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

Chapter 97
The April morning was still a bit chilly, and at seven o'clock, the fiery red sun rose high.

At this time, the brigade headquarters of the independent and mixed fourth brigade had been transferred to Wanjia Town, and a large number of Japanese and puppet troops had rushed to the Yangcun area one after another.

Major General Shotaro Katayama, head of the brigade, was in command of the brigade headquarters, constantly dispatching troops by radio.

In response to the defensive deployment in the Yangcun area, the First Army has already formulated and improved its operational plan.

They are going to be the first to encircle and annihilate Chu Yunfei's 358 regiment, and then annihilate Li Yunlong's new regiment.

So after a large number of Japanese and puppet troops arrived at the front line, they began to advance towards the 358th regiment to build a starting position.

Nanzhuang Town is located in the south of Yang Village, and Chu Yunfei has been stationed here with his troops for some time.

The 358 regiment had already predicted the attack of the Japanese and puppet troops, so they made defensive deployments in advance.

At this moment, as a large number of Japanese and puppet troops advanced, the whole regiment immediately entered a fighting state.

The first battalion, the second battalion, the third battalion, the fourth battalion, and the artillery battalion, with more than 3000 troops, quickly entered the position and prepared for the battle.

The current deployment arrangement of the 358 regiment is still based on network defense in depth.

The four infantry battalions occupied the high ground to build a defensive position, and the artillery battalion set up a sheltered position in the center to support the infantry defense with artillery fire.

After Chen Ziyun received the combat order from the regiment headquarters, the two artillery companies immediately entered the position.

Zhou Wenbo's artillery observation team began to set up artillery observation posts.

The Battalion Communication Corps also immediately began to set up lines to ensure the communication between the observation team, the battalion headquarters and the artillery company.

It is worth mentioning that up to now, the battalion headquarters has more radio connections with the artillery observation post.

In this way, even if the telephone line is cut, they can also obtain shooting data through the radio.

"Ziyun, I have already contacted Qian Bojun and other battalion commanders, they will not interfere with your artillery operations."

"You can launch artillery strikes on your own according to the battlefield situation, and support the infantry in defensive operations."

"You also know the terrain here. If these highlands are lost, it will be impossible for us to stop the Japanese army in Nanzhuang Town."

"So no matter what, your artillery battalion must fully assist the infantry, hold on to the high ground, and block the Japanese army from the high ground!"

At around [-]:[-], the regiment headquarters called directly to the artillery battalion headquarters.

After Chen Ziyun answered the phone, Chu Yunfei's voice began to pass.

"Don't worry, the regiment, as long as our artillery battalion is here, we will definitely not let the little devil break through the position!"

"No matter how many little devils come, we will do our best to assist the infantry and stop them from the high ground!"

After hearing Chu Yunfei's order, Chen Ziyun made a promise.

It has to be said that Chu Yunfei gave Chen Ziyun great authority.

Among other troops, the artillery is not qualified to fight alone, they are assigned to the infantry to fight.

Usually artillery is to be commanded by infantry, which leads to laymen commanding experts.

Many infantry officers commanded indiscriminately, which caused various problems in the artillery, and the true strength of the artillery could not be exerted.

For example, in order to boost morale, infantry officers arranged for artillery to go directly to the front line to directly bombard, which caused the artillery to be exposed and destroyed.

Some infantry officers also called for artillery support when encountering a small-scale feint attack by the Japanese army, causing the artillery to waste shells.

But now Chu Yunfei asked Chen Ziyun to carry out artillery support by himself, which could give full play to the power of the artillery.

After all, for professional things, it is most reliable to let professional people do it!

After finishing talking with Chu Yunfei, Chen Ziyun didn't delay.

He picked up the microphone and made direct contact with the observation team.

In the artillery battle before, the little devil artillery units faced were very weak.

But now it is different, the little devil has dispatched thousands of troops, and the number of artillery is also quite a lot.

This means that the Japanese army will also set up artillery observation posts, and Zhou Wenbo must not be careless.

"The Japanese army is coming aggressively this time. They must have a lot of artillery. Find a way to find the location of their artillery observation post."

"As long as their artillery observation post is destroyed, the Japanese artillery will be completely blinded, and they will not be able to carry out precise bombardment."

"For the same reason, the Japanese army will definitely look for your location, and you must be cautious."

Chen Ziyun gave detailed instructions, and the importance of the artillery observation team is self-evident.

Especially the artillery observation team has a lot of equipment, which has been destroyed, and there is no place to replenish it.

"Yes, Camp." Zhou Wenbo hastily agreed.

Before the little devils attacked, the observation team began to reinforce the artillery observation post.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Ziyun found Zhang Wu, the company commander of the cavalry company.

He asked Zhang Wu to select clever veterans and go out directly to conduct reconnaissance, trying to locate the Japanese artillery as much as possible.

The primary target of snipers must be enemy snipers, and for artillery, their primary target is naturally artillery.

If the position of the Japanese artillery can be found and destroyed first, then the subsequent artillery battalion operations will naturally be much easier.

Chen Ziyun commanded the artillery battalion to deploy. At this time, the artillery team of the Fourth Brigade, which was independently mixed by the Japanese army, was also busy.

Eight [-]-type mountain artillery and eight [-]-type field artillery built a mountain artillery position and a field artillery position.

Four 14-modified field guns and four Liao-made [-]-type field guns have built long-range strike artillery positions.

Of course, the Japanese army also set up shelter positions, and they also dispatched observers and established artillery observation posts.

Compared with the slightly shabby communication facilities of the artillery battalion, the communication here of the Japanese army can be described as extending in all directions.

Radios, telephones and other equipment are all available. It is no exaggeration to say that their artillery headquarters can even directly contact the artillery unit!
"Your Excellency Captain, the survey team has already begun to draw a coordinate table. I believe we will be able to obtain a precise shooting coordinate table soon."

Here at the headquarters of the Japanese Artillery Corps, an artillery captain came to Lieutenant Captain Koichi Mori and immediately reported.

The Little Devil Artillery studied under the German artillery before the First World War, and absorbed the advanced artillery concepts of the British Army after the First World War.

They fused the two together to form a set of artillery technology of their own.

The artillery units above the Japanese brigade have survey teams, and they can quickly draw a detailed coordinate table of the battlefield.

In this way, their artillery units can conduct precise bombardment through operations on the map.

Of course, to be able to do this, the Japanese army needed a lot of professional equipment and technical personnel.

Chen Ziyun's artillery battalion could not do this.

"Yaoxi, contact the Artillery Observation Office, and search for the Jinsui Army's artillery position after the war!"

"In addition, quickly contact the infantry side. We are about to be ready here and can support them in combat at any time."

With a confident expression on his face, Mori Muheng directly gave the order and said.

"Hi, Your Excellency Captain." The artillery captain quickly saluted and agreed.

At this time, the artillery units of both sides are already in place, and the battle is imminent!
(End of this chapter)