Anti-Japanese War: From Becoming Chu Yunfei to Rising

Chapter 206: Chang Kaishen’s Special Care! (Subscribe)
Mud ditch.

The 197B Command is speeding up the removal of stitches and preparing to move north.

Peach blossoms are blooming everywhere, and spring is in full swing.

Li Kuishan looked at the scene in front of him and couldn't help but sigh: "Old Qian, do you think those soldiers who survived the brutal bloody battles can see such a thriving spring on the land they swore to defend?"

Qian Zhaoyou frowned and sighed, "If the pursuit and annihilation operation fails, the Japanese invaders will soon gather eight to ten divisions of combat forces in the Xuzhou area. How can the Fifth War Zone possibly defend Xuzhou with its current situation?"

"Commander Chu is also extremely anxious at this time..."

Li Kuishan frowned and asked, "Where is Cao Potian's group?"

"According to the time, the vanguard should have arrived."

The daily marching distance of 197B is about kilometers, which is a normal marching speed.

For ordinary infantry of this period, this was a very good number.

The distance that the elite Japanese troops could march lightly was only 40 kilometers.

Semi-mechanized, motorized and cavalry units can march one hundred kilometers a day.

But there are fewer such troops.

On the Xuzhou battlefield, only the Fifth Division could achieve such a marching speed.

At this time, Chu Yunfei's troops seemed to have become a force to clean up the mess on the battlefield in Xuzhou.

If we really follow the battle plan originally drawn up by Li Zongren.

They should have held their ground in Hanzhuang, and then cooperated with Zhang Jinzhao's troops of the 30th Division to attack the main force of the Seya Detachment heading south to Taierzhuang.

Up to now, Chu Yunfei's troops have become the few remaining combat forces in the Fifth War Zone, and the only one with the ability to attack tough situations.

Where the hell can I go to seek justice?

Before Chiang Kai-shek flew to Xuzhou, the Kuomintang's Provisional National Congress passed the "Program for Anti-Japanese War and National Construction."

It once again confirmed that the national anti-Japanese forces should concentrate power and strive forward under the leadership of our party and the chairman.

And formulate relevant opinions, severely punish corrupt officials, confiscate all property, abolish and improve political institutions at all levels, and improve efficiency to meet wartime needs.

The remaining focus is basically on the economy and people's movements.
The wartime tax system achieved some results, but in other aspects, due to the combined effects of internal and external factors, it was basically in name only, or was on the verge of collapse as the War of Resistance Against Japan progressed.

Speaking of which, the content of this program for resisting the Japanese invasion and building the nation is on the general direction of persisting in the war of resistance and striving for victory.

It is basically consistent with the spirit of the Ten Principles for Resisting Japan and Saving the Nation proposed by the Red Party.

The reason why I emphasized this matter is because Chiang Kai-shek was at the closing of the conference.

Once again, "If we can remain united as a nation, there will be no difficulties we cannot overcome and no enemies we cannot fear."

So in the Battle of Taierzhuang, who was not united and who fought poorly?
In fact, there is only one Tang Enbo.

Chiang Kai-shek is now in a difficult situation.

Tang Enbo was a direct general under him, and the troops he commanded were also the elite of the Central Army.

Although this elite unit had a casualty ratio of 3-4:1 in attacking the Japanese th and th Divisions,
But when other troops in the Fifth War Zone faced the Japanese attack.

In a favorable defensive posture, the casualty ratio of both sides can reach 6:1 or even 12:1.

It is conceivable how big the gap in strength between the two sides is.

Did Tang Enbo preserve his strength at the behest of Chiang Kai-shek?
This is inevitable.

This is also the crux of the problem. How to deal with Tang Enbo after the war has also become a big problem.

Just when Chiang Kai-shek was thinking hard.

Wang Shihe walked over quickly, carefully placed the telegram on the table, and reminded: "Commissioner, Chu Yunfei's troops called."

"While cleaning up the battlefield, our troops found the headquarters of the 17th Manchukuo Army and the bodies of the army commander Liu Guitang and his entourage. It is confirmed that more than 5,000 puppet soldiers including the commander of the 17th Manchukuo Army Liu Guitang were killed in this battle."

"Moreover, Chu Yunfei requested in the telegram that you, the Chairman, temporarily transfer the mechanized artillery company previously assigned to the 31st Division back to his command.

