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

Chapter 312 A multi-faceted attack to confuse the Japanese army (please subscribe)

Tanabe Moritake and Arisu Seizo finally contacted the troops and arranged for them to strengthen the defense force in the Shunwangping area.

The Tanaka Brigade of the 27th Division to the northeast of Shunwangping and the Ishii Brigade of the 33rd Division to the southwest have been strengthened.

The total strength of these two brigades reached 4000, but the Ishii brigade had hundreds of engineers and baggage soldiers to make up the number.

Sakurai Shozo, the commander of the 33rd Division, was skeptical about the possibility of the Nakajo Mountain troops attacking Shunwangping.

At the same time, Shozo Sakurai was also somewhat dissatisfied with the fact that his division was responsible for a long defensive area.

Under such circumstances, the 201st Division and the independent detachment mobilized troops one after another and began to prepare for battle.

Li Yunlong of the independent detachment mobilized the New First Regiment, the New Second Regiment, and the Machine Gun Battalion to fight.

These troops will directly attack Shun Wangping, thereby eliminating the puppet artillery troops.

Li Yunlong was staring at the 24 artillery pieces here, thinking of setting up an artillery regiment whenever he had the chance.

As for the 210th Division, the main forces were dispatched to participate in the battle, including the First Brigade, the Third Brigade, the Mountain Artillery Regiment, and the Guard Regiment.

Chu Yunfei and Chen Ziyun personally commanded the battle, while Deputy Division Commander Hao Shiwen and Chief of Staff Fang Ligong commanded the [-]nd Brigade and other troops to stay behind.

Time passed bit by bit, and it was two o'clock in the morning on June [-]th.

Chen Ziyun commanded the 358th Regiment, 601st Regiment, and the [-]st Field Replenishment Regiment under the First Brigade to launch operations one after another.

These three regiments were attached to artillery units, and they deployed troops respectively to directly launch feint attacks against Wenxicheng, Jiangcheng and other Japanese troops.

Each regiment deployed a reinforced battalion of more than [-] troops to attack the Japanese positions. They adopted a strategy of attacking and leaving.

The 36th Division Regiment Headquarters in Yun County and the 27th Division Regiment Headquarters in Yangcheng received reports one after another.

When the two lieutenant general division commanders learned that the Shanxi-Sui Army troops were attacking, their expressions became solemn.

After all, Li Yuanzhen was hit before because the Jinsui Army conducted a feint attack in advance.

"Bagaya Road, they actually attacked Wenxi City again. Where are they going to attack this time?"

"Contact all subordinate units immediately and ask them to enter combat status and prepare for defense."

"At the same time, all ministries must always maintain contact to avoid being suddenly annihilated by enemy forces."

"In addition, we will quickly contact the military headquarters and report the situation here in detail."

"The enemy forces are very cunning, and we need tactical guidance to be able to deal with their attacks."

Here at the headquarters of the 36th Division in Yunxian County, Lieutenant General Jing Guanren, the division commander, had a solemn expression on his face, and he issued the combat order immediately.

With the end of Zhongtiao Mountain, the 36th Division was responsible for regional defense tasks such as Yunxian County and Wenxicheng.

Their division is also responsible for the defense of a large number of towns, and each area does not have too many troops.

This is also the reason why Li Yuanzhen was hit before and they were unable to quickly mobilize the main force to rush for reinforcements.

The 37th Division was stationed in the Pingyang City area, and the 41st Division was stationed in the Luzhou City area.

Huang Daofeng's 37st Division and Xu Chengpu's 41nd Division are currently mainly assisting the [-]th Division, and the [-]st Division forms the outer blockade.

Even though the three divisions of the Little Devils look like they have a lot of troops, in fact they are responsible for the defense of a large area.

For example, here in Pingyang City, there are more than a dozen nearby towns, large and small, that need to send troops to garrison.

In addition, this is an important town along the Tongpu Railway, with a large number of gun towers built, which also require troops to defend.

The 37th Division has three infantry regiments, directly under the engineering, artillery, baggage, and search regiments.

These seven regiments are evenly distributed to various defense areas, and their strength is very scattered.

The maximum number of troops in each location is only more than 1000. When fighting, they need to give up some areas in order to gather enough troops.

Now even if the Imperial Association Army is responsible for assisting in the battle, they cannot quickly assemble the troops together in a short period of time.

The situation of the 36th Division and the 41st Division is similar.

Therefore, when Jingguan Ren received the report that Wenxicheng was attacked, he was very worried, fearing that the main attack of the 201st Division would be here.

