Anti-Japanese War: From Becoming Chu Yunfei to Rising

Chapter 74: Nanhuaihua Li Xianzhou was seriously injured, Yan Laoxi spent a lot of money to help Xinkou (Subscription Request)

Just as Chu Yunfei and others were actively planning the battle plan for Niangzi Pass.

On the Xinkou line.

The main forces of the Chinese army are actively resisting the Japanese army's continuous and fierce attacks.

Responsible for the frontal defense mission in Nanhuaihua area.

It is the elite of the Central Army, the 21st Division under Li Xianzhou.

After several bloody battles, this army had less than 6,000 people left.

But the fighting spirit is still high and the armaments are complete.

The 13th.

Li Xianzhou personally went to the front line to supervise the battle, determined to defeat the Japanese invaders who attacked the Nanhuaihua position.

They took over the defense line of the 54th Division.

Previously, due to the siege of the 15th Independent Mixed Brigade, there were heavy casualties.

The ones attacking here were the elite troops of the Fifth Division.

General Hao Mengling also knew that they were under great pressure, so he went to the front line to inspect and see if he could provide any help.

Li Xianzhou accompanied him and the regiment commander in charge of the defense of this place.

On the hillside of an unknown hill.

General Hao Mengling held a telescope in his hand to inspect the enemy situation on the front line.

at this time.

The focus of the battle between the Chinese and Japanese armies was Nanhuaihua on the south bank of the Yunzhong River.

Yunzhong River is a river north of Xinkou. If the Japanese army wants to gain a foothold on the south bank of the Yunzhong River, they must capture Nanhuaihua.

If the Chinese troops wanted to drive Itagaki back to the north bank of the Yunzhong River, they had to defend Nanhuaihua.

Want to continue to capture Taiyuan City.

This place is bound to become the Japanese invaders' forward base.

Once the Chinese army takes control, it can seize the initiative on the battlefield and launch a counterattack at any time.

The commanders on both sides are not mediocre.

The two sides had been fighting over the Nanhuaihua position for five full days.

On the Japanese side, the former commander Shibuya was dismissed.

The Shibuya Regiment was merged into the Suzuki Brigade to form the Suzuki Corps.

Responsible for capturing the Nanhuaihua position.

On the national army side.

The 54th Division suffered heavy casualties, and General Wei Lihuang agreed to allow it to retreat 80 kilometers to the rear for rest.

Regroup and fight again.

"Captain Zhuang, this place is in a dangerous position and controls two main roads. We must not let the Japanese take it easily."

"Please rest assured, Commander Li has provided the greatest support for our regiment. I, Zhuangcunfu, promise to complete the mission of defending the position as long as we are at it."

Li Xianzhou frowned slightly.

I just felt something touching my chest.

Commander Hao Mengling immediately said, "Commander Li, you are injured!"

"Medic, medic!"

"fine."

"You said you were fine, but the bullet went through your chest."

"There are Japanese snipers, be careful!"

General Hao Mengling hurried forward, took out some white medicine from his pocket and fed it to Li Xianzhou.

"Military doctor, military doctor!"

The medical soldier quickly stepped forward to check the situation, but how could he quickly determine the commander's injuries at this time?
They simply stopped the bleeding first and bandaged the wound. Li Xianzhou, who had just been saying that he was fine, fainted in front of everyone.

The master is dead!

He died on the battlefield.

In a short time, such news spread throughout the entire position.

The soldiers were filled with grief, discussing in groups of two or three: "The division commander was hit by the Japanese!"

"Didn't you say you were dead?"

"Don't talk nonsense. If you continue to disrupt the morale of the army, I will shoot you!"

"The commander is very lucky. The military doctor has already arrived. He will surely be out of danger."

Just as the company and platoon leaders were consolidating the morale of their own positions.

One shell after another hit the Nanhuaihua position.

This was the Japanese invaders' artillery preparation.

These elite Central Army soldiers are already familiar with this.

