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Chapter 325 Attack Hanoi County again (please subscribe)
The sky gradually turned dark, and the fierce fighting in the Shennong Mountain area continued.

At this time, three infantry regiments and an artillery battalion under the 24th Division of the puppet army were successively attacked by the new regiment, the 602nd Regiment, and the Mountain Artillery Regiment.

These puppet troops suffered heavy casualties. Some puppet troops took advantage of the cover of darkness and evacuated in a panic toward Hanoi County.

However, most of the puppet troops have been annihilated. In this battle, the 24th Puppet Division suffered heavy casualties.

By about [-] o'clock in the evening, the battle in the Shennong Mountain area ended, and the soldiers began to quickly clean up the battlefield.

A large number of weapons and equipment directly became the trophies of each regiment.

Li Yunlong looked at these weapons and equipment with a smile on his face, not to mention how happy he was.

"Old Zhao, please screen these prisoners carefully and try to ensure that we can expand two infantry battalions."

"Now that we have ready-made weapons and ammunition, we can fully guarantee the expansion of our troops."

"Brother Ziyun and I have already agreed that the eight artillery pieces will temporarily belong to their mountain artillery regiment, and the weapons and equipment will be given priority to our troops."

"This time the puppet troops suffered heavy casualties. We can get a lot of weapons and equipment."

"Hehehe, if the new regiment has five infantry battalions, its combat effectiveness will be incredible."

At midnight, Li Yunlong came to Shennong Mountain. He found Zhao Gang and said directly.

He previously recruited more than 100 new soldiers, and then captured about [-] strong men who were dragged over by the puppet army.

In this battle, the New Regiment and other troops once again captured some puppet troops, but Li Yunlong was ready to quickly integrate these soldiers.

A force of more than 1000 people could be organized into two infantry battalions, and he was prepared to quickly expand the two infantry battalions.

As for weapons and ammunition, there is no need to worry. They captured a lot of weapons and ammunition in this battle.

Four artillery pieces in the puppet artillery battalion were destroyed, and eight artillery pieces directly became trophies.

In this battle, although the 24th Puppet Division was not completely annihilated, they suffered heavy casualties and completely lost their combat effectiveness.

The New 602st Regiment and the [-]nd Regiment are already resting and replenishing quickly. They will launch combat operations overnight to strive to completely eliminate the puppet troops in Hanoi County.

Of course, to raid Hanoi County and annihilate the 24th Puppet Division, one must pay close attention to the dynamics of the Japanese and puppet troops here in Jiyuan City to the west.

If the main force of Sakuma's regiment here rushes for reinforcements, then the two regiments will definitely withdraw to Shennong Mountain quickly.

Otherwise, if they directly engage in a decisive battle with the Sakuma Corps in Kawachi County, even if they win, they will suffer heavy casualties.

"Lao Li, don't worry. I promise to organize two infantry battalions for you after dawn."

"But you have to be careful when fighting and don't be careless. Otherwise, if an accident occurs, the consequences will be disastrous."

"The terrain here is very complicated. If you make a mistake, you may have to pay heavy casualties."

Zhao Gang answered directly that he was the official and what he was best at was naturally these things.

However, Zhao Gang was still a little worried about the new regiment, the 602nd regiment, which was fighting overnight.

After all, these two regiments have been fighting continuously, and they don't have any reinforcements here.

If something unexpected happens to these two infantry regiments, it will be difficult for a mountain artillery regiment to hold Shennong Mountain.

As for the two battalions of puppet prisoners and other troops, they have almost no combat effectiveness.

And if they knew that the two field regiments were annihilated, they would definitely have other ideas.

"Old Zhao, even if you don't trust me, Lao Li, don't you worry about Brother Ziyun?"

"Brother Ziyun's abilities are really incredible. Not to mention the old brigade commander, he can even be the chief of staff at the division headquarters."

"And not only can he make suggestions, but he also has strong command and combat capabilities. With him here, nothing will happen."

"Just watch, after this battle is over, the overall strength of our independent detachment will definitely improve a lot."

"Maybe we can advance to the northern Henan region and join forces with them. We will definitely not lose anything."

Li Yunlong smiled, greeted Zhao Gang, and left Shennong Mountain directly.

At one o'clock in the morning on July 602, Chen Ziyun led the [-]nd regiment, and Li Yunlong led the new regiment.

They advanced in two directions, one east and one west toward Hanoi County.

