Anti-Japanese War: From Becoming Chu Yunfei to Rising

Chapter 194: The Battle of Taierzhuang Begins, Tang Enbo and Chu Yunfei Lost Contact One After Another (Subscription Request)
"Chu Yunfei asked me about the defense situation in Taierzhuang."

"After hearing that we only built one pontoon bridge, Chu Yunfei suggested that I build a few more, saying that it would be convenient for follow-up troops to reinforce and retreat in case the battle situation changes."

Sun Lianzhong snorted coldly.

He naturally knew that Chu Yunfei was also considering them.

But these words still sound very harsh to the ears.

You're already thinking about leaving a way out before the battle even starts.

"Why retreat? You're thinking about retreating before the battle even starts. How can we fight if we have such thoughts?"

Chi Fengcheng scratched his head. "The troops under Chu Yunfei's command are brave and willing to fight to the death. His command style is also mainly radical. Mr. Sun, do you think Chu Yunfei knows something else?"

"What else?"

Sun Lianzhong stood with his hands on his hips beside the canal, looking at Taierzhuang not far away, frowning and thinking for a moment.

Could it be that Chu Yunfei has information that they are not aware of?

It seems unlikely.

Something that even he, the commander-in-chief of the Second Army, didn't know.

At most, Chu Yunfei would receive some instructions and gossip from Wuhan.

Then there is only one possibility left - Chu Yunfei believes that there is a high probability that there will be other special circumstances in the Battle of Taierzhuang.

Sun Lianzhong was confident that the main force could hold out against a Japanese detachment.

Once the main force of the 10th Division moved south, Tang Enbo's main force would ambush the enemy behind.

The 59th Army and the 3rd Corps can completely contain the Guoqi Detachment.

At that time, all the troops deployed on the canal will attack on all fronts.

This encirclement and annihilation battle was successful.

Sun Lianzhong frowned and thought hard: "You can handle the matter of the floating bridge. I will go back first."

"Yes."

Sun Lianzhong had just left less than two hours ago.

The Japanese invaders began to attack the outer positions of Taierzhuang.

Chi Fengcheng, who was observing the enemy situation in the village, felt that everything had changed in an instant.

The Japanese attack was massive.

The scene was far more severe than the previous fierce battle with the Japanese army in the Niangziguan area.

It wasn't just planes and artillery that were constantly bombing and shelling.

Even the tanks rushed to within 300 meters of the position and opened direct fire on it.

"Damn, these Japanese guys have really strong firepower."

Chi Fengcheng of the 31st Division fought against the Japanese army many times.

But it was also the first time he had seen such a scene.

The entire Jinpu Line North Road.

The firepower of the Jigu Division is the strongest among all the troops.

Terauchi Juichi had high expectations for him.

They hoped that he could break through the canal defense line and directly occupy Xuzhou.

Although a large encirclement could not be formed, it was enough to justify the reputation of the North China Expeditionary Army.

The battle of Linyi, even though the Japanese media tried their best to refute it.

But such a failure is just like the National Army always believed that the defeat was a change of position.

The rebuttal is weak and abstractly funny.

North of Taierzhuang.

Three kilometers away in a forest.

Seya Kei reported loudly: "Your Excellency, the Second Army's fighting spirit seems to be far inferior to that of the Sichuan Army's combat units. They will soon be defeated under our powerful artillery attack."

At this time, Rensuke Jiya had already arrived at the front line and stood together with the commander of the Seya Detachment, Kei Seya.

He rode on a tall, red horse and raised his telescope to look at Taierzhuang in the distance: "Take the initiative and encounter us in Kangzhuang."

"The enemy seems to be luring them deep into our territory."

Jigu Lianjie chuckled: "It seems that our opponents want to conduct an encirclement and annihilation war. With their combat power, it is naturally impossible to do this. The main force of our army is less than 30 kilometers behind me.

Once the enemy has a corresponding intention, we can counter-encircle it.

