Anti-Japanese War: From Becoming Chu Yunfei to Rising

Chapter 256: Yan Laoxi and Chang Kaishen added support; Chu Yunfei’s troops expanded and tactical theory was innovated again!
Small conference room.

In front of Chu Xichun were Chu Yunfei and Fang Ligong.

He slowly opened his mouth and expressed his opinion.

"The reason why the Nationalist government's reorganization plan is difficult to implement effectively and the difficulty in expanding and reducing the army is also largely related to the large number of local troops in various places at present."

"Even if many local warlords surrendered to the chairman and fought under the blue sky and white sun flag, they were not fighting for a common ideal or for defending their country. They just wanted to keep their wealth and glory."

This is a very fucked up thing.

But what Chu Xichun said only made Chu Yunfei feel that the matter was even more fucked up.

The deputy chief of staff in front of him lived a simple life, was kind to others and had a gentle personality.

There is nothing so sharp and contradictory about dealing with the Red Party issue, only conscientiousness and responsibility.

And the impression I have is that Chu Xichun revolted along with Fu Zuoyi.

He was also able to accept some of the progressive ideas of the Eighth Route Army.

In other words.

This is a smart person who can see clearly.

However, at this point in time, Chu Xichun was highly valued by Yan Laoxi.

Yan Laoxi also had the idea of ​​promoting him to be the Chief of Staff of the Second War Zone.

The problems he just mentioned actually also exist within the Jin army.

Which one of these Jin army leaders is not like what he just described?
To protect the country and the people actually means to protect one's own territory. When it comes to serving the country and the people, there are really few among these senior officials.

Even in the eyes of many high-ranking generals of the Jin army.

Yan Laoxi is still the old warlord who sold out national interests in order to save Shanxi.

Little did people know that Yan Laoxi would also change at this age.

They will also accept progressive ideas and rekindle their ambitions.

This is the second phase of the strategic counter-offensive.

For example, the Eighth Route Army troops, whose equipment was much worse than theirs, took the initiative to tie down a Japanese field infantry regiment.

But his old subordinates and old brothers are still thinking about preserving their strength in order to consolidate their own position.

As for things outside Shanxi, they don't worry about them at all and don't want to care about them.

How can this be done?
Yan Laoxi urgently needs to change the status quo.

Chu Xichun's performance has been very good and he has enough qualifications.

He contributed greatly in the defense of Xinkou and Taiyuan.

But in terms of actual combat achievements, they are far behind.

After all the calculations, this person can only be Chu Yunfei.

"In the process of implementing the military and political strategy of pacifying the country before resisting foreign aggression, the chairman's prestige has been greatly reduced because of his inconsistency and frequent changes in his orders. If it were not for the banner of the War of Resistance, the National Government would have almost fallen apart."

Chu Yunfei objectively narrated a fact that had already happened.

What happened in Xi'an, if one is not careful.

A large-scale domestic melee broke out again, and that kind of situation occurred.

Perhaps only a very small number of people like He Yingqin are willing to see it.

Chu Xichun nodded: "At present, China, our Nationalist government, and even the Chairman and Commander Yan are facing such tremendous military and political pressure. Commander Yan is actually the same as the Chairman."

Chu Xichun actually said it very clearly.

What's the same?
That means you are unwilling to do anything else that would displease you.

Many warlord troops were only concerned with preserving their strength and were afraid of and avoided fighting.

Many people deserve to be killed.

But Chiang Kai-shek is now unable to lift a knife, just like Yan Laoxi today.

Fu Zuoyi was semi-independent and appeared to be in harmony with the regime but was actually estranged from it.

His base is the group of old brothers in the Sixth Army Group.

What can Yan Laoxi do when this group of people fight ineffectively?
Is it okay if we are dealing with our own die-hard troops?
Even if Yan Laoxi wanted to replace some people, he was powerless to do so.

Chiang Kai-shek dared to touch his own Whampoa clique at this point in time.

That's because he still has a lot of cards in his hand.

But Yan Laoxi can't do that.

It is impossible for him to completely side with Chiang Kai-shek, let alone completely side with the Red Party.

In comparison, the strength of the Red Party at this time was almost negligible.

