Author: Qilin
In April 1938, the former Eighth Route Army in Jizhong was reorganized into the 3rd Column, with Lü Zhengcao and Meng Qingshan as the commanders and deputy commanders. Under the leadership of Lü Zhengcao, the military and people of Jizhong launched a guerrilla operation against the Japanese aggressors. In just half a year, the 3rd Column fought more than a hundred battles with the enemy and the puppets, including "broken engagements" that broke railways, bombed trains, and cut off lines of communication, as well as "movement warfare" in attacking enemy and puppet strongholds and attacking enemy and puppet scattered soldiers.
Lü Zhengcao held that the troops operating in the enemy-occupied areas themselves have thin strength and should not fight hard with them, but should attack from all sides and attack the other side's transportation lines while forcing the enemy and the puppets to disperse their forces and compress the scope of the enemy's and puppets' control. In the process of depleting the enemy's and pseudo-financial resources and manpower and blocking the transfer of enemy reinforcements, we have continuously won big and small victories in order to achieve the goal of depleting the enemy. In this regard, this coincides with the chairman's proposal for guerrilla warfare.
In June 1938, the organs of the Jizhong Military Region were transferred from Anping to Qingta Town, northwest of Renqiu, sitting on the banks of the Daqing River, preparing to open up an anti-Japanese base area in the north of the Daqing River.
[Lü Zhengcao (1904-2009), a native of Haicheng, Liaoning, a famous general of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression]
[The Eighth Route Army entered the village and was welcomed by the people along the way]
However, if we want to open up base areas, the most important task is to solve Gao Shuncheng's problem.
Gao Shuncheng was a well-known local bandit leader, and his troops were mostly composed of goons and hooligans, and the local "security regiment" of Chiang Kai-shek's army had sent troops to encircle and suppress them many times, but all of them were defeated. After the "July 7 Incident", Gao Shuncheng recruited troops everywhere under the banner of anti-Japanese resistance, and called himself the "Guerrilla 1st Division", and later announced that he would join forces with the local People's Self-Defense Army to jointly resist Japan.
Nominally, Gao Shuncheng's contingent was an anti-Japanese contingent, and indeed they fought wars with the Japanese and the Puppets, and made certain contributions, but Gao Shuncheng refused to accept the transformation and reorganization of the Eighth Route Army, and there was no progress in discipline, and vicious incidents such as looting and rape occurred from time to time. For those cronies who fell into the grass together, Gao Shuncheng never dealt with them, and often simply taught a few words.
Even Gao himself was resistant to joining the Eighth Route Army, not only taking drugs and prostitutes, but even openly opposing it when he learned that the Jizhong Military Region was going to reorganize the "Guerrilla 1st Division." In addition, Lü Zhengcao also learned that Gao even secretly contacted the enemies on the Baoding side and was ready to pull the team as traitors.
After consultation, our army decided to deal with this "cancer" as soon as possible.
On the first anniversary of the "July 7 Incident," Gao Shuncheng held a commemorative meeting in Renqiu and invited Lü Zhengcao, Huang Jing, and others to go. For Gao Ping's performance, Lu Zhengcao had already heard about it. In order to prevent the other side's dogs from jumping the wall and detaining the cadres of the Eighth Route Army, Lü Zhengcao secretly ordered the cadre Wang Guangwen to lead the fighters of the pistol platoon to escort and defend the whole process, and at the same time monitor the actions of Gao Shuncheng and others.
At the commemorative meeting, Lü Zhengcao had no fear, and while scolding the Japanese aggressors in front of the stage, he continued to call on the army and the people to resist Japan and kill the enemy and drive the aggressors out of the country at an early date. Gao Shuncheng on the side wanted to make trouble many times, but when he saw the pistol platoon soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, he never dared to act rashly. After Lu Zhengcao finished his speech, he was escorted to his horse by the soldiers and returned to the command post.
【Officers and men of the Pistol Regiment of the Eighth Route Army】
[Cadres of the Eighth Route Army Propagate Anti-Japanese Ideology to the People (Data Map)]
After that, Lü Zhengcao found Gao Shuncheng alone and said, "Commander Gao, isn't your division short of cadres?" I'll draw you a few from the military district, do you think it's okay? ”
Gao Shuncheng said no problem.
Lü Zhengcao said very clearly to Gao Shuncheng: "The guerrilla 1st Division will be reorganized into the independent 1st Brigade of the 3rd Column, the brigade commander is still you, Wang Guangwen is the deputy brigade commander, and Zhang Haichun is the chief of staff. ”
Gao Shuncheng also agreed.
