Bright Sword: Construction starts from southeastern Shanxi

When the two regiments requested tactical guidance from the division headquarters, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei region, based on its experience in building the base in southeastern Shanxi, dispatched local armed forces and militia to continuously attack various traffic passes and bridges around Wutai and Dingxiang, causing great trouble to the entire 109th Division.

The 4th Independent Mixed Brigade of Yun County encountered the same situation as the two regiments of the 109th Division that were conducting a sweep in the mountainous area between Yun County and Wutai.

The situation around Wutai quickly became corrupt.

After seeing that the First Division had completely tied down the Japanese 109th Division and the 4th Independent Mixed Brigade, Commander Xu of the Military Region and Political Commissar Rong turned their attention to the two regiments of the 26th Division of the Second Division and the 2nd Independent Mixed Brigade of the Third Division.

Currently, the Japanese army stationed in Mongolia includes the 26th Division and the 2nd Independent Mixed Brigade.

The 26th Division is currently commanded by Jun Hougong, who also serves as the commander of the Mongolian Army. As a special division formed after the war, the entire division has three independent infantry regiments.

They are the 11th, 12th and 13th Independent Infantry Regiments. Each regiment has three infantry battalions, but the battalion organization has been increased, and each battalion has four infantry companies.

In addition to the supporting search, communications, and logistics, it also has five independent reserve guard battalions and two independent artillery regiments.

However, the 26th Division's guard battalion and a light and heavy artillery regiment have now replaced the area where the 26th Division was previously stationed.

The 2nd Independent Mixed Brigade located in Zhangjiakou is commanded by Hiroji Tsuneoka and has a large number of troops. It has five independent battalions under its jurisdiction. Each independent infantry battalion has four infantry companies, and is also equipped with independent artillery units, independent engineering units, independent communications units, and supply units.

The entire brigade has a total number of more than 5,000 people, and this is not yet fully staffed. If it were fully staffed, the entire Independent Mixed Brigade 2 would have a total number of more than 8,000 people.

而满编时候的装备更不用说了，军马1800匹、步骑枪4050支、掷弹筒120个、轻机枪120挺、重机枪30挺、平射炮10门、山炮20门、野炮12门。

Even though it is not fully staffed now, the number of artillery pieces in this Second Brigade is still astonishing.

At present, the 1st Independent Infantry Battalion is in Xuanhua and Kangzhuang areas, the 2nd Independent Infantry Battalion is in Huailai area, the 3rd Independent Infantry Battalion has swept to Weixian, and the 4th Independent Infantry Battalion is already in Tianzhen and Laiyuan. Currently, only the 5th Independent Infantry Battalion is stationed in Zhangjiakou.

A few days ago, brother troops of the Northwest Shanxi Military Region cooperated with troops of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region to set up an ambush in Mingbao. Compared with the original timeline, this time they directly wiped out more than 500 Japanese transport troops.

At the same time, in recent days, in response to the Japanese army's mopping-up operations, the troops of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region and the neighboring 120th Division bypassed the Japanese army's flanks and rear, used tunnels and other means to avoid the Japanese army's mopping-up operations, and then ambushed the Japanese army's baggage and logistics troops. Each unit achieved considerable gains.

The enraged Japanese army, in order to encircle the troops of the First Military Division from the east and west, dispatched the 133rd Infantry Brigade of the 110th Division, led by Brigade Commander Tsuda Mitake, with two regiments to the First Military Division and three battalions of the Independent Mixed Brigade 4th in Yun County to prepare for an east-west attack on the troops of the First Military Division.

However, unexpectedly, in the Hanjiayu area, because it was night, the two Japanese armies had a misunderstanding.

Since the troops of the First Military Division were equipped with some standard Japanese weapons, they were also accompanied by an artillery battalion with 12 Type 41 mountain cannons.

As a result, both sides thought they had surrounded the main force of the First Military Division. However, in fact, except for a small force, the main force had already escaped the Japanese encirclement through the tunnel.