What Yan Laoxi wanted was to regain his foothold in Shanxi.

Instead of lingering on!
Chu Xichun saw that both Chu and Fang had confused expressions on their faces.

He simply stopped being a riddler and said directly: "Commander Yan wants to assign the new American-equipped division to you, Yunfei, to command."

"I'll be in charge?"

Chu Yunfei was still a little surprised.

He thought that Chu Xichun had been preparing for so long because he wanted to transfer commanders from his side and send them to serve in these divisions.

In other words, this is also one of the most ancient wisdoms in China, commonly known as adding sand.

Mix Chu Yunfei and his group of new military officers, this group of party and state elites, into the old troops.

In the words of Yan Laoxi, it is to slowly influence it into a new force that can "exist".

A "new army" in which officers and soldiers can get along well with each other, and the army and the people can get along well with each other.

This would naturally weaken the control of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army's top brass over the newly formed troops.

This new army is actually very similar to the model of the Shanxi Juesi Zong.

This is also one of the in-depth cooperation projects between Yan Laoxi and the Eighth Route Army.

This group of people's enthusiasm for the war of resistance was extremely high.

Even though their combat effectiveness is poor, their equipment is lousy, and they can only fight when the wind is in their favor.

But once such troops receive reorganization and training in Chu Yunfei's team.

And after having combat experience.

That is a strong army with full organization!
This group of young people is the future of the Shanxi Army, and for the Eighth Route Army, they are also the future of the Chinese nation.

However, the leadership of this army only belongs to Yan Laoxi in name.

But in reality it was the armed forces commanded by the Red Party, and he had almost no power to mobilize them.

Because of this.

Chu Xichun said this.

Chu Yunfei became extremely alert instead.

Subconsciously, he suspected that Yan Laoxi wanted to sow discord in his army.

It is just like the Red Party adding sand to the Death Column.

Chu Yunfei didn't hesitate and asked directly, "Who is the commander of this newly formed infantry division that has been replenished as a complete unit?"

Chu Xichun naturally understood Chu Yunfei's concerns.

After all, Chu Yunfei not only disliked Chiang Kai-shek's interference in personnel transfers and military command.

Even the old commander Yan Laoxi is the same.

"They were disbanded and supplemented in the form of a security group. This was approved by Commander Yan and Commander Xie when I was in Yuncheng. They are willing to supplement the Flying Tiger Honor Division in this way."

Chu Yunfei was still not satisfied with this: "What about the personnel appointments and dismissals, as well as the organization and money of the troops..."

"Since it has been disbanded, it is naturally up to you to make the decision. After making adjustments, you can report to the Second War Zone Commander Headquarters for record. As for logistics and supply, the Second War Zone will communicate further with the Command Headquarters, and it depends on Wuhan's ideas."

After hearing this, the two understood.

Chu Yunfei then asked, "Deputy Commander, is Commander Yan carrying out a new military reorganization plan?"

"Unfortunately, I have discussed the corresponding adjustment plan with Commander Yan and others. Given the current situation in the Second War Zone, we do not have the relevant conditions. Not only do we lack weapons and equipment, but most importantly, our senior commanders lack a heart to forge ahead."

Chu Xichun said in a resounding voice: "If you want to manage the army, you must first select generals. Yunfei, you are the best of the young generation of our Jin army, the best among the generals who fought against Japan in our Three Jins, you are from Wutai, and you are the best in Huangpu military exploits."

"Commander Yan has decided to hand over this unit to you."

"Is this what the deputy chief of staff meant?" Chu Yunfei confirmed with a serious face.

"It was my proposal, and Commander Yan agreed," Chu Xichun nodded.

Although Chu Yunfei didn't understand why Chu Xichun was so against him, he still expressed his opinion: "With these soldiers, the support of the deputy chief of staff, and Commander Yan, the recovery of Taiyuan and Shanxi will surely not be far away."

"Well said!"

What Chu Xichun said was not empty talk.

On the same day, Chu Yunfei received a telegram from the headquarters of the Second War Zone Commander.

And at noon the next day.

Received a telegram from the High Command.

Chiang Kai-shek agreed to this matter.

