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Chapter 666 Isn't this bullying honest people?

Before the meeting ended, the telegraph soldiers of the new regiment held a telegram in their hands and walked quickly into the regiment headquarters of the new regiment.

After reading the telegram, Chief of Staff Wang Dehou said to Li Yunlong in a low voice:

"Regimental Commander, just forwarded a secret message from the headquarters. The 41st Cavalry Brigade of the Mongolian Army and the [-]st Division of the [-]st Army are on their way from Taiyuan to attack the Jinsui Army."

Kuribayashi Tadamichi's First Cavalry Brigade never returned to the Mongolian Army.

The commander of the Mongolian Army repeatedly asked the First Army Command for the First Cavalry Brigade, but Yoshio Iwamatsu pretended not to know.

Without Okamura Ningji's order, Kuribayashi Tadao would not dare to lead his troops back to Inner Mongolia.

This time the First Cavalry Brigade was captured by Yoshio Iwamatsu and sent to attack the Jinsui Army.

In Taiyuan and its vicinity, there are only the 14th and 18th Brigades, as well as the Wing directly under the First Army and some garrison units.

If the First Division hadn't arrived in northern Shanxi, even if Yoshio Iwamatsu had eaten his ambitions, he would not have dared to send the First Cavalry Brigade and the 41st Division to attack the Jinsui Army.

Because once the 1st Cavalry Brigade and the 41st Division leave Taiyuan, the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi and the Eighth Route Army in Southeast Shanxi will probably be like sharks smelling blood and attack Taiyuan backhanded.

After all, the Japanese army's attack on the Jinsui army could not be done in three or two days.

But now that the main force of the First Division has arrived in northern Shanxi, the Eighth Route Army in northwest Shanxi must not dare to go south to attack Taiyuan.

"Ha ha……"

"This is good news."

Hearing this information, Li Yunlong couldn't help but raise his mouth slightly.

In this way, once the war broke out in Northwest Shanxi, the First Army would not have many troops to reinforce the First Division.

If the First Army dared to reinforce the First Division, then the main force of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army in southeastern Shanxi would be able to capture Taiyuan with a backhand.

The current headquarters has 24 B4 heavy howitzers, and has initially formed combat effectiveness. It can be said that it can block and kill gods and Buddhas, and its offensive ability is unparalleled.

And this time, the 24 heavy howitzers of the new regiment were also dispatched.

Because the devil's heavy artillery unit has come, with 150mm cannon and 240mm heavy howitzer.

According to intelligence, Li Yunlong already knew that the main force of the Japanese First Division had arrived in Datong, northern Shanxi, and it was estimated that they would go to northwest Shanxi in the next few days.

After the meeting was over, the battalion commanders quickly led their troops to the designated place to ambush.

The main forces of the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment have gathered in Dagu Town.

Under the leadership of the battalion commanders, the 5 troops in Northwest Shanxi began to go to the designated place to ambush.

……

Northern Shanxi.

Datong.

Shigetoku Kuroda, head of the 26th Division, and Mitsuo Nakazawa, head of the First Division, stood side by side on the city wall of Datong.

Although the 26th Division reoccupied Datong, some repairs were made to the city wall of Datong.

However, the city wall that was bombed by the 150mm heavy howitzer is still in ruins, which is enough to see how fierce the artillery firepower of the Eighth Route Army is.

"Mr. Zhongze, from now on, the 12th Regiment of the Independence Mountain Artillery will be under your command."

Kuroda Shigetoku said in a deep voice, with no expression on his face, but he couldn't help feeling a little bitter in his heart.

The 26th Division was originally called the 26th Infantry Regiment. It has the 26th Independent Artillery Regiment and the 12th Independent Artillery Regiment under its jurisdiction. The artillery has strong firepower.

But now, Ningji Okamura assigned the 12th Regiment of the Mountain Artillery to the First Division with a transfer order.

The 12th Regiment of the Mountain Artillery is probably a meat bun beating a dog, and there will be no return.

Shigetoku Kuroda was a little envious. The treatment of the Class A division was good, not only the field artillery regiment, but also the heavy artillery brigade.

Mitsuo Nakazawa patted Shigetoku Kuroda on the shoulder: "I know, Mr. Kuroda, you will feel uncomfortable, but the stronger the strength, the greater the responsibility. The opponent of the First Division is the Soviet Army, the new army of the Eighth Route Army. Regiment, the First Division must have strong artillery firepower to deal with it."

Hearing Mitsuo Nakazawa's words, Shigetoku Kuroda stopped being envious after a second thought.

To be honest, if the 26th Division were to carry three artillery regiments, one of which was a heavy artillery regiment, to attack the Xinyi regiment of the Eighth Route Army, Shigetoku Kuroda would not want to go either.

The reason is simple, the Eighth Route Army Xinyi Regiment's fighting power is so strong that it makes the Japanese army tremble, and it is so strong that the Japanese army cannot sleep at night when they think of the Xinyi Regiment.

Shigetoku Kuroda said: "Mr. Zhongze, although your first division is very strong, but this time you have to deal with Li Yunlong, who is scheming and often plays cards unreasonably. Be more vigilant."

