Anti-Japanese War: From Becoming Chu Yunfei to Rising

Chapter 303: The war is over, chase and destroy the main Japanese division! (Subscribe)

Everyone in the North China Front Army Headquarters was very busy.

This group of Japanese devils frequently sent out reports from various divisions.

Michiro Umezu had not yet had time to clean up the defeat of the 108th and 109th Divisions.

The 16th Division and the 104th Division were counterattacked by the main forces of the Fifth War Zone and the First War Zone.

This type of combat operation is beyond the combat plan.

This made Umezu Mijiro feel his scalp tingling.

In particular, the headquarters of the Mongolian Army also sent the latest news.

Fu Zuoyi's Seventh Army in the Eighth War Zone and the cavalry divisions of the three Ma in the Northwest were also gathering troops and seemed to have the intention of attacking.

The Nationalist troops have always been engaged in internal strife and stood idly by when their friendly forces were attacked.

During the Battle of Changzhi.

He actually mobilized four war zones to fight simultaneously.

This made Umezu Mijiro feel a little unreal for a moment.

Yes.

The national army had weak combat effectiveness and poor weapons and equipment.

In previous large-scale battles, there was almost no coordinated combat.

But there is one unit that is always an exception.

Let’s talk about Chu Yunfei’s troops.

The Qin County encirclement and annihilation campaign, the Huaihe River annihilation campaign, the Linyi counterattack campaign, the Taierzhuang pursuit and annihilation campaign, and the Teng County offensive campaign.

Or it could be the Battle of Lanfeng, or even the current Battle of Changzhi.

As the scale of the battle grew, Chu Yunfei was able to lead more and more friendly combat troops.

During the encirclement and annihilation battle in Qin County.

Chu Yunfei worked closely with the main forces of the two divisions of the 18th Group Army.

Huaihe River Annihilation Campaign.

Chu Yunfei, General Zhang Zizhong's troops, General Yu Xuezhong's troops, and the two Guangxi army groups (Liao Lei and Li Pinxian) all performed brilliantly.

Linyi counterattack.

Chu Yunfei, General Zhang Zizhong's troops, Pang's army, and Guan Linzheng's troops also demonstrated unprecedented close coordination and collaborative operations.

As for the Taierzhuang pursuit and annihilation battle and the Tengxian annihilation battle.

Chu Yunfei's troops not only cooperated well with the Second Army of the Northwest Army and the 22nd Army of the Sichuan Army, but also attacked and defended in an orderly manner.

In the Battle of Lanfeng, Chu Yunfei and the main force of the Central Army, the Guangdong Army, and the Central Army's side forces also demonstrated combat effectiveness that they should not have possessed.

In the subsequent Battle of Wuhan.

The national army deployed more combat troops, but did not perform well.

Often when friendly forces are attacked, the remaining defending troops simply retreat into their defensive positions.

There was no support and no proactive attack.

It looks exactly like a piece of wood.

Umezu Mijiro fell into deep worry.

Because of Chu Yunfei's existence and because his subordinates have assumed the most unpopular "main force" position.

The friendly military forces of other countries have demonstrated unprecedented combat effectiveness.

The reason why we put all our efforts and risked everything in this battle was to annihilate Chu Yunfei's troops.

This is because it is not just the Tokyo headquarters that realizes this.

Mijiro Umezu and the division commanders under his command also realized this.

Chu Yunfei's troops.

It has become the soul of the National Revolutionary Army and even a spirit.

As long as they still exist.

As long as the spirit of the National Revolutionary Army survives, they will never be able to win the war.

Unfortunately.

This time, even if the Japanese Tianhuang personally gave the order and even if the North China Front Army tried its best, the weapons and ammunition supply plan of the Central China Expeditionary Army gave way to it.

However, the strategic goals set before the war were still not achieved.

On the contrary, it is because of reasons such as excessive losses.

The 108th Division and the 109th Division completely lost the ability to continue to maintain their occupation presence.

As a commander of the North China Front Army.

At this time, Mijiro Umezu also showed the due responsibility.

He took the initiative to plead guilty, just like the commander of the 109th Division, Yamaoka Shigehisa.

The generals who participated in the battle took the responsibility for the defeat.

Umezu Mijiro knew it very well.

The generals and soldiers under his command have done their best.

The only one that is going relatively well is the newly formed 37th Division, which has now basically cleared the northwest region of Shanxi.

