Chapter 194 Old Fox Yan Laoxi

As night falls, the surrounding area becomes pitch black. At eight o'clock in the morning, the hilly area northwest of Xinxian County.

The remnants of the 4th Independent Mixed Brigade, more than 2,000 troops, worked hard to defend there and built a complete defensive position.

Major General Mitake Tsuda, the commander of the brigade, was at the brigade headquarters at the moment. Looking at the rice balls on the table that had an obvious smell, he didn't have the slightest appetite.

The Lieutenant Colonel and Chief of Staff stood in front of the map, his brows furrowed tightly.

The First Army Headquarters has received relevant information from the North China Front Army Headquarters, and they also know that two lines of reinforcements are on the way.

Yoshio Shinozuka believed that the arrangement of the North China Front Army Headquarters was very reasonable, so he planned to continue to implement the previous battle plan.

Naturally, the combat tasks undertaken by the independent mixed fourth brigade can be completed by the reinforcements sent by the 110th Division.

As for the independent mixed fourth brigade, the First Army Headquarters gave them clear orders.

Yoshio Shinozuka begged them to wait for the reinforcements of the Mongolian Army to arrive, and then command the east together with the reinforcements of the Mongolian Army to contain the 48th Independent Brigade in Xin County.

Tsuda Mitake was somewhat unhappy because he had mistaken the order from the military headquarters.

Especially when he heard that the Army Headquarters reprimanded him as a disgrace to the First Army and the Front Army Headquarters reprimanded him as the greatest disgrace to the Moon Army, he felt even more unbalanced.

"The overall combat level of the 48th Independent Brigade of the Shanxi-Sui Army is not weaker than theirs. The battle in Xinxian County has reached this point. The responsibility does not entirely fall on them."

"If the military headquarters strengthens and gives them more troops, the battle will never be the same as it is now."

"What's more, after a battle, the 48th Independent Brigade also suffered heavy casualties. Otherwise, why would they stop fighting and rest in place now?"

"Currently, fierce fighting is taking place everywhere in Jin Province. If the defeated troops were to form an independent fourth brigade, other troops would still be defeated!"

"Three security divisions in southern Shanxi have dispatched three regiments to rush for reinforcements, but so far they have not arrived at the designated area."

"It is true that the independent mixed fourth brigade is a field force, but is it the field force that has just been formed?"

Mitake Tsuda had an unconvinced expression on his face. He looked at the Chief of Staff and complained softly.

Mitake Tsuda was obviously unwilling to accept the accusations from the Army Headquarters and the Front Army Headquarters.

He believed that neither the First Army Headquarters nor the North China Front Army Headquarters was equally responsible for the defeat.

And he always believed that the 4th Independent Mixed Brigade also severely damaged the 48th Independent Brigade. Even if there was no credit, there was still hard work.

Now Yoshio Shinozuka and Shun Tada directly deny their victory, which inevitably makes Mitake Tsuda a little unhappy.

Especially when the First Army Headquarters asked him to accept the command of the Mongolian Army, Mitake Tsuda was even more unhappy.

He already knew that the person currently commanding the reinforcements of the Mongolian Army was none other than Major General Harada Kenzo, the commander of the Eastern Infantry Regiment of the 26th Division.

Harada Kenzo was also the former captain of the 13th Independent Infantry Regiment. He once commanded the troops to the Xinxian area to fight against the troops commanded by Chen Ziyun.

In that battle, the Harada detachment suffered heavy losses, and the Sato detachment suffered a devastating blow. Even Lieutenant Commander Sato was killed.

Could it be that no one expected that shortly after Harada Kenzo returned, the major general commander of the 26th Infantry Regiment was urgently transferred away.

There was no one to take over the vacancy left by him. The former division commander Kuroda Shigenori recommended him, and Harada Kenzo became the major general commander as he wished.

After many years of hard work, Kenzo Harada was finally promoted from Captain of the Colonel-General to Major General.

Mitake Tsuda has been a major general brigade commander for many years, but his qualifications are far inferior to those of Kenzo Harada.

At this time, Shinozuka Yoshio arranged for him to accept the command of Harada Kenzo, and Tsuda Mitake was even more dissatisfied.

"Brigade Commander Ge Dong, what they can do at present is to fully assist the troops stationed in Mongolia in combat."

"If they can effectively contain the 48th Independent Brigade, they may be able to make up for their mistakes."

"Once the military headquarters achieves results in the battle on the Zhengtai Railway, all previous mistakes will be forgiven."

"But once they fail to effectively complete the combat missions deployed by the military commander, I am afraid that the relevant responsibilities will be held accountable."

"At that time, if they all refuse to take responsibility for the defeat, they will at least be dismissed from their current positions."

