Anti-Japanese War: From Becoming Chu Yunfei to Rising

Chapter 278: Huang Baitao gets the Ping'an Town assault, please watch! (Subscribe)

Chu Yunfei assigned the task of winning over Huang Baitao to Fang Ligong.

He won't get involved unless it's necessary.

No one in his team has any previous relationship with Huang Baitao.

But Liao Yaoxiang is Chu Yunfei's solid junior.

"Brother Jianchu, I wonder if you have come into contact with German tactics while studying in France."

"It's natural."

Chu Yunfei, Liao Yaoxiang, Sun Ming and their guards stood next to the tactical training ground.

Liao Yaoxiang is an expert.

A graduate of the Saint-Cyr Military School in France, he is also well versed in civil engineering.

Regarding some battles that Liao Yaoxiang commanded in military history.

Chu Yunfei is naturally quite knowledgeable about this.

To put it simply, Liao Yaoxiang is better at blocking and defensive battles.

He is quite good at guerrilla tactics, as well as the method of staggered firepower deployment and alternating cover of retreat.

Plus a line from a famous domestic film.

That’s why there is a joke about Liao Yaoxiang, who wears gold-rimmed glasses with a Hunan accent and French rollers.

But it must be said that even Liao Yaoxiang, who does not have much experience in leading troops independently, has already shown some strength in commanding operations.

During the conversation with Liao Yaoxiang, he was able to analyze the issue in just a few words and get to the essence of the matter.

Chatting with such people is not tiring, it is a pleasure.

"Brother Jianchu, what do you think of the troops under my command?"

"In terms of military appearance, discipline, prestige and appearance, they are truly an elite force."

"My army is still short of a deputy division commander." Chu Yunfei looked at Liao Yaoxiang with a smile and offered him an olive branch: "Brother Jianchu"

Without giving Chu Yunfei a chance to speak, Liao Yaoxiang immediately declined: "If there is a suitable candidate, I will definitely recommend him to Yun Gong as soon as possible."

"Okay!" Chu Yunfei smiled and nodded, pointing to the machine gun positions in the distance: "Let's go over there and take a look. The construction of these machine gun positions is a promotion of German tactics. It just so happens that you have some knowledge of them. See if there is anything you can help us improve."

Liao Yaoxiang nodded and followed Chu Yunfei, walking towards the machine gun position not far away.

Second World War Commander Headquarters.

Chu Xichun reported earnestly, "Commander Yan, Yun Fei called and said that there is a staff chief of the Hebei-Chahar Guerrilla Zone, Huang Baitao, in the observation group this time. He is a talented person who can be used. He wants to recommend him to be the deputy chief of staff of his unit."

"Ok?"

Yan Laoxi also became interested at this time.

Chu Yunfei has always looked down on everyone.

A chief of staff who came from a ragtag army was able to get Chu Yunfei's recommendation.

This is the first time in history.

"Has Huang Baitao ever commanded a battle before, or performed outstandingly?"

Chu Xichun shook his head: "No, but Fang Ligong has a good opinion of this person. He thinks that if he is given an opportunity to move up, he will definitely grab it. This person has great ambitions."

"Great ambition?" Yan Laoxi chuckled. "Since Huang Baitao is flexible, I will communicate this matter with the headquarters."

the other side.

Under the warm hospitality of Chu Yunfei, Fang Ligong and others, the observation group watched some relatively "simple" tactical training.

Except Liao Yaoxiang and Huang Baitao.

The people sent by the other three parties basically just took a superficial look.

It’s not that Chu Yunfei looked down on them, but even if he just looked at these, it would be enough to greatly improve the combat effectiveness of the troops under his command after he returned.

For Tang Enbo and Chen Cixiu.

There are no ace troops under his command that can serve as a combat attack force.

It does not have the logistical support capabilities for the current style of play.

Even the 18th Army, a Class A combat unit, cannot do it.

Learn how to dig trenches and how to survive under the heavy firepower of the Japanese invaders.

