In the following time, the northern Henan area temporarily returned to silence.

The two sides were in a confrontation and no fighting took place.

There were only a few days before Chu Yunfei's troops captured Shanyang City. On January 15th, Chu Yunfei began to head for Kenanpo.

He was summoned by Yan Laoxi, and it was obvious that his super-enhanced division team could be organized if nothing unexpected happened.

By January 20, the situation in northern Henan had changed greatly.

The 4th Cavalry Brigade, the only attack brigade deployed here, began to mobilize and leave.

Of course, Lu Ming and others did not know their whereabouts, they just knew that they had left.

At this time, the Fourth Cavalry Brigade was heading directly to the outside of the Pass, where they were to be reorganized.

At the request of the Commander-in-Chief of the Dispatch Forces, Shunroku Hata, the 4th Cavalry Brigade began to be reorganized into the 4th Chariot Brigade.

At the same time, Shunroku Hata, Neji Okamura and others were constantly communicating with the base camp. They planned to borrow troops from the Kwantung Army to fight.

Up to now, the Kwantung Army has a large number of elite troops, although they are in preparation for war.

But after all, they have no combat mission now, and North China is very close to the outside world.

In the previous battle at Zhongtiao Mountain, the Kwantung Army also provided strong support to the North China Front.

This time, they also hope that the Kwantung Army can send troops into the pass to assist the North China Front Army in annihilating the resistance forces in the northern Henan region.

Of course, before the Kwantung Army dispatched troops and the Fourth Cavalry Brigade left again, the defense in northern Henan was very weak.

Therefore, the North China Front took advantage of its military strength to ensure the absolute security of the northern Henan region.

Hu Lingchen's puppet Fourth Route Army has more than 30,000 troops.

Wu Wenhua's puppet third route army has more than 20,000 troops.

Yamamoto Kazuki, Wei Hehe's security army special operations brigade, with more than 10,000 troops.

The North China Front Army directly mobilized 60,000 to 70,000 puppet troops and deployed them in large numbers in the northern Henan region for defensive operations.

At the same time, Major General Taijiro Iida, commander of the 35th Infantry Regiment under the 35th Division, commanded the field artillery regiment directly under the 35th Division to assist.

The Japanese troops originally in the northern Henan region now only have one field artillery regiment left.

Even the 219th Wing, the only combat wing, was transferred back to the Henan Province area south of the Yellow River.

At the same time, Taijiro Iida was responsible for unified command, with tens of thousands of puppet troops and thousands of Japanese artillery under his command.

The task given to him by the front army headquarters is very simple, that is, to hold on to the position and ensure the absolute safety of the occupied area.

One can imagine the pressure Iida Taijiro was under at this time.

On January 25, Lu Ming reorganized the armored vehicle battalions of Li Erhu and Yang Tieniu.

The armored vehicle battalion was organized into an armored regiment. Lu Ming served as the chief of staff of the northern Henan advancing detachment and concurrently served as the commander of the armored regiment.

Li Erhu and Yang Tieniu also serve as deputy leaders.

The Armored Regiment is under the jurisdiction of:

The 1st Armored Battalion is equipped with twelve Type 92 armored vehicles, six Type 97 cavalry armored vehicles, and four domestically produced armored vehicles.

The 2nd Armored Battalion is equipped with sixteen German armored vehicles and twelve Japanese tanks.

At the same time, the regiment headquarters is directly under the field artillery company, air defense company, and combat defense artillery company.

Field artillery battery, equipped with six Skoda field guns.

The combat defense artillery battery is equipped with eight Japanese rapid-fire guns.

The air defense company is equipped with four machine guns, eight anti-aircraft machine guns, and ten French UE light armored vehicles.

The armored regiment was organized, and most of their weapons and equipment were repaired trophies.

At the same time, Lu Ming also secretly extracted some artillery to supplement the armored regiment.

In the following time, the armored regiment invested in active training in order to quickly form combat effectiveness.

Of course, after the armored regiment of the Northern Henan Advance Detachment was organized, Li Yunlong became busy.

The brigade headquarters, division headquarters, and headquarters were receiving calls and messages one after another.

They were very surprised by Li Yunlong's armored regiment.

However, Li Yunlong was very proud and did not hide it anymore. He directly admitted that he had indeed organized an armored regiment.

Moreover, Li Yunlong generously stated that if the leaders need it, he will hand over the armored regiment now!

