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

Chapter 277

At two o'clock in the afternoon on February 1941, [-], the Japanese North China Front Army Command held a meeting attended by the chiefs of staff of all armies and divisions.

This meeting is for the North China Front Army to formulate a 41-year public security and rectification combat plan.

Before that, Tada Hayao and his three subordinate army commanders, and Kasahara Yukio also held general discussions in advance with his three subordinate army chiefs of staff.

Up to now, most areas in North China have been occupied by the Japanese army, and only a few areas are controlled by different troops.

However, in the occupied areas of the little devils, Jin Province is a great threat.

There are not only the Eighth Route Army, but also the Jinsui Army, and even the Wei Junru First Theater Army.

Commander Tada Hayao of the North China Front Army, and Chief of Staff Yukio Kasahara were all transferred from outside the customs.

They tried to carry out security operations outside the North China region, thereby completely eliminating all resistance forces in the occupied area.

For this reason, they formulated a cage strategy, preparing to launch a full-scale attack on the Eighth Route Army, so as to completely annihilate them.

However, the Eighth Route Army directly confronted each other and directly launched a large-scale sabotage battle, breaking the little devil's cage strategy.

In the end, the Japanese army could not steal chickens and lose money, and they themselves paid a certain degree of losses.

With the appearance of Chen Ziyun, Chu Yunfei's troops were completely mobilized, and with Chen Ziyun's assistance several times, they achieved astonishing results.

The little devil is now gradually losing the initiative in Jin Province. He is very passive in each battle, and the casualties are increasing.

There are now four major generals who were killed.

And there are several generals who have been dismissed because of the failure of the battle.

The meeting held by the North China Front Army this time is to focus on solving the difficulties faced by Jin Province.

To this end, Hayao Tada has already made a decision. He will gather the absolute main force of the front army and fight in Jin Province with all his strength, so as to regain the initiative.

For the little devils, if they want to fight in Jin Province, they have three targets.

The Eighth Route Army, the Jinsui Army, and the First Theater Army.

Before that, Commander Tada Hayao and Chief of Staff Yukio Kasahara of the North China Front had discussed with the Army Commander and Chief of Staff.

After repeated discussions between them, the Jinsui army was directly kicked out of the selection.

In their view, the Jinsui Army can fight only Chu Yunfei's troops, and the overall threat is not very great.

What's more, Yan Laoxi is on two boats, and the Japanese army has a certain possibility to win him over.

If all the main forces of the North China Front Army stormed the Jinsui Army and faced life and death, the Jinsui Army would fight with all its strength.

Then this will cause Yan Laoxi, who was originally swinging left and right, to completely strengthen his belief in fighting the Japanese army.

Once the Jinsui Army fully joins forces with the First Theater and the Eighth Route Army, the little devils in Jin Province will be under tremendous pressure.

Therefore, it is a very inappropriate choice to fight the Jinsui Army. If they do this, it will only backfire.

The little devil decided to knock the mountain to shake the tiger, attack the Eighth Route Army and the First Theater Army, deter the Jinsui Army, and thus pull Yan Laoxi to the Japanese camp.

As for Chu Yunfei's troops, they can be dealt with directly after the battle is over.

After all, in order to deal with Chu Yunfei's troops, directly dispatching the main force of the North China Front Army is obviously a trivial matter.

The Japanese army's current options are only the first theater troops in the Zhongtiaoshan area and the Eighth Route troops active in various areas.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the combat meeting began, and Hayao Tada personally presided over it.

Many chiefs of staff talked about it, and they kept expressing their views.

For the Chief of Staff of the 12th Army, Yoshio Hongo, and the Chief of Staff of the Garrison in Mongolia, Takahashi Shigeru, the troops in the first theater of Zhongtiaoshan could not threaten them at all.

Even for the 12th Army, the deployment of 10,000+ troops by the first theater troops to Zhongtiao Mountain in southern Shanxi is obviously beneficial to them.

Otherwise, all the 10,000+ troops will be withdrawn to Yu Province, and Lu Province, which is next to Yu Province, will definitely be under pressure.

The 12th Army was responsible for the defense of Lu Province, so Yoshio Hongo felt that there was no need to fight the troops in the first theater of Zhongtiao Mountain.

On the contrary, the Eighth Route Army is a large-scale development. They specialize in the development of armed forces and bases behind enemy lines in occupied areas.