In order to facilitate the elimination of the main force of the Seya Detachment in the Tengxian area, and lay the foundation for the victory of the Battle of Xuzhou. "

This mechanized artillery company was equipped with two 150mm German heavy guns.

He was previously assigned to the front line in Taierzhuang and played a huge role in defending Taierzhuang.

After Chiang Kai-shek received the telegram.

Without saying a word, he replied immediately and agreed to Chu Yunfei's request.

And they hoped that he could wipe out the defenders of Teng County within three days.

Chiang Kai-shek didn't have to wait long.

Chu Yunfei's troops called back.

These are four words that Chiang Kai-shek is familiar with: I have received all your orders.

Previously, Chu Yunfei had replied to Chiang Kai-shek in this way when Chiang Kai-shek asked him to move to Shouyang.

Then there was the great victory of Yangquan.

Seeing these familiar words, Chiang Kai-shek couldn't help but feel a little excited.

Chu Yunfei naturally would not let Chang Kaishen's expectations be in vain.

Nor will it dampen the enthusiasm of the nation's military and civilians in the war of resistance.

After Honor 196B and 198B were deployed.

Chu Yunfei immediately deployed the Mountain Artillery Regiment and the 30th Artillery Regiment in the mountainous area east of Teng County.

The distance was about five kilometers, and the anti-aircraft artillery company was deployed in the direction of the artillery position to ensure safety.

The headquarters of the Japanese Army's Seya Detachment was located in Teng County.

There was a group of troops that knew the situation in Teng County very well. That was Wang Mingzhang, the acting commander of the 41st Army and commander of the 122nd Division.

He had already sent someone to invite Commander Wang to come to the front line and discuss how to attack with Chu Yunfei's troops.

The main force in the attack on Teng County was Chu Yunfei's troops and the 41st Army of the Sichuan Army.

As for the 45th Army of the 22nd Army Group, it swept away the remaining enemies in the northwest direction, surrounded the enemy on three sides, and launched a feint attack.

Before Chu Yunfei waited for Wang Mingzhang to arrive.

Xue Jie, commander of the 196nd Regiment of the th Brigade of Honor, and Luo Weiguo's troops of the rd Regiment under his command have begun attacking Guanqiao and Nanshahe.

The altitude here is about two hundred meters, and the Japanese army built a line of defense by taking advantage of the hilly terrain.

To defend a county town does not mean to keep all the troops inside the town.

Not all of them are stationed in the county and surrounding areas.

Instead, it is deployed in stages and blocked in sections.

Draw up two to three defensive combat plans, specifying the evacuation locations of each unit and the supporting units.

War is never a joke, but a collision between two sophisticated war machines.

Take the case of Seya Kei's fortification of Teng County.

He deployed some puppet troops and Japanese soldiers in every village that was relatively easy to defend.

Doesn’t it sound like they can be defeated one by one and be easy to deal with?
Quite the opposite in fact.

This group of Japanese devils helped each other and coordinated their offense and defense.

If there were no heavy weapons, relying solely on light infantry to enter the village and grind meat would result in huge casualties and costs.

The areas around these villages are basically open areas, which are good for close combat except for night raids.

Under good visual conditions, the only way to engage in close combat with the Japanese invaders is to launch a charge.

Talk about it.

Throughout the entire War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, almost every unit responsible for defensive tasks fought in this way.

However, the Japanese artillery force was much stronger than that of the National Army.

Many times, a village was almost razed to the ground after a round of artillery fire.

The soldiers basically died in entire companies.

However, when launching an attack, due to the lack of heavy weapons, victory can only be achieved by exchanging human lives.

If we use the combat effectiveness of the 22nd Army of the Sichuan Army as an inappropriate example.

When they were attacking, it often took eight or even twelve soldiers to kill a Japanese infantryman.

This casualty ratio far exceeds that of defensive operations.

This is also the reason why Tang Enbo always avoided offensive operations.

When Chu Yunfei sent a telegram to Tang Enbo, requesting his 89th Army to launch a fierce attack on Zou County to cut off the connection between part of the 10th Division and the Seya Detachment.

Tang Enbo readily agreed and launched an attack with the 89th Division, his most elite division.

Chen Daqing's troops of the 4th Division launched a diversionary attack in the direction of Jining to support the operations of Chu Yunfei's troops.

This approach did not go beyond Chu Yunfei's expectations and guesses.

Tang Enbo is a person who actually treats people differently based on their social status.

Northwest Army generals like Chi Fengcheng and Sun Lianzhong posed no threat to him at all.

