Chapter 219 The center breaks through and splits into two

At two o'clock in the morning in September and April, all units of the 48th Independent Brigade completed their assembly in the county seat of Xinxian County.

Chu Yunfei's brigade headquarters was established directly in Xinkou Town, north of the county. The communications company, baggage company and other troops directly under the brigade headquarters successively came to the vicinity of Xinkou Town.

The main force of Zhangwu's cavalry battalion was deployed near Xinkou Town to serve as the brigade headquarters' security force. The rest of the cavalry battalion continued to advance toward the Hutuo River in the north to guard Pingcheng.

The 358th Regiment, the 11th Reserve Regiment, the supplementary regiment, the security company directly under the brigade headquarters, and the field artillery battalion were deployed near the county seat.

These troops are required to undertake the annihilation operations of the third and fourth battalions of the Moon Army outside the county town.

Chen Ziyun, the infantry and artillery commander who is also the commander of the 358th Regiment, naturally leads all units on the front line to conduct operations.

After Chen Ziyun came to the county seat, he learned about the 11th Reserve Regiment in detail and supplemented the regiment's casualties and losses.

The two field brigades of the Little Devils continued to attack and fight, and now they only have more than 1,600 combat troops left.

But whether they had the 11th reserve regiment for defensive operations and the more than 4,000 troops of the supplementary regiment, there were hundreds of casualties.

I wonder if Chu Yunfei had always taken command from the town before. I am afraid that the morale of the two regiments will be greatly affected, and they may both be defeated.

"That little devil has a very strong fighting ability and a very tenacious will to fight. Even if he has to fight alone, he will not give up the fight."

"Some of the severely wounded Moon troops even set off leg mines in an attempt to die with their soldiers."

"They work well together as a whole, and their individual skills and tactics are very strong. They are definitely the elite of the Moon Army!"

"Now they are clinging to the ruins south of the county seat. They have made several strong attacks but have not achieved any results."

"The artillery unit has carried out shelling, but the effect was not very great. Now they have formed a relatively complete defense line."

"Captain Chen, the brigade headquarters tried to concentrate fire and carry out artillery bombardment, but the effect was not very good."

On the outskirts of the county, Chen Ziyun immediately established a regiment headquarters.

Wu Ziqiang, Qian Bojun and other officers arrived one after another.

At the same time, Chu Yunfei also asked Lin Zhiqiang, the brigade staff chief, to stay in the East. The one who is currently reporting is Lin Zhiqiang.

Among the Moon Army troops, the most capable ones are naturally the permanent divisions.

Those with weak combat effectiveness will naturally be able to form independent brigade units.

And after the outbreak of all-out combat, the seven three-regiment field divisions organized by the Lunar Army will also have strong combat capabilities.

It can be said that those seven field divisions are all unique in their own right.

The 26th Division is affiliated to the Mongolian Army and is the only division under the command of the Mongolian Army.

They have been stationed in northern Shanxi for a long time and participated in mopping up operations again and again.

The third and fourth field brigade were transferred from the 26th Division. Their combat effectiveness is far inferior to that of the independent mixed brigade.

After arriving in Jin Province, they even showed a strong fighting ability.

Previously, the 11th regiment was prepared and the supplementary regiments were combined to cooperate with Dong in the outer field artillery camp to block their attack.

Now that little devil is standing still, he is no longer a strong person.

Chu Yunfei gathered all the 48 independent brigades together to pay them by mistake, which is enough to prove the strength of those Yue troops.

Speaking of whether the little Japanese Bantian United is very strong, it would be much easier for Nao to beat Bantian United now.

After all, the Bantian Regiment continued to fight against the Eighth Route Army and suffered heavy losses of its own.

Moreover, Chen Ziyun killed their unit headquarters, causing a huge loss in their morale.

Inflicted heavy losses on them before, but also used defensive operations, causing them to pay greater losses, and then divided and annihilated them.

Now the more than a thousand little Japs outside the city have no artillery support, but they can hold their positions and fight together.

It's not easy to eat them.

Whether the American army has any say in how difficult it is to defeat the Japs who are fully committed to defense.

The beautiful Chinese troops, who are armed to the teeth, have absolute advantages in weapons and equipment, and have tons of combat ammunition, have suffered a lot in this regard.

Chen Ziyun, who has been a man for two generations, naturally understands this point.