The new infantry division assigned to Yan Laoxi was also disbanded and incorporated into the Flying Tiger Attack Army.

That means.

At this time, 197 has been upgraded to Class B organization.

The original 1A is divided into 1D1B and other directly affiliated teams.

It has become the current 1A under the jurisdiction of 2D and various direct teams.

As for the original staffing limit of 25,000 people.

It was also cancelled with this staffing adjustment.

This means that as long as Chu Yunfei reports it and gets the approval of the headquarters.

This staff number is very interesting.

According to Chu Yunfei's understanding of Chiang Kai-shek.

As long as the number of personnel does not exceed that of the world's number one army commanded by Hu Zongnan, there will basically be no problem.

What to do if it exceeds the limit?
Local fiscal supply in southeastern Shanxi.

This is great news for Chu Yunfei.

The number of the new infantry division is tentatively set as the 13th.

The position of commander is held by Chief of Staff Fang Ligong.

The position of deputy commander was held by Luo Weiguo.

As for the position of chief of staff of the newly formed 13th D, it was held by Chu Yunfei's classmate and good friend, Qian Zhaoyou and Qian Wuguan.

After the corresponding personnel appointments have been adjusted.

The former US-equipped temporary infantry division also completed the replacement of part of the Sixth Army.

Under the leadership of a combat staff officer, they set out for Qinshui.

There, Fang Ligong, as the chief of staff, will conduct a new round of training for them.

As for the newly organized Thirteenth Division, it will temporarily still be under the jurisdiction of Division 197B.

But we can start to build up the 9th Infantry Regiment.

Chu Yunfei issued an order again to Zhou Daxing, who was now the deputy commander of the 1st Infantry Regiment.

that's it.

Zhou Daxing accepted the position of commander of the 1st Infantry Regiment.

As for Bian Fucheng, he was promoted to commander of Honorary 196B.

The original deputy commander and chief of staff of the 1st Infantry Regiment was Zhang Fugui.

He was appointed as the deputy commander and acting commander of the 9th Infantry Regiment.

Specifically, can he transform himself from an adjutant? Can he remove the word "agent"?

Further observation is needed.

Just when Chu Yunfei was undergoing frequent adjustments in his organization and personnel appointments.

The Eighth Route Army also held several consecutive battle summary meetings.

The Eighth Route Army loved holding meetings and was very good at summarizing combat experience.

Even with collective wisdom, there will be many local solutions.

The light weapons equipment of the two fully-strength infantry battalions.

The commander-in-chief also asked me to split the two teams into 129 and 115 in half.

Division Commander Liu and Brigade Commander Chen had no objections.

This many guns are enough to equip more than one battalion.

If they followed their previous development ideas.

On average, there were three soldiers with one gun.

With these weapons, plus those captured during mobile warfare.

It is entirely possible to form a unit similar to Li Yunlong's New 1st Regiment.

However, this time, Yan'an instructed them to reduce the corresponding redundant personnel and streamline the administration.

Improving the combat effectiveness of the troops is the top priority of the current combat troops.

How to improve
In fact, there is a best teacher.

That is the Flying Tiger Honor Division.

The garrison was not far away, and the cooperation relationship between the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and the Eighth Route Army was very good.

Both parties are in the honeymoon period.

Along with a telegram from the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Route Army.

Commander Yan nodded and agreed to the Eighth Route Army's request to observe Chu Yunfei's troops.

The observation was led by Commander Liu himself, accompanied by Chu Yunfei's senior, Brigade Commander Chen and others.

at the same time.

Commander Yan also proposed sending a group of senior military officers to the Eighth Route Army headquarters to observe guerrilla warfare tactics.

See and learn.

That's actually fair.

For Yan Laoxi, he couldn't understand why the Eighth Route Army's guerrilla warfare was so successful.

For example, taking advantage of advantageous terrain to launch an attack is something that every officer of the Shanxi Suiyuan Army understands.

Why is there such a huge difference between the combat effectiveness and guerrilla victory rate of the two sides?
Even the Japanese couldn't figure it out.

The headquarters' chief of staff even called the Eighth Route Army's guerrilla warfare the best.

But what to say.

