Anti-Japanese War: From Becoming Chu Yunfei to Rising

Chapter 133 Attack! Attack! Blast the damn Japs! (Subscribe)

Just as the defense of Nanjing was in full swing.

At the invitation of Chu Yunfei.

Central Daily News reporter He Manli, assistant Song Wenying, and guard Chen Zejun arrived at the forward command post of the 196th Regiment.

It is less than 500 meters directly north of the command post.

The positions of the mountain artillery battalion and the anti-aircraft machine gun company were set up there.

Chu Yunfei was inspecting the frontline positions at this time.

Sun Ming was responsible for introducing the situation to the reporters.

"According to the intelligence we have so far, there are about 1,500 Japanese troops in Handan City and the surrounding areas."

"This unit is the 108th Division of the Japanese Army. According to intelligence, it should not be the most elite unit of the Japanese Army."

"Their manpower, combat effectiveness, and firepower are relatively inferior to ours, but the Japanese army occupies a strong city and should not be underestimated."

Sun Ming gestured to Qian Bojun, the commander of the 196th Regiment who was observing the front line.

"This is Qian Bojun, the commander of our Honorary 196th Regiment. He is the most capable general under our Commander Chu."

Qian Bojun put down the telescope in his hand at this time and frowned slightly.

He turned and looked at Sun Ming and others.

Chu Yunfei had greeted him before.

Qian Bojun knew what was going on, so he immediately walked over and said, "Hello, reporter. This should be the third time we've met."

"Yes, Captain Qian, I still remember your majestic appearance at your last awarding ceremony."

He Manli smiled and flattered, "I heard General Chu say that you are his most trusted commander. Have you fought side by side for more than ten years?"

Qian Bojun laughed: "Commander Chu and I are indeed close friends who rolled out of a pile of dead bodies."

"For this operation, could you please tell me what your army's main combat goal is?"

Qian Bojun nodded: "Of course it is convenient. The main idea of ​​this operation is to attack Handan City and wait for an opportunity to annihilate the Japanese support forces."

"It seems that Commander Qian is very confident about this battle, but as far as I know, the Japanese army is the defending party after all, and they are very good at positional warfare. May I ask if your army has already prepared a countermeasure?"

Qian Bojun signaled to He Manli, and several people walked out of the command post.

In the cold north wind.

Qian Bojun pointed to the artillery position several hundred meters away.

"Whether the Japanese will send troops to support us or not, we will not return empty-handed in this battle."

"We have plenty of ammunition."

"It's enough to kill the Japanese in the city twice."

"Once the battle begins, our Honorable 196th Regiment has enough confidence to annihilate the enemy."

Routine bragging.

He Manli naturally wouldn't take it too seriously.

This time, she was invited by Chu Yunfei to come and do publicity for the troops.

The battles of Niangzi Pass and Yangquan are over.

Everything that needs to be publicized has been publicized.

Handan today.

Chu Yunfei is confident.

It will become the next battle example worth publicizing.

The next step for the Japanese army to capture Handan.

It must be advancing towards southeastern Shanxi.

Everybody knows.

These Japanese devils will not give up the steel, coal mines and other resources in the Shangdang area.

same.

Chu Yunfei couldn't just sit back and watch the Japanese army gather its troops.

The early bird catches the worm. Handan has already been destroyed by the Japanese.

Even though it was broken, Chu Yunfei didn't feel sorry.

Although the war just ended less than half a month ago.

Almost all the troops that participated in the Xinkou-Taiyuan Campaign were resting.

Sun Lianzhong's Second Army now has three divisions.

Each of them had only one regiment of troops left, a thousand men.

An army group was left with only 3,000 soldiers.

Although Yan Laoxi provided and supplemented the equipment, he even ordered ammunition depots in various places to be opened to Sun Lianzhong's troops.
But the biggest problem facing Sun Lianzhong and his men now is that they have no soldiers.

Yes, Yan Laoxi promised to provide them with additional troops.

Chiang Kai-shek even agreed to recruit security corps and reserve troops from various places to supplement the troops.

But these soldiers.

In the end, the main reinforcement came from the Central Army under Wei Lihuang.

Only a very small number of them were added to the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and other troops.