"Of course I know that." Mitsuo Nakazawa nodded, "But I still want to thank Kuroda-kun for reminding me."

Killed Li Yunlong, the most elite infantry regiment of the First Division and a heavy artillery regiment.

How dare he underestimate the enemy?
Kuroda Shigetoku said again: "In case of trouble, Mr. Nakazawa can call the 26th Division for reinforcements at any time. According to the order of the North China Front Army Command, our 26th Division will not return to Baotou and Wuyuan until next month."

At present, Baotou and Wuyuan have been occupied by the Sui army.

But this has little effect on the Mongolian Army. The main force of the 26th Division and the cavalry troops of the Mongolian Army will soon regain Baotou and Wuyuan from the Sui Army.

"Yo Xi."

"Then thank you, Kuroda-kun."

Sanfu Zhongze didn't try to be brave, saying that defeating Xinyituan was like finding something out of a pocket.

With the 26th Division behind him, even though it was just an ordinary second-tier division, Mitsuo Nakazawa would feel more secure in his heart.

By the time the 26th Division returned to Baotou and Wuyuan, the [-]st Division must have gained a firm foothold in Northwest Shanxi.

"Report to the head of the division!"

A combat staff officer of the First Division quickly climbed up the city wall and bowed his head to Sanfu Nakazawa to report:
"Reporting to the head of the division, the last batch of locust soldiers and artillery squadrons have arrived at Datong Station."

"Yo Xi." Hearing this, Sanfu Nakazawa nodded with a satisfied expression.

Originally, it only took about 10 days for the First Division to arrive in Datong.

However, due to guerrillas raiding the railway and scraping the tracks during the period, the First Division arrived in Datong 5 days later than originally estimated.

However, the enemy's bombers did not come to bomb the columns of the [-]st Division.

Although it was a little later than the scheduled time, it finally arrived safely.

Mitsuo Nakazawa arrived in Datong by plane. In order to prevent being shot down like Kotosao, Mitsuo Nakazawa’s plane changed its route several times, circled over Datong several times, and only dared to land at Datong Airport after making sure it was safe.

"The order!"

Mitsuo Nakazawa said coldly:
"Send all the scouts to scout along the road to Northwest Shanxi."

"Request the North China Front Army Command to send a reconnaissance plane to reconnaissance Northwest Shanxi."

For the first division to go to Northwest Shanxi, Mitsuo Nakazawa is still very cautious.

Although the main opponent of the First Division is the New First Regiment, there is more than one New First Regiment in Northwest Shanxi, and there are also the Second Second Regiment of the Eighth Route Army and the Independent Regiment, which are not good.

Combined, the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi has the strength of the First Division.

Even if the enemy launches an ambush, the First Division may suffer relatively large losses.

For example, when the Fifth Division was in Pingxingguan, it was ambushed by the Eighth Route Army and lost more than 1000 elite locust troops.

Only when everything is safe will Sanfu Nakaze order the First Division to set off for Northwest Shanxi.

"Hi!"

The combat staff officer turned and left.

Following the order of Sanfu Zhongze, the scouts of the First Division quickly dispatched to reconnaissance along the road heading to the northwest of Shanxi.

At the same time, a telegram from the First Division was sent to the North China Front Army Command, requesting that a reconnaissance plane be dispatched to reconnaissance in the northwest of Shanxi.

Although the base camp promised to add 100 aircraft to the North China Front Army, only a part of the reconnaissance aircraft and fighter jets are currently in place.

Most of the fighters and bombers were transferred to the Southeast Asian battlefield.

……

Luliang Mountain.

Difficult slope.

"Commander, something is wrong."

Holding a telegram in his hand, a combat staff officer hurriedly ran into the headquarters of the Second War Zone to salute Yan Xishan and report.

"What are you panicking about?"

"Say slowly, the sky won't fall."

Yan Xishan picked up his teacup, breathed a little, and cast a reproachful glance at the combat staff officer.

He has lived a really comfortable life recently, sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight, watching the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese army fighting lively in Shanxi and North China.

The Jinsui army only used to watch the show on the sidelines, recuperate, and accumulate strength.

When the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese army are defeated, the Jinsui army can reap the benefits of the fisherman. Even if they can't reap the benefits of the fisherman, the Jinsui army is still very safe.

Hearing that the First Division of the Kwantung Army had also arrived in Northwest Shanxi, Yan Xishan felt more at ease. Needless to say, he knew that this First Division must have come to fight against the New First Regiment of the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi.

It would be best if the First Division and the Xinyi Regiment of the Eighth Route Army beat out all the dog's brains.

In Yan Xishan's view, both the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese Army came to Shanxi to compete with the Jinsui Army for territory.

Now that the Eighth Route Army has the largest territory, Yan Xishan naturally held a grudge against the Eighth Route Army, but on the surface it was still a united front, and he did not dare to provoke the Eighth Route Army.

"Report to the Commander."

Combat staff officers try to ensure that they speak fluently:
"Insider information, the Japanese 41st Cavalry Wing, [-]st Division, and the First Puppet Army are marching towards Luliang Mountain. The Japanese army's posture seems to be attacking our Jinsui army."

