Anti-Japanese War: From Becoming Chu Yunfei to Rising

Chapter 186: Liberate the combat effectiveness of the troops, select combat targets on your own, and annihilate the Japanese troops on your own! (Request)

As the Seya Detachment began to attack Teng County.

At one time, the 81st and 22nd Divisions of the Third Army, including those in Juye, Yuncheng, Jinxiang, Yutai, and Ningyang, also joined the battle at the same time.

They attacked the Japanese invaders' transport convoys and troops stationed in the occupied areas in Ningyang, Dawenkou, Tai'an, Laiwu, Feicheng, Xintai and other places.

The 196nd Army Group was supported by Chu Yunfei's Honorary th Regiment.
Fight hard to hold Teng County.

But...the direction of the Honorable 196th Regiment.
The Japanese army only dispatched a large battalion to launch a tentative attack.

After determining that the enemy forces in the direction of Xiangcheng were difficult to deal with, they did not continue the attack.

Seya Kei's previous combat experience told him.

To deal with the national army, we only need to make a breakthrough in one point, which will lead to a comprehensive shake-up.

Compared with the 358th Brigade in the direction of Xiangcheng, the nd Army, which has worse equipment and weaker combat effectiveness, is obviously the soft persimmon.

And the reason why he dared to continue attacking southwards without any flank cover.

The most important reason is.

The main force of the 10th Division had actually already secretly moved south at this time.

The main force will naturally come to support at that time.

The national army did not obtain this information.

Of course.

This information actually has no impact on the current strategies and tactics of the five war zones.
The war situation is constantly changing.

Li Zongren was in the operations room of the Fifth War Zone.

With the cooperation of a group of senior staff, telegrams and related information were processed at a rapid speed.

The battle for a full-scale counterattack has begun.

On the first day of the offensive, the 52nd Army, known as the Iron Fist, was unstoppable under the command of Guan Linzheng.

In just one day, we advanced fifteen kilometers.

More than 300 Japanese invaders were killed.

Although the 59th Army's combat effectiveness was slightly weaker, its offensive capability was not bad, and it also pushed the front line forward by eight kilometers.

For a time, the fighting on both sides of the Yi River was in full swing.

The Third Corps launched some symbolic counterattacks.

The main task is to hold on to Linyi.

The consequences of the Sakamoto Detachment's over-dispersion of its forces came to them at this time.

If it were the Three Legions, they would naturally be unable to counterattack and would not be able to defeat them.

But those participating in the war now are the direct descendants of the Central Army, such as the 52nd Army.

The 59th Army is an army that urgently needs to prove itself.

There are also elite troops such as the 197th Regiment and the New Infantry Regiment.

Chu Yunfei even went to the front line and personally commanded the attack of the two regiments.

With the strong support of the heavy mortar battalion and mountain artillery regiment.

For a time, the Sakamoto Detachment's more than 5,000 main forces were in danger of being divided and surrounded!

Shun Sakamoto panicked!
A telegram was sent to Seishirō Sakagami's headquarters, immediately seeking tactical guidance.

This strategic situation emerged just one day after the battle began.

When has Sakagami Seishirō met him?

Not only did he immediately request full support from the air force, he also ordered Jun Sakamoto to abandon the previously captured area.

Retreat to the Yishui Mengyin line and wait for orders.

It’s because of this order.

As a result, the 197th Regiment, which was carrying out a strong attack, collided head-on with the Japanese army's retreating convoy.

And a unique encounter was carried out.

Due to the tight time schedule, the mountain artillery regiment was still in the process of rapid maneuvering.

Even Chu Yunfei had no way to contact Liang Guoping directly.

Just when he felt that the situation might be developing in a bad direction.

Soldiers and officers of the 197th Regiment.

Demonstrated a heroic and fearless spirit of sacrifice.

He used his flesh and blood to blow up three Japanese tanks using explosive packs.

Under the fierce attack of the soldiers of the 197th Regiment.

The retreating troops of the Japanese Sakamoto Detachment had no choice but to give up gathering in the direction of Mengyin.

Then he fled eastward again.

Chu Yunfei saw this scene on the battle map.

I couldn't help but praise it in my heart.

Good fight!

The bravery of the 197th Regiment is truly inspiring.

Although there are many casualties, at the current speed of attack, Yishui can be captured as early as tomorrow.
Complete the three-sided encirclement of Sakamoto Detachment!

(Please ignore the red arrows on the map.. The largest yellow arrow is Guan Linzheng's 197nd Army. The attacking forces in the direction of Mengyin and Linyi are Chu Yunfei's th Regiment and the New Infantry Regiment.

