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

Chapter 288 Lao Li’s troops stationed in Purple Mountain

The Japanese First Army decisively issued combat orders, and each order was quickly conveyed to all ministries.

The time had already arrived in the early morning of May 36th unknowingly. After the [-]th Division received the message, the troops quickly mobilized.

More than 222 people from the 223nd Regiment, 1rd Regiment, search, engineering, mountain artillery, and heavy supply troops quickly withdrew to Wenxicheng.

Commanded by Lieutenant General Jing Guanren, they quickly built a defensive position in the Wenxi City area.

The Seventh Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Association Army and the two Japanese brigades, which had originally retreated to the north of Li Yuanzhen to build a position, also immediately advanced westward.

This Japanese and puppet army must quickly advance to Xuejia Town to open up contact with the 36th Division and build a blocking position.

The Glory First Division, under the command of Chu Yunfei and others, has been rapidly advancing towards Wenxi City.

But behind them, the 27th Division quickly pursued them.

Yoshio Shinozuka's intention was obvious. The 27st Glory Division retreated towards the north, and the [-]th Division pursued them all the way, forcing them to stay away from the Nakajo Mountain battlefield.

As long as the Glory First Division stays away from the Zhongtiao Mountain battlefield, it will naturally not affect the battle here.

But as long as the Glory First Division continues to advance towards Wenxi City, the Japanese and puppet troops will attack from the east and west and directly engage in a decisive battle with them.

Of course, at this time, more than 36 troops from the 1th Division withdrew from the battlefield in the west of Zhongtiao Mountain, and the pressure on the Fifth Army was relieved.

Facing the attack of more than 37 people from the 1th Division, the Fifth Army could barely cope.

Commander-in-Chief Zeng quickly contacted the 80rd Army, the [-]th Army, and asked them to take in troops, gather in the Xiacheng area one after another, and prepare to transfer to the Yuanqu City area.

But at this time, Kazuki Yamamoto's special agent team had already arrived here, and the Yamamoto special agent team began to attack the command agencies of various ministries.

The 80th Army has become the focus of their attack here, its military headquarters was raided, and its commander quickly moved with a small number of personnel.

The radios of the military headquarters were completely discarded, and the contact between the Fifth Army and the 80th Army was also interrupted.

The 80th Army and its subordinate newly formed 24th Division and 165th Division were also unable to communicate.

After Agent Yamamoto completed their raid, they continued to expand their operational objectives.

Encountering a small group of troops, they took the initiative and quickly annihilated them.

But when they encountered the main force, they avoided it directly.

And as long as he encounters the command organization, Kazuki Yamamoto will do his best to launch a strike at any cost.

The 80th Army troops were cut off before, and they were always surrounded and attacked, and the troops of each department were relatively scattered.

After the 36th Division withdrew, they gradually restored contact and some troops gradually gathered.

However, after being attacked by Yamamoto's special agent team, their troops lost effective command and were completely unable to gather together to fight.

The Yamamoto special team took the opportunity to continue the attack, and the 80th Army was gradually defeated.

If the 36th Division were here at this time, this unit would probably suffer a devastating blow.

In fact, if the First Division of Glory hadn't effectively responded to the battle on the periphery, this army would also be the first to be hit hard.

The two divisions under them have just been completely supplemented and formed from the rear, and the overall combat effectiveness is not very strong.

"Commander-in-Chief, Chief Wei has sent a telegram."

"They have arranged for the First Division of Glory to advance to Wenxi City and Xia City to fight on the front lines."

"However, the 80th Army has lost contact, and it is not clear how they are doing."

"The Third Army has taken in troops one after another. Should we continue to send personnel to contact the 80th Army troops?"

Here at the Fifth Army Commander's Department, an officer came to Commander Zeng and reported.

The former commander-in-chief's ability is not very outstanding. As early as 27 years ago, he was the division commander.

In 37, he was promoted to be the commander of the army because the commander of the third army crashed in a plane.

In the later period, the third army, the 14th army, and the 17th army formed the fifth army.

Among these army commanders, he was the oldest, so he was promoted to be the commander-in-chief.

However, the Fifth Army was in great chaos under his management.

Zhongtiaoshan was in short supply of supplies, so he privately used the Yellow River Ferry to do business.

Especially after Wei Junru served as the commander-in-chief of the first war zone and went directly to Luojing in western Henan, his business grew bigger and bigger.

But because of business reasons, the little devil's spies and traitors can easily come here.

The little devil's intelligence agency has already released wild words that as long as Zhongtiao Mountain goes to war, they can cut off the command links of the Fifth Army at any time.

