"Call the artillery company over and shoot inside!"
In 1939, an extremely fierce battle broke out between the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese army in the Loess Ridge, and the bullets fired by our army's 100 light and heavy machine guns were like a violent storm, which caught the enemy by surprise, and for a time the Japanese army suffered heavy losses, but after all, the Japanese army used heavy armored vehicles, and they quickly organized a team to resist, and the two sides fell into a stalemate.
However, just when the battle was reaching a critical moment, Regiment Commander Chen Zhengxiang suddenly ordered that all their remaining four shells should be used to bomb a small courtyard near the battlefield.
"No, Commander, we have 4 bombs left!"
"Let you fight and fight, I will bear the burden if something happens!" At this time, the situation was critical, and Chen Zhengxiang's words were almost shouted.
Seeing that they could not resist this regiment commander, they had to pull in an artillery battery according to the instructions and shoot all four shells at this inconspicuous small yard.
Just listening to the four sounds of "boom", the courtyard was instantly submerged in a dust, turning into a year's ruins, Chen Zhengxiang watched from a distance that the courtyard collapsed as expected, and suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.
What they did not expect was that after the collapse of the house, the Japanese army's fighting spirit suddenly decreased greatly, and it didn't take long for the battle to end in victory for our side.
However, this matter was far from over, and they could not have imagined that within a few days this battle would be published in the newspapers by the Japanese army; what people did not expect was that after seeing this news, the party Central Committee and the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army immediately sent a congratulatory telegram to Chen Zhengxiang and his unit, and praised Chen Zhengxiang emphatically and praised Chen Zhengxiang.
Who exactly did they kill? Why is it so "valued" by both sides?
On November 7, 1837, under the instructions of the CPC Central Committee, our party established the first anti-Japanese base area behind enemy lines in the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region, and this anti-Japanese base area was a bold attempt and breakthrough for the Eighth Route Army.
The establishment of this base area undoubtedly posed a great threat to the Japanese army, which was wantonly invading on the land of China, and the continuous development and growth of the Jin-Cha-Ji anti-Japanese base area made the Japanese army feel unprecedented panic.
After the fall of Wuhan, the situation on the battlefield began to change, and the Japanese army had to adjust its strategy and began to gradually shift part of the focus of operations to the anti-Japanese base behind enemy lines of the Eighth Route Army.
In October 1939, the Japanese North China Front gathered the 110th Division, the 26th Division, and a part of the independent mixed 2nd, 3rd, and 8th brigades, totaling more than 200 million men, in preparation for a comprehensive sweep of our army's anti-Japanese base areas behind enemy lines in Jin-Cha-Ji.
The war situation at this time is very urgent for our army, and if this battle fails, it will not only face huge losses, but even this "model base" is likely to be wiped out, so in order to cope with the battle, the Eighth Route Army immediately carried out a series of plans, ready to deal with the Japanese invasion at any time.
Sure enough, in the early morning of November 3, the vanguard sent by the Japanese army entered our base area, and they drove heavy armor and carried the best equipment, and seemed to be confident about this operation.
However, before they could find a trace of our army, the Eighth Route Army, which had already been ambushed, fell from the sky, caught the Japanese by surprise, and fled in a hurry.
Although the Japanese army carried the best equipment, but under the extremely fierce fire siege of our army, it still gradually fell behind, not to mention, the current situation is that the enemy is clear and dark, the Japanese army can not understand the direction of our army at all, so in just one day, hundreds of Japanese troops were completely annihilated by our army, and Tsujimura Daisa, as the leader, saw that it was invincible to our army, immediately dropped all the equipment, and hurriedly fled the battlefield with the few remaining people.
As Abe's proud protégé, Kenkichi Tsujimura ended the war in such an inglorious way, which made Abe feel dull.
Since arriving in the land of China, Abe has been fighting in Zhangjiakou, and later transferred to Xilingol, Chahar and other places to ensure the "stability" of the Japanese army in the local area, in the eyes of the Japanese army, his presence is of great significance to the development of the army and the "stability" of the region, and for our army, this is a very tricky opponent.
He is often active on the front line, and has long been included in the blacklist of our army in the war of resistance.
