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

At three o'clock in the morning on May 20th, the Japanese Colonel Captain Ejima Torao received a medal and returned directly to the front line.

Looking at the brand new medal, Jiangdao Torao showed a proud smile on his face.

Of course, he was also aware that the Colonel Commander of the 47th Regiment, Masao Furukawa, had also received a medal, so he inevitably had a competitive streak.

Jiang Dao Huxiong believed that Chen Ziyun’s main force was not in southeastern Shanxi, but in northern Henan.

So he planned to command the Jiangdao Detachment to quickly cross the Qin River and directly deal a devastating blow to Chen Ziyun's troops.

He still had great confidence in the upcoming battle, after all, he had more than 10,000 troops at this time.

The Jiangdao Detachment, which is composed of the 41st Regiment, the 150th Regiment, the Engineer Regiment, and the Search Regiment, has strong overall combat capability.

They quickly repelled Kong Jie's Northern Henan Detachment and easily advanced to the area on the east bank of the Qin River.

Jiangdao Torao believed that the enemy troops here had no ability to stop them.

But he didn't know that Chen Ziyun quickly adjusted his deployment based on the situation on the battlefield.

He assembled Zhu Mingxuan's 604st Guerrilla Regiment, Lu Zhenyu's 605th Guerrilla Regiment, Ling Feng's th Regiment, Fang Qing's th Regiment, and Wei Heshang's Guard Regiment to join the battle.

The five infantry regiments, with the support of Sun Xiong's 52st Artillery Regiment, continued to attack the main force of the Japanese nd Division in Ziling Town.

The 69th Regiment, the 107th Regiment and the Field Artillery Regiment in the Ziling Town area were attacked one after another, and they are currently forced to hold their defense.

As for the Zhangwu Cavalry Regiment, it was controlled near the battlefield and served as a reserve force.

Regarding the situation of the Jiangdao detachment, Chen Ziyun immediately contacted Li Yunlong.

He reinforced Li Yunlong's detachment with the heavy artillery battalion that had just arrived.

Li Yunlong's detachment gathered its main forces on the west bank of the Qin River and built river defense positions to prevent the Jiangdao detachment from crossing the river.

In addition, the Kong Jie Detachment, which retreated to the Taihang Mountain Plateau, was naturally under the command of Li Yunlong.

Chen Ziyun knew that the Jiangdao detachment had come with ill intentions, so he repeatedly reminded Li Yunlong.

Li Yunlong appears to be careless on the surface, but he is actually a meticulous person.

He knew clearly that once the Jiangdao Detachment crossed the Qin River and established contact with the main force of the 52nd Division, the operations in northern Henan would inevitably fail.

So he made arrangements overnight, with Zhang Dabiao commanding the New 1st Regiment and Xing Zhiguo commanding the New 3rd Regiment to build positions.

Four guerrilla battalions were deployed in the rear as reserve forces, and Tang Chunming's artillery regiment built artillery positions with 24 Fengzao field guns.

The heavy artillery battalion that came to cooperate in the battle was treated as a treasure by Li Yunlong.

The heavy artillery battalion has ten 150MM mortars and two 100MM howitzers.

Ten heavy mortars were supported by the First War Zone. These were also large-caliber mortars that had just been successfully copied in China.

As for the two 100MM howitzers, they were Feng-made artillery pieces captured by Chen Ziyun on the battlefield.

These twelve artillery pieces have strong destructive power and can be regarded as the absolute trump card of all combat units in the northern Henan region.

At this time, Chen Ziyun did not arrange him to undertake the task of attacking the enemy, but deployed him in the river defense position, which shows the importance of the battle here.

"I have known Brother Ziyun for such a long time. He is a master strategist and has everything under his control."

"But he is really anxious this time. If we let the Japanese cross the river, we will definitely lose the battle in northern Henan."

"By that time, it would be the best outcome if so many troops could be safely withdrawn to Zhongtiao Mountain."