The essence and spirit of guerrilla warfare is not just to rely on the masses, but to "focus all our attention"

That is: beforehand every effort should be made to plan strategies to defeat the enemy, to implement reconnaissance and combat techniques, and when battle comes, the entire army should be gathered and concentrated on annihilating the enemy, and everything else can be ignored. Therefore, if you do not move, you will win, and if you move, you will win.

As for what confused Yan Laoxi the most.

Why were the Eighth Route Army not afraid of death despite having simple equipment and weak manpower?

When Chu Xichun was communicating with Chu Yunfei, Chu Yunfei told him the answer directly.

Since the officers, who are party members and cadres, are not afraid of death, the soldiers naturally are not afraid of death.

The same is true for their Flying Tiger Honor Division.

The officers led the charge and the soldiers did not flinch.

Chu Yunfei was keeping an eye on the frontline command post. No matter how much losses the soldiers on the front line suffered, they would not cry out for escape, let alone retreat on their own.

A general should be prepared to die, and a soldier should not think of living in fear.

This is an extremely simple and even obvious truth.

But it’s not that easy to actually do it.

Chu Yunfei also truthfully told Chu Xichun why he liked to use Whampoa students as grassroots officers.

Because they are not afraid of death, because they dare to sacrifice.

Those who are afraid of death will not be able to survive under his command.

There is no possibility that anyone would try to take advantage of the situation here.

Because of the long-lasting and high-intensity war, soldiers will not be allowed to survive by luck.

Chu Xichun returned to the Second War Zone with the answer and relayed it to Yan Laoxi exactly as he had said.

Yan Laoxi is very smart.

One click and you will understand everything. One click and you will see everything.

But they are different.

This group of senior military officers not only have families, but also have a lot of money and property.

Under such circumstances, let them risk their lives.

It is almost impossible.

Not everyone is Wu Keren, Tong Linge, Zhao Dengyu, Hao Mengling, Liu Jiaqi, Jiang Yuzhen
"Does Yunfei have any plans for the American-equipped division directly under the Second War Zone?"

"Prepare to disperse the soldiers and add them to the various regiments. As for the weapons, they will be centrally supplied to the 9th Infantry Regiment."

"Oh?" Yan Laoxi seemed to be thinking about something, and then asked, "Then who is the commander of the 9th Infantry Regiment?"

"This man's name is Zhang Fugui, from Shanxi. He is the adjutant of Qian Bojun, the commander of the Flying Tiger Honor Division. His status is not prominent, but Yun Fei was able to promote him, which shows that he probably has some talent."

Chu Xichun did not hesitate and introduced Zhang Fugui: "This person seems to be a graduate of Jinbei Military Academy as well."

"It's good that he is from Shanxi. Yunfei is a graduate of Whampoa Military Academy after all. He has feelings for Whampoa and likes its students. I have also sent him many students from Shanxi Military Academy (Southern Shanxi, which was jointly run with the Eighth Route Army as mentioned above). How did he arrange them?"

"At present, all of them are receiving further military training in the supplementary regiment. They are basically serving as company and platoon leaders. I have talked to Yun Fei, and he plans to assign all of them to the Ninth Regiment, using the structure of an ordinary infantry regiment as a template to build a qualified team."

As Chu Xichun spoke, he took out Chu Yunfei's plan for the basic infantry regiment from the folder in his hand and handed it to Yan Laoxi.

"Two thousand eight hundred people?"

"This, the combat force of just the six infantry regiments has reached 16,800 people. If you include the troops directly under the various logistics units, there are at least 20,000 people."

"Adding his three main regiments, the combat strength is at least 35,000 people, not to mention the troops directly under his command."

"If we roughly calculate, the number of troops is at least 45,000. This is the number of Type A troops. Would you agree with that, Mr. Jiang?"

"We haven't asked for instructions yet." Chu Xichun frowned. "Forty-five thousand people, forget it, let's just send them out. If we really send them out, it will be Chiang Kai-shek who will be troubled, not us."

"Yes!"

Chu Xichun acted according to the rules and directly acted in the name of the commander-in-chief of the Second War Zone.

A telegram was sent to the High Command.

