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

Chapter 253 Shooting Down a Bomber Again
"Boom boom boom."

The Yamamoto Special Forces continued to attack, and the guard company was clearly beginning to be suppressed.

A Japanese army quickly advanced towards the position, preparing to forcibly break through the position.

However, at this moment, the Field Artillery Battalion quickly provided artillery support.

Under the guidance of the artillery observation post, two Liao-made 77MM field guns directly shelled the Yamamoto Special Forces.

A round of grenades hit the Yamamoto Secret Service Team one after another. As the explosion sounded, the Secret Service Team paid casualties.

In particular, the covering firepower they set up in different areas has been hit to a greater extent.

A pair of MG13 general-purpose machine guns were destroyed one after another, and the Japanese army who controlled the general-purpose machine guns to shoot was blown to pieces.

With the help of artillery cover, the guard company quickly launched fierce fire.

Light and heavy machine guns concentrated fire to intercept the fire, and the special agent team was repelled.

Kazuki Yamamoto raised his binoculars to observe, with a solemn expression on his face.

After continuous training and combat, the secret service team has been enhanced with various weapons, and they already have strong combat capabilities.

And Kazuki Yamamoto also changed his tactics to allow the secret service team to have the ability to break through quickly.

They mainly adopt a surprise attack strategy, using 60MM mortars, MG13 general-purpose machine guns, and Type [-] sniper rifles for cover when attacking.

Czech-style light machine gun shooters, grenadiers, and riflemen followed the assaulters to attack, and they were responsible for close-range suppression and cover.

Many troops can't intercept such tactics at all. After all, the secret service team is elite and has a precise hit rate.

Many troops were killed on the spot before they could fully react after taking part in the battle.

But here in the guard company, the secret service team obviously encountered a tough problem.

Even though the Yamamoto Special Forces had the upper hand for a time, they were forced to withdraw under the cover of artillery.

"Your Excellency Captain, the one fighting us in front of us must be the most elite guard company of the Jinsui Army."

"This unit has a certain number of submachine guns and has strong combat effectiveness."

"The Jinsui Army fought several times before, and they all undertook important combat missions."

"According to the information obtained by the second section of the Army Command, this unit has killed many officers of the Imperial Army."

"Now that they appear here, the one in front of us must be Chu Yunfei's brigade headquarters."

The Yamamoto Special Forces retreated to avoid the shelling, and soon some officers came to Yamamoto Kazuki to report.

Kazuki Yamamoto raised his binoculars and looked at the guards in front of him, with a thoughtful expression on his face.

After being silent for a while, he waved his hand and began to direct the troops to advance towards the independent regiment's position defended on the south side.

He was going to raid the Independence Regiment's position, quickly defeat the Independence Regiment's troops, and then come to deal with Chu Yunfei's brigade headquarters.

It was at this time that the little devil's aviation unit had already arrived on the battlefield.

Six bombers went directly to the field artillery battalion position and began carpet bombing the artillery position.

One after another aerial bombs began to fall on the ground, and there was a deafening explosion.

Thick gunpowder smoke began to fill the position, and the sky was filled with flying dust.

The Major Commander of the Ninth Battalion of the Japanese Independent Infantry saw this scene and decisively issued a combat order.

More than 500 little devils from three infantry squadrons quickly gathered together and charged directly towards the field artillery camp.

The machine gun squadron and the reinforced artillery squadron also advanced rapidly and prepared for cover.

Chu Yunfei, who was in command of the brigade headquarters, began to issue combat orders one after another.

According to the battlefield situation, he adjusted the deployment.

The 12th regiment is prepared, the new second regiment, the independent regiment shrinks the line of defense, and the three regiments change their defenses.

The 12th reserve regiment that went forward withdrew backwards, and the new second regiment and the independent regiment assumed the main defense.

They changed from the previous Pinzi formation to the inverted Pinzi formation.

The 12th Reserve Regiment withdrew, and it was necessary to quickly deal with the Ninth Independent Infantry Battalion attacking the Field Artillery Battalion and the Yamamoto Special Forces attacking the Independent Regiment's position.

Sun Ming's guard company had also begun to receive orders at this time, and they took the initiative to launch a diversion attack on the Yamamoto Special Forces.

At 03:30, the field artillery battalion launched a fierce fire attack.

Sun Yu, the battalion commander of the machine gun battalion, commanded twelve Type 13 [-]MM heavy machine guns and twelve Type [-] light machine guns to start shooting.

