introduction
Since the 918 Incident, the Japanese army has been like a flood beast in the land of China, sweeping across the country, and everywhere it goes can be said to be a mournful wilderness and a hell on earth. The occurrence of the Lugou Bridge Incident further encouraged the arrogance of the Japanese army, and since then there has been a saying circulating in China: "The Japanese army is invincible."
But it didn't take long for the Japanese to be fiercely educated by the Eighth Route Army. The Japanese army in Shanxi was even more "itched by the teeth" of the Eighth Route Army, and the angry and corrupt Japanese wrote the slogan of "specializing in fighting the 386 Brigade" on their chariots, and wanted the commander-in-chief of the 386 Brigade to be wanted throughout North China. So why did this 386th Brigade make the Japanese army so angry, and what magic did the brigade commander of the 386th Brigade have to defeat the Japanese army? Today we will talk about General Chen Geng and his 386th Brigade.
The hero went out on the expedition
The Red Army, which had just experienced the Long March, had not yet been able to rest for a moment, and the Japanese had reached Beiping City, and China was in a hurry, and the Chinese nation was in danger. In response to the call of the United Front of the Chinese nation, the Red Army accepted the reorganization and became the Eighth Route Army.
At this time, the 31st Army of the Fourth Front Was also officially reorganized, the 386th Brigade of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, and Chen Geng was appointed as the brigade commander of the 386th Brigade. The situation was critical, and Chen Geng did not dare to slack off for a moment, busy with the preparations before the expedition every day. Here Chen Geng's diary records that "the army is about to rush to Shanxi, there are still new soldiers who have not yet been trained, and the arrangement of the marching route is still to be discussed..." Chen Geng worked day and night to prepare the plan for the expedition.
Finally, after making sufficient preparations, in September 1937, Chen Geng led this unit to cross the Yellow River and embarked on a new journey of resisting Japan and saving the country and defending the country.
On the way to Shanxi, the 386th Brigade coincided with the rainy season, the mountain road was very difficult, many soldiers had not yet fought the devils, they were buried in the mountain stream, Chen Geng saw the situation and immediately changed the marching route, the army rested in the mountains during the day, and disguised themselves to take the road at night. Half a month later, the 386th Brigade arrived near Taiyuan.
Overlord of the Northwest Jin Dynasty
Victory in the flag
The 386th Brigade led by Chen Geng had just arrived near Taiyuan when it received orders from its superiors. The headquarters authorities asked the 386th Brigade to support friendly forces at Niangziguan. Before Chen Geng's troops reached Niangziguan, the Kuomintang Zeng Wanzhong's troops were already surrounded by Japanese regiments, and the situation in Niangziguan suddenly became dangerous.
Chen Geng made the following arrangements for niangziguan's enemy situation: "The 772nd Regiment first attacked Jingxing and Changshengkou in order to rescue the trapped friendly troops and attract the attention of the enemy by the way. ”
On the night of the 21st, the 772nd Regiment fired the first shot of the 386th Brigade's anti-Japanese resistance, and at Jingxing 772 Regiment, it secretly attacked a squadron of the Japanese army, killing all the engineers in the squadron, and after the 772nd Regiment took advantage, pretended to attack the rear of the Japanese army, the Japanese army calculated, and quickly requested the troops who were marching in the direction of Niangziguan to come back to help, and the friendly troops trapped in Niangziguan were able to solve the urgent need.
On the 26th, the 386th Brigade came to the village of Qiqi, and Chen Geng observed the terrain on the hillside, and the terrain of the high west and low terrain in the east gave the Eighth Route Army a natural ambush barrier. So Chen Geng ordered the troops to set the ambush point on the slope in the northwest. When the soldiers were building ambush fortifications, Chen Geng said to the soldiers, "Today, the division commander told me, 'The terrain of Qiqi Village is simply the grave of the devil, and your brigade must seize the opportunity to give me a big victory here.' So I now order you that everyone must disguise themselves, that the enemy's vanguard troops should not fight, and that when the devil is halfway through, he will be given a door to close the door and beat the dog." This battle must be won. ”
In the early morning of the second day, the enemy's vanguard troops were exposed to the eyes of the soldiers of the 386th Brigade, and the commander of Wang Jinshan ordered the soldiers to let the vanguard infantry go, and at 7 a.m., the enemy's heavy troops finally appeared. Only to hear a gunshot from The Commander of Wang Jinshan, the soldiers of the 386th Brigade launched a crazy strafing at the enemy, and after a round of strafing, accompanied by the sound of the charge horn, the soldiers rushed out of the position and attacked the trapped Japanese army. In the face of such an offensive, the japanese army that was invincible in the past would be frightened to throw away its armor and flee into the wilderness. This battle was very fruitful for the Eighth Route Army, and the booty, with the help of his fellow villagers, took 2 days to move.
Shentou Ridge once again showed military might
In March 1938, the Eighth Route Army prepared to attack The city of Li. The Eighth Route Army received intelligence that the Japanese army in Lucheng, not far from Licheng, had added more than 3,000 troops, and the plan to attack Licheng was hindered. Liu Bocheng planned for Chen Geng's 386th Brigade to fight an ambush between Licheng and Lucheng.
After Receiving the order, Chen Geng quickly held a military conference, and the commanders and fighters of the 386 Brigade all wanted to fight a battle at Shentou Ridge, but Chen Geng showed surprising caution at this time. He thought the old map was unreliable, so he led several staff officers to the Shentouling area for fieldwork.
The reality of Shentou Ridge is indeed very different from that depicted on the map. Back at the command post, Chen Geng told the commanders and fighters of the 386th Brigade: "Although the ambush in the Shentouling area is not the most ideal place, the time is tight and the task is heavy. Therefore, we must take advantage of the terrain here to quickly build a secret ambush fortification, and at Shentou Ridge, the Japanese army was caught off guard. ”
In the early morning of March 16, the Eighth Route Army attacked Licheng, and the Japanese troops in Lucheng hurriedly sent troops to support, and Chen Geng ordered the ambush troops to hide. At this time, 1500 Japanese troops set out from Lucheng in a mighty way. At 9:00 a.m., the Japanese cavalry arrived at Shentou Ridge first, and the Japanese army was really cunning, sending cavalry to reconnoiter along the way, and the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army all mentioned their throats at this moment. But I remembered what Chen Geng said before the battle: "Even if the enemy steps on your head, you can't make a sound." The soldiers of the Eighth Route Army had to endure in silence.
Finally the large japanese troops arrived at the ambush circle, with a gunshot, the soldiers of the 386th Brigade frantically threw grenades at the enemy troops, the Japanese army was bombed a little blind, confused, desperately looking around, but could not find where the Eighth Route Army was ambushed. Terrified, the Japanese army had no choice but to sweep around with weapons, and it did not take long to run out of ammunition and food, lose combat effectiveness, and the ShentouLing ambush of the Eighth Route Army won a complete victory.
Japanese reaction
The Japanese troops who were ambushed one after another were very annoyed, and the Japanese commander regarded Chen Geng as a "mortal enemy" and vowed to surround and completely annihilate the "386 Brigade". In order to retaliate against the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese army increased the intensity of the sweeping, and every place where the Japanese troops who went out to sweep the city had to ask the common people where the 386 Brigade was, in order to provoke the 386 Brigade, the Japanese army also wrote on the chariot that "the 386 Brigade was specialized."
But obviously, such a trick is useless. The 386th Brigade, under the command of General Chen Geng, fought harder against the Japanese invaders until the Japanese announced their surrender.