Anti-Japanese War: From Becoming Chu Yunfei to Rising

Chapter 160: The courage in front of Nanguan Town scared away Japanese invaders! (Subscribe)

Second World War Commander Headquarters.

Liu Tao, the confidential director, picked up the telegram and danced with excitement.

He rushed into the war room in high spirits.

Under the gaze of everyone.

He came and stood in front of Yan Laoxi.

"Report to Commander Yan, a great victory at Nanguan. Currently, the offensive of each attacking force is going smoothly. We have completely wiped out the Kasahara Regiment of the 4th Brigade of the Japanese Army, and are currently encircling and annihilating the remnants of the Sakata Regiment!"

Yan Laoxi was extremely excited, his mouth slightly opened, and he praised repeatedly: "Great! Great!"

"This Yun Fei is my Zilong. What are the casualties of the Eastern Army?"

He took the battle report handed over by Liu Tao.

The encirclement and annihilation battle started on the first day and lasted for more than six hours.

It's getting late.

At present, Chu Yunfei's troops report that they have achieved phased results.

The 22nd Infantry Regiment was basically wiped out, with only a few remnants remaining in hiding. The cleanup was expected to be completed that night.

The Sakata Regiment held several villages and commanding heights and was still resisting.

The two divisions of the Eighth Route Army were estimated to have suffered around 6,000 casualties.

The casualties of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army are estimated to have exceeded 3,000.

Old Yan was terrified.

battle situation.

The word "intense" is no longer appropriate to describe it.

It was simply tragic.

It had not even been a day since the encirclement and annihilation campaign began.

The number of casualties has exceeded the peak of the Battle of Xinkou.

You can imagine how intense the battle was.

It's totally a meat grinder!
What kind of battles were the most brutal during World War II?

Some people may think it is a siege battle, while others may think it is a street fight.

But no matter what, this kind of battle has a distinctive feature.

That is, it is obvious that there will be a lot of close combat.

Hand-to-hand combat is close-range combat with extremely high intensity.

A collision between two regimental-sized forces.

Often the outcome of a game can be decided within fifteen minutes.

Hundreds of people died and thousands of casualties occurred within half an hour.
Yan Laoxi frowned slightly: "Send a message to Shancheng immediately to report the progress of the battle!"

"Also, give orders to the Sixth and Seventh Armies."

"Attack the Japanese army's transportation lines, launch a sabotage operation, approach the Fenyang line, pretend to attack, and force the Japanese army to be unable to come to the rescue!"

"Yes!"

December 12, 31 p.m.

It was dark.

On the battlefield at this time.

A dead silence.

The Sakata Unit is still fighting hard.

Under the command of their respective squadron leaders, they seized some commanding hilltops.

The Eighth Route Army troops attacked several times but failed to take it.

The strong smell of blood filled the entire valley.

The battlefield was littered with corpses of both our enemies and our own side.

The stretcher teams and medical teams of the Eighth Route Army and the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army were completely overloaded at this time.

They were silent, but just like machines, they would rush forward when they heard someone calling for help.

If they are Japanese troops, then kill them quickly.

If it is one of our own soldiers, we will quickly rescue him and transport him to the field hospital in Qin County overnight.

At this time, Chu Yunfei had already ordered the baggage transport battalion to enter the battlefield to take on the task of transporting the wounded.

Can be imagined.

To what extent were the casualties.

Fang Ligong was standing in front of Chu Yunfei at this time.

What I have in my hand is the preliminary statistics that have just been compiled.

"Currently, the 197th Regiment has suffered around casualties, and have been confirmed dead, including four company commanders, eight platoon leaders, squad leaders, and seriously injured. Most of them will most likely not survive tonight."

Fang Ligong was in a heavy mood and continued, "The Honorable 196th Regiment suffered casualties and sacrifices, including serious injuries and a battalion commander."

See Chu Yunfei turn his head and turn around.

Fang Ligong sighed and added, "It was the commander of the Eighth Battalion, Hu Shaoqing. Before he died, he detonated the grenade on his waist and died together with a squadron leader of the Japanese."

Chu Yunfei frowned slightly. "He is my fellow villager from Wutai. He is the captain of the third company under Qian Bojun. He is brave in battle and always strives to be the first in every battle. I personally awarded him the Gancheng Medal before."

"Yes."

Fang Ligong remained silent.

The casualties of his troops have exceeded three thousand.

