Anti-Japanese War: From Becoming Chu Yunfei to Rising

Chapter 197 Micromanagement begins, blow it up for me! (Subscribe)

"Commander, we have received a telegram from the Second Division requesting assistance. They have already engaged the Japanese vanguard and are advancing in accordance with the Chairman's orders."

Before Chu Yunfei's troops launched the attack, the Second Division had already launched an attack in the direction of Zaozhuang.

After a fierce battle that lasted a day and a night, they successfully occupied most of the city.

Japanese reinforcements arrived soon.

Zheng Dongguo immediately asked Tang Enbo for help.

After receiving the telegram, Tang Enbo ordered the main force of the 85th Army to remain in the Baoduqiao mountain area.

Instead, only one brigade was sent to reinforce.

This brigade only sent one regiment, and this regiment only sent a few platoons.

They just harassed the outside for a while and then withdrew.

Guan Linzheng was furious when he learned about this and immediately lost his temper: "Mr. Tang is our old superior, and he is playing this trick on us. It is really inappropriate."

"General, Chu Yunfei's troops have already launched a full-scale counterattack. According to pre-war estimates, the encirclement can be fully formed in two days at the latest."

"Understood. Send a telegram to Commander Li, requesting air support to bomb the Japanese troops stationed in Zaozhuang."

"Yes!"

At the same time, Chu Yunfei's troops launched an all-out attack from Hanzhuang to Xuzhou.

Gather the troops together and concentrate all their strength.

The attack width of Chu Yunfei's entire force was about five kilometers, more than twice that of different infantry divisions.

It is the best deployment of military forces at present.

According to the original plan, all the main forces of the unit launched a fierce attack in the direction of Yi County.

"Report, Commander Chu, the offensive is going smoothly. The Japanese invaders are retreating and burning villages along the way, which seems to be a warning to the Japanese troops in the direction of Taierzhuang."

"Understood. Immediately notify Ouyang Xianpeng to launch another artillery attack on the enemy's frontline positions in Yi County and destroy their blockhouses and towers."

Chu Yunfei said without even looking up, "Brother Ligong, according to Qian Bojun's report, the Japanese army mainly defended the companies and factories in the city. For some reason, the houses in these places are relatively strong. The enemy not only set up barbed wire outside Yi County, but also some electric grids and mines."

"It's understandable that the first attack failed. It's obvious that the Japanese deliberately let a regiment into the city to engage in street fighting. It's normal that our troops suffered heavy losses."

Chu Yunfei nodded and said, "The enemy has about 3,000 troops in Yi County. After conquering Yi County, we can move north and join forces with the 22nd Army to attack Zaozhuang. We can ensure that we can encircle the Japanese troops on the Taierzhuang front line and achieve the combat objectives set before the war to annihilate the enemy."

"In Taierzhuang, our defenders are almost five times as many in number, but their equipment is obviously far behind."

Fang Ligong was a little worried: "Although the entire canal has launched an attack as planned, it may be difficult to make any progress given the combat effectiveness of the friendly forces."

Sun Lianzhong's Second Army had no anti-tank weapons and no tanks.

Anti-tank combat can only be fought with flesh and blood.

The efficiency of this anti-tank tactic is actually very low. Dozens of soldiers often have to die in order to get a chance to destroy enemy armored vehicles or tanks.

In addition, Taierzhuang has a narrow terrain, with no room for maneuver and no tall buildings.

The Japanese tanks were running rampant on the main roads of the village, and there was no need to worry about a bomb suddenly falling on their heads.

In the battle for house by house and street by street, both sides mainly relied on the stone houses in Taierzhuang.

In the absence of direct fire, these buildings are just bunkers.

Similar houses can be seen everywhere in Yi County and Zaozhuang.

This is also the reason why Tang Enbo hesitated to attack the enemy.

Once the Japanese army refuses to retreat, the infantry that breaks through will be counterattacked without hesitation by the Japanese army. In this situation, it will be difficult to expand the results of the battle, and both sides can only engage in a bitter fight.

Chu Yunfei's main force. In addition to Wu Ziqiang's troops guarding against the Japanese invaders heading north from Taierzhuang.

Under his arrangement, the troops were completely concentrated just to capture the county seat of Yi County.

Yi County is completely different from the Handan City that Chu Yunfei led his troops to attack before.

Handan City before Chu Yunfei's attack.

The defending troops put up a tenacious resistance and fought a bloody battle with the Japanese army for a long time.

Moreover, most of the city’s military fortifications had been destroyed by the Japanese artillery fire.

In addition, most of the houses in the city were made of wood, and most of them were in ruins after the fire.

There is a huge difference between the stone houses in Yi County, Zaozhuang and other areas.

The difficulty of attacking the two sides is completely different.

After making the final arrangements, Chu Yunfei quickly left the command center and went to the front-line command post.

The 30th Artillery Regiment, the Mountain Artillery Regiment, has arrived at the designated combat position.

The anti-aircraft battalion has also fully deployed its positions and will immediately engage any Japanese aircraft in an attack.

Honor 196B Forward Command Post.

At this time, Qian Bojun was studying the outer defense positions of Yicheng with several regiment commanders under his command.

