People are showing their swords, secretly helping Shanxi Northwestern Iron Triangle 292. Chapter 292 Eastern counterattack, Chen Ziyun revitalizes the overall situation
"The Glory First Division advanced from Xiangning City to the Zhongtiao Mountain area. Chen Ziyun commanded an elite group to enter Zhongtiao Mountain."
"In a short period of time, they quickly assisted the Fifth Group Army in gathering the defeated troops and helped them build a complete defensive position in the area east of Pinglu City."
"Only Chen Ziyun can do this. This man's abilities are terrifying. He seems to have too many unusual things."
"The person who commanded the main force of the Glory First Division to fight in Li Yuanzhen must be Chu Yunfei."
"If I guess correctly, the Eighth Route Army in Zijin Mountain must be Li Yunlong's army."
"These three people, as long as they come together, can bring about earth-shaking changes."
Yoshio Shinozuka pointed at the map and said with a solemn expression on his face.
After analyzing all aspects of the news, he quickly made a judgment.
He immediately realized that Chen Ziyun had commanded the troops to enter Zhongtiao Mountain, and quickly assisted the Fifth Army to contain the troops.
Commander-in-chief Liu, who commanded the operations of the 14th Army, personally made arrangements for the two divisions of the 15th Army, which had the worst combat effectiveness, to stay in place.
"It's just that what you said makes sense. With their three armies gathered together, we were able to quickly capture their main force and annihilate them."
The 16 independent brigade and the Puppet Mongolian Army and the Puppet Manchukuo Army were assigned to fight, and they attacked with all their strength to contain these troops and prevent them from crossing the river.
Especially here in the reconnaissance company, they have snipers.
Shinozuka Yoshio asked them to strengthen their offensive, threaten the main force of the Glory First Division as much as possible, and defeat it from the Li Yuanzhen area.
The captain of the Lieutenant Colonel showed a surprised expression. He was still a little unconvinced and raised his telescope to observe.
The 14th Army, the 15th Army, the 93rd Army, and the 98th Army mobilized four divisions to counterattack the 33rd Division and the 4th Cavalry Brigade.
"But they have sophisticated weapons and equipment, and now they are pressing in from the east, west, north, and west."
At around two o'clock in the afternoon, seven divisions of troops began to launch a counterattack against the 33rd Division and the 4th Cavalry Brigade.
At two o'clock in the afternoon on May 10th, something changed on the battlefield in the eastern part of Zhongtiao Mountain.
Among these four thousand troops, there were two thousand heavy troops. The Glory First Division had to take a detour when they saw it.
With rifles in hand, it is almost impossible to intercept these troops.
With a thousand puppet troops rushing to help, he would not think that the battle here could be solved.
The 14th Group Army is the unit that Wei Junru once served as the commander-in-chief, but the composition of the subordinate units is relatively complicated.
But soon, Chu Yunfei's message was sent.
Temporarily organized the 45th Division, the 46th Division, the 70th Division, and the 84th Division.
Two divisions held their positions, while one division quickly moved southward toward Fengmenkou, trying to establish contact with the Ninth Army.
Of course, the 358th Regiment was facing the attack of the 27th Infantry Division at this time. They were also under great pressure, and their own casualties were also increasing.
Wei Junru quickly made adjustments and deployments based on battlefield conditions.
Sun Xiong and Zhu Mingxuan commanded four Shanxi-style mountain guns, and four Japanese-style mountain guns built an artillery position and prepared for support.
The situation at that time was that there was the 41st Division in the north of Yuanqu City, which was independently mixed into the 9th Brigade.
The captain of the Zhongjiao Regiment knew that the 21st Division was going to advance quickly and completely blockade the north bank of the Yellow River. This was a very important combat order.
Suddenly, a large number of radios became busy, and the communication troops began to transmit different combat orders to various departments.
The more the troops fought, the more confident they became, their morale was high, and the officers and soldiers gradually gained practical experience and knew how to better deal with the Japs' attacks.
They quickly launched defensive deployments and actively called for aviation support, hoping to regain the initiative.
Until now, the commander of the 35th Division, Harada Kumakichi, can only command the troops to stay in place to prevent the 10th Division from opening up contact with the 9th Army.
Shinozuka Yoshio looked towards Hanagani Masa and the others, and he couldn't help but asked curiously.
At the same time, they also need to leave troops behind for defense from Lanfeng in Henan Province south of the Yellow River to the shopping mall and other areas.
The 10th Division quickly moved south to attack the Japanese and puppet troops encircling the Ninth Army.
Liang Guoping, the regimental attaché of the artillery regiment, has been continuously commanding the mountain artillery battalion and the heavy artillery company to provide fire support.
But at this time, the 35th Division was also under greater pressure.