The cavalry company directly under the new regiment is advancing towards Jiyuan City on the west side and is responsible for guarding Jiyuan City.

At this time, the remnants of the puppet 24th Division were gradually withdrawing, and the division commander Zhang Yanfeng was stunned.

After counting the items several times, Zhang Yanfeng sat on the chair with a decadent look on his face.

Originally he had about 1 troops, but now he only had about 5000 at full strength.

Moreover, there are still many wounded among these 5000 troops, some of whom abandoned their weapons and ammunition and fled back in embarrassment.

This means that he paid half of the losses in the battle at Shennong Mountain.

Such a heavy loss made Zhang Yanfeng frightened.

After all, these 5000 troops are all defeated and have no ability to continue fighting.

At this time, he continued to generate electricity and contacted Sakuma Shigemori one after another.

He hoped that the Sakuma Corps could rush to help quickly, but he never received any call back.

Without Sakuma Shigemori's order, Zhang Yanfeng did not dare to evacuate the position without authorization and could only continue to wait in Hanoi County.

"This is definitely the main enemy force on the Zhongtiao Mountain side. How can the Eighth Route Army and the Shanxi-Sui Army have such combat effectiveness?"

"In a few hours, half of our troops were eaten. If night had not fallen, we would have been completely wiped out."

"I thought there was something weird in Shennong Mountain, but you guys didn't listen. If we had just stayed in Hanoi County, there would have been no casualties like this."

"Hurry up and continue to contact Taijun to report the situation here."

"Even if they don't send troops over, at least they have to let us withdraw quickly."

"If we continue here, once they come over, we will all die here."

Zhang Yanfeng shouted angrily and stared, now he was full of anger.

The communications troops did not dare to delay and quickly generated electricity to contact the headquarters of the Japanese Fourth Cavalry Brigade.

The 24th Division of the Imperial Association Army sent out messages one after another one after another.

At the same time, Zhang Yanfeng also began to arrange troops to tightly defend Hanoi County.

Now he didn't have many troops at hand, so he gave up all the peripheral positions and retreated to the city defense positions and inner city defenses.

Of course, Zhang Yanfeng was also well prepared, with more than 500 elite troops in his hands, ready to escape from the battlefield at critical moments.

At this time, here in Jiyuan City, more than 5000 troops of the Fourth Cavalry Brigade of the Japanese Army have quickly assembled.

Sakuma Shigemori received the report very early, and the more than 5000 little devils also completed their assembly very early.

But they never rushed towards Hanoi County for fear of being ambushed.

In particular, Zhang Yanfeng kept reporting that there are a large number of 201st Division, independent detachment troops here in Shennong Mountain.

Sakuma Shigemori once thought that Chu Yunfei and Li Yunlong's troops might break through here, so he did not dare to act rashly.

On the one hand, he contacted the North China Front Army Headquarters, and on the other hand, he began to dispatch troops and generals.

At this time, here in Jiyuan City, the 20th Division, 21st Division of the Sakuma Corps, and the 1th Japanese Cavalry Brigade with more than [-] troops were completely assembled.

Of course, among the three Japanese and puppet troops, the 20th Division of the Imperial Association Army was seriously injured, and they did not have much combat strength.

Even with these more than 1 troops under his control, Sakuma Shigemori was still waiting for a call back from the front army headquarters.

"The troops here in Shennong Mountain are basically the 201st Division and the Independent Detachment. Their strength is at least 1."

"And they have a strong artillery force, so it may be very difficult for us to fight in the future."

"The 20th Division and the 24th Division of the Imperial Alliance Army were attacked successively, and they did not have many troops left to participate in the war."

"In fact, the only ones we can actually fight are the 21st Division of the Royal Association Army and our Fourth Cavalry Brigade."

"These more than 1 troops do not have much advantage, so we must be cautious."

Sakuma Shigemori called together the Japanese and puppet army officers and said with a serious expression on his face.

After receiving the report from the North China Front Army Headquarters, Okamura Neiji was not too surprised by the presence of troops here in Shennong Mountain.

He immediately contacted the 27th Division, 21st Division, 33rd Division and other units and asked them to launch a tentative attack immediately.

At present, the areas from Hengling Pass in Zhongtiao Mountain to Yuanqu City, Lishan Mountain and Xicheng Mountain have all been attacked by Japanese and puppet troops.

