Tieyingwa is located at the junction of Yangxin, Qingyun and Leling counties, and belongs to the three no matter zones. After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army often operated in this area, so the mass base was very good, and later it became the seat of the organs of the Third Military Sub-district of the Bohai Naval Region. On Chinese New Year's Eve day in 1943, the responsible persons of the three county brigades of Leling, Qingyun, and Yangxin gathered in Tieyingwa to spend the Spring Festival with the local people, and second, to discuss the matter of cooperating with the military region to fight devils and allocate strongholds in the coming year.
At that time, the anti-Japanese five squads directly under the military region were stationed in Guofang Village under the leadership of Li Qingshou, the leader of the military region, and were responsible for the perimeter vigilance of the military region. Although Li Qingshou was only 25 years old at the time, he had already participated in many battles and had extremely rich experience. He knew that the more he passed, the more he could not take it lightly, so he sent several groups of investigators to Yangxin, Qingyun and Leling counties to investigate in disguise. In the evening, the investigators came back to report that there were many ghosts from other places in Leling County, all of whom had come by truck, and it seemed that there was going to be a big military operation.
After hearing this, Li Qingshou immediately judged that the Devil's gathering of troops this time was most likely an attack on the Iron Camp Depression, because only the troops of the Third Military Sub-district were active in this area. He suggested to Huang Staff Officer sent by the military region that the troops should be transferred immediately, and immediately reported this information to Li Yong'an, deputy commander of the military region. However, Staff Officer Huang disagreed with Li Qingshou's judgment, believing that the Devils' increase in troops this time was only self-defense, and the purpose was to prevent our army from sneaking into the county seat.
Li Qingshou argued on the basis of reason, but Huang Staff Officer just did not agree with his judgment, so the two had a dispute, and finally quarreled, and as a result, they forgot to report the information to their superiors. That night, thousands of Japanese Kou secretly set out from Leling and arrived at the Iron Camp At midnight, encircling our regiment, and the battle began immediately. The enemy is prepared, but our army is in a hurry to fight; there are more than three thousand devils and less than five hundred in our army; the enemy has more than a hundred light and heavy machine guns and more than 50 artillery pieces; and our army has only rifles, box guns, and grenades.
Despite being at an absolute disadvantage, the soldiers fought bravely and tenaciously under the leadership of Li Yong'an, deputy commander of the military sub-district, and many heroic figures who could sing and weep emerged in the battle. Yangxin County Governor Wu Dafeng will get married in a few days, Li Yong'an asked him to take the county brigade to retreat first, but he refused, leading the county brigade to occupy a small high slope, taking the lead in shooting at the devils, hoping to attract the enemy over, create conditions for the main force to break through, and finally sacrifice heroically. Li Qingshou, who made the correct proposal but was not adopted, was forced into an abandoned old brick kiln by the Japanese Kou with more than a dozen fighters, and after the bullets ran out, he fought with the devils with bayonets, and finally all of them were killed. After Li Yong'an, deputy commander of the military region, was surrounded by the enemy, the devils asked the interpreter to shout for him to surrender, and Li Yong'an shot the traitor down, and then killed several devils, and finally raised his gun to commit suicide. Due to the erroneous judgment of Huang Staff Officer, our army lost more than 400 people in this battle, and only a few dozen people were lucky enough to break through.