Among them, 1 people died, and the ratio of the remaining seriously injured and slightly injured was close to 3:.

The stretcher team and medical team members were already completely overloaded with work.

Even the Eighth Route Army now has to allocate a quarter of its combat troops to serve as stretcher-bearing teams.

All the trees within a few kilometers have been cut down.

The number of stretchers that were previously prepared in excess is now completely insufficient.

The Shanxi Anti-Japanese War broke out in late August.

It lasted for three months.

Old Yan’s family fortune was completely wiped out.

Half of the middle and lower-level officers in Chu Yunfei's unit were replaced.

Nearly half of the junior officers he favored were killed in the battle.

Many of these people are officers who have been trained from squad leaders to platoon leaders.

It is the cornerstone of Chu Yunfei's troops.

After three years together, it would be a lie to say I wasn't sad.

But, this is war.

No matter how excellent the soldiers or how well-trained the officers are, they are just consumables.

sacrifice.

It led to national independence and the birth of New China.

It is this group of outstanding warriors.

With flesh and blood, we built a new Great Wall!
Chu Yunfei put his hands behind his back and said nothing.

He turned and looked at the battle map in front of him.

No one knows what he is thinking at this moment.

"How's the situation with Wu Ziqiang?"

"Fighting is still going on and the Japanese are still resisting."

Chu Yunfei's brows knitted together when he heard this: "How many Japanese troops are there in Nanguan Town? At most two squadrons. Their entire regiment has been fighting for four hours and still hasn't taken it down?"

Fang Ligong nodded: "According to reports, the Japanese army used the ruins and collapsed buildings as shelters."

"Their mortars were not effective in killing the Japanese, so they had to fight house by house, room by room. In order to reduce casualties on their side, the tactical choices of the two regiment commanders, Wu and Zhuo, were quite cautious."

The Japanese army's style of fighting is actually aimed at one for one.

If we could fire a few more cold shots, we could kill more Shanxi Suiyuan troops.

For them, it's making money.

This is a rogue style of play.

It is indeed troublesome for the attacking side.

Moreover, Chu Yunfei mainly focused his energy on the Sakata League.

For a time, the Japanese troops in the direction of Nankou Town were ignored.

No corresponding artillery support was given.

After a while.

After the perspective exits the three-dimensional combat map.

Chu Yunfei walked towards the phone and said, "We need to form a new infantry regiment."

"Hey! Wu Ziqiang, stop attacking!"

"Stop attacking!"

Chen Zejun, who was leading his team to attack, was suddenly called to a halt.

I finally got the opportunity to go to the front line.

It was gone in an instant.

He rushed to the command post.

I found the deputy team leader Zhuo Tianyu and wanted to find out what was going on.

"Why did Commander Zhuo suddenly stop the attack?"

"It's Commander Chu's order."

Zhuo Tianyu handed a cigarette to his younger brother.

Chen Zejun waved his hand to refuse and sighed: "What a pity, I think we can wipe out all the Japanese troops in the town with a few more attacks."

"If we continue to fight like this, the casualties in the army will be great. The commander just called and explained a problem..."

Zhuo Tianyu smiled.

Chen Zejun asked curiously: "What?"

"It means that Commander Chu now has the energy to pay attention to us. Our support will arrive soon."

Have the energy to pay attention here.

Doesn't that mean that the battle on the key battlefield can basically be declared over?

No wonder the sound of gunfire in the distance became increasingly sparse.

I didn't expect the battle to end so quickly.

After all, Chen Zejun is just a young man who has just started out.

He had never seen such a scene before. He was extremely surprised and asked hurriedly: "Commander Zhuo, who will support us?"

Haven't spoken yet.

The sound of artillery shells flying could be heard from the sky.

Zhuo Tianyu smiled knowingly.

Wu Ziqiang also put down the pencil in his hand and stood up from the battle map: "I've been waiting for three hours, and I've finally got it."

Boom, boom!
Deafening explosions continued to sound.

Wu Ziqiang's forward command post was less than two kilometers away from the Japanese invaders.

The sound of the explosion was extremely clear.

The bombardment lasted for ten minutes.

"Jingle Bell!"

Fang Ligong's phone call only contained one order: "Infantry go up and clean up the battlefield, defend the Nanguan Town line, and beware of reinforcements from the Taiyuan direction."

The infantry going up to clean up the battlefield was not an order, but a notification.

When Chu Yunfei ordered artillery support and gave precise strike coordinates.

