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

Chapter 270 Field Division, the sense of oppression brought by the 27th Division
The Japanese First Army has quickly made deployment arrangements based on the situation of each department.

The air force continued the bombing all morning, the purpose was to wait for the ministries to be in place.

At this time, the First Army, with the 27th Division as the core, directly launched an attack deployment.

The 27th Division was responsible for attacking Lancheng head-on, and formed the ninth independently, while the 16-strong troops formed by the [-]th Brigade assisted from the flank.

Xiaodao Xinxing in Xinxian County commanded the First Division of the Imperial Army, the special garrison was responsible for attacking Jingle City from the front, and the third independent mixed brigade assisted from the flank.

The Yamamoto special team is going to conduct a large-scale detour, and they will carry out combat strikes against Chu Yunfei, Chen Ziyun and others.

The morale of the 27th Division's battle this time was high.

Lieutenant General Nobumasa Tominaga is also a new official, this time he is ready to seize the opportunity to gain military exploits.

Tominaga Nobumasa just took over the post of commander of the 27th Division in early December. He originally thought that he would not have the opportunity to command the troops for large-scale operations.

As a result, they are now directly transferred to Jin Province to undertake the main offensive mission.

Facing the troops of the Jinsui Army, Tominaga Nobumasa has great confidence.

Although he has never commanded troops to fight against the Jinsui Army, he has heard of the situation here in Jin Province.

The little devils of the First Army are always yelling that to deal with the Jinsui Army, they can be scared away by beating their helmets with wooden sticks.

Even though Nobumasa Tominaga felt that the independent 48th Brigade might have a certain combat effectiveness, he still didn't pay too much attention to this battle.

In his opinion, a brigade would not be an opponent of his own field division at all.

As long as I defeat them, the other Jinsui Army troops will naturally be vulnerable.

At this time, a large number of Japanese and puppet troops advanced mightily towards Lancheng and Jingle City.

It's just that they don't know that in Lancheng and Jingle City, the independent 48th Brigade and other troops are already ready for defense.

At 01:30 in the afternoon, as the Japanese and puppet troops gradually advanced, the minister's department got the news for the first time.

He quickly issued an order, requiring the first guerrilla column to quickly advance to both sides of the independent 48th brigade and undertake the defense tasks on both sides.

Hao Shiwen, the commander of the first guerrilla column, received an order from the chief, and did not dare to delay at all, so he quickly mobilized troops to join the battle.

The second war zone commander's department also organized the Jinsui Army guerrilla units here, with a total of six guerrilla columns.

They are scattered in different areas to carry out guerrilla operations. Of course, most of the time they are in a state of fishing.

Hao Shiwen's first guerrilla column had three detachments, each with about 2000 troops.

After receiving the order from the Minister's Ministry, Hao Shiwen arranged for the first and second detachments to undertake the defense of the south and north sides of the Independent 48th Brigade.

I am commanding the third detachment and taking charge of the reserve team.

As the first guerrilla column joined the defensive operations in Lancheng and other areas, the Jinsui Army gathered a lot of troops here.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the little devil bombers came to the sky above the battlefield again, and they began to bomb.

A large number of aerial bombs fell on the position one after another, accompanied by deafening explosions, and gunpowder smoke filled the surroundings.

Countless shrapnel quickly spread towards the surroundings, and this moment can be described as shaking the earth.

It lasted until around 02:30, when the little devils aviation unit ended the bombing and left the battlefield directly.

It was at this time that the Japanese and puppet troops from Xinxian County took the lead in arriving at the area east of Jingle City.

Kojima Shinxing, the lieutenant captain of the special garrison, personally commanded the battle, and Huang Daofeng, the lieutenant general and division commander of the First Division of the Royal Association Army, also came to the front line.

The three infantry regiments of the Royal Association Army currently have more than 6000 troops, plus the artillery battalion, engineer battalion and other troops, they have about 8000 troops.

They fought before, but they paid a certain amount of casualties.

The little devil's special defense team has two special combat brigades and an artillery brigade under its jurisdiction, with a total strength of about 3000 people.

There are 1000 Japanese and puppet troops, and their overall strength is not weak.

The artillery of the puppet army has sixteen artillery pieces, and the artillery brigade of the Japanese army also has twelve artillery pieces.

In addition, the Japanese infantry brigade also had rapid-fire artillery and infantry artillery. Each regiment of the puppet army also had mountain artillery, and each battalion also had mortars.

