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

Chen Ziyun commanded three infantry regiments, one mountain artillery regiment and one artillery battalion to continue fighting in Wenxicheng.

The 222nd Regiment responsible for the defense of Wenxicheng was relatively scattered and was caught off guard.

By the time they wanted to assemble their troops for an all-out defense, it was already too late.

The three infantry brigades fought independently and could not respond to each other.

Each Japanese brigade currently has to deal with the strength of an infantry regiment.

The first brigade stationed in the county, the troops directly under the regiment, dealt with the attacks of the 358th Regiment and the Mountain Artillery Regiment.

Under Chen Ziyun's personal command, each regiment fought very actively, and they launched successive attacks.

Around two o'clock in the morning on September [-], the Japanese troops gradually became unable to withstand the attack.

The second and third battalions of the 222nd Wing gave up the battle and quickly evacuated towards nearby towns.

By 02:30, the captain of the 222nd Wing also began to give up on Wenxicheng.

Under the command of the captain of the Dazuo Regiment, the First Battalion and other troops hurriedly evacuated the county.

At three o'clock in the morning, Wenxicheng was completely recaptured, and the 222nd Wing stationed here suffered heavy casualties.

They had more than 3000 troops, and the number of casualties alone almost exceeded 1000.

There were also more than 200 wounded people, who were simply abandoned everywhere on the battlefield, constantly struggling.

The main force of its coalition, about 2000 troops, began to assemble in the Vang Vieng City area on the west side.

At the same time, the captain of the Dazuo Regiment kept contacting the division headquarters in Yunxian County and reported in detail what his regiment encountered in Wenxicheng.

The 36th Division Headquarters received various reports overnight. Jingguan Ren was shocked when he learned that the 222nd Regiment was attacked by tens of thousands of troops in Wenxi City.

This was something he didn't expect at all. After all, the area they were in had no attack value at all.

Wenxicheng and other areas are towns along the Tongpu Railway. Even if the 201st Division and other troops recover here, they will not be able to hold on for a long time.

The 36th Division believes that the independent detachment of the 201st Division in Zhongtiaoshan will hardly attack them here.

But now, after receiving the report, Jingguan Ren had a solemn expression for a moment.

He quickly came to the battle map and looked at the location of Wenxi City with a thoughtful expression on his face.

The division's chief of staff stood aside and gave a detailed report.

"The 222nd Wing and the 224th Wing have completed their assembly in Vang Vieng City. The 222nd Wing suffered more than 1000 casualties."

"According to the combat report, the enemy deployed tens of thousands of troops, with at least three infantry regiments and one artillery regiment."

"Judging from its combat command and deployment, this is not the usual combat method used by Tubal Road, and it is difficult for other officers of the Jinsui Army to have such command capabilities."

"So basically we can conclude that the person currently commanding the operations must be Chen Ziyun."

"To be able to command the troops to carry out such a level of operations and achieve rapid results, it must be Chen Ziyun who is commanding the operations."

"Except for this Chen Ziyun, looking at the entire second theater, no enemy officer has such ability."

The Chief of Staff looked serious and immediately pointed at the map and said.

Jingguan Ren frowned even more when he heard that Chen Ziyun was personally directing the battle.

"Baga Yalu, what exactly do they want to do when they come here? Do they want to coordinate operations in eastern Shanxi and northern Shanxi?"

"But it was just Tubal Road that was surrounded and annihilated. Why did these Jinsui troops work so hard to coordinate the battle?"

"What's more, even if we encounter an attack here, it will not affect the operations in eastern Shanxi and northern Shanxi."

"These enemy troops are really abominable. If our division had the strength, we should quickly assemble and annihilate them!"

Jingguan Ren's face was gloomy, he clenched his fists tightly and said through gritted teeth.

There are tens of thousands of troops under Chen Ziyun's command here in Wenxicheng, but the Japanese army has a certain advantage even in the vicinity.

However, Jingguan Ren did not dare to take action without authorization, because he knew that these tens of thousands of troops posed a greater threat.

If they attack rashly, the consequences will be disastrous if they are ambushed in the dark at night.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, what about us now?" the Chief of Staff asked cautiously.

"The 222nd Wing, the 224th Wing are deployed on the west side, the 223rd Wing is deployed on the north side, and the search wing is deployed on the south side."

"Get in touch with each other, pay close attention to the enemy's dynamics, and report any situation at any time."

"In addition, quickly generate electricity and contact the First Army Headquarters to report the situation here."

Jingguan Ren gave the order directly, and he did not dare to attack without permission, so he could only adopt a relatively safe strategy to fight.

He deployed the main force of the division on three sides of Wenxi City and paid close attention to the dynamics of Chen Ziyun's troops.

