People are shining their swords, secretly helping the Iron Triangle in Northwest Shanxi

Ochito Sanji's combat suggestions surprised Okamura Neiji. For a while, Okamura Neiji stood silent.

After a while, Okamura Neji picked up the telegram and looked at it carefully.

The Kwantung Army is indeed preparing to dispatch Japanese and Manchu troops to North China to assist the North China Front in attacking the Eighth Route Army.

Moreover, the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, Umezu Yoshijiro, served as the commander of the First Army of the North China Front and was relatively supportive of operations in the North China region.

For example, the Kwantung Army readily agreed to the 41st Regiment and 47th Regiment that were transferred this time, and even specially strengthened them.

This means that the Riman troops that are about to come will definitely have strong combat capabilities.

From an overall perspective, after these troops arrive, it is most prudent to assemble the troops for combat.

But now that he had just gained some results, he gave up the battle, which was somewhat unacceptable to Okamura Neji.

After all, spreading such news will have a very bad impact.

The little devil's newly boosted morale may also be hit by this.

At noon, Fang Ligong, chief of staff of the 201st Division, also came to the front line.

Among these troops, there are two regiments of artillery alone.

Troops such as the Cavalry Regiment, Guard Regiment, New First Regiment, and Independent Regiment all have considerable combat capabilities.

That is, after the 52nd Division is strengthened by the 47th Regiment, no matter what, it must control Ziling Town and other areas on the west bank of the Qinhe River.

The Third Brigade has two regiments, the Zhongtiaoshan Guerrilla Command has five regiments, the Independent Detachment has three regiments and two guerrilla brigades, and the Henan North Detachment has one regiment and four guerrilla brigades.

The 41st Regiment and the 47th Regiment divided their forces to fight.

At present, the high ground south of Luzhou City in southeastern Shanxi has been lost, and the two elite regiments of the Little Devils will move south to threaten Zhongtiao Mountain at any time.

Okamura Neiji also made arrangements here. He asked the 41st Regiment to quickly return to the northern Henan region to assist the 52nd Division in operations.

Each department launches a certain scale of operations, regardless of whether it achieves results or not, and quickly ends the operations after reaching a certain level of combat.

However, the Little Devils Air Force was dispatched in the morning to directly bomb the southeastern Shanxi and northern Henan areas.

Currently, many troops are gathered in the northern Henan region.

How to carry out the follow-up operations, Okamura Neiji chose a compromise.

Twelve bombers were dispatched one after another, and the bombing continued until noon.

As long as they control these areas, it is equivalent to planting a hard nail to the west of Qinhe River, which will be very beneficial to their subsequent operations.

As for whether to keep fighting for a long time, it is still a compromise.

The North China Front Army Headquarters has not yet reached a conclusion, and Okamura Neiji has not yet made a decision.

As for the 47th Regiment, they gradually attacked Jincheng. Of course, this attack was only a tentative attack and they would be withdrawn after a short while.

However, here in the northern Henan region, Okamura Neiji still issued certain combat missions.

These troops have gradually completed the encirclement of the 52nd Division in the Ziling Town area. Chen Ziyun and others also have different opinions on how to carry out follow-up operations.

After all, when it comes to war, sometimes it may not be a good thing to just give up when things are good.

The little Japanese troops began to take action, and Chen Ziyun and others in the northern Henan region were also having repeated discussions.

Chu Yunfei was worried that Zhongtiao Mountain would be hit, so he wanted to repel the 52nd Division in the northern Henan region and restore the situation before the battle.

Then Chen Ziyun and others commanded the troops to quickly return to southeastern Shanxi to deal with the two elite field regiments of the Little Japanese.

As for Li Yunlong, he wanted to contain the Japs in Ziling Town and advanced his elite troops to fight in the area east of Qinhe River. The areas occupied by a large number of Japs in northern Henan east of the Qin River are relatively weak in defense. If the elite troops can attack them, they will definitely be able to achieve victory.

As for Chen Ziyun, he inevitably wants to fight a war of annihilation. After all, only the little Japs who are killed are not threatening.

Otherwise, if the 52nd Division is in the northern Henan area, it will be fatal at any time with a knife beside it.

They continued to discuss it throughout the morning, but they did not reach a unified view.

After Fang Ligong came over on behalf of Chu Yun, everyone met again.

Having fewer troops has the advantage of having fewer troops. After all, the troops can be concentrated together to fight, and there are not so many ideas.

For example, if we only have a few regiments now, it would be difficult to block the attack of the 52nd Division, and no one would have other ideas.

But now that there are more troops, all kinds of ideas will inevitably come to life.

"Commander Chen, Captain Li, Captain Kong, you all know the situation in southeastern Shanxi."

"There are tens of thousands of elite Japs troops here in the Laoxiong Mountain Highlands. They have strong combat capabilities."

"Captain Ding Wei's guerrilla detachment was defeated in an instant. Now these little devils are resting."

"If they follow the trend and go south, Jincheng will not be saved."

"If Jincheng is lost, the consequences will be disastrous, and Zhongtiao Mountain will be threatened."

"Moreover, after these little devils captured Jincheng, they did not attack Zhongtiao Mountain. Instead, they bypassed the highlands and came to the northern Henan area. However, there will be a fatal threat."

Fang Ligong came to the map and said with a serious expression on his face.

Ziling Town, where the 52nd Little Devils Division is stationed, is to the north of Jinmiaopu Town.

Jinmiaopu Town is within the scope of Zhongtiao Mountain, and Jinmiaopu Town continues to the north, which is Jincheng.

At present, the troops under the Zhongtiao Mountain Guerrilla Command are stationed in Jincheng and other areas for defense.

After the 41st Regiment and the 47th Regiment captured Jincheng, they went south to capture Jinmiaopu Town. They could not only attack the defenders of Zhongtiao Mountain, but also quickly go south to northern Henan to join the battle.

In view of this, Chu Yunfei hoped that Chen Ziyun would quickly repel the 52nd Division and control the area west of Qinhe River, and the main force would quickly return to Jincheng and other areas for defense.

After all, the defenses in Jincheng and other areas are still relatively weak. If the Japs attack, they may fall at any time.

"Lao Ding's guerrilla detachment is not a piece of paper. Although it suffered a defeat, it can continue to fight."

"Brother Ziyun has two regiments for defense here in Jincheng. With the addition of Lao Ding's troops, there is no problem in stopping the little Japs."

"If it doesn't work, the 201st Division will dispatch troops to assist. It won't be difficult to stop tens of thousands of little devils."

"The fierce fighting here in the northern Henan region has just begun, and we have to continue the fight."

"Brother Ziyun, let's just do this. Lao Kong's northern Henan detachment will be under your command, and we can independently go south and east to fight. What do you think?"

"Don't worry, as long as we move eastward, we will definitely turn the area occupied by the little devils into chaos."

"You will all have a share of the loot I get back."

Li Yunlong geared up and looked at Chen Ziyun and continued to put forward his own ideas.

Chen Ziyun looked at the markings on the map with a thoughtful expression on his face.

Then he looked at Li Yunlong and Fang Ligong, and couldn't help but frown slightly. (End of chapter)