Arriving at the eastern area of ​​Jingle City, Xiao Dao Xinxing met Huang Daofeng, and the two carefully observed the deployment.

Immediately afterwards, the First Division of the Royal Association Army took the lead in launching a tentative attack.

The first regiment of more than 1000 troops quickly advanced towards the position set up by the 358th regiment.

This puppet army can be regarded as fighting one after another, and they have rich combat experience.

The puppet army opened the distance and advanced quickly, trying to test the defensive firepower here.

More than 358 people from the second and third battalions of the 1000 regiment were responsible for the frontal defense.

Their weapon configuration is also weak, with eight heavy machine guns and four 81MM mortars.

Six infantry companies, each with nine light machine guns, nine grenadiers, fifteen submachine guns, and dozens of rifles.

They used Jingle City highlands, villages, and roads to build defensive positions, and they were able to maintain contact with each other.

Facing the tentative attack of the puppet army, the two battalion commanders were very calm and did not launch a fire attack immediately.

However, as a large number of puppet troops approached the position, various squads of rifles, light machine guns, and submachine guns started firing.

A large number of bullets shot directly at the puppet army.

The 358th Regiment was a unit that Chu Yunfei had served as the head of the regiment, and now the head of the regiment is Chen Ziyun.

From Cangyun Ridge to the present, this army has been fighting again and again and training continuously. Their overall strength is very strong.

Especially in terms of shooting, Chen Ziyun kept arranging them to train, so as to improve their hit rate.

The Jin-made Czech light machine gun fired bursts, and the Jin-made submachine guns pulled the triggers one after another.

A [-]-type rifle was aimed, and then the trigger was quickly pulled, and the bullets were fired one after another.

A puppet soldier was hit during the advance and fell directly into a pool of blood.

After the shooting soldiers hit the target, they quickly moved to avoid being locked by the firepower of the Japanese and puppet troops.

The probing attack of the first regiment of the puppet army was quickly repelled, and Kojima Nobuoki raised his binoculars to observe.

At three o'clock, the Japanese and puppet troops began to organize artillery shelling.

A mountain cannon began to bombard the position intensively.

At the same time, under the cover of artillery, the Japanese and puppet troops launched operations.

The second and third regiments of the puppet army, the first and second brigades of the Japanese army were all dispatched.

The puppet army of thousands of days launched an echelon attack, and the four echelons opened a distance back and forth, advancing towards the position in a mighty manner.

It was at this time that the first detachment and the second detachment of Hao Shiwen's first guerrilla column began to engage the flanking Japanese troops one after another.

Independently mixed into the ninth and 16th brigades with more than [-] people, they stormed the first detachment on the south side.

The little devils with more than [-] people in the independent mixed third brigade attacked the second detachment on the north side.

At 03:30, fierce battles started here in Jingle City.

Xiaojima Xinxing commanded the first and second regiments of the Imperial Association Army, the first and second battalions of the Japanese special operations, and stormed the positions of the second and third battalions of the 358 regiment.

The 27th Division also began to organize troops to conduct tentative attacks on the positions of the fifth and sixth battalions of the 11th Regiment in Lancheng.

For a while, the focus of the battle between the two sides was concentrated on Jingle City, regardless of the fact that the main force of the attack here was the Japanese and puppet troops.

But these Japanese and puppet troops are not ambiguous at all. They are attacking with all their lives, and they are not afraid of death at all.

The four echelons launched a wave-like tactical attack.

The first regiment of the puppet army in front was repelled, and the first brigade of the Japanese army quickly followed up.

At the same time, the first regiment of the puppet army quickly retreated, reorganized its troops, and followed behind the second Japanese army at the rear.

Two puppet regiments and two Japanese brigades, like waves, hit the positions one after another.

Behind them, there are Japanese and puppet artillery units providing fire support.

Eight Jin-made 75MM mountain guns and eight 75-style [-]MM mountain guns.

Eight Jin-made 105MM mountain cannons and four 105MM [-]-style mountain cannons.

Among these artillery pieces, twelve large-caliber mountain cannons played a major role.

They fired over a dozen kilograms of grenades, accompanied by deafening explosions.

Many firepower points will be destroyed on the spot, which will also cause greater damage to the position.

Especially the second battalion and the third battalion were under continuous pressure, and the artillerymen of the Japanese and puppet troops began to launch shelling with all their strength.

At four o'clock, the puppet cavalry battalion, engineer battalion and other troops quickly joined the battle.

