Anti-Japanese War: From Becoming Chu Yunfei to Rising

Chapter 311: The attack is launched, artillery fire is prepared; Commander Chu values ​​it, Captain

Chapter 311: The attack is launched, artillery fire is prepared; Commander Chu values ​​it, Captain Meng, you have to take off (please subscribe)

9th Infantry Regiment.

Forward command post of the third company of the first battalion.

Company commander Meng Fanle raised the telescope in his hand and looked at the Japanese soldiers who were busy in the distance.

His command post was located very forward, less than three hundred meters away from the front-line position.

Regarding the battlefield at this moment.

The straight-line distance is 300 meters, and if the Japanese want to attack us, they need to climb over at least two small hills.

From his high vantage point, he could maintain a clear view of the current defensive position.

"Weihao, guess how many bodies the Japanese dragged?"

The guard next to him rolled his eyes and tentatively replied, "Twenty?"

"That's thirty-seven." Meng Fanle grinned, showing his big teeth: "I was counting them one by one just now, exactly thirty-seven."

He raised the telescope in his hand and looked towards the distant Japanese positions again, as if to kill time.

"Captain, let me take a look too."

"Go away, what are you looking at, you rookie. If your father knew you ran away to join the army, he would come and beat you to death. You're an only child, you bastard."

Hao Weihao said: "Captain, you have received a lot of money from me. If you tell others, the guard company will definitely make trouble for you. We are now on the same boat."

"You only have a few days of education, and you are only good at talking. You can't even shoot accurately with a gun." Meng muttered in annoyance and handed the telescope in his hand to the guard beside him, patiently teaching: "This thing is called an adjustment button. Use it to see the distance and here. Just aim at the Japanese position."

While the two were fiddling with the telescope.

The sound of a shell breaking through the air suddenly rang out.

Meng Fan subconsciously turned around and looked in the direction of the mortar position not far away.

One mortar shell after another fell into the Japanese trenches with a sharp scream.

Boom, boom.

Explosions continued to sound, and Meng Fanle immediately yelled, "Go into the cave, prepare for artillery fire!"

"Company commander, a Japanese soldier was blown away, like a dog's intestines." Hao Weihao reluctantly handed the telescope in his hand to Meng Fanle who was standing beside him.

"I know! Everyone go into the cave to defend against the artillery fire, and each platoon will leave an observation post!"

After hiding in the anti-artillery cave with his guards, Meng complained in annoyance: "These bastards in the mortar company didn't even say hello before firing. Did they get kicked in the head by a donkey?"

After saying that, Meng Fanle began to count: ".Thirty-nine...forty."

Boom, boom.

Cannon fire rang out.

Less than a minute before and after.

The Japanese's retaliatory artillery bombardment has arrived.

Although the fragmentary ones will not pose a major threat.

But it will last for quite a long time, during which time they can only huddle in the anti-artillery cave and wait for the Japanese revenge to end.

Meng Fanle clearly remembered what the battalion commander said to him when he was in a meeting at the battalion headquarters.

The Japanese artillery was not used in a concentrated manner, but was deployed in a dispersed manner.

Although it is impossible to bring into play the firepower advantage after the artillery concentration.

But it brought a certain degree of trouble to our own anti-artillery work.

Hao Weihao curled up in the cave and asked curiously: "Captain, what exactly does this artillery company want to do?"

"Who knows about them? They are a bunch of lunatics who like to fire a few rounds whenever they have nothing to do. We'll go and have a look after the firing stops."

"It seems that the mortar can't kill many people, right?"

"Of course. If you hit it right, it's good. If you don't, you'll just hear a noise."

After more than ten minutes, the sound of artillery fire stopped and the sky gradually darkened.

In the mountains, visibility is greatly reduced even at dusk.

According to previous combat experience, the Japanese and they would tacitly enter a state of rest and recuperation.

"Let's eat~!"

"It's time to eat. Hot steamed vegetable buns and millet porridge."

"Take out the lunch boxes..."

The kitchen staff carried the marching pot into the trench.

The soldiers stepped forward in order, quite excitedly.

