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

Chapter 301 Various awards in the system (please subscribe)

In Pingyang City, an important town in southern Shanxi, in the frontline headquarters set up by the First Army.

Chief of Staff Yukio Kasahara of the North China Front and Deputy Chief of Staff Masakata Hirata quickly marked on the map and sand table based on the staff reports.

After the marking was completed, the two people looked at the combat situation on the eastern battlefield of Zhongtiao Mountain and couldn't help frowning.

Their original plan to obtain victory here was to at least severely damage the Fifth Army's troops, or to encircle and annihilate the Glory First Division.

However, by now, the Glory First Division quickly evacuated towards Yuanqu City, and the Fifth Army also began to cross the Yellow River one after another.

They couldn't decide how to start the battle next.

Launch a pursuit directly towards Yuanqu City and continue to attack the Glory First Division.

With the current strength of the 36th Division and other units, it is not very possible to obtain results from the Glory First Division.

What's more, as these troops advance towards the west to attack, the stragglers previously missed in the eastern part of Zhongtiao Mountain may take the opportunity to escape.

However, if they do not pursue the Glory First Division troops and station themselves in Yuanqu City, they will have a greater impact on the entire battle.

They can attack north from Yuanqu City and directly cooperate with the independent detachment to attack the 21st Division troops at Hengling Pass.

It can also continue to advance eastward and assist the 14th Group Army in operations to ensure the western position of Zhongtiao Mountain.

Regardless of pursuit or not, they were going to be in trouble.

Yukio Kasahara and Masaru Hirata looked sad, and it was difficult to make a decision for a while.

They brought along the staff of the front army headquarters to discuss quickly.

But no matter how they discussed, they couldn't find a suitable answer.

Reports from the front line continued to be sent, and the Glory First Division gradually left the western battlefield and moved to Yuanqu City.

After hearing such a report, Yukio Kasahara had no choice but to look at the commander of the First Army, Yoshio Shinozuka.

Originally, he thought that Yoshio Shinozuka was incapable, which was why he was unable to obtain results on the Zhongtiao Mountain battlefield.

But now that he personally conducted the command operations, he realized how difficult the Glory First Division was.

They are simply impossible to handle and are very good at mobile warfare.

Every time the little devils thought they could capture their main force and annihilate them, but every time they were able to quickly evacuate the battlefield.

With the fight reaching this level, Yukio Kasahara had no choice but to ask Yoshio Shinozuka for help.

"Your Excellency, Commander, in your opinion, how should we deal with the battle situation in Zhongtiao Mountain now."

"Although the western part of Zhongtiao Mountain was completely captured, the enemy forces here were not hit as expected."

"Especially the Glory First Division troops. They are very active on the battlefield and have brought us unexpected blows several times."

"We have already suffered a certain amount of casualties, but we have never been able to defeat them."

"Here in the west of Zhongtiao Mountain, should we give up or start a sweep on the spot?"

Yukio Kasahara came to Yoshio Shinozuka, and he humbly asked for advice.

After all, Yoshio Shinozuka is the commander of the First Army and has rich command and combat experience.

In addition, he has fought with Chu Yunfei, Chen Ziyun and others several times, so he knows something about them.

Therefore, Kasahara Yukio believes that the only one who can break the situation now is Shinozuka Yoshio.

"Even though the Third Army, 14th Army, and 80th Army under the Fifth Group Army crossed the Yellow River and moved to the south bank, they have already suffered heavy losses."

"And they have a considerable number of troops remaining in various parts of the western part of Zhongtiao Mountain. These troops still pose a greater threat to us."

"We are totally failing in our fight here in the West if we allow them to resurgence."

"So I think the 36th and 37th Divisions should stay here and carry out repeated raids to completely annihilate them."

"Here in Yuanqu City, the Second Division of the Imperial Army can be mobilized to form an independent 16th brigade for containment operations."

"The Fourth Wenxicheng Cavalry Brigade is advancing to the Jiangcheng area to contain the Eighth Route Army here."

"Fight here in the east of Zhongtiao Mountain. Continue to assemble the main force for attack operations to defeat the enemy forces here."

The First Army Lieutenant General Commander Yoshio Shinozuka came to the combat sand table and observed it carefully for a while.

Then, he picked up the baton and made arrangements.

After Yukio Kasahara listened to Yoshio Shinozuka's advice, he pondered for a while and immediately arranged to generate electricity and contact Front Army Commander Tada Shun.

