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

The night is deep, midnight, at the headquarters of the North China Front in Ji Province.

Okamura Neji sat on a chair, looking at documents one after another, with a solemn expression on his face.

At this time, he had already made a decision, that is, to gradually give up fighting in Zhongtiao Mountain and withdraw all his ministries one after another.

Of course, the Japanese troops are very face-conscious. If they evacuate the troops directly, they will definitely appear incompetent.

If word spreads, the North China Front Army will definitely become a laughing stock, and the dispatched army headquarters and base camp will also reprimand them when they find out.

Therefore, Okamura Neiji wanted to gradually end the fighting in Nakatō Mountain, so that the Japanese troops could leave the battlefield in a dignified manner.

"Who would have thought that although the 358th Regiment was a strengthened regiment, they only had 5000 troops."

"And they are little-known in the Second War Zone of Shanxi Province. We can defeat such a force by sending a field brigade."

"The new regiment is only a force of more than a thousand people, and they don't have much weapons and equipment."

"Neither of these two troops deserved attention at first, but after the battle at Cangyunling, they changed a lot."

"Chen Ziyun played a decisive role among them. Chen Ziyun, who graduated from the Army Artillery College, is a rare artillery talent."

"It's really surprising to use those Jin orogenic cannons to achieve such results."

"As of now, the 358st Division has been expanded with the 201th Regiment as the core, and the independent detachment has been expanded with the New Regiment as the core."

"Obviously they have become the mainstay of the battlefield in Jin Province. Whether we want to admit it or not, we have to say that they already pose a strong threat."

"The role played by these two troops in Zhongtiao Mountain is no weaker than that of the three group armies previously deployed in Zhongtiao Mountain in the first theater!"

Okamura Neiji frowned slightly after reading some documents. He looked at the Chief of Staff Tanabe Moritake next to him and said.

Tanabe Moritake nodded in agreement. They all just came to serve in the North China Front.

Before this, they would not have thought that there would be such terrifying troops in North China.

You must know that the North China Front has assembled many troops for combat, but these troops have not achieved the expected results.

On the contrary, the continuous fighting caused the three Japanese divisions to suffer varying degrees of casualties.

As for the losses of the puppet troops, they are even more numerous.

Tanabe Moritake did not expect that the 210th Division and the independent detachment would have such strong combat effectiveness.

At this time, he also gradually understood the combat deployment of the former commander of the front army, Shun Tada. It was not a big deal to deal with them with such a large number of troops!
"Your Excellency, Commander, Chu Yunfei is a student of Huangpu, and Chen Ziyun is also a graduate of the Army Artillery College. They have received formal education."

"Especially Chen Ziyun, he learned the most advanced artillery concepts at the Artillery College."

"So his use of artillery can be said to be superb, and it is no weaker than our artillery unit."

"Even judging from the performance of several battles, the combat effectiveness of his artillery unit seems to be superior to ours."

Tanabe Shengwu said with a solemn expression. In his opinion, Chen Ziyun is definitely the biggest threat.

"I have long said that if we want to completely solve the battle here, we must solve all these direct troops and officers who have received formal education."

"Otherwise, no matter what method we use, trying to end the fighting here is just like asking for a fish in a tree!"

"Only when they are completely eliminated will other troops completely lose their will to resist, and we can easily end the battle here."

"But it's a pity that some of my combat ideas..."

"Forget it, let's not talk about this. Kojima Nobuhiro and Yamamoto Kazuki should be here soon."

"When they come over, just ask them to wait for me in the war room."

Okamura Neji said with a serious expression on his face and a little regret.

After he commanded the 11th Army to capture Hankou and other areas, he launched a series of combat operations.

He focused on attacking the ninth, fifth theater and other troops, trying to completely annihilate the elite troops in these theaters.

For this reason, some of his battle plans are completely opposite to those of the base camp.

Prince Zain, who served as chief of staff at the time, was very dissatisfied with this.

However, Okamura Neji insisted on going his own way and completely ignored the reaction here at the base camp.

In the end, he completely angered Prince Zain, causing him to be recalled and directly sit on the bench of the Military Senate for more than a year.

