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Ishii Haraichi was a general who was very valued by Yoshio Shinozuka, commander of the First Army of the Japanese Army in Shanxi.

The elite of the Ishii Wing is no less than the Sakata Wing in the Battle of Cangyunling that day.

…… Anyway, the commander of the Japanese army, Ishii Haraichi, thought so.

Naturally, he would not admit that the troops under his command were inferior to those commanded by Nobuzhe Sakata.

But in reality, there is a difference.

The Sakata Wing in the Battle of Cangyunling on that day belonged to the Fourth Brigade of the Japanese Army, and this Fourth Brigade of the Japanese Army belonged to the Second Division of the Japanese Army, that is, the brigade under the Sendai Division.

The battle sequence of the Japanese invasion of China, from the 1st to the 20th Division, all belonged to the A Division, which belonged to the strongest combat division of the Japanese Army.

In other words, the Sakata Wing is indeed an elite of the Japanese army, and it is a combat unit of the A Division.

As for the Ishii Wing in front of him, it was subordinate to the combat unit of the First Army of the Japanese Army stationed in Shanxi.

The Japanese First Army stationed in Shanxi, so far, is still quite strong.

There are also the 36th Division, the 37th Division, the 41st Division, the 3rd Independent Mixed Brigade, the 4th Independent Mixed Brigade, the 9th Independent Mixed Brigade, and the 16th Independent Mixed Brigade, in addition to a large number of directly subordinate and affiliated units.

The total number of troops is more than 100,000.

This is also the reason why the First Army was able to maintain law and order in the entire Shanxi and from time to time set off a sweep of the base areas of the Eighth Route Army in the occupied areas.

Between the 21st and 49th Divisions of the Japanese Army, these divisions belong to the B Division.

The Ishii Wing is an operational wing under the 36th Division of the First Army.

In terms of firepower configuration.

As Yoshio Shinozuka's favorite general, Ishii United is not inferior to Sakata United.

In addition to the infantry brigade under its jurisdiction, the Ishii Wing also has an artillery squadron directly under its command, equipped with four 75-mm mountain guns, four 37-mm rapid-fire guns, and six Type 92 infantry guns.

A squadron of machine guns, carrying more than thirty heavy machine guns.

In addition, each of the three brigades under its jurisdiction also has an artillery squad, equipped with two 70-mm Type 92 infantry guns, and each squad is equipped with two light machine guns and two grenadiers.

The whole wing can be said to be armed to the teeth.

If it weren't for Yoshio Shinozuka thinking about it, starting with the destruction of the Independent Regiment by the Ishii Wing, and then setting off a sweep of the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang Base Area before the Jinnan Campaign, the previous actions should not be too large, and the Ishii Wing would even be equipped with some chariot troops this time.

In the end, it was Ishii Haraichi who said:

Our department and the special forces jointly fought to eliminate a small independent regiment of the Eighth Route Army, and such a sharp weapon as the chariot should be put on the follow-up sweep!

The areas around Xicun, Zhangjiazhuang, and Niukou Village are located in mountainous areas and do not belong to the plains, so it is not easy to launch a tank offensive.

In addition, Ishii Haraichi has some connections with Sakata Nobutei, and Ishii Haraichi has never thought that his wing is inferior to the Sakata United, although the Sakata Wing is an elite unit belonging to the First Division.

He believed that the Sakata Wing was able to win successive battles and achieve fruitful results in the initial operations against the Chinese army, only because it was close to the water and won the moon first.

In a head-on battle with the national army, the Ishii Wing has not had much opportunity to participate.

In this way, Ishihara Kazuhara thought that he had no chance to prove that his team was no worse than Sakata United.

Then the bad news of the Battle of Cangyunling came.

Sakata Daisa, the Wise I, was killed by a cannon from the Dirt Eight Road.

Even the Sakata United was routed under the joint efforts of the Tubalu and the Jin Sui Army.

After the news of the disastrous defeat of the Sakata Wing in the Battle of Cangyunling came back, the First Army was shaken.

The Japanese army could not believe that the dignified Sakata Wing, the elite unit of the A Division, the flower of the Imperial Army, and the commander Sakata were even more experienced generals in a hundred battles, and their military quality and actual combat experience were rare elites among the Japanese officers.

Such an imperial army would be defeated at the hands of a mere Tubalu?

