Chaoshan area, the detachment headquarters of the Murakami detachment.

As night fell, most of the Japanese and puppet troops began to rest.

Major General Yoji Murakami, leader of the detachment, was standing in front of the map, feeling a little proud.

As the commander of the 26th Infantry Regiment under the 26th Division, Murakami Yoji's position is very embarrassing.

The Little Japanese Army is currently beginning to undergo a large number of layoffs, and they have eliminated brigade-level establishments.

Each division directly has three infantry regiments under its jurisdiction, and above the three infantry regiments, infantry regiments are organized.

However, in actual combat, orders from the division and regiment headquarters are often transmitted directly to the infantry regiment, bypassing the infantry regiment.

The major general commander of an infantry regiment nominally commands three infantry regiments, but in fact he has a somewhat fictitious role.

This is the same as the regular troops. At present, most regular troops have also canceled the brigade-level establishment.

Instead, each division was under the jurisdiction of three infantry regiments, and the three infantry regiments were assigned the position of infantry commander.

This infantry commander is actually a fictitious figure, and the division commander directly commands the three regiments in combat operations.

Is Murakami Yoji, the commander of the infantry regiment, exactly the same? Even his existence seems to be specifically to take the blame.

The division commander directly commanded the three infantry regiments to fight. If they won, the battle credit would naturally belong to the division commander.

But if the failure is directly pushed to the head of the infantry regiment commander, then the infantry regiment commander can only break his teeth and swallow it in his stomach.

Therefore, Murakami Yoji attached great importance to this battle.

He also knew that the target of this operation was the elite 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army!

Yoji Murakami has great expectations. He is eager to win and gain military exploits.

He even hopes to get promoted through this battle.

Even if you are not promoted to a military rank, it would be good to be transferred to another military-level headquarters and serve as chief of staff to a major general.

Yoji Murakami stood in front of the map and imagined endlessly. He felt that his good days were about to come.

"Your Excellency, detachment leader, we have just received a report that more than 3,000 troops from the Eighth Route in the Yucheng area have gathered and are rapidly advancing towards us."

"They have dozens of light and heavy machine guns and a certain number of artillery. This is likely to be the main force of the Eighth Route Army."

"According to our speculation, this is most likely a main regiment of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army. They seem to be preparing to enter Taocha Province!"

At this time, Haruki Isayama, captain of the 11th Independent Infantry Regiment's left wing, hurried over and reported.

The New First Regiment and the New Second Regiment were advancing towards Chasheng with great fanfare. It would be strange if they were not discovered.

After all, the Japanese and puppet troops controlled a large area of ​​Jin Province, and they supported many traitors.

There are maintenance committees and other traitor personnel in each village. If they discover anything, they will quickly report it to the little Japanese.

With the mighty advance of Ding Wei and Kong Jie, the little devils were able to get the news quickly.

After Murakami Yoji heard Isayama Haruki's report, he quickly came to the map.

After taking a careful look at the map, Murakami Yoji immediately made an analysis.

"The other party wants to enter Cha Province at this time, and their purpose is obvious. They want to launch guerrilla warfare in Cha Province to contain us."

"But they don't understand our strength at all. Now they have gathered together to die."

"Get in touch with the frontline headquarters immediately and report the situation here. Our troops will launch combat operations in advance."

"Call the officers from all departments over immediately, I want to issue combat orders immediately!"

Yoji Murakami immediately gave the order, the communication soldiers at the detachment headquarters immediately sent electricity, and the order soldiers hurried out to convey the order.

The Japanese and puppet army officers quickly arrived at the detachment headquarters, and Murakami Yoji quickly issued a series of combat orders.

The frontline headquarters also responded and formally approved their combat operations.

At ten o'clock in the evening, following an order from Murakami Yoji, the Japanese and puppet troops launched a mighty combat operation.

Although he controlled 20,000 Japanese puppet troops, Murakami Yoji was eager to quickly establish military exploits.

However, his combat arrangements were very conservative, with 20,000 Japanese puppet troops operating together.

The 11th Independent Infantry Regiment, the 1st Regiment of the Puppet Manchukuo Army, three reserve supplementary brigades, and the 12th Independent Mountain Artillery Regiment advanced in an inverted formation.

The First Cavalry Corps of the Puppet Mongolian Army and the Second Cavalry Corps of the Puppet Mongolian Army advanced on both sides of the main force.