"Captain Meng and the battalion commander have notified you to go to the battalion headquarters for a meeting."

"understood."

After simply eating a few bites of dinner and giving a few instructions to the platoon leader, Meng Fanle set off for the battalion headquarters.

after an hour.

When Meng Fanle came back, many soldiers had already found comfortable positions and covered themselves with their quilts.

They leaned against each other.

Sharing the few calories they have with each other.

The sentries of each class stayed at their posts, listening carefully to the slightest sounds coming from the darkness.

Meng Fanlao leaned against the trench in silence. Hao Weihao beside him asked curiously, "Captain, aren't you going to call the platoon leaders to a meeting?"

"It's not too late to have a meeting tomorrow morning. Everyone is asleep. If we notify them now, I guess no one will sleep well."

The next day, dawn.

The soldiers from the kitchen squad carried the marching pots and walked into the trenches of the 9th Company.

"It's time to eat!"

"One big hot meat bun per person, don't take more, or the other brothers will have some. Two vegetable buns per person, if not enough, the kitchen staff will have more."

Meat dumplings, big meat buns, braised pork, millet porridge.

This can barely be considered a tradition of the Jin army.

It is also the rule under Chu Yunfei's command.

Before the war, the soldiers were basically able to have a meal of meat.

A group of soldiers scrambled to take the meat and vegetable buns from the brothers in the kitchen.

"Damn it, don't push us. You'll still need my machine gun cover when we attack!"

"You son of a bitch, if the brothers don't attack, your light machine gun won't even have a chance to fire!"

"Hahahaha!"

The soldiers burst into laughter.

Accompanied by Zhao Pengcheng's voice--Commander Chu is here.

The soldiers looked at each other, their eyes filled with shock.

"Commander Chu is here?"

"Which Chief Chu?"

"Could it really be the general manager?"

Meng Fanle was also confused at this time.

He hurriedly took his guards to the direction of the commander of the 9th Regiment.

Leading the group was an officer he had never seen before.

Woolen, two gold stars, tall figure, extraordinary heroism.

"Where's your company commander?"

Meng Fanle quickened his pace after hearing the sound.

"Reporting to the commander, the ninth company of the third battalion of the ninth regiment, the captain Meng Fanle reports for duty."

"Are you Meng Fan?" Chu Yunfei looked up and down at the "acquaintance" in front of him.

"To answer the officer, yes."

Chu Yunfei nodded slightly and turned to look at the soldiers beside him: "Thank you for your hard work, brothers."

He patted the soldiers on the shoulders affectionately and walked towards the observation post.

Zhao Pengcheng understood what he meant and handed over the telescope hanging on his chest.

The moment Chu Yunfei raised the telescope, he immersed his consciousness in the three-dimensional combat map.

After briefly observing the enemy's situation, he turned to look at Meng Fanle beside him.

"Has the combat mission been issued?"

Meng Fanle told the truth: "Report to the officer, no."

"Oh?" Chu Yunfei raised his eyebrows: "Any ideas?"

"No, I just want to wait until the soldiers have finished their meal before sending out the mission."

Chu Yunfei nodded.

It doesn't matter when the task is issued.

After all, it is still early to launch the attack.

Otherwise he would not have gone to the front line to inspect and boost morale.

"I heard you are also a student soldier?"

"Yes." "Work hard. If you can be promoted to the position of company commander, it means you are capable."

Chu Yunfei turned his head to look at Gong Yuxin behind him: "After this battle, send him to the Officer Training Corps. I will teach him how to fight."

"Yes!"

After Chu Yunfei turned and left.

Gong Yuxin secretly raised his thumb to signal Meng Fan.

Then he followed Chu Yunfei and left the front line.

Hao Weihao who was beside Meng Fan was extremely shocked.

He pulled Meng Fanle, who was still standing there, and said, "Captain, you are not dreaming, are you going to be promoted?"

"I don't know." Meng Fanle looked a little dazed.

The few veterans in the Ninth Company also stepped forward and said, "Congratulations, Captain, on your upcoming promotion."

"Captain, get yourself a pack of cigarettes."

"That's right, you're going to be promoted."