Tada Shun was very dissatisfied when he received the news that the three armies of the Fifth Army had crossed the river and moved to the south bank.

He reviewed Yoshio Shinozuka's proposal in detail with his staff before approving it.

At eleven o'clock in the evening on the [-]th, Jun Tada began to drive to the northern part of Shanxi Province.

Then he would take a train south along the Tongpu Railway and come directly to Pingyang City to give personal command.

The battle at Zhongtiao Mountain was a battle he had carefully planned for a long time, and this battle was of great importance.

Tada Jun will not allow any mistakes, and the battle so far has completely exceeded his imagination.

Even though the Chief of Staff of the Front Army Yukio Kasahara and others were dispatched, the results were still not achieved quickly.

Tada Shun was very dissatisfied and planned to come over personally to command the battle so as to obtain quick results.

Of course, arrangements were made quickly here at the First Army Headquarters.

Sakuma Shigemori's [-]th Cavalry Brigade quickly advanced eastward and began to fight in the Jiangcheng area.

The Second Division of the Imperial Association Army, the Japanese army independently formed the 16th Brigade and more than 1 Japanese and puppet troops, and quickly advanced towards Dongyuanqu City.

The 36th Division and the 37th Division assembled their troops and came directly to the north bank of the Yellow River.

After arriving on the north bank, two divisions with more than 2 troops launched a dragnet-like sweep.

They started from the north bank of the Yellow River and continued to search towards the north, so as to find stragglers and completely annihilate them.

The mobile regiment troops commanded by Chen Ziyun have already gathered together.

They have two temporary infantry battalions, two mountain artillery battalions, a machine gun battalion, a special agent battalion, and a cavalry battalion, with a total strength of more than 3000 people.

After these troops gathered together, Chen Ziyun dispatched a cavalry battalion to pay close attention to the movements of the Japanese army.

After learning that the Japanese and puppet troops were dividing their forces, Chen Ziyun immediately guessed their battle plan.

"The little Japanese troops are gathering towards the north bank. They will definitely conduct a dragnet-style search and completely annihilate the stragglers of the Fifth Group Army."

"We must take early action to immediately bring these stragglers together."

"Zhang Wu, Xie Yunxia, ​​you command the cavalry battalion and the special agent battalion to move east to harass the Japanese troops from the flanks."

"Other troops immediately spread around to contain the stragglers, and then we moved to the Wenxi City area."

"After the Zhangwu Cavalry Battalion and Xie Yunxia Special Agent Battalion completed their missions, they immediately withdrew to Yuanqu City and reunited with the main force of the division."

Chen Ziyun gathered the officers together. He pointed at the map and directly issued the combat order.

"Yes, Commander Chen." The officers immediately saluted and agreed.

Various ministries began to take action. At two o'clock in the morning on May [-], the cavalry battalion and the special agent battalion launched combat operations.

They directly attacked the Japanese troops on the east side. The 37th Division was attacked and was forced to launch a combat strike.

However, the cavalry battalion and the special agent battalion are not soft persimmons. Even if the little devils send out one or two brigades, it will be difficult to annihilate them.

At four o'clock, the 37th Division temporarily stopped its mopping up, and they began to assemble the main force for the attack.

When the main force of the 37th Division was dispatched, the two battalions quickly moved.

The main force of the 37th Division was in vain and wanted to go back and continue the sweep.

However, soon after they withdrew, the special agent battalion and the cavalry battalion came back and continued to attack.

After such repeated battles, the main force of the 37th Division was completely contained.

Lieutenant General Anda 23, the division commander, received the report and his face was livid with anger.

At six o'clock in the morning, Anda 23 assembled tens of thousands of troops from the 37th Division, chasing the cavalry battalion, and the spy battalion launched an attack.

He adopted a multi-pronged attack, a strategy of dispersion and encirclement, in an attempt to encircle the two battalions and annihilate them.

However, Zhang Wu and Xie Yunxia commanded the troops to gradually resist and retreat, slowly attracting the troops of the 37th Division towards Yuanqu City.

As for the 36th Division troops left on the battlefield, they were unable to carry out a dragnet sweep.

It was not until after two o'clock in the afternoon that the little Japanese realized that they had been fooled, and the troops of the 37th Division quickly began to withdraw.

