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

Chapter 254 Embroidered Pillow Takeshita Detachment
The night was dark, with a chill in the November night.

Starting at ten o'clock in the evening, Chen Ziyun began to go to each battalion to make detailed arrangements.

The infantry companies under each battalion, where to attack and how to defend.

Where the heavy machine guns under the machine gun company are deployed to shoot, and where the mortars are fired.

Chen Ziyun made detailed arrangements for the artillery battalion to focus on where to shell and a series of issues.

It is no exaggeration to say that at this time, even the little devils, officers, do not have Chen Ziyun's understanding of their deployment.

As for the reason, it is very simple, Chen Ziyun has already activated the right to use the drone!

After the last battle in Xin County, Chen Ziyun completed the task of systematically defending the county seat of Xin County.

The system gave a series of rewards, including the right to use drones three times.

As for the skill of Wisdom Eyes and Beads rewarded by the system, Chen Ziyun has already used it.

He selected relevant officers and soldiers with hidden talents and directly added them to the field artillery battalion, artillery battalion, cavalry battalion, and guard company.

Even though Chen Ziyun can be said to be under one person and above ten thousand in the independent 48 brigade, he has never given up on the idea of ​​cultivating his own team.

After all, in a unit like the Jinsui Army, if you don't have your own team, you may be in danger at any time.

As for the right to use the drone three times, Chen Ziyun originally planned to reserve it for important moments.

But now Lancheng has gradually become a stalemate, and the combat plan that threatens too far has never been realized.

Under such circumstances, in order to quickly break the deadlock, Chen Ziyun had to use the right to use the drone.

Up to now, Chen Ziyun has used the drone provided by the system to reconnaissance the defense deployment of the Takeshita detachment in detail.

Chen Ziyun had a detailed understanding of the deployment of their various squadrons, and even where the ammunition depots were.

The only regret is that the right to use drones provided by the system is time-limited.

It was Chen Ziyun's first time using it, so the operation was inevitably a bit unfamiliar.

Otherwise, he can fully understand the deployment of the Takeshita detachment and the Kojima detachment in a limited time.

However, knowing the details of the deployment of the Takeshita detachment now is very good for Chen Ziyun.

It was not until 11:30 that Chen Ziyun returned to the regiment headquarters.

He stood in front of the map with a serious expression on his face.

Whether this night attack can be successful is very important. If it fails, the stalemate in Lancheng will continue.

Then Li Jiapo must face a large number of little devil reinforcements here, and the Eighth Route Army will suffer huge casualties.

Maybe Li Yunlong's new regiment fighting in Lijiapo will be completely wiped out.

And such a situation was not what Chen Ziyun wanted to see.

Time passed bit by bit, twelve midnight.

Here at the regiment headquarters of the 358th regiment, Chen Ziyun picked up the microphone and directly issued an attack order.

The second battalion, the third battalion, and the seventh battalion advanced according to the designated position, while the artillery battalion launched fierce shelling.

Six Bofors mountain cannons and six [-]-style mountain cannons fired precisely at the Takeshita detachment's position one by one.

These grenades fell on different positions of the little devil one after another.

The firepower points deployed by the Japanese army were shelled one after another.

The little devils were completely dumbfounded, they didn't react at all, and a machine gun was knocked out.

At the same time, areas such as the detachment headquarters of the Takeshita detachment, the racecourse where the cavalry stored their horses, and the parking lot where the armored soldiers stored their armored vehicles began to be bombarded one after another.

More than 100 war horses died, wounded, and ran away. When the little devil cavalry came, there were no war horses to use.

"Your Excellency, the detachment leader, it's not good, the artillery unit of the Jinsui Army launched a precise bombardment on us."

"We were heavily bombarded, the ministries suffered heavy losses, the cavalry lost their horses, and the armored vehicles were severely damaged."

"The artillery unit here has been bombarded even more. Of the sixteen artillery pieces, less than five are currently capable of combat!"

"The machine gun squadron was severely hit, and all twelve heavy machine guns were destroyed!"

"Your Excellency, Detachment Leader, we... We seem to have intelligence personnel from the Jinsui Army here."

"Otherwise, it would be impossible for them to know the details of our deployment of defenses."

A captain came to Takeshita Ryuzo in a panic, and he hurriedly reported.

Takeshita Ryuzo's detachment headquarters was also shelled, and many people inside were killed on the spot.

