Anti-Japanese War: From Becoming Chu Yunfei to Rising

Chapter 217: The golden finger is upgraded again, Kaifeng repairs and standby. (Subscribe)
Fifth War Zone, Commander-in-Chief Headquarters.

Li Zongren has not had a rest for two consecutive days.

The situation on the battlefield is extremely grim.

Once Mengcheng, Suxian and other places are lost.

This means that the Japanese army is already behind the Chinese army.

Once the Japanese army blew up the bridge on the Longhai Railway Line.

The Chinese military’s only rapid evacuation route will inevitably be affected.

The entire battlefield situation has reached a precarious level.

April 26th.

The Japanese North China Front issued the latest combat order for the Battle of Xuzhou.

1. The Jinxiang Detachment quickly defeated the enemy in front of it and then entered Dangshan and Tangzhai.

2. The 10th Division held back the enemy in front of it and prepared to move toward the vicinity of Lincheng as the battle progressed.

3. The Fifth Division held back the enemy in front of it and prepared to advance to the area east of Xuzhou as the battle progressed.

4. As the 16th Division advances, the subsequent security areas will be changed.

The Japanese troops in southwestern Shandong continued to move very rapidly.

They quickly broke through the Third Army's second line of defense and engaged in a fierce battle with Yu Xuezhong's troops of the Northeast Army, who were still holding out.

This group of Northeast Army soldiers sang loudly as they fought round after round of bloody battles with the Japanese on the Songhua River.

The soldiers only had the thought of death in their hearts.

Everyone is ready to sacrifice.

Just as the situation was deteriorating, Li Zongren suddenly received a telegram from Chu Yunfei's troops.

The content is quite brief.

"On the evening of April 27, it was confirmed that the 58th Regiment of the 13th Division of the Japanese Army in the Mengcheng direction was annihilated. It was confirmed that more than 4,600 Japanese soldiers including the commander of the 26th Brigade were killed. Twelve enemy tanks and eight armored vehicles were destroyed. The seized supplies and equipment are still being counted. The loss of my unit in this battle was quite large. I have returned to Kaifeng with the 100th Division to prepare for rest and recuperation."

In two days, the vanguard of the Japanese 13th Division was annihilated.

The Japanese brigade commander, Major General, and the commander of the 58th Regiment of the Japanese Army, Kuramori Kimioto, were killed.

His outstanding military achievements are like a sharp blade in Chiang Kai-shek's hand.

He attacks wherever he is directed, and despite his unrealistic command, he is still able to win the battle.

This made Li Zongren quite distressed.

Fortunately, Chu Yunfei's troops also suffered heavy casualties, which basically cut off the possibility of Chiang Kai-shek continuing to micro-manage the Huainan direction.

Otherwise, send the instruction-style telegram in Fenghua accent.

Li Zongren didn't know how to continue commanding.

But no matter what, Chu Yunfei's troops left.

The direction of Mengcheng must be the direction of the Japanese attack.

Li Zongren urgently telegraphed Liu Ruming's 68th Army, asking them to immediately go to Mengcheng to build a defense line.

Anyone who misses the opportunity to fight or is afraid of fighting will be subject to military law!
At the same time, he telegraphed Chiang Kai-shek and briefly described the current deployment.

The news came that the 13th Division's vanguard assault force had been completely wiped out.

This also caused an uproar on the Japanese side.

They had not expected anything like this to happen.

Because in the Japanese army's cognition, except for Chu Yunfei's troops.

No other army has such combat capability. Even the 52nd Army, known as the Iron Fist, does not have such strong offensive capabilities.

The Japanese military's intelligence was obviously not sufficient.

After the first batch of American and German equipment arrived.

Chu Yunfei's troops were the first to change their equipment.

Their treatment even exceeded that of Hu Zongnan's army, which was known as the best army in the world.

After all, he was fighting for his life in front.

How can we continue this war without any special treatment?
Use your head to ram the Japanese defense line?

Only one company of twelve anti-tank artillery guns participated in this battle.

When the retreating Japanese troops were trapped in Chu Village.

Wu Ziqiang pulled up the anti-tank artillery company, and it was so cool to see the German PAK36 anti-tank artillery directly firing at the Japanese firepower points.

Most of the Japanese machine gun positions and the defense lines built based on civilian houses were easily destroyed.

The grenade launchers they were equipped with were far from capable of striking anti-tank artillery positions more than 600 meters away.

