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

The Japanese army began to focus on strengthening the expansion of the special operations wing and the agent wing.

A large number of soldiers and weapons and equipment were transported to the southern Shanxi area to expand the two armies.

At this time, the total strength of these two armies is 1. Of course, not all of these troops will be left behind.

Yamamoto Kazuki and Kojima Nobuhiro will select suitable soldiers to stay according to the needs of their own team, and the others will be eliminated.

These two troops can be said to have received special care from the North China Front, and are currently favored by Neji Okamura.

Of course, they also have this strength. After all, the Fourth Cavalry Brigade and other units were all supported by them and broke out.

If these two troops had not come to join the battle in time, Chen Ziyun would have been very confident that they would be completely annihilated.

Time is ticking, days are flying by.

By August [-]th, the Front Army Chief of Staff Tanabe Moritake and Deputy Chief of Staff Seizo Arisue, who had gone to inspect the troops, returned to the headquarters.

The two people returned to the headquarters and began to focus on the report.

After Okamura Neiji listened to their reports, he held combat meetings one after another at the headquarters.

At present, the units directly under the North China Front include the 21st Division, the 27th Division, the 33rd Division, the 35th Division, and the 110th Division.

In addition, there are independent and mixed 15st Brigade, independent and mixed [-]th Brigade, and independent [-]th Brigade.

Such a large number of directly-affiliated troops are also responsible for the defense tasks of many occupied areas.

The occupied areas in Hebei Province and Yu Province must be borne by these directly-affiliated troops.

Among them, the Japanese army has completely occupied Hebei Province, and the northern and eastern parts of Henan Province are also controlled by the Japs.

"Your Excellency, Commander, the 33rd Division has completed its rest and recuperation in Shanxi Province. Can we mobilize them back?"

After finishing the report, Moritake Tanabe looked at Neji Okamura and asked directly.

Okamura Ningji chose to shake his head and refused directly. He would keep the 33rd Division here in Jin Province.

The First Army of Shanxi Province currently only has three security divisions and four independent mixed brigades.

Such a number of troops is sufficient to maintain the defense tasks of the occupied areas, but if they want to undertake combat tasks, they are obviously insufficient.

The 33rd Division remains in Jin Province, and together with the expanded special operations wing and special operations wing, they can prevent the troops from carrying out operations.

In addition to the 33rd Division here in Shanxi Province, the 35th Division is currently in the eastern Henan area south of the Yellow River, dealing with the first theater troops.

The 110th Division was stationed in the area north of the Yellow River in Henan Province to respond to the independent detachment and the 201st Division's deployment in northern Henan.

Here in Hebei Province, there are currently only the 21st Division, the 27th Division and three independent mixed brigades.

The Hebei Province area they are responsible for still faces greater challenges.

The Eighth Route Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei regional troops have continued to develop here, and now they have reached a certain scale.

They have thirty or forty regiments, not counting local county brigades, guerrillas and other troops.

These troops posed a greater threat to the little Japanese soldiers, like sharp swords piercing into the bodies of the Japanese soldiers, constantly causing harm to them.

Okamura Neiji has already drawn up a specific combat plan for the North China Front. He is preparing to gradually destroy all resistance bases in the occupied areas.

"There are 21 Divisions here in Hebei Province, and the 27 Divisions are enough."

"The independent mixed first, seventh and 15th brigades must be quickly supplemented and strengthened so that they have field capabilities."

"Next, we will gather the troops directly under the Hebei Province and the troops stationed in Mongolia to jointly launch combat operations."

"We want to completely destroy all the enemy's so-called base areas in northern Shanxi, northern Hebei and other regions, so as to completely solve them."

"In order to completely resolve the activities of these enemy forces in the occupied areas, we will adopt the strategy of kill them all, rob them all, and burn them all in the next battle."

"Kill all enemy troops, steal all supplies, and burn everything so that they will have absolutely no room to survive in our occupied area!"

"We must ensure that before the end of the year, we will deal a devastating blow to the troops in Hebei Province and other regions and make them lose their combat capabilities."

Okamura Neji had a serious expression on his face. He came to the map and pointed at Shanxi and other regions.

It is worth mentioning that the northern part of Jin Province is not responsible for the First Army, but for the garrison of the Mongolian Army.

This time, Okamura Neiji is preparing to use his directly affiliated troops and troops stationed in Mongolia to launch a large-scale raid.

Their operation this time was naturally aimed at the troops in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei region.

