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

At five o'clock in the morning on September [-], Chu Yunfei and Li Yunlong were generating electricity one after another, and they were discussing continuously.

In the end, both sides adjusted their combat deployments to fully ensure combat support for Yangcheng.

Li Yunlong unified command of the new regiment of the independent detachment, and the independent regiment was stationed in the Lishan and Xichengshan areas to maintain contact with Yangcheng.

Liang Ruxian, commander of the 201rd Brigade of the 604st Division, commanded the 605th Regiment and [-]th Regiment, and supplemented the [-]rd Regiment with three infantry regiments in the field.

At the same time, they are assigned to the guard regiment directly under the division headquarters, and the Second Artillery Regiment is responsible for the defense and garrison of Jiyuan City, Hanoi County, Wencheng, and Mengcheng in the northern Henan region.

This means that all the independent detachment troops are transferred back to Zhongtiao Mountain for defense.

The area west of the Qin River in northern Henan was completely handed over to the 201st Division for defense.

At the same time, the second brigade troops were stationed at the front line defense from Hengling Pass to Yuanqu City to strengthen contact with the independent detachment.

The second brigade is attached to the third artillery regiment. They will go north to carry out combat strikes in the Jiangcheng area at any time to support the battle.

As for the first field supplementary regiment and the second field supplementary regiment, they are currently stationed in the western area defense of Zhongtiao Mountain.

Chu Yunfei controls the Zhangwu Cavalry Regiment as a reserve force.

After Chen Ziyun commanded the First Brigade and other troops to seize Yangcheng, Chu Yunfei was ready to defend the place.

With the peripheral support point of Yangcheng, they can be more calm when facing the Japs attacking from the north in the future.

All the ministries quickly mobilized, and they quickly assembled towards the designated location.

Li Yunlong deployed Sun Desheng's more than 300 cavalry troops in the area south of Yangcheng, thus connecting Yangcheng and Zhongtiao Mountain.

As for the new regiment with the strongest combat effectiveness of the independent detachment, it is controlled in the Lishan area. They can quickly go down the mountain and advance towards Yangcheng at any time.

Tang Chunming's artillery regiment is currently deployed here in Lishan, and their mountain artillery will also be directly assigned to the new regiment for combat.

The 201st Division and the independent detachment began to make adjustments. They changed their defense deployment and strengthened their connections with Yangcheng.

Whether it is for Chu Yunfei or Li Yunlong, taking Yangcheng is still of great benefit.

If they can hold on to Yangcheng for a long time, they can strengthen the peripheral defense of Zhongtiao Mountain.

While mobilizing defenses here in Zhongtiao Mountain, they were at the North China Front Army Headquarters in Hebei Province.

General Commander Okamura Neiji came to the war room early, and Deputy Chief of Staff Arisu Seizo took the document and gave a detailed report.

The operations in the northern Shanxi region hardly require the attention of the North China Front Army Headquarters.

The 21st and 26th Infantry Divisions, the independent seventh and eighth brigade, and other units have gradually established connections.

They launched a dragnet-style mopping up operation one after another. Their overall strength was strong, which put a lot of pressure on the troops behind enemy lines in the northern Shanxi region.

So far, the Japanese troops have achieved certain results, and the overall progress is completely in accordance with Okamura Neji's plan.

Therefore, Okamura Neiji doesn't care much about the battle in the northern Shanxi region. He thinks that the battle here will not change much.

The battle in the southern Shanxi region is what Neji Okamura is currently paying more attention to. After all, Chen Ziyun attacked from the Tongpu Railway and moved directly to eastern Shanxi.

Finally, they returned to the Yangcheng area of ​​Jinnan and went around in a big circle. Chen Ziyun's troops achieved good results.

Several divisions of the Japanese army were mobilized for attack, and the battle was very passive.

Especially now that Yangcheng has been lost, the puppet troops stationed here have suffered a lot of losses, and the overall combat is completely at a disadvantage.

The combat plans drawn up by the First Army Headquarters and Tanabe Moritake were successively reported to the North China Front Army Headquarters.

Okamura Neiji led his staff to mark on the map and made deductions.

Immediately afterwards, Okamura Neji shook his head directly, and he quickly issued combat orders to Seizo Arisu next to him.

Okamura Neiji requested the special operations wing, and the agent wing temporarily stopped counterattacking Yangcheng.

"Yoshio Iwamatsu and Masaru Hanatani are both from intelligence backgrounds, and commanding operations is their weakness."

"Before I came to the North China Front Army Headquarters, the base camp gave a detailed explanation and hoped that I could strengthen the operational command of the First Army."

"It was precisely because I was worried about their command ability that I specially arranged for Tanabe Moritake to go and assist in the operation."

"But I didn't expect that Tianbianjun would make combat mistakes one after another."

"From the beginning, he was completely involved in the enemy's troop movements, and now they are even more anxious about their combat deployment."