"Brothers, the Japs seem to be coming!"

"Get ready to fight, get ready to fight!"

The soldiers clung to the edge of the trench, while the guards carried Li Xianzhou down the mountain.

The military doctor hurriedly dissuaded him: "There is a high probability of blood congestion in the chest cavity. You need to lift him upside down and put your head down!"

"Bullshit, isn't that going to kill someone?"

The soldiers were reluctant, but couldn't bear it.

Under Hao Mengling's order, Li Xianzhou was quickly transferred to the rear for treatment.

After Li Xianzhou was injured.

There was a brief confusion in the command of the troops.

General Hao Mengling took over command on the spot.

He also commanded and mobilized the troops to launch a heroic counterattack.

After the hundreds of attacking Japanese invaders were defeated.

The telegram was also sent to the Xinkou front headquarters, which was less than 80 kilometers behind.

The Japanese army also noticed something was not right.

Under the command of Shigeyasu Suzuki.

The main force of the Japanese army, about 800 people, launched another attack under the cover of air force and artillery.

The news that Li Xianzhou was "seriously injured" reached the headquarters of the Second War Zone Commander.

At this time, all the staff officers, as well as Yan Laoxi and Sun Cuiya couldn't help but worry.

"Commander Yan, the Nanhuaihua position is the bridgehead for our army's counterattack. Once it is lost, the initiative on the battlefield will fall into the hands of the Japanese army. At that time, we can only rely on the defense line to hold on."

Yan Laoxi stroked his beard and said decisively: "Order, transfer the command of all air squadrons under the Second War Zone to General Wei."

"Yes!"

Xie Ming turned around and was about to draft a telegram. Yan Laoxi spoke again: "Come back!"

"Transfer the command of the armored forces, motor vehicles, and artillery regiments to General Wei!"

Everyone looked at each other in shock when they heard this.

"This"

For a moment, everyone was surprised at the decision made by Commander Yan.

After handing over the command, Wei Lihuang will not be polite to you, Yan Laoxi.

No member of the Jin army can escape the battle that must be fought.

Chen Changjie's troops are almost being turned into a suicide squad.

How could Commander Yan make such a decision?
Yan Laoxi glanced at everyone present and sighed slightly: "Everyone, if we lose this battle, Shanxi will be lost. It's time to fight to the death."

"Commander Yan, the situation should not be so deteriorating."

"Yes, that's the 14th Army!"

The 14th Army Group is the elite of the Central Army.

The treatment is much better than that of the elite troops of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army.

Take the equipment of the 10th Division of the 14th Army under Li Mo'an as an example.

Their equipment was considered elite in the country at the time, but not the best.

Each infantry company had nine Czech machine guns and seventy-five Zhongzheng rifles.

Each heavy gun company was equipped with six Maxim machine guns and six mortars.

This allowed each battalion to be equipped with twenty-seven light machine guns and six heavy machine guns.

Two mortars and two hundred and fifty rifles.

Even the Japanese squadron's light weapons firepower was not inferior to theirs.

Such troops.

In the entire Jinsui Army system, only the main 358st Battalion under the th Brigade had such light weapons firepower configuration.

And the national army troops stationed on the position.

It was also equipped with two German 37mm anti-tank guns.

It can effectively deal with the Japanese invaders' tanks and armored vehicle units.

The combat effectiveness of such troops is naturally top-notch.

Even if the miscellaneous troops can’t defeat them, the Central Army can do it, right?

These officers and staff of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army were very clear about their own combat effectiveness.

Among the 150,000-strong Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, there were not many troops capable of fighting.

The Jin Army and the Sui Army were divided in half.

Compared with the firepower of the 14th Army of the Central Army, it is naturally incomparable.

This is also why after Wei Lihuang supported Shanxi.

This is why Yan Laoxi was very moved and respected him very much.

"Commander Wei is a famous general of the time, Commander Yan, please rest assured!"

