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Chapter 656 Well done!

Shanxi.

Taiyuan.

First Army Command.

Early in the morning, Commander Yoshio Iwamatsu received information from the 37th Division that Niangziguan was attacked by a brigade of the Eighth Route Army.

So Yoshio Iwamatsu ordered the chief of staff, deputy chief of staff, Kazuki Yamamoto and a group of combat staff to the war room.

It is good to receive the battle situation of Niangziguan at any time and formulate corresponding strategies.

"Your Excellency, Commander!"

Chief of Staff Hanaya is reporting the current battle situation to Yoshio Iwamatsu:
"According to the report from the headquarters of the 37th Division, the Eighth Route Army that attacked Niangziguan Station has about 5000 troops, and it should be a brigade of the Eighth Route Army's Jinchaji Military Region."

"Currently, two mobile detachments of the 37th Division have set off from Yangquan and Jingxing counties to reinforce Niangziguan."

"Calculating the time, if the two support armies have not encountered resistance halfway, then the two support armies have already reached Niangziguan at this time, and they have exchanged fire with the Eighth Route Army."

Yoshio Iwamatsu nodded when he heard the words. At this time, the news that the two mobile detachments of the 37th Division were blocked had not yet come.

It shows that these two mobile detachments are about to arrive at Niangziguan.

The Eighth Route Army is just a miscellaneous brigade. With two mobile detachments attacking east and west, it can completely form a crush.

Thinking of this, Yoshio Yanmatsu looked relaxed. The Eighth Route Army wants to get involved in the Zhengtai Railway, but it doesn't have the strength yet!

But at this moment, the First Army Communications Staff Officer hurried in with a telegram in his hand, and reported to Yoshio Iwamatsu:
"Report! Lieutenant General Anda 37, head of the 23th Division, urgently calls!"

"Read!" Yoshio Iwamatsu waved his hands, completely unaware of the tragedy that had happened in the 37th Division.

Hanaya Masa, Miyazaki Masao and Yamamoto Kazuki who were standing aside didn't care either.

The soldiers of the two mobile brigades are elites who have experienced battles, and they are also equipped with 20 armored vehicles and an artillery brigade, which are very powerful in combat.

As long as it does not meet the main forces of the New First Regiment, Independent Regiment, and New Second Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, and the main force of the 129th Division, it is enough to deal with other ordinary Eighth Route Army troops.

If it is the large-scale main force of the Jinchaji Military Region of the Eighth Route Army, it can still run even if it cannot be defeated.

"Hi!" The communications staff read out with the telegram, trying to keep his tone as smooth as possible: "The first mobile detachment and the second mobile detachment of the 37th Division were ambushed by the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army in Pianlianggou and Longwangtu respectively. , all the 4000 locust army soldiers are broken, Niangziguan is occupied by the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army, His Majesty the Emperor is on board, the Japanese locust army is on board!"

"Nani?" Yoshio Iwamatsu turned his head suddenly, and said in a deep voice, "What did you say? The first and second detachments of the 37th Division are all broken?"

Hanagu Masa, Kazuki Yamamoto and others at the side also suddenly turned their heads and cast unbelievable gazes.

"Hi!" The communications staff paused, and said in a deep voice with affirmation, "I was ambushed by the Xinyi Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, and all the jade was shattered!"

"Ba Ga, Li Yunlong, it's Li Yunlong again!"

Yoshio Iwamatsu gritted his teeth, and tightly held the handle of the saber with his right hand. At this moment, he really wanted to practice a wave of saber skills.

The ideal is full, the reality is cruel.

His idea was the same as that of Anda 23, imagining that two mobile detachments would severely damage the Eighth Route Army troops attacking Niangziguan.

But it is a pity that this time the First Army fell into Li Yunlong's plan to encircle the spot and fight for aid.

Yoshio Iwamatsu was very angry when the First Army was pissed on the neck by the Xinyi regiment of the Eighth Route Army, but there was no way to take the Xinyi regiment.

