Anti-Japanese War: From Becoming Chu Yunfei to Rising

Chapter 154 Chu Yunfei perfectly predicted Xiangyue Qingji's battle plan and annihilated the Japanese search team head-on (ask)

Just as the national army troops in the entire southeastern Shanxi region were actively preparing for war.

On the Japanese side.

The North China Expeditionary Army Headquarters finally approved Seiji Kazuki's request for combat.

The Tokyo headquarters adopted a policy of neither supporting nor opposing the combat plan in southeastern Shanxi.

It's very ambiguous, and Terauchi Hisaichi actually made a lot of contribution to it.

Although the encirclement and suppression campaign in northern Shanxi captured many county towns, it failed to annihilate the main force of the Eighth Route Army.

It is essentially a losing battle.

This battle.

If victory is achieved under the command of Seiji Kazuki.

In fact, it had no effect on Terauchi Jūichi at all.

On the contrary, it helped to stabilize the situation in Shanxi.

After all, the Shanxi First Army belonged to the North China Expeditionary Army and won the battle.

Terauchi Hisaichi should share the credit if he made any contribution.

If you lose the battle, then you, Kazuki Seiji, should just obey the order and return to your country.

Make sure you make money without losing money.

This time, Kiyoshi Kozuki planned to launch an attack on the Taiyue Mountain area from the Linfen direction with the main force of the 40th Brigade of the 20th Division and the heavy artillery regiment.

Cooperating with the 20th Division in combat.

There is also a main force of the 108th Division with about 3,000 people, and the infantry support firepower has been specifically strengthened.

Six additional 90mm mortars were added.

Some time ago, they had been secretly deployed to Huo County along the Zhengtai Railway.

According to the original battle plan.

The main force of the 108th Division will begin at noon tomorrow.

Together with the 20th Division, they launched an attack on Anze and Guxian in two routes.

Taiyuan direction.

The Japanese army planned to launch the attack on the fifth day after the 20th Division.

The 4th Brigade was the main force of the attack.

After advancing towards Nanguan Town and establishing a forward base.

Then launch a fierce attack on Qin County.

After joining forces with the main force of the 108th Division advancing eastward in Qin County, they advanced towards Changzhi County.

After the northern attack forces gather together, the next step will be taken depending on the situation.

at the same time.

The main force of the Japanese army stationed in Xingtai, Handan and other places had a total combat strength of about 13,000 people.

They attacked Shexian along the Handang-Changdi Highway and then broke through the Dongyang Pass defense line.

Attack the Changzhi area from both sides and eliminate the enemy in front of us.

The main force of the 20th Division's attack, the 40th Brigade led by Yamashita Tomoyuki, will adjust the direction of attack and turn to the south.

Attack in the direction of Yangcheng and Jincheng.

The purpose was to occupy the Yellow River ferry.

Build a larger encirclement and annihilate as many Kuomintang troops as possible within the encirclement.

The plan is perfect.

Terauchi Juichi even equipped it with two aviation squadrons to support the operation.

The next day at noon.

Chu Yunfei, who was still in Changzhi area, received news from the Eastern Route Army Command.

The 20th Division assembled its troops and launched an attack on the Taiyue Mountain area.

At present, we have already engaged in a firefight with the Sichuan Army.

Which unit it is has not yet been confirmed.

But the battle had just begun.

The Japanese fighter planes have already started to support
The good news is that the Japanese army's combat plan is almost consistent with pre-war judgment.

Even the direction of attack doesn't make much difference.

The bad news is that the Japanese air support was faster than expected.

Once the battle begins, the Japanese army's reconnaissance activities targeting the hinterland of southeastern Shanxi will become more frequent.

The Mountain Artillery Regiment and the 30th Artillery Regiment are still on their way to the battlefield.

If we encounter the Japanese fighter planes, we will be in big trouble!

Fang Ligong frowned slightly, very worried: "Aluminum seat, I'm worried..."

"Brother Ligong, there is nothing to worry about. Once the war starts, some things cannot be solved just by worrying about them."

Chu Yunfei is still very confident in the two artillery regiments under his command.

"Get ready, we are about to leave."

"Yes!"

Southern Route Army Headquarters.

Naturally, the Japanese attack could not be hidden from General Wei's eyes.

Chu Yunfei could roughly guess the Japanese army's battle plan.

General Wei Lihuang also made targeted deployments.

However, a battle cannot be won just by being prepared.

The Japanese 20th Division launched a fierce attack for only one day.

The 124th Division of the Sichuan Army, which was responsible for the frontal defense, suffered 1,200 casualties.

