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

The capital of Jin Province is too far away, in the headquarters of the First Army.

Yoshio Iwamatsu and Masaru Hanatani had already received the message from Huang Daofeng, the commander of the First Division of the Imperial Alliance Army, and the two of them looked at the map for a long time.

They know that Tanabe Moritake is currently personally commanding the 33rd Division, and the 37th Division is fighting directly south from the Shota Railway.

After analyzing the small number of Eighth Route Army troops present in Zijin Mountain, they felt that Huang Daofeng's guess was very accurate.

"Although Tubalu and Chen Ziyun's troops are not weak, facing the attacks of the two divisions, there is no danger in the eastern Shanxi area."

"In sports battles and field battles, they are naturally no match for us. At this time, they are also losing ground."

"The purpose of this group of Tuba forces advancing to Purple Mountain to fight is obvious, that is, to control Purple Mountain."

"You must know that when we controlled Purple Mountain, even the 201st Division had to walk around and did not dare to attack easily."

"They want to defeat the Imperial Army troops and quickly control Purple Mountain to defend here."

Hua Gu was pointing at the map, with a serious expression on his face, and analyzed it directly.

These two little devils are both from intelligence backgrounds, but the little devil generals have the resume of attending the non-commissioned officer school and the Army University.

Without these two experiences, it would be difficult to get promoted in the Japanese army.

So they still have the ability to command to some extent, but their focus is on intelligence.

People with excellent intelligence and command capabilities like the little devil Dohi Madoka Kenji are rare in the Japanese army.

"Indeed, they currently only have troops in Taiyue Mountain. If they can be stationed in Zijin Mountain, they will have troops."

"They can completely rely on these two highlands for solid defense and use tactics such as guerrilla warfare to block the attacks of our troops."

"So we have to stand firm here in Purple Mountain and never be controlled by Tubal Road."

"The Imperial Alliance Army must be cautious if they want to attack."

"After all, these Imperial Alliance troops are not very strong. Once this is a trap by Tubal Road, they may be hit if they attack."

"Contact Huang Daofeng and tell him to deploy the main force in Purple Mountain for defense."

"At the same time, the fourth regiment of the Second Division of the Imperial Association Army was placed under his command to strengthen the defense of Jiangcheng area."

After Iwamatsu Yoshio pondered for a while, he made the deployment directly.

He was rather cautious, probably knowing that his command ability was insufficient, so the First Army Headquarters adopted a safer strategy.

"Hi, Commander." Chief of Staff Hanatani immediately agreed.

The call back from the First Army Headquarters was quickly sent to the headquarters of the First Division of the Imperial Association Army!

After Huang Daofeng got the message, he felt as if a basin of cold water had been poured on him, and he was listless.

Originally, he wanted to command the troops to attack with all their strength to encircle and annihilate the New Second Regiment.

However, the First Army Headquarters asked them to defend Purple Mountain with all their strength, and Huang Daofeng did not dare to disobey.

However, for Huang Daofeng, it was a good thing that Xu Chengpu's fourth regiment of the Imperial Association Army was under his command.

Soon Huang Daofeng directly made deployment arrangements, and the Fourth Regiment of the Imperial Association Army was directly assigned to the front line of Zijin Mountain, allowing them to fight against the New Second Regiment.

The First Regiment and the Second Regiment of the Imperial Association Army were deployed in other positions in Zijin Mountain, and the artillery regiment assisted in the operation.

The third regiment was deployed in Jiangcheng, and at the same time the first regiment gained contact with the special agent unit.

In the following time, the New Second Regiment continued to attack Zijin Mountain.

The battle lasted from the morning until around three o'clock in the afternoon, with the New Second Regiment and the Fourth Regiment of the Imperial Association Army fighting one after another.

However, the New Second Regiment did not achieve any results. Instead, they were repelled every time they attacked.

At first, various heavy weapons of the New Second Regiment could continue to fire and cover, but by the afternoon, the heavy weapons could only fire briefly.

The density of bullets and artillery shells was significantly reduced, which made the puppet troops realize something.

"Brothers, have you seen that Tubal Road has no way to break through our position?"

"Hahaha, Huang Daofeng still wants to use our brothers as cannon fodder, but it's a pity that these Tubal are no match for us at all."

"Huang Daofeng never dreamed that we would have such fighting power."

"Look carefully, their firepower has obviously weakened. These Tubal roads don't have much ammunition left."

"Contact the master directly. Next, we will launch a counterattack and ask the master to report directly to Taijun."

The leader of the Fourth Regiment of the Imperial Association Army had a proud expression on his face and shouted directly to the puppet troops.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the New Second Regiment once again organized troops to attack.

By around 04:30, the attack of the New Second Regiment was repulsed, and this time the puppet troops quickly launched a counterattack.

At the command of the regiment commander, about two thousand puppet troops left their positions and quickly launched a pursuit.

