In March 1943, Chiang Kai-shek plotted to launch the third anti-communist upsurge and ordered the Kuomintang Li Xianzhou 92nd Army stationed in northern Anhui to enter the Lunan area.
As soon as Li Xianzhou arrived in Lunan, under the banner of "expelling the counter-current and recovering the lost land," he invaded and occupied a large area of the Eighth Route Army's anti-Japanese base areas.
The stubborn bandits around Lunan moved closer to Li Xianzhou's department, colluding together and clamoring to fight with the Eighth Route Army.
Proceeding from the overall situation of the Anti-Japanese Resistance, the Eighth Route Army adopted a restrained attitude toward them. However, they were still stubborn and fiercely pressed towards the base area.
Soon, the large tracts of land that the Lunan army and civilians had regained with their blood and lives fell into the hands of the enemy, and the organs of the military region were forced to move.
Seeing this diehard faction acting recklessly, the soldiers and villagers demanded a decisive battle with the Ninety-second Army.
Under such a situation, the Lunan Military Region of the Eighth Route Army decided to concentrate its main force and counterattack the invading enemy in the movement.
One day in the middle of August, it was too hot to breathe. At this time, at The Great Peak Mountain Valley south of Tianbao Mountain in Fei County, the eighth route army's Lunan Military Region's operational meeting was in an intense manner.
Wang Lushui, political commissar of the Lunan Military Region, pointed to the map of Lunan spread on the table and said to everyone with a serious look: "The situation is becoming more and more serious now, and the Ninety-second Army has launched an attack on us this time, and its purpose is to invade and occupy Fernan, control the Lunan Mountains, and open up the road to attack Luzhong." ”
He went on to say: "If we drive out the Ninety-second Army, we can control the situation in Lunan, smash Chiang Kai-shek's criminal plot, and further consolidate and expand the anti-Japanese base areas, which will have a great impact on the whole of Shandong and even in northern China." ”
"Defeating the Ninety-second Army will destroy the stubborn pillar of Lunan and help to develop a new situation." The Chief of Staff interjected.
"Yes!" Wang Lushui raised his head, opened his loud voice and said, "Comrades, the Ninety-second Army has become a fierce enemy of the people of Lunan, and we must drive them out and resolutely defend Lunan!" ”
Zhang Guangzhong, commander of the Lunan Military Region, who was sitting next to Wang Lushui, said firmly: "This battle is of great importance, and we must mobilize all forces to win this battle." ”
The vanguard of the Ninety-second Army that came to attack was the 142nd Division, with about 4,000 people, well-equipped, and with the cooperation of a bandit division in Lunan, while the Lunan Military Region now had only two companies of three regiments and a special service company of the military region, with a total of less than 500 people.
The enemy and us are far apart, how should this battle be fought? The cadres at and above the regimental level at the meeting all set their sights on the commander and the political commissar.
Wang Lushui seemed to see everyone's thoughts, he pondered for a moment, suddenly his eyes lit up, turned to Commander Zhang who was watching the enemy's briefing, and said: "I think of a battle example -- at the end of 1930, Zhang Huizhen, the commander-in-chief of the front line of the White Army and commander of the Eighteenth Division, 'encircled and suppressed' the Red Army, and when they entered the ambush circle preset by the Longgang Red Army, the Red Army concentrated its superior forces and killed and wounded nearly 10,000 people from the headquarters of the Enemy's Eighteenth Division and two brigades. This example deserves our reference. ”
"You mean ambush?"
"Yes!"
Wang Lushui analyzed the weakness of the enemy in front of him, pointed to the outpost of Tianbao Mountain on the map, Songlin Village, and said: "With our current strength, it is impossible to eat the enemy completely. At present the enemy is advancing north in two ways from the Mouth of the Black Wind, and we can take advantage of the favorable terrain of Songlin Village, the enemy's inevitable place, to concentrate our forces, to unexpectedly ambush his division headquarters and destroy his command organs. ”
Zhang Guangzhong said thoughtfully: "In this battle, on the whole, the enemy has the advantage, but at this point in Songlin Village, we have a few hundred people against the enemy's division headquarters, and the possibility of victory is very high." ”
After some careful study, the meeting quickly formed an ambush plan.
At dawn, the fog and rain were cloudy. The troops of the Lunan Military Region and the local armed forces quietly ambushed on the slopes, ravines and green yarn tents east of Songlin Village.
Wang Lushui and Zhang Guangzhong followed the special agent company and commanded the battle.
At about 9:00 a.m., it began to rain heavily, and the enemy's vanguard troops entered our ambush circle, one by one carrying guns on their backs, and swinging past the positions of the Eighth Route Army.
Some of the fighters could not hold their breath and turned their attention to the commander and the political commissar.
Wang Lushui and Zhang Guangzhong whispered to everyone to continue to wait patiently, because the real target was behind, and at this time, they must not fight the grass and startle the snake.
Around noon, the number of mules and horses on the road began to increase, and most of the people in the line were officials. Wang Lushui nodded to Zhang Guangzhong, signaling that the enemy's division had arrived.
"Fight!" At zhang Guangzhong's order, the commanders and fighters of the Eighth Route Army, who were ambushed in the mountains, opened fire on the enemy together.
The sudden sound of gunfire and grenade explosions suddenly knocked the enemy to death. The commander and deputy commander of the enemy division were wounded, and the enemy lost his command, and it was difficult to take care of the head and tail, and it was suddenly chaotic.
After a fierce battle, the enemy left more than 400 corpses and fled.
In accordance with the instructions of their superiors on rapidly expanding the results of the battle, Commander Wang Lushui and Commander Zhang Guangzhong immediately made a decision and ordered the troops to pursue the whole line with a single blow.
At dusk, the local armed forces of the Third regiment and the fifth regiment of the Lunan Military Region and the independent battalions of various military sub-districts also threw themselves into the pursuit.
After 4 days and nights of pursuit, most of the 142nd Division of the recalcitrant army was annihilated. Wang Lushui led more than 500 people from the Lunan Military Region to defeat more than 4,000 enemies, creating another glorious battle example of winning more with less.
As a result of the severe crackdown of the Eighth Route Army, the Ninety-second Army suffered serious losses, and Li Xianzhou saw that the general trend had gone, and there was no hope of advancing north, so he had to withdraw to northern Anhui in a gray and slippery manner, so that Chiang Kai-shek's conspiracy to enter The Lu and oppose communism was completely bankrupt.