At the beginning of 1939, the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army rapidly advanced into Shandong, continuously smashing the Japanese puppet army's repeated sieges and "sweeping", and quickly opening up the situation of the War of Resistance. In August of the same year, Chen Guang, acting commander of the 115th Division, and Luo Ronghuan, political commissar, joined forces to completely annihilate the "aces" of the Japanese army's "trump cards" in the Liangshan area, killing the "elites" of the Japanese imperial family on the spot, creating the "model annihilation war" in which the Eighth Route Army destroyed the Japanese army into an organized unit for the first time in the history of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression with equal strength and inferior equipment, perfectly interpreting the spirit of "bright sword".
At the beginning of 1939, Chen Guang, acting commander of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army, and Luo Ronghuan, political commissar, led the troops to quickly advance into Shandong, moved to the Luxi Plain, and established and expanded the Anti-Japanese Base Area in Luxi.
In May of that year, Chen Guang and Luo Ronghuan led their troops to the east, smashed the crazy "sweep" of more than 5,000 Japanese troops in the Land House area of Feicheng, and achieved the brilliant results of annihilating more than 1,300 Japanese troops, killing and wounding Japanese wing commander Ueda Daisa, and many other officers, deterring the enemy's guts.
In June 1939, the Japanese 32nd Division stationed on Jinpu Road pressed the border and launched a frenzied retaliation against the 115th Division.
At the end of July, a field infantry brigade of the Japanese 32nd Division acted as the vanguard of the "sweep" and launched a series of attacks on the 115th Division.
The field infantry brigade is composed of infantry, cavalry and artillery, well-equipped, known as the "trump card" of the "ace" of the Japanese field troops, with a total strength of more than 600 people. The commander's name was Nagata Toshie, the nephew of the Japanese Emperor, a standard relative of the Emperor, and was highly valued by the japanese military high command, and the Japanese general officers listed him as a "key training object".
Before coming to China, the Japanese emperor also summoned Nagata Toshie and encouraged him to "exercise well" in the Chinese battlefield and "show his face" and "make meritorious contributions" to his family in order to increase some political chips.
As a relative of the emperor and the state who was high above, Nagata Toshie was quite arrogant and did not pay attention to the Eighth Route Army at all. After departing from the garrison, the confident Nagata Toshie abandoned the regular marching formation, did not even send outpost guards, and opened the road in front with cavalry and puppet troops, the infantry brigade in the center, the Italian field artillery pressed the line, and swung straight towards our Rusi base area.
At this time, the main forces of the 115th Division were active in the southern area of Luzhong and opening up a new base area, and only two companies of the division's special service battalion and the third battalion of the 686th Regiment were left in the Luxi area, with a total strength of less than 600 troops.
After some thought, Chen Guang and Luo Ronghuan decided to eat the enemy of the gang.
Chen Guang immediately drew up a meticulous plan for annihilating the enemy, that is, using the "green yarn tent" that was as high as one person at the moment as a cover, and using a small number of troops to harass the tired enemy, 3 companies of the division's special service battalion and 2 companies of the 686th Regiment placed a large pocket array south of Liangshan to lure the king into the urn.
In the early morning of August 2, Nagata Toshie led his troops into the Liangshan area with great force, and when they were still a few miles away from the Eighth Route Army's base area, they ordered the field artillery to bombard them indiscriminately in an attempt to frighten the Eighth Route Army.
The Second Company of the Special Agent Battalion, which was tasked with attracting the enemy, gave way to the avenue, hid in the sorghum fields on both sides, and quietly surrounded them from behind after the Japanese brigade passed.
The Japanese army circled the village several times, but did not see a single figure. Just when Nagata Toshie was wondering, the first and second companies of the Eighth Route Army's special service battalion suddenly launched a surprise attack on the Japanese army from the south and north, and the caught off guard by the Japanese army immediately reimbursed 1 squadron leader and more than 10 soldiers. Subsequently, the first and second companies of the special service battalion did not love the war, and quickly disappeared into the green yarn tent.
