Anti-Japanese War: From Becoming Chu Yunfei to Rising

Chapter 237: Thirty thousand young men from Guanzhong went out to fight in Shaanxi! Encircle and annihilate the th Infantry Regiment and slaughter the devils!
Kaifeng.

Headquarters of Henan East Corps.

The original command center of the First War Zone has completely withdrawn to the Kaifeng front line.

As the supreme commander of the First War Zone, Cheng Qian will also serve as the supreme commander of the subsequent defense of Zheng County.

In order to defend Zhengzhou and ensure the security of Shaanxi and the rear area.

Chiang Kai-shek sent five telegrams within ten days asking this Shaanxi boss to come out of retirement.

After receiving Chiang Kai-shek’s telegram.

Sun Weiru didn't hesitate at all.

After discussing the defense of southern Shanxi with Yan Laoxi, commander-in-chief of the Eastern Route Army and commander-in-chief of the Second War Zone.

He immediately sent a telegram to the whole country announcing his resignation as chairman of SX Province.

As the commander of the 31st Legion, he led 30,000 young men from Guanzhong to fight in Shaanxi!

The reorganization of Zhao Shoushan's 38th Army and Li Xingzhong's 96th Army proceeded very quickly!
As soon as the news came out, it shocked people and people all over the country praised it.

Wherever we go to fight in Shaanxi, it is naturally to support the Kaifeng front line!
Xue Yue and Zhang Xuxing were extremely surprised!

"With these 30,000 new troops, our chances of winning the Battle of Kaifeng have increased!"

"Thirty thousand fresh troops with combat experience are the essence of the Shaanxi Army." Xue Yue also nodded excitedly.

The combat effectiveness of the Shaanxi Army is obvious to all.

When Zhao Shoushan was the commander of the 17th Division, he fought fiercely at Xuehua Mountain and Falu Ridge.

A bloody battle at Niangzi Pass.

Let the people of the whole country know about this powerful Shaanxi army.

After the old 197th Army Training Corps was reorganized into the th Regiment.

He has made continuous great achievements!

Just as Xue Yue and others were still immersed in the joy of the Shaanxi Army's eastward advance.

Another piece of good news came.

The operations staff handed the telegram to Xue Yue.

He could not hide his excitement on his face: "Commander Xue, these 20,000-plus fresh troops have rich experience in fighting against Japan. As long as we complete the replenishment of troops and weapons, their combat effectiveness will definitely be able to reach a higher level!"

After reading the telegram, Xue Yue smiled and nodded. He glanced at the battle map and said, "Immediately send a telegram to Shang Zhen's 20th Army Group, asking them to go to Taikang to rest and replenish supplies.

In addition, Sun Tongxuan's troops of the Third Army are requested to go to Qixian and Suixian to rest and replenish supplies, build a defense line, and prepare to defend the flank direction of Kaifeng."

"With these 60,000 people, Kaifeng can be defended!" Zhang Xuxing, deputy chief of staff of the First War Zone, clenched his fists excitedly.

Sixty thousand people?
That's a bit conservative.

Zhang Xuxing's calculation method is based on the assumption that the 3rd Army and the 20th Army cannot be reinforced for the time being.

But after all, Shang Zhen’s 20th Army and the 3rd Army are now nominally the central army.

Once they can get reinforcements from the rear, that would be a real fresh force of 100,000.

The only pity is that there are not enough equipment, ammunition, artillery shells and heavy weapons!
Xue Yue, the commander-in-chief of the Henan East Corps, was not the commander-in-chief of the First War Zone.

He is still a little short of being able to command the 20th and 3rd Army.

Chiang Kai-shek naturally understood this principle.

After learning that the Third Army and the Twentieth Army had successfully broken through.

In the name of the Supreme Command, Xue Yue was immediately appointed as the commander-in-chief of the First War Zone and deputy commander-in-chief of the war zone.

Responsible for commanding and coordinating the defense of Kaifeng!

It is composed of the 20th Army, the 3rd Army, the 71st, 74th, 27th, 8th, and 64th Armies as well as various scattered division-level units.

Xue Yue had just put down the telegram in his hand and had no time to be happy for a moment.

A telegram from the 71st Army made everyone lose their composure.

Chu Yunfei did not consult the Henan East Corps Command.

Li Tianxia's troops under the 51st Division of the 74th Army launched a full-scale counterattack.

At the beginning, Song Xilian thought it was just a transition from offense to defense.

The purpose was to kill the Japanese invaders and seize the initiative on the battlefield.

But now...as the 197th Brigade advances deep into the th Infantry Regiment, the Japanese rd Mixed Brigade is at risk of being surrounded.

