Anti-Japanese War: From Becoming Chu Yunfei to Rising

Chapter 332: The wily old devils won't be fooled! Chu Yunfei: Let the assault regiment go! (Subscribe)
"What, Commander? Are you sure you don't want to use heavy artillery? If we rely solely on infantry and direct-fire artillery to attack, our casualties will definitely not be small."

[Captain Sun, you can rest assured. The number of enemy troops in the county is not large. With the manpower and military strength of your Third Infantry Regiment, there is absolutely no problem. This move is also to give the Japanese invaders the illusion that our army is short of logistical supplies and artillery shells, so as to induce the enemy and our army to engage in a strategic decisive battle.]

"Yes, Commander, even without the support of heavy artillery, our Third Regiment will be able to perform well!"

"I love to hear that." Chu Yunfei said in a loud voice.

"But don't worry, I won't let my soldiers attack without supporting firepower. I have ordered some Type 92 infantry artillery shells to be transferred from the rear. It is expected to be delivered within two days. In the next two days, you should focus on reconnaissance and harassment, and don't attack the city."

"Yes, sir!"

Nowadays, when he communicates with his subordinates, he does not choose to be a riddle man.

In the past, he always felt that his subordinates could guess most of what he was thinking.

I found out later.

Not everyone is as smart as Fang Ligong.

It's not like Sun Ming who is with him every day and can guess some things with his suggestions.

Qian Bojun and Luo Weiguo are the kind of people who have their own ideas.

The command will be executed selectively, but only minor adjustments will be made accordingly, and judging from the results, it is very good.

Wu Ziqiang and Zhuo Tianyu are the two people who basically execute Chu Yunfei's orders unconditionally.

Explain or not explain.

It doesn’t really matter. If there is a chance later, I will intentionally give you some pointers.

The group leaders include Sun Xinpu, Zhou Weiguo, Cao Potian, and Pang Junming.

When Chu Yunfei gives orders, he will appropriately incorporate his own ideas.

This allows them to make appropriate adjustments when executing combat orders while maintaining the general direction.

After hanging up the phone, Sun Xinpu quickly issued the corresponding combat orders.

He called the three battalion commanders under his command to the headquarters.

And made corresponding arrangements.

"The general commander's order is as follows:"

After Sun Xinpu gave the order, he spread out the battle map in his hand.

"After the confrontation and reconnaissance in the past few days, we need to readjust. In the direction of Shuangxu Village, the Japanese army has newly dispatched an infantry unit and 30 puppet troops, and they are repairing the corresponding defensive fortifications."

"Old Sun, I remember we ran out of shells?" Bao Zhishan asked, having just returned from the front line.

Sun Xinpu smiled and said, "It will arrive in two days and will be transferred from the rear. Therefore, our combat operations will mainly focus on small-scale infiltration operations. We should not engage in direct confrontation with the Japanese army. The general commander has ordered that large-caliber artillery support shall not be used."

"From the rear?" Bao Zhishan sensed something was wrong: "Is there going to be a big move?"

Under the watchful eyes of three battalion commanders and Bao Zhishan.

Sun Xinpu nodded: "Although there is no definite news, after annihilating the enemy's elite small force, the general seems to want to speed up the progress of this battle. This move is also to show the enemy weakness and lure the enemy to start a new round of strategic decisive battle with me inside the Great Wall."

Bao Zhishan took a deep breath and was extremely surprised.

Fanzhisi, Daixian, and Gangxian, if they can really be cut off by one person.

Not only can it cut off the Japanese army's road transportation lines, but it can also control the Japanese invaders' Beitongpu railway line.

"This is the lifeblood of the Japanese. By then, it will not only be the 37th Division and the 3rd Mixed Brigade, but also the 109th and 108th Divisions in southeastern Shanxi, the 20th Division in the far surrounding areas, and the 3rd Brigade in the direction of Zhangjiakou..."

Bao Zhishan seemed to suddenly react: "Damn, I heard that a high-ranking official has come to Shancheng, acting as the commander of the 14th Army Group. Could it be that the whole of Shanxi is going to have another war?"

Sun Xinpu said: "It's just speculation at the moment. No one knows the exact situation. Our situation is not very good, not to mention the other friendly troops. Of course, the Japanese still have a breath left. It's just a matter of who can hold on!"

"Fuck, fuck till you die!"

"Eighteen years after losing his head, he is still a good man. No doubt, kill the little Japanese devils. Commander, give the order."

