Anti-Japanese War: I have a million soldiers and you call me a division commander?

As Chu Feng's order was issued, the 1st Independent Brigade became busy. The 2nd Regiment, under the command of Ge Dayong, wiped out the defenders of Yuan County in less than half an hour. Then they met up with Li Mingqiang, got in a car, and quickly rushed to Ying County in the west with weapons and equipment.

The Third Regiment, led by Chief of Staff Wang Tiezhu, launched a feint attack on Huairen County. Just as the rumbling of artillery fire began in northern Shanxi, it was nine o'clock in the morning before they knew it.

As the last plane took off and headed southeast towards Chujiabao, Chu Feng led the reconnaissance battalion, the 1st Engineer Company, and the chemical defense battalion and quickly headed towards the 3rd Regiment.

For a time, more than half of the combat troops of the 1st Independent Brigade, with a total of 17,000 to 18,000 personnel, gathered in Yungang, Huairen, Shanyin and Yingxian on the Tongpu Railway.

In addition, there were nearly 10,000 fellow villagers who were temporarily gathered. They drove donkey carts and horse carts with anticipation, ready to work hard with Chu Feng.

Three o'clock in the afternoon!

In Xiaonanzhuang, Chu Feng, Li Mingqiang, Ge Dayong and Wang Tiezhu gathered together.

"I'll cut my story short!"

Looking at his three partners, Chu Feng's voice rang out: "The Japanese chose to passively avoid the attack of our Independent 1st Brigade in order to concentrate their forces to protect the Tongpu Railway."

"This gives us an opportunity. I will launch a raid on the Tongpu Railway and the counties along the Tongpu Railway. The purpose is to destroy the railway and the highway."

At this point, Chu Feng directly issued an order: "We will use the battalion as the attack unit. Each battalion-level unit will be equipped with an artillery company and a flamethrower platoon. The goal is to eliminate the Japanese strongholds on the railway, train stations and other small-scale fixed firepower points."

"Then we'll transport all the rails and sleepers back to the Japanese. When the main force retreats, we'll destroy all the roads and bridges."

"The battle will last for one night. All troops and transport teams will withdraw from the battle and return to Yuan County in the early morning." The troops were growing larger and larger, and it was no longer possible to continue staying in Chujiabao.

Now that he had captured Yuan County, Chu Feng planned to turn Yuan County into the core of his base.

As Chu Feng's order was issued, everyone left and returned to their respective units and began to assign specific tasks.

At twelve o'clock that night!

The northern Shanxi region, which had been quiet for the entire afternoon and the first half of the night, was once again filled with the sounds of intensive gunfire and shouts of killing.

Yungang City!

Seeing that Chu Feng did not continue to take action, the defenders of Ying County and Huairen County also reported that the Chinese troops retreated after a feint attack on the county town.

This made Major General Suzuki Shigeyasu feel relieved. He ate an extra rice ball in the evening and went to bed early.

When the sound of gunfire rang out again, waking him from his sleep, just as he hurriedly put on his clothes and came out, the chief of staff came up to him with a solemn and anxious look on his face.

"Commander, the train stations and strongholds along the Tongpu Railway are reporting that they have been attacked by Chinese troops. Requesting support!"

As he spoke, the chief of staff marked the attacked areas on the battle map.

"idiot!!!!"

When he saw that all the places along the Tongpu Railway where the Imperial Army was stationed, except for the county town, were visited by Chinese troops, Major General Suzuki Shigeyasu, who had been trying his best to remain calm, could no longer hold back.

Veins popped out on his forehead, and his originally pale face instantly became congested and turned red.

"What is Chu Feng trying to do? Damn it!!!"

"Despicable! Shameless!"

"Besides sneak attacks and ambushes, what else can they do? If you dare, let's fight them with real weapons."

The furious Major General Suzuki Shigeyasu immediately ordered: "Counterattack, counterattack everyone, I want Chu Feng to pay the price, otherwise, he thinks the Empire of Japan can provoke at will."

The little Japanese soldier is still the boss at heart, and his character is that of the second in command. His temporary tolerance is just because he doesn't want to be fooled, but temporary tolerance does not mean that he will tolerate it forever.

