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

Chapter 269 Yan Laoxi finally got tough once
After the North China Front Army Command learned the news that the field observation group had been annihilated, Commander Tada Hayao was very angry.

He deployed overnight, and arranged for the 27th Division directly under the Front Army to rush towards Jin Province to join the battle.

There are hundreds of officers in the battlefield observation group, including Major General Hattori Naomi.

As they were wiped out, the North China Front suffered heavy losses.

Such a result was unacceptable to them. After discussing with Chief of Staff Yukio Kasahara, Tada Hayao decided to use the 27th Division as the main force to launch an attack.

This time they want to completely annihilate the Eighth Route Independent Detachment, the 48th Independent Brigade of the Jinsui Army.

At the same time, the three bomber squadrons began to quickly enter the combat state.

After dawn, they will immediately dispatch to bomb.

A reconnaissance aircraft squad will also be put into the battlefield to scout the dynamics of the independent detachment and the independent 48th brigade at any time.

"In this battle, no matter how many casualties we pay, no matter how long it takes, we must completely annihilate the independent detachment, the independent 48th brigade."

"Contact the Headquarters of the First Army and let them unify the command of the various departments to carry out operations. They must not be allowed to escape again."

"We will not pursue any responsibility now, but these two forces must be completely resolved, and they cannot be allowed to develop."

"Otherwise, the First Army will suffer more casualties in the future, and even a large number of occupied areas will be recovered."

Tada Hayao and Kasahara Yukio issued combat orders to the headquarters of the First Army overnight, with serious expressions on their faces.

After all, up to now, four of the little devils with the rank of major general have been completely killed by Li Yunlong's and Chu Yunfei's troops.

As for the Japanese and puppet troops annihilated by them, there are countless.

The independent detachment and the independent 48th brigade made the little devil hate the North China Front Army.

In order to completely annihilate them this time, the 27th Division quickly set off from Hebei Province and quickly went to Jin Province to participate in the war.

It was at this time that Brigadier Chen had already received a report from Li Yunlong in the southeast of Shanxi.

When he knew that Li Yunlong teamed up with Chu Yunfei and Chen Ziyun again, he directly destroyed the little devil's observation group.

Brigadier Chen didn't pay attention at first, but when he knew that the observation group consisted of hundreds of little devil officers, a major general, and several assistant officers.

He was taken aback, and hurried to the division headquarters, and quickly reported to the division commander.

"This Li Yunlong is so bold, there is nothing he dare not do."

"What's more, with Chu Yunfei and Chen Ziyun, they have the guts to break the sky when they get together."

"This time they stabbed a hornet's nest, and the little devil will definitely retaliate wildly."

"Master, tell me what they should do."

Brigadier Chen found the teacher and said with a serious expression on his face.

The three regiments of the independent detachment are units that Brigadier Chen attaches great importance to, and they can all develop into the main field regiment.

Now that they have achieved such a result in Northwest Shanxi, Brigadier Chen is very happy, but also very worried.

After all, losing hundreds of little devil officers at one time, the Japanese army will never give up easily, and they will definitely take crazy revenge.

"The general headquarters has already sent a message, and they are still very puzzled about the deployment of the little devil's troops."

"I also analyzed whether the little devil is going to continue to launch a large-scale mopping up. It turns out that Li Yunlong has achieved the results."

"This time they did poke a hornet's nest. According to the information we have, a division of Hebei Province has been dispatched urgently."

"Almost all the troops that the First Army can currently mobilize have begun to mobilize. They are obviously going to launch a large-scale retaliation."

"Independent and mixed third brigade, independent and mixed ninth brigade, and independent and mixed 16th brigade have assembled a certain number of troops."

"Chu Yunfei, Chen Ziyun, Li Yunlong, these three people are really amazing."

"Anyway, they played really beautifully in this battle."

"It's rare to pull a tooth out of a tiger's mouth!"

Master Liu came to the map with a very calm expression on his face.

He didn't know what happened until he got the report.

But now he finally understood why the little devil had such a large-scale mobilization.

"Master, they have obtained the results of the battle, but the losses of each regiment are not small."

"The overall combat effectiveness of the Japanese and puppet troops in Xinxian County is very strong, and they are also equipped with large-caliber mountain artillery."

"If they continue to stay in the area west of Xin County, once they are encircled and attacked, the consequences will be disastrous."

Brigadier Chen hurriedly pointed to the location of Jingle City on the map, and said with a worried expression on his face.

