Anti-Japanese War: From Becoming Chu Yunfei to Rising

Chapter 216: Annihilate the th Regiment and kill Major General Numata Tokushige (Subscribe)
A directive telegram was sent to the headquarters of the commander-in-chief of the Fifth War Zone.

1. The National Army decided to first defeat the enemy in Huaibei and western Shandong.

2. In southern Shandong, when the enemy withdraws its troops to western Shandong, we should use powerful troops to strengthen the right wing to defend against the enemy's encirclement.

We must find a way to transfer the troops of the 3rd and 4th Divisions to Xuzhou as the reserve force for this theater of war.

Used for offensive in Huaibei area when necessary.

3. The southern part of Shandong was determined to adopt a defensive position. If necessary, it could resist step by step along the canal. When it was absolutely necessary, it would hold on to the national defense fortifications in Xuzhou.

Buy time for the offensive victory.

To ensure the smooth progress of this operation.

The Fenghua accent man, who had just returned to Wuhan not long ago, flew to Zhengzhou with his staff including Liu Fei, Director of the Operations Department, and Lin Wei, Deputy Chief of Military Command.

From the perspective of the current national army.

It remains to be seen whether the southern Shandong region can hold out until the main force launches a counter-encirclement operation against the Japanese army.

However, the Japanese troops in the Huaibei area had no more than 5,000 men, and the Japanese troops in northern Jiangsu (the 101st Division of the Japanese army that attacked Dongtai) had no more than 3,000 men.

The speed of the two Japanese troops' advance was like entering an empty space.

What Liu Fei and Lin Wei said was actually a reminder to Chiang Kai-shek.

On the one hand, the combat effectiveness of the combat troops in Huaibei and northern Jiangsu regions is indeed poor and cannot be used for major tasks.

On the other hand, there are troops here that are fighting a slippery battle, which is actually specifically pointing out the Guangxi clique.

There were many objective reasons why the Guangxi clique could not hold on, but the subjective reasons cannot be ignored either.

But Chiang Kai-shek knew very well that now was not the time to deal with these things.

He just claimed that he would go to Xuzhou personally to command the battle.

Liu Fei and Lin Wei expressed their opinions immediately.

The Chairman need not take this risk.

The Fenghua accent said immediately: "You go to Tong Delin and tell him that this is a large encirclement by the enemy. If we don't find a solution quickly, hundreds of thousands of troops will be lost. You must also explain it clearly to the generals at all levels and ask them to implement the orders of the headquarters.

As long as we work together, we can first defeat the enemies in Huaibei and western Shandong one by one, and then shift our offensive to southern Shandong, and victory is assured."

If Chu Yunfei knew that his statement would make Chiang Kai-shek more confident of winning the Battle of Xuzhou.

I'm afraid he himself had to consider whether he should lead his troops to turn the tide and save Xuzhou from danger.

But no matter what.

He was sure to defeat the main force of the Japanese 13th Division in the direction of Mengcheng.

Chu Yunfei's troops hid during the day and moved out at night, marching in secret.

The night march was 40 kilometers, which was the fastest speed in the country.

What's more, Chu Yunfei's troops have a large amount of heavy equipment.

Just as Chu Yunfei's troops were rushing to Mengcheng.

A blocking battle that shocked the military and went down in military history has begun.

The main peak of Yuwang Mountain is 124.6 meters above sea level. It controls the Grand Canal in the west and borders Taierzhuang in the north.

It is the commanding height of the surrounding area and its strategic location is very important.

The reason why the war in southern Shandong was so intense was that the Japanese invaders were never able to break through this horizontal line of defense.

Even though the Japanese army strengthened its troops and artillery firepower several times.

But this horizontal defense line in southern Shandong remains unshakable.

This bought enough time for the subsequent Huaibei annihilation campaign.

The deployment of Ling Yunshang, commander of the 1033rd Regiment, in Mengcheng was as follows: Lan Quan's third battalion was deployed to defend the villages near the east gate, and one part of the battalion was used to build a street fighting offensive on the main street inside the east gate.

The main force of Li Guowen's Second Battalion was the regiment reserve, which was controlled in the north city.

The first company was deployed outside the north gate and the northwest corner, on guard facing the Wohe River.

Jia Junyou's main force, the First Battalion, was deployed outside the South Gate and built a blocking offensive in the western suburbs outside the city.