This is not!

After enduring for a whole day, losing an airport and a county town, this was the limit of Major General Suzuki Shigeyasu's patience. Now that the Chu Feng troops continued to make trouble, he finally couldn't bear it anymore.

"Send another telegram to His Excellency Hideki Tojo, requesting that he send some troops to cooperate with us. I'm afraid the forces we have are not enough!"

Although he couldn't help it, Major General Suzuki Shigeyasu still had a bit of rationality. He knew that with so many places, their limited number of people could not handle it all, so they could only ask Tojo Hideki's main offensive force to help in Yingxian and Sanin counties.

Following the order from Major General Suzuki Shigeyasu, the Japanese soldiers hiding in the county town moved out one after another.

The news was immediately noticed by the troops and reported.

"hehe!"

Seeing this information, Chu Feng chuckled and said, "Are you anxious now? Is it still useful?"

"I'm not targeting you, I'm targeting your railway."

At this point, Chu Feng immediately said, "Send a telegram to each battalion, asking them to increase their efforts. After capturing the predetermined target, they will comprehensively block the Japs coming from the surrounding counties."

"Don't focus on positional warfare. Instead, listen to the advice of the Eighth Route Army commanders in various units. We should focus on guerrilla warfare and harassment. While buying time for the transport convoy, we can inflict maximum casualties and harassment on the enemy with minimal casualties."

For a time, the sounds of gunfire, artillery fire, and explosions in northern Shanxi became increasingly chaotic and frequent.

Chu Feng's Independent 1st Brigade was constantly exchanging fire with the Japanese. The supply regiment, various recruit camps, and transport teams composed of fellow villagers under the protection of the troops were frantically grabbing the rails and sleepers.

If you have a God's perspective, you can clearly see that the Tongpu Railway is crowded with busy people, with torches flashing and soldiers and civilians shouting slogans in unison.

The rails and sleepers were loaded onto trucks or horse-drawn carts, and once they were full, they were hurriedly transported to the nearby mountains.

Deep in the mountains, there was also a group of people busy unloading supplies from cars and trucks, and the trucks and cars set off again.

This busy work lasted the entire night. At dawn, the transport team and the troops seemed to have never appeared. They just disappeared into the mountains.

The Japanese soldiers who had fought with Chu Feng's Independent 1st Brigade for a whole night suffered heavy casualties and were also dizzy. Finally, with the help of the sun, they sorted out what had happened that night.

"Baga!!!!"

Yungang City, headquarters of the 11th Independent Mixed Brigade.

After receiving telegrams from various troops, Major General Suzuki Shigeyasu, who had not slept all night and stared with bloodshot eyes, could not help but curse angrily. His face flushed red, and his expression could be said to be directly angered and embarrassed.

"The cunning Chinese actually tore up over 50 kilometers of our railway in just one night, destroyed 60 to 70 kilometers of highway, dug up the roadbed, and blew up more than a dozen bridges, completely paralyzing our transportation."

"For this, we suffered nearly a thousand casualties!"

"Bagayalu, Baga!"

"We've fallen into a trap, cunning Chinese!"

"Shame, such a shame!!!"

Major General Suzuki Shigeyasu realized that Chu Feng's troops were not coming for others, but were coming to paralyze the Tongpu Railway and the Jinbei Highway, with the aim of affecting their transportation of troops and supplies.

Unfortunately, it’s too late to understand!

What Major General Suzuki Shigeyasu didn't know was that Chu Feng now had a combat force of 10,000 people, and with large-scale artillery, he could really do whatever he wanted.

It was also a good thing that he was cowardly yesterday. If he had fought Chu Feng head-on, Chu Feng wouldn't mind killing some of his men.

"I want revenge, I want revenge!"

"Send a telegram to Lieutenant General Tojo Hideki immediately. I request that the air force be dispatched to bomb Chu Family Fort, the base of Chu Feng's troops, in retaliation!"

Major General Suzuki Shigeyasu stared with bloodshot eyes and roared loudly. At this moment, he completely lost his mind.