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Chapter 326 Sakuma’s little plan (please subscribe)
"Master, it's not good, the Jinsui Army troops are coming."

"They have a lot of troops, and they are gradually encircling the division headquarters."

"Division seat, now we are gradually losing contact with other troops. There are only more than 500 troops defending here at the division headquarters."

"We...should we break out quickly?"

At the headquarters of the 24th Puppet Division, an officer came to Zhang Yanfeng in a panic and asked with a panic expression on his face.

The troops of the 602th Battalion of the [-]nd Regiment had quickly pressed forward and launched a direct attack.

Zhang Yanfeng's elite troops of about 500 people launched defense on the spot. These puppet troops were tenacious in fighting and held their positions to protect the safety of the division.

At this time, there was no need to report to the officers under his command. Fierce gunfire continued outside. When Zhang Yanfeng heard the gunfire, he knew that the Jinsui Army had already attacked.

He stood there with a thoughtful expression on his face.

After some serious consideration, Zhang Yanfeng issued the order.

"Contact all troops, hold your position, and wait for reinforcements to arrive."

"At the same time, quickly contact Taijun and ask them to speed up their advance towards us."

"We hold our position. As long as reinforcements arrive, they will be completely eliminated."

"The current peripheral situation is unknown. If we break out without permission, we may encounter an ambush."

Zhang Yanfeng prepared to defend his position, waiting for the reinforcements to rush over, and to attack the 602nd Regiment from the inside and outside.

In his opinion, holding the position now is the best choice.

If you risk an attack, you may encounter an ambush.

The puppet troops began to defend their positions, and the troops from both sides fought fiercely.

The Seventh Battalion troops launched several charges under the command of regimental commander Sun Ming, but they never achieved any results.

The puppet troops rely on the residential buildings near the division headquarters for defensive operations. The position fortifications here are reinforced and can block attacks by mortars and other weapons.

Sun Ming commanded the troops to advance the operation, but when they got close, the puppet troops launched combat attacks with shell guns and submachine guns.

These weapons fired one after another, and the bullets came so densely that the soldiers had no way to get close.

However, Zhang Yanfeng wanted to wait until the Sakuma Corps rushed to help, so as to cooperate in annihilating the 602 regiment troops.

However, at this time, the new regiment commanded by Li Yunlong had quickly launched combat operations to contain the Sakuma Corps.

Under the personal command of Li Yunlong, the main force of the regiment built several blocking positions and continued to block the Japanese and puppet troops.

The first battalion, under the command of Zhang Dabiao, launched guerrilla operations to harass Japanese and puppet troops.

If the Sakuma Corps wants to rush to the battlefield quickly, it will definitely take a certain amount of time.

In Hanoi County, after Chen Ziyun received the report from the front line, he began to quickly adjust the combat deployment.

The troops of the Eighth and Nineth Battalions made every effort to contain and attack the puppet troops in other directions, while the Seventh Battalion was assigned a heavy weapons battalion to attack the puppet division headquarters.

Chen Ziyun also came here immediately to take command. He raised his telescope and carefully inspected the defense deployment of the puppet troops.

When I saw the puppet troops concentrated light and heavy machine guns and large and small mortars from a long distance to fire.

At close range, submachine guns and shell guns were assembled to fire to intercept the attack of the Seventh Battalion.

Chen Ziyun immediately adjusted his deployment and set up cover positions for the heavy weapons battalion and the machine gun battery.

Mortars, machine guns and other weapons were concentrated on the north side, and the seventh battalion's most powerful company also quickly gathered here.

At nearly four o'clock, Chen Ziyun organized his troops to attack from all sides to distract the puppet army's defensive firepower.

At the same time here on the north side, four machine guns, four mortars, and six anti-aircraft machine guns.

Two infantry guns, two flat-firing guns, and five heavy machine guns concentrated fire to suppress the attack.

A company of four infantry platoons quickly advanced into battle, and the grenade squads in each platoon fired grenades to suppress them.

After reaching a certain distance, each squadron's light machine guns concentrated fire.

Four infantry platoons, twelve infantry squads, and twelve Czech light machine guns started firing.

Heavy bullets were fired at the puppet troops one after another, and the squad leaders of each squad fired with submachine guns.

The three combat groups in each squad advanced alternately. After reaching the distance, grenades were thrown directly.

As the explosion sounded, the soldiers advanced quickly, and each squad leader began to replace the magazine and continue to advance the battle.

At [-]:[-] a.m. on July [-], the peripheral positions of the puppet army division headquarters were breached.