Sun Lianzhong himself knew it well.

The security forces in Shanxi had basically been wiped out in the previous war.

Since he didn't get any soldiers, he didn't have much hope.

Even the security corps of a small town in northwestern Shanxi like Xing County.

After Chu Yunfei's troops experienced the Battle of Ru Yuekou, they were added to the 358th.

This battle.

Although he got the approval from the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Army.

But again, the number of people participating in the war was not large.

Troops known to be unable to participate in combat.

They are the 13th Army under Tang Enbo and the 3rd Army under Zeng Wanzhong.

The battle between these two troops and the Xiyang Detachment was coming to an end.

At this stage, the entire Xiyang area has been completely conquered by the Japanese army.

Sun Lianzhong's Second Army and Zhao Shoushan's Seventeenth Division were also unable to participate in the battle due to heavy casualties.

If you calculate it this way...in fact, the main force in this battle is only Chu Yunfei's troops.

The main forces of the 129th and 115th Divisions of the Eighth Route Army were tasked with fighting against the Xiyang Detachment and attacking reinforcements.

On the Japanese side.

Although it is impossible to gather a large number of troops to support in a short period of time.

But Chu Yunfei was unable to break through the Japanese defense line in a very short time.

From a bird's-eye view of a three-dimensional combat map.

Chu Yunfei observed the Japanese army's outer defense positions in detail.

Even he found it extremely difficult.

There are not many commanding heights outside Handan City, and it is mainly plains.

But the Japanese army mobilized local people to dig a lot of trenches.

Just like fish scales, layer upon layer.

The Japanese army fought and retreated.

I wouldn't feel bad even if the trenches were destroyed by artillery.

Because they still have a final trump card.

That is street fighting in the city.

The main forces of the National Army during this period did not have much artillery.

Before the war, there were less than 2,000 barreled artillery pieces in the country, and less than half of them were usable.

The Japanese army had evil ambitions and was well aware of the military strength of the Republic of China.

Just after discovering the activities of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army.

They withdrew their troops immediately and abandoned the villages stationed on the outskirts.

They all retreated into the outer positions of Handan City.

Chu Yunfei's troops had no heavy artillery, no air superiority,

The only way to deal with the Japanese troops defending the city is to fight them fiercely.

He walked back to the command post.

The interview with Qian Bojun is also coming to an end.

Chu Yunfei looked down at the watch in his hand and checked the time.

Then he issued a new order: "Sun Ming, it's almost time, send someone to send them all back."

"Yes!"

Chen Zejun seemed to want to say something, but when he saw Sun Ming staring at him.

The words came to his lips and then he swallowed them back.

Qian Bojun asked, "Sir, is there any news from the Eighth Route Army?"

Chu Yunfei shook his head: "If there is no news within half an hour, launch the first round of exploratory attacks."

"Yes!"

Inside Handan City.

The Japanese commander in charge of defending this place was named Ichiro Oi.

He is the local garrison captain with the rank of lieutenant colonel.

Belongs to the 108th Division.

As soon as he noticed the activities of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, he requested support from the headquarters of the 108th Division.

A unit of Sato's regiment of more than 3,000 men stationed in Xingtai was coming along the railway line to provide support.

It is expected to arrive by the next afternoon.

at the same time
At the same time, Terauchi Hisaichi ordered the 109st Infantry Brigade of the 31th Division stationed in Xiyang to rush to the rescue.

The Eighth Route Army was under the command of the Commander-in-Chief of the Eastern Route Army.

With the main force of the 115th and 129th Divisions.

They are respectively deployed in Jiangshui Town and Yangyi.

Prepare for an ambush.

In this battle, the Eighth Route Army and Chu Yunfei's troops planned to encircle the enemy and attack its reinforcements.

Deplete the Japanese army's manpower through ambush.

This prevented it from gathering troops to attack the southeastern Shanxi region.

however.

A situation occurred that the Eighth Route Army Headquarters had not expected.

"Commander-in-chief, not only did the Japanese army fail to send troops to support us, but the main force of the 109th Division in Xiyang is still attacking in the southwest direction."

"Ok?"

The deputy commander was somewhat puzzled: "Could it be that these little devils think that time is running out and want to use the strategy of besieging Wei to save Zhao, forcing us to withdraw voluntarily?"

