Anti-Japanese War: From Becoming Chu Yunfei to Rising

Chapter 376 The torture has just begun (Subscription required)

The weather was clear and cloudless.

Under the blue sky.

As the commander-in-chief of this battle.

Chu Yunfei’s command center was set up at Yanmen Pass.

As the war approached, this already very important strategic location was transformed into a true war fortress in a very short time.

The officers and soldiers were very busy, each performing their duties.

Waves of people arrived at the front line carrying large quantities of weapons, equipment and strategic materials.

Additional troops came from Changzhi and Jincheng.

They are also constantly being added to the team preparing for battle.

The war is approaching.

The reconnaissance activities of both sides have become increasingly frequent, and reports of small-scale exchanges of fire have occurred almost every day.

"The list of company and platoon level officers who need to be paid special attention to has been compiled."

Chu Yunfei turned around and looked at Zhao Pengcheng: "Put it aside and look at it later."

"Yes!"

I have finished sorting out the intelligence at hand.

Chu Yunfei found Fang Ligong and others who were formulating a battle plan: "Brother Ligong, our intelligence and reconnaissance intelligence seem to be a little bit wrong."

"Huh?" Fang Ligong asked puzzledly.

He took the information compiled by Chu Yunfei and read it carefully several times.

"No problem. The reconnaissance results match the intelligence from the mountain city and the Second War Zone. The Japanese army does not have enough troops to continue to increase its forces."

Current intelligence.

The detection did not yield the results Chu Yunfei wanted to see.

And in the three-dimensional combat map.

The Japanese army has actually been continuously increasing its troops in northern Shanxi.

It’s just that they did not choose the Datong area, which has certain fortifications and defense systems.

Instead, contrary to the usual practice, they assembled armored and cavalry units in the second-line areas.

This combat idea and method.

It's a bit like the Soviet-German War period.

The deployment of the Soviet Army along the border.

This strategic thinking is actually very simple.

Once the attack is launched, it will be thwarted.

These second-line combat troops will be immediately launched into a full-scale counterattack.

However, this is not the traditional way of fighting of the Japanese Army.

The first time the Japanese army used armored forces in a concentrated manner during the war of aggression against China was during the Xuzhou encirclement and flanking operation.

The second time was the surprise attack by Okamura Yasuji's armored formation accompanied by a small elite force during the Battle of Nanchang.

Fang Ligong was a little nervous, worried that there might be some low-level mistakes in the intelligence analysis: "Dayun, come and help me find out what's wrong."

Zhang Dayun walked over with a cigarette in his mouth and took a few careful glances. "No problem. The intelligence matches our investigation results perfectly. Our people can't penetrate too far. This is basically the limit we have learned so far."

Chu Yunfei narrated calmly: "Whether it is the left wing group, the main force in the middle, or the right wing group, we have at least three times the strength of the Japanese army."

"Half a month has passed, and the Japanese army has shown no signs of increasing its troops. Are they crazy?"

Fang Ligong seemed to be trying to find a reasonable explanation: "Could it be that because of the frequent fighting, their national strength can no longer sustain it?"

Chu Yunfei shook his head: "Japan's national strength cannot possibly support a two-front war right now. I'm afraid the Japanese army has some big plans."

"Should we wait for the arrival of this batch of Soviet aid to replenish our troops before launching an attack?"

"Order Huang Baitao's troops to launch a small-scale attack in the direction of Caijiayu and Donghe South, eliminate the enemy's outposts, and ensure that the pre-set positions in Tuanchengkou and Tianzhuang are in our hands."

"Order the 14th Division of Guo to attack northward and occupy all advantageous terrain in the area around Ruyuekou."

"Inform the Eighth War Zone and ask them to keep a close eye on the movements of the Mongolian troops stationed there."

"Also, dispatch the First Cavalry Regiment to Beiloukou, led by Wang Qifeng himself, to prepare for an assault on Jijiazhuang."

Military map of the Pingxingguan line.

Chief of Staff Fang Ligong quickly found the location that Chu Yunfei had just described.

Turn around and go to deliver the message.

As soon as Huang Baitao received the order, he called Zhang Dongkai and Sun Ming to his side.

"I regard this attack as the prelude to the counterattack in northern Shanxi, so we must fight beautifully in this battle."

"To be honest, I'm not very confident, so I need to send one of you to the front line to supervise the battle, but don't interfere with the commanders' command."

Zhang Dongkai didn't understand what Huang Baitao meant by being so tactful.

But he knows exactly what his level of ability is.

Rather than going down, it’s better to stay with Huang Baitao.

Sun Ming immediately said, "Your Excellency, I will go to the Thirteenth Regiment. The Thirteenth Regiment has only been established for less than half a year, and there are mostly new recruits in the team. Old Bao is not a commander who graduated from a formal military academy. I am worried that he can't handle it."

