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

The North China Front Army Headquarters was still intoxicated with joy. They believed that the 53rd Division and other units were fully qualified for later combat tasks.

Okamura Neiji is also absolutely sure that he can rely on the 52nd Division, 53rd Division and other troops to completely eliminate the stubborn resistance forces entrenched in Nakatō Mountain.

He even began to imagine that after solving Zhongtiao Mountain, he would continue to move south with the North China Front as the main force, thereby completely ending all operations in the pass.

It's just that the little devils have a good idea, but in fact they have no conditions to implement the large-scale operation they planned.

By April 43, the Japs were already at a disadvantage in fighting in the Pacific.

The Japanese navy vowed to win the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. They believed that they had achieved an overwhelming victory.

But only a few sober people understand that, as Yamamoto Isoroku said, they just awakened the sleeping giant.

Starting in 42, the Japanese Navy suffered successive defeats, and battleships, destroyers, and aircraft carriers were lost one after another.

You must know that the little devils have limited resources and they cannot quickly replenish various ships, which results in them having no advantage.

At this time, facing a multi-front battle, the little devil was already defeated.

Now let alone them continuing to launch large-scale operations, even if they want to maintain the situation, it will be difficult.

Around April 10th, the base camp began to send secret messages, canceling the carefully planned Operation No. 5.

After Neji Okamura got the news, he was very shocked.

Canceling the operation is not only equivalent to losing the opportunity to end the operation within the pass.

At the same time, Okamura Neji could also realize that the fate of defeat seemed to have hung over the little devil.

As night falls, the lanterns are turned on, in the headquarters of the North China Front.

Chief of Staff Adachi twenty-three, Deputy Chief of Staff Nakanishi Sadaki led the staff around the sand table.

Looking at the North China area they controlled, these staff officers couldn't help but feel desolate in their hearts.

The huge North China region was not only unable to be digested, but also became a stumbling block for them.

They continue to invest troops to strengthen security here, and want to completely control this place, making the North China region a base like outside the customs, and continuously providing combat resources.

But it has been six years now, and they have never been able to control North China. On the contrary, they continue to suffer losses here.

Even now, military division-level troops such as Chen Ziyun, Chu Yunfei, and Li Yunlong have become a thorn in their side, which they cannot solve at all.

"The base camp requires us to continue to strengthen security in the occupied areas to ensure absolute control over the occupied areas."

"We must intensify our attacks on the resistance forces in the occupied areas so that they cannot pose a threat to us."

"In addition, the enemy forces entrenched in Zhongtiao Mountain and other areas must be completely annihilated, thereby damaging the enemy's morale."

"Chen Ziyun, Chu Yunfei, Li Yunlong and other troops continued to fight and dealt us heavy blows several times."

"The results they obtain one after another will strengthen the resistance troops' fighting faith and improve their morale."

"Even the Jinsui Army, which originally did not dare to confront us, has the idea of ​​​​fighting us."

"This kind of thing must never happen again."

"No matter what, before the end of the year, we will once again level the Zhongtiao Mountain area and annihilate all enemy troops here."

At eight o'clock, Okamura Neji pointed to the Nakajo Mountain area on the sand table and said with a serious expression on his face.

"Hi, Your Excellency, Commander." The nearby staff officers agreed one after another.

Immediately afterwards, they began to formulate relevant plans based on combat requirements.

Okamura Neji took a deep breath and slowly came to the window.

He glanced outside. It was still a little cool in the April night.

"Anda-kun, we...we will definitely win the final victory!"

After pondering for a while, Okamura Neji looked at Adachi Twenty-san, the chief of staff beside him, and said with some hesitation. Anda Twenty-three lowered his head and remained silent. He could not answer this question.

The battle here is like a swamp, and the little devil is getting deeper and deeper.

When they wanted to pull away, they found that they were deeply entangled.

A large number of troops had to stay here to continue fighting, and they fought to achieve results.

The Japs can still capture towns and achieve results.

However, continuous tactical success cannot make up for strategic failure.

This year was a turning point. The little devil was already on the road to defeat.

At this time in Jincheng, the Zhongtiao Mountain guerrilla headquarters is here.

The 53rd Division was repulsed and suffered casualties in various units, but they quickly replenished and immediately restored their due strength.

The positions of Li Yunlong and others have changed a lot. The original Iron Triangle members have all served as detachment leaders.

Ding Wei's guerrilla detachment, Li Yunlong's independent detachment, and Kong Jie's northern Henan detachment.

These three detachments all maintain division-level establishments. Among them, Li Yunlong's independent detachment has the largest number of troops, with a total of 10,000 people!

In Lao Li's words, he, the detachment leader, is actually the division commander.

The subordinate detachments of Ding Wei and Kong Jie each have about 8,000 troops.

In terms of weapons and equipment, they are also quite good, basically all Japanese-style weapons.

It was around eleven o'clock in the evening, and the small room was crowded with people.

"Ziyun."

"Master's seat."

The commander of the 201st Division, Chu Yunfei, also came here with his chief of staff Fang Ligong. There had been great conflicts between the two divisions, and they had even gone to war with each other.

But now after the two people met, they looked at each other, smiled, and hugged each other directly. After all, they were brothers who had fought bloody battles together, and they could put aside any grudges.

Chen Ziyun did not ask too much about the situation of the 201st Division, and Chu Yunfei did not mention the previous conflicts.

A group of people gathered together, and rich food was already prepared.

"Hehehe, do you see, we still have to unite, otherwise we will definitely suffer."

"Now the little devils regard us as a serious enemy, and the troops sent here are becoming more and more powerful."

"If we hadn't united quickly this time and fought desperately, we might have been defeated."

"I think we have to fight together in the future. If anything happens, we don't even need to say hello. As long as the little devils come, we will fight them."

"Of course, let's rest for a while. Even if the little devils don't come to trouble us, we still have to make trouble for them."

Li Yunlong took a sip of authentic Fenjiu, showed his big yellow teeth, and said happily.

"Lao Li, you have a big appetite."

"Usually you always think about commanding us, but now you still want to command so many troops."

"You, Mr. Li, don't even know a few Chinese characters, but you still want to command army-level troops in combat."

"With so many troops entrusted to you, can you mobilize them in an orderly manner?"

Ding Wei looked at Li Yunlong and said with a smile on his face.

Not to mention anything else, there are more than 20,000 in the three detachments.

Counting Chen Ziyun and Chu Yunfei's troops, these troops are completely enough for a group army. (End of chapter)