But compared to the more important Zhengtai Railway line.

Such results seem insignificant to the entire battle.
The battle continues.

The Japanese army's morale had collapsed and the original retreat had turned into a major defeat.

Neither the 108th Division nor the 109th Division could stop this.

just.

Chu Yunfei's troops have almost reached their limit.

More than 4,000 men were engaged in the pursuit and expansion of the victory.

The battle lasted for two days, and the 108th Division retreated to Handan City.

The 109th Division retreated to Shijiazhuang and the battle was basically over.

As for the 3rd Mixed Brigade, it was also severely damaged and retreated to Shouyang to continue holding its ground.

The various units of the 14th Army Group soon received orders from Yan Laoxi.

They were asked to stop the attack and instead defend Qin County and the Taiyue Mountain area.

Sun Chu's troops of the Eighth Army have also retreated to the areas around Lishi County.

at the same time.

The Seventh Army, the main force of the Eighth War Zone, also launched a second attack on the Baotou defenders.

General Fu Zuoyi used the most common and very effective tactic of besieging a point and attacking its reinforcements.

After three days of fierce fighting with the Japanese invaders, more than a thousand enemies were killed, basically ending the counterattack.

But it’s worth mentioning.

During this counterattack, Fu Zuoyi's troops also killed a lieutenant colonel chief of staff.

It was a battle with some highlights.

The national war situation looks southward.

In the five war zones.

The two army group commanders, Tang Enbo and Sun Zhen, personally led their troops to launch a counterattack.

Tang Enbo had suffered a great loss before because of lip service.

This offensive operation was requested by the Supreme Command.

In terms of the defense zone location.

It also happened to be adjacent to his main force.

Taking all these factors into consideration, Tang Enbo needs to do his best to win this battle no matter what.

As for the Sichuan Army.

Needless to say, as long as you are nice to them, they will work hard for you.

There is no such thing as fear of death among the Sichuan Army troops.

Only death is worth it.

To die for the country is a worthy cause. How lucky you are.

The Japanese 16th Division itself was firmly blocked by the Fourth Army, and its offensive was hampered.

After being attacked from the side by the Fifth War Zone troops with all their might.

Even an elite ace unit like the 16th Division.

It couldn't withstand the siege of ten divisions.

The 16th Division stopped its attack and retreated to the area around Zheng County.

The Fifth and Tenth War Zones were quickly withdrawn, and the two sides once again entered a standoff.

This is the end.

The Changzhi Campaign, which was centered on the Changzhi battlefield and led to coordinated operations among four war zones, has basically ended.

Compared with the confrontation situation in the war zone.

This battle lasted for a month.

The campaign finally ended with the recovery of Yangquan, Niangzi Pass, Yu County and other areas.

The Japanese army's range of activities in the entire Shanxi region was further reduced.

Several coal and iron ore producing areas in Pingding County were lost.

At the same time, it also completely lost control of the Zhengtai Railway.

Today it is today.

The Japanese army only controlled northwest Shanxi and the areas along the Tongpu Railway.

Why did the Japanese attack Shanxi?
On the other hand, they also invaded Shaanxi and attacked China's hinterland through Shanxi.

On the other hand, it was to plunder the mineral resources in Shanxi.

Photovoltaic in Pingding Guangfu, Yangquan Photovoltaic, Yu County and other places.

The Japanese invaders' ability to plunder Shanxi's mineral resources has been cut off.

The next step is naturally Datong, which the Japanese invaders value most.

Changzhi.

In the command center.

The hearty laughter of Huang Baitao and Qian Bojun continued to ring out.

In this battle, Huang Baitao personally led the 6th Infantry Regiment to rush to the rescue overnight.

He also personally commanded the troops in combat and performed very well.

This became the last straw that broke the camel's back. Huang Baitao had not been well-known before, but after this battle.

Qian Bojun and others also recognized that Huang Baitao did have considerable abilities.

"Brother Huanran, is recruiting soldiers in northern Sichuan going smoothly?"

Zhang Dayun handed over a Laodao brand cigarette.

Huang Baitao nodded: "The commander's reputation is also useful in northern Sichuan. Moreover, we brought a lot of national currency and foreign dollars with us when we went there. We will serve the country in a down-to-earth manner, so we will naturally not have to worry about the number of soldiers."

"How many troops are expected to be recruited?"

"At least this number." Huang Baitao confidently held up two fingers.

"Twenty thousand?"