At four o'clock, the Second Division of the Imperial Army and the 16th independent mixed brigade of the Japanese army mobilized troops to attack the cavalry battalion and the special agent battalion.

The 36th Division and the 37th Division, with more than 2 troops, launched an all-out sweep to search for and annihilate the remaining defeated soldiers in the western part of Zhongtiao Mountain.

However, Chen Ziyun and his mobile regiment had already conducted searches in advance. At this time, their force of more than 2000 people had grown to about 5000 people.

Moreover, people kept coming quickly and met them directly.

By nightfall, Chen Ziyun's mobile group had found more than 3000 stragglers, including hundreds of wounded.It was at this time that the system's mechanical sound began to sound.

"Ding dong, congratulations to the host for completing the task of responding to the 80th Army's retreat."

"The system rewards six Jin-made 105MM mountain cannons with a detailed shooting parameter list."

"The system rewards the host artillery regiment with three ammunition base shells!"

"The system rewards the host for treasure-hunting ultrasonic skills."

"The system rewards the host with fifty Czech semi-automatic rifles."

At around eight o'clock, Chen Ziyun heard the sound of the system.

The system gave a lot of awards this time, but what made Chen Ziyun very depressed must be the three ammunition base shells of the artillery regiment.

At present, the artillery regiment has eighteen mountain guns and twelve field guns!
At this time, the base ammunition for mountain cannon is one hundred shells, and the base ammunition for field cannon is eighty shells.

These cannonballs range from six to seven kilograms in weight to more than ten kilograms in weight.

Even if Chen Ziyun could explain such a large number of shells, the troops would not be able to transport them now.

But the artillery regiment continues to fight until now, and they have already destroyed many artillery shells.

These shells were in urgent need, and Chen Ziyun would take some of them no matter what.

Otherwise, these artillery pieces would be completely cumbersome without shells.

The treasure hunting ultrasound rewarded by the system is limited to use, starting at nine o'clock in the evening and ending at six o'clock in the morning.

This ultrasonic wave is somewhat similar to the ultrasonic wave of a bat!

It is well known that bats are active at night not because of their excellent eyes.

Instead, bats' mouths emit sounds that only their ears can hear, which are ultrasonic waves.

Ultrasonic waves will push forward like waves, and when they encounter obstacles, they will be reflected back and transmitted into the bat's ears.

The treasure-hunting ultrasonic wave rewarded by the system is similar to the ultrasonic wave of a bat.

However, when searching for ultrasonic waves, they will only be reflected back and transmitted into Chen Ziyun's ears after touching the weapons and equipment.

At the same time, this ultrasonic wave will only be effective on weapons and equipment dropped on the ground.

Obviously, this is a benefit indirectly given to Chen Ziyun by the system.

The little Japanese deployed 10,000+ troops to fight in Zhongtiao Mountain, and the defenders here also had 10,000+ troops.

So far, the two sides have been fighting repeatedly, and there is almost no time to clean up the battlefield.

Countless weapons and ammunition fell in different areas, and Chen Ziyun could completely rely on treasure hunting ultrasound to find these weapons and equipment.

Chen Ziyun thought for a while, then he extracted some cannonballs and deliberately scattered them in different areas.

At the same time, he organized the currently more than 6000 troops into five reinforced battalions, in addition to two mountain artillery battalions and one machine gun battalion.

Each reinforced battalion has about a thousand people. Chen Ziyun selected a dozen officers to take charge of these five reinforced battalions.

It is worth mentioning that these officers and soldiers all know Chen Ziyun's name.

And they are also willing to follow Chen Ziyun. After all, in their opinion, following Chen Ziyun may save their lives.

Under such circumstances, they have no other choice.

Starting at nine o'clock in the evening, Chen Ziyun began to lead four reinforced battalions to search for weapons and ammunition.

Other troops are responsible for security.

This night, thousands of troops were advancing towards Wenxi City while looking for weapons and ammunition.

Soon, everyone started carrying different weapons and equipment.

Now Chen Ziyun has finally seen what Wanguo brand weapons and equipment are!

Just for rifles, there are Hanyang-made rifles, Type 13 rifles, medium-sized rifles, Czech-style rifles, Mauser rifles, Liao-made [-]-style rifles, etc.!

At around eight o'clock in the morning, Chen Ziyun led the troops out of Zhongtiao Mountain.

There were more than 6000 troops, and the number reached about 7000 before they knew it.

