Anti-Japanese War: From Becoming Chu Yunfei to Rising

Chapter 114: th Division: Where are the people from the th Brigade? Second War Zone: Where are the people from Tang Enbo?
The commander of the 4th Brigade, Hiraru Isamu, was fighting with the 22nd Infantry Regiment (Kasahara Regiment) at this time.

After losing contact with the Black Island Cavalry Regiment.

The old devil noticed that something was not right.

It is very likely that the Black Island Cavalry Regiment has encountered some trouble.

Otherwise, you will never lose contact.
"The brigade commander, Kuroshima Cavalry Regiment, is likely to encounter an accident."

Kasahara Koizumi reminded with a frown.

"Kasahara-kun, why do you say that?"

Pinglu Yongfu naturally didn't want to hear this news.

The Japanese cavalry commanders were basically from royal families.

The death of a member of the royal family under his command was not a good reflection on his military career resume.

What's more, it was he who gave the order for the Hei Dao Cavalry Regiment to quickly assault and seize the Meng County seat.

"Commander, this unit is most likely an elite force withdrawn from the Niangzi Pass front, otherwise they would not be responsible for such a critical blocking mission.

I believe that this unit is most likely the elite 358th Brigade of the Jin Army. "

Pinglu Yongfu nodded.

He had the same premonition.

Based on previously obtained intelligence.

In the area around Taiyuan City, there was only Fu Zuoyi's 35th Army which served as the reserve force.

Apart from some scattered regiment and brigade-level units, there are no other main forces.

The scattered regiment and brigade-level troops were all reorganized troops that had recovered from the defeat at the Xinkou front.

Has no combat capability.

However, given the location of Fu Zuoyi's troops, it was impossible for them to reach Meng County within two days.

Only the main force on the Niangzi Pass line retreated.

It is possible to quickly maneuver to Shouyang by rail.

Then they headed north along the highway and annihilated the defenders in Meng County.

The known main force of the 27th Army was the main force of the National Army's Yangquan Encirclement and Annihilation Campaign
There is only one possibility, the 358th Brigade of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army.

It can be said.

Throughout the Shanxi battlefield, the intelligence of the National Army was almost unilaterally transparent to the Japanese army.

Even if sometimes we are unable to obtain the corresponding intelligence or intercept the telegram.

The Japanese army can also determine the deployment situation by relying on its air superiority and rapid reconnaissance by reconnaissance aircraft.

And then infer the corresponding combat plan again.

"Send a telegram to General Terauchi immediately and request that a reconnaissance plane be dispatched to conduct reconnaissance in Meng County to confirm the situation of the Kuroshima Cavalry Regiment."

"The troops must advance carefully according to the original marching plan. Carefully scout all terrain suitable for ambushes and advance only after confirming that it is safe."

"Hai!"

Pinglu Yongfu made the most correct choice at the first moment.

The news of the Kuroshima Cavalry Regiment's loss of contact was immediately transmitted to the North China Expeditionary Army Headquarters in Gang County.

Early that morning, Terauchi Juichi sent out air force to conduct reconnaissance of the area.

Two hours later, the latest news came from the Aviation Corps.

Meng County was in ruins and almost razed to the ground
This news.

This was a disguised death sentence for the Kuroshima Cavalry Regiment.

Unless they can rely on the rapid mobility of the cavalry to break out.

although.

The possibility of this is really slim... Terauchi Juichi is very high level.

The first thing that came to my mind was that this combat style must have come from Chu Yunfei of the 358th Regiment.

On the Niangzi Pass line.

Only Chu Yunfei could mobilize so many artillery pieces to carry out such an attack on Meng County.

"Order, the 4th Brigade will gather its troops and advance toward Shouyang to follow the enemy."

"Hai!"

Terauchi Juichi didn't dare to gamble.

Pinglu Yongfu now has only the 22nd Infantry Regiment with him.

The only artillery equipped were four 75mm mountain guns and four 4mm field guns.

