Anti-Japanese War: From Becoming Chu Yunfei to Rising

Chapter 213: Chu Yunfei wrote the lyrics and Xian Xinghai composed the Flying Tiger Army Song! Linyi fell and the th Army arrived in southern Shandong

Qian Bojun, Wu Ziqiang, Li Kuishan, and Luo Weiguo all received Chu Yunfei's notification at this time.

Ask them to come to the headquarters as soon as possible.

Luo Weiguo and Wu Ziqiang met outside the headquarters.

"Lao Luo, you are here too, what's the matter? Why are you in such a hurry?"

Luo Weiguo looked worried: "It is possible that the situation in Xuzhou has changed."

Wu Ziqiang nodded: "It's really possible"

As soon as I walked into the courtyard, I heard Qian Bojun's loud laughter.

The two looked at each other...

Something doesn't seem right?

Walking quickly towards the duty room, Fang Ligong looked at the two of them with a strange expression: "Go directly to the reception room, Chief Chu and Mr. Xian are waiting for you there."

"Mr. Xian? Who is that?"

"A musician. Commander Chu came here to ask him to compose music."

"I just heard Commander Chu sing it."

In the reception room, a group of generals gathered together.

After seeing that several chief officers had arrived, Chu Yunfei said directly: "The main reason I called you here this time is to let you learn a military song. This is also the first military song of our unit."

"With the help of Mr. Xian, the melody and lyrics are all ready. I'll give you two hours. I'll sing it a few times and you can follow along... After you learn it, you can start promoting it when you go back."

"Especially the replenishment group...this matter is particularly important."

Luo Weiguo subconsciously stood up and said, "Yes!"

Chu Yunfei smiled and said, "Don't be so serious. The name of this song is Chinese Military Soul!"

As he spoke, Sun Ming handed the written lyrics to several people.

"Meet the brave to win on the narrow road!"

"Good words, good words!"

Li Kuishan praised him profusely and was very excited: "When two people meet on a narrow road, the brave will win. When facing the enemy, we must have the spirit of a brave man, so that we can defeat them. We must not lose in momentum."

"Brother Kuishan is right. The Japanese are not made of iron. The ace Fifth Division and the elite Tenth Division are no match for us. We beat them and they fled in panic."

Qian Bojun had a look of pride on his face, with the blue-and-white medal still hanging on his chest.

Chu Yunfei laughed: "Well said, we should maintain this spirit of being invincible when I am around and being invincible when the enemy is around."

"But don't forget that we have been fighting in Jin for more than two months, and many of our brothers have died on the battlefield."

"This is war. It is inevitable."

"The reason for using this song is to improve the cohesion of the troops, especially the new recruits who have just joined the team."

Chu Yunfei turned his head again and looked at Luo Weiguo standing beside him.

Luo Weiguo's body, which had just relaxed, tensed up again: "Yes, but sir, when they stay with us until the day of pay, they will have a sense of belonging to the army."

Definitely.

Chu Yunfei's troops received full pay.

Few of the National Army's central army received such treatment.

"Okay, everyone, listen carefully. I'll sing it once, and you listen carefully."

Chu Yunfei cleared his throat.

"If the motherland is invaded, the passionate men should strengthen themselves!"

"Drink up this bowl of hometown wine, the hero will never come back!"

"The Yellow River is rolling and the Yangtze River is surging!"

"Give me life and give me strength!"

"Let your blood dye the most beautiful flowers red and sprinkle them on my chest!"

"The military flags are flying and the bugles are sounding."

Chu Yunfei made some minor modifications here, changing the original red flag into a military flag.

"The sword is unsheathed, thunder and lightning."

"When two men meet on a narrow road, the bravest one wins."

"Forward! Forward!"

"The flags are flying, the bugles are sounding!"

“When we meet on a narrow road, the brave wins.”

"Forward, forward, the Chinese military spirit!"

"it is good!"

Li Kuishan was deeply moved and felt extremely excited. He stood up and applauded.

"Okay!"