However, Takeshita Ryuzo was lucky. He left the detachment headquarters to inspect the deployment of the troop posts, and escaped a catastrophe.

But the shock wave still caused him some damage. At this time, Ryuzo Takeshita's forehead was bleeding continuously.

"Baga, how could there be intelligence personnel from the Jinsui Army in our army?"

"This must be a coincidence. Order the various ministries to quickly launch defensive operations. They must not be allowed to break through our position."

"In addition, quickly contact the Xiaodao detachment. Now that the main force of the Jinsui army is attacking our troops with all their strength, they have a chance to break out."

"We are here to defend with all our strength. If the Xiaodao detachment can rush over to help quickly, our internal and external attack will be able to deal a heavy blow to them."

"Hold the position, no matter what, we must hold the position."

Takeshita Ryuzo had a serious expression on his face, and he immediately gave the order.

It's just that the intensive shelling of the artillery battalion has disrupted the defensive deployment of the Japanese Takeshita detachment.

Many heavy weapons were either destroyed on the spot or temporarily unusable.

The three infantry battalions began to attack from different positions as the artillery units carried out the extended bombardment.

Three machine gun companies launched precise shooting, and dense bullets and shells hit the Japanese troops.

By one o'clock in the morning on November [-]th, the Second Battalion, Third Battalion, and Seventh Battalion carried out Chen Ziyun's order.

Nine infantry companies quickly broke through the position of the Takeshita detachment.

They immediately interspersed and quickly divided the Japanese troops.

After receiving the report, Ryuzo Takeshita was completely stunned. He never expected that the opponent could accurately find the loopholes in his defense and quickly break through.

Seeing that the position was in chaos, and his troops might be divided and wiped out at any time, Takeshita Ryuzo frowned tightly.

"Retreat, abandon the position and quickly move towards the Gujiao area."

"Discard unnecessary supplies and quickly evacuate from the battlefield."

"Don't love to fight, move immediately and get out of the attack range of the Jinsui Army."

"Save the combatants and leave the battlefield quickly..."

Takeshita Ryuzo decisively issued an order, and he began to direct the troops to quickly withdraw from the battlefield.

After the little devil's troops were ordered to retreat, they fled towards Gujiao desperately.

A large amount of materials were left on the position, and even a lot of artillery, even the artillery were directly discarded.

The four intact armored vehicles stepped up their accelerator pedals desperately to evacuate.

At two o'clock in the morning, the Takeshita detachment was completely defeated, and the little devil desperately evacuated towards the Gujiao area.

Chen Ziyun found that the little devil did not stand still, but directly withdrew from the battlefield.

He ordered the second and third battalions to pursue quickly and directly attack the retreating little devils.

The Seventh Battalion quickly cleaned up the battlefield and dealt with the seriously injured little devils.

And the small island detachment on the east side of Arashi City, after receiving the telegram from Takeshita Ryuzo, they also began to try to break through.

However, as soon as these troops left the high ground, they were stubbornly blocked by the fourth battalion.

The artillery battalion forces moved forward at the same time and began to support the fourth battalion in operations.

The Kojima detachment found that the 358th regiment was stubbornly resisting, and they withdrew to the high ground again for defense.

Time passed bit by bit, and at three o'clock in the morning, the evacuated troops of the Takeshita detachment were constantly attacked by the second and third battalions.

The little devil troops had to discard some sidearms to ensure that they could speed up their escape from the battlefield.

Along the way, various weapons and ammunition were discarded one after another.

Some of the little devils even lost their rifles, they just wanted to get out of the battle alive.

Although the Takeshita detachment has a lot of troops, their overall strength is not very strong.

On the contrary, the Xiaodao detachment does not have many troops, but they are all elites drawn from various departments, and they have a tenacious will to fight.

Chen Ziyun learned more about the defense deployment of the Takeshita detachment through the drone, and instantly defeated it.

At six o'clock in the morning, more than 1000 people from the Takeshita detachment ran to the Gujiao area.

However, these more than 1000 troops have discarded a lot of weapons and equipment. They only have some rifles and light machine guns in their hands.

This army has almost no ability to continue fighting.

Takeshita Ryuzo quickly contained the troops, and when he saw that the attached heavy weapons were either destroyed or discarded.

Looking at more than 1000 disheveled little devils, Takeshita Ryuzo's face turned ashen.

