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

Guo Jiqiao believed that the establishment of the 201st Division was too large, and the capital must take action.

At this time, the 201st Division was incomparable to some no-name group armies, let alone an ordinary army, in terms of number of personnel and weapon configuration.

Especially Chen Ziyun, with the assistance of the system, through seizures and other means, now has a huge number of artillery.

Looking at several war zones, except for the troops in the second war zone, no war zone can easily mobilize the strength of several artillery regiments.

Even if it is Jiang Mingsan's first battle zone, he can only cobble together a heavy mortar battalion by looking for connections in many ways.

If it were to find the artillery regiment, Jiang Mingsan could not do it for the time being. After all, the main military power in the first theater was still in the hands of deputy commander-in-chief Tang Keqin.

This shows how strong the overall strength of the 201st Division is.

The capital has sent Ouyang He, who was born in the attendant's room, but Chu Yunfei and Chen Ziyun have not expressed their attitude for a long time.

The 201st Division currently has jurisdiction and command authority in both the first and second theaters. The capital must be dissatisfied.

Such a powerful force, which does not belong to the direct line, will inevitably make the principal a little suspicious.

Jiang Mingsan didn't say much. He was counting on the 201st Division to obtain military exploits.

But if he wanted to offend his capital, Jiang Mingsan would definitely not do such a thing.

Chu Yunfei wants to expand two guerrilla groups. Whether it can be approved is a matter for the capital. Jiang Mingsan will not decide on his own.

However, thinking that he still had to rely on the 201st Division after all, Jiang Mingsan directly transferred the heavy mortar battalion to the 201st Division with a stroke of his pen.

You must know that the 201st Division is in Zhongtiao Mountain, but it can block the sword for the troops in the first theater.

Otherwise, if Zhongtiao Mountain is captured by the Japs, the Japs can cross the river and attack southward at any time.

The 201st Division applied to expand two guerrilla regiments, but neither the first nor the second theater was directly approved.

As for the capital, there was no call back for a while.

Time passed silently, and at the end of November, the Japanese North China Front Army ushered in a personnel transfer.

After repeated communication from the North China Front Army Headquarters, the Japanese army dispatched the Army General Headquarters to report to the base camp.

The commander of the First Army of Jin Province made a transfer. Yoshio Iwamatsu was transferred to serve as a military counselor and went directly to the bench.

Yoshimoto Teiichi, who served as the chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, was transferred to the First Army as the lieutenant general commander.

Yoshimoto Teiichi was born in the saber team of the Army University and once went to France to study military affairs.

When the all-out war broke out, he served as the commander of the Major General Brigade of the 21st Brigade of the Fifth Division, but when the war began, he was transferred out.

Subsequently, Yoshimoto Teiichi served as the chief of staff of the 11th Army. When the Japanese army first organized the 11th Army, he assisted Okamura Ningji to command the 11th Army to participate in the Battle of Hankou.

As Okamura Neji's old partner, Yoshimoto Teiichi is not weak in all aspects. He has staff skills and strong command and combat capabilities.

It can be said that this time the little devils' base camp was also carefully selected and directly transferred to serve in the First Army.

The commander of the North China Front, Okamura Neiji, was very happy after receiving the news.

In his view, after Yoshimoto Seiichi became the commander of the First Army, he no longer had to command the battles here in Jin Province.

With Yoshimoto Sadashi in charge of Jin Province, he could at least ensure absolute security in the occupied areas of Jin Province.

For this reason, Okamura Neiji specifically contacted Yoshimoto Teiichi and asked him to come to the front army headquarters first after coming to the North China region.

On December [-]st, Yoshimoto Sadashi began to take a bus from outside the customs to the North China area.

At the same time, the headquarters of the 201st Division in Zhongtiao Mountain is here.

Ouyang He, the director of the Communications Department, came to Chu Yunfei. She took out a telegram and began to report in detail.

After careful discussion with the capital, they made a decision.

The location of Zhongtiao Mountain is very important, and it is a strategic location to prevent the Japanese First Army from moving south.

Previously, 10,000+ troops from Wei Junru's First War Zone were stationed in the Zhongtiao Mountain area, blocking Japanese raids and attacks again and again.

This makes the western part of Henan Province and other areas absolutely safe and has never been threatened.

In May, the Japanese army assembled a large number of troops to launch a combat attack, and Zhongtiao Mountain was once fell.

But then the 201st Division and other troops stationed here, gradually took control of the place, and drove out the Japanese troops one after another.

So far, the 201st Division and other troops have completely established themselves here and have captured some towns in northern Henan.

