169. Chapter 169 The new regiment mobilized overnight
Chapter 169 The new regiment mobilized overnight
The Eighth Route Army was actively preparing for large-scale raids. They were preparing to carry out combat strikes against the eastern divisions of the North China Front.
That time they wanted to destroy the gun towers and bunkers built by the Moon Army and destroy the railways and roads on which they relied heavily.
In this battle, the Eighth Route Army seeks to completely break the cage policy that the Japs are currently actively implementing.
Shinozuka Yoshio's First Army was obviously unaware of this problem, and they were actively planning a combat strike in the Misyang Village area.
Originally, they had wanted to launch an attack before, but the operations in the Xinxian and Yuanpingcheng areas were delayed.
Now the eastward direction has been completely stabilized, and the Pinghan-Hankou Railway has been completely repaired and has returned to smooth traffic.
The First Army has once again set its sights on the Yangcun area. They are preparing to mobilize troops to launch combat operations to completely annihilate Chu Yunfei and other troops there.
At this time, the East Administrative Forces of the First Army made major adjustments. The three security divisions, the 36th Division, the 37th Division, and the 41st Division, were still deployed in the southern Shanxi area.
The independent mixed third brigade is responsible for the defense of the Yuanping City area and the north of Yuanping City. Have they contacted the 26th Division deployed by the Mongolian Army in Yuncheng, northern Shanxi?
The independent mixed Eighth Brigade has been transferred from the Taiyuan area to the eastern Henan area, and is mainly requested to undertake the defense tasks along the Zhengtai-Taiwan Railway.
Is that unit in contact with the 110th Division, which is directly under the North China Front Army of Hebei Province and is deployed to the west of Zhengding, to ensure safety along the Zhengtai-Taiwan Railway?
If the Ninth Brigade is formed independently, it will not be responsible for the defense of too far away areas.
If the 16th Brigade is independently formed, it will be responsible for the defense near the south of Taiyuan and directly establish contact with the three security divisions in the south.
The Little Devils' troops are quite numerous, including three security divisions and four independent mixed brigades, but they are scattered in different locations in the occupied areas of Jin Province, and their strength is obviously insufficient.
For example, four independent mixed brigades, each of which belongs to an independent infantry brigade, are almost all required to be responsible for the defense of a county.
Those independent infantry brigades are only 800 troops, and they are responsible for the defense of a county. The degree of dispersion of the troops is unknown.
After all, those little devils not only want to be stationed in various areas of the county for defense, but also need to send troops to the bunkers and gun towers along the railways.
This will lead to some serious villages and towns, at most, only about a hundred little devils can be stationed.
And do they have a considerable number of puppet troops in each area to assist in defense?
Of course, despite the relatively scattered strength of the Moon Army, the connections between the various departments are very close.
In addition, can they quickly rely on railways and highways for maneuvers?
In other words, if you want to find a small Japanese army, there may be more than a hundred puppet troops there.
But if we just ask the more than 100 puppet troops to rely on artillery towers, bunkers and fortifications to block the attack, then troops from all directions can rush over quickly to help.
Even the Lunar Army can quickly dispatch aviation units and immediately launch air support.
Therefore, since their forces are scattered, it is not very difficult to deal with them.
Especially in the absence of sufficient heavy weapons, it is not a good choice to launch an attack rashly.
Do the three security divisions and four independent mixed brigades of the First Army fully adopt a defensive strategy?
The directly affiliated mobile combat troops have been independently formed into the Fourth Brigade and are currently assembled in Xin County, too far north.
That force will soon cooperate with the Yamamoto Special Forces to advance to the Yangcun area and directly engage Chu Yunfei, Li Yunlong and other troops in an annihilation operation.
Whether it was possible to kill Chu Yunfei and other troops with one blow, and whether combat discussions could continue at the First Army Headquarters.
They wanted to formulate the most complete combat plan to completely eliminate those troops and avoid accidents from happening again.
During the time we are coming from the east, will the Yangcun area be constantly approached by the Moon and Puppet Army reconnaissance troops?
The Little Japanese Air Force even dispatched one after another, and reconnaissance planes continued to lower their altitudes to take pictures.
The camera carried by the reconnaissance plane took a large number of photos of the terrain positions in the Yangcun area, and then handed them over to the First Army Headquarters for analysis.
Time passed bit by bit, and in August and August, the Eighth Route Army Headquarters began to issue operational orders for the Dongda Campaign.
As the general headquarters' operational orders arrived, each department received more detailed operational tasks.
The troops participating in the war also began to be divided and assigned to different cadres for command.
As for the Zhengtai Railway, the 129th Division will attack the railways in the Shanxi Province area, while the railways in the Hebei Province area will be attacked by the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei regional troops.
Whether the 129th Division was divided into two breakout combat units on the left and right, the Kong Jiexin Second Regiment that was transferred was mobilized again.
Whether the Kongjie Regiment has been assigned to the right sequence of attack operations, they will directly participate in the attack operations.
