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Chapter 289 The Defense of Purple Mountain (Subscribe)

In the area west of Jiangcheng, the headquarters of the 27th Division.

Lieutenant General Nobumasa Tominaga stood in front of the map with a solemn expression on his face.

Chief of Staff Fukuda Osamu took the telegram and reported quickly.

Originally they thought that Chu Yunfei's troops were withdrawing from the Wenxi City area, and they might be evacuating northward through Li Yuanzhen.

The 27th Division fully implemented the orders of the First Army Headquarters. They did not immediately launch a combat strike, but waited and waited.

The Japanese army wanted to wait until the Glory [-]st Division moved to the area north of Li Yuanzhen, and then launch a pursuit to completely drive them away from the Zhongtiao Mountain battlefield.

However, what the little devils didn't expect was that the First Division of Glory directly stationed in Li Yuanzhen and quickly seized the nearby fortifications.

Even though the Mountain Artillery Wing of the 27th Division and the Artillery Battalion of the Royal Association Army assigned to them quickly launched shelling.

But now they couldn't stop the Glory First Division from setting up a position, so Nobumasa Tominaga contacted the military headquarters immediately.

The army headquarters also responded immediately, Shinozuka Yoshio asked the 27th Division to immediately launch a combat strike against the Glory [-]st Division.

After Tominaga Nobumasa learned about the situation on the front line, he carefully checked the map with a sneer on his face.

"Before in the area of ​​Lancheng and Jingle City in the northwest of Shanxi Province, they were lucky enough to escape from the attack of our division."

"But this time, they won't have such an opportunity. This time we must completely annihilate them."

"Get in touch quickly with the troops of the 41st Division. We will use the Purple Mountain Highlands to launch combat operations."

"Chu Yunfei, although Chen Ziyun's troops have expanded, our troops have been strengthened and we have terrain advantages."

"With the help of the Zijin Mountain Highlands, we can easily and completely wipe them out."

With a confident expression on his face, Nobumasa Tominaga immediately issued the order.

He is going to deploy some artillery units on the high ground of Zijin Mountain, so as to condescend to start shelling.

With the help of highland artillery, Tominaga Nobumasa is sure to completely eliminate the Glory First Division in the shortest possible time.

Colonel Fukuda immediately began to contact the 41st Division Headquarters to explain the situation in detail.

The 27th Division was also mobilized, and a part of the Mountain Artillery Regiment began to gradually advance towards Zijin Mountain.

The three garrisoned infantry regiments were reinforced with tanks and armored vehicles, ready for shock combat.

But at the same time as they acted, the head of the 41st Division Shimizu Jiji immediately called back, saying that they had given up on the Zijin Mountain position.

After receiving the news, Tominaga Nobumasa had a serious expression on his face. He quickly mobilized the engineering unit and quickly moved towards the Zijin Mountain position.

It's just that Li Yunlong's independent detachment has already entered Zijin Mountain at this time, and each regiment has deployed defensive positions.

More than 1000 little devil engineers are advancing here, and the situation can be imagined.

All kinds of firepower launched an attack, and the Japanese engineers were attacked and retreated in embarrassment.

Knowing that there are other troops stationed here at Zijin Mountain, Nobumasa Tominaga's expression became solemn.

Regardless of the Zijin Mountain highlands, they continued to attack Li Yuanzhen, and they would definitely be hit by the northern highlands.

But they wanted to attack Zijin Mountain, the highland in the north, with all their strength, and Li Yuanzhen's Jinsui army took the initiative to attack, which was enough for them to drink a pot.

Under such circumstances, Tominaga Nobumasa did not immediately issue an attack order.

He asked the ministries to quickly build positions and build bunkers, and at the same time report the information to the army headquarters immediately.

From the perspective of the 27th Division, under such a complicated situation, the 27th Division needs other troops to cooperate in operations.

But at this time, Li Yuanzhen's Glory First Division, Zijin Mountain's independent detachment, had quickly established contact.

Li Yunlong held the microphone and spoke one by one to Brother Yunfei.

Chu Yunfei didn't expect to meet Li Yunlong's troops here, and he shouted each brother Yunlong more cordially.

The highland here in Zijin Mountain is very important, and the independent detachment deployed here, but it gave Chu Yunfei a reassurance.

In order to ensure the absolute safety of the Zijin Mountain position, Chu Yunfei specially dispatched Zhou Wenbo's field artillery battalion, and Shi Yu framed the 11th regiment to assist in the defense.

Moreover, Chu Yunfei made detailed arrangements and required them to fully obey Li Yunlong's transfer command.

