

The Independent 48th Brigade currently has three infantry regiments under it, directly under the field artillery battalion, guard company and other units, with a full strength of nearly 1.

It has ten battalions of infantry, two battalions of artillery, cavalry battalions, guard companies, reconnaissance platoons and other troops.

Although this force has been supplemented, the overall combat effectiveness has declined.

However, their large number of troops, coupled with the advantage of artillery, can make up for it.

Not to mention the more than 4000 troops improvised by the Japanese and puppet troops, even the fully established Fourth Independent Field Brigade may not be its opponent.

What's more, besides the independent 48th Brigade, there are also three regiments of the Eighth Route near Douluo Town.

Li Yunlong's new regiment, Ding Weixin's second regiment, and Kong Jie's independent regiment have a total strength of more than 4000 people.

Except for the independent regiment, the other two regiments have strong combat effectiveness.

These two groups of troops were obviously coming towards the puppet army of Douluo Zhenri. When they were merged together, there were more than 1 troops.

The more than 4000 Japanese and puppet troops, even though they have artillery and armored troops, still do not have an advantage.

Even if Tsuda Mitake is brainless, he knows that if he breaks out without authorization, he may be divided and attacked.

Therefore, he temporarily abandoned the breakout plan and held on to the spot, waiting for the command of the First Army Command.

The troops of the two sides faced off temporarily, and neither of them took the initiative to launch any combat operations.

Of course, since Chen Ziyun proposed to bring the Japanese and puppet troops together, he naturally had considerations.

You must know that the more than 2000 Japanese puppet troops who came from Yangqu only carried combat ammunition.

They didn't bring much food, and Tsuda Mitake's troops also evacuated in a panic, and they didn't bring much food either.

Food and drink is a big problem for these more than 4000 troops.

If they stick to it for a long time, they will either starve to death or die of thirst.

So at a certain time, the Japanese and puppet troops had only one choice, and that was to forcefully break out of the encirclement.

As long as they break through, the various ministries can give full play to their weapon advantages and deal a heavy blow to their breakout troops.

The current situation is that the independent 48th brigade and other troops can completely afford it, but the Japanese and puppet troops do not have the capital to consume it for a long time.

Tsuda Mitake also knows the material situation of his troops, so he hopes that the First Army can give tactical guidance.

The little devil's so-called tactical guidance is actually a request for support.

However, the current operational focus of the First Army Command is on the Zhengtai Railway. Yoshio Shinozuka commanded more than 129 troops in an attempt to capture the main force of the [-]th Division and annihilate it.

He was able to mobilize more than 2000 days of puppet troops to fight in Xin County, which is already the limit of the First Army.

It is obviously impossible for Tsuda Mitake to continue to receive support.

The headquarters of the First Army here just sent a reply, saying that they would arrange for the air force to drop supplies to ensure that the Japanese and puppet troops in Douluo Town had enough food and drink.

In addition, Shinozuka Yoshio also has ideas here. Doluo Town has more than 4000 puppet troops, including artillery and armored soldiers.

He also hoped that Mitake Tsuda would be able to defend and ensure that there were still Japanese and puppet troops in Xin County.

After all, if all the troops in Xin County were to be withdrawn, it would mean that the entire territory of Xin County would be recovered.

If it gets out, it will also affect the prestige of the First Army.

Before that, more than 2000 troops of Tsuda Biwu were facing a blow, and they were almost wiped out.

In order to ensure that the troops will not suffer a devastating blow, the First Army must withdraw them.

But the situation is different now, the First Army hopes that they can stick to it.

The First Army Command had repeated power generation contacts with Mitake Tsuda, and they communicated on this issue.

Douluo Town currently has about [-] Japanese and puppet infantry, hundreds of artillery and armored soldiers.

The main weapons and equipment of the infantry of the Japanese puppet army are light and heavy machine guns and grenadier mortars.

But with hundreds of artillery and armored troops, there are 23 artillery pieces and [-] armored vehicles!

It is no exaggeration to say that such a unit can easily fight an infantry division of the Central Army.

After all, even if it is the direct line of the Central Army, if each division can produce about ten mountain artillery and field artillery, it is the treatment of an elite division.

The little devil has sixteen field cannons, four howitzers, and three mountain cannons.

With twelve armored vehicles, four thousand infantry can demonstrate strong combat effectiveness.

Even if it is an army of the Jinsui Army, they are sure to win.