Okamura Neiji was re-activated this time. Naturally, he learned the lesson from the last time. He will definitely not say many things again.

"Hi, Commander." Tanabe Moritake immediately saluted and replied.

About half an hour later, a staff member came to the room to make a report.

After Okamura Neji received the report, he came directly to the war room.

At this time, in the war room, Kojima Nobuhiro and Yamamoto Kazuki have already arrived.

After seeing Okamura Neji, the two people saluted.

Okamura Neiji is quite famous in the Japanese army and has always been known as a famous general.

Commanding the 11th Army to capture Hankou and launching a series of subsequent battles were his most glorious moments.

Many Japanese military officers aspire to be like Okamura Neiji, commanding thousands of troops and achieving great military exploits.

Kojima Nobuhiro is one of them, so now that he sees Okamura Neji, he is still a little excited.

Speaking of which, the rise of Kojima Shinko is directly related to Chu Yunfei and Chen Ziyun.

He was originally just the major captain of the independent infantry brigade of the independent mixed brigade, but he achieved results in the battle with Chen Ziyun's troops and was continuously promoted.

The First Army even organized a special garrison to defend Chu Yunfei and Chen Ziyun's troops.

Up to now, Nobuhiro Kojima has been promoted exceptionally and serves as the lieutenant commander of the special defense team.

And the special defense team under his command is the size of a regiment.

There are more than 3000 troops, with well-equipped weapons and equipment, and strong combat effectiveness.

The First Army attaches great importance to this unit, and has always prioritized the replenishment of various soldiers and supplies.

By now the special garrison has advanced to the battlefield in southern Shanxi. They were originally going to join the battle in Zhongtiao Mountain.

However, Okamura Neiji issued a temporary order and called Kojima Nobuhiro to the front army headquarters.

As for Yamamoto Kazuki, it can be said that after experiencing the blow, he has undergone a series of changes.

He is no longer as arrogant as before. In the recent battle at Zhongtiao Mountain, the troops commanded by Yamamoto Kazuki played a greater role.

They carried out various infiltration operations, effectively supported the main force in operations, and achieved a series of results.

At this time, the Yamamoto Special Agent Team was also expanded, and its force grew to about 2000 people.

The special agent team at this time can be said to be a large-scale special operations force.

Originally, the commander of the First Army, Yoshio Shinozuka, planned to focus on training the special defense team and Yamamoto special agent team.

He hoped that these two troops could become the two sharp swords of the First Army, capable of delivering fatal blows to the enemy at any time.

But it is a pity that the battle at Zhongtiao Mountain failed to completely annihilate the troops in the first theater, and instead allowed the 201st Division and the independent detachment to station here.

After that, each department suffered a certain amount of casualties, so the base camp conducted a major change of blood for the North China Front.

All relevant commanders of the North China Front Army Headquarters and the First Army Headquarters were replaced.

For a while, no one cared about the Special Guard Team and the Yamamoto Special Agent Team.

But to say that Kojima Nobuhiro and Yamamoto Kazuki were quite lucky, Okamura Neji focused on checking the situation of the First Army.

He found the relevant introduction left by Yoshio Shinozuka, and after careful inspection, he knew that these two troops could be put to good use.

So he called Kojima Nobuhiro and Yamamoto Kazuki over and prepared to have a good conversation with them.

After Okamura Neji came to the war room, he successively introduced the situation of the Nakajoyama operation to Kojima Nobuhiro and Yamamoto Kazuki.

At the same time, he asked two officers to share their operational suggestions for Zhongtiao Mountain!

Okamura Neiji listened and took notes, interrupting from time to time to ask detailed questions.

It wasn't until three o'clock in the morning that Okamura Neji expressed his thoughts.

At this time, he had already decided to gradually withdraw the 21st Division and other troops and stop fighting here in Zhongtiao Mountain.

Although Okamura Neiji has ended the battle here, he does not intend to let go of the 201st Division, the independent detachment.

"The 201st Division and the independent detachment achieved great results in this battle, but they also suffered heavy casualties."

"Your mission is to use our secret attacks in Wenxicheng, Yunxian, Jiangcheng and other occupied areas to attack them."