At the same time, the 48th brigade was independent, the 11th brigade was prepared, and the troops directly under the division headquarters began to strengthen the fortifications with Li Yuanzhen as the core.

Considering that the little devil is supported by aviation, a certain distance was opened between the various ministries, and air-raid shelters were built overnight.

Li Yuanzhen established positions in the north and south areas, while maintaining close contact with Zijin Mountain.

When he had to, Chu Yunfei would definitely take his troops and retreat directly to Zijin Mountain.

The 11th Preparatory Brigade, commanded by Hao Shiwen, the deputy commander and brigade commander, stationed in Li Yuanzhen, and they were responsible for Li Yuanzhen and the defense of the north.

The Independent 48th Brigade was commanded by Chu Yunfei and stationed in the area south of Li Yuanzhen for defense.

The mountain artillery battalion and heavy artillery company under the artillery regiment set up scattered artillery positions and were responsible for supporting operations.

Zhang Wu's cavalry battalion was unable to exercise its mobility because of its defensive defense here, so it was also transferred to Zijin Mountain to stand by.

As for Sun Yu's machine gun battalion, it was deployed as a reserve team to support the various ministries at any time.

Chu Yunfei and Fang Ligong set up the division headquarters, and established radio and telephone contacts with each department to keep the communication smooth.

As for Li Yunlong on Zijin Mountain, he has received detailed information one after another, and he knows that there will be a big battle here.

After getting the 11th Regiment, the Field Artillery Battalion, and the Cavalry Battalion, Li Yunlong deployed the main force here in the west of Zijin Mountain.

The above-mentioned Jinsui Army troops were attached to the Xinyi Regiment, which he was also the head of, and was responsible for the defense of the western part of Zijin Mountain.

The Kongjie Independent Regiment and the Ding Weixin Second Regiment are responsible for the defense of the eastern part of Zijin Mountain.

These two regiment leaders are Li Yunlong's old comrades, and Li Yunlong knows their strength very well.

So he gave them full authority to command the troops themselves, and he came here in the West to command the operations himself.

"Continue to strengthen the position. Don't look at the little devils who are going for Li Yuanzhen's Jinsui army."

"But if they want to salute Yuan Zhen, they must win this highland."

"Otherwise they attack from the east to the west, and that is our living target."

"Let me tell you, after dawn, the little devil is guaranteed to launch an attack on Zijin Mountain."

"Take advantage of the time to strengthen the position and prepare for battle."

"This time I finally seized the opportunity to pass on Lao Tzu's order and bring the little devil closer to beat him."

"I'm hoping to make a fortune in this battle, so don't disappoint me."

Li Yunlong came to the Xinyi regiment's position, and he personally issued the combat order.

At the same time, he arranged for his official Zhao Gang to go directly to the 11th Reserve Regiment to convey the order.

As for Zhou Wenbo's field artillery camp, Li Yunlong liked it very much.

After staring at the reinforced position of the new regiment, he ran directly to the position of the field artillery battalion.

Looking at the sheltered positions set up by the Field Artillery Battalion, Li Yunlong couldn't help giving a thumbs up.

Li Yunlong was even more dazzled when he saw that the observation team started to go to the front line to set up artillery observation posts, ranging machines, height measuring machines, artillery mirrors and other equipment.

He glanced at the field artillery position reluctantly, and set off with the observation team, watching with his own eyes how they set up the artillery observation post.

When the artillery observation post was set up, Li Yunlong humbly asked for advice.

The officers and soldiers of the observation team all knew that Li Yunlong had a good relationship with his regiment leader Chen Ziyun and division commander Chu Yunfei, and they were called brothers.

Therefore, they answered Li Yunlong's questions without reservation.

Of course, Li Yunlong, who was born as a big boss, could not understand these professional knowledge, he just nodded his head.

The independent detachment and the First Division of Glory have already set up their positions, and they are actively preparing.

Here at the Little Devil's First Army Headquarters, Shinozuka Yoshio and the others were confused.

They couldn't understand at all why Chu Yunfei commanded troops to station at Li Yuanzhen's place.

After thinking about it, they felt that the First Division of Glory might have to meet the defenders of Zhongtiao Mountain and break out from the front.

And they speculated that the troops stationed on Zijin Mountain were probably the troops of the First Division of Glory.

Therefore, the First Army Command decisively issued an order, requiring the 36th Division to quickly move south from Wenxi City and continue to enter Zhongtiao Mountain for combat strikes.

The [-]th Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Association Army, attached to the two brigades of the Japanese Army, gradually set out from Wenxi City and Xuejia Town to launch a feint attack on Li Yuanzhen.