The 602th Battalion of the [-]nd Regiment broke into the division headquarters, and Zhang Yanfeng wanted to escape quickly.

But a squad leader pulled the trigger directly, and bullets were fired directly at Zhang Yanfeng.

As the dense bullets hit Zhang Yanfeng's body, the puppet division commander Zhang Yanfeng was killed on the spot.

After killing Zhang Yanfeng, the troops of the Seventh Battalion quickly eliminated the remaining enemies near the division headquarters.

At the same time, the soldiers shouted the news that Zhang Yanfeng had been killed. When the puppet army knew that the division commander Zhang Yanfeng had been killed, they instantly collapsed.

At five o'clock, Chen Ziyun commanded the troops to quickly evacuate Hanoi County and quickly move towards Shennong Mountain.

Of course, while the troops were moving, they quickly fired off signal flares.

At this time, the puppet army's 24th Division had been completely eliminated, and Chen Ziyun still had many prisoners with him.

Even these prisoners obediently carried various trophies and evacuated to Shennong Mountain with the troops.

Li Yunlong soon saw the signal flare. Without any hesitation, he hurriedly issued a retreat order.

The various units of the New Regiment gradually abandoned their blocking positions and evacuated directly towards Shennong Mountain.

Sakuma Shigemori directed the Japanese and puppet troops to quickly advance towards Hanoi County, and also wanted to rescue the 24th puppet division.

However, when more than 1 puppet troops arrived in Hanoi County at around [-] o'clock in the morning, there were only corpses of puppet troops on the ground.

When Sakuma Shigemori saw this scene, his face was gloomy. He ordered the 20th Puppet Army Division to dispose of the bodies, and he established a brigade headquarters in Hanoi County.

After pondering for a long time, Sakuma Shigemori began to generate electricity and contact the front army headquarters.

So far, only the 20th Division, the 21st Division of the Imperial Japanese Army, and the [-]th Japanese Cavalry Brigade are left in the Sakuma Corps.

Among these three troops, the 20th Division of the Royal Association Army was severely hit. It has only more than 3000 troops capable of undertaking combat tasks.

The total number of Japanese and puppet troops is less than 2. At its peak, the Sakuma Corps had more than 3 troops.

"Bagaya Road, the abominable Eighth Route Army, the abominable Jinsui Army."

"The imperial army has assembled the absolute main force to surround them, but they still dare to attack."

"It's damn true. They don't have many troops, but they are well-armed and equipped, and they are very cunning."

"In this battle, I must completely annihilate them, and I will never give them any chance to escape."

Sakuma Shigemori said angrily, his eyes showing murderous intent.

A telegram began to be reported to the North China Front Army Headquarters.

At this time, his army of more than 1 people naturally had no advantage at all.

Moreover, Sakuma Shigemori knew without even thinking that the Jinsui Army and the Eighth Route Army must have fled to Shennong Mountain.

Shennong Mountain is a highland, and the cavalry troops of the Fourth Cavalry Brigade have no ability to attack fortresses.

Of course, in the battle to support Hanoi County, this Japanese cavalry unit is suspected of preserving its strength.

The New Regiment only has about 3000 troops, and it is simply impossible to completely stop them.

The little devil cavalry unit can advance quickly and get rid of the new regiment to rush for reinforcements.

But Sakuma Shigemori did not do this because he was worried that his cavalry unit might be in danger and suffer casualties if it fought alone.

In order to rescue the puppet troops, the cavalry troops suffered casualties. In Sakuma Shigemori's view, it was completely worthless.

So now even though he knew that Chen Ziyun and Li Yunlong's troops were in Shennong Mountain, he did not continue to take action.

Because the cavalry troops were not good at attacking fortified areas, Sakuma Shigemori handed over the problem to the North China Front Army!

At this time, in the western Shanxi region, the commander of the Second War Zone is here.

Yan Laoxi stood in front of the map and looked at the location of Zhongtiao Mountain with a solemn expression on his face.

Chief of Staff Guo Zaiyang stood aside and reported in detail the current situation in Zhongtiao Mountain.

After Yoshio Shinozuka, the former commander of the Japanese First Army, was transferred and left, Yoshio Iwamatsu took over as commander of the First Army.

Yoshio Iwamatsu came with a mission. As the commander of the First Army, he did not deal with combat matters, but was responsible for winning over Yan Laoxi.

After coming to Jin Province, Yoshio Iwasatsu established contact with Yan Laoxi in a short period of time.