The reason is simple, it can't be beat.

Not only could they not fight, but they lived in fear every day, for fear that one day the Eighth Route Army in the southeast of Shanxi and the Eighth Route Army in the northwest of Shanxi would attack Taiyuan from both sides.

"idiot!"

The more Yoshio Iwamatsu thought about it, the more angry he became, and finally he couldn't help it. He suddenly broke out and drew out his command saber with a swipe.

He knocked down all the teacups on the long table in the combat hall, turned around and smashed the antique vase in the corner.

Seeing this scene, Kazuki Yamamoto couldn't help but twitched his mouth.

Yamamoto was all too familiar with this violent scene of Yoshio Iwamatsu. The previous commander, Yoshio Shinozuka, every time the First Army suffered a defeat, he drew out his lieutenant general's sword and slashed like this.

The fragments of vases chopped up by Yoshio Shinozuka can fill several trucks.

Over time, Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka's sword skills improved by leaps and bounds, and he was almost promoted to a master of swordsmanship.

It's just that Lieutenant General Shinozuka Yoshio didn't use his sword skills in the end, and was beaten into a sieve by the submachine gun of the Xinyi Regiment of the Eighth Route Army.

Now Lieutenant General Iwamatsu Yoshio has started to practice sword skills frequently?
After venting the anger in his heart, Yoshio Iwamatsu withdrew his sword back into its sheath.

Hanagu Masa, Miyazaki Masao, and the communications staff officers on the side did not dare to show their atmosphere.

Afterwards, Yoshio Iwamatsu looked at the communications staff officer: "Immediately forward this telegram to the North China Front Army Command, requesting the North China Front Army Command to dispatch troops to attack the New First Regiment in Northwest Shanxi."

Because Okamura was afraid of information leakage, the first division and the transfer of a second-line division from the mainland to Shanxi were strictly ordered to be kept secret, so Yoshio Iwamatsu and others did not know.

"Hi!"

The communications staff officer breathed a sigh of relief, bowed his head before turning around and leaving.

Afterwards, Yoshio Iwamatsu looked at Kazuki Yamamoto: "Yamamoto-kun, how is your advance team training?"

"Report to the commander!" Kazuki Yamamoto said, "The advance team has completed training and screening, and the unqualified soldiers have been eliminated. Every advance member is the best of the best!"

"Yoxi!" Yoshio Yanmatsu relaxed, "Let your advance team enter the base area of ​​the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army as soon as possible, and play their role."

This time, it was the 500 most elite officers and soldiers selected by the Yamamoto Special Forces from the three divisions and garrison units under the First Army to participate in the training.

In the end, only 200 officers and soldiers stood out, passed the training of the devil month, and became an advance team member.

The combat effectiveness of this group of devils is second only to the Yamamoto special team.

"Hi!" Kazuki Yamamoto bowed his head first, then raised his head and said, "Commander, in order to improve the combat effectiveness of the advance team and better complete the mission, I hope they will be equipped with Type [-] submachine guns."

The secret service team is equipped with all MP38 submachine guns.

It's just that Kazuki Yamamoto doesn't have the ability to get so many German submachine guns and ammunition now.

Yoshio Iwamatsu asked: "How many Type [-] submachine guns do you need?"

"200 is enough." Kazuki Yamamoto said, "to ensure the firepower of the advancing team in hand-to-hand combat."

Of course, when the advancing team entered the Eighth Route Army base area, it was clear that they still had to carry bolt-action rifles such as the [-]th, Liao [-]th, and Zhongguan.

Kazuki Yamamoto also knew that these weapons did not match the main weapons of the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment.

But he couldn't get the semi-automatic rifles and submachine guns equipped by the Eighth Route Army.