Seeing that Li Kuishan did not seem to be pretending, Chu Yunfei also smiled knowingly.

Wu Ziqiang, Qian Bojun and Luo Weiguo fell into deep thought.

"When two people meet on a narrow road, the brave one wins. Keep going, keep going!"

"This is in line with the offensive spirit that our National Revolutionary Army has always emphasized. Sir, if I'm not mistaken, this song should be called the offensive war song, right?"

Chu Yunfei was stunned, and the first thing he thought of was the strongest person born in the 1980s.

He shook his head and explained: "No, it's called the Chinese Military Soul."

"What do you think?"

Luo Weiguo thought carefully for a moment and then commented: "It's passionate, but will it be difficult to sing it?"

"This song can also be sung during the march. I have already tried it when Qian Bojun came here just now."

Chu Yunfei thought it was not a difficult task, and said: "It is mainly to let the soldiers relax during the training break, boost their morale and get them excited."

"Okay, try singing it yourself."

"If the motherland is invaded, the passionate men should strengthen themselves."

"That's right, that's the feeling." Chu Yunfei quickly walked to Wu Ziqiang's side and encouraged him: "I didn't realize that a rough guy like you could sing before. Why are you all staring at me? You have to learn it too."

"Yes!"

Two hours later.

When we were sure that everyone had basically learned this military song.

Chu Yunfei then felt relieved and asked them to go back and teach the song during the editing process.

Then he took out a copy of the lyrics he had already written and handed it to Xian Xinghai.

Xian Xinghai took a quick look and was quite surprised: "Isn't this a bit ahead of its time?"

Chu Yunfei smiled and said, "The Japanese have evil ambitions. If the current war situation continues, these wars are inevitable."

"We are the ace troops and the sharpest sword at the moment. We will definitely be there in the fight against the Japanese."

"I understand, but this is not as simple as just changing the words. I need to think carefully about it."

"Excuse me, sir. If you need anything during your stay here, please contact my adjutant Sun Ming. He will take care of everything for you."

Mr. Xian Xinghai smiled and said, "For the sake of the country, it is my duty."

Chu Yunfei left.

Xian Xinghai returned to his room and shared the matter with his fiancée Qian Yunling.

"Commander Chu not only supported our Xinghai Choir with 50,000 yuan, but also expressed his sincere appreciation for our use of ballads to inspire the people's patriotic and anti-Japanese sentiments. Moreover, our Commander Chu seems to have done some research on music."

Qian Yunling's beautiful eyes flickered, and she asked, "Xinghai, what's going on?"

"look."

The paper was filled with the lyrics that Chu Yunfei had written for the Flying Tigers Honorary Division.

But as for the melody, I still don’t know what to choose.

Chu Yunfei focuses on soldiers and knows little about songwriters and musicians during the Republic of China period.

I only know one Xian Xinghai.

This is also the reason why Chu Yunfei looked for him.

"Get up, fellow soldiers."

"Now is the time."

"The Japanese bandits robbed us of our land and killed women and children."

"Strike back against the Japanese invaders and recover our vast territory."

"We have defended Taiyuan and fought against Lanfeng."

"Together we walk, showing our loyalty."

"Niangzi Pass, stained red with blood."

"We are the iron fist of the country and the vanguard of the people."

"We grew up in battle and shouldered the expectations of our elders." "We have rushed to Xuzhou and defended Wuhan."

"Jinpu Road, killing the enemy."

"To be rich in gold and mountains is to be glorious."

"We are the hope of the nation and the pioneers of the anti-Japanese war."

"We are the brave and invincible Flying Tigers."

“The pioneer of the nation.”

"We are the brave and invincible Flying Tigers, the vanguard of the anti-Japanese war!"

Qian Yunling read it carefully and was a little confused: "Xinghai, it seems that Lanfeng here is not far from Kaifeng. The Japanese invaders should not have reached here yet."

"Chu Jiangjun means that this place will most likely become a battlefield in the future, and I just need to help him come up with a catchy melody."

