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

The Tiexin troops have the 26th Infantry Regiment, led by Liu Defu; and the 37th Infantry Regiment, led by Nan Qingyi!

They also have a direct cavalry detachment with more than 600 cavalrymen.

However, this cavalry detachment did not follow the battle, but stayed in southeastern Shanxi. Their task was to protect the baggage train.

The Tieshi Force was composed of the Kwantung Army and the Puppet Manchukuo Army and had no direct commander.

Its subordinate unit is the Iron Heart Unit, whose commander is Shigeyoshi Kurino, and there is also the Iron Blood Unit, which is a cavalry unit, whose commander is Fumio Iwata.

The Japanese 53rd Division attacked for a whole morning without making much progress, so it withdrew in the afternoon, and it was the turn of the Tiexin Unit to attack.

Shigeyoshi Kurino organized his troops to launch combat operations, and this time they also received support from two artillery regiments.

Compared with ordinary Japanese field regiments, the two reinforced regiments of the Tiexin Force are very strong, with each regiment having 4,000 people.

The regiment is directly equipped with eight 82MM mortars and eight 37MM flat-fire guns.

In addition, each of their battalions was equipped with eight heavy machine guns, each company had twelve light machine guns, and twelve grenade launchers.

And in each class and platoon, they have a large number of box guns.

They also have a certain number of sniper rifles, and ordinary soldiers have enough bullets and grenades.

As the two regiments launched their attacks, the Tiexin Force focused on leveraging their weapon advantages.

They used light and heavy machine guns and other weapons to suppress and sniper rifles to provide cover.

A large number of box guns advanced quickly and fired, while grenade launchers fired smoke bombs one after another.

For an entire afternoon, the 26th and 37th Infantry Regiments continued to launch fierce attacks, and with the support of artillery, they made some progress.

Xu Chengpu's Fourth Brigade was forced to abandon some positions and began to retreat to the core positions.

This time, the Japanese stopped fighting before nightfall.

When the commander of the 53rd Division, Kaoru Takeda, saw that the Tetsukoshi troops were making progress, he began to send the 53rd Division to assist in the battle.

The three infantry regiments attacked in two directions and quickly advanced towards the east and west sides of Jincheng.

At nine o'clock in the evening, Chen Ziyun personally came to Jincheng to take command.

He used two regiments of the 4th Brigade to hold the Jincheng city defense positions, the cavalry regiment attacked from the east to tie down the Japanese troops, and the guard regiment ensured the safety of the positions on the west.

Zhou Wenbo's Second Artillery Regiment assembled 24 Soviet-style field guns to provide continuous artillery cover.

The troops of both sides fought fiercely repeatedly in Jincheng, and both sides suffered casualties.

The Japanese gradually took control of the outer positions, but it was still very difficult for them to recapture Jincheng.

At two o'clock in the morning of the 23rd, Chen Ziyun decisively dispatched Sun Xiong's First Artillery Regiment to provide support.

In addition, the Fifth Brigade stationed in Yangcheng immediately drew out Xie Yunxia's 608th Regiment to prepare and be ready to move eastward to support the battle at any time.

The two sides fought fiercely all night, and the Japanese and puppet troops relied on their superior manpower to launch repeated attacks.

Several times, they almost broke through the city defense positions, but every time at the critical moment, the defenders blocked them in time and held their positions.

By eight o'clock in the morning, the Japanese and puppet troops temporarily stopped the attack and rested.

At the same time, their field artillery regiment and independent mountain artillery regiment continued to launch fierce artillery bombardments at Jincheng.

The battle here in Jincheng is somewhat stressful, as the Japanese northern echelon is very strong.

Xu Chengpu's Fourth Brigade of 7,000 men had suffered hundreds of casualties and some of their weapons had been destroyed.

The cavalry regiment and the guard regiment also suffered varying casualties.

On this day, the Japanese southern echelon began to gather its main forces and continued to attack westward.