This resulted in them being unable to continuously shrink their defense line under the compression of artillery shells and bullets.

Finally trapped in the village.

After the general offensive began, the soldiers pushed forward to the end, using the close-range assault method that they were best at.

This group of Japanese troops who attempted to resist to the end were quickly wiped out.

The subsequent battles were relatively fragmented.

The soldiers formed a dragnet-like encirclement and cleared out the Japanese troops within it bit by bit.

It is unlikely to kill them all. There will always be some fish that slip through the net in such a large battlefield.

This is harmless.
In the military history of the Japanese Army.

It is not common for two infantry regiments under a brigade to be wiped out in batches...it can even be said to be the only case.

According to Chu Yunfei's estimate.

If this battle continues, the number of the 26th Brigade will most likely be cancelled.
After reporting the battle situation to Chiang Kai-shek, Chu Yunfei strongly requested to go to Kaifeng for rest.

Chiang Kai-shek replied quickly.

agreed.

Chu Yunfei also sent a telegram to Sun Weimou and the Second War Zone Commander Headquarters.

Zhuo Tianyu's troops have been promoting conscription in the southeastern part of Shanxi Province over the past two months and have recruited a large number of new soldiers.

Although I was unable to complete the three-month recruit training, now is not the time to worry about such things.

Chu Yunfei asked Zhuo Tianyu to transfer more troops to the east to replenish the troops while ensuring combat effectiveness as much as possible.

no way.

The losses of his troops were really too great. The only good news was that two-thirds of these losses were not permanent.

That is to say, two-thirds of these casualties were wounded.

After they recover, they will report back to their original units.

This takes time, and if you're lucky you'll be able to recover and return to the battlefield in three months.

Those who are seriously injured may die in the rear hospital even if they manage to survive in the early stages due to various subsequent reasons.

The war was quite cruel.

Take the example of the transfer of wounded soldiers in the five war zones today.

Originally, the railways on the Longhai Line basically transported materials at night.

It's also for safety reasons.

But now, because of the tense war situation.

The five war zones needed to rush to transport combat supplies during the day and deliver them to the Xuzhou area.

That night, the wounded soldiers were loaded into canned cars and taken to the rear hospital.

These veterans who have fought on the battlefield are actually quite valuable resources for each unit.

Their battlefield experience is the most intuitive and direct experience imparted.

There is nothing too theoretical here; all it teaches is how to kill the enemy and how to save your life.

These wounded soldiers basically spent two years in the high-intensity battlefield in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War.

To put it in an exaggerated way, each of them is a god of war, or they just have incredible luck.

Speaking of wounded soldiers.

We have to mention the later battles in Xuzhou.

In Chu Yunfei's impression.

Although there is no record of the Japanese army annihilating the National Army troops in an organized manner.

But they brutally killed many wounded soldiers and scattered stragglers.

According to incomplete statistics from the Japanese side, 80% of the results of their pursuit and annihilation battles in the later period of Xuzhou were caused by this group of wounded soldiers.

All I can say is that it's pure and new.

After the annihilation of the main force in Mengcheng, the pace of the Japanese offensive will inevitably slow down.

But at the same time, the Japanese army's subsequent main forces will inevitably put all their efforts into heading north.

We bought some time, but also attracted even crazier enemies.

There are gains and losses.

After the Battle of Mengcheng.

The combat strength of Chu Yunfei's troops barely reached 15,800 people.

Among them are about 4,000 artillery troops.

Since the battle started in Jin, he has suffered a lot.

Even if all the wounded soldiers returned to the team, Chu Yunfei's troops would not be able to reach Chiang Kai-shek's standard of 25,000 people.

However, Chiang Kai-shek’s military salary was still paid according to the standard of 25,000 people.

At this point, Chu Yunfei was a little speechless.

I now feel like I have become a member of the army of people who are drawing a salary without doing anything.

The level of the three-dimensional combat sub-module has been upgraded this time.

The combat radius has been greatly increased from the original 15KM to 25KM.

What is this concept?

The scope of Chu Yunfei's combat map is enough to cover the battlefields of two armies or even an army group in the country.

And a new auxiliary skill has been added.

"Anti-aircraft machine guns (cannons) are guiding."

As the name suggests.

Previously, level 3 provided artillery guidance.

It consumes energy and stamina, and can guide the shells fired by the artillery units under your command.