Thousands of cavalry and engineering troops rushed towards the position quickly.

Among them, hundreds of cavalry have strong mobility, and they advance quickly.

It was at this time that the positions of the second battalion and the third battalion showed faint signs of being breached.

But at this time, Chen Ziyun personally commanded the field artillery battalion, and the artillery battalion launched fierce artillery fire.

During this period of time, the artillery units continued to transmit information through the forward artillery observation post, and they quickly calculated the data.

Liyang Sunxiong Artillery Battalion, six [-]-style mountain guns, and six Bofors mountain guns fired first.

They directly shelled the infantry, cavalry, engineers and other units of the Japanese puppet army.

Twelve 75MM mountain artillery launched a blocking bombardment, and a large number of shells hit the Japanese and puppet troops overwhelmingly.

These shells fell precisely into the Japanese and puppet troops, and with the sound of the explosion, the shrapnel quickly spread around.

Many Japanese and puppet troops were hit by shrapnel one after another and fell directly into a pool of blood.

Zhou Wenbo's field artillery battalion has now been strengthened in overall strength, with a total of sixteen field artillery.

75MM Japanese-style field guns, 77MM Liao-made field guns, and 88MM Jin-made field guns.

Under Zhou Wenbo's personal command, these artillery pieces fired rapidly.

A grenade was fired directly towards the artillery positions of the Japanese and puppet troops.

There are six Japanese-style field guns and six Liao-made field guns with detailed shooting parameter tables.

Their shells landed precisely on the artillery positions of the Japanese and puppet troops.

There were some deviations in the four 88MM Jin-made field guns, and Chen Ziyun's headquarters quickly corrected them.

Then, the sixteen field guns started firing.

A large number of grenades hit the artillery positions of the Japanese and puppet troops one after another, accompanied by deafening explosions.

The Japanese and puppet troops who attacked Jingle City for a while suffered heavy casualties.

Xiaojima Xinxing hurriedly withdrew his troops to avoid greater casualties.

The battle in Jingle City temporarily stopped, and it became quiet here.

But here in Arashi City, the 27th Division of the Little Devils quickly launched a fierce attack under the personal command of the division commander Nobumasa Tominaga.

The three infantry regiments, without any reservations, were all put into combat.

The 27th Division is a field force, and it has participated in large-scale battles with millions of people.

They have rich combat experience, and they have invested a lot of troops, but they are very scattered.

Looking at it from a distance, it is almost a mess of loose sand.

But after they attacked, their ferocious fighting power was fully displayed.

Many little devils can accurately hit the target more than 300 meters away.

There are even special shooters who can hit machine gun shooters at a distance of 500 meters.

The Fifth Battalion and Sixth Battalion of the 11th Preparatory Regiment actively defended, but their own casualties continued to increase.

At around 04:30, the two sides began to fight at a distance of two 300 meters.

For a while, the little devils' troops showed a super fighting level, and the light and heavy machine gun shooters were all shooting in bursts.

A round of bullets hit the position with precision, as long as one is not paying attention, it will be hit quickly.

And their grenadiers have almost completely merged the human and the grenadier into one.

Although the Japanese grenadier has a sight, it is basically a decoration.

If you want to use the sight to control the grenade to hit the target, it depends on luck.

Grenadier shooting depends entirely on feeling, and the grenadiers of the Little Devils Field Division have been fighting for a long time, and they can quickly hit the target.

With at most two grenades, they can hit the target with precision.

The 27th Division only attacked once, and some troops almost rushed to the position.

The fifth battalion and the sixth battalion suffered a lot of casualties, and many of their weapons and equipment were destroyed.

Two machine guns and eight heavy machine guns, three of which have been killed!

Wu Ziqiang, the head of the regiment who commanded the battle, and Shi Yuframe attached to the regiment stared wide-eyed, with a face full of disbelief.

How could they have imagined that the little devil army in front of them would have such terrifying fighting power.

Not daring to delay, the two quickly contacted the brigade headquarters and reported directly to the brigade commander Chu Yunfei.

After Chu Yunfei received the report from the front line, he had a serious expression on his face.

On the one hand, he asked the troops to stick to their positions, and at the same time quickly contacted Chen Ziyun and Li Yuanchun.

"Ziyun, I'm afraid you are going to sit in Lancheng and take command in person."

"Otherwise, the 11th regiment prepared will not be able to stop the little devil's attack."