You will know when you make a contribution.

This is sure!

as predicted.

After the shelling ended.

Chu Yunfei pondered for a moment and gave the corresponding order.

He also asked Wu Ziqiang's regiment to be on guard against Japanese reinforcements coming from Taiyuan.

Calculate the time.

If at the very first moment of the battle.

The Japanese army completed its combat assembly ahead of schedule.

After eight hours, we almost reached the East and West Tuancheng lines.

Fang Ligong believes.

Chu Yunfei had already prepared for the worst and was prepared to be lenient with the enemy.

No wonder the reserve troops were mobilized soon after the battle started!
Commander Chu's command ability is really superb!
Think of this.

Fang Ligong looked at Chu Yunfei with more admiration and respect.

Several flares from the newly formed infantry regiment were fired into the sky.

The soldiers moved forward quickly.

Cleaning up the Japanese soldiers who had managed to survive the ruins.

There are not many of them, but there are still about twenty or thirty left.

They were quickly wiped out.

Zhuo Tianyu was on the front line and quickly ordered the cleanup of waste and the construction of defensive fortifications on the spot.

And at this time.

Newly appointed Colonel Oya Takehiko of the 77th Infantry Regiment came with his troops to provide support.

At this time, they had already arrived at Dongtuan City.

But he heard gunfire in the distance.

He did not directly lead his troops to provide support, but instead sent out two infantry squads to try to establish contact with the Japanese troops in the encirclement.

When the two troops encountered the tracks of the newly formed infantry regiment of the Shanxi Suiyuan Army in Nanguan Town.

Oya Takehiko realized that the situation was not good at the first moment.

after all.

After the 20th Division fought the Battle of Niangzi Pass, it did make some relevant summaries.

Chu Yunfei's troops of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army were able to accurately find the location of their headquarters.

The chances of this happening are slim.

One, the reconnaissance force infiltrated and discovered the location of the headquarters.

Second, it is to guess based on the understanding of the Japanese commander.
The second possibility involves a great deal of luck.

The Japanese military would naturally not be inclined to this direction.

They believed that the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army must have a small elite force.

The reconnaissance capability is extremely strong, which led to the front-line command headquarters being hit repeatedly.

It was for this reason that when Pinglu Yongfu reported the battle situation to Xiangyue Qingji, he emphasized that he had set up his headquarters in Nanguan Town.

At present, Nanguan Town has been captured by the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army.

Doesn't this illustrate a problem - is it possible that the headquarters of the 4th Brigade has been taken down by the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army?
In less than a day.

The entire 4th Brigade was trapped in the encirclement.

And still lost contact.

Telephone lines were blown down.

It doesn’t matter, there’s still the radio.

But right now, the radio station cannot get in touch.

Without hesitation, Takehiko Oya drafted a telegram and immediately reported the situation to Seiji Katsuki.

he thinks.

The 4th Brigade was finished.

There was no need for support anymore. A rash attack would only result in more than 3,000 of his men being surrounded.

Under the dim light, Takehiko Oya confidently studied the topographic map of the surrounding area.

Think for a long time.

He doesn't understand either.

Why would the enemy choose to fight such a large-scale battle in such terrain?

No one can possibly figure it out!

When the telegram from the air force was sent to the North China Expeditionary Army Headquarters.

Terauchi Hisaichi immediately ordered the main force of the 109th Division in Xiyang area to quickly move to the Taigu line.

They now have to do more than just send troops to support the 4th Brigade.

We must also be wary of the attacks of the two armies of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army on the Fenyang front.

For a moment, the originally good war situation deteriorated completely within a day.

Seiji Kazuki thought he was well prepared.

The 77th Infantry Regiment assembled in advance and provided rapid support.

The main force of the 109th Division quickly maneuvered along the Zhengtai Railway to ensure the safety of Taiyuan City.

There was also considerable progress on both the Western and Eastern Fronts.

But why does this happen?

He put down the telegram in his hand.

The commander of the First Army, Seiji Kazuki, was puzzled.

Could it be possible that the 4th Brigade was really wiped out in a short period of time?
Katsuki Seiji couldn't understand Kasahara Koizumi's stupidity, nor could he imagine the strong firepower of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army.

What was even more unexpected was the group of veteran Red Army soldiers who had come through the Long March.

In close combat, hand-to-hand combat.

Capable of bursting out such powerful fighting power.

