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

Chapter 280 Chen Ziyun is helpless, the Japanese and puppet troops on the east side are exposed

Chen Ziyun's style has always been bold, he often plays dangerous moves, and dares to fight tough and vicious battles.

However, facing He Jingzhi's inquiry now, Chen Ziyun actually suggested to abandon Zhongtiao Mountain, retreat to the south bank of the Yellow River, and stick to the river defense position.

This made Chu Yunfei, who knew him very well, full of surprise. Chu Yunfei even thought for a time that Chen Ziyun was too nervous and said the wrong thing?

As the chief of staff of the first war zone, Guo Jiqiao has paid close attention to Chu Yunfei and Chen Ziyun's troops for a long time.

He is clear about all the traces of Chen Ziyun's battle.

But now Chen Ziyun's answer is obviously completely different from his style, which surprised Guo Jiqiao for a while.

"Commander Chen has been directing operations on the front line one after another, and now he has arrived in Luojing after a long journey. It is inevitable that he has not had a good rest."

"Besides, Commander Chen was a little nervous when he met Mr. He for the first time. Don't worry, take your time."

"President He, please forgive me, after all, they didn't expect to meet you here."

Guo Jiqiao stepped forward and explained directly with a smile.

"Hehehe, I have checked Chen Ziyun's battle in detail."

"A lone army from Cangyun Ridge broke in and captured the flag of the third regiment."

"The Yangcun area faced the independent and mixed fourth brigade and completely wiped it out."

"Following up the battle here in Xinxian County, we achieved a lot of results. We once again wiped out the independent and mixed Fourth Brigade, as well as more than 8000 reinforcements from the Mongolian Army."

"Here in Yuanping City, he once again commanded the lone army and wiped out the land-occupied observation group."

"With this series of results, you, Chen Ziyun, have not flinched at all."

"Even under all kinds of disadvantages, you still won the battle. Why do you suggest that the defenders of Zhongtiao Mountain give up fighting and retreat to the river defense position on the south bank at this time."

With a curious expression on He Jingzhi's face, he looked at Chen Ziyun in front of him and asked in confusion.

On the side, Chu Yunfei kept giving Chen Ziyun winks to make him change his statement.

Obviously, the Minister's Department will not give up Zhongtiao Mountain easily. Chen Ziyun's suggestion is completely opposite to the Minister's Department, which is definitely not possible.

Different from the idea above, this will inevitably make the above dissatisfied.

Chen Ziyun looked at He Jingzhi and the others beside him, and then he looked at the map.

There are eight armies in Zhongtiao Mountain, and there are three other armies in the periphery that can support operations.

There are even troops on the south bank of the Yellow River who can cross the river to rush for reinforcements at any time. With such a heavy defense, the commander's department is full of confidence.

But their thinking is still stuck in the previous Japanese attack on Zhongtiao Mountain. They think that the Japanese army will not deploy too many troops to participate in the battle.

Take the initiative to attack and disintegrate the Japanese offensive.

If it was before, the little devil sent tens of thousands of troops to attack, and with the defense strength of Zhongtiao Mountain, he could completely do this.

However, the situation is completely different now. The Japanese and puppet troops have gathered heavy troops to fight.

And they also made sufficient preparations. No matter how they defended Zhongtiao Mountain, they would suffer heavy losses.

Thinking of this battle, many generals and officers will die for their country, and a large number of officers and soldiers will either be killed or captured.

Chen Ziyun took a deep breath, but he still insisted on his suggestion.

"Judging from all the current circumstances, the Japanese and puppet troops are constantly gathering, and the number of their participation in the war must exceed our imagination."

"And they will also receive aviation support. It is basically impossible for us to disrupt their attacks."

"There is no defense in depth here in Zhongtiao Mountain. Once the Japanese and puppet troops come over from multiple sides, we can only be beaten passively."

"Once our arc defense is breached, it will be a breakthrough, the whole line will collapse, and the entire Zhongtiao Mountain will be in chaos."

"At that time, as long as the Japanese army quickly intersperses from the flanks and captures all the Yellow River crossings, 10,000+ troops will be completely lambs to be slaughtered."

"The 24th Group Army at the junction of Yu and Hebei provinces east of the Taihang Mountains, let alone the commander, can't come. Even if they come, what can they do?"

"Temporary formation of the fifth army, the combat effectiveness of the 40th army, presumably the chief's department is very clear here, the Japanese army can randomly deploy two regiments to stop them."

"The 27th Army is also powerless here. They want to rush to help Zhongtiao Mountain, but I'm afraid they can't do it at all."