Several key hilltops on the front line were also captured by the Japanese.

This defensive operation.

These Sichuan troops received some "new weapons" from the headquarters of the Second War Zone Commander.

Yan Laoxi likes to call it "rolling mountain thunder".

In name it's a good thing.

In fact, it was Yan Laoxi who was unwilling to continue to sell the so-called new weapons in stock and deceived the combat troops entering Shanxi.

In essence, it is just a large homemade grenade, about the size of a watermelon, and very powerful.

It is very suitable for use in mountain defense battles.

The killing radius is as full as thirty meters. The Japanese soldiers within this range basically cannot escape being killed by this thing.

The reason why this thing was not equipped to the main force like Chu Yunfei
The fundamental reason is that this thing is very inconvenient.

No troop likes to go to war with "watermelons".

This thing is only useful when you are in a high position, and you can't throw it away.

You can only light the fuse and kick it down.

Many times they rolled too fast and couldn't even hit the Japanese.

But at the moment, the Sichuan Army has no other choice.

As I said, a good plaster is one that can draw out pus.

A day of fighting ended.

Yamashita Tomoyuki reported the battle report to the commander of the 20th Division, Kawagishi Fumisaburo, and the commander of the 1st Army, Lieutenant General Katsuki Seiji.

And asked Lieutenant General Katsuki Seiji for tactical guidance.

"General, telegram from the 40th Brigade."

"Ah."

Seiji Katsuki took the telegram and with a quick glance he learned about the battle of the 40th Brigade.

At 8 o'clock in the morning, the attack was launched on time. After luring the defensive forces in front to launch an attack, the artillery units destroyed the enemy's firepower points and began to launch a fierce attack.

When they were trying to seize the hill, they discovered that this group of people were wearing the uniforms of the Shanxi Suiyuan Army, but their firepower was far inferior to that of the Shanxi Suiyuan Army they had fought before.

Yamashita Tomoyuki said that he had no idea of ​​the situation. Although 180 people were killed in the battle and nearly 300 were injured in the day.

But they successfully broke through the defense line of the "Jinsui Army"...only then did they discover that this unit was not the Jinsui Army.

It was the 124th Division of the 22nd Sichuan Army Group...
Yamashita Tomoyuki asked Katsuki Seiji (the direct commander of this battle) whether to continue advancing according to the plan.

The First Army Chief of Staff Gun Hashimoto, who was standing nearby, read the battle report carefully.

He frowned slightly, unable to guess what was going on for a moment.

Why did the Sichuan Army troops wear the clothes of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army? Don’t they have cotton clothes of their own?

It doesn't seem impossible.

"General, according to the intelligence previously collected by the Ministry of Internal Affairs' Special High Technology Department, it is clear that the Sichuan Army's equipment is extremely poor, their combat skills are poor, and they will collapse at the first touch...Except for the 122nd Division, which has performed well, the rest of the divisions are not a cause for concern.

It is not surprising that the Yamashita Brigade was able to achieve such a great result in one day. As for why they were wearing the cotton clothes of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, I think it is probably because the Sichuan Army did not have cotton clothes. "

Xiangyue Qingsi nodded: "Yes, the Sichuan Army was also called the beggars' army in the Republic of China. Their weapons and equipment are very poor in all aspects.. That's why I am worried that this may be Wei Lihuang's trick to lure the enemy."

"In this vast mountain range, there are many terrains suitable for luring the enemy deep into our territory and ambushing them. If we are not careful, our army will suffer heavy losses."

"You know, up to now, we still don't know how many Central Army and Shanxi-Suiyuan Army there are in the entire mountain area!"

It's quite normal for Katsuki Seiji to have concerns.

After all, after Yan Laoxi adopted the suggestions of Director Zhou, General Wei and Huang Shaolong.

The main forces are distributed in the mountainous areas of central Shanxi, northwestern Shanxi, and southern Shanxi.

The warfare carried out respectively were defensive warfare, guerrilla warfare, and mobile warfare.

The Central Army was also conducting mobile warfare in the mountains at this time.

Small-scale battles often break out between the two sides.

It is possible that the troops that raided the railway line and attacked their checkpoints a few days ago were from the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army.

In two days they will become the Central Army and the Sichuan Army.

As a result, the Japanese army was never able to figure out the specific deployment situation.

But no matter what, once the war starts, it is impossible to stop the attack because of a few fake and real tricks.

"Call General Yamashita back and attack according to the original battle plan."

"Yes!"

That night.

After General Wei Lihuang received a telegram from Sun Zhen, commander of the 124th Division.

Shocked.