Huang Baitao thought carefully about Sun Ming's proposal, and then nodded: "Okay, then you go to the 13th Regiment. This time, the 11th and 13th Regiments will launch the initial attack."

"There are still too few senior officers in our team. Commander Chu has already asked the headquarters to add more officers."

"how is the situation?"

Sun Ming looked a little worried.

Although the new edition eleven is newly built.

But the work is certainly not easy at all.

Even if the troops are organized according to the structure of a basic regiment.

It is also a huge project.

A core regiment with a strength of more than 2,800 people.

First of all, it is difficult to choose the regiment commander and the three battalion commanders.

The death rate among middle and lower-level officers was quite high due to continuous wars.

Especially the company and platoon leaders, basically all of them were promoted from squad leaders or officers.

They all have one common thing in common, which is that they like to charge forward.

Today, a large amount of American aid continues to flow.

Although the number of mortars is not enough.

But for Huang Baitao's troops.

What is more lacking are people who can fire mortars.

A regiment needs more than 300 artillerymen.

We need dozens of people who can fire direct-fire artillery.

There are more than two hundred people who can use mortars.

All of these can only be supplemented by the Central Artillery School - Jindongnan Artillery School.

So far, six batches of students have graduated, with a total of more than one thousand people.

But these graduated students are not enough for the various troops to share.

What's more, there are more than 300 people here who were sent by various troops for further training.

Huang Baitao seemed even more worried than Sun Ming.

Zhang Dongkai urged: "Sir, if you have any difficulties, just tell us directly. We will not be unable to shoulder more burdens."

"There are no candidates for promotion for the battalion and regiment level cadres below."

Huang Baitao's tone was somewhat helpless: "Although other friendly troops yearn for the newly formed 11th Army, how can they, who are used to being lax, endure such strict military discipline and regulations?"

"As far as I know, in other frontline troops confronting the Japanese army, there are an average of thousands of deserters in each theater every day. In extraordinary times, extraordinary measures are needed. Even if dozens of deserters are executed every day, this situation cannot be stopped."

"Our requirements for military officers are even stricter. Many people become officers not to serve the party and the country, but to get promoted and make money."

Huang Baitao said it very bluntly: "When they come to our side, they can get promoted, but they can't get rich. So promotion is meaningless to these people."

Sun Ming frowned, "Damn these insects. Are they still soldiers?"

Zhang Dongkai found it irritating: "Chief of Staff Sun, these people have old ideas. You can't expect to change the values ​​they have lived by for most of their lives."

He came from the local army, so he naturally knew the twists and turns involved.

With Chu Yunfei, you can have honor and get full salary.

But he wanted to make a fortune, suck the blood of soldiers, and engage in corruption.

There is no door at all.

It's funny to say.

During the Anti-Japanese War, those who could abide by the most basic military discipline and regulations of the National Revolutionary Army were already the main force of the National Army.

Even deserters were treated in extremely cruel ways.

This was the norm for most national army units during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation.

It is indeed necessary to enforce military discipline.

But in Chu Yunfei's view, methods such as chopping off limbs and skinning are just synonymous with barbarity.

Fortunately, Chang Ruiyuan followed his suggestions on the reorganization of the army.

We will continue to optimize the units with poor combat effectiveness and merge some of the Central Army's side units with the main force.

As for whether those old officers can find new jobs after being laid off, or just take up a sinecure in the General Staff Department and live out their retirement in a decent manner.

It is not a problem that Chu Yunfei needs to worry about.

Naturally, the people in the command headquarters will handle it.

Sun Ming just touched his chin and sighed: "No wonder Chief Chu always says that they need to be reformed. In my opinion, it is indeed necessary. There is something wrong with the thinking of these people!"

"My Lord, I'll go over first."

"it is good!"

Sun Ming arrived at the headquarters of the 13th Infantry Regiment that day.

Bao Zhishan was very surprised by Sun Ming's arrival: "Captain Sun, why are you here?"

Sun Ming glanced at the situation in the command center: "Your Excellency asked me to come here to supervise the battle. You should have received the corresponding attack order, right?"

"We have received it. We are currently dispatching to the corresponding combat units."

As Bao Zhishan spoke, he introduced them: "This is my newly transferred trainee staff officer, forest translator, and member of the officer training corps."

Lin Yi saluted respectfully.

Sun Ming smiled and returned the greeting: "Do a good job."

Lin Yi also smiled and nodded.

Bao Zhishan stood in front of the battle map and then continued to introduce: "The number of Japanese troops stationed in the farm is not large, a total of 70 to 80 people, and more than 30 puppet soldiers."

"But the terrain is difficult and we can only deploy 20 to 30 offensive troops at a time."