The independent detachment in this operation has always been under the heavy attack of the Japanese and puppet troops, and their overall casualties are not small.

The New Second Regiment, the Independent Regiment, and the New First Regiment all had relatively large casualties.

Especially the Second Battalion of the New First Regiment, they continued to fight and were successively attacked by the Yamamoto Special Forces and other troops.

Up to now, the strength they can fight is only the strength of a reinforced company.

If they continue to fight at this moment, they will definitely suffer a devastating blow.

Brigadier Chen didn't want to see the independent detachment end like this.

"I immediately contacted the headquarters and completely gave up on the development in Jingle City."

"Let them transfer overnight, gradually move closer to Southeast Shanxi, and return to your brigade establishment."

"Your side is also ready to respond, and deploy troops to respond to their withdrawal."

Master Liu looked at the map and quickly made arrangements.

The radio of the division headquarters began to generate electricity one after another for reporting.

The general headquarters got the news here, and after knowing the results of the independent detachment, the deputy commander was shocked.

As for Master Liu's arrangement, the headquarters directly approved it without the slightest hesitation.

Li Yunlong's independent detachment began to receive transfer orders. On the one hand, Li Yunlong greeted Chu Yunfei and Li Yunlong, and on the other hand, he quickly directed the transfer of troops.

With the transfer of Li Yunlong's troops, the Independent 48th Brigade is actively deploying here.

The 358th regiment advanced to Jingle City and took over all the defense tasks here.

The 11th regiment and the 12th regiment undertook the defense of Lancheng.

Chu Yunfei continued to issue orders, and all ministries were ready for battle.

They will not evacuate for the time being, but need to wait for the combat order from above.

If the independent 48th brigade completely abandons its position at this time, it will be almost impossible for Li Yunlong's independent detachment to transfer safely.

When a large number of Japanese and puppet troops search and blockade, they will definitely be able to find independent detachments, so as to quickly annihilate them.

And the 48th Independent Brigade withdrew from Jingle City and Lancheng, so the Seventh Army of the Jinsui Army will bear the brunt.

If the Japanese and puppet troops did not find Chu Yunfei's troops, they were likely to carry out combat strikes against the Seventh Army.

It was six o'clock in the morning on December 27th, because it was winter, so it was still dark all around.

Ke Nanpo, Commander-in-Chief of the Second War Zone.

Commander Yan Laoxi was standing in front of the map at this time. He was wearing reading glasses and carefully looked at the areas of Jingle City and Lancheng on the map.

At first, Yan Laoxi arranged Chu Yunfei's troops here, just to clear the relationship and prevent the Jinsui Army from being retaliated by the Japanese army.

However, as Chu Yunfei's troops continued to achieve amazing results, and their troops were rapidly expanded, Yan Laoxi arranged them here for ulterior motives.

He intends to use the independent 48th brigade to continue to develop towards the north, thereby expanding the area controlled by the Jinsui Army.

It's just that Yan Laoxi never thought that he would let Chu Yunfei and Chen Ziyun go to the Eighth Route Independent Detachment for exchange and study.

But they directly launched combat operations, and completely wiped out the little devil and a field observation group.

Hundreds of little devil officers, major generals, and several assistant officers!
Yan Laoxi almost didn't need to imagine, he could know how angry the Japanese army was at this time.

"Mr. Yan, almost all the Japanese troops near Taiyuan have been mobilized."

"The third independent mixed brigade and the Xinxian Japanese and puppet troops will all gather their main forces."

"The main force of the independent mixed 16th brigade is assembled west of Taiyuan, and the main force of the independent mixed [-]th brigade is assembled in the southwest direction of Taiyuan."

"In order to be able to concentrate the troops, the little devils even took the initiative to give up some unnecessary occupied areas."

"Furthermore, according to the latest news we have received, a division directly under the North China Front Army of Hebei Province has also begun to mobilize."

"This division has already appeared in the Jizhong area, and they will advance along the Zhengtai Railway to fight here in Jin Province at any time."

"In addition, the eighth independent detachment in Jingle City has also begun to transfer. You can see if we want to arrange for the independent 48th brigade to evacuate quickly."

Chu Qingbo came to Yan Laoxi, and he began to report.

When Yan Laoxi heard the report, he still looked at the map with a thoughtful expression on his face.

The observation group formed by hundreds of Japanese military officers was wiped out, and Yan Laoxi was still very happy.

