Anti-Japanese War: From Becoming Chu Yunfei to Rising

Chapter 169 I'm sorry, everyone. I really want to make progress! (Subscribe)

Subtitle: At the Kaifeng Conference, Chiang Kai-shek issued a ten-kill order! Han Fuju angrily criticized Chiang Kai-shek, and the old man hanged himself because he thought his life was too long!

The eyes of all the famous generals were focused on him at once.

Even Chu Yunfei felt a little uncomfortable at this time.

The eyes of Li and Bai were full of scrutiny and appreciation.

They had already heard about this world-famous general of the Jin army from Huang Shaolong.

Know his working style and preferences.

They still admired and even respected Chu Yunfei.

At this time, Chu Yunfei was the leader of the younger generation in the entire national army's combat sequence.

He is undoubtedly the most meritorious person in Whampoa Military Academy.

His fame has surpassed that of many veteran players who have been famous for a long time.

The most important thing is that Chu Yunfei is 28 years old this year. Even if he is years old
So what?
There are only three or two people who are more dazzling than him at this age.

There is a high probability that Chu Yunfei will become a true "direct descendant" under Chiang Kai-shek's arrangement.

As for the generals who had fought side by side with him before.

People like Sun Lianzhong, commander of the Second Army who had just recovered from his injury, and Corps Commander Tang Enbo looked at Chu Yunfei with a hint of surprise in their eyes.

Because they know.

Chu Yunfei is Yan Laoxi's absolute direct descendant and a role model for the younger generation of Wutai folks.

Therefore.

There was a hint of amusement in everyone's eyes.

"Report to the principal, the student Yun Fei has brought it!"

"Not bad!"

He expressed his appreciation in Fenghua accent, then looked at the others.

"Is there anyone else?"

"Well, does anyone have this command outline?"

A group of senior commanders looked at each other in bewilderment at this time.

Chu Yunfei saw CKS looking at him with a hint of anticipation.

Then he stood up suddenly again.

"Report to the principal, the student Yun Fei has brought it!"

"Okay, okay! Okay!!!"

The man with Fenghua accent was very excited. He immediately walked quickly to Chu Yunfei and examined him carefully.

The infantry drill manual and command outline that Chu Yunfei brought with him were in tatters.

It looked like he often read it, which made me feel very relieved.

He took the two booklets from Chu Yunfei and then handed them to all the senior generals present.

And praised loudly.

"If no one carries a basic book on commanding troops and fighting with them and studies it at any time, how can we fight and resist enemies with new weapons?"

"Yun Fei is just a mid-level officer. How can he win battles again and again and achieve such great results?"

Chiang Kai-shek was quite excited, his face flushed, and he paced back and forth in the operations meeting room.

Chu Yunfei even felt a little guilty when he saw this.

I'm sorry, Principal.

I really want to progress.

Knowing Chiang Kai-shek's preferences and making targeted arrangements were of great help in improving his own status.

Some small details can completely hit the G-spot of Fenghua accent.

Many people study war history.

We cannot avoid Chiang Kai-shek's personality and way of doing things.

He himself likes to see the big picture from the details.

All day long, there are so many things to do that I can't finish them until late at night.

But if the Fenghua accent makes you remember your name.

And I still think of you sometimes.

As long as you have the slightest bit of ability and are loyal enough, your promotion will be as fast as a rocket.

For example, Huang Jie.

He caught Chiang Kai-shek's eye because of a time when he was standing guard under the scorching sun.

At that time, Chiang Kai-shek was inspecting the campus.

Most of the sentries were listless, and some even hid in the shade to rest.

Until I saw Huang Jie standing straight like a javelin.

After seeing Chiang Kai-shek coming.

Huang Jie even gave a very standard military salute.

Chiang Kai-shek paid attention to details. He noticed that something was wrong with Huang Jie's hand, with traces of blood oozing out.

He immediately pulled Huang Jie's hand over, and only then did he see a nail hidden in his hand.

