Anti-Japanese War: From Becoming Chu Yunfei to Rising

Chapter 84 Chu Yunfei wiped out all the remaining enemies at Jiuguan Pass; support arrived from all the troops, and the battle situation improved! (Subscribe)

"Boom~!"

The sound of gunfire continued.

At this time, the Japanese soldiers on the position were huddled in the trenches.

Waiting for the bombardment to end.

Accompanied by the loud sound of the charge.

These little devils also know this in their hearts.

The Chinese army is about to launch a general offensive.

All the Japanese soldiers had crazy looks on their faces. They picked up the rifles beside them and got into combat positions.

"Fix your bayonets and get ready for battle!"

"Prepare for battle. Enemies appear on the hillside to the left."

"Fire~!"

The defenders' positions were cut by artillery fire.

Each squad and even unit of the Japanese army could only fight independently.

Their firepower could not form a cross-cutting pattern, and even replacement was difficult to achieve.

As soon as the general offensive was launched, the light machine gun fire points in the Japanese trenches were suppressed by the light and heavy machine guns of the 358th Regiment.

The heavy mortar battalion and the mountain artillery battalion stopped shelling.

The 60mm artillery of the 2nd Mortar Company continued to perform its support duties.

The soldiers marched forward bravely.

Climbed up to the Japanese position with difficulty.

Hand grenades were thrown into the Japanese trenches.

The explosions continued for a while, and the light and heavy machine guns stopped firing.

More and more soldiers rushed to the hilltop positions where the Japanese invaders were stationed.

The sounds of fighting continued, accompanied by bursts of shouting and gunfire.

But it only took less than fifteen minutes.

Most of the more than 300 Japanese soldiers were quickly wiped out.

Only the little devils in the three main bunkers were left to resist.

Sporadic machine gun fire was heard.

Under Chu Yunfei's command, smoke bombs were thrown at the bunkers held by the remaining Japanese troops.

Soon, the smoke filled the air, completely obscuring the vision of these Japanese devils.

Even the well-trained Japanese soldiers couldn't help but panic at this time.

"What should we do now? The Chinese will surely come to kill us soon!"

"We can't stay in the bunker, otherwise we will die without a burial place."

"For His Majesty Tianhuang, for the sake of the great country of Japan, charge out!"

Led by one of the lieutenants, the little devils quickly broke away from the main bunker and tried to launch a counterattack to repel the soldiers' attack.

However, the troops responsible for such an offensive mission must be the elite troops under Qian Bojun.

This means that they must be equipped with Jin-made Thompson submachine guns.

At such a distance.

"Da da da~!"

The sound of gunfire, like that of a typewriter, continued to ring out.

Accompanied by the sound of explosion after the grenade was thrown.

These twenty or so Japanese devils soon lost their ability to resist.

As the gunfire gradually died down, the fighting in the Jiuguan area ended.

At this time, Chu Yunfei also put down the telescope in his hand.

He had just gained an overview of the entire battlefield from the battle map.

At present, all Japanese troops in the Jiuguan area have been completely wiped out.

He looked down at the watch on his hand.

Chu Yunfei also smiled at this time: "Yes, this time the battle time is even less than eight hours. Quickly clean up the battlefield, repair the fortifications on the spot, and wait for further orders."

"Yes!"

Nanjing.

Huangpu Road official residence.

The telegram from the Second War Zone Commander's Headquarters was once again delivered to Chiang Kai-shek's desk.

He took the telegram handed over by the operations staff of the attendant's room.

Chiang Kai-shek took a serious look, then raised his head and asked, "What is the current situation at Niangzi Pass?"

"According to Deputy Commander Huang's report, the situation has stabilized. Several attacks by the Japanese army have been repelled."

"good."

Chiang Kai-shek threw the telegram aside and asked, "Huang Shao-hong doesn't have a strong army, so it's not easy for him to achieve such a victory. Please give him a commendation in my name."

"Commissioner...what did Chief Yan mention?"

"Well (Fenghua accent)"

Chiang Kai-shek frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and then continued: "We need to think about this matter. Let him wait. Call him back tomorrow and ask him to hold on to Xinkou and Niangziguan. The longer he holds on, the better!"

"Yes!"

Actually.

The content of the telegram sent by Yan Laoxi can be simply summarized in two points.

First, we need people, guns and supplies.

The Taiyuan Arsenal produced the 65mm rifle bullet.

The most powerful Central Army was uniformly equipped with the Type 79 rifle, also known as the Hanyang rifle, and a small number of Zhongzheng rifles.

In addition to support weapons such as mortars, and heavy weapons such as mountain artillery.

If Yan Laoxi wants to provide ammunition to friendly forces, he also needs to take the initiative to provide firearms.

The cost is very high and the production capacity cannot keep up, so I can only ask Chang Kaishen for it.

2. Ask for help, ask for number.

On the Xinkou front, the two sides fought hard for nearly a week.

Both the attackers and defenders suffered heavy casualties.

After General Wei Lihuang realized the fatigue of the Japanese army, he launched a counterattack across the board.

For a time, the support from the 124th Division of the Sichuan Army had not yet arrived.

The troops on the left wing recaptured the front-line positions such as Dabaishui and Yanzhuang.

There were repeated fierce battles, resulting in heavy casualties.

I hope Chiang Kai-shek can dispatch some more reliable reinforcements to Shanxi to fight.

As soon as the 22nd Sichuan Army arrived, Yan Laoxi hoped that new reinforcements would arrive. It was obvious that Yan Laoxi looked down on these troops.

There is also the so-called number issue. Will the number of the 358th Regiment be retained?

Since the regiment has just been expanded, it is okay to retain the number of the 358th Regiment as a temporary number.