"Hey hey hey, don't worry, not to mention the brigade commander and division commander, even the headquarters can't support the armored regiment."

"Where are they going to get fuel, and how are they going to supply ammunition?"

"If the vehicle breaks down, they won't repair it. Even if the armored regiment is given to them for free, they won't want it."

Li Yunlong was so clever that he knew that no one in the armored regiment could support him except the Henan North Advance Detachment.

In fact, Li Yunlong didn't know that if Lu Ming didn't have a system, he wouldn't be able to support him.

And through this series of battles, if the truth is told, there is not a large amount of weapons and equipment, and sufficient ammunition supplies.

If the Henan North Advance Detachment wants to achieve the results it has achieved today, it is a complete fantasy.

Li Yunlong was careless. He felt that if the leaders could not support the armored regiment, there would be nothing they could do to him.

But the brigade commander and division commander specifically restrained him, Li Yunlong.

"Li Yunlong, you are so generous now."

"An advancing detachment consists of three infantry regiments, an artillery regiment, and now an armored regiment."

"Okay, let's not talk about anything else. The New Third Regiment will break away from the formation of the Northern Henan Advance Detachment..."

"You can't bear it, that's no problem. Li Yunlong, I want you to have a regiment of weapons and equipment, is that no problem?"

"If you don't want to, just transfer the New Third Regiment over. I just want the New Third Regiment."

The brigade commander called and gave Li Yunlong a multiple-choice question.

Either hand over the third new regiment, or hand over the weapons and equipment of one regiment.

Is Li Yunlong stupid?

Obviously he is not stupid. Handing over the New Third Regiment, even without the men and equipment, is an absolute loss-making deal.

In the end, Li Yunlong honestly pieced together a regiment's weapons and equipment from the spoils of war and gave them directly to the brigade commander.

Not long after he handed over the weapons and equipment of a regiment, the division commander personally came to Jiyuan City in the northern Henan region.

"Commander, you are our old superior. Please tell me, isn't this the brigade commander's extortion?"

"Either hand over the new third regiment, or give weapons and equipment to one regiment. Now our northern Henan advance detachment is so poor that we can hardly get rid of the blame."

"Excuse me. In the past, we Lao Li often handed over weapons and equipment. Now we are really having difficulties here."

"Commander, if nothing else, you come forward to ask for the weapons and equipment of this regiment, and each of us will get half of it. What do you think?"

Li Yunlong looked at the teacher in front of him and said with a smile on his face.

"What's yours and mine, aren't they all from the Eighth Route Army?"

"By the way, Li Yunlong, I heard that your artillery regiment is very strong and has plenty of ammunition."

"There are also several field artillery with super long range. You, Li Yunlong, are now a real wealthy landlord."

A smile appeared on the teacher's face and he spoke directly.

When Li Yunlong heard this, he immediately felt very uneasy.

"Division Commander, our artillery regiment doesn't have many artillery shells. Many artillery pieces are just decorations..."

"Okay, don't cry anymore. All the mountain artillery from the second battalion of the artillery of Ding Wei's guerrilla detachment must be sent to the headquarters."

"You find a way to replenish the artillery of their second artillery battalion, and you are allocating some of the light and heavy machine guns to the division headquarters."

"Can you do it? Li Yunlong, please give me a happy word now."

The teacher didn't wait for Li Yunlong to finish his sentence before he spoke directly.

Li Yunlong almost vomited blood. The Second Battalion of Wang Gensheng Artillery of Ding Wei's guerrilla detachment had twelve 94-type mountain cannons.

It would be difficult for him to add more, not to mention the fact that the division commander also had light and heavy machine guns.

He was so aggrieved that he wanted to shed tears, and even wanted to lie down on the ground and roll around.

"I'll let you know. We don't need an armored regiment, so we need some heavy weapons from you. That's not too much."

"If you don't agree, it's easy to just swap your artillery regiment with the headquarters artillery regiment."

The teacher continued, and upon hearing this, Li Yunlong nodded hastily in agreement.

He knew, however, that the artillery performance of the headquarters artillery regiment was incomparable to that of his own artillery regiment.

In the end, Li Yunlong honestly gave the relevant weapons and equipment to the division and headquarters.

On Lu Ming's side, he silently sent the twelve Skoda mountain cannons directly to Wang Gensheng.
To be continued...