Anti-Japanese War: From Becoming Chu Yunfei to Rising

Chapter 268 The Japanese army was caught off guard, Chu Yunfei wiped out the Japanese and puppet troops in Fanshi! (Subscribe)

"Division Commander, the main force of the enemy's 14th Army is currently attacking the Jiexiu area."

The commander of the 20th Division, Fumisaburo Kawagishi, tapped the table in front of him rhythmically.

"Which specific enemy unit is this?"

"The 54th Division of the 9th Army, the 83rd Division of the 14th Army Group"

Although the two troops are not ace troops, they are also the main forces of the Central Army.

After thinking for a moment, Kawagishi Fumisaburo said loudly: "Order the 39th Infantry Brigade to move out immediately to meet the Chinese army."

"Hai!"

"Commander Chu, the latest report is that our vanguard has been discovered by the enemy's aerial reconnaissance aircraft. Requesting instructions."

"According to the original combat plan, immediately launch an attack on Fanzhisi County and Shahe Town." Chu Yunfei calmly issued a new combat order.

So what if it’s exposed?

The defenders in Fanzhisi County consisted of only one infantry squadron and one puppet army company.

Now, except for the newly formed 37th Division, the remaining Japanese troops have all been put into battle.

Even if these Japanese devils got the news, they would not be able to respond in time.

"Go, send a telegram to the commander of the Second War Zone and the Southern Army Command, asking them to tie up the 20th Division and buy time for our army to rebuild the 37th Division." Chu Yunfei turned to look at Wu Ziqiang and gave the order.

"understood."

His consciousness instantly re-entered the three-dimensional combat map.

Japanese troops massing in surrounding areas are gathering rapidly.

Their organization level increased from around 30 percent to 70 or 80 percent in just about ten minutes.

It is obvious that they have received relevant combat orders and are being urgently mobilized.

only.

Until the reinforcements arrive.

The battle must be over
Support will only be futile.

As the Japanese combat troops were mobilized, Chu Yunfei quickly issued a new combat order: "The 7th Infantry Regiment (Chen Zejun) will meet the Japanese support troops in the direction of Gang County, and the Assault Battalion and the 8th Infantry Regiment (Guo Yanzheng) will attack Fanshi County according to the original combat plan. After success, quickly clean up the battlefield and take away all combat supplies as much as possible. If you really can't take them away, burn them."

"According to previous reconnaissance results, there are only three Japanese troops and a puppet army camp stationed in the direction of Shahe Town. This is the first battle for the 9th Infantry Regiment. I hope you can fight well."

Chu Yunfei turned his head and looked at Zhou Daxing, the newly appointed commander of the 9th Infantry Regiment.

"Yes, sir, please rest assured. After the attack is launched, our regiment will definitely end the battle within four hours."

Chu Yunfei nodded slowly, and then continued to make arrangements: "The mountain artillery regiment enters the preset artillery position. Without orders, the target must not be exposed, and the camouflage work must be done well."

"Luo Weiguo."

"Yes!" Luo Weiguo took a small step forward with firm steps.

Chu Yunfei slightly adjusted the original battle plan: "The Japanese reinforcements that may appear in the direction of Dai County will be left to you to deal with. Pay attention, most of the Japanese troops in the direction of Dai County are the elite of the Japanese Kwantung Army, so you must fight carefully."

"Yes, I promise to complete the mission."

"Regarding the deployment of the battle, I don't want to emphasize it too much. I think you all know the importance of this battle. There is no other way except victory!"

"Yes!"

Outside Fanshi County.

As soon as the soldiers of the assault battalion who were conducting the infiltration operation reached the checkpoint, they were harassed by the puppet army.

"Stop, what are you doing!" The appearance of these two puppet soldiers is quite distinctive.

One is tall and thin with a donkey face, while the other is short and thin with a square face.

Xu Hu cupped his hands and said, "My two generals, we are hunters in this mountain. We have stored some mountain materials and are preparing to go to the city to sell them."

"Mountain materials?"

Xu Hu bowed slightly and stepped forward, took the initiative to open the sack and explained: "They are mainly some Chinese medicinal herbs. It just so happens that other families in our village are unwilling to go down the mountain, so they simply let us brothers collect them and go into the city together..."

The tall, thin, donkey-faced puppet soldier glanced at the Japanese soldier not far away and immediately raised his hand to signal: "Hmm?"

"General, what are you doing?" Xu Hu immediately stepped forward and motioned the tall and thin donkey-faced man to let him have a step forward to talk.

"You don't even understand this?" The tall, thin, donkey-faced man snorted coldly.

