Chapter 987: Just the Beginning

Chi Zifeng is a rough man, these thoughts just flashed in his mind, and he didn't have the heart to think about these things, there was Commander Guo on top, leading the troops to fight was more pleasant than anything else, and after returning the salute, he said a few polite words, and said: "It turned out to be the liaison officer of Vice Chairman Tang, no wonder he was born, I know that the North China Independent Division knows that it is a well-known iron army, and it is famous in the north, and the little devil is so scared that he can't sleep when he mentions it," After speaking, he nodded.

Chu Tian smiled at him back, but secretly sighed in his heart, "This rough appearance of Chi Zifeng is very polite to himself, but the distance between politeness cannot be filled, it seems that the division commander's intention is not easy to implement, first of all, in the hearts of generals at all levels of the Central Army, there is resistance to Tang Qiu's family." ”

In the morning, as soon as the battle of Xiyun Peak ended, Chu Tian immediately sent the battle situation to Tang Qiuli in Guangzhou, and soon, Tang Qiuli called back, "The first battle of Xiyun Peak, the result is expected, Fengwen under the mountain besieged Duyun with 90,000 people, the time is too long, I am afraid that Duyun will be difficult to protect, if Guo Huawen intends to join forces, this is the best opportunity for the 15th Army to annihilate the day, and we can try our best to promote this matter." ”

At the same time, Tang Qiuli also told Chutian that if the Central Army wants to hold Xiyun Peak, it must strengthen the anti-artillery holes, and the adjacent anti-artillery holes can be opened to form horseshoe-shaped tunnels to improve the survivability of soldiers, and to form a fortress with dense tunnels in Xiyun Peak, these words can be put forward by Chutian in his own name.

This is Tang Qiuli suddenly remembered what he saw in later generations, ** The Volunteer Army was forced out in the Korean battlefield in the face of the absolute air and ground firepower superiority of the Americans, and the way to be forced out was to stick to the tunnel, and as a result, this trick came out. The Yankees were dumbfounded, there were planes that covered the sky and the sun, countless tanks and artillery, but there was no way to take the volunteers, and the situation in Xiyunfeng was similar to the situation on the Korean battlefield.

After Chi Zifeng sat down, he was not as relaxed as before. Slightly heavy said to Guo Huawen: "Commander, I'm here to ask for help." From 1 a.m. to about 6 a.m., we repelled four attacks by the little devils, and the brothers suffered more than 2,000 casualties, and this was just the beginning, and I asked the commander to give me additional troops. Replenish ammunition, especially grenades, and, our artillery, why don't you give the little devil artillery a little bit of power, you can't let my people be bombed! ”

Chi Zifeng is Guo Huawen's old subordinate for many years. There are not so many scruples when he talks, Guo Huawen is used to saying whatever he wants, and he is used to waiting for him to finish. The interface said: "Zifeng, it's no problem to replenish the troops, there are more than 80,000 soldiers near Duyun, I will always keep your independent brigade full, and weapons and ammunition are not a problem, Duyun defends the battle, and the fight is Xiyun Peak, as for the artillery." You know, we're just an artillery brigade. It was equipped with small and medium-caliber artillery, which could not hit the Japanese artillery positions. ”

In front of Chu Tian. Guo Huawen still had a few words, he was embarrassed to say, he knew the importance of artillery from the battle situation in Xiyunfeng, and sent a telegram to Liu Zhi, commander-in-chief of the Eastern Route Army of the Qiannan Defense Line, who had retreated to Fuquan, requesting that all the artillery units of the Eleventh Group Army stationed in Majiang be transferred to his own use.

Guo Huawen scoffed at Liu Zhi's nonsense, this commander-in-chief Liu, just heard the sound of the Japanese cannons, and before he saw the shadow of the Japanese soldiers, he ran faster than a rabbit, and even Ma Jiang behind Duyun didn't dare to stay, and he didn't stop until he ran to Fuquan in one go, counting on him to act, unless the sun came out of the west, but these words were internal matters of the Central Army, and they couldn't be said in front of Chutian.

Chi Zifeng didn't care about this, and opened his mouth and said: "Commander, then look for Commander-in-Chief Liu, didn't he personally agree to the last time he held a military meeting in Duyun?" Looking at Chi Zifeng, who was full of anticipation, Guo Huawen sighed softly, and the headquarters fell into a temporary silence.

Chu Tian remembered the task assigned by the division commander, the 19th Group Army, must hold out in Duyun for about seven days, Chang Feng's directly subordinate corps, in order to rush to the front line of Dushan, block the retreat of Fengwen under the mountain, and attack back and forth with Guo Huawen's department, even if Fengwen under the mountain wants to run, there is no way to run, this is a rare opportunity, the key is Guo Huawen's attitude.