In fact, even if Chu Yunfei returned to southeastern Shanxi.

His combat sequence still belongs to the Supreme Command, not the Second War Zone Commander's Headquarters.

The reason why they passed through the Second War Zone can be regarded as a tacit understanding among the three parties.

Anyone can get by with it..
When he received this telegram, Chiang Kai-shek, who was in a good mood, immediately agreed.

Without him.

The commander of the 19th Division of the Japanese Army, Takagizo, ordered his troops to attack the Soviet army.

The Soviet army was forced to retreat eastward.

however!
The Japanese didn’t have time to feel proud for a few days.

August 2nd, which was yesterday.

The Soviet army suddenly launched a fierce counterattack. With the support of aircraft and heavy artillery, two divisions of the Soviet army rushed straight into the Japanese positions with an attack lineup of more than 200 tanks.

The two sides are currently fighting fiercely!
Even Chiang Kai-shek no longer called the Soviet Union the damned Russian bandits, but instead called it the Soviet Union.

The conflict between the two sides has evolved from an ordinary border conflict to a border war.

If the Soviet Union is willing to expand the war and open up a second front in the Northeast.

This is extremely good news for the current Nationalist government.

Chiang Kai-shek used all means at this time to contact and persuade the Soviets to join the war against the Japanese invasion.
To take a step back, even if the Soviets would not expand the scale of the war, the Kwantung Army, a looming threat, was active in the Far East.

For the Soviets, there was no way to cope with the increasingly heated situation in Europe.

Additional aid to China is imperative!

When receiving telegrams from the Supreme Command and the Second World War Commander's Headquarters.

At this time, Chu Yunfei was warmly receiving the officers from the Eighth Route Army.

A group of senior officers headed by Commander Liu and Deputy Chief of the General Staff were welcomed by Chu Yunfei.

The dinner table.

Brigade Commander Chen immediately asked, "Why didn't I see Brother Ligong?"

"A new American-equipped division has been transferred over from the Second War Zone. I asked Brother Ligong to go and reorganize it."

"Reorganization?"

"Well, conduct some basic tactical training, practice formations, and understand and learn our rules."

Brigade Commander Chen nodded thoughtfully: "Yun Fei, we are here to learn real skills this time, you can't hide your skills."

Chu Yunfei laughed: "Senior, you are joking. You and I are both fighting against the Japanese invaders. Why should we differentiate between us? Didn't our senior officers go to the 115th Division for observation?"

"Learn from each other and make progress together. Come on, everyone, let's eat first."

"please"

After a simple lunch, the 129th Division, led by Zhang Dayun, headed to the base of the th Infantry Regiment.

Division Commander Liu and Brigade Commander Chen agreed.

The newly formed 9th Infantry Regiment is the most worthy of observation.

After coming here.

Fang Ligong and Zhang Fugui welcomed them warmly.

And introduced them to the current situation of the troops.

"Currently, there is a mixture of new and old soldiers. Most of them have been sent to the supplementary regiment for retraining. Those who remain are basically veterans with good military qualities or relevant combat experience."

"The 9th Infantry Regiment is currently mainly conducting German-style infantry squad tactical training, as well as battalion and company-level tactical training."

"We have another unit like this, the 198th Infantry Regiment, which is also the main force of the B Regiment, with a combat strength of about people."

"This unit is used as a basic regiment, and is not prepared to take on any important battlefield responsibilities. It can also be regarded as a reserve of high-quality soldiers for the 7th Infantry Regiment..."

Fang Ligong told the truth, but he didn't say anything.

At least this is the case with the 9th Infantry Regiment for now, but there is no need to explain in detail to these friendly forces how things will develop in the future.

Brigade Commander Chen pointed at the group of soldiers who were swinging their shovels until they were smoking, and asked curiously, "Brother Ligong, who's that over there?"

Fang Ligong explained with a smile: "This is the shooting training of the machine gunners, and the earthwork training is carried out simultaneously."

“We place more emphasis on earthwork.”

Although it is important, it is not necessary to dig trenches and holes all over the training ground.
This made these Eighth Route Army officers subconsciously feel.

They were not watching a troop conducting training, but watching them dig a hole.
"Commander Chu believes that this is of utmost importance to a troop."

