People are showing their swords, secretly helping Shanxi Northwestern Iron Triangle 190. Chapter 190 Heavy damage to the independent mixed fourth brigade
190. Chapter 190 Heavy damage to the independent mixed fourth brigade
Chapter 190 Heavy damage to the independent mixed fourth brigade
Major General Mitake Tsuda, commander of the Fourth Independent Mixed Brigade, took the advice of the brigade's lieutenant colonel and chief of staff, and his main force began to move west of the county.
The few remaining so-called special ammunition also began to be distributed to artillery and grenade legs.
Those little devils obviously ignored the existence of the guard company and the cavalry company, and they even underestimated the strength of Chen Ziyun's 11th Reserve Regiment.
As they started to move, Chen Ziyun got the news immediately.
Of course, Chen Ziyun does not have a radio at present, so Chu Yunfei commanded the troops to encircle and annihilate the 11th Field Brigade. He knew it.
Under such circumstances, the little devils located in the south of the county began to mobilize. Chen Ziyun knew what they wanted to do without having to think carefully.
"Tuanzuo, why didn't the Moon Army quickly advance towards Hehe Town to support the little Japanese troops who were surrounded and annihilated by Brigade Zuo? Why did they gradually move towards the west of the county."
"Could it be that they plan to launch an attack from the west, thereby putting pressure on their troops and forcing the brigade to give up fighting in Hesuo Town and rush for reinforcements quickly?"
"Can the little devils continue to attack in the south, opening many gaps, and it is difficult to break into the outside of the city? Have they made any progress to the west?"
Shi Yujie, the commander of the Sixth Battalion, looked puzzled. He looked at Chen Ziyun and said in confusion.
Whether the troops from both sides fought fiercely in the south of the county for a long time, the Yue army also used close-range blasting to blow up the southern city wall and create many gaps.
As for the west side, it has been attacked and contained. The city wall is very complete and there is no gap to break through.
The Moon Army troops moved towards the west. What did they want to do? Shi Yujie was very curious.
"If they want to attack their troops, they can attack directly from the south. The poisonous gas there has almost dissipated."
"Maybe they didn't attack from the south, but moved to the west. It obviously shows that they have other ideas."
"The south side has already been attacked by poison gas, and when they come to the west side, can they launch a larger poison gas attack?"
"He estimated that it was very possible for the Moon Army to carry out a large-scale poison gas attack, and then quickly advance towards Hesuo Town."
Chen Ziyun thought for a while, and he immediately guessed what the little devil was thinking.
Immediately afterwards, Chen Ziyun immediately sent the battle order to the East.
The artillery battalion immediately launched an artillery bombardment against the Yue Army, and the guard company and cavalry company launched an attack from the north.
The fifth battalion, which had been moved to the east of the county, quickly maneuvered and detoured to the south of the Moon Army to launch an attack.
The 6th Battalion's machine gun company and other units held fast to the first defensive position, deployed no less than two infantry companies, and were directly preparing for operations out of the city.
Facing the poisonous gas attack that the little devil could launch, Chen Ziyun did not intend to go head-to-head and engage directly in hand-to-hand combat.
In this way, when the troops from both sides are fighting at close range, the Japs will naturally not be able to use lethal poison gas.
After all, with the little devil's current protection capabilities, they have no way to effectively defend against those deadly poisonous gases.
Once the troops from both sides fight at close range, they will definitely not use such poisonous gas.
The order soldiers and signal soldiers immediately conveyed Chen Ziyun's order.
The artillery camp outside the city would otherwise start to get busy.
Does Liang Guoping currently play a coordinating role? He is responsible for the contact between the two artillery batteries and the observation team.
The two artillery batteries will otherwise be commanded by company commanders Li Yang and Sun Xiong.
The firing data of six Bofors mountain guns and five Type 94 mountain guns were quickly obtained.
The two company commanders quickly carried out planning operations, and they quickly passed the firing elements to each platoon.
The artillery began to make adjustments. The Second Mountain Artillery Company had a detailed firing parameter table, and they directly carried out the artillery bombardment.
The mountain artillery battery will carry out a series of preparations, test firings, and verification shots before it can be fired successfully.
Grenades continued to be fired towards the outside of the county town, and deafening explosions were heard.
The shrapnel quickly spread in all directions, and the advancing Japs were hit and suffered casualties.
Tsuda Mitake's face showed an angry expression, and he began to contact the artillery unit, begging the artillery unit to launch poison gas bombs immediately.