"They only focused on the operations in the Zhongyangcheng area, but ignored the impact of the operations of the enemy's 201st Division and Independent Detachment here in Zhongtiao Mountain."

"Without the containment of the special agent wing, the 201st Division and the independent detachment can mobilize troops at any time to support the Yangcheng operation."

Okamura Neji pointed at the map and said with a serious expression on his face.

Youmo Jingsan did not dare to delay and hurriedly arranged for communications staff to generate electricity.

At this time, the Japanese army's counterattack against Yangcheng did have a fatal flaw.

That is, if the special agent team counterattacks Yangcheng, the Zhongtiaoshan 201st Division and the independent detachment will have no troops to contain them.

Their main force can quickly rush to support Yangcheng at any time.

Under such circumstances, even if the special operations wing and the special operations wing are relatively strong, they will be attacked by the 201st Division and the independent detachment at any time.

Okamura Neiji has a strong commanding ability, and he quickly discovered this.

Therefore, he immediately called off the counterattack against Yangcheng, and instead led his staff to repeatedly discuss operations in the southern Shanxi region.

Yangcheng has a special location and its importance is self-evident.

The Japanese army's control here is equivalent to mastering the springboard to attack Zhongtiao Mountain.

They can launch an attack through Yangcheng at any time and directly carry out combat strikes on Zhongtiao Mountain.

Once Yangcheng loses control, it means that the Japanese army needs to capture Yangcheng first if they want to attack Zhongtiao Mountain.

And since the 201st Division and other troops captured Yangcheng, they can carry out combat attacks at Luzhou City in southeastern Shanxi and Pingyang City in southern Shanxi at any time through Yangcheng.

Under such circumstances, Yangcheng will definitely continue to capture it.

But how to attack Yangcheng requires careful planning.

Okamura Neiji believes that the idea of ​​​​fighting the special operations wing and the special operations wing to coordinate the counterattack against Yangcheng is right.

It's just that these two regiments need troops to cooperate, and the 201st Division and the independent detachment also need to be restrained.

"The troops from the 41st Division that were mobilized to participate in the war quickly withdrew to the Luzhou City area."

"Contact Tanabe Moritake and ask him to command the 33rd Division. The 37th Division will launch a combat attack on the enemy forces in the Taiyue Mountain area."

"The 41st Division and the 36th Division deployed troops from the Luzhou City and Yunxian areas respectively to launch a diversionary attack on the Zhongtiao Mountain area."

"The 110th Division in the northern Henan region also mobilized troops to assemble. They launched attacks in Shanyang City and other areas, and crossed the Qin River to launch attacks." At eight o'clock in the morning, Okamura Neiji pointed to the map and began to issue orders. issued a series of combat orders.

He continued to arrange for Tanabe Moritake to command two divisions to carry out combat attacks on Commander Chen's troops, thereby severely damaging Commander Chen's troops.

The 36th Division attacked from the Yunxian area, and the 41st Division attacked from the Luzhou City area.

These two divisions need to deploy their main forces to attack the Zhongtiao Mountain area to contain the independent detachment and the 201st Division.

The Agent Wing and the Special Operations Wing are still the main force in the counterattack against Yangcheng.

However, they did not fight jointly, but separately.

The special agent team circled towards the area north of Yangcheng, searched for and deployed troops in the area north of Yangcheng, carried out combat strikes, and cleared out the troops near Yangcheng.

The main force of the Special Operations Wing and the First Division of the Imperial Association Army quickly assembled. They would attack from Jiangcheng and launch a counterattack against Yangcheng.

After making these deployment arrangements, Okamura Neiji directly contacted the dispatched army headquarters by sending electricity.

Regarding the combat situation here of the First Army, Okamura Neiji directly made a suggestion, that is, to change the headquarters of the First Army.

According to Okamura Neiji, the focus of Jin Province's operations at this time is not to win over Yan Laoxi, but to actively carry out encirclement and annihilation operations against the troops in the Zhongtiao Mountain area.

At the same time, it was necessary to carry out combat strikes against a large number of Eighth Route troops behind enemy lines. It was obviously inappropriate for Yoshio Iwamatsu, who had an intelligence background, to take command.

He hoped to dispatch the army headquarters here and contact the base camp directly to replace Yoshio Iwamatsu.

At the same time, Okamura Neiji directly contacted the southern Shanxi regional combat troops, and the special operations wing and other units also accepted the command of the front army headquarters.

Okamura Neiji had no confidence in the command ability of the First Army Headquarters, so he wanted to personally direct the counterattack.

For a time, the North China Front Army Headquarters generated electricity one after another and contacted various ministries directly.

The Japanese and puppet troops began to mobilize, and they quickly assembled towards the designated area.

The 36th Division quickly mobilized troops here. They mobilized more than 4000 troops to prepare for the attack on Zhongtiao Mountain.

