Author: Hammer Jack
Statement: Soldiers say original, plagiarism will be investigated
During the 14-year War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the military and civilians of the Huai Naval Sub-district of the Northern Jiangsu Military Region of the New Fourth Army,
Invented peculiar in the practice of war
“
Stinky dog array
”
, forcing the enemy puppet army that held the stronghold to surrender without a fight
。 Commanding this special operation was Song Yaonan, commander of the 7th Regiment of the 3rd Detachment of the Huai Naval Sub-district.
In July 1943, the Huai Naval Sub-district was ordered to attack the Sangxu stronghold held by the Japanese puppet army, and the 7th Regiment was the main force. On July 12, with the full cooperation of friendly neighbors and local troops, the Battle of Sangxu was launched. Those who fight for the Japanese for elimination
Zhang Sanzhong
(i.e. the collective name of the three brothers Zhang Xingzhong, Zhang Shengzhong and Zhang Hanzhong)
The officers and men of the 3rd Brigade of the puppet army and the 7th regiment bravely went to kill the enemy and puppet strongholds.
【Soldiers of the New Fourth Army in the Charge】
[The fortifications of the Sang Ruins stronghold are still in existence today, which is its internal structure, and the walls can be seen all over the perforations]
The Sangxu stronghold, in the eyes of "Zhang Sanzhong" at that time, was an impenetrable fortress. The Japanese puppet army not only deployed elite weapons in the strongholds, but also strengthened the fortifications of the strongholds:
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The trench is meter deep, and the interior is filled with water; the outside of the ditch is covered with barbed wire, and there are secret passages between the four-corner bunkers, and there are dark bunkers and sandwich walls in between them; there is a polder wall in the north and south, with gatehouses and soldiers stationed.
This "3rd Brigade of the Puppet Army" was originally a bandit. It was precisely because the Japanese regarded their characteristics of being innocent and incorruptible and difficult to change that they incorporated them into puppet armies and let them hold this place.
In order to gnaw down this "hard bone", Commander Song led the troops to charge many times, but they were blocked by enemy fire and suffered heavy casualties. To reduce losses,
Commander Song decided to switch to it
Earth tanks
Close blasting. The warriors were made of eight immortal tables, wet quilts, and wooden wheels
, followed by the demolition man, killing the enemy stronghold that spewed tongues of fire, but because of the lack of fire cover on his side,
The defensive ability was not strong, and the attack team failed to get close to the stronghold and was repelled by the Japanese puppet army.
In the face of a strong enemy, Qin Jian, deputy commander of the Huai naval sub-district and commander of the 3 detachments, personally commanded the front line. He changed his tactics from frontal attack to "encircle but not fight, encircle points to help". However, this still failed, and after several days of siege by our army, the Sangxu stronghold sent a series of reports to the rear. The Japanese army mobilized reinforcements from Haizhou, Xinpu, and Shuyang to form several times our strength and "sweep" within a range of tens of miles around the Sangxu stronghold, trying to make a "counter-encirclement" and eat the attacking New Fourth Army.
In the face of the enemy's pressing, Commander Song and Deputy Commander Qin discussed how to seize the point and break the enemy.
Combined with the suggestions of the officers and soldiers and the people, the two decided to use a strange trick: the stinky dog array!
[Founding Lieutenant General Qin Jian (1911-1959)]
so-called
That is, to mobilize the masses in all four miles and eight townships to throw dead dogs and dead animals around the stronghold, let them rot and stink, and destroy the environment guarded by the enemy. This is probably the only example of our army's war in the War of Resistance Against Japan.
During the battle, Commander Song even took the lead himself and did the work of "throwing stinky dogs". Unfortunately, a bullet hit him. He was in excruciating pain in his hospital bed, still on the front lines, asking about the situation. At the same time, he said with full confidence: "After recovering from my injuries, I will return to the front line and continue to fight." The officers and men were encouraged to learn that Commander Song was wounded and did not forget to fight.
For some time, bags of stinky dogs and dead animals have been thrown near the SangXu stronghold. It was summer, the weather was hot, the dogs and animals quickly rotted and stinked, the flies were like maggots, and the enemy's water sources were polluted. In the case of hot and odorous complications, even if the Japanese puppet army closed the doors and windows, it was difficult to resist the foul-smelling siege. Whenever a Japanese puppet army could not help it and wanted to drill a fortification to breathe, the sharpshooters of the 7th Regiment showed their skills and killed and wounded the Japanese puppet army.
After a long time, the Japanese puppet army was miserable, and "Zhang Sanzhong" finally abandoned this stronghold after some totalization. One night, the puppet army, which could still move, left the wounded and sick and slipped away. In the end, the New Fourth Army took the stronghold through wisdom in the case of insufficient weapons.
Unfortunately, although the siege of the Sangxu stronghold was won, the commander of the Song regiment was seriously injured and eventually died of ineffective treatment.
【Song Yaonan (1913-1943) Martyrs' Tomb】