Their threat is huge, so it is obviously the best choice to gather the main force of the North China Front Army to attack the Eighth Route Army.

However, after Yoshio Hongo and Shigeru Takahashi put forward their proposals, they were immediately opposed by the head of the First Division of the Front Army.

The first class of the little devil's front army is in charge of combat, so the chief of the chief is very familiar with the situation of the North China front army.

The first theater is currently deployed in Zhongtiao Mountain. There are two group armies and troops directly under the theater. There are seven or eight army units with a total strength of 10,000+.

For this reason, the three security divisions under the First Army are all deployed in southern Shanxi, and are responsible for containing these troops.

A division of the troops directly under the front army is also deployed in the area north of the Yellow River in Henan Province to contain it.

This means that four divisions were restrained by the Zhongtiaoshan defenders, and such a large number of troops were restrained.

The North China Front Army does not have many divisions in total.

Then if the front army gathers the main force to fight the Eighth Route Army, these four divisions cannot be mobilized.

If they were mobilized to participate in the battle, then the troops in the first theater would most likely seize the opportunity and launch a counterattack directly.

By that time, the North China Front may have suffered greater casualties.

Under such circumstances, the head of the first section, Da Zuo, believes that the biggest threat to the North China Front Army at present seems to be the Eighth Route Army.

And there is Chu Yunfei's troops, but in fact, the defenders of Zhongtiao Mountain are their biggest threat.

If they can be completely eliminated, the First Army can easily free up three divisions.

At that time, the three divisions will start fighting, whether it is to attack Chu Yunfei's army or the Eighth Route Army, it will naturally be very easy.

"As long as we gather troops to completely eliminate the defenders of Zhongtiao Mountain, then we will free up a lot of troops."

"At that time, whether we want to deal with Chu Yunfei, a brigade commanded by Chen Ziyun, or the Eighth Route Army, it will be a piece of cake."

"On the contrary, if we deal with the Eighth Route Army first, then it will be almost impossible to mobilize the troops to contain the Zhongtiao Mountain garrison."

"Our idea of ​​gathering the main force for combat will also be completely shattered, so I think we must first solve the Zhongtiaoshan First Theater troops."

The Head of the First Division of the Front Army Command had a firm expression on his face, and directly stated his combat proposal.

As his words fell, they caused a great response and many people talked about it.

Hua Guzheng, the chief of staff of the First Army, also immediately expressed his support. After all, the three divisions in southern Shanxi had been held back for a long time and could not be mobilized, which had a great impact on the First Army.

If the defenders of Zhongtiao Mountain can really be dealt with, the First Army can easily mobilize these three divisions.

The three divisions have a lot of troops, and they are completely capable of affecting the results of any scale of operations.

"Your Excellency, Commander, if we attack the defenders of Zhongtiao Mountain at this time, it may not be beneficial to us."

"There is a conflict between Wei Junru and Yan Baichuan. Their troops stationed in Zhongtiao Mountain will create a balance."

"If we drive their troops away, with our current strength, it will be difficult to completely control this place."

"On the contrary, the Eighth Route Army may take the opportunity to enter here to expand their strength."

"Yan Laoxi doesn't have Wei Junru's check and balance, and they may not necessarily join us. Instead, without Wei Junru's check and balance, they will quickly expand their strength."

"As long as they have enough strength, they will be a huge threat to us."

At this time, the head of the second class, the head of the class, had a serious expression on his face, and he directly expressed a different opinion.

Up to now, Wei Junru's troops in the first theater have always been in conflict with Yan Laoxi's Jinsui Army.

Especially in the southeast of Shanxi, many towns here are repeatedly contested by multiple parties.

In some towns, there are even three responsible persons from different forces!
Appointed by Yan Laoxi, appointed by the little devil, and appointed by Wei Junru.

The two sides constantly had conflicts with each other, and Yan Laoxi flirted with the little devil because of this, and chose to preserve his strength.

The second class is responsible for intelligence, and they have a detailed understanding of intelligence.

Therefore, they believed that if Zhongtiao Mountain did not have Wei Junru's troops in the first theater, then Yan Laoxi would lose his check and balance.

Yan Laoxi will actively develop the Jinsui Army troops. As long as the Jinsui Army expands to a certain extent, without Wei Junru's check and balance, Yan Laoxi will naturally not join the Japanese army.

