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

The Japanese First Army Headquarters implemented the North China Front combat order, and Lieutenant General Commander Yoshimoto Sadichi personally came to the battlefield for deployment.

Nagano Yuichiro's 37th Division will set off from the Jiangcheng area and directly attack Yangcheng.

The 41st Division of Qingshui Rule will start from the Luzhou City area, go directly south, pass through Laoxiong Mountain and other highlands, and directly attack Jincheng.

As for the 36th Division troops of Jingguan Ren, they naturally have to undertake the task of attacking Zhongtiao Mountain to contain the 201st Division, an independent detachment.

Considering that the troops in the Taiyue Mountain area previously went south to fight, they carried out combat strikes in the Zijin Mountain and Jiangcheng areas.

The First Army Headquarters also made targeted deployments. Yoshimoto Teiichi requested the 69th Division be deployed in the Pingyang City area in southern Shanxi.

As well as the 59th Division troops deployed in the eastern Shanxi region, troops were deployed to conduct containment operations against Taiyue Mountain to ensure that the Taiyue Mountain troops were contained.

For a time, the main forces of the Little Japanese First Army were mobilized one after another, and they began to focus on fighting in the southern Shanxi area.

The purpose is to attack the 210th Division with all its strength, the independent detachment.

Of course, they also want to directly capture Jincheng Yangcheng this time in order to maintain absolute combat suppression of Zhongtiao Mountain.

As for the North China Front Army Headquarters, it will naturally continue to command the main force of the 110th Division, as well as the 21st and 27th Divisions fighting in central Hebei.

This time they want to completely eliminate all base areas in the central Hebei region and annihilate all resistance combat forces here.

Fighting here in the northern Henan region, the North China Front Army has great expectations for the 18th Regiment.

However, Okamura Neiji still adopts a relatively conservative approach to fighting here.

That is, the 18th Regiment and other troops maintained suppression of Chen Ziyun and other troops, but they could not take too many risks to prevent excessive casualties in the troops.

The First Army is fighting here in Shanxi Province to assist in fighting in the northern Henan region, hoping to attract some troops from the northern Henan region to return for reinforcements.

The various units of the Little Japanese Army began to prepare for combat, but in the early morning of May 11th, Chen Ziyun had already commanded all units to go into action.

Chen Ziyun personally commanded the first brigade, the second artillery regiment, and the first guard regiment to secretly advance towards Yuanyang City.

Li Yunlong commanded a new regiment and quickly advanced towards the Makino City area. They wanted to contain the 110th Regiment in the Makino City area.

In addition, they are also responsible for blocking the howitzer troops to prevent the howitzer troops from getting together with the Japs in Makino Castle.

The main force of the guard regiment is deployed in San Duong City, responsible for the rear guard of various ministries. In addition, they also need to maintain contact with the two guerrilla groups in Hanoi County.

Chen Ziyun's battle plan this time is still very risky.

The First Brigade had suffered casualties before. At this time, three of their regiments went to Yuanyang City to fight the 18th Regiment. It was definitely a tough battle.

"Brother Ziyun, how about we switch? You command the first brigade to Makino City, and I take the new regiment to Yuanyang City."

"I want to continue to compete with elites like the 18th Wing to avenge our shame."

"And speaking of it, your brother Ziyun's commanding ability is absolutely correct, but the first brigade troops..."

"When it comes to fighting willpower, we are absolutely very determined. We are still very good at fighting such tough battles."

"Brother Ziyun, let's switch. Don't worry, we, Lao Li, are not the kind of people who only care about eating meat for themselves."

"As long as there is meat to eat here in Yuanyang City, I will contact you as soon as possible."

When the troops launched their operation, Li Yunlong deliberately found Chen Ziyun.

The new regiment of troops is ready, and they have not set off towards Makino Castle for the time being.

Li Yunlong felt that Chen Ziyun had strong commanding ability, but the troops under his command were the Shanxi-Sui Army troops after all.

Especially now that the First Brigade has not been under the command of Chen Ziyun for a long time, their fighting will will definitely not be comparable to that of their new regiment.

And for the elite 18th Regiment, Li Yunlong is still willing to fight. He wants to prove the true strength of his new regiment.

"Brother Yunlong, it's not easy for you to go to Makino City. The howitzer unit must have escorts."

"In this case, you will not only have to contain the Makino City 110th Regiment, but also deal with the howitzer unit, which will be very stressful."

"Don't worry, there will definitely be no problem with the First Brigade. Even if they don't have the ability to annihilate the 18th Regiment, they can still achieve results."

"Okay, Brother Yunlong, we will discuss it carefully after the battle is over. Time is running out now, so we should march with the troops immediately."