At that time, eleven mountain cannons launched a continuous bombardment.
After firing more than fifty rounds of grenades, shrapnel shells were fired one after another.
Countless steel balls and small steel arrows quickly spread around, and many little devils fell to the ground, screaming like pigs.
That is to say, at that time, the cavalry company and the guard company worked together.
The two cannon batteries merged together and quickly launched a strike from the north.
Four 81MM mortars and four Type 92 heavy machine guns continued to fire.
Four infantry platoons and four cavalry platoons continued to approach the little Japanese, firing rapidly with various weapons.
By midnight, the troops deployed by the Sixth Battalion on the first line of defense also began to launch fire strikes.
Shooting holes were dug in the city wall, and strings of flames sprayed bullets.
The grenade launchers and light machine guns on the city wall are unable to fire continuously.
Flares were shot into the air one after another, and the surrounding area was as bright as red day.
Ten minutes later, Wu Ziqiang's 5th Battalion quickly arrived at the area south of the battlefield.
The five-hundred-man troops went directly into the battle without any adjustments.
Wu Ziqiang held a Jin-made submachine gun and personally directed the troops to charge.
The company commander of each company and the platoon commander of each platoon also take the lead.
The morale of the soldiers of the fifth battalion was high. They quickly approached the Japanese troops from the south and started fighting.
It’s worth mentioning that Wu Ziqiang began to cooperate with Chen Ziyun during the battle at Cangyunling.
Now Wu Ziqiang has become the battalion commander under Chen Ziyun, and he has been in contact with Chen Ziyun for a long time and has changed a lot.
Speaking of which, there must be a lot of wine bags and rice bags in the Jinsui Army, but there are no such officers in Chu Yunfei's army.
Qian Bojun, Zhang Furun, Wu Ziqiang and others are all old people who have followed Chu Yunfei through life and death for many years.
As the 358th Regiment continues to increase its strength and develops to more than 5,000 troops, their legs are gradually gaining power.
They experienced different lives, were gradually corrupted, and were suppressed by Yan Laoxi, which gave them different ideas.
So much so that both Qian Bojun and Zhang Furun had the idea of joining the Japs!
But did they have the courage to lead their troops and fight to the death with the little Japanese when they got up early?
Otherwise, they would not be recognized by Chu Yunfei and could become his battalion commander.
Qian Bojun and Zhang Fuli are determined now. They want to find a suitable price and directly turn their backs.
Wu Ziqiang, who was commanded by Chen Ziyun again and again, did not wake up.
At least now he will not continue to hide behind and command, and he will have the courage to charge with the troops with weapons.
The officers do not have the courage of the soldiers. Seeing the officers charging forward, the soldiers behind will naturally not hesitate.
Of course, being an officer is not a test. After all, officers are usually too harsh on their subordinates. If they lead a charge on the battlefield, they can easily be beaten.
At half past twelve o'clock, Shi Yuji's Sixth Battalion deployed two infantry companies and more than 200 people to take the initiative.
At this time, Shi Yujie, the battalion commander, had already arrived at the city wall to direct the battle.
Chen Ziyun went to the artillery position to check the situation. After ensuring that there were no problems there, he quickly left the city to direct the operation.
Suddenly, the Japanese troops were attacked from three sides. They tried to launch poison gas bombs, but they had no chance at all.
Fierce gunfire continued, and one young Japanese was killed one after another.
"To the east of the brigade commander's pavilion, the Jinsui Army to the north has its elite troops. They have a large number of submachine guns!"
"The brigade commander Ge Dong, they were attacked from three sides, and the Shanxi-Sui Army artillery outside the city continued to shell."
"Brigade Commander Ge Dong, what's bad, their artillery unit was attacked by a surprise attack. The wrong side lost a small group of dozens of elite troops."
News began to arrive one by one to Major General Mitake Tsuda, the commander of the brigade. Naturally, these were good news.
Various units of the 11th Preparatory Regiment continued to participate in the battle, but Wei Monk's reconnaissance platoon was not to be outdone.
Chen Ziyun gave them the right to fight freely, and the reconnaissance platoon also participated in that battle.
They were under the command of platoon leader Wei Monk to the east and directly launched a surprise attack.
A small force of forty men directly attacked the artillery unit.
The little Japanese artillerymen were completely dumbfounded when they saw the soldiers of the reconnaissance platoon. They hurriedly packed up the artillery shells and moved quickly.
