In the autumn of 1941, the invading Japanese army mobilized 10,000 troops and launched a surprise attack on the location of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region of the Eighth Route Army.
Due to the fierceness of the Japanese army and the relatively dispersed strength of the jin-Cha-Ji troops at that time, the organs of the military region moved to the Jin-Cha-Ji Second Military Subdistrict, where the enemy's strength was relatively weak, in accordance with the principle of "the enemy advancing and we retreating."
Guo Tianmin, commander of the Second Sub-district (who became the founding general in 1955), learned of this emergency and immediately sent troops to meet the organs of the military region, and then moved east together.
However, the Japanese army seemed to have penetrated the mind of the commander of the military region, always followed closely behind, and transferred more rear forces from nearby, and it did not take long to force more than 3,000 commanders and fighters of the military region organs and the second sub-district into a mountainous area, forming a joint encirclement.
Due to the complex terrain of the mountainous areas, the Japanese army did not dare to rush to attack, but their siege also posed a great threat to the Eighth Route Army.
Under such circumstances, the entire organs of the military region and the part of the Second Division were in a very dangerous situation. The commanders judged the situation and decided to choose a favorable time and take sudden action to break through the siege.
At dusk on this day, Guo Tianmin was discussing with the cadres of various regiments and battalions at the temporary command post a strategy for retreating from the enemy, when he suddenly heard the telephone ringing rapidly.
A combat staff officer was closest to the phone, and without hesitation, he picked up the microphone and asked where the other party was.
The other party replied "headquarters", and then asked in a very urgent tone: "Where is the specific location of your department, please tell me quickly!" ”
This impatient tone made the combat staff officer feel that there must be something very serious, so he did not think much about it, and blurted out into the microphone: "The direction of my department is..."
Just then, a large hand was extended behind him, and the sharpshooter snatched the phone over, and then hung up the call so violently that the combat staff officer did not have time to finish speaking.
The combat staff officer was annoyed that his speech had been interrupted, but he did not expect to look up and find that the person who had taken away and hung up his phone was actually commander Guo Tianmin, and he was shocked.
"What are you doing here?" To whom is the location of the troops reported? Guo Tianmin's expression was unusually serious.
The combat staff officer was stunned and replied truthfully: "The other side said that it was the headquarters..."
"Headquarters? Which headquarters is it? Did the other party make it clear? Guo Tianmin's tone became more severe.
"This... I see that the other side is in a hurry like that..." At this time, the combat staff officer also knew that the situation was not right, and did not know how to answer.
"There is a famous place here, and it is likely to be a trap!" Guo Tianmin said in a thick Hubei accent, "Who would report to his home with two vague words, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he eagerly inquired about the location of our troops?" ”
The combat staff officer heard a cold sweat, realized the seriousness of the problem, regretted that he had just been too reckless and too irritable, and hurriedly reviewed Guo Tianmin.
Guo Tianmin waved his hand, "Now is not the time to say this." This phone call is not simple, it is very likely that the enemy is going to take action! Report immediately to the chiefs of the military districts, it must be transferred as soon as possible! ”
He turned to the cadres of the regiments and battalions present and said: "After the meeting, we quickly made preparations to cover the transfer of the military region organs!" ”
After listening to Guo Tianmin's report, the chiefs of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region also thought that the situation was very grim and agreed to his proposal to move immediately.
Subsequently, under the cover of the troops of the Second Division, the organs of the military region quietly left the garrison at night, and the soldiers quickly broke through to the outside of the mountain.
Coincidentally, on the way down the mountain, the soldiers found a large number of black shadows sneaking up on the mountain, and although the steel helmets on their heads had been covered with net pockets, they still emitted a little reflection in the moonlight. Obviously, this is the Japanese army launching a sneak attack!
When the combat staff officer saw this scene, he couldn't help but feel very afraid: "So many chiefs and cadres and fighters of the military region and the sub-district were trapped in this mountainous area by the Japanese army, if I said the exact location of the troops in that headless phone call, I am afraid that now the Japanese army has 'wrapped dumplings', it will be a real disaster..."
Fortunately, the Japanese army did not know the specific location of the Eighth Route Army, although they mistakenly hit and bumped into the jin-Cha-Ji Military Region and the second sub-district before the temporary stationing place, but because the troops were divided into roads and transferred in a timely manner, the enemy just pounced.
Just as the Japanese army was chaotically moving around on the mountain, the Eighth Route Army, which had more than 3,000 people, had quietly left the mountain and met with the troops of the Third Division the next morning to complete the safe transfer.
However, it has always been a mystery who called the combat staff officer.
It was not until half a month later that the local armed enemy engineering department caught a "second devil" and solved the mystery.
According to the account of the "second devil", at that time, the Japanese army had already touched the vicinity of the Eighth Route Army's garrison, found a telephone line during a field search, and in order to learn the exact location as soon as possible, he asked him to call and disguise himself as a "headquarters personnel" to "set" words. Unexpectedly, it was self-defeating and allowed the Eighth Route Army to move completely.
After the enemy engineering department reported this situation to the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region, the officers and men all sighed: "If it were not for Commander Guo Tianmin's extraordinary vigilance and timely hanging up the phone, the consequences would have been unimaginable!" His action of grabbing the phone made our army of three thousand people and horses avoid a disaster, and it can even be said that it was a disaster! ”