Chapter 160 Wei Junru personally recommended

The capital of Jin Province is too far away from the headquarters of the First Army.

Outside the war room, Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka stood in front of the map and glanced coldly at the Shannan area.

Then his eyes looked toward northern Shanxi, and he had previously stopped at Xin County and the former Pingcheng area.

The message from the Mongolian Army has already been sent, and they will directly dispatch troops to assist the Harada detachment in withdrawing from the battlefield.

After the Harada detachment evacuates, the First Army's troops in the area will obviously be insufficient.

After all, the independent third mixed brigade will be responsible for the defense of Xin County and other areas in the far north, and the Sato detachment will be organized as the main force of the independent mixed third brigade.

The combat strength of the Muchoteng detachment is only a thousand people, and they are simply unable to undertake any combat missions.

As for whether the independent mixed third brigade needs to be responsible for the defense of different areas, let alone they cannot deploy excess troops.

"Commander Ge Dong, it has been determined whether the Jinsui Army operating in the Xinxian area will be independent of the 48th Brigade."

"The person responsible for commanding the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army in combat is Chen Ziyun, the infantry artillery commander of the 48th Independent Brigade."

"According to the intelligence they have, Chen Ziyun has strong command capabilities in both infantry and artillery command."

"The troops supporting Chen Ziyun's troops in the battle were Li Yunlong's new regiment troops from the Yangcun area."

"Although they have very little accurate information, judging from the command style, Li Yunlong, the leader of the new regiment, must be personally commanding the operation."

"During the battle, Chu Yunfei's 48th Independent Brigade continued to dispatch troops, which enhanced the combat capability of Chen Ziyun's troops."

"As for Li Yunlong's troops, they have absorbed local so-called district squads, county brigade, guerrillas and other local armed forces to expand their strength."

"The current combat strength of the two armies should be around 5,000. Because they have captured a large number of weapons, their overall weapons configuration is very strong."

At this time, the captain of the second class came to Yoshio Shinozuka. He took the document and made a report.

Even though the little devils had excellent intelligence, they didn't know that the main force of the Jinsui Army had withdrawn.

Chen Ziyun asked whether to leave four companies with less than 1,000 troops in the east to prepare for guerrilla warfare.

"Chen Ziyun and Li Yunlong, it turns out that they are not."

"Li Yunlong's ability is indeed outstanding, but that Chen Ziyun is really incredible."

"Originally he thought he was proficient in artillery command, but judging from that battle, he had strong multi-arms combat command capabilities."

"At that point, I'm afraid even if it weren't for Li Yunlong, Chu Yunfei wouldn't be able to compare with him."

"The person who caused the Sato detachment and the Harada detachment to suffer heavy casualties one after another was also Chen Ziyun's unit."

"Although Chu Yunfei is capable, without him, the eastern troops will not undergo drastic changes in a short time."

"It seems that the appearance of Chen Ziyun directly changed Chu Yunfei's army!"

Shinozuka Yoshio's face was gloomy. He took the file and looked at it, and said in a cold tone.

At present, the Moon Army intelligence agency has obtained relevant information about Chen Ziyun, but from that information, they cannot tell how good Chen Ziyun is.

Chen Ziyun, a native of Shanxi Province, applied for the Army Artillery College because of his military school experience.

Later, because of the people from Shanxi Province, more artillery units were added to the Shanxi-Sui Army.

After graduation, he was directly assigned to serve in the artillery unit of the Shanxi-Sui Army.

"Chen Ziyun first served as a second lieutenant platoon leader and lieutenant deputy company commander in the Shanxi-Sui Army Artillery Regiment."

"After Chu Yunfei's 358th regiment organized the artillery battalion, he was directly transferred to serve as the commander of the second company of the artillery battalion."

"During that period, his performance was quite satisfactory. Even outside the artillery school, he did not have outstanding results."

"But in the battle at Cangyunling, Chen Ziyun experienced a huge change. He bombarded the mountain artillery squadron directly under the Bantian Regiment and the Bantian Regiment Headquarters."

"Afterwards, in the defensive operations, he was even more arrogant. Under his command, the artillery of the Shanxi-Sui Army played a huge role."

"In the two battles of Yangcun, whether the Bufan defeated the Yamamoto special forces or annihilated them... he also played a decisive role in severely damaging the fourth independent mixed brigade."

Chief of Staff Hideyoshi Kusuyama looked at Yoshio Shinozuka and told Chen Ziyun's relevant resume.

Yoshio Shinozuka nodded thoughtfully. He knew clearly that the changes in Chu Yunfei's troops were not caused by Chen Ziyun at all.

If you want to completely defeat Chu Yunfei's 48th Independent Brigade, you must deal with Chen Ziyun.

Otherwise, even if Chu Yunfei's troops were hit to a certain extent, Chen Ziyun would not be able to quickly restore their combat effectiveness.

Of course, as far as the First Army Headquarters is concerned, the most important thing in the eyes is how to solve the problems after the departure of the Harada detachment.

After all, once the Harada detachment leaves, the defenses of Xin County and Yuan Ping City will be empty, and they may be attacked at any time, thus causing serious problems.

"Those troops were wrongly allocated and need to wait until the end of the battle in the southern Shanxi region before they can conduct combat deployment."