Including the Type 92 infantry gun and 90mm indirect-fire infantry gun equipped by his infantry battalion.

In total, there are less than thirty artillery pieces.

Artillery firepower was totally inadequate.

The 4th Brigade was not even equipped with heavy weapons such as tanks and armored vehicles.
Even with air support there is no advantage at all.

Before this, in the battle of Ru Yuekou, Chu Yunfei's unit was still a regimental-level combat unit.

Relying on the advantages of terrain and location, they fought fiercely with the 203rd Brigade of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and the main force of the th Independent Mixed Brigade, the th Cavalry Division of the Puppet Manchukuo, and the Shibuya Regiment of the th Division and did not lose to them.

In the Battle of Haraheira, they even managed to hold off the double-pronged attack from the Shibuya Regiment and the reinforcements from the 15th Independent Mixed Brigade with the strength of a single regiment.

The battle of Niangzi Pass.

They fought hard against the 39th Infantry Brigade to gain battlefield advantage.

After fighting for fifteen days, they were still able to quickly leave the battlefield and retreat without a trace.

So much so that the pursuing troops of the 20th Division could not find any trace of them.

Today, at this moment.

Chu Yunfei's troops still have the strength to completely wipe out the Heidao Cavalry Regiment.

This means that their military strength and weapons and equipment must be quite good.

No matter how.

Now Taiyuan City is in their hands.

There is absolutely no need for further adventure.

As for Yangquan, we can allocate more air support forces. We can also turn back and clear the main enemy forces on the Wutai Mountain line.
When receiving the order.

The commander of the Fourth Brigade, Ping Lu Yongfu, also looked confused.

The Commander-in-Chief said that he would not support Yangquan.
If you think about it from another perspective... aren't they just worried that they will be defeated by the 358th Brigade?
Pinglu Yongfu was silent for a long time, but finally decided to obey orders.

He led the 4th Brigade to turn around and encircle and suppress the Eighth Route Army troops active in the Wutai Mountain area.
Chu Yunfei naturally didn't know about this.

To ensure that we fight well enough against the 4th Brigade.

At this time, he was personally at Yunling.

Command the construction of the most concealed and qualified ambush fortifications.

In the blink of an eye, a day has passed.

Apart from the occasional reconnaissance plane flying overhead, there are only Yunling and even Qingfengling.

No enemy reports.
Although the 4th Brigade is an infantry regiment, its marching speed cannot be so slow.

Chu Yunfei walked to the confidential room and asked, "In addition to the code book of the 386th Brigade, can we contact the Eighth Route Army Headquarters?"

"Report to Commander Chu, we have not contacted the Eighth Route Army before. We need to contact the commander of the Second War Zone for protection first."

"trouble.."

Chu Yunfei frowned and said, "Then send a telegram to the Second War Zone Commander's Headquarters to inquire about the movements of the Fourth Brigade. Why have we waited for almost two days and still have no trace of them?"

"Yes!"

The 358th Brigade had no battle to fight, and the Japanese fled at the sight of them.

At this time, the 20th Division was fighting outside Yangquan City.

Yan Laoxi delivered all the steel bars and cement reserves in the area to the 122nd Division of the Sichuan Army.

Plus temporarily reinforced machine gun firepower.

This group of brave and fearless Sichuan Army soldiers fought back and forth with the elite Japanese troops for a while.

When he learned that a ragtag army had such a fierce performance, Kawagishi Fumisaburo was worried. The Kuroshima Cavalry Regiment was completely wiped out, and the reinforcements of the 4th Brigade had already retreated.

If we cannot quickly annihilate and defeat this ragtag group of troops.

It will cause extremely bad effects.

From now on, no matter what kind of troops they are, when facing their 20th Division, they will fight to the death.

This has something to do with the domestic public opinion environment of the Sichuan Army at that time.

The Sichuan warlords, who fought a civil war for twenty years, had a very bad reputation in Sichuan and across the country.

