The reason why Hu Yunfeng gave the special forces assigned to him by Yan'an to the 386th Brigade was because the special forces in Yan'an were too annoying. He followed the special forces like a tail to learn this and that every day.

It was not that Hu Yunfeng was unwilling to teach Yan'an's special forces, but in the training camp in the Dabie Mountains, everything that should be taught was taught to the personnel sent to Yan'an to receive special training. Hu Yunfeng believed that the combat effectiveness of a unit was not something that could be trained in training, but was constantly summarizing and improving experience in actual combat. If the special forces were not coming to Shanxi, Hu Yunfeng would probably have this unit hidden in Yan'an. Now he is troubled by him again, and the rocket launcher cannot be known to anyone, so he took the opportunity to drive them away from him and sent them out, and stayed in the 386th Brigade to fight guerrillas in Shanxi to accumulate practical experience.

Of course, Chen Geng was so happy that he got the special forces in Yan'an. The special forces had heard of it when they returned to Yan'an before and saw their training. At that time, he visited other base commanders of the special forces with him. When they saw the special forces, they all had their ideas at first sight. They asked Mr. Zhu for someone else and learned that the troops were directly under the command of Mao, Chairman and Mr. Zhu. All those who had the idea knew that they could not think about this force.

But this time the 386th Brigade was lucky. Hu Yunfeng handed over the special forces from a company that came from Yan'an to Chen Geng. Chen Geng suddenly felt that the success of the battle had increased a lot. However, Hu Yunfeng was a little worried whether he would use the special forces in Yan'an. However, Hu Yunfeng was only a little worried. Even if Chen Geng couldn't use it, even if he broke up the Yan'an special forces and threw them into the guerrillas, these people with special combat ideas would probably bring a large number of people. The Eighth Route Army's guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines should be more vivid.

According to Hu Yunfeng's request, Chen Geng sent Yan'an's special forces and a company in the guard battalion of the 386th Brigade to the middle section of Huyugou. Their mission was to destroy the Japanese artillery units and snipe Japanese officers.

The battlefield was laid out, and Liu Bocheng and Xu Xiangqian, who were commanding in the Luliang Mountains, called to tell Chen Geng that the actions of destroying roads and railways in southern and northwest of Shanxi had allowed the Japanese army to increase troops in those two directions, achieving the goal of relocating the Japanese army and preventing the Japanese army from quickly increasing troops to Taiyuan. They could implement the Taiyuan Battle Plan.

Hu Yunfeng asked Chen Geng to wait for two days. The two days were rainy and the cold weather was not conducive to the combat of the soldiers of the 386th Brigade. More importantly, the air force could not participate in the war without the weather being clear. Without the support of the Air Force, with the strength of the 386th Brigade, the four Japanese brigades were annihilated with the positional battle. Perhaps more Japanese troops would definitely not do it.

Two days later, the moon was bright and there were many stars in the sky. Hu Yunfeng thought that the battle could be carried out. At around 7 o'clock in the evening, Chen Geng personally led the 771,772nd Regiment of the 386th Brigade, the guard battalion directly under the brigade headquarters and the artillery company to rush to Taiyuan City more than 30 kilometers east of Huyugou.

More than 30 kilometers are not too far for the Eighth Route Army, which is accustomed to guerrilla warfare. Although the marching speed cannot be as fast as the special forces, and there are also Japanese soldiers along the way, and the puppet army artillery towers need to be pulled out. However, this time when we went to Taiyuan, we did not really want to attack the city, but to attract Japanese soldiers to pursue Huyugou. Therefore, Chen Geng asked the troops to advance to Taiyuan with great fanfare, and all artillery towers along the way were pulled out.

The Japanese army stationed in Taiyuan was the 40th brigade and brigade headquarters of the 9th Mixed Infantry Brigade, as well as the puppet army of a regiment. The brigade commander was Major General Chisakami Kenji. When 386 drove off the first artillery tower, Chisakami Kenji received a report that most of the Eighth Route Army attacked Taiyuan.