"Once the Harada detachment leaves, the defenses of Xin County and Yuan Ping City will be very empty. With the strength of Chen Ziyun's troops, they can recapture them at any time."

"If they take over the area, even if it's only for a short time, it will have a greater impact on them and the consequences will be very serious."

"It will even lead to a major change of blood in the First Army, so Yandong and the others must ensure the absolute safety of Xin County and Yuan Pingcheng."

Yoshio Shinozuka picked up the baton, pointed at Xin County and other locations and said.

Kusuyama Hideyoshi and the first section chief looked at each other, and both of them fell into deep thought at the same time.

It didn't take long before Kusuyama Hideyoshi came up with some combat suggestions.

He took the baton and spoke his mind.

The reason why the First Army achieved significant results in southern Shanxi was because it was reinforced by artillery from the Kwantung Army.

But now those artillery pieces are completely useless without shells and subsequent replenishment.

The offensive strength of the First Army in Southern Shanxi was significantly weakened, and the concept of the Qingqi War they wanted to complete was completely a dream.

Therefore, Kusuyama Hideyoshi suggested that the attacking troops in southern Shanxi be withdrawn and a small number of troops left in the east to continue to contain them.

After those troops withdraw, can they deploy some of their forces to strengthen the defense of the area to the far north?

Now the First Army just wants to ensure the safety of the Zhailu District in Xin County. As for attacking the 48th Independent Brigade and other units, it can wait until the southern Shanxi operation is completely over.

"Deploy a section of the 36th Division, the 37th Division, and the 41st Division to the Zhongtiao Mountain Wei Junru troops to continue to contain the attack."

"At the same time, one of them will be transferred to advance to the Jinzhong area and assume the defense and garrison tasks of the Jinzhong area."

"The main force of the three divisions will be responsible for the defense of Zhailu District in southern Shanxi."

"In that case, they can mobilize the independent mixed ninth brigade, advance to the far north, and combine with the independent mixed third brigade for defensive operations."

"And they can deploy troops directly under the army to strengthen them to ensure that they have stronger defensive capabilities."

Kusuyama Hideyoshi pointed at the map and expressed his battle ideas.

Originally, the Little Devils had three divisions and four combined brigades, but whether they formed an independent fourth brigade were completely annihilated.

Of course, the Moon Army did not dare to bear that defeat. They mistakenly publicized that the independent mixed fourth brigade was severely damaged.

The new independent mixed fourth brigade is currently being organized in Ji Province, and the North China Front Army Depot will deploy soldiers, weapons and equipment to provide support.

With one brigade missing, the First Army was stretched thin.

In particular, they need to mobilize troops to attack Zhongtiao Mountain, which leaves many of their occupied areas with very weak defenses.

The 16th independent mixed brigade is responsible for the occupied area in eastern Shanxi, and the 9th independent mixed brigade is not only responsible for central Shanxi, but also wants to send a unit to advance to southern Shanxi.

The third independent mixed brigade will be responsible for the defense to the north of Taiyuan, but their three independent garrison brigades will be mobilized to form the Sato detachment.

Now that the Sato detachment has been hit hard, it means that the third independent mixed brigade has been hit hard.

Under such circumstances, if the First Army wanted to strengthen its defense in the far north, it could deploy the attack force in southern Shanxi.

After Yoshio Shinozuka listened to Chief of Staff Kusuyama Hideyoshi's combat suggestions, he pondered for a while and was forced to nod in agreement to come to Japan.

The First Army Headquarters began to issue a series of combat orders to the east, and the communications troops began to convey them to various departments.

For a time, the main force of the Yuan army fighting in Zhongtiao Mountain in southern Shanxi dispatched troops to withdraw.

Wei Junru's eastern troops discovered that the Moon troops had withdrawn, and they even began to organize certain combat counterattacks.

And Wei Junru, who was at the commander's headquarters of the First War Zone in Western Henan, did not receive the report immediately.

"Chief Guard, a message has been sent from the front line, and the Moon Army troops that launched an attack in the Zhongtiao Mountain area have been withdrawn one after another."

"Although they have left their troops in the east to continue fighting, if they attack the troops now, they will no longer be able to pose a threat to them."

"Based on the information they currently have, Chu Yunfei's 48th Independent Brigade dispatched troops to take the initiative, and infantry artillery commander Chen Ziyun personally directed the operation."

"Although the Yue army organized two detachments to fight, Chen Ziyun commanded the troops to cooperate with the East on the first section of the Eighth Route, which caused heavy casualties to the Yue army."

"At this time, the Yue army has withdrawn its troops in southern Shanxi. It seems that it plans to strengthen the defense in the northern Shanxi area."

"Didn't I expect that Chu Yunfei and Chen Ziyun would be able to provide them with such strong support in that battle?"

"Please tell me that they did not coordinate the battle in northern Shanxi. The main force of the Yue army will definitely not give up the battle easily."

The theater chief of staff Guo Guangxi quickly came to Wei Junru and said with an expression of surprise on his face.

Wei Junru and Guo Guangxi noticed Chu Yunfei and Chen Ziyun very early, and they also specially trained them.

Can the 358th Regiment expand to the 48th Independent Brigade? Will Wei Junru make a great contribution to it?
To be continued...