However, the remaining ministries actively carried out defensive operations and drove back the Japanese and puppet troops time and time again.

The North China Front received reports from various ministries and analyzed them in detail.

At two o'clock in the morning, the North China Front Army Headquarters contacted Sakuma Shigemori.

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, a message has been sent from the Front Army Headquarters."

"The headquarters has arranged for various units near Zhongtiao Mountain to launch attacks and continues to conduct tests."

"Comprehensive intelligence agency personnel have repeatedly studied that the main forces of the independent detachment of the 201st Division and the independent detachment of the encircled Zhongtiao Mountain are still in Yuanqu City and other areas." "The enemy troops that entered Shennong Mountain, even the 201st Division and the independent detachment, are They won’t have too many troops.”

"At most, there are only 6000 or [-] troops. The headquarters requires us to attack decisively and launch combat strikes against them quickly."

"Your Excellency, the Commander, hopes that at the very least, we will seal them out of the northern Henan area to prevent them from entering the northern Henan area."

At [-]:[-], a major staff officer came to Sakuma Shigemori and quickly reported.

After hearing this report, Sakuma Shigemori stood up immediately with a surprised expression on his face.

He did not expect that there were only 6000 to [-] troops in the Shennong Mountain area.

According to Zhang Yanfeng's previous report, Sakuma Shigemori believed that this enemy force had at least 1 troops.

That's why he was so cautious and never arranged for troops to rush over for reinforcements.

Now that he has received the message from the headquarters, Sakuma Shigemori no longer has any worries.

He quickly gathered all the ministries and asked them to quickly advance towards Hanoi County to support the 24th Division of the Royal Association Army in combat.

Only at this time, Chen Ziyun had already commanded the 602nd Regiment and began to attack Hanoi County.

The 602nd Regiment took the lead in launching offensive operations, and the heavy weapons battalion directly under the regiment provided cover.

Dozens of soldiers were divided into several demolition groups, and with the help of fire cover, they quickly approached the city wall.

At the same time, Li Yunlong's new regiment also began to launch a fierce attack from the west, attracting the attention of the puppet troops and covering the 602 regiment's operations.

"Boom, boom, boom." A deafening explosion sounded.

The city wall on the east side of Hanoi County was blasted one after another, and huge gaps appeared one after another.

After the demolition was completed, the three infantry battalions of the 602nd Regiment quickly advanced along the gap.

The machine guns, mortars, anti-aircraft machine guns and other weapons of the heavy weapons battalion fired suppressively.

The light and heavy machine guns deployed by the puppet troops at different locations were destroyed one after another.

Three infantry battalions took over the cover and advanced, and they soon entered the city.

Not long after, there was fierce gunfire in Hanoi County.

A large number of puppet troops were killed one after another, and some puppet troops simply gave up resistance when they saw a large number of troops attacking.

These puppet soldiers simply threw away their weapons, raised their hands high, and chose to surrender.

The 602nd Regiment only sent a small number of troops to guard these puppet troops, while other troops continued to carry out operations.

In the city, at the puppet army's division headquarters, Zhang Yanfeng showed an excited expression on his face.

Because he finally got a call back from Sakuma Shigemori, the Sakuma Corps had already set off towards Kawachi County for reinforcements.

Zhang Yanfeng believes that as long as more than 1 troops come over, including his own troops of about 201, he still has a good chance of winning against the Shennongshan [-] Division and other troops.

He was even thinking that he might be able to continue to gain military exploits and receive awards.

However, before he could be happy for too long, a deafening explosion came from outside.

Immediately afterwards, fierce gunfire sounded, and soon the puppet soldiers came to him to report.

"Master, it's not good. The Jinsui Army is coming. They have broken through from the east. Our brothers are no match for them."

"There are still Eighth Route Army troops attacking us to the west. Master, what should we do now? They... they will completely annihilate us."

After Zhang Yanfeng heard the report, his eyes widened with an expression of disbelief.

He came to the map in a panic and checked it carefully.

"Quick, gather all the troops into the city immediately for combat."

"Stick to our position in the city and deploy all our defenses."

"Taijun has already come with the main force to rush for reinforcements. As long as we hold our position, we can cooperate with Taijun to completely annihilate them."

"Now that they have left the high ground, they no longer have any terrain advantage. We have to contain them. When the main force of the corps comes over, they will definitely die."

Zhang Yanfeng gradually regained his composure. He looked at his subordinates and reported in a panic.

