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Chapter 313: The 20th Puppet Division fell into the encirclement (please subscribe)

Li Yunlong obviously did not take the 20th Division of the Imperial Association Army seriously and believed that the Kongjie Independent Regiment could completely stop them.

Even if the 20th Division of the Imperial Association Army dares to go deep into the eastern part of Zhongtiao Mountain, the independent detachment can eat this puppet army at any time.

It's no wonder, after all, most puppet troops actually don't have much combat effectiveness, and they often collapse at the first touch.

In particular, many weapons and ammunition of the Eighth Route Army were seized through the puppet troops.

Li Yunlong has fought against these puppet troops several times, so he naturally knows them very well.

Under such circumstances, they felt that the puppet troops of the Sakuma Corps in the northern Henan region were actually no big deal.

However, Chen Ziyun had a detailed understanding of Li Tiejian's puppet army through the system.

The 20th Division of the Imperial Association Army is a reinforced division with a strength of 3000 troops.

According to the system's intelligence, Chen Ziyun also had a clear understanding of Li Tiejian.

This Li Tiejian served in the Northwest Army, and was then recommended to the Little Japanese Military Academy for further study.

That is to say, when he was in the sergeant academy, Li Tiejian was directly attracted by the Little Japanese Intelligence Agency.

As the all-out battle began, Li Tiejian joined the Japs directly without any hesitation.

It took him several years to go from being the commander of the appeasement army with a few thousand people in charge to the division commander of more than 1 field troops now.

For Li Tiejian, the Japanese army here pays special attention to training and constantly trains him and his troops.

In fact, in the early stages of the battle, as they continued to attack cities and plunder territory, the Japanese army themselves also realized the problem of insufficient troops.

Therefore, they continued to support the puppet troops and arranged for them to assist in the defense of the occupied areas.

Even in some large-scale operations, they will dispatch relatively trustworthy puppet troops to assist in the operation.

Li Tiejian can speak fluent Japanese because he once studied abroad at the Military Academy.

In addition, he was attracted by the Japs early on, so the Japanese army focused on training him.

In the plan of the Japanese military intelligence agency, Li Tiejian was to be trained to become an officer with rich experience in commanding operations.

The troops under his command also have to go through actual combat and have a lot of combat experience.

The Japanese army hopes that Li Tiejian's troops can become elite puppet troops and thus assume the main offensive mission in future operations.

Li Tiejian has not disappointed the Japanese army so far, and his series of performances are also very good.

So now, the little devil has organized a reinforced division for him.

Of course, if it weren't for the seniority issues in the puppet army, Li Tiejian's position would definitely be promoted even further.

So far, a large number of puppet troops have appeared, and many people have defected to the little devils.

Many of these people are older than Li Tiejian, and many of them have even been Li Tiejian's immediate boss.

For example, Zhang Yanfeng, the commander of the 24th Division of the Imperial Association Army, was once the regimental commander of Li Tiejian.

If Li Tiejian is directly promoted to army commander, it will inevitably cause a series of repercussions within the puppet army.

So now the little devil can only suppress his duties, but the troops under his command are a reinforced division.

This puppet army unit, the artillery unit directly under the division headquarters alone, has about twenty mountain artillery and field artillery.

If Li Yunlong's independent detachment really fights them, they may not be able to completely annihilate them.

Even if the two sides fall into a stalemate, the independent detachment may suffer losses.

"Brother Yunlong, you underestimate this puppet army. Their strength is not weak."

"And they are relatively monolithic. Let alone the independent detachment, even if we want to eat them, it is not an easy task."

"I have learned about the situation of this puppet army in detail, and they are more powerful than we imagined."

"If we go to Shunwangping to fight at this time and ignore this puppet army, we may suffer a loss."

"The independent regiment led by Captain Kong Jie may not be able to deal with them, and it may suffer heavy casualties."

"So I suggest that we use a move to lure you into the urn and assemble the main force to attack them first."

Chen Ziyun looked at Li Yunlong in front of him and directly expressed his thoughts.

After learning about the situation of the 20th Division of the Imperial Association Army, Chen Ziyun immediately changed his mind about attacking Shun Wangping.