Not to mention the officers and soldiers, even Chen Ziyun was covered in weapons and equipment.

He had two rifles on his waist, two medium-sized rifles on his back, and a Czech light machine gun on his shoulder.

Wenxicheng was only heavily guarded by a small number of the Fourth Brigade of the Little Japanese Cavalry. When they discovered this troop, they did not offer any resistance.

Hundreds of heavy troops quickly evacuated on horseback. Chen Ziyun and his troops temporarily rested here in Wenxi City.

Of course, the 7000-man troops are completely dispersed, but the Japs still have the advantage of aviation.

At around nine o'clock in the morning, more than 300 little Japanese cavalry came to Wenxi City in an aggressive manner.

They thought they were stragglers who had been disrupted, so they quickly came over to attack.

But as these cavalry approached, dozens of light and heavy machine guns from the Sun Yu Machine Gun Battalion opened fire.

Intense bullets were fired one after another, and the little devil cavalry was beaten and turned upside down.

Ten minutes later, more than 100 cavalrymen of the Japs retreated in confusion.

As for the remaining more than 100 cavalry, they were either killed or seriously injured and fell to the ground.

The troops quickly attacked, and the killed horses began to become a delicacy in the mouths of the officers and soldiers.

As for the intact war horses, they were temporarily hidden.

At ten o'clock, a small Japanese reconnaissance plane came to the sky above Wenxi City to conduct reconnaissance.

However, Chen Ziyun was well prepared, and the troops were completely concealed. The Little Japanese reconnaissance plane had no harvest and directly withdrew from the battlefield.

After the Little Japanese reconnaissance plane flew away, Chen Ziyun commanded the troops to quickly move towards Li Yuanzhen.

He planned to take his troops to Zijin Mountain for a while to rest and recuperate, and at the same time quickly contact Chu Yunfei to see the situation there.

By 36 o'clock at noon, the 37th Division and the [-]th Division advanced to the Wenxi City area.

They searched and swept over, but didn't find much, not even many scattered weapons and equipment.

However, their troops detonated landmines one after another, resulting in certain casualties.

Jing Guanren and Anda 23 quickly contacted the military headquarters to inquire about the next combat instructions.

At this time, the little Japanese troops were forced to temporarily stop the attack.

The 21st and 27th Infantry Divisions gathered in the Shunwangping area.

The 33rd Division, the 41st Division, and the independent mixed ninth brigade temporarily retreated to the Jincheng and Yangcheng areas.

The 35th Division and the Imperial Army retreated to the Qinhe area east of the battlefield.

The 16th Brigade was independently formed, and the Second Division of the Royal Association Army was located in the area west of Yuanqu City.

The troops of the Glory First Division assembled their main forces to attack with all their strength. They regained Hengling Pass and opened up contact with the independent detachment.

The fourth brigade of the Little Japanese Cavalry was also oppressed to the east of Jiangcheng.

At this time, the troops of both sides continued to fight, and both sides suffered casualties.

The little Japanese troops faced numerous troops and multi-faceted attacks, and they gradually became somewhat passive in combat.

After Shun Tada came to the battlefield to take command, he temporarily suspended the offensive operations and prepared to make adjustments again.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Chen Ziyun contacted Chu Yunfei in the Jiangcheng area.

At this time, the total strength of the Glory First Division's own troops, plus the troops they accommodate, has exceeded 3.

Chen Ziyun also found a lot of weapons and equipment with the help of the treasure hunting ultrasound provided by the system.

Immediately afterwards, these troops began to assemble on the line from Hengling Pass to Yuanqu City, directly responsible for the defense and garrison tasks in this area.

It was at this time that the First War Zone Commander's Headquarters began to quarrel.

Chief of Staff He Jingzhi asked Wei Junru to immediately contact the Glory First Division and ask them to immediately escort the sheltered troops across the river and return them to their original establishment.

Wei Junru believed that since these troops had been accommodated by the Glory First Division, they should stay and fight here in Zhongtiao Mountain.

And he directly contacted the capital here, hoping to increase the size of the Glory First Division and let them play a greater role.

The two people had different views, and it was inevitable that there would be some quarrels.

He Jingzhi also immediately generated electricity and reported in detail.

In the evening, the two of them stopped talking for the time being and began to wait for a call back from the capital.

Around seven o'clock, I started to call back.

After receiving the call back, He Jingzhi and Wei Junru quickly checked.

(End of this chapter)