Anti-Japanese War: From Becoming Chu Yunfei to Rising

Chapter 231 Anti-aircraft guidance! Shoot down the Japanese fighter plane; the east and west artillery groups concentrated their firepower and attacked the Japanese command post
The rumbling sound of artillery fire rang out.

The shells fell on Sanyi Village like raindrops.

The Japanese soldiers were instantly blown to tears.

There were screams.

the day before.

The Japanese garrison troops in the village were under the command of Colonel Sadazō Ishiguro (commander of the 27nd Infantry Regiment of the th Brigade of the Japanese Army).

The frontline troops are protected by armored vehicles, tanks and other equipment

They advanced left and right in the village, causing great suffering to the attacking troops.

The Japanese soldiers in combat were rotated every two days, rather than crowding all their forces into the village or the battlefield.

This is also the reason why the Japanese army was able to hold out under the bombardment of the main force of the National Army.

However, Colonel Sadazo Ishiguro changed his opponent today, and this opponent was completely unreasonable.

After the infantry troops arrived, they hesitated for two hours without launching an attack.

There were only sporadic mortar bombardments on the frontline positions.

When he heard the report for the first time, Colonel Sadazo Ishiguro thought that they were just slacking off and did not take it seriously.

However, when Chiang Kai-shek issued the order for the general attack.

Under the personal command of Chu Yunfei.

The mountain artillery regiment took the lead in covering the designated target location with artillery fire.

The Japanese soldiers who were reinforcing their artillery positions heard the sound of artillery shells breaking through the sky.

The next second, dozens of shells hit their artillery positions.

The bombardment lasted about five minutes, destroying the artillery position deployed by Ishiguro Sadanzo to the northeast of Sanyizhai.

The Japanese were completely dumbfounded!
There was no calibration, and the artillery fire covered the area right away.

I haven't seen any Chinese air force coming here for reconnaissance.

How did they find the location of their artillery positions?

Ishiguro Sadao had never seen such a style of fighting, and the artillery commander was no fool.

Three preset artillery positions were prepared and the transfer was completed overnight last night.

This morning, the place was blown up completely without even a single shot being fired.

The only thing that made Ishiguro Sadazō feel a little relieved was.

Other major firing points in Sanyi Village and the forward command post were subjected to targeted artillery fire.

This shelling seemed to have completely destroyed all suspicious or existing main firing points and artillery positions.

But no matter what, Ishiguro Sadao felt that the artillery level of the National Army had been improved by two levels again.

The Third Battalion of the Tenth Artillery Regiment, which had previously fought against the Japanese troops, was already the elite among the elite artillery of the National Army.

Moreover, they were equipped with 150mm German howitzers, which were very powerful.

It's powerful, but not that accurate.

Therefore, the Japanese artillery units still had enough strength to fight back.

And now.

The newly arrived attacking force destroyed half of their artillery with just the first round of artillery preparation.

Ishiguro Sadazō sat in the front-line command post with a frown on his face. He was thinking about how to fight the next battle!
soon.

This little Japanese doesn't need to worry about this troublesome matter.

The Eastern Artillery Group is composed of a mechanized heavy artillery company and the 30th Artillery Regiment, and the Western Artillery Group is composed of a mountain artillery regiment.

At the same time, they received a new combat order issued by Chu Yunfei: "Pass my military order, East and West artillery groups, concentrate your firepower and attack the enemy's frontier command post!"

A powerful voice came.

Long before the battle began, Chu Yunfei had already marked the location of the Japanese headquarters in Sanyi Village on the map.

After receiving the order, the artillery troops launched a new round of indiscriminate bombardment on Sanyizhai.

The Japanese army suffered terribly.

Terauchi Juichi soon received a request for help from Kenji Doiman.

One after another, fighter planes took off quickly.

Go to Sanyizhai's front line to provide support, and wait for an opportunity to attack the artillery positions that are encircling and annihilating various troops.

Needless to say, the 17th Corps is the elite main force of the National Army.

They have no shortage of anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft cannons.

They also conducted anti-aircraft shooting training.

"Captain, there seems to be a Chinese artillery position in the direction we were flying just now, and it is very close to our support location."

Captain Togo Hiroshi, who was in charge of the operation, issued a combat order over the radio: "Yoshi, turn immediately and go bomb."

The Japanese fighter planes, which did not gain any advantage, turned around and headed straight for the artillery position of Chu Yunfei's troops.

"Hai!"

The temporary air support formation consisting of eight fighters and four light bombers turned.

He rushed towards Lanfeng with a roar.

They also searched for the location of Chu Yunfei's artillery positions along the Longhai Railway.

Chu Yunfei immediately made a phone call and called the anti-aircraft artillery company's position.

"Hey, old horse!"