He knew that these more than 1000 troops had completely lost their will to fight.

At this moment, Takeshita Ryuzo was a little ashamed. He never thought that he would end up in such a disastrous defeat when he commanded the troops for the first time.

Takeshita Ryuzo began to report with the Independent Ninth Brigade, and he was also ready to make a confession.

After Chen Ziyun commanded the 358 regiment to defeat the Takeshita detachment, he began to issue a series of combat orders.

The second battalion, the third battalion, the seventh battalion, and the artillery battalion gradually advanced towards the east, showing signs of advancing too far.

At the same time, the fourth battalion served as the reserve team, and the cavalry battalion was responsible for containing the small island detachment.

The troops of the 358th Regiment launched their operations in a mighty manner, and each battalion carried out the combat order of the regiment leader Chen Ziyun.

At seven o'clock, the Kojima detachment broke through again.

This time they did not encounter any interception after leaving the high ground.

Xiaojima Xinxing hurriedly arranged troops to break through, but shortly after they left the high ground, the cavalry battalion quickly launched an attack on them.

The troops of both sides fought fiercely, and both sides suffered casualties.

Soon the cavalry battalion began to adopt mobile combat. They relied on the mobility of the cavalry to attack the little devils one after another.

The small island detachment was continuously attacked during the breakout process, and casualties continued to increase.

But Xiaojima Xinxing completely ignored their own casualties, and they quickly moved from the north side to the area too far away.

Xiaojima Xinxing already knew the news that the Takeshita detachment was defeated, and he also knew that if they didn't break out now, what awaited them would be annihilated.

As long as the 358 regiment turns around to deal with them, it is only a matter of time before the small island detachment is wiped out in isolation and helplessness.

Especially now that they have completely lost supplies, eating will be a problem.

Next, the small island detachment was attacked by the cavalry battalion all the way, but they ignored it and moved quickly.

It wasn't until eight o'clock in the morning that Chen Ziyun got the news.

However, considering all aspects of the situation, Chen Ziyun did not deploy troops to encircle and wipe out the small island detachment.

After all, the small island detachment has more heavy weapons, if the main force of the 358 regiment is to encircle and wipe out.

The small island detachment stayed in place and started to defend, which was another tough battle.

What the 358 regiment has to do now is to threaten to go too far, so as to support Lijiapo and other regional operations.

If they go to fight against the small island detachment, they will definitely be restrained, and they will not be able to pose a threat to Taiyuan.

At 08:30, Chen Ziyun mobilized the main flank of the Fourth Battalion Protection Regiment, and the main force of the regiment advanced all the way towards Gujiao.

Chen Ziyun ignored the small island detachment.

Zhang Wu's cavalry battalion attacked them all the way.

Xiaojima Xinxing obviously has a strong command ability, and he quickly found a coping strategy.

The artillery attached to the four reinforced infantry squadrons is divided into two echelons for transfer, the front echelon is transferred, and the rear echelon is used for cover.

Because they also have artillery units, this is a threat to cavalry units.

Wait until the front echelon has advanced a certain distance, and set up artillery positions on the spot to cover the rear echelon to follow up.

Such an alternate advance suppressed the attack of the cavalry battalion.

There were casualties on both sides, but no one could do much against the other.

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

At this time, the Little Devils Air Force locked on the main force of the 358th Regiment with all their strength, and carried out carpet bombing against it in an attempt to prevent it from advancing towards Gujiao.

However, Chen Ziyun had been on guard against this for a long time. When the little devil's aviation unit came to the sky above the battlefield, the troops dispersed and concealed.

Their bombing caused casualties to the troops, but it was completely impossible to intercept the 358 regiment.

At this time, whether it was the Lijiapo battlefield or the Yangcun battlefield, the fierce battle continued.

Here at Lijiapo, Brigadier Chen commanded the Xinyi Regiment and other troops to continue the onslaught, successively attacking Yamazaki Zhiping's troops.

Here in Yangcun, Shigeharu Liuxia, head of the third independent mixed brigade, commanded the Japanese and puppet troops to launch another onslaught.

Chu Yunfei commanded the reserve 12th regiment and other troops, relying on the tenacious defense of the position.

The aviation units that originally supported the battle gathered to attack the 358th regiment at this time, so there were no Japanese aviation units in these two battlefields for the time being.