"The Japanese army is equipped with heavy artillery and has the support of fighter planes in the sky. Our army lacks air superiority and cannot counterattack the Japanese heavy artillery in a timely and effective manner. Their range is far beyond the 75mm mountain artillery currently equipped by our army."

Commander Liu nodded seriously and said, "Commander Fang, can I observe closely?"

"We are conducting shooting training here, which is quite dangerous. Please move to the recruit training ground, as there are no live ammunition there."

"it is good."

"Everyone, please..."

Division Commander Liu, Brigade Commander Chen and others were in the front.

Captain Ye, Captain Cheng, Li Yunlong and Kong Jie followed obediently behind.

Li Yunlong, who had always been ignorant of the immensity of the world, also became dispirited at this moment.

He didn't dare to act presumptuously in front of the division commander or brigade commander.

Besides, from his point of view, these new recruits really have something.

"Old Kong, have you noticed that the first thing these people think about is building machine gun fortifications instead of digging foxholes? I think their training model is the same. They seem to rely heavily on machine guns..."

"Nonsense, don't you rely on light and heavy machine guns when fighting?" Kong Jie rolled his eyes at him.

He thought that what Li Yunlong said was nonsense.

"You didn't notice it just now. I just saw that their machine gun team is also equipped with some pistols. Do you know what this means?"

"Does it mean they are rich?" Captain Cheng interrupted, then lowered his voice and whispered: "Everyone knows that the Flying Tiger Honor Division is a wealthy dog ​​owner. Today I see it for myself..."

Li Yunlong was a little helpless. He felt that it was too difficult to communicate with Captain Cheng and Captain Kong.

He simply followed Brigade Commander Chen in silence.

"Everyone, Commander Liu, please be careful."

Fang Ligong pointed to a trench about 1.5 meters deep and 1.8 meters wide.

"Everyone, this is a basic field defense fortification that our army has dug. This is also a German-style tactic that is one of our current combat strategies."

"Please note that this was not dug in a short period of time. Normally, our army's standard operation time for a foxhole is 30 minutes. Connecting the points into a line and then building a communication trench will not take more than three hours."

"The construction of machine gun positions is also of utmost importance. We often only have fifteen minutes to build a prone machine gun fire position."

Fang Ligong was quite generous and introduced their standard time to the Eighth Route Army generals: "For the single-soldier kneeling trench used by the riflemen, our digging standard is within 18 minutes."

"As for the thirty-minute work standard mentioned above, it is the assessment time for digging a standing foxhole."

"Excuse me, Commander Fang, was a trench like this dug by a squad?"

Fang Ligong nodded and stepped on the slightly hard ground under his feet: "Yes, this is just a semi-finished product. If we are stationed here for a long time, we will reinforce it with corresponding formwork materials, compact it and make it firm. Only in this way can we ensure that our personnel will not suffer major losses in the bombardment."

These regular combat experiences.

This is not what the Eighth Route Army has at this stage.

The Red Army, which was good at trench warfare, had basically been sacrificed.

The remaining Red Army was basically good at mobile warfare.

There is little experience in regular warfare such as defensive warfare.

As for what Fang Ligong gave them, it was actually the combat experience that their commanders at all levels lacked the most.

"Your army's machine gun position" Li Yunlong noticed something was wrong.

"Currently, only the first battalion's machine guns of the 9th Infantry Regiment have been transferred to the infantry squad level, so there will be some slight differences in training."

Fang Ligong pointed and said, "This side is facing the enemy. The infantry is organizing frontal defense in a narrow area. What we should avoid is a situation where one shell kills two soldiers at the same time. Therefore, we are deploying in echelons and will not be arranged in a straight line."

"The squad leader is usually located in the center of the combat position, and the machine gun position is also set at the forefront of the position, which is convenient for commanding the machine gunner and the rest of the soldiers."

"If conditions permit, it is best to get in touch with your platoon leader in a timely manner."

"The position of platoon leader requires the ability to get in touch with the company commander in a timely manner. As for the company commander, it requires more..."

(This picture is from the German 1940 edition of the military service guide)

Fang Ligong paused.

