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

Chapter 272

Hao Shiwen's 48st Guerrilla Column is currently undertaking the defense mission on both sides of the Independent [-]th Brigade, but their weapons and equipment are slightly inferior.

Moreover, these troops have been in a state of fishing for a long time, and they rarely engage in fierce battles with the little devils' troops.

Today it is not easy for them to persist in fighting and continue to block the Japanese attack on both sides.

If they continue to fight, the consequences can be easily predicted.

After paying a certain amount of casualties, their morale will be affected, leading to a total defeat.

Once they are defeated, they will definitely enter the state of herding sheep, and even affect the operations of the Independent 48th Brigade.

Chen Ziyun is currently not worried about the combat situation of the 11th Reserve Regiment at all, but is very worried about the [-]st Guerrilla Column.

If they are defeated, it will have a great impact on the battles in Lancheng and Jingle City.

At the same time, Chen Ziyun also made some suggestions for flank defense.

At present, the independent 48th brigade and the first guerrilla column are completely occupying positions and defending, and the operations are very passive.

They are standing on the ground, of course they can rely on the bunkers to improve their survivability.

But they could only wait for the Japanese army to attack on the ground, completely passive to the point of being beaten.

The Japanese army launched an attack, completely occupying the initiative.

So Chen Ziyun made a proposal to take advantage of the cover of night to form troops and take the initiative to attack the little devil's troops.

There is no need for the attacking troops to return after completing their combat missions. Instead, they conduct mobile operations on the periphery and support the main force for defense.

After Chu Yunfei and others heard Chen Ziyun's suggestion, they attached great importance to it.

Fang Ligong even thought over and over on the map to perfect Chen Ziyun's combat proposal.

At around ten o'clock in the evening, Hao Shiwen, the commander of the 48st Guerrilla Column, was also invited to the headquarters of the Independent [-]th Brigade.

More than a dozen officers gathered to discuss the next defensive operation.

Yan Laoxi attached great importance to this battle, and he kept sending power to make inquiries.

Moreover, this operation was directly commanded by the Chief's Department.

Yan Laoxi's idea is very simple, that is to directly fight head-on with the Japanese army in Lancheng and Jingle City.

He wants everyone to know that the Jinsui Army is a force capable of fighting tough battles, and it is also a force capable of decisive battles with the Japanese army.

Through this battle, Yan Laoxi wanted to take the initiative in all aspects.

As long as the results of the battle can be achieved, then the headmaster of the capital can't say that he won't fight the little devil.

Then Yan Laoxi directly applied for the establishment of the army, weapons and supplies, which cannot be issued by the accompanying capital.

At the same time, he can also take a lot of the initiative when negotiating with the little devil in the future.

Because the Jinsui Army didn't show much results before, the little devil felt that the Jinsui Army was vulnerable.

Even if they were actively wooing Yan Laoxi, the Japanese army was very arrogant when negotiating, and they didn't take the Jinsui army seriously at all.

Now as long as the Independent 48th Brigade keeps attacking the little devils, they will be completely hurt.

Then, in future negotiations, Yan Laoxi can completely take the initiative.

So Yan Laoxi hoped to achieve certain results in this battle.

And now the Second War Zone Commander's Department has changed from normal, they are no longer hiding.

Before the independent 48th brigade troops obtained any results, Yan Laoxi would not conduct any publicity.

He was saving face for the Japanese army, and hoped that the Japanese army would not hold grudges against the Jinsui Army as much as possible.

But the little devil obviously didn't buy it, and kept threatening and intimidating Yan Laoxi.

Now Yan Laoxi has completely let go, and the chief of the second war zone has already started to make big reports.

"Independent 48th Brigade and other troops evacuated in Lancheng and Jingle City to cover the first part of the Eighth Route of the friendly army, and actively fought against the Japanese army."

"The 48th Independent Brigade fought fiercely with the 27th Division of the Japanese Army. The two sides fought fiercely for a day, and both sides suffered casualties."

"Brigade Commander Chu Yunfei, Commander Chen Ziyun and other officers of the Jinsui Army are actively commanding the troops to fight. They will definitely achieve amazing results again."

"The Minister's Department has specially submitted an application to expand the Independent 48th Brigade into the First Division of Glory in the Second Theater!"

"Officer Yan claims that Chu Yunfei, Chen Ziyun and other officers are not only the glory of the Jin Sui Army, but also the glory of the Three Jins!"

The Ministry of Ministers began to carry out publicity on a large scale, and constantly passed on various news.

They wished that all places could know that the Jinsui army was fighting the main force of the Japanese army in Lancheng and Jingle City.

And they also deliberately emphasized that in this battle, they took the initiative to cover the withdrawal of the Eighth Route Army before launching a fierce battle with the little devil.