The battalion commanders below were clamoring to join the battle.

Sun Xinpu would naturally not let them down: "Previously, the Third Battalion had been acting as a reserve force, gathering strength. This time, the exploratory attack will be undertaken by the Third Battalion, so that the First and Second Battalions can have a rest."

"Yes!" The third battalion commander did not give the other two battalion commanders a chance to shout: "Please rest assured, regiment commander, I will definitely wipe out all the Japanese's outer strongholds."

the other side.

Command.

Zhao Pengcheng quickly came to Chu Yunfei's side and whispered a few words.

Chu Yunfei raised his eyebrows: "How many people are here?"

"About 2,000 people. They heard that our headquarters was attacked, so they urgently mobilized local troops from the surrounding areas of Wutai County, along with local security officers to support us."

Chu Yunfei was somewhat helpless about this: "Go, draft a telegram to thank Chief Zhu for his kindness on my behalf, and also send me another telegram to say hello to Secretary Nie on my behalf."

"Yes."

The 18th Group Army did a really good job in intelligence work.

The complete annihilation of Yamamoto's special forces.

Because the Eastern Army had been disbanded.

Chu Yunfei no longer needs to be accountable to the commander-in-chief of the 18th Group Army, Zhu.

In addition, the 18th Group Army was not actually involved in this operation.

Therefore, there is no obligation to inform them.

Although Dongye is only twenty kilometers away from Wutai County.

Some gunfire could also be heard in the early morning.

Able to make quick judgments, contact the 18th Group Army Headquarters and respond accordingly.

The most important thing is that more than 2,000 local armed forces were organized in Wutai County and surrounding areas in less than half a day.

This is enough to show that the 18th Group Army has a very capable leader in the region.

Regarding the intelligence and organizational capabilities of the Eighth Route Army's Jin-Cha-Ji base area.

Chu Yunfei also had a clear understanding.

It is indeed very good, but it is still far behind the current southeastern Shanxi.

After all, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region actually only controls less than twenty counties now!

Three hours later, at the headquarters of the 18th Army Group.

The Deputy Chief of General Staff immediately responded after receiving the telegram.

He reported the matter to the commander and deputy commander of the 18th Group Army.

"In the 88th episode, they did wipe out a group of elite enemy troops who attempted to attack the headquarters in the early hours of yesterday morning. The number of troops was over 200."

"It's not easy." The commander-in-chief sighed.

The deputy commander then asked, "Are you sure it's the same unit that destroyed the 14th Army Headquarters?"

"It should be. According to intelligence, the number of this unit is over 300 people. Basically, they are matched. At least our military organizations at all levels don't have to worry about being attacked by the devils anymore."

"The scale of this battle seems to be getting more and more intense, which is very different from what Chu Yunfei reported before the war. Yan'an suspects that he wants to take this opportunity to expand the scale of the war and cut off the Japanese supply lines in order to achieve the goal of a strategic decisive battle with the enemy..."

The commander-in-chief nodded and said, "There is such a trend. Let's see what they do in the next two days. If there are any follow-up actions after Bai Jiansheng arrives, we will call He Division back to cooperate with the 35th Army in the battle."

"it is good!"

The day after Yamamoto's special forces were completely wiped out.

The plane Bai Jiansheng was on landed at Xi'an Airport.

it's here.

Bai Jiansheng will take a car to the ferry.

According to Chang Ruiyuan's instructions, after crossing the river, he needed to go to Jincheng to see the new developments in the southeastern Jin region.

Along the way.

Bai Jiansheng was worried about whether Chang Ruiyuan was going to counterattack or do something else.

No one informed him until he set off.

It was as if he really came here to become the commander of the 14th Army and then participated in this operation.

In the blink of an eye, two days passed.

The frequency of fighting in the areas surrounding Dai County is increasing.

The attacks in the direction of Gang County against the First Infantry Regiment became more frequent.

After the mortars were decentralized to the squadron level, these Japanese devils demonstrated effects that were beyond the imagination of Yoshio Shinozuka and Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko.

Not only did they capture two positions within one day, but they also seized a Soviet 37mm anti-tank gun and more than high-explosive bombs.

This inevitably made Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko somewhat happy.

After further "optimization" (castration) of the tactical appropriateness of the "tactical group".

They seemed to be on the verge of developing a new method of land warfare that would suit their own use.

Yoshio Shinozuka was also quite surprised when he heard the news.

However, as a commander who has already fought with Chu Yunfei once.

He did not feel optimistic at all.