With the cooperation of Guoqi's detachment, we can completely annihilate these Chinese troops on the north bank of the canal!"

Jigu Lianjie was arrogant and spoiled.

But he is still very confident in the combat effectiveness of his troops.

After fighting with the 22nd Army for so many days, the troops' casualties did not exceed two thousand.

Instead, the main force of the Sichuan Army suffered serious injuries.

Sun Lianzhong's army, including Ji Gu Lianjie, naturally also had relevant information.

I know that they suffered heavy losses on the battlefield in Shanxi.

The unit now has a lot of new recruits, and its firepower is not as good as before.

Even though they knew that Li Zongren planned to lure the enemy deep into their territory and even encircle and annihilate them.

Rensuke Jikotani didn't care at all and wanted to use himself and the Seya Detachment as bait.

Prepare to launch another encirclement.

The shelling ended and the battle began.

The soldiers in the outer positions struggled to resist the attack of the Japanese mechanized forces.

This group of Japanese soldiers did not meet any ordinary people in the villages along the way.

He was already full of anger with no place to vent it, and when he charged forward he was as crazy as a wild beast.

There was a mortal feud between the veterans of the 31st Division and the Japanese devils.

After the Battle of Niangzi Pass, brothers who had fought for several years or even more than ten years died on the battlefield.

Kill the Japs to avenge our hatred!
Almost all veterans have this idea.

Taierzhuang is the place of glory for us soldiers.

Even if we die, we will never let the Japanese set foot across the canal.

358D Command.

Chu Yunfei was on the phone with the commander of the 122nd Division, Wang Mingzhang, asking about the battle situation in Lincheng.

"If the fighting gets intense, our mountain artillery regiment can immediately go north to reinforce and ensure the safety of Lincheng."

"Thank you for your kindness, Brother Yunfei. However, the Japanese invaders on our side have only launched a diversionary attack. Please use your artillery on the most appropriate battlefield. According to reports from my frontier observation post, the battle in the direction of Taierzhuang is very fierce!"

The battle of Taierzhuang has begun.

Chu Yunfei's heart tightened. Up to now, he had not received any news.

According to the original battle plan.

Once the main force of the Jigu Division was deployed in place, it began to attack Taierzhuang.

The encirclement and annihilation campaign is about to begin, and all troops including the 41st Sichuan Army must take the initiative to attack.

But now, Chu Yunfei has not received any news, and the Sichuan Army has not received any order to attack.

What's the problem?
The combat map can only show an area with a radius of fifteen kilometers.

He is not on the front line now... He can only ask the commander-in-chief of the Fifth War Zone for information.

After hanging up the phone, Chu Yunfei called the headquarters of the commander of the Fifth War Zone again.

"I'm Chu Yunfei, looking for Chief of Staff Xu"

Chief of Staff Xu Yanmou, who was communicating with Li Zongren, answered the phone: "Hello, this is the theater commander's headquarters."

"Commander Xu, I'm Chu Yunfei. Has the battle in Taierzhuang already started?"

Chief of Staff Xu responded: "That's right. This morning, the Japanese Army's Seya Detachment went south to attack the outer positions of Taierzhuang. According to the report from Division Commander Chi Fengcheng, the firepower of the Japanese Army's Seya Detachment seems to have been strengthened accordingly."

“Their artillery strength far exceeded pre-war estimates.

At present, the 31st Division has suffered more than 700 casualties in less than three hours since the start of the battle.

According to current intelligence.

All the main forces of the 10th Division have moved south.

Now the 27th Division has also received reports of an exchange of fire.

There were also unusual movements of the Japanese troops in the Linyi direction. The current situation is unclear. The Third Corps has taken the initiative to launch a diversionary attack under the order of Commander Li.

Judging from the current situation, the Japanese invaders seem to have assembled a large number of troops on the Taierzhuang front, intending to break through the Taierzhuang front."

The attack was even more rapid than Chu Yunfei had expected.

The Japanese army adjusted very quickly.