By now Okamura Neiji has specific operational ideas, and he is preparing to take three actions.

First, he actively organized and trained troops to improve their combat effectiveness.

Second, it is to deploy troops to focus on annihilating enemy troops in the occupied areas, so that they will completely lose their living space.

Third, actively investigate the enemy's situation in each department, and then make different attack plans to obtain results.

Okamura Neiji was considered capable among the Japanese troops. He made detailed arrangements based on the situation in North China.

Here at the 201st Division and the Independent Detachment, he mainly deployed troops for confrontation and temporarily stopped fighting against them.

Of course, this does not mean that Okamura Nei wants to give up fighting in the Nakajo Mountain area. On the contrary, he is gradually accumulating strength.

In his opinion, only by completely eliminating the enemy forces in the occupied area can more troops be assembled for combat.

In the battle here at Nakatiao Mountain, Okamura Neiji planned to kill with one blow and completely eliminate the 201st Division and the independent detachment through a decisive battle.

"Hi, Commander." Chief of Staff Tanabe Moritake immediately agreed.

In the following time, the little devil was actively preparing.

Some weapons and equipment in the inventory began to be distributed.

The independent mixed 15st Brigade, [-]th Brigade and [-]th Brigade in Hebei Province have been gradually replenished.

These independent mixed brigades will have five independent infantry brigades, directly under the engineering team and artillery team.

Its strength is more than 5000. Compared with other troops, their heavy weapons are severely weakened.

The independent infantry brigade has about 800 troops. Its heavy weapons only include four to six heavy machine guns and no artillery.

And each brigade has only three infantry squadrons.

Such a powerful force can only deal with some Eighth Route Army troops who do not have much weapons and equipment.

Whenever they encounter some Jinsui Army troops who can fight, it will be difficult for them to take advantage.

What's more, there is now the 201st Division, an independent detachment that is such an elite unit.

Facing these troops, these independent mixed brigades naturally showed their cowardice.

Okamura Neiji was aware of this situation. He had long proposed strengthening these independent mixed brigades to give them field combat capabilities.

But now the Japanese base camp is preparing to organize the Southern Army to compete with the beautiful country, and the sun never sets.

The little devils are not fools. They are fully aware of the gap between themselves and them.

Therefore, the best weapons and equipment and the best soldiers now have to be supplemented to the Southern Army.The Japanese army knew very well that they must win this battle.

Under such circumstances, it was naturally impossible for Okamura Neiji to obtain weapons and equipment for the North China Front Army's huge independent mixed brigade.

What Neji Okamura can do now is to mobilize the weapons and equipment in the inventory and take the lead in strengthening the three independent mixed brigades deployed in Hebei Province.

But even so, they still lacked Japanese-style weapons, so some of the saved trophies began to be distributed to the little Japanese troops.

Following Okamura Neiji's order, the three independent mixed brigades in Hebei Province began to receive a series of reinforcements.

Both their military strength and heavy weapons have been greatly improved.

In the northern Henan region, the 110th Infantry Division is still stationed in Makino City and other areas.

They were also not idle during this period. They built a complete defensive position and made preparations for all aspects of combat.

This group of little devils knows very well that sooner or later they will launch operations in the northern Henan area to attack the 201st Division and the independent detachment.

August 110th, the [-]th Division Regiment Headquarters in Makino City in the northern Henan region.

An order began to be conveyed from the North China Front Army Headquarters. Okamura Neiji asked the 110th Division Lieutenant General Mamoru Iinuma, the division commander, to command the troops to enter combat status.

In addition, personnel appointments have also been made here at the Front Army Headquarters. Ryuzo Takeshita, who once served as the Chief of the First Section of the First Army, was appointed Chief of Staff of the Division.

The other is the puppet cavalry unit that has entered the northern Henan region. The 110th Division is responsible for training, thus training it into a cavalry regiment.

After Iinuma Mamoru received the order, he quickly conveyed it to all ministries.

In the evening, Takeshita Ryuzo came to the northern Henan region and officially served as the chief of staff of the 110th Division.

Takeshita Ryuzo was from the Saber Team and originally had unlimited future.

Unfortunately, the troops commanded in the Jinzhong area suffered a disastrous defeat, which had a greater impact on him.

He was then dispatched to serve in the field force of the 12th Army, and has been commanding troops in Shandong Province.

When he was in Shandong Province, Takeshita Ryuzo had some performance and achieved some results.

So this time he was reactivated by the North China Front as the chief of staff of the 110th Division.