Of course, he did not dare to easily mobilize troops to rush for reinforcements. After all, troops were needed for defense everywhere.

And before sufficient troops are assembled, a small number of troops rushing over to help may be surrounded and attacked for reinforcements.

Even if the troops gather to support the past, they will fall into the trap of diverting the tiger away from the mountain.

On the one hand, Jingguan Ren asked all ministries to keep in touch and be ready to provide support at any time.

On the one hand, he quickly reported to the military headquarters and explained the situation here in detail.

As for Jiangcheng's 27th Division, they adopted a different strategy.

In Tada Shun's deployment, the 27th Division is a field mobile force, and they are responsible for not many defensive areas.

After Nobumasa Tominaga received the report, he quickly assembled the search regiment and the third garrison infantry regiment to be ready for support at any time.

At the same time, he ordered the first infantry regiment stationed in Jiangcheng and the main force of the mountain artillery regiment to conduct full defense.

Nobumasa Tominaga knows the situation on the battlefield at all times, and he will decide whether to rush to the rescue quickly based on changes in the battlefield.

By four o'clock in the morning, Yuanqu City, where the main force of the 33rd Division was stationed, was also feinted.

However, since there is a main force of the division here in Yuanqu City, there will naturally be no problems.

However, Sakurai Shozo, who was more alert, immediately contacted the 213th Regiment stationed in Hengling Pass and other areas to search for the Regiment.

The 213th Wing and the Search Wing are deployed from Yuanqu City to Hengling Pass, and their forces are relatively scattered.

At this time, the two regiments were not hit, which made Sakurai Shozo very alert.

The Little Japanese Search Regiment was an adjustment unit based on changes in the battlefield. Originally, according to the Japanese army's idea, they wanted to cancel all cavalry regiments.

The search wing was specifically designed to replace the cavalry wing. The Japanese army originally thought that the search wing was a small armored unit.

It is composed of tank troops, mechanized infantry, mechanized artillery and other troops.

The search wing will undertake multiple tasks such as campaign reconnaissance, campaign breakthrough, maneuver, and pursuit.

It's just that the Japanese army had a good idea, but it was difficult to implement it.

The little devils have very limited resources, and it is almost impossible for them to organize such an armored force.

After all, it was difficult for them to piece together a complete cavalry regiment.

What's more, when the 33rd Division was organized, it was defined by the base camp as a security garrison division.

Their main task is to guard the occupied areas and maintain security in the occupied areas.

So until now, the Japs search wing usually has one cavalry squadron, two infantry squadrons and other units.

Of course, in the Little Devil's organization list, the two infantry squadrons are equipped with various vehicles and are mounted infantry.

However, in fact they are just ordinary infantry squadrons without any vehicles at all.

The 213th Wing, the search wing is deployed from Yuanqu City to Hengling Pass. It seems that the two wings have a lot of troops.

But in fact, the search wing is full of troops, that is, a force of about 700 people. Their combat effectiveness is not even as good as a field brigade.

Sakurai Shozo believed that everyone was hit now, but the 213th Wing of Hengling Pass and the search wing did not encounter attacks.

Then the focus of Chu Yunfei's troops is probably to encircle and annihilate the 213th Regiment and search for the Regiment.

After all, if these two regiments are annihilated, then the east and west areas of Zhongtiao Mountain can be completely connected.

The 33rd Division Headquarters did not dare to delay, and immediately sent a message to the Army Headquarters to report the situation here in detail.

At five o'clock, the sky gradually became brighter.

There was some confusion here at the First Army Headquarters. Lieutenant General Yoshio Iwamatsu came to the map with a solemn face.

His main mission here this time was not to command the troops in combat, but to win over Yan Laoxi and make him join the Japs.

Yoshio Iwamatsu is not very good at commanding operations, even though he has served as division commander and army commander.

But he did not command the troops in combat. He served as the lieutenant general commander of the 15th Division.

The 15th Division belongs to the second reorganization of the Japanese army and belongs to the Third Field Division.

However, they have always been responsible for defense and garrison tasks in occupied areas, and have almost never undertaken field tasks.

Then he served as the commander of the defense force, and this defense force was in the country of the little devils, so naturally there would be no chance of fighting.

Facing the combat situation reported by various ministries, Iwamatsu Yoshio was a little dazzled and didn't know how to deal with it for a while.

Fortunately, the Little Devil's First Army Headquarters has a complete system, and the chiefs of the first and second classes quickly handle the corresponding reports.

Then he handed it over to Chief of Staff Masaru Hanatani, who made a report.At the same time, two section chiefs also came to Iwamatsu Yoshio and expressed their analysis and judgment.