Can the two light machine guns fire continuously, and can the two 60MM mortars continuously fire shells?
Eight sniper legs started sniping at different positions, and one Japanese artilleryman was killed.
Fifteen assault legs carried Czech semi-automatic rifles and started shooting. For a time, the Moon Army artillery was simply a living target for the reconnaissance platoon.
"Bagaya Road, give up all combat plans and quickly move towards the hilly area northwest of Xinxian County."
"At the same time, contact the 11th Independent Field Brigade and ask them to organize their own troops to break out and find a way to meet with the main force of the brigade in the hills."
"Give Dongda an order to all the eastern ministries and tell them that they must not let any weapons and equipment fall into the hands of the Shanxi-Sui army."
"Especially heavy weapons and artillery, they cannot be taken away and destroyed immediately!"
At one o'clock in the morning, Tsuda Mitake gritted his teeth and gave the battle order.
The Japanese troops began to move towards the hilly areas, and they gave up fighting there.
The Moon Army's grenade launchers, which had obtained the poison gas bombs, also started firing poison gas bombs at this time.
Of course, due to the combat distance between the two sides and other reasons, the little devil's grenade legs would definitely not dare to fire deadly poison gas bombs.
They fired green and red bombs from their legs one after another to cover the rapid movement of the troops.
The green bomb can be said to be a tear gas bomb, while the red bomb can be said to be a poisonous gas that irritates the respiratory organs and will cause continuous sneezing after being poisoned.
These two kinds of poisonous gases are relatively less harmful, and they cannot be protected against by little Japanese gas masks.
A large amount of poisonous gas began to be released. After each department discovered the poisonous gas, they first evacuated quickly.
At the same time, during the evacuation process, the soldiers with gas masks immediately put on gas masks to cover the retreat of the troops and prevent them from being attacked by the Moon Army.
Of course, the little devils had suffered heavy casualties at this time, so they had no idea of taking the opportunity to attack.
Tsuda Mitake commanded the troops to move quickly, and they did not dare to stay there at all.
The fighting in the west of the county gradually stopped and the sound of gunfire gradually became sparse.
Each unit immediately rescued the wounded and quickly cleaned the battlefield.
Chen Ziyun sent messengers to immediately learn about the casualties of various ministries.
When he heard that the reconnaissance platoon had seized some artillery and artillery shells, Chen Ziyun came over quickly.
"Regiment, one mountain cannon was captured, two destroyed mountain cannons, and part of the shells were also captured."
"And inside those shells, there are some very strange ammunition boxes with skulls painted on them."
When Monk Wei saw Chen Ziyun, he spoke directly.
At this time, Chen Ziyun was wearing the uniform of an ordinary soldier. Because he was on the battlefield, Monk Wei did not salute.
As many officers have learned through hard experience, the little devil's rifle legs have very strong shooting capabilities.
Officers wearing military uniforms appeared on the battlefield and were always the key targets of the Japanese rifles.
After that, when they go to the front line, almost all officers will change into the uniforms of ordinary soldiers to avoid becoming targets of the Japs.
But the little devils can be very cunning. If they see a salute happening on the battlefield and the person being saluted is wearing whatever clothes they are wearing, they will shoot immediately.
So until now, there is an unwritten rule on the battlefield that no one is allowed to salute an officer when they see them.
Although the battle in the west of the county is over, no one dares to say whether the area is absolutely safe.
When Chen Ziyun heard the ammunition box with the skull on it, he hurried over.
After seeing the ammunition box, Chen Ziyun didn't need to look carefully to confirm that it was definitely a gas bomb from the Japs!
It was very noisy, and there were not many ammunition boxes, only five or six rounds of poison gas bombs at most.
"What about the gas bombs from the Japs? Monk, wear a gas mask, be careful, and transport them directly to the artillery camp."
"Tell Battalion Commander Liang to take good care of it to prevent any leakage of poisonous gas, and also send them the artillery and ammunition along the way."
"Our reconnaissance platoon did a pretty good job that time. After the battle, he asked us for credit."
Chen Ziyun looked at Monk Wei and gave detailed instructions.
During the time when I arrived from the east, the leader of the 11th Preparatory Regiment was cleaning the battlefield and treating the wounded.
At the same time, they also organized the newly formed company of recruits to help reinforce the position.
After all, the time now is just after one o'clock in the morning on August 24th, which is more than ten days away from the September or October that the system requires.
Even if the independent mixed fourth brigade suffered heavy losses, they still had a certain number of artillery.