If we follow conventional thinking, the 3rd Mixed Brigade should naturally break out to the south and merge with the 9th Infantry Regiment of the 16th Division of the Japanese Army before making plans.

However, the Japanese army did the opposite and launched a fierce attack on Song Xilian's troops in the Hongmiao area.

The intention is very clear, that is counter-encirclement!

The commander of the 3rd Mixed Brigade, Brigade Commander Yuji Kitamura, clearly sensed the weakness of the defenders in the Hongmiao direction.

That's why such a risky move was made.

Song Xilian had to admit that the current 71st Army was indeed no match for them.

Even including the Eighth Reserve Division, he only had a total of more than 5,000 troops.

The main force was basically gathered at the Hongmiao line.

Faced with the fierce attack from the direction of Mingzhuang by the 3rd Mixed Brigade, they were completely unable to hold out.

The combat effectiveness of the 8th Reserve Division can only be considered average.

He lasted less than half a day before he was defeated.

The 3rd Independent Mixed Brigade is the elite force of the Kwantung Army.

If the 71st Army was in its heyday, Song Xilian would naturally not be afraid.

But now, they don't have many troops and can only ask for help immediately.

Just as the Third Army and the Twentieth Army had just escaped from the encirclement, the 74th Army was again at risk of being surrounded and annihilated.

Even the 71st Army could be defeated.

Xue Yue had a terrible headache for a moment.

After Chiang Kai-shek left.

There was no sign at all about Chu Yunfei's action this time, and he didn't even say hello to him.

To put it bluntly, even the spoils of the previous Lanfeng victory have not yet been counted.

Chu Yunfei led his troops to launch another attack, which put Xue Yue in a very passive position.

It was hard to figure out what Chu Yunfei was trying to do for the time being.

Could it be that his Flying Tiger Honor Division is made of iron?

Xue Yue's tone unconsciously rose a few points, and emphasized: "Call the Flying Tiger Honor Division and ask what's going on."

Zhang Xuxing immediately picked up the phone and called the headquarters of the Chuhu Honor Division.

The person who answered the phone was not Chu Yunfei, but Chief of Staff Fang Ligong.

Fang Ligong didn't know what opportunity Chu Yunfei had captured.

He just said that the action was sudden and even he received the combat order at the last minute.

Commander Chu must have seized the opportunity, otherwise he would not have launched a full-scale counterattack.

The good news is that the offensive is going quite smoothly. Not only have we defeated two Japanese infantry battalions, but we have also trapped a Japanese infantry battalion in Mazhuang and Zhangzhuang.
At present, the 196st and rd Infantry Battalions of the th Honor Brigade, as well as the Heavy Mortar Battalion and the nd Artillery Battalion have launched an encirclement and annihilation operation.

If all goes well, the battle is expected to be over within the day.

Xue Yue took the call and asked directly, "Chief of Staff Fang, where are Chu Yunfei and the others?"

"Reporting to Commander Xue, Commander Chu is at the frontline command post of the 8th Infantry Regiment."

"What is he doing over there?"

Fang Ligong had no choice but to explain: "This is Commander Chu's command habit."

"A senior A-level commander went to a frontline command post to command a battle?"

Xue Yue was puzzled: "This is simply a joke. Pass my order and have him return to the headquarters immediately and return to his rightful position."

Xue Yue didn't have time to get angry.

Sun Ming on the side deliberately raised his voice: "Sir, our army's counterattack is going smoothly, and we are about to defeat the Japanese army for more than ten kilometers.

Commander Chu ordered the cavalry regiment to immediately join the battle and meet the Japanese 3rd Mixed Brigade in the direction of Mingzhuang.

At the same time, he sent Xue Jie's troops from the 2nd Infantry Regiment to the Hongmiao frontline for defense, as he was worried that the 71st Army might be under great pressure.

Fang Ligong glanced at Sun Ming with approval, and then said to the phone: "Commander Xue, the military situation is urgent. I will definitely convey your order. After the war, Commander Chu will certainly apologize to you in person."

Taking action without permission is naturally a violation of military discipline.

But Chu Yunfei had no choice.

If we don't take advantage of such a good opportunity, it would be a shame to let the Japanese expose their weakness.

The two sides fought fiercely on the front line for two days and two nights.

He seized this opportunity to switch defense.

If it weren’t for the three-dimensional combat map.

He couldn't even find the opportunity.

The opportunity for battle is fleeting. If we ask Xue Yue for instructions again, we can get in touch with friendly forces and keep each other informed.

It took at least an hour just to send telegrams back and forth with the 74th Army, the 8th Army and other troops.

Tell the truth.

It is very likely that this opportunity will be missed.

The distance between the Japanese army's first-line defense position and the second-line defense position was only about three kilometers.