It's slightly different from the information we got before.

In just five days, the Japanese army repaired many of the fortifications.

Chu Yunfei can also be seen in the three-dimensional combat map.

This group of little devils truly deserves the title of the Japanese army's ace.

The configuration of light and heavy firepower points was very reasonable. The team of more than 3,000 people was actually equipped with more than a dozen mountain cannons and field cannons.

This does not include the Type 92 infantry gun.

The main force of the Seya Detachment was stationed in Zaozhuang and Yi County.

"This is the Jigu Division's troops preparing for a decisive battle with Tang Enbo's 50,000 troops. You can imagine how strong the Japanese troops and firepower are. It is understandable that they failed in the first attack."

Xue Jie calmly analyzed: "Commander, if we follow the previously drawn up battle plan, we need to capture Yicheng within two days, eliminate the Japanese troops in the city, and close the pocket together with the 52nd Army."

"But judging from the actual offensive situation, it will cost a huge price to wipe out the Japanese troops in Yi County."

In such an offensive, the number of casualties cannot be controlled at all.

One regiment suffered more than 300 casualties after fighting for less than an hour after entering the city.

Some of the wounded even died at the hands of the Japanese before they could be rescued.

The battle was extremely fierce from the beginning.

"Commander Chu is here!"

Qian Bojun and others stood up and stood at attention.

Chu Yunfei took Sun Ming's telescope, came to the observation port of the command post, and turned around and said, "You guys continue to discuss, I'm listening."

"Yes!"

Consciousness quickly immersed in the three-dimensional combat map.

After carefully observing the front-line positions of the Japanese army, Chu Yunfei walked to the phone after a while: "I am Chu Yunfei, pass on my order, the heavy mortar battalion should be ready for battle."

After hanging up the phone.

Chu Yunfei took the battle map handed to him by Sun Ming, then turned and walked out of the command post.

The three team leaders looked at each other, and then looked at Qian Bojun again.

Qian Bojun laughed and scolded, "What are you looking at me for, you bastards? Commander Chu has gone to the front line to observe the enemy situation."

"Commander Chu, have you discovered the weak spot in the Japanese defense line?"

Qian Bojun said with emotion: "Before this, the commander and Commander Chu observed the enemy situation together. Half an hour later, Commander Chu had completed the calibration of all the enemy's firepower points..."

"What about the Master?" Liu Wang asked.

Qian Bojun replied: "Is there any need to ask this? Who has the same ability as Chief Chu? No one can learn it!"

Luo Weiguo also agreed at this time: "Yes, Commander Chu can roughly determine the deployment locations of the enemy's light and heavy firepower points just by observing the enemy's defensive positions, and even determine the specific locations of the enemy's artillery positions based on the battlefield situation.

When I was drinking with Captain Ouyang in Changzhi, I heard Ouyang Xianpeng sigh that Commander Chu knew more about artillery than he, who had been in the artillery for more than ten years.

Qian Bojun nodded: "Yes, no one knows how to fight better than Commander Chu."

"If that's the case, our next battle will be much easier."

Xue Jie touched his chin and said, "Amitabha, it's all good after all."

"If not, the next battle will definitely be more intense."

Qian Bojun shook his head with a serious look on his face: "If the battle can be easily resolved, then Commander Chu would not come to command. Once Commander Chu arrives at the front line, it means that the next battle will be more intense!" The facts are indeed as Qian Bojun judged.

Chu Yunfei brought Sun Ming quickly to the position of the field artillery regiment.

On the Japanese side.

The commander of the Japanese Army's Seya Detachment, Seya Kei, was located in Zaozhuang.

After receiving a report from Colonel Hideo Nomura, commander of Yi County.

Seya Kei realized that the Chinese army's general offensive had begun!

The decisive battle between the main force of the 10th Division and the Chinese army!

It has attracted the attention of senior officials from both China and Japan.

Command posts at all levels, as well as advisory groups and observation groups from various countries, focused their attention on the small battlefields of Zao and Yi.

This is the key to the entire battle.

If we can destroy the main force of the Seya Detachment before the arrival of the follow-up support forces of the 10th Division.

The follow-up support troops of the 10th Division are naturally nothing to be feared.

The entire 10th Division's artillery power was concentrated at the Seya Detachment.

The Yizhou detachment retreated to the left wing of Zaozhuang and launched a new round of confrontation with Tang Enbo's main force that might appear in the Baoduqiao mountain area.

More than 10,000 Japanese soldiers were crowded on a small battlefield of less than 50 square kilometers.

Their logistical supply lines remained relatively unobstructed despite the full-scale harassment by Sun Tongxuan's troops of the Third Army.

In this battle, it can be said that Chiang Kai-shek had full confidence.

No one is optimistic.

Not to mention the already extremely arrogant Rensuke Jitani.

He is a high-level Japanese commander that Chu Yunfei has fought against so far.

Rensuke Kiyomizu has the most distinct personality traits, but also the one with the biggest character flaws.

At this time, in the headquarters of the 10th Division.

Kiyofuko Okamoto stood beside him and conveyed to him the concerns of the Second Army Commander Nishio Toshizo.