It is precisely because of this that they strongly opposed the Zhongtiaoshan operation.

After all, in their opinion, they can continue to infiltrate corruption and make Zhongtiao Mountain completely lose its ability to resist.

However, due to the insistence of the North China Front Army Command, the intelligence agency's suggestion did not work.

However, after the battle started, the Little Devil's intelligence agency did what it said, and quickly cut off the connections between the various departments of the Fifth Army.

Until now, with the withdrawal of the 36th Division, they have gradually recovered.

"The headquarters of the group army is moving to the South Ferry, ready to move to the south bank at any time."

"Contact the third army and let them gradually move towards Yuanqu City."

"Send another person to contact the 80th Army, let them contain the troops, and then transfer to Yuanqu City."

Commander-in-Chief Zeng made deployment arrangements. Hearing the sound of guns and artillery around him, he began to take the lead in the transfer with the Commander-in-Chief.

The Third Army was still fighting against the 37th Division at this time. Although they received orders, they were unable to assemble their troops quickly.

Even some troops are still sticking to their positions and fighting desperately.

Some troops were ordered to transfer and left the battlefield directly.

The Fifth Army did not establish an effective command system, resulting in very chaotic operations among various units.

Yamamoto's special agent team tried its best to attack the command structure of the 80th Army, making it impossible for them to establish effective communications and the troops were always in chaos.

It was dark at this time, and the mountains and forests here in Zhongtiao Mountain were dense. It was completely impossible for the ordering troops to maintain communication with the troops at night.

On the contrary, the Yamamoto special team has a confidential map, and traitors as guides, and with the guidance of compass and other equipment, they can accurately launch combat strikes.

At two o'clock in the morning, the front line of Hengling Pass in Zhongtiao Mountain was in a hurry.

As the first division of Glory withdrew from the battlefield, the 41st division and the independent and mixed ninth brigade gathered the main force to attack with all their strength.

Lieutenant General Shimizu Jiji personally supervised the battle, and they assembled 1 people at Hengling Pass to launch a fierce attack.

At the same time, all the artillery was assembled here and continued to bombard.

At this time, the little devil's paratrooper unit and the infiltration unit also began to attack from the side and rear.

The 84th Division and the 94th Division's junction began to be broken through.

As mentioned earlier, the 84th Division belongs to the 17th Army, and the 94th Division belongs to the 14th Army.

One is from the Northwest Army, and the other is from the direct line army, and they are just fighting together.

After their junction was broken through, the little devil stormed the 94th Division's position.

After a hard battle, the 94th Division quickly withdrew to the southwest. They planned to join the main force of the 14th Army.

After the little devils repelled the troops of the 94th Division, they did not launch a pursuit, but surrounded and wiped out the 84th Division with all their strength.

Gao Peiwu, the commander of the 17th Army and concurrently the commander of the 84th Division, commanded the troops to quickly move closer to Shunwangping.

The 84th Division has poor weapons and equipment, but because of its origin in the Northwest Army, its fighting will is relatively tenacious.

Their position has always been the main direction of the little devil's attack, but they stick to their position and never evacuate.

The 94th Division was the first to withdraw, and their flanks were exposed, and the 84th Division chose to abandon their position.

Under the command of Gao Peiwu, thousands of troops of the 84th Division forcibly advanced eastward and moved directly to the 43rd Army positions.

Zhao Chuanbi was delighted to see Gao Peiwu bringing the troops over.

But when he knew that Hengling Pass had fallen, Zhao Chuanbi's face was serious.

Obviously, at this time, Shun Wangping's position has become the target of all the little devils!
Of course, after the 41st Division and the Ninth Brigade, an independent mixed group, broke through the Hengling Pass, they still had more important things to do.

"Immediately contact Major General Chi Shang Xianji, head of the Independent Mixed Ninth Brigade, and allocate [-] troops to him, and quickly move south to Yuanqu City!"

"Zijinshan's defensive troops were transferred immediately, the heavy troops were stationed in Jiangcheng for defense, and other troops rushed to Shunwangping."

"We are fighting very slowly here, and the commander of the army is already very dissatisfied. Now we want to make a quick decision."

"Before dawn, not only must the enemy troops here be quickly eliminated at Shunwangping, but also the connection between the Fifth Army and the 14th Army must be completely cut off."

Shimizu ruled with a serious expression on his face, and decisively issued a combat order.

The 5000-strong force was commanded by Ikegami Kenji, an independent mixed ninth brigade. They were equipped with chariots, and armored vehicles rushed along the road to Yuanqu City.

