After some discussion between Harada Kumayoshi and Kasahara Yukio, they quickly issued the combat order.

The Eighth Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Association Army stationed in Shanyang City quickly advanced towards Huaiqing City.

After they met up with the 72nd Regiment in Huaiqing City, they quickly headed to Jiyuan City to join the battle.

The intentions of the little devils are obvious. They will not care about the casualties of these puppet troops.

They just want to use these puppet troops to consume a large amount of ammunition from the guerrilla detachment.

As long as the guerrilla detachment's ammunition is consumed and the main force of the 35th Division breaks out, it will naturally be able to achieve victory.

At nine o'clock in the morning, after receiving the order, Chen Yujie gathered his troops and began to lead his troops to set off quickly.

At present, the Royal Association Army is completely modeled after the Japanese army. The Eighth Mixed Brigade of the Royal Association Army is an independent mixed brigade similar to the Little Japanese Army.

They have five brigades under their jurisdiction, including cavalry, artillery, engineers and other directly subordinate units, with a total strength of more than 4,000.

Of course, in terms of heavy weapons, the divisions and regiments of the Imperial Association Army are very few, let alone the Eighth Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Association Army.

The Japanese army only strengthened heavy weapons for some of their trusted troops, but for other troops, heavy weapons were very scarce.

After all, the little Japanese were worried that giving these puppet troops a large number of heavy weapons would pose a threat to the Japanese army if they acted anyway.

Chen Yujie led more than 4,000 troops and began to leave Shanyang City and rapidly advanced towards Huaiqing City.

Currently, in the area east of Huaiqing City, troops under the command of Kong Jie are responsible for the blocking mission.

The guerrilla detachment's operational goal at this time was to first annihilate the puppet troops in the Jiyuan City area and mobilize the Japanese troops in Xinxiang City as much as possible.

If the Japanese troops in Xinxiang City cannot be mobilized, they will mainly deal with the puppet troops, thus forcing the Japanese and puppet troops in northern Henan to have no attack capability.

Of course, it is also very important to obtain supplies for this battle. After all, the guerrilla detachment requires a large amount of supplies to maintain.

As the Eighth Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Association Army began to take action, Lu Ming and Zhao Gang quickly received the report.

The two people discussed it, and they quickly contacted Kong Jie and instructed Kong Jie to command the second line of troops to block it.

Lu Ming and Zhao Gang will quickly lead the Sun Ming Guard Battalion and the Wei Monk Guard Company to quickly raid Shanyang City!

After contacting Kong Jie, Lu Ming and Zhao Gang quickly took action, and they commanded the troops to immediately advance towards Shanyang City.

With the departure of the Eighth Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Association Army, there were only a few hundred Shanyang City defenders.

Most of these hundreds of people are local traitors and a small number of Japanese military police.

These people are not field troops and their combat effectiveness is very limited.

At ten o'clock in the morning, as the Eighth Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Association Army left a certain area of ​​Shanyang City, Lu Ming began to command the attack.

The guerrilla detachment was directly under the guard company and quickly approached under the command of company commander Wei Heshang and deputy company commander Wang Xikui.

The 7th Guerrilla Column, directly under the guard battalion, provided cover. Its reinforced mountain artillery battery immediately set up four Jinshan cannons.

"Boom, boom, boom." The four mountain cannons began to bombard the city gate, and the shells continued to hit.

Not long after, gaps began to appear at the city gate.

The little Japanese captain in charge hurriedly transferred personnel to the city wall for defense.

But they came under intense fire from the security company.

Sniper rifle, Czech light machine gun, Czech semi-automatic rifle.

Bullets were accurately fired at the Japanese and puppet troops, and the Japanese military police and traitors who had little combat experience were shot dead one after another.

Immediately afterwards, Sun Ming commanded the guard battalion troops and quickly launched a strong attack.

Three hundred soldiers, under the cover of various weapons from the guard company, quickly broke into the city to fight.

Sun Ming's guard camp is equipped with Thompson submachine guns and rifles, which are automatic weapons and naturally have an advantage in street fighting.

At half past ten, Monk Wei also began to rush into the city with his guard company.

Both guard forces are composed of elite troops and have very sophisticated weapons and equipment.

Under their attack, the Japanese and puppet troops in Shanyang City suffered heavy losses.

The little Japanese captain finally fled Shanyang City in a panic with hundreds of people, and hurriedly moved towards Xinxiang City.

Lu Ming discovered that they were fleeing and did not pursue them. Instead, he quickly ordered his troops to take full control of Shanyang City.

The soldiers started taking action, and not long after, Wang Xikui hurried to Zhao Gang and Lu Ming to report.

