Bao Sen was an excellent commander in the history of our army who was both wise and courageous, who had made many military achievements and was highly praised, and was praised as a "legendary hero" and "China's Xia Boyang (Ye Shuai's evaluation)", which once made the Japanese army sigh that "to the east of Hebei is like entering the bitter sea".
Unfortunately, he died young, at the age of 31, when he died on the battlefield.
Although the martyr Bao Sen only fought in Jidong for four years, he left many classic examples of winning more with less and defeating the strong with the weak, and the attack on the pseudo-vigilante army is the most representative example.
On January 1, 1942, Bao Sen, then deputy commander of the Jidong Military Region of the Eighth Route Army and commander of the 13th Regiment, received an important piece of information: the pseudo-"security army" stationed in Yutian County was going to Beiping'an City the next day to "sweep up."
Bao Sen immediately made a decision, and immediately led the strength of 7 companies of the 13th Regiment of the Jidong Military Region to march 30 miles through the night and rushed to the southwest of Ping'an City and the north bank of the Guo River to set up an ambush in the middle of the night.
When the 13th Regiment of Jidong Deployed on the north bank of the Guohe River overnight, the yutian County "Public Security Army" group headquarters and two regiments totaled about 1,000 people and marched north.
At four o'clock in the morning, the enemy's vanguard troops crashed into the position of the fourth company of the 13th Regiment of Jidong and were beaten back head-on.
A large number of enemies gathered on the south bank of the Guo River, firing indiscriminately at guns and shouting fiercely: "Destroy you at dawn!" ”
Bao Sen found that the enemy had no intention of attacking before dawn, and there was no sign of encirclement, and he was secretly happy in his heart, so he dispatched his troops in time and put the enemy into his "pocket" deadly.
At dawn on the 13th, as the sky gradually brightened, the Fourth Regiment of the "Sheriff's Army" was all exposed to the fire of Bao sen's troops, and the Seventh Company first opened fire from the right rear of the enemy's forward troops.
This sudden blow caused chaos in the position of the "security army" and turned it into a mess.
Bao Sen immediately ordered the trumpeters to blow the charge horn and let the troops launch an all-out charge.
In an instant, all the generals pounced on the enemy camp, attacked back and forth, and blocked left and right, and more than 200 people in the enemy machine gun company were captured by the thirteen regiments, and the rest of the enemy left 4 mortars and 4 heavy machine guns and fled back to Yan Gezhuang in a daze.
At this time, as soon as this group of remnants entered the village entrance, they heard a shocking shout: "Surrender your guns and don't kill!" ”
This roar was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, frightening the "vigilante army" into stunned, and they all obediently raised their hands and surrendered their guns.
More than 200 "vigilantes", led by several Japanese military inspectors, retreated to the Begu Temple on the mountain, relying on the natural danger of the mountain and waiting for help.
By this time, Bausen had figured out the enemy's full strength. He decided to take advantage of the victory to pursue, and before the enemy reinforcements arrived, he completely annihilated the enemy, and he would never collect troops without a total victory!
Bao Sen went to the position of the three battalions that was the main offensive task to personally command, but he did not expect that at this time he saw that the troops were in a predicament that could not be attacked for a long time.
Due to the dangerous mountain and high road, the three battalions failed to attack several times, and many soldiers were shot and fell, and the battalion commander Geng Yuhui hesitated a little, and the fight was a bit shrinking.
Bao Sen had already felt the temper of this old comrade-in-arms, and knew that he was a fierce general, but sometimes when he saw that the number of injured men was a little more, he could not let go of his hands and feet, and he was determined to provoke him. So he ran to the commander of the third battalion and deliberately asked loudly, "Old Geng, how old are you this year?" ”
"50 years old, regimental commander, you already know, why did you ask it knowingly?" Geng Yuhui couldn't guess what medicine was sold in Bao Sen's gourd.
"Alas, you are old!" Bao Sen deliberately sighed at Geng Yuhui.
Geng Yuhui was most unconvinced that he was old, and the two words "old" spoken by Bao Sen made him blush with anger, his beard cocked, and he gasped and said: "Deputy Commander, I want you to see whether I am old or not!" ”
He threw off his leather jacket, drew his pistol, and rushed out at the enemy! The commanders and fighters of the three battalions were also like tigers descending the mountain, and they rushed to the enemy position with courage.
Geng Yuhui took the lead in launching this round of fierce attacks, which reversed the situation that had been unable to be attacked for a long time in one fell swoop and completely crushed the enemy. The puppet soldiers actually killed the Japanese military inspector and raised the white flag to surrender to the Eighth Route Army.
The battle to encircle and annihilate the "Sheriff's Army" of the Fourth Regiment had just ended, and the soldiers were immersed in the joy of a great victory, and the enemy's Second Group Headquarters and the Third Regiment of the "Vigilante Army" were attacking Yan Gezhuang.
At this time, Geng Yuhui, who had already killed sexually, took the initiative to ask for help, leading the soldiers of the three battalions to attack quickly.
Geng Yuhui ordered the special agent company to set up machine guns on the high ground on the south bank of the Guo River and shoot fiercely at the reinforcements of the "security army" fiercely.
Immediately afterward, Geng Yuhui, a "veteran general" who was more than half a hundred years old, took the lead and led the commando team to bravely rush to the enemy.
The enemy was completely shocked by the momentum of Geng Yuhui and others, and he was so frightened that he threw down two mountain cannons and scattered and fled.
After the battle, Geng Yuhui ran to Bao Sen and still reluctantly asked, "Commander, this battle is also over, but you are fair, am I old Geng?" ”
"Haha..." Bao Sen laughed and said, "Old Geng, you are not old! You're not old at all! ”
Liao Feng, deputy political commissar of the Thirteenth Regiment, also smiled, and he couldn't help but say: "Old Geng, Old Geng, if it weren't for the regimental commander using those two words to stimulate your fighting spirit, would you be able to fight so resolutely?" This is the divine stroke of the regimental commander! ”
In this battle, Bao Sen led 7 companies of troops (only 5 companies actually participated in the battle), completely annihilated one regiment of the "security army", destroyed the enemy group headquarters and another regiment, and killed, wounded, and captured thousands of enemy troops.
In addition, our army also captured 2 mountain guns, 4 mortars, 4 heavy machine guns, 23 light machine guns, more than 700 long and short guns, more than 100,000 rounds of ammunition, radio, mules and horses, and many other trophies.
This impressive achievement of Bao Sen's command of the troops, especially his use of two words to arouse the fighting spirit of geng yuhui, the commander of the third battalion, and defeated the enemy in one fell swoop was widely praised in the eastern Hebei region.