More than 1000 troops were stationed in Jiangcheng to undertake the defense of Jiangcheng.

The 1-man army advanced to Shunwangping to launch an attack.

At this time, their 2 troops had suffered more than 1000 casualties after continuous fighting.

The head of the 41st Division, Qingshui Jiji, focused all his attention on Zhongtiao Mountain and gave up the defense of Zijin Mountain.

The location of Zijin Mountain here is very important, four thousand little devils with light infantry stick to it.

The well-equipped Glory First Division had no choice but to take a detour when they encountered them.

There are no little devils guarding here, but it is a big loophole.

Of course, Qingshui Juju felt that with the 27th Division and other troops pursuing them, it was impossible for the Glory First Division to come here again.

At this time, the Glory First Division troops had advanced to Dongzhen and other areas in the eastern part of Wenxi City, and the cavalry battalion was directly dispatched to investigate the surrounding situation.

At the same time, Xie Yunxia's guard company and Wei Monk's reconnaissance company were also assembled by Chen Ziyun.

The communications staff officer of the Glory First Division kept in touch with the Fifth Army, but did not receive any response.

They can only continue to contact Wei Junru, the head of the first war zone, to obtain the wireless contact of the third army, the 80th army.

But soon the Minister's Department responded here, and they were unable to get in touch with the third army, the 80th Army.

As for the Fifth Army, they finally contacted, and Commander-in-Chief Zeng has already made a report.

The Third Army will move to Yuanqu City according to the order, while the 80th Army will lose contact.

After receiving such a call back, Chen Ziyun could already guess in his heart that something must have happened to the 80th Army.

"Master's seat, a large number of Japanese and puppet troops have appeared in the Wenxi City area. The Japanese and puppet troops that originally blocked us in Li Yuanzhen also advanced to Xuejia Town for defense."

"According to our estimates, there will be at least nearly [-] Japanese and puppet troops here to defend."

"Li Yuanzhen's place is very empty, we can quickly break out from here to the north."

"The 27th Division is gradually advancing towards Li Yuanzhen, and they seem to be intending to slow down."

Not long after, Zhang Wu, the battalion commander of the cavalry battalion, came here and quickly reported.

Chu Yunfei and others quickly came to the map. Fang Ligong had already marked the map with two brigade chiefs of staff, Lin Zhiqiang and Chu Yu.

Everyone knows that it is the best choice to quickly break out north along Li Yuanzhen.

If they continue to advance towards Wenxi City, they will probably be caught in a pincer attack from both sides and completely encircled.

Of course, for the little devils, they are not willing to fight to annihilate the first division of glory.

After all, their target is the defenders of Zhongtiao Mountain, and the Glory First Division can wait until later to deal with it.

Yoshio Shinozuka knew that even if he gathered the main force of two divisions, if he wanted to completely annihilate the first division of Glory, his troops would pay the price of casualties.

So he arranged for the 27th Division to suspend the pursuit, leaving a way for the Glory First Division to break through to the north.

At this time, the headquarters of the First Glory Division was established in a village near Dongzhen, and all the main officers gathered together.

Chu Yunfei stood in front of the map with a solemn expression, and he fell into deep thought.

It is now obvious that if they continue to advance towards Wenxi City, they will inevitably fall into a siege, which will cause heavy casualties to the troops.

But now to break through to the north, everything they have done will be in vain.

The order Wei Junru gave them could not be carried out either.

Chu Yunfei was having a hard time making a decision. He looked around and didn't make a decision for a long time.

"Master, now that we are advancing directly to the southwest, we can still go deep into Zhongtiao Mountain to check the situation of the Fifth Army."

"I am willing to command the troops to quickly advance to Zhongtiao Mountain, look for the third army, the 80th army, and see if they can break out of the encirclement."

"The main force of the division does not need to advance towards Wenxi City. It can stick to Li Yuanzhen to ensure the breakout path. At the critical moment, we will move directly from here to the north."

Chen Ziyun hesitated for a moment, he went directly to the map and made a suggestion.

The system gave him the task of taking care of the remnants of the 80th Army to break out of the siege, and Chen Ziyun had to do this.

Now it was obvious that going to Wenxicheng would mean death, so Chen Ziyun decided to take the risk and go to Zhongtiao Mountain.

In this way, the task can be completed and Wei Junru can be worthy of his entrustment.

"Ziyun, this..." Chu Yunfei frowned, but he knew what it meant to go to Zhongtiao Mountain now.

"Master seat, time is running out."

"The first battalion of the 358 regiment, the brigade headquarters is directly under the guard company, and the artillery regiment is directly under the reconnaissance company."