"Feng Jianhui, Yin Haoyu, Pan Ziqian, Dai Jiarui, you will be reorganized into the first squad."

"What, squad leader, why are you leaving so suddenly?"

The squad leader patiently explained, "It was Commander Chu who gave the order. From now on, there will be fourteen people in a squad."

"It is also to better utilize the squad offensive tactics."

"Two assault teams (three riflemen each), one fire support team (3-2 people), one command team (4-2 people), fourteen people (4+8), just right."

"Squad leader, we can't bear to part with you."

"Okay, Class 1 is right next to us, and a platoon leader is just whining here."

"Go."

"Yes, monitor!"

Similar organizational reduction work is proceeding rapidly, and basically priority will be given to old troops.

At the very least, it is the same company. On this basis, new recruits and reinforcements assigned to each regiment will be added to each team.

The next afternoon.

All regiments have basically completed the corresponding personnel adjustments.

Guo Yanzheng, the deputy battalion commander who was originally affiliated with the 7rd Infantry Regiment (formerly the company commander of the nd Company of Luo Weiguo's battalion, who was wounded after participating in the battle of Zhuanshu Village and had just returned to the team), was transferred to the th Infantry Regiment as the battalion commander of the nd Battalion.

Later, under the guidance of Liu Shugao and others.

The corresponding equipment adjustment work was completed in the afternoon of the same day.

Except that the weapons equipped by the supplementary regiment were slightly more complicated.

The 7th Infantry Regiment adjusted its domestically-made rifles, mainly the Zhongzheng and Hanyang rifles.

It was also equipped with some Czech light machine guns and Type 24 heavy machine guns that were replenished from the Fifth War Zone.

Three 81mm mortars were also added to Chen Zejun's company.

Wu Ziqiang plans to form the 198B spearhead company with Chen Zejun's company.

Chu Yunfei naturally had no objection.

While keeping the basic organization unchanged, units such as the 1st Infantry, 4th Infantry, and 7th Infantry can be dealt with as they please.

Inside the command center at this time.

Chu Yunfei, Fang Ligong, Zhang Dayun and others further discussed the current war situation.

The Linyi area was lost in less than four days after the Fifth Division launched the attack.

At present, the Japanese army has entered the city of Linyi.

The commander of the Third Army, Pang Bingxun, is missing and has lost contact.

April 19th.

Li Zongren had already guessed that Linyi would most likely not be able to be defended.

On the same day, he called Chief of Staff He Yingqin and Minister of National Defense Xu Cichen in Wuhan.

"The enemy in front of us has been attacking us fiercely since the morning. We have been fighting fiercely all night, with heavy artillery fire. Our positions have been completely destroyed, and all the houses are on fire. The shells have gradually reached the city walls. Officers and soldiers have been hiding and succeeding, and many have been killed and wounded, especially the cadres, and we are in a state of hard fighting."

"Only part of the reinforcements have arrived. There is no news about the 21st Division. The current situation is that the 21st Division cannot arrive this morning. It is very dangerous."

The situation deteriorated.

The 59th Army led by Zhang Zizhong was originally responsible for reinforcing Linyi.

However, they had previously participated in the Linyi counterattack and the flank attack on the Guoqi Detachment.

The casualties were extremely heavy and the number of troops was sharply reduced.

Especially the 38th Division led by Huang Weigang, his fist force.

There were about 15,000 people before the battle.

After the Taierzhuang pursuit and annihilation battle, there were less than 3,000 people left.

The 38th Division therefore retreated south to the Cangshan area for replenishment and rest.

As for the 21st Division mentioned in the telegram, it was Li Xianzhou's unit and also his old unit.

When the 21st Division rushed to Linyi for the first time to fight against the Guoqi Detachment, it suffered heavy casualties.

This time, when he received Li Zongren's telegram asking for assistance, he was a little hesitant.

The more crucial point is.

This time, it was the commander of the Japanese 5th Division, Seishirō Sakagami, who personally commanded the battle.

Elite troops such as the Guoqi Detachment were added to the Fifth Division.

