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

The cavalry artillery regiment directly under the Fourth Cavalry Brigade of the Japanese Army carried out artillery bombardments one after another, and a large number of artillery shells were fired directly towards Huaiqing City.

As the shells landed in Huaiqing City, deafening explosions sounded one after another.

Not long after, thick smoke filled the air, and the Japanese artillery troops began to carry out extended bombardment.

Some artillery shells were fired towards the deep positions in the city. At this time, the Kimura detachment quickly launched into action.

They moved quickly toward the west along the south side of Huaiqing City and along the north bank of the Yellow River.

Two puppet cavalry regiments and a Japanese cavalry regiment quickly passed through the Huaiqing City area.

The cavalry force of about 4000 people quickly marched towards Hanoi County in the area west of Huaiqing City.

The mission of the Kimura detachment is to quickly advance to Hanoi County to annihilate the new regiment cavalry battalion here.

After the Kimura detachment moved from the south side, the Nakagawa detachment launched the operation.

They also quickly detoured from the south and advanced towards the area west of Huaiqing City.

By about ten o'clock, the Japanese and puppet cavalry troops completed the transfer operation.

The Kimura detachment began to advance towards Hanoi County, preparing to encircle and annihilate the cavalry battalion here.

The Zhongchuan detachment is deployed in the center of Hanoi County and Huaiqing City, directly cutting off the connection between the two counties.

The Zhongdao detachment was stationed in the area south of Huaiqing City, and they paid close attention to the developments here in Huaiqing City.

The cavalry artillery regiment has all switched to towing mode, and pack horses, mules and horses can drag the artillery away at any time.

The brigade headquarters of the [-]th Cavalry Brigade followed the Nakajima detachment.

Sakuma Shigemori's commanding ability is not weak, and the three detachments are perfectly configured and can fight in response to each other.

And he took full advantage of the rapid maneuverability of cavalry and armored units.

The Zhongchuan detachment and the Zhongdao detachment were in the west and the south was conducting a pincer attack on Huaiqing City.

If the troops here in Huaiqing City go out to fight, they will definitely be attacked by these two detachments.

And their cavalry artillery regiment remains mobile and can quickly advance to any area for combat.

Of course, the Nakagawa detachment is located in the center of the two counties. If the two infantry battalions in the northern highlands want to attack, they can also be directly hit by it.

The cavalry troops are not good at attacking fortresses, but they are very mobile and have great advantages in mobile warfare and field battles.

Sakuma Shigemori's deployment fully utilized this advantage.

At 10:30, the Kimura detachment arrived in Hanoi County. Under the command of Colonel Kimura, more than 3000 Japanese puppet cavalry launched an attack.

The 25MM infantry guns and 70MM mortars carried by the 90th Japanese Cavalry Regiment were quickly set up and launched a direct bombardment.

The 81MM mortars and 75MM mountain guns carried by the [-]st Cavalry Regiment of the Royal Association Army assisted in the bombardment.

Of course, as an artillery unit at the wing or regiment level, they do not have many artillery pieces.

Grenades were fired one after another towards Hanoi County, and a large number of cavalry quickly charged towards Hanoi County.

After continuous fighting in Hanoi County, there was almost no complete position to defend, and there were gaps everywhere.

The cavalry battalion of the new regiment has only more than 300 people, and they have just completed their formation.

Faced with an attack by more than 3000 Japanese and puppet cavalry troops, they had no combat capability.

Battalion Commander Sun Desheng immediately organized his troops to abandon Hanoi County and quickly move toward Jiyuan City in the west.

By around [-]:[-], the Kimura detachment captured Hanoi County with zero casualties. Colonel Kimura quickly reported to the brigade headquarters.

After Sakuma Shigemori received the news, he did not arrange for the Kimura detachment to pursue quickly, but made a series of adjustments.

The cavalry artillery regiment and engineering troops were immediately stationed in Hanoi County through the cover of various detachments.

After these troops were stationed in Hanoi County, the Zhongdao detachment was deployed in the area east of Hanoi County to directly guard Huaiqing City.

The Nakajima detachment is subordinate to the 1000rd Cavalry Regiment and the [-]th Cavalry Regiment of the Royal Association Army, with a total of [-] cavalry troops deployed.

These thousand puppet cavalry advanced directly to the north, south, and west sides of Huaiqing City, paying close attention to the dynamics of the new regiment in Huaiqing City.

As long as there is any action by the troops here in the New Regiment, the puppet troops will report it at any time.

After making such adjustments and arrangements, Sakuma Shigemori's brigade headquarters also came directly to Hanoi County to be established.

"The Kimura detachment and the Zhongchuan detachment quickly launched an attack westward to seize the first-tier towns of Jiyuan City, Wangwu Town, and Shaoyuan Town."

"Please note that when the two detachments work together, a sufficient number of reconnaissance troops must be dispatched to ensure that they will not encounter an ambush."

