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The Cavalry Regiment was training, while the New Third Regiment, New Fourth Regiment, New Fifth Regiment and Security Regiment were resting.

There is a new security group here, which is composed of the two brothers Wang Chao and Wang Yong who surrendered and rebelled. Ding Wei will not look down on them just because they were puppet soldiers. If they really dare to fight the devils, they will still be trained well.

Those who are willing to join the Eighth Route Army reform are welcome.

If you don't want to join, we won't force you to do so. You can just give them travel expenses and send them home.

In addition, led by Political Commissar Zhong Zhicheng and cooperated by three regiment commanders Zhang Dabiao, Wang Tao and Wang Chao, the four regiments were reorganized into three regiments, and the security regiment was abolished.

Zhang Dabiao is still the head of the new third regiment;

The new Fourth Regiment was led by the political commissar, with Wang Chao as deputy commander;

The new fifth regiment is headed by Wang Tao.

The strength of each regiment is maintained at 1500-2000 people to facilitate command and avoid being too bloated, especially by splitting up the troops under Zhang Dabiao and adding them to the New Fourth and New Fifth Regiments to strengthen the combat effectiveness of the two newly formed regiments.

In the following few days, while the various regiments were resting and training, Ding Wei was thinking about an important matter.

He wants to go to the northern frontier to catch wolves.

The 26th Division was known as the Lone Wolf of the Northern Frontier. This unit was highly mobile and took advantage of railways and roads to repeatedly support battles in northern Shanxi and southern Suiyuan.

Precisely because of the well-developed railways and highways, there are not many troops stationed in the basin plains.

Among the three main forces of the Mongolian army, the cavalry group was mostly stationed in the Suiyuan area, and stationed in Baotou, Salaqi, Anbei, Guyang and other places, equipped with more than 36 horses, 4 field guns and rapid-fire guns.

The second largest main force was the 20nd Independent Mixed Brigade, known as a model of public security. It had 12 mountain guns, 10 field guns, and rapid-fire guns. It was stationed in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region and had five independent infantry battalions assigned to Yuanyuan, Weixian, Tianzhen, Huailai, and Wucheng.

The only remaining division-level force of the Mongolian Army is the 26th Division, whose predecessor is the 11th Independent Mixed Brigade.

It was equipped with 1.8 troops, three infantry regiments, two artillery regiments, a search team, 18 field guns and 12 mountain guns. It belonged to the first batch of triple-division reorganization sequence.

Not to mention the engineering and logistics corps, which are the supporting forces of the troops, have limited combat effectiveness and are indispensable.

It happened to be August when the Japanese invaders began to mobilize troops to launch mopping-up missions in Hebei Central, Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei and other areas.

As mentioned before, there was a time difference between the actions of the Mongolian garrison and the First Army.

They swept their own territory, giving the Eighth Route Army plenty of room to maneuver.

After Okamura came to power, he discovered this problem and, as the commander of the North China Expeditionary Army, he wanted to organize a large-scale mopping-up mission.

Mobilize the troops stationed in Mongolia and the First Army to carry out a cleanup operation in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei region.

If Ding Wei wants to take action against the troops stationed in Mongolia, he must first resolve the problems of Ningwu and Shenchi.

Two infantry battalions of the First Army are stationed here, keeping a close eye on the Fourth Military Division. When they find the right opportunity, they will bite like a poisonous snake.

Without waiting for the Japanese to take the initiative to attack, cut off their logistics first.

The First Army's troops were naturally supplied with logistical materials, which entered the county town by rail to supplement the daily needs of the defenders.

They blew up the railroad tracks along the way, cut off the railway line, and forced the Japanese to leave the city.

Ambush in the mountains and annihilate the Japanese garrison.

They quickly formulated a combat strategy, deployed their forces, and attacked the Japanese supply lines.

Wang Tao's New Fifth Regiment launched an attack, attacking the strongholds along the way and was responsible for blasting the railway bridge in Xuangang Town in the northern part of the Yunzhong Mountain area.

The bunkers and watchtowers guarding the railway were relatively strong, but they were still unable to defend against infantry artillery bombardment.

The firing point was easily destroyed by combining multiple explosive packs to blow up this section of the railway.