So, Chu Tian asked, "Brigade Commander Chi, the Japanese army attacked four times, and the intensity of each shelling was the same?" "Chi Zifeng is a little inexplicable, this Colonel Chu, why are you asking this? However, he still replied: "It's different, the first time was the most violent, good guy, it was good to turn Xiyun Peak over, thanks to the commander's clever plan, digging more anti-artillery holes, the brothers did not suffer, the last three times, each time weaker than the last, especially the last time, it stopped after more than 20 minutes, I still wondered." ”

Chu Tian raised his eyebrows and said: "Commander Guo, Brigade Commander Chi, if I am not wrong, the Japanese army has run out of shells and has to stop attacking, they are waiting to transport the shells up, and besides, Yamashita Fengwen will inevitably bring in large-caliber heavy artillery, and the real difficulties in the Xiyunfeng position are behind." ”

Chi Zifeng stood up suddenly, slapped his thigh and said: "What Brother Chu said makes sense, the little devil is very fierce in his charge, there is no reason to stop, the last shelling, the shells that fell on the position, the few are pitiful, I thought the little devil was playing tricks, Brother Chu said this, it is reasonable." Not only Chi Zifeng understands, but Guo Huawen also understands.

The existing anti-artillery holes in the Yunfeng position in the west can resist the bombardment of small and medium-caliber artillery, once the Japanese army uses large-caliber heavy artillery, it is only a matter of time before the position is destroyed, especially Chi Zifeng, thinking of the soldiers who were buried alive in the anti-artillery holes, they can't help but fight a cold war, the brothers of the independent brigade, but they are pointing to these anti-artillery holes to live.

Guo Huawen asked Chu Tian tentatively: "Colonel Chu, I don't know if you have any good ideas?" Chu Tian smiled bitterly, what good way can there be, if it is the troops of the independent division, this situation will not appear at all, as long as the Japanese artillery shows up, it will attract several times or even more than ten times the artillery fire, and there is another point, he did not say, that is, it is very likely that Yamashita Fengwen is mobilizing planes to bomb the Xiyunfeng position, if this is the case, the independent brigade will not be able to hold it for even a day, and the people will die.

However, since Guo Huawen asked himself, he should still mention some construction methods and infiltrate them with the division commander's methods, Chu Tian thought about it and said: "According to the actual situation of Xiyun Peak, the only way to continue to strengthen and dig deep anti-artillery holes, the stronger the better, and you can also take advantage of the opportunity of the Japanese army to stop the attack, and connect the various anti-artillery holes as much as possible to improve the chances of survival of the soldiers, and it is also convenient to transport soldiers, and it is necessary to have a long-term plan to hold on, of course, the soldiers will have to work harder." ”

Chi Zifeng couldn't wait for a long time, so he immediately got up and said: "Commander, Brother Chu, I'll rush back to the position immediately, let the brothers do what you said, let's dig a hole and dig underground, it's better to suffer hardships than to lose your head, let's go, Commander, don't forget the soldiers and ammunition I want," After speaking, Chi Zifeng left like a gust of wind, it was really an emergency.

Watching Chi Zifeng go out, Chu Tian said again: "Commander Guo, I still have a Jianyi, only to Dushan to Duyun, only through a road on the Longtou River, we can discharge small troops, constantly ambush and harass the Japanese army's transportation lines, first, we can consume the Japanese army's logistics supplies, and second, we can disrupt the deployment of Fengwen under the mountain, and strengthen the position of Xiyunfeng for Brigade Commander Chi, and buy more time, what do you think?" ”

Guo Huawen was impressed, he was full of positional warfare and regular warfare, but he didn't think of this trick, and said happily at that time: "Captain Chu, it's better for you to make sure that the Japanese cannonballs can't be transported, so they will stare at each other, so I will send Shi Jinsheng's special agent battalion out." ”

In fact, this kind of work, Chutian's special operations detachment is an old expert, and it is also their old business, Chutian said with a smile: "Commander Guo is really wise, in this way, I will also send out the two detachments under my command, and we will cooperate with each other to make trouble for a while in the rear of Fengwen under the mountain, if the effect is obvious, not only will the Japanese army have no shells, but also rice balls." ”

After returning to the station, Chu Tian summoned the two detachment leaders and arranged the tasks in detail, and he also emphasized that they should cooperate with each other with the Central Army, not act together, and should be distinguished.

There is another sentence, Chu Tian did not say, Shi Jinsheng's special agent battalion, in Chu Tian's eyes, is similar to pediatrics, however, he still specially told the two detachment leaders that if Shi Jinsheng encounters danger, on the premise of ensuring the safety of the troops themselves, they must go all out to rescue, and the specific situation can be dealt with immediately.

After watching the soldiers of the two detachments set off, Chu Tian immediately sent a telegram to the division commander Tang Qiu, "Division commander, after the initial victory of the Guo Department through Xiyun Peak, the morale is booming, and there is no intention of coordinated combat in front of him. ”

When Chutian's telegram arrived in Guangzhou, Tang Qiuli was in his office, looking at the roster of the first batch of cadets of the Guangzhou branch of the Dingbian Military Academy submitted by Chen Han, Guangzhou is worthy of being the birthplace of Sun Yat-sen and the Kuomintang, and the martial spirit is still there, and in a few days, more than 1,000 students have been recruited, all of whom are above high school education, and there are many college students.

Looking at it, Tang Qiuli's hand suddenly trembled, he looked up at Mei Xue in the office, Mei Xue was working with the two staff officers, concentrating on sorting out a large number of papers, without noticing him, before he exhaled softly, it turned out that he saw Liu Xinlan's name on the roster of students, and Liu Xinlan applied for the staff major, and the results were very good.