As for the troops of the 27th Division, they should not attack Li Yuanzhen's Glory [-]st Division for the time being. Instead, they should gather their troops to storm Zijin Mountain and seize the Zijin Mountain Highlands.

"Qingshui Ruji, this stupid guy, if he hadn't given up on the Zijin Mountain position, why would we be so passive!"

"With troops like the First Division of Glory, we need to take into account the overall situation in combat. If we only focus on fighting in Zhongtiao Mountain, we will definitely suffer."

"If he hadn't broken through Hengling Pass quickly and moved south to Yuanqu City quickly, then his fault was too great."

After issuing a series of combat orders, Shinozuka Yoshio said with a displeased expression on his face.

The head of the 41st Division, Qingshui Jiji, only cared about fighting in Zhongtiao Mountain, and didn't care about the importance of Zijin Mountain at all.

He abandoned Zijin Mountain, but it caused a lot of trouble for the 27th Division and other troops to pursue and attack the Glory First Division.

Especially after the independent detachment entered Zijin Mountain, the little devil fell into a very passive situation.

Even the headquarters of the First Army has not realized this until now. They think that Zijin Mountain is only Chu Yunfei's department.

But they don't know that there are Eighth Route troops here in Zijin Mountain at this time, and the Jinsui Army troops have a total strength of tens of thousands.

Before the little devil deployed four thousand light infantry in Zijin Mountain, the first division of Glory was forced to take a detour.

Now the little devils have to fight Zijin Mountain. Facing the 1 troops with a lot of heavy weapons, they will have a very headache.

It was around five o'clock in the morning on May [-]th, and the sky became slightly brighter.

At this time, the southward troops of the 41st Division had arrived at Yuanqu City, and they directly connected with the leading troops of the 21st Division.

The head of the 21st Division, Tanaka Hisaichi, quickly contacted Kenkichi Ikegami, the head of the Independent Mixed Ninth Brigade, and explained the situation of his division in detail.

Chi Shangxianji began to withdraw his troops towards Shunwangping, preparing to assist the main force and completely annihilate the 43rd Army and other troops here.

The 21st Division left a part stationed in Yuanqu City, and got in touch with the 41st Division and the Ninth Brigade of Independent Mixed Group.

The main force of its division continues to advance toward the west, preparing to open up the connection with the 16th independent mixed brigade.

So far, the east and west areas of Zhongtiao Mountain have been directly divided into two by the little devil.

The connection between the Fifth Army and the 14th Army was completely cut off!
At the same time, they assisted the infiltration troops attacking the Hengling Pass area, and the paratroopers began to withdraw westward. They wanted to help encircle and annihilate the Third Army and the 80th Army.

At this time, Chen Ziyun's commanding troops had already arrived inside Zhongtiao Mountain. Even though they had made preparations in advance, after arriving here, their eyes were still darkened.

The towering trees block out the sky and the sun, and many times it is completely impossible to tell the direction.

At seven o'clock in the morning, this small army was completely thrown into chaos.

They encountered some broken soldiers, and they also encountered troops of little devils.

Chen Ziyun arranged for the troops to rest on the spot, and at the same time he activated the drone use right rewarded by the system.

Finding a place where no one was around, Chen Ziyun controlled the drone and checked the surrounding situation in detail.

At the same time, he firmly remembered the route viewed by the drone in his mind.

At 07:30, Chen Ziyun began to command the troops to advance toward the southeast of Xiacheng.

According to what they said when they encountered routs, the 80th Army was gradually moving southeast of Xiacheng.

Of course, even Chen Ziyun didn't expect one thing.

That is, the battle at Zhongtiaoshan at this time has gone beyond the combat process he understands.

There are already many troops here in the west of Zhongtiao Mountain.

In the north, there are 36 divisions, and the main force of the 37 divisions is gradually advancing southward.

In the west, there are more than 16 Japanese and puppet troops of the 1th independent mixed brigade.

In the east, the main force of the 21st Division quickly advanced along the north bank.

As for the Yellow River to the south, the Third Army, the 80th Army, and the 14th Army in this area did not get in touch with each other, and they fought on their own.

The headquarters of the Fifth Army also moved rapidly, without commanding troops to effectively launch operations.

These three army units, as well as the small unit commanded by Chen Ziyun, from the overall point of view, have already fallen into encirclement.

Of course, the big Zhongtiao Mountain area cannot be completely sealed off by the little devils.

They have loopholes, and the 14th Army is currently stubbornly blocking the attack of the West Road Independent Mixed 16th Brigade.

