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Author: Yi Pin Wen team a constant single step, no authorization to ban the transfer!
In early July 1938, Kong Qingtong, commander of the 4th General Brigade of the Anti-Japanese Coalition Army in eastern Hebei, after careful study with other responsible persons of the headquarters, and at the same time, in order to effectively combat the arrogance of the Japanese puppet army, decided to attack the iron factory town mainly occupied by the puppet army.
[Commander of the 8th Military Subdistrict in Jizhong Province.]
Kong Qingtong
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Although the 4th General Brigade had undergone careful reconnaissance in advance and basically grasped the garrison situation and firepower deployment of the puppet army in the town of Iron Works, Kong Qingtong decided to use the cover of night to attack.
Because under the darkness of the night, although the puppet army entrenched in the town of Iron Works had firepower superior to that of the 4th General Brigade, he knew that the puppet army had not undergone training in night combat, and once the fire was exchanged, it could only shoot indiscriminately.
As long as the 4th General Brigade on the battlefield attacked at a fast pace, the puppet army that was vital to life would naturally collapse, so it was natural to deal with the few Japanese troops.
When Kong Qingtong issued an order to the captains of the four brigades to retake the iron factory town, the four brigade leaders were very happy.
Because the town of Iron Works has been occupied by the Japanese army since the outbreak of the All-out War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, it has been nearly a year now.
The Japanese puppet army stationed in the town of Iron Works not only established strongholds there, but also often went to neighboring villages to rob property and rape women in the name of liquidating and suppressing anti-Japanese elements. The soldiers had long proposed to Kong Qingtong that they should retake the iron factory town as soon as possible, eliminate these enemies, and restore the peaceful life of the common people.
The soldiers of the 4th General Brigade asked for battle one after another and asked to be the main attacker, which undoubtedly made Kong Qingtong's dispatch of troops more handy.
In the middle of July, it was the middle of summer, and the Japanese puppet army, which was extremely hot, fell asleep and slept very deeply.
The soldiers of the 4th General Brigade, under the command of Kong Qingtong, began to attack the iron factory town at the same time.
Those puppet soldiers who were awakened by the sound of gunshots, shouts of killing and grenades, some slept in the barracks, some slept outside the barracks, were frightened by the shouts of killing, especially those who slept outside the barracks, immediately got up, forgot to wear fake uniforms, and only wanted to escape.
The puppet soldiers who slept in the barracks did not think of taking the gun at all, and they also got out of bed and ran to the outside of the barracks without a life, running wildly to the place where there was no smoke and thought it was safe.
Although only a dozen Japanese troops were still stubbornly resisting, they resisted for a while in the face of the fierce attack of the fighters, and in addition to leaving some corpses, they also escaped from the iron factory town.
Kong Qingtong did not expect to recover the iron factory town so quickly, which made him feel a little incredible.
[Charge against the Japanese puppet army]
The 4th General Brigade led by Kong Qingtong took the town of Iron Works without much trouble, and it has to be said that this is not unrelated to the arrogance of the Japanese army invading China in the early days of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.
After the outbreak of the "July 7 Incident" all-out war of resistance, the fierce Japanese army occupied almost all of Hebei Province in just a few months.
In the eyes of the Japanese army, although the Chinese army held out resistance for a period of time at the Lugou Bridge and the Zhangjiakou front, it could not withstand the iron hooves of the Japanese army, and in the eyes of the Japanese army, the Chinese army was simply vulnerable.
It was precisely under the guidance of this operational consciousness that the Japanese army rarely left field troops in the rear they occupied, and even only the Japanese B division, that is, the second-line troops, were responsible for local public order and suppressed the scattered soldiers who were too late to withdraw the Kuomintang army.
The 4th General Brigade commanded by Kong Qingtong was able to take the town of Iron Works, which was somewhat related to the self-righteousness of the Japanese army.
Those Japanese troops and puppet troops who had luckily escaped from the iron factory town fled to the two counties of Fengrun and Zunhua, which were closest to the iron factory town, which had been occupied by the Japanese army.
Of course, these remnants of the Japanese puppet army exaggerated their words, telling the Japanese advisers in these two counties that it was a very powerful Chinese army that attacked the iron factory town, otherwise they would not have lost so badly.
The Japanese advisers thought that since the Japanese army was almost transferred to Shanxi to fight, there were also not many Japanese troops in these two counties.
In desperation, the Japanese advisers had no choice but to gather the puppet army in two counties, including the puppet army cavalry trained by the Japanese army, a total of more than 2,300 troops, and attacked from Fengrun and Zunhua respectively, in an attempt to conquer the iron factory town in one fell swoop and take the iron factory town from Kong Qingtong.
Kong Qingtong learned that under the command of Japanese advisers, the puppet army was divided into two columns and came to the town of Iron Works, although he claimed to be the number of a headquarters, the actual strength was more than 1,000 people, and there was a huge gap between weapons and equipment and the puppet army.
Together, Kong Qingtong and the leaders of the headquarters decided that they must not fight hard with this puppet army that came to attack.
In particular, the Japanese puppet army that ran out of the iron factory town could be said to know the iron factory town very well. To this end, Kong Qingtong left only a small number of troops to stick to the iron factory town, personally led most of the soldiers of the 4th General Brigade, and advanced to the two roads that the enemy had to pass through to the iron factory town, and ambushed on both sides of the Jade Emperor Temple Mountain Road.
The puppet cavalry soon entered the ambush circle of the 4th General Brigade. At this time, it was just dawn, and the 4th General Brigade was ambushed in the woods halfway up the mountain, still dark.
At this time, Kong Qingtong played with this puppet army cavalry with the ecstasy array of military trumpets, one would blow one trumpet sound, and the other would sound another trumpet, so that this puppet army cavalry that entered the ambush circle would make the six gods and mastersless, and it was impossible to judge how many soldiers of the 4th General Brigade were on the mountain.
The Japanese adviser who commanded the puppet army was also confused by the trumpet of the 4th General Brigade, and subconsciously felt that the Chinese army had already taken precautions and was still in a condescending position. The Japanese adviser hesitated, and he ordered a retreat.
Just as the Japanese adviser's order was exited, the puppet cavalry turned its horse's head and was about to retreat backwards, while the infantry that followed the puppet army was waiting to turn its head. Kong Qingtong realized that the enemy was about to run, and immediately ordered the soldiers who were ambushed on both sides to shoot fiercely at the puppet army troops on the mountain road.
[Enter the position to aim at the enemy]
The puppet cavalry that had been hit by the soldiers of the 4th General Brigade, including the wounded horses, ran like crazy, and the puppet troops who were turning their heads and retreating backwards had just turned around when they were knocked down by the horses.
For a moment, the puppet soldiers who were scrambling for their lives were rolling over each other on the mountain road, all wanting to take the road and flee, and they had no intention of returning fire on the soldiers of the 4th General Brigade who shot at them on the mountainside.
After the familiar sound of the charge trumpet, the soldiers of the 4th General Brigade quickly jumped out of the trenches and rushed towards the fleeing puppet army on the mountain road.
In a fierce battle, more than 2,300 puppet troops were scattered, and the remnants desperately fled, counting more than 100 puppet troops killed on the battlefield alone, capturing more than 80 puppet troops, capturing more than 30 warhorses, and more than 200 guns of various kinds.
In particular, the removal of the nail that worked for the Japanese army in the iron factory town effectively boosted the morale of the anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians in eastern Hebei and gave them more confidence in establishing an anti-Japanese base area behind enemy lines. Although there is no special operations title in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, this battle can be said to be a classic special operation.
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