Chen Ziyun pointed to different locations marked on the map, and directly expressed his thoughts.

After hearing this, He Jingzhi looked at the map and couldn't help but fell into deep thought.

The expression on Guo Jiqiao's face also changed. He looked at the map and remained silent.

These two people have been fighting for a long time, and they naturally know that if Chen Ziyun's words are really followed, Zhongtiao Mountain may be defeated miserably.

They looked at the map for a long time, then glanced at each other.

"The Japanese and puppet troops can't make up a heavy army group to fight, not to mention that there are Jinsui Army and Eighth Route Army in Jin Province that can support the battle."

"The 10,000+ heavy army group in Zhongtiao Mountain, even if they can't stick to it, they can alternately cover each other and quickly withdraw to the south bank defense."

"We have troops deployed all over the south bank for defense, ready to take them back at any time."

"Commander Chen, your concerns are very reasonable, but such a situation will never happen."

He Jingzhi looked at Chen Ziyun and spoke directly.

Chen Ziyun wanted to say something, but Guo Jiqiao gently pulled Chen Ziyun's arm and shook his head.

The Minister's Ministry has already made a decision, and it is not for He Jingzhi and Guo Jiqiao to decide how they will fight.

Such a large-scale operation needs to be discussed with the capital's highest command organization.

All their combat plans must be approved by the headmaster of the accompanying capital before they can be implemented.

Obviously, the approved battle plan cannot be modified at will.

Chen Ziyun is only the infantry and artillery commander of the Glory First Division, which is actually equivalent to a deputy division commander.

Even if he won many victories and won a series of victories.

However, the First War Zone Commander's Department, the Military Command Department, and even the principal will not easily change the battle plan just because of one of his concerns.

And to abandon Zhongtiao Mountain, such an important and dangerous place, who can bear this responsibility?

Chen Ziyun felt helpless, he could only sigh secretly.

After all, he can't tell all the detailed deployment arrangements of the Japanese and puppet troops, otherwise, he has no way to explain it.

Even if Chen Ziyun made some explanations, the people above would not believe it, so Chen Ziyun would definitely be arrested and interrogated.

What Chen Ziyun can do now is to provide some defense suggestions as much as possible to strengthen the defense deployment in the Zhongtiao Mountain area.

In the next few days, Chu Yunfei and Chen Ziyun were free to enter and leave the first war zone chief's department.

He Jingzhi and Guo Jiqiao successively had detailed talks with them to understand the situation of the Glory First Division.

On April [-], Chief of Staff He Jingzhi swiped a pen and began to supplement the first division of Glory.

He Jingzhi is currently serving as the chief of staff, as well as the minister of the military and political department. He is one of the Big Four.

He is entirely responsible for the replenishment of weapons and ammunition in various theaters across the country.

Speaking of which, He Jingzhi's place is even more powerful than the black market. He Jingzhi can find weapons and equipment that cannot be bought on the black market.

The Glory First Division has two brigades, and each brigade has a mountain cannon company equipped with six Jin orogenic cannons.

Four regiments, each directly under a mortar company, equipped with six 81MM or 82MM mortars.

The main combat artillery of each regiment is the mortar company directly under the regiment, and the infantry artillery under the machine gun company of each battalion.

In addition, each platoon will also have grenades or 60MM mortars, which will be responsible for the support firepower of the platoon.

Each regiment will have six mortars and six infantry guns. These twelve guns are the main combat support artillery.

But these artillery also have certain shortcomings, that is, even the Type [-] infantry artillery can shoot flat.

But once they encountered armored vehicles, the regiment level still had no weapons to deal with.

In addition, the entire Glory First Division did not have any anti-aircraft weapons.

Under such circumstances, He Jingzhi handled the matter personally after understanding the situation.

He personally generated electricity and formed four small artillery companies and four anti-aircraft machine gun companies.

The four infantry regiments under the First Glory Division, in addition to the mortar company, began to be supplemented by a small artillery company and an anti-aircraft machine gun company.

Each small battery is equipped with four Madsen 20MM cannons.

Each anti-aircraft machine gun company is equipped with five Deshka 12.7MM anti-aircraft machine guns.

In this way, when each regiment is fighting alone, these machine guns and anti-aircraft machine guns can attack armored targets and civil engineering works.

And if the whole division wants to organize anti-aircraft firepower, it can assemble sixteen machine guns and twenty anti-aircraft machine guns to set up air defense positions.

With such a firepower configuration, it is natural to be able to effectively shoot into the air, forcing the Little Devils Air Force to be unable to lower their heights to carry out precision bombing and strafing the ground.

