Anti-Japanese War: From Becoming Chu Yunfei to Rising

Chapter 17: Retreat? Chu Yunfei's dissatisfaction

Ideals are beautiful, but reality is often contrary to ideals.

This time, we were ordered to support Fanzhisi County and complete the mission of annihilating the enemy.

It is the 33rd Army under Sun Chu.

According to the plan.

Chu Yunfei and his troops will need to hold out for about two days before the first batch of reinforcements can arrive.

It would take at least ten days to complete the so-called encirclement.

At this time, the Suzuki Brigade and even the Shibuya Regiment all stopped their attacks.

Although they had taken over the easily defended and difficult to attack Ru Yuekou.

But at the same time, their own casualties were no longer enough to sustain them to continue the attack.

Moreover, judging from the current battlefield situation, it is not just the Fifth Division that is at risk of being surrounded and annihilated.

If their Suzuki Brigade continued to advance, they would most likely be surrounded by the Jinsui Army in northwestern Shanxi.

After the old Japanese soldier Suzuki Shigeyasu sensed the danger, he simply reported the situation but did not withdraw his troops.

He did not want to lose the position he had captured with great difficulty, and he was not afraid of the so-called main force of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army.

The most elite 358th Regiment in the Second War Zone had been "defeated" by them.

Even Chu Yunfei, a famous general of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, was "defeated" by them.

The remaining troops.

How much combat power can it have?
At least after the two old Japanese soldiers, Brigadier General Suzuki and Regiment Commander Shibuya, broke through the Ruyuekou defense line.

He regained his previous arrogance.

Cricket, just the Jinsui Army!

Under the iron hoof of the Great Japanese Army, we will eventually be reduced to dust!
We want to annihilate the Japanese in an organized manner.

It's never an easy thing.

In order to show his determination to live and die with the Jiaochang Village position, the battalion commander Qian Bojun of the first battalion set up his battalion headquarters directly in Jiaochang Village.

The telephone line was also directly connected from the headquarters of the first battalion to Fanshi County.

At this time, the front-line command center had moved from the original Jiaochang Village to Fanzhisi County.

Chu Yunfei originally did not advocate defending Jiaochang Village.

Although Jiaochang Village was named after the ancient training ground, its terrain is flat and there are no commanding heights.

Once the Japanese invaders bombarded two or three positions, they could only enter the village and fight in the streets.

The Japanese can't afford the consumption.

But they could force the puppet troops to dismount and enter the village to fight.

The situation is very tricky.

Fortunately, the Japanese invaders have no plans to continue the attack.

Stop where you are.

The two armies resumed their previous standoff.

Chu Yunfei guessed that the Japanese invaders had probably consumed a lot of energy and also needed replenishment and rest.

Fang Ligong stood quietly by the side.

Since Chu Yunfei didn't speak, he didn't say anything either.

Just when Chu Yunfei was thinking about how to defeat the enemy.

Sun Ming walked over quickly: "Commander, Commander Yan has an urgent message!"

"Commander, Commander Yan ordered us to hand over the defense of Fanshi County to the 33rd Army of the Sixth Army."

Chu Yunfei was a little puzzled: "Didn't we have the 358th Regiment cooperate to annihilate the enemy before? How come there is a new order now?"

"This"

Sun Ming was speechless for a moment.

How could he know what Yan Laoxi was thinking?

Yang Chengyuan is also a direct descendant of Yan Laoxi.

But he can barely be considered as the same kind of person as their regiment commander Chu Yunfei.

Even though Ru Yuekou itself was the main defense of the 33rd Army.

But at this time, I intervened..
Chu Yunfei was naturally quite dissatisfied. At this time, he could already imagine the resentment in the hearts of the soldiers and cadres below.

The Japanese who had been working so hard for such a long time.

They were transferred away at the most critical moment.
What the hell is going on?
You can't bully people like this.