"We haven't sold it yet... we don't have anything to give you as a gift." Xu Hu looked embarrassed. How about we wait for two days?

"Bullshit, if you don't take this route when you leave the city, I..." The tall and thin man with a donkey face was about to get angry when he saw that a "hunter" who was accompanying him was evasive and kept looking at the pocket on his companion's chest.

"What's in here?" The tall, thin, donkey-faced man stepped forward.
The "guy" who was supposed to push the cart shook his head in panic: "Sir, it's nothing."

"nothing?"

The short, square-faced puppet soldier who was carefully checking the sacks was attracted by the actions of the young soldier.

The short square-faced man stepped forward and demanded, "Let me see!"

"What the hell are you doing? You're not allowed to watch it?"

The tall, thin, donkey-faced man pointed his gun at a few people and said, "I think you look like spies from the National Army..."

"General, General, this is not a joke, General."

Xu Hu hurried forward and took out the silver and Jin banknotes from his chest: "If you want to see it, let me see it."

He took it out and handed it over with a smile: "Hey, General, please be merciful."

"After all, I am a mountain man and have never seen the world... This Jin banknote is no longer usable."

As he spoke, he snatched the silver dollar that Xu Hu had just stuffed back into his pocket.

Under the gaze of a group of Japanese soldiers.

The tall, thin, donkey-faced man took the two dollars, touched them together, and blew them.

“It’s a real ocean.”

This sound was simply wonderful to the puppet army.

The puppet troops who had just occupied Shanxi used the Lianyin notes issued in February 38.

This thing was just released not long ago, although it is subject to mandatory administrative constraints.

But many ordinary people don’t know this.

In private, the puppet army mainly used legal tender to buy things.

The ocean is a hard currency.

The exchange rate between legal tender and Union Bank notes is 1:1.
The exchange rate of one dollar in the Kuomintang-controlled area is 1:1.
In the Japanese-occupied area, the exchange rate can reach 1:3.

The Japanese army used the Union Bank Notes to plunder and exchange for legal tender and silver dollars, used ocean dollars to purchase supplies in areas where the Union Bank Notes were not circulated, or used legal tender to exchange for foreign currency through the Yokohama Specie Bank in Shanghai in order to purchase corresponding strategic materials on the international market.

It is in this environmental context.

It was not surprising for this group of puppet troops that Xu Hu and others used Jin banknotes.

Instead, it confirmed their identity as mountain people.

Ordinary people in many places in Shanxi have never seen the "new money".

They had seen too much during the time they occupied Fanzhisi County.

It is not uncommon that when legal tender is used on a large scale, ordinary people who are unaware of it still use Jin currency to make transactions.

The only difference is.

After doing business in the market.

Generally, they will be reminded by the corresponding market administrators, and those who are unwilling will be forced to exchange them for the corresponding Union Bank certificates.

This was also one of the compulsory measures used by the Japanese puppet regime to ensure the circulation of this currency in the Japanese-occupied areas.

The tall and thin puppet soldier laughed out loud, "The area below this mountain has long been controlled by the Japanese. Two dollars for the road is really a bargain for you."

"Get out of here." The short, square-faced puppet soldier pointed in the direction behind him.

"Yes, yes, yes~!" Xu Hu nodded quickly, and took two assistants with him, pushing a cart carrying Chinese medicinal materials towards Fanzhisi County.

"Platoon leader, these idiots are nothing."

"Okay, let's go into the city first."

The three of them had not yet had time to go far.

The phone at the checkpoint rang.

I saw the little Japanese soldier yelling a few words loudly.

The puppet soldiers, who had been relaxed at first, also became nervous at this moment.

"Come back, don't go any further!"

"I'm talking about you guys!"

"Get back here, everyone!"

Several Japanese soldiers hurriedly ran up to the group of people and raised their rifles.

Although there was no action of pulling the bolt to load the bullet, they were still quite scared.

There was even a timid old farmer who sat down on the ground and staggered.

"Boss, what are you going to do..."

"Stop talking nonsense, go back to where you came from, or the Queen will kill you all!"

The leader, Er Gouzi, threatened fiercely: "Did you hear me? Get out of here!"

"It's not good, platoon leader. What do these little devils want to do?"

Xu Hu shook his head slowly: "Don't act rashly. I guess the Japanese have received orders."

"What about us?"

"If you can't infiltrate normally, then use force. When these dozen people fight, be careful not to hurt the civilians."

Behind the line.

"What happened in front of here?"