But the independent 48th Brigade of the Jinsui Army, this Japanese and puppet army cannot afford to provoke!
The main reason is that the overall combat level of the Independent 48th Brigade is not weak, and secondly, they also have artillery units.

The entire brigade of the Independent 48th Brigade is not counted as mortars. There are two artillery battalions and three artillery companies for mountain artillery and field artillery alone.

This is equivalent to the strength of three artillery battalions, with 36 different types of mountain artillery and field artillery.

The most important point is that under the training of Chen Ziyun, these artillerymen have strong combat effectiveness.

Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka, Commander of the Japanese Army, Major General Hideyoshi Kusuyama, Chief of Staff, and Major General Tsuda Mitake, Head of the Brigade, had a discussion.

By one o'clock in the morning on September [-]th, they had finalized the battle plan for the Japanese puppet army in Douluo town.

The Japanese puppet army here is under the command of Tsuda Meiwu, and they are trying their best to stick to Douluo Town.

The aviation unit will deploy no less than eight aircraft to provide support for them.

The air force will not only drop supplies to them, but will also bomb the Eight Route Army and the Jinsui Army near Douluo Town.

What Mitake Tsuda needs to do is to stick to the Douluo town area with all his strength, and try to contain the nearby independent 48th brigade, Xinyi regiment and other troops as much as possible.

The First Army Command also has relevant combat plans here, and they also have considerable ambitions.

They tried in vain to solve the 129th Division on the Zhengtai Railway, and then quickly advance along the railway and directly advance to Xin County to fight.

Shinozuka Yoshio intends to command more than 2 troops to enter Xin County to completely eliminate the independent 48th Brigade and other troops.

Of course, the First Army also has a preparatory plan, that is, even if the main force of the 129th Division cannot be captured.

Then they can also command the troops to enter Xin County, so as to obtain the results of the battle.

The little devil wants to give priority to attacking the 129th Division, annihilate it, and fight in Xin County.

When it is really impossible to find the main force of the 129th Division to fight, they will also quickly advance to Xin County to fight.

After receiving the telegram order, Major General Tsuda Mitake, the commander of the brigade of the Japanese Army, quickly contacted various ministries without any hesitation.

By three o'clock in the morning, the Japanese and puppet troops in Douluo Town had completely given up the idea of ​​breaking out and put all their efforts into a defensive state.

With Douluo Town as the core, they continued to expand outward, occupying the main roads of the village, and building firepower points for defense.

At the same time, in order to prevent night attacks, they set up a warning position in front of the main defensive position.

In front of these security positions, security posts will also be set up, and mobile sentries will be responsible for standing guard.

The Japanese and puppet troops were busy overnight. They began to dig bunkers and build trenches in different areas.

The artillery unit and the armored unit are also commanded by Tsuda Meiwu himself.

One after another, artillery positions have been built, and these artillery positions are very concealed.

The armored vehicle units are also hidden, and they will attack at critical times.

After four o'clock, the sky gradually became brighter.

The Japanese and puppet troops are still building positions, but they are very cautious, obviously worried that they will be bombarded.

By five o'clock, the brigade headquarters of the Independent 48th Brigade had already received relevant reports.

Chu Yunfei took Fang Ligong directly to the forward position of the 358 regiment, accompanied by regiment leader Chen Ziyun, to check the dynamics of the Japanese and puppet troops.

"Ziyun, judging from the dynamics of the Japanese and puppet troops, it seems that they have no plans to break out."

"Instead they started to spread out and appeared to be preparing to hold out."

"If they stick to it completely, then our battle plan will come to naught."

Chu Yunfei raised his binoculars to observe, with a solemn expression on his face.

Letting Yangqu reinforcements come to Douluo Town is to let all the Japanese and puppet troops break out of the encirclement.

The independent 48th brigade and other troops can immediately launch an attack when they break through, so as to try to annihilate them with minimal casualties.

But the Japanese and puppet troops will join together, and if they stick to their positions, their strength will increase.

If you want to completely annihilate these Japanese and puppet troops, you will definitely have to pay more casualties.

"Commander Chen, the Japanese and puppet troops are definitely going to defend Douluo Town to the death."

"There are more than 4000 troops, including artillery and armor. Their comprehensive defense is definitely a tough bone."

"But they must be lacking in supplies. If they stick to it... No, the Japanese army has an aviation advantage."

"Regimental Commander Chen, they can use the air force to carry out airdrops to replenish supplies!"