Chiang Kai-shek asked.

Huang Jie said that the weather was too hot and he was afraid of fainting, so he used nails to ensure that he stayed awake at all times.

Just because of this small thing, Huang Jie caught the eye of Chiang Kai-shek and was appreciated.

I think Huang Jie is capable of taking on the big responsibility.

After that, he saved Chiang Kai-shek twice and rose to prominence.

Does Huang Jie have the ability? Judging from his initial experience, he does.

But judging from its performance on the anti-Japanese battlefield, it can only be said that it was not much.

In the Battle of Lanfeng, Huang Jie was defeated in Guide... and was labeled a deserter general.

According to previous employment practices, Huang Jie should not have been re-employed.

But in 1944, Chiang Kai-shek appointed him as the commander-in-chief of the 11th Army Group.
anyway.

"You know?"

"Not only officers but also soldiers in the Japanese army carry this booklet with them, studying it all the time and regulating their actions everywhere!"

"And what about us?"

Chiang Kai-shek stood in front of everyone, like a parent teaching his unfilial son.

"Since the outbreak of the war of resistance, we have suffered repeated defeats, lost a lot of land, and sacrificed many lives and properties."

"It's not that the enemy has paid a huge price and forced their way in, but that some of our senior generals are waiting and waiting to protect their strength. They don't work hard and don't cooperate, so the enemy dares to come in!"

"If you ask yourself, you will know that what I said is not unfair. To be honest, as long as we don't retreat, the enemy will not dare to advance. As long as we don't give up, the enemy will not be able to invade our land!"

The lectures delivered with Fenghua accent have certain characteristics.

There are only a few words in the war history that say he spoke too much and was verbose.

Chu Yunfei had read Chiang Kai-shek's speech at the Whampoa Military Academy and thought it was very concise.

Now it turns out that he was wrong and what was recorded in the war history was correct.

The speech with Fenghua accent was endless and torrent.

If there is an advantage, it is that everyone is treated equally.

He scolded most of the officers present.

Chiang Kai-shek dared to look directly at the ugly postures of the troops under his command, and his appearance was very frank.

"Just think about it, if everyone could sacrifice their lives for the country like the martyrs such as General Hao Mengling, General Wu Keren, Division Commander Liu Jiaqi, and Division Commander Zhao Deng Yudeng, and carry forward the National Revolutionary Army's offensive spirit of "we are invincible and we are not enemies."

"No matter how tenacious the enemy is or how powerful his weapons are, we can destroy him and wipe him out."

After Chiang Kai-shek spoke like this, he couldn't stop at all.

From time to time, he gave examples of battles commanded by the generals present.

Even Tang Enbo, who was in charge of the soldiers' drill manual, was scolded.

He himself was even more relieved.

It directly lists the dozen most serious problems currently existing in the national army.

1. Senior generals lack wisdom, excellent skills and the spirit of hard work, and lower-level officers and soldiers lack training in new tactics.

Second, military discipline is completely lost. This is the biggest disaster for an army!
3. There is a general lack of hostility, especially among senior military officers!

4. Lack of spirit and technology in coordinated operations.

5. Senior generals lack the determination to sacrifice.

6. The superiors do not know how to inspire people’s sense of shame and teach them how to fight.

7. Orders cannot be implemented.

8. Being lazy and careless, being unable to determine the true situation of the enemy, not reviewing the course of battle, and not giving orders to advance and retreat, and being careless.

9. Senior generals lack firm self-confidence and are unable to share the joys and sorrows with their soldiers.

10. Weapons, ammunition and equipment are entirely dependent on supplies from the rear, without being replenished at the front and relying on the enemy for food.

11. Lack of "privacy habits" - telecommunications management and use are not strict, which often leads to the leakage of military intelligence.

12. The general troops lack political training.

These twelve points are actually a very objective summary.

All eleven points point out problems with senior generals.

There is also one that curses the local army.

Chiang Kai-shek is actually a clear-headed person in the world.