"Yes, sir."

Ma Zhiyi is a native of northern Shaanxi and always speaks with dialect.

"The Japanese air formation is heading from west to east... You should be able to see them in less than a minute. Their target is the artillery position. One request, kill them!"

"Yes!"

After hanging up the phone, Ma Zhiyi looked up to the west.

Sure enough, the Japanese fighter planes came roaring in in groups.

"Due west, altitude 1,200 meters, prepare for battle!"

Ma Zhiyi raised the telescope and shouted quickly with his neck stretched!

"There are so many of your damn devils!"

"Fire at full strength, shoot on your own!"

"Yes!"

The anti-aircraft artillery company is equipped with a Hotchkiss M1930 13.2mm twin anti-aircraft machine gun.

The standard firing altitude is three thousand meters.

The maximum range can reach 4,500 meters, or even 5,000 meters.

The firing rate is 450 rounds per minute, and the firepower is also strong.

The most important thing is that Chu Yunfei is paying attention to this battlefield.

And the anti-aircraft machine gun (cannon) guidance skill was used at the moment the anti-aircraft artillery battery opened fire.

The soldiers seemed to be assisted by God at this moment.

A Japanese fighter plane was shot down with head-on fire.

Captain Togo Hiroshi immediately ordered to move up: "Everyone move up, enemy air defense position!"

next moment.

The Type 97 fighter plane under him was torn to pieces by the dense ammunition chains.

After disintegrating in the air, it turned into a fireball.

Otherwise, how can he be called a commander?

The fireballs produced by the explosion are brighter than others!
(The picture shows the Type 97 fighter. The performance of the Japanese fighter planes in the early stage of the War of Resistance was very average.)
Two Japanese fighter planes were shot down in one encounter.

The morale of the soldiers in the anti-aircraft artillery company was greatly boosted.

Fang Ligong and others who heard the noise also walked out of the command post and raised their binoculars to observe the sky in the distance.

"Great! Old Ma and his team did a great job!"

Fang Ligong and others were full of excitement.

Sun Ming on the side looked at Chu Yunfei with eyes full of admiration, as if he was looking at a god.

This group of Japanese fighter planes flew over Lanfeng just ten minutes ago.

Chu Yunfei was able to accurately predict that the Japanese army would definitely return to Lanfeng.

This is so awesome that it cannot be described in words!
The anti-aircraft machine guns of the anti-aircraft artillery company continued to fire.

As long as it is within the range of the anti-aircraft machine guns.

The hit rate is 100%.

“Boom boom boom~!”

The sound of heavy machine guns mixed with the roars of the soldiers.

Two more light bombers were shot down in succession, and the remaining Japanese planes fled in panic.

"Damn it! How many anti-aircraft machine guns are there down there~!"

"They seem to have concentrated all their anti-aircraft machine guns in the Lanfeng area..."

"These damn Chinese bastards."

"Asakura-kun, Seidou Army, please escort the intelligence plane team back home."

"Hai!"

"Ono-kun, let's go back and teach these arrogant Chinese a lesson!"

"Right on my mind."

Within a few dozen seconds, two Japanese fighter planes roared towards the anti-aircraft machine gun positions.

Ma Zhiyi shouted loudly: "Kill them!"

The tracer bullets are still clearly visible even in the daytime.

They descended very quickly, like an eagle swooping from the sky, and crashed head-on into the hail of bullets from the anti-aircraft machine gun company.

Then, under the dense rain of bullets, it turned into a fireball.

"Company commander, these little devils don't want to live anymore!"

The soldiers had never seen such a scene before.

Even Ma Zhiyi himself was a little dumbfounded.

Four or five air defense operations had been carried out before, and so far only a few Japanese fighter planes had been damaged and one had been shot down.

And today, they are going to create a new record for the air defense combat effectiveness of ground-to-air forces!
In the view of the anti-aircraft artillery company.

Finally, the two Japanese fighter planes rushed straight into their hail of bullets as if they didn't care about their lives.
It's just very strange, like a fool.

However, in reality, these Japanese devils had already used up everything they had learned, and the poor performance of the Type 97 could not support them in making any amazing maneuvers.

"Captain, report your achievements!"

"Jingle Bell!"

When the phone rang, Ma Zhiyi was overjoyed: "I've said long ago that our anti-aircraft artillery company is by no means a decoration unit!"

"Brothers, be quiet and wait for my good news."

Ma Zhiyi took a deep breath and said, "Commander!" "Old Ma, you guys did a good job. I calculated that we destroyed two Japanese bombers and four Japanese fighters. This is the best result of the ground-to-air defense forces in North China so far."

"Commander Chu, the Japs are indeed a bit stupid today."

