Anti-Japanese War: From Becoming Chu Yunfei to Rising

Chapter 122: The more unfavorable the weather and terrain, the greater the chance of winning by surprise. (Edited)
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"Commander Yan, the 122nd Sichuan Army Division reports that the Japanese army has used a large number of poison gas bombs. We have abandoned the front-line positions according to the original battle plan and are waiting to retake them after the poison gas dissipates."

Yan Laoxi nodded and waved his hand.

The operations officer closed the telegram in his hand and turned away.

Shouyang Defense Line.

Chu Yunfei is here.

Yan Laoxi’s main focus is to give people peace of mind.

According to the plan, the Xinkou line will begin to retreat tonight.

The ceremony will be held this afternoon.

Then take a plane to Xi'an.

The problem is not big.

No matter how fast the Japanese army was, it was impossible for them to break through the defense line and attack Taiyuan City within one day.

The office at this time.

Wei Lihuang, who had rushed back from the front line, was standing in front of Chang Kaishen.

"Although the situation in eastern Shanxi has improved in recent days, we can only hold the Shouyang line, and the two wings are unclear."

"After the Wutai frontline position was breached, the Eighth Route Army struggled to hold on, but now has suffered heavy casualties and is no longer able to fight back."

"There has been fierce fighting here for nearly a month. Although we have won victories, the defense line is vulnerable and full of loopholes."

"Too many soldiers were lost. The Tongpu railway line and even the highway traffic line have come to a standstill."

"The supply to the front is poor, and the strategic materials stored in the Second War Zone have been used up."

"We have no choice but to follow the original plan and decide to move to the existing defense positions on the east-west line of Qinglong Town, north of Taiyuan, tonight."

Chiang Kai-shek frowned and nodded slightly.

Enduring the pain, more than just enduring the pain.

It's so painful!
The fierce battle of Xinkou resulted in the sacrifice of nearly 100,000 soldiers.

We originally hoped to fight tenaciously and at all costs in order to stop the enemy and win the victory.

And now.

As the defense line on the Xinkou front gradually collapsed, the huge sacrifices were wasted.

"Commissioner, fortunately, Commander Yan initiated the military industry evacuation and civilian evacuation plan ahead of time. Currently, nearly 85% of the evacuation has been completed. All large equipment that cannot be evacuated has also been destroyed and dismantled according to your scorched earth resistance plan."

Chiang Kai-shek was very satisfied with Yan Laoxi's move.

Scorched earth war!

If Yan Laoxi were asked to destroy all the buildings in Taiyuan City, he would definitely not be willing.

But some large machinery that cannot be moved was blown up.

Old Man Yan could still bear with it.

This is not the time to be soft-hearted.

Once these things were taken away by the Japanese, the situation would be one of gain and the other of loss.

The gap in industrial strength between the enemy and us will widen again.

At that time, we will only be able to rely on foreign aid.

Those who take people have short hands and eat people with soft mouths.

Free aid is a very rare thing.

The gifts bestowed by fate are all secretly marked with a price.

The same is true for aid.

The Soviets have their own little thoughts, and so do the British, French, Germans, and Americans.

There has never been any friendship between countries.

Yes, there are only benefits.

After noticing that there was a trend of retreat on the Xinkou line.

That old devil, Seishirō Sakagami.

He immediately ordered his troops to launch a massive attack.

In an instant, the attack was swift and fierce.

The defenders, who were already preparing to retreat, had no intention of fighting.

The defeat began.

The Japanese attacked quickly.

But in the end, the retreat of the main force on the front line was not as fast as it was.

The main force originally numbered around 200,000, but after such a long and fierce battle, there were not many fresh troops left.

Only less than 30,000 people entered the preset blocking positions.

Many defenders were blocked by the Japanese army on the east bank of the Fen River and Hutuo River and were unable to move south.

We can only move to the mountains and make further plans.

The situation in the war changed rapidly.

Chiang Kai-shek is currently holding an award ceremony in the auditorium set up at the Second War Zone Commander's Headquarters.

Got the news earlier.

The reporters who rushed to Taiyuan overnight were ultimately unable to catch this grand event.