"The Special Guards and the Yamamoto Special Forces continued to conduct sneak attacks on them, mainly killing and consuming their troops."

"You must continue to harass them so that they cannot develop and rest in Zhongtiao Mountain."

"The Front Army Headquarters will fully support your combat operations. The weapons and ammunition you need can be replenished with priority." Okamura Neiji pointed to the location of Nakajo Mountain on the map and said with a serious expression on his face.

"Hi, Your Excellency Commander."

Kojima Nobuhiro and Yamamoto Kazuki didn't hesitate at all, and they immediately saluted and agreed.

Immediately afterwards, Okamura Neji gave some instructions again.

It was not until four o'clock in the morning that he asked Nobuhiro Kojima and Kazuki Yamamoto to return to their respective units.

After handling this matter, Okamura Neji also began to return to the room to rest.

Time passed bit by bit, and around five o'clock in the morning on July [-]th, the sky gradually became brighter.

At this time, the 21st Division and other troops had received the message from the front army headquarters, and they did not continue to launch a fierce attack.

The three divisions began to symbolically mobilize troops and continued to conduct feint attacks in the Hengling Pass area.

As for the Second Division of the Imperial Association Army, it was the first to withdraw for rest and recuperation. This time their losses were not small.

Although the fighting here in Zhongtiao Mountain is still going on, the Japs are completely feinting and small-scale fighting continues.

But large-scale combat has completely stopped.

Some Japanese troops even didn't bother to conduct a feint attack. They only fired symbolically and then returned to their bases.

The independent detachment of the 201st Division took advantage of this opportunity to quickly strengthen their positions. At the same time, they actively rested and reorganized their troops.

At this time, it was in the northern Henan region, east of Huaiqing City.

In the headquarters of the [-]th Japanese Cavalry Brigade, Major General Sakuma Shigemori, commander of the brigade, stood in front of the map with a solemn expression on his face.

At this time, he had received a battle report from the North China Front Army Headquarters, and he was fully aware of the battle situation at Zhongtiao Mountain.

The 201st Division and the independent detachment assembled the main force for combat and directly opened up the connection with Hengling Pass.

The puppet troops fighting here suffered heavy casualties, and the 33rd Division also suffered certain casualties.

The North China Front Army Headquarters has determined that the main forces of the 210th Division and the Independent Detachment are in Zhongtiao Mountain.

But here in the northern Henan area, there are only a small number of enemy troops.

Although in the message, the front army headquarters did not say much.

But between the lines, Sakuma Shigemori could feel that the front army headquarters was very dissatisfied.

You must know that the Sakuma Corps had more than 3 troops at its peak, including a cavalry brigade and three divisions of the Imperial Association Army.

However, these troops, under the command of Sakuma Shigemori, suffered heavy casualties.

The three divisions of the Imperial Association Army were completely annihilated, and a large amount of weapons and ammunition became the spoils of the 201st Division, an independent detachment.

And now Sakuma Shigemori is also supported and strengthened by two cavalry divisions of the puppet army. He has more than 1 cavalry troops in his hands.

However, they failed to contain the troops in the northern Henan region, causing them to secretly return to Zhongtiao Mountain to fight, thus causing the operations of all the ministries to fail.

Regarding the series of performances of the Fourth Cavalry Brigade, the North China Front did not say anything, but they knew it well.

The one who also knew what was going on was naturally Sakuma Shigemori.

Now the new official Okamura Neiji has taken office, and the result is such a defeat.

The North China Front Army Headquarters will not hold anyone responsible for the time being, but after the incident is over, once the consequences are settled, Sakuma Shigemori will definitely bear the brunt.

After all, a series of defeats were caused by him.

Although the [-]th Cavalry Brigade did not suffer any casualties, he could be revoked from his post for a single charge of poor combat performance.

After all, Okamura Neji had a great honor at this time.

After Prince Zain resigned as chief of staff, Okamura Neiji was promoted to general and served as commander of the North China Front. This was all approved and coordinated by Tenhuang himself.

If he wanted to hold Sakuma Shigemori accountable, no one could save him.