At this moment, he seemed like an instructor at a military academy.

He taught this group of students from the Eighth Route Army with all his heart.

"Another point that needs attention is that issues such as the concealment of the position require practical instruction from senior officers. How to choose the location of the trench is also a science in itself."

Fang Ligong doesn't say anything, he teaches real skills.
This group of generals also understood trench warfare, but only Chu Yunfei's subordinates required trench warfare to such a precise level.

They haven't seen it yet.

Commander Liu, who studied at the Moscow Advanced Infantry School and later transferred to the Frunze Military Academy, also nodded frequently at this time.

After he graduated and returned to China, he has been conducting research on mobile warfare.

It was also from Fang Ligong that I gained a lot of new information that I could apply to other situations.

Anyone who knows the business can see at a glance that these trenches and the corresponding shooter positions are arranged in a very orderly manner.

Li Yunlong, Kong Jie... judging from the performance of these two people's troops in the play, they don't understand these things.

Take Li Yunlong's Cangyun Ridge for example. Behind his command position was a large open space and the trench construction was a mess.

Although he received praise from Nobutsu Sakata.

What the old Japanese Sakata mainly praised was the deployment of firepower points by the New 1st Regiment after it hastily switched from mobile warfare to defensive warfare.

It has nothing to do with Li Yunlong's earthwork skills.
As for Captain Cheng.

Judging from the combat performance of his battalion in the attack on Yamazaki, the training level of his troops was also very poor, which was far from historical facts.

As for Li Yunlong's so-called geotechnical excavation, that is nonsense and I won't discuss it here.

Now these regimental-level cadres know how serious it is and are studying and observing it seriously.

Writing and drawing will be convenient for practice when I return home.

After observing, the generals each had different experiences and insights.

Kong Jie lamented that Fang Ligong and others were strict in their military discipline, and Captain Cheng joked that this unit was good at digging holes.

Li Yunlong appeared to be nonchalant, but in fact he had already memorized the trenches dug by Chu Yunfei's troops.

Brigade Commander Chen, Division Commander Liu, and the Deputy Chief of the General Staff gathered together.

The current situation was discussed in detail.

"From what we have seen so far, their trenches are dug in a very methodical, rigorous and methodical way... this is a proper German-style warfare method."

"Although I don't know exactly how the Germans fought, it was much stronger than our figure eight trench formation."

"The difficulty of excavation is also increasing exponentially, which is a test of the ability of junior officers."

The Deputy Chief of General Staff frowned.

They learned it and they understood it.

However, it is a bit difficult to make a large number of middle and lower-level officers understand and learn it.

All three of them are senior military officers who have received formal military academy education.

In other words, they are all highly educated talents.
Although the Red Army's junior officers had received literacy education, they also had corresponding military knowledge training.

They can learn to dig trenches so rigorously at the meter level in a short period of time.. and there are such strict assessment standards.
"Chu Yunfei's troops should have been supplemented with a large number of officers who have received German education. Our foundation is weak, so we can make targeted improvements. For example, we should appropriately lower their digging time standards. As for some standing trench shooting, we may consider changing to kneeling positions to adapt to our army's digging time."

The Eighth Route Army came to Chu Yunfei to observe and mainly learned theoretical knowledge.

What the seniors of the fourth term handed over to this group of officers of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army was somewhat hard-core.

He led a regiment directly to the Hebei area in front of this group of Shanxi-Suiyuan Army generals.

Demonstrated what real guerrilla warfare is.
Under the observation of this group of Shanxi-Suiyuan Army generals, a Japanese transport team was intercepted.

Although they failed to kill too many Japanese devils, they seized four trucks of supplies and twenty mule and horse carts carrying military supplies.

And they...seemed to have consumed less than three thousand rounds of bullets, and many of the soldiers were equipped with Jin-made Type 65 rifles.

When Zhu Shouguang found out about it, he was even more shocked.

They had already conducted reconnaissance for half a month and discovered the corresponding supply patterns.

Half of the regiment are new recruits.

The weapons he was equipped with were given by Chu Yunfei.

This was the first battle for this group of new recruits, and it gave them a more intuitive understanding of the abilities of the seniors from the fourth term.

