In the winter of 1933, General Yang Jingyu commanded the Independent Division of the First Army of the Northeast People's Revolutionary Army and fought a battle in the area of Sanyuanpu in Tonghua, Jilin Province, eliminating some of the troops under shao Benliang, the commander of the puppet army and a traitor.
Subsequently, Yang Jingyu led the independent division into Zhangbogou and Jinshan Temple in the Badaojiang area, allowing the troops to rest.
At noon one day, the sentry caught a suspicious person at the Golden Mountain Temple and retrieved a chicken feather letter written by Shao Benliang to his subordinates. The gist of the letter was: Your department must step up its defense and never allow Yang Jingyu's troops to "flow" along the Mengjiang River to the east.
Yang Jingyu took this intercepted enemy secret letter and looked at it again and again, and said to the operations staff officer Han Ren: "Do you think the content of this letter is true?" ”
Han Ren nodded and said, "I think it's true, Shao Benliang has every reason to do so." ”
Yang Jingyu shook his head and said, "You have been deceived, this is a poisonous plan set by the enemy!" ”
"Poison meter?" Han Ren asked in surprise.
Yang Jingyu smiled, "Yes! The enemy's move is very poisonous, but unfortunately there is a big loophole! ”
"What loophole?"
"Have you ever thought about it, since this is an important letter written by Shao Benliang to his subordinates, why did the messenger pass through this tun where we were stationed and let us intercept it?"
"This..." Han Ren didn't think about this, and for a moment he choked on it.
Yang Jingyu picked up a small wooden stick in his hand and crouched down on the ground to draw a map, "According to the situation we have so far, Shao Benliang's men are distributed on the east, west, and north sides, and only the south side is temporarily empty, because his troops are not enough." ”
He raised his head, looked at Han Ren and said, "Therefore, Shao Benliang deliberately let us search for this secret letter, just to make us believe that he has heavy troops in the east, hoping that we will break through from the south." He may well have mobilized his troops and set a trap in the south, watching us throw ourselves into the net..."
Han Ren listened to the cold sweat and realized the complexity and seriousness of the problem.
Yang Jingyu added: "According to my analysis, Shao Benliang's trap is most likely located near Laolonggang in the south, trying to crush us in that narrow area." ”
Han Ren seemed to have suddenly opened his mind: "Since Shao Benliang wants to transfer troops to the south, isn't the southeast a weak army?" Let's take a plan, how about simply breaking through from the southeast? ”
"Haha, you finally reacted!" Yang Jingyu smiled and said, "But we can't just think about breaking through, since we grabbed Shao Benliang's old fox's tail, we have to take this opportunity to beat it up!" ”
"Commander, how do you beat him?" Han Ren suddenly came to his senses.
Yang Jingyu did not answer directly, but turned to the correspondent Li Guang and said: "Xiao Li, inform all regiment-level cadres to come here in 15 minutes for a meeting." ”
After Li Guang left, Yang Jingyu dragged a stool to the edge of the table, took out a paper and pen, sat down, and then wrote with a pen.
It did not take long for the letter to be written, which read: "The leader of the first regiment of the Independent Division, before you understand the dawn, lead a regiment from the Great Desert Ditch to Laolonggang to meet the division headquarters." ”
After writing it, Yang Jingyu also stamped a large seal at the end of the letter, sealed the envelope and inserted the chicken feathers on the original letter.
Finally, he ordered Han Ren: "Take this chicken feather letter, give it to the reliable masses, and find a way to pass it on to the enemy's nest." ”
Han Ren was still suspicious: "Division Commander, isn't a regiment stationed in the Panshi area?" How did your letter say 'Great Desolation Ditch'? ”
"You're such an elm head!" Yang Jingyu sighed and said, "Do you still have to honestly tell the enemy the exact location of a regiment and let them attack?" ”
He went on to say: "The reason why I wrote this letter, in addition to misleading the enemy into thinking that we were going to break through from Laolonggang in the east, also had an important purpose, that is, to clearly tell the enemy that a regiment would come from the north to meet the division headquarters.
"Why tell the enemy?" Isn't that a mess dangerous? Han Ren was puzzled.
Yang Jingyu said confidently: "You can rest assured, their appetite is big, and they will never 'fight the grass and startle the snake' and rush to attack a group." I am sure that after Shao Benliang saw this letter, he would definitely take the initiative to give way to a road in the north for us to pass, because they were trying to catch us all. ”
"So what happens next after a group joins us?"
Yang Jingyu smiled and said, "Next, the whole division will go from the road given by the enemy to the north, first beating them up behind Shao Benliang's ass, before going around to the east and breaking through to the Mengjiang River!" ”
Han Ren suddenly realized, and praised him continuously: "The division commander has considered it too comprehensively, this is a set of serial plans!" ”
What happened later was indeed as Yang Jingyu had predicted, and the enemy the next day dodged the northern troops to both sides and took the initiative to give way to a road.
Yang Jingyu seized the opportunity to lead the commanders and fighters of the whole division (including a regiment that had already met in advance) to the north, launched a surprise attack on Shao Benliang's logistics base, the Liangshui Hezi stronghold, destroyed many enemies, and captured a large number of military supplies, then turned around and headed east and headed straight for the Mengjiang River.
When Shao Benliang learned that his old nest had been raided and urgently ordered his men to turn back to catch up, General Yang Jingyu led the independent division to go away.
After the war, Shao Benliang, who was self-defeating and suffered heavy losses, was scolded by the Japanese, and the independent division was greatly enhanced, which greatly encouraged the confidence of the local military and people in attacking the Japanese puppet army.