"The strength of a nation lies in the consciousness of the masses. The state will have strength only when the masses know everything, can judge everything, and consciously engage in everything. ”
- Lenin
The great man once said that the power of the masses of the people is infinite. In fact, this is precisely the case, because countless people with lofty ideals have united all the masses that can be united and thoroughly integrated into the people, so that during the War of Resistance Against Japan, the Japanese aggressors can be driven out of our homeland and a new China can be established.
After 1939, due to the continuous development of the anti-Japanese base areas, the threat to the enemy became more and more serious, and the Japanese invaders began to implement the "cage policy" in North China in order to reverse the tide of the war. The so-called cage policy is to use railways, roads and bunkers as links to encircle, blockade and strike the Eighth Route Army.
However, even in the face of the Japanese blockade of railways and roads, the Eighth Route Army could easily penetrate, but in the face of the enemy's entrenched bunkers, the Eighth Route Army was in trouble.
So, in the face of the Japanese army hidden in the turret, how did our army finally solve it?
In fact, the strength of the masses of the people really cannot be underestimated, and after an old peasant passing by heard about the problems of the Eighth Route Army, he came up with an idea of "soil tanks" and solved this problem.
First, the "earth tank" broke the bunker
In September 1940, the Hundred Regiments War had reached the second stage, at which the main goal of our army was to cut off all the blockades of the Japanese army and completely cut off the "cage policy" implemented by the Japanese army from the root, so as to uproot the Japanese strongholds that were the greatest threat to our army. On the basis of this goal, by the way, as far as possible to destroy the enemy's living forces.
However, in the "cage policy" implemented by the Japanese army, only the pillboxes and artillery towers built became the targets of the Eighth Route Army, but they were as difficult as nails to remove, and even more delayed and dissolved the fierce offensive of our army.
Regarding the turrets and bunkers, anyone who has seen anti-Japanese film and television works believes that they should know that it is a kind of fortified fortress built on all sides, and this kind of building only leaves a "window" on the wall and the top.
The Japanese army is through these "windows" to observe the dynamics of our army, once our army launches an attack, the Japanese army will pass the machine gun through the "window" to our army to strafe.
Probably for many people, think that this is not a big deal, just brick bunkers and turrets, a few shells down, is not it easy to break it? However, in fact, it is so simple, you know, at that time, it was the period of the War of Resistance Against Japan, and the ammunition and guns of our army were very scarce, and the heavy weapons such as shells and cannons were even more scarce materials, so it was impossible to use such a "luxurious" way to uproot the enemy's strongholds.
In addition, although our army also has many shells such as mortars and grenadiers, they are not satisfactory in terms of power. Even if our artillery shells hit the enemy's bunkers and other fortifications, they could not break the enemy's fortresses due to lack of power. In this way, the enemy took advantage of the strongholds that were easy to defend and difficult to attack, so that the offensive of our army was delayed.
For this problem, an old farmer who passed by heard about it and gave a trick, that is, to build a "soil tank", so that he could advance against the enemy's artillery fire, and when he came to the enemy's turret and bunkers, he could blow it up.
The construction method of this "earth tank" is also very simple, that is, a table of eight immortals is used to wrap it with three layers of quilts inside and out, and after wetting, it is covered with mud. In this way, it becomes a strong defensive "earth tank".
In this way, our army, armed with "earth tanks", successfully reached the under the turrets and bunkers under the attack of enemy artillery fire, and then successfully uprooted the enemy's strongholds.
Of course, some people may wonder, even if this kind of "earth tank" can be of great use, but to remove the Japanese bunkers and turrets, is it all dependent on this method?
In fact, this method of "earth tanks" is only one of them, and during the Hundred Regiments War, our army actually came up with other ways to deal with the enemy's bunkers. For example, one of the most effective ways to use "pepper cannonballs" to fight the enemy.
II. "Pepper Cannonballs"
Comparatively speaking, although the "earth tank" method is effective, it is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and the other "pepper shell" method that our army has come up with is not only very effective, but also saves a lot of effort.
After our army launched an attack on the Japanese army, instead of annihilating the enemy, it was suppressed by the Japanese army entrenched in the bunkers and artillery towers, and not only that, but also sacrificed a large number of soldiers. Not only that, the Japanese army also took the opportunity to cast poisonous gas, which made our army's combat difficulty even more difficult.