The Chief of Staff of the First Army, Hashimoto Gun, said, "General...if we don't continue to send reinforcements...we are likely to lose the Fourth Brigade on New Year's Day. This will be an unbearable loss for you, the entire First Army, and even the North China Expeditionary Force."

Yes!

The Central China Expeditionary Force captured Nanjing as a New Year's gift.

Their North China Expeditionary Force pulled a big pile.. A main brigade was completely wiped out
How could Katsuki Seiji accept such a bitter fruit?

A lot of pressure.

The 109th Division even marched overnight.

It is expected that it will take until early tomorrow morning to reach the East and West Tuancheng lines.

We hoped that the 40th Brigade of the 20th Division would quickly break through the defense line in the Taiyue Mountain area and provide support.

That's even more impossible!
He had no better solution at this time.

All the support troops that can be mobilized are already on the way, and now all he can do is wait!
Compared to the gloomy North China Expeditionary Army and the First Army Headquarters.

Far away in Chongqing, Chiang Kai-shek had already opened a glass of champagne in his official residence.

Chiang Kai-shek has a bad habit.

Others open champagne at halftime.

His person.

He likes to open champagne without fighting, and he is extremely confident.

Before and even during the Battle of Shanghai.

He publicly stated in front of the media several times that he would definitely drive the Japanese army into the Huangpu River.

This was the battle to encircle and annihilate the 4th Brigade.

He also opened the "champagne" in advance.

The battle hasn't started yet.

They have already begun to wish the Eastern Army victory.

After all, as the supreme leader of the National Government, if he doesn't even dare to say harsh words, he would be a complete waste.

There is no need to continue this battle.

In any case, the main forces of the Eastern Army did not disappoint him.

Everyone who participated in this operation did not let him down.

Nor did it disappoint the people of the country.

The fall of Nanjing dealt a huge blow to the national anti-Japanese war.

It also dealt a huge blow to Chiang Kai-shek's personal prestige.

For a time, the so-called "quest for peace" became popular again.

Yes.

The Japanese army is powerful.

It is naturally extremely difficult to defeat them.

It would be better to accept the harsh conditions of the Japanese army, at least to gain a chance to breathe for a while.

And now.

Chiang Kai-shek firmly rejected all so-called "peace" proposals.

In front of a group of senior commanders.

This war will continue until complete victory is achieved!
Battle of Southeastern Shanxi.

Gave Chiang Kai-shek full confidence.

he knows.

He felt that he had found a talented person and he wanted to cultivate him vigorously.

At this operational meeting tonight.

It was just a speech of less than fifteen minutes.

Chen Cixiu and others keenly noticed that Chiang Kai-shek mentioned Chu Yunfei and the Eastern Route Army several times.

Even the Eighth Route Army's anti-Japanese spirit and fighting will.

He also received full affirmation from his old rival.

From a military perspective, it has been five months since the war between China and Japan began.

Whatever one's view of the prospects of war, at least until 1938.

The international community generally believes that the view that "Japan will be defeated by China" is a bluff.

The reason is very simple: the economy of the Republic of China did not have an industry to support modern warfare, the society of the Republic of China was not a modern society, and the army of the Republic of China was not a modern army!
From the perspective of Japanese military intelligence.

At this stage, the National Government's army still has about two million people.

However, there is not even a single division that can be called a modern army with modern equipment.

Occasionally there is a brigade or a regiment in the middle which is better, but strictly speaking.

Still outdated.

Although some middle and lower-level cadres and soldiers were very brave.

But this does not mean that they are qualified as modern soldiers.

The Republic of China's army is completely centered on infantry, which is a colonial tactic and even a South American tactic.

The tactics were backward and most of the senior officers were incompetent.

The spirit of sacrifice of middle and lower-level officers is the key to maintaining combat effectiveness.

The reason why the Japanese army did not take the national army seriously.

A large part of the reason is that junior officers cannot be trained in a short period of time.

From a military perspective.

All the senior commanders of the Blue Party said that the war situation was not optimistic.

Even during the previous peace talks.

Two-thirds of the senior generals supported peace talks.

A third of the generals thought there was nothing wrong with this.
Such high-level...
Chiang Kai-shek himself was exhausted, and before the severance of diplomatic relations, he also wanted to use negotiations to avoid the fall of Nanjing.

Until now.

The fall of Nanjing and the great victory in southeastern Shanxi made him completely give up his fantasy.

Judging from the time and sequence of battle developments.