Abe has always looked down on the mainland's anti-Japanese troops, believing that the Eighth Route Army is far from the Japanese army in terms of military capability and equipment, and there is absolutely no possibility of defeating the Japanese army.
It is precisely because of this idea that Abe is very unwilling to lose this war.
Therefore, he immediately decided to personally lead his troops to launch a counterattack against the Eighth Route Army in the Jin-Cha-Ji base area of our army, first, in order to add a stroke to his not rich history of conquests and let his emperor see his ability, and second, to win a breath for his students and the country, so that the aggression could achieve greater results.
At this time, Abe Yoshihide had been completely carried away by "hatred", and he called himself an "expert in mountain warfare", he was full of confidence in the next counteroffensive, he believed that the Eighth Route Army had just won a battle at this time, it should be the time to relax its vigilance, if a counterattack was launched at this time, it would inevitably catch our army by surprise, and he immediately began to formulate a series of strategies.
However, what he did not expect was that the Japanese army's combat routine had already been clearly understood by the Eighth Route Army, and after winning this battle, Yang Chengwu, as the commander of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region, did not let down his vigilance, and he realized that the Japanese army might soon launch a counterattack, so with the advantage of being more familiar with the Loess Ridge area, he quickly made a deployment and set up an ambush in this place, waiting for the enemy's self-surrender net.
Sure enough, on the morning of 4 November, Abe Guixiu, supreme commander of the "Mengjiang Garrison Army" and commander of the Second Brigade of the Mixed Brigade, led more than 1,500 people and drove more than 90 trucks, without concealing their whereabouts in the slightest.
As everyone knows, after the battle on the 4th, our army quickly reorganized its team and divided the troops into three echelons to guard three different areas.
The first echelon of more than 400 people has already occupied the Yansu Cliff area, this cliff several hundred meters long has no major road can be directly connected, the fastest place is only 30 or 40 meters away, if we can lure the enemy to this place, it can be said that our army's combat plan will achieve twice the result with half the effort.
But although Abe Yoshihide is very meritorious, he is not a fool, how can he jump into this pocket himself?
At this time, Zeng Yongya, a cadre under Yang Chengwu, stood up and said: "Don't worry, I have a way, I'm not afraid that he won't come." ”
Zeng Yongya was known as the "expert in deceiving the enemy" in the army, and as long as he came forward, there were almost no enemies who did not take the bait, and Yang Chengwu, seeing this, directly gave Zeng Yongya full power to lure the enemy into battle.
Zeng Yongya was indeed a good tactic of attacking the heart, and he took advantage of Abe's eagerness to achieve results, first went all out to interfere with the advance of the Japanese army, and then pretended to be invincible, luring Abe to march east step by step, and walked into the trap of our army.
On the afternoon of November 6, the Japanese vanguard had already entered the Loess Ridge and the teaching ground, and as long as Abe Yoshihide walked into this place, the task of luring the enemy was basically more than half completed.
Therefore, at nine o'clock that evening, Yang Chengwu immediately relayed operational instructions to the front-line troops by telephone, and he ordered the 1st Regiment to rush to the hilltop position on the northwest line of Zhaitou in the early morning of the 7th, and together with other troops, to form a pincer attack on the Japanese army; at the same time, the 3rd Regiment also had to advance from the direction of Yinlutai and Da'an to the southeast of the Loess Ridge, strive to occupy the main operational positions before the Japanese arrived, and take the lead in gaining operational superiority.
That morning, there was a drizzle in the sky of the Loess Ridge, and the concentration of fog was not high, and the troops who arrived first saw at a glance the reconnaissance units of the Japanese army, which were slowly heading east.
While alternating advances, they repeatedly occupied the heights on both sides, and the main forces followed slowly behind the reconnaissance force, which shows that Abe Yoshihide also has a very clear understanding of the terrain here, but at this time the desire to win or lose in his heart has occupied his departure, so he came up with such a method.
However, no matter how carefully they reconnoitred, they still failed to find the slightest trace of our army.
Without the Japanese being aware of it, they were surrounded by our troops back and forth until 3 p.m. on the 8th, when Abe seemed to have noticed something abnormal and hurriedly wanted to withdraw from the valley, but by this time they had completely entered the encirclement of our army.