After suffering losses in the Linyi counterattack, the Seya Detachment immediately strengthened its manpower and firepower.

Most likely he guessed that Li Zongren intended to lure the enemy deep into his territory and then encircle and annihilate them.

Chu Yunfei frowned slightly: "I understand..."

After hanging up the phone, Xu Yanmou turned around and looked at Li Zongren in front of the battle map: "Mr. De, the Japanese army seems to be well prepared for this southward advance."

"Our opponents are not fools. They are smart, fierce and cunning. The Japanese army may have guessed our strategic intention of luring the enemy southward."

Chief of Staff Xu added: "That's why they placed an entire infantry regiment in the Zaozhuang area."

Li Zongren folded his arms across his chest, thinking carefully about the possible losses that would be caused after this encirclement and annihilation campaign began.

"Did Tombo call back?"

"Reporting to Duke De Tang Enbo, we have not been in touch since the Battle of Taierzhuang started this morning."

Li Zongren frowned slightly: "Ridiculous!"

Tang Enbo's performance is like this.

It was obvious that they were waiting for the Second Army to consume the ammunition and manpower of the Jigu Division.

Wait until the Jigu Division is exhausted and then launch an attack on Zaozhuang.

Then, you can pick the fruits.

From a military perspective, the ragtag army's strength is used to consume the enemy's ace troops.

Using one's main force to surround and annihilate the enemy is indeed a good tactic.

When everyone is united and shares the same hatred for the enemy, there is nothing wrong with fighting like this.

The soldiers are also willing to take on such responsibility.

But this is the national army.

The conflict between the central army and local armies has a long history.

Li Zongren was at a loss at this point.

If Tang Enbo didn't listen to him, the encirclement and annihilation campaign would not be successful.

There is another force that can take on such a heavy responsibility.

That is Chu Yunfei’s unit that has just been supplemented and adjusted.

But Li Zongren knew better.

There is no way to directly command Chu Yunfei's troops.

After all, although Chu Yunfei nominally belonged to the Fifth War Zone, the direct command was in the hands of Chiang Kai-shek.

As for Tang Enbo.

Although I did not reply to the telegram from the Fifth War Zone.

But he still had to reply to Chiang Kai-shek's telegram.

After receiving the telegram from the Fifth War Zone, Chiang Kai-shek believed that the time was ripe and ordered Tang Enbo to attack immediately.

however.

Tang Enbo replied that the main force of his troops was in danger of being caught in a pincer attack by the Guoqi Detachment and part of the main force of the 10th Division.

He also hoped that the 59th Army and the 3rd Corps could launch an all-out attack to tie down the main force of the Guoqi Detachment.

Otherwise, Tang Enbo would have to defeat Guoqi's detachment first and then support Taierzhuang.

From Tang Enbo's perspective.

His concerns are not without reason.

Although the Japanese army did not know where Tang Enbo was.

But the old devils have rich combat experience.

Naturally, it is impossible for them not to know that the National Army's plan was to lure the enemy deep into our territory.

This is an open conspiracy. Even if the Japanese know it is a fire pit, they will jump into it.

For the Japanese army, this is a risk, but also an opportunity.

More than 20,000 main forces.

Equipped with so many artillery, tanks and armored vehicles.

Plus air support.

Terauchi Hisaichi, Nishio Hisazo, Kibotani Rensuke and others naturally would not think that they would be completely wiped out.

This group of old devils almost unanimously agreed.

This is not only an opportunity to inflict heavy damage on the National Army, but also a good opportunity to capture Xuzhou.

Under the guidance of such strategic thinking.

The Seya Detachment continued to launch fierce attacks on the Taierzhuang front line.

In just less than a day, the 30th Division's Zhang Jinzhao and the 31st Division's Chi Fengcheng suffered two and a half regiments of casualties.

Four thousand people...
This battle completely stunned Sun Lianzhong, the army group commander.

The Japanese firepower and offensive far exceeded previous estimates.

Only one day of fighting.

The outer positions of Taierzhuang were bombed to pieces.