At the same time, even if the Japanese army captured Zhongtiao Mountain, they would not have enough troops to enter.

The Eighth Route Army has a strong ability to develop armed forces behind enemy lines, and they will take the opportunity to station here for development.

The head of the second class, Da Zuo, believes that if the North China Front Army Command goes all out to attack Wei Junru's troops in the first theater.

So in the end, only Yan Laoxi's Jinsui Army and the Eighth Route Army got the benefits.

The first lesson of the North China Front Army Command, and the second lesson have different views.

One advocated an all-out attack on the troops in the first theater of Zhongtiao Mountain, while the other was completely opposed to attacking the defenders of Zhongtiao Mountain.

Yukio Kasahara, chief of staff of the front army, discussed with the chiefs of staff of each army and division.

These chiefs of staff also have different views, and they have made suggestions one after another.

By six o'clock in the afternoon, the little devil still hadn't made a decision.

Commander Hayao Tada stood in front of the map in thought, and remained silent throughout.

At 06:30, Tada Hayao arranged for everyone to have dinner together.

And he was discussing with Chief of Staff Yukio Kasahara, and they were going to finalize the attack target.

At 07:30 in the evening, the meeting continued.

At eight o'clock, Jun Tada, commander of the North China Front Army, made the final decision.

He directly determined the target of the attack, which was the defenders of the first theater in Zhongtiao Mountain.

In the following time, they began to draw up relevant combat plans.

By eleven o'clock in the evening, the Japanese North China Front Army directly drew up the No. 41 combat plan of the [-]st year.

Its main combat plan is to gather the main forces of the Front Army and fully encircle and wipe out the Fifth and 14th Group Army deployed in Zhongtiaoshan.

In this battle, they want to gather all the troops that can participate in the battle and completely annihilate the two army groups.

After finalizing the battle plan, these chiefs of staff began to go back to rest.

On the [-]th and [-]th of February, they continued to organize meetings to improve the combat plan.

On February [-]th, Hayao Tada started generating electricity to report.

After receiving the telegram, the General Command of the Japanese Army Dispatched Army expressed support for the North China Front Army's combat plan.

At the same time, in order to strengthen the combat strength of the North China Front Army, the General Command of the Dispatch Army will coordinate the 11th Army, and the 13th Army will deploy troops to participate in the battle.

The North China Front Army was actively making preparations. On the afternoon of the [-]th, the chiefs of staff of the armies and divisions began to return.

At the same time, Chief of Staff of the First Army, Masao Hanagu, reported with Yoshio Shinozuka.

Once the Zhongtiaoshan operation is in full swing, then the First Army Command must be responsible for commanding the operation.

Shinozuka Yoshio had to be prepared, after all, the number of troops entrusted to him this time must be quite a lot.

Up to now, the number of units under the First Army is quite large. The 27th Division, which was originally under the direct control of the North China Front Army, was also temporarily seconded to the First Army to command.

After the 27th Division ended the battle in Lancheng and Jingle City, they did not return to Hebei Province immediately, but stayed here in Jin Province.

At present, the 27th Division is deployed in too far away, mainly maintaining the oppression of the troops of the Jinsui Army in Southwest Shanxi.

The independent and mixed ninth and 16th brigades are still deployed in too far away areas to undertake defense tasks in related occupied areas.

Kojima Shinko's special garrison, the [-]rd independent mixed brigade, the [-]st Army Division of the Royal Association Army, and the [-]th mixed brigade of the Royal Association Army.

These Japanese and puppet troops are responsible for guarding the occupied area too far north.

It is worth mentioning that Xiaojima Xinxing made meritorious service in the attack on Arashi City and Jingle City because of his command of the troops.

He was rewarded heavily by the First Army, and for a while Xiaojiu Xinxing could be described as infinite scenery.

Even at the headquarters of the First Army, Kojima Shinxing received more attention than Kazuki Yamamoto.

The overall combat of the Yamamoto Special Team also played a big role this time, but the field observation team was completely annihilated.

The North China Front Army Headquarters was very dissatisfied with the Yamamoto Special Forces. They believed that if they had not observed their operations, more than 100 officers would not have been completely annihilated.

Therefore, Kazuki Yamamoto's new tactics have not received any attention at all.

Shinozuka Yoshio went to the Front Army Command to attend a meeting before and mentioned the Yamamoto Special Forces.