The Japanese army suffered more than a thousand casualties in just one day of attack.

If the fighting continues like this, the situation will not be good.

The deputy commander-in-chief of the Southern Route Army was none other than Deng Jinkang, commander-in-chief of the 22nd Army of the Sichuan Army.

He was also shocked after hearing the news.

Although the equipment was poor, the defense line had been operating for some time after all.

What went wrong that made the war turn out like this?
"Call back to inquire about the details and why there were so many casualties."

"Yes!"

Three hours later, Sun Zhen replied after finding the front-line commander and learning the details of the situation.

The Japanese army used heavy artillery and aircraft to repeatedly bombard the hilltop positions.

More than half of the troops had suffered casualties before the Japanese launched their charge.

The firepower of the 124th Division was already very poor. If it weren't for the sufficient number of grenades...
I'm afraid the situation will only get worse.
The next morning.

Yan Laoxi just walked out of the room.

Then he saw Chu Xichun standing outside his bedroom.

"Why didn't you wake me up if something happened?"

"Commander Yan, you finally had a good day's rest." Yan Laoxi smiled with relief: "The battle has begun, how is the situation on the first day?"

Chu Xichun frowned slightly and shook his head.

Yan Laoxi sighed: "Have you had breakfast?"

"not yet."

"Let's eat first. I'll take a look at the telegram."

"Yes!"

Day three.

Chu Yunfei placed his command center in Shangwangzhuang, northeast of Jing Village.

It is only about six kilometers away from the designated battlefield and three kilometers away from Jing Village.

More importantly, he could visually see the first company of the first battalion deploying ambush positions in Dongtuancheng and Xituancheng.

This operation was personally commanded by the battalion commander Bian Fucheng.

To ensure that we fight this first battle well.

Qian Bojun specifically ordered that all the soldiers in the company be equipped with Thompson submachine guns.

And almost every one of them has been used very few times and is almost brand new.

Greatly reduces the possibility of firearms being damaged during combat.

This is also related to the shoddy products of Yan Laoxi's Taiyuan Arsenal.

Yan Laoxi is stingy and likes to buy cheap equipment.

Basically, everything that is made has slight flaws.

Although there are some issues with quality.

But there is nothing to say about the output.

Before the war, the monthly production of Jin-made Thompsons was about 800, which was a large number relatively speaking.

Enough to equip the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army.

Bian Fuben himself is an expert in close combat, and Company Commander Zhou Daxing is the best company commander in the entire brigade.

Before that, he was Bian Fucheng's deputy, and the two of them worked together very well.

With them around, Chu Yunfei was confident that he could win this first battle.

The 20th Division's offensive went smoothly, while the main force of the 108th Division advancing eastward encountered fierce resistance from the 122nd Division of the Sichuan Army.

No progress has been made so far.

The commander of the Fourth Brigade, Ping Lu Yongfu, could not hold back and sent out a search squadron in advance to conduct reconnaissance along both sides of the road in search of the enemy.

Just as Bian Fucheng led his troops to set up a machine gun position on the roof.

The scout came quickly to report: "Report to the battalion commander, more than 30 Japanese soldiers have been spotted, and they are heading this way. They are still about 7 or 8 miles away."

"It's very likely that he is a scout of the Japanese devils."

Bian Fucheng ordered: "Everyone, prepare for battle immediately."

"According to the original battle plan, kill these damn devils!"

"Yes!"

At this time, melted snow water was accumulating sporadically on the paved road, and even in the sunny morning, the temperature had reached minus eight degrees Celsius.

When the northwest wind blew, the cold front was biting. Even though they were wearing cotton clothes, these Japanese soldiers were freezing like grandsons.

The Japanese soldiers in the search squadron were doing reconnaissance work.

Ordinary Japanese soldiers are not qualified to join such a force.

In other words, it's just like what was said before.

These are the "special operations forces" among the regular troops of the Japanese.

"Maeda-kun, go to the hill ahead and check the situation."

"Hai!"

Under the command of the squad leader Takashi Tsukahara, a dozen Japanese soldiers quickly broke away from the main force.

I want to climb the hill not far ahead.

But after trying more than ten times, I still failed.

Tsukahara Takashi cursed angrily: "Damn it, how could there be enemy troops hiding on a hill like this?"

"Captain, a village has been discovered ahead."

"Keep going." Takashi Tsukahara waved his hand: "It seems we have a place to resupply, just in time to make some hot soup!"

"Hayi!"

Walking into the village, I saw that every door was closed.

Takashi Tsukahara seemed to have already gotten used to this situation.

