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

Time is passing, it’s past eleven o’clock in the evening on September [-]th.

The troops of the First Division of the Imperial Association Army gradually withdrew towards Purple Mountain, but they were constantly attacked and suffered heavy casualties.

Chen Ziyun commanded the 358th Regiment. After the mountain artillery regiment captured Yangcheng, he quickly arranged the heavy weapons battalion and artillery battalion to return to the 601st Regiment and form a new second regiment.

At the same time, Chen Ziyun arranged for Wu Ziqiang's 358th Regiment to quickly clean up the battlefield. Soon Wu Ziqiang came to Chen Ziyun with excitement on his face.

"Commander Chen, hurry up and take a look. There is a military supply depot for the puppet army here. We found a lot of things!"

"Various weapons and ammunition, and many artillery pieces. There are dozens of artillery pieces."

"I really didn't expect that the little devils would value these two devils so much that they would equip them with such a number of artillery pieces."

"By the way, Commander Chen, take a look, these are the documents we seized at the Puppet Legion Headquarters."

Wu Ziqiang saluted Chen Ziyun and then reported quickly.

Chen Ziyun was not too surprised. After all, the weapons awarded by the system must be given to him.

He took the document and looked at it. It recorded that the little devils were preparing to strengthen the combat effectiveness of the puppet army and specially allocated some artillery to them.

After reading the document carefully, Chen Ziyun immediately realized that this document must have come from the system.

After all, with this document, this batch of artillery has better convincing power.

Chen Ziyun did not waste any time and immediately took Wu Ziqiang to the military supply warehouse in the city.

Yangcheng and other areas are very close to Zhongtiao Mountain, which is also the first line of the Japanese and puppet troops' blockade of Zhongtiao Mountain.

There is a certain amount of weapons, ammunition, and various supplies in the military depot. It is obvious that the Japanese army hopes that the puppet troops can stick to Yangcheng and other areas for a long time.

However, the little devil obviously overestimated the strength of these puppet troops. Under Chen Ziyun's command, they were vulnerable.

I am afraid that even the puppet troops themselves would not have thought that Yangcheng would be lost in such a short period of time.

"Commander Chen, these are all French artillery pieces with foreign writing on them."

"Young devils would never have imagined that these artillery pieces to be distributed to the puppet troops would actually fall into our hands."

"Commander Chen, I have counted a total of 54 guns, all of which are Schneider Mountain Cannons."

"But the caliber is a bit small, only 65mm, and the range shouldn't be too far. It can hit the sky over 6000 meters."

Li Yang, the leader of the mountain artillery regiment, was also here. After seeing Chen Ziyun, he quickly saluted and reported.

Chen Ziyun carefully inspected these Schneider artillery pieces with a smile on his face.

"It's a good imported product, how can the little devil use it for the puppet army?"

"This puppet army is stupid enough. With so many artillery pieces, if they were all set up, our attacking troops would suffer heavy casualties."

"So many artillery pieces are enough to equip several regiments."

Chen Ziyun looked towards Li Yang, Wu Ziqiang and other officers, and murmured to himself.

"Commander Chen, the puppet army wants to use it. Where do they have so many artillery?"

"That's right, Commander Chen, didn't you also read the contents of the document just now?"

"The little devil specifically emphasized that the puppet troops could not distribute and use them until they dispatched artillery officers for training."

"But these little devils are quite stupid. They don't use such a good artillery. I really don't know what they are thinking."

"Captain Wu, don't you know this? The little devils are able to use their own weapons proficiently, and they will not change weapons easily."

"Yes, yes, Tuanzuo, so many of our weapons have been seized, but we rarely see them used."

"If nothing else, this Czech light machine gun is much easier to use than the little devil's crooked light machine gun."

Wu Ziqiang, Li Yang and other officers said that it was obvious that they did not have much doubt about these artillery pieces.

After hearing the discussions of these officers, Chen Ziyun said nothing more.

He began to arrange for the communications troops to quickly send electricity to contact the 201st Division headquarters. He hoped that Chu Yunfei would immediately transfer artillery troops from the other two artillery regiments.

The 65MM mountain cannon cannot be used by just pulling over soldiers.

Not to mention mountain artillery, even grenade mortars cannot be used without training.

What Chen Ziyun has to do now is to deploy artillery troops from the three artillery regiments to make these 65MM mountain artillery effective as soon as possible.

Otherwise, if there are not enough artillery units, so many Schneider Mountain Cannons will be completely for display.

The communications troops began to generate electricity quickly, and a message was sent directly to the 201st Division headquarters.

It was at this time that the puppet troops gradually began to give up fighting, and they temporarily withdrew to different areas for defense.

