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

Chapter 317 The Japanese army’s routine is to defeat the superiors (please subscribe)
The Guard Regiment and the 603 Regiment formed a guerrilla detachment, and Chen Ziyun personally commanded them. They began to launch a series of combat operations.

Chen Ziyun directed these troops to directly search for loopholes in the defense of the Japanese and puppet troops based on the intelligence provided by the system, and went deep into the Japanese-occupied areas to conduct operations.

The guard regiment is equipped with twelve mountain cannons, and its attack power has been enhanced again.

This unit was personally trained by Chen Ziyun, and the officers were promoted by him, making them easy to command.

For several days, they continued to carry out sorties and operations, which caused a large blow to the Japanese and puppet troops.

The troops of the two regiments sometimes gathered together to fight, and sometimes fought separately.

And sometimes they will be assisted by the main force of the 201st Division to attack the Japanese and puppet troops.

Batch after batch of loot also began to be transported back through the baggage regiments. By the end of June, the guerrilla detachment had still gained a lot.

The number of Japanese and puppet troops they annihilated alone exceeded 1000, and the number of injured Japanese and puppet troops was countless.

The Japanese and puppet troops could only strengthen their defenses in an attempt to block the guerrilla detachment and trap them to death.

However, Chen Ziyun commanded the two regiments to fight flexibly. Based on the intelligence provided by the system, he launched successive strikes.

By July [-]st, the system had provided relevant information to assist Chen Ziyun in conducting effective operations.

However, now Chen Ziyun's rewards for completing the mission of defending Yangcheng and Jincheng have been fully distributed by the system.

In the next battle, Chen Ziyun has no system to provide information, so he needs to be cautious.

It was at this time that the North China Front Army Headquarters ushered in its fourth commander.

Japanese General Okamura Neiji has arrived at the North China Front and officially serves as the commander of the North China Front.

This time Okamura Neiji was reactivated, mainly to conduct command operations in the North China region.

Going up to Tianhuang and the base camp of the Little Japs, and going down to the headquarters of the dispatched army, they all had high hopes for Okamura Neiji.

They hope that Okamura Neiji can command the North China Front Army to launch a series of operations to stabilize the occupied area.

At present, the Japanese base camp has decided to go south to fight, and they naturally hope that these occupied areas can provide sufficient combat resources.

After all, the little devils' own resources are very limited, and they need to rely on occupied areas to achieve the purpose of supporting war with war.

On July 1941, [-], the Little Japanese Base Camp issued a combat order.

In addition to officially appointing Okamura Neiji as the commander of the North China Front, they also made detailed adjustments to the organization of the North China Front.

The North China Front has jurisdiction over the First Army, the 12th Army, and the Mongolian Army. It is directly under the jurisdiction of the 27th Division, the 35th Division, and the 110th Division.

In addition, the independent mixed 15st, [-]th, and [-]th brigades are also directly under the front army and are responsible for the defense tasks in the occupied areas of Hebei Province.

The First Army here has jurisdiction over the 36th Division, the 37th Division, and the 41st Division, which are independently mixed into the 16rd, [-]th, [-]th, and [-]th Brigades.

Of course, it is under the 27th Division directly under the North China Front and the 12st Division under the 21th Army.

As well as the 11rd Division troops drawn from the 33th Army, they were temporarily seconded to the First Army and stayed in Jin Province to fight.

After Okamura Neiji took office, he immediately met with Chief of Staff Moritake Tanabe and Deputy Chief of Staff Arisue Seizo.

They held a combat meeting in the front army headquarters to learn more about the current combat situation in North China.

Deputy Chief of Staff Arimoe Seizo took relevant documents and introduced the situation of the various departments under the North China Front and the troops they needed to deal with.

The troops stationed in Mongolia are mainly responsible for the Sui Cha area, and they deal with the troops of the Eighth Theater.

However, the two sides have not launched any large-scale operations for the time being, and they are in a confrontation with each other.

The 12th Army was stationed here in Lu Province. They only had the Eighth Route Army here, but the 12th Army was still able to deal with it.

For the North China Front, the biggest threat is naturally here in Jin Province.

"Your Excellency, Commander, although in the previous battle at Zhongtiao Mountain, we drove the troops of the first theater area to the south bank of the Yellow River."