It would take the Japanese army half an hour at most, even a turtle would have been able to crawl over there.

It will take time for the attacking troops to reach the attack position.

Chu Yunfei would definitely not wait for Xue Yue's consent before taking action.
On the battlefield at this time.

Under the command of Chu Yunfei, the attacking force quickly broke through the first line of defense under the cover of artillery fire.

After leaving six infantry companies to maintain the front line, the rest rushed towards the Japanese artillery positions.

Chu Yunfei gave Cao Potian two tasks. The first was to defeat the defenders of the Japanese second-line troops.

The second is to see if we can capture a few mountain cannons.
When fighting at Lanfeng, the Japanese army did capture some 105mm heavy artillery.

But the number is not large, only four in total.

The 71st and 74th Armies also divided it up completely.

Chu Yunfei didn't get any.

It’s no wonder that the soldiers didn’t live up to expectations.

The capture of nearly six Type 92 infantry guns was already a very good harvest.

"kill!"

"Da da da da~!"

The sound of Thompson submachine guns rang out one after another.

The 1st Infantry Battalion itself had been fighting in the rain and was extremely weak.

Faced with the ferocious 5th Infantry Regiment, they were naturally powerless to resist.

The two sides quickly evolved from the so-called mobile warfare to a pursuit and annihilation war.

There is actually only one outcome waiting for these Japanese devils, and that is a one-sided massacre.

The 9th Infantry Regiment was the notorious infantry regiment during the Nanjing Incident.

The Hundred-Man Killing Competition and the Mass Graves were all created by this unit.

The soldiers naturally had no mercy on these beasts and killed them.

All kinds of means were used on the Japanese.

Even the corpses were rarely intact.

The entire battlefield was a complete Shura field.

"Captain, that seems to be the Japanese headquarters over there. I think I see an antenna."

The guard beside Cao Potian pointed to the Japanese military headquarters in the distance.

Cao Potian’s eyesight was naturally not so good.

He raised the binoculars in his hand and shouted: "Brothers, we found the Japs' headquarters. Follow me and chop the bastards off!"

When Cao Potian raised the telescope and looked at the Japanese headquarters.

Katagiri Mamoru in the command center also saw Cao Potian.

He frowned.

Less than two hours after the battle began, two lines of defense were breached.
Such fighting power shocked Katagiri Mamoru.

When seeing this group of desperate soldiers rushing towards their headquarters, Katagiri Mamoru did not hesitate: "Immediately send the guard squadron to fight."

"Captain, I will take command personally."

Katagiri Goro nodded slightly in agreement.

The chief of staff at the side immediately turned around and gave a few instructions, then led the Japanese troops to open fire to block the attack.

Katagiri Mamoru then turned around and told the other officers: "Pack up and prepare to withdraw the headquarters to Xiaowangzhuang..."

"Hai!"

Katagiri Mamoru ran very fast. When the chief of staff was still leading his troops to block the attack, he had already retreated to Xiaowangzhuang with two combat staff officers and a map.
Chu Yunfei naturally discovered the location of the 9th Infantry Regiment Headquarters at the first opportunity.

The reason why we didn't destroy the Japanese headquarters immediately was that

It was also because the Japanese army's rotation of defense revealed a loophole.

Otherwise, Chu Yunfei would indeed choose to bombard the command center in order to find an opportunity to fight amid the command chaos during that period.

After this counterattack, the morale of the 9th Infantry Regiment will inevitably hit rock bottom.
Based on the nature of the 16th Division and its so-called tradition.

Even if this brigade commander survives the battle, he will most likely commit suicide after the battle.
The sudden counterattack commanded by Chu Yunfei caught the 16th Division off guard.

The 27th and 64th Armies also launched a small-scale counterattack.

This forced Nakajima Imao to deploy four more infantry battalions to the Lanfeng front line to strengthen the defense line.

He also strictly ordered Ohno Nobuaki to launch an attack and defeat the National Army forces.

This group of elite Guangdong troops learned that the Japanese troops they were currently fighting were the main force of the Nanjing massacre.

They were even more fearless and risked their lives, and with the momentum of not sparing any cost, they collided head-on with the Japanese attacking forces.

Since the rain stopped, the battle between the two sides has been extremely brutal.

The battle lasted a whole day.

The Japanese army successfully gained a foothold after retreating fifteen kilometers.

Cao Potian and other attacking troops also quickly returned to defend according to the original combat plan.

Japanese troops supporting the encirclement and annihilation of the frontline troops
The encirclement and annihilation operation was not going smoothly, and the Japanese knew that their death was imminent.

Even if I could only take a breath, I would not want to die.

In desperation, Chu Yunfei had to order the bombardment to be intensified.