Based on the current situation, if Chen Ziyun commands the guard regiment, the mountain artillery regiment assists the new first regiment, and the new second regiment goes to attack Shun Wangping, it will definitely be successful.

But if the independent regiment wants to completely contain the 20th Division of the Royal Association Army, they may not be able to do it.

If the Kongjie regiment fights with all its strength, there may be heavy casualties.

If they adopt guerrilla warfare, this puppet army may advance quickly and appear directly in the Shunwangping area.

In order to prevent the battle plan from being completely broken, Chen Ziyun decided to attack this puppet army first.

Gradually attract them to relevant areas, and then gather five regiments of troops to carry out combat attacks against them.

Even if they cannot be completely annihilated, as long as they are severely damaged, there will be great gains.

When Li Yunlong heard that he was going to fight against the 20th Puppet Division, something changed on his face, but he was reluctant.

After all, in his opinion, these puppet troops have nothing more than some light weapons.

The independent detachment is not too short of light weapons now. In comparison, he is more willing to create an artillery regiment.

If they attack the 20th Division of the Royal Association Army in the south, Li Yunlong feels that his artillery regiment is likely to be ruined.

"Brother Ziyun, don't worry. With Lao Kong's Independent Regiment here, this puppet army can't make waves."

"Let's attack Shun Wangping first, and then clean up this puppet army. Just listen to me. Both operations will not be delayed."

"The puppet troops in the south are quite numerous, but they don't have much oil and water. If we eat them, the Japanese puppet troops in Shunwangping will all slip away."

"There is an artillery regiment in King Shun Ping, with 24 artillery pieces. It would be a pity if they ran away without eating this piece of fat."

Li Yunlong came up to Chen Ziyun and spoke seriously.

At this time, in Lao Li's head, everything was an artillery regiment, and no one could stop him from organizing an artillery regiment.

"Brother Yunlong, who said that the puppet army in the south will not have an artillery regiment."

"The Japanese puppet army in the north is a piece of fat meat, but the puppet army in the south is completely a fat cow."

"What a pity it is to throw away a fat cow just to eat a piece of fat meat."

"Let me tell you, this puppet army in the south has more than a dozen mountain cannons directly under the regiment."

"Destroy this puppet army, and you will be able to obtain at least the weapons and ammunition of two infantry regiments."

"If we're lucky, we might be able to form two artillery regiments just from the captured artillery."

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

After hearing Chen Ziyun's words, not to mention Li Yunlong, even Ding Wei and Zhao Gang showed strong interest.

"Commander Chen, what's going on? How come this puppet army in the south has so many weapons?"

"It shouldn't be. The little devils are on guard against these puppet troops and rarely equip them with heavy weapons."

"The Japanese we met before only had light machine guns and rifles, and even the number of heavy machine guns was very small."

"It is said that the puppet army in the south has a lot of troops, but I didn't expect that they would have so many weapons."

Zhao Gang and Ding Wei were confused, looked at Chen Ziyun and said softly.

Chen Ziyun looked around. Zhang Wu, the leader of the guard regiment, and Li Yang, the leader of the mountain artillery regiment, were not nearby.

A smile appeared on his face and he did not explain in detail.

Li Yunlong still wanted to ask, but Ding Wei pulled his clothes.

Lao Li was also a smart man. He glanced at Zhao Gang and Ding Wei and reacted immediately.

They subconsciously thought that this was information provided by Yan Laoxi's department, and Chen Ziyun had completely revealed it to them.

"Brother Ziyun, don't worry, we will never tell anyone about this matter."

"According to what you said, this puppet army in the south is really a fat cow."

"Then we will fight this puppet army as you said. We will do exactly what you said."

Li Yunlong smiled and said with an expectant expression on his face.

Chen Ziyun took out the map and began to explain in detail.

After hearing this, Li Yunlong did not hesitate and immediately arranged for the messengers to quickly convey the order.

At around three o'clock in the afternoon on June [-], south of the eastern mountainous area of ​​Zhongtiao Mountain.

At the headquarters of the 20th Division of the Imperial Alliance Army, Li Tiejian stood in front of the map and looked at it carefully.

Li Tiejian has been following the little devils in battles over the years, and he also has rich combat command experience.And he also went to the sergeant academy, so he still has some ability.