The previous combat method of the Eighth Route Army was to attack artillery strongholds based on deep mountains and remote rural areas, and at most attack the county town, without any examples of attacking provincial capital cities. Ikesaka Kenji regarded the first report as a deliberate exaggeration of the cowardly puppet army and did not care much about it.

It was not until the fourth stronghold was reported that Chi Shang Xianji took it seriously. The fourth stronghold west of Taiyuan was only five kilometers away from Taiyuan City, and it was also the last stronghold west of Taiyuan City. All the Imperial Army stationed inside were the Imperial Army. Now Chi Shang Xianji became nervous. Could it be that the Eighth Route Army changed its combat methods?

He immediately got up from the warm bed mountain and ordered his subordinates to confirm with all the strongholds. His subordinates did not need to confirm because all the strongholds could no longer be contacted, and gunshots were heard outside the Xicheng Gate of Taiyuan.

"General Hu, this cannon made of iron cans is better than a cannon." Chen Geng and Hu Yunfeng watched the soldiers of the 386th Brigade use "conscienceless" cannon to reimburse the Japanese's fourth stronghold, and praised.

"Of course, what my man invented is of course very useful. We used this thing to destroy a five-story building in the Kwantung Army Command in Changchun." Jibchuhe said proudly when he heard Chen Geng praise Hu Yunfeng's "invention".

"Haha..." Hu Yunfeng patted Jib Chuhe and laughed with Chen Geng.

"Report to the brigade commander, the 1st Battalion of the 771st Regiment has arrived at the Xicheng Gate of Taiyuan and has connected with the Japanese to the fire."

"Order the troops to accelerate their advance." Chen Geng immediately ordered after listening to the correspondent's report.

Hu Yunfeng said: "General Chen, let the 771st Regiment and the 772nd Regiment attack the west and the north of the city. The firepower should be strong, and the shells should be saved, but the charge should not be made. The Japanese in the city should see our determination to capture Taiyuan, and the Japanese commanders should judge that this time the large troops came to attack Taiyuan City, attracting reinforcements from the Japanese in other counties. They should also minimize the casualties of the troops."

Chen Gengjing thought for a few seconds and agreed to say to the commuter: "Pass it according to General Hu's order."

In Taiyuan City, the commander of the Japanese 9th Mixed Brigade, Chi Shangxianji, had arrived at the head of the west city, looking at the Eighth Route Army outside the city and deployed the siege through the edges.

"God General, please give me an order. I will lead my troops out of the city to defeat the Eighth Route Army." Taiichi Sakamoto, the captain of the Fourth Brigade of the Ninth Mixed Brigade stationed in Taiyuan, begged.

If the Eighth Route Army dares to attack Taiyuan City, there must be many troops coming. Maybe it is all the main forces of the 129th Division living in this area. It is not clear where the main attack direction of the Eighth Route Army is? There is only one brigade of the Imperial Army and a regiment of the Imperial Army in the city, and it is very dangerous to go out of the city to fight. Chi Shang Xianji ignored him and continued to look outside the city.

"Fight flares and order artillery to bombard the artillery." Although Kenji Ikeg didn't want to attack, he did not think that the Eighth Route Army could capture Taiyuan City, so he did not ask for help from outside.

"Boom..." The dark sky was illuminated by the Japanese flares, and then the first round of Japanese shells landed outside the West City.

Hu Yunfeng did not interrupt Chen Geng's command and combat, but listened quietly to him giving various orders beside him, and secretly learned the combat command of the large army. Chen Geng had already predicted that he had already ordered the troops at the forefront to disperse, and the Japanese shelling did not have much effect.

The blatant activities of the Eighth Route Army on the front of the Xicheng Gate attracted the attention of the Xicheng Japanese, and Chen Geng ordered the mortars to be quietly set up on both sides.

"General Hu, please be blessed. Today, our 386th Brigade is also extravagant." Chen Geng received the report and said to Hu Yunfeng after the mortars in the west and north of the city had been set up.