How to carry out flexible defense, how to carry out defensive counterattacks, how to expand the advantages and results, and how to drive the entire line.

This is actually what the ace troops do.

According to the current deployment of the First Army, it is likely that it will stay in Shaanxi to stabilize the situation.

There is little possibility of participating in a larger-scale battle.

The Fifth Army, Liao Yaoxiang, and the Five Army faction represented by him are all targets of Chu Yunfei's pursuit.

Du Yuming was not greedy or possessive, but he also lived in harmony with this group of national army generals.

Although he cannot be said to be untainted by the mud, he also sticks to his original intentions and is a patriotic commander-in-chief with bottom line.

These are all future allies, brother troops fighting side by side on the battlefield.

Take a step back.

If someone from the 71st Army comes.

Chu Yunfei would also choose to teach everything he knows and never keep anything to himself.

It's nothing more than trust in Song Xilian's character
At the very least, it's much better than other rotten fish and shrimp.

Practice the banquet.

All the officers stood up.

Chu Yunfei smiled and raised the juice in his hand.

"Everyone, I may not have been able to provide adequate hospitality during this visit. I hope you can bear with me."

"Master Chu, you are polite."

Everyone responded to the compliment.

Sun Ming walked hurriedly to Chu Yunfei's ear and whispered a few words softly.

Chu Yunfei smiled even more: "Everyone, I just received the latest news. In the next few days, our elite assault battalion will organize a raid and attack battle with a scale of about a thousand people."

"You can also come and observe. If you gain some experience, it won't be a wasted trip."

Upon hearing this, the generals looked at each other in surprise.

There is a war.

Or notify in this case.

You know, this is a practice banquet.

There was absolutely no need for Chu Yunfei to get involved with them.

It was obviously not a deliberate preparation, but a real emergency.

Previously.

A group of generals - Shi, Xu and others still thought that Chu Yunfei was just talking big but not doing it.

At this moment, they were quite excited.

Watching an actual combat is more meaningful than watching training, studying tactics, and discussing inspiration.

After the banquet.

Chu Yunfei met with Huang Baitao alone and said, "Brother Huanran, I am very busy. I have obtained the consent of Commander Yan in the Second War Zone. The transfer of duties will be completed soon."

Huang Baitao nodded slightly: "Please rest assured, Your Excellency. I will do my best under your command."

"Well, the first thing I assign to you is to rectify military discipline. I have received a lot of news in recent days, but you are new here, so it is not easy for you to start the work. I will let Sun Ming be your deputy and set up a joint investigation team to investigate the situation of the troops under your command and investigate the corruption."

"Yes."

The two didn't say much.

But Huang Baitao looked worried after receiving the order.

Is there really corruption among Chu Yunfei’s troops?
Even if he really finds out, and offends people right after arriving, can he stay in the Second War Zone?
Hey!
Recalling the promise made to him by Chief of Staff Fang Ligong, Huang Baitao quickened his pace again.

The next morning, Fang Ligong had just gotten up when he saw Huang Baitao waiting at the door.

Obviously he had been waiting here for a long time.

Fang Ligong immediately put on a smiling face: "Brother Huanran, so early?"

"Sir, Commander Chu gave me a task yesterday. I wanted to ask you for advice before I leave."

Fang Ligong understood immediately that the task of investigating corruption fell on Huang Baitao's shoulders.

Sun Minglai was originally scheduled to be in charge, after all, he was doing this job before.

If Huang Baitao is asked to do it now, he will definitely be assisted by Sun Ming.

However, I think the reason why Huang Baitao came to ask me is probably because he guessed something, otherwise he wouldn't have come so early in the morning.

"Brother Huanran, you haven't eaten yet, let's have breakfast together first. We still need to further discuss the follow-up work."

"Please take a seat."

At the dinner table, the two of them were chatting with each other.

Huang Baitao quickly told Chu Yunfei about the task assigned to him.

After thinking carefully for a moment, Fang Ligong continued, "Investigating corruption within the military is actually a task that does not have much resistance.

All officers and soldiers of our army need to register as required. Each company has a special account book and an instructor to manage this matter.

