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

The sky gradually became brighter, and at around six o'clock in the morning, the fiery red sun rose.

Rays of light shine on the ground, now in Ji Province, here at the North China Front Army Headquarters.

General Commander Okamura Neiji stood in front of the map with a thoughtful expression on his face.

Deputy Chief of Staff Arisu Seizo stood aside to report. He looked at Okamura Neji cautiously from time to time.

"The Yamamoto Kazuki Special Agent Regiment and the Kojima Nobuhiro Special Operations Regiment continue to attack Yangcheng and were originally able to enter Yangcheng to fight."

"But they were suddenly attacked by an artillery group commanded by Chen Ziyun. According to reports, there were at least dozens of artillery pieces in Yangcheng."

"Among them, they have dozens of French Schneider 65MM mountain cannons. This mountain cannon has a super high rate of fire."

"So these two wings were heavily shelled and suffered a certain amount of losses."

"Subsequently, the cavalry troops under Chen Ziyun rushed to the battlefield and launched an all-out combat attack on the Imperial Alliance Army troops."

"At about four o'clock in the morning, a regiment from the Eighth Route Army also joined the battlefield, and the two sides started a melee in the Yangcheng area."

"Up to now, the special operations wing and the special operations wing have been forced to temporarily withdraw to Jiangcheng to rest."

"The First Division of the Imperial Association Army suffered heavy losses. Of the 4000 troops that attacked, only about 1000 were injured and were defeated and retreated to the Jincheng area."

Youmo Seizan carefully reported, but he did not say the casualties and losses of the Japanese troops for the time being.

But when Okamura Neji heard the report, he looked at the location of Jinnan on the map with cold eyes.

You must know that Kojima Nobuhiro and Yamamoto Kazuki had generated electricity last night, indicating that they could invade Yangcheng.

These two regiments are elite regiments specially formed by Okamura Neji. They have strong combat capabilities.

In the opinion of Okamura Neiji, as long as these troops enter Yangcheng, the operation in Yangcheng area will basically be over.

However, what Okamura Neji didn't expect was that the Yangcheng battle would actually fail.

The two regiments he carefully organized were no match for Chen Ziyun after all.

"It's unbelievable that they would have such a large number of artillery."

"How is the progress of the operations in other directions? Is there no progress in the attack troops of the 36th Division, 41st Division, and 110th Division?"

"The 110th Division is here. They have about 1 troops participating in the battle. At this time, the 201st Division and the independent detachment are gathered in Zhongtiao Mountain."

"With the strength of the 110th Division, they should be able to achieve some results in the northern Henan region, right?"

Okamura Neji frowned, his face inevitably showing some displeasure, and he asked in a cold tone.

Sue Seizan hurriedly reported, and the 36th Division and other troops dispatched troops to contain the attack.

Their operations against Zhongtiao Mountain and the northern Henan region did not make much progress. Both sides suffered casualties and losses, and the Japanese army had no gains.

After all, this is not the focus of Japanese operations. Their main task is to contain the main force of the 201st Division.

However, no one expected that the special operations wing and the special agent wing would achieve such a result when they had an absolute advantage.

After Sue Seizan explained the situation in detail, he looked at Okamura Neji cautiously, not knowing how to explain.

Okamura Neji had an obviously displeased expression, but he didn't get angry. Instead, he marked it on the map himself.

"Chen Ziyun is truly the leader of the Jin-Sui Army, and his commanding ability is beyond my imagination."

"Generally speaking, I am too anxious about this counterattack against Yangcheng."

"If Chen Ziyun can solve it easily, he will not be able to gain successive victories in Shanxi Province, and even regain some towns in northern Henan."

"Yangcheng's counterattack failed, and all ministries suffered certain losses. If we continue to fight in southern Shanxi, it is obviously not a suitable choice."

"I really didn't expect that we would have no way to deal with Chen Ziyun."

"Immediately contact Chief of Staff Moritake Tanabe, and the 33rd Division and 37th Division will stop their mopping up operations in eastern Shanxi."

"The 37th Division advanced to defend the Jiangcheng area to ensure control of Jiangcheng and Zijin Mountain."

"The special operations wing and the special agent wing quickly withdrew to the Pingyang City area, an important town in southern Shanxi, to rest and standby."

"The first and second divisions of the Imperial Association Army gathered in Jincheng to garrison and defend, and Xu Chengpu came to take unified command. A section of the 41st Division was dispatched to strengthen the defense of Jincheng."

"The 36th Division, 110th Division and other units quickly withdrew from the battle and returned to the situation before the battle."

"The 21st Division and other troops continue to carry out mopping up operations in the northern Shanxi area."