Qian Bojun was delighted: "Congratulations, Brother Huanran. You will be able to build your army soon!"

Huang Baitao grinned, looked at everyone and shook his head: "Not 20,000, but 200,000!"

"Oh my god, two hundred thousand..."

"The people of Sichuan are brave, especially in the war of resistance against Japanese aggression. They are very active. After Adjutant Sun arrived, he changed the original conscription to voluntary registration, and brought people to place national currency at the conscription office.

After signing up, passing the physical examination and being registered, a five-yuan resettlement allowance will be given on the spot.

A new recruit's monthly salary is five dollars, and after completing recruit training, he is promoted to private first class and earns eight dollars a month.

If we include food allowance and training allowance.

Even though everything is getting more expensive now.

A private's salary can support an entire family.

For those able-bodied men, this is naturally considered good treatment."

Huang Baitao smiled and said, "It is estimated that within half a year at most, we will be able to assemble at least six regiments of combat forces."

"Commander Chu is here!"

The generals quickly returned to their seats and sat upright.

Chu Yunfei walked into the room, his face still serious: "Let's continue where we were just now."

"Reporting to the commander-in-chief, the training of six infantry regiments can be completed in half a year at most..."

Listen to what Huang Baitao said.

Chu Yunfei also smiled and said, "Brother Huanran, six regiments are still not enough. You must have at least eight core regiments under your command and form a true main force regiment."

"I plan to assign the Sixth Infantry Regiment to your army, and use the Seventh Infantry Regiment as a template to expand it into an American-equipped infantry regiment."

"Yes, thank you Commander Chu for your cultivation." Huang Baitao was delighted and did not care about his qualifications or not. He immediately stood up and stood at attention to express his attitude and position.

"What about cultivation or not? I repeat, there is no such thing."

Chu Yunfei waved his hand to signal Huang Baitao to sit back on the bench.

There were a lot of participants.

The leader of each main regiment must participate in this post-war summary meeting.

The conference room is borrowed from the auditorium of Changzhi County Government.

Otherwise, there would not be enough space for the dozens of officers under his command.

Carefully scanning the resolute faces of these officers, Chu Yunfei suddenly felt that he had reaped what he sowed.

It's like the joy of a farmer having a good harvest.

Look, these are the officers under my command, and each one of them is an elite who can stand on his own.

When he thought of this, Chu Yunfei felt sincerely relieved.

I always feel that all my efforts over the years have not been in vain.

"Commanders, our army won a great victory in the Changzhi Battle. Chairman Yan has sent a telegram to the entire army to commend our participating troops."

"As for those who have made outstanding contributions and performed excellently in this battle, we will generously reward them."

"Whether it's honor or material, try to satisfy them as much as possible."

Chu Yunfei naturally looked serious during the meeting.

He paused, then looked at everyone.

Most of the generals had smiles on their faces at this time.

"I am not here to pour cold water on you, nor do I want to say anything to ruin the atmosphere."

"I need to remind you that our mission as soldiers is far from complete."

Fang Ligong on the side cooperated tacitly and said, "In this battle, our army has achieved the expected strategic goals, achieved the corresponding tactical objectives, and completed the proud achievement of completely annihilating the 114th Division."

"The two sides are now in a standoff with Niangzi Pass at the core. In order to ensure control of Niangzi Pass, we need to continue to attack eastwards and push the front to Faluling as soon as our army obtains supplies."

Fang Ligong stood up quickly and pointed the baton in his hand at the large-scale battle map hanging behind Chu Yunfei.

Qian Bojun raised his hand, and after Fang Ligong nodded in agreement, he raised his doubts: "Sir, Jingxing Station was previously an important supply point for the Japanese army. For the Japanese army, once our army advances the front line, the Japanese invaders' Jingxing City and the station will be within the range of our artillery."

Fang Ligong nodded and explained, "Jingxing Station has been basically abandoned by the enemy because the Zhengtai Railway Line cannot be used. One of our combat intentions is to force the Japanese army to just hold on to the Shijiazhuang line."

"This is our army's next combat direction and vision."

Seeing Fang Ligong, he sat back on the bench.

All the officers looked at each other.

Is this gone?
Chu Yunfei knocked on the table in front of him, stood up and emphasized: "In this battle, the casualties of our army's combat units were not small, especially the loss of ammunition and equipment was quite serious."

"The people of southeastern Shanxi need to rest and recuperate, and our army also needs further replenishment."