For the capital, Chu Yunfei's troops are needed to defend in Zhongtiao Mountain.

What's more, no matter what, Chu Yunfei and Chen Ziyun are both disciples of the emperor, and the capital will be sure to win them over.

In particular, the 201st Division gradually kept a certain distance from Yan Laoxi and never accepted Yan Laoxi's expansion appointment.

This made the capital side very satisfied, so they decided to organize Chu Yunfei's troops of the 201st Division into an attack force.

Up to now, with the transportation of some Soviet-made weapons and equipment, four attack armies have been organized.

These four attacking armies are directly under the command of the capital, and they have no fixed defense range.

There are two combat areas in the north and south of the country, and each area is assigned two attack corps to serve as strategic mobile forces.

Once a battle occurs in any theater, the attacking army will mobilize reinforcements at any time to strengthen the combat capabilities of the area.

These attacking armies enjoy special treatment, and can be organized according to strengthened organization in terms of weapons and equipment.

Other troops received national disaster pay, but these attacking troops received double pay.

Of course, among the four attacking armies, the First Army and the Second Army are inevitably somewhat in name only, while the 74th Army and the Fifth Army have made great achievements.

The 201st Division is organized as an attack division, which is different from the four attack corps.

They are specifically responsible for the defense of Zhongtiao Mountain to prevent the main force of the North China Front from moving south.

"In addition to the establishment of the 201st Division, the capital has approved the establishment of the Zhongtiao Mountain Guerrilla Command in Zhongtiao Mountain."

"Deploy two field supplementary regiments and an artillery regiment as the basis to form a guerrilla headquarters."

"Under the establishment of the Zhongtiao Mountain Headquarters, two guerrilla groups can be organized."

"At the same time, Chen Ziyun was appointed as the commander of the Zhongtiao Mountain Guerrilla Command, responsible for leading the operations of each regiment."

Ouyang He took the telegram and continued to report.

After Chu Yunfei and others heard the contents of the telegram, they actually smiled.

After all, there has been no response from the two theater commanders for several days in a row, and they thought the higher-ups would not approve the expansion.

But what they didn't expect was that the capital not only agreed to expand, but also provided a guerrilla headquarters.

You must know that this guerrilla headquarters can be large or small. Although the establishment of five regiments is stipulated, there is no big limit on the number of guerrilla troops.

Chen Ziyun took the message and read it, with a thoughtful expression on his face.

Immediately afterwards, he began to discuss with Chu Yunfei.He is preparing to take the guerrilla headquarters to Yangcheng and gradually develop the troops with Yangcheng as the core.

At the same time, he will also expand two guerrilla regiments to enhance combat strength.

Chu Yunfei and Fang Ligong approved it directly without any hesitation.

In the following time, Chen Ziyun selected Sun Yu to supplement the first regiment in the field, and Lin Zhiqiang to supplement the second regiment in the field.

In addition, Sun Xiong's third artillery regiment was also mobilized and followed Chen Ming to Yangcheng.

The troops of these three regiments are commanded by Chen Ziyun and are stationed in Yangcheng for defense. Li Chongtao's first brigade, which is stationed in Yangcheng, will withdraw to Zhongtiao Mountain.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, the sky had turned dark, and the headquarters of the North China Front in Hebei Province was located.

A smile appeared on Okamura Neji's face. He came to the station in person to greet the commander of the First Army, Yoshimoto Seiichi.

When commanding the 11th Army to attack Hankou, Okamura Neji and Yoshimoto Teiichi worked hand in hand.

The two of them achieved good results, and they recognized each other's abilities very much.

"Your Excellency, Commander."

Here at the station, after Sadao Yoshimoto got off the bus, he saw Neji Okamura. He walked quickly and saluted.

"Yoshimoto-kun, I never thought that we would be able to fight together again."

"The base camp has selected you to serve as the commander of the First Army. You are truly the most suitable candidate."

"I can rest assured that the First Army will be left to you to command."

Okamura Neji returned the greeting and said with a smile on his face.

Then he took Yoshimoto Seiichi in a car and returned directly to the headquarters.

Until eight o'clock in the evening, after the two had dinner and reminisced about old times, Okamura Neji brought Yoshimoto Teiichi to the map.

"Currently here in Jin Province, what you have to face are mainly the Tubal Road troops active in the occupied areas, as well as the 201st Division and other troops in Zhongtiao Mountain."

"I have prepared relevant information. You can check it carefully at any time. Our current strategy is to defend Zhongtiao Mountain."