"At the same time, we must also pay close attention to the situation on the back road and ensure that we maintain contact with the Nakashima detachment in Hanoi County."

"The Zhongdao Detachment, the Cavalry Artillery Regiment, and the Engineer Corps are fully on guard against the enemy troops in Huaiqing City to prevent them from returning to the west for reinforcements."

After making a series of adjustments, Sakuma Shigemori began to issue combat orders.

This time, the Japanese and puppet troops fought very cautiously, and they ensured that they could evacuate at any time.

Even though there are only a thousand puppet troops near Huaiqing City, if Li Yunlong's new regiment wants to take any action, the Japanese and puppet troops in Hanoi County can rush to help at any time.

There are a large number of armored troops here, as well as cavalry and artillery troops. If they attack, the new regiment may not be able to take advantage.

At 8000:[-], the Kimura detachment and the Nakagawa detachment advanced vigorously. The number of cavalry in the two detachments exceeded [-].

As they marched, the dust began to rise, and the sound of horse hooves could be heard clearly from a distance.

Sun Desheng's cavalry battalion moved to Jiyuan City, and they paid close attention to the dynamics of the Japanese and puppet troops in Hanoi County.

And he got in touch with Chen Ziyun. Chen Ziyun had already led the guard regiment and mountain artillery regiment to the front line of Wangwu Town.

After learning that a large number of Japanese and puppet cavalry troops bypassed Huaiqing City and launched a direct attack on Hanoi County, Chen Ziyun probably guessed what the Japanese and puppet troops would do.

He arranged for Sun Desheng to gradually abandon Jiyuan City and other areas, and gradually move towards Wangwu Town.

Up to now, with the orders issued by the capital, the first theater has also provided support operations.

They dispatched troops to take the initiative to attack the Japanese troops in the eastern Henan region, and began to transport some weapons and ammunition, and military supplies to replenish the 201st Division.

Jiang Mingsan also sent an unprecedented telegram to commend him, and directly sent him [-] yuan!
Regarding Jiang Mingsan's different attitudes before and after, Chu Yunfei and Chen Ziyun analyzed that he was under pressure from the capital.

But they didn't know that Jiang Mingsan also had his own little plan in mind!

Originally, Jiang Mingsan served as the commander-in-chief of the First War Zone. He mainly wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune.

He believed that when he took over the first battle area, Zhongtiao Mountain had been lost, and any operations in the area north of the Yellow River had nothing to do with him.

As long as he holds the river defense position on the south bank of the Yellow River, there will be no problem.

So the battle here in Zhongtiao Mountain started again, and the first theater never took any action.

They didn't react until their companions sent a message.

Jiang Mingsan also realized that the capital obviously valued the 201st Division troops, and the importance of Zhongtiao Mountain was self-evident.

Zhongtiao Mountain serves as a very important bridgehead and can effectively curb the Japanese army from moving south.

After all, by now, the little devils have fallen into the quagmire of war, and they are a bit stuck.If we want to end the battle here quickly, we must first defeat the southwest rear area. After all, this is the core of the resistance.

The 11th Army launched attacks one after another, but they were unable to break through the ninth theater defense line.

The little devil gradually realized that they had other routes to choose from.

That is, the North China Front crossed the river from the southern Shanxi area north of the Yellow River and the northern Henan area to the south.

They can quickly seize the western Henan area, then pass through Henan Province into Shaanxi Province, and then pass through Shaanxi Province to the southwest rear area!

At this time, 10,000+ troops in the first theater were defeated in Zhongtiao Mountain, but this was the weakest time.

I don't know that the Japs are about to go south to fight, so I'm always on tenterhooks.

After the 201st Division and the independent detachment were stationed in Zhongtiao Mountain, they allowed the companions to relax a little.

However, the Japanese and puppet troops launched combat operations and wanted to deal with these two troops.

The first war zone stood still, and the capital was very angry.

Jiang Mingsan can be ranked as one of the five tiger generals, and he will definitely not be a loser.

Especially during the large-scale battles in the Central Plains in 30, Jiang Mingsan was famous for being good at mobile warfare.

This is why he got the title of Flying General!
Jiang Mingsan realized the importance of Zhongtiao Mountain, so he now wants to win over the 201st Division.

After all, the 201st Division could block the knife for him at Zhongtiao Mountain, and he drew the 201st Division over.

In the future, when the 201st Division wins a battle, he will be able to share some of the merits.

With this idea, Jiang Mingsan gave more supplements to the 201st Division.

Even the very rare Soviet-made weapons and ammunition began to be replenished one after another.

Up to now, the artillery unit of the 201st Division has received a series of supplements.

The Liyang Mountain Artillery Regiment is over-staffed. It has twelve Bofors mountain cannons, twelve Type 105 mountain cannons, and eight Jin-made [-]MM mountain cannons.

