At the end of August 1938, Bai Chongxi, the acting commander of the Fifth Theater of Operations, received a telegram and was suddenly shocked into a cold sweat. He did not expect that the cunning Japanese army would choose to split the two ways from hefei to the big

At the end of August 1938, Bai Chongxi, the acting commander of the Fifth Theater of Operations, received a telegram and was suddenly shocked into a cold sweat. He did not expect that the cunning Japanese army would choose to march from Hefei in two directions to the northern foothills of Dabie Mountain, intending to encircle Wuhan.

Previously, in order to defend Wuhan, he had stationed all the elite troops under his command in the southern foothills. Now the Japanese army is marching from his weak defensive area, and Wuhan is in danger, but he has no troops in his hands. Anxious, he paced around the room, thinking about who to transfer to the north to garrison.

A moment later, he handed over the Jiangbei defense line to Sun Lianzhong's Third Corps. At this time, the Third Corps had just experienced the Battle of Xuzhou, and was seriously injured and was resting here. After Sun Lianzhong was pushed to the front line by Bai Chongxi, he was also thinking about who was the one who could take on great responsibilities?

At this time, the figure of Song Xilian came to his mind. Song Xilian was born in the First Phase of Huangpu and was one of the most important Huangpu generals of the old Jiang. The 71st Army he led was one of the few German ordnance units in the Nationalist army, and it was also a unit that was good at fighting vicious and hard battles.

After receiving the task, Song Xilian immediately led several division commanders to the front line to survey the terrain. After a field trip, he chose the location to block the Japanese army at Fujin Mountain.

Located in Honghua Village, Chen Linzi Town, Gushi County, Henan Province, Fujin Mountain is fan-shaped and close to Yejiaji; at the southern foot of the highway, it can control the highway and is an excellent combat point.

Therefore, Song Xilian ordered the construction of fortifications at Fujin Mountain. After viewing the map, Sun Lianzhong also thought that Fujinshan was the perfect location, and he said to Song Xilian: "If your department can hold on to Fujinshan for 10 days, I will repay you for your merits." ”

Why did Sun Lianzhong ask Song Xilian to stay in Fujinshan for 10 days?

It turned out that Bai Chongxi and Sun Lianzhong knew that in order to block the Japanese army at the northern foot of the Dabie Mountains, Song Xilian's defensive line was not enough, and it was also necessary to set up a second and third line of defense in the huangchuan and Xinyang areas. At this time, Zhang Zizhong's forces and the south of HuZong were rushing to Huangchuan and Xinyang, and Song Xilian needed to buy them time to deploy.

Can Song Xilian and the 71st Army defend the 13th Corps of the Japanese Hagi Chau Army at Fujin Mountain? In the face of the most elite armor corps of the Japanese army, can they hold out for 10 days?

At this time, Song Xilian was not sure in his heart, but he knew the importance of this battle. Therefore, he placed Chen Ruihe's 36th Division on the front of Fujin Mountain, the 88th Division on the flank, and the 114th Division of the 51st Army on the left wing; the headquarters was placed in Myoko Temple, two kilometers away from Fujin Mountain, and he wanted to let the soldiers know that he would fight with them.

On September 1, 1938, the Japanese 13th Corps arrived at Fujinsan, and they found that they could not bypass it, but could only attack head-on, and then began a tentative attack. After the attack failed, the Japanese army placed a "one-word" mountain artillery array along the road and bombarded Fujin Mountain indiscriminately.

As the gunfire subsided, the infantry began to charge. The 36th Division hid in the trenches until the Japanese rushed to 50 meters in front of the line, the 36th Division's guns were fired in unison, and the grenades poured down on the Japanese vanguard like a rain, and the Japanese failed to move forward, but left hundreds of corpses.

After that, the Japanese army attacked for two days, but it was unable to break through our army's defense line. Therefore, hagishu Libu added another company to Fujin Mountain, but the Japanese army still did not approach.

Soon, Japanese planes flew over Mount Fujin, and all the fortifications of the 36th Division were destroyed, leaving the defenders to continue fighting through craters and the bodies of their comrades.

The casualties were so heavy that the 36th Division was no longer able to hold out. Division commander Chen Ruihe said to Song Xilian: "Commander, either let me withdraw my troops or give me reinforcements; I will not be able to hold back." ”

But at this time, Song Xilian also had no adjustable soldiers. He replied, "If there are no reinforcements, you will have to hold on to the dead." ”

In this way, the 36th Division held out at Fujinshan for 6 days. Hagi-chau could not attack for a long time, and was as anxious as ants on a hot pot. Since then, he has added 4 more squadrons to Fujinshan.

At this point, the number of Japanese troops at Fujinshan was as high as 20,000, more than double that of the 36th Division. In the fierce battle, Song Xilian's headquarters was also exposed to danger at all times, but he did not retreat a step.

On September 7, 1938, the Japanese launched their fiercest offensive. By this time, the 36th Division had no soldiers to fear death. Song Xilian also said to the soldiers: "The 36th Division must stand, and must not lie down and beat fiercely." ”

Seeing that they could not attack from the front, the Japanese set their sights on the 114th Division on the left flank. In order to make a quick decision, the Japanese army dropped poison gas bombs on the positions of the 114th Division. But what they did not expect was that the division commander Mu Zhongheng had suffered the loss of the Japanese poison gas bomb, and he had ordered each shift to prepare a bucket of water in advance, and each person was given a towel.

As soon as the Japanese dropped the gas bombs, they immediately soaked the towels and covered their mouths and noses. After the Japanese dropped poison gas bombs, the infantry charged, and the 114th Division and the Japanese army engaged in hand-to-hand combat, and the Hagishu ritsu was repeatedly unable to attack, so they sent the 10th Wing led by Kei kin Setani, who came to reinforcement, to carry out a sneak attack.

On this day, Setani Qi took advantage of the slight light of the sky to set off, who knows their whereabouts, was discovered by liang Jun, commander of the 1st Battalion of the 523rd Regiment, and immediately reported to the division commander, he immediately mobilized people to set up an ambush, hit the Japanese 10th Wing by surprise, so that Setani Qi was frightened.

At this time, although the Japanese army failed to sneak attack successfully, half of the positions on Fujinshan had fallen into the hands of the Japanese army, and the 36th Division had been reduced from 10,000 people before the war to more than 2,000 people. By 4 p.m. on September 9, most of the positions on Fujin Mountain had fallen, the 36th Division had run out of ammunition and food, and only more than a thousand people were left with combat strength.

After that, the Japanese army adopted the tactic of man-sea and occupied all the key passes except the top of the mountain. At this time, the 36th Division had only 800 men left, and there was no longer any defensive force, and Song Xilian tearfully ordered the remnants of the 36th Division to retreat.

From September 1 to September 9, for 10 consecutive days of fighting, Song Xilian's 36th Division was almost wiped out, which can be described as heavy losses. But it was precisely because Song Xilian held out at Fujin Mountain for 10 days that Zhang Zizhong and Hu Zongnan had time to build a second and third line of defense. Song Xilian's battle at Fujinshan is immeasurable in terms of tactical value. #历史人物 #