The main force of the Sakamoto Detachment is located between Juxian and Linyi, and is currently retreating towards Yishui and Juxian.

The main force of the 5th Division was in Weixian at this time. There was a famous highway between Weixian and Taierzhuang, the Weitai Highway.

This is also the main reason why the Fifth Division was able to quickly support the Sakamoto Detachment.
Because I don’t know how to draw, I’ll use the diagram from the early stages of the Battle of Xuzhou.)

The forward command post where Chu Yunfei was located quickly broke away from the newly formed infantry regiment and took his guard company to the artillery command post of the mountain artillery regiment to accompany the battle.

The time and conditions are ripe, prepare for micro-management!

However, what Chu Yunfei did not expect was that the Japanese had no intention of fighting at all.

They just kept retreating, leaving him no chance to launch an artillery attack.

In desperation, Chu Yunfei had to order the newly formed infantry regiment and the mountain artillery regiment to join forces and cooperate in combat.

Direction of the 52nd Army.

The 25th Division and the 2nd Division are both relatively elite Central Army units.

But only the 75nd Division was equipped with eight German Krupp mm mountain guns.

The organization of this mountain artillery battalion.

It was still a temporary organization, temporarily assigned to the Second Division due to combat reasons.

The offensive was going more smoothly than ever before.

With the strong support of the mountain artillery battalion, Zheng Dongguo's troops advanced another 18 kilometers on the second day of the battle, and the speed of the attack was twice that of the first day.

But Zheng Dongguo couldn't be happy.

They are infantry and they pursue on foot.

The Japanese army is a semi-mechanized force, and we won’t be able to hold them back if we don’t have vehicles.

These little Japanese devils are most likely going to run away!

That's bad!
What Zheng Dongguo was worried about was exactly what all the troops currently participating in the war were worried about.

The 59th Army's offensive was also very successful, so successful that Chu Yunfei was extremely worried when he heard the news.

These participating troops, except them.

Only the 52nd Army has some ability to carry out offensive operations.

If we fail to seize this opportunity to inflict a severe blow to the Japanese invaders, or even annihilate them.

After the Sakamoto Detachment retreated to the Weixian front line, it was no longer called the Sakamoto Detachment.

The main force of the Fifth Division
Want to completely wipe out the main force of the Fifth Division.

For the current troops, this is nothing but a foolish dream!

We need to speed up the progress.

Encirclement and annihilation battles and pursuit and annihilation battles are very different from the positional defense battles that Chu Yunfei had fought before.

The former is essentially mobile warfare.

The latter is a relatively rigid regular battle.

The former is a great test of the coordination between the various troops and the degree of execution of the pre-war strategic plan.

If you are not careful, big problems will arise.

Positional warfare is different. With a complete communication network, telephones can be connected to every position in the first time.

Not with the battle going on right now.

Chu Yunfei's orders could only be conveyed quickly through cavalry.

At the same time, based on your own judgment on the battle map.

Provide the most direct artillery support to the 197th Regiment and the newly formed infantry regiment.

The Japs retreated too quickly.

There was absolutely no chance of laying telephone lines, and there was no way to do any micro-management.

Lack of effective instant messaging tools.

After careful consideration, Chu Yunfei decided to release the 197th Regiment completely.

"Sun Ming!"

Chu Yunfei stood up from the battle map and turned his head to look at Sun Ming who was observing the situation at the front line.

"Have!"

Sun Ming put down the telescope and turned to Chu Yunfei's side: "Sir."

"Order the 197th Regiment. Choose your own combat targets.

Make your own battle plan.

There is only one combat objective.

That is to kill as many devils as possible!"

Yes, the 197th Regiment at the moment it received the order.

In fact, it is no different from the current Honor 196th Regiment.
Temporary headquarters of the 197th Regiment.

Sun Ming looked at Li Kuishan and Qian Zhaoyou with a serious face: "Captain Li, Chief of Staff Qian, please repeat the order!"

Li Kuishan was startled, and immediately stood at attention: "Yes, kill more devils!"

"Captain Li, Chief of Staff Qian, I have official business to attend to. Goodbye!"

As soon as Sun Ming finished speaking, he turned and left.

Li Kuishan immediately added: "Old Qian, go and deliver it."

Qian Zhaoyou nodded and followed Sun Ming to catch up.

"Sun Ming..."

"Chief of Staff Qian, what's up?"

"Are you in such a hurry to leave?" Chief of Staff Qian ran after him and said without hesitation: "What is Commander Chu's combat plan?"

Sun Ming stopped and scratched his head: "No..."

