The Eighth Route Army discovered that there was a problem in a courtyard and fired four shells in succession, shaking the whole country of Japan
In October 1939, the Invading Japanese Army launched a large-scale sweep of the Base Area of the Eighth Route Army in Jin-Cha-Ji, in which the Japanese and puppet allied Daisa, with a well-equipped Japanese puppet army of 1,000 men, had been invading the Eighth Route Army base area from the south since Laiyuan County, but fortunately the Eighth Route Army had received intelligence in advance, and Yang Chengwu was the commander of the First Military Region of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region at that time. After receiving the support of Nie Rongzhen and others, Yang Chengwu decided to fight a counterattack.
Yang Chengwu
On November 3 of that year, the Japanese puppet army entered Yang Chengwu's encirclement, and after a fierce battle, the Japanese puppet army suffered 500 casualties, and the number was directly destroyed by the Eighth Route Army. Those who were lucky enough to be alive threw down a large number of weapons, equipment, and food, and fled for their lives. Yang Chengwu fought such a big victory, and it was naturally indispensable to be praised. The Japanese puppet army Daisa, who had suffered a defeat, was not convinced, this person was a subordinate of the Japanese army Abe Norihide, Abe Norihide was known as "mountain warfare expert." ”
After being ambushed by the Eighth Route Army, the so-called "mountain warfare experts" decided to personally fight to avenge their men. At that time, he had just been promoted to lieutenant general not long ago, Abe Norihide directly led his main force to attack, in fact, Abe Norihide had no achievements in mountain warfare, to put it bluntly, he was a theoretician, never practiced, but his theory of practice was appreciated by the emperor, so this "flower of famous generals" was able to bloom.
Norihide Abe
In fact, Abe Norihide was too eager to make quick gains, and he was eager to annihilate the Eighth Route Army and make a head start. But how is this possible? Before Abe Couldoshuni could make a move, Yang Chengwu had already laid down a large pocket and eagerly let the Japanese army drill it. According to the usual attitude of the Japanese army, this time it suffered a defeat, and then it would directly retaliate, and there would be no affection at all. Yang Chengwu was in the loess ridge area, relying on favorable terrain, only waiting for the Japanese army to enter.
Sure enough, on the morning of November 4, Abe Norihide led his own 1,500 troops to the place where the former army had failed. Here Yang Chengwu sent his own subordinate Zeng Yongya, who was ordered to lead a small force to harass most of the Japanese army. The weapons and equipment of the enemy and us are not proportional, this time the Eighth Route Army called six regiments and 1 artillery company to fight against Abe Norihide, watching the Japanese army step by step into the encirclement, Yang Chengwu was very happy in his heart.
The Eighth Route Army ambush position
On November 7 of that year, the Japanese army all entered the encirclement circle, and the large troops of the Eighth Route Army, which were waiting for work, were killed, and the Japanese army was caught off guard, and the Japanese army could only hold its head and enter a valley. The terrain here is very complicated, the Japanese army blocked the valley mouth with cars, and the Eighth Route Army lacked heavy weapons and it was difficult to attack. When the battle between the two sides was in full swing, a regimental commander saw a lonely courtyard on the mountain bag in the distance, with antennas on it, and many ghosts carrying sabers in and out.
The regimental commander directly transferred the artillery, the artilleryman only had four shells in his hand at that time, and the regimental commander did not know whether it was right to fight in the end, but the antenna should be the command post of the devil. At that time, Li Erxi, a soldier of the artillery company, was ordered to complete the firing of these four shells, he was a famous sharpshooter in the Eighth Route Army, he only relied on feelings, but the effect of the shot was more accurate than the use of aiming equipment. He felt eight hundred meters away after visual inspection, and he told the regimental commander that I would be able to hit it.
Li Erxi saw the target, directly fired two cannons in a row, and after firing two rounds, he found that the distance was only a little bit. The Japanese troops in the small courtyard also withdrew one after another, but how could Li Erxi give them the opportunity to escape, and then two more shots, directly hitting the small courtyard. Judging from the situation of the regimental commander's telescope at that time: the little devils were in a mess, and several of them carried stretchers and carried out the people who were blown up. Only later did the two know that they had made a great contribution to hitting Japanese Lieutenant General Norihide Abe, which was also the highest-ranking general in the history of the Eighth Route Army.
In the Battle of Loess Ridge, the Japanese also sent reinforcements by aircraft, when the Eighth Route Army had annihilated nearly 1,000 Japanese troops and then withdrew. When the regimental commander retreated, he looked through the telescope: the little devil knelt in front of the stretcher and cried. Noriko Abe's death was also published in Japanese newspapers:
The death of a lieutenant general-level commander was unprecedented, and the flower of the famous general actually fell on the Taihang Mountain not long after it had just blossomed.
From the leaky archives of the Japanese army, we can also find that Abe Norihide is simply arrogant. When the first two shells hit the side, Abe knew that the position was exposed, and his men ran out, only the soldiers around him were always with him. But he said: Panic, the shells of the eighth road are not accurate. Before he could finish speaking, Li Erxi's second shell came in front of him. Norihide Abe was killed on the spot.
Chen Zhengxiang
summary:
As an aggressor, the Japanese army repeatedly violated our territory, and the Battle of Loess Ridge raised our country's prestige and shocked the Japanese army as a whole. Even their Japanese emperor did not believe it when he received the news. However, the fact is that no one can change the fact, in this battle, Li Erxi and the regimental commander Chen Zhengxiang made great contributions, and Yang Chengwu also praised these people fiercely.