Anti-Japanese War: From Becoming Chu Yunfei to Rising

Chapter 380: Famous General Style (Subscription Request)

"Report to the commander-in-chief, the remaining enemies in Ying County have been eliminated!"

"Good!" Li Mo'an was very excited: "Immediately report the battle situation to Commander-in-Chief Guo, the Second War Zone Commander's Headquarters, and the Supreme Command."

"Which way does the former president point to?"

Li Mo'an frowned and waved his hand silently.

Chu Yunfei had no so-called respect for his senior from the first class of Huangpu Military Academy.

After the order reached the headquarters of the 14th Army Group.

Nor would he give him direct orders.

This feeling made Li Mo'an very uncomfortable.

It's as if the care that should have been received was not given.

There seemed to be not much difference between him, a direct descendant of the Whampoa Military Academy, and other generals.

Li Mo'an felt somewhat dissatisfied that he was not treated differently.

The most important point is.

Li Mo'an is so proud of his status. What could a student of the first class of Huangpu Military Academy report to the students of the fifth class of Huangpu Military Academy?
The operations staff understood what he meant.

He immediately turned around and drafted a telegram.

Within a few minutes.

Chen Wu (the commander of the 83rd Division, also a student of the first class of Whampoa Military Academy, who had participated in the Eastern Expedition and the Northern Expedition, and was also a veteran) walked over and said, "My Lord, the th Artillery Regiment just called. They received an order to move towards Shuo County."

Li Mo'an waved his hand nonchalantly: "If they want to leave, let them go."

Chen Wu was a little hesitant and even felt a little regretful.

He knew that Li Mo'an couldn't bring himself to do that.

With the help of heavy artillery units.

They saved three hundred lives.

It even greatly increased the speed of attack.

The Japanese army was very good at building fortifications.

Three hours is enough to build qualified field fortifications and withstand a siege by several times the number of troops.

It is better to just strike with one shot than to attack fiercely for three to five days.

Without heavy artillery support, they relied solely on their 75mm mountain artillery.

Let alone attacking a stronghold, even in a field battle, there is a high possibility that we will be at a disadvantage.

After hesitating for a moment, Chen Wu whispered, "Without the support of the heavy artillery, our next attack will probably not be so easy."

Li Mo'an's voice suddenly turned colder: "We can still win the battle without their heavy artillery support."

Getting Li Mo'an to open his mouth and ask Chu Yunfei for help is in itself an unreasonable task.

Chen Wu naturally knew what was going on in his mind, so he simply turned around and left without saying a word.

Fanshi, headquarters of the 14th Army Group.

The battle report from the 14th Army was soon delivered to Guo Jiqiao.

"We killed more than 1500 enemies, captured 250 long and short guns, 28 light and heavy machine guns, 7 mortars, 19 trucks, 4 armored vehicles, 7 cars and countless other military supplies. It was a great victory."

He put down the telegram from the front line in his hand.

Guo Jiqiao was in a very good mood at this time.

A full month passed.

Finally, the Japanese troops in the area around Ying County were completely wiped out.

Previously.

Their offensives were repeatedly thwarted.

If it weren't for the support of the eight 105mm howitzers of the th Artillery Regiment.

He even doubted whether he could completely annihilate this group of Japanese troops.

"Draft a telegram to report the results of this battle in detail to the High Command."

"Yes!"

"General, after the battle of Ying County is over, if we follow the battle plan drawn up before the war, our army will then advance towards Datong."

Guo Jiqiao remembered Chu Yunfei's instructions before the battle.

He shook his head: "The current battle situation is quite different from the previous battle plan."

"But they haven't changed their battle plan yet. I wonder if they haven't made any plans yet."

Guo Jiqiao thought for a moment after hearing this.

It seems that this is possible.

Chu Yunfei's fighting style has always been like this.

Qian Bojun had previously revealed relevant information when he was a tactical instructor in Linfen.

When Chu Yunfei was commanding the battle.

I really like to adapt to changing circumstances, as Qian Bojun said.

Plans can never keep up with changes in the battlefield situation.

Chu Yunfei has very high requirements for communications between various troops.

The time for each troop to arrive at a position and even launch an attack must be accurate to within ten minutes.

Quite strict.

But so far, no unit has encountered corresponding problems.

This represents the combat order issued by Chu Yunfei.

It is highly likely that the combat order was issued after a short period of brainstorming in order to achieve a well-thought-out effect.

This is terrible.

The human brain can be so efficient
Guo Jiqiao thought about this and then made arrangements: "First ask the general front command to confirm whether to continue attacking the enemy's defense line."

"Yes!"

In the end, Li Mo'an never got the reward he expected.

The high command didn't even have the energy to pay attention to the war in northern Shanxi.

Okamura Yasuji frequently adjusted his deployment, and his posture of preparing for a strategic decisive battle with the Ninth War Zone made a number of senior generals quite uneasy.

