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At the end of August, the second batch of 20 155-mm howitzers also rolled off the assembly line and left the factory and were handed over to the artillery brigade for use.

At this time, the one-month recruit training was also over, and the recruits were assigned to various brigades, regiments and other units, and the number of Zhang Yunfei's troops reached 100,000.

It's just that the vast majority of recruits in the army are recruits, only one-tenth of the veterans, and the veterans have also been upgraded, the former big head soldier is now a squad leader, and the former squad leader has been promoted to a platoon leader.

With so many recruits in the army, they have not gone through the baptism of war, artillery fire and blood, what is the combat effectiveness, to be honest, Zhang Yunfei does not have much bottom in his heart.

Although Zhang Yunfei's troops had a strict and scientific training syllabus, and the soldiers trained hard in peacetime, a month or two ago, these recruits were students, workers, hawkers, and even most of them farmers who had just laid down their hoes.

Therefore, Zhang Yunfei has plans to conduct an actual combat exercise, and the target of the exercise is, of course, the little devils in Shanxi.

At present, the 14th Regiment is stationed in Shanxi, and the 46th Division entered Shanxi from Zhengtai Road at the end of July. The 46th Division of the Little Devils is a newly formed division in the first half of this year, and it is a Type B division with less than 20,000 people.

The strength of the little devils in Shanxi is less than 50,000, and since Zhang Yunfei recovered Taiyuan and controlled the north gate of Shanxi, the strength of the little devils has basically shrunk in a few big cities, mainly just defending and sweeping.

Due to the continuous flow of information sent back by the special combat personnel scattered outside, Zhang Yunfei knew very well the deployment and number of the little devil's troops.

This time, Zhang Yunfei was going to pull the troops south to attack Shuozhou, and by the way, he was looking for little devils to train his troops.

Of the five infantry brigades of the 136th Division, Zhang Yunfei plans to send three infantry brigades to participate in this training, and the artillery brigade will also send an artillery regiment carrying 40 155-mm howitzers with new equipment to the front line to test its might.

Of course, in order to guard against the bombing of the little devil's plane, Zhang Yunfei would also send a battalion of the antiaircraft artillery regiment to accompany him. At present, the antiaircraft artillery regiment has grown to five antiaircraft artillery battalions, each with more than 600 personnel, and is equipped with 36 30-mm antiaircraft guns in two units.

Of the five antiaircraft artillery battalions, one was stationed in the Huanglongxia Industrial Zone, one was stationed in Xinan County, and the remaining three were stationed around Datong.

Since Zhang Yunfei recovered Datong, in the past two months, the little devil's air force in Taiyuan has not been idle, and several waves of planes have been sent to reconnoiter around Datong, but each time they were either shot down by the fighters of the antiaircraft artillery battalion using advanced antiaircraft guns, or they were driven away by the soldiers with machine guns.

So later, the little devil's plane became more and more lazy to patronize Datong, and in the past half a month, I haven't seen the shadow of the little devil's plane.

In the artillery regiment of the artillery brigade, Zhang Yunfei specially allocated 80 large trucks, of which 40 were used to tow howitzers for marching, and the other 40 could be used to transport artillery shells.

The 36 30-mm anti-aircraft guns of the anti-aircraft artillery battalion were mainly dragged forward by horses, after all, the weight of the 2-mounted 30-mm anti-aircraft guns was only a few hundred catties, and two war horses could easily drag them.

After several days of preparation and troop build-up, at 7 o'clock in the morning of September 1, a regiment of the 1st Infantry Brigade, which was the vanguard, left Datong City first, followed the road, and began to move south.

The follow-up large troops will follow up one after another, and the artillery regiment and antiaircraft artillery battalion will go out of the city as the last troops.

Since it was an actual combat drill of the troops, Zhang Yunfei did not urge the troops to march in a hurry, but adopted a normal speed, and it was only in the evening that he reached Huaiyun County, which is dozens of kilometers away from Datong.

Huaiyun County is the southern gate of Datong, and at present, Huaiyun County is the county controlled by Zhang Yunfei, and a regiment of troops is stationed.

In the course of today's march, the overall performance of the soldiers was quite decent, and there were no major problems, but there were still a lot of small problems. There was a soldier who, during the march, actually misfired with his rifle, but fortunately did not hurt other comrades.

After camping in Huaiyun County for a night's rest, early the next morning, the troops were marched out, and a regiment of the 1st Infantry Brigade set out first.

The next day, Zhang Yunfei ordered the troops to speed up the march. At five o'clock in the afternoon, the vanguard reached the outskirts of Shanyang County.

Shanyang County is the occupied area, and it is the Asada Wing of the little ghost who is stationed in Shanyang County.

In order to prevent the Eighth Route Army from moving south and sneak attack, the little devils built several strongholds on the outskirts of Shanyang County, and each stronghold was stationed with an infantry squad and sixty or seventy little devils.

Three or four kilometers outside Shanyang County, a devil stronghold in charge of vigilance, as usual, the little devils around the stronghold are patrolling back and forth carelessly, and on the lookout post of the stronghold more than ten meters high, several little devils who are responsible for lookout and vigilance are also listless.

Since the Eighth Route occupied Huaiyun County in the north more than a month ago, the Asada Wing stationed in Shanyang County was still worried that the Eighth Route Army would take advantage of the victory and attack Shanyang County.

But a month has passed, and there is no sign of the Eighth Route in the north going south, and the Asada Wing stationed in Shanyang County slowly believes that the Eighth Route Army will not go south for the time being.

The little devil who stood guard usually coped with things, and today is the same, he has been standing on the post for almost a day, and he has been safe and sound, the little devil thought, it seems that today is also as usual, and it is impossible for eight roads to appear.

Suddenly, a little devil inadvertently looked ahead, and suddenly the whole person was stunned, motionless, his mouth was so wide open, and the cigarettes in his mouth fell to the ground without any reaction.

The two little devils standing guard next to him saw the abnormal reaction of their companions, followed the gaze of their companions, and saw that far ahead, there were many figures wearing gray cloth military uniforms.

One of the little devils who reacted first shouted in his heart, no, it's eight roads, and there are a lot of eight roads, it seems that there are at least a few thousand people.

After a few seconds, the little devil immediately rang the sentry alarm bell, and after a sharp alarm bell rang, all the little devils reacted, and the little devils patrolling outside immediately entered the stronghold, ready for battle, and at the same time rang the phone in the stronghold, and reported to the Asada Wing Headquarters in the city in horror.

The little devil at the top of the stronghold hurriedly set up a machine gun, and he seemed to be in a hurry.

The Asada Wing is a field wing under the 46th Division, and most of the soldiers have never experienced actual combat, and compared with the little devil veterans of the veteran division, there is a big difference in psychological quality and battlefield experience.

Seeing the sudden appearance of so many Eighth Route Army, most of the dozens of devils stationed in this stronghold looked very nervous and flustered.

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