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

Chapter 239

Yamazaki Zhihei was born in a samurai family and has received a series of training since childhood.

In the non-commissioned officer military academy, after Lu Jun graduated from university, Yamazaki Zhihei changed his normal routine and went directly to the path of a staff officer.

There are two ways to go in the Japanese army, one is to directly command the troops to fight, and the other is to get promoted through the staff.

Up to now, Yamazaki Zhihei has developed well, and he is already the staff officer of the infantry regiment headquarters.

In the 36th division, he also handled the relationship very well, so he got the opportunity to command the troops to fight this time.

Now he has commanded the troops to go deep into the base area and has gained something.

Yamazaki Zhihei knew very well that as long as he could command the troops to block the attack of the Eight Route Army, it would be a great achievement.

"Judging from the attack scale of the Eighth Route Army, their main force has already begun to dispatch."

"If we destroy their rear hospital, then they will definitely mobilize all troops to destroy us."

"Lijiapo is easy to defend and difficult to attack. We have such an advantage. As long as we stick to this place, we will naturally be able to block their attacks."

"Quickly report to the division headquarters, we can attract all their main forces to attack here."

"The division and regiment headquarters can contact the army headquarters to mobilize our main force to help quickly, so that we can cooperate internally and externally."

"Hehehe, as long as the reinforcements can come, then our center will blossom and give them a fatal blow."

"You must know that it is very difficult to capture the main force of the Eighth Route Army for annihilation. This time is a rare opportunity."

Yamazaki Zhihei immediately built his own headquarters, he called the communication soldier, and immediately issued an order.

He is going to use his troops to defend Lijiapo and attract the main force of the Eighth Route to attack.

After attracting the main force of the Eighth Route to Lijiapo, the First Army can quickly dispatch reinforcements to help them.

In this way, they should cooperate internally and externally, thus completely annihilating the main force of the Eighth Route.

"Hi!" The little devil's messenger quickly agreed.

The Japanese troops stationed in Lijiapo for defense with all their strength, and they set up a perfect defensive position.

Artillery units and heavy machine gun units are all deployed towards the highest point of Lijiapo.

Lijiapo is a highland with broken walls and cliffs on three sides, and only a slope in the south can pass through the highest point.

The 12th and [-]th Squadrons of the Little Devils, with the assistance of the engineering troops, built a defensive position directly on the slope.

The troops of the 36th Division participating in the mopping up this time were all drawn with strong combat effectiveness.

The unit commanded by Yamazaki Zhihei is the most elite unit drawn from these stronger combat units.

Therefore, the combat effectiveness of these more than 1000 little devils can almost reach the level of the elite troops of the permanent division of little devils.

Regardless of the fact that the 36th Division is organized according to the security and garrison divisions, according to the assumption of the base camp, they are mainly responsible for the defense and defense tasks in the occupied areas.

But in fact, after they came here in Jin Province, they were not simply defending the occupied area.

Up to now, they have participated in several offensive operations, and many troops have strong field combat capabilities.

Now Yamazaki Zhihei commanded more than 1000 people to stick to Lijiapo, and they launched effective defensive deployments.

This multi-arms force, using Lijiapo, began to build a perfect defensive position.

Yamazaki Zhihei, who was a consultant, gave guidance several times.

Even the construction of some core positions was personally in charge of Yamazaki Zhihei.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Brigadier Chen began to come to the front line to command.

When he saw the Japanese troops stationed in Lijiapo, Brigadier Chen showed a serious expression on his face.

It's just that before he had time to think about it, a call came from the headquarters.

The deputy commander-in-chief spoke directly with Brigadier Chen and asked them to wipe out the Yamazaki brigade in the shortest possible time!

After Brigadier Chen hung up the phone, he could only start organizing troops to launch an attack.

However, Lijiapo can only attack from the south. Although Brigadier Chen brought three regiments of troops, only one regiment was finally put into battle.

A regiment began to attack from the south, and the soldiers began to attack upwards, gradually advancing towards Lijiapo.

Not long after, the little devil's firepower began to unfold.

Seventh, the 12th Squadron concentrated on crooked light machine guns and grenade launchers.

Intensive machine gun fire completely blocked the way for the soldiers to advance.

A grenade fell accurately in the team, which greatly hindered the soldiers.

Even though the Eighth Route Army concentrated mortars, mountain artillery, and field artillery to cover the shelling.

But the little devil has a crooked light machine gun, and the grenade is very light, and a little devil can hold it and move quickly.

The Eighth Route Army lacked artillery ammunition and could not form effective artillery suppression.