"Those little Japanese devils, they suddenly stopped us from entering the city and chased us away!"

"I still need to get medicine for my mother, what are you doing?"

"What happened? Why are you arguing?"

"Battalion Commander, the Japanese seem to have received relevant orders."

"Grab your weapons and get ready for battle." Zhou Weiguo made battle arrangements.

The soldiers of the assault battalion quickly stepped forward and warned the villagers in front: "Lie down on the ground after the gunfire, don't run around!"

"After the gunshot, lie on the ground and don't run around!"

"Boss, what's going on? Why are we not allowed to enter the city?"

"Go back, everyone. The Queen said that no one is allowed to enter Fanzhi now!"

A group of puppet soldiers had not yet reacted.
Zhou Weiguo and others were less than thirty meters away from them.

"boom!"

After a gunshot, the Japanese sentry collapsed immediately. The next moment, dense gunfire rang out.

"Bang, bang, bang~!"

"Da da da~!"

Xu Hu and his two companions opened fire decisively, killing the Japanese machine gunner and the puppet soldier on guard not far away.

After hearing the gunshots, some of the people lay on the ground obediently and there were no casualties.

Some fled in panic, causing considerable trouble to the soldiers.

"Hold!"

Zhou Weiguo and others hurriedly said, "Get down! Stop running around!"

"My fellow countryman, danger!"

"Get down, everyone get down!"

"Never mind, just kill these devils and attack Fanshi County directly!"

"Yes!"

A good infiltration operation turned into a strong attack because the large force was exposed.

The first "special operation" went awry.

This made Zhou Weiguo scratch his hair, feeling a little discouraged.

"Report to the battalion commander, two civilians were injured, our people are fine"

"Where are the enemies?"

"We killed eight Japanese soldiers and captured seven puppet soldiers."

"Fuck you." Following the soldier's signal, Zhou Weiguo kicked the tall, thin, donkey-faced puppet soldier.

"Who the hell fired the shot?"

"It's unfair, we didn't fire any guns," the tall, thin, donkey-faced puppet soldier complained, "We joined the Imperial Army just to make a living, but we never fought against the Chinese."

Xu Hu and others nodded: "This group of puppet soldiers did not fire any shots."

"All of them will be taken away. They can't eat anywhere to get food. They are traitors who want to eat. Find a place for them to eat and take them to labor camps."

"Yes!"

After the battle started, the soldiers of the assault battalion quickly moved towards the checkpoint.

After the infiltration operation failed.

Capturing the city gate can only be done by storm.

The soldiers quickly launched an attack towards the city gate.

The Japanese army responded quickly and concentrated its main defensive forces at the South Gate of Fanshi.

The assault battalion's attack was thwarted for the first time.

Chu Yunfei immediately ordered the first battalion of the mountain artillery regiment to fire at Fanzhisi County.

One shell after another hit the direction of the county town.

Under Chu Yunfei's guidance, all the shells hit the preset direction.

An unknown Japanese major who had just climbed up to the South City Gate to command the battle was blown to hell by a shell.

There wasn't even a wave.

The city walls and gates were damaged by the constant bombardment.

After several minutes of shelling, the entire northern wall of Fanzhisi County was almost in ruins.

Fanshi was not a fortified city and had suffered varying degrees of damage in previous offensive operations by the Japanese army.

After the shelling ended, the assault battalion that had just arrived outside the city wall quickly launched an attack.

Once the artillery guidance skill time expires.

Liang Guoping and others also immediately received the order to stop the shelling.

The assault battalion quickly broke into Fanzhisi County.

The following battles went more smoothly.

As for the original puppet army.

He immediately chose to give up the fight.

Open the north gate.

Escape towards Ru Yuekou.

Some puppet soldiers who did not have time to escape had to put their guns on the ground and knelt on the ground waiting to be captured.

Fanzhi fell.

The First Army is shocked!
As soon as he received the news, Umezu Mijiro ordered Japanese troops in all locations to prepare for battle.

even so.

The fighting in Fanzhisi County was completely over in just two hours.

This made Meijin Mijiro frown, and he immediately ordered: "This must be Chu Yunfei's troops. The combat troops in other areas of Shanxi do not have such strong combat capabilities. Immediately launch fighter planes to bomb Fanshi County. I want their people to be buried with this ace combat unit."

"Commander," Iida Shojiro frowned and reminded, "There are still a small number of brave Locust Army soldiers and Imperial Army soldiers fighting in the city."

It was obvious that these two Japanese devils did not take the lives of civilians seriously at all.

Even Shojiro Iida's reminder was just to avoid bombing the Japanese soldiers who were fighting.