After Okamura Neji finished marking, he gave the order directly with a serious expression on his face.

When fighting here in Yangcheng, Okamura Neiji directly called a halt, and he no longer carried out counterattacks.

Because he knew that based on the current situation, Chen Ziyun had a large number of artillery in his hands. If he continued to fight, even if he achieved victory, he would suffer heavy casualties.

However, with the current strength of the North China Front, they cannot suffer too many casualties.

Okamura Neiji decided to continue the mopping up operations in the occupied areas to eliminate the resistance forces behind enemy lines.

"Hi, Commander." Deputy Chief of Staff Yumo Seizo agreed immediately.

Immediately afterwards, Arisu Seizo began to convey combat orders.

At this time, in the North China Front Army Headquarters, many staff officers began to discuss quietly.

Okamura Neiji is definitely a famous general in the Japanese army.

During the Battle of Hankou, Okamura Neiji served as the commander of the 11th Army and commanded the 11th Army to undertake the main offensive mission.

Under his command, several divisions of the 11th Army advanced along the Yangtze River and finally captured the Hankou area.

After capturing Hankou, the 11th Army was still in a very passive situation. It was encircled by the third, fifth, and ninth theaters.

At that time, Li Delin, the commander-in-chief of the fifth war zone, and Xue Boling, the acting commander-in-chief of the ninth war zone, were both very good at fighting.

These two war zones are also relatively powerful war zones, with nearly a hundred divisions in the two war zones.

The Japanese 11th Army is in a strategic encirclement and is subject to checks and balances everywhere.

However, under the command of Okamura Neiji, the 11th Army launched a series of operations and captured many important towns in Gan and Hubei provinces, thus breaking the check and balance.

Especially during the battle in Gan Province in 39, Okamura Ningji went against the norm and concentrated artillery and tank troops on the battle.

The troops of about twenty divisions in the Ninth Theater were directly defeated, resulting in the loss of the capital of Gan Province.

Okamura Neiji has great military exploits. If he hadn't offended the Chief of Staff, Prince Zai Ren, Okamura Neiji would have achieved more than that.

Now that Okamura Neiji has been transferred to the commander of the North China Front, everyone thinks that Okamura Neiji can easily handle the war situation in the North China region.

In fact, this is also the case. With Okamura Neiji taking personal command, the armed forces behind enemy lines in northern Hebei have been hit to a certain extent.

And now the 21st Division and other troops have also come to the northern Shanxi region to start operations, and the operations are going very smoothly.

The difficult armed forces behind enemy lines were attacked, which gave many little devils hope.

However, this battle in southern Shanxi surprised them.Two elite regiments organized by Okamura Neji himself were defeated miserably at the hands of Chen Ziyun.

Such a result left many staff members in the headquarters stunned.

"The Special Operations Wing, the Agent Wing has 8000 troops. Chen Ziyun's troops have been fighting one after another. They have suffered losses and are very tired."

"However, under such circumstances, it is incredible that Chen Ziyun can still defend Yangcheng. Will he be defeated?"

"I heard that Chen Ziyun is a general descended from heaven, so he can win many battles. Are these rumors true?"

"Chen Ziyun is really terrible. We fought several times but failed to achieve results."

"Will he rely on Zhongtiao Mountain to gradually expand outward, and eventually drive our troops out of the southern Shanxi area?"

"Your Excellency, the Commander, personally commanded, but failed to defeat him. It seems that solving Chen Ziyun is far more complicated than we imagined."

"This Chen Ziyun just graduated from the Army Artillery College, but his command capabilities in all aspects are obviously not what an artillery officer can achieve."

"Could it be said that Chen Ziyun is a general descending from heaven?"

The staff officers of the North China Front Army Headquarters were discussing softly, with solemn expressions on their faces.

Chen Ziyun successively commanded the troops to achieve victory, and many people in Jin Province said that he was a general from heaven.

The Japanese army also got the news here. It must be said that they also believe in this aspect. After all, they also have belief in gods.

Especially now that Chen Ziyun has achieved results again and again, this makes them even more convinced of this statement.

For a time, there was a lot of discussion here at the North China Front Army Headquarters, and Chen Ziyun naturally became the focus of discussion.

At about nine o'clock in the morning on September 37, the [-]th Division began to rapidly advance towards the Jiangcheng area.

The troops of Kojima Nobuhiro and Yamamoto Kazuki temporarily stopped attacking.

After the troops of the 37th Division arrive in the Jiangcheng area, they will quickly withdraw to Pingyang City for rest and recuperation.

At this time, in Jiangcheng, Yamamoto Kazuki and Kojima Nobuki looked helpless, and they gathered together.

After a night of fierce fighting, their two regiments of 8000 troops now had less than 6000 combat troops.