According to the report of Lieutenant General Fujiwara Hideki, commander of the 37th Division.

Their main opponent was the 1st Infantry Regiment of the Flying Tiger Honor Division.

It is an infantry regiment used as the main force, and is also equipped with a large number of direct-fire artillery and large-caliber indirect-fire mortars.

Very powerful and has great firepower.

The elite troops that were still full of energy a few days ago and repelled their three consecutive charges have been silent in the past two days!
In addition, there is the report from Yoshioka Nobuyuki of the Daixian Garrison Squadron.

The troops attacking Dai County did not use large-caliber artillery, but mainly light weapons. This made Shinozuka Yoshio realize that Chu Yunfei seemed to be planning something.

He smelled a conspiracy.

Fighting between the two sides continued almost every day, and exploratory attacks were launched almost every hour.

Look for the opponent's weakness and an opportunity to kill him with one blow.

Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko was originally a military man and had rich experience.

Nor would they choose to launch a full-scale attack on their troops just because of something they are uncertain about.

However, Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko still ordered Lin Canghui, the current intelligence major general of the North China Front Army, to collect specific intelligence about Chu Yunfei's troops.

The unusual movements in Shanxi also attracted the attention of the North China Front Army and even the Tokyo Headquarters.

For a time, command organizations at all levels of both sides focused their attention on the small Jinzhong area.

However, the areas around Nanchang, where the counter-offensive was in full swing, did not receive more attention.

If you don't know the inside story, you will curse and say it's really fucking weird when you hear about this.

No one is watching a battlefield involving hundreds of thousands of people, but everyone is watching a battle involving tens of thousands of people.

The Japanese invested so much energy because this operation was related to the construction of the corresponding tactical system of the Japanese army in the future.

Once successful, they will be able to significantly improve their combat effectiveness without much investment.

Even if it failed, this operation accumulated a lot of experience for the army's transformation and subsequent protracted operations.

just.

Prince Asaka Naruhiko and Commander of the Shanxi First Army Yoshio Shinozuka were both aware of this.

Their bottom line is to ensure the existence and security of the occupied area, and the Beitongpu railway line must not be lost!
Second World War Commander Headquarters.

After sorting out the specific situation of the 14th Army Group, Bai Jiansheng set off for the Second War Zone to visit Yan Laoxi.

This is also the normal work process during this period.

In order to welcome Chief of Staff Bai Jiansheng, Yan Laoxi made an exception and arranged a grand banquet.

Life was not easy for the Second War Zone Commander's Headquarters.

Basically everyone received national disaster pay, and some were even occasionally in arrears.

In addition, with Chu Yunfei's example and Yan Laoxi's repeated high pressure.

The situation of drinking the blood of soldiers has been improved somewhat, but the problem of eating the soldiers' salaries without working is still serious.

There is nothing we can do about this.

If the treatment, pensions and subsidies are paid according to normal conditions.

With a staff of 9,000 people, it is absolutely impossible to support 9,000 combat personnel.

According to the inflation in southern Shanxi in 39, the maximum they could support was peasant soldiers.

In terms of combat effectiveness, there is actually no essential difference between them and part-time militia.

It's nothing more than better equipment and the ability to use more advanced weapons.

Slightly better combat skills.

Such troops can indeed exert a certain degree of combat effectiveness when defending.

With the support of Changzhi Iron and Steel Plant and Cement Plant, a large number of defensive fortifications were repaired.

Even with the limited manpower currently available to the 20th Division, it would be impossible to capture Linfen.

On the table.

Yan Laoxi still looks like a kind old man, and Bai Jiansheng is elegant and easy-going.

The two chatted for a long time, like old friends reminiscing about the past.

The accompanying Yang Aiyuan and Chu Xichun were also in high spirits.

At the end of the banquet, from the conversation between the two sides, no idea of ​​​​this operation was mentioned.

Even the current situation in the Second World War was only mentioned occasionally.

but.

Both sides obtained the information they wanted from the other side's behavior and words.

The next morning.

Second War Zone Command, small conference room.

In the quaint room, Yang Aiyuan and Chu Xichun arrived early.

The rice wine they drank last night did not consume too much of their energy. Instead, the stimulation of alcohol made them think about the matter all night long.

As Yan Laoxi arrived, the two of them hurriedly stood up and greeted him: "Commander Yan"

After a few simple greetings.

Yan Laoxi immediately got straight to the point and said, "After I went back last night, I spent most of the night thinking about it, but I still couldn't figure out why Chiang Kai-shek sent Bai Jiansheng here."