The Ninth War Zone also formulated corresponding combat principles.

Resist at every step, lure the enemy in, hold the perimeter, and retreat for the decisive battle.

That is, making use of existing positions.

Especially the three rivers of Xinqiang River, Miluo River and Laodao River, gradually resisting and consuming the enemy troops.

Keep the main force on the outside.

After the Japanese army advances into the area controlled by our army.

Launch an all-out general attack, attack from both sides, surround and annihilate them.

This should have been a strategic counterattack zone.

Now we can only defend passively, and fight the Japanese army to the death in the decisive battle.

As the commander-in-chief of the Ninth War Zone, Xue Yue.

It is also difficult for me to accept the current enemy situation.

But there is no way.

Xue Yue and a group of combat staff and senior officers of the Ninth War Zone actually understood the Japanese army's tactical and strategic thinking very well.

Even before the war between the two sides broke out, the Japanese instructors at the Army University actually taught the students.

"Attack first, encirclement first."

In fact, it is one of the tactical and strategic principles of the Japanese army.

The national army during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression also had a similar offensive spirit.

When there is an enemy, there is no me; when I am there, there is no enemy!
The high command quickly made the corresponding judgment.

Finally, all the national army generals agreed.

Okamura Neiji's goal was to capture Changsha and open the gateway to attack the mountain city.

The battle took place in Hunan.

Within the Ninth War Zone, the one who commanded this battle was naturally Xue Yue.

Chang Ruiyuan sent several telegrams for this purpose.

Confirm the battle situation.

In Chang Ruiyuan's opinion.

Although the Japanese army was at its peak and had sufficient combat manpower.

But it is located at the junction of Jiangxi, Hubei and Hunan provinces between Dongting Lake and Poyang Lake south of the Yangtze River.

Mountains, rivers and lakes are scattered all over the place.

It is simply difficult to deploy a large force.

The best direction of attack for the Japanese army was to move south along the Guangdong-Hankou Railway and the lakeside areas of the two lakes.

However, the combat area was quite narrow and large forces could not be deployed.

And to stop the Japanese army from moving south.

The local military and civilians made corresponding decisions in advance.

They destroyed the paths in the villages, and the rice fields where there were no roads were filled with water.

The people sacrificed a quarter's harvest just to fight the Japanese.

There are also a large number of mines buried here.

Not to mention the mechanized troops launching an attack, even the infantry wanted to launch an attack.

You have to consider whether your life is strong enough.

With these preparations and the support of senior generals such as Chang Ruiyuan in the headquarters.

Xue Yue was full of confidence and ambition about this battle.

In front of Chang Ruiyuan and other senior generals, he stated: "Completely destroy the roads, railways and post stations on the battlefield." "Make the enemy's mechanized forces unable to operate."

The reason why Xue Yue became a famous anti-Japanese general and was so famous.

It is also related to his ability to summarize.

During the Anti-Japanese War in North China, the Japanese mechanized forces caused great trouble to various troops.

The Sui-Zao Campaign was also a battle in which the mechanized troops tore through the defense line.

"Evacuate the civilians' supplies in the battlefield and hide them in a safe area thirty miles away from the road and railway, so that the enemy will have no food to eat."

Carry out evacuation in advance.

It is the blood and tears experience since the battles of Songhu, Nanjing, Xuzhou, East Henan, and even Wuhan.

What’s funny is that the war lasted for a year until the Battle of Wuhan ended.

The Nationalist government then realized how right it was to evacuate the people in advance.

"If you prepare well in peacetime, you will be able to handle the situation well in times of war."

This time, Xue Yue made preparations in advance and mobilized fully.

That is why the people are willing to help the Ninth War Zone and the National Army in battle.

"Don't just hold your ground, don't use a dead plan, thoroughly concentrate your forces and use them, take absolute advantage, and break the enemy's encirclement by counter-encirclement."

This is also the experience of the Battle of Wuhan.

Speaking of which, this was the suggestion Stilwell made when he met Chang Ruiyuan.

But not before that.

Bai Jiansheng has already made similar claims.

Just under its command.

The combat troops did not display the tactical capabilities as imagined.

Of course.

The reason why Xue Yue is confident now is not only because he judged Okamura Yasuji's tactical choice, but also because of the previous batches of American aid.

And it has something to do with Soviet aid.

The current Ninth War Zone.

Not only are there six 150mm heavy artillery pieces (2 remaining from the Battle of Xuzhou +2 originally had +2 two German heavy artillery pieces originally assigned to Chu Yunfei for command),
There are also a large number of anti-aircraft machine guns, anti-aircraft guns, and mortars.

The Battle of Nanchang allowed the soldiers of the Ninth War Zone to maintain their confidence and relatively high morale in the face of the Japanese invaders.

In addition, because of the large deployment of anti-aircraft guns and machine guns.

The Japanese bombing became more difficult.

