The history of mankind is a history of continuous development from the kingdom of necessity to the kingdom of freedom. --Mao Zedong
On April 29, 1942, the Japanese army concentrated more than 50,000 troops to carry out an "iron wall encirclement" in the southern and central Hebei regions. After the commander of the Japanese North China Front, Okamura Ningji, deployed the combat mission, he left the commander of the 1st Army, Yoshio Iwamatsu, alone.
"Yan Songjun, how is the secret operation progressing?" Okamura looked at Yoshio Iwamatsu.
"Your Excellency, Commander, the secret operation has begun, and the squad will certainly be able to win!" Iwamatsu patted his chest and replied confidently.
Okamura was the most cunning commander of the Japanese army
What was the Secret Battle Plan of the Japanese Army? Why did Okamura talk to Iwamatsu alone? It turned out that the old treacherous Okamura had played a poisonous trick of attacking the east and the west.
The purpose of Okamura's current dispatch was not in Ji'nan and Jizhong, but in the rear headquarters of the Eighth Route Army around Taihang and Taiyue. He used the attack of the large army as a smoke bomb, but privately ordered Iwamatsu Yoshio's 36th Division to directly insert into the Taihang and Taiyue bases and raid the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army and the headquarters of the 129th Division.
What is even more absolute about Okamura this time is that in addition to using a large army attack to contain the main force of the Eighth Route Army, two special forces were secretly formed, one led by Lieutenant Mashiko Shigeo, called the "Mashiko Advance Team", and the other led by Lieutenant Oikawa Momoyoshi of the 224th Infantry Regiment, called the "Okawa Advance Team", and this secret operation was named "Battle Plan C".
The two advance teams had their own division of labor, and the Yizi advance team was responsible for attacking the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army and attacking General Peng and Zuo (Quan) deputy chief of staff. The other was responsible for attacking the headquarters of the 129th Division.
At about 7:00 a.m. on May 24, 1942, The Yizi Advance Team rushed to the vicinity of Guojiayu in Qixian County, just in time to encounter the first column led by General Peng and General Zuo, and fierce fighting broke out between the two sides. While blocking the Japanese army, the Eighth Route Army transferred the civilian personnel and military dependents of the division to the rear.
On the afternoon of May 25, the Japanese Mashiko Advance Attacked the First Column. During the fierce battle, Peng Zong was wounded, and General Zuo was unfortunately killed near The Cross Ridge near the village of MatianBei Aipu.
After general Zuo was killed, Ou Fufu, the leader of the Special Agent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, was transferred back and asked him to find a way to beat up the devil and avenge the general. The commander of the European regiment sent people everywhere to investigate the movement of the Japanese army, ready to make the devils pay the blood debt. However, there has been no trace of the devil.
In 1942, Li Gengxin, a cook lurking in the Lu'an secret service of the Japanese army, sent back the news that a squad of about 30 people from the Japanese Army's Mashiko Advance Team was going to the Dadexing Restaurant in Qi County to gather. After learning of the intelligence, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army immediately asked the intelligence officer Lin Yi to use the inner line lurking in Qi County to find out the specific time, place, and number of Japanese troops gathering.
Lin Yi was not afraid of danger, and personally went to Qi County to find the internal line Liu Xiufeng. Liu Xiufeng is an excellent red agent who has been lurking in Qi County for many years and has not been recognized by the enemy. After Lin Yi found out the situation of the Japanese army gathering, he immediately reported the situation to the commander of the European regiment.
The commander of the European regiment immediately selected 31 strong and strong Shaanxi Lengwa who had learned martial arts since childhood to form an assassination team, led by Liu Manhe, a staff officer of the special service regiment.
Liu Manhe is a native of Wu'an, Hebei Province, not very tall, not much to say, but he has a good kung fu in his hands, especially good at cold weapon fighting. All 31 members of the assassination squad were trained by him and brought on missions by him.
The day before the operation began, Lin Yi again relayed Liu Xiufeng's intelligence: the Japanese army meeting place was in the Dadexing Restaurant, with 30 people, and the ghosts entered the store around 8 o'clock in the evening. The assassination team does not need to carry weapons, Liu Xiufeng has prepared more than 30 sharp daggers and good people's certificates, and the good people's certificates will be sent outside the city, and then go to the city to receive weapons.
On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve in 1942, Liu Manhe and others mixed into the Dadexing Restaurant in pairs, and they sat scattered everywhere, pretending to be diners, with daggers wrapped in cloth hidden in their sleeves and trouser belts.
At about eight o'clock in the evening, about 30 devils entered the store, and the devils sat in their predetermined positions, with their rifles leaning against the wall and the edge of the table, and a sentry with a gun guard. The devils devoured and ate happily, and tossed for more than 2 hours, most of the devils finally got drunk, and the devils who were not drunk also began to be confused, and they were crooked.
Liu Manhe saw that the time had come, picked up a cup and threw it at the head of the devil sentry, who was beaten to the point of breaking his head and bleeding, and was about to have a seizure. At this time, Liu Manhe had already jumped over, and a bayonet stabbed into the neck of this devil, and the bayonet twisted, and the devil was killed on the spot.
The other assassins got the signal and went into action. The devil woke up and wanted to take the gun to fight back, but at this time, the benches hit the devil's head. The devils were caught off guard, drank again, and moved slowly, and the assassination team wielded a long bench to knock the devils over, and then pulled out their bayonets and stabbed the devils.
For a time, the restaurant was in a mess, and everything that could be taken became a weapon. The tables and benches of the restaurant were beaten to pieces, and the cries of the devils came and went. Just a few minutes later, all 30 ghosts were killed, and Liu Manhe and others cut off the heads of the ghosts and put them into bags, and quickly withdrew from the scene.
Soon after, the heads of the advancers were hung on the walls of Qi County, Changzhi and other places. The Japanese army was greatly frightened, in order to avoid the Eighth Route Army from continuing to search and kill the advancing troops. The Japanese then disbanded the advance team, and the captain, Shigeo Mashiko, was transferred to the 36th Division as a staff officer and no longer continued to command the operation.
Liu Manhe led the assassination team to hand blade 30 devils, avenging General Zuo and the people killed by the devils. Liu Manhe and others are uncompromising anti-Japanese heroes, their spirit is worth learning from future generations, and their deeds are worth remembering.