Zhou Wenbo's field artillery regiment was also replenished with equipment, including fourteen Soviet-made field artillery and six custom-made field artillery.

Even Sun Xiong's mixed artillery regiment retained its designation, and it also had a certain number of artillery pieces under its subordinates.

Of course, we are still in combat. After the combat is over, the 201st Division can easily organize an artillery brigade.

Chen Ziyun commanded such a powerful artillery unit. Facing the Japanese and puppet cavalry units, he naturally had a chance of winning.

"Did you see that, the little devil is very smart. All ministries are always in contact, and there is also a retreat route."

"We want to ambush them, which is not a simple matter. When they advance here, they will definitely carry out focused investigation."

"The northern highlands will also be searched repeatedly. If we deploy here, we will definitely be discovered as soon as possible."

In Wangwu Town, Chen Ziyun stood in front of the map and said with a serious expression on his face.

Li Yang, the leader of the Mountain Artillery Regiment, and Zhang Wu, the leader of the Guard Regiment, were by his side.

These two people were promoted by Chen Ziyun single-handedly, and they can be regarded as his own.

"Commander Chen, there are a lot of Japanese and puppet cavalry. If we give up the northern highlands, we will have to fight a tough battle."

"If they break through the position, with our current strength, it will be difficult to effectively kill them."

"Maybe we will also suffer heavy losses. This battle is a bit difficult."

Zhang Wu had a worried expression on his face and said straightforwardly.

Although Li Yang did not speak, he frowned, obviously worried about being attacked by the cavalry.

After all, as long as the cavalry breaks through the position and fights over, and the two sides fight at close range, neither the infantry nor the artillery will be a match for the cavalry.

"Commander Chen, the Japanese and puppet cavalry troops have captured Jiyuan City. They are temporarily resting in Jiyuan City."

"The new cavalry battalion has evacuated towards Wangwu Town. According to their reports, the Japanese and puppet cavalry should be coming soon."

"The goal of this group of Japanese and puppet troops is very clear. They want to quickly capture towns to recapture these towns that we have recaptured."

Not long after, an officer came to Chen Ziyun and reported with a serious expression on his face.

Chen Ziyun glanced at the map and nodded thoughtfully.

The Japanese and puppet cavalry are very fast, and the two detachments also have sufficient strength.

Sun Desheng's cavalry battalion has only more than 300 people, and it is still a newly formed unit.

Facing these Japanese and puppet cavalry, all they could do was to evacuate quickly.

Otherwise, if the two sides collide, the more than 300 cavalry battalions will be eaten up in a short time.

However, the Japanese and puppet cavalry troops were coming soon. Chen Ziyun's tactic of closing the door and beating the dog was obviously flawed.

The Japanese and puppet troops were more cautious than before, and they fully took advantage of the cavalry troops.

It is obviously not an easy matter to solve them.

Chen Ziyun looked at the map with a thoughtful expression on his face.

"The mountain artillery regiment is set up in Wangwu Town, the security regiment special agent battalion, and the machine gun battalion are deployed in Wangwu Town for defense."

"The cavalry battalion of the Guard Regiment, attached to the combat artillery battalion, quickly made a large-scale detour towards the northern highlands."

"Zhang Wu, you command the cavalry battalion. The combat artillery battalion is equipped with a radio. Keep in touch at all times and wait for subsequent combat orders."

"Contact the cavalry battalion of the new regiment and assign it to fight under Zhang Wu. Zhang Wu will unified command the operation."

After thinking for a while, Chen Ziyun pointed at the map and said with a serious expression on his face.

If the troops ambush in the high ground north of Wangwu Town, it will definitely be impossible.

Chen Ziyun planned to gather troops in Wangwu Town and directly confront the Japanese and puppet cavalry head-on.

"Yes, Commander Chen." Zhang Wu and other officers immediately saluted and agreed.

At this time, here in Jiyuan City, the Kimura detachment and the Zhongchuan detachment captured Jiyuan City and were temporarily resting.

The two people quickly contacted the brigade commander Sakuma Shigemori and reported in detail the combat situation in Jiyuan City.

The little devils were able to attack the city all the way without any effective resistance, and easily captured Jiyuan City and Hanoi County.

Of course, they also knew that the opponent's cavalry battalion only had more than 300 people, so they would not be their opponent at all.

At this time, the two captains of the Kimura detachment and the Nakagawa detachment began to think about how to fight a war of annihilation.

They don't want to continue to capture the empty city. They hope to annihilate these more than 300 cavalry troops!
"Wangwu Town is an important place. They won't abandon it easily. We can start the battle from here."

"As long as we launch an encirclement quickly, it will be impossible for them to escape even if they want to."

In Jiyuan City, Colonel Kimura pointed at Wangwu Town on the map and said with a serious expression on his face. (End of chapter)