The gunfire continued, and the 386 brigade continued to attack, but they couldn't make much progress.

Even the little devils set up a defensive position on a slope, they couldn't break through.

The Japanese heavy weapons deployed at the highest point did not shoot at all.

For the little devil, it is still very easy to block the attack of the Eight Route Army.

Brigadier Chen raised his binoculars to check, with a serious expression on his face.

The battle was still going on, the three regiments attacked in turn, but they never got anything, instead their casualties continued to increase.

The battle lasted until after seven o'clock in the afternoon. After the sky became dark, Brigadier Chen temporarily stopped the attack.

He called the cadres together, began to summarize, and discussed the night attack plan.

At the same time, in the area west of Xin County, the Xinyi Regiment is stationed.

Li Yunlong stood in front of the map cursing and complaining that Zhao Gang was the one.

"Old Zhao, they just bully you to be honest and dare not speak."

"Go and find out, in our brigade, who the hell dares to compete with our old Li for the main attack mission."

"It's good now, let alone the main attack mission, even the reserve team mission."

"I said why you old Zhao are so timid, why don't you dare to fight with the brigade commander!"

"If we, Old Li, don't give the main task, then I won't be polite."

"I'll just say, one raging soldier, one raging general."

Li Yunlong was exhausted during this period of time, and the new regiment had been rested and replenished, and it could be described as a strong army.

At the beginning of time, the Japanese and puppet troops in Xin County were building positions, and he sent a request for instructions, hoping to get an order to attack.

However, Brigadier Chen did not approve, so Lao Li spent a lot of time for this, and directly got through the phone with the brigade headquarters.

He personally called Brigadier Chen, hoping to get an order to attack.

As a result, Brigadier Chen criticized him, which made Lao Li doubt life a little bit.

Li Yunlong also thought about attacking without authorization, but when he thought of what Brigadier Chen said about disobeying orders and dismissing him for investigation, he calmed down.

It is rare to have a combat opportunity now, so Li Yunlong naturally hopes to get the main attack mission.

As a result, when Zhao Gang came back, let alone the main attack mission, even the reserve team mission was not the turn of Xinyi Regiment.

Li Yunlong definitely couldn't accept it, he was always scolding his mother.

Zhao Gang could bear it at first, but in the end Li Yunlong's words got worse and worse, so he opened his mouth to refute.

The two of them were at war, but fortunately, Kong Jie, the head of the independent regiment, came and dragged Zhao Gang away from the regiment headquarters.

Li Yunlong scolded in the regiment headquarters for a while, and when he saw no one calmed down, he sat at the head of the pit and sulked directly.

At nine o'clock in the evening, Yangcun area, where the independent 48th brigade is stationed.

During this period of time, the Independent 48th Brigade was very busy, and the officers and soldiers had no rest time at all.

They train during the day and study at night.

Chu Yunfei organized a teaching team in the Independent 48th Brigade, with himself as the captain, Chen Ziyun as the deputy captain, and Fang Ligong as the instructor.

They successively incorporated some platoon leaders and company commanders into the teaching team to study, thereby enhancing their commanding ability.

In addition, each regiment also followed the gourd painting, and organized the teaching company directly under each regiment.

This teaching company mainly gathers the squad leaders and veterans of each squad for training.

The squad leaders of each squad have to learn squad platoon command, while the veterans mainly learn the squad's offensive and defensive tactics.

The independent 48th brigade is not only to enhance the combat effectiveness of the whole brigade, but they are also constantly improving the commanding capabilities of officers.

Chu Yunfei also bought a lot of related books at his own expense, and studied and discussed with Chen Ziyun and others, so as to improve his command ability.

And every week, the brigade headquarters will organize officers above the battalion to conduct combat simulations at the brigade headquarters.

They are constantly inferring various combat situations on the map sand table.

And they also reviewed the battles that happened before.

For example, in Cangyunling and other battles, Chen Ziyun taught directly on the spot.

From the end of the battle in September to the present, in more than a month, the independent 48th brigade has undergone great changes.

The best proof is that Liang Guoping, the lieutenant colonel of the 358 regiment, has greatly improved his artillery command ability at this time.

And in terms of infantry and artillery coordinated combat command, Liang Guoping is also making continuous progress.

Lieping people like Liang Guoping have made such progress, and the achievements of other officers can be imagined.

Of course, Qian Bojun, the head of the 12th regiment, and Zhang Fugui, the lieutenant colonel, were busy with other things.

The two men worked together again, and now they want to completely win over the officers and soldiers of the 12th Regiment.