The dense bullets hit the little devils, and the attacking little devils' troops were hit by intensive firepower, causing heavy casualties.

But soon, as the firepower of the machine gun battalion was exposed, the little devils aviation began to lower the flying altitude.

They fired directly, and the aviation machine guns fired at the ground.

The dense bullets hit the machine gun battalion, and a dozen soldiers were caught off guard and were killed on the spot.

However, the six Liao-made field guns of the Field Artillery Battalion quickly adjusted their shooting angles, and under the command of the battalion commander Zhou Wenbo, began to shell the air.

The Field Artillery Battalion is the absolute core artillery force of the Independent 48th Brigade, and their positions are well established.

These guns had been quickly moved while the Imp Aviation was bombing.

The six Liao-made field guns can be disassembled and divided into four large pieces for transfer.

Therefore, the Japanese bombing did not cause them any harm.

After the bombing ended, the six Liao-made 77MM field guns were quickly reassembled.

Zhou Wenbo is educated, and has been professionally trained by Chen Ziyun, so he grows up very fast.

Chen Ziyun once taught the technique of directing Liaozao field guns to shoot in the air, and now he quickly directs six field guns to adjust their angles.

Not long after, a round of grenades began to be shot out, and these grenades quickly hit the Japanese bombers that were strafing at low altitude.

When the little devil bombers saw the appearance of anti-aircraft fire, they were so frightened that they immediately raised their flight altitude.

However, when a bomber was raising its altitude, it was directly hit by a grenade.

The bomber began to emit black smoke and slowly crashed towards the ground.

The other five bombers quickly withdrew from the battlefield, fearing that they would also be shot down.

This time the Japanese air force was obviously a little reckless, and they forgot the previous lesson.

And they were punished for firing at low altitude, and a bomber was directly shot down.

So far, the six Liao-made 77mm field guns under the Field Artillery Battalion have already shot down two little devil bombers!

As the bomber left, four Liao-made 75MM field guns quickly launched bombardment.

A 77MM field gun also immediately adjusted the shooting angle.

The Japanese bombing this time also achieved results. Two 75MM field guns were directly destroyed during the bombing.

But the remaining ten field guns began to actively shell.

They attacked the Japanese and puppet troops at the same time.

For a while, fierce battles continued in the Yangcun area, and Chu Yunfei, who was in command here, was very calm, showing his not weak command ability.

Major General Shigeharu Liuxia, head of the independent mixed third brigade, kept observing the situation on the battlefield, and his face gradually became gloomy.

There was no breakthrough in the continuous attack, and the Japanese and puppet troops suffered more and more casualties.

Especially when the number of more than 1000 troops in the Ninth Brigade of the Independent Infantry was reduced to more than 700, Shigeharu Liuxia's expression was solemn.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Shigeharu Liuxia began to issue a retreat order, and he called a halt to the attack.

At this time, the Yamamoto Special Service Team has been attacked by the 12th Battalion of the [-]th Reserve Regiment and the brigade security company.

Their idea of ​​breaking through the position of the independent regiment was completely shattered.

The Japanese and puppet troops began to stop their attacks and left the battlefield one after another.

The Yangcun area, where gunfire continued, was once again silent.

It was at this time that in the Lancheng area south of Yangcun, Chen Ziyun commanded the 358th regiment and began to fight the Japanese and puppet troops.

The First Army Headquarters organized the Kojima Detachment here in Lancheng, and dispatched the Takeshita Detachment to rush over to help.

Major General Oshigō Toranosuke, head of the Independent Mixed Ninth Brigade, personally commanded the two detachments to fight.

There are more than 2000 people in the Takeshita detachment, which is a multi-arms mixed combat force.

Its core is the 36th Brigade of the Independent Infantry, but they have received a series of reinforcements.

At this time, the Takeshita detachment had four infantry squadrons, three artillery squadrons, and two engineering squadrons.

In addition, they have a cavalry squadron, an armored vehicle squadron, and a machine gun squadron.

In addition to these combat troops, they are also equipped with transportation soldiers, communication soldiers, and medical soldiers, with a total strength of more than 2000 people.

Three artillery squadrons, with four infantry guns, four rapid-fire guns, and four mountain guns.

Commanding this unit to fight was Ryuzo Takeshita, Chief of the First Division of the First Division of the First Army Headquarters.

He is the chief graduate of the Army University and can be described as the proud son of heaven.