This is an anti-aircraft machine gun and anti-aircraft artillery guidance skill.

It was used to fight against the Japanese air force.

It’s a bit of a pity that the anti-aircraft machine guns equipped by Chu Yunfei’s troops are Hotchkiss M1930 13.2mm twin anti-aircraft machine guns.

This thing has pretty strong firepower, strong reliability, and a good enough range.

The standard range is three thousand meters, and the maximum range is between four thousand and five thousand meters.

The machine gun can even fire flat-foot, but this has not been attempted so far.

But this twin anti-aircraft machine gun is not without its shortcomings.

It means “heavy”.

Even if it is possible to disassemble and transport it, it will still require a lot of manpower and animal power.

With this anti-aircraft machine gun (cannon) guidance skill.

After the artillery position of the unit was threatened by the air force for the last time, it was able to fight back.

Artillery fire guidance skills.

Chu Yunfei has tested it.

Used twice in total.

Based on Chu Yunfei's own most intuitive judgment and speculation.

If you don't care about the cost, use it twice a day at most.

Then he needs to go to sleep to restore his physical strength and energy.

I think this anti-aircraft machine gun (cannon) guidance skill should not be much different.

Before leaving, Chu Yunfei evacuated the people from Meng County and surrounding areas.

And they sent cavalry to tell them that the Japanese invaders were likely to continue advancing in this direction.

After confirming that Liu Ruming's troops would take over the defense.

Wu Ziqiang under Chu Yunfei and Ling Yunshang, the commander of the 1033rd Regiment, strengthened the defensive fortifications in Mengcheng.

This provides an opportunity for Liu Ruming to take over the defense.

It’s mainly some basic city defense measures.

Dig foxholes and various shelter facilities, and complete tree trunk and branch picket fences to block the road.

There were foxholes on the top of the city wall and loopholes for guns were drilled through the city wall.

It's just a thin earth wall, so I didn't have high expectations for it.

Once the Japanese heavy artillery units join the battle, Mengcheng will most likely be reduced to ruins.

The trenches around the city were covered with bamboo nails and the enemy's easy-to-access points were covered with bamboo nails. Sandbags were used to block the main city gates.

Only the north gate was left for evacuation.

In addition, Zhou Yuan ordered each street to build three or four horizontal walls with stone strips, sandbags, etc., and to drill loopholes in each house as needed.

It was prepared to be used by Liu Ruming's troops in street fighting once the city wall was breached.

When Wu Ziqiang saw how enthusiastically the soldiers of the 1033rd Regiment were working on this matter, he couldn't help sighing for a while.

Chu Yunfei looked down on useless people like Liu Ruming. After learning that Liu Ruming was "shrinking" directly towards Woyang, he angrily scolded Liu Ruming as a useless thing.

Can be scolded by Chu Yunfei.

These players have basically reached a certain level of "talent".

Tang Enbo is one of them..
Liu Ruming is one of them.

If Liu Ruming had not gone to Mengcheng to set up defenses as originally planned.

Chu Yunfei's troops did not need to rush back and forth in just one week.

They should now appear on the battlefield in southwestern Shandong.

Cooperate with the 51st Army to annihilate the Jinxiang Detachment.

If we can annihilate the Jinxiang Detachment, we can ensure the safety of southwestern Shandong.

Then the encirclement and annihilation battles in southern Shandong and northern Jiangsu might really have wiped out the main force of the Fifth Division.

Chiang Kai-shek's armchair talk became reality.

And now.

Because of Liu Ruming.

Chu Yunfei's troops could only come to Mengcheng to clean up the mess for Xuzhou's hundreds of thousands of troops.

Then they returned to Kaifeng to rest and replenish supplies, and wait for further plans.

It’s a pity that I can’t pamper Jiang again.

However, his idea of ​​the so-called decisive battle of Xuzhou is really a bit crazy.

Chu Yunfei himself was not very willing to fight according to his plan.

That's more than just pulling chestnuts from the fire.

It's literally dancing on the edge of a knife.

Once a general in a combat unit has a problem with his thinking
Then it can only be as recorded in war history.

Using the wheat field as cover, they threw away their weapons and armor and fled in a panic.

The third day after the annihilation of the Japanese 26th Brigade.

Chu Yunfei was inspecting the troops' rest and recuperation at Qian Bojun's headquarters.