The will to resist of the Nationalist government and the Chinese people has not been dampened.

Instead, it becomes stronger.

Domestic now.

We need such a victory to boost our confidence in the war of resistance.

Know that their persistence is not meaningless, and their resistance is not meaningless.

But it is possible to achieve final victory.

A great victory, completely annihilating the 4th Brigade.

It is also telling all the ordinary people, telling those speculators and wavering people.

The great Chinese people are invincible!
This battle in southeastern Shanxi is a precedent!

Just as the mountain city, the Second War Zone, and even the Eighth Route Army Headquarters were immersed in the joy of victory.

The Japanese support forces launched another tentative attack.

The company commander Gong Yuxin, who was stationed on the front line, seized the opportunity.

He relied on the more than 20 Jin-made Thompson submachine guns that were assigned to the company.

They opened fire at full force at the first moment and killed more than a dozen Japanese soldiers.

See the Japanese troops fleeing in panic.

Gong Yuxin knew this was a good opportunity to expand the results of the battle.

After ordering the messenger to go to the regiment headquarters to report the situation.

He immediately led more than a hundred soldiers under his command and rushed out, ready to launch a counterattack.

I didn't expect that these Japanese devils had no intention of fighting at all.

They suffered losses several times at the hands of Chu Yunfei's troops of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army.

Guangou, Jiuguan, Faluling, Niangziguan, Chengjiazhuang, Yangquan, Shouyang.

It is because they know the combat effectiveness of Chu Yunfei’s troops.

Know how fierce and powerful the attack of Chu Yunfei's troops is.

That's why they turned around and retreated.

Like a frightened rabbit.

There was no effective resistance or blockade.

Gong Yuxin was overjoyed, and he immediately led his troops to continue the pursuit in an attempt to expand the results of the battle in accordance with tactical requirements.

They chased the Japanese for two miles but still couldn't find them.

See deeper and deeper.

Gong Yuxin was also worried about being ambushed by the Japanese, so he led his team to retreat.

I don't know.

He chased after her like this.

The main force of the entire Japanese infantry regiment was frightened and fled in panic.

As a result, not only the 4th Brigade, but also the 20th Division became the laughing stock of the entire Japanese military!

Japanese squadron leader Hiramoto Eijiro hurriedly reported to Oya Takehiko: When the exploratory attack was launched, the prepared Shanxi Suiyuan Army troops immediately launched a counterattack.

Hiramoto Eijiro judged that a large number of Shanxi-Suiyuan troops were currently attacking towards Tuancheng Village.

Equipped with a large number of automatic firearms!

Takehiko Oya extracted the most crucial information from Eijiro Hiramoto's report.

He knew that the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army was good at close combat and field battles, and was equipped with a large number of Shanxi-made Thompson submachine guns.

In such circumstances, misjudgment often means defeat or even annihilation of the entire army.

Oya Takehiko did not hesitate at all.

He made a judgment immediately.

In order to avoid suffering greater losses.

He immediately led his troops to retreat to Taiyuan.

Chu Yunfei was discussing the finishing work on the subsequent battlefield and the direction of the troops' transfer with Fang Ligong in the command center.

A phone call from the forward observation post reported the new situation.

Chu Yunfei never expected that a company commander would dare to lead his troops to charge out under such circumstances.

the most important is.

It even scared the devils away.
He immediately took a call and called Wu Ziqiang's command center.

Asked if he was the one who commanded the counterattack.

Wu Ziqiang was also confused when he received Chu Yunfei's call.

What's going on? He turned to look at Zhuo Tianyu who was bragging to Chen Zejun.

Never mind, it couldn't be him.

"Sir, I need time to verify this."

That's the time.

The communications soldiers of the third company stationed at the front line rushed into the command center to report the situation.

"Commander, our company commander repelled the Japanese attack and led his troops in pursuit. I hope you can send a company up as soon as possible."

Only then did Wu Ziqiang understand what was going on.

"Reporting to the commander... one of my company commanders launched a counterattack against the Japanese and tried to expand the victory."

"It's very likely that the devils were frightened. I guess they will return after they can't catch up with anyone."

Chu Yunfei laughed: "What's the name of this company commander?"

"Reporting to the commander, the commander of the third company is Gong Yuxin."

"This guy's counterattack directly scared away an infantry regiment of the Japanese. That's quite interesting. When he comes back, he will come directly to the headquarters to find me."

"Yes!"

(End of this chapter)