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

On February 53, Lieutenant General Shiro Baba, commander of the Japanese rd Division, began to command the troops to launch operations.

The little Japanese troops started setting off at four o'clock in the morning. They assembled directly from Luzhou City and then divided into two groups to fight.

At present, Ding Wei's guerrilla detachment is mainly active in Laoxiong Mountain, Cilin Mountain, Langgong Mountain and other areas south of Luzhou City.

Usually they would station here, looking for opportunities to launch guerrilla operations to attack the Japanese and puppet troops.

There is Taiyue Mountain to the west of this highland, and Taihang Mountain to the east. It can be advanced and attacked, and retreated and defended.

When the 41st Infantry Division was responsible for the defense of Luzhou City, they also sent troops to specifically attack Ding Wei's detachment, but nothing was gained.

Instead, they were hit one after another, and their losses continued to increase.

Up to now, the 41st Division has no way to deal with Ding Wei's detachment. They can only rely on Luzhou City for defense.

However, as the 53rd Division began to switch defenses with the 41st Division, the 53rd Division began to perform mopping up operations.

Lieutenant General Shiro Baba, the commander of the division, has great confidence in the next battle. In his opinion, he is fully capable of achieving final victory.

Counting all the personnel in the 53rd Division, there are a total of people!

But this time, Baba Shiro did not hesitate at all, and all the main forces of the division went out to fight.

The 151st Regiment and the Heavy Troops Regiment are responsible for staying in Luzhou City and other occupied areas, while all other troops attack.

Currently, they are using the 119th Regiment, attached to the Fourth Battalion of the Field Artillery Regiment, to attack Cilin Mountain and Langgong Mountain.

As for the division's main force, the 128th Regiment, the Engineer Regiment, the Search Regiment, and the Field Artillery Regiment, they are attacking areas such as Laoxiong Mountain.

The little devils dispatched tens of thousands of troops this time, and they did not have any concerns and directly divided their troops to fight.

Shiro Baba has been the division commander of the 53rd Division for some time, and he knows this unit very well.

The division was formed from the left-behind soldiers of the 16th Division. After the formation, they transferred a considerable number of officers and soldiers from the 16th Division for reinforcement.

They have strong combat capabilities, and their combat effectiveness is only slightly weaker than the elite standing divisions.

There is a big gap between the garrison division, the security division and other units.

In terms of weapons and equipment, they have already eliminated the Type 38 rifles and crooked light machine guns, and instead adopted Type 99 rifles and light machine guns.

Although its field artillery wing continues to be dominated by Type 75 artillery, it has been strengthened with twelve Type MM field guns.

The Type 90 field gun has a range of more than 10,000 meters and has strong lethality.

And when using armor-piercing projectiles, it also has considerable armor-piercing capabilities and can effectively hit armored targets.

The fourth field artillery brigade attached to the 119th Regiment is equipped with Type field artillery.

At six o'clock in the morning, before the sky became completely bright, a cold wind blew through, and the air was obviously chilly.

The 119th Infantry Regiment marched very fast, and at this time they had arrived at the area north of Cilin Mountain.

The captain of the Colonel-General was very cunning. He arranged for the troops to advance covertly and walk around the village as much as possible to ensure the whereabouts of the troops.

After arriving in the Cilin Mountain area, the captain of the Colonel Corps decisively commanded the troops to control several villages.

Under the coercion and inducement of the little devils, some people were forcibly taken away to serve as guides.

Around 119:, the th Infantry Regiment gradually began to advance towards Cilin Mountain.

The first battalion at the forefront has already formed a battle formation.

Twelve Type 75 MM field guns also constructed artillery positions and prepared for bombardment.

Two or three artillery observation posts were established at different locations to closely monitor the dynamics of Cilin Mountain.

These observation posts will provide accurate shooting elements for artillery positions to ensure that artillery units can effectively support infantry operations.

The overall deployment of the little devil was very appropriate, with almost no loopholes. If we simply deal with Ding Wei's detachment, with their strength, they can completely fight a battle of annihilation.

But the little devil didn't know that Chen Ziyun and others had already made arrangements.

In a short period of time, Chen Ziyun arranged for Zhou Wenbo's second artillery regiment to secretly move to the high ground.

Twenty Soviet-style 76.2MM field guns rushed to support Ding Wei's detachment in the operation.

Li Yunlong also directly transferred the Kongjie Independent Regiment to strengthen the operations of Ding Wei's detachment.

Chen Ziyun, Li Yunlong, and Ding Wei have already discussed it.

No matter how much was captured in this battle, they were all given to Kong Jie.

Kong Jie's second regiment will soon be transferred to the northern Henan region to form the northern Henan detachment, and Kong Jie will also take office immediately as the detachment leader of the northern Henan detachment.

Under such circumstances, Chen Ziyun and others wanted to prepare a big gift for Kong Jie.

"Captain, the Japs are here. There are quite a few troops. There are more than a thousand of them advancing towards Cilin Mountain."

"The Seventh Battalion Commander called and asked if they wanted to start a fight over there, or if they should wait until the little Japs get close and then carry out the attack."

"Captain, the weapons and equipment of these little devils are not bad. If we can capture them, our strength will be improved a lot."

"We are going to the northern Henan region soon. We have to accumulate some wealth in advance, otherwise we will not have any confidence when we arrive in the northern Henan region."

Soon, the regiment chief of staff came to Kong Jie and reported hurriedly.

The Kong Jiexin Second Regiment is currently stationed in Cilin Mountain and Langgong Mountain for defense.

In addition, the Zhou Wenbo Artillery Regiment also deployed an artillery battalion here with ten Soviet-style field guns for support.

Kong Jie was holding his pipe and stood in front of the map and looked at it, with a thoughtful expression on his face.

"Commander Chen has repeatedly emphasized that the little devils who attacked from Luzhou City this time are not good."

"This is an elite unit of the Japs. Its strength is similar to that of a permanent division."

"Tell the commander of the seventh battalion that if the little devil attacks all the main forces, he will be beaten hard by me."

"But if it's a probing attack, hold on tight and don't expose your firepower easily."

"We want to obtain the results of the battle, and we also need the weapons and equipment of the Japs, but the casualties and losses cannot be too many."

After Kong Jie thought for a while, he gave the order directly.

"Yes, commander." The chief of staff agreed immediately without any hesitation.

In the following time, the Independent Regiment began to engage in a certain-scale battle with the 119th Regiment of the Little Devils in Cilin Mountain.

At first, the Japs conducted a probing attack, so not many troops were invested.

The Independent Regiment defended cautiously and repelled its troops one after another.

At around eight o'clock in the morning, the first brigade of the 119th Wing began an all-out attack.

Fierce gunfire sounded, and there was thick smoke everywhere in Cilin Mountain.

The troops of the Seventh Battalion of the Independent Regiment relied on their terrain advantages and launched a tenacious defense, blocking the attacks of the Japanese troops time and time again.

By nine o'clock, the angry little devil began to dispatch the artillery units directly under the regiment to join the battle.

As the artillery unit entered the battle, the Seventh Battalion was under certain pressure.

It was at this time that the main force of the 53rd Division, under the command of Shiro Baba, had captured Yincheng Town and Xihuo Town east of Laoxiong Mountain!

Immediately afterwards, the little devil began to attack Laoxiong Mountain with all his strength. (End of chapter)