Accompanied by Qian Bojun, the two inspected the newly formed anti-tank artillery company.

The company commander was named Tang Dayang, a graduate of the Whampoa Military Academy who later studied at the Artillery School for six months.

Chu Yunfei went against everyone's opinion and made him a company commander.

Xie Daqiang, who was transferred from the mountain artillery battalion, became his deputy.

It’s not because of anything else, nor is there any preferential treatment for Whampoa students.

It was purely because Tang Dayang had previously studied anti-tank artillery. Although he had no combat experience, he had rich experience in training and exercises, and had his own insights into the use of anti-tank artillery.

He stood in front of Tang Dayang and encouraged him: "Your old classmate destroyed thirteen firing points in the battle of Mengcheng Chucun. I have asked the Military Commission for a reward for him. I will personally award him a Gancheng Medal at that time."

"You have to work hard too. Among the three of you, I am most optimistic about you. Otherwise, I would not have appointed you as the commander of the anti-tank artillery company in the Honor 196 Brigade."

Tang Yang nodded seriously: "Yes, sir, if there is a chance to fight, I promise not to let you down."

Chu Yunfei patted his shoulder and said, "Don't be so serious. I came here to inspect mainly for your sake. Your company not only has to undertake corresponding combat missions, but also has to undertake routine training missions."

"Old and new... Daqiang."

"Yes!" A thin man at the side stepped forward with a straight posture. It was the deputy company commander Xie Daqiang.

The real Shanxi artillery.

He is Chu Yunfei’s fellow villager from Wutai.

Chu Yunfei has always had an impression of this kid.

Before the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, during a training session, four out of five shells hit the target, which was a very good result.

Chu Yunfei once praised this man who was as strong as steel.

He looked at Xie Daqiang with admiration in his eyes: "You are an old man under my command, and you are also my fellow Wutai native.

I personally commended you when you were the squad leader under Liang Guoping. I am clear about your level and character.

There is a reason why I didn't let you be the company commander this time. Do I need to explain this?"

Xie Daqiang nodded: "Please rest assured, Commander Chu, I will definitely take charge of the corresponding training of new recruits, and work together with Captain Tang to build a good artillery team."

"Very good. What I hope is that you two can cooperate sincerely."

Chu Yunfei encouraged him, "There will be a batch of new mountain artillery in the second batch of American weapons and supplies... The Chairman specifically requested this from Colonel Smith. The Military and Political Department has approved the establishment of the new artillery regiment. Perform well. After all, anti-tank artillery is not your specialty. I will keep the position of the battalion commander of the main battalion of this regiment for you."

Xie Daqiang still had no expression on his face: "Yes, thank you Chief Chu for your cultivation."

Chu Yunfei smiled and nodded: "It's still the same as before, forget it, let's go."

"Yes!"

Chu Yunfei's inspection this time was also to feel the current mood of the troops in the most intuitive way.

Especially after days of fighting, did the most elite Shanxi soldiers feel war-weary?

Just as they were walking towards one of the company’s bases.

Loud military songs sounded.

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

Chu Yunfei immediately became interested: "Which company were you heading to just now?"

"First Infantry Regiment, Second Battalion, Eighth Company."

"Sun Ming, remember this and go back later. First, go watch them learn the military song."

"Yes!"

The leader of the group, Bian Fucheng, who was following him, scratched his head and muttered, "Damn it, you are causing trouble for me!"

After hearing the voice, Sun Ming slowed down a step and moved closer to Bian Fucheng: "Old Bian, did you prepare this specially?"

"Why not?"

Bian Fucheng nodded as a matter of course: "I have already greeted the Eighth Company."

"You..." Sun Ming was extremely surprised: "Don't you know that our Chief Chu hates fraud the most?"

"This can't be considered as cheating. I just let them..." Bian Fucheng was stunned for a moment, then sighed.

"Sun Ming, you know that so many of our brothers have died in these battles."

Sun Ming sighed.

We can only hope that the situation below won't be too bad.

Otherwise, this will inevitably affect subsequent combat operations.

Next to the Eighth Company is the Ninth Company of the Second Battalion.

"The company commander's name is Lu Hongtao, the former company commander of the newly formed Second Infantry Regiment. He was demoted half a level and then retained for a full term."

"I have some impression..." Chu Yunfei frowned slightly.

I recognize the name, but I have never met the person before.

This is not a good thing.