The regiment's search team consisted of more than 70 people, including two light machine gun groups of 10 people, and a rifle team and a pistol team of 30 people each. They were on guard on the north bank of the Wohe River towards the direction of Longkeng.

Just when Chu Yunfei's troops were still 60 kilometers away from Mengcheng.

The Japanese cavalry advance team approached Mengcheng.

It was attacked by the search team of the 1033rd Regiment.

A wave of volleys of gunfire killed four or five Japs and caused a certain degree of chaos in the Japanese cavalry unit.

Although it is located in a plain, it is convenient for cover because there are wheat fields everywhere.

The small unit fought with the Japanese army sporadically and held out until dusk.

Just when Captain Ling Yun thought that the day was over.

Japanese artillery observation balloons were launched from the direction of the East Gate.

After a simple aiming, the artillery began an extremely fierce bombardment.

At this time, Chu Yunfei's troops were only twenty kilometers away from Mengcheng.

The cavalry regiment was in training and the cavalry communications company moved forward quickly.

Contact was made with Zhou Yuan, deputy commander of the 173rd Division and commander of the garrison in Mengcheng.

"You mean, after holding out for today, your army will encircle the enemy in front of us and use the strength of three brigades to ensure that they are completely wiped out?"

"Please rest assured, Commander Zhou, this is a handwritten letter from Commander Chu..."

Although Zhou Yuan had never met Chu Yunfei, the two had no previous relationship.

But which military force in the country is the most ruthless and awesome right now?
Killed the most Japanese and had the strongest combat power.

That must be the ace unit that was awarded two Flying Tiger Honor Flags, the Flying Tiger Honor Division!
This is an ace field force that came from Shanxi.

Both the troop composition and the tactical components are extremely complex, just like their commander Chu Yunfei.

The majority of their combat troops were from the Jin Army.

The second largest group was the reorganized Northeastern Army and the Northwestern Army.

Among the lower-level officers there were many Whampoa officers and military cadres from the officer training classes.

Some tactical methods were not discovered until the officers completed the review.

These are the two fighting styles and tactics that Chu Yunfei is best at.

The first is positional defense, and the second is mobile warfare, which the Red Army is best at.
In addition, he was a direct descendant of Yan Laoxi, a disciple of the Chairman, and had close relations with the Red Party, which added a bit of legendary color to him for a time.

And
From what Zhou Yuan knew, Chu Yunfei would be able to fight without their cooperation.
He will definitely fight this battle.

The bombardment was over.

The Japanese infantry charge began.

This is a tactic that the Japanese devils have always used.

The infantry charged and the artillery bombarded, and after the artillery bombarded, the infantry charged.

Although it was just a simple infantry-artillery coordinated tactic, as well as the Japanese army's grassroots squadrons, platoons, and squad attack tactics.

It was also enough to exhaust the third battalion that was responsible for the frontal defense.

However, the defending troops were quite tenacious and managed to hold off the Japanese attack.

The battle lasted until dark, but the Japanese army made no progress.

At the reminder of the liaison officer, Zhou Yuanye ordered each unit to reserve one-third of its soldiers for alert duty.

Beware of sneak attacks by Japanese invaders.

the other side.

Inside the temporary command post.

Chu Yunfei quickly made the corresponding combat arrangements: "No. 196B Qian Bojun."

"Have."

"Lead the troops to advance towards Liujiaji and Dongjiaji. When the battle in Mengcheng starts at dawn, immediately rush towards Chucun and Daxingji."

"Yes!"

"No. 197B Li Kuishan."

"Have."

"Gather toward Longkeng, outflanking Huaiyuan and cutting off the enemy's retreat."

"Yes!"

"198B Wu Ziqiang and the rest of the troops, wait for the Japanese fighter planes to fly away tomorrow morning, and then quickly advance towards Mengcheng and annihilate the enemy in front of you."

"Yes!"

Qian Bojun and Li Kuishan's troops were used to encircle the enemy from both wings.

Wu Ziqiang and other directly affiliated troops.

It is to advance from the front.

Arrived at a location less than three kilometers north of Mengcheng and waited for orders.

This was a war of annihilation in the plains, and if we were not careful, a lot of Japanese troops might escape.

The Japanese army was not large in size, consisting of about three infantry battalions and two field artillery squadrons.

In total, there were 3,500 infantrymen and eight field guns.

But apart from that...the reason why the Japanese army was able to be so unstoppable.

This is because there are armored units mixed in with the assault troops.

The Japanese troops in this direction were equipped with twelve tanks and eight armored vehicles.