"Hehe." Hu Yunfeng answered with a smile.

Chen Geng looked at the time and at 11:45 pm, he ordered: "Start up, release all the shells."

In the city, the Japanese at the west and north gates of Taiyuan City, the puppet army did not expect that the Eighth Route Army would have such fierce artillery fire. Although it was not heavy artillery, the continuous artillery shells flew into the city, causing the unprepared Japanese and puppet troops to suffer heavy casualties and injuries for a while.

"Brig Commander, judging from the enemy's artillery fire, there are at least two divisions of the Eighth Route Army that siege the city." Sakamoto Taichi, who was blown up, helped Kenyoshi Ikekami to escape from the city wall to a safe place.

"Order the artillery to fight back." Chi Shang Xianji wiped the dust on his face and ordered him immediately rushed back to the brigade headquarters. The extremely fierce artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army forced him to ask for help. Two divisions? Could it be that the 120th Division and the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army came to attack Taiyuan City together? He secretly cursed the incompetence of the intelligence department. He didn't even notice such a big operation of the Eighth Route Army.

"Brig Commander, the mortar has been transferred to its position, and the 'Flying Thunder' cannon has been set up at the city gate." The company commander of the direct artillery company of the 386th Brigade was ready to go. It should be the thing called "Flying Thunder" that came out. It was so fucking too much to fight tonight.

Chen Geng's order could start, and Hu Yunfeng quickly said: "The company commander, 'Flying Thunder' is easy to build. You are too close to the city gate. You can do not have 'Flying Thunder' when evacuating, but personnel must evacuate immediately to prevent the Japanese artillery bombardment from causing casualties."

"Yes, General Hu." The artillery company commander stood at the right moment and turned away.

Kenji Ikegami returned to the brigade headquarters and ordered the 39th Brigade of the 9th Brigade stationed in Xin County to return to Taiyuan immediately. He also asked Lieutenant General Taro Taro Katayama Temple, the commander of the 4th Mixed Infantry Brigade, and asked him to order the 14th Brigade stationed in Shouyang, Inrara Harada and the 12th Brigade of Yuci to quickly reinforce Taiyuan Castle. At the same time, he reported the information about Taiyuan Castle to the commander of the North China Garage Army.

"His brigade commander, the Eighth Route Army has more than 20 heavy artillery pieces. The West City Gate has been blown up by the Eighth Route Army, and the North City Gate is also very dangerous." The Chief of Staff of the Ninth Mixed Brigade came in and said.

"Has our artillery been attacked?" asked Kenji Ikegami.

"Not yet, the Eighth Route Army directly bombarded the city with heavy artillery." The Chief of Staff replied.

"Order the artillery to transfer positions to fight back immediately, and the troops gave up the city gate to prepare for street fighting. Yuci is only less than 40 kilometers away from us, and reinforcements will arrive in two hours." After ordering, Kenji Ikegami immediately picked up the phone that had just been put down and called Taro Taro Taro Taro of the Fourth Mixed Brigade, and said, "General Katayama, the Eighth Route Army has used heavy artillery to blow up the west gate of Taiyuan. The North City Gate is in danger. Please help General quickly reinforce. After the Eighth Route Army takes Taiyuan, the next target of combat will be Yuci and Shouyang."

"General Ikegami, please be sure to persevere. I have received a telegram from Commander Okamura, ordering the troops to reinforce you from the road and railway." The reason why the lost gate of the city was affected by the impact of the fish in Kazuya was naturally clear.

Outside the city

Hu Yunfeng and Chen Geng were worried when they looked at the city gates that were blown up by "conscienceless" cannons. The Japanese obviously gave up the city gates. According to the general siege procedures, it was time for the Eighth Route Army to rush into Taiyuan City. But this time it was just a battle to lure the enemy. Hu Yunfeng was reluctant to let the Eighth Route Army charge and die, which blocked Chen Geng and wanted to send troops to attack the city.
Chapter completed!