"Call me!"
With an order from the regiment commander, hundreds of light and heavy machine guns opened fire in unison, launching a fierce attack on the Japanese troops below, countless explosives were thrown into the Japanese troops, and for a time, the valley was thick with smoke, and even the fine rain seemed to be dried by this fierce artillery fire.
The Japanese army was caught off guard for a while, and wanted to line up the troops, but due to the geographical disadvantage, it was unable to quickly organize a counterattack, and the Japanese army lost 100 members in the blink of an eye.
They panicked and hurriedly occupied several small hills nearby with equipment that could be carried, trying to launch a counterattack, but several small hills could hardly pose any threat to our army, and under the instructions of the regiment commanders, troops in all directions began to gradually narrow the encirclement, and the Japanese army was still struggling at this time, doing the battle of trapped beasts.
However, as time prolonged, the two sides began to fall into a state of confrontation, although the Japanese army was caught off guard, but after all, the equipment was much better than our army, and it was not an easy thing to destroy them in a short time.
Seeing that the situation was gradually falling into scorching, regimental commander Chen Zhengxiang wanted to kill Lieutenant General Abe Yoshihide, the Japanese army headed by the general, so that the Japanese army without command became a straggler.
But why hasn't I seen Abe until now? Chen Zhengxiang was the first to notice this problem, holding a telescope and risking being discovered by the Japanese army, looking near the hill occupied by the Japanese army.
Unexpectedly, this trick was really found by him, and he found that about 100 meters away from the mountain bag in Nanshangen, there was an inconspicuous small courtyard, and there were several figures faintly inside.
Chen Zhengxiang hurriedly got up and looked, only to see a man wearing a yellow tweed coat and carrying a command knife leading several people pacing back and forth in the small courtyard, Chen Zhengxiang immediately judged that this may be a temporary command post of the Japanese army, and he decided to gamble.
"Transfer the artillery company and bomb the little house opposite for me!"
"But regiment commander, we only have 4 shells left."
"If something happens, I will bear it, you just have to fight!"
Under the command of Chen Zhengxiang, the artillery company fired all the last four shells at this small courtyard.
After only a few cannon shots, this small courtyard was reduced to ashes in a dusty field, and the people standing in the courtyard commanding the battle were also dead, wounded, and suffered heavy losses.
The most surprising thing is that these shells only hit Abe Guixiu and others outside the house, and the people in the house were unharmed, and Chen Hanwen, who was hiding in the house at the time, recalled the scene back then, and couldn't help but sigh: "The shells of the Eighth Route Army are really gods!" ”
Later, with the death of Abe Yoshihide, the enthusiasm of the Japanese troops plummeted, and it did not take long for our troops to annihilate this surrounded unit and smash the enemy's "sweeping" plan.
At this time, they did not realize how much they had achieved in this battle, and it was not until the major newspapers in Tokyo published an article entitled "The Flower of a Famous General Withers in the Taihang Mountain" that our army realized that Chen Zhengxiang's shelling was actually the Japanese commander Abe Yoshihide.
For a time, the entire contingent cheered with joy because of the great victory won in this war, the party Central Committee gave great encouragement to the combat units, and Chen Zhengxiang also received due rewards.
Even Chiang Kai-shek could not help but send a congratulatory telegram to our army, perhaps only this congratulatory telegram was Chiang Kai-shek's sincerity, after all, the Kuomintang, which has always been unaccustomed to our way of fighting, was silent for a long time after that, and no longer made a sound of ridicule.
As the supreme commander of the Japanese army who died on the battlefield of invasion of China, his death undoubtedly shocked the whole of Japan, and the Asahi Shimbun said: "Since the founding of the Japanese army, the sacrifice of lieutenant general is unprecedented." ”
And Abe Yoshihide is a precedent for the sacrifice of a lieutenant general, which shows the great significance of this battle to the anti-Japanese battlefield.
Abe's death was of great significance to both Japan and the mainland, and perhaps at this time, the end of the war was already doomed.
As a decision-maker, Chen Zhengxiang was also awarded the rank of lieutenant general after the founding of New China, which is his glory and the glory of all soldiers participating in the war.