They found a grain depot in Shanyang City, which contained a large amount of grain.

After Zhao Gang got the news, he personally took people over to check it out.

Not long after, Zhao Gang quickly contacted the local armed forces.

Personnel from some county brigades, district brigades, and militia teams were mobilized one after another and began to transport food.

Lu Ming found Zhao Gang immediately, and he left Sun Ming's guard camp in Shanyang City to assist.

Lu Ming, on the other hand, led the guard company and quickly advanced towards Huaiqing City.

It was at this time that the system mechanical sound sounded.

"Dingdong, the system releases a mission!"

"Annihilate the 8th Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Association Army!"

"After completing the mission, receive the relevant rewards in Huaiqing City!"

The system released a task, but this time there was no reward for accepting the task.

Moreover, the rewards for this mission must be collected in Huaiqing City, which is still under the control of the puppet army.

This means that Lu Ming not only has to deal with the Eighth Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Association Army, but also wants to capture Huaiqing City!

Lu Ming accepted the mission and quickly led the guard company towards Huaiqing City.

At this time, here in Huaiqing City, Chen Yujie's Eighth Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Association Army was already fighting with the second line of the guerrilla detachment.

The second force is currently composed of the New Second Regiment, the Second Artillery Battalion, and the Armored Vehicle Battalion.

They are deployed in the front lines of Xuliang Town, Motou Town and Wude Town.

When Chen Yujie's troops were about to approach Huaiqing City, they were immediately blocked by the second line of troops, and the two sides launched a fierce battle.

Among them, Motou Town, which is closest to Huaiqing City, became the focus of the battle between the two sides.

General Chen Yujie deployed more than 2,000 infantrymen, accompanied by hundreds of artillery and engineers, to launch a fierce attack here.

The officers of the Imperial Association Army in the northern Henan region are all carefully selected by the little devils.

Zhang Tengxiao and Liu Fengyan both had the experience of studying abroad in the Military Academy and have certain command capabilities.

Although Chen Yujie had no experience in this field, he joined the Japanese army very early.

In battle after battle, Chen Yujie also worked very hard, so the little devil specially selected him to be the brigade commander of the Eighth Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Association Army this time.

Unlike Zhang Tengxiao and Liu Fengyan who came from academic circles, Chen Yujie gradually grew up from the bottom.

He has rich combat experience, and has served in the Northwest Army, Shanxi-Sui Army, and Northeast Army successively.

He continued to fight with these troops and also learned the combat characteristics of each army.

For example, he mastered the hand-to-hand combat of the Northwest Army, the defensive warfare of the Shanxi-Sui Army, and the coordinated infantry and artillery operations of the Northeast Army.

At this time, Chen Yujie was personally commanding the direction of Motou Town. He straddled his submachine gun with a fierce expression on his face.

Four Liao-made large-caliber mortars continued bombardment, and more than two thousand infantry launched continuous attacks.

Kong Jie's current deployment is that the main force of the New Second Regiment is defending in Motou Town, while the Fourth Infantry Battalion and the Armored Vehicle Battalion are defending in Xuliang Town and Wude Town respectively.

Compared with the weapons and equipment of the independent regiment, the infantry battalion of the new second regiment is lacking.

They do not have a small artillery platoon directly under the company, nor are they equipped with sniper rifles.

Even the grenade squads under each of their infantry platoons are often equipped with only one or two grenades, and are rarely fully equipped.

As for the machine gun companies directly under each of their infantry battalions, there is no way to compare with the machine gun companies of independent regiments.

For example, the 5th and 6th Battalions launched defenses in Motou Town.

These two battalion machine gun companies have a total of six Type 24 heavy machine guns, four 20MM machine guns, and four Japanese 37MM rapid-fire cannons.

However, the weapons and equipment of the New Second Regiment are not particularly good compared to the independent regiment.

But compared to other troops, their weapons and equipment are pretty good.

Moreover, in this battle, Wang Gensheng's 2nd Artillery Battalion was assigned to them.

At this time, the New Second Regiment, with the strong support of twelve Type 94 mountain artillery, repelled the attacks of the puppet troops time and time again.

Chen Yujie saw the opponent's tenacious defense, with a thoughtful expression on his face.

Soon, Chen Yujie got in touch with the 72nd Regiment of the Imperial Alliance Army in Huaiqing City for the first time.

He hoped that Huaiqing City's 72nd Regiment could attack quickly and cooperate with his own troops in a pincer attack on the New Second Regiment.

At 10:40 in the morning, the 72nd Regiment of the Imperial Alliance Army in Huaiqing City began to assemble.

It was at this time that Lu Ming led the security company and advanced to Xuliang Town.
To be continued...