The angry Nagata Toshie immediately ordered the artillery to fire in the direction of the Evacuation of the Eighth Route Army, but apart from cutting off a large piece of green yarn tent, even the shadow of the Soldiers of the Eighth Route Army could not be found.
After tossing and turning for most of the day, without any gain, Nagata Toshie led the men and horses to continue to advance. Who ever thought that the first and second companies and cavalry companies of the Eighth Route Army Special Service Battalion took advantage of the terrain to launch a second round of surprise attacks on the Japanese army, killing dozens of Japanese troops on the spot, and then quickly disappearing into the green yarn tent.
The Japanese army was beaten to the point of dizziness, and Nagata Toshie was a little angry and angry, while ordering the artillery to frantically pour shells around Liangshan, while commanding the infantry brigade to quickly occupy the front of the Village of Dushan and the chaotic stone hills outside the village, however, what Nagata Toshie did not dream of was that a bigger net was waiting for him and his elite...
Seeing that the Japanese army had entered the predetermined encirclement and annihilation site, Chen Guang ordered his troops to quickly withdraw from the battle and wait for midnight to arrive.
After dark, there was silence around Liangshan, and Nagata Toshie naively thought that the powerful Japanese army had completely destroyed the Eighth Route Army that had been harassed during the day, and was scared away by the sound of artillery, and gradually relaxed his vigilance, while ordering the troops to bury the pot and make rice, while looking for relatively comfortable houses to rest, and even set up a phonograph and listened to music.
At midnight, a signal flare broke the silence of the night sky, and the cavalry company of the Eighth Route Army, the special service battalion and the twelve companies of the 686th Regiment launched a fierce attack on the Japanese from all sides.
At this time, the Japanese army that had eaten and drunk enough had already fallen asleep, and the sudden attack caught them off guard, and they were suddenly in a mess, and many naked Japanese soldiers were sent back to the "Dongyang Hometown" by the Eighth Route Army before they could get their guns.
For a moment, the sound of gunfire, shouts of killing and explosions of grenades throughout Dushan Village shook the mountains.
The terrified Nagata Toshie commanded the Japanese army to resist on the spot and organized troops to break through, but it was too late.
The Japanese Company organized 7 breakouts, all of which were repulsed by the Eighth Route Army.
At dawn, the battle was finally over.
During the battle, the Eighth Route Army completely annihilated this "ace" unit, which was known as the "ace" of the Japanese army, and captured 1 Japanese 92nd infantry gun, 2 Italian-made field guns, 3 radio stations, more than 20 light and heavy machine guns, hundreds of rifles, and countless other strategic materials.
While cleaning up the battlefield, the soldiers found the body of a Japanese officer in a white shirt outside an old lime kiln, a command knife passing through the back of the chest, his body in a large font fell in the blood stain, and a very elaborate military uniform was placed next to him, and the badge read "Nagata Toshie, commander of the Shaosa Brigade of the Thirty-second Division."
After this battle, the Japanese army kept the battle and Nagata Toshie's identity secret, and the commander of the 32nd Division, Kimura Shotaro, was punished, and a large number of Japanese officers were held accountable.
On August 7 and 8 of that year, Zhu De, commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army, and Peng Dehuai, deputy commander-in-chief, jointly sent two telegrams to the Nationalist Government and Chiang Kai-shek: "After sweeping up the enemy of Luxi and being crushed by Chen Shi, this month he annihilated all of Changtian Minjiang again..." Chiang Kai-shek immediately replied to the telegram and sent a telegram to commend the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army for its outstanding achievements.
In this battle, the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army created an excellent example of the Eighth Route Army's complete annihilation of the Japanese army under the condition of inferior equipment and equal strength, and was praised by the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army and the National Government as a "model annihilation war."
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