With a homemade rifle in one hand and a smoking gun in the other, he was known as the Double-Gun Army.

Among the warlord troops, their combat effectiveness is relatively the weakest.

The Wakakawa Army was able to fight fiercely with their elite standing divisions.

If other troops encounter them again in the future.

Wouldn't they take the Sichuan Army soldiers as an example and attack their 20th Division fiercely?

The battle lasted for a day and a night, and more than 400 people were killed or wounded before they captured two outer commanding heights.
In Kawagishi Fumisaburo's opinion, if the war continues like this.

The Yangquan encirclement and annihilation plan of China's Second War Zone may actually take shape.

What Kawagishi Fumisaburo didn't know was.

As for the Chinese army, Tang Enbo’s troops still could not be contacted.

Under the strong pursuit of the Xiyang Detachment, the Third Army withdrew from Xiyang and moved towards Luye, so it was impossible for it to participate in this combat operation.

The main force of the 27th Army had suffered a strong attack from them before.

Now we can only mobilize less than 8,000 new troops to participate in this encirclement and annihilation battle.

Feng Jingye, who had a deep grudge against Yan Laoxi, was the one who firmly implemented the encirclement and annihilation plan.

The 40th and 50th Sichuan Army troops were included in the encirclement and annihilation plan.

Wei Lihuang was even transferred to the Xinkou front line to plug the gap caused by the collapse of the left wing defense line.

If Tang Enbo's reinforcements did not arrive, the so-called encirclement and annihilation plan would not be able to be carried out.

There was not even any troops to support the Sichuan Army's 122nd Division's breakout.
The Second War Zone Commander's Headquarters urgently telegraphed Tang Enbo, trying to get in touch.

But after two whole days...I still couldn't get in touch with her.

This made Yan Laoxi feel a little worried.

He hurriedly called Deputy Chief of Staff Chu Xichun, Xie Ming and others to discuss countermeasures.

"Commander Yan Tang Enbo had a very unpleasant relationship with Liu Ruming before, and the matter even alarmed the chairman."

"Only after Feng Yuxiang and Lu Zhonglin personally stepped in did they allow Tang Enbo's Thirteenth Army to pass through Zhangjiakou, and they did not allow their troops to get off the train to rest..."

When talking about that useless guy Liu Ruming, we have to mention the Battle of Zhangjiakou.

Before the battle broke out, Chiang Kai-shek spent four days from July 30 to August 3.

Called Liu Ruming seven times directly or indirectly.

Each time, they asked whether the troops had assembled at the designated location, whether the railway line had been blown up, and to what extent the national defense fortifications had been built.

however!
Everything is still the same as before, and Zhangjiakou is still prosperous and peaceful.

Whether it was Chief of Staff Wu Shaozhou or Deputy Chief of Staff Gou Jintang who contacted them.

This dog just won't let go of the thing.

Why worry about the foreign troops crossing the border and causing misunderstandings between the military and civilians?
They also said that the Japanese side was afraid that a large army would pass through the border and would use this as an opportunity to provoke trouble.

Back in July.

The Japanese army once demolished 500 meters of railway to prevent Liu Ruming from returning to Zhangjiakou.

This useless guy actually thinks that the threat from the Japanese is far away, while the threat from the Central Army is right in front of him.

The reason why he didn't allow Tang Enbo to pass through Zhangjiakou.

It was entirely because he was worried that Chiang Kai-shek would take advantage of the situation to eliminate him.

The Thirteenth Army under the bombing.

Only one regiment of troops can be transported every day, and only one troop transport can be completed per day.

When all officers and soldiers of the 13th Army arrived at Nankou.

Liu Ruming and his troops had retreated in accordance with his military orders.

The so-called national defense fortifications were nothing more than piles of stones and ruined fortresses.

Wu Shaozhou, then Chief of Staff of the 13th Army, commented: "It is a section of the Great Wall left behind by Qin Shihuang."