"One of the heavy battalions of the brigade, the independent 48th brigade and the reserve 11th brigade are directly under the two mountain artillery companies."

"I will take these troops away, and other troops can quickly transfer to Li Yuanzhen."

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

"Take the divisional communication corps and keep in touch at any time."

"If you have to, you can withdraw quickly. If you can't withdraw, you can immediately cross the Yellow River and move down."

"Ziyun, you must have nothing to do."

Chu Yunfei looked at Chen Ziyun with a solemn expression, and explained in detail.

Chen Ziyun nodded, and he began to assemble the troops.

The troops of more than 1000 people began to advance rapidly towards the southwest under the command of Chen Ziyun.

The other units of the Glory First Division withdrew Li Yuanzhen and began to rest here.

The 36th Division of Wenxicheng and the 27th Division responsible for the pursuit discovered that the Glory First Division was moving towards Li Yuanzhen.

They did not take any action, but quickly reported to the First Army Command.

Yoshio Shinozuka ordered the 27th Division to pursue after the First Glory Division passed Li Yuanzhen and moved northward.

The 36th Division and other troops quickly penetrated deep into Zhongtiao Mountain to continue fighting, thereby completely encircling and annihilating the Fifth Group Army.

It's just that they didn't know that the First Glory Division would not evacuate Li Yuanzhen.

And Chen Ziyun has already brought a small group of troops and quickly entered Zhongtiao Mountain.

At three o'clock in the morning, in the ZiJS area north of Jiangcheng.

Thousands of troops from the independent detachment went all the way south, and they have already arrived here.

Li Yunlong's eyes were darkened at this time, and he didn't understand the situation at all.

But looking at the map, Li Yunlong's eyes lit up when he found Zijin Mountain here, and he quickly dispatched troops to investigate.

When he found that there were no troops stationed in Zijin Mountain, Lao Li led the troops to Zijin Mountain without saying a word.

After stationing in Purple Mountain, he quickly built a position to the south and asked Zhao Gang to find a way to contact the underground staff.

Hu Zi, who had already advanced to the detachment headquarters' security company, quickly led people to investigate around.

It's just that before the reports from various ministries have been received, the sound of gunfire began to come from the west of Zijin Mountain!

This is the Jieshan Artillery Wing of the 27th Division of the Little Devils, and the Artillery Battalion of the Royal Association Army launched a fierce shelling of the Li Yuanzhen area.

After the 27th Division originally received the order to move the Glory First Division north through Li Yuanzhen, they quickly launched a pursuit and drove Chu Yunfei's troops away from Zhongtiao Mountain.

However, the first division of Glory came to Li Yuanzhen's place to station directly, and quickly built a position.

Tominaga Nobumasa realized that something was wrong, and quickly ordered the artillery to start shelling, and immediately contacted the army headquarters.

Hearing the sound of the cannon, Li Yunlong rubbed his hands excitedly, with a hey smile on his face.

During this period of time in Taiyue Mountain, he was suffocated. Now that there is a battle to be fought, he is more excited than anyone else.

"Detachment leader, guess what, I met an acquaintance on the west side of Zijin Mountain."

"Good guy, fortunately our fighters have good eyesight, otherwise there must be a fight."

"The first division of the Jinsui Army's Glory Division is advancing towards Zijin Mountain and preparing to attack. We met them directly."

"They were very happy to know that we were stationed in Zijin Mountain, and they gave us soldiers a lot of cigarettes."

Not long after, Zhang Dabiao, the battalion commander of the new regiment, ran to Li Yunlong and reported.

To the south of Zijin Mountain is Li Yuanzhen, and Chu Yunfei is worried that there will be little devils and artillery stationed here to strengthen Zijin Mountain.

So he mobilized the two main battalions of the 358th Regiment, led by Wu Ziqiang, the head of the regiment, to advance the attack and prepare to snatch the position here.

But the little devils stationed in Zijin Mountain had already evacuated, and the independent detachment came here.

After Wu Ziqiang found out that this was the Eighth Route Army, he was very happy.

He asked the officers to collect a lot of cigarettes for the cadres and soldiers of the independent detachment, and he quickly returned with the troops to report.

"Hehehe, look, it's time for old Li to make a fortune."

"The Glory First Division is extremely rich now. Following them to fight against the Japs will definitely be rewarding."

"Hurry up, establish contact with them immediately, Brother Yunfei and Brother Ziyun have made a fortune, so they have to take care of our old Li."

Li Yunlong was even happier, and said with a hippie smile.

(End of this chapter)