Because of that battle, he was very cautious. After all, if there was a slight accident, even if he could eat the little devil, his teeth would be broken.

Even though the 48th Independent Brigade now has an absolute advantage, Chen Ziyun does not dare to be careless in the slightest.

After all, there are too many overturned battles like that.

Battle of Songshan, Battle of Guanjianao...

"Although we have a lot of artillery now, we should not think that artillery can solve everything."

"The little devils can take over so many towns, can they be fools?"

"Can they achieve the current results if they ask for help?"

"The Moon Army did not expect the power of their artillery in the past few times, so they suffered a loss."

"But if we ask them to learn lessons, their artillery will not be able to easily deal with them. If they can, they can assist the infantry in combat."

"Thinking that with artillery we can conquer Tiandong, it is simply harming others and ourselves!"

"In any battle, artillery can assist. The real solution to the battle cannot be relied on infantry."

"So he constantly emphasized that we must improve the technical and tactical level of infantry."

"Young devil, they take it very seriously. If they don't have the corresponding level, they will suffer big losses sooner or later."

Chen Ziyun looked at the officers present and said with a serious expression on his face.

The 48th Independent Brigade currently has a large number of artillery pieces, including two artillery battalions.

And in battle after battle, the artillery unit played an important role.

This made many officers and even many soldiers feel that they could easily win as long as the artillery was there.

Artillery is of course important, but otherwise they cannot solve everything.

Especially if the Moon Army is more vigilant, with the current artillery strength of the 48th Independent Brigade, it will be difficult to deliver a fatal blow to them.

Of course, the strength of artillery must be comprehensive from all aspects.

Artillery combat capability, artillery performance, ammunition quantity, etc.

"No, Commander Chen." The officers nodded and agreed to Donglai.

Chen Ziyun did not continue to talk too much. After all, the 48th Independent Brigade had just made a large-scale replenishment.

After that battle was over, he would definitely ask Chu Yunfei to propose strengthening the training of the whole brigade.

When arriving from the east, Chen Ziyun focused on discussing attack tactics with the officers.

The little devils in the county town must be dealt with, otherwise there will be fatal danger if they continue to stay there.

The system begs Chen Ziyun to hold on to the county seat until September or October, or else the Yue army will launch a counterattack and cause the county seat to fall, which would be more of a loss than a gain.

Considering the current situation of various ministries, does Chen Ziyun intend to use coordinated infantry and artillery operations to achieve a breakthrough?

He asked to open a gap and cut off the little devils so that they could not fight together and weaken their defense capabilities.

At 3:30 a.m., Chen Ziyun gave the battle order to Dongdong.

The reserve 11th regiment is responsible for operations on the east side, and the supplementary regiment is responsible for operations on the west side.

The two regiments were facing the Lunar Army and carried out multi-faceted harassment operations, trying to contain the Lunar Army troops as much as possible.

The 358th Regiment is equipped with a guard company and other troops, otherwise it will make a central breakthrough and try to split the little devil into two!

At this time, in the area south of Xinxian County, the third and fourth battalions of the Yue Army Field Infantry had already prepared a comprehensive defensive defense.

Especially after Tsuda Mitake proposed the central blooming tactic, the two major captains agreed very much.

In their opinion, whether such tactics could completely eliminate the Jinsui Army in Xin County, the Eighth Route Army was the best way.

"Just ask them to stick to their current position and wait until reinforcements arrive. Will they be able to easily deal with them?"

"The Jinsui Army does have an advantage in artillery, but they disperse their defenses and their artillery cannot completely eliminate them."

"If they launch a covering artillery bombardment, the anti-artillery holes they build can also offset their artillery strikes."

"The Jinsui Army has captured a certain number of their artillery, and they won't have too many artillery shells."

"Ask them to continue to hold on tenaciously, then those who were defeated before will definitely defeat them."

"Tightly protect all gas bombs. The Jinsui Army has gas masks. The gas bombs will not pose a threat to them."

"When we attack the Eighth Route Army in the future, will those gas bombs be able to play a vital role?"

The two major captains continued to boost their morale. Although they were surrounded, their morale was very high.

And they firmly believe that as long as they hold on to their position, victory will belong to them.

Of course, those little devils didn't know whether Chen Ziyun was personally commanding the battle at this time.

Please tell me about other aspects, whether Chen Ziyun may have shortcomings.

But does Chen Ziyun have much experience in commanding joint infantry and artillery operations?
To be continued...