This time the Sakuma Corps sent their troops here mainly to contain Li Yunlong's independent detachment.

Sakuma Shigemori introduced him to the combat mission in detail and provided some guidance.

However, for Li Tiejian, he had a strengthened division under his command, and this time the troops advanced to the east of Zhongtiao Mountain.

If it was just to contain the independent detachment, Li Tiejian felt that the Japanese army's arrangement was completely overqualified.

So after he came here, he quickly deployed, and the cavalry battalion directly under the division headquarters was quickly dispatched.

Hundreds of puppet cavalry dispersed for reconnaissance, checking relevant areas in detail to search for the detailed deployment of the independent detachment.

By now, the Independent Regiment's approximate location and strength have been gradually controlled by Li Tiejian.

However, he was still cautious about this and contacted Sakuma Shigemori immediately, hoping to get support from the Japanese military intelligence agency.

"Master, it's been confirmed. The news reported by the cavalry battalion is absolutely correct. We only have about [-] Eighth Route Army troops in front of us."

"They hold the commanding heights and guard our way north. It seems that they intend to block us."

"The battle at Hengling Pass is still going on. The main forces of Chu Yunfei and Chen Ziyun have already been dispatched. It seems that these eight groups also want to join in the fun."

"They should have more than 9000 troops, but now there are only 3000 with us. The main force must be participating in the battle in the Henglingguan area."

Soon, the chief of staff of the puppet army came to Li Tiejian and immediately reported.

Upon hearing this report, Li Tiejian smiled, picked up the baton, and quickly issued the order.

After receiving the order, the messenger soldiers on standby at the division headquarters quickly contacted the commanders of the puppet army regiments.

Not long after, several regiment leaders arrived at the regiment headquarters and stood in front of the map.

"Did you see that there is only one regiment of troops here? This is just a regiment of 3000 troops from the Eighth Route Army."

"We have four times their strength, and we have an absolute advantage in artillery and heavy weapons."

"In this battle, let's fight steadily. While the main force of the Eighth Route Army is not here, we will eat this group first!"

"With four infantry regiments against one infantry regiment, and the artillery regiment assisting, we have an absolute advantage."

"We will definitely win this battle. We will first eat one of their regiments, and then look for the main force of their detachment for a decisive battle."

Li Tiejian had a firm expression on his face. He held the baton and said with a serious expression on his face.

Immediately afterwards, he began to point at different locations on the map and issued a series of combat orders.

The first regiment, the second regiment, the cavalry battalion, and the attached artillery regiment presented an arc-shaped attack formation from the west and south sides.

The third regiment, attached to the engineer battalion, tried to penetrate as far as possible through the west side to the north, so as to launch an attack on the south side.

Li Tiejian's combat strategy was to press the independent regiment eastward and force the independent regiment to evacuate eastward.

Continuing eastward from Zhongtiao Mountain, we reach the northern Henan region, where troops from the 35th Little Devils Division are stationed.

As long as the independent regiment is pressed to the east, it will definitely be a dead end.

And if they stay in place, it means they will face an attack by the absolute main force of this puppet army.

Judging from this deployment, Li Tiejian is still capable.

The puppet army regiments began to execute combat orders, and they began to dispatch at four o'clock.

The independent regiment troops have set up positions everywhere, and deployed mobile sentries, warning positions, and open and hidden sentries.

Naturally, it was impossible for them not to notice such a large-scale move by the puppet troops.

After Kong Jie learned of the situation, he immediately issued a combat order.

He asked all ministries to prepare for combat while maintaining contact between battalions.

By 04:30, the troops from both sides were gradually engaging in combat.

At five o'clock, all the puppet troops were in place, and they began to launch a fierce attack according to the plan.

Three regiments and one cavalry battalion launched an attack from the southwest with all their strength. Their arc-shaped offensive continued to attack the independent regiment's position.

The independent regiment defending here is the [-]th Battalion, which is reinforced by the infantry artillery company directly under the regiment headquarters.

But whether it is in terms of military strength or weapons and equipment, there is a big gap between them and the puppet troops.

They have six infantry guns, two 82MM mortars, and three 60MM mortars.

There are four heavy machine guns, and nine grenade launchers. The light machine guns are assigned to each squad.