With a serious expression on his face, Chen Ziyun hurriedly said to Li Yunlong beside him.

When Li Yunlong heard these words, he didn't say anything more. He quickly returned to the army and began to command the troops to advance towards the Makino City area.

As time passed, the sky gradually became brighter, around seven o'clock in the morning.

At this time, the howitzer troops acting as decoys were still marching unhurriedly on the Ping-Han Railway.

Their 600-man troops advanced easily, and even continued to move after breakfast in the morning.

Yamamoto Kazuki, captain of the Special Agent Regiment, personally commanded more than a thousand troops and was secretly escorting them.

As long as there are troops who want to launch combat operations against the howitzer units, the special agent wing will definitely take action as soon as possible.

However, the Japanese army's intentions have long been seen through by Chen Ziyun, so no troops have taken action until now.

The little Japanese troops gradually realized that something was wrong, and Yamamoto Kazuki began to generate electricity and contact the front army headquarters.

After Okamura Neiji received the report, he knew that no troops attacked the howitzer unit even at night.

He also immediately realized that Chen Ziyun might have seen through their plan.

So Okamura Neiji quickly issued a combat order here. He asked Yamamoto Kazuki to command the troops to directly meet with the howitzer troops, and then quickly advanced towards Yuanyang City. After escorting the howitzers to Yuanyang City, Yamamoto Kazuki commanded The troops continued to return to the Taihang Mountain area.

At eight o'clock in the morning, Yamamoto Kazuki commanded more than a thousand troops and met directly with the howitzer troops. They began to march towards Yuanyang City.

But they didn't know that Li Yunlong had already commanded the troops to advance to the Makino City area.

They quickly seized favorable terrain and set up blocking positions.

Deputy commander Xing Zhiguo commanded the mountain artillery battalion, which was attached to the third battalion and the fourth battalion to set up blocking positions north of Makino City to prevent the howitzer troops from entering Makino City.

Li Yunlong commanded the 110st Battalion, nd Battalion, and Artillery Battalion to set up positions south of Makino City to prevent the th Regiment from going south to support the Yuanyang City operation.

As for Chen Ziyun, he has already commanded the first brigade and the second artillery regiment arrived at Yuanyang City.

Chen Ziyun came to Yuanyang City in advance under the escort of Duan Peng's combat platoon. He carefully inspected the situation in Yuanyang City.

When Chen Ziyun returned to the temporary base of the First Brigade, he was deeply shocked.

The 18th Regiment repelled Li Yunlong's new regiment and Li Chongtao's first brigade one after another.

But they did not relax at all, and built a complete defensive position here in Yuanyang City.

From main positions to security positions, patrol units, etc., the 18th Wing has everything deployed.

It can be seen that these standing elite field regiments that have experienced large-scale operations still have high combat literacy.

Even if they achieved results, even if they did not take the 201st Division and other troops seriously, they would still maintain their due combat status.

This kind of army is the most terrifying. Chen Ziyun originally wanted to find a defensive loophole in the 18th Regiment to attack, but unfortunately there was no defensive loophole in Yuanyang City.

If the First Brigade troops were to attack, they could only fight by force.

"The situation is far more complicated than we imagined. We must first set up positions for defense and pay close attention to the situation of the little Japs in Yuanyang City."

"In addition, we maintain contact with detachment leader Li Yunlong and inform each other of the combat situation at any time."

"The Second Artillery Regiment sets up artillery positions, making sure they are completely concealed to prevent bombing attacks by the little devils."

"Brigade Commander Li, Commander Wu, Commander Shi, you must be mentally prepared for this battle and fight a tough battle."

After arriving at the brigade headquarters, Chen Ziyun looked at Li Chongtao and others and said with a serious expression on his face.

"Yes, Commander Chen." Li Chongtao and others agreed immediately.

At nine o'clock in the morning, the Little Devils dispatched four reconnaissance planes and went directly to the skies over the northern Henan area to conduct detailed reconnaissance.

By around ten o'clock, the howitzers escorted by Yamamoto Kazuki had appeared at the blocking position deployed by the new regiment on the north side of Makino Castle.

Xing Zhiguo has also been in battle for a long time, and he is an old comrade with Li Yunlong and others.

There is still no problem in commanding the troops to fight, but at this time they are facing a force of more than 1,000 people from the special agent wing, and they are inevitably under pressure.

The combat effectiveness of the special agent wing exceeds that of the special operations wing, and Kazuki Yamamoto's commanding ability is also very strong.

But this time, they were escorting twelve howitzers.