The puppet army officer did not dare to delay and quickly ran outside.

The puppet troops began to completely abandon their city defense positions and retreated to the city for defense.

As the puppet army tightened its defense line, the 602nd Regiment immediately advanced. Chen Ziyun also commanded the heavy weapons battalion to quickly come to the city to fight.

"Commander Chen, there is news from Captain Li that the Japanese and puppet troops in Jiyuan City have begun to take action."

"Their main force is rapidly advancing here. According to the report of the cavalry company of the new regiment, there are tens of thousands of Japanese and puppet troops."

"Captain Li's intention is for us to continue to encircle and annihilate the puppet troops here, while he commands the new regiment to block the Japanese and puppet reinforcements."

After Chen Ziyun arrived in the city, a messenger came quickly and reported immediately.

Chen Ziyun had already expected the Japanese and puppet troops' attack in Jiyuan City.

"Okay, go back and tell Captain Li, we will solve it quickly."

"Let Captain Li pay attention to our flares. Once the operation ends here, we will send the flares immediately."

"Once the signal flare is seen, let Captain Li command the troops and quickly move towards Shennong Mountain."

Chen Ziyun immediately made arrangements, and the messengers quickly began to convey the orders.

At this time, the fierce fighting in Hanoi County was still continuing. Although the puppet troops stayed in the city, they wanted to start street fighting.

But under the attack of the 602nd Regiment, they were obviously no match.

After the Shennong Mountain battle, the machine gun companies of each battalion were strengthened.

Chen Ziyun focused on replenishing the machine gun companies of each battalion. At this time, each machine gun company had four artillery pieces and five or six heavy machine guns.

Among the artillery, there are two flat-fire cannons and two infantry cannons.

The machine gun companies under the three infantry battalions gathered flat-fire artillery and infantry artillery to attack the puppet army's firepower points.

Heavy machine guns quickly seized the commanding heights and continuously launched fire suppression.

Nine infantry companies advanced rapidly, and they were able to coordinate operations with each other.

Three machine gun batteries provided fire cover for them.

In the heavy weapons battalion, Chen Ziyun was directly handed over to the commander Sun Ming for command.

Wherever there is a firepower point that is difficult to deal with, the heavy weapons battalion will quickly launch a strike.

"Boom boom boom."

Grenades were launched one after another, and every fire point of the puppet army was instantly destroyed.

Each company advanced rapidly, and each platoon, under the command of the platoon leader, quickly cleared the puppet troops.

"Stop fighting, we surrender."

"Don't shoot, we surrender."

Under the fierce firepower of the 602nd Regiment, some puppet troops were unwilling to continue to resist. They threw away their weapons and chose to surrender.

At this time, Chen Ziyun had already captured hundreds of puppet soldiers. They were squatting behind each other, shooting their heads with both hands, just like Wowotou.

Of course, the soldiers in the two platoons looked at them with weapons in hand.

A series of light machine guns have also been set up. As long as they dare to mess around, these weapons will shoot without hesitation.

"The seventh battalion strengthened its offensive, quickly advanced in depth, and assigned small artillery batteries to them for combat."

"The mortar company and anti-aircraft machine gun company provide cover and disrupt the puppet army's defense deployment."

"The Eighth and Ninth Battalions are providing cover. As long as their division headquarters are cut off, the puppet army here will instantly disintegrate."

Chen Ziyun carefully observed the situation on the battlefield, and soon issued a combat order very decisively.

Each battalion immediately launched into action, firing 20MM machine guns one after another.

Armor-piercing bullets were fired at the puppet troops one after another, and the light and heavy machine guns of the puppet troops were knocked out instantly.

82MM mortars are constantly being set up to suppress nearby puppet troops.

Sun Ming, the leader of the 602nd Regiment, personally commanded, and the Seventh Battalion troops continued to advance in depth.

The puppet troops were almost unable to stop them, and they could only watch the Seventh Battalion advance.

Of course, occasionally some puppet troops want to intercept, but they will be attacked by mortar companies and anti-aircraft machine gun companies.

Ten minutes later, the Seventh Battalion had already reached Zhang Yanfeng's puppet army division headquarters.

But there are elite soldiers under Zhang Yanfeng here, and this puppet army is equipped with very strong weapons.

They not only have light and heavy machine guns, but also 60MM and 82MM mortars.

And they are equipped with a certain number of shell guns and submachine guns!
(End of this chapter)