"But Chu Yunfei and Chen Ziyun's troops quickly stationed in Zhongtiao Mountain, and the Eighth Route Independent Detachment also quickly arrived here."

"There are currently 10,000 to [-] troops here in Zhongtiao Mountain. Their strength is not too large, but the threat is exactly the same as the [-]+ troops in the previous theater."

"So currently in the southeastern Shanxi region, we have assembled heavy troops to suppress them and prevent them from launching combat operations."

"The Eighth Route Army here in Jin Province can be said to be our biggest threat. They are actively fighting in our occupied areas."

"Judging from the current situation, we have driven away the troops from the first theater area, but the situation in Shanxi Province has not changed."

"Chu Yunfei, Chen Ziyun's troops, and Li Yunlong's troops can still contain our troops in Zhongtiao Mountain."

Youmo Seizan came to the map and said with a serious expression on his face.

Okamura Neji listened to the briefing and took notes.

The expression on his face was always calm and not affected in the slightest.

"Your Excellency, Commander, Chen Ziyun has organized guerrilla troops for combat recently, which has dealt a certain blow to our troops."

"The current deployment of troops in southeastern Shanxi and other regions is completely based on the tactics of former Commander Shun Tada."

"Commander Tada Shun deployed a large number of troops to blockade and implement the strategy of driving sheep into the pen and catching them all in one fell swoop."

"This is Commander Tada Shun's specific combat plan. Please review it."

Soon, Chief of Staff Tanabe Moritake came to Okamura Neji with a document and quickly reported.

Okamura Neiji took the document and looked at it carefully, and then put Tada Shun's combat plan aside.

In one day, Okamura Neiji learned in detail about the combat situation in Jin Province.

Until evening, Okamura Neji ended the combat meeting.

After all the staff members left, he stood in front of the map and looked at the location of Zhongtiao Mountain on the map, with a thoughtful expression on his face.

Obviously, after Okamura Neiji understood the situation in detail, he also believed that the most important thing for the North China Front at the moment was to annihilate the 201st Division and the independent detachment.

At twelve o'clock in the evening, Okamura Neiji called the communications soldier to give instructions before he started to rest.

The communications corps sent electricity to the First Army overnight. After receiving the message, Chief of Staff Hanagu Masaru of the First Army immediately took a train to the North China Front Army Headquarters to report.

At this time, Chen Ziyun and his guerrilla detachment were still in the Japanese-occupied area, but there was no system to provide accurate information, and the battle gradually became difficult.

The Japanese and puppet troops can coordinate defensive operations, and they can quickly assist each other.

The guerrilla detachment did not achieve much results in several battles, but was almost surrounded several times.

The two outer blockade positions set up by Tada Shun are still very powerful.

Before, without the accurate intelligence provided by the system, it would have been difficult for them to obtain results.

Now the battle is getting more and more difficult. Under such circumstances, Chen Ziyun also began to consider gradually withdrawing his troops.

Early on the morning of July [-]nd, at the North China Front Army Headquarters.

Okamura Neiji met alone with the First Army Chief of Staff Hanatani Masaru to learn more about the defense deployment of Jin Province.

At this time, the absolute main force such as the First Army was assembled in the southeastern area of ​​​​Shanxi.

From Pingyang City to Luzhou City, there are the 37th Division, the First Division of the Imperial Association Army, and the 41st Division.

From Wenxicheng to Jincheng, the 36th Division, the Second Division of the Imperial Association Army, and the 27th Division were deployed.

In addition, the puppet army's two full cavalry divisions with 1 troops are deployed in different areas of the two defense lines and can conduct mobile operations at any time.

At the same time, the 33rd Little Devils Division was stationed at the front line of Yuanqu City, and there were also three puppet infantry brigades here!

After a period of rest and replenishment, the 21st Infantry Division gradually returned to full strength.

The Japanese and puppet troops have assembled a large number of troops here, and at the same time in the northern Henan region, there is also the Sakuma Corps.

The Sakuma Corps is composed of the 20th Cavalry Brigade, the 21th Division, the 24st Division, and the [-]th Division of the Imperial Association Army, and its overall strength is not weak.

Tada Shun's strategy is still very threatening. As long as they are given enough time, the blow may be fatal to the 201st Division.

Chief of Staff of the First Army Hanatani Masaru gave a detailed report, and Okamura Neiji recorded it in detail.