The blocking force it mobilized was quite powerful.

Two infantry battalions plus a field artillery squadron.

At this time, Liu Zhensan's 180th Division was under the command of General Zhang Zizhong.

The combat force consisted of less than 6,000 men, and one third of them were new recruits.

How could such troops and combat effectiveness break through the Japanese defense line?

General Zhang Zizhong felt very guilty after the fall of Linyi.

In a telegram to Xiong Bin, the deputy chief of the military command, he said: "We have been fighting in Linyi for more than a month. We have fought four fierce battles, suffered casualties and our strength has been reduced. This time, before the reinforcements arrived, the defending troops had already withdrawn from Linyi. The battle situation has been frustrated, which is very sad."

As for the following content, it is just a complaint.

I have found that the Huang Division of my department has suffered almost all casualties, and the Liu Division has suffered two-thirds of casualties. Now the two divisions have been combined into one brigade, which is still insufficient.
I have the will to save the country, but I am powerless to kill the enemy, and I feel guilty. "

Xiong Bin had previously served as Song Zheyuan's chief of staff.

He did have a relationship with Zhang Zizhong, but it wasn't that good.

Xiong Bin once commented on Zhang Zizhong: "Zhang Zizhong is smart and resourceful, but he is not as knowledgeable as Song Mingxuan (i.e. Song Zheyuan), so he inevitably loses his integrity. Therefore, when Song and others evacuated Beiping and handed over the task to Zhang Zizhong to deal with the Japanese army, Zhang did not see the Japanese ambitions, but thought that the Japanese only asked the Chinese (should be the central) forces to withdraw from North China, and they could deal with it with local forces. ... He lacked knowledge, was keen on power, and sought his own interests without seeing the overall situation."

With the fall of Linyi, the Chinese army lost its strategic support point in southern Shandong.

Chiang Kai-shek would not fail to reprimand General Zhang Zizhong just because he fought well in the previous battle but did not fight well this time.

According to the judgment of the Chief Commander.

After the fall of Linyi.

The Japanese army would inevitably move quickly south along the Linyi-Tancheng highway.

The purpose must be to mobilize the main force of the Chinese army to withdraw and provide support.

To cover the combat operations of the Japanese 10th Division, 16th Division, and 114th Division.

Its fundamental purpose was actually to completely wipe out the main force of the National Army in the area north of the canal.

The Fifth Division is not to be trifled with, and it is a consensus among senior officers of the Fifth War Zone that the Guoqi Detachment has extremely strong combat effectiveness.

Li Zongren immediately ordered Wang Zhonglian's 89th Army to support Taierzhuang.

He also requested the 52nd Army led by Commander Guan Linzheng to rush to the Zaoyi front to ensure the safety of the flanks when the main force retreated.
Before this, Teng County was handed over to Zhou Yu (commander of the 75th Army) by Li Zongren to defend.

After the 10th Division launched a counterattack, it began to gradually retreat towards Lincheng according to the original plan.

The two armies fought fiercely in the areas around Teng County and Lin County.

The 10th Division's offensive was extremely powerful and resolute, causing heavy casualties to Zhou Yu's troops.

The 93rd Division suffered more than 4,000 casualties in just two days.

The initial resistance gradually turned into defeat under the fierce offensive and pursuit of the Japanese invaders.

It was not until the arrival of support from Zhang Qi's Sixth Division that they were able to hold off the fierce attack from the Tenth Division.

However, the defense line north of the canal was completed in just five days.

Let the Japanese invaders beat us to pieces.

Just when Li Zongren was worried about having no soldiers to use.

The reinforcements of the 60th Army have finally arrived!

With the cooperation of General Liu Fei, the railway department rushed the transportation for a full ten days.

Only then did they transport more than 30,000 soldiers from the 60th Army to the battlefield in southern Shandong.
Speaking of which, the military song of the 60th Army was also composed by Mr. Xi Xinghai.

The 60th Army was reorganized into the 50th Army after the uprising and is also known as the strongest defensive force on the surface.

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