Lieutenant Colonel and Chief of Staff sighed, looked at Mitake Tsuda and said with a serious expression.

The meaning of his words is very obvious. If you want to make up for your mistakes, there is a way, that is, you must fully implement the orders of the military headquarters.

Otherwise, if you make a mistake again, the consequences will be disastrous.

"Baga!" Tsuda Mitake said through gritted teeth.

He glared at the Lieutenant Colonel and Chief of Staff, his face burning with anger.

Before he could vent his anger, deafening explosions sounded one after another.

One after another, grenades were fired directly towards the Moon Army position without any warning.

As the explosion sounded, countless shrapnel quickly spread around, and the air waves instantly made the air even hotter.

The shock wave carried countless dust flying, and in an instant, patches of gunpowder smoke began to appear in the hilly area.

"To the east of the brigade commander's house, the artillery of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army launched an artillery bombardment on them on the east side."

"According to the artillery team's report, the artillery of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army assembled about ten artillery pieces for bombardment."

"The forward security positions reported at the same time that they have not found any Jinsui Army attacking troops for the time being."

Soon an officer from the Moon Army came over and reported immediately.

Mitake Tsuda had a puzzled expression on his face. He came to the observation hole and raised his telescope to check.

From time to time, grenades fell on the position, and dazzling flames appeared.

But if there are relatively complete defensive positions in the hilly area, the shelling will not cause casualties to the Moon troops.

The artillery fire of the Shanxi-Sui Army made the little Japanese confused for a while.

However, after more than thirty rounds of grenades were fired, poison gas bombs began to be fired directly through the Type 94 mountain cannon.

At this moment, in the area east of the hills, Chen Ziyun personally commanded the Second Battery of the Artillery Battalion to arrive there.

As early as noon in the east, he sent the observation team over.

Zhou Wenbo, commander of the field artillery company deployed there, was from the observation team. After receiving Chen Ziyun's leg order, he immediately deployed.

By now, the situation of the Lunar Army's position had been well understood by the survey team, and six mountain guns and four field guns were continuously bombarding them.

Immediately afterwards, more than a dozen poison gas bombs were fired at the Moon Army's position in a hurry.

As the poison gas bombs landed on the Moon Army's position, the poison gas began to spread in all directions.

At first, the little devil didn't pay attention at all. After all, it was early in the morning and their vision was affected.

Could it be that gradually, as the poisonous gas spread, the little devil realized that something was wrong.

"Bagaya Road, special smoke, Shanxi-Sui Army artillery fired special smoke."

"Wear a gas mask quickly and report to the brigade headquarters."

"Everyone should be vigilant to prevent the Shanxi-Sui Army troops from taking the opportunity to break through the position."

An officer of the Moon Army shouted loudly, and their faces showed serious expressions.

The little devils put on their gas masks in a panic. They held different weapons and looked at the front of the position solemnly.

Could it be that those little devils would not have thought that the gas bombs fired by the Shanxi-Sui Army artillery at this time were unusual tear gas bombs and sneeze bombs.

There are yellow circular lines on the bottom of those gas bombs, which obviously indicates that they are yellow bombs of little devils.

The so-called yellow bomb is an erosive poisonous gas that can penetrate through mucous membranes and skin, causing ulcers.

The gas masks worn by the Moon Army protected their faces, but their legs and arms could not be protected.

"Ah!" It didn't take long before a little devil was tricked.

"Damn it, they fired yellow bombs, quickly evacuated the position, abandoned the position, and got out of the poison gas area."

"Contact the brigade department, report the situation, and ask the brigade department to make preparations for the transfer."

"They...how come they have special cigarette bombs!"

When the little Japanese officer saw that scene, he couldn't help but exclaimed.

Most of the little devils who came from the east had faces full of pain, and they moved towards the back in a panic.

The poisonous gas was still spreading, and many little devils were directly infected.

They never dreamed that the artillery of the Jinsui Army would have poisonous gas bombs; they never imagined that the poisonous gas bombs were not yellow bombs.

"Boom boom boom."

The shelling continued again, and grenades were fired one after another.

As the explosion sounded, some of the retreating Japs were attacked by shrapnel and fell into a pool of blood on the spot.

The shelling in the hilly area continued until after nine o'clock, and then Chen Ziyun ordered the troops to stop the shelling.

After the bombardment ended, Chen Ziyun arranged for a guard company and a cavalry company to pay close attention to the movements of the Moon troops.

But he immediately took the Second Company of Mountain Artillery and the observation team back to the county town for defense.

After all, the system requires him to stick to the county seat until September and October, and no outsiders can appear in the county seat.

Especially if the commander of the 7th Battalion, Zhang Fuyun, asked to take on the defense of the county, Chen Ziyun would have to be even more cautious.
To be continued...