They held the Yellow River ferry, and the troops were able to move quickly from the Yellow River ferry.

Therefore, at this time, fighting in the west of Zhongtiao Mountain still has a chance to survive.

At eight o'clock in the morning, there were gunfire everywhere in the west of Zhongtiao Mountain, and the little devils' air force continued to attack.

The first flight regiment of Akiyama Toyoji in Yun County dispatched the 83rd Reconnaissance Aircraft Squadron, the 83th Independent Fighter Squadron, and the [-]rd Independent Reconnaissance Aircraft Squadron to bomb the west of Zhongtiao Mountain.

The bomber 90 team came to the sky above Zijin Mountain and directly launched a carpet bombing.

Aerial bombs fell on different areas of Zijin Mountain, and deafening explosions sounded.

The shock wave brought flying rocks all over the sky, and some positions began to be affected.

Many soldiers paid the price of casualties. At nine o'clock, the bombing ended, and the little devil bombers withdrew from the battlefield.

As for the 27th Division, the first regiment of the garrison infantry, the second regiment of the garrison infantry, and 1 troops of the engineering regiment quickly advanced to the west of Zijin Mountain.

According to the combat order of the army commander Yoshio Shinozuka, they wanted to concentrate their superior forces and quickly seize control of Zijin Mountain.

Of course, at this time, the Little Japanese bombers began to bomb the Li Yuanzhen area, covering the Japanese and puppet troops in the west to contain the main force of the Glory First Division.

"Zijin Mountain only has two or three thousand troops at most. They will definitely suffer heavy casualties after being bombed to such an extent."

"We have an absolute advantage, immediately break through their position, quickly annihilate them, and seize control of the Zijin Mountain position."

"This battle is of great importance, and there must be no mistakes. Warriors of the empire, kill it!"

Captain Xiaojiazi Dazuo took out his saber, waved it vigorously, and immediately gave the order to attack.

Due to the rugged mountain roads, the Japs were forced to organize themselves into squadrons and gradually advance towards the Purple Mountain to attack.

The garrison infantry is first, the second brigade is one left and one right, and the engineering unit is behind.

The mountain artillery squadron directly under their wing headquarters quickly built artillery positions to provide cover at any time.

It's just that they don't know that there are two regiments of more than [-] troops defending here in the west of Zijin Mountain at this time.

And whether it is the 11th regiment of the reserve or the new regiment, their combat effectiveness is not weak.

What's more, they also have troops such as the field artillery battalion, which have set up artillery positions to provide cover at any time.

"Old Zhao, have you agreed? You can't let them fire in advance."

"If the little devil scares him away, we won't get anything."

"The Jinsui Army is a big business and doesn't care about this trophy, but we do."

"Not to mention anything else, even the cigarettes on the little devil's body, that's all good."

Li Yunlong looked at Zhao Gang not far away, and asked repeatedly.

"Old Li, how many times have I said this, it has already been agreed."

"If you don't believe me, just go and ask."

Zhao Gang got a little impatient when he was asked, but Li Yunlong just smiled.

He raised his binoculars to observe, quietly waiting for the little devil to approach.

"Pillar, the mountain artillery company, and the infantry artillery company are under your command."

"Fight according to the plan, don't waste cannonballs on me."

"This place is easy to defend but difficult to attack. It's not a tough battle. We have the terrain advantage. I can kill more than ten little Japs with one shell."

"One more thing, don't you fucking use heavy weapons, they are all Lao Tzu's spoils of war."

Li Yunlong hurriedly looked at Wang Chengzhu, the company commander of the mountain artillery company, and shouted loudly.

"Old...detachment leader, don't worry, the artillery will not waste shells." Wang Chengzhu almost shouted out Lao Li.

Li Yunlong looked at his troops and the little devils who kept approaching, his face was full of joy.

In his view, the Japanese army was simply his own supply team, and he would transport weapons, ammunition, and supplies to him at any time.

The little devil in the front is getting closer and closer to the position, 300 meters, 200 meters.

When these little devils advanced to a distance of 100 meters, Li Yunlong took the lead in pulling the trigger of the shell gun.

The bullets were fired, and the leading soldier, a young Japanese soldier, instantly fell into a pool of blood.

The sound of gunfire was an order. For a while, there was a lot of gunfire in the western position of Zijin Mountain.

Rifles, light machine guns, heavy machine guns, shell guns, submachine guns and other weapons continue to shoot.

Bullets of different calibers shot at the little devil one after another.

The attacking troops of the 27th Division were completely caught off guard, and many little devils instantly fell into a pool of blood.

(End of this chapter)