Chu Yunfei just stood outside the courtyard, listening to the soldiers singing military songs loudly.

"Not bad..Now everyone has basically learned it..."

"The superiors said that this song, Chinese Military Soul, will be the military song of our Flying Tiger Honor Division from now on, and everyone must be able to sing it."

The soldiers didn't move, and Chu Yunfei realized that something was wrong.

He walked into the courtyard.

楚云飞麾下的步兵连，基本上是一百四十人一（14*3+3）*3）+6的基本编制。

It doesn't matter if there are a few more steps.

However, having fewer people than the basic establishment will definitely greatly affect the current combat effectiveness of the troops.

Chu Yunfei frowned and immediately asked, "How many people are there in your company?"

After hearing the noise, Lu Hongtao turned around to look.

Although he had never seen Chu Yunfei... he was wearing the uniform of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, and was accompanied by Qian Bojun and Bian Fucheng.

Plus he is an officer of this rank.

It can only be Chu Yunfei, the commander of 358D.

The soldiers stood up instantly with straight postures.

Chu Yunfei waved his hand to signal the soldiers to disperse, and Lu Hongtao replied: "Report to Commander Chu, the Ninth Company currently has a total of 84 combat personnel."

"Eighty-four?"

"Yes, there were supposed to be eighty-four people, and eighty-two people actually showed up."

Chu Yunfei turned to look at Bian Fucheng standing beside him and asked, "How many combatants does your regiment lack now?"

"Reporting to the commander, if we only calculate based on the basic combat organization, the regiment is currently short of 789 soldiers, including 730 infantrymen."

"More than fifty squads and eighteen platoons. That means six companies in your regiment are just skeletons?"

Bian Fucheng nodded: "Report to the commander, yes!"

This is the Buyi Regiment after the supplement.

Chu Yunfei couldn't help feeling a little sad.

"Where are the officers?"

"If we follow the basic combat organization, we are still short of 89 people. If we follow the original combat organization, we are still short of 136 people."

Chu Yunfei turned to look at Qian Bojun, and then asked, "If Honor 196B is organized according to the basic combat organization, how many combat personnel are currently missing?"

"Reporting to the commander, there are 2,460 people, including 189 company and platoon officers."

Among them, the vast majority of officers were from Bian Fucheng's Infantry Regiment.

After all, the 1st Infantry Regiment basically undertakes the most dangerous combat missions.

Grassroots military cadres, in addition to commanding operations.

He also has to lead his troops to charge, and the risk of sacrifice is extremely high.

Moreover, positions like deputy platoon leader and deputy company commander are called officials who are sent to their deaths.

This is because in general combat situations, company commanders and platoon leaders are responsible for commanding operations.

Unless necessary, I will not lead the team to charge.

Chu Yunfei knew that each unit had suffered heavy casualties.

And the speed of staff replenishment cannot keep up

This is even displayed intuitively on the three-dimensional combat map.

The green bar on the soldier card representing the troops under your command is basically maintained at one-half, and the yellow bar is maintained at two-thirds.

Before the encirclement and annihilation campaign in Teng County began.

The green bar basically remains at two-thirds, and the yellow bar remains at around four-fifths.

The battle of Meng County resulted in less than 2,000 casualties, but more than 4,000 Japanese invaders were annihilated.

Logically, morale should have improved.

But the green bar did not increase and remained at half.

After two days of rest, replenishment, commendation, and training, there was still no movement on the green bar.

This made Chu Yunfei a little anxious.

The function of the golden finger told him quite intuitively.

The situation of his troops was continuing to deteriorate over the long term.

Let Sun Ming stay.

It is also to find out whether there is any problem with the morale of the soldiers.

Before the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Sun Ming was engaged in the same type of work.

Otherwise, Chu Yunfei would be so busy every day that he would have no time to sleep, and generally would not think of inspecting the troops below.

This work was basically handed over to the respective group leaders.

And now... Qian Bojun's subordinates are facing such a serious shortage of staff and low morale.

The rest of the troops.

The situation will naturally not get any better.

at the moment.

Before receiving the next combat order.

Chu Yunfei was determined to solve the most difficult problem first.

"Sun Ming, you stay here and find out the basic situation of each company. The two of you will come back to the headquarters with me."

"Yes!"

Qian Bojun and Bian Fucheng looked at each other and followed Chu Yunfei obediently.
(End of this chapter)