With this batch of machine guns and anti-aircraft machine guns, the overall combat effectiveness of the First Glory Division will still be greatly improved.

But Chen Ziyun didn't feel happy because he knew that there is no free lunch in the world!

The more you give, the bigger the task.

The Madsen machine guns and Deshka anti-aircraft machine guns deployed by He Jingzhi this time are all imported.

It was very difficult to replenish these imported weapons and ammunition, but He Jingzhi deployed enough ammunition in one go.

Obviously, the first division of Glory will definitely undertake major combat missions next.

Chu Yunfei came from a wealthy family, so he had a good face.

In addition, he is a formal student of the emperor, and He Jingzhi is his chief instructor!
From now on, if Chu Yunfei completely executes any combat order given by He Jing, he will definitely suffer a big loss.

Time was passing, and on April [-]th, the batch of machine guns and anti-aircraft machine guns began to be transported across the river and directly replenished to the Glory First Division.

It was at this time that He Jingzhi held the first, second, and fifth military-level meetings in Luojing.

At this meeting, He Jingzhi directly made two instructions.

"It seems that the Japanese army will seize Zhongtiao Mountain, clean up the north bank of the Yellow River, and then seize Luojing, so as to threaten the back of the Fifth Theater, or look westward at Shaanxi Province."

"In order to ensure Zhongtiao Mountain, the 27th Army attacked from east to west, and the Glory First Division attacked from west to east, harassing the flanks of the Japanese and puppet troops."

"The fifth and 14th armies mobilized a capable part to take the initiative to attack in order to cooperate with the friendly forces on both sides to coordinate operations and suspend the Japanese offensive."

"Fifth, the main force of the 14th Army will cooperate with the troops of the second and eighth theaters to jointly fight, encircle and annihilate the enemy in southern Shanxi."

"Each department operates to ensure the Zhongtiao Mountains to the minimum extent, and we control the areas to the north, east and other areas to storm the enemy's flanks and defeat the Japanese attack attempt!"

He Jingzhi's meaning is obvious, all ministries in the first war zone must stick to Zhongtiao Mountain and fight the Japanese troops with all their strength.

After the Japanese army launched its attack, the east and west sides attacked fiercely, harassing the flanking troops of the Japanese and puppet troops, and restraining their main combat force.

The two group armies mobilized elite troops to take the initiative to attack, cooperate with the flanking troops, and suspend the Japanese offensive.

In the second and eighth theaters, troops were dispatched to help quickly, and cooperated with the defenders of Zhongtiao Mountain to carry out an annihilation operation against the Japanese and puppet troops assembled in southern Shanxi.

If we can't succeed, we will use all our strength to defend Zhongtiao Mountain, strengthen the strength of the attacking troops on both sides, cooperate with Zhongtiao Mountain's defense, and defeat the Japanese attack!

In terms of overall deployment, there is no big problem with the combat plan.

The Ministry of Ministers, the Ministry of Military Command, and other agencies that formulate combat plans are not just empty pockets, they are also talented.

If the second theater and the eighth theater work together to fight together.

Yan Laoxi's Jin Sui Army and other troops fought desperately, and it would definitely be difficult to annihilate the small Japanese troops in southern Shanxi.

However, it is still possible to force the main force of the Japanese army attacking Zhongtiao Mountain to quickly return to the occupied areas in southern Shanxi for defense.

It's just that Yan Laoxi and other troops have conflicts with the troops in the first theater here in Zhongtiao Mountain, and there have been different conflicts several times.

In many towns in the southeast of Shanxi, there are personnel sent by Yan Laoxi, the first war zone.

The 43rd Army of the Jinsui Army is in Shunwangping, they are not here to assist in the battle, they are here to grab the territory!
Counting on their assistance, not to mention fighting desperately, even if they launch a few decent attacks, it is not bad.

Another point is that the officials and others still underestimated the determination of the Japanese army to take Zhongtiao Mountain this time.

The Glory First Division and the 27th Army diverted the attack from both sides.

After repeated reinforcements, the total strength of the Glory First Division was nearly 5000.

The 27th Army is a direct-line army with three divisions under its jurisdiction and a total strength of more than 2 troops.

These two troops have more than 3 troops, and their overall combat effectiveness is very strong.

In addition to the fifth, the 14th Army will also mobilize troops to take the initiative to attack and support the attacks of the troops on both sides.

In this way, their combat strength would be 6 to [-] at least. On the surface, there is no problem with such a large number of troops attacking the Japanese and puppet troops through mobile operations.