It was quite tricky for the defenders.

Commander of the 13th Division.

He is an old opponent that Chu Yunfei had fought against before.

The 26th Brigade under the 13th Division of the Japanese Army.

The 118th Regiment under his command.

They were almost completely wiped out by Chu Yunfei and the other two main forces on the banks of the Huai River.

The main vanguard of this attack.

The 58th Infantry Regiment was commanded by Major General Tokushige Numata, with Kimito Kuramori as the regiment commander.

Chu Yunfei just emphasized this point again before the battle.

This unit participated in the Battle of Nanjing and was the executioner who killed countless compatriots.

We must annihilate them all in this battle!

The soldiers' morale is extremely high, and they vow to wipe out all these damn enemies!

Its daybreak.

Japanese artillery bombarded the east gate again.

Fighter planes also flew over Mengcheng and dived to drop bombs.

"What the hell, little devil!"

"Come down if you dare, I'll kill you!"

Almost all the troops were quite powerless facing the Japanese fighter planes.

The Japanese offensive was extremely fierce, and there were a large number of Japanese tanks among the attacking troops.

After learning about this, the Third Battalion Commander Lan Quan calmly gave the order: "Order the frontline blasting team soldiers to be prepared to sacrifice!"

Orders were passed to the front.

There was only calmness and fearlessness in the soldiers' eyes.

Chu Yunfei had an impression of this army.

In the war history, almost all the soldiers of the 1033rd Regiment died.

Deputy division commander Zhou Yuan and third battalion commander Lan Quan died for their country.

Only the regiment commander Ling Yunshang and a dozen officers and soldiers broke out of the Japanese encirclement.

After receiving the order from the third battalion commander Lan Quan.

The frontline soldiers tied grenades around their waists.

Several of the veterans jokingly asked the wolf cubs behind them to help tie it up tightly.

They seemed ready to die for their country.

"Wom..." The new recruit was a young man from the Yi ethnic group. He looked at his uncle with some reluctance.

"No fear..."

The veterans stared at the approaching tanks with burning eyes.

They were ready to jump out of the trenches at any time.

They will pay with their lives for the chance to die together with the Japanese armored vehicles.

China is full of good men and heroes!
next moment.

The sound of a shell breaking through the air suddenly rang out.

Then, amid everyone's surprised gaze.

Dozens of artillery shells exploded instantly among the Japanese attacking forces.

Boom, boom!
Explosions continued one after another.

Mountain artillery and field artillery opened fire at full force.

Most of the Japanese armored vehicles were destroyed in just a few minutes, and the turrets on the Japanese tanks were blown up.

Escape in panic.

Before the Guangxi wolf soldiers could react, the attacking Japanese troops had already reacted.

According to previous intelligence and battlefield reconnaissance.

It is absolutely impossible for such a regimental-level unit to be equipped with such a large number and scale of artillery.

If they thought about it, they would guess it.

It is very likely that we have run into the elite main force of the National Army!
Kuramori Koto put down the telescope in his hand and turned to report the situation to the brigade commander beside him.

Numata Norishige sensed that something was wrong from the rumbling sound of artillery fire.

can.

Based on their intelligence and reconnaissance feedback from the Air Force Aviation Corps.

Mengcheng area.

There were no signs of garrison activity.

As for the elite main force of the National Army’s Fifth War Zone.

Basically, they were pinned down in the northern Jiangsu region by the elite Japanese troops on the northern front.

In other words, the so-called main force of the enemy should not appear in this place.

Where did this force come from?
It is unlikely that they are Chu Yunfei’s troops.

Numata Norishige first eliminated the correct answer.

Based on the relevant telegrams they intercepted.

Chu Yunfei's troops should have been asked by Chiang Kai-shek to go to Kaifeng for rest and recuperation.

They suffered heavy losses in the previous battle in Teng County.
So much so that no news came in the next half month.

Based on the research and judgment of the North China Front Army Command and the Central China Expeditionary Army Command.

Chu Yunfei has basically lost his combat effectiveness.

It is very likely that the corresponding combat forces were drawn from the First War Zone.

This is good news for the Japanese combat forces today.

However, before Numata Norishige could give the order to send a telegram to report to the Central China Expeditionary Army Headquarters.

According to the report from the Japanese troops responsible for flank guard.

A group of soldiers in blue-gray uniforms appeared on the flank.

This suddenly reminded Numata Tokushige of some bad memories.