"This is the news just sent by the Minister's Department. The 27th Division of the North China Front Army has come to Jin Province to participate in the war."

"What the 11th Preparatory Regiment is facing must be the little devils from the 27th Division."

"It is almost impossible for the two battalions to block the attack of a division."

Chu Yunfei found Chen Ziyun, and following Chen Ziyun to the brigade, he said solemnly.

When Chen Ziyun heard that it was the 27th Division, he couldn't help but look surprised.

It should be said that they also fought against field troops, but the elite third regiment was completely divided into several battles to eliminate them.

And at that time, their troops also had an absolute advantage in military strength and weapons.

In the follow-up to face the 26th Division troops, they only transferred one or two brigades over.

Not to mention a division unit, even the main force of the division has not been transferred.

Now directly dealing with one division of the 27th division, the pressure of preparing for the 11th division can be imagined.

To block such a troop attack, joint infantry and artillery operations are required.

As for those who can command infantry and artillery joint operations proficiently, only Chen Ziyun can do it alone in the independent 48th brigade.

Moreover, Chen Ziyun had also served as the head of the 11th Reserve Regiment, so it was obviously the best candidate for him to command the battle.

Chen Ziyun did not delay, and quickly went to the position of the 11th reserve regiment.

By the time he came here, the [-]st Battalion of the reserve team had already entered the battle quickly.

The three infantry battalions of the 11th Reserve Regiment and a mountain artillery company all joined the battlefield.

But even though the two thousand troops were fighting defensively with all their strength, they were still passively beaten in the face of the attack of the 27th Division.

After Chen Ziyun came to the front line, Wu Ziqiang and others breathed a sigh of relief, and they quickly reported.

"Regimental Commander Chen, they are very powerful, and all kinds of weapons are closely coordinated in combat, and they have strong strike capabilities."

"Many of our heavy weapons were destroyed by their grenadiers, infantry guns, and rapid-fire guns."

"Some positions are in danger, and even the little devils were repelled with hand-to-hand combat."

"Continue to fight like this, Commander Chen, even if the reserve 11th regiment is wiped out, it won't be able to stop the little devil's attack."

Wu Ziqiang and Shi Yujian stood in front of Chen Ziyun, and they spoke solemnly.

These troops were led by them alone, and they felt distressed seeing the casualties of the troops.

"I will let the artillery cooperate in the battle. Don't worry, we can hold the position."

"I will go to the front line to see the specific situation, and you are waiting here for my order."

"This battle was personally directed by the Chief's Department. Although the Chief's Department's intentions are not yet clear, they are very determined."

"As soon as the fight started, the troops gave up their positions, let alone the commander's department, even the brigade would not agree."

Chen Ziyun's expression was serious, and he immediately warned.

Wu Ziqiang and Shi Yujian couldn't help being taken aback, and they immediately nodded in agreement.

After stabilizing the two chief officers of the 11th Preparatory Regiment, Chen Ziyun didn't delay and came directly to the front line.

All kinds of bullets and artillery shells continued to hit, and the deafening explosions sounded one after another.

In just a short while, Chen Ziyun's whole body was covered in dust.

Once a shell landed not far away, Chen Ziyun was also hit, and a stone hit him on the shoulder.

The pain came, and Chen Ziyun could hardly move his left hand.

At this moment, Chen Ziyun once again felt the cruelty of war.

Even if there is a system, even if there is a series of rewards, war will still kill people.

After all, in the face of the little devil's army, even the beautiful army armed to the teeth, will pay heavy losses.

"Head Chen is here!"

"Brothers, Captain Chen is here."

"Captain Chen, this place is too dangerous, why did you come here?"

"We... Did we fight badly?"

As Chen Ziyun came to the front line, some officers came over immediately.

Many officers and soldiers glanced at Chen Ziyun one after another, and they continued to fight.

Chen Ziyun shook his head directly, and picked up the binoculars with his right hand to check the situation in detail.

Just looking at it, a bullet flew directly overhead.

Immediately afterwards, a grenade fell on the ground in front of Chen Ziyun.

Chen Ziyun quickly hid in the trench and moved quickly.

"Boom boom boom."

One grenade hit here one after another, and the sound of explosions kept ringing.

Fortunately, Chen Ziyun moved quickly, otherwise, even if he didn't die, he would still be injured.

This shows how powerful the attacking firepower of the 27th Division of the Little Devils is.

(End of this chapter)