The Xuangang Town stronghold was an important transit point for the Japanese devils, with more than 300 puppet troops stationed there, as well as a small team of Japanese devils.

Concentrate the main force of the regiment headquarters and attack the stronghold fiercely, making sure to destroy the railway station.

The defenders in the county town had to go out of the city to provide support, and they quickly rushed to the battle site by motorcycle and car, where fierce fighting broke out between the two sides.

The New Fifth Regiment is a newly reorganized unit, which was integrated by the First Guerrilla Battalion and the Second Guerrilla Battalion, and also added the combined forces of the Security Regiment, the New Third Regiment, and the New Fourth Regiment.

The combat effectiveness is indeed a bit lacking, not as good as the main force regiments with a long history such as the New 1st Regiment, the New 2nd Regiment, and the New 3rd Regiment.

But the firepower is not bad, and it is also equipped with heavy machine guns, grenade launchers, mortars, and infantry guns.

They fought head-on with the Japanese troops, taking advantage of the mountainous terrain and performing exceptionally bravely.

Seeing that the battle situation was at a stalemate, Gang County had to send out an infantry battalion to provide support and to attack the New Fifth Regiment from both sides.

The main forces of Ding Wei's New Fourth Regiment marched towards Ningwu and Shenchi respectively, attacking large strongholds around the county seat.

The main battalion carried infantry artillery to attack watchtowers and bunkers.

The artillery fire rolled, destroying the hidden bunkers' firepower.

Some of them were discovered by scouts, and some were obtained through honest confessions from puppet soldiers.

The shells landed very accurately, and one shell could destroy a bunker.

The Japanese and puppet troops were unable to stop the offensive of the New Fourth Regiment and kept asking for help from the First Army.

The surrounding counties in northwest Shanxi received orders and arranged troops to provide support and attack the Fourth Military Division.

What exactly does Ding Wei want to do?

Attack Ningwu and Shenchi and destroy the railway line?

The Japanese can rely on the railway to quickly arrange military support.

In the direction of Jingle and Lanxian, the Japanese dispatched more than 2000 troops, marching northward and entering the Yunzhong Mountain area.

But they were suddenly ambushed by the New 358rd Regiment and Chu Yunfei's th Regiment.

The whole context of the matter emerges.

Japanese Army Support Defense

They attacked Xuangang Town and attracted reinforcements from Ningwu and Gang County; the main force of the New Fourth Regiment cleared the important strongholds around Shenchi and Ningwu.

This was the first step in Ding Wei's plan. After clearing the stronghold, it would be more convenient to block the Japanese in the county town.

As long as they dare to leave the county, we will use mines, guerrilla warfare and blocking methods to deal with them.

In addition, in the direction of Shizhen, they worked together with Chu Yunfei's 358th Regiment to organize an encirclement and annihilation battle, intending to kill 1-2 Japanese infantry battalions.

Disintegrate the Japanese invaders in the southern part of the Yunzhong Mountain area.

Assisted the 358th Regiment to occupy Jingle and guard the southern gate of the Yunzhong Mountain area.

In the future, if the Japanese want to enter the mountains, they will have to pass through Chu Yunfei's defense zone and have to consider whether they will be shot in the butt by Chu.

The Japanese and puppet troops from Jingle and Lanxian counties all rushed into the encirclement.

Both sides mobilized hillsides, infantry artillery, mortars, and heavy machine gun companies to attack the Japanese and puppet troops.

The firepower of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army is also not bad, and the mountain artillery battalion under Chu Yunfei is enviable.

Amid the roar of artillery fire, elite companies of the New Third Regiment rushed out from all directions and completed the encirclement and cover the rear.

Two regiments with more than 2000 people surrounded Japanese and puppet troops in the mountainous area.

The battle was fierce and the attack was fierce.

The Japanese soldiers in the encirclement were forced to fight and their morale was weakened at the first moment. They wanted to concentrate their forces to break out, but were beaten back by intensive firepower.

Heavy machine guns and mortars cooperated in the harvest, clearing out hundreds of people.

Chu Yunfei personally led the guard company to the front line to supervise the battle. Seeing that the Eighth Route Army was encircling them, he was unwilling to be outdone.

"Let Qian Bojun's 1st Battalion charge forward and beat these Japanese pigs hard. Fire all submachine guns and light machine guns and beat them hard."