Fang Ligong also immediately said that he was the chief of staff after all, and he immediately analyzed the Japanese army's supplementary channels.

Chen Ziyun was not too surprised, after all, the battlefield changes rapidly.

The so-called soldiers are impermanent, and water is impermanent. The Japanese and puppet troops will break through and hold on.

This point, Chen Ziyun can guess.

As for the Japanese and puppet troops wanting to supplement through aviation, Chen Ziyun also expected this.

"Travel seat, attend seat."

"Since they want to stay put, we will trap them to death."

"If the Japanese and puppet troops want to stick to it, they definitely need airdrops from the aviation force."

"Then we need to make preparations in advance, and we can't let the little devil's air force accurately throw supplies into the control area of ​​the Douluo Zhenri puppet army."

With a serious expression on Chen Ziyun's face, he immediately made a suggestion.

To deal with the little devils' aviation troops, what Chen Ziyun can do now is to force them not to lower their flying altitude too much.

At this time, there is no precise guidance technology. The only way to accurately throw is to lower the flight altitude.

The area of ​​Douluo Town controlled by the Japanese and puppet troops is not very large. As long as the aviation soldiers are forced not to lower their heights, then the supplies they airdrop may fall.

The six Liao-made 77mm field guns in the Field Artillery Battalion can shoot air-to-air through adjustments.

Before, Chen Ziyun commanded these field artillery and shot down a plane of the little devil.

Now he intends to repeat the same trick, using field guns to shoot into the air.

Another way is to concentrate some light and heavy machine guns and organize air-to-air shooting, which can also pose a threat to the little devil's air force.

In the next time, Chen Ziyun personally deployed, and he built some anti-aircraft firepower.

At the same time, Chu Yunfei also immediately dispatched messengers to directly contact the Xinyi Regiment and other troops.

By nine o'clock in the morning, the little devil's air force was long overdue.

Six planes appeared in the sky over Douluo Town. They were very cautious and gradually lowered their altitude.

Although the First Army Command stated in the telegram that there would be no less than eight planes for support, in fact the little devil didn't have that many planes.

After all, the Eighth Route Army launched a large-scale sabotage battle this time, and aviation troops are needed to cooperate everywhere.

The First Army even mobilized the main force of the aviation force to closely search for the position of the main force of the 129th Division.

Being able to deploy six planes to Xin County is already the limit of the aviation force.

"Boom boom boom."

"Clap clap clap."

"Da da da."

As the little devil's air force prepares to lower the plane's altitude, it's time to airdrop supplies.

The Independent 48th Brigade quickly launched a fire strike here, and a large number of bullets and shells continued to hit the air.

With the sound of an explosion, bursts of smoke appeared in the air.

The six planes hurriedly raised the altitude and flew away quickly.

At [-]:[-], the six planes returned to Douluo Town.

This time they did not lower the altitude, but directly airdropped supplies.

Boxes of supplies began to fall from the sky with parachutes, and umbrella flowers appeared all over the sky.

When the Japanese and puppet troops saw these supplies, smiles appeared on their faces.

But their smiles didn't last long, because they were thrown from a high altitude, and these materials were blown by the wind.

A lot of supplies landed directly outside the positions of the Japanese and puppet troops, and only a small amount of supplies landed in areas controlled by the Japanese and puppet troops.

Tsuda Mitake raised his binoculars to check, with a serious expression on his face.

He knew the importance of these supplies, so he hastily issued a combat order.

The puppet army security regiment troops drawn from the too far area, and the puppet Mongolian army garrison troops drawn from the Suicha area began to attack.

They quickly moved towards the supplies, ready to snatch them.

But when they left the position, the artillery battalion directly under the 358 regiment began shelling.

Li Yang and Sun Xiong commanded twelve mountain cannons, and immediately launched precise bombardment.

A round of shells hit the puppet army, and these puppet troops paid casualties.

The other puppet troops were so frightened that they quickly withdrew their positions and did not dare to attack at all.

Chen Ziyun began to personally command the artillery unit to fight, and tried his best to suppress the Japanese and puppet troops.

The Japanese and puppet troops could not take away the supplies that fell outside the area controlled by the Japanese and puppet troops.

Within a day, the Japanese and puppet troops tried various methods, but nothing was gained.

Instead, they suffered more than 100 casualties. Mitake Tsuda was so angry that he could only ask the troops to stop their actions.

(End of this chapter)