"Just let us play freely?"

Sun Ming nodded and met Qian Zhaoyou's puzzled look: "Commander Chu believes that the 197th Regiment has the ability to fight independently and does not need too detailed command, which will restrict your hands and feet. He looks forward to your performance."

"What about the new infantry regiment?"

"Captain Wu and his regiment mainly fight with the mountain artillery regiment. If the Japanese attack back, the mountain artillery regiment will suffer a great loss."

"I understand. Please tell Commander Chu that our 197th Regiment will definitely fight hard this time and show our due style!"

Sun Ming smiled and nodded, jumped on his horse, and left quickly accompanied by his guards.

He quickly returned to the headquarters.

Qian Zhaoyou recounted the story truthfully.

Li Kuishan was full of confidence and said immediately: "Since Commander Chu believes in us, let's perform well and let Commander Chu see the current combat effectiveness of our 197th Regiment!"

"Yes!"

Joint headquarters of the mountain artillery regiment and the newly formed infantry regiment.

At this time, Chu Yunfei was holding the latest telegram sent from the Fifth War Zone.

Ask them where the main force has attacked so far.

Chu Yunfei immediately looked for the 197th Regiment on the battle map.
But in just three hours.

They had already advanced over a distance of more than fifteen kilometers.

Disappeared from Chu Yunfei's battle map
The speed was very fast, just like the speed of a march. You can imagine how fast the 197th Regiment's attack speed was.

Now they are like wild horses that have broken free from their reins, running wildly.

It is like a beast that has been hungry for a long time, biting and chasing its prey.

This pursuit and annihilation battle seemed to have become the stage for the 197th Regiment. Even Chu Yunfei himself did not expect that the 197th Regiment could burst out with such powerful combat power.

Wei County.

Fifth Division Headquarters.

After two days of fighting, Seishirō Sakagami naturally realized the combat intentions of the various National Army units.

They encircled and annihilated the Sakamoto Detachment and even used the main forces of five divisions to launch a counterattack against their Fifth Division.

Forcing them to abandon the Weixian line and retreat towards Jiaoxian and even Qingdao.

But no matter what, whether retreating to Qingdao or westward towards the suburbs.

For the Fifth Division, these were all unacceptable defeats.

It wasn't that Seishirō Sakagami didn't remind Rensuke Kibotani and asked him to reunite quickly.

The commander of the Second Army, Toshizo Nishio, also conveyed relevant combat orders.

But Jigu Lianjie used the excuse that the 22nd Army and Chu Yunfei's troops were attacking Zou County.

They were determined to capture Teng County first to ensure they could gain a foothold in the area and prepare for the subsequent attack on Xuzhou.

After all, Jigu Lianjie had no intention of supporting the Fifth Division.

Seishirō Sakagami didn't care... Since the 10th Division didn't support him, he would do it himself.

Not only did the main force of the troops leave Weixian to support the Sakamoto Detachment which was retreating.

The Guoqi Detachment stationed on the Qingdao front line was urgently dispatched to move towards Jiaoxian County.

In fact, both sides were not clear about the specific deployment situation at the local level, and the situation on the battlefield changed too quickly.

Li Zongren was actually the same as the commander of the 5th Division, Sakagami Seishirō.

It is based on the information constantly obtained from various departments, and then we can infer the development of the war situation.

Regarding the next move of the Japanese invaders.

There are only reasonable predictions and speculations.

In fact, no one knows.

What will the Japanese do next?

Headquarters of the Fifth War Zone Commander.

Li Zongren looked at Chu Yunfei's reply telegram and was speechless for a moment.

"The 197th Regiment has lost contact. The newly formed infantry regiment and mountain artillery regiment are advancing in the direction of Weixian in search of the enemy."

The current state of the war has actually exceeded everyone's expectations.

The expected resolute resistance only appeared on the first day of the fighting.

After that, they basically kept pursuing and seeking to expand the results of the battle.

However, just looking at the reports from various troops over the past three days.

The casualties of the Japanese Sakamoto Detachment seemed to be only half... merely severe damage, far from the combat goal of complete annihilation.

Li Zongren couldn't help feeling a little worried, and even began to wonder if it would be better to focus on attacking the 10th Division?
The 59th Army, the 52nd Army, including Chu Yunfei's troops, pursued the enemy for more than 60 kilometers.

Finally, they encountered strong resistance in the outer positions of Weixian.

The original Sakamoto detachment finally had time to catch their breath and rest.

From the perspective of the Japanese such as Sakagami Seishirō, the successive resistance bought enough time for the Fifth Division to deploy its main force.