"The most critical thing is that we don't have direct firepower yet, and there is no way to directly destroy the enemy's fortifications."

Sun Ming nodded repeatedly: "How do you plan to fight?"

Bao Zhishan continued, "I have considered the current characteristics of our 13th Infantry Regiment. If we were to attack with force without supporting weapons, there would definitely be a lot of casualties."

"So you plan to let those shooters with sniper rifles try it out and see if it can produce good results?"

Bao Zhishan smiled dumbly: "Yes, I really can't hide it from you, Chief Sun."

Sun Ming smiled and said, "Actually, this is the commonly used tactical idea at present. If I remember correctly, your Thirteenth Regiment also has quite a few precision shooters transferred from other regiments."

"I've handed this battle over to the First Infantry Battalion."

"If the offensive is blocked, we can mobilize the artillery battalion for support."

Bao Zhishan was a little surprised: "We need to use mountain artillery to attack a small stronghold?"

"Well, this is the first battle in northern Shanxi, and we must win it."

With Sun Ming's words.

Bao Zhishan was naturally much bolder.

The commander of the First Infantry Battalion, Gao Zhiqian, was an officer who graduated from the Military Academy.

Although I don't know any advanced strategies or tactics.

But be decisive about this kind of thing.

These are basically the characteristics of this type of officers.

It doesn't matter whether it is a decisive escape or a decisive attack.

At least as soon as Bao Zhishan's order was received.

Gao Zhiqian handed over the task of attack to deputy battalion commander Ping Zhiheng.

Ping Zhiheng also adopted the suggestions given by the Youth League.

At the first moment, more than 20 elite soldiers were gathered from the company and rushed forward.

Yes.

From receiving orders to selecting a combat plan.

And fired the first shot.

The total time did not exceed two hours.

Ping Zhiheng's execution ability is at its maximum.

Anyone who hears it can't help but marvel at it.

Outside the farm.

aHowever, the sniper team that was dispatched took advantage of the darkening sky and directly reached the outskirts of the farm.

Several snipers immediately pulled the trigger at the Japanese and puppet troops on guard.

Bang~!

Bang~!

Bang~!

The two Japanese soldiers fell dead and their brains were scattered all over the ground.

The sudden sound of gunfire instantly put the extremely vigilant Japanese and puppet troops into combat mode.

Once the visible sentry is knocked down, the hidden sentry, unless he is blind, will naturally be able to see the location of the gun flame.

Da da da~!

boom!
The return fire was fast.

The soldiers three hundred meters away were suppressed at the first moment.

Ping Zhiheng immediately said: "Retreat~!"

The commandos were equally confused.

But they still carried out the orders firmly.

He ran wildly towards the back.

The sound of gunfire disappeared.

The Japanese troops in the Tianzhuang stronghold were still in fear.

This kind of fighting style does not only happen in Tianzhuang.

The 11th Infantry Regiment, including the Caijiayu front line, also adopted the same tactics.

Take advantage of the optical sight and range and adopt surprise attack tactics.

This made the commander of the 2nd Mixed Brigade, Kanji Tsuneoka, very worried.

His brigade headquarters was now set up in Lingqiu County.

The remaining troops are basically distributed on the front-line defense nodes.

For sudden harassing attacks.

Kanji Tsuneoka did not dare to show the slightest bit of carelessness.

More than ten soldiers were lost in just one routine attack under the cover of night.

And what about the national army troops that attacked them?
It just consumed some physical strength and used dozens of bullets.

The disadvantage of the Japanese army's small organization and lack of long-range support firepower was exploited by Chu Yunfei's troops and magnified infinitely.

The battle based on this was carried out quite easily.

This torture has just begun.

For several consecutive days.

The sound of gunfire continued.

Compared with the 14th Army's high-profile advance towards the Ying County defense line.

The battles on the Yangfangkou-Shuoxian and Pingxingguan-Tuanchengkou fronts appeared much more fragmented.

It’s not that the 14th Army Group doesn’t want to do a piecemeal approach like in episode 88.

However, their main weapons today are still the old sleeve and Hanyang-made.
This thing is two hundred meters away, and it depends entirely on luck where you can hit it.

In fact, it does not have the ability to carry out such small-scale harassment operations.

The main force of the 4th Mixed Brigade was actually fighting a war of attrition with the 14th Army.

As the scale of the battle between the two sides further expanded.

The North China Front Army was also not idle. It not only placed the newly formed 35th Division under the direct jurisdiction of the North China Front Army.

The Provisional Aviation Corps was also officially reorganized into the 3rd Aviation Group at this time.

In line with the principle of doing a complete show, Sugiyama began to mobilize the Mongolian troops that were already well prepared for maneuver.
(End of this chapter)