Could it be that I, Chu Yunfei, am not qualified, or is it that Old Man Yan is afraid that he will eat alone?
Chu Yunfei frowned slightly, and Fang Ligong asked at the right time: "Did Commander Yan ask us to retreat to a certain place?" "Retreat to Xing County to rest."

"It is said that there are Eighth Route Army soldiers who want to cross the river to support the battle. We are responsible for protecting the safety of the ferry and verifying their identities."

Chu Yunfei suddenly realized.

Retreat to Xing County
Before taking Taiyuan along the Zhengtai and Tongpu railways.

The Japanese never considered the barren northwest region of Shanxi.

Northwest Shanxi is not the main attack direction at all.

"It seems that Commander Yan is worried that our 358th Regiment will be wiped out!"

"If that's the case, pass the order down. Even the last shift must stand guard. If the Japanese invaders launch an attack, they must fight back resolutely!"

"Yes!"

Chu Yunfei made a phone call: "Qian Bojun!"

"Commander, Qian Bojun is waiting for instructions!"

"No instructions. Get ready. The main force of the 33rd Army will soon take over your defensive position."

"Commander, what is going on?"

"Commander Yan ordered us to retreat to Xing County for rest."

"What, Commander? Didn't the headquarters just issue an order to lure and annihilate the Japanese invaders? Why are they withdrawing us now? I don't understand."

"If you can't figure it out, come back and think about it slowly. Follow the order!"

Qian Bojun sighed heavily: "Ah!"

The 33rd Army was originally the main force defending the Ruyuekou front line.

It’s just that all the previous battles were fought by the 358th Regiment and the 203rd Brigade.

Their main force did not suffer much loss.

If we consider the overall situation, Yan Laoxi's actions cannot be blamed.

But withdraw them at this critical moment.

Chu Yunfei naturally felt a little uncomfortable.

Fortunately, he is not a slow person.

Taking advantage of the time when the Japanese invaders were not attacking, he ordered a statistics of the losses and spoils of war.

In the blink of an eye, half a day had passed.

The statistical results of each camp were also summarized in Fang Ligong's hands.

Fang Ligong held the report in his hand, looking a little worried.

Chu Yunfei nodded and said, "Brother Ligong."

"Commander, we have suffered over 2,400 casualties, 1,200 of whom were killed in action and 37 are missing."

"Three company commanders, 18 platoon leaders, and 37 squad leaders were killed."

"The Fourth Battalion is no longer fully organized. The Second and Third Battalions also suffered more than half of their casualties."

"700 rifles, 18 Czech light machine guns, and 4 60mm mortars lost"

"Consumed 1.3 million rounds of 65mm ammunition, 7,000 grenades, and 570 mines."

"Seven hundred and eighty 60mm mortar shells, three hundred and forty 82mm mortar shells, and four hundred and thirty 75mm mountain artillery shells."

"The total amount seized is as follows."

Fang Ligong paused for a moment, then cleared his throat and said, "Six hundred and eighty Type 38 rifles.

Thirteen Taisho 11-type machine guns and three Type 96 light machine guns.
Thirty-eight pistols of various types.

There are seventeen 50mm grenade launchers and one hundred and thirty-eight special grenades.

Three hundred bayonets.

Five hundred and thirty-six grenades of various types.

Five hundred and seventy helmets, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven rounds of ammunition, one hundred and thirty-seven horses, and a number of other baggage, which have not yet been fully counted.

Chu Yunfei's seizure of the spoils on the battlefield has roughly estimated the casualties of the Japanese invaders.

"How many Japanese invaders have we confirmed the results of our battle?"

Fang Ligong looked at the numbers on the report and said, "The current number is 1,863, including one lieutenant colonel and three majors."

"There are a total of sixty-eight officers of other ranks."

"Among them was a deputy officer's sword, which was given to Staff Officer Xie according to the commander's instructions."

Chu Yunfei put his hands behind his back and sighed slightly: "It's okay."

(End of this chapter)