He called a soldier next to him to come forward and said in poor "Japanese Chinese": "Yo Ren Ma?"

bang bang bang.

Compared to his politeness, the other Japanese soldiers directly climbed over the wall and entered the courtyard.

"Captain, something seems to be wrong."

Tsukahara Takashi frowned slightly: "Get ready for battle~!"

"Hai!"

"Kuuuuuu~!~Kuuuuu~!"

The two Japanese soldiers who had just climbed over the wall and entered the courtyard opened the door from inside the courtyard with smiles on their faces: "Hahaha~!"

"Captain...we have captured the spoils, two hens!"

Tsukahara Takashi smiled slightly: "It seems that these Chinese are hiding. Find them and supply them on the spot. Let them know the price of hiding from us."

"Hai!"

The so-called local supply and fighting to support the war actually means to rob wherever you fight.

If the evacuation had not been carried out in advance.

The people in Xituan City are afraid that they will suffer this time.
The Japanese army's early massacres were often without reason and simply an act of venting anger.

Within the Japanese military, it was called a deterrent action.

A very disgusting name.

In the eyes of these beasts.

It was as if they did this just to prevent the local people from having any ideas about them.

Just when the Japanese soldiers were gradually relaxing their vigilance.

At this time, all combat teams in the village were also ready for battle.

Following Bian Fucheng's order.

The crisp sound of gunfire suddenly rang out.

The first to be killed were seven or eight Japanese soldiers who were still exploring the village to confirm its safety.

The next second, the soldiers quickly stepped forward and besieged the remaining Japanese troops.

As soon as the gunshots rang out, these old Japanese devils scattered.

Some hid behind the millstone, while others quickly kicked open the door.

Two grenades were thrown directly in.

Confirm the safety of the room.

I have to say that this group of old devils are indeed an elite force.

At least they wouldn't be stupid enough to rush in to find out what's going on.

There was nothing in the room and the Japanese immediately occupied the house.

There was continuous gunfire, and the attacking soldiers quickly engaged the enemy.

Grenades were thrown at both sides.

soon.

The soldiers also suffered casualties.

The Japanese threw grenades very accurately and could identify the direction of the soldiers just by the sound.

Bian Fucheng cursed inwardly.

Damn Japanese devils.

Zhou Daxing took part in the battle personally.

The Thompson submachine gun in his hand quickly suppressed the Japanese rifle fire.

Not far away, two assaulters quickly detonated the Jin-made grenades in their hands and threw them at the Japanese soldiers behind the bunker.

There was a boom.

The Japanese soldier in the shit-yellow military uniform fell dead behind the millstone.

As soon as a soldier showed his head, the machine gun set up in the courtyard fired a long burst of shots.

The soldier who was almost killed quickly reported the situation: "A Japanese machine gunner is in the courtyard at 11 o'clock, equipped with at least one light machine gun."

"Grenade!"

"Yes!"

Although separated by the main village road, the actual distance is no more than thirty meters.

Grenade after grenade was thrown into the courtyard.

Explosions continued.

The soldiers pulled the trigger without caring whether there were any Japanese devils around.

There was a barrage of suppressive fire directed towards the direction of the gate.

"Puh~!"

With a gunshot, the soldier rushing in the front was instantly shot through the chest.

Other soldiers quickly opened fire to suppress the attack, and a series of bullets blocked all three windows.

The Thompson was so powerful that it smashed three windows into pieces.

A Japanese soldier was unable to dodge and was hit by a bullet, his head shattered like a watermelon.

"There's also..."

"Flanking move, prepare for explosion!"

"Yes!"

The medical staff accompanying the operation quickly rushed forward to rescue.

After a moment, he shook his head towards the gaze of Company Commander Zhou Daxing.

Zhou Daxing frowned and sighed slightly.

It’s a pity that we didn’t bring mortars to this battle, otherwise it wouldn’t be so troublesome.

These Japanese soldiers were very cautious. They always occupied the commanding heights and their forces were relatively dispersed.

I never got a good opportunity, so I had to force it.

So far, two soldiers have been killed and seven or eight injured, all of whom were injured by Japanese grenades.

Zhou Daxing felt a little guilty as he had wasted too much time during the evacuation.

Otherwise, the war wouldn't have come to this.

Outside the village there will be a chance to wipe them all out.

Boom!

Boom~!

Two loud bangs.

The courtyards and rooms where the Japanese troops were hiding collapsed instantly.

The Japanese soldiers hiding in the room instantly lost their ability to resist.

This is the end.

Part of the Japanese advance search squadron.

They were all wiped out in Xituancheng Village.
(End of this chapter)