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

Chapter 324: The puppet army fell into the trap (please subscribe)

Hanoi County, in the headquarters of the 24th Division of the Royal Associated Army.

After the puppet army commander Zhang Yanfeng received the report, he quickly summoned his direct line officers together.

There are three regiment commanders, as well as the cavalry battalion commander and the artillery battalion commander. These puppet army officers control more than 24 troops of the 8000th Division of the puppet army.

Most of the remaining baggage troops and engineering troops were recruited from the army and had almost no combat effectiveness.

"Master, I've looked carefully. Most of the defenders in Hanoi County were killed with swords."

"The opponent is very capable in hand-to-hand combat, but there are not many bullets at the scene. This unit must be Tubal Road."

"Except for the Tubal Road troops, no other troops around here can do this."

"Based on all circumstances, they must be hiding in Shennong Mountain."

"Why don't we take the team and fight over there, and deal with them directly."

A puppet army officer stood up immediately and made a direct suggestion.

After his words fell, he was echoed by many people.

They felt that it must be Tubal Road who launched the offensive, and they did not have much weapons and equipment.

The 24th Division of the puppet army is well-equipped with weapons and equipment, with a total of 1 troops.

Light and heavy machine guns, mortars of different calibers, and a certain number of mountain artillery and field artillery.

With such weapons and equipment, it must be very easy for the puppet army to defeat these Tubal forces.

Sakuma Shigemori has promised that Zhang Yanfeng can be promoted as long as the 24th Puppet Division achieves results.

And once Zhang Yanfeng is promoted, these puppet army officers will naturally be able to follow the rising tide.

Therefore, most officers now hope to attack quickly and directly attack Shennong Mountain.

"I always feel that there is something wrong here. According to Taijun, they are the main force of the Eighth Route Army coming from Taihang Mountain."

"Since they are the main force of the Eighth Route Army, even if they do not have heavy weapons, they still have light and heavy machine guns and rifles."

"But they just used big swords. Did they deliberately make us underestimate the enemy and set a trap for us?"

"If we attack rashly and get fooled at all, we will definitely pay heavy casualties."

"I think we should be more cautious and send some troops first to launch a tentative attack."

"After confirming that there are no problems, we will dispatch the main force to attack and completely annihilate them."

Zhang Yanfeng came to the map and looked at it. He then looked at his subordinates.

After thinking about it carefully, Zhang Yanfeng did not directly follow the advice of his subordinates.

He knew very well that these thousands of troops were his trump card.

As long as the troops are in hand, he can enjoy everything.

But if all these troops are used up, he is likely to lose everything.

Under such circumstances, Zhang Yanfeng must fight cautiously and not let himself fall into a passive situation.

He began to mobilize hundreds of engineering troops and gathered them directly to prepare to attack Shennong Mountain.

Of course, these troops had little combat effectiveness, so he set up a supervising team behind them.

There is also artillery assistance. Zhang Yanfeng wants to see how many troops there are in Shennong Mountain and what their weapons and equipment are like.

Hundreds of engineering troops quickly gathered and, urged by other puppet troops, they advanced directly towards Shennong Mountain.

At two o'clock in the afternoon on July [-], Li Yunlong received a series of reports.

He hurriedly found Chen Ziyun and introduced the situation in detail.

"There are a lot of puppet troops, but there are not many troops that can fight. How about we attract them over and completely defeat them."

"These puppet troops have a lot of weapons and equipment. If we can deal with them, we will make a fortune."

"Brother Ziyun, I wonder what you mean?"

After Chen Ziyun came over, Li Yunlong said with an expectant expression on his face.

Chen Ziyun stood in front of the map and thought, then he pointed at the map and detailed his battle plan.

After hearing this, Li Yunlong couldn't help but give a thumbs up!

Immediately afterwards, Li Yunlong and Chen Ziyun began to return to the army for deployment.

The mountain artillery regiments of Li Yang and Sun Xiong were directly hidden.

Sun Ming's 602nd Regiment moved in advance. They moved secretly to the east and west sides of Shennong Mountain.

Li Yunlong commanded the new regiment to deploy defenses on the mountain, but they were heavily armed and completely hidden.

After all preparations were made, the puppet troops had already appeared at the foot of the mountain.