Then the first battalion began to attack with all its strength from the north to the south. Three infantry companies, with the cooperation of a machine gun company, fought very easily.
Gao Peiwu's 17th Army and Zhao Chuanbi's 43rd Army defended their positions and displayed unprecedented combat effectiveness.
After the Ninth Army received the order, they also organized troops to counterattack.
More than 20,000 troops from four divisions stayed put, and the 41st Division and the independent mixed ninth brigade assembled a total of more than 16,000 troops to continue the fierce attack.
At the same time, the First Army Headquarters quickly contacted the 7th Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Association Army, the 27th Division and other Japanese and puppet troops.
Faced with the attack of 30,000 to 40,000 troops from these seven divisions, they did not dare to be careless and quickly stopped the attack and launched defense on the spot.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, about 400 Japanese soldiers and heavy troops deployed on the periphery were eliminated one after another.
But as the 10th Division rushed in for reinforcements, the situation was instantly reversed, and this weak fire turned into a fierce fire.
At first they were also afraid and worried that they would be defeated.
As for the reserve I1 brigade stationed in Li Yuanzhen and the north, they are under the command of Hao Shiwen, deputy division commander and brigade commander, and they mainly deal with attacks by Japanese and puppet troops in the west.
A sniper grasped the commanding heights and pulled the trigger one after another.
The 93rd Army is a direct line unit. This unit has good weapons and equipment and has certain combat effectiveness.
The three divisions attacked from Lingchuan and attacked the Japanese troops in the southwest direction.
The number of troops attacking Yuanqu City was small, but they were well-armed and equipped.
After he commanded the troops to reach Yuanqu City, the first battalion quickly eliminated the small group of troops north of Yuanqu City.
A captain came to the captain of the Lieutenant Colonel in a panic and hurriedly reported.
They quickly moved south and continued to attack the 35th Division, the 20th Division, the 21st Division, and the 24th Division of the Royal Associated Army.
Chen Ziyun even personally commanded the first battalion of troops to quickly press from the north.
After Li Yunlong received Chu Yunfei's message, he smiled and immediately began to issue orders.
Lieutenant General Harada Kumakichi, commander of the 35th Division, commanded about 30,000 Japanese and puppet troops who continued to attack, but their own progress was not very great.
However, as the Japs' troops were repelled one after another, they discovered that the Japs were not that scary after all.
If a large number of heavy troops are to defend the high ground on both sides, for example, the 41st Division previously deployed 4,000 troops to defend Purple Mountain.
However, the First Battalion and the Guard Company launched an attack on them, and their casualties continued to increase.
The reconnaissance company, four reconnaissance platoons and a machine gun platoon immediately established their positions.
Its machine gun batteries were deployed on the highlands on both sides for suppressive shooting, and from time to time artillery shells and dense bullets would arrive.
Sun Yu's machine gun battalion was also ready for support operations to strengthen the defense forces south of Li Yuanzhen.
Zhou Wenbo's field artillery battalion also began to secretly move eastward with the assistance of the new regiment.
The 93rd Army dispatched the 10th Division to move south to advance towards Fengmenkou. The two main divisions cooperated with the two divisions of the 98th Army to carry out combat counterattacks.
At the same time, they kept contacting the aviation force for support, but so far, they have made no progress.
"The firepower deployed on the east and west highlands kept firing into the city, and we almost didn't dare to show our heads."
Xie Yunxia commanded the guard company to be deployed on the west side of Yuanqu City, and Wei Monk commanded the reconnaissance company to be deployed on the east side of Yuanqu City.
For a moment, they didn't know what Chen Ziyun would do next.
The main forces of the 36th Division, the 37th Division, and the 21st Division accelerated their advance and quickly encircled them from the north and east.
"Will they stay on the position to assist in combat and defense? Can their small force block our three divisions and one brigade?"
The 10th Division is a direct unit that was reorganized by the principal after annexing local troops. Wei Junru served as the division commander.
To the east of Yuanqu City, there are the 35th Division and three divisions of the Imperial Association Army.
At 3:10, the captain of the Zhongjiao Regiment quickly generated electricity and directly requested tactical guidance from the 35th Division to the east.
Therefore, the captain of the Lieutenant General's Alliance hopes that the 35th Division and other troops in the east can quickly mobilize troops to rush over for reinforcements.
Hard paper can extinguish this weak fire at any time, but if you are not careful, it will be directly ignited and burned by the weak fire.
The 84th Division under the 17th Army quickly joined forces with the Shunwangping 43rd Army.
After receiving the request message from Yuanqu City, Harada Kumonaki did not refuse.
The pressure here is not very high, and the casualties are minimal.
The reconnaissance company and the guard company are equipped with very strong weapons, most of the officers and soldiers are elite soldiers, and their combat effectiveness is very strong.