Moreover, the troops from both sides repeatedly engaged in fierce battles, and a certain number of heavy weapons of these two regiments were destroyed one after another.

"Chen Ziyun, this Chen Ziyun is really cunning, he is so courageous."

"Isn't he worried at all that we will storm directly into the city and quickly destroy his artillery unit?"

"There are also such a large number of artillery troops. Where did he find them? Chen Ziyun is really unfathomable."

"We had a certain advantage, but we still failed in the end. Such a defeat is really a disgrace to the commander's trust."

"We...should we continue to jointly generate electricity and request your Excellency, Commander, to bomb Yangcheng."

"If we launch a large-scale bombing of Yangcheng at this time, we will definitely gain something."

"Even if Chen Ziyun's troops cannot be annihilated, they can still be severely damaged."

Kojima Nobuhiro looked at Yamamoto Kazuki in front of him and said with a solemn expression.

Yamamoto Kazuki shook his head helplessly. The North China Front Army had already issued an order to stop fighting.

It is obvious that Okamura Neiji has no plans to take action against Chen Ziyun's troops for the time being. As for sending aviation troops for bombing, it is obviously impossible.

Okamura Neiji did not issue the order, not because he did not take this into consideration, but because he believed that the bombing was meaningless.

If you are an ordinary person, maybe you can get results by bombing Yangcheng.

But Chen Ziyun is so smart, he will definitely not leave the artillery in Yangcheng, waiting for the Little Japanese Air Force to bomb.

"We are still waiting with peace of mind to withdraw to Pingyang City to rest and recover as much as possible."

"At the same time, we must learn from the lessons of this battle. If we had not entered the city anxiously, we would not have suffered such a defeat."

"After breaking through the outer positions, we moved steadily and gradually sent troops into the city. We were able to offset their artillery advantage."

"But we thought that we could quickly enter the city and completely eliminate Chen Ziyun's troops, so we fought such a defeat."

"In the next match against Chen Ziyun's team, we cannot be careless. We must learn from this lesson."

"No matter what, we have an advantage. I believe it is only a matter of time before we defeat Chen Ziyun's troops."

"What's more, with His Excellency Commander Okamura personally commanding, Chen Ziyun and other troops are destined to be completely annihilated."

Yamamoto Kazuki took a deep breath and said with a helpless expression on his face.

After hearing this, Nobuxing Kojima sat on his chair and sighed helplessly.

Chen Ziyun, who was in Yangcheng at this time, had indeed made a series of arrangements.

The artillery units began to gradually transfer, and there were not many troops left behind in Yangcheng.

Its main force is to move towards the north and south areas of Yangcheng to ensure the safety of Yangcheng.

Currently near Yangcheng, there are the Youzhang Armed Cavalry Regiment, Ding Weixin's Second Regiment, Li Chongtao's First Brigade, and Li Yangshan Artillery Regiment.

With the strength of the four regiments fully committed, it is almost impossible for the Japanese and puppet troops to continue to capture Yangcheng.

"Captain Ding, looking at it now, it is almost impossible for you to capture the Purple Mountain."

"There are still a certain number of puppet troops in Zijin Mountain defending the defense, and there are also Japanese troops in the Jiangcheng area."

"If you attack Zijin Mountain forcefully, you will definitely suffer losses. You'd better report this matter to detachment leader Li Yunlong in time."

"In addition, Yangcheng has to be defended. You cannot base yourself on Zijin Mountain, but you can rely on Yangcheng to develop the guerrilla zone to the north."

At this time, in the area north of Yangcheng, Chen Ziyun found Ding Wei, the leader of the New Second Regiment, and he made suggestions.

The New Second Regiment is responsible for attacking Zijin Mountain this time, striving to regain Zijin Mountain, and rely on Zijin Mountain to gradually carry out guerrilla operations.

But Zijin Mountain is the highland north of Jiangcheng, and the Japanese and puppet troops have always deployed heavy defense forces.

So until now, Ding Wei still hasn't found a good opportunity.

At this time, about 3000 troops of the First Division of the Imperial Association Army were stationed in Zijin Mountain. There were also special operations and special agent troops in Jiangcheng in the south.

Let alone the New Second Regiment, even if Chen Ziyun pulls all the troops over, they may not be able to capture the Purple Mountain.

What's more, the troops of the 37th Infantry Division are still rushing towards the Jiangcheng area.

"Commander Chen, I have communicated with detachment leader Li Yunlong."

"We will gradually develop the guerrilla zone north of Yangcheng. We will definitely need to trouble Commander Chen in many places in the future."

Ding Wei looked at Chen Ziyun and said with a smile. (End of chapter)