The Takeshita detachment moved from Yangqu in the north of Taiyuan, quickly went south to the south of Taiyuan, and then advanced westward.

After a forced march, they had already reached the area east of Lancheng.

However, the Takeshita Detachment encountered resistance from the 358th Regiment, and they were trying to force a breakthrough at this time.

However, they fought for more than an hour, but did not make much progress.

Because Chen Ziyun personally commanded the second battalion, third battalion and artillery battalion under the 358 regiment to intercept.

The Fourth Battalion and the Cavalry Battalion are monitoring the small island detachment on the high ground east of Lancheng.

The Seventh Battalion served as the reserve team, and Monk Wei's reconnaissance platoon was also deployed on the eastern highland.

At present, the second battalion is stationed in Longquan Village in the southeast of Lancheng, and the third battalion is stationed in Budou Village in the northwest of Lancheng.

The artillery battalion advanced to Quli Village behind these two villages, and directly set up artillery positions here.

Chen Ziyun is learning the Japanese army's defense strategy this time. He controls the entire defense line with defensive points.

The Second Battalion of Longquan Village and the Third Battalion of Butou Village didn't even have a junction with each other.

These two infantry battalions built defensive positions with the village as the core to block the advance of the Takeshita detachment.

Takeshita Ryuzo, the leader of the Takeshita detachment, still has two brushes.

After a detailed understanding of the combat deployment here, quickly carry out targeted deployment.

He tried to contain the second and third battalions, and wanted to gather armored vehicles, cavalry and other troops to quickly break through the centers of the two villages.

After all, there are no defensive troops here, but after these Japanese armored vehicles and cavalry came, they were hit head-on.

The six Bofors mountain guns of the Artillery Battalion of Quli Village fired one after another with armor-piercing shells.

The little devil's armored vehicle was hit, and the two armored vehicles were destroyed on the spot.

Immediately afterwards, six [-]-style mountain guns fired grenades directly, and the Japanese cavalry and other troops were blown up.

Takeshita Ryusan watched the troops suffer heavy losses and was forced to withdraw the troops.

Then he began to attack the second battalion of Longquan village and the third battalion of Budou village, trying to open the gap from here.

However, the troops of the second battalion and the third battalion relied on the defensive position to fight calmly, repelling the Japanese troops time and time again.

The artillery battalion in Quli Village provided them with strong artillery support.

The twelve mountain cannons all have detailed shooting parameter tables. Under the guidance of the forward artillery observation post, they continue to carry out precise bombardment.

The little devils of the Takeshita detachment were beaten into a mess, and they couldn't break through for a long time.

At five o'clock, it became dark.

Takeshita Ryuzo once again issued a combat order. They tried to make a large-scale detour from the south side of Longquan Village, so as to quickly get in touch with the Kojima detachment.

This time, the main force of the Takeshita Detachment was all dispatched, and they launched their actions in a mighty manner.

However, as the Second Battalion found their traces, they quickly launched firepower to intercept them.

A signal flare was fired at the little devil. Li Yang and Sun Xiong of the Artillery Battalion saw these flares.

Six Bofors mountain guns and six Type [-] mountain guns continued to bombard.

Intensive shells hit the little devil one after another, and deafening explosions continued to sound.

The second battalion commander commanded three infantry companies, and a machine gun company tried its best to intercept.

With the assistance of the artillery battalion, they once again blocked the attack of the Takeshita detachment.

This battle lasted until after six o'clock, seeing that the troops were still unable to break through, Takeshita Ryuzo's face was serious.

Knowing that two armored vehicles in the armored vehicle squadron were destroyed again, Takeshita Ryuzo gritted his teeth and withdrew the troops.

After continuous fighting at this time, the casualties of the Takeshita detachment continued to increase.

It was not only the armored vehicle squadron that suffered losses, but also their other squadrons suffered casualties to varying degrees.

After Ryuzo Takeshita learned about the situation of each department, he could only let them rest temporarily.

At the same time, he quickly contacted the headquarters of the Ninth Independent Mixed Brigade to report on the combat situation here.

However, after knowing that the Takeshita detachment did not break through the blocking position, Oshigyu Toranosuke did not blame him.

On the one hand, Takeshita Ryuzo is the chief of the first section of the military headquarters, an officer of the headquarters, and there is definitely no need to offend Koshita Toranosuke.

Especially the first class is in charge of combat. If Takeshita Ryuzo offends, then there will definitely be no good days in the future.