He thought that as a direct subordinate of Chiang Kai-shek, it was no big deal for him to offend Li Zongren.

What's more, Li and Chang don't get along well.

If the Guangxi clique had not fought desperately in the Battle of Shanghai, Chiang Kai-shek would never have chosen to trust the Guangxi clique.

Tang Enbo is actually quite smart.

He still maintained relatively good relations with most of Chiang Kai-shek's direct generals.

From Tang Enbo's perspective, there was actually no substantial difference between Chu Yunfei and the Central Army.

It's just that his background is rather embarrassing, and he is a talent worth winning over.

Tang Enbo because of the Battle of Taierzhuang.

The relationship between him and Guan Linzheng was very strained.

This matter has been reported to Chiang Kai-shek, although Chiang Kai-shek has not yet punished him.

But Tang Enbo knew it in his heart.

The 52nd Army would most likely be transferred out of his corps after the war.

It is highly likely that Guan Linzheng will be promoted due to his merits.

Therefore.

Tang Enbo wanted to seize this opportunity and perform well.

Try to regain some points with Chiang Kai-shek, at least after dismantling his 52nd Army.

Rebuilding his Thirteenth Army
Just as Chu Yunfei was lying in front of the battle map and carefully studying the deployment of the Seya Detachment.

"General Wang is here."

Sun Ming, who was accompanying him, gave a reminder.

Chu Yunfei looked up at Wang Mingzhang, stepped forward and saluted.

"Commander Wang, please"

"Brother Yunfei, are you thinking about how to attack Teng County?"

Chu Yunfei laughed: "I specially went to invite you, Chief Wang, to come here, and I want to learn about the specific situation of Teng County's defense."

Wang Mingzhang introduced: "Teng County is large in scale, with a city wall 10 meters high and 5 meters thick, an outer moat 5 meters deep and 12 meters wide. The north side is the most complete, the east side is second, and the south side is relatively weak, but it is generally the focus of defense.

There is also a 30-meter-high Lama Tower in the city. From here, you can have a clear view of the situation inside and outside Teng County, which is very helpful for artillery observation. "

Chu Yunfei turned his head to signal Fang Ligong to write down the information.

Wang Mingzhang paused, then added: "When the Japanese attacked Teng County, they bombarded our southern and northern city walls with heavy artillery. It is impossible to repair them in a short time. Maybe we can concentrate our firepower and attack the southern city wall."

"Your army's artillery force is second to none in our army's combat sequence. Although the battle may be difficult, there is always hope of breaking the city."

Chu Yunfei and Fang Ligong looked at each other and grinned.

Wang Mingzhang and the other two had the same idea.

Chu Yunfei also wanted to attack from the south city wall.

He also requested Chiang Kai-shek to assign the mechanized artillery company assigned to the 31st Division to him.

Two German-made SFH18 howitzers.

There are only a handful of troops in the country equipped with 150mm heavy artillery.

Since 1934, the number of such heavy artillery imports has actually been small.

除去37年末紧急进口的24门150毫米火炮之外（一说12门，组建了炮十四团），累计装备了64门150毫米的榴弹炮。

Among them, 24 are German Rhine 150-caliber 18mm heavy howitzers, and the rest are German SFH howitzers.

Although German artillery was good, it was actually not very suitable for China's national conditions at the time.

The construction of German artillery is also closely related to the military procurement plan. It can only be said that there are gains and losses.

In addition, Chiang Kai-shek had two 150mm artillery units, namely the th Artillery Regiment and the th Artillery Regiment.

Together with the 10th Artillery Regiment and the subsequently formed 14th Artillery Regiment, they are the real heavy artillery units.

Next are the 105th Artillery Regiment and the th Artillery Regiment, which are equipped with German mm caliber howitzers.

Talk about it.

In the famous film The Battle of Taierzhuang, the heavy artillery brigade was allegedly assigned to Han Fuju and Tang Enbo.

In fact, it does not exist, it is just a rumor.
otherwise.

How could Chu Yunfei not ask for the command of this army?

"You guys want this heavy artillery company?"

Chu Yunfei nodded as a matter of course: "The shells are useless if they are kept, and they can't reproduce. The only way for the shells to end up here is if they hit the Japanese invaders."

"Yes, Commander Wang, Commander Chu had predicted that the Japanese invaders would likely flee northward, so he contacted Corps Commander Tang in advance and sent out a part of the troops to intercept them."