As for Chu Yunfei himself.

He took the guard company to the assault battalion.

Here he found Zhou Weiguo.

After all, they are the most elite troops under Chu Yunfei.

Every company commander here is as skilled as Zhou Weiguo.

Even everyone has some specialties.

If Zhou Weiguo was not a skilled fighter who had returned from studying in Germany and was a sharpshooter during his training at the Central Military Academy.

He really can't suppress these arrogant and powerful soldiers under his command.

It took Zhou Weiguo half a month to subdue this group of officers and soldiers.

As for the German-style assault tactics that it promoted, it was under unprecedented pressure.

The assault battalion has its own style of play.

That is their unique impact tactic.

This is actually derived from the Japanese army's short assault combined with leap forward tactics.

Chu Yunfei combined some of the US military's infantry tactics ideas and modified them into tactics that were relatively consistent with the assault battalion's tactics.

But for Zhou Weiguo, he believes more in the German tactics he learned.

For a moment, we were in a stalemate.

Is it that the following group of officers and soldiers followed Zhou Weiguo to change their fighting style, or is it that Zhou Weiguo changed his thinking and improved the existing fighting style.

Chu Yunfei came here to confirm this.

Inside the assault battalion headquarters.

Zhou Weiguo told Chu Yunfei about the group attack tactics currently used by the assault battalion.

I have to say is.

Zhou Weiguo is indeed quite capable.

He made some improvements to Chu Yunfei's infantry group assault tactics.

Chu Yunfei was formulating this tactic.

The reference is the company-level group offensive tactics of the fourth-term seniors.

It is very suitable for the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army that he has just taken over.

Because at that time, they did not have the corresponding firepower advantage.

So that style of play is very suitable.

It can even be said that it is still very suitable for the ordinary infantry regiment under Chu Yunfei's command.

And as the weapons and equipment situation changes.

The original company-level group attack tactics.

It also needs to be optimized accordingly according to the situation of weapons and equipment.

In fact.

There is actually no difference in the light infantry squad tactics of different countries.

In fact, they are the result of continuous learning, reference, practice and innovation.

Speaking of which, Chu Yunfei also understands some modern CQB individual combat techniques.

But is this appropriate for this era?
I believe many people have the answer.

This is totally inappropriate.

Just like what is described in some novels.

Modern special operations tactics would be considered a dimensionality reduction attack if applied to the World War II era.

This is pure assumption, it's bullshit and nonsense!

All tactics are based on current equipment, troop quality, local conditions and the times.

Modern communication technology and equipment were necessary during World War II.

Officers and soldiers of this period could also develop tactics that were appropriate for their weapons and equipment.

The length, rate of fire, and ammunition capacity of bolt-action rifles alone make them unsuitable for close-range urban street fighting or even trench warfare.

This is also the reason why Chu Yunfei required the front-line assault troops to be equipped with a large number of automatic rifles and even semi-automatic pistols.

In this battlefield environment, they are much more useful than bolt-action rifles!

"During the attack, we paid more attention to the process of engaging the enemy, increased the proportion of reconnaissance operations before launching the general attack, and adjusted the personnel composition of the corresponding reconnaissance teams."

"From the original squad leader and deputy squad leader, we have changed to a squad leader and three group leaders. Our reconnaissance operation may mobilize a squad of 8-10 people and a company-level tactical group of 25-60 people..."

"A better confirmation of the Japanese situation."

Chu Yunfei nodded: "Yes, this is similar to the elite search squadron under the Japanese search wing. What are the details?"

"During the attack, deploy the squad formation, and then deploy the squad formation. In order to maintain the speed of contact with the enemy, the deployment should be rapid, based on the three-three squad attack tactics, in an inverted triangle shape."

"We found in actual combat that when forming an attack formation, the so-called close coordination of attack groups only exists in theory."

"A soldier's field of vision on the battlefield is very narrow. Because of the complex terrain, they can't even find their teammates, so we made corresponding adjustments. This is our changed offensive tactics."

This one is a bit harder.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand it. In fact, it is just a tactic adjusted according to the current situation of weapons and equipment used so that a small number of readers will not know how the subsequent battles were won.

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