We will set up supervisors at the group level.

After all, the dead in battle are enshrined in the Martyrs' Shrine, and these officers and soldiers will be enshrined in the shrine according to the roster."

"Oh?" Huang Baitao seemed a little curious.

Fang Ligong then added: "There is one tablet for every fifty lieutenant officers, one tablet for every ten colonels, and one tablet for every five thousand soldiers."

"If you want to check whether the military pay has been paid in full, you only need to check the accounts and verify with the soldiers."

Fang Ligong paused after saying this, and then added: "According to Chief Chu's temperament, this matter will definitely involve Adjutant Sun Ming and Brother Huanran together. In fact, Brother Huanran does not need to worry too much about this matter."

Huang Baitao nodded.

Fang Ligong continued, "In fact, Commander Chu asked you to take charge of this matter because he wanted to see how capable Brother Huanran is at work and whether he can take on greater responsibilities."

The words were very straightforward, and Fang Ligong even pointed upwards while speaking.

"I recommend Brother Huanran. Commander Chu has indeed taken on a lot of pressure. I think Brother Huanran also knows that the Second War Zone is a strategic counterattack zone, and there will be many battles in the future. We are the attacking army, and we will definitely become the spearhead of the attack."

"The size of our army will continue to expand, and Commander Chu will not stay in this position for too long."

Huang Baitao nodded in agreement.

Chu Yunfei has a bright future.

otherwise.

He would not be willing to stay under Chu Yunfei and serve as a powerless deputy director of the General Staff.

Although this position has the same military rank as his original position.

But in terms of power, it is much worse.

anyway.

Huang Baitao also didn't think he had any future in the Hebei-Chahar War Zone.

The war zone not only has no ace troops, but also no Class A main forces.
There will definitely be no opportunity to achieve success in the next war.

The Japanese are not so easy to deal with, not to mention that the Hebei-Chahar War Zone also has to take on the task of curbing the development of the Red Party and competing for the leadership of local armed forces.

It's not a good job.

Regarding the task that Chu Yunfei suddenly assigned to him, Huang Baitao didn't think that Chu Yunfei would deliberately trick him in this way.

After communicating with Fang Ligong.

Huang Baitao began to wonder whether Chu Yunfei had other intentions in the task he assigned to him.

Anticorruption
Do they want to expand the scope, not only targeting the military, but also investigating the local areas?

Huang Baitao met Sun Ming with such doubts.

After a brief communication between the two.

A group of dozens of people went to Yuncheng that morning.

This is the first stop for their work.

the other side.

With the arrival of the first batch of aid supplies, the soldiers of the assault battalion quickly completed the equipment replacement.

The Yankees were very productive before and after the outbreak of World War II.

There are four 107mm mortars. According to the Americans, the range of these mortars is about meters.

Because the caliber has increased and the charge has increased.

Mortars of this caliber are already capable of destroying a certain degree of field fortifications.

It is comparable to direct-fire artillery and can more conveniently attack fortifications built in mountainous areas.

"report!"

"Tell me." Zhou Weiguo didn't even turn his head, but just checked the Thompson submachine gun in his hand again.

He is preparing for the upcoming war.
American products are of good quality.

The only drawback is that it's expensive.

Chu Yunfei had no idea what to do about this.

In order to lower production costs, large-scale production is required.

This requires the outbreak of the Pearl Harbor incident, it is not something that can be achieved by just a few words of his urging.

"Chief Chu said that the stage has been set up and asked when the main character will appear on stage."

Zhou Weiguo replied: "Xiao Xie, give a copy of the drafted battle plan to the signalman brothers."

"Yes!"

The guard who was temporarily assigned handed over a battle plan. Seeing that the signalman was still there, he asked curiously, "Why don't you leave?"

"Commander Chu also said that this time not only the Second War Zone will pay attention to the battle situation, but the brother troops in other war zones also hope to see the performance of our assault battalion. I hope you can perform well.