Meng Fanle handed over the Guanghua brand cigarettes in his arms: "That's all I have, take it and smoke it."

"Sergeant Song, what does the commander mean? What is the Officer Training Corps?" Meng Fanle's tone was respectful.

The squad leader named Song Dahu is the most experienced one in the whole face.

He was a new recruit from the old 358th Regiment and knew much more than other ordinary people.

He did not follow the troops to fight in Jin after he was injured, otherwise he would be a company commander at least now.

Song Dahu, who was given the most cigarettes, walked up to Meng Fanle and said, "Captain, didn't you study in Peking before?"

"Ah."

"You should have a high level of education?" Song Dahu's eyes revealed a gleam, as if he had already guessed Meng Fanle's identity.

“Yes, a college student.”

"That's right. Commander Chu has a rule for employing people." Seeing that people were gathering around him, Song Dahu signaled them to lower their bodies.

"The first is Shanxi people, especially Wutai people. As long as you perform well, even if you are a rough guy, Chief Chu will train you. I won't say more about this."

"The second is the Whampoa military officers. You all understand this. After all, our Chief Chu is from Whampoa Military Academy, so it's normal for him to like to use his classmates."

"Then there are those who are brave in combat, those who are quick to react to emergencies, and student soldiers who have received higher education."

Song Dahu took the matches handed to him by Meng Fanle, lit a cigarette, took a deep puff and added.

"Do you know how our leader became the leader?"

Everyone looked at each other and shook their heads in confusion.

"Let me tell you, I'm not bragging. Many veterans know about this. You all know about the Qin County encirclement and annihilation campaign, right?" Song Dahu looked around and saw that everyone nodded, so he added.

"Halfway through the Qin County encirclement and annihilation campaign, the commander of the Sakata Regiment, Sakata, was a very important figure. At that time, Commander Qian's top general, Commander Bian Fucheng, led his troops to fight three times but failed to capture the city. The Japanese reinforcements were coming from the direction of Nanguan Town and were about to support us."

“That’s when it happened.”

Song Dahu stepped aside, took a deep puff of the cigarette in his hand and puffed out the smoke.

"Da Hu, you bastard, hurry up and tell me."

"That's right, squad leader, why the hell are you keeping us in suspense?"

Song Dahu chuckled, "I was injured in the Qin County encirclement and annihilation battle. I know this very well. At that time, our regiment commander was only the commander of an infantry company. One company defeated the Japanese night attack and chased the Japanese reinforcements for dozens of miles."

He paused, then described the battle of that day in vivid detail, but he had only heard it from others, so his account was not detailed.

"How many people are there in a company? Even in Dalian, a company only has 200 people, chasing 3,000 people."

"It was because of this incident that our regiment commander caught the eye of Commander Chu, who was even more impressed: 'We showed courage in front of Nanguan Town and scared away 3,000 Japanese invaders.

Our regiment commander was even featured in the newspaper at the time and was hailed as a heroic company commander.

After the war, our regiment commander was directly promoted by Commander Chu to the headquarters as a trainee staff officer.

I remember that I followed Deputy Chief of Staff Zhang, and then he came to our regiment as deputy head.

Later, when Captain Zhou went to the Fifth Regiment, he became the captain. In other words, the position of captain was reserved for our captain. "

"I see." Meng Fanle came back to his senses and asked, "But what does this have to do with me... I'm just a better shooter, but I'm far worse than our captain."

"Captain, you have received higher education, right? Student soldiers like you are the most favored by the superiors.

Educated and learn new things fast.

I remember that many student soldiers entered various levels of command as deputy chief of staff, combat staff, etc. after training. "

Song Dahu said with emotion: "If I could read and write my own name, I would at least be a platoon leader now."

"Fuck you."

"Song Dahu, you can't even tell the shape of a carrying pole lying on the ground, and you still want to be a platoon leader."

An old soldier started to make a noise: "Captain, you are a pretty good shooter and can fight. You might even be a military commander in the future. Commander Huang still has many positions for regiment commanders. I think you will definitely be one of them in the future."

Meng Fanle raised the corner of his mouth slightly: "Really?"