This was Lu Zhengcao's last chance to gao Shuncheng, but Gao Shuncheng still fantasized about the dream of being the "king of the mountains". After a week had passed, the military region ordered Gao to move to Anping with the brigade headquarters and other troops stationed in Renqiu, but the high department never moved, and the telegram sent did not return. Obviously, gao this is disobedience.
A few days later, Lü Zhengcao personally drafted a telegram asking Gao to take Wang, Zhang, and other cadres to Qingta Town for a meeting. Gao Zi had some "hostages" of the Cadres of the Eighth Route Army in his hands, and ordered the guard platoon of more than 20 people to press the line, fully armed, and accompanied by a cavalry company, and drove towards Qingta Town. Lü Zhengcao had long anticipated Gao Shuncheng's plan, so while arranging troops in the military zone in advance and preparing to rescue the cadres, He captured and detained Gao Shuncheng in one fell swoop.
Coming to the gate of the military region headquarters, Gao Shuncheng did not see the sentry, and the surrounding area was exceptionally silent, years of experience made him particularly nervous, and under the confusion, he actually rushed to the outside of the town on horseback, leaving a group of people overwhelmed. Not long after, gunshots suddenly rang out all around, and those who supported Gao Shuncheng were shot to the ground, and those who were lucky enough to survive had to hold their heads and beg for forgiveness.
On the other hand, when Gao Shuncheng was about to flee to the outside of the town, he was wounded by the Eighth Route Army and fell off his horse, fled to a large elm tree cave and refused to come out, insisting on resisting, and was finally killed by the soldiers.
Later, Lü Zhengcao properly handled the aftermath of Gao Shuncheng's family, separating Gao's crimes from his descendants. This move has successfully stabilized the hearts and minds of the army, and has also enabled our army to better carry out the anti-Japanese work in the north of the Qing River and the areas on both sides of the strait.
Wave after wave, wave after wave. In the autumn of 1938, Chiang Kai-shek again put forward the signboard of no longer existing, appointed Lu Zhonglin and Zhang Yinwu as local governors, and established the so-called "Jicha Theater", which clearly stated that it wanted to divide and disintegrate the anti-Japanese base areas of the Eighth Route Army.
At that time, the Jizhong Military Region was stationed in the area of Li County. In order to persuade Lü Zhengcao to "unite the front," Jiang Jun sent his classmate Qiu Liting to come as a "representative" to "offer condolences."
In their early years, Qiu and Lü both studied at the Northeast Wutang and were also good friends. As soon as they met, Lu asked him what he was doing.
"The brother came to consult with Brother Lü on the orders of the commander of the deer region on the issue of unified combat command in the Jicha Theater."
After listening, Lu Zhengcao asked him: "What does the so-called 'unified operation' mean?" ”
Qiu explained: "The military orders of your Eighth Route Army must be unified, and at present, the Jizhong Military Region must accept the unified command of the Jicha Theater, and military operations must also be dispatched by Commander Lu..."
Before he could finish speaking, Lü Zhengcao sternly refuted: "I am the commander of the Jizhong Military Region of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region, and also the commander of the 3rd Column of the Eighth Route Army. As soon as he finished speaking, he slapped the table again and asked the guards to "invite" Qiu Liting out.
In October, Lu Zhonglin invited Lü Zhengcao to the Nangong to negotiate with him face-to-face on the issue of "unification of military orders" in Hebei. At the meeting, Lu Zhengcao clearly stated: "I was appointed by the head of the Jin-Cha-Ji Border Region, and it is only right to listen to the commander's orders!" ”
Zhang Yinwu, the Jiang army, shouted that he wanted Lü Bu to hand over his weapons, and even put forward a request to forcibly enter Jizhong, but he was also intimidated by Lü Zhengfu: "If you break into Jizhong casually, you will bear the consequences yourself!" ”
Soon after in December, Zhang Yinwuzhen personally led three regiments of Chiang Kai-shek's army to approach Boye County, the core of the Jizhong Military Region, but was repeatedly attacked by the Eighth Route Army, and finally eaten by 1 and a half regiments, and fled back in ashes.
It was precisely because of Lü Zhengcao's leadership that the Jizhong Military Region was able to continuously develop and grow in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, with a scale of 44 counties and a population of 8 million, and the number of troops claimed to be 100,000, and everything was full of vitality. The deeds of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in Hebei were also greatly praised and spread throughout the country.
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