"What did you say?"

Yan Xishan's hand holding the teacup suddenly trembled, his eyes widened suddenly:

"The First Army attacked our Jinsui Army?"

"Yes!" The combat staff officer bowed his head, "The Ministry of Communications has confirmed this information. The Japanese and puppet troops have about 2 people and are advancing towards Luliang Mountain."

"How is this possible?" Yan Xishan quickly calmed down, but there was still a look of shock and anger in his eyes.

The current Jinsui Army has been reorganized. Except for the directly subordinate units such as the 358th Regiment, all infantry brigades have been reorganized into temporary border divisions.

14 temporary divisions were successively established, numbered from the 37th temporarily to the 50th temporarily, and the 4th cavalry division was established.

Although there are 14 divisions and 1 cavalry division, it looks like a lot of troops, but in fact, a division has only a few thousand people, and there is still a situation of empty pay. The Chongqing government often does not pay enough for the army, and its combat effectiveness is poor.

For example, the 358th regiment is already considered a relatively capable unit in the Jinsui Army.

Nima's First Army of the Japanese Army did not dare to fight the Eighth Route Army, so they came to fight the Jinsui Army.

Isn't this bullying the honest person?

"The order!"

"Let the officers above the division commander go to the headquarters for a meeting immediately."

Yan Xishan also lost his temper.

In his opinion, although the Jinsui Army has only 7 or [-] people, a cavalry brigade and an infantry division want to defeat the Jinsui Army, and Yoshio Iwamatsu thinks too much.

Soon Yan Xishan held a battle meeting and ordered all divisions to strictly guard against death.

Afterwards, Yan Xishan hurried west across the Yellow River to Qiulin Town, where he remotely commanded the Jinsui Army to fight.

……

There is a distance of [-] to [-] kilometers from Datong to the northwest of Shanxi.

The scouts of the First Division followed the road for reconnaissance, and at the same time the reconnaissance planes that took off from Beiping Airport also flew to northwest Shanxi for reconnaissance.

The earth seemed to be covered with a thick snow-white carpet.

In fact, there are not many snowy weather in Northwest Shanxi.

Most of the weather is dry and cold, and the fields and mountains are particularly empty. The northwest wind penetrates into the mountains in the northwest of Shanxi, whizzing between the peaks and valleys, and it seems to be able to crack the exposed rocks.

The soldiers wore snow-white battle robes, lying motionless in the open field.

The devil's reconnaissance plane swept past from low altitude.

A cave about four kilometers away from the road is the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi.

Listening to the roar of the Devil's reconnaissance plane going away, Xing Zhiguo sighed: "This is already the third reconnaissance plane, and the First Division may not come today."

When the heavy snow fell last night, the soldiers had already taken advantage of the darkness to enter the ambush position.

Moreover, in the base areas of the three regiments in Northwest Shanxi, the militiamen of the Eighth Route Army put on the military uniforms of the main force for training, pretending that the main force was still in the base area.

After winter, each of the main fighters received two sets of thick cotton padded clothes, and it was no problem to distribute one set to the militiamen.

"Just wait." Li Yunlong said, "We can only wait for three days at most. If the First Division does not come after three days, we will retreat."

Although snow is more suitable for large troops to hide, in such cold weather, even wearing thick cotton clothes, soldiers cannot freeze in the snow for a long time.

The formation of two Kawasaki 88 reconnaissance planes made a circle in Northwest Shanxi, and the Northwest Shanxi under the wings was endless, except for snow.

Even though it is snowing, it can still be seen from the reconnaissance plane that the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi is still training outdoors.

Afterwards, the two devil reconnaissance planes went to the three counties of Ping'an, Anhua and Heyuan for reconnaissance. They did not find the Eighth Route Army, and then left.

……

"Reporting to the head of the division."

The next morning.

Datong.

At the headquarters of the First Division, a combat staff officer bowed his head and reported to the division commander Mitsuo Nakazawa:

"The scouts sent news and found no abnormalities."

"In addition, yesterday the North China Front Army Command sent 13 sorties of reconnaissance planes to Northwest Shanxi for reconnaissance."

"According to the reconnaissance situation of the reconnaissance plane, the main force of the Northwest Shanxi Eighth Route Army is still in its base area."

"The three counties of Ping'an, Anhua, and Heyuan are not defended by the Eighth Route Army, and there are not many Chinese people in the cities."

The combat staff reported to Sanfu Nakaze one by one what the scouts and reconnaissance planes went to Northwest Shanxi to scout.

"Yo Xi!"

Mitsuo Nakazawa nodded in satisfaction.

Both ground and high-altitude reconnaissance were carried out, which meant that there was really no ambush on the road to Northwest Shanxi.

Moreover, Li Yunlong gave up the three counties of Ping'an, Anhua and Heyuan.

This was expected by Mitsuo Nakazawa.

Sanfu Zhongze said: "Here's the order, all the regiments will set off immediately and go to the northwest of Shanxi."

"Hi!"

The combat staff officer suddenly bowed his head.

(End of this chapter)