He knew where the problem lay, and it was not the middle and lower-level officers and soldiers.

But it was on this group of senior generals.

So what even if they are direct descendants of the Central Army.

Chiang Kai-shek treated everyone equally when he scolded them.

When the cane hits your head, it doesn't matter whether you are loyal or not.

The contributions of middle and lower-level officers and soldiers.

No one can single out all their problems.

"Are our junior officers unwilling to sacrifice themselves? I don't think so!"

"It all comes down to the lack of determination among our senior generals, or the lack of determination they have."

"In other words, among our senior generals, there is a despicable mentality of preserving strength."

Li, Bai, Han, Liu and others who were sitting in the front row sat upright in silence.

Everyone lowered their heads and expressed their displeasure, especially Han Fuju, who drooped his head even more so that his face almost touched the table.

Deng Jinkang, Sun Lianzhong, Zhu Shouguang, Wang Mingzhang, Chu Yunfei and other generals still stood straight.

after all.

They not only contributed to the war of resistance, they even fought with all their might!

Yan Laoxi did not treat them unfairly, and neither did Chiang Kai-shek.

It's not insulting them! "They didn't care about the life and death of the nation, they didn't care about the survival of the country, they just retreated and led the troops to retreat step by step."

"Our country has lost so much land, so many lives and properties, but our troops are still there. We should ask ourselves how we can be worthy of our country and our ancestors!"

"What's the point of us saving so many troops?"

"If we keep our troops to ourselves and do not fight, and if our country is destroyed in the future, won't we all perish together?"

Chiang Kai-shek walked behind Han Fuju, pointed his finger at the sky, and spoke in a stern tone.

"Like the puppet troops in the four eastern provinces, who were forced by the Japanese to go to Shanxi and Shanghai to fight their own compatriots, if you are afraid of death and don't fight, these damn Japanese will use machine guns to kill you first, and then kill your entire family."

"Chu Yunfei, tell them, is there such a thing in Shanxi?"

Chu Yunfei stood up quickly.

"Report to the principal, this is true."

"Did you all hear that?"

Chiang Kai-shek glared at the crowd and said: "At this critical moment of life and death for the nation, if we do not eradicate this outdated idea of ​​preserving our strength and wash away this despicable and shameless mentality of subjugating the nation, we will have to raise troops for self-defense."

"It will definitely happen again!"

"We are oppressed by the enemy to destroy the tombs of our ancestors, slaughter our own compatriots, and wipe out the lives of our descendants. We have no place to stand when we live, and no place to be buried when we die. We are worse than slaves and cattle!"

Chiang Kai-shek was extremely excited. He waved his fingers in the air, pointed, and spit in everyone's faces.

Why is he so angry?
Why did he scold everyone so mercilessly?

Because when the Central Plains was facing a great war, the Central Army of the Chinese army had better weapons and equipment and combat capabilities.

Most of them suffered serious damage in the Battle of Shanghai and the Battle of Nanjing.

Now he can only rely on these local warlord troops to fight the Battle of Jinpu!

Fighting for the Central Plains, whoever wins the world must seize the Central Plains!
The Central Plains has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times!
Along the Jinpu Road, Xuzhou is the core point of the Central Plains region!
The place where the King of Western Chu built his capital is almost indefensible.

"There have been more than 50 large-scale wars in Xuzhou throughout the ages, and it is difficult to say whether they were right or wrong."

"Large-scale battles broke out hundreds of times."

"Those who covet Jiangsu and Anhui and march south, and those who seek to protect Jianghuai and then eye Shandong and Yan, all depend on the victory or failure of Xuzhou."

"It was on this ancient battlefield in the Central Plains that the rise and fall of many dynasties was determined."

"That's why there's this so-called ambition to conquer the Central Plains!"

Yes!

For the Chinese army, if they took Xuzhou, they could separate the Japanese troops in Peiping, Tianjin and southern Jiangsu.

Even if the Japanese invaders landed in Haizhou (Lianyungang), Qingdao and other places, they would not be able to advance westward along the Longhai Railway.