He also suggested that the main force of his 10th Division should ensure the safety of the rear.

This is the only way to progress smoothly.

But in the ears of Rensuke Jitani.

This was because Nishio Toshizo had no confidence in the combat effectiveness of his troops.

Jigu Renjie said confidently: "When fighting against the Chinese army, we must advance and not retreat. I, Jigu Renjie, will never be like a certain jealous General Sakagami, who was repelled hundreds of kilometers by the Chinese ragtag army."

This is the state of Rensuke Jitani at this time.

You say he is too excited. He can analyze the current enemy situation in the first place and make the best choice and judgment.

During the Battle of Taierzhuang.

Just two infantry battalions, equipped with more than twenty tanks and armored vehicles, caused seven-tenths of the casualties in the 31st Division.

About 4,000 troops dared to engage in a decisive battle with Tang Enbo's 85th and 52nd Armies in Zaozhuang, Yizhou and other areas.

And now, he has an army of more than 10,000 people under his command.

Confidence is totally inflated.

According to the report from Seya Kei, commander of the Seya Detachment.

He had already decided to order the follow-up troops of the 10th Division to move south to reinforce the Zaozhuang front.

The subsequent work of maintaining the supply lines and rear security was entrusted to the commander of the North China Expeditionary Army, Hisaichi Terauchi, via a telegram.

Hopefully, it can be completed by part of the 16th Division.

In the cognition of Jigu Lianjie.

The Third Army was a ragtag army among ragtag armies that could be driven away by just a few hundred Japanese devils after he moved south.

The 16th Division has strong combat effectiveness, and one regiment is enough to deal with the Third Army's diversionary offensive.

As the ace force of the Japanese army (as Rensuke Kiyomi thought), his 10th Division naturally needed to go south to fight a decisive battle with Tang Enbo, the main force of the Fifth War Zone, and Chu Yunfei, the ace of the Chinese army.

This was beyond the expectations of Colonel Kiyofuku Okamoto and Second Army Commander Toshizo Nishio.

Terauchi Juichi not only agreed to the current battle plan.

He also instructed Jigu Lianjie to fight this battle well.

Looking at the telegram in my hand that allowed the action.

Jigu Lianjie grinned and said, "Mr. Okamoto, this battle has received the personal attention of His Majesty Tianhuang, and even many countries around the world are paying attention to the latest situation on the battlefield in Xuzhou.

Once our 10th Division achieves a decisive victory, the whole world will see the powerful military strength of our Great Japanese Empire!"

The Chief of Staff of the Second Army, Kiyofuku Okamoto, was about to say something.

I saw Ji Gu Lianjie talking to himself: "Defeat the main force of the Fifth War Zone of China and capture Xuzhou City. I, Ji Gu Lianjie, will definitely accept the reward from His Majesty Tian Huang in Xuzhou City."

Jigu Rensuke's command style and his arrogant and conceited personality also influenced the commanders below him.

The deployment of the Japanese army in Yi County, led by Colonel Hideo Nomura, had its own distinctive style.

He deployed two field artillery squadrons in the pine forest north of Yi County.

And they used the surrounding terrain to hide two infantry squadrons of Japanese soldiers.

It was obvious that the Japanese had learned the lesson from their previous artillery position being raided by the Taierzhuang defenders.

They did this to prevent similar situations from happening and also to counter possible cavalry raids.

Hideo Nomura has 150 percent confidence in his command and deployment.

He even made it clear in a telegram to Seya Kei that even if he ran out of ammunition and food, he would defend Yi County until the end of time.

Such self-confidence was torn to pieces when Chu Yunfei arrived at the front line.

He ordered the cavalry battalion to prepare for the assault.

He also ordered Sun Ming to issue new combat orders to the artillery at the same time.

The 30th Artillery Regiment and the Mountain Artillery Regiment received the same artillery order at the same time.

"I am Chu Yunfei"

"I am Sun Ming, Commander Chu ordered..."

The content of the order was quite brief.

At the same time, they launched a covering bombardment on the position marked by Chu Yunfei.

Ouyang Xianpeng and Liang Guoping quickly executed the order after receiving it.

Accompanied by commands being given one after another.

The artillerymen of the two artillery regiments made final preparations.

As the injured pocket watches of Liang Guoping and Ouyang Xianpeng pointed to twelve o'clock at the same time.

The artillerymen belonging to Chu Yunfei's unit roared.

One shell after another flew out of the gun and hit the artillery position in the pine forest.

In just one minute, more than sixty artillery shells exploded on the artillery positions north of Yi County.

The Japanese army's four mountain guns and four field guns were all destroyed in just three minutes.

The Japanese soldiers suffered terribly from the sudden artillery bombardment, let alone moving the artillery.

Even your life is hard to save.

Such density of artillery fire and such direct firepower made the artillery troops dizzy and at a loss.

The huge power of the explosion blew away the ochre-colored remains, some even flying into the air.

Screams and explosions were heard everywhere.

The Japanese squadron responsible for guarding and assisting in defense was completely confused.

Soon, it was the turn of these infantrymen.
(End of this chapter)