That means that the little devils can rush over there for reinforcements at any time, and a battle in Xinxian County is very likely to happen.
Chen Ziyun had to make preparations to avoid being unable to complete the task of taking over the government.
Especially regarding air defense, Chen Ziyun even asked to personally take responsibility.
He knows what little devils are like better than anyone else.
If the ground troops are using poison gas bombs or other positions that cannot be solved by legs, then they must carry out carpet bombing.
Therefore, Chen Ziyun knew without thinking that after dawn, Xin County would definitely be attacked by the Japanese Air Force.
For a time, the troops of the 11th Reserve Regiment outside the county town were very busy.
Of course, in Hesuo Town, the annihilation operation of the 358th Regiment and other troops commanded by Chu Yunfei against the 11th Independent Field Brigade is about to end.
As for the little devils, they independently formed the remnants of the fourth brigade, quickly evacuated towards the hilly area, and shifted to a defensive state.
In the area east of Xinxian County, the new regiment, commanded by Li Yunlong, has reached some nearby highlands belonging to the Taihang Mountains and is hiding there.
By now, the new regiment has 2,000 troops. Is the weaponry and equipment very powerful?
In terms of artillery, there are three Type 92 infantry cannons and two Type 41 mountain cannons, with hundreds of rounds fired.
The other three infantry battalions have many 82MM and 60MM mortars.
As for heavy machine guns, the three battalions also have more than a dozen.
With such a large number of light and heavy weapons and sufficient ammunition, it would be impossible to rely solely on soldiers to transport them.
The little Japanese's Type 92 heavy machine gun requires ten soldiers to serve it.
Among those soldiers, there are shooting legs, auxiliary shooting legs, ammunition legs, and the Jishemen are responsible for transporting machine gun ammunition.
Brigadier Chen also took that into consideration, so he gave the approval note.
The official, Zhao Gang, took the approval slip and found the local people nearby.
Many militia teams were quickly assembled and began to assist the new regiment in transportation and assume the role of heavy troops.
That point is, does the Eighth Route Army have a great advantage?
Before I knew it, it was past three o'clock in the morning, and the weather at the end of August was very hot.
Lao Li stood on a high ground and looked out, waving his cattail leaf fan from time to time.
"The fourth brigade was formed independently. I took the troops to hide nearby. I thought I could fight them."
"It turned out that Chu Yunfei's 48th Independent Brigade was the one who fought them later, but the new regiment was too far away to block the independent 9th Brigade."
"Damn it, is that old devil Tsuda Mitake really out of sight? I really think he's so beatable."
"Can Chu Yunfei and Chen Ziyun almost want to completely annihilate them now? That time they wanted to steal the spotlight."
Li Yunlong watched as the light that had appeared in the county area completely dimmed, and he knew that 80% of the battle was almost over.
Thinking about the information provided by the reconnaissance force and local personnel, Lao Li was unhappy.
"Captain, what are the backgrounds of Chu Yunfei and Chen Ziyun, and how can the Jin-Sui army be so good at fighting?"
"He has heard before that the Jinsui Army rarely fights against the Japs, and they do not deny that the Japs have wrong legs."
"How come Chu Yunfei and Chen Ziyun can now command the 48th Independent Brigade of the Shanxi-Sui Army to achieve major results one after another."
Zhao Gang came to Li Yunlong, and he humbly asked for advice.
In the blocking battle in the too far area, Li Yunlong killed more than a thousand troops and seized a large amount of weapons and equipment.
After that battle, Zhao Gang looked at Li Yunlong with admiration.
Before, he thought Lao Li was just a rough guy with no merit at all.
After seeing Li Yunlong's ability in command, Zhao Gang also began to try to understand and understand Li Yunlong.
So the name has also changed.
Li Yunlong glanced at Zhao Gang and walked directly to the ground, shaking the cattail leaf fan vigorously.
"Chen Ziyun!"
"Chen Ziyun?"
Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang said Chen Ziyun's name one after another, with different expressions on their faces.
Zhao Gang was full of doubts, wondering what was unusual about Chen Ziyun.
As for Li Yunlong, he is envious, jealous, and hateful.
"Zhengwei Zhao, if our new regiment has cadres like Chen Ziyun, we will definitely achieve much more results than Chu Yunfei."
"Is it because of Chen Ziyun that Chu Yunfei achieved that series of results?"
Li Yunlong looked towards the county seat of Xin County and said with a serious expression on his face.