Attack Guide, Kaifeng, and Zhengxian, go south to attack Xinyang and Wuhan, and go west to attack Xi'an.

Chiang Kai-shek sat back on the bench.

Li Zongren waited for more than an hour before speaking: "Chairman is right!"

"I'm sure you all know the importance of Xuzhou."

"As for victory and defeat, it is also a common occurrence in the military. Losing a battle is not terrible. What is terrible is, as the chairman said, that some people are not in harmony with the command and do not obey the command."

"The lesson of the fall of Jinan was a heavy one!"

After Li Zongren finished speaking, he turned around and looked at Chang Kaishen.

Chiang Kai-shek immediately shouted: "I want to rectify military discipline!"

"For those soldiers who have made contributions to the anti-Japanese war on the front lines, we must reward them according to their merits!"

"I will severely punish those who desert the battlefield!"

Just when Han Fuju had found an excuse to defend himself.

Chiang Kai-shek never mentioned his name at all.

Instead, he issued a ten-kill order on the spot!
1. Those who retreat voluntarily due to minor injuries will be imprisoned!
2. Anyone who fakes injury and tries to escape will be killed!

3. Anyone who retreats without permission will be killed!

4. Anyone who enters a private house without permission will be killed!

5. Anyone who forces someone to buy something or extorts money will be killed!

6. Anyone who teases women will be killed!

7. Anyone who reports false information will be killed!

8. Anyone who spreads rumors, misleads the public, and disrupts order will be killed!

9. Those who lead troops but do not advance, and those who fail to obey orders will be killed!

10. Anyone who sits by and watches friendly forces without providing assistance will be killed!

Improving military discipline is not something that can be done with words!
It’s meant to kill people!

Otherwise, who would be afraid?
The Military Court had previously been little more than a mere decoration.

If it were really handled according to military law, many people should be shot.

At worst, you need to be relieved of your duties.

Chiang Kai-shek threw his white gloves on the table.

He glared at everyone and then emphasized.

"Fighting against the Japanese is the unshirkable responsibility of every general!"

"However, there was such a senior general who disobeyed the central government's order, abandoned the natural barrier of the Yellow River in Shandong, lost many major cities, and allowed Japan to enter Shandong smoothly."

"The crime is huge, and the impact is huge!"

Chiang Kai-shek leaned over the table and glared at Han Fuju.

"Let me ask you, Commander-in-Chief Han."

"You didn't defend the Yellow River in Shandong, you didn't use the geographical advantage of Tai'an, you didn't fire a single shot, and you retreated again and again from the south bank of the Yellow River in Shandong."

"Give up the strategic locations of Jinan and Tai'an, and shake the rear of the entire Fifth War Zone!"

“Who should bear this responsibility?”

Han Fuju had no expression on his face at this time. He slowly stood up and looked at Chiang Kai-shek: "The loss of Shandong is my responsibility. Then whose responsibility is the loss of Nanjing?"

It's simply a hellish scene!

Since Chiang Kai-shek had already made up his mind to kill, it would have been fine if he had not begged for mercy.

And made him embarrassed in front of so many people.

The tragedy of Nanjing is the saddest pain in the heart of every Chinese.

The man with the Fenghua accent immediately became furious, staring at Han Fuju with eyes wide open: "I'm asking about Shandong, not Nanjing. Someone will be responsible for the fall of Nanjing!"

Bai Jiansheng glanced at the furious Chang Kai-shen and reminded him, "Commander-in-Chief Han, stop making unfounded arguments and sit down."

Han Fuju sighed, as if he knew his fate.

After being disturbed by this, Chiang Kai-shek lost his mood and wanted to draw his gun and shoot Han Fuju on the spot.

"Okay, okay, let's adjourn the meeting!"

In fact.

Before Han Fuju fled, the focus of the battle in the Fifth War Zone was on southern Jiangsu.