"Xiyang is only 300 kilometers away from Handan. With the Japanese army's mobility, it will take at most two days to provide support. The Japanese army is likely to have other reinforcements."

"Could it be a part of Sato's regiment stationed in Xingtai? But they only have 3,000 men and they are fighting against Chu Yunfei's troops with 4,000 men...Aren't the Japanese a little too confident?"

The deputy chief of staff touched his chin, very puzzled, and then he proposed a possibility: "Could it be that the Japanese don't know that this Jinsui Army unit is the ace main force of Chu Yunfei in the Second War Zone?"

"You know what, maybe it's possible!"

The Japanese were indeed quite confident.

The strength of an infantry battalion was enough to charge at the position of a division of a ragtag army.

Naturally, they would not take these suddenly appearing Shanxi-Suiyuan troops seriously.

"No matter what, the time is almost up, let's notify Chu Yunfei first!"

"Yes!"

Half an hour later.

Although Chu Yunfei did not receive the telegram.

But he still ordered Liang Guoping to launch an artillery attack according to the coordinates he gave.

After dozens of artillery shells hit the outer positions.

Under the command of Qian Bojun, the two infantry companies attacked the outer positions in the west direction in batches from both sides.

After the bombardment ended.

Chu Yunfei could clearly see the Japanese soldiers in the trenches moving quickly.

The short legs run very fast in order to quickly reach the front line for defensive operations.

It was just a test.

Chu Yunfei then figured out the Japanese army's fighting style.

The soldiers rushed to a distance of less than 300 meters from the front line.

Under the orders of their platoon leaders and squad leaders, they quickly bowed slightly and continued forward.

Then, at a distance of about two hundred and fifty meters, he quickly lay down.

Then crawl forward.

The Japanese soldiers on the front line were confused.

When have they ever seen such a style of play?

Without firing a single shot, he climbed up first.
Chu Yunfei immediately turned around and gave the order: "Order the heavy mortar battalion to launch a fire attack on the enemy's frontline positions."

"Order the mountain artillery regiment to conduct blocking fire on the communication trenches between the Japanese outer positions and the second-line positions within three minutes, and hit half of the base number."

The mountain artillery regiment quickly launched blocking fire on the communication trenches of the Japanese second-line positions.

The bombardment begins..
The Japanese soldiers on the front line huddled in the trenches in a daze.

Before this, they had fought against the elite Central Army troops.

But they had never seen such a domineering style of play.

The infantry didn't even make contact.

One mortar shell after another hit the front-line positions.

Ichiro Oi stood on the half-repaired city wall and looked towards the battlefield with the telescope in his hand.

How did these Shanxi-Suiyuan troops know that he had deployed all of his main forces on the front line?

Or is this just a fire reconnaissance?

The disastrous consequences of the accumulation of troops became apparent at this time.

The 82 mortar has a fast firing rate.

The casualties of these little devils continued to increase.

After being bombarded by mortars.

The Japanese commander at the front line immediately ordered a retreat.
A part of the Japanese troops quickly turned around and retreated to the second-line position.

However, it was at this time.

The mountain artillery battalion that Chu Yunfei had previously arranged opened fire again.
One shell after another quickly flew out of the barrel.

It hit the front-line positions and the communication trench connecting the second-line positions.

Boom! Boom!
The explosions continued one after another, and Ichiro Oi was extremely terrified.

The enemy troops were not only equipped with a large number of artillery, but also well-trained.

Except this time.

Even had a good understanding of his conducting style and patterns.

Relying solely on artillery bombardment, his two squadrons suffered heavy casualties.

"What kind of army is this!"

Garrison Lieutenant Colonel Ichiro Oi turned his head and ordered: "Contact the division headquarters immediately and report the current situation!"

"Hai!"

When he raised the telescope again.

Ichiro Oi also realized that the battle situation was not good.

The shelling of the frontline positions ceased.

The artillery cover for the second-line positions continued.

The Shanxi Suiyuan Army infantrymen, who were originally crawling forward, suddenly jumped up.

Under the cover of our own light and heavy machine guns.

A quick charge
(End of this chapter)