Liu Ruming had completely offended Tang Enbo.

Because of this stupid thing, the Thirteenth Army's operation was delayed for four full days, a total of one week.

Now the main force of Liu Ruming's troops has been incorporated into Fu Zuoyi's Seventh Army, and he can even serve as deputy commander-in-chief.

They were considered the main force in the upcoming Battle of Taiyuan.

At this time, Tang Enbo's main force had actually arrived in Heshun.

If we quickly attack Yangquan area, it will only take less than a day.

At this time, Tang Enbo was already feeling frightened as he fought in cooperation with the miscellaneous troops.

They were extremely hostile towards these troops that were not part of the Central Army.

In Tang Enbo's view, the 122nd Division of the Sichuan Army was a ragtag army among ragtag troops.

Asking them to defend Yangquan City and fight a so-called encirclement and annihilation war is pure nonsense.

The reason why he is still staying in Heshun area.

It was also preparing to flank a main force of the 109th Division heading south.

It would be good to achieve some results so as to report to the Second War Zone Commander Headquarters and Chiang Kai-shek.

anyway.

Naturally, Yan Laoxi also knew about the grudge between Tang Enbo and Liu Ruming.

Liu Ruming abandoned the battlefield and fled, leaving his Second Security Brigade to fight against the main enemy force.

Brigade Commander Ma Yutian and Battalion Commander Shu Xiaokong did not essentially die at the hands of the Japanese.

He died at the hands of that useless guy Liu Ruming.

Liu Ruming's actions were based on the moral bottom line of the warlords.

It can be said to be a basic operation, sparse and common.

But for Tang Enbo, who was already vindictive, that was an act of seeking death.

Counting on Tang Enbo to make further efforts.

That's almost impossible.

What can we do now?

Yan Laoxi, Chu Xichun and Xie Ming discussed for a long time.

Finally, Chu Xichun suggested: "Commander Yan, since the situation has come to this, why not just order Feng Jingye's troops to flank the Japanese 20th Division's baggage train and support the Sichuan Army's 122nd Division to create favorable conditions for its breakout.

This is the Second War Zone, they are the enemy troops, we cannot let them fight to the death."

Yan Laoxi nodded.

Old military affairs are old military affairs.

Yan Laoxi reacted immediately. Just because he couldn't contact Tang Enbo, it didn't mean that Chiang Kai-shek couldn't contact him.
He contacted Chiang Kai-shek directly and then contacted Tang Enbo.

Although it was a waste of time, it was a great success for Wang Mingzhang of the 122nd Division of the Sichuan Army.
As long as we have the strong support of the 13th Army, we can increase the possibility of successfully breaking through.

This...must be done. We can't let all the Sichuan troops who have contributed to the cause die in his second war zone.

Yan Laoxi took a deep breath and walked towards the confidential room: "Director Liu!"

Liu Tao, the director of the confidential office, put down the documents in his hand and walked quickly towards Yan Laoxi: "Chief Yan, please speak."

"Two things. The first thing is to send a telegram to the Eighth Route Army Headquarters, asking them to send someone to contact the 358th Brigade stationed on the Yunling front line... Yunfei wants to establish direct contact with them and confirm the specific marching direction of the Fourth Brigade."

"The second thing is to send an urgent telegram to Chiang Kai-shek to confirm the location of Tang Enbo and his 13th Army."

"Yes, Commander Yan, I will do it immediately."

References for this chapter on warlord Liu Ruming:
July 265 Incident - Personal Experience of the Former Kuomintang Generals in the Anti-Japanese War, China Literature and History Publishing House P
Record of the Third Front Army of the Chinese Army during the Anti-Japanese War Collection of the Second Historical Archives of China
The first collection of important historical materials of the Republic of China - Part 2 on the period of the War of Resistance against Japan.

Compiled by the Party History Committee of the Central Committee of the Kuomintang P83
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