On the other hand, Yoshio Shinozuka, the commander of the First Army, just asked them to contain the 358th Regiment of Arashi City.

Up to now, the troops of Chen Ziyun's 358 regiment have been pinned down in Lancheng, which is also the completion of the combat deployment of the army headquarters.

So Koshio Toranosuke called back immediately, telling Takeshita Ryuzo not to worry, they just need to contain Chen Ziyun's troops.

Of course, Koshiki Toranosuke also realized a problem through this report.

That is, the Takeshita detachment has a famous name and looks powerful in combat.

But in fact, their performance is not even as good as the more than 1000 troops of the Kojima Detachment.

This means that it is almost impossible for the Takeshita detachment to break through the blockade and enter Arashi City to get in touch with the Kojima detachment.

Therefore, Koshita Toranosuke immediately contacted Kojima Shinko, asking him to break out of the encirclement at will, and reconcile with the Takeshita detachment as much as possible.

At [-] o'clock in the evening on November [-]th, the headquarters of the First Army issued relevant orders again based on the combat situation.

Liuxia Shigeharu wanted to command the troops to continue to strengthen operations in the Yangcun area, and strive to severely damage the Jinsui Army and the Eighth Route Army here.

Koshita Toranosuke wanted to command the Kojima detachment and the Takeshita detachment to get in touch quickly, and to pin down the Jinsui Army troops here.

At the same time, the First Army Command stated that they would deploy air forces to support the operation on the [-]th.

After the two brigade leaders received the order, they immediately made deployment arrangements.

They made different arrangements according to their respective situations.

It was at this time, at Lijiapo, Li Yunlong began to command a new regiment of troops, and directly attacked Yamazaki Zhiping's troops.

As a large number of reinforcements got closer and closer to the Lijiapo battlefield, the deputy commander gave the order to die.

Brigadier Chen had already come to the front line to command, and the Xinyi Regiment and other troops had to carry out a fierce attack.

The battlefield of Lijiapo, which had not been quiet for a long time, came again with the sound of fierce guns and artillery.

While the Xinyi Regiment was fighting fiercely with Yamazaki Zhiping's troops, Chen Ziyun in the Lancheng area quickly contacted the battalion commanders.

The brigade headquarters here kept sending messages to Chen Ziyun, asking him to learn more about the current combat situation in Jin Province.

Chen Ziyun is very clear about the battle here in the Yangcun area and the battle in the Lijiapo area.

He also knew that if there was no progress on his side, a large number of reinforcements from the little devils would surely advance to the Lijiapo battlefield quickly.

In addition, there may also be dangers in the Yangcun area.

After a day of fierce fighting, although the Yangcun area was defended, the casualties of each regiment continued to increase.

On the side of the Japanese and puppet troops, they still have a squadron of tanks, and a squadron of armored vehicles has not been put into combat yet.

Once twelve chariots and twelve armored vehicles participate in the battle, it will definitely bring about great changes in the battle situation.

"Although there are only more than 1000 little devils in the highlands to the east of Lancheng, their combat effectiveness is stronger than that of the Japanese army here."

"If we attack from that side, I'm afraid it will be difficult to obtain results, and we may have to pay heavy losses."

"However, the overall strength of the little devils in front of us is not very strong. Tonight, we will attack them at night."

"The second battalion, the third battalion, the seventh battalion, and the artillery battalion all participated in the battle, trying to completely defeat them."

"The Fourth Battalion and the Cavalry Battalion continue to contain the Highland Island Detachment on the east side of Lancheng, and they cannot be allowed to rush to help."

At nine o'clock, the six battalion commanders of the 358 regiment came to the regiment headquarters one after another.

Chen Ziyun came to the map, and he began to issue combat orders.

In order to quickly break the deadlock, Chen Ziyun prepared to launch a night attack to defeat the Takeshita detachment.

After solving the Takeshita detachment, they were able to advance eastward, threatening to go too far, so as to support all aspects of operations.

"Yes, group seat." After receiving the order, the battalion commanders quickly got up and agreed.

Next, Chen Ziyun began to deploy in detail, and directly issued different combat tasks to each battalion.

At 09:30, the officers began to return to their respective units for preparation.

They were going to launch a night attack on the Takeshita detachment directly at twelve o'clock in the middle of the night.

At this time, most of the little devils in the Takeshita detachment were resting.

The leader of the detachment, Ryuzo Takeshita, led some officers to discuss in front of the map, trying to find a suitable attack plan.

(End of this chapter)