Hundreds of engineers and soldiers were temporarily formed by La Zhuangding, and they had no intention of becoming puppet troops at all.

But due to the coercion of the puppet troops, they had no choice.

At this time, Zhang Yanfeng pulled them over, obviously to use them as cannon fodder.

"Hurry over and see that there are no heavy machine guns behind. If you don't fight according to the order, these heavy machine guns will shoot you immediately."

"Hurry up, don't waste time. Let me tell you, this battle is an order from the master."

"Taijun also attaches great importance to this battle. If we can capture the high ground here, both the master and Taijun will give us heavy rewards."

"You have to decide whether to be killed by the heavy machine gun from behind, or whether to rush over, capture the high ground, and get a reward."

The puppet battalion commander held a shell gun. He looked at hundreds of engineers and said in a cold tone.

"Have you heard what the camp said? If you capture the high ground, you will be rewarded heavily."

"Those who disobey orders will be shot to death with heavy machine guns."

"I tell you, rush over and shoot directly, otherwise you will be the ones who die."

"If someone disobeys orders, I won't be polite."

"Quickly move, keep distance from each other, and quickly rush towards the high ground."

Some puppet army officers and veterans in the engineering corps shouted loudly.

Hundreds of engineering troops were forced to gradually advance towards the high ground, and the new regiment was already prepared here.

Li Yunlong was observing the situation in detail. He raised his binoculars and quickly discovered the situation of the puppet army's engineering troops.

"Listen carefully, aim at the puppet army officers holding rifles, and don't shoot at the puppet soldiers when you see them."

"They are probably all under coercion. There is no point in killing them. We are specifically targeting puppet army officers."

"What other veterans of the puppet army should not shoot with light machine guns."

Li Yunlong put down his telescope and shouted to the troops.

"Yes, detachment leader." The soldiers agreed one after another.

It didn't take long for the puppet army troops to attack, and all the puppet army officers and veterans were hiding at the back.

A large number of engineers were forced to charge forward, but as the distance got closer, a new group of riflemen started shooting.

These riflemen take precise aim and pull the trigger directly.

Bullets were fired at the puppet army officers, and each puppet army officer was shot dead instantly.

The coerced puppet soldiers fell to the ground one by one. They did not dare to shoot and held their heads to avoid.

After a burst of gunfire, the puppet army officers and veteran Youzi of the engineering unit were almost eliminated.

"Da da da."

At this time, the heavy machine guns of the puppet army supervising the battle behind started firing. Of course, they were shooting at the puppet army engineering troops to coerce them to continue to advance.

Some of these engineers were killed by the puppet army's heavy machine guns, while the rest bit the bullet and pushed directly forward.

After Li Yunlong saw this scene, he basically confirmed his guess.

"Stop shooting. These are strong men who were raped by the puppet army. They are also forced to become the puppet army."

"They can't shoot accurately and they don't pose a threat to us, so let them in."

"By disarming them, we can take the opportunity to expand our troops."

Li Yunlong quickly issued an order, and more than 500 puppet troops gradually advanced.

They did not encounter any blows, and at around three o'clock, they even broke through the position.

However, these puppet troops were quickly surrounded by Zhang Dabiao and a battalion. Looking at Zhang Dabiao and others, these puppet troops turned pale with fear.

"Master Ba, don't shoot, we surrender."

"We were all forcibly dragged into the puppet army by Zhang Yanfeng, and we don't want to be puppet soldiers."

The puppet soldiers immediately threw away their weapons and chose to surrender directly.

Li Yunlong arranged for a company to centrally monitor them and quickly screen them.

After some of the puppet army veterans Youzi were eliminated, about 500 people were forced to become the puppet army's young men and were directly organized into a new military camp by Li Yunlong.

Together with the more than 100 recruits recruited by Li Yunlong last night, a recruit battalion of more than 600 people was quickly organized.

The official Zhao Gang started his work and explained these recruits.

After Zhang Yanfeng saw hundreds of his artificial troops passing by, it was like a stone sinking into the sea, without any reply.With a solemn expression on his face, he raised his telescope and carefully observed the situation in Shennong Mountain.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, when Zhang Yanfeng learned that a large number of the puppet army engineer troops he had organized had been disarmed, he couldn't help but become angry.

