Chapter 289 Purple Mountain Defense Battle (please subscribe)

Area west of Jiangcheng, 27th Division Headquarters.

Lieutenant General Nobumasa Tominaga, commander of the division, stood in front of the map with a solemn expression on his face.

Chief of Staff Colonel Fukuda took the telegram and made a report quickly.

Originally, they thought that Chu Yunfei's troops withdrew from the Wenxi City area, possibly to evacuate northward through Li Yuanzhen.

The 27th Division fully implemented the order of the First Army Headquarters. They did not launch an immediate combat strike, but waited and waited.

The Japanese army wanted to wait until the Glory 1st Division moved to the area north of Li Yuanzhen, and then launch a pursuit to completely drive them away from the Zhongtiao Mountain battlefield.

However, what the little devils did not expect was that the Glory First Division directly entered Li Yuanzhen and quickly seized the nearby fortifications.

Even though the Mountain Artillery Regiment of the 27th Division and the artillery battalion of the Royal Association Army assigned to them quickly launched an artillery bombardment.

But now they were unable to stop the Glory 1st Division from setting up positions. Nobumasa Tominaga immediately contacted the military headquarters.

Li Yunlong took the microphone and spoke to Brother Yunfei.

At this point, the east and west areas of Zhongtiao Mountain were directly divided into two parts by the little devil.

Ignoring the Zijin Mountain Highlands and continuing to attack Li Yuanzhen, they will definitely be hit by the northern highlands.

"Although Chu Yunfei and Chen Ziyun's troops have been expanded, our troops have been strengthened and have terrain advantages."

The captain of the Little Japanese Army took out his saber, waved it vigorously, and immediately gave the order to attack.

The 21st Division left one part to garrison Yuanqu City and gained contact with the 41st Division to form an independent ninth brigade.

According to what they said when they encountered a rout, the 80th Army gradually moved toward the southeast of Xia City.

The 48th Independent Brigade, commanded by Chu Yunfei, was stationed in the area south of Li Yuanzhen for defense.

The commander of the 21st Division, Tanaka Kuichi, quickly contacted Kenkichi Ikegami, the commander of the independent mixed ninth brigade, and explained the situation of his division in detail.

Ikegami Kenkichi began to lead his troops to withdraw towards Shunwangping, preparing to assist the main force and completely annihilate the 43rd Army and other troops here.

In the west, there are more than 10,000 independent puppet troops of the 16th Brigade.

Li Yunlong looked at his troops and the little Japanese who were getting closer, and his face blossomed with joy.

In the view of the 27th Division, in such a complicated situation, the 27th Division needs other units to cooperate in operations.

Even the First Army Headquarters has not realized this yet. They think that Zijin Mountain is just a unit of Chu Yunfei.

"This battle is of great importance. There must be no mistakes. Warriors of the empire, kill them all!"

After obtaining the 11th reserve regiment, field artillery battalion, and cavalry battalion, Li Yunlong deployed the main force here in the west of Zijin Mountain.

Of course, Li Yunlong, who was born as a big boss, could not understand this professional knowledge. He just nodded.

The 27th Division also mobilized, and the first section of the Mountain Artillery Regiment began to gradually advance towards Zijin Mountain.

Towering trees block out the sky and the sun, making it impossible to tell the direction in many cases.

When these little devils advanced to a distance of a hundred meters, Li Yunlong took the lead in pulling the trigger of the shell gun.

With highland artillery assisting in the battle, Tominaga Nobumasa was confident that he could completely eliminate the Glory 1st Division troops in the shortest possible time.

After receiving the news, Nobumasa Tominaga had a solemn expression on his face. He quickly mobilized the engineer regiment and quickly advanced towards the Purple Mountain position.

Zhang Wu's cavalry battalion was unable to use its mobility due to its entrenched defense here, so it was also transferred to Zijin Mountain to be on standby.

"Continue to strengthen the position. Don't look at the little devils who are going for Li Yuanzhen's Jinsui army."

But they wanted to attack Zijin Mountain on the northern highland with all their strength. Li Yuanzhen's Jinsui Army troops took the initiative to attack, which was enough for them to drink.

"Purple Mountain only has two to three thousand troops at most. If they are bombed to such a degree, they will definitely suffer heavy casualties."

"Zhuzi, the mountain artillery battery, and the infantry artillery battery are under your command."

The officers and soldiers of the observation team all knew that Li Yunlong had a very good relationship with his regiment leader Chen Ziyun and division commander Chu Yunfei, and they were brothers.

"Old Zhao, have we agreed, but we can't let them open fire in advance."

"But this time, they won't have such a chance. This time we must completely annihilate them."

At seven o'clock in the morning, this small force was completely plunged into chaos.

The mountain artillery battalions and heavy artillery companies under the artillery regiment set up scattered artillery positions and were responsible for supporting operations.

"With a force like the Glory First Division, we need to take the overall situation into consideration during operations. If you only focus on Zhongtiao Mountain, you will definitely suffer."