He immediately ordered the frontline troops to launch an attack again in order to confirm the enemy's current firepower situation.

only..
What Numata Norishige was waiting for was not reconnaissance reports, but more and more attack reports.

At this moment, Tokushige Numata realized the seriousness of the situation.

He quickly looked at the battle map beside him.

Based on the current intelligence, the attack line of Chu Yunfei's troops was outlined.

The flank made a detour to Chu Village...the vanguard was completely surrounded by the main force of the National Army.

This situation is very bad.

Numata Tokushige immediately ordered: "Stop the attack, all troops quickly turn around and evacuate towards Huaiyuan."

"Hai!"

The wolf soldiers outside the Mengcheng position looked at the Shanxi Suiyuan Army soldiers entering the position one by one with a confused look on their faces.

They had received no relevant information at all.

There was no idea that friendly troops would arrive.

This is also Zhou Yuan’s little idea.

He was worried that the Japanese would launch a night attack.

If we capture prisoners at that time, there is a high possibility that the encirclement and annihilation plan will be leaked.

The lessons of the Battle of Taierzhuang are still vivid in our minds.

If the captured soldiers had not revealed the relevant information, the Japanese army would not have gathered its forces in the Zao and Yi areas waiting for the decisive battle.

Instead, he would inevitably march south alone to attack Taierzhuang.

The battle wouldn't be so difficult.

As Chu Yunfei's orders continued to be conveyed, the various troops launched a full-scale counterattack at noon.

Even the 1033rd Regiment defending the city joined in this round of attack.

They sent out two troops, the first battalion and the second battalion.

Covering Wu Ziqiang's troops from the flank, the 7th Infantry Regiment launched an attack forward.

The general offensive begins.

The field artillery battalion quickly launched blocking fire on the Japanese retreating troops.

They used artillery shells to build a dense firepower network along the Japanese invaders' evacuation route.

They were forced to abandon existing paved roads, supplies and heavy equipment.

They could only hide in the wheat fields and gather and evacuate to the rear.

The pursuing troops quickly completed the acceptance of supplies, especially the acceptance of Japanese mountain artillery.

Chu Yunfei particularly emphasized this point.

Although we are helping, we can also share some of the supplies.

However, Chu Yunfei had no intention of giving up the heavy weapons.

All in all, Deputy Commander Zhou Yuan is also a smart man.

Know what to take and what not to take.

Following the order from the regiment commander Ling Yunshang, the Guangxi troops would only pick up some weapons such as the Type 99 light machine guns and Type 38 rifles left to them by Chu Yunfei's troops when cleaning up the battlefield.

As for artillery and heavy machine guns, the baggage companies of each regiment and the directly affiliated baggage battalions seized them very quickly.

Nor will it leave them any chance.

The 58th Regiment of the Japanese Army was suddenly attacked from two directions just as they were retreating.

They were intercepted by the 5th and 6th Regiments under Li Kuishan.

The Japanese troops, in desperation, changed their retreat direction again and ordered all troops to retreat to Fengyang.

Numata Norishige and the commander of the 58th Regiment, Kuramori Kototo, mounted their horses.

Together with the command center, they began to retreat towards Fengyang.

But after the general attack was launched, the soldiers moved very quickly.

How could we give these Japanese devils a chance to escape?
A whole night of preparation, just for this moment.

As soon as the Japanese rear liaison team and command center in Chu Village marched towards Daxingji, they were met by part of the 196th Brigade.

The more than 300 soldiers were originally carrying out the mission of infiltration and encirclement.

The two sides quickly engaged in an unprecedented encounter.

The soldiers equipped with a large number of automatic rifles completely crushed the Japanese army in the close-range combat.

This group of Thompson submachine guns are from the United States.

All new guns.

There is no problem with the quality at all, and the amount of ammunition is sufficient.

Against the Japanese army's rifles...we had a huge advantage.

Before the Japanese soldiers could aim, a volley of bullets came flying at them.

This kind of fire suppression lasted throughout the entire battle, and these Japanese soldiers were killed by grenades.

No more than five rounds were fired.
The entire process was under fire suppression.

This method of coordinated firepower between teams is actually a variation of the Japanese army's team-based offensive tactics.

The only difference is that the Japanese army used light and heavy machine guns to suppress the enemy and grenade launchers to eliminate the enemy's firepower points at specific locations.

After the infantry assault, the battle would be resolved by throwing grenades or even hand-to-hand combat.

As the battle in the Daxingji direction began, follow-up troops quickly came to support.