The Little Devil reconnaissance plane has contacted various ministries in detail and reported the general situation in the northern Henan region.

Therefore, Kazuki Yamamoto knew that there were blocking positions in the north and south areas of Makino Castle, and he also contacted the Major Captain of the Howitzer Unit as soon as possible.

The artillery major captain began to direct the troops to set up artillery positions, and four howitzers also began to be pulled from the vehicle.

After entering the artillery position, the Japanese artillery troops began to be busy.

Its artillery observation team began to advance forward and set up an artillery observation post.

The communications troops immediately set up telephone and radio contact methods to ensure that the observation post can communicate with the artillery position at any time.

At around 10:30, the thousand-man troops of the Special Agent Wing began to dispatch. They opened up the skirmisher line and gradually advanced towards the blocking position.

It was at this time that the Little Japanese howitzer began to conduct test firings.

A grenade was fired towards the position, but the grenade landed on the west side of the position.

In an instant, with a deafening explosion, a huge crater appeared in the open space on the west side.

Dust was flying all over the sky, and thick smoke enveloped the area.

When the soldiers saw this scene, they couldn't help but widen their eyes and show expressions of surprise. This was the first time they had seen such a battle.

"This... what kind of artillery is this? It's too noisy."

"Good guy, with such a big crater, this artillery is too powerful."

The soldiers said curiously, but soon, the little devil's shells hit the position.

After the test firing, the little devil began to conduct verification firing, and the four howitzers began to fire at the same time.

A lieutenant squadron leader carefully observed the impact point of the bullet through the artillery mirror. At about 10:40, the four howitzers began to fire.

Four howitzers launched bombardments one after another, and in a short period of time, forty rounds of grenades were fired towards the position.

The Type 105 grenade launched by the Xiaoguizi Type MM howitzer weighs kilograms and has a killing radius of more than meters.

Although only forty rounds landed on the position, they still brought great destructive power to the position.

Xing Zhiguo hurriedly mobilized his troops for defense, but the twelve 75MM mountain cannons they equipped were obviously not enough.

These mountain gates cannot be shelled. After all, if they are exposed, they will definitely become live targets for the Japanese howitzers.

Around eleven o'clock, the troops from both sides started a fierce battle.

Heavy bullets and grenades were fired one after another, causing casualties on both sides.

Regardless of the third battalion of the New Regiment, the fourth battalion is on the defensive side and has an advantage.

But facing a thousand-man special agent unit, they were still under great pressure.

In particular, the Little Japanese howitzers shelled from time to time, and the grenades hit them one after another, which had a great impact on them.

The firepower points were destroyed one after another, which allowed the special agent wing to continue to advance forward.

Fortunately, after receiving the report at this time, Li Yunlong came to the position immediately.

He raised his telescope to check the situation on the battlefield and immediately evacuated the mountain artillery battalion from the battlefield.

Xing Zhiguo led the mountain artillery battalion and began to move towards the southern blocking position, while Li Yunlong personally directed the third and fourth battalions in combat.

"Lao Xing is as stupid as Kong Er, they are both stubborn."

"What kind of positional warfare is this? We are deployed here to fight. This is not a competition between a beggar and the Dragon King."

"Our little possessions cannot compare with howitzers."

"The 105MM howitzer is a damn treasure."

"This thing is even more powerful than the 100MM howitzer we built before!"

"The third battalion commander led his troops to circle back and attack the little devil."

"The fourth battalion commander, lead the troops to conduct guerrilla warfare directly, find the location of their howitzers, and try to kill a few of his howitzers."

"Of course, if you have this ability, you might as well get me two howitzers."

Li Yunlong came to the position and decisively issued the combat order.

The troops of the third and fourth battalions gradually withdrew from their positions and began to move towards the rear of the little Japanese troops.

The agent wing wanted to pursue, but these troops moved quickly, and they were able to disperse and retreat.

After Kazuki Yamamoto saw these troops dispersed and evacuated, he immediately withdrew the troops and made every effort to ensure the safety of the howitzer troops.

This little Japanese army gradually advanced towards Makino City, but because they were harassed by the third and fourth battalions, their marching speed was not very fast.

It was at this time that the headquarters of the 18th Wing of Yuanyang City was here.

Captain Tanabe Matsutaro, the captain of the Colonel Corps, has received the report. He knows that there are Shanxi-Sui Army troops near Yuanyang City.

At the same time, he also knew that there was a blocking position set up by the Eighth Route Army in the area south of Makino City and north of Yuanyang City, thereby cutting off the connection between the 18th Regiment and the 110th Regiment. At this time, after Tanabe Matsutaro learned the situation in detail, he Have a battle plan. (End of chapter)