But although these troops had four regiments, they did not take the initiative to attack.

"Hi, Your Excellency, Division Commander." The Chief of Staff immediately agreed.

The 36th Division Headquarters began to issue orders, and the Japanese troops near Wenxi City immediately mobilized.

They quickly gathered towards the area near Wenxi City and immediately stationed themselves in position to prepare for defense.

Reconnaissance troops also began to be dispatched.

At this time, Chen Ziyun had already arrived in Wenxi City, and he quickly gathered his troops together.

Chen Ziyun is waiting for the reinforcements of the Japs. As soon as their reinforcements arrive, Chen Ziyun will start a decisive battle.

Now, not counting the direct artillery of each regiment, he has more than thirty 75MM mountain cannons.

The three infantry regiments are also well-equipped with weapons and equipment, so even if the main force of the 36th Division arrives, Chen Ziyun is still capable of fighting.

However, after waiting for a long time, there was no movement from the Japanese troops.

As various departments launched investigations, news began to be passed on one by one.

"Commander Chen, the Japanese troops have been assembled, and there are quite a few of them."

"There are more than 2000 troops in the north, more than 4000 troops in the west, and hundreds of troops in the south."

"However, these little devils only advanced to a certain distance from Wenxi City and had no intention of entering Wenxi City."

"They have also begun to send reconnaissance troops to understand the situation here. It seems that they do not have the guts to launch an attack."

Not long after, Li Chongtao, the commander of the first brigade, arrived and quickly saluted and reported.

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

After being silent for a while, Chen Ziyun fixed his eyes on Houma City in the north.

According to various sources, Chen Ziyun knew that the Japanese 69th Division was currently stationed in Pingyang City, an important town in southern Shanxi.

This is a newly expanded division of the Japanese army. It has only more than 1 troops and does not have many heavy weapons.

Chen Ziyun went out to fight this time, preparing to feign an attack on Pingyang City, thereby mobilizing the Japanese and puppet troops, and thus gaining opportunities to attack Jiangcheng, Yangcheng, and Jincheng.

Especially here in Yangcheng, there are dozens of 65MM mountain cannons awarded by the system. Chen Ziyun will take them back no matter what.

"If that's the case, then let's just do both."

"The first brigade attacked north to defeat the Japanese troops on the north side and find a way to regain Houma City."

"The New Second Regiment is assigned to the Mountain Artillery Regiment to attack southward, striving to annihilate the Japanese troops here in order to support the First Brigade in the operation." "At the same time, the elite First Battalion is mobilized to stick to Wenxi City to bear the responsibility of contact between the two divisions."

After Chen Ziyun looked at the map and pondered for a while, he immediately issued a combat order.

"Yes, Commander Chen." Li Chongtao agreed immediately.

Soon, combat orders began to be transmitted one after another.

By four o'clock in the morning, when the sky was dark, all ministries had quickly launched combat operations.

The main force of the New Second Regiment was dispatched. With the cooperation of the Mountain Artillery Regiment, they went directly south to launch a combat attack on Xiacheng.

Currently responsible for the defense of Xiacheng is the search wing directly under the 36th Division, which does not have many troops.

According to the normal organization, this is a mechanized wing.

However, the Little Devils have limited resources and do not have that many vehicles, so these search teams basically cannot reach the level of mechanization.

Especially since the 36th Division is just a security division, they will not receive priority in vehicle replenishment.

So they searched for the regiment. Currently, they only have more than 200 cavalry and more than 400 infantry, with a total strength of about 700 people.

Its infantry is equipped with armored vehicles according to its organization, but in fact, they are only equipped with a small number of trucks and motorcycles.

The New Second Regiment led the mountain artillery regiment south to attack and fight, and soon began to fight with the search regiment.

The defensive position set up by the search wing was directly hit by fierce shelling, and 24 75MM mountain guns opened fire one after another.

Intense artillery shells hit the Japanese positions one after another. Two infantry battalions under the New Second Regiment were assigned to the artillery battalion to attack.

Ding Wei personally took command, and fierce fighting began.

Around 04:30, the search team gradually lost its enemy, and they quickly moved towards Xia City.

At the same time, the captain of the Zhongjiao Alliance did not dare to delay at all and hurriedly began to contact the division headquarters.

After Jing Guanren received the report, he subconsciously believed that Chen Ziyun's troops were going to encircle and annihilate the search wing.

So he quickly mobilized the 222nd Regiment, and the 224th Regiment rushed towards Xia Cheng for reinforcements.

At the same time, a brigade of troops quickly advanced to Wenxi City to cut off the retreat of Chen Ziyun's troops.

However, when these little devils hurried towards Xia City and Wenxi City, they launched combat operations.

