Among the three divisions of the Eighth Route Army, the most effective combat effective is undoubtedly the 115th Division. At the beginning of the reorganization of the 115th Division, there were 4 main regiments with official names, namely the 685th, 686th, 687th, and 688th Regiments. Among them, the most famous are the 685 regiment and the 686 regiment, and the combat effectiveness of the 685 regiment with Yang Dezhi as the first regimental commander is needless to say, so what is the combat effectiveness of the 686 regiment?
In August 1937, the 4th Division of the Red 1st Army was reorganized into the 686th Regiment of the 343rd Brigade of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army, and the division commander Li Tianyou was changed to the regimental commander, and since the nationalist army structure did not have the position of political commissar, yang Yong, the political commissar of the division, was changed to deputy regimental commander. On September 25, the 686th Regiment participated in the well-known Battle of Pingxingguan, in which Yang Yong personally led his troops to seize the Laoye Temple and was once again wounded.
In the Battle of Pingxingguan, the 686th Regiment had already shown strong combat effectiveness.
In December, Yang Yong was promoted to regimental commander and political commissar of the 686 regiment. In March of the following year, the 686th Regiment took part in the battles of Noon city and Jinggou. The 686th Regiment won several consecutive battles, which greatly encouraged the courage and confidence of the military and the people to resist the war.
The Japanese army was continuously defeated at the hands of the Eighth Route Army, and naturally they were unwilling and unconvinced, not to mention that they were arrogant and arrogant, and they were accustomed to running amok. In order to avenge the revenge of noon city and jinggou, the Japanese army organized more than a thousand troops to counterattack. Near Daning, the Japanese army engaged in a fierce battle with the Nationalist forces of Wei Lihuang, deputy commander of the Second Theater.
Not long after, Wei Lihuang's troops were defeated by the Japanese army and retreated. The Japanese army pursued it relentlessly, and the Nationalist army fought very hard. In the end, Wei Lihuang's troops were scattered, and the situation was very serious.
Wei Lihuang asked the Eighth Route Army for help, and Chen Guang, acting commander of the 115th Division, then ordered the 686th Regiment to block the Japanese army at Bai'erli and cover the eastward advance of Wei Lihuang's troops.
Use the way of the soldiers, you know the geography. Strong troops, control wanli. After Yang Yong accepted the order, Yang Yong commanded the troops to quickly ascend the mountain from baierli pass, moved backwards, and ordered fang Guonan, the instructor of the regiment's direct subordinate team (later major general to become a founding major general), to lead the special agent company and quickly seize the favorable terrain of Baierli to block the Japanese army.
The special agent company, who had the ability to complete special tasks, occupied the position at an astonishing speed and immediately used the cliffs in front of the position to construct fortifications. They cling to the determination that they would rather coexist and die with the position without the order of their superiors, and never take half a step back, and must complete the task.
Repeated attempts by the Japanese to pass were blocked by the resolute resistance of the special agent company. The Japanese army never expected to be hindered here, and the soldiers suffered many casualties, but they could not get by. The Japanese commanders murderously forced the troops to carry out more insane attacks, and suffered even greater defeats. The Japanese used artillery to bombard, but to no avail. The heroic and warlike special agent company repelled the Japanese attacks one after another, and did not let the Japanese pass alone. The battle was fierce, and the pass was always guarded by a company of secret agents, and the enemy could not pass. The fighting is still going on...
After the battle began, Yang Yong accompanied Wei Lihuang at the headquarters to observe the battle. The thrilling scene of the two armies fighting, the Eighth Route Army blocking the repeated attacks of the Japanese army, the sound of gunfire and the roar of enemy aircraft trembling the valley, and the roar of the Japanese aircraft was like the roar of the beast, no matter how the enemy went crazy, it was impossible to pass.
Wei Lihuang was surprised and asked Yang Yong how many regiments of the Eighth Route Army were blocking in front?
Yang Yong replied, "There is only one company of our 686 regiment. ”
Wei Lihuang couldn't believe it at all: "There is only one company?" No, Commander Yang, please don't joke, how can a company withstand the continuous impact of so many Japanese troops! ”
Yang Yong stressed that this was true, and if he did not believe it, ask Chief Wei to count the number of people later.
Seeing is believing, Wei Lihuang must see what kind of a company this is the Eighth Route Army, and its combat effectiveness is so strong! After more than 3 hours, the battle was over, and Yang Yong gave the order to the special agent company to withdraw from the battle. Wei Lihuang's staff officer reported to him that the Eighth Route Army that was blocking the attack really had only one company, a total of more than 200 people.
Wei Lihuang saw these Soldiers of the Eighth Route Army who were carrying booty from the front and was impressed after listening to the company commander's report to Yang Yong. He sighed and said to Yang Yong, "Commander Yang, if only I had a regiment like your company." ”
Yang Yong said: "Every unit of our Eighth Route Army is like our regiment, the real strength is the people, the millions of awakened toiling masses, they are the invincible force!" ”
The fighting ability and fighting style of the 686th Regiment, as well as what Yang Yong said to him, made Wei Lihuang more and more convinced of the Eighth Route Army. When they broke up, Wei Lihuang offered to support 100,000 rounds of ammunition to the Eighth Route Army. Later, Wei Lihuang has been united with the Eighth Route Army to resist Japan, gave the Eighth Route Army a lot of support and help, and established a good relationship with the leaders of our Party and the Eighth Route Army.