Brigadier Chen of the 386th Brigade commanded four regiments, including the New 1st Regiment and other troops, and served as the general reserve team for combat operations.
Is Commander Liu a famous military god with outstanding commanding ability?
Can the General Reserve have assembled the best of the current division, and can those troops play a key role in turning the tide of the war?
Needless to say, Lao Li's new regiment has more than 2,000 troops, well-equipped weapons and equipment, and strong combat effectiveness.
In addition to the new regiment, among the four regiment general reserves, there are two old main field regiments, the 769th Regiment and the 772nd Regiment.
These two regiments were the earliest units formed in 1937. Do they have regular units and can they directly receive military pay and supplies from the east?
As for Li Yunlong's new regiment and other troops, although they have numbers, they don't have military pay and supplies, so they can't handle it by themselves.
On the morning of August, the brigade commander's phone call went directly to the New First Regiment in Yangcun.
At ten o'clock in the morning, the new regiment began to mobilize urgently.
According to the brigade commander's order, they advanced to the south of Xin County and to the west of the Tongpu Railway to hide and wait.
The area south of Xin County is naturally not too far away. The brigade commander obviously had some ideas when he deployed Li Yunlong's regiment there.
After receiving the order, Li Yunlong's face was filled with excitement. He led his troops into action overnight.
If the positions left to the east of the New Regiment and the New Second Regiment are vacant, the independent regiment will be responsible for the defense.
In that large-scale battle, the independent regiment obviously had no chance to participate in the battle.
At around 11 o'clock in the morning, the 48th Independent Brigade was stationed.
Night falls, the surroundings are dark, it is August, even in the morning, it is still very hot.
Chen Ziyun, who has lived in two generations, was very unaccustomed to it. He tossed and turned in the heat and never felt sleepy at all.
"Commander Chen, the brigade headquarters has issued an urgent order. Please ask all the officers in the brigade and battalion to go to the brigade headquarters for a meeting as soon as possible."
Not long after, the messenger from the regiment quickly came outside the house and shouted immediately.
When Chen Ziyun heard this, he stood up quickly and without any delay, immediately asked the ordering soldiers to contact the commanders of each battalion.
The four battalion commanders, Wu Ziqiang, Shi Yujian, Zhang Furun and Liang Guoping, began to gather at the regiment headquarters.
Immediately afterwards, Chen Ziyun took them directly on horseback and quickly headed to the brigade headquarters.
By the time they arrived at the brigade headquarters, Qian Bojun had already arrived with the four battalion commanders of the 358th Regiment.
The 358th Regiment is near the brigade headquarters, so they naturally want to go faster.
Of course, the 11th Preparatory Regiment was arranged far away from the brigade headquarters, which does not mean that Chu Yunfei was alienated from Chen Ziyu.
After all, the four battalion commanders of the 358th Regiment are Chu Yunfei's direct confidants, and Qian Bojun, the acting commander, has been completely ignored.
Chu Yunfei arranged the 358th Regiment by his side, so he could naturally command that unit better.
Until now, there is almost no difference between the existence and non-existence of Qian Bojun, the acting leader.
After all the officers were in place, Chu Yunfei picked up a document and read it out in front of everyone.
After application from the Seventh Group Army Headquarters and approval from the Second Theater Command Chief, Fang Ligong, Lieutenant Colonel Staff Director of the Independent 48th Brigade, was promoted to Chief of Staff at the school.
At the same time, Brigade Headquarters Staff Officer Lin Zhiqiang was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel Staff Director of the 48th Independent Brigade.
Hearing the name Lin Zhiqiang, Chen Ziyun checked Yidong specifically.
Looking at Lin Zhiqiang in the lieutenant colonel uniform, Chen Ziyun quickly thought of a very classic scene in the play.
That Lin Zhiqiang is the descendant of Kazuki Tsukiyamamoto in the original drama.
"Everyone, besides announcing the appointments of Chief of Staff Fang and Director Lin, there is one more thing."
"This is an urgent message sent by the headquarters. According to reliable information, it is very likely that the Outer Moon Army will launch a mopping up operation against them in the near future."
"And the Moon Army they faced was not an independent fourth brigade!"
"But based on various intelligence, there have been great changes in that unit. Its combat strength exceeds 8,000 people!"
"They have made good progress in fighting in Hebei and Jin provinces. That unit has strong field capabilities."
Chu Yunfei tapped the table gently, looked at the officers, and said with a serious expression.
Has the Fourth Independent Mixed Brigade of the Moon Army been completely annihilated? Even Major General Shotaro Katayama, the commander of the brigade, was killed.
But if the little Japanese did not admit it, they would say that the independent mixed fourth brigade had suffered heavy losses to cover up the truth of the defeat.
Yan Laoxi is an authentic native of Jin Province, and he knows how to make good plans right from his mother's womb.
He hoped to rely on Chu Yunfei and Chen Ziyun to clear the name of the Jinsui Army and get rid of the bad reputation of the Jinsui Army for not fighting the Japanese.