After confirming that there were no threats around, the commander of the 52nd Division, Etsujiro Kono, personally commanded the main forces of the 52nd Division, the Furukawa Detachment and the Jiangdao Detachment to fight. A large number of Japanese troops advanced towards Wangwu Town, wanting to completely defeat Liang Ruxian's Third Brigade here.

But these Japanese soldiers didn't know that at this moment, a large number of troops were secretly gathering on the high ground to their north.

The independent detachment, guerrilla detachment, northern Henan detachment and other troops have been assembled one after another.

Li Yunlong, commander of the independent detachment, is responsible for unified command of operations.

At the same time, Liang Ruxian's Third Brigade, as well as Chen Ziyun's two guerrilla regiments and a heavy artillery battalion deployed in Jinmiaopu Town, were also under his command.

"Old Ding, Brother Ziyun's troops in Jinmiaopu Town are now under the command of your guerrilla detachment."

"There are four regiments and one heavy artillery battalion. If you can't block the Qin River, then you can't be the detachment commander anymore."

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Li Yunlong began to give combat orders to Ding Wei.

During this period, the three detachments continued to develop, and their subordinate guerrilla brigades began to reorganize.

Currently, the guerrilla detachment consists of the New Second Regiment and the New Fourth Regiment; the Northern Henan Detachment consists of the Independent Regiment and the New Fifth Regiment.

There is no change in Li Yunlong's independent detachment, and it still has the New 1st Regiment, the New 3rd Regiment, and the Artillery Regiment.

"Old Li, don't worry. It's just a matter of blocking the Qin River. That's easy."

"I'll make this mission a little more difficult and recapture Hanoi County as well."

"The main force of the Japanese has quite a few troops, so you better be careful."

"If you try to steal a chicken but end up losing the rice, you will suffer a loss, and it will also completely disrupt the overall combat deployment."

Ding Wei looked at Li Yunlong and said directly.

Li Yunlong laughed and didn't take Ding Wei's words seriously.

On the evening of August 23, various units in the northern Henan region launched combat operations.

Ding Wei commanded the 1st Guerrilla Regiment, the 4th Guerrilla Regiment, the New 2nd Regiment, the New 4th Regiment, and the Heavy Artillery Battalion to attack from the northern high ground.

They quickly blocked the west bank of the Qin River and, with a part of their elite troops, launched a fierce attack on Hanoi County.

The Japanese did have some garrison troops here, but they were only logistics troops and engineering corps.

These troops are relatively weak, and faced with so many troops, they naturally will not take the initiative to attack.

The Japanese held on to the town for defense and at the same time hurriedly contacted the division headquarters.

Upon learning that tens of thousands of troops appeared in the Qin River area, the commander of the 53rd Division, Etsujiro Kono, ordered his troops to stop the attack.

He began to understand the situation in detail and made preparations to return for assistance.

However, before these Japanese devils had time to deploy, Li Yunlong began to organize his troops to attack from multiple fronts.

The 3rd Brigade attacked from the west, the independent detachment attacked from the north, and the Northern Henan Detachment detoured to attack from the east.

These troops assembled six infantry regiments and one artillery regiment to launch combat attacks on the main force of the 53rd Division, the Furukawa Detachment, and the Ejima Detachment.

The troops of both sides engaged in a fierce battle in the area east of Wangwu Town, with deafening sound of gunfire continuing to ring out.

By the early morning of February 24, Ding Wei led his troops to launch a counterattack against Hanoi County and other towns, focusing on encircling and annihilating the baggage troops and engineering corps.

In Jincheng, Chen Ziyun commanded his troops to contain the Japanese northern echelon to prevent them from capturing Jincheng.

The 201st Division has quickly dispatched the Chu Yu Guard Regiment to provide immediate support to Yangcheng.

As the Chu Yu Guards entered Yangcheng, the Fourth Brigade, the Fifth Brigade and other troops began to gather in Jincheng for battle. (End of this chapter)