Anti-Japanese War: From Becoming Chu Yunfei to Rising

Chapter 32: It is difficult to take care of both family and country, loyalty and filial piety at the same time!
Yuanping Town, Northern Shanxi.

The sun has not yet spread over the earth, but the earth has already been dyed red with blood.

Nearly two meters of the city wall had been destroyed by Japanese artillery fire.

The collapsed area alone is more than ten meters.

There were corpses scattered all around the city walls.

Some were wearing yellow military uniforms and their bodies were separated, while others were wearing gray military uniforms and their limbs were mutilated.

The smoke had not yet dissipated, and the air was filled with a nauseating mixture of gunpowder and blood.

Just as the soldiers were preparing for the Japanese attack.

Suddenly, there were bursts of screams from the wounded soldiers in the rear.

The then Chief of Staff Gu Tai immediately led the guard platoon to provide support.

early morning.

A group of Japanese soldiers infiltrated the group of wounded soldiers leaving the city.

More than 200 soldiers, doctors and nurses were killed.

Soldiers were stabbed in the chest, officers were beheaded, and nurses were raped and then disemboweled.

The ground was stained red with blood.

The guards platoon soldiers who came upon hearing the noise puffed out their chests and launched a desperate charge.

Gunshots, explosions, and shouts of killing.

Chief of Staff Gu Tai gritted his teeth and was extremely angry when he saw this scene.

Under the gaze of the soldiers, the thin Chief of Staff Gu rushed over and kicked the dead body of the Japanese soldier again and again: "Bastard, beast!"

Jiang Yuzhen, the commander of the 196th Brigade, who rushed over after hearing the noise, was furious. He gnashed his teeth and roared, "I want them to pay with blood!"

"The wounded must be escorted by the death squad. If there is no manpower available, then they should stay in the city. Let's die together!"

"In addition, all wounded Japanese soldiers must be executed. These damned beasts must pay with blood!"

The troops stationed in Yuanping were from the Class A combat brigade under the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army.

That is the 34th Brigade of the 196th Army. An ace under Yan Laoxi.

The brigade commander was named Jiang Yuzhen, the son of a poor farmer in Heze, Shandong. He lost his father at birth and his mother raised him with great difficulty.

At the age of 19, he joined Yan Laoxi's Shanxi-Suiyuan Army. He was hardworking and brave in combat. Later, he was appreciated by his superiors and entered the Shanxi First Brigade Officer School and the Central Military Academy's higher education class for further studies.

Jiang Yuzhen would go to the front line in every battle and lead the troops from the front. Once, when he was commanding a battle on the front line, he was wounded and hit by the enemy, and a piece of his lung was cut off. He has always been known as a "fierce general."

Before garrisoning in Yuanping, they had built a defense line at Niangzi Pass. The defeat in northern Shanxi forced Yan Laoxi to draw troops from all over the place.

The defense of Xinkou had not yet been completed, and it would take at least a week for these soldiers from Shaanxi, Hebei and other places to arrive.

It only took one or two days for the Japanese mechanized troops to reach Xinkou.

Jiang Yuzhen was given the task at a critical moment. In order to buy enough time for the front-line defenders in Xinkou, the 196th Brigade vowed to live and die with Yuanping.

Seven days.

It was just daybreak and the soldiers who were ready to retreat looked at their brigade commander.

At this time, Jiang Yuzhen was holding a new military order in her hand.

There was only a brief sentence on it: "Yuanping, hold on for another three days!"

Chief of Staff Gu Tai had a bandage on his waist, still oozing blood, and his tears almost fell to the ground: "We can't hold on for another three days. Now it's hard to hold on for three hours or even three minutes."

"The company leaders have been replaced several times, and all the organizational structures have been destroyed. How can we hold out for another three days?"

Jiang Yuzhen was 1.9 meters tall and weighed over 200 pounds, and his back teeth were broken by this blow.

He subconsciously exerted force with his arms, and the huge force even broke the wooden stick he was using as a crutch.

He looked deeply at the soldiers around him and raised his right hand in a military salute.