And completed the reunion of this Japanese army.

The commander of the operation was Wu Dadan, the former squad leader of the first squad of the second company of the third battalion of Luo Weiguo.

This man had performed outstandingly in the battle of Zhuanshui Village and was promoted to deputy platoon leader and then deputy company commander due to his merits.

After continuous fighting, he has become a deputy battalion commander.

This was also his first time commanding a major battle involving hundreds of people.

Wu Bold, Wu Bold.

The word bold is not used casually.

At his request, the accompanying mortar battalion (90mm mortars) launched a massive bombardment on the Japanese troops in Daxingji.

Then he led the commandos into the village.

Command, or perhaps Wu boldly believed that there was no need to continue commanding the battle at the current stage.

He now has only one thought in his mind.

That is to kill them!
Kill these damn Japanese devils!

"kill!"

The loud charge sounded, and the soldiers launched another attack on Daxingji.

At this time, there were less than forty combat soldiers left in the Japanese army.

The rest are basically civilian personnel with little combat effectiveness.

The capture of 20th Division Chief of Staff Hisazo Kitamura.

It is a disgrace to the entire army.

His family and relatives were also disgraced.

They were ostracized by the public and even a series of violent incidents broke out.

Numata Tokushige asked his soldiers to resist firmly.

On the one hand, he quickly took off his military uniform and placed it neatly aside.

"Brigade Commander"

"Thank you for your help, Kuramori-kun..."

Captain Kuramori was also shocked at this time.

It is obvious that this is to commit suicide by cutting open the stomach to thank the locusts in heaven.

The brigade commander Numata Tokushige wanted to ask him to help become an kaishakunin.
"Please!" Numata Tokushige looked determined and bowed slightly.

He knelt down in the direction of the main island of Japan, quickly took out the wakizashi placed beside him, and stabbed it into his waist.

Colonel Kuramori standing by quickly drew out the command knife from his waist and prepared to swing it down.

It was at this time that several soldiers kicked the door and broke in.

The bullet fired out in an instant.

Beat the two of them into a sieve.
It seemed that it was the first time for several young soldiers to see the Japanese committing suicide by disembowelment, and they pointed and talked about it with great interest.

"What are these little devils doing, pulling their own diapers?"

"This is a command knife!"

"Quick, Xiao Li, call the company commander over here, he looks like a high-ranking official!"

"Yes!"

Wu Dabing himself did not expect that he and his men would block this small force.

It turned out to be the commander of the 26th Brigade of the Japanese Army, Numata Tokushige.
"Who beat him to death?"

"Reporting to the deputy battalion commander, it's me."

Wu Dadan was shocked: "Wang Weiguo, it's you again!"

Wang Weiguo and Li Baojia grinned and said, "To answer the battalion commander, we didn't expect to be so lucky."

"Damn it, you captured the chief of staff of the 20th Division of the Japanese Army alive, which was already a great achievement, and now you have killed the major general brigade commander of the Japanese Army..."

Wu Dabing scratched his head with envy at this time: "I guess you are most likely going to transfer to the headquarters this time."

"what?"

Li Baojia and Wang Weiguo looked at each other and said, "We are just a squad leader and a deputy squad leader now."

"What does it matter... Commander Chu doesn't care about your background when hiring people. He will hire you even if you are from Shaanxi or Hunan. What's more, you two are both born and raised in Xing County..."

Wu Dadan's tone was full of envy: "I can stay with Chief Chu for a period of time, and then be transferred to the army. My promotion speed is much faster than that of Old Wu..."

When the news that Numata Norishige was shot dead reached Qian Bojun.

Qian Bojun and Zhang Fugui were also quite surprised at this time.

This damn encirclement and annihilation campaign had just started for less than a day when the highest commander of the vanguard of the Japanese 13th Division was killed.

A successful start
After repeatedly asking the troops to confirm the results of the battle.

Qian Bojun was overjoyed to find out that the Japanese brigade commander, Major General Numata Toshishige, had been killed, and immediately sent someone to report the situation to Chu Yunfei.

On the other side, Chu Yunfei got the news even faster than Qian Bojun...
because
This was the third Japanese major general killed by Chu Yunfei's troops.

The golden finger responded instantly.

The functionality of his three-dimensional combat map has been upgraded again.

Upgraded from LV3 to LV4.

Not only has the scope of the battle map been expanded again, but a new auxiliary function has also been enabled.
(End of this chapter)