Just as everyone spoke.

Liu Tao walked over and said, "Commander Yan, the 358th Brigade is calling."

Yan Laoxi took the telegram from Liu Tao and looked at it carefully.

In the telegram, Chu Yunfei not only reported in detail the current reorganization situation of the 35th Brigade.

He also took the initiative to ask for battle, marched westward and annihilated the enemy at Jiuguan.

Niangziguan!
When he thought of Niangzi Pass, Yan Laoxi became even more worried.

The Japanese army is powerful, and this is not just talk.

A Japanese infantry brigade had less than 6,000 troops.

They then attacked the 30,000 people on the front line of Niangzi Pass.

Of course, this has something to do with the heavy casualties among Sun Lianzhong's troops.

As famous generals of the Northwest Army, they had previously been ordered to support Song Zheyuan's 29th Army.

A lot of soldiers were lost in the Battle of Pinghan Road.

When we arrived at Niangzi Pass.

The entire legion, at most, has less than 8,000 people.

Although the Northwest Army’s equipment was not very good, its fighting spirit was still strong.

Although Zhao Shoushan's troops of the Shaanxi Army failed to successfully recapture the Xuehua Mountain position.

But I managed to gain one day.

At present, Sun Lianzhong's troops have successfully arrived and the situation is temporarily stable.

If the elite 358th Brigade reaches Niangzi Pass.

The situation may be reversed.

Yan Laoxi once again adjusted the military deployment on the Niangzi Pass front line: "Order."

All the officers and staff present at the meeting stood at attention and looked at Yan Laoxi.

"Zhu Huaibing's 94th Division and Li Xingzhong's 177th Division's 529th Brigade occupied the Heishan Pass and Longquan Pass positions in the northwest of the battlefield."

"Feng Anbang's 27th Division will assemble at Niangzi Pass. Zhang Jinzhao's 30th Division will send out its main force to flank the Japanese troops north of Jingxing and recapture the Taolinping and Xiaozao frontline positions!"

"The 31st Division of Chifeng City will be kept as a reserve force. They will assemble along the Zhengtai Road westwards towards Niangzi Pass and be ready to go into battle at any time!"

"Zeng Wanzhong's Third Army will draw three regiments to set up defenses at Jiulong Pass and Beigutai south of Jiuguan Pass. The remaining troops will besiege the enemy at Jiuguan Pass. Chu Yunfei's 358th Brigade will advance westward to Yangquan for reorganization and then immediately move to the front line of Jiuguan Pass to cooperate with the Third Army to annihilate the enemy inside the pass!"

"Also, Cui Ya, send a telegram to Deputy Commander Zhu, asking where the 129th Division has arrived?"

The combat deployment and plan were sent to the 358th Brigade Headquarters as quickly as possible.

Perhaps Chu Yunfei’s abnormal behavior last time reminded Yan Laoxi.

When giving orders now, Yan Laoxi is very cautious.

Reduce the frequency of sending messages as much as possible.

Let each general exert his subjective initiative and delegate power to the generals below to independently judge the battlefield situation and conduct operations.

So far, the results are pretty good.

At least there were no omissions in the Yanmen Pass and Pingxing Pass lines.

A week passed.

Yan Laoxi became even more convinced that there were Japanese spies in the headquarters of the Second War Zone Commander.

Otherwise, how could the troops under his command suffer defeat after defeat and find it so difficult to achieve results?

The headquarters of the 358th Brigade at this time.

It took half a month to distribute ammunition and dry food to the companies.

The logistics materials have been basically loaded
Under Chu Yunfei's order, the soldiers drove to the station and boarded the train to Yangquan.
Li Xianzhou was wounded in battle. The information is from the Anti-Japanese War in Shanxi-Suiyuan: Personal Experiences of Former Kuomintang Generals in the Anti-Japanese War by Chen Changjie, Han Boqin, etc., China Literature and History Publishing House, P116
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