This was not a position they voluntarily gave up; their fortifications were completely destroyed by the Japanese invaders, forcing them to retreat.

The Battle of Taierzhuang lasted only one day, but Sun Lianzhong was already worried.

If the battle continues at this pace, how long can his Second Army last?

Fierce fighting broke out again in the early morning of the next day.

Zhang Jinzhao's troops of the 30th Division on the left wing received unexpected reinforcements.

No prior notice or call was received.

The mountain artillery regiment and the 197B under Chu Yunfei's command have arrived at the left wing of Taierzhuang.

The first moment the Japanese invaders launched a tentative attack.

They were hit by artillery fire from the mountain artillery regiment.

Zhang Jinzhao's troops have not yet figured out the situation.

A regiment under Li Kuishan had already launched an attack.

The Japanese invaders instantly switched from an offensive to a defensive position. Just when they thought the defending troops would launch a full-scale counterattack.

The infantrymen who were still attacking soon stopped their pursuit and quickly withdrew their forces.

Disappeared without a trace again...as if he had never appeared on the battlefield.

Zhang Jinzhao was confused.

The commander of the Seya Detachment, Seya Kei, was also stunned when he received the news.

What does it mean?
The flank attack diversionary force was suddenly attacked by enemy artillery fire, and the main enemy force was in pursuit.

Then he suddenly retreated.
This... Seya Kei racked his brains but still had no idea what Zhang Jinzhao's troops were up to.

"General..are you going to continue the attack according to the original battle plan?"

Seya Kei was silent for a moment and then shook his head: "Don't stay on guard and beware of the possible main force of the enemy."

This troop is most likely Chu Yunfei's.

The play style is very similar.

At the beginning there was artillery fire, followed by an infantry charge, but this time the attack came to an abrupt end.

Could it be that... a new artillery unit has arrived at the front line?

There is no relevant news
Although Seya Kei was on guard, the attack from the front and the left wing (from the Japanese perspective) continued.

For a while, the pressure on Zhang Jinzhao's troops was relieved.

The 31st and 27th Divisions continued to suffer heavy attacks from the enemy.

Second Army Headquarters.

Sun Lianzhong smoked his pipe and looked at Zhang Jinzhao standing in front of him: "Why did you come to me?"

"Brother, the Japanese have stopped attacking. It seems that after Chu Yunfei and his men launched an artillery attack, the pressure on my side has been reduced a lot. The telephone line was also blown off by the Japanese. I came here specifically to ask for instructions. I feel that if Chu Yunfei's troops can assist in the battle, we can send a regiment to support the 31st Division."

Sun Lianzhong hesitated after hearing this: "Have Chu Yunfei's troops confirmed to join the battle?"

When Zhang Jinzhao was asked this question, he became a little uncertain.

"They just helped us repel the Japanese attack, and then there was no more movement...Didn't Deputy Chief of Staff Chu contact you, brother?"

Sun Lianzhong shook his head and took a puff of the cigarette in his hand: "No, now it's not just Tang Enbo's troops that can't be contacted... Chu Yunfei's troops can't be contacted either."

Zhang Jinzhao was puzzled: "What the hell is going on here? We can't even contact the main force of the encirclement and annihilation war. How can we fight like this?"

“The sudden bombardment may be trying to tell us that they are on the flank of your 31st Division and the main force is in Hanzhuang.

The Fifth War Zone can get in touch with them at any time... But the Tang Corps is different. They are now deep behind enemy lines and may face attacks from both sides by the Japanese invaders."

Sun Lianzhong took out another cigarette.

Zhang Jinzhao took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it for Sun Lianzhong: "Brother, what should we do now? I will send a regiment to support the village..."

Under the smoke.

In a trance, Sun Lianzhong seemed to understand something: "I now understand why Chu Yunfei called us before..."

Here I would like to say that after the Battle of Xuzhou, Tang Enbo’s corps began to be dismantled
Book friends who are disgusted by the book can read the rest first.

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