The Japanese mostly thought that the general Sakata was a horse that had stumbled because of some of their own mistakes, which led to the crushing defeat of the wing.

Then, a small independent regiment of the Eighth Route Army, a small independent regiment of the Eighth Route Army, Kong Jie, jumped out and slapped the Japanese in the face.

From the Battle of Cangyunling, it began to emerge.

Then he attacked Quxian with cavalry, and the stone was shattered.

Later, he captured the Yangquan stronghold, defeated the Yamamoto special forces many times, and even blew up the Mingbao Airport, destroyed the Yamazaki Brigade, and smashed the security army arsenal, triggering a wave of robbery, and sabotaging the surrender of the 251st Regiment......

This pile, piece by piece, made the independent regiment of the Eighth Route Army rise rapidly, and at the same time, it also made the Japanese army realize that the defeat of the Sakata Wing at Cangyunling may not be accidental.

This small independent regiment of the Eighth Route Army showed considerable tenacity, tenacity, and unexpected combat effectiveness and destructive power.

As Kazuki Yamamoto often said, a small person changed the situation of the war, and a small independent regiment almost triggered a subtle change in the confrontation between China and Japan in Shanxi......

Under the toss of the independent regiment of the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese army, which was originally pointed at by the soldiers and devastated, did not seem to be so terrible in the eyes of all forces.

It was only at this time that Ishii Haraichi realized that his greatest opportunity had arrived.

Killed the headquarters of the Bantian Wing, defeated the Sakata United, and tossed all the way to the present, the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, which has become the focus of the entire northwest of Shanxi, as well as the regiment commander Kong Jie.

This has undoubtedly become a thorn in the heart of the Japanese army.

As long as this independent regiment is still there, Kong Jie is still there.

The humiliation of the disastrous defeat of Sakata United is vividly remembered.

The fiasco of the sneak attack on Qu County, the destruction of the Yamazaki Brigade, and the bombing of the airport is as if it were yesterday.

At this juncture, if he Ishii Haraichi can lead his own troops, he will wipe out the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army in one fell swoop and eliminate Kong Jie, the head of the Independent Regiment.

Then this independent regiment of the Eighth Route Army, in the past half a year, all the brilliance can only become a stepping stone for the rise of the Ishii Wing, adding luster to the fame of the Ishii United.

So, when Yoshio Shinozuka ordered the Ishii Wing to join forces this time and destroy the Independent Regiment in one fell swoop.

Even Ishii Haraichi, who has a calm personality, was so excited that he didn't fall asleep completely until the second half of the night.

This is the best opportunity for him to become famous in the first game of Ishii United, and even surpass the glory of Sakata United that day.

If this battle can be won, Ishii Haraichi can fully predict how much glory will come to him.

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Ishii Haraichi, who was leading the team, thought about these questions, and was a little distracted for a while, until the sky was white, which woke him up.

Ishiihara was calm, called the adjutant, and ordered: "Inform the two captains that although the team walking in front is wearing the uniforms of imperial soldiers, it is actually the true identity of the Imperial Allied Army that is to be shown to the Eighth Route Army that is secretly investigating. ”

"So try to learn the pace of the Imperial Association Army in peacetime, and don't walk too neatly."

"Hey!"

After the adjutant went to make arrangements, Ishii Haraichi continued to check and fill in the gaps, which involved whether he could win the battle of the greatest glory of a soldier, and he did not dare to be careless in the slightest.

In order to achieve the purpose of paralyzing the judgment of the Eighth Route Army.

On the other way to the troops of Nishimura, Ishii Haraichi even ordered that several trucks be arranged to follow behind the team.

An infantry cannon was also deliberately dragged in the back of the truck.

It seems that he wants to invisibly tell the Eighth Route Army, which is secretly investigating, that our trucks are full of artillery!

And how can a unit with such a number of artillery pieces be a feint force?

As for the way he led by Ishii Haraichi, attacking Zhangjiazhuang.

Ishii Haraichi made a special arrangement to put the troops with light weapons at the front, and the heavy weapons were hidden at the back of the line, and the artillery and the like were not even brought at all, but were hidden in the follow-up trucks.

After Ishii Haraichi approached Zhangjiazhuang with his team, the transport trucks quickly set off from the nearest stronghold and arrived to deliver the artillery needed for the battle......

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