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

Yun County, southern Shanxi, 36th Division Regiment Headquarters.

Lieutenant General Jing Guanren, commander of the division, stood in front of the map with a solemn expression on his face.

At this time, Wenxi City and Houma City, where the 36th Division was stationed, fell one after another.

The 222nd Regiment and the 223rd Regiment stationed in these two counties have already suffered a certain amount of casualties.

Faced with such a situation, what Jingguan Ren can do is to make every effort to ensure the safety of Yunxian and other areas.

After all, if these places were to fall again, the consequences would be disastrous.

He began to gather the main forces of the division in Wanrong City, Yun County, Xiacheng and other areas.

The 222nd Regiment, 223rd Regiment, 224th Regiment, Search Regiment, and Mountain Artillery Regiment all assembled.

As for the engineering regiment, the baggage regiment is under control and serves as the final reserve.

For Jingguan Ren at this time, all he can do is to hold on to these areas with all his strength to ensure that his troops will not suffer too many casualties.

In addition, he hurriedly contacted the First Army Headquarters again, reported in detail the situation of his division, and requested tactical guidance from the Army Headquarters.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, should we gather our troops to take the initiative and launch a combat attack on Wenxicheng?"

"At this time, Chen Ziyun's troops are fighting in the Houma City area. There are not many enemy troops here in Wenxi City."

"After the main force of our division is assembled one after another, we will be able to grasp certain advantages."

"If we attack Wenxi City, we may be able to achieve results and effectively contain the enemy troops."

"If we stand still and defend, then Chen Ziyun's troops can fight without any worries."

"Once they advance north along the Tongpu Railway, Pingyang City, an important town in southern Shanxi, may be in danger."

The chief of staff of the division came to Jingguan Ren. He pointed to the location of Pingyang City on the map and said.

At this time, Chen Ziyun commanded the troops to successively capture the Wenxi City and Houma City areas along the Tongpu Railway.

As long as their troops are not restrained by Japanese troops, their troops can continue to fight north.

The [-]st Brigade and other troops advanced along the railway and marched very quickly.

To the north of Houma City is Fen City, and beyond Fen City is Pingyang City.

Currently stationed in the Pingyang City area is the newly formed 69th Division of the Japanese Army, which has been expanded into an independent 16th Brigade.

The 69th Division is a Category C division, with two brigades under it, each with four independent infantry brigades.

The division has non-combatants such as engineering teams and baggage teams directly under it, while the brigade headquarters does not have any troops directly under it.

These eight independent infantry brigades have about [-] troops, which is all their combatants.

The heavy weapons are just heavy machine guns, infantry cannons, and rapid-fire cannons equipped by each brigade.

The overall combat effectiveness of these troops is not very strong, and the main force of their divisions is gathered from Pingyang City to Luzhou City, an important town in southeastern Shanxi.

The First Army of the Little Japanese Army is preparing to block the retreat of Commander Chen's troops and deploy troops from the 41st Division of Luzhou City to carry out front and rear pincer attacks.

The 69th Division has six independent infantry brigades deployed in Pingyang City and the area east of Pingyang City.

As for the other two independent infantry brigades, they are deployed in the north and south areas of Pingyang City.

At this time, more than 69 troops from the 59nd Independent Infantry Regiment of the 82th Brigade under the 1000th Division were stationed in Fencheng.

This is also the reason why the First Army Headquarters asked the 36th Division to strengthen the defense on the north side of Houma City. After all, these more than 1000 troops are not very powerful.

After the fall of Houma City, Fencheng was the first to suffer.

The 223rd Regiment's main force of more than 2000 troops was unable to stop Chen Ziyun's troops, let alone the more than 1000 troops.

The chief of staff of the 36th Division was full of worry. After all, if Chen Ziyun's troops took advantage of the trend to move north, the 69th Division would be hard-pressed to resist.

If this resulted in the newly established 69th Division being severely damaged, or even Pingyang City falling, the 36th Division would definitely take the blame.

Therefore, he made a suggestion and mobilized the main force of the division to take action quickly to contain Chen Ziyun's troops.

"Our division has been continuously attacked by the elite troops under Chen Ziyun, and has suffered nearly 3000 casualties."

"With such heavy losses, concentrated defense may not be able to completely intercept their operations, let alone take the initiative to attack."

"What's more, the enemy's combat situation is unknown this time. We must not attack without authorization, otherwise it will cause heavy losses and the consequences will be more serious."

"The more than 1 people commanded by Chen Ziyun cannot conduct long-distance attacks. After all, they are based here in Zhongtiao Mountain."

"As long as we stick to areas such as Vang Vieng City, they will not have the courage to go north."