He ordered the artillery unit to launch a bombardment, and at the same time dispatched a battalion of more than [-] troops to conduct a tentative attack.

These puppet troops are no longer engineering troops. They are well-equipped with light and heavy machine guns, 60MM mortars, and some grenades.

They still have some combat experience, so they directly opened the skirmish line and advanced.

Each company of the puppet army can provide cover and advance alternately.

The new group of riflemen started shooting, but their heavy weapons were not exposed at all.

When the fighting lasted until past five o'clock, the puppet troops suffered dozens of casualties, and several soldiers from the New Regiment were also injured.

"Master, this Eighth Route Army is not simple. Their marksmanship is very accurate, but they don't have many heavy weapons."

"They tried to draw our troops closer several times. I guess they wanted to start a hand-to-hand battle."

"Looking at it this way, they lack weapons and ammunition, but they are elite troops. They are good at hand-to-hand combat and their marksmanship is also good."

"I guess this is the Tubal Road from Hebei Province. The Tubal Road over there is very short of weapons and ammunition."

"According to this situation, if we attack with the whole division, we will definitely be able to annihilate them."

"They only have one or two thousand people at most. They just want to rely on hand-to-hand combat to deal with our attacks."

"But as long as we deploy all kinds of heavy weapons and don't give them a chance to fight hand-to-hand, we can still easily defeat them."

Fortunately, a puppet army officer came to Zhang Yanfeng and reported directly.

After Zhang Yanfeng listened to the report, he raised his telescope and looked at Shennong Mountain with a thoughtful expression on his face.

"Let the artillery battalion cover and the 70th Regiment attack."

"The 71st and 72nd regiments prepared for support and told the 70th regiment to withdraw quickly after encountering an attack."

"We must respond carefully and not cause too many casualties to the troops."

"I always feel like something is wrong. Maybe this is a trap they set for us."

Zhang Yanfeng had a solemn expression on his face and continued to issue combat orders.

The puppet troops began to prepare. At five o'clock, eight mountain cannons and four field cannons began to bombard Shennong Mountain.

More than 2000 troops quickly launched an attack here, and the new group only fired rifles to intercept fire.

The fighting lasted until about [-]:[-], when the new regiment quickly abandoned their positions and gradually evacuated the battlefield.

When the commander of the 70th regiment saw that more than 1000 troops from the new regiment had withdrawn, he did not hesitate and quickly launched a pursuit.

The regiment leader saw that these more than 1000 troops were only equipped with rifles. He believed that his troops were fully capable of annihilating them.

The First Division of the New Regiment, commanded by deputy commander Xing Zhiguo, quickly moved toward the area north of Shennong Mountain, and the 70th Puppet Army Regiment quickly pursued it.

The puppet army commander Zhang Yanfeng showed a serious expression on his face when he saw this scene.

He gave the order decisively without any hesitation.

The artillery battalion quickly moved towards Shennong Mountain, and the 71st Regiment followed the cover and quickly grasped the commanding heights.

The 72nd Regiment quickly detoured from the flanks to assist the 70th Regiment in the pursuit.

The cavalry battalion and other troops stayed in Hanoi County.

"Tubal Road doesn't have many heavy weapons, and it doesn't have many troops."

"We can completely annihilate them, attack quickly, and seize the commanding heights of Shennong Mountain."

"As long as we hold the commanding heights of Shennong Mountain, even if they have an ambush, we can quickly defeat them."

"These Tubal forces are far from comparable to us in terms of military strength and weapons and equipment."

Zhang Yanfeng had a serious expression on his face, and he issued the order decisively.

He was preparing to arrange for the artillery battalion attached to the 71st Regiment to be stationed in Shennong Mountain to gain control of the commanding heights.

In his opinion, with such an arrangement, as long as they grasp the commanding heights, they will be invincible.

The puppet troops quickly launched into action, and their main forces came out in full force.

The 71st Regiment was assigned an artillery battalion of about 3000 troops and quickly advanced towards Shennong Mountain.

The 72nd Regiment directly detoured from the flank and quickly assisted the 70th Regiment in directly pursuing the new regiment.

At around six o'clock, the puppet troops had already arrived at Shennong Mountain, and they quickly deployed towards the mountain.

But at this moment, Li Yang and Sun Xiong quickly commanded the mountain artillery regiment to launch operations.