"Wenxicheng and other front-line positions have been strengthened, and the 21st Division can rush to support operations at any time."

"Even if the main force of the enemy forces in Zhongtiao Mountain is dispatched, we can quickly gather heavy troops to start the battle."

"So their real target won't be Wenxi City, their target should be Zhongtiao Mountain."

"Based on the report from the 33rd Division, we judge that the enemy is very likely to launch an attack on the front-line position at Henglingguan."

"They may fight at Hengling Pass to encircle and annihilate the 33th Regiment and Search Regiment of the 213rd Division."

"Our suggestion is to quickly gather the main force of the 27th Division in Jiangcheng and be ready to go south to support the Henglingguan operation at any time."

"The 33rd Division is in Yuanqu City, and the 27th Division is in Jiangcheng. They are in the north and south areas of Hengling Pass, and they can completely ensure that Hengling Pass is complete."

Lesson [-] and Lesson [-] The two commanders pointed at the map and gave their suggestions.

After their repeated discussions, they believed that Chu Yunfei's troops were likely to attack Hengling Pass.

As for the attacks in other areas, they were completely feints. They wanted to cover up their main attack direction.

After listening to the report, Yoshio Iwamatsu showed a thoughtful expression on his face.

Of course, he also knew what he was doing here, so he didn't dare to make a decision directly.

Under the arrangement of Yoshio Iwamatsu, the staff staff contacted the front army headquarters to report as soon as possible.

After Tada Shun received the report, he immediately summoned Chief of Staff Tanabe Moritake and others together.

They began to conduct repeated discussions to determine where the 201st Division's main attack direction would be.

Even at that moment, Tada Shun had the idea of ​​​​gathering the 21st Division, 27th Division, and 33rd Division together for combat.

However, thinking that he was about to be dismissed from his position as commander of the front army, Shun Tada gave up the idea of ​​such a large-scale operation.

After all, under such circumstances, if he loses the battle, the consequences will be disastrous.

By eight o'clock in the morning, the North China Front Army Headquarters issued a combat order.

The main force of the 27th Division was assembled in the Jiangcheng area, and one part was stationed in Yangcheng and Jincheng.

The main force of the 33rd Division gathered in Yuanqu City, echoing the main force of the 27th Division.

At the same time, in order to ensure that Li Yunlong's independent detachment in the eastern part of Zhongtiao Mountain would not take the opportunity to take action, the Sakuma Corps stationed in the northern Henan region dispatched troops to participate in the battle.

Li Tiejian's 20th Division of the Imperial Alliance Army advanced directly northward and entered the eastern area of ​​Zhongtiao Mountain.

The main force of the Sakuma Corps continues to stay in the northern Henan area to prevent troops from entering the northern Henan area through Zhongtiao Mountain.

The 20th Division of the puppet army Li Tiejian advanced to the eastern area of ​​​​Zhongtiao Mountain. Its main task was to monitor the independent detachment.

If the independent detachment takes the opportunity to take action, this puppet army will rush over quickly and attack the independent detachment with all its strength.

After all, the main force of the 27th Division is gathered in Jiangcheng at this time. Not to mention Shunwangping, even Yangcheng and Jincheng may encounter blows.

The Japanese and puppet troops began to make a series of mobilizations. At this time, the third brigade of the 201st Division launched combat operations under the command of Chu Yunfei.

Liang Ruxian's third brigade gathered at the line from Hengling Pass to Yuanqu City. They began to attack, preparing to attack the search brigade responsible for this line of defense.

The captain of the search team, the Lieutenant Colonel, discovered that a large number of troops had appeared. He quickly moved towards Hengling Pass without any hesitation.

The 213th Wing and the Search Wing would gather together at ten o'clock in the morning, and they began to strengthen the defense.

At the same time, the two wing captains were constantly in contact with the division headquarters to report on the situation here.

Without any hesitation, Chu Yunfei commanded the first and third brigade troops to quickly assemble towards the Hengling Pass area.

And the 601st and 605th regiments took the lead in attacking the Japanese positions at Hengling Pass.

The troops from both sides began to fight fiercely at Hengling Pass, but the Little Devils 213 Wing had the advantage of the terrain.

The two regiments continued to attack without making much progress.

The battle lasted until past [-] o'clock in the morning, and Chu Yunfei arranged for these troops to withdraw and rest.

The captain of the 213th Wing Colonel immediately sent a message to the division headquarters to report, and emphasized that his wing defeated the attack of thousands of people from the 201st Division.