At around eleven o'clock, the first division of the puppet army suffered more than 1000 casualties and retreated to Zijin Mountain in embarrassment for defense.

Huang Daofeng and Xu Chengpu quickly established contact and explained the situation to each other.

Of course, they will inevitably blame each other, believing that the defeat of their troops is directly related to the other party.

At midnight, they began to send electricity to contact the Japanese First Army Headquarters to report the situation here.

Zhongtiao Mountain, the headquarters of the 201st Division.

Chu Yunfei has not had a good rest these days, although he has great confidence in Chen Ziyun.

However, Chen Ziyun has not received any news for a long time, which makes him inevitably worried.

After all, for Chu Yunfei, if something happened to Chen Ziyun, it would be a huge irreparable loss.

Under such circumstances, Chu Yunfei must have hoped to get news about Chen Ziyun.

But now, Chief of Staff Fang Ligong came to Chu Yunfei with a telegram.

"Master, Commander Chen sent a message. They have taken Yangcheng, annihilated more than 2000 puppet troops, and seized a large amount of weapons and ammunition."

"At the same time, they captured a lot of 65MM mountain artillery in Yangcheng. Commander Chen hopes that we can quickly mobilize artillery to support their operations."

Fang Ligong saluted Chu Yunfei and then reported immediately.

After hearing the news, Chu Yunfei showed an expression of surprise on his face.

He took the telegram and looked at it carefully. After reading the contents of the telegram, Chu Yunfei quickly came to the map.

"Contact the Second and Third Artillery Regiments immediately and ask them to dispatch artillery troops to Yangcheng quickly to join Ziyun."

"In addition, call Ziyun back immediately and tell him that if he has any needs, the division headquarters will do its best to meet them."

"They fought really well in this battle, but I didn't expect them to be able to capture Yangcheng."

"And with so many trophies, when Ziyun comes back this time, the overall combat effectiveness of our division will definitely improve."

"Thanks to Ziyun, there is no battle that he cannot win. As long as he commands the troops to fight, he will definitely be able to achieve results."

Chu Yunfei said with a smile on his face and full of praise.

"Yes, Master." Fang Ligong immediately saluted and agreed.

The 201st Division headquarters immediately began to generate electricity, and the Second Artillery Regiment stationed in Zhongtiao Mountain immediately began to mobilize artillery units to Yangcheng.

At the same time, the Third Artillery Regiment in the northern Henan region also dispatched artillery units and rushed to Yangcheng.

At the division headquarters, in the Communications Department, Ouyang He, as the director of the Communications Department, naturally knew the message sent by Chen Ziyun.At this time, Ouyang He sat on a chair and looked out the window, with a thoughtful expression on his face.

"I really didn't expect that Chen Ziyun would have such terrifying commanding ability."

"It goes around in a big circle, and its commanding ability is really unimaginable."

"Chen Ziyun is the only one who can regain Yangcheng in such a situation."

"He...he should know what I'm thinking, but he didn't make it clear."

"Who is this Chen Ziyun?"

Ouyang He thought in his heart, and his eyebrows could not help but frown slightly.

However, thinking about the little moments of getting along with Chen Ziyun, Ouyang He's pretty face showed a little smile.

At this time, the artillery here in the 201st Division secretly began to head to Yangcheng.

Yamamoto Kazuki's special agent team continued to fight in Nakatō Mountain.

They are currently mainly in the area west of Hengling Pass, continuously launching combat attacks against the 201st Division.

The Second Brigade of the 201st Division organized troops to fight against it, but without any gains, they suffered a certain amount of casualties.

The special agent team is well-equipped with weapons and equipment, and Kazuki Yamamoto also has strong command capabilities. Ordinary troops are no match for them.

So far, the 201st Division has suffered more than 1000 casualties due to the special agent wing.

Chu Yunfei could only arrange for each department to defend, so as to minimize the losses of each department.

At around [-] o'clock in the evening, in the eastern Shanxi area, the city was pacified.

Tanabe Moritake, Chief of Staff of the North China Front, was based here to conduct command operations.

However, the Chief of Staff of the First Army, Hua Gu, was here in a hurry and started to report hurriedly.

"Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, what's wrong, Chen Ziyun's troops have already reached the Yangcheng area in southern Shanxi, and they have recaptured Yangcheng by now."

"The First Division and the Second Division of the Imperial Association Army stationed in Yangcheng and other areas suffered more than 2000 casualties. They lost Yangcheng."

"It is currently confirmed that Chen Ziyun's troops who previously recaptured Wenxi City and other towns have arrived in the Yangcheng area."