But Hayao Tada gave a severe reprimand, which caused Yoshio Shinozuka to dare not mention it.

The current Yamamoto Secret Service was obviously left out.

The First Army is here in southern Shanxi, and there are still 36 divisions, 37 divisions, and 41 divisions.

It is worth mentioning that the west side of Pingyang City where the 41st Division is stationed is the Pucheng area where the Glory First Division is currently located.

The First Army Command began to focus on Zhongtiao Mountain. In fact, this area has always been an area that the North China Front Army has paid special attention to.

Zhongtiaoshan was attacked by little devils several times, but each attack was repelled.

The little devil also launched a series of means to completely eliminate the defenders here.

This time, after they determined the combat objective, they would definitely use various means.

At this time, the first division of Glory in Pucheng, after a series of supplementary rests, they gradually returned to full strength.

Now the overall weapon configuration of the Glory First Division is strong, and the whole division has a lot of artillery.

Because of Yan Laoxi's warrant, and Fang Ligong used money to open the way.

Chen Ziyun's artillery regiment added a heavy artillery company.

This heavy artillery company is equipped with six Jin-made 16-type 105MM mountain cannons!

Chen Ziyun specially transferred Wu Hama and Sun Fu to serve as the company commander and deputy company commander of the heavy artillery company.

These two people were single-handedly picked up by Chen Ziyun, and they were absolutely loyal to Chen Ziyun.

At present, the officers and soldiers under the artillery regiment are almost all from Chen Ziyun.

In the artillery regiment, Chen Ziyun's prestige completely surpassed Chu Yunfei's.

This is Chen Ziyun's absolute confidant team, who can completely obey Chen Ziyun's command.

"Teacher seat, attend the seat!"

On the afternoon of February [-]th, Chen Ziyun was training in the artillery regiment.

Chu Yunfei came here with Fang Ligong, Chief of Staff, and Chen Ziyun immediately brought his regiment attache Liang Guoping over to salute.

"Ziyun, how is the training situation of the artillery regiment?"

"The deputy division commander has applied several times. I hope that you, the infantry commander, can go to the 11th Brigade to guide the training."

"The Independent 48th Brigade also needs you to go and guide it yourself. Ziyun, you can't favor one person over another."

Chu Yunfei looked at Chen Ziyun in front of him, and said with a smile on his face.

"Master seat, I am following the relevant training of the Independent 48th Brigade and the Reserve 11th Brigade."

"When necessary, I will definitely go to guide the training to ensure that their combat effectiveness will be improved."

"Deputy Master Hao, I will contact you and explain the situation in detail."

Chen Ziyun calmly explained that now he, the infantry commander, has no free time.

The whole teacher training is counting on him to be able to train and guide.

The group greeted politely for a while, and then Chu Yunfei, accompanied by Chen Ziyun, directly inspected the training situation of the artillery regiment.

At five o'clock, Chu Yunfei brought Fang Ligong to the regiment headquarters of the artillery regiment.

After Chu Yunfei came to the regiment headquarters and took his seat, he didn't continue to be polite, and directly explained his purpose of coming.

In previous battles, Chu Yunfei was attacked by Yamamoto's secret service.

Chu Yunfei was deeply impressed by this elite force of the Japanese army.

Although every time he commanded the troops to block in time, he avoided being hit.

But Chu Yunfei knew that the Yamamoto Secret Service came to his headquarters every time.

And he won't be so lucky every time, discovering the Yamamoto special team in time, and quickly blocking their attack.

Once there was a mistake in such a battle, Chu Yunfei would definitely be hit directly.

"Ziyun, Monk Wei's reconnaissance platoon is very strong, and they can compete with the little devil Yamamoto's special agent team."

"However, the number of reconnaissance platoons is too small, and it is difficult for a force of dozens of people to exert a strong strength."

"So I plan to expand the reconnaissance platoon to enhance their strength. If there is a chance in the future, I can completely destroy the Yamamoto special team."

Chu Yunfei looked at Chen Ziyun, and said with a serious expression on his face.

Hearing Chu Yunfei's words, Chen Ziyun had to admire Chu Yunfei's foresight.

Chen Ziyun also had the same idea, but he didn't have time to bring it up.

Monk Wei's reconnaissance platoon is indeed going to be expanded. After all, they will play a greater role in the next Zhongtiao Mountain battle.

(End of this chapter)