Yu Xuezhong, ordered by Li Zongren, was stationed on both sides of the Huai River.

Although his 51st Army had only two divisions, the officers and soldiers of the Northeast Army were devastated by family breakdown and other reasons.

The fighting spirit is exceptionally strong.

Prior to this, the operations in the direction of Jinpu Road were mainly carried out by the 31st Army of the Guangxi Clique.

The Guangxi Clique at this time was not yet the Guangxi Clique that specialized in fighting slippery battles under the command of Little Zhuge Liang later.

But it was the Guangxi clique under the command of Li Zongren, famous for its hard-fought fighting!
When the Japanese 13th Division advanced northward along the Jinpu Road.

They were immediately met with tenacious resistance from the 31st Army.

This unit belongs to the 11th Army Group and is a Guangxi clique unit.

Of the 11th Army Group, only the 31st Army is left.

The Seventh Army and the 48th Army previously under its command were deployed to the Songhu battlefield.

The losses were heavy, and the fight was fierce.

And then it was incorporated into the 21st Army Group.

Although Li Pinxian was not a direct descendant of Li Zongren, he could be considered a capable general.

The 31st Army had already held out for more than half a month before the 59th Army arrived to deploy its defenses.
If there is no problem in Shandong.

With Li Zongren's talent, there would be no problem in stabilizing the war situation in the southern section of Jinpu.

It can even buy more time for the defense of Wuhan.

The troops under Li Zongren's command were basically ragtag armies.

Needless to say, the Sichuan Army was poorly equipped, but they had previously performed quite well, with the support of Yan Laoxi's equipment.

Can still look forward to it.

Han Deqin's troops were reorganized from the Jiangsu Security Team...their combat effectiveness was only third-rate.

Pang Bingxun and Zhang Zizhong's troops belonged to the Northwest Army.

Li Pinxian and Liao Lei's troops were from Guangxi, Yu Xuezhong's Northeast Army, and Sun Tongxuan's Shandong Army.

In fact, these troops have long been listed as miscellaneous troops by the central government.
Li Zongren naturally knew this.

If it was before.

Chiang Kai-shek's approach must have been deliberate elimination without disguise.

The supply of guns and ammunition was often interrupted, there was a shortage of troops, and their training and morale were relatively average.

On the one hand, this group of local military generals considered the issue from the perspective of national survival and national prosperity.

Willing to fight the Japanese army and willing to prove his patriotism.

This is the case with the Sichuan Army.

However, the generals of the miscellaneous armies present were also worried that they would not be able to receive replenishment of weapons and manpower from the central government after suffering losses in their troops.

If he fails in combat again, he will be dismissed and investigated, his unit number will be cancelled, and he will be left without any troops, and it will be difficult for him to make a living.

How can an army with such morale be suitable for fighting a war, even a battle to the death?

On the battlefield in Shanxi, the local troops fought to the death.

Especially Sun Lianzhong, Zeng Wanzhong, Zhao Shoushan, and the Sichuan Army.

It also allowed Chiang Kai-shek to feel the most intuitive attitude towards the War of Resistance.

And now, Chiang Kai-shek will most likely make some changes to eliminate everyone's concerns.

In fact.

Chiang Kai-shek originally wanted to deal with Han Fuju on the spot.

Commend Chu Yunfei, Wang Mingzhang and others.

Let them see the changes in themselves.

But because of Han Fuju, the meeting had to be interrupted.
I’m sorry everyone...The author is not delaying the update, it’s just that my hands are clumsy, please forgive me~!

References for this chapter.

The first volume of important historical materials of the Republic of China - Part 57 on the period of the War of Resistance against Japan, compiled by the Party History Committee of the Central Committee of the Kuomintang, pages 101-.

Resisting Japanese Aggression, Volume 5, edited by Jiang Weiguo
As well as Chen Cheng's memoirs, Li Zongren's memoirs,

The information about Han Fuju comes from the book about Han Fuju that I know.. This is controversial, so I will just use the plot that is well known to the public.
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