In addition, the commander also asked Captain Zhou to rest assured that he had secretly pulled the 1st Infantry Regiment and the Mountain Artillery Regiment to reinforce nearby. If the offensive is frustrated, the main force of the 1st Infantry Regiment will also be thrown into the battle. "

Hearing this, Zhou Weiguo turned around and looked at the communicator whom he had never seen before: "Have you just been transferred to the communications company?"

"Report to Captain Zhou, yes." Li Jingzhong nodded.

Zhou Weiguo looked at Li Jingzhong and asked, "Are you eighteen?"

"Sixteen."

Zhou Weiguo stepped forward and patted his shoulder: "Go back and tell Commander Chu for me, let him watch out, our assault battalion is determined to win this battle."

"Yes!"

A market town about 35 kilometers away from the outskirts of Handan.

This place is called Ping'an Town.

Chu Yunfei and other generals gathered in a restaurant.

They were waiting for the signal to launch the attack.

This is the border between the Japanese-occupied area and the Kuomintang-controlled area.

The open area not far away was also the battlefield chosen by Zhou Weiguo.

Based on intelligence.

Every week, the Japanese army would transport supplies and materials along this road outside Taiping Town and Ping'an Town to supply the Taiping Town military station.

The military stations and outposts were only just beginning to be renovated this month.

There is no way to stockpile large quantities of supplies, so transportation work is more frequent.

This also gave the assault battalion the opportunity to gather grass and hunt rabbits.

This operation was a surprise attack on the Japanese army's baggage transport team.

It was also an attack to remove the Taiping Town stronghold.

Zhou Weiguo did not choose to use darkness to cover himself according to normal guerrilla warfare tactics.

Instead, they chose to launch an attack directly at three o'clock in the afternoon.

As mentioned before, this was a surprise attack, not an ambush.

Through everyone's telescopes, the Japanese army's supply train soon appeared at the end of the road.

The scale is huge and the number is quite large.

At a glance, there were at least hundreds of Japanese and puppet troops.

It also seems to be equipped with support artillery.

"The Japanese army seems to be prepared. Could the intelligence have been leaked?"

Several generals were whispering among themselves.

Chu Yunfei had a blank expression on his face, but his consciousness was immersed in the three-dimensional combat map.

The soldier cards of both sides are clearly visible.

Just as several generals expected.

The Japanese army seemed to have anticipated whether the baggage train would be attacked.

Their main force, with a strength of about an infantry battalion, was about five kilometers behind the baggage train.

He moved forward slowly, as if hiding his body for fear of being exposed.

【Unit name: Pingtian Battalion】

【Organization: 96%】

[Currently the main light weapon model: Type 38 rifle]

[Currently the main equipped machine gun model: Type 96 light machine gun]

[Current main equipment support weapon model: Type 97 90mm mortar]

[Currently mainly equipped with heavy weapons: None]

[Current equipment status: good]

[Current logistics supply status: moderate]

[Current training level of the unit: well-trained]

This troop marched at a slow pace.

Chu Yunfei quickly made his own judgment. There were only two possibilities for this situation.

First, the Japanese army had already made relevant preparations before, but these Japanese troops were never exposed to the investigators' field of vision, so they were unaware of their existence.

Second, intelligence was leaked and the Japanese military had already made corresponding preparations.

However, this place is also the Eighth Route Army's guerrilla zone, so it makes sense that the Japanese army would be on guard against it.

As the Japanese army's baggage train continued to advance, they stopped three kilometers north of Ping'an Town.

Chu Yunfei felt relieved.

Type 96 light machine gun.

The Japanese army only produced a small amount of this thing. His main impression was that the Japanese army equipped a small number of newly formed independent mixed brigades with it in 1939.

It was used in security operations in North China. Apart from this, only a small number of Kwantung Army troops were equipped with this machine gun.

This force was drawn from the Kwantung Army.

These little Japanese devils are really making Wang Xiaoer’s New Year worse every year.

Elite troops had to be drawn from the Kwantung Army for every major war, and this continued for two years.

Wouldn't the Kwantung Army be left with only the nearly useless garrison corps and second-rate divisions?