The Third Independent Mortar Battalion's sixteen Type 94 mortars were directly strengthened to the 11th Independent Infantry Regiment.

The Japanese and puppet troops of 20,000 people are operating together and can support each other in operations.

The entire army is closely adjacent, and there are almost no loopholes.

There are a large number of puppet cavalry units on both sides of them. These cavalry units can not only protect the safety of both sides of the main force.

At the same time, they can quickly expand the search range and promptly detect any enemy troops approaching them.

The 11th Independent Infantry Regiment and the First Regiment of the Puppet Manchukuo Army both have a combat force of about 4,000 people.

Like two sharp swords, they quickly advanced forward and were unstoppable.

Especially the 11th Independent Infantry Regiment. They have been strengthened by sixteen Type 94 mortars, giving them even more attack power.

As for their rear, there are three reserve supplementary brigades with weak combat effectiveness.

However, they were assisted by thirty-six Type 94 mountain cannons to make up for their weaknesses.

Once these troops are attacked from the flanks and rear, they can stand firm and with the help of mountain artillery, they can block the attack.

It can be seen from this that Murakami Yoji is not an ordinary person.

Even though his side had an absolute advantage, he still responded calmly.

Judging from the current situation, the formation of the Japanese and puppet troops is perfect.

If the New First Regiment and the New Second Regiment encounter them, you can imagine the situation.

"Your Excellency, detachment leader, the First Cavalry Corps and the Second Cavalry Corps of the Puppet Mongolian Army have begun operations in accordance with your instructions."

"They each dispatched a cavalry regiment to expand the search area and ensure that no enemy troops could launch a surprise attack on us."

"At the same time, they are ready for battle and can flank and outflank the enemy in front of them at any time."

A Shao Zuo staff officer came to Murakami Yoji and he made a report.

Murakami Yoji mobilized more than 600 cavalry to search the surrounding areas to prevent being raided.

At the same time, once the main forces of the two cavalry armies encounter the New First Regiment and the New Second Regiment, they will quickly outflank them.

This formation of the Japanese and puppet troops allows them to attack when they advance, to defend when they stay, and to cover each other when they retreat, preventing them from being divided and destroyed.

Obviously, although the Puppet Manchukuo Army and the Puppet Mongolian Army showed great strength.

But Murakami Yoji didn't trust them, so he made such an arrangement to tie them to the little devil.

In this case, these puppet troops can exert their strongest combat effectiveness.

If they are allowed to fight alone, there is no telling what kind of performance these puppet troops will have.

The Japanese and puppet troops advanced hand in hand, which was beyond everyone's expectations.

Of course, what they did was perfect, but it had a flaw, that is, the overall marching speed was definitely slowed down.

"Old Li, the Japanese and puppet troops are moving together and staying together, so we have no chance to take action."

After receiving the news, Zhao Gang came to Li Yunlong and said with a worried expression on his face.

After listening to the report, Li Yunlong frowned slightly.

Even though he keeps clamoring to attack, Li Yunlong is measured.

The 20,000-day puppet army has not divided its troops. If we launch an attack directly now, we will definitely suffer losses.

He originally planned to take advantage of their divided forces to attack and annihilate them one by one.

But now that the Japanese and puppet troops have not divided their troops, the independent regiment naturally has no way to take the initiative to attack.

"Lu Ming, what are you looking at?" Li Yunlong thought for a long time but had no strategy.

He looked at Lu Ming and found that Lu Ming was looking into the distance, not knowing what he was looking at.

"Commander, there are 20,000 Japanese and puppet troops. Facing more than 3,000 troops, they behaved so cautiously."

"This shows that their commander is very capable. He may not jump into some of our traps."

"Until now, we can only fight head-on. Whether we can win depends on the pillars and the rooted artillery battalion."

Lu Ming turned his head, looked at Li Yunlong, and said directly.

Li Yunlong nodded seriously, and he agreed very much with Lu Ming's analysis.

The Japanese and puppet troops numbered 20,000, and they fought steadily against the 3,000-strong New First Regiment and the New Second Regiment.

At this time, no matter what methods the independent regiment uses, it will be difficult for them to divide their troops.

The only way is to fight head-on.

"Let the artillery battalion be stationed in Dayun Mountain, and the new first regiment and the new second regiment will be moved to the vicinity of Xiaoyun Mountain."
To be continued...