Since Michijiro Umezu was able to serve as the commander of the First Army, he naturally had the determination to cut off his own arm.

The Fanzhi County town has lost contact.

The defending troops are certainly in great danger.

Even as soon as he received the report of the attack, he had already ordered the 4th Mixed Brigade and the main force of the newly formed 37th Division to attack in support.

But he still felt it was too late.

Dare to go deep into enemy territory and attack their county town at this time.

It must not be the Eighth Route Army troops they were targeting.

Only the main force of Chu Yunfei's troops could be so bold and presumptuous.

After receiving the report from the air force, Michijiro Umezu already had concerns in this regard.

As the saying goes, the more you worry about something, the more likely it is to happen.

Chu Yunfei's troops successfully crossed the Zhengtai Line and advanced northward without hesitation.

The main force of its troops is already active in the Wutai area.

This is enough to prove one thing: the empty city plan of the Shanxi First Army can no longer be implemented!

"Follow orders." Umezu Mijiro emphasized.

"Hai!"

After finishing the call, Iida Shojiro reported honestly: "Commander, the flight regiment reported that all their fighter planes have taken off to bomb the main force of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army in the direction of Huo County and Zhaocheng according to the previous order. It is expected that they will be able to take off and carry out the first bombing mission in three hours."

"Three hours?" Umezu Mijiro raised his eyebrows: "It seems it's too late, cancel this order."

While Shojiro Iida went to give orders for him.

At this time, Umezu Michijiro also suspected the National Army troops in Changzhi area.

Is it the National Government’s ace elite Flying Tiger Honor Division?

Able to boldly advance into the Wutai area and attack Fanshi County.

It is very likely that it was done by Chu Yunfei.

So which army fought against Shigeharu Suematsu in the Changzhi area?

At the signal of Umezu Mijiro, Iida Shojiro called in the intelligence officer, Lieutenant Colonel Hayashi Soki.

"Is there any information in the direction of Changzhi?"

Lin Canghui dodged his gaze, hesitated for a moment, and then shook his head: "I'm sorry, Commander, the information has not been verified yet, and the accuracy cannot be confirmed."

"Say it out." Umezu Mijiro waved his hand, indicating that he didn't need to worry too much.

Lin Canghui bowed slightly and said, "The enemy troops fighting against my 114th Division are Qian Bojun, the top general under Chu Yunfei.

This man is the commander of the 196th Honor Brigade and the commander of the Flying Tiger Honor Division.

It is reported that when Chu Yunfei's troops were directly under the command of the headquarters, their scale and structure had been adjusted from division level to army level.

The reason why they are still using the name of the Flying Tiger Honor Division is not because they only have the strength of one division.

The Flying Tiger Honor Division was an honorary title awarded to them by China’s General Secretary Chang Kai-shen.”

"Qian Bojun" Meizu Mijiro still has a deep impression of this name.

“According to intelligence, this man is a famous general of the Jin Army and also a fierce general of the younger generation of the National Revolutionary Army.

He graduated from Shanxi Military Academy (Jinbei Military Academy) and is known as Chu Yunfei's "right hand".

There is also intelligence that within the Flying Tiger attack army, officers and soldiers called him the little "commoner" general.

He usually takes Chu Yunfei as his role model.

Many behaviors are learned from it.

He shared the joys and sorrows with the soldiers and was deeply loved by them. He was awarded the Blue and White Medal and the Cloud Banner Medal.

The Honorable 196th Brigade under his command was awarded the Flying Tiger Honor Flag twice.

His fighting style is brave and his command style is cunning and changeable.

And the troops under his command have extremely strong offensive capabilities.

Very good at using artillery power"

Umezu Mijiro frowned slightly.

There is such a powerful person within the Jin army.

Before this, Chu Yunfei’s brilliance was too dazzling.

So much so that they all ignored the existence of people like Qian Bojun.

Lin Canghui stopped talking.

Iida Shojiro also reacted at this time, and he advised: "General, even so, the enemy in Changzhi area will definitely not be our opponent... Our army has two divisions and more than 30,000 combat troops.

As long as we can occupy Changzhi, we can destroy the base on which they depend for survival.

It is bound to have a huge impact on the operations of Chu Yunfei's troops.

By then, the advantage will still be in our hands. "

"Iida Sho-kun, what you said makes sense. Send a telegram to the attacking troops immediately, requiring them to break through the enemy's defense line and meet up in Nagaharu within three days." Umezu Mijiro nodded in agreement.

"Hai!"

(End of this chapter)