By then, counterattacking the Northeast will be easy.

Think of this.

Chu Yunfei became more determined to use the mountainous terrain of Shanxi to bleed the Japanese army.

As the Japanese army's baggage train appeared on the road.

One mortar shell after another fell into the baggage train without warning.

What followed was a series of smoke bombs, which quickly obscured the vision of the Japanese army's supply troops.

Zhou Weiguo and others on one side of the road quickly jumped out of the ambush point.

They rushed in the direction of the Japanese baggage train in a very dispersed squad assault formation.
"This is too risky. Even with the cover of smoke bombs, if we rush forward like this, won't we become sitting ducks for the Japanese?"

Da da da~!

"boom!"

Da da da~!

boom!
The sound of gunfire continued, and the firepower density of the assault battalion really surprised the generals.

Each soldier in the assault group was equipped with a Thompson submachine gun.

The machine gun team is permanently equipped with a Jin-made Type 65 light machine gun and a grenade launcher.

In terms of close-range assault firepower, a combat squad is comparable to the firepower of a platoon of ordinary troops.

They cooperated well, took turns covering each other, and quickly rushed forward, advancing a full distance of 300 meters.

The generals were stunned.

The offensive operation took no more than three minutes and went smoothly.

“How can this be so smooth!”

"Look, they have battlefield medics providing first aid. Damn, aren't they afraid that the Japanese will shoot them?"

"Medics are also divided into groups and provide cover. Their medics seem to be in groups of three, with two providing fire cover and one providing first aid. Some groups also have two treating wounded soldiers and one providing cover."

"They quickly classified the wounded soldiers according to the circumstances."

Just when everyone was feeling emotional.

After hearing such intensive gunfire, the Japanese soldiers of Hirata Battalion rushed to the battle scene as soon as possible.

At a distance of three kilometers, according to the standards of normal field troops, they can directly join the battle in fifteen minutes.

But these short fifteen minutes were enough for the assault battalion to end the battle.
Under the surprised gazes of the generals, the well-trained assault battalion quickly advanced about a hundred meters away, and its firepower advantage was perfectly demonstrated.

The desperate Japanese soldiers held their bayonets and wanted to engage in close combat.

He was broken into two pieces under the soldiers' puzzled gaze.

"Are these damn Japanese devils always so brave?"

"I do not know."

When the assault battalion armed with a large number of automatic firearms rushed to the front, the first thing they thought of was not retreat or escape.

Instead, launch a charge
Fighting to the death is certainly worthy of respect.

But I have to say the previous sentence is a bit stupid.

Zhou Weiguo frowned, realizing that something was a little off.

Boom!

Boom!

In the distance, the rumbling sound of artillery fire was heard.

Zhou Weiguo reacted immediately.

Oh no! No wonder these Japanese devils are holding on so tightly! It turns out they have reinforcements!

"End the battle quickly and prepare to reinforce the flank troops!"

"Yes!"

The soldiers cleared the battlefield at a much faster pace.

Suddenly, dense gunfire rang out again.

After making sure that these more than 300 Japanese devils were wiped out.

A cavalry communicator came galloping over on horseback in the distance: "Captain Zhou~! Captain Zhou~!"

He quickly dismounted and reported briefly: "To the north, the Japanese army is attacking with a battalion of troops. They have already engaged my flank protection troops. Please lead the main force to reinforce them as soon as possible."

"What's with that cannon noise?" Zhou Weiguo asked.

"It seems like our artillery is bombing all the Japanese. Do we have other troops to join the battle?" The cavalry communicator was also confused at this time and asked subconsciously.

After hearing that all the victims were Japanese troops, Zhou Weiguo felt relieved.

He immediately said in a loud voice: "The Mountain Artillery Regiment and the 1st Infantry Regiment also participated in this battle. Let alone a battalion of the Japanese army, even if it is a regiment, there is no need to worry. Leave a platoon to simply clean up the battlefield, and the rest of you will follow me to support immediately!"

"Yes!"

(End of this chapter)