In fact, the Independent 48th Brigade stayed put. Although it had the purpose of covering the transfer of the Independent Detachment, they also fought to ensure that the main force of the Jinsui Army would not be attacked.

After all, if they give up Lancheng and Jingle City directly, then the Seventh Army will be directly exposed to the attack range of the little devils.

And with this series of propaganda from the Minister's Department, the independent 48th Brigade and other troops must work hard in the battles in Lancheng and Jingle City.

Otherwise, if anyone has a problem, it will be tantamount to directly tearing down Yan Laoxi.

Then with Yan Laoxi's personality, he wouldn't let it go.

The ability of the first guerrilla column to stick to its position is also related to this aspect.

Until eleven o'clock in the evening, Chu Yunfei, Chen Ziyun, Fang Ligong, Hao Shiwen and other military officers discussed repeatedly.

Hao Shiwen also knew the current situation, so he combined the first and second detachments of more than 2000 people to defend the south side, and the third detachment of [-] people was responsible for the north side defense.

The 358 regiment's second battalion, third battalion, fourth battalion, and seventh battalion.

Prepare one battalion, five battalions, and six battalions of the 11th regiment.

The seven infantry battalions are responsible for the first-line defense of Lancheng and Jingle City, and they will set up positions according to the defense in depth.

In order to clarify the defense range of each department, the independent 48th Brigade Headquarters also divided them into defense areas.

The second battalion, third battalion, and fourth battalion are responsible for the defense of Jingle City. The 358 regiment is under the unified command of Liang Guoping, and the chief of staff Lin Zhiqiang assists in command.

The first battalion, the fifth battalion, and the sixth battalion are responsible for the defense of Lancheng. Wu Ziqiang, the head of the 11th regiment, and Shi Yuframe attached to the regiment are responsible for commanding.

The four artillery positions did not make any adjustments. They were completely under the unified command of Li Yuanchun, the commander of the 24th Artillery Regiment.

Chu Yunfei, commander of the independent 48th brigade, and Fang Ligong, chief of staff, are responsible for the unified command of the above-mentioned departments to carry out operations.

Qian Bojun and Zhang Fugui's reserve 12th regiment served as the general reserve team.

The 358th regiment is directly under the cavalry battalion, the brigade headquarters is directly under the guard company, the machine gun battalion, and the 358th regiment is directly under the reconnaissance platoon.

These units form a mobile combat unit, Chen Ziyun, the independent 48th Brigade infantry commander, is responsible for unified command operations.

Their mission is to launch a night attack, attack the little devils' troops, and support the main force for defense.

After completing the combat mission, they will also stay directly on the periphery to fight.

Chen Ziyun has now become the firefighting captain of the Independent 48th Brigade, and he will go wherever he is needed.

A large artillery unit needs to be commanded, and he immediately commanded the artillery unit to fight.

There was a crisis here in the 11th Preparatory Regiment, and Chen Ziyun went to the 11th Preparatory Regiment to fight without stopping.

The mobile combat force is a multi-armed force, and Chu Yunfei still couldn't find a suitable commander, so Chen Ziyun could only continue to take up the post.

This means that Chen Ziyun has enough prestige in the Independent 48th Brigade, otherwise, he may not be able to command all the troops at will.

After all, the Jinsui Army and other troops have a very xenophobic concept.

It is difficult for a regiment's troops to accept the command of other regiment leaders.

Some directly subordinate troops, when they are incorporated into other troops to fight, will also rely on themselves as directly subordinate troops and will not easily obey their dispatch.

But here in the Independent 48th Brigade, such a situation would never exist in the face of two people.

One is Chu Yunfei, and the other is Chen Ziyun.

Even if it was the 12th reserve regiment, they could easily take over the command if they went there.

The cavalry battalion and other troops quickly gathered together, and Chu Yunfei gave Chen Ziyun a lot of freedom to command.

How to fight, when to fight, where to fight little devils, etc., Chu Yunfei will not interfere.

Chen Ziyun only needs to make his own decision, Chu Yunfei has 100% trust in Chen Ziyun.

After these troops assembled, Chen Ziyun arranged for them to rest and wait for follow-up orders.

But Chen Ziyun was not idle, and started to go to the camps.

He had repeated conversations with the battalion commanders and subordinate company commanders, telling them how to fight defensive warfare and how to better reduce casualties and hold positions.

Especially in the 11th Preparatory Regiment, Chen Ziyun talked with Wu Ziqiang and other officers for more than an hour.

At around two o'clock in the morning on the 28th, Chen Ziyun returned to the cavalry battalion and other troops.