After all, if such a result was fought by the Eighth Route Army, then in Jin Province, the Eighth Route Army would have more prestige.

The Jinsui Army will even become a laughing stock, but this battle is the result of the joint efforts of the Jinsui Army and the Eight Route Army.

In this way, he can be regarded as able to have an explanation to the folks of Sanjin.

"Chu Yunfei and Chen Ziyun are rare generals, and they will definitely become great weapons in the future."

"Qingbo, if they can be used by me and serve the Jinsui Army wholeheartedly, then I can rest easy."

"It's just that until now, I still can't fathom their thoughts."

"You said it's easy to let them transfer, but after they transfer, who will deal with the little devil?"

"This time the little devils are going to get serious. If they leave, the Seventh Army will bear all the anger."

"Can Zhao Yinfu's Seventh Army be able to withstand the anger of the little devil?"

"Even if they have the strength of six divisions, the little devil can completely defeat them with one division."

Yan Laoxi pointed to Lancheng and other areas on the map, and said with a serious expression on his face.

"Then what do you mean, let the Independent 48th Brigade continue to stick to Lancheng, Jingle City, and fight the Japanese army?"

"They have strong combat effectiveness, but facing so many little devils, I'm afraid they don't have any advantage."

"If they are defeated, the morale of the Japanese army will be high, and they will also easily destroy the Seventh Army."

Chu Qingbo hastily analyzed it with a serious expression on her face.

Yan Laoxi stopped talking. He stood in front of the map with a calm expression on his face.

After a long silence, Yan Laoxi pointed in the direction of Lancheng and Jingle City, as if he had made a decision.

"The commissioner said that our Jinsui army is not actively fighting, and even threatened to join forces with the Eighth Route Army to deal with us."

"I don't know what he thinks. It's nothing more than using up the Japanese army to consume our local troops."

"The little devil is domineering in negotiations time and time again, thinking that our Jinsui Army is a soft persimmon."

"But they forgot that our Jinsui army also fought tough battles in the battle of Xinkou and the defense of Taiyuan!"

"This time, we want them to know whether the Jinsui army is a soft persimmon."

"Let them see if the Jinsui army can fight tough battles with the little devils!"

"After this battle, I want to see if I, Yan Baichuan, are worthy of the elders of the Three Jins!"

Yan Laoxi took a deep breath, and with a serious expression on his face, he spoke directly.

Immediately afterwards, he began to issue combat orders.

The 23rd and 24th artillery regiments under the Artillery Command under the direct command of the Minister's Department rushed to the front line.

The 23rd Artillery Regiment is under the command of the Seventh Army, and the 24th Artillery Regiment strengthens the independent 48th Brigade.

Chu Yunfei, commander of the Independent 48th Brigade, also served as the commander of the Jinglan Regional Security. They were assigned to the First Guerrilla Column to carry out defensive operations.

The 33rd Army of the Seventh Group Army, attached to the 23rd Artillery Regiment, built a deep defensive position behind Lancheng and Jingle City to support operations.

The Minister's Department here is personally directing the battle.

After careful consideration, Yan Laoxi decided to actively launch defenses in Jingle City and Lancheng.

Even if they can't stick to this place, they still have the vigor to kill the little devils here, so that they don't have the ability to continue to attack the Jinsui army.

Yan Laoxi made a decision, and the chief minister began to issue a series of combat orders.

Time passed bit by bit, and the two artillery regiments were dispatched urgently, marching quickly towards the front line.

At eight o'clock in the morning, under the command of the regiment leader Li Yuanchun, the 24th Artillery Regiment quickly arrived at Lancheng and other areas.

After Chu Yunfei was strengthened by the 24th Artillery Regiment, he began to actively make operational adjustments.

The 358 regiment, the 11th reserve regiment, the 24th artillery regiment, the brigade headquarters are directly under the field artillery battalion, and the machine gun battalion is at the forefront, directly serving as the first-line defense.

At the same time, Chu Yunfei personally commanded these troops. He arranged a guard communication battalion to quickly establish contact with various ministries.

In addition, Li Yuanchun and Chen Ziyun also met for the first time. Chen Ziyun will command the artillery unit in the name of the independent 48th brigade infantry commander.

For a time, the various departments of the Jinsui Army were quickly mobilized, and they quickly carried out combat deployments.

Here in Lancheng, the 11th Battalion and the [-]th Battalion under the [-]th Reserve Regiment set up a defensive position on the front line, and the [-]st Battalion set up a deep defensive position in the rear, which is also a reserve team.