Yan Laoxi also invited many local reporters.

Reporters from the Eighth Route Army’s Taiyuan Office also participated in the event.

In addition, there were three or four Chinese, Soviet and American reporters accompanying them.

The awarding ceremony was quite lively.

Zhang Dayun was wearing a military uniform at this time and sitting obediently in the audience.

He whispered, "When your name is called and you are asked to go up, just go up... don't be nervous."

"Just like when you meet your superiors before, you should salute when necessary and answer whatever is asked of you..."

"The chairman likes to hear polite words and doesn't like to hear the truth. He has a point in his mind."

"Did you hear what I said, Lao Bian?"

Bian Fucheng came back to his senses and nodded: "Yeah!"

"Well."

The awarding ceremony began soon under the chairmanship of Lin Wei.

It was just a simple speech and statement, nothing much to say.

The main points can be summarized as follows.

1. Maintain a firm attitude towards the war of resistance.

Second, persist in the long-term war of resistance.

Third, firmly believe that you will win.

After Lin Wei slowly read out Bian Fucheng's name.

There was thunderous applause.

Bian Fucheng took a deep breath and took a firm step.

Walked onto the stage.

Chiang Kai-shek looked at him with a smile on his face, his eyes full of admiration.

He took out the shining blue-white medal from the medal box held up by Qian Dajun.

Bian Fucheng bowed slightly, and Chiang Kai-shek personally put it on his chest.

Encouragingly, "Not bad, very much like me back then."

"Thank you, Chairman!"

After saluting, Bian Fucheng returned to his previous appearance with an upright posture.

Chiang Kai-shek nodded slightly, and became more and more satisfied the more he looked at it.

At the reporter's suggestion, the two sides took a group photo.

Follow the process.

Lin Wei and Bian Fucheng remained on the stage, and the press conference briefly mentioned a few questions.

"Hello, Captain Bian. I am a reporter from Reuters. I have heard about your story. Can you tell us what you were thinking when you were seriously injured?"

After the translation is completed.

At Lin Wei's signal, Bian Fucheng slowly spoke: "What our Gada has in mind is that even if all our brothers die, we will still blow up the Japanese's ammunition depot."

"If you don't do this, the Japanese will keep attacking and our prison will be doomed, right?"

"Our superiors also said that only by fighting this way can we buy more time. Otherwise, we would have prepared for two days and given the Japanese a hard blow."

The translator on the side spoke very quickly.

The American reporters nodded frequently.

"Captain Bian, do you mean to say that you won this victory at the cost of human lives?"

Lin Wei frowned slightly.

This is not the question that was chosen before.
American reporters always do things in an unconventional way.

Bian Fucheng was stunned for a moment, and then said, "You are talking nonsense. Let me tell you, this is called sacrifice, sacrifice."

"Commander Lin, can this foreign devil understand?"

Lin Wei smiled and nodded: "I think you should be able to understand, Mr. John, sacrifice is the price that must be paid to win the great and just war against aggression."

"That's right, our superiors said: Soldiers! It is an honor to die on the battlefield."

The American reporter named John pushed up his glasses and asked, "Captain Bian, are these what your superiors told you?"

"Why not?"

"Commander Chu has taught us countless times that we should fight for freedom, independence, and to make our country proud. The Japanese have invaded China, and if we soldiers don't go, should we let the common people go?"

"I see, thank you for your answer!"

The reporter bowed slightly and then sat back on the bench.

Lin Wei then arranged for his own people to ask two questions for which the answers had been prepared.

Soon it was the turn of Li Baojia and Wang Weiguo to receive honors.

News from the front was passed to the headquarters of the commander of the Second War Zone.

Keep everything simple, after taking a group photo.

Chiang Kai-shek left in a hurry.

Chu Xichun, deputy chief of staff of the theater, continued to preside over the ceremony.

Shouyang first line.

Chu Yunfei and others naturally also received the latest news from Xinkou.

"The defeat was so sudden. Could it be that the Japanese also used a large number of poison gas bombs over there?"

Qian Bojun added, "We only had one plane come here today... I think it's possible that all the planes were transferred to Xinkou."