"If the Japs join forces, most of us will die here."

"See? No matter how many Japanese soldiers come, I will drown them in the Qin River."

"As long as our independent detachment is here, they won't be able to cross the Qin River to fight."

Li Yunlong called together the cadres above the battalion level of the independent detachment and said with a serious expression on his face, "Yes, detachment leader." The cadres answered one after another.

This time, Li Yunlong did not lead the New 1st Regiment into battle as he did in the past, but instead let Zhang Dabiao serve as the acting regiment commander to take command.

He is responsible for the overall command because he is also aware of the importance of his troops' combat operations.

At 3:30 in the morning, the Jiangdao Detachment began to assemble artillery units to launch shelling.

75MM mountain cannons, 70MM infantry cannons, 90MM mortars and other artillery fired successively at the west bank of the Qin River.

The 52nd Division's Engineer Regiment launched an operation to build a pontoon bridge so that the troops could cross the river quickly.

However, as the Japanese launched artillery bombardment, the independent detachment did not show any weakness.

Tang Chunming commanded the artillery regiment to launch a quick counterattack with one Fenghua field gun after another.

Grenades were fired at the Japanese one after another, and at the same time, grenade launchers from each company also fired flares.

As the flares were launched into the air, the dark night became bright, and the Japanese engineers building the pontoon bridge were completely exposed.

For a moment, the sounds of rifle, light and heavy machine gun firing rang out one after another.

The Japanese engineering corps were like sitting ducks. They were shot one by one and fell into the Qin River.

Before long, the surface of Qin River turned blood red.

The independent detachment started firing, and the Japanese artillery immediately responded with fire.

At the same time, the 41st and 150th Regiments opened fire with heavy machine guns, grenade launchers, rapid-fire cannons and other weapons.

By around four in the morning, the Jiangdao Detachment and the Independent Detachment launched a fierce battle in the Qinhe area.

Jiangdao Torao personally took command at the front line, and the Japanese began a fierce attack, preparing to force a crossing of the Qin River.

The independent detachment defended tenaciously, and the fighting between the two sides was very fierce.

By morning, the Japanese air force began to arrive to provide support.

One bomber after another launched bombing raids on the west bank of the Qin River in an attempt to cover the Jiangdao Detachment's crossing of the river.

However, the independent detachment fought to the death and did not give up their positions even when they were subjected to carpet bombing.

At nine o'clock in the morning, the Japanese troops in Ziling Town organized a forceful advance eastward, preparing to support the Jiangdao Detachment in combat.

The 69th and 107th Regiments dispatched about troops, equipped with artillery and other heavy weapons, to launch a fierce attack eastward.

The Fourth Guerrilla Regiment, which launched its operations from the east, immediately went into defensive mode.

After receiving the report, Chen Ziyun sneered and immediately gave the order.

Zhang Wu commanded the cavalry regiment to attack immediately and assist the Fourth Guerrilla Regiment in attacking this group of Japanese devils.

As for the other regiments, they continued to attack and tie down the Japanese troops.

The troops of both sides in the northern Henan region were once again engaged in fierce fighting. At around ten o'clock, Kong Jie's detachment regrouped and charged directly from the high ground on the north side.

Under the personal command of Kong Jie, the Independent Regiment and other troops launched an attack on the Jiangdao Detachment from the flank.

The fierce fighting continued and time unknowingly came to noon.

The Jiangdao Detachment was unable to cross the Qin River, so they began to retreat to rest and prepare to reorganize the attack after lunch.

The 47th Regiment, which was fighting alone in southeastern Shanxi, has now encountered a tough opponent.

The 47th Regiment had more than troops, and suffered hundreds of casualties, most of whom were killed.

Colonel Colonel Masao Furukawa realized that something was wrong and quickly began to withdraw his troops, gathering them outside the city to temporarily defend it. (End of this chapter)