They even kept in touch with various parties in private a few times, hoping to sell themselves a good price.

However, Chen Ziyun paid close attention to their situation, so there were limits to what they could do.

At ten o'clock in the evening on November 48st, the brigade headquarters of the [-]th Independent Brigade.

As the brigade's communications corps called each regiment one after another, the heads and regiments of each regiment came to the brigade headquarters one after another.

"Everyone, according to the latest news we have received, the eighth road in the Lijiapo area south of the Zhengtai Railway is engaged in a fierce battle with the Japanese army."

"Currently, the main forces of the Eighth Route are gathering to fight here one after another. The specific situation is temporarily unknown."

"However, the Minister's Department has passed the news that the Japanese army in Jin Province has been mobilized on a large scale."

"Even the units directly under the North China Front in Hebei Province and directly under the Central Government show signs of mobilization."

"The Minister's Department requires us to enter a combat state and be ready to participate in combat at any time."

After Chen Ziyun and other regiment leaders and regiment attaches arrived at the brigade headquarters, Chief of Staff Fang Ligong pointed to the map and immediately explained the situation.

Yamazaki Zhihei's telegram had already been forwarded to the First Army Command, and the First Army Command immediately made corresponding deployments.

Shinozuka Yoshio mobilized the troops of Jin Province, ready to rush to help, thus completely annihilating the main force of the Eighth Route.

He also sent a call to the North China Front Army here, and the commander of the Front Army Tada Jun immediately issued an order when he saw such a rare fighter.

The front army is directly under the direct control, and the troops directly under the central government have successively assembled in the western part of Hebei Province. They are ready to enter Hebei Province through railways and highways to assist in combat at any time.

When Yan Laoxi received this series of reports, he also became a little worried.

If the Independent 48th Brigade hadn't achieved this series of victories, he certainly wouldn't have worried that the little devil would attack the Jinsui Army.

However, the three major generals killed by the little devil were all related to the independent 48th brigade.

Now on Yan Laoxi's side, there are still little devils with guns!
He was worried that the little devils would gather such a large number of troops that after finishing off the Eighth Route Army, they would advance westward and finish off the Jinsui Army troops in the western Shanxi region.

So Yan Laoxi immediately contacted the Independent 48th Brigade to get them ready for battle.

He planned to send troops to fight at a critical time to support the Eighth Route Army.

Yan Laoxi is very shrewd, and he still knows the reason why his lips are dead and his teeth are cold.

The Independent 48th Brigade received an order here, so it was natural to report it as soon as possible.

After Chen Ziyun listened to Fang Ligong's introduction, he knew without thinking that this must be the outbreak of Lijiapo's battle.

The Lijiapo battle was a very important battle. If the Li Yunlong regiment hadn't wiped out the Yamazaki brigade quickly in the original play, the consequences would have been disastrous.

A large number of little devil reinforcements have appeared on the periphery, and they may come to counter the encirclement at any time.

Now that he heard Fang Ligong's introduction, Chen Ziyun also knew that because of his appearance, there was obviously a big change.

After all, in the original drama, the troops directly under the North China Front Army of Hebei Province and directly under the Central Government did not participate in the war.

"There are already more Japanese and puppet troops assembled here in Xinxian County. Once the Japanese army gains major results in the south of the Zhengtai Railway."

"Then with their character, they will definitely advance to us and launch a combat strike against the Jinsui Army."

"So we have to make preparations in advance. As long as we get the approval of the Minister's Department, we will immediately support the Eight Routes to fight."

"As for how to support the Eight Routes to fight, now we need to have a good discussion."

"If you have any ideas, you can speak freely."

Immediately after Chu Yunfei got up, he looked towards the officers and said with a serious expression on his face.

When the officers heard this, they couldn't help but looked at each other with thoughtful expressions on their faces.

They also know the situation in Xin County. The Japanese and puppet troops have tens of thousands of troops, and their weapons and equipment are not weak.

If they want to support the Eighth Route Army, it seems that they can only continue to attack Xin County.

But if they want to attack Xin County, it may be difficult for them now.

Even if their own strength has been improved, the Japanese puppet army is no longer a soft persimmon.

For a while, these officers talked softly, but no one made effective combat suggestions.

Chu Yunfei and Fang Ligong looked at each other, and there was inevitably some helplessness on their faces.

There are only a handful of useful talents in the independent 48th brigade, which makes them very helpless.

So Chu Yunfei's eyes naturally fell on Chen Ziyun.

(End of this chapter)