You must know that the 110th Division at this time, but the establishment of the field division, belongs to the strategic reserve of the North China Front.

Being able to serve as Colonel's chief of staff is a very good opportunity for Takeshita Ryuzo.

After Takeshita Ryuzo came to the division headquarters to report, Iinuma Mamoru directly gave him the task of training the puppet cavalry troops.

Currently, here in the northern Henan region, there are puppet cavalry units that broke out with the Fourth Cavalry Brigade.

There are more than 3000 of them. This cavalry force, the North China Front did not let them return to the Suicha area, but stayed in the northern Henan area.

You must know that these puppet cavalry are the remaining troops of two cavalry divisions after continuous fighting, and there are many veterans among them.

These veterans have rich combat experience. As long as they are trained, they can show strong combat effectiveness.

Okamura Neiji hoped that these more than 3000 puppet cavalrymen could be organized into a cavalry regiment of about 3000 men to assist the 110th Division in combat.

Although the 110th Division has a directly affiliated cavalry regiment, the number of the Little Devils Cavalry Regiment is very small.

Moreover, as the Japanese army carried out large-scale reorganization, they gradually reduced their cavalry troops.

The 110th Division Cavalry Regiment has only [-] cavalry troops, and the rest are tanks and armored vehicles.

Okamura Neiji believed that such a large force of the 110th Division needed enough cavalry troops to assist in combat.

And this puppet cavalry force can just make up for this.

"Takeshita-kun, it is very important to train these Imperial Association Army cavalry. The Front Army Headquarters' intention is very clear. I hope we can get the assistance of these cavalry."

"With the assistance of these cavalry, the overall strength of our division will be greatly enhanced, so you must be personally responsible for this matter."

"I hope to see these Royal Association Army cavalry gather combat effectiveness in the shortest possible time."

"Of course there is no need to maintain a cavalry force of 3000 people. We only need the most elite cavalry force."

"During training, casualties are inevitable. Just train with confidence and boldly. Don't worry about casualties."

Iinuma Mamoru specifically emphasized that he knew the situation of these puppet troops.

So this time he made a special request that he only wanted the most elite cavalry troops, and he didn't care at all about the strength of the troops.

Even if he suffered hundreds of casualties and could only form a cavalry regiment of more than 2000 people, he would still be able to accept it.

"Hi, Your Excellency, Division Commander." Takeshita Ryuzo immediately agreed.

In the following time, the 110th Division began to train the puppet cavalry units in the northern Henan region.

They completely adopted the method of training the Japanese army, and some puppet cavalry were naturally unable to bear it.

But even if some puppet cavalry died, the little devil didn't care.

Time passed bit by bit, and by August [-], the North China Front had undergone major changes as a whole.

At this time, Chen Ziyun was also training troops in the northern Henan region.

Currently, the three field supplementary regiments Sun Yu, Lin Zhiqiang, and Liang Guoping are responsible for the regional defense of Wencheng and Mengcheng.

Zhou Wenbo's field artillery regiment was assigned to support them.

The guard regiment is currently divided into two and expanded into a cavalry regiment and a guard regiment.

Most of these regiment leaders were brought out by Chen Ziyun. Chen Ziyun commanded them to fight with ease.

Also during this period of time, Jiang Mingsan from the first theater and Yan Laoxi from the second theater kept sending messages and greetings.

Chen Ziyun's room has accumulated a certain amount of gold bars, as well as all kinds of strange and weird things.

For example, various cans, chocolate, milk powder, etc.

Even though these things may be common a few decades later, today they are absolutely rare.

Of course, Jiang Mingsan and Yan Laoxi sent people here, and their purpose was naturally to win over Chen Ziyun.

In just a few days, Ouyang He, the director of the Communications Department, also came over again and again.

As for what she said, it was nothing more than accompanying the capital, entrusting seats, etc.

Chen Ziyun's ears almost felt calloused. Several times he almost couldn't hold back and directly exposed Ouyang He's true identity.

On the evening of the [-]th, Chen Ziyun was giving lessons to Zhang Wu, Xie Yunxia and other cavalry officers here with the cavalry regiment.

The messenger hurried over and reported directly to Chen Ziyun.

The Communications Office sent a message. Chu Yunfei wanted to replenish the first regiment in the field, and the second regiment retreated to Zhongtiao Mountain.

After hearing this order, Chen Ziyun couldn't help but frown, with a solemn expression on his face. (End of chapter)