"There is another possibility, that is, the Japanese intercepted the telegram, or through some means, they knew that the chairman was in Taiyuan City...so they would definitely attack at all costs."

Fang Ligong pushed up his glasses and continued, "We all know that there is a high possibility that there are Japanese spies in the Second War Zone Commander's headquarters... It is not impossible for the Japanese army to obtain information through espionage activities."

Everyone nodded and didn't even think about retreating.

Although Chu Yunfei knew that there was a retreat plan on the Xinkou line.

But it is not believed that the main force will "retreat" during the day.

Moreover, judging from the current situation...
This is not a retreat, it is simply a disorderly rout. The troops responsible for blocking are being blocked by the Japanese army.
The troops that were supposed to be the rear guard have now entered the preset positions on the second line.

In less than six hours.

He had already escaped more than 40 kilometers.

After days of fighting, they were already exhausted, and yet they were still retreating at such a fast speed.

There is a high probability that they will be completely defeated and in a miserable state.

Just when Chu Yunfei was about to speak.

In the distance, the rumbling sound of artillery fire was heard again.

After occupying the front-line position, the Japanese army attacked again.

After a while.

There was a lot of gunfire.

"Da da~!"

"Boom!"

The attacking Japanese soldiers attempted to climb up to the second-line defense position under the cover of artillery fire.

Behind the second line of defense is Shouyang City.

Naturally, it was impossible to let the Japanese take it away easily.

Under the command of Li Kuishan.

The Japanese attacking forces were quickly defeated.

"Hello~ Mountain Artillery Regiment?"

"Speaking.."

"Commander Chu orders us to immediately bombard the enemy's pre-set artillery positions..."

"Yes!"

Liang Guoping hung up the phone.

I took a look at the Japanese fighter planes that had just left.
The sky not far behind me was covered with dark clouds.

The Japanese troops who had originally planned to drop bombs quickly withdrew.

The weather was fine, but it was about to snow heavily.

The winter in Shanxi is very cold.

There is no such thing as global warming in this era.

Once it snows heavily.

In one day and one night, the snow is likely to be above the knees.

This is also a great test for the rapid mobility of the artillery units.

However, Liang Guoping has full confidence in the soldiers and officers under his command.

There were quite a few lieutenants in the previous mountain artillery battalion.

In fact, they all trained at the Artillery School.

What we learned was German artillery.

We also conducted marching training in the wild late at night on snowy days.

Talk about it.

Two years ago.

Commander Liang Guoping had returned from studying in Japan and was recommended by Chu Yunfei to become a major battalion commander.

Liang Guoping was promoted by Chu Yunfei and does not have much experience as a grassroots cadre.

Naturally, there is some dislike between the two sides.

The biggest conflict was the issue of artillery firing commands.

This group of people habitually use German-style commands, which are relatively simple and quick.

Liang Guoping had just returned to China and was still sitting on the bench.

Of course it is not very clear.

The excellence of German artillery.

But since he was promoted by Chu Yunfei, and Liang Guoping was not someone who would not listen to others.

The junior officers also respected him quite a bit.

As we get to know each other better.

The two sides get along quite happily.

Liang Guoping also got to know their principal, Zou Zuohua, better.

Before Liang Guoping returned to China.

The size of the domestic artillery is actually quite good.

The Central Army has eight independent artillery regiments.

The Northeastern Army had six artillery regiments.

There were ten regiments in the Jin army.

At Zou Zuohua's request, all artillery units across the country needed to send cadres there for rotation training.

but.

This person, Yan Laoxi.

Only a small number of cadres would be sent to Tangshan Artillery School to spy on the strength of the Central Army.

We will not send all cadres here for training.

Chu Yunfei also got this advantage.

These officers were sent to the Artillery School for further training.

Naturally, he looked down on his colleagues who were still using Japanese artillery tactics.

There was nowhere to go after that.

Naturally, he would accept Chu Yunfei's enticement.

This is actually how Chu Yunfei's mountain artillery battalion was formed.

First you have the people, then you get the guns.

Speaking of Zou Zuohua.

This man is also a famous general who is cool and conceited.

July 1934, .