"What's more, the main force of the 37th Division is ambushing in the Zi JS area north of Jiangcheng. If they go north, the 37th Division can launch a flank attack at any time."

Jingguan Ren pointed at the map and said with a serious expression on his face.

At this time, the total casualties of the 222nd Wing, 223rd Wing, and Search Wing exceeded 2000.

Such heavy losses forced Jingguan Ren to be cautious.

Even if the main force of the division was assembled, he was not completely sure of blocking the attack of Chen Ziyun's troops.

Now if he were asked to take the initiative to attack, Jingguan Ren would definitely not agree.

He did not adopt the operational suggestions of the Chief of Staff, but continued to send electricity to contact the First Army Headquarters for reporting.

At around eight o'clock in the morning, Chen Ziyun mobilized Wu Ziqiang's 358th Regiment to attack north along the railway.

The first brigade is directly under the artillery battalion, and is assigned to Wu Ziqiang's regiment for combat.

More than 3000 troops formed dispersed formations and advanced directly towards Fencheng.

At the 201st Division headquarters in Zhongtiao Mountain, Chu Yunfei, Fang Ligong and others stood in front of the map, waiting for news.

A staff officer came over quickly and saluted directly to report.

"Commander Chen commanded the troops to recapture Wenxi City and Houma City one after another, killing and wounding more than 2000 Japanese soldiers?"

"In just a few hours, Commander Chen achieved such amazing results. It's really incredible."

"He... how did he do it? There are 36 divisions in Yunxian area."

"The strength of the troops on both sides is almost equal. If it were other troops, they would not dare to attack easily without five times the strength."

When Ouyang He, the director of the Communications Department, heard the report, his beautiful eyes were filled with shock.

When he was with the capital, Ouyang He also suffered a defeat related to Chen Ziyun.

But now that she heard the report at such a close distance, she inevitably had different feelings.

In her opinion, even if Chen Ziyun commanded the troops to launch combat operations, they would not achieve much results in a short period of time.

But now, in just a few hours, Chen Ziyun caused more than 2000 casualties to the little Japanese, and he successively recaptured Wenxi City and Houma City.

Such a result made Ouyang He a little unbelievable.

"Director Ouyang, this is Ziyun's interests."

"Ziyun personally directs the battle, and he can play the role of an elite brigade."

"Ziyun's battlefield command ability is extremely proficient. Not to mention the second theater, even if you look at the whole country, no one can match it." "This is also the reason why every time Ziyun directs the battle, he will almost never lose the battle. .”

Chu Yunfei looked at the shocked Ouyang He and said with a proud expression on his face.

"Indeed, Director Ouyang and Commander Chen personally command the troops of more than 1 people, which can exert the strength of [-] to [-] troops."

"Before, the little devil said that to deal with our Jinsui Army, just hit the helmet with a wooden stick to scare us away."

"But now the situation has changed. When the little devils hear that Commander Chen is directing the battle, they will feel fear in their hearts."

Fang Ligong also explained that Fang Ligong was convinced of Chen Ziyun's ability.

Ouyang He looked at Chu Yunfei and Fang Ligong in front of her with their faces full of admiration for Chen Ziyun. She couldn't help but think of the scenes of meeting Chen Ziyun again and again.

The first time was in Chen Ziyun's headquarters in northern Henan. At that time, Chen Ziyun was very slovenly and vicious.

But then, Chen Ziyun was here at the division headquarters, wearing clean military uniforms and looking young.

If you didn't know better, you would have thought that Chen Ziyun was just an ordinary staff officer.

But who would have thought that such a young Chen Ziyun had experienced many battles and commanded troops to achieve many amazing results.

For a moment, Ouyang He couldn't tell which one was the real Chen Ziyun.

"The leader of the Jinsui Army is indeed worthy of his reputation." Finally, Ouyang He murmured to himself.

The 201st Division received the frontline battle report. Chu Yunfei and others were not too surprised. After all, this was Chen Ziyun's normal performance.

Moreover, the division headquarters did not interfere. They were also very aware of Chen Ziyun's command ability.

But it's too far in Jin Province, where the First Army Headquarters is.

The commander of the First Army, Yoshio Iwamatsu, and the chief of staff, Hanatani, were standing in front of the map, their faces solemn.

North China Front Lieutenant General Chief of Staff Tanabe Moritake, his eyes were full of murderous intent at this time, and his face was full of anger.

Chen Ziyun commanded more than 1 troops to attack and recapture Wenxi City and Houma City one after another in a short period of time.

The 36th Division suffered more than 2000 losses and was unable to stop the attack by Chen Ziyun's troops.

At this time, Chen Ziyun's troops are a great threat. If they go south, they can attack the Yunxian area, and if they go north, they can attack Pingyang City.

More than 36 troops from the 1th Division gathered together, but they never had the courage to fight them decisively.

