One day in October 1937, Wang Jinshan was ordered to ambush the Japanese army in the village of Qiqi and wait for the large troops to come together, but he did not wait for the large troops to come, nor did he ask the chief Chen Geng to directly start a fierce battle with the Japanese army.
Obviously, Wang Jinshan did not act according to the plan arranged in advance, and even did not ask the brigade commander Chen Geng to go to war privately, and it is reasonable to say that Wang Jinshan's behavior must be severely punished, so why is Chen Geng unusual, not only did not punish Wang Jinshan, but also rewarded him?
Liu Bocheng carefully analyzed the battle situation
In September 1937, the Japanese army launched a large-scale attack on Shanxi, Shanxi fell into a crisis for a time, in the face of the fierce offensive of the Japanese army, the Niangzi Pass of the Gateway to Jindong was already in danger, and it could be lost at any time, once such an important pass was lost, the impact on the war situation of our army was immeasurable.
In order to be able to block the Japanese army under such a tricky situation and prevent them from continuing to advance westward, Liu Bocheng, after careful consideration, sent the 771st Regiment to garrison the vicinity of the village of Qiqi and adopt the tactics of mobile defense against the Japanese army to achieve the greatest obstruction of the Japanese advance.
Unfortunately, even though Liu Bocheng had made a lot of precise arrangements, the 771st Regiment was still discovered by the Japanese army when it was building fortifications in the village of Qiqi, and on the same night, the Japanese army sent an infantry company and a cavalry squadron to launch a sneak attack on the 771st Regiment at the same time, so that the 771st Regiment suffered heavy casualties and lost contact with the large troops.
After Liu Bocheng learned of the news of the heavy losses of the 771st Regiment, he was so anxious that he did not say a word, so he personally took the guard squad to look for the members of the missing troops.
After Liu Bocheng personally visited the scene, he found that there is a great feature of Qiquan Village, that is, its aisles are narrow, and both sides of the aisles are high mounds, such terrain is not suitable for building any fortifications, but is suitable for using the existing terrain for ambush warfare.
As long as an ambush is set up in such a place, it will be a fatal blow for the Japanese army, and after analyzing the terrain characteristics, Liu Bocheng immediately made a decision and immediately gave instructions, ordering the 386th Brigade to quickly prepare and go to the village of Qiqi to carry out an ambush.
Wang Jinshan went to war without asking the leadership
The brigade commander of the 386th Brigade was Chen Geng, and after receiving the task assigned by Liu Bocheng, Chen Geng quickly planned it, and in the process of Chen Geng's plan, Wang Jinshan happily asked Chen Geng to entrust this "good thing" to himself, and he was willing to take a battalion and a platoon to complete the task.
Chen Geng was still thinking about who should be arranged to set up an ambush, and when he saw Wang Jinshan, who was determined to win, Chen Geng immediately had a candidate in his heart, Wang Jinshan's performance on the battlefield had always been unexpected, and there was no doubt that he was the best candidate to complete this arduous task.
Chen Geng explained the battle plan to Wang Jinshan, and Wang Jinshan took his own people to the village of Qiqi first to set up an ambush, according to the plan, Wang Jinshan went to set up an ambush first, but he needed to wait until the large troops came to support before he could start a big battle.
However, changes in military conditions on the battlefield are always unexpected, and sometimes a small change may change the final direction of a war, and Wang Jinshan deeply understands this truth. After Wang Jinshan and others completed the ambush, they began to anxiously wait for the arrival of the large troops and the Japanese army, and they wanted to teach the Japanese army a lesson that was caught off guard.
Wang Jinshan waited and waited, and found that the large troops had not yet arrived, but the Japanese army was slowly coming, getting closer and closer to their ambush circle, if they did not move again, when the large troops came, everything would be too late, if they asked the brigade commander Chen Geng himself, it would also be too late.
At the time of extreme danger, Wang Jinshan did not have time to think much, under an order, the group surrounded the Japanese army, concentrated strafing on it, and then rushed out of the position to engage the Japanese army in close combat, under the reasonable command of Wang Jinshan, this ambush battle was a great victory, Wang Jinshan won a small victory, with the cost of only 10 casualties of our army, killed more than 300 Japanese troops, and also captured a large number of firearms and equipment, as well as foreign smoke and other things.
Seeing that the first ambush battle achieved such brilliant results, Liu Bocheng continued to arrange personnel to carry out the second ambush battle, achieving more unexpected results, and the tactics of two consecutive ambushes in this war have also become one of the world's top ten classic tactics.
After the end of the war, Wang Jinshan took the foreign smoke captured on the battlefield and went to find Chen Geng with sorrow, pleading guilty for his act of privately starting a war without asking the chief, Chen Geng looked at Wang Jinshan, not only did not blame him, but also said: "I want to record a great deed for you."
In the critical situation at that time, as long as Wang Jinshan continued to wait for the arrival of the large troops, or asked the brigade commander, he would directly miss the best opportunity for ambush, in that case, this ambush would not only be impossible to achieve such brilliant results, but also could suffer losses.
Although it is true that Wang Jinshan did not act according to the plan and did not ask his superiors to act privately, it was indeed a violation of discipline as a soldier, but Wang Jinshan would rather risk such a danger, still think about the overall situation of the war, and make the most reasonable decision at a critical moment.
epilogue
Wang Jinshan's decision to go to war without following the plan or asking for guidance from the leadership is actually a spirit of great fearlessness, and Chen Geng, the chief, just like Wang Jinshan, was originally informal, and everyone's purpose was the same, that is, to ambush the Japanese army and win the battle, as for whether he asked for instructions, Chen Geng did not care, this kind of mind is also admirable, it is precisely because there is a capable general Wang Jinshan who dares to do something, and a broad-minded brigade commander Chen Geng cooperates. The 386th Brigade will achieve so many brilliant results on the battlefield!
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