The regiment is directly under the mountain artillery company, and is directly assigned to the fifth battalion and the sixth battalion for combat.

Here in Jingle City, the 358nd Battalion under the [-]th Regiment, the [-]rd Battalion built a defensive position on the front line, and the [-]th Battalion was responsible for the defense of the junction of Lancheng and Jingle City.

The Seventh Battalion set up a defensive position deep in Jingle City, and it is also the reserve team of the 358th regiment.

The cavalry battalion is under the control of Chu Yunfei and directly serves as the general reserve team for combat.

Chen Ziyun unified command of the 24th Artillery Regiment, the 358th Artillery Battalion, and the field artillery battalion directly under the brigade headquarters.

The 24th Artillery Regiment has two mountain artillery battalions and one field artillery company, with a total of [-] artillery pieces.

They are equipped with sixteen Jin-made 17-type mountain cannons and four Jin-made 18-type field cannons.

It is worth mentioning that the Jinzao Type 17 75MM Mountain Cannon is an upgraded version of the Jinzao Type 13 Mountain Cannon.

This mountain cannon mainly improves the range and can hit more than 7000 meters.

Jin-made 18-type 88MM field gun is Taiyuan Arsenal's 88MM field gun to prevent Su Luotong, with a range of more than [-] meters.

Chen Ziyun and Li Yuanchun communicated, and the two set up four artillery positions behind the infantry positions!

From the south to the north, eight Jin-made 17-type mountain cannons were deployed in the first artillery position and the second artillery position.

The third artillery position deployed six Liao-made field artillery, six Japanese-style field artillery, and four Jin-made field artillery.

In the fourth artillery position, six Bofors mountain guns and six Type [-] mountain guns were deployed.

Chen Ziyun and Li Yuanchun set up an artillery headquarters to command these artillery units to fight.

Sun Yu's machine gun battalion is now directly responsible for guarding the artillery positions.

A large number of light and heavy machine guns are deployed directly near the artillery positions.

It is worth mentioning that the machine guns on the six Little Devil Type [-] tanks that were destroyed had already been disassembled.

Because there was not enough time, the tank gun above could not be disassembled, but was blown up.

The Type [-] tank is equipped with two Type [-] light machine guns, and the machine gun battalion now has a large number of light machine guns.

With the 24th Artillery Regiment coming to join the battle, the Independent 48th Brigade currently has a lot of artillery support.

Not counting the mountain artillery that is directly assigned to each battalion for combat, there are a total of 44 artillery pieces in the four artillery positions.

When the ministries arrived at the designated positions, they began to enter the defensive positions that had been set up long ago.

At this time, bombers came to the sky above the battlefield.

Aerial bombs began to be dropped directly.

Deafening explosions continued to sound, and for a while, Lancheng and Jingle City were completely covered by gunpowder smoke.

There are huge bomb craters everywhere, and some highlands have been bombed beyond recognition.

Three bomber squadrons of the Japanese army were dispatched repeatedly for bombing in the morning.

A large number of aerial bombs fell on the positions of Lancheng and Jingle City. The two counties were also bombed, and there were ruins everywhere.

At twelve noon on the 27th, the Little Devils Air Force stopped the bombing.

And the little devil's troops started to set off from different areas in a mighty way, heading straight for Jingle City and Lancheng!
Lancheng is the main attack direction of the little devils, and the 27th Division started directly from Taiyuan, and quickly advanced directly towards Lancheng.

The ninth brigade was independently mixed, and the 16th brigade also assembled more than 27 troops. They advanced from the flanks and cooperated with the [-]th division to fight.

The predecessor of the 27th Division was the mixed brigade stationed in the village. In 37, the full-scale war was caused by them.

In 38, their garrisoned mixed brigade was reorganized into the 27th Division, which was also the field division of the Japanese Army's early triple regiment.

Its subordinates include the [-]st, [-]nd, and [-]rd Wings of the Garrison Infantry, and directly under the Wings of Engineers, Search, Mountain Artillery, and Supplies.

And they also have communication teams, field hospitals, health teams and other non-combat units.

There are 8000 people in the whole division. If non-combatants are counted, the number of the whole division is close to 2.

The combat effectiveness of the 27th Division is not weak. It once participated in the Battle of Hankou with the 11th Army.

Then it was directly under the North China Front Army, and has been responsible for the defense mission of the occupied area.

(End of this chapter)