By around ten o'clock in the morning, Hua Gu was leaving the front army headquarters and returning to the First Army.

At the same time, the Chief of Staff of the Front Army, Moritake Tanabe, sent a large amount of Chu Yunfei, Chen Ziyun, and Li Yunlong's combat information to Okamura Neiji's office.

Throughout the day, Okamura Neiji checked these documents in detail without even leaving the office for meals.

Until nine o'clock in the evening, Okamura Neiji began to arrange staff to draw up a situation map based on relevant operations.

He returned to his room to rest, and the front army staff began to draw up situation maps one by one based on these combat data.

That is, on the night of July [-], Chen Ziyun commanded the guerrilla detachment to begin to gradually withdraw to the eastern part of Zhongtiao Mountain.

In this battle, the guerrilla detachment achieved certain results, but as the follow-up system failed to provide information, their battle became more difficult.

In order to avoid being encircled and attacked, Chen Ziyun could only withdraw his troops.Up to now, the two blockade positions drafted by Tada Shun have gradually been completed.

Of course, Tada Jun has been removed from his post, and the new commander Okamura Neiji did not issue any combat orders.

Similarly, he did not make adjustments, and the Japanese and puppet troops continued to blockade the area.

Especially after the 33rd Division was strengthened by the puppet troops, they directly cut off the connection between the 201st Division and the independent detachment.

The puppet army's three infantry brigades strengthened the 33rd Division and completely tightly controlled the line from Hengling Pass to Yuanqu City.

Now let alone troops, it is difficult for individual soldiers to pass through this line of defense.

After Chen Ziyun withdrew the 201st Division and settled his troops, he came to the division headquarters.

At this time, Chu Yunfei and Fang Ligong were standing in front of the map. They looked at the dense markings north of Zhongtiao Mountain with solemn expressions on their faces.

These labels were obtained based on various sources, and they clearly recorded the number of Japanese and puppet troops.

"Ziyun, thank you for your hard work this time."

"Whether it is withdrawn in time, the defense line of the Japanese and puppet troops will gradually improve and effective cooperation can be formed."

"If you continue to operate in the Japanese-occupied areas, you will most likely be surrounded by them."

"Now it is the best choice to withdraw and meet with the main force of the division."

After Chu Yunfei saw Chen Ziyun, he hurriedly comforted him.

According to Chen Ziyun's original idea, he led the guerrilla detachment out, but he wanted to gain a foothold in the area controlled by the Japs.

Unfortunately, there were too many Japanese and puppet troops, and they had no chance.

If they were forced to stay in the Japanese-occupied areas, the Japanese and puppet troops might gradually surround them and eventually eat them.

After all, the Japanese and puppet troops blocked the positions in two lines and assembled a large number of troops, and the 21st Division also served as the general reserve.

As long as the two regiments of the guerrilla detachment are besieged, they will be completely solved sooner or later.

Even if the 201st Division desperately rescues them, it may not be able to support them in breaking out.

"Master, the current situation is very unfavorable to us."

"The Japanese and puppet troops took the lead in launching a blockade. If they launch an attack later, we won't even have a place to break through."

"And facing such a heavily armed group, Commander Yan may not provide support."

"We must prepare in advance to prevent the Japanese and puppet troops from attacking."

"This attack actually did not achieve much results."

"They also have no influence on the Japanese and puppet troops."

"So we need to increase the scale of subsequent operations and strive to cause them greater casualties."

Chen Ziyun first saluted, and then came to Chu Yunfei and said.

After Chu Yunfei heard Chen Ziyun's suggestion, he glanced at the map and nodded in agreement.

"Commander Chen, the 33rd Division of Yuanqu City has nearly 2 troops, and the puppet army at Hengling Pass also has more than 1 troops."

"There are more than 3 Japanese and puppet troops here. They are the sharp swords that ambush us."

"This sharp sword may stab us at any time, giving us a fatal blow."

"Can we look for opportunities and find ways to deal with the Japanese and puppet troops here?"

"Even if we can't deal with the little Japanese troops, it will still be beneficial to eat the puppet troops."

"The Japanese and puppet troops have no idea of ​​​​attacking yet. We must take action in advance."

"The saying goes, strike first to gain advantage, strike later and suffer disaster."