In Kazuki Yamamoto's view, this advance team's operation was formulated under top-secret circumstances. In the First Army, apart from himself, only Commander Yoshio Iwamatsu, Chief of Staff Masao Hanaya and Masao Miyazaki knew about it.

Even the North China Front Army Command didn't know.

Moreover, Yoshio Iwamatsu, Masao Hanagu, and Masao Miyazaki did not know the route of the advance team to enter the Eighth Route Army base area and the time when they entered the base area.

In addition to the route, the time when the advancing team entered the base area was determined by Kazuki Yamamoto himself, and there was no need to tell Yoshio Iwamatsu.

The information about the advancing team this time will never be leaked, right?
Kazuki Yamamoto is very confident.

If the information is leaked, it means that Kazuki Yamamoto has a big problem.

……

Peiping.

North China Front Army Command.

"Your Excellency!"

Holding the telegram in his hand, the communications staff officer walked up to Neiji Okamura's desk and bowed his head to report:

"Lieutenant General Yoshio Iwamatsu, the commander of the First Army, sent an urgent message saying that Niangziguan was attacked by the Eighth Route Army. The first and second detachments of the 37th Division were ambushed by the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army on their way to reinforcements. "

Okamura Ningji got up suddenly when he heard the words.

He looked at Youmo Jingsan beside him, and asked, "Youmo Jun, how many troops does each mobile detachment of the 37th Division have?"

"Your Excellency, General." Arisue said three times, "Each mobile detachment of the 37th Division has 2000 people, equipped with 100 trucks, 20 armored vehicles, and a mountain artillery brigade."

"That is to say..." Okamura Ningji's face gradually became gloomy, "This time, the 37th Division has 4000 people?"

"There should be more than 4000 people." Yusue Seizo replied, "If Niangziguan falls, then the brigade stationed at Niangziguan should at least suffer heavy losses."

"Baga!" Neiji Okamura's face turned darker upon hearing this.

But he still resisted the urge to chop the table with a knife.

This number of casualties is not worth mentioning compared to the number of casualties that failed in the last attack on Northwest Shanxi.

But it can't be said that Okamura doesn't feel bad about the number of casualties. After all, the mobile detachment of the 37th Division is composed of elite soldiers.

Although the lost troops can be replenished quickly by the base camp, they are basically trained for several months, and the combat effectiveness of recruits without actual combat training is completely incomparable with that of elite veterans.

However, there was no way around it. The firepower of the Xinyi Regiment of the Eighth Route Army was already very strong.

Even if a fully staffed second-line division is surrounded by a new regiment, it will be difficult to escape, let alone two mobile brigades.

"I really didn't expect that Li Yunlong would go to fight Niangziguan instead of Datong." Youmo Jingsan said bitterly, "It is estimated that Li Yunlong found out that the 26th Division of Datong did not leave, so he gave up attacking Datong and turned to Datong. And go to attack Niangziguan."

Neiji Okamura looked gloomy: "Li Yunlong is simply cunning and cunning."

Suddenly, Ningji Okamura thought of a word called "seeing one thing and losing another".

Although Datong was saved, Niangziguan and the lives of more than 4000 locust soldiers were lost. This wave of blood loss.

Okamura Ningji felt his heart was bleeding.

"Your Excellency, General, you must send troops to the northwest of Shanxi to take care of the Xinyi Regiment." Youmo Jingsan said in a deep voice, "Otherwise, the Xinyi Regiment will run around and cause trouble for the locust army."

"Your Majesty." Ningji Okamura said with a serious expression, "Immediately send a power to the Kwantung Army Headquarters to urge the First Division to enter the customs as soon as possible."

"Hi!" Yusue Seizo suddenly lowered his head.

……

Southeast Shanxi.

Eighth Route Army Headquarters.

"What did you say?"

"The Xinyi regiment wiped out more than [-] enemies at Niangziguan, of which [-] were devils, and [-] were puppet soldiers..."