Tanabe Moritake couldn't accept this. Even though the 36th Division was a security division, they were still under the title of a division.

A security division company does not have the courage to fight against Chen Ziyun's more than 1 troops. If this spreads out, it will be a huge shame!

"Baga Yalu, this bastard Jingguan Ren, he is simply the biggest shame of the North China Front."

"The main force of the 36th Division has been assembled in Wanrong City and other areas, but he doesn't even have the courage to attack."

"This bastard only asks for tactical guidance from the army headquarters. Are we going to send a division to assist him in the battle?"

"In the future, whenever Chen Ziyun commands more than 1 troops in combat, we will have to dispatch two divisions to deal with it?"

"The regional defense operations in Wenxi City, Houma City and other areas are directed like a stupid pig."

Tanabe Shengwu's face was gloomy and he couldn't help but yelled loudly.

Yoshio Iwamatsu and Hanagu were standing aside, not daring to say anything.

Although Yoshio Iwamatsu is the lieutenant general commander of the First Army, Moritake Tanabe is the lieutenant general chief of staff of the front army.

This time he came here on behalf of Okamura Neji, so Yoshio Iwamatsu naturally did not dare to offend him.

"Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, there is an urgent message from the headquarters of the 69th Division. The commander of the Inoue Sadao Division reported that the Fencheng held by the 82nd Independent Infantry Brigade was attacked."

"At present, the 82nd Independent Infantry Brigade is gradually withdrawing towards Pingyang City. Fencheng is likely to fall into the hands of the enemy."

"The ones who launched the attack on Fen City were Chen Ziyun's troops who had recovered Wenxi City and Houma City."

"Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, the 69th Division requested instructions. They are preparing to quickly gather the 59th Brigade in Pingyang City for defense."

"Chen Ziyun's troops are likely to launch a combat attack on Pingyang City next."

At this time, a staff member came to the room and reported carefully.

Tanabe Moritake nominally came to assist the First Army in commanding operations, but in fact the command was entirely in his hands.

After hearing the report from the staff, Moritake Tanabe showed a thoughtful expression on his face.

He came to the map and frowned tightly.

"Commander Iwamatsu, from your perspective, how should we deploy next." Tanabe Moritake asked.

"Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, Pingyang City needs to be defended. This place must not be lost."

"In addition, the 37th Division in Jiangcheng area can be quickly mobilized to carry out combat strikes against Chen Ziyun's troops."

"If the 37th Division arrives, then we can gather the 36th Division, 37th Division, 69th Division and other troops here to fight with all our strength."

"With such a large number of troops, even if they cannot encircle and annihilate Chen Ziyun's troops, they can still cause them certain casualties."

"In addition, here in Zhongtiao Mountain, we can also mobilize troops to attack."

"Yamamoto Kazuki's special agent team and Kojima Nobuhiro's special operations team are both able to enter Mount Nakajo to fight alone."

"The departure of more than 1 troops from the Zhongtiao Mountain area will have a great impact on the defense here."

Iwamatsu Yoshio looked at the furious Tanabe Moritake. After hesitating for a moment, he directly made a combat suggestion.

Although he came from an intelligence background, Yoshio Iwamatsu had received a series of education after all, and he still had command capabilities to some extent.

After hearing such a combat proposal, Tanabe Moritake showed a solemn expression on his face.

After thinking for a while, Tanabe Moritake pointed at the map and issued the order.

The main force of the 37th Division quickly advanced towards the east side of Houma City and Fencheng, and launched a combat attack on the flanks of Chen Ziyun's troops.

The 36th Division assembled its main force to block the retreat of Chen Ziyun's troops to the south. Its main force was assembled in the Yunxian and Xiacheng areas.

Yamamoto Kazuki's special agent team entered Nakatō Mountain to start operations.

Kojima Shinxing's special operations wing quickly advanced towards Wenxi City to block the retreat of Chen Ziyun's troops to Zhongtiao Mountain.

The 69th Division assembled the 59th Brigade and stationed in Pingyang City for defense to contain Chen Ziyun's troops.

Tanabe Moritake's ambitions this time are not small. He is preparing to assemble the main force to carry out encirclement and annihilation operations against Chen Ziyun's troops.

At the same time, he immediately contacted the North China Front Army Headquarters, hoping to deploy aviation troops to assist in the battle.

At around [-]:[-] a.m. on September [-], the First Army Headquarters issued a series of combat orders.

As these orders were passed to various ministries, various Japanese military ministries immediately launched combat operations.

It was at this time that Chen Ziyun commanded troops to quickly recapture Wenxi City, Houma City, and Fen City.

After capturing these three counties, the First Brigade and other units began to distance themselves from each other. (End of chapter)