"Bagaya Road, are the cavalry units of the Royal Association Army paying close attention to the enemy's situation?"

"Didn't I say before that if there is any movement of enemy troops in the northern Henan region, they will contact me as soon as possible,"

"But now the enemy troops here have returned to Zhongtiao Mountain to fight, and they haven't responded at all!"

"These bastards can't even do this well. They are really useless!"

Sakuma Shigemori's face was filled with anger. He stared and roared viciously.

The nearby staff officers could tell that Sakuma Shigemori was in a bad mood. They all lowered their heads and did not dare to say anything.

Sakuma Shigemori had a cold face as he called the two puppet army commanders to his brigade headquarters.

After the two puppet army commanders came over, he asked in detail.

But how did these two puppet army commanders know the situation? They didn't know anything about it.

This made the angry Sakuma Shigemori completely angry. He opened his bow with both hands and slapped the puppet commander on the cheek one after another.

The two puppet military commanders were full of grievances, but they did not dare to say anything more and could only keep their heads down and admit their mistakes.

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, judging from the current situation, the enemy troops in the northern Henan region can only have 4000 or [-] troops at most."

"And they don't have many artillery pieces left, and their overall combat effectiveness won't be very strong."

"The message from the front army headquarters has been purged, and it is recorded that the enemy has assembled dozens of artillery pieces in the Lishan area of ​​Nakatiao Mountain."

"It can be seen that the artillery units that previously fought in the northern Henan region have returned to Zhongtiao Mountain."

"With a force of 4000 troops, even if they defend the county seat, with our current strength, we can still defeat them in a battle."

At this time, the Lieutenant Colonel and Chief of Staff of the Fourth Cavalry Brigade came to Sakuma Shigemori and spoke directly.

When Sakuma Shigemori heard this, a thoughtful expression appeared on his face.

You must know that Jiyuan City, Hanoi County, and Huaiqing City in northern Henan were all lost in his hands.

He definitely needs to find a way to capture these towns.

Otherwise, once he is held accountable in the future, this will be a big crime.

After hearing the suggestion from Lieutenant Colonel and Chief of Staff, Sakuma Shigemori was a little moved.

With more than 1 cavalry troops, there is still a greater chance of victory against three to four thousand infantry.

What's more, they adopted a siege strategy. Even if they couldn't annihilate these troops, they could at least repel them.

By repelling these troops, they can seize the lost towns such as Hanoi County.

"Xinxi, your suggestion is indeed good."

"Now our three divisions are still in the Zhongtiao Mountain area, and the enemy's main force will never come to the northern Henan area easily."

"As long as we launch a counterattack with all our strength, we will surely achieve results."

"Even if we cannot annihilate them, we can still recapture Huaiqing City and Hanoi County one after another."

"We must not let them develop here, otherwise we will have no way to explain to the front army headquarters."

After Sakuma Shigemori thought for a while, he said with a serious expression on his face.

Immediately afterwards, he decisively issued combat orders.

Two puppet army division commanders will personally lead their troops to conduct reconnaissance in Huaiqing City and other areas to see how many defense troops there are.

The two puppet army commanders, who had been slapped many times in succession, naturally did not dare to disobey and immediately nodded and agreed.

In the morning, two puppet army division commanders personally led the cavalry troops to conduct reconnaissance.

They repeatedly checked Huaiqing City and other areas to judge the defense strength here.

But their actions were quickly noticed by Li Yunlong.

Li Yunlong's eyes gleamed when he discovered the cavalry troops like the Little Devils.

"Hehehe, I really wanted to take a nap, but someone brought me a pillow."

"Old Zhao, take a closer look. With so many cavalry, even if you fight with your eyes closed, you can capture a cavalry battalion."

"We have to find a way to fight and seize the weapons and equipment of a cavalry battalion again."

Li Yunlong looked at these puppet cavalry and said directly to Zhao Gang, the official beside him.

Zhao Gang showed a surprised expression on his face, and once again captured a cavalry battalion, the new regiment had two cavalry battalions.

More than 600 cavalry can be organized into a cavalry regiment!
"Old Li, you must have too much appetite." Zhao Gang said with an incredulous expression. (End of chapter)