Then he spoke with a thick Heze accent: "Military orders are as heavy as mountains. Now, for the sake of the overall situation of the anti-Japanese war, we have to defend it even if we can't. I, Jiang Yuzhen, and all of you brothers will live and die together!"

Gu Tai stepped forward and whispered, "Master, your wife just passed away. How can we continue the family life with our old mother and young children?"

Before the war broke out.

Jiang Yuzhen had just brought her frail and sick mother and three young daughters to Yangquan. Her wife had also passed away three months ago.

It was his mother who raised him.

Before going to the battle, Jiang Yuzhen knew that the outcome was unknown and likely to be disastrous, so she stayed awake all night.

He knelt before his mother's bed, performed the three kneeling rituals, and burst into tears, unable to control himself.

Mother Jiang wiped away her tears and said, "My son, please go now. Since ancient times, one cannot take care of both family and country. It is difficult to be both loyal and filial. Killing the enemy and serving the country is our duty. You can go without worry. I will take care of our children!"

That night, Jiang Yuzhen gave her three children instructions over and over again, looked at and touched the grave again and again, and then took the children to the grave of her deceased wife, added soil, burned incense, and kowtowed.

Then, he jumped on his horse, without even looking back, and led his troops out.
The Japs are crazy!

The town of Yuanping alone held them off for seven days!
Seven full days!

During these seven days, the fighting between the two sides was extremely brutal.

Jiang Yuzhen had a bare back and was wearing a pistol. She led the charge into battle, carrying grenades and charging into battle with the soldiers.

The same was true for Chief of Staff Gu Tai, both of them were injured.

Planes, artillery, tanks, armored vehicles, death squads, poison gas.
The Japanese invaders have entered the city and the situation is critical!
The defense of the Xinkou line had not yet been completed, and Yan Laoxi was extremely anxious, but he had no troops to deploy.

After a moment, Yan Laoxi took a deep breath and said, "Send an urgent telegram to Chu Yunfei's unit of the 358th Regiment, ordering them to rush to Yuanping Town as soon as possible!"

"Yes!"

After the order was given, Yan Laoxi sat back in his chair.

Chu Yunfei, loyalty is beyond words!

The 358th Regiment is the sharpest knife and the sharpest sword in his hand.

Yuanping!

Xinkou is not ready yet, Yuanping must not be lost!
For Taiyuan, for the people of Shanxi!
"Commander, Commander Yan has an urgent message."

"Read!"

"Rush to Yuanping's aid as soon as possible."

Chu Yunfei frowned.

Although the telegram is short, every word is of great significance.

"Commander, Gang County has been lost, Yuanping has been surrounded, and the defense line at Xinkou has not yet been successfully deployed."

Chu Yunfei waved his hand, and Sun Ming quickly stepped forward and spread out the battle map.

Chu Yunfei's face was solemn. With a touch of his finger he found the locations of the various units of the 358th Regiment.

"The closest to Yuanping County is our Third Battalion, which is still 60 kilometers away."

"Order the cavalry company to rush to Yuanping as soon as possible."

"Send a cavalry messenger to tell all units to turn to Yuanping immediately."

"Yes!"

Sun Ming took the order and left to make arrangements.

Fang Ligong pushed up his glasses and said, "Commander, the 196th Brigade is stationed in Yuanping. According to the combat plan reported earlier, they should have evacuated a day ago."

Xinkou is the only mountain pass and barrier outside Taiyuan City.

After Xinkou fell, Taiyuan had no strategic location to defend.

If we can defend the Xinkou and Niangziguan lines.

Then most of Shanxi can still be preserved.

"Plans can never keep up with changes. Even the elite 14th Army cannot rest and build a defense line in such a short time."

Fang Ligong whispered again: "Commander, it is reported that the Japanese invaders' two mixed brigades and part of the Fifth Division are attacking Xinkou, with a total force of about 20,000."

"It takes a thousand days to raise an army, but only a moment to deploy it. Military orders are as heavy as a mountain, and military law is ruthless. Follow the orders."

"Yes!"

Salute! The heroes of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression will live forever!

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(End of this chapter)