The capital of Jin Province is too far away, in the headquarters of the First Army.

Major General Oshigō Toranosuke, head of the Independent Mixed Ninth Brigade, walked quickly to the headquarters with a solemn expression on his face.

"Your Excellency Commander, Your Excellency Chief of Staff, we have just received a message from the Gujiao defenders."

"A part of the 358th Regiment of the Shanxi Sui Army advanced to Gujiao, and they quickly infiltrated. At present, this force has gone to fight in the city."

"This army only has dozens of people, but it is equipped with excellent weapons and powerful combat effectiveness. The defenders in the Gujiao area are no match at all."

"Although there are more than 2000 troops in Gujiao, more than 1000 are the defeated troops of the Takeshita detachment. They have almost lost their fighting ability."

"According to the current situation, as long as the main force of the 358th Regiment advances to Gujiao, then Gujiao will definitely fall."

"Your Excellency Commander, Your Excellency Chief of Staff, our brigade has no troops that can be mobilized."

"The troops scattered for defense in different areas may not be able to intercept the troops of the 358th regiment of the Jinsui Army..."

When Koshio Toranosuke came to the headquarters, he saw Shinozuka Yoshio and Hanaya Masa, and said with a serious expression on his face.

The meaning of these words is obvious, the 358 regiment will easily win Gujiao, and then directly advance towards Taiyuan.

Once it hits too far, it can pose a threat to the army headquarters.

Too far. There are not many defenders here, and they may not be able to defend too far.

"Bagayalu, a regiment of troops can actually pose a direct threat to our army headquarters."

"This is simply a disgrace to our First Army, Your Excellency Commander, we should quickly mobilize troops and quickly deploy defenses."

"Only one regiment of the Jinsui Army came over, so we will gather troops and completely eat up their 358th regiment."

Chief of Staff Hanagu was frowning, with an expression of displeasure on his face, and he said in a cold tone.

He just came to the First Army not long ago, and he was an intelligence staff officer, so he didn't understand the situation at all.

The First Army currently has no troops that can be mobilized. After all, they have to undertake many combat missions here.

Among other things, they only have troops organized by three divisions, and all three divisions need to be deployed in southern Shanxi to deal with the defense forces of Zhongtiao Mountain.

The more than 1 troops supporting Lijiapo's operations were also drawn from these three divisions.

The deployment of such a large number of troops is already the limit. If these three divisions are deployed again, something may happen.

The independent mixed third brigade and the independent mixed ninth brigade have participated in the battle successively, and they themselves have suffered casualties.

The eighth brigade was independently mixed, and they suffered casualties. They still need to stick to the Zhengtai Railway.

As for the independent and mixed 16th brigade, they need to undertake the defense of Jinzhong and Jinnan at this time, and they cannot deploy too many troops.

If the 358 regiment really came over, it would indeed be able to pose a threat to the headquarters of the first army.

"The independent mixed third brigade and other troops in the Yangcun area quickly withdrew to the Xinxian area."

"At the same time, contact the 16th Brigade, an independent and mixed group, and transfer one to the north to strengthen the defense of areas that are too far away."

"Quickly contact the headquarters of the front army, and the troops supporting Lijiapo's operations need to be withdrawn quickly."

"Otherwise our army headquarters may be in danger. After these reinforcements withdraw, they will immediately attack westward."

After a period of silence, at around ten o'clock, Yoshio Shinozuka, the commander of the First Army, had a serious expression on his face, and he directly issued a combat order.

The 358th regiment might threaten too far, so Shinozuka Yoshio naturally wanted to ensure the safety of the army headquarters.

Under such circumstances, the deployment of more than 1 reinforcements advancing towards Lijiapo was their only choice.

"Hi, Your Excellency, Commander." The staff officer immediately agreed.

The headquarters of the First Army began to generate electricity, and a series of telegrams began to be transmitted.

After Shigeharu Liuxia of the Yangcun area received the telegram, he did not dare to delay and quickly stopped the attack.

Withdrawing the Japanese and puppet troops, Shigeharu Liuxia ordered them to quickly evacuate towards Xin County.

After Chu Yunfei discovered that the Japanese and puppet troops had withdrawn, he began to organize troops to pursue them.

At eleven o'clock, the more than 1 reinforcements of the First Army, which was supporting Lijiapo, stopped in place and began to march towards Taiyuan.

(End of this chapter)