"The focus of the operation is on the Tubal Road troops in the occupied areas, and we must focus on carrying out combat strikes against these troops."

"We have achieved some results in the recent battle in northern Shanxi. After you take office, you can strengthen combat strikes to completely eliminate these troops."

"Only by completely annihilating the resistance forces in the occupied areas can the First Army assemble the main force and completely annihilate the Zhongtiaoshan 201 Division and other units."

Okamura Neji pointed at the map, with a serious expression on his face, and gave the order directly.

"Hi, Your Excellency Commander."

"Please rest assured that I will draw up a relatively complete combat plan based on the situation of the First Army."

"We will strive to completely eliminate the resistance forces in the occupied areas before the end of the year, thereby maintaining security in the occupied areas."

Yoshimoto Seiichi had a serious expression on his face and answered immediately.

The two people discussed for a long time in the headquarters until after [-] o'clock in the evening, Yoshimoto Zhenichi took a car and went too far to Jin Province.

While in the car, Yoshimoto Teiichi reviewed the materials prepared by Okamura Neji in detail.

"Chen Ziyun, Chu Yunfei, Li Yunlong."

"I really didn't expect that here in Jin Province, the imperial troops would encounter such a difficult enemy force."

"However, their total strength is still within control. As long as we can gather absolute combat strength, we can still annihilate them."

"As for the Tuba Road in the occupied areas, they are completely vulnerable."

After reading the information, Yoshimoto Sadashi said with a calm expression on his face.

Regarding the next battle in Jin Province, Yoshimoto Teiichi believed that he could take the initiative and completely control the situation.

By early morning on December [-], Yoshimoto Teiichi arrived at Taiyuan. He officially entered the Taiyuan headquarters and began to take over the command of the First Army.

On this day, Yoshimoto Teiichi met with the military headquarters personnel to learn more about their situation.

Because Yoshimoto Teiichi is a staff officer, he attaches great importance to the staff officers around him.

For the Chief of Staff of the First Army, Hanatani Masaru, Yoshimoto Teiichi was obviously not satisfied. He believed that Hanatani Masaru could be responsible for intelligence, but his ability to assist in combat was insufficient.

Of course, when he takes office as a new officer, he cannot directly propose to replace the chief of staff, so he plans to find a professional staff officer to assist him in commanding operations.

So Yoshimoto Sadashi began to learn more about the situation of his subordinate ministries and wanted to find suitable officers.

At this time, Chen Ziyun had already led three regiments of troops to Yangcheng.

At present, a relatively complete defensive position has been built here in Yangcheng. After Chen Ziyun arrived here, he personally inspected it.

It was not until about three o'clock in the morning on the third day that Chen Ziyun deployed two field supplementary regiments in different areas for defense.

As for Sun Xiong's third artillery regiment, the artillery positions were also rebuilt so that they could cover all defensive areas.

As for the expansion of two guerrilla groups, Chen Ziyun has not done it for the time being. After all, there are problems with the troops he has.

The overall combat effectiveness of the two field supplementary regiments is not as good as that of the regular field regiment.

They have never experienced large-scale combat, and these officers and soldiers are not very proficient in the weapons and equipment at hand.

This means that if a larger-scale battle is launched, these two field supplementary regiments will not be able to exert their true combat effectiveness.

So next, Chen Ziyun will focus on training them to enhance their combat effectiveness.

If two guerrilla groups were to be expanded at this time, they would be completely cannon fodder. Chen Ziyun was not willing to let others make sacrifices for no reason.

At noon on December [-], Chen Ziyun found Ding Wei, the leader of the new second regiment.

The New Second Regiment has currently established a guerrilla zone in the area north of Yangcheng, and they have not been idle during this time.

The New Second Regiment attacked one after another and achieved some results.

"Hehehe, Commander Chen, I really didn't expect that we would meet again so soon."

"I won't hide it in front of you, Commander Chen. If Brigadier Li is here, I really don't want to come over."

"Knowing that Commander Chen, your commander, is commanding troops to station in Yangcheng, I can't wait to come here every day."

"Of course, Commander Chen also knows the situation of our troops. There is nothing we can offer. This thing can be regarded as a small amount of courtesy but a heavy weight of affection."

In Yangcheng, Ding Wei had a smile on his face and brought some cans and drinks.

After looking at Chen Ziyun in front of him, Ding Wei said enthusiastically.

You must know that the last time he and Chen Ziyun joined forces to fight, Ding Wei reaped a lot of benefits.

Now that he knows that Chen Ziyun is responsible for the defense of Yangcheng, Ding Wei is naturally the happiest person. (End of chapter)