The 98th Army is a unit of the Shaanxi Army, and they have a strong will to fight.
Moreover, the connection between the Ninth Army and the 14th Group Army was cut off, but they still fought tenaciously in the Fenmenkou area.
The commander of the 41st Division, Shimizu Rules, and the commander of the 9th Independent Brigade, Kenkichi Ikegami, were extremely angry.
The pressure from Yuanqu City's heavy supply of troops has weakened somewhat.
"The outer positions of Jiangcheng are almost lost, they need tactical guidance!"
There are Japanese troops here, and the captain of the Zhongzuo Alliance feels that if they can send troops here, they will definitely be able to solve the crisis in Yuanqu City.
Fighting here in the east of Zhongtiao Mountain, although the 14th Army's retreat was gradually cut off, their main force blocked the attack of the 33rd Division and the 4th Cavalry Brigade.
Therefore, the number of Jaap troops in Harada Kumayoshi's hands was not large, but there were more than 20,000 puppet troops.
However, the little Japanese troops here also have their own problems.
The two men continued to organize troops and continued to attack fiercely, but still made no progress.
However, facing the continuous attack of the 10th Division from the north and the continuous counterattack by the three divisions of the Ninth Army from the south, they were under great pressure.
The four divisions attacked directly from Zhongtiao Mountain and attacked the Japanese troops northward.
After receiving the call back, the captain of the 21st Division's Heavy Troops Regiment had a look of despair on his face.
They don't want to die here, nor do they want to surrender, so they can only bite the bullet and hold on.
After all, there are a lot of puppet troops here, and these puppet troops have no good way to deal with the Ninth Army's complete defensive positions.
"They were attacked by at least three times the Eighth Route Army, and the Eighth Route Army was also equipped with a large number of field artillery."
A Type 92 heavy machine gun tried to intercept it, but it was quickly bombarded and knocked down.
Instead, their own casualties increased again, and now their strength has dropped sharply to more than 15,000 troops.
"Even if we increase our casualties and losses, we can quickly annihilate them with the strength we currently have."
Two brigades of the Little Japanese Army and a mixed brigade of the Imperial Association Army continued to launch diversionary attacks from the west.
The staff officer looked at the map with a thoughtful expression on his face.
After the 21st Division captured Yuanqu City, the division commander Tanaka Jiuichi left 2,000 troops of the heavy supply regiment directly under the division here in Yuanqu City.
The first battalion stormed from the north, and the reconnaissance company and guard company advanced rapidly from the east and west sides.
The 35th Division's troops participating in the exhibition this time are not many, only a few thousand.
The heavy infantry regiment was simply unable to resist, and their few heavy weapons were completely suppressed.
"What is the significance of Chen Ziyun's actions, and what will their troops do next?"
In desperation, the captain of the Zhongjiao Regiment continued to generate electricity and began to seek reinforcements from the 41st Division troops in the north.
He even felt that these puppet soldiers came here just to die.
The independent regiment deployed to the east of Zijin Mountain for defense, the New Second Regiment began to secretly mobilize.
"The troops deployed on the periphery may also be annihilated. Please quickly request tactical guidance now."
At the same time, Li Yunlong, who was deploying defenses on Purple Mountain, couldn't stay idle now.
At half past three, Chen Ziyun received a report and learned that there were a thousand puppet troops rushing to the east to aid Yuanqu City.
It was at this time that a fierce battle was also going on here in Yuanqu City.
Tanaka Jiuichi believes that the possibility of Yuanqu Castle being attacked is not very high. Even if it is attacked, the three sides can mobilize troops to rush over at any time.
Then what they can do next is to quickly and completely annihilate the Third Army, the 14th Army, and the 80th Army.
To the west of Yuanqu City, the main force of the 21st Division was gradually advancing rapidly towards the west to attack.
If the 21st Division is allowed to return for reinforcements at this time, it will definitely affect the battle, and he may even bear the responsibility.
At the same time, they quickly contacted the 3rd Saburo Endo Flight Regiment in northern Henan, hoping that the aviation force would quickly dispatch bombing support.
Of course, the First Flying Regiment has also made arrangements here, with specialized aviation units blocking the Yellow River to prevent troops from taking the opportunity to cross the river.
The 33rd Division and the 4th Cavalry Brigade also tried to attack fiercely and quickly defeated the 14th Group Army.
The weapons and equipment of this unit are not bad, and the overall strength is very strong. At this time, there are more than 7,000 soldiers!
At this time, the 27th Division continued to launch a continuous fierce attack on the defensive positions in the area south of Li Yuanzhen, and the troops from both sides launched fierce battles.
Chu Yunfei commanded the 358th Regiment to launch a defense and blocked the attacks of the Japanese troops time and time again.