This enabled them to destroy the military stations, warehouses, and even transit points mentioned in the intelligence according to the original bombing plans.

The troops in the Ninth War Zone have preserved their vitality relatively well.

Even without these things.

Xue Yue would also choose to fight a decisive battle with the Japanese army.

In Xue Yue’s opinion.

Changsha must never give up easily.

Even the pre-set positions should not be easily handed over to the Japanese.

Because the Hunan region is China's rice-producing granary, it provides a steady supply of food and manpower to the National Government.

If this place is lost.

It is not just the wartime economic system that will be affected.

Even supply will become increasingly difficult.

How should the protracted war of resistance be carried out?

If the Japanese army attacks the northern Hunan region.

Then the location of the decisive battle was set in the lower reaches of the Laodao River north of Changsha. Only such a battlefield could deploy a large number of troops.

(The picture shows the battle between the enemy and us in the First Battle of Changsha)

same.

If the main attack direction of the Japanese army is in northern Jiangxi, the decisive battle area will also be adjusted.

Then we will fight a decisive battle with the Japanese invaders in Changsha and Shanggao.

If the main attack direction is Changde, then we will have a decisive battle with the Japanese army in Changde.

The main idea is not to retreat a single step, because retreat means losing and failure.

What Chang Ruiyuan feared most was Xue Yue's temper.

The main goal is to fight to the death.

Xue Yue also particularly liked to use the main force of the Central Army.

Basically, all the work done was the result of Chang Ruiyuan's hard work.

But no matter what.

Xue Yue would never surrender to the Japanese, and his basic position of not making peace with the Japanese was very clear.

It is equivalent to supporting Chang Ruiyuan's leadership position.

This is also the fundamental reason why the two sides often have conflicts, but Chang Ruiyuan has to use Xue Yue.

As for the Japanese army.

The Xiangdong Operation commanded by General Okamura Yasuji has now been concluded.

This was a battle against the 31st Army under Tang Enbo, the main force of the Fifth War Zone.

Although we were not able to completely wipe them out, we still completed the basic planned mission.

after all.

From the Japanese military's perspective.

They have already dealt a heavy blow to Tang Enbo.

The unit has basically lost its offensive capability.

The Kuomintang troops in the Fifth War Zone.

Current status.

In the eyes of senior commanders such as General Okamura Yasuji.

In fact, it is vulnerable.

There are more than 200,000 troops and 160,000 miscellaneous local troops.

It sounds good to collapse at the slightest touch.

Fleeing at the first sign of danger was the norm for the armies of the five war zones during this period.

Neiji Okamura was very sober.

He knew clearly that their current target was Guan Linzheng's 15th Army, which was confronting them across the Xinqiang River south of Yuezhou.

A famous general, a real opponent.

Battle of Pinghan Road.

Linyi counterattack.

Xuzhou counterattack.

The Battle of Wuhan caused them great casualties.

And the most crucial point is.

Guan Linzheng's troops never failed to complete their assigned strategic tasks.

There has never been a case of collapse.

Even if it was not selected into the combat attack army sequence directly under the command.

No Japanese dared to underestimate this army.

Eleventh Army Headquarters.

At this time, General Okamura Neiji was standing in front of a group of senior generals.

He was full of confidence and had the courage to speak out: "From the perspective of the terrain and the enemy's position, except for some areas along the Dongting Lake in the west, our army has no choice but to attack the enemy's positions that rely on the mountains."

"This is exactly what happened during the Russo-Japanese War when our First Army crossed the Yalu River and attacked the mountains."

"In this kind of terrain, we have no way to take shortcuts."

"The only feasible strategy is to use a powerful force to attack the enemy positions along the Yue-Han Railway from behind by water."

Okamura Yasuji's specific idea was actually very simple.

That is, to launch a frontal attack with the main force to attract the attention of the Ninth War Zone.

To contain Luo Zhuoying's 19th Army, the army then moved towards the northern Hunan region.

The Sixth Division was responsible for the frontal attack, with the goal of breaking through the Xinqiang River and northern Hunan.
In fact, it is still the old routine of the Japanese army.

Break through the center and detour on both sides.

The tactics are quite common.

However, there are some requirements for deploying troops and sending them to different places.

After reaching the level of seniority and position held by General Okamura Yasuji.

Naturally, there is no need to worry too much
As combat supplies shifted, a large amount of combat supplies originally intended for the North China Front Army were used by the Central China Front Army.

The commander of the North China Front Army, Sugiyama Gen, was quite dissatisfied with this.

Several power calls were made hoping that the base camp would change its previous orders.

but.

All I got was rejection.

The reason for their refusal was quite simple.

Judging from current intelligence.

The main force of the National Army in northern Shanxi was in trouble due to various reasons such as logistics supply.

They should launch the general offensive about a month later.

Before that, they needed to prioritize the supply of the 11th Army to ensure that this operation could successfully destroy the main force of the Chinese army.
(End of this chapter)