Norihide Abe, the supreme commander of Japan in Mongolia, graduated from the Japanese Army Non-Commissioned Officer School, because of his good military command skills, he was called "The Flower of Famous Generals" by the Japanese and later became the brigade commander of the Second Mixed Regiment of the Japanese Army, and was also called "Mountain Warfare Expert" by the Japanese Army.
However, soon after Abe Norihide's new lieutenant general, he suffered a big loss in the Japanese army's sweeping plan, and he was so annoyed and angry that he frantically retaliated against the Eighth Route Army, but at that time, the Eighth Route Army already had a wealth of guerrilla warfare experience, they did not fight with the Japanese army head-on, but kept spending time, when the Japanese army was very exhausted, the Eighth Route Army suddenly attacked, resulting in Abe Norihide's army in a dilemma.
On November 1, 1939, Chen Zhengxiang received a telephone call from Commander Yang Chengwu of the First Sub-district, knowing that the Japanese troops crouching in Laiyuan County were about to divide their troops into three routes in two days and launch attacks on the Eighth Route Army in Maguan, Jihe, and other places, and the combat strategy formulated by the military region was to use a small part of the troops in the Areas of Zhangjia tomb, Yansu Cliff, and Sanchakou Gorge to lure the enemy with a small part, and then annihilate the invading Japanese troops in one fell swoop.
Unexpectedly, under the inducement of zeng Yongya's guerrillas in the First Military Sub-district, the 1st Brigade of the 2nd Brigade of the Japanese Independent Mixed Regiment stationed in Laiyuan City rushed in hot pursuit, while At this time, Chen Zhengxiang's troops, which had already been ambushed, went straight north to conquer and occupied the three forks, forming a good situation of blocking the south and blocking the north, fighting fiercely from east to west, and almost all 500 Japanese troops were destroyed.
Abe Norihide was furious, personally led the Japanese army independently mixed into the second and fourth brigades of the second brigade, a total of about 1500 people, once again to the direction of Yansu Cliff, intending to find the main force of the first army and annihilate, Chen Zhengxiang dispatched a small unit, in the way Abe Norihide on the way to continue to harass, attack, for the main force to gain rest time.
Chen Zhengxiang believed that Abe Norihide could not be allowed to continue to advance, and if the Japanese army continued to advance, it would threaten the safety of the command organs of the military region and the rear organs of the Jizhong Military Region, so the military sub-district applied to lure the advancing Japanese troops to the direction of Loess Ridge and Zhaitou, and the military sub-district adopted Chen Zhengxiang's operational thinking, so Chen Zhengxiang took advantage of the Japanese army's decisive battle mentality of urgently destroying the main force of the Eighth Route Army and successfully led Abe Norihide's troops to the east.
Sure enough, Abe Norihide led his troops over the Loess Ridge, marched in the direction of Shangzhuangzi and Zhaitou, and without hesitation entered the ambush area of the Eighth Route Army. Seeing that the time had come, the Eighth Route Army launched a fierce offensive against Abe Norihide and his troops, and the troops led by Chen Zhengxiang attacked the Japanese army, that is, the Battle of Loess Ridge.
One day, Chen Zhengxiang picked up a telescope at the command post of the 793 Heights Command Regiment and suddenly saw that between the mountain beams between the Loess Ridge and Shangzhuangzi, there were three very prominent small mountain bags, and one of the mountain bags also had several Japanese officers entering and leaving in a small courtyard.
Chen Zhengxiang immediately made a decision and deployed the mortars assigned to the team of the First Military Sub-district to the stronghold, and he personally commanded the mortar bearer Li Erxi to fire at two targets in the mountains at the same time. After a burst of bombardment, when the smoke cleared, Chen Zhengxiang immediately observed and found that the Japanese troops in the small mountain bag were panicking and running in and out
At that time, only three mortars were assigned to the regiment, and Chen Zhengxiang commanded the gunners to fire only four shells in total, and the last one directly hit the courtyard where Abe Norihide was located, giving the "Flower of famous generals" the last blow. Abe was seriously injured from his waist and legs, and less than three hours after the injury, he died in Huangquan.
The withering of the "Flower of Famous Generals" shocked Japan and excited the heart of the Eighth Route Army. Lian Weiren personally sent congratulations, and Li Erxi, a gunner who was only 18 years old at the time, became a "sharpshooter" praised by everyone, and also received a small pistol that Nie Shuai carried with him as a compliment.
After the shelling of the Japanese army, Chen Zhengxiang's position was also exposed to the Japanese army, and the Japanese army shot at it, but fortunately, Chen Zhengxiang was holding a telescope to observe, and a bullet just hit the telescope barrel, breaking half of the telescope and injuring Chen Zhengxiang's hand, but also because of this, Chen Zhengxiang saved his life.
This telescope became a symbol of luck, and was later used by Song Yulin, the acting regimental commander, who often used this telescope with a broken cylinder to observe the Japanese army, and smiled and said, "This telescope, but Chen Zhengxiang used it on the Loess Ridge!" ”