Zou Zuohua was transferred to the position of principal of the Artillery School, which marked the beginning of the heyday of German artillery construction.

He was arguably the best artillery general in the country before the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War!

He was the first artillery commander to use an artillery group in battle, and he was the first in the country in terms of actual combat command experience.

He is also a nationally renowned expert in military training.

He once commanded the 4th Artillery Regiment, which overwhelmed the 2nd Infantry Brigade of the "Zhenwei" Army of the Northeast Model New Army, which was commanded by Zhang Xiaoliu himself.

It became a model for military training for the Northeast Army.

Although this person is an artillery officer who graduated from the Japanese Military Academy.

But he has a very Western style, likes dancing, playing tennis and hanging out in bars.

Soldiers are handsome and dignified, and are idols of many young people.

At that time, there were many officers from the Northeast Army.

They would habitually imitate his dressing style and even his walking posture, considering it fashionable.

(Zhang Xiaoliuzi had excluded him because of this incident. After he came to power, he excluded Zou Zuohua.)
In terms of combat.

It was also the first to adopt a new tactic of indirect aiming and concealed positions.

When Chiang Kai-shek was preparing to use Zou Zuohua.

Zhang Xiaoliuzi's speech is also very unpleasant.

He believed that Zou Zuhua was a man of courage, insight, ability and achievements.

But he was cunning by nature, did not value morals, was arrogant, looked down on everyone, was ambitious, and always wanted to take control of the military power.

In that era of clear factions.

Chiang Kai-shek made a very correct decision.

He boldly appointed Zou Zuohua as the principal of the Artillery School and granted him full authority.

Many people don’t understand this operation.

It is believed that at least a general of the Central Army should be appointed as the Minister of Education.

It can also play a role of restraint and supervision.

But... Chiang Kai-shek really couldn't stand the old principal Zhou Bin.

Zhou Bin of the Central Army is a typical veteran instructor who studied in Japan.

When giving lectures, he is very knowledgeable and tends to focus on academic research.

This guy is a waste when he shoots cannon in the wild..
There is also a lot of prejudice against German consultants.

These German military advisers advocate field combat training.

He sat in the classroom to study and recite commands during class.

The key point is that the Germans brought German-style passwords for field artillery fire.

The textbook we memorized in class was the Japanese translated version of the Japanese Army Infantry Drill Manual.

How can such an artillery unit succeed?

Chiang Kai-shek had long wanted to replace him.

But there are only a few big cats and small cats under my command.

There is a lack of experience among the military officers who have studied in Germany and are willing to accept the German teaching method and work together.

The more experienced military officers who studied in Japan are not only incompetent, but also stubborn.

This gave Chiang Kai-shek a headache for a while.

He followed Cai Zhonghu (once known as the father of the National Army's artillery) to the Artillery School as a researcher.

With the continuous arrival of new German artillery, Chiang Kai-shek began to clean up these stubborn Japanese-educated generals and school principals.

Cai Zhonghu and Zou Zuohua are both typical artillery commanders who have been trained in actual combat.

Zou Zuohua started out as a lower-level cadre, and he understands combat and technology even better.

Not only did he often lead a group of students on field training alone, even on winter nights with howling north winds.

It was the same for him...the man wearing a small leather belt and a cotton coat, climbing onto the horse in the biting cold wind.

Together with the students, we headed towards the snow-covered shooting range.
He believed that the more unfavorable the weather and terrain were, the greater the chance of achieving a surprise victory.

The Japanese would not choose the spring season when flowers are blooming to attack!

This sentence.

It was Cao Liguang, the former platoon leader of the mountain artillery battalion, who told him.

It also came from Zou Zuohua's mouth.

Liang Guoping takes it as a guiding principle!
Looking at the light snow falling in the sky.

At this time, Liang Guoping no longer had any hesitation.

He immediately picked up the phone and called the headquarters of the 358th Brigade.

At this moment, he had an even bolder plan in his mind!

It's not hydrology
Zou was from the Northeast Army. He was involved in the academic dispute between German and Japanese artillery. This will not be mentioned in the book.
I wrote him to pave the way for the construction of the artillery school and the counterattack in Northeast China.
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