Chu Yunfei laughed and said, "Whether the Japanese are sick or not, they couldn't have shot down these planes themselves.

Your air defense company remained fearless in the face of danger and made great contributions in killing the enemy.

From now on, you are officially appointed as the commander of the anti-aircraft artillery battalion, and all officers under you will be promoted one level.

And a reward of 30,000 yuan! "

Ma Zhiyi laughed and said in a northern Shaanxi accent: "Officer, you know that the brothers are not interested in money. When can we exchange it for cannons?"

"That's easy. I've asked Brother Ligong to telegraph your achievements to Chairman Chiang Kai-shek in Kaifeng and try to get as much as possible for you."

"Thank you, sir!"

After hanging up the phone, Ma Zhiyi turned around and grinned, "The officer agreed. Let's expand it into an anti-aircraft artillery battalion, and the weapons will be issued by the chairman!"

"Great!"

"We're finally going to have anti-aircraft guns!"

"Although this thing is used in the same way, I always feel that the caliber is a bit small."

"We should have used a big, thick anti-aircraft gun to blow up the Japanese plane with one shot!"

"Well said!"

"Fuck the Japanese!"

Ma Zhiyi glanced at the excited crowd and said, "I haven't finished yet!"

Everyone looked at him excitedly and expectantly.

Ma Zhiyi took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it up. "The officer said that all officers will be awarded 30,000 yuan for a promotion!"

"Great!"

"Long live Commander Chu!"

Chu Yunfei was also extremely happy after hanging up the phone.

The Japanese who suffered a great loss will probably be quiet for a while.

Just as Chu Yunfei was preparing to observe the further developments of the battle.

Suddenly, more than a dozen of our own planes appeared on the three-dimensional combat map and chased in the direction of the Japanese army's retreat.

Chu Yunfei was surprised for a moment.

Where... did this fighter plane come from?

You should know that after the fall of Nanjing, the National Government’s 300 fighter planes were almost lost.

With the arrival of the Soviet Union's aid aviation team in China, the Chinese Air Force already had more than 250 fighter planes of various types;
The size of the Soviet aviation force in aid of China had reached three fighter squadrons and three bomber squadrons, each fighter squadron had about 40 fighters; the total number was about 250.

Sounds like a decent amount.

however.

Due to the large air defense area, the Chinese Air Force and the Soviet Air Force in aid of China could only gather their main forces at Hankou Airport, Xiaogan Airport in Hubei Province and Nanchang Airport in Jiangxi Province to defend the airspace over Wuhan, Nanchang and other cities.

Theoretically speaking, once the fighter jets are transferred to Kaifeng.

It is bound to affect the struggle for air supremacy over cities such as Wuhan and Nanchang.

The importance of Wuhan cannot be overemphasized.
The evacuation of the city of Wuhan had already been arranged in the later stages of the Battle of Xuzhou.

We must take advantage of the time when the Yangtze River has not yet entered the dry season.

The Yangtze River Tunnel was used to quickly transfer materials, industrial equipment, raw materials accumulated in and outside Wuhan, and even raw materials and materials imported from the Guangdong-Hankou Railway.

anyway.

As the fighter planes roared past, they chased in the direction of the Japanese fighter planes.

The soldiers looked up at the sky with surprise on their faces.

"It looks like our plane..."

"Maybe," Chu Yunfei said without comment.

His focus now was on Sanyi Village, which Qian Bojun was attacking.

"Da da da~!"

There was constant sound of gunfire. Qian Bojun's 1st Infantry Regiment was the most powerful regiment under Chu Yunfei.

It is also the only combat unit that has lowered machine gun firepower to the squad level.

When attacking, the other regiments would habitually rely on the cover of the heavy rifle company.

The 1st Infantry Regiment is different. As the fist force led by Bian Fucheng, it is the strongest army that Qian Bojun and Chu Yunfei are optimistic about.

In terms of machine gun firepower alone, the 1st Infantry Regiment led by Bian Fucheng was equipped with 230 light machine guns and 140 heavy machine guns, far exceeding the Japanese infantry regiments, and even compared with the Japanese brigades, they were on par with them.

The only flaw is that there are too few heavy weapons.

The direct fire support of only 12 anti-tank guns is still not as powerful as the Type infantry gun used by the Japanese.

Maybe extracting pus is a good plaster.

What's more, the firing rate of pak36 far exceeds that of the gun.

Capable of providing continuous fire suppression on enemy positions.

For a time, the bombing caused great suffering to the Japanese troops in the front line of Sanyi Village.

The soldiers launched wave after wave of attacks under the cover of mortars.

But they were never able to break through the Japanese defense line.

After fighting for several hours, Qian Bojun realized that something was wrong and made a phone call to Chu Yunfei's command center.

"Sir, that's not right."