The 41st Division mobilized about [-] troops and began to set off from Luzhou City and quickly advance towards Zhongtiao Mountain.

The 110th Division in the northern Henan region is currently one of the few field divisions that retains brigade formations. This time they directly mobilized 1 troops to assemble.

The 110th Brigade under the 108th Division was strengthened by the field artillery regiment and the cavalry regiment. 1 troops began to gather in the area east of the Qin River.

These troops are to launch combat strikes in the Zhongtiao Mountain area and the northern Henan area, thereby containing the 201st Division and the main force of the independent detachment.

The special agent wing and special operations wing must quickly advance towards the battlefield and launch a counterattack against Yangcheng.

Huang Daofeng, commander of the First Division of the Imperial Association Army, directly transferred 4000 troops from his own army and quickly assembled in the Jiangcheng area.

These 4000 troops include infantry and artillery units. They are to cooperate with the special operations wing to counterattack Yangcheng.

This group of little devils suffered some casualties in previous battles, and their current total strength is only over 7000.

More than 7000 troops transferred 4000 troops to Jiangcheng, so here in Zijin Mountain, there were only more than 3000 troops for defense.

At around ten o'clock in the morning, Kojima Nobuhiro met with Huang Daofeng in Jiangcheng.

When he saw Huang Daofeng, Nobuxing Kojima showed an unhappy expression on his face.

You must know that Jiangcheng, Yangcheng, and Jincheng were previously led by the special agent wing and the special operations wing and were responsible for the defense.

They left here to fight in different areas, and the defense of these towns was handed over to the Imperial Army troops.

However, the Imperial Army troops failed to defend Yangcheng, which directly led to the loss of Yangcheng, which made Kojima Nobuxing very dissatisfied.

"Taijun, we never thought that Chen Ziyun would be so cunning that he would raid Yangcheng."

"The main force commanded by Chen Ziyun directly raided Yangcheng. The Second Division of the Imperial Association Army was caught off guard and lost Yangcheng directly."

"The main force of our division was originally chasing the Tubal troops to the north. After knowing that Yangcheng was lost, we quickly withdrew our defenses."

"Chen Ziyun also saw that the First Division of our Royal Association Army returned to defense in time, so he gave up the next combat action."

"Otherwise, Chen Ziyun's troops may take Jiangcheng directly."

After Huang Daofeng saw Xiaojia Nobuxing, he had a panic expression on his face and hurriedly explained.

He shifted all the responsibility to the Second Division of the Xu Chengpu Imperial Alliance Army and covered up the failure of his unit.

In fact, the First Division of the Imperial Association Army was also attacked by the New Second Regiment and other troops, and suffered certain casualties.

If it were not for the artillery battalion of the new second regiment and the heavy weapons battalion of the 601st regiment being transferred away, the First Division of the Royal Association Army would probably have suffered greater losses.

Of course, Huang Daofeng would definitely not say anything about this.

"We will investigate the specific matters carefully in the future. Those who are responsible will definitely be punished."

"Huang Sang, the army headquarters attaches great importance to you now. You are going to expand into an army, and you can also serve as army commander."

"But your current performance is obviously not enough to serve as a military commander."

"But this counterattack against Yangcheng is your only chance."

"As long as your troops help us capture Yangcheng, then this military achievement can make up for any mistakes."

Kojima Nobuxing looked at Huang Daofeng in front of him and said with a serious expression on his face.

This counterattack against Yangcheng was mainly carried out by the Special Operations Regiment and the First Division of the Imperial Association Army.

Kojima Nobuki is very familiar with the strength of these puppet troops.

He knew that these puppet troops had almost no combat effectiveness in attacking operations, so he greeted Huang Daofeng in advance.

This obviously means that Huang Daofeng is required to fight to the death with all his strength to assist the special operations team in retaking Yangcheng.

"Taijun, don't worry, we will definitely assist you in your battle."

"Please Taijun give the battle order, we will definitely complete it at all costs."

Huang Daofeng hurriedly stood at attention, saluted Xiaodao Xinxing in front of him, and said hurriedly to show his loyalty.

Seeing this scene, Nobuxing Kojima showed a satisfied smile on his face.

He brought Huang Daofeng to the map and began to explain the deployment in detail.

After listening to Kojima Nobuhiro's combat introduction, Huang Daofeng's face was solemn. He knew that Kojima Nobuhiro was completely treating him as cannon fodder.

But facing Nobuxing Kojima, he didn't have the courage to refuse, so he had no choice but to agree.

The Japanese and puppet troops began to deploy, and at [-] noon, they began to set off from the Jiangcheng area.

By two o'clock in the afternoon, more than 36 troops from the 41th Division and the [-]st Division launched diversionary attacks on the east and west areas of Zhongtiao Mountain. (End of chapter)