Moreover, lower-level personnel on both sides have already been in contact, and the little devil's intention is obvious.

Even if Yan Laoxi is not allowed to defect directly, the Jinsui Army cannot be allowed to participate in the battle against the Japanese troops.

At this time, Yan Laoxi's attitude was wavering, and his heart was very complicated.

Of course, if he wanted to become a traitor directly, Yan Laoxi would definitely not be able to do it.

But Yan Laoxi can more or less give up fighting the Japs completely.

"Chu Yunfei, Chen Ziyun are simply confused!" "More than 201 troops of the [-]st Division were pulled to Zhongtiao Mountain to block the gunfire!"

"The 10,000+ troops in the first theater are no match. What a storm they can make in Zhongtiao Mountain!"

"Okay now, let them withdraw, but they won't withdraw."

"The little devils dispatched three divisions and a large number of puppet troops to help, and completely surrounded them."

"Originally, Wei Jun, a tiger general in the first theater, could still provide them with assistance. Now, what can Jiang Mingsan, a flying general, do for them?"

"I think this flying general is all about wealth. Even if Zhongtiao Mountain is completely controlled by the Japanese army, he won't care."

"Compared to Wei Junru, he is far behind!"

The more Yan Laoxi looked at the Zhongtiao Mountain area, the angrier he became, and soon he started to complain directly.

The commander of the 201st Division, Chu Yunfei, the infantry and artillery commander Chen Ziyun, the deputy division commander Hao Shiwen, and the chief of staff Fang Ligong were all from Jin Province.

Yan Laoxi pays great attention to this army and continues to strengthen it.

He hoped to make this army completely loyal to him, but the current situation made him very angry.

The Japanese and puppet troops launched an encirclement, and the 201st Division would be annihilated almost at any time.

If the more than [-] troops were wiped out like this, Yan Laoxi would definitely feel distressed.

After all, this army is very capable of fighting and has a lot of strength.

You must know that some of Yan Laoxi's group armies only have a strength of 4 to [-] people.

"Sir Yan, Commander-in-Chief Sun Cuiya of the Eighth Army is here."

At this time, Chief of Staff Guo Zaiyang received the report and immediately came over to report.

Yan Laoxi nodded and motioned for Sun Cuiya to come in.

Soon, Sun Cuiya, commander-in-chief of the Eighth Army, quickly arrived at Yan Laoxi's cave dwelling.

Sun Cuiya is Yan Laoxi's confidant and has followed Yan Laoxi for a long time.

Currently, he serves as the commander-in-chief of the Eighth Army, which includes the 43rd Army and the 61st Army.

Among them, the 43rd Army is responsible for the defense of Xiangning City, Jishan City and other areas, and the 61st Army is also responsible for defense near Jicheng, where the Chief's Department is located.

"Sir Yan, according to the latest situation, the Japanese and puppet troops have no intention of attacking for the time being, but they have strengthened their defensive deployment."

"Obviously they plan to encircle the 201st Division and other troops, let them break out on their own, and then use defensive warfare to deal with them."

"The main force of the 201st Division has advanced to the front line defense from Hengling Pass to Yuanqu City. The situation is not optimistic. They have Japanese and puppet troops in the east, west, south and north."

"If they force their way out, I'm afraid they will have to pay heavy casualties."

"Our army sent a reconnaissance force to check the situation. It is almost impossible for us to advance to Zhongtiao Mountain."

"There are 36th Division, the 41st Division of the Imperial Association Army, and the [-]st Division on the line from Pingyang City to Luzhou City."

"There are 37th Division and 27th Division troops on the line from Wenxicheng to Jincheng."

"There are also two cavalry divisions of the puppet army serving as mobile troops. If we attack, we will definitely be intercepted."

"What's more, even if we reach Zhongtiao Mountain, it will be difficult to support the 201st Division to break out under the strong encirclement of the Japanese and puppet troops."

Sun Cuiya came to Yan Laoxi, quickly saluted and reported.

Yan Laoxi never forgets the 201st Division. Of course, this is not because he cares about the lives of Chu Yunfei, Chen Ziyun and others.

Even though Chu Yunfei and Chen Ziyun have excellent abilities, they are of no use if they cannot control them.

However, Yan Laoxi attaches great importance to the 201-strong [-]st Division.

He hoped that he could help them break out, even if it was only a part of the troops, it would expand the strength of the Jinsui Army.

After all, more than 1 troops can form an army.

So Yan Laoxi made arrangements for the Eighth Army to try.