He summoned Zhang Wu, commander of the cavalry battalion, Sun Yu, commander of the machine gun battalion, Xie Yunxia, ​​commander of the guard company, and Wei monk, leader of the reconnaissance platoon.

After these officers arrived, Chen Ziyun began to discuss the next combat operations with them.

Chen Ziyun was going to attack from the south side, and he would first attack the 16-strong little devils who were independent and mixed into the ninth and [-]th brigades.

After causing them certain casualties, they quickly advanced towards the southeast, waiting for an opportunity to carry out combat strikes against the 27th Division.

Naturally, the military officers would not have any different suggestions for Chen Ziyun's plan, and they agreed to it one after another.

At this time, all the ministries of the Japanese and puppet troops held emergency meetings.

As for the reason is very simple, the First Army Command was furious.

They were very dissatisfied with the operations of the 27th Division and other troops, and Yoshio Shinozuka sent reprimanding messages one after another.

After all, there are more than 4 Japanese and puppet troops assembled here at this time.

And the Jinsui Army troops they faced were more than 1 people.

Yoshio Shinozuka was very annoyed that the little devil's army had an absolute advantage, but they couldn't get the results quickly.

After receiving the reprimand message from the First Army Command, the officers commanding the battle quickly held a meeting.

Here in the 27th Division, Lieutenant General Nobumasa Tominaga has a serious expression on his face.

He directly issued death orders to several regiment captains one after another, asking them to launch an attack directly at five o'clock in the morning.

Tominaga Nobumasa was very ashamed. After all, the 27th Division was a field division and they had the most troops.

But in the face of a regiment's resistance, they didn't make any breakthrough. Nobumasa Tominaga made up his mind this time, and must obtain results.

"The attack starts at five o'clock, and the results of the battle must be brought out before dawn."

"Otherwise, our 27th Division will become a laughing stock."

"Do you want to be the result of the independent 48th Brigade and become the first field division they defeated?"

"No matter what, we must break through quickly. Today we must take down Lancheng!"

Tominaga Nobumasa looked at the three captains of the Infantry Regiment and said with a stern expression on his face.

"Hi, Your Excellency, Division Commander." The three regiment commanders immediately agreed to salute.

At four o'clock in the morning, Chen Ziyun commanded the troops to set off.

They directly launched an attack on the little devil troops on the south side. At this time, the little devil troops here did not expect the Jinsui Army troops to launch a night attack at all.

This Japanese army was composed of the Ninth Brigade and the 16th Brigade, which consisted of more than [-] people.

Before they fought against the first guerrilla column, they had an absolute advantage in strength, so their casualties were not very large.

Instead, they brought hundreds of casualties to the defensive first guerrilla column. The little devil felt that the Jinsui army was nothing more than that.

They are very relaxed, thinking that as long as they continue to attack after dawn, they can easily break through.

But Chen Ziyun commanded the troops to come here and directly launched a combat attack on them.

The Sun Yu Machine Gun Battalion seized favorable terrain, built a machine gun position, and was ready to shoot at any time.

Monk Wei's reconnaissance platoon began to destroy the secret sentinels deployed by the little devils to guard the position.

Xie Yunxia commanded the guard company to advance quickly and directly seize the favorable terrain.

The machine gun company under the cavalry battalion also began to advance rapidly, and various weapons were directly set up.

At 04:30, all ministries launched direct fire strikes.

The guard company and the machine gun company assembled four infantry guns and quickly launched shelling.

A round of shrapnel shells quickly hit the little devil's troops.

Six heavy machine guns and two flat-firing guns also fired.

The four guard platoons of the guard company quickly advanced towards the Japanese position.

As for Wei Monk's reconnaissance platoon, the four reconnaissance squads have quickly advanced into the Japanese positions to fight.

They occupied favorable terrain and fired one after another.

All squads of sniper rifles, light machine guns, semi-automatic rifles and other weapons continued to shoot.

Many little devils just woke up from their sleep, and some of them were shot dead before they had time to hold their weapons.

Not long after, three cavalry companies began to attack.

After the light machine guns and grenades of each company reached their positions, they began to provide cover.

A large number of cavalry drew their sabers and rushed directly into the Japanese position.

For a while, the little devils' troops were caught off guard. In just ten minutes, more than 200 of them were killed.

The little devil officers who commanded the battle were completely bewildered.

They want to organize troops to defend, but these troops have no way to launch effective defense at all.

As soon as the Japanese heavy machine guns were erected and wanted to shoot, they would immediately be hit by flat-fire artillery and infantry artillery.

The machine gun platoon under the guard company and the machine gun company of the cavalry battalion have replaced their mortars with Type [-] infantry guns.

This infantry gun is very light and has high mobility.

And it is capable of both flat shooting and curved shooting.

(End of this chapter)