24 mountain cannons were quickly set up, and each mountain cannon began to bombard.

A large number of artillery shells were fired directly at the puppet troops. The puppet troops were caught off guard, and many people instantly fell in a pool of blood.

In particular, their artillery battalion troops were heavily bombarded.

The 72nd Regiment, which detoured from the flank, was directly hit by the main force of Sun Ming's 602nd Regiment.

In a short period of time, the puppet troops suffered heavy casualties, and all the puppet troops were shocked.

Their eyes widened with disbelief on their faces.

They didn't expect that the other party would launch such intensive firepower.

A new group of heavy weapons hidden on Shennong Mountain also started shooting at this time.

Heavy machine guns fired one after another, and dense bullets were fired at the puppet troops.

The troops of the 71st Regiment of the Puppet Army can no longer continue to deploy towards the mountains. Even if they want to evacuate, it is almost impossible.

Twelve Type [-] mountain cannons focused on suppressing their firepower while blocking their retreat.

The twelve Bofors Mountain Cannons completely disintegrated the puppet artillery battalion. These twelve artillery pieces of the puppet army completely lost their combat effectiveness.

Sun Ming's 602nd Regiment has quickly assembled its troops, and the entire regiment's firepower has been launched directly.

The heavy machine guns concentrated fire and fired intensively towards the 72nd Regiment of the puppet army.

A grenade launcher, an infantry gun, a mortar, and a machine gun kept firing.

Grenades and armor-piercing projectiles were fired at the puppet troops.

The squad leaders of each squad fired at the same time with submachine guns. The puppet troops fell to the ground one by one like harvested wheat.

"Retreat, retreat quickly, we were fooled, this is the main force of the Jinsui Army and the Eighth Route Army in Zhongtiao Mountain."

"They actually moved to Shennong Mountain, evacuated quickly, and immediately returned to Hanoi County for defense."

"Mortars and light machine guns conduct suppressive fire to cover the evacuation of the main force."

Seeing such ferocious firepower and hundreds of casualties in his own troops, the commander of the puppet army loudly issued an order to retreat.

But it was obviously impossible for these little devils to evacuate at this time.

The anti-aircraft machine gun company has blocked their retreat, and six large-caliber anti-aircraft machine guns are firing flatly.

Some puppet troops wanted to evacuate, but were quickly hit by 12.7MM bullets.

These puppet soldiers were beaten to pieces, and not even their intact bodies were left.

The fierce fighting continued, and the 24th Division of the puppet army, which was completely fooled, suffered heavy casualties.

The artillery battalion of the 72nd Regiment and the 71st Regiment advancing towards Shennong Mountain continued to suffer heavy losses.

Many puppet soldiers fell to the ground and wailed in pain. Some of their heavy weapons were either suppressed or completely destroyed.

After Zhang Yanfeng from Hanoi County received the report, he couldn't help but widen his eyes with an expression of disbelief.

"What, the 201st Division, an independent detachment, appeared near Shennong Mountain. There are tens of thousands of them."

"How is this possible? They have been surrounded in the Lishan and Xichengshan areas. It is impossible for them to dispatch so many troops and leave."

"And when they come here, it's a complete dead place."

"This...what the hell is going on."

"Hurry up and contact the various ministries and ask them to withdraw to Hanoi County immediately."

"No matter where they are, we are no match for them."

"Withdraw quickly and preserve our strength."

Zhang Yanfeng had a solemn expression on his face, and he was a little skeptical about the frontline report.

Of course, the puppet army officers on the front line were exaggerating. Chen Ziyun and Li Yunlong did not come with tens of thousands of troops.

At this time, Zhang Yanfeng felt that the firepower here in Shennong Mountain was very strong, but his troops would not be completely annihilated.

Now as long as he quickly withdraws his troops, he can still keep the main force of the division.

However, his order was conveyed, but the puppet troops could not withdraw at this time.

Especially at around 602:[-], the Seventh Battalion of the [-]nd Regiment quickly made a detour and directly intercepted the evacuating puppet troops.

At this time, the 70th Puppet Army Regiment, which gave up chasing the new group of evacuated troops, quickly returned.

However, Xing Zhiguo commanded his troops to quickly intercept and contain their troops to prevent them from returning to Shennong Mountain to fight.

(End of this chapter)