Chu Xichun and Yang Aiyuen were still discussing this matter before Yan Laoxi arrived.

In fact, neither of them had any idea what was going on.

It was even more impossible to imagine that Chang Ruiyuan really thought that Bai Jiansheng had certain command abilities and could lead the 14th Army to join this counterattack.

"The current combat strength of the 14th Army is less than 30,000 after reorganization. According to the current reorganization and training plan, it will take at least eight months to restore combat effectiveness before counterattack."

"According to what Commander Bai said last night, he came to our Second War Zone at this time, and it seems that he really followed the chairman's order to assist Commander Yan in commanding."

Yang Aiyuan paused after he finished speaking, and then added: "Based on Brother Jiansheng's attitude last night, he was not enthusiastic about our counterattack this time, and it seemed that it was just a routine..."

A chief of staff of a ragtag army from the Guangxi clique.

When he was commanding the early stages of the Battle of Wuhan, few troops followed his lead.

There was no need to go to the Jin Army headquarters to command their 14th Army Group's Central Army troops.

“He’s quite interesting.”

Three high-ranking officers of the Jin army gathered together to discuss matters.

the other side.

In the 88th Command Center.

Chu Yunfei was also discussing the next attack with Qian Bojun, Zhang Dayun and others.

Judging from the war situation in recent days.

The 3rd Infantry Regiment made relatively smooth progress, but both the enemy and our side suffered certain losses.

“If you want to attack the city without the help of heavy artillery and direct-fire artillery, even if you take out most of the outer strongholds, you will suffer a lot of casualties.

According to Zhang Fugui's report, the Japanese army seems to have withdrawn some of the tank units deployed in the northwest of Shanxi back to the railway line. The difficulty of our operations is constantly increasing. "

"The gap between the two sides' weapons is not that big, and our heavy weapons even have a certain advantage. The only difficulty is the defensive positions repaired by the Japanese." Zhang Dayun smoked a cigarette and analyzed calmly: "From the current point of view, the enemy has set up a 15-kilometer-deep defensive position on the east side of the railway. This is not an easy line of defense."

"They are still constantly reinforcing this style of fighting, which is quite similar to the style of fighting that the 35th Army used to resist the Japanese attacks back then." Qian Bojun said.

Chu Yunfei also recalled.

The 35th Army fought against the Japanese armored vehicles and tanks in the Battle of Huairou.

The trench was dug four meters deep and corresponding anti-tank mines were buried outside.

As for how to defend against aircraft, two layers of defense positions were basically built.

The caves dug on the lower level are also considered to be the prototype of anti-artillery caves.

However, the Japanese army's tactics at that time were much more rigid than they are today.

It is obvious that the Japanese army made rapid progress under tremendous pressure.

"The Japanese army basically only has three tricks left when they are defending. The current problem is how to conquer the Gang County area at a relatively low cost." Zhang Dayun frowned and flicked away some ashtrays.

He held a cigarette in his mouth, and under the smoke, he was thinking seriously about possible tactics.

Chu Yunfei's troops attacked.

The most essential way of fighting is to rely on heavy weapons firepower and direct firepower.

No matter how fancy the infantry tactics are, they are all about maximizing firepower and minimizing casualties on one's side.

To deal with the enemy troops hiding in the bunker, we can only charge forward with our flesh and blood.

Like the Japanese defense line.

If you look at it from a three-dimensional battle map.

These little Japanese devils had indeed planted a powerful force within the outer defense line.

Many extremely valuable reinforced concrete fortifications were built.

Many bunkers can even withstand the firepower of 105mm howitzers.

If we try to take over a place like this by force, we will inevitably pay a huge price.

But the same,
Subsequent defensive positions basically relied mainly on digging trenches.

The biggest problem facing the Japanese, a small island nation, is the lack of resources.

The same is true for this strategic resource used to repair bunkers.

The closer they were to the railway line, the lower the standard of their work.

Even those that have been repaired can probably only barely deal with the guerrillas.

Seeing that they had been discussing for a long time but had no idea, Chu Yunfei said, "Let's let the assault regiment infiltrate and see how deep the enemy's position is. If it's the same as the intelligence we got, and the Japanese really spent a lot of money to strengthen their defenses, we can change direction and continue the attack."

"The initiative of the battle is in our hands. I don't believe that the Japanese would build so many solid defense lines in places like northeastern Shanxi!"

(End of this chapter)