"That's right... We only need to focus on dealing with the main remnants of the Seya Detachment. As for the main force of the Japanese army heading south, the Third Army and the Tang Corps will stop them."

Wang Mingzhang raised his eyebrows, obviously extremely surprised: "Tang Corps actually took the initiative to attack?"

Chu Yunfei smiled and didn't say much.

Not far away, there was the sound of artillery fire.

Under the command of Chu Yunfei, the 30th Artillery Regiment provided a second round of artillery support for the attacking Qian Bojun's troops.

Now they are the attacking party, so this battle will naturally be difficult to fight.

Especially the Japanese troops who were repairing field fortifications along the mountains.

There is only one good way to get rid of them as quickly as possible.

That means using artillery shells to hit them.
With fifteen minutes of artillery preparation over.

The two infantry companies under Xue Jie launched another charge.

Although their opponent was only the size of a battalion, they were very tough.

They occupied the advantageous terrain and set up the machine gun firing points very cleverly.

It was difficult for mortar shells to hit their positions directly.

Xue Jie was a little anxious. If the battle continued like this, there would definitely be a lot of casualties. "Go find Bian Fucheng and borrow his captured Type 202 infantry gun (captured in the Battle of Yi County in Chapter ) to fire directly at the Japanese's firing points."

"Yes!"

The importance of direct-fire artillery is fully demonstrated at this moment.

The field artillery and mountain artillery equipped by Chu Yunfei's troops are capable of direct fire.

But because of the Japanese air force, no one dared to place artillery positions in the front line of combat.

If the Japanese air force came a few more times, half of his mountain artillery regiment would most likely be destroyed.

Ultimately, it comes down to being unable to bear the corresponding risks.

With the arrival of the army's only hope.

The Type 92 infantry gun played a huge role.

Putting bayonets on artillery is no longer just talk nowadays.

The Type 92 infantry gun was very good at bullying the Japanese who had no artillery support.

"Boom!"

After a shell was fired, the Japanese invaders' carefully prepared machine gun positions were completely destroyed.

"Okay~!"

Accompanied by cheers, the artillerymen moved quickly, reloaded another shell, and fired another shot at the Japanese machine gun position.

"Boom!"

“Great job!”

"Blow up these bastards, sons of bitches!"

More than ten minutes later, mortar shells were fired again, bombarding the Japanese soldiers who were trying to repair their positions.

Under the loud charge sound, the 2nd Infantry Regiment launched another attack and successfully annihilated all the Japanese troops entrenched on several hilltops.

Xue Jie didn't have time to get excited.

Bian Fucheng sent someone to take the cannon away.

He also needs this Type 92 infantry gun for direct fire.
Fang Ligong was at a loss whether to laugh or cry when he heard the news.

A Type 92 infantry gun has become a hot commodity right now.

"Sir, Xue Jie's troops have succeeded in their attack. They have completely wiped out the enemy forces in the front and are now attacking in depth."

"Didn't their attack go well? It's only been three hours, and they were completely wiped out?" Chu Yunfei looked down at the watch on his hand and asked with a frown.

His main focus is still Luo Weiguo's direction.

They are engaged in frontal combat.

The battle was also relatively difficult, with heavy casualties on both sides.

The Mountain Artillery Regiment and the 30th Artillery Regiment also mainly support this direction.

Fang Ligong briefly reported the situation.

Chu Yunfei sighed.

Direct-fire artillery can indeed play a significant role on the battlefield.

Even a 37mm caliber anti-tank gun is enough to destroy most field fortifications, and it is also easy to fight against the Japanese armored vehicles and tanks.

But this thing.

Now, let alone Chu Yunfei, even the elite troops of the Central Army are just stockpiles.

PAK35/36 shined during the war and was a popular item that everyone loved.

Chu Yunfei had previously requested the Second War Zone Commander-in-Chief Yan Laoxi to urgently import a batch of anti-tank guns.

Now three months have passed in the blink of an eye.

I don't know where it is being transported to now.

Think of this.

Chu Yunfei turned around and ordered: "Brother Ligong, please find time to send a telegram to the Second War Zone Commander Headquarters to inquire about the progress of the previous purchase of anti-tank guns."

"Yes."

"Sun Ming, tell the 7th Infantry Regiment to annihilate the enemy in front and rush to support the 3rd Infantry Regiment. Break through the Japanese defense line as soon as possible and advance to the outskirts of Teng County!"

"Yes!"

(End of this chapter)