"Our army will not take the initiative to launch a large-scale offensive operation in the short term."

"The battle on the Niangzi Pass front will also be carried out in the form of rotation among the troops to achieve the purpose of training the new recruits."

"As for weapons and ammunition."

"According to the time calculation, that batch of American supplies will arrive in the southeastern part of Shanxi within half a month. By then, American officers and translators will arrive at the regiment-level command headquarters."

When Chu Yunfei said this, he and Fang Ligong looked at each other.

They all showed fox-like smiles.

Fang Ligong coughed and continued, "It should be emphasized that according to the cooperation agreement reached by both parties, the observation scope of these commanders is limited to the regiment and battalion level."

"If they want to observe company, platoon, squad and technical and tactical training, they need to apply to me. This is not part of the cooperation agreement between the two parties."

Chu Yunfei added: "In other words, if the Americans want to learn our tactics at this level, they need to pay more."

Need more money!
Yes, the Americans are now only partners in name only.

The two sides cannot even be considered so-called "allies".

What's more, the relationship between allies is not reliable at all.

Command headquarters.

Chiang Kai-shek was so happy after receiving the battle report that he couldn't stop smiling.

A big win!
A great victory whose political and military significance far exceeded all previous battles.

This was a truly successful counterattack by the Nationalist government.

Not only did they drive the 108th and 109th Divisions out of Shanxi.

They also took advantage of the situation to occupy Niangzi Pass and other areas.

It maintained the foundation for the subsequent protection of the southeastern Shanxi region.

Feng Yuxiang, Cheng Qian, Bai Chongxi, Lin Wei, Liu Fei, Li Liejun (who rushed back from Hong Kong), Xu Yongchang and others were all very excited.

Chang Kaishen immediately replied to Chu Yunfei.
Chu Yunfei was asked to summarize the combat experience of uniting all the troops.

And we hope to promote it to the entire army.

When the telegram was sent to Chu Yunfei.

Chu Yunfei was still cleaning up the mess caused by the losses in the battle.

This battle not only caused chaos in Xiyang.

Frontline battlefields like Licheng and Shexian were characterized by repeated stalemates and the people suffered greatly.

In particular, this time the main battle took place in Wuxiang.

Wuxiang was also greatly affected this time.

When pursuing the Japanese army, a continuous battle broke out.

Many houses in Wuxiang were also reduced to ruins.

Helping ordinary people repair their houses quickly has become the top priority at present.

This is the current focus of the construction corps led by Sun Weimou.

The Agricultural Reclamation Corps assisted in this reconstruction work.

In addition, two "iron armies" were drawn from the Construction Corps.

Together with the Agricultural Reclamation Corps and the baggage transport team, they strengthened the defense facilities on the Niangzi Pass line.

Symbolically repairing new national defense fortifications.

On the one hand, Chu Yunfei was worried that the Japanese army would most likely give up focusing on attacking the Ninth War Zone and instead invest a large amount of resources in the Second War Zone.

On the other hand, it was also intended to lower the vigilance of the 108th Division.

When it comes to siege warfare, Chu Yunfei's troops are good at it and can fight.

A siege like the attack on Shouyang must be fought, so Chu Yunfei ordered a fierce attack.

On the contrary, Chu Yunfei would avoid a decisive battle if he could avoid fighting.

If we could really paralyze the 108th Division and make the Japanese invaders judge that the next main attack direction would be Taiyuan City.

It is bound to bring sufficient benefits to the battle that breaks out next.

"So this time the cleanup work will cost at least three million national currency?"

Looking at the report handed to him by Sun Weimou.

Chu Yunfei was silent for a while.

Southeastern Shanxi is indeed relatively prosperous in the entire North China region.

But after he moved in.

The tax rate has been lowered a lot, especially after the establishment of the public treasury, which has effectively prevented corruption.

Sun Weimou was mainly responsible for the local
This does not include compensation for those killed in battle, as well as rewards for the wounded and disabled and resettlement of their families.

If you add these.

Even if Chu Yunfei sold himself to the Soviets, it would not be enough to make up for it.

Where does the money come from?

At present, the output value of the entire southeastern Shanxi region has basically reached its limit.

In the current technological environment, if you want to achieve explosive growth in output value.

Basically, it is unlikely.

Chu Yunfei subconsciously thought of Finance Minister Kong Yongzhi.

Or, how about borrowing some more?

(End of this chapter)