Although Henglingguan was hit, there was no danger. Naturally, the 33rd Division sent no troops for reinforcements.

Especially now that the main force of the 27th Division has advanced to Jiangcheng, they can also go south to fight at any time.

At [-] o'clock at noon, Chu Yunfei commanded the main force to continue the attack on Hengling Pass.

The first brigade invested 358 regiments, the first regiment was supplemented in the field, and the third brigade invested 604 regiments.

The mountain artillery battalions directly under the two brigades also began to participate in the battle. Twenty Jin-made 17-type 75MM mountain artillery provided them with fire cover.

The three regiments were deployed to the west of Hengling Pass and launched a fierce attack to the south. The troops from both sides fought fiercely.

Chu Yunfei personally supervised the attack this time. The morale of each regiment was high and they advanced one after another.

The little Japanese relied on the advantage of the terrain to hold on and fired continuously with various weapons. The troops on both sides gradually entered a fierce battle, with both sides suffering casualties.

It was at this time, here in the east of Zhongtiao Mountain.

Chen Ziyun commanded the guard regiment, and the mountain artillery regiment secretly passed through the line between Hengling Pass and Yuanqu City and began to join the independent detachment.

This is their battle plan. The main force of the 201st Division is responsible for attracting and mobilizing the main force of the Japs.

At the same time, Chen Ziyun commanded a powerful unit and strengthened it into an independent detachment, thereby quickly destroying the Shunwangping puppet artillery position.

The two regiments of the independent detachment, plus the guard regiment and the mountain artillery regiment, the strength of the four regiments has an absolute advantage, so it will not be too difficult to deal with them.

However, after Chen Ziyun arrived in the eastern part of Zhongtiao Mountain, the system reminded him one after another and issued two pieces of information!
The first piece of information was about the 20th Division of the Imperial Association Army, detailing their staffing and weapons configuration.

The second piece of information is about the current location of the 20th Division of the Imperial Association Army.

So far, the system has provided four pieces of information one after another, and Chen Ziyun has gradually become interested in the 20th Division of the Imperial Association Army.

"Brother Ziyun, hey hey, you guys are extremely rich, you have a mountain artillery regiment and a field artillery regiment."

"No matter what we say this time, we have to let our independent detachment form an artillery regiment."

"Although Brother Yunfei comes from a wealthy family, he is inevitably a bit stingy."

"Brother Ziyun is very proud. The puppet army artillery in Shun Wangping this time is not a good thing, so just leave it to us."

After Li Yunlong saw Chen Ziyun, he said with a smile on his face.

He knew that Chen Ziyun secretly helped them several times, but allowed them to seize a lot of weapons and equipment.

This time, Li Yunlong wanted to capture all the puppet artillery in Shunwangping and form an artillery regiment.

When Chen Ziyun heard this, he smiled and did not directly agree or refuse.

According to the information provided by the system, the First Regiment of the Shunwangping Puppet Independent Artillery was fully equipped with 24 field cannons.

These field guns are imitations of the Japanese [-]-type field guns, but this field gun has undergone a series of improvements.

The total weight of the Xiaoguizi Type 1135 field gun is about 13 kilograms, but the total weight of this Feng-made Type 875 field gun is only [-] kilograms.

Compared with the Type 200 field gun, this field gun is more than [-] kilograms lighter.

Up to now, Zhou Wenbo and Zhu Mingxuan's field artillery regiment had almost become decorations, and they were not taken with them in the two battles.

The reason is very simple. Compared with the twenty mountain cannons of the mountain artillery regiment, these field guns are too bulky.

Traveling in mountainous terrain like Zhongtiao Mountain, these field guns are slow and unsuitable for mobile combat.

On the contrary, whether it is the Type 105 mountain cannon, the Bofors mountain cannon, or even the Jin-made [-]MM mountain cannon, they can be disassembled into parts for transportation.

Even some parts of mountain cannons can be transported entirely by manpower.

Therefore, Chen Ziyun is also very interested in these more portable field guns.

Of course, Chen Ziyun now has a bigger goal, and he is ready to eat more fat with Li Yunlong!

"Brother Yunlong, there are many puppet troops coming from the south, you should know it."

Chen Ziyun looked at Li Yunlong in front of him with a smile and said directly.

"The troops coming from the northern Henan area are quite large, more than tens of thousands of people. I have the Kongjie Independent Regiment keeping an eye on them."

"Brother Ziyun, don't worry, they won't affect our battle."

"If they dare to go deep, we will deal with them right now."

Li Yunlong looked at Chen Ziyun and said with a confident expression on his face.

(End of this chapter)