This will definitely not work over time.

What Yan Laoxi meant was to establish the 196th Regiment and a new regiment under Chu Yunfei, and this regiment’s number would not be the 358th Regiment.

To put it more bluntly:

He wanted the brigade number, he wanted to keep the 358th Regiment number, and he also wanted another regimental unit number.

Chiang Kai-shek's number was not given randomly.

Each one needs to be registered with the Military Affairs Department, and the chief officers at all levels need to be registered with the Personnel Department.

We rely on this thing to pay military salaries and replenish military equipment and supplies.

Chiang Kai-shek’s strategy was also very simple, which was to delay.

It's already a good thing that we didn't take this opportunity to disband the troop numbers.

The dreamy Yan Laoxi still had some expectations at this point in time.

Little did they know that Chiang Kai-shek was now only interested in changing the direction of the Japanese army's attack.

At this time, there was only one 20th Army in northern Henan.

They had previously retreated from the defeated Pinghan Road Campaign.

We are currently organizing our garrison in northern Henan, and our strength is very limited.

If the Japanese army moved south along the Pinghan Railway, they would inevitably break through the defense line.

Judging by Chang Kaishen and others.

If the Japanese army sent a part of its troops to land in Guangzhou, they would attack northward along the Guangdong-Hankou Railway.

One part continued to attack southward along the Pinghan Railway.

If we can meet in Wuhan smoothly.

This would have isolated the Republic of China from the east to the west, and from the north to the south.

Not to mention that it is difficult for the main force to retreat westward.

What is more important is the loss of a large amount of industrial equipment and raw materials.

The industrial equipment removed from the coastal areas was mainly transported to Wuhan via the Yangtze River.

A large amount of raw materials and materials purchased from abroad also enter the country through the Port of Guangzhou.

Transported to Wuhan via the Yue-Han Railway.

If you want to continue transporting from Wuhan to the rear.

It mainly relies on human transportation of the Yangtze River boatmen.

Not only is navigation impossible during the flood season, but efficiency also decreases as the altitude increases.

Wuhan, as the hinterland of the country, is also the heart of the city.

There must not be any problems in a short period of time.

Otherwise, a protracted and long-term war of resistance would naturally become a joke.

Chiang Kai-shek was worried that the Japanese army would move south along the Pinghan Road, take Henan, and approach Wuhan.
They were also worried that the Japanese army would move south from Shanxi, through Hanzhong, and into Sichuan.

Relevant records at this time found in Chiang Kai-shek’s diary: It is difficult to determine the policy because we cannot figure out the details of the Japanese side.

Although this is what is said in the diary, the original text of the telegram obtained from the archives.

Chiang Kai-shek seemed to have made sufficient preparations to counter the special treatment of North China.

He first told Song Zheyuan clearly that he would send four divisions of main force to support.

He also ordered the two main divisions under Sun Lianzhong to concentrate in Baoding and Shijiazhuang.

As for Shanxi, I don’t know if it’s because of their confidence in their old rival.

It was not until the situation in northern Shanxi deteriorated drastically that he was able to react.

I don’t know if it was the two not-so-small victories on the Xinkou front that gave Chiang Kai-shek confidence.

To the extent that he began to ignore the battlefield situation in Shanxi at this time.

A delaying attitude was adopted towards all of Yan Laoxi's requests.

Chu Yunfei annihilated the enemy guarding the old pass.

The battle report was reported to the front-line headquarters in the Niangziguan area as soon as possible.

After hearing the report, Huang Shaohong was extremely surprised and opened his mouth so wide that it seemed as if he could swallow a goose egg.

It’s amazing!

The enemies at Jiuguan were completely wiped out so quickly.

Just how powerful is the fighting capacity of Chu Yunfei's army!
After the remaining enemies at the old pass were wiped out, the troops on the front line of Niangzi Pass no longer had to worry.

This battle is much easier to fight.

According to Huang Shaolong's order.

Chu Yunfei wanted to leave behind an engineering corps to repair the fortifications on the spot, and also leave behind two companies of infantry to guard against infiltration by Japanese invaders in case of emergency.

However, Chu Yunfei does not have a full-time engineering corps under his command.

So they simply left behind three infantry companies and a mortar company, all under the command of Xue Jie, the company commander of the seventh company of the first battalion.

Hold the Jiuguan line and guard against infiltration by small Japanese invaders.

As soon as Xue Jie received the order, he immediately put forward his request.

He hoped that Chu Yunfei could keep the two 75mm mountain cannons.

To strengthen the firepower of the old pass.

The reason is also very good.

The bunkers were destroyed by artillery fire during their attack.

They have no use for the bunkers.

If the Japanese really attack, we will be at a disadvantage without fortifications.

If we had mountain artillery, we could give the Japanese a heavy blow.

Chu Yunfei nodded in agreement and told him to defend the Jiuguan line to the death.

Luo Wei’s state-owned camp remained in its original location.

Take on the task of flank protection.

The main force of the first battalion, the mountain artillery battalion and the logistics unit, followed Huang Shaohong's orders and went north to support the Niangziguan area.

the other side.

The front-line headquarters at Niangzi Pass received another piece of good news.

The 129th Brigade of the 386th Division of the Eighth Route Army has arrived in Zhangzhuang and Xiyang areas. The 115rd Brigade of the 343th Division has also arrived in Mengxian and is advancing towards Yangquan.

The support troops of the 122nd Division of the Sichuan Army have also crossed Shouyang and are expected to reach Yangquan within two days.

The support troops have arrived.

The dire situation on the battlefield seems to be turning around step by step!
I refreshed this chapter and read it. I didn’t notice that I sent out the historical version when I posted it.

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