Fang Ligong pointed to the locations of Yuanqu City and Hengling Pass on the map and expressed his suggestions directly.

After Chu Yunfei and Chen Ziyun heard Fang Ligong's combat suggestions, they came to the map and looked towards the locations of Yuanqu City and Hengling Pass.

"If you want to fight the little devils here, you will definitely need to unite with the independent detachment in the east."

"With them cooperating in operations, we will have greater confidence in winning."

"And we must fight as fast as possible and end the battle as quickly as possible without giving the Japanese and puppet troops time to react."

Chen Ziyun thought about it, and he thought Fang Ligong's idea was quite good.

"Ziyun, now our overall strength has been greatly enhanced. During your absence, we have formed a second field supplementary regiment."

"Although the overall weapons and equipment of the second field supplementary regiment are still lacking, they can still play a certain role in combat."

"With our current strength, we have a great chance of winning by joining forces with independent detachments."

"But we need to think carefully about whether we are attacking the puppet troops at Hengling Pass or the Japanese troops at Yuanqu City."

Chu Yunfei showed a confident expression on his face, and he began to introduce the current situation of the 201st Division.

At this time, the First Brigade and the Second Brigade were composed of three regiments with two field regiments and one field supplementary regiment.

Each of these two brigades has about 1 troops.

With such strength, Chu Yunfei is naturally full of confidence in the next battle.

At this time, here in Yuanqu City, the 33rd Division Lieutenant General Shozo Sakurai, the commander of the division, has been obviously angry recently.

Not long ago, his troops were attacked and suffered a certain amount of casualties.

What was most unacceptable to Shozo Sakurai was that the battle was a feint attack by the 201st Division.

The independent detachment and other troops were directly in the east of Zhongtiao Mountain and eliminated the strength of three regiments of the Imperial Association Army.

As the battle ended, Shozo Sakurai immediately sent a message to the First Army Headquarters and the North China Front Army Headquarters.

He wanted to launch an immediate combat strike to completely eliminate the enemy troops in the east and west areas of his division.

But his message fell into silence without any response.

Even though Okamura Neiji now takes office, the 33rd Division Headquarters still hasn't received any response.

Under such circumstances, Shozo Sakurai decided to use the unique method of the little devil to fight.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, General Okamura Neiji has just assumed the position of commander of the front army. We...we should continue to send reports."

"After all, our unauthorized actions may make the Commander very dissatisfied. Once we are held accountable, the consequences will be disastrous."

"What's more, our division cannot have an absolute advantage in combat strength. If we fight alone, we may suffer heavy losses."

Here at the 33rd Division Headquarters, Colonel Chief of Staff looked at Shozo Sakurai and said with a solemn expression on his face.

Sakurai Shosan is planning to directly command the troops to carry out combat strikes without asking for instructions.

He believed that with his own divisional troops, attached to three puppet brigades, and more than 3 troops, he was completely sure of defeating the Eighth Route Army in the east.

In the little Japanese army, such things are not uncommon, and it is almost their routine to defeat the superior.

Looking at many battles, the decision was actually made directly by the frontline commander with a sudden rush of thought.

Even when the superiors called for a halt, the frontline headquarters ignored it and still went their own way!

"The three infantry brigades of the Imperial Association Army have more than 1 troops, and our division has nearly 2 troops."

"With more than 3 troops, if we take the enemy by surprise and attack eastward, we will definitely gain military merit."

"The Eighth Route Independent Detachment has only 1 troops, and they have no idea that we will attack on our own initiative."

"As long as we fight, we will definitely be able to catch them off guard!"

"By the time the front army headquarters and the first army headquarters get the news, we have already won."

"The results of annihilating more than 9000 troops from the independent detachment are enough to make them give up on holding us accountable."

"Don't worry, as long as you win the battle, the higher-ups will turn a blind eye."

Shozo Sakurai stood in front of the map and said with a confident expression on his face.

He was preparing to assemble Japanese and puppet troops to carry out a sneak attack on Li Yunlong's independent detachment.

Sakurai Shozo believed that with more than 3 troops, he had an absolute advantage and would definitely win.

At around ten o'clock in the evening, Sakurai Shozo began to summon the three puppet army commanders from Hengling Pass to his division headquarters.

He discussed with them in detail and asked these puppet soldiers to follow him to fight together!
(End of this chapter)