The New Second Regiment quickly withdrew, showing signs of retreat.

The Fourth Regiment of the Imperial Association Army pushed back the New Second Regiment two kilometers away before withdrawing!
Huang Daofeng, the commander of the First Division of the Royal Association Army, had been observing the battlefield situation. When he saw this scene, he showed a faint expression of regret.

Especially when he saw that the Fourth Regiment of the Imperial Association Army came back with some heavy weapons discarded by the New Second Regiment, Huang Daofeng secretly clenched his fists.

"Taijun underestimated our combat effectiveness and overestimated Tubalu's combat strength."

"Purple Mountain is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Not to mention them, even the 201st Division had to go around it before."

"You see, although Tubal Road has a certain number of heavy weapons, they don't have much ammunition."

"Up to now, they have obviously run out of ammunition. If the main force of our division had just dispatched, we could have severely damaged them without annihilating them."

Huang Daofeng said with a serious expression on his face, very annoyed.

Around 05:30 in the afternoon, the Japanese army sent a message here.

The First Army Headquarters received a report from Xu Chengpu and learned that the Fourth Regiment of the Imperial Association Army was responsible for the main defense tasks of Purple Mountain.

They stood firm in Purple Mountain as a regiment, blocking the Eighth Route Army's one-day attack, and even counterattacked.

Yoshio Iwamatsu was very satisfied with the performance of the puppet troops and sent a special message to commend them.

Xu Chengpu, the commander of the Second Division of the Royal Association Army, was also praised by the First Army Headquarters.

At the same time, the First Army Headquarters required the puppet troops to learn from the tenacious fighting spirit of the Second Division of the Royal Association Army.

After Huang Daofeng found out about this message, he was filled with anger.

Deploying the Fourth Regiment of the Imperial Association Army on the front line was nothing more than an attempt to consume Xu Chengpu's troops.

But Huang Daofeng did not expect that the Fourth Regiment of the Imperial Association Army would perform so well.

"Tubal Road only has two attacks, nothing more than three axes. After they have defeated these three axes, they have not achieved any results, and there is nothing they can do."

"Arrange the Fourth Regiment of the Imperial Association Army to defend Jiangcheng, and all three infantry regiments and one artillery regiment of our division will gather here in Zijin Mountain."

"Taijun does not allow us to attack, but allows us to counterattack. If Tubalu continues to attack Zijin Mountain, we will directly launch a counterattack."

"No matter what, we must produce enough results. I will definitely annex Xu Chengpu's second division."

Huang Daofeng gritted his teeth and began to adjust his deployment.

As the order was issued, conflicts occurred between the two sides.

It wasn't until after eight o'clock in the evening that the adjustment was completed.

The Fourth Regiment of the Imperial Association Army was unwilling to withdraw to Jiangcheng. They had boosted their morale and wanted to continue to gain results.But Huang Daofeng took out the order from the little devil to give him unified command, and the Fourth Regiment of the Imperial Association Army left Purple Mountain unconvinced.

At nine o'clock in the evening, the entire First Division of the Imperial Association Army was stationed at Purple Mountain for defense.

It was at this time that the New Second Regiment troops made a comeback and continued their attack on Zijin Mountain.

After hearing the sound of gunfire, Huang Daofeng's face was filled with excitement.

Gunfire began to sound, and at [-]:[-], the troops of the New Second Regiment evacuated again.

"Quickly, start a pursuit quickly. The first regiment of the Imperial Association Army quickly moves behind them and blocks their evacuation path."

"The Second Regiment, the Third Regiment of the Imperial Association Army, and the Mountain Artillery Regiment quickly pursued them, bit them, and completely annihilated them."

"Be fast, we must not let them slip away!"

Huang Daofeng had a serious expression on his face and gave the order decisively.

At one time, there were about 9000 troops in the First Division of the Imperial Association Army, and more than 8000 troops were dispatched to pursue them.

These puppet troops quickly attacked in an attempt to completely annihilate the New Second Regiment.

Under the command of commander Ding Wei, the New Second Regiment withdrew in an orderly manner and gradually withdrew towards the 601st Regiment.

When Chen Ziyun got the news and knew that the main force of the Purple Mountain puppet army was dispatched, he did not waste any time.

Under his command, the 358th Regiment and the Mountain Artillery Regiment quickly maneuvered towards Yangcheng.

At this time, the fifth regiment of the Imperial Association Army stationed in Yangcheng had already made adjustments and deployments.

The main force of the regiment, 500 men, was stationed in Yangcheng for defense, and 1000 men came directly to the junction of Yangcheng and Jiangcheng for defense.

At this time, the troops commanded by Chen Ziyun were very powerful.

They have two mountain artillery battalions, one artillery battalion, two heavy weapons battalions, and three infantry battalions.