"I'm not worthy of being a human if I lie to you." The old soldier raised his eyebrows and emphasized.

"Alright, alright, everyone disperse. Weihao, go call all the platoon leaders over. It's time to assign combat missions."

"Yes!"

There's going to be a war.

The soldiers quickly entered a state of combat readiness and gave up the idea of ​​continuing to play.

War is a very serious matter.

The tacticians checked their guns and ammunition and made preparations for the attack.

Meng Fanle pointed to a hill not far away and said, "Our mission is to capture this Japanese defense position as the main force. According to the previous reconnaissance results, the three machine gun positions in the south have now been cleared by artillery fire."

"We will mainly launch the attack from the south. There are only two routes leading up, which are basically blocked by the Japanese machine guns. This battle is not easy to fight, and you all know it.

The intermittent artillery preparation had been going on for a long time.

Some of the Japanese's apparent defensive positions have been destroyed.

Before the attack is launched, the heavy artillery regiment will conduct a round of fire coverage, Lao Zhao and his mortar company will also provide delayed cover, and the direct-fire artillery will also be pushed to our current position for direct-fire cover. "

"First row, you fight on the left, second row, you fight on the right, third row is the reserve."

"Attention: Be careful of the Japanese snipers. The precision shooters in each row must find their own firing positions. The machine gunners must do a good job of suppression, especially pay attention to our own artillery shells. These bastards may not care about us when they really start to attack. No one knows how many troops the Japanese have behind them."

"Our goal is to fight forward and hold our ground here, providing cover for the subsequent attacks of the Seventh and Eighth Companies and continuing to push the front forward. Do you understand?"

"understand!"

time flies.

In the blink of an eye, it was the last ten minutes before the general offensive.

Fighting in mountainous terrain.

The casualties on the attacking side will definitely not be small.

Not to mention the Chinese army, which is at a relative disadvantage in the strategic situation.

Even when Chu Yunfei's three most elite main infantry regiments encircled and annihilated the 114th Division in Wuxiang and Liaoxian, they suffered heavy casualties.

Not to mention the Niangziguan area.

In the previous battle of Niangzi Pass to defend Shanxi, the defending troops lacked a large amount of heavy weapons firepower.

They can fight against regular divisions like the 20th Division.

Chu Yunfei believes that more than 40% of the credit is due to the geographical advantage.

Now he doesn't need to race against time to annihilate these Japanese devils.

How to train troops while achieving offensive goals is what Chu Yunfei wants to do most at the moment and what he urgently needs to practice.

In the command post of the 9th Infantry Regiment.

Chu Yunfei chewed the dried radish handed to him by Zhao Pengcheng and looked at the battle map in his hand.

The map was hand-drawn by the reconnaissance company of the 9th Infantry Regiment. If Gong Yuxin himself was in charge of the operations.

It's really useful.

The locations of the Japanese army’s main defense lines were also basically marked.

Gong Yuxin handed over a cup of hot water. Chu Yunfei took it and said, "Your map is really well drawn. Let's take a look. How long will it take before the general offensive is launched?"

"There are still twenty-seven minutes before the general attack begins. In seven minutes it will be time for artillery preparation."

Chu Yunfei nodded and took a sip of hot water: "I wonder how your Ninth Company will perform."

"Captain Meng is a very good marksman and is also very brave in combat. Most importantly, he likes to use his brain. Commanders who like to use their brains generally don't have any major problems in combat."

Chu Yunfei smiled and nodded: "Yes, I like smart people. Such smart people know how to effectively reduce their own casualties."

In a three-dimensional combat map.

The troops ready for the attack have begun to gather.

As for the Japanese army, the commander of the 109th Division made some reinforcements to the defense line, but not much.

This group of Japanese devils seemed to have deployed more than 60% of their combat forces at the forefront. Chu Yunfei had rarely seen this kind of fighting style.

We will only know what the Japanese are thinking after we fight them.

When the time came to nine thirty-five in the morning.

The heavy artillery of the 30th Artillery Regiment began to roar angrily.

One after another, 105mm shells were fired quickly and hit the Japanese defensive position in front of the th Company.
(End of this chapter)

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