Li Chongtao commanded the first brigade troops and quickly arrived at Houma City.

More than 358 troops from the 601th Regiment, 7000st Regiment, and artillery battalion began to attack the 223rd Regiment's position with all their strength.

The troops of both sides continued to fight fiercely in the handover area of ​​Houma City and Wenxi City, and the Japanese 223rd Regiment was obviously at a disadvantage.

The 223rd Wing only dispatched two brigades this time. The attached wing is directly under the mountain artillery squadron. They have more than 2000 troops.

Faced with the all-out attack by the 223st Brigade, the [-]rd Regiment was able to hold on with all its strength at first.

However, as time passed and the sky became completely bright, the first brigade began to conduct roundabout operations.

The 358th Regiment and the 601st Regiment deployed their main battalions to attack from the side and rear, and the 223rd Regiment gradually lost ground.

When the battle progressed past five o'clock, the outer positions of the 223rd Wing were captured one after another, and its core positions were also attacked one after another.

At six o'clock in the morning, after suffering about 223 casualties, the 500rd Wing began to evacuate their positions in order to avoid being encircled and annihilated.

However, when these little Japanese troops were evacuating, they were continuously bombarded by ten Shanxi orogenic guns from the artillery battalion directly under the First Brigade.

A large number of artillery shells were fired, and some little Japs were killed on the spot, while others were injured and fell to the ground wailing in pain.

In the end, the little Japanese suffered more than [-] casualties and retreated to Houma City in embarrassment.

The captain of the 223rd Regiment was very panicked. He quickly reported to the division headquarters.

At the same time, he ignored the previous combat orders from the division and regiment headquarters, and all his troops, more than [-] men, were brought to the county town for defense.

"Bagaya Road, the main enemy army did not go to Xia City at all. They came to Houma City."

"More than 7000 Jinsui Army troops are fighting with all their strength. We are simply unable to parry them. They are well-equipped with weapons and equipment and have strong combat effectiveness."

"Under such circumstances, we are no match for them at all. We immediately contacted the division headquarters and requested tactical guidance."

"All the remaining troops have gathered in the county for defense. We must defend the county."

The captain of the 223rd Regiment had a serious expression and immediately issued the order.

The troops of the First Brigade had already pursued them. At around six o'clock, Li Chongtao commanded the troops of the First Brigade to begin an all-out attack on the county seat.

It was at this time that the New Second Regiment and the Mountain Artillery Regiment received orders from Chen Ziyun.

They gave up fighting in Xiacheng and quickly retreated to Wenxi City.

Li Yang, the leader of the Mountain Artillery Regiment, led the artillery troops on a rapid march towards Houma City.

The search team stationed in Xiacheng had already suffered certain casualties at this time.

These little devils are lucky that they have trucks and motorcycles, otherwise, these little devils may be completely annihilated.

Around 07:30 in the morning, the mountain artillery regiment marched quickly to Houma City to join the battle.

Twelve Bofors mountain guns and twelve Type [-] mountain guns launched a bombardment.

Under such artillery attacks, the 223rd Regiment had no way of holding on to the county seat.

Although they went all out to defend themselves, the county's defense position was still breached.

By eight o'clock, troops had already broken into the city to fight.

The headquarters of the 36th Division is very busy, and Jingguan Ren’s face is solemn.

He initially judged that the main force of Chen Ziyun's troops would attack Xiacheng. After all, after taking Xiacheng, they would be able to directly threaten Yunxian County where the division headquarters was located.

However, what Jingguan Ren could not imagine was that Chen Ziyun's main force raided Houma City.

As of now, all its main forces are gathered in Houma City to fight, and they are constantly inflicting blows on the little devils.

The 223rd Wing suffered more and more casualties, and its casualties almost exceeded 1000.

"Why hasn't the military headquarters called back yet? We need tactical guidance here."

"The enemy's operations are very flexible, and we cannot judge their main attack direction."

"So far our overall losses have been huge, and the number of casualties is about to exceed 2000."

"If the army headquarters cannot give tactical guidance, we will have no choice but to assemble all the division's troops for a decisive battle."

"It's just that if you rashly gather all the troops when the enemy's situation is unclear, you may fall into a trap, and the enemy may have a bigger combat intention."

Jingguan Ren had a solemn expression on his face, looking at the Chief of Staff beside him and said.

The Chief of Staff did not know why the military headquarters had not responded to the call, and he was unable to answer.

At this time, a staff officer quickly came to Jingguan Ren.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, no good, Houma City has been lost."

"In order to avoid being annihilated, the 223rd Wing was forced to abandon Houma City."

After the staff officer came to Jingguan Ren, he quickly saluted and reported. (End of chapter)