Author: Dehengshu
Statement: Soldiers say original, plagiarism will be investigated
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, although both the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army fought many victorious battles and captured many weapons and ammunition in the battlefield behind enemy lines, they rarely captured the artillery of the Japanese army.
According to the recollections of Japanese veterans who participated in the war of aggression against China, in the Japanese army, artillery was not allowed to be captured, and gunners had to coexist with artillery. If the artillery is lost, the responsible commander will be subject to military sanctions.
【Japanese Artillery Position】
Because of such regulations, it is not difficult to imagine that the Japanese army will pay special attention to protecting the safety of the artillery when fighting, and may even blow up the artillery when the gunner is defeated and surrounded and cannot escape, so as not to let the opponent capture.
But
1944
New Fourth Army
6
division
16
However, in the ambush battle in the village of Guangdehang in Anhui Province, the brigade captured a Japanese army
92
Infantry guns.
【92 Infantry Gun】
At 9:00 a.m. on March 29, 1944, the Kobayashi Squadron of the Nanpu Brigade, stationed in the stronghold around Guangde, was ordered to go to the countryside with more than 300 puppet troops to "sweep up." In order to strengthen the firepower, the "sweep", Kobayashi Squadron also carried a brand new 92 infantry gun.
When the "sweeping" Japanese puppet army swept to both sides of the road near Hangcun, the reconnaissance officers of the 48th Regiment of the 16th Brigade of the New Fourth Army stationed in Hangcun discovered the enemy situation in advance and immediately reported it to Liu Beisheng, commander of the 48th Regiment.
After receiving the news, Liu Beisheng was determined to fight an ambush by the Japanese army and immediately reported the enemy situation to the brigade commander Wang Bicheng.
[Wang Bicheng, awarded the rank of lieutenant general in 1955, was the brigade commander of the 16th Brigade of the 6th Division of the New Fourth Army during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression]
Liu Beisheng deployed the first battalion at Niutou Mountain, southeast of Hangcun, to block the Japanese army, and the third battalion at Cigu Mountain, southwest of Hangcun, to cut off the enemy's rear road. When the Japanese puppet army passed through Cigu Mountain and reached the foot of Niutou Mountain, the first and third battalions suddenly opened fire and attacked the enemy, causing the Japanese puppet army to be in a mess and looking for cover one after another.
【New Fourth Army Ambushes Japanese】
Although it was ambushed by the New Fourth Army, this Japanese army was well trained. After the Japanese captain who led the team stabilized his position, he advanced his equipment and stubbornly resisted.
At this time, Wang Bicheng, commander of the 16th Brigade of the 48th Regiment who learned that the 48th Regiment was going to ambush the Japanese puppet army, also personally rushed to the Niutoushan position to understand the battle situation. When he saw with his binoculars in the roadside field that the Japanese were debugging their infantry guns and preparing to return fire, he immediately ordered Rao Huitan, deputy commander of the 48th Regiment, to occupy favorable terrain on Niutou Mountain with a small artillery platoon, and to fire the enemy first and shoot down the infantry gun.
The small guns of the small artillery platoon were actually mortars captured from the Japanese.
Because the Japanese gunners had already destroyed the scopes when they were captured, the gunners of the New Fourth Army relied on experience when shooting. This battle, commanded by Dai Wenhui, the platoon leader of the small artillery platoon, first test-fired a shell, and the shell did not hit the enemy's artillery position. Immediately afterward, Dai Wenhui corrected the deviation and fired a second shell.
The second shell hit more accurately, and although it did not hit the enemy's artillery directly, it was very close.
Shells exploded next to the enemy's horses, and the wounded horses ran wildly, rushing the Japanese positions to pieces.
After correcting the Zhuyuan, Dai Wenhui continued to command the small artillery platoon to fire shells at the enemy's artillery positions, killing and wounding the enemy's gunners, and blowing up the fields into mud. The enemy's 92nd infantry gun, although not blown up, was trapped in mud and could not be operated.
【Japanese video data on the horses of the leeway artillery】
The Japanese positions were in disarray, and Liu Beisheng immediately ordered the first and third battalions to rush down the hill and divide and annihilate the Japanese puppet army. After nearly an hour of fierce fighting, this Japanese puppet army was defeated by the New Fourth Army, and the captain in charge of command had to order a retreat.
When retreating, the Japanese army still wanted to general
Infantry guns were pulled away, but because of
The infantry guns were deeply trapped in the mud, and the horses pulling the guns were also frightened, and finally the Japanese army was desperate to save their lives and had to be transferred
Infantry guns are discarded.
When this Japanese army fled back to the Guangde stronghold, the stronghold was in
The Japanese commander knew there was
1
door
The infantry artillery was captured by the New Fourth Army and was stunned.
He immediately sent more than 1,000 Japanese puppet troops back to Hangcun to pursue the 48th Regiment of the New Fourth Army and try to retrieve the 92nd infantry artillery.
However, when the Japanese puppet army rushed to the battlefield of the Battle of Hangcun, the 92nd Infantry Artillery had already been pulled into the mountain by the evacuated 48th Regiment. The Japanese puppet army was not dead hearted, and while going to Hangcun and nearby villages to inquire about the whereabouts of the New Fourth Army, it arranged for people to go into the mountains to look for it.
The cunning Japanese puppet army tried in vain to find it by tracking the wheel seal
Infantry guns, but also high prices
“
buy
”
concerning
Clues for infantry guns. The Japanese puppet army promised the villagers that whoever helped them find the cannon would provide clues
20
10,000 fiat coins.
However, the Japanese army miscalculated, not only the people were unwilling to help these invaders who were running rampant in the township, but also the 48th Regiment had dismantled the infantry guns into parts in order to facilitate the carrying of 92 infantry guns in the mountains, leaving no wheel marks at all.
The Japanese searched for most of the month, but still could not find the 92 infantry gun. In desperation,
I had to entrust someone to give it
The brigade carried a letter. The Japanese army wrote in the letter: The New Fourth Army captured this infantry gun, which was of little use, except for those left on the battlefield at that time
3
In addition to the shells, the New Fourth Army did not have excess ammunition, it was better to return the infantry guns to them, and the Japanese army was willing to exchange guns and ammunition.
Faced with the request of the Japanese army, Wang Bicheng naturally disagreed. Wang Bicheng knew that if such a weapon were returned to the hands of the Japanese army, he did not know how many comrades would die under the muzzle of the gun, and the lives of comrades could not be exchanged by the Japanese army with anything.
Wang Bi became responsible for preventing infantry guns from falling into the hands of the Japanese again, and also arranged for people to put the parts of the artillery in coffins and bury them in false graves.
In this way, more than 1,000 Japanese puppet troops wandered around the nearby mountains for more than a month, but still could not find the 92 infantry gun, and finally had to give up
The Japanese squadron leader, who was forced to abandon the infantry gun, was also severely punished by the Japanese army according to military law.
The captured 92 infantry gun was later dug up by the 16th Brigade and participated in the southern Jiangsu counterattack in the summer of 1944. In battle, the 92nd infantry gun with only 3 shells showed its might. Not only did it destroy the strongholds of the Japanese puppet army, but several times the New Fourth Army placed it in front of the enemy's stronghold, and the enemy in the stronghold obediently surrendered because of the fear of the power of the 92 infantry gun, which, although lacking shells, played a psychological deterrent role. Today, this 92 infantry gun is well preserved in the Military Museum.
【92 Infantry Guns displayed in the Military Museum】