But this time the Japanese and puppet troops have invested in heavy troops to fight, not counting the 21st Division, 35th Division and other troops from the northern Henan area.

In the southern Shanxi area, there are 36, 37, 41, and 33 divisions here.

In addition, there are independent mixed ninth brigades, 16th brigades, and fourth cavalry brigades.

The Japanese army had four divisions and three brigades participating in the battle.

Among them, the 33rd division was fully staffed to participate in the battle, and the other three divisions also mobilized their main forces to participate in the battle.

What's more, these Japanese troops will also have the Imperial Association Army, the Puppet Mongolian Army, and the Puppet Manchukuo Army to assist in the battle.

There are countless vehicles participating in the battle.

These troops want to contain them and suspend their attacks, which is difficult to do.

Even if they attack rashly, they may be bitten back, resulting in heavy casualties.

The generals who participated in the meeting kept nodding in agreement, and they believed that such a plan would be foolproof.

Many generals even vowed that they will fully support this battle.

It's just that Chen Ziyun is very clear that what they say sounds good, but basically no one can do it.

The meeting lasted until April [-]th, and He Jingzhi made detailed arrangements.

At four o'clock in the afternoon on the [-]th, the generals who participated in the meeting began to return.

When Chen Ziyun and Chu Yunfei left, Guo Jiqiao, Chief of Staff of the First War Zone, saw them off in person.

Moreover, Guo Jiqiao repeatedly emphasized that he hoped that the Glory First Division could play a major role in this battle.

Chu Yunfei directly promised that once the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain starts, the First Division of Glory will go all out to fight.

Chen Ziyun kept an eye out and didn't make promises such as fully implementing the orders of the Minister's Ministry.

Otherwise, if we fight according to the commander's orders, the troops may be wiped out in an instant.

A large number of Japanese and puppet troops set up a posture and went south to attack. The Glory First Division took the lead in attacking from the west. Isn't this a living target?

Chen Ziyun seemed very helpless about the deployment of the minister's department here.

Wait until April 21, after returning to Xiangning City again.

Chu Yunfei began to gather the officers of various ministries and directly conveyed the combat orders of the chief ministries.

At this time, the Japanese and puppet troops began to mobilize more frequently, especially in the northern Henan area, where there was almost nothing to hide the strong strength of the Japanese and puppet troops.

This time the 21st Division was seconded from the 13th Army. They all participated in the battle, with a total strength of more than 1.

The 35th Division needs to be responsible for the defense and defense of Lanfeng and other areas south of the Yellow River in Yu Province, so they deployed one to participate in the battle.

These two divisions pieced together more than 2 troops. The commander of the 21st division, Hisaichi Tanaka, and the commander of the 35th division, Harada Kumayoshi, would personally command the operations.

Of course, in addition to these more than 2 little Japanese troops, more than 20 people from the 21th, 24st, and 2th Divisions of the Imperial Association Army also gathered to participate in the battle.

These three divisions are all regular troops who have joined the little devils and have certain combat effectiveness.

The Japanese and puppet troops assembled nearly 5 people in the northern Henan area and made preparations, but they were about to advance westward to fight.

In the northeast of Zhongtiao Mountain, more than 33 troops from the 2rd Division and the Fourth Cavalry Brigade have also assembled.

They are in Yangcheng, Jincheng and other areas. According to the combat plan drawn up by the Japanese army, this group of little devils will cooperate with the 21st and 35th Divisions in the northern Henan area to fight.

The 21st and 35th Divisions quickly advanced westward, directly along the north bank of the Yellow River, and seized the Yellow River ferry controlled by the 14th Army.

Then they will conduct a north-south attack with the 33rd Division and the 14th Cavalry Brigade, and directly annihilate the [-]th Army.

The Japanese and puppet troops here were gradually exposed, and their combat intentions became clearer and clearer.

It was at this time that the Third Flying Regiment affiliated to the Third Flying Group had already entered the airport in the Northern Henan area.

The Third Flying Regiment is under the jurisdiction of the Bomber Squadron 32 and the Reconnaissance Plane Squadron 44. These two squadrons have hundreds of aircraft.

They are on standby in the northern Henan area and are responsible for supporting the 21st Division, 33rd Division, 35th Division, and the Fourth Cavalry Brigade.

It is worth mentioning that the little devil's reconnaissance plane can also carry aerial bombs and can be used as a bomber.

Especially in 41, the Japanese army now has complete control over the air.

Any of their aircraft is capable of striking the ground.

Even aircraft that cannot carry aerial bombs can lower their altitude and use machine guns to straf the ground.

(End of this chapter)