So he gave them full authority to command their own troops and fight, and he came here in the west to personally command the battle.

After Nobumasa Tominaga learned about the situation on the front line, he looked at the map carefully with a sneer on his face.

Therefore, the First Army Headquarters decisively issued an order, requiring the 36th Division to quickly move south from Wenxi City and continue to enter Zhongtiao Mountain for combat strikes.

The mountain artillery squadron directly under their wing headquarters quickly built artillery positions to provide cover at any time.

Many soldiers paid the price with casualties. At nine o'clock, the bombing ended and the Little Japanese bombers withdrew from the battlefield.

Therefore, they answered all questions raised by Li Yunlong without reservation.

When he learned that there were other troops stationed here at Purple Mountain, Nobumasa Tominaga's face became solemn.

It's just that they don't know that there are two regiments of more than 6,000 troops defending here in the west of Zijin Mountain at this time.

"But if they want to pay tribute to Yuan Zhen, they must take over the high ground here."

Little did they know that there were Eighth Route Army troops and Shanxi-Sui Army troops here in Zijin Mountain at this time, with a total strength of tens of thousands.

As for the Yellow River to the south, the Third Army, 80th Army, and 14th Army in this area have no contact with each other and they are fighting independently.

At eight o'clock in the morning, there were gunfire everywhere in the western part of Zhongtiao Mountain, and the Little Japanese Air Force also continued to attack.

They encountered some defeated troops and also encountered a small Japanese army.

Considering that the Japs were supported by aviation troops, a certain distance was kept between each unit and air-raid shelters were built overnight.

The independent detachment and the Glory First Division have already set up their positions, and they are actively making preparations.

Bomber Team 90 came to the sky above the Purple Mountain and directly launched a carpet bombing.

The 27th Division organized the 10,000-strong garrisoned infantry regiment, the garrisoned infantry 2nd regiment, and the engineer regiment to quickly advance toward the west of Zijin Mountain.

Li Yunlong was even more dazzled when he saw the observation team starting to set up artillery observation posts, range finders, altimetry machines, artillery scopes and other equipment at the front line.

They guarded the Yellow River crossing, and the troops were able to move quickly from the Yellow River crossing.

As for the troops of the 27th Division, they should not attack Li Yuanzhen's Glory 1st Division for the time being. Instead, they should gather their troops to storm Zijin Mountain and seize the Zijin Mountain Highlands.

The military headquarters also responded immediately, and Yoshio Shinozuka requested the 27th Division to immediately launch a combat strike against the 1st Glory Division.

Nobumasa Tominaga had a confident expression on his face and immediately issued the order.

"Otherwise if they attack from east to west, they will be our living targets."

"Not to mention anything else, even the cigarettes on the little devil, that's all good."

Chu Yunfei and Fang Ligong set up a division headquarters and established radio and telephone contact with various departments to maintain smooth communication.

The connection between the Fifth Group Army and the 14th Group Army was completely cut off!

At the same time, they assisted in attacking the infiltration troops in the Henglingguan area, and the paratroopers began to withdraw westward. They wanted to help encircle and annihilate the Third Army and the 80th Army.

"While we're at it, hurry up and reinforce your position and get ready for battle."

"I'm telling you, after daybreak, the Japs will definitely launch an attack on Purple Mountain."

Chu Yunfei did not expect that he would encounter Li Yunlong's troops here, and each one of them called Brother Yunlong more cordially.

To the east, the main force of the 21st Division was rapidly advancing along the north bank.

Positions were built in the north and south areas of Li Yuanzhen, while maintaining close contact with Zijin Mountain.

The Kongjie Independent Regiment and the Ding Weixin Second Regiment are responsible for the defense of the eastern part of Zijin Mountain.

At half past seven, Chen Ziyun began to command the troops to advance toward the southeast of Xiacheng.

Under such circumstances, Tominaga Nobumasa did not immediately issue an attack order.

However, at this time, Zijin Mountain's independent detachment and Li Yuanzhen's Glory First Division had quickly established contact.

"This time I finally seized the opportunity, conveyed my order, and brought the little devil closer to beat him."

"If he hadn't quickly broken through Hengling Pass and quickly moved south towards Yuanqu City, then his fault would have been too great."

After thinking about it, they felt that the Glory First Division might have to support the defenders of Zhongtiao Mountain to break through from the front.

These two regiment leaders are both old comrades of Li Yunlong, and Li Yunlong knows their strength very well.

As for Zhou Wenbo's field artillery camp, Li Yunlong liked it very much.

"Old... detachment leader, don't worry, the artillery will not waste shells." Wang Chengzhu almost shouted out "Old Li".

Of course, at this time, the Little Japanese bombers began to bomb the Li Yuanzhen area, covering the Japanese and puppet troops in the west to contain the main force of the Glory 1st Division.

Of course, the little devils cannot completely seal off the huge Zhongtiao Mountain area.

However, while they were taking action, the commander of the 41st Division, Qing Shuigui, immediately called back and said that they had given up on the Purple Mountain position.
To be continued...