There are 27 light machine guns in the entire battalion, but the overall configuration is still somewhat lacking.

An artillery regiment of the puppet army has twelve mountain cannons and eight field cannons, all of which are custom-made weapons and equipment.

Moreover, each of their infantry regiments also has heavy mortars made by Feng and mountain cannon made by Jin.

"Boom boom boom."

The artillery units directly under the two infantry regiments of the puppet army took the lead in launching artillery bombardments, and a large number of artillery shells were fired towards the seventh battalion position.

A deafening explosion sounded, and smoke and dust filled the air.

There are 150MM mortars and 75MM mountain guns.

As if the shells were free of charge, they continued to suppress the [-]th Battalion.

A large number of puppet troops advanced rapidly, and their battalions were equipped with mortars and heavy machine guns for cover.

The troops were grouped into companies and quickly advanced towards the position. These puppet troops had obviously learned the tactics of the little devils.

A large number of riflemen advanced forward, and weapons such as light machine guns and grenades provided cover.

After the puppet soldiers carrying the forged rifles reached a certain distance, they continued to shoot.

The dense rifle bullets were like raindrops, hitting the position one after another.

The troops on both sides continued to fight fiercely, and gradually there were casualties on both sides.

However, after six o'clock, as the puppet artillery regiment launched an artillery bombardment, the [-]th Battalion came under greater pressure, and its casualties continued to increase.

After Kong Jie received the report, he began to gather the main force of the regiment together.

The puppet troops captured some positions and continued to press and attack the independent regiment troops.

At seven o'clock, Ding Weixin's Second Regiment began to rush over quickly for reinforcements.

However, with the assistance of the engineer battalion, the third puppet regiment quickly built defensive positions and quickly entered a defensive state.

They launched offensive and defensive operations with the New Second Regiment. The puppet troops relied on their weapon advantages to block the New Second Regiment's attacks one after another.

"Hahaha, did you see it? The Eighth Route Army realized the danger and had no choice but to dispatch troops to rush over for reinforcements."

"But it's a pity that we have already deployed. The third regiment and engineer battalion in the north are completely able to block their troops."

"Contact the First Regiment, Second Regiment, Cavalry Battalion, and Artillery Regiment to continue the fierce attack, and send the Fourth Regiment over."

"We must completely annihilate them before midnight!"

After Li Tiejian received the report from the front line in the division headquarters, he showed an excited expression on his face.

In order to speed up the encirclement and annihilation of the independent regiment troops, he began to mobilize the fourth reserve regiment to join the battle.

The main force of the puppet army almost came out in full force, and they quickly advanced towards the battlefield.

A large number of troops continued to fight, and the independent regiment was under great pressure at this time.

By around [-] p.m., the independent regiment was forced to abandon its position and began to evacuate toward the northeast.

Li Tiejian was unwilling to let this unit go. He asked the main force of the division to pursue it at full speed and be sure to capture the independent regiment troops and annihilate them!
The puppet cavalry battalion quickly pursued, and the first regiment, the second regiment, and the artillery regiment quickly followed behind.

The fourth regiment of the puppet army advanced to the third regiment and assumed the role of connecting various ministries.

The independent regiments gradually withdrew from the battlefield, but the puppet troops continued to pursue them.

But they didn't know that at this time they were gradually advancing towards the encirclement.

And here in the encirclement, a new regiment, the mountain artillery regiment, the main body of the guard regiment, and the independent regiment troops that were about to evacuate were assembled.

The first, second and artillery regiments of the puppet army were close to 6000 troops and quickly pursued them.

At around nine o'clock in the evening, they began to enter the encirclement!
Li Yunlong quickly arranged for the independent regiment troops to withdraw to the position, and at the same time he was ready to shoot.

At nine-fifty, illumination bombs shot into the sky one after another, and the dark night became as bright as day.

Immediately afterwards, the Li Yangshan artillery regiment took the lead in firing.

Six Bofors mountain guns and six Type [-] mountain guns opened fire first.

Immediately afterwards, eight Jin-made 105MM mountain artillery focused on covering the puppet artillery troops!
　Chapter 308 is still prohibited. It has been revised several times, but it has not been released yet. My mentality is exploding...

　　
　
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