"Captain, what's bad, enemy troops are coming. Their number is unknown at the moment."
What's more, when they captured Yuanqu City, the entire Zhongtiao Mountain garrison was very passive in combat.
During the Great War in the Central Plains ten years ago, Principal Peidu only had six direct troops under his control.
But for his deployment like this, he was soon punished.
There have been repeated discussions here at the First Army Headquarters, but to no avail.
Especially as the distance got closer and the Jin-made submachine guns started firing, the casualties of the little Japs began to increase.
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, what's wrong, Jiangcheng is under attack, and the heavy supply troops stationed in Jiangcheng are asking for help."
In response to this, Wei Junru directly issued combat orders to all armies.
Especially after evading shelling and bombing, the methods that the little devils can use are also very limited.
In the area east of Shunwangping, at the headquarters of the 41st Little Devils Division, a staff officer quickly came to the division commander Qing Shuigui to report.
But now they are in a somewhat passive situation. About 30,000 Japanese and puppet troops surrounded the Ninth Army with all their strength.
Chen Ziyun commanded the troops and quickly arrived at Yuanqu City and quickly built artillery positions.
The reason is very simple. There are no friendly forces around them, and they are completely alone.
As long as the bullets fired by them are bullets, they will bite the flesh.
Eight mountain guns, under the command of Sun Xiong and Zhu Mingxuan, launched precise bombardment.
However, he could only mobilize about a thousand puppet troops to quickly march westward to aid Yuanqu City.
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, Your Excellency Kenkichi Ikegami, Commander of the Independent Ninth Brigade, called."
The main force of the 27th Lingchuan Army and three divisions attacked Jincheng and Yangcheng with all their strength to contain the 33rd Division and the 4th Cavalry Brigade.
He also felt that the possibility of being attacked here would not be great, so the focus of defense was on this side of the Yellow River to prevent troops from the south bank from coming to rob the county seat.
Except for Chen Ziyun, no one else can do this.
He quickly ordered Wei Monk's reconnaissance company to set up an ambush position, preparing to eat this puppet army in one bite.
At this time, the reconnaissance company continued to attack from the east, and the guard company attacked from the west.
However, they dispersed 400 heavy baggage troops and defended them on the east, west and north sides of Yuanqu City. How could such scattered heavy baggage troops be the opponent of Chen Ziyun's troops.
But Chen Ziyun appeared and completely revitalized the overall combat situation.
The heavy troops of the 21st Infantry Division retreated one after another and continued to gather towards the city. The terrain of the area where Yuanqu City is located is relatively flat, but there are many highlands on both sides.
After the Henglingguan position was breached, the 94th Division quickly withdrew to the 14th Army position and returned to its establishment.
At this time, there were two corps and four divisions defending the Shunwangping highland area.
The 15th Army is from the Zhensong Army and belongs to the local troops of Henan Province.
After all, with the 4th Cavalry Brigade and other units participating in the exhibition, the 35th Division is not only responsible for the defense of northern Henan.
The captain of the 21st Division's heavy infantry regiment arranged for the main force to be stationed in the county, and a small number of troops were dispersed.
The 21st Division's heavy weapons regiment had a small amount of heavy weapons and almost no chance of firing.
Yoshio Shinozuka personally contacted Akiyama Toyoji's First Flight Regiment in Unxian County and asked them to carry out carpet bombing of the garrison positions east of Hiraru Castle.
The entire Yuanqu City was also in a state of being flanked.
"Your Excellency, Captain, they have at least a thousand troops. We may not be able to stop their attack."
Judging from the number, it is not difficult to see that the 10th Division is not simple.
When the Japanese and puppet troops surrounded the Ninth Army, it felt like a weak fire was being held up by a piece of paper.
This means that since they joined the war, they have suffered more than 2,000 casualties and losses.
The captain of the Lieutenant Colonel can only hope that the 41st Division and the 9th independent mixed brigade in the north will quickly mobilize troops to rush for reinforcements.
For a time, here in the east of Zhongtiao Mountain, after various ministries organized counterattacks, the little devils gradually became passive in their operations.
Chen Ziyun personally commanded a battalion and launched an attack from the north.
These six divisions are the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 9th, 10th and 11th divisions respectively.
Under such circumstances, Hao Shiwen began to adjust his deployment, prepare for counterattacks, and quickly defeat the Japanese and puppet troops in front of them in order to cope with the battle in the south.
"They received a call for help from the heavy troops of the 21st Division of Yuanqu City. Yuanqu City was attacked by unknown armed forces, and they suffered heavy losses."
"The captain of his heavy infantry regiment, Lieutenant Colonel, requests for tactical guidance."
At this time, the signal soldier also picked up the phone, answered the call, and reported hurriedly.