At the same time, he also prevented the principal from accompanying him from mistrusting him, or even actually mobilizing troops to attack his Shanxi-Sui Army.
On the side of the little devils, Yan Laoxi was not willing to completely anger them. He felt that if the Yue Army tried to attack the Jinsui Army with all its strength, all the money he had would be wiped out.
Now Yan Laoxi has everything he can do, and he doesn't want to offend anyone.
Therefore, when the Fourth Independent Mixed Brigade was annihilated, Yan Laoxi tried his best to control it and did not publicize it in any big way.
Even if someone asked, Yan Laoxi said that the troops had made a lot of gains, but he did not directly admit the annihilation of the independent mixed fourth brigade.
This resulted in the report of Little Devil being recognized by many people.
After all, one regiment of the Jinsui Army and three regiments of the Eighth Route Army joined forces to annihilate an independent mixed brigade of the Yue Army. It is indeed difficult to believe.
"Brigadier, now our brigade has strong soldiers and horses. Although it is not a brigade, its strength in all aspects is not weaker than that of a division."
"Not to mention our Shanxi-Sui Army division, even if it is an elite division of the Central Army, it may not have weapons and equipment like our brigade."
"The little devil's 8,000-man army wants to eat us. It's beyond Hong Yue's dream. They just ask us to rely on that position to hold on, and they won't get the slightest gain."
"That's true. Commander Chen's east artillery battalion has eleven mountain cannons. There are four field cannons directly under the brigade headquarters. The 358th Regiment also has six mountain cannons."
"Not counting the mortars of each battalion, we have twenty-one mountain artillery and field artillery pieces alone, which is equivalent to the size of an artillery regiment."
"What's more, the four battalions of the 358th Regiment have twelve 82MM mortars, and the 11th Reserve Regiment also has six 81MM mortars!"
As Chu Yunfei finished speaking, the officers spoke freely.
As the troops won battles one after another, the 48th Independent Brigade inevitably had some thoughts of underestimating the enemy in the East.
Especially after the reorganization, their overall strength can be greatly supplemented.
The entire brigade's Moon-type 90MM mortars were directly transferred by the Seventh Army Headquarters.
Can those larger caliber mortars be organized into divisional mortar units?
Zhao Yinfu, on the other hand, replenished a batch of 82MM mortars to the 48th Independent Brigade.
Does each infantry battalion of the 358th Regiment currently have three 82MM mortars?
As for each infantry battalion of the 11th Reserve Regiment, there are two captured moon-type 81MM mortars.
After all, Chen Ziyun's 11th Reserve Regiment has an artillery battalion, so will there be any reduction in mortars?
In this way, the two regiments complement each other, and the number of artillery pieces in each regiment is not weak.
The 358th Regiment has six mountain guns and twelve 82MM mortars.
The 11th Reserve Regiment has six 81MM mortars and 11 mountain guns.
The brigade is directly under the jurisdiction of four field guns and four infantry guns (the guard company and the east cavalry company are under the machine gun platoon).
The whole brigade has forty-three Zhiwan cannons. Such a configuration is absolutely perfect.
Precisely because of this, the officers felt that ordinary little devils would never be able to defeat the 48th Independent Brigade.
"Everyone, although they have won battles one after another, they are still good and weak."
"Every time they fought, there were certain casualties. Please tell me about the weapons and equipment. They are indeed capable, but they are not capable of fighting alone. They are not even as good as the Eighth Route Army."
"It is said that arrogant soldiers will be defeated. If you have won a few battles and thus underestimated the Yuan army, they will definitely be defeated sooner or later."
"No one should be arrogant or complacent. Even if Yue Jun is a soft persimmon, he should be hit as a hard rock."
"What's more, is the Yue Army a soft persimmon? They are not, on the contrary, in their eyes, they are the real soft persimmons!"
Chu Yunfei had a serious expression on his face and said in a stern tone.
If he is familiar with the art of war, he will naturally know the consequences of the troops being complacent and despising the wrong leg.
Seeing that Chu Yunfei was a little angry, the officers immediately came quietly.
Chief of Staff Fang Ligong came to the map and immediately made deployment arrangements to ease the atmosphere at the scene.
It was at that time that a signal soldier quickly came to the room.
"Senate, sir, we just received urgent news from the cavalry company."
"The troops of the new regiment guarding Yangcun were moved overnight, and the position there was taken over by the other eight groups."
"There are currently more than 200 Eighth Route Army troops stationed in the Yangcun area, which is a strengthened company."
The signal soldier came into the room and quickly saluted and reported.
After hearing the news, everyone couldn't help but be stunned.
Chu Yunfei looked at the map's location in Yangcun, with a solemn expression on his face.
"Brigade, they...did they get the news that the Lunar Army was about to launch an attack? They just ran away!"
Qian Bojun, who had been silent before, immediately stood up and shouted loudly.