Under such circumstances, the form of operation of our army is rather unfavorable. At this time, everyone was thinking about how to lure out the Japanese troops hidden in the bunkers and turrets, expose the enemy to the artillery fire of our army, and then destroy the enemy in one fell swoop.
So at a battle discussion meeting, someone had a flash of inspiration and came up with a solution: "Modeled on the ancient plan of fire attacking smoke, use homemade pepper-faced shells to smoke the enemy out, and then annihilate the enemy in one fell swoop." ”
In order to support the Eighth Route Army in greeting the Japanese army with chili noodles, the common people sent buckets of chili noodles from their homes. The people of our army dismantled the mortar fuze, poured out part of the gunpowder from the shell, and then filled the pepper surface into the shell, and finally loaded the shell fuze.
In this way, homemade "pepper cannonballs" were successfully manufactured.
Not long after that, our army launched another offensive. Our army first pushed the position forward, and after the mortars were within the precise range, they used ordinary shells to clear the bunkers and fortifications around the turrets. Later, while the enemy was holding on to the bunker, he attacked with homemade "pepper shells".
As the pepper shells lifted off, they exploded on the bunkers and turrets, and the pepper noodles that had been hidden in the shells were all spilled out. Not only that, but the remaining gunpowder in the shell exploded and burned the chili noodles inside. In this way, streams of black-yellow smoke spread from the pepper shells, accompanied by a pungent and pungent smell.
The ghosts who stayed in the bunkers and turrets were so smoked that they coughed and wept, and they couldn't bear it, and had to escape from the shell of the turtle. Our army, on the other hand, took the opportunity to speed up the assault, and in less than twenty minutes it was possible to remove the stronghold that had delayed our army's offensive for several days.
In this way, when the masses of the people and the Eighth Route Army thought of a way to solve the enemy's pillboxes and artillery towers, the fortifications on which the Japanese army relied could no longer stop the pace of our army, and in just two months, they completely smashed Japan's "cage policy" and completely suppressed the arrogance of the Japanese aggressors.
So, what was the final outcome of this battle?
In fact, it can basically be said that the Hundred Regiments War lasted five months, completely smashed the enemy's conspiracy and achieved a stage victory.
Third, achieve great victory
Because the Japanese army not only held fortifications with artillery towers and pillboxes, but also used railways and roads as links to cut off the contact between various parts of our army. Therefore, the Battle of the Hundred Regiments was not only aimed at removing Japanese pillboxes and artillery towers, but also to completely destroy the enemy's blockade line on railways and roads.
Therefore, in the five months of the Hundred Regiments War, the Eighth Route Army participated in more than 1,800 battles, large and small, killing a total of more than 46,000 Japanese puppet troops, destroying the Japanese conspiracy and completely smashing the so-called "cage policy". At the same time, nearly 6,000 guns of various kinds and 53 guns of various kinds were seized during this period.
In addition, the results of the battle in terms of transportation destroyed more than 470 kilometers of railways and 1,500 kilometers of roads, and even 37 railway stations and 11 tunnels.
Basically, it can be said that the Battle of the Hundred Regiments was a huge victory in the most difficult period of the War of Resistance Against Japan, which not only clamped down on the footsteps of the Japanese army to the south, but also struck a blow to the arrogance of the Japanese army, and also boosted the confidence of all the Chinese people in victory.
It can be seen from this that although there is a certain gap between our army and the Japanese army in terms of equipment and weapons, our army represents the interests of the people and represents the righteous side. We finally used our strength to defeat the shameless Japanese aggressors.
epilogue:
In recent years, there have been many films and television works on the theme of anti-Japanese resistance. However, every time I look at it, I can't help but want to complain. It is really because there are too many so-called "anti-Japanese dramas". Even if you have a little understanding of the cruelty of the War of Resistance Against Japan, you will understand that some of the bridges in the film and television drama are really exaggerated and excessive.
Although art originates from life and is higher than life, such a serious subject matter should not be too dramatic. If the War of Resistance Against Japan is really as easy as the "Anti-Japanese Drama", then the soldiers on the battlefield still have to pay their precious lives?
Therefore, the author feels that in order not to mislead the audience, especially not to mislead teenagers, these so-called "anti-Japanese dramas" are best not to appear. What do you think of that?
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