In the autumn of 1942, Qin Guang, a combat hero of the Luxi Military Region, was sent to the Majiehe Detachment of the Third Military Sub-district as a political commissar.
The Majie River Detachment was just formed by a combination of local armed forces from several counties.
Due to the great drought, the famine in Rusi was severe, and even the puppet army ate chaff. The Horse Cheek River detachment was more arduous, and officers and men often fought hungry.
The wild vegetable leaves in the village were all eaten, and Qin Guang saw that the warriors were hungry, so anxious that they couldn't see things clearly on fire, thanks to a barber master, he used the soil method to cure his eyes. He slapped the table: "No, you have to go to the grain!" ”
Subsequently, he gathered his troops to go to Da Li Zhuang near Xinxian County to collect grain, walked more than 40 miles in three hours, directly attacked the home of the big landlord Li Yuyin, smashed the door, found a large amount of grain, and loaded a total of 15 trucks.
After that, they went to the enemy-occupied areas to collect grain.
Twice engaged in 18 big cars, more than 35,000 pounds, enough to eat a winter.
Who knew that the puppet army Qi Zixiu heard that the Eighth Route Army had grain, his eyes were red, and he was ready to lead his troops to Xiaozhangzhuang and Duan Erzhuang to grab grain. Qin Guang led his troops to secretly garrison Xiaozhangzhuang and Duan Erzhuang overnight, rushing to repair fortifications overnight and preparing for ambushes.
As soon as the Eighth Route Army had constructed its fortifications, the detachment's wandering sentry reported that the enemy's sharp soldiers had arrived. Qin Guang said, "Everyone calmed down and let the enemy's sharp soldiers pass." ”
At dawn, the enemy's sharp soldiers successfully passed through Duan Erzhuang, and the large troops thought that there was no ambush, so they ran forward with confidence and boldness, and some even cursed and grinned. Near dawn, the enemy soldiers divided into two routes, one way to Xiao Zhangzhuang and the other to Duan Erzhuang. When the enemy was only twenty meters away from the position, Qin Guang shouted, "Fight! Suddenly, the gunshots were loud, and the enemy thought that he had encountered the militia, but he did not care and rushed forward desperately. The warriors concentrated their firepower and wiped out the enemy who rushed up in front of the position.
After the enemy soldiers retreated, they waited for reinforcements. There was also a fierce gunshot from Xiao Zhangzhuang's side. None of the enemy's sharp soldiers were disarmed by the Eighth Route Army and held in the custody of the militia.
Qi Zixiu suffered hardships, concentrated his forces, and launched a group charge with the battalion as a unit. Qin Guang ordered the warriors: "Put on the bayonet, uncover the grenade cover, aim and shoot again, and ask for the gun to shoot the target!" ”
The fighters fought very tenaciously, and the enemy did not succeed in even charging three or four times.
The two sides fought inextricably, and the Eighth Route Army consumed more than half of its ammunition. However, by about ten o'clock in the morning, the enemy's strength was increasing, the offensive was getting more and more fierce, and seeing that the soldiers were almost overwhelmed, Xiao Zhangzhuang was also fighting fiercely. Suddenly, Zhao Jianmin, commander of the military sub-district, led the basic cadre regiment of the military sub-district to rush to reinforcements.
The soldiers were immediately energized, and the more they fought, the braver they became, and they repelled the enemy's attack in groups of battalions one after another, and the enemy army dropped a large number of corpses in front of our position, retreated to a thousand meters away, and used the terrain to lie there and did not dare to move.
At this time, the gunfire on Xiao Zhangzhuang's side was still fierce. Qin Guang suggested to Commander Zhao: "Send reinforcements. ”
Zhao Jianmin sent Shi Bingxin, deputy head of the basic cadre regiment, to reinforce. Soon, Xiao Zhangzhuang gradually thinned out the sound of gunfire. The Eighth Route Army was preparing to attack, and enemy reinforcements arrived to attack the Eighth Route Army. When the enemy was tens of meters away from our position, Commander Zhao shouted: "Fight! Hundreds of rifles and machine guns roared at the same time. Hordes of puppet troops were forced to rush to the front of the position by the officers, and were blown to the ground by the grenades of the Eighth Route Army. The charge horn is sounding! The warriors jumped up and pressed against the enemy group like a sea of thunder.
Such an earth-shattering counterattack directly hit the enemy with rolling belts and crawling, ghosts crying wolf howls, corpses all over the field, running fast and fleeing for their lives, running fast and raising their hands on the spot to surrender, some collapsing on the ground and not daring to move, shouting fathers and mothers without arms and legs, and the defeated puppet army is ugly and embarrassed. Under the command of Commander Zhao, the Eighth Route Army had less than two regiments of troops, and qi Zixiu's two brigades were defeated and scattered.
Qi Zixiu tried to use the strength of two brigades to snatch the life-saving food of the Majiehe detachment in one fell swoop, but he did not expect that as soon as he stepped into the gate of the base area, he was severely damaged by the Majiehe detachment, and the grain grabbing plan was completely unsuccessful. The Majie River detachment suffered only 23 casualties.
The victory of the Majiehe detachment taught Qi Zixiu a heavy lesson, and also shook Xinxian County, Guan County, Tangyi, Liaocheng and other places. The enemy no longer dared to act rashly, and the base area in northwest Lubei was consolidated.