In the next battle, they will definitely have the upper hand.

From the Chinese perspective.

The 52nd and 59th Armies, four divisions and Chu Yunfei's troops... a total of nearly five divisions of strength, defeated the Japanese invaders and killed countless of them. This was a rare victory since the Battle of Jinpu Road.

At least, morale is high and the military is willing to work.

On the fourth day, the main forces moved to the outer positions of Weifang.

Zhang Yaoming's troops of the 25th Division of the 52nd Army were arranged by Guan Linzheng to advance towards Jiaoxian County and intercept part of the 5th Division.

The Third Corps also sent two regiments northward for reinforcement.

The most important thing is that even Tang Enbo obeyed Li Zongren's orders at this time.

Songkou agreed to quickly mobilize the 89th Division, which was originally stationed in Henan, along the Longhai Railway to Hanzhuang and head north to reinforce Teng County.

The 27th and 30th Divisions under Sun Lianzhong also received orders to march north.

At the request of Generals Guan Linzheng and Zhang Zizhong.

On the afternoon of the fifth day of the battle, Li Zongren, commander-in-chief of the Fifth War Zone, ignored the Chairman's military orders.

The order for a general attack on Weixian was issued.

In Wuhan, Chiang Kai-shek was furious when he heard the news... He knocked on the table in front of him with his cane.

"What are you doing? Is Li Zongren going to learn from Han Fuju? The main force of the Fifth Division is stationed in Weixian, and the front-line attacking force can mobilize at most three divisions to attack the Fifth Division?"

Chiang Kai-shek's expectation was to inflict heavy damage on the Sakamoto Detachment.

Now that the established combat objectives have been achieved, we can slowly retreat, rebuild our defenses, and delay time.

Didn't the Japanese invaders launch the so-called pincer attack? Now that we have already repelled one of the Japanese pincers.

If you concentrate on hitting the other pliers, won't you be able to resolve the crisis in Xuzhou?
Little did they know that how could an offensive operation involving more than 100,000 people in five war zones end so easily?
When Li Zongren made up his mind.

In fact, it means that all participating troops have expressed their positions.

Honorable 196th Regiment Headquarters. (This unit's combat target was the Seya Detachment of the th Division, not the th Division in the Weifang direction. Readers who jump to appreciate this should pay attention.)
Qian Bojun finally received the offensive combat order issued by Chu Yunfei.

"The order has finally arrived, Captain Ouyang, I'm sure you've been waiting for a long time."

Ouyang Xianpeng nodded and said, "Our 30th Artillery Regiment has been busy for three days just maneuvering back and forth and building concealed positions. Now it is finally our turn to attack. Captain Qian, tell me, how should we fight this battle?"

"We fight our own, the Sichuan Army fights the Sichuan Army, and the enemy fights the enemy. Follow our offensive rhythm."

Ouyang Xianpeng was a little hesitant. He reminded: "Captain Qian, didn't Commander Chu say before the battle that we should help each other with the Sichuan Army? Don't we need to consider friendly forces when we attack?"

"That's right, but that's not what you understand. They are helping us and cooperating with us in combat operations, not us cooperating with them in combat operations..."

Qian Bojun explained: "You have only been here for a short time, so it is normal that you do not understand the deep meaning of Commander Chu's words. I believe that the friendly forces will naturally understand our combat choice."

"At 2 p.m., we will launch an attack on the Japanese guard brigade on the flank. According to the original battle plan, the Second Artillery Company and the 30th Artillery Regiment will bombard Lizhuang and Guangming Village, which are occupied by the Japanese invaders. At that time, our Second and Third Battalions will attack and occupy the two villages according to the original battle plan, and use the two villages as a fulcrum to continue the attack in the direction of Teng County."

"Captain Qian, where is the first battalion under your command?"

Qian Bojun smiled and said: "The main force of the first battalion is attacking in the direction of Zou County. They are carrying out the assault mission planned before the war. Don't worry about them. With us here, the Japanese have no chance to surround them."

Weixian is also Weifang. This direction is commanded by the New Infantry Regiment + 197 + Mountain Artillery Regiment + Chu Yunfei himself. The friendly forces are Zhang Zizhong of the 59th Army and Guan Linzheng of the 52nd Army.
The main combat target is the Fifth Division

In the Fujin County direction, the 196th Regiment + the th Artillery Regiment and the nd Army Group were deployed. Their main combat target was the Seya Detachment of the th Division.

The Third Army was in western Shandong, and its main combat targets were the main force of the 10th Division heading south, as well as the logistics and baggage troops.

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