Until all Japanese troops in the encirclement are annihilated.
In the forward command post.

Cao Potian walked in, covered in blood, with blood still dripping from his body.

The smell of blood was so strong that several people in the command center frowned.

This was to see Chu Yunfei, so I cleaned it specially.

Chu Yunfei followed the afterglow of the setting sun and turned to look at him: "How much did you cut?"

"Thirty-seven..."

Cao Potian grinned, and his big white teeth were quite conspicuous.

Wei Dayong, who was following behind him, was full of envy: "Sir, I also want to go to the front line to kill the enemy."

"You've been with me for almost two months. Have you learned anything?"

Wei Dayong scratched his head and said: "I have learned something, but I don't know if I can use it."

"After this battle, you should report to the assault battalion. Your skills are really overused with me by your side. Frontline combat is the stage suitable for you to show your skills."

Chu Yunfei nodded and agreed.

"Thank you, Commander Chu."

Cao Potian also became interested at this time: "Sir, is this the monk from Shaolin Temple?"

"Well, he's quite skilled and can fight with Sun Ming for dozens of rounds."

"Put him in my fifth regiment and let him be a squad leader."

Chu Yunfei smiled and turned to look at Wei Dayong beside him: "Captain Cao wants you to fight him, do you want to go?"

"I'm willing!" Wei Dayong nodded like a chicken pecking at rice: "As long as I can go to the front line to kill the devils, I'll go anywhere."

"Hahahaha!"

Chu Yunfei's laughter was full of admiration. He then asked, "Yun Cheng, I heard that you ran into the Japanese's headquarters?"

"Damn, these bastards ran fast. Although we failed to kill their commander, we did seize some documents..."

"Send it to the headquarters. Liang Guoping knows Japanese."

Chu Yunfei then ordered: "Contract the defense line, lay out booby traps, and retreat towards Lanfeng."

"Yes!"

Liang Guoping took a quick look and said confidently: "The Japanese army no longer has enough troops to continue supporting the westward attack."

"How specific?"

"This is a telegram from the North China Front Army to Nakajima Imao, the commander of the 16th Division."

"What do you mean? This place was previously the headquarters of the 16th Division?" Sun Ming raised his eyebrows and asked in confusion.

"No, the old devil Nakajima Imao forwarded these telegrams to the commanders of the regiments below. What Lao Cao destroyed before was the headquarters of the 9th Infantry Regiment."

"The details of this telegram stated that the North China Front Army Headquarters had already known about the insufficient combat forces reported by Nakajima Imaogo.

However, combat troops cannot be quickly replenished in a short period of time.

They were required to capture Lanfeng and Kaifeng within five days.

Then, after reorganizing on the spot, wait until the troops are fully replenished.

Then launch an attack towards Zhengxian, which is the direction of the Pinghan Railway."

The general headquarters of the enemy in the first war zone.

Xue Yue, deputy commander-in-chief of the theater, looked at the telegram in his hand with a confused look on his face.

When we are at a disadvantage on all fronts.

Chu Yunfei's troops not only defeated the 9th Infantry Regiment.

More than 75 Japanese soldiers were killed, and even four mm mountain cannons were seized.

After he put the telegram down, he blinked and read it carefully again.

"This"

Xue Yue was dumbfounded...he was not seeing things.

But, how the hell did they do this?

Based on his initial understanding of Chu Yunfei's troops, the three regiments' counterattack force was at most 6,000 to 7,000 people, and it was possible to break through the Japanese defense line. However, they not only defeated the Japanese troops, but also hit the Japanese headquarters and seized the Japanese telegram.
This is simply an impossible task!

I found that many readers jumped the subscription.

Let me specifically talk about how this battle was fought.

In fact, it is the foreshadowing of the first two chapters. The Japanese army's westward advance is steady and cautious, and the protagonist wants to take the risk of counterattack when it rains.

But the adjusted deployment of the 9th Infantry Regiment was discovered from the three-dimensional combat map.

The Japanese front-line troops could only wait in the rain for the protagonist's attack. This was actually because the protagonist judged that the Japanese commander had guessed his intention to counterattack in the rain, so he simply took advantage of the situation.

Taking advantage of the time when the Japanese front-line troops were in the rain and the second-line troops were changing shifts, they launched a counterattack.

The attacking force consisted of the 197th Brigade and a battalion of the 8th Infantry, plus Li Tianxia's troops, totaling about people. They fought against the Japanese troops who showed their heads (more than of them had been caught in the rain all night), and with the direct support of the Mountain Artillery Regiment, the Heavy Mortar Battalion, and the Second Artillery Battalion, they were naturally able to break through the Japanese defense line.

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