"What's wrong?" Chu Yunfei asked.

Qian Bojun was obviously puzzled: "We received the mission of assisting, but the general offensive was launched six hours ago. The battle is so intense here, and the follow-up troops of the Japanese have already come to support us. How did the battle turn out like this?"

"What are the casualties of the first regiment?"

"More than 200 people were injured and more than 70 were killed."

"Furthermore, after a brief period of confusion, the Japanese command system quickly adjusted itself, and the Japanese commanders in Shonai also seemed to be rotating with the combat troops."

Chu Yunfei ordered, "Maintain an offensive posture and continue to consume the Japanese troops. I will ask the Corps Command what is going on!"

Chu Yunfei naturally knew the situation well.

One of the Japanese headquarters in Sanyi Village had been blown up.

As for the new commander, no matter who he is, he will inevitably be killed by artillery fire.

But right now, he has more important things to do.

Chu Yunfei stood in front of the phone.

A phone call was made to the headquarters of the Henan East Corps.

Xue Yue also just learned about this situation.

Just a few minutes ago.

He was still immersed in the joy of shooting down a Japanese fighter plane.

He was busy making arrangements to ask for credit for Chu Yunfei.

The next second, he learned that the 74th Army did not seem to have implemented the combat plan drawn up by the Chairman, which caught Xue Yue off guard.

What?
Did Yu Jishi suddenly become more capable?

"And Commander Xue, judging from our military's combat situation, the Japanese troops are definitely not what we learned from the pre-war intelligence. They are definitely not a Japanese division of more than 20,000 people, but a specially reinforced Japanese division with a strength of more than 30,000 people. Even if the non-combat forces are included, the strength may reach 40,000."

Chu Yunfei spoke with certainty and reported what the soldiers said to Xue Yue.

Xue Yue frowned.

This statement has also been heard before from the generals below.

The main reason was that he did not take it seriously, thinking that it was just an excuse for the generals to shirk responsibility and not want to attack.

And now, Chu Yunfei's troops have also discovered a similar situation.

As everyone knows, Chu Yunfei is a man who is so proud that he disdains to lie.

Then there is only one possibility.

The numbers and firepower of this Japanese unit were not right.

But after a moment, Xue Yue felt that there was something weird here.

Chu Yunfei's troops had previously participated in the attack on Luowangzhai, so it was impossible for him not to know the basic situation of the 14th Division.

But that doesn't make sense either.

If he knew, then why did Chu Yunfei try so hard to put the 14th Division into the encirclement and annihilate it?

The only thing Xue Yue could confirm right now was.

The 14th Division had been specially reinforced by the Japanese Army and the heavy casualties reported by the generals below were very likely true!

Xue Yue carefully reported the intelligence to Chang Kaishen.

The Corps Commander's statement is obviously much more reliable than the reports from the army and division commanders below.

This point instantly attracted the attention of a number of senior generals.

They had previously believed that the 14th Division had high-quality soldiers and strong firepower.

That's why the troops suffered so many casualties.

But now they are fighting against elite and ace troops such as the 17th Corps of Hu Zongnan, the 74th Army, and the Flying Tiger Honor Division.

Their light weapons firepower was even superior to that of the Japanese troops in this case, which also reflected a similar situation.

That's enough to illustrate the problem.

However, in Chiang Kai-shek's eyes, this is no longer important.

Whether it was 30,000 or 40,000 people, the encirclement had been formed and the Japanese army was already trapped.

Annihilation is only a matter of time.

The only thing we need to worry about is the Guide line.

Chang Kaishen quickly sent a telegram to Li Zengzhi, the acting commander of the 68th Army who was resting in Woyang.

At this time, the 68th Army was under the command of the 134th Division, and the original number 119, which was Liu Ruming's old number, was cancelled.

Because the Guangxi clique fought quite well in Songhu and Xuzhou.

Chiang Kai-shek left this number to the 48th Army of Liao Lei of the Guangxi clique.

This was actually also to win the support of Li Bai and other new Guangxi clique generals.

in exchange.

The number of the 1033rd Regiment, which fought side by side with Division Commander Zhou Yuan and almost all of its members died in battle, was left to the 68th Army.

Even though Li Zengzhi's troops had undergone a certain degree of reorganization.

But in reality, the combat force was less than 4,000 people.

The 68th Army has only one division under its command.

A division only has two brigades under its command, plus two regiments directly under it.
Even if such a force is fully staffed, it will not be able to play much of a role.

But that's how Chiang Kai-shek commanded.

The 89th Division of the 20th Division was also transferred north and assigned to the commander of the 8th Army, Huang Jie.

He was asked to hold the Guide line...at least not to lose it before the encirclement and annihilation operation.
(End of this chapter)