In Huangshi City, Hubei Province, there is a legendary anti-War veteran, who was once the captain of the plainclothes team of the New Fourth Army, this person is named Zhou Xiong. In 1938, Zhou Xiong joined the Anti-Japanese Team in Macheng and was promoted to squad leader because of his serious training. Soon, Zhou Xiong ushered in the first battle of his life, attacking a Japanese stronghold in the local area.
At that time, there was a small group of Japanese troops stationed in this stronghold, and they had a heavy machine gun, which was very powerful. The Macheng anti-Japanese team was only a guerrilla force, and its main weapons were pistols, shotguns and grenades, and there were no heavy weapons, and the only advantage was that there were many people and they were familiar with the terrain. Before the battle began, the Macheng anti-Japanese team originally wanted to take advantage of the familiar terrain to sneak attack the Japanese army. However, due to lack of combat experience, it was soon discovered by the Japanese army. The Japanese army pointed heavy machine guns at them and kept firing, and the Macheng anti-Japanese team did not say that they were charging, lying on the ground, and could not even lift their heads.
At the critical moment, Zhou Xiong thought of a way, he proposed to take two fighters, climb up from the hillside on the side, go around to the back of the Japanese heavy machine gun position, and use grenades to blow up the little devil's heavy machine gun. After this idea was approved by the commander, Zhou Xiong set off, and soon they touched the back of the Japanese heavy machine gun position, and when they pulled out the grenade and prepared to explode, they suddenly hesitated again. Why hesitate? Because, at that time, how precious a heavy machine gun was, it would be a pity if it exploded. Thinking of this, Zhou Xiong took out the barge gun and opened the safety, at this time, he found that the Japanese heavy machine gunner began to change the bullets, and the 3 Japanese soldiers operating the machine gun happened to be in a straight line, he did not hesitate to raise his hand and pulled the trigger, and the 3 Japanese soldiers fell down in response. Without the cover of machine guns, most of the Japanese troops were annihilated, and when the battle was over, the Macheng anti-Japanese team also had their own heavy weapons: heavy machine guns.
This battle achievement is recorded in Zhou Xiong's archives, Zhou Xiong often tells people about this story in the future, his descendants also know this battle very thoroughly, in Zhou Xiong's later years, the reporter came to interview, his descendants told this story, telling and telling, it was like drawing a gun action, but the comparison was not realistic, zhou Xiong, who had been sitting quietly next to him, often seemed very excited. He would stretch out his hand, draw out the meaning of "pistol" and "3" in succession, and then, with difficulty, utter a complete sentence: "I shot it and knocked down 3 devils!" ”