On December 25, 1937, the day of the establishment of the New Fourth Army, the establishment of the New Fourth Army can be described as a hundred rivers, with red army guerrillas, the Eighth Route Army, as well as local anti-Japanese troops and some patriots, which also led to the complexity of the new fourth army personnel, to say that the most rudimentary unit, when it is called "Huazi Battalion" The new Fourth Army Eighth Regiment of the first battalion.
This "camp called Hanako" does not live up to the title of "called Hanako", the whole camp is not only complex, but also particularly poor, there are weak students who understand some of the background of the text, there are also former mountain bandits, and there are some illiterate honest peasant workers.
Almost all the poor people did not have a suitable and complete dress, let alone the weapons and equipment for the war, almost most of them were machetes, but it was such a battalion that ushered in a good battalion commander, since the battalion commander came, this called the Hanako battalion can be described as slowly changing inside and out, at that time it was a first-class main force, and this battalion commander was - Cheng Jun
Born in 1911, Cheng Jun's hometown is a poor family in Hubei, he once participated in the peasant uprising and the Red Army, and in 1935, he followed the team through the 25,000-mile Long March.
In 1938, when Cheng Jun, who was less than 27 years old, was transferred to the eighth regiment and one battalion of the fourth team of the New Fourth Army, serving as a battalion commander, when the New Fourth Army had just been established, everyone seemed to think that only the Eighth Route Army was a regular army in the War of Resistance Against Japan, and the New Fourth Army was just a guerrilla unit.
At that time, there were other teams that once showed off with guns in front of Cheng Jun's eyes, showing off while sneering at Cheng Jun: Is this called a team? I don't even have a decent gun, what I have in my hand, don't say I think it's a stick, can I fight?
Cheng Jun also had a temper, and immediately said angrily: "What's wrong with no weapons, even if you hold a wooden stick, Lao Tzu can beat the devil, and you see how Lao Tzu beats the devil with this stick." Soon the opportunity to prove it will come,
In March 1938, the Japanese 6th Division stationed in the Gangpo area began a large-scale offensive in the direction of Chaohu. At that time, the enemy situation was particularly severe, and the fourth detachment of the New Fourth Army at that time had to withdraw and carry out guerrilla warfare on the periphery.
The appearance of the Japanese army made the Eighth Regiment of the New Fourth Army have to change the marching line at that time, and the then commander of zhou Junming immediately let a battalion stay behind to cover the march of the team, which was also the first time that the team led by Cheng Jun directly engaged the devils, and Cheng Jun knew in his heart that the first battle must be fought well, because it was the military morale and morale of the team.
This battle was much more difficult to fight than Cheng Jun imagined, his own team equipment was indeed not good, and his combat ability was inferior to that of other teams, but at least in the end it was also a victory.
Although the results of the battle were not as good as expected, they were still strongly praised by Chen Yi, and the victory in the initial battle also greatly increased the morale of his soldiers, and soon after, he destroyed a puppet army den, and thus captured a large number of three or eight large covers and two machine guns, as well as horses, and this battle also made the equipment of the team look brand new.
After that, Cheng Jun has been focusing on the training of the team's sharpshooters, and later he has fought one victory after another, and the raw one will be called the "Hanako Battalion" Eight Regiments and One Battalion, which has become the main battalion in the regiment.
Later, Cheng Jun's battalion was expanded into a team, and Cheng Jun served as the regimental commander, and Cheng Jun's regiment at that time was still a main regiment that could not be underestimated, and it was repeatedly nominated and praised by General Chen Yi.