There are quite a few artillery pieces, including dozens of large and small caliber artillery pieces.

With such a large number of troops coming to attack Yangcheng, the results can be imagined!

At around ten o'clock, Chen Ziyun commanded the troops to launch an attack on Yangcheng.

"Tuanzuo, it's not good, there are unknown armed forces attacking Yangcheng."

"The regiment is a unit of the Jinsui Army, and it is also an elite unit of the Jinsui Army."

"They have a lot of heavy weapons, and the outer positions have been captured by them."

"Tuanzuo, it's not good. The Jinsui Army broke through the city defense position and has already invaded the city."

Within ten minutes, the commander of the fifth puppet regiment received reports one after another.

At [-]:[-], fierce gunfire continued to ring out in Yangcheng.

Five minutes later, the commander of the puppet army panicked and gave the order to retreat.

But it was almost impossible for them to evacuate the battlefield at this time.

Various weapons continued to fire, and dense bullets and shells came one after another.

The puppet troops were beaten to a terrible state. In just 10 minutes, they suffered 800 casualties.

Seeing that there was no way to block the attack, some puppet soldiers wanted to flee.

However, under various gun attacks, these puppet soldiers were killed one after another.

At 10:30, a thousand puppet troops stationed at the junction quickly came back for reinforcements.

But what greeted them was the dense artillery shells from the mountain artillery regiment.

It was at this time that Yangcheng was easily conquered, and the 500 puppet troops suffered heavy casualties.

There were more than 200 puppet soldiers who became prisoners directly!

The commander of the puppet army was hit by a heavy machine gun while escaping, and not even a complete body was left behind.

At 800:[-], the fifth regiment of the puppet army was beaten and only more than [-] people were left. They quickly withdrew to the Jiangcheng area and met with the fourth regiment here.

At the headquarters of the Second Division of the Imperial Alliance Army in Jincheng, division commander Xu Chengpu was stunned for a moment after receiving the report.

He never dreamed that Yangcheng would be lost in less than an hour.

He couldn't even believe that a regiment of 500 people would suffer more than 10 casualties in just 1000 to [-] minutes!
"This... what on earth is going on? Why did the Jinsui Army come to Yangcheng to attack."

"How come our troops are so vulnerable to combat? The Fourth Regiment blocked the Eighth Route Army's attack in Purple Mountain."

"The fifth regiment is not weak either. Even if they face the Jinsui Army, they can still defend Yangcheng."

"Hurry, contact Huang Daofeng immediately and ask him to command the troops to quickly counterattack Yangcheng."

"Don't report to Taijun for the time being, otherwise Taijun will definitely punish us if he knows the result of the battle."

"First use Huang Daofeng's troops to take back Yangcheng, and then report to Taijun."

Xu Chengpu had a serious expression on his face and hurriedly issued the order.

Now his fourth regiment wants to defend Jiangcheng, and his sixth regiment wants to defend Jincheng, and they will definitely not be able to counterattack Yangcheng.

There are more than 800 troops left in the fifth regiment, and they have no combat capability.

So Xu Chengpu contacted Huang Daofeng and asked him to command the troops to counterattack Yangcheng. After all, they were coordinating defensive operations.

After giving the order, Xu Chengpu looked at the map and was puzzled.

The fourth regiment won the battle, but in the blink of an eye the fifth regiment suffered such a defeat.

Of course, Xu Chengpu didn't know at this time that the First Division of the Imperial Association Army was also feeling uncomfortable.

They attacked the troops and were directly attacked by the New Second Regiment and the 601st Regiment.

At first, the morale of these puppet troops was high and they continued to attack the positions in an attempt to completely annihilate the troops of the New Second Regiment.

But as they fought, they realized something was wrong. The 601st Regiment joined the battle, which put some pressure on them.

However, the puppet troops felt that they still had an advantage, so they continued to charge.

By about [-]:[-], these puppet soldiers realized something was wrong.

They suffered more than 1000 casualties. Not to mention breaking through the position, they did not even enter less than 200 meters away from the position.

Moreover, the New Second Regiment and the 601st Regiment had intensive firepower and sufficient ammunition, and many of their weapons were knocked out.

If it weren't for the mountain artillery and field artillery from the artillery regiment, they would probably have suffered greater casualties.

The four regiment commanders hurriedly sent messengers to make contact, and the three infantry regiment commanders immediately called off the attack.

The commander of the artillery regiment carried out suppressive bombardment. They began to contact Huang Daofeng to report the situation here.

"Retreat, we have to retreat now, this could be a trap."

"Contact the commander immediately and ask the commander to quickly issue a retreat order."

"And here in Purple Mountain, we must defend with all our strength to avoid being hit."

The pseudo-legion commander said hurriedly with a solemn face.

The communications troops did not dare to delay and hurriedly started to generate electricity to contact Huang Daofeng. (End of chapter)