After listening to the telegram, the staff at the headquarters, including the chief, chief of staff, and division commander, were all lost in thought.

Immediately afterwards, everyone showed joy in their expressions.

Before, Li Yunlong sent a telegram saying that he was requesting to attack Datong and Niangziguan, and the headquarters agreed to Li Yunlong's battle plan.

However, because the 26th Division of the Devils stayed in Datong and did not leave, the Xinyi Regiment launched an attack on Datong and turned to attack Niangziguan.

After Li Yunlong led his troops to set off, the radio station of the Xinyi Regiment kept the radio silent.

It wasn't until Li Yunlong took the initiative to send a telegram to the headquarters that the heads of the headquarters knew that the Xinyi regiment had won another big victory at Niangziguan.

"Nice job!" The chief slapped the table hard, smiling all over his face.

"Li Yunlong is a kid who doesn't make a move, but he is astonishing when he makes a move." The chief of staff's tone was full of surprise.

"This is called drawing a sharp sword out of its sheath, and it will never return to its sheath until it sees blood." The teacher applauded and commented.

"Li Yunlong made a good start for your 129th Division." The chief looked at the teacher and said with a smile, "The 37th Division was killed by the Xinyi Regiment with more than 500 people. It will be up to your 129th Division next."

"Don't worry, Chief." The teacher nodded with a serious expression, "Then let's watch our 129th Division perform. Our 129th Division must give the little devil all the tracks on the Yangquan-Jingxing County section of the Zhengtai Railway within half a month. Overturn."

The reason why the 37th Division was able to defend the Zhengtai Railway was because of the three fast mobile detachments.

A mobile detachment equipped with cars and armored vehicles can quickly rush to a certain attacked point within an hour.

Under such circumstances, the guerrillas naturally did not dare to provoke them, and the main force would cost too much to scrape the rails.

Originally, the 129th Division planned to launch a major attack on the Zhengtai Railway after the winter, and clean up the devil's mobile detachment.

However, Li Yunlong led the Xinyi Regiment to take a step ahead. Li Yunlong captured Niangziguan and killed the devil mobile detachments in Jingxing County and Yangquan.

Then, on the Zhengtai Railway between Yangquan and Jingxing County, there are only some strongholds and artillery towers along the line.

Although Yangquan still garrisoned a ghost infantry unit, as well as engineering unit, supply unit and other units.

However, there is a high probability that the devils will not dare to reinforce, because once the devil's infantry regiment goes out of the city to reinforce the Zhengtai Railway, then the 129th Division will be able to take Yangquan backhand.

Now the artillery of the 129th Division has strong firepower, and they are not joking with the devils.

Hearing the words, the chief nodded heavily: "Okay!"

Anyway, his order has been issued, and then let the division commander formulate a battle plan.

"In this battle, Li Yunlong has gained a lot." The chief of staff said with a smile: "I actually handed in 100 Jiefang vehicles, 20 armored vehicles, and 12 75mm mountain guns."

Hearing this, the chief suddenly smiled.

……

After fighting in Niangziguan, Li Yunlong and Xing Zhiguo led their troops back to Northwest Shanxi.

After four days of marching, the team of Xinyi Regiment finally returned to Northwest Shanxi.

Dagu Town.

Li Yunlong, who had just returned to the regiment headquarters, couldn't wait to contact Boss Chen to clear the accounts and receive the goods.

Chen Feng did not show up, but asked Yan Shuangying to go.

In this battle, about 4500 devils were killed, and the debts of a wing and a brigade that had been credited before had just been repaid.

In addition, the business of killing Devil cars and armored vehicles is a long-term business. Half of the business will be handed over to the headquarters and transported to Yangcun Airport, and the other half will be kept in Xinyituan.

At the receiving location in Dagu Town, Li Yunlong looked at 100 Jiefang vehicles, 20 armored vehicles, and 12 75mm mountain guns, feeling extremely comfortable.

(End of this chapter)