"The Royal Association Army troops sent a message. They want to receive support, otherwise it will be difficult for them to deal with Chen Ziyun's troops."

"Commander Yoshio Iwamatsu is preparing to mobilize the special operations wing, and the special operations wing will return quickly to join the Imperial Japanese Army in combat."

"Do you think this arrangement is okay?"

Hanatani came to Tanabe Moritake and said with a panic expression on his face.

Jiangcheng, Yangcheng, and Jincheng are the first lines of blockade on Zhongtiao Mountain.

If they were to lose, the consequences would be disastrous.

Especially now that Yangcheng has been lost, the connection between Jiangcheng and Jincheng has been completely cut off, and the puppet troops are very passive in combat.

The First Army Headquarters did not dare to make decisions without authorization at this time. After all, the command authority of the troops rested with the North China Front Army Headquarters.

And now Tanabe Moritake is coming to take command on behalf of Okamura Neji. Iwamatsu Yoshio is bold enough to dare not issue orders without permission.

"What, what did you say?"

"Chen Ziyun's troops have returned to the southern Shanxi area again. How is this possible? They are not fighting in the area south of the Zhengtai Railway."

"They are fighting jointly with Tubal Road. Otherwise, how could they face the joint attack of the 33rd Division and the 37th Division?"

"What the hell is going on? Even if Chen Ziyun went to fight in southern Shanxi, the two divisions of the Imperial Alliance Army with more than 1 people could easily abandon Yangcheng."

"The Imperial Alliance Army has also been strengthened with weapons. How come they have no fighting ability at all? It's really abominable."

After Tanabe Moritake heard the report, he hurriedly came to the map.

With a cold face, he looked coldly at Yangcheng and other areas, and said in a cold tone.

Hanatani Masaru didn't know how to explain it, so he could only stand back and remain silent.

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

He expressed his support for Yoshio Iwamatsu's arrangement.

The Secret Service Wing and the Special Operations Wing quickly returned to support operations in the Yangcheng area.

However, Tanabe Moritake specifically emphasized one point, that is, these two regiments must unite to advance to the battlefield.

At the same time, Tanabe Moritake directly mobilized the 41st Division deployed in southeastern Shanxi. He asked the 41st Division to dispatch about [-] troops to attack.

He was preparing to assemble the 33rd Division, the main force of the 37th Division, and part of the 41st Division to directly encircle and annihilate the troops commanded by Commander Chen.

The little devils began to issue orders, and they mobilized their troops to respond.

After Kojima Nobuhiro received the order, he immediately assembled the special operations regiment and they headed south directly along the Tongpu Railway.

Yamamoto Kazuki's special agent team also quickly assembled. They were waiting for the special operations team and then advanced directly to the battlefield.

As for the puppet troops, they waited in place for Japanese reinforcements to arrive, and then fought with them.

It was around four o'clock in the morning on September [-]th, and because it was summer, the sky had become a little brighter.

The artillery troops dispatched by the 201st Division have arrived in Yangcheng one after another.

Chen Ziyun directly made arrangements and assigned Schneider 65MM mountain cannons directly to the Liyangshan Artillery Regiment.

He asked Li Yang to command the artillery troops to use these mountain cannons to launch artillery attacks in the shortest possible time.

In addition, Wu Ziqiang's 358th Regiment stayed in place, and each battalion began to build positions in different areas and prepared for defense.

Li Chongtao commanded the artillery battalion, and the 601st Regiment was deployed in the area north of Yangcheng.

As for Ding Weixin's second regiment, they are still in the area north of Zijin Mountain.

As long as there is a chance, the troops of the New Second Regiment will seize the Purple Mountain.

"Commander Chen, a message has just been sent from the division headquarters."

"The 41st Division in southeastern Shanxi has begun to mobilize troops to participate in the war, but they are not coming for us."

"They attacked directly to the northwest, obviously intending to carry out a combat attack on Commander Chen's troops."

"There is also news that the two elite units of the Little Devils are mobilizing and seem to be planning to attack us."

"Master Zuo means to hold on to Yangcheng, thereby opening up the connection between Yangcheng and Zhongtiao Mountain, and ensuring that Yangcheng is always under our control."

"The division headquarters has begun to contact the independent detachment. Here in Yangcheng, the division headquarters does not intend to give up."

At five o'clock, the communications soldier came to Chen Ziyun with the message and quickly saluted and reported.

"Call back to the division headquarters and tell the commander that I already have a plan to stick to Yangcheng. Please don't worry, the commander."

"This time, Yangcheng will be firmly in our hands and will not be captured by the Japanese and puppet troops again."

Chen Ziyun had a serious expression on his face and answered directly. (End of chapter)