However, after checking the detailed arrangements, Sun Cuiya felt that it was simply impossible, so he came to report in person.

"Could it be that the 201st Division is really going to be annihilated in Zhongtiao Mountain?"

"There are more than [-] troops and so many weapons."

"If we can control this force, the Jinsui Army can expand to a group army again."

"And with such a powerful force stationed here, everyone will look at our face."

Yan Laoxi sat on the chair, frowned, and said very reluctantly.

"Chief of Staff Guo, please contact Chu Yunfei and Chen Ziyun and ask them how the situation is over there."

"Tell them that they must keep their troops, never do impulsive things, and try to reduce troop casualties and losses as much as possible."

"The commander's department is working on a solution here, and we will definitely support their fight with all our strength."

Yan Laoxi thought for a while and said directly to Chief of Staff Guo Zaiyang.

"Yes, Sir Yan." Guo Zaiyang saluted and agreed, then walked out quickly.

After Guo Zaiyang left, Yan Laoxi looked at Sun Cuiya in front of him.

"You contact Zhao Yinfu immediately and let Zhao Yinfu contact the little devil."

"Let's see if we can convince the little devil to give up encircling the 201st Division."

"There are more than [-] people in this army. No matter what, we have to keep some of our troops."

"Chu Yunfei and Chen Ziyun are just messing around!"

"10,000+ troops from the first theater area cannot hold Zhongtiao Mountain. They go there to die!"

"As long as I have the opportunity, I will definitely remove them from their posts and let them reflect on it."

Yan Laoxi had a serious expression on his face and said directly to Sun Cuiya.

Even though Guo Zaiyang succeeded Chu Qingbo as the chief of staff of the theater, the people Yan Laoxi trusted the most were people like Sun Cuiya.

Guo Zaiyang first served as the commander of the 43rd Army, but because he was not from Jin Province, he was quickly transferred.

Going full circle, he now succeeds Chu Qingbo as the chief of staff of the theater.

This position seems to be very high, but it does not have military power.

Therefore, there are also unwritten rules in the Jinsui Army.

No matter how old you are or how capable you are, as long as you are not from Jin Province, the position of army commander is the ceiling.

Once you become a military commander, you will soon be transferred to a position without military authority.

But if you are from Jin Province, you can continue to be promoted until you become the commander-in-chief of the group army.

Judging from Yan Laoxi's explanation of the deployment, it is obvious that he does not trust Guo Zaiyang very much.

"Yes, Sir Yan, don't worry, we will arrange this matter immediately."

"When I have news, I will come over and report to you in person."

Sun Cuiya agreed immediately. After saluting Yan Laoxi, he quickly walked out.

At this time, Yan Laoxi was completely desperate for the 201st Division. He did not believe that the 201st Division could break the situation.

In his opinion, the Japanese and puppet troops gradually launched operations, and eventually the 201st Division may be completely annihilated.

What Yan Laoxi has to do now is to control this army as much as possible.

After all, there are more than [-] troops, sophisticated weapons and equipment, and strong combat effectiveness. Yan Laoxi is not willing to let them be annihilated.

It was at this time that Ji Province and the North China Front Army Headquarters were here.

Chief of Staff Tanabe Moritake came to Okamura Neji with the telegram, and he began to report in detail.

When he heard that the 24th Division of the Imperial Japanese Army under the Sakuma Corps had been annihilated, Okamura Neji showed a surprised expression on his face.

He took the telegram and checked it carefully, then looked at the location of Shennong Mountain south of Jincheng on the map and fell into deep thought.

"The cavalry of the Sakuma Corps is not good at attacking fortified areas. If you expect the Imperial Alliance Army to complete the attack, you will obviously not gain anything."

"His meaning is very clear. He hopes that the 27th Division can gather in Jincheng and gradually suppress the enemy troops here in Shennong Mountain."

"As long as this enemy force leaves Shennong Mountain and moves towards Hanoi County, the Sakuma Corps will be able to quickly attack them."

"Sakuma Shigemori has a good plan."

Okamura Neji pointed at the map, with a smile on his face and a playful expression.

"Your Excellency, Commander, this is a message from the third deputy chief of staff, Youmo Jing."

"The enemy troops that appeared in Shennong Mountain are the new regiment of the independent detachment, the 201nd Regiment of the 602st Division!"

"According to the information they have, the Eighth Route Army general Li Yunlong is likely to be commanding this unit in combat."

At this time, the captain of the second class came over and directly saluted and reported.

(End of this chapter)