In 1945, more than 80 hunters on Xuefeng Mountain hid in the mountains and forests and ambushed 1 Japanese army. In 5 days and 5 nights of fierce fighting, the Orions killed more than 1,300 Japanese soldiers, and made each Japanese prisoner's corpse hang an iron ball. The hunters flew up and down with their kitchen knives, killing the Japanese like chopping melons and vegetables.
On April 9, 1945, the last large-scale battle of the final stage of the Sino-Japanese War broke out in Xiangxi. This is the Battle of Xuefeng Mountain, also known as the Battle of Xiangxi, which will go down in history.
The two sides invested as many as 300,000 troops in this battle, and the see-saw lasted for about 20 days, which was a rare large-scale frontal confrontation during the War of Resistance Against Japan.
Despite its low reputation, the Battle of Snow Peak Mountain was no less tragic than other famous battles. As many as 50,000 casualties were recorded on both sides of the fighting.
At that time, in order to seize the Zhijiang Airport in Xiangxi, the Japanese army dispatched 5 divisions with a total of 100,000 troops to attack. Our army united with local armed forces to defend and fought to the death with the Japanese army in the Xuefeng Mountains.
In addition to the National Revolutionary Army and the Communist-led army, there is also a special local armed force - the "Gun Sniffing Team" spontaneously formed by more than 80 local Yao hunters.
The "Gun Sniffing Team" is a team of birds, and the main weapon they hold is a bird.
This is an ancient firearm that has appeared in the Ming Dynasty, using gunpowder and small iron balls as warheads, with limited power, and mainly relying on close-range shooting to kill the prey.
Since the muzzle of the gun must be close to the face when firing, it looks like it is "sniffing" the gun, so it is named "sniffing the gun".
Despite their outdated equipment, these hunters are the kings of the local mountains and forests, with vigorous skills and first-class hunting skills.
The captain of the "Gun Sniffing Team" is Lan Chunda, a hunter from the deep mountains and old forests, who spontaneously organized Orion self-defense forces to defend his homeland because his hometown was harassed by bandits.
Lan Chunda is tall, brave and good at fighting, and is known as "Lan Mengzi". During the war years, he aimed his gun at foreign invaders, which he had originally used to hunt game.
In April 1945, the sentries of the local armed "gun-sniffing team" first discovered that thousands of Japanese troops were retreating from the direction of Longtan on the eastern flank of the Xuefeng Mountains, and were trying to make a detour to the direction of Tongshan, close to the Zhijiang airport.
The news was quickly conveyed to the "Lan Mengzi", and Lan Chunda immediately understood the intention of the Japanese army - to destroy the airport.
He immediately reported the situation to the troops stationed at the Zhijiang airfield, but learned that the main army had just been transferred, and now there was only one regiment left.
The situation is critical, and the defensive capability is clearly insufficient. Just when the airport commander was in trouble, Lan Chunda took the initiative to ask for help, saying that although their "gun-sniffing team" only had more than 80 people, they were willing to act as a blocking force to buy time for reinforcements.
After discussions, the two sides held that the "gun-sniffing team" could make full use of the topography and topography advantages of the Xuefeng Mountains and set up an ambush on the narrow road through which the Japanese troops must pass.
Therefore, it was decided to set up an ambush in the area of the "horse neck bone", which was only 8 kilometers away from the Japanese front.
Due to the urgency of time, the troops participating in the battle could not make detailed arrangements, so they could only respond to the situation on the spot, with our army and the "gun-sniffing team" as the main ambush force, and the national army surrounded and intercepted them on the periphery.
Most of the members of the "Gun Sniffing Team" make a living from hunting and know the local mountains and forests well. Taking advantage of the vegetation and the cover of the terrain, they chose to ambush in the extremely low grass on both sides of the road, and they could completely hide their bodies almost as soon as they rolled on the ground.
This was an extremely dangerous form of ambush, and the slightest vigilance of the Japanese forward troops could hit them with a spit in the grass.
However, our troops had no choice, and the effective range of the Bird Gun was extremely short, and only in this way could it be possible to suddenly crush the Japanese vanguard.
Sure enough, the Japanese reconnaissance cavalry did not notice anything unusual in the grass under their feet and passed through the ambush area at full speed. When the vanguard infantry unit approached, more than 80 bird guns opened fire almost simultaneously, and iron bullets were rained on the Japanese troops.
Although the damage was limited, the huge lethality and unexpected sneak attack still caused chaos in the Japanese forward troops.
Lan Chunda judged that the time had come, and quickly led everyone to retreat to the hillside, continuing to use the terrain to suppress. At this time, our army and the national army also quickly attacked from the periphery, dividing the 3,000 Japanese army into several isolated groups.
After the initial melee, in the face of the remaining three or four hundred Japanese troops, Lan Chunda saw that he could not miss the opportunity, took the lead in chanting slogans, and jumped into the enemy formation.
The brothers of the "Gun Sniffing Team" cooperated tacitly and joined the white-knuckle hand-to-hand combat almost at the same time. Their skills were swift and swift, and their knives were quick and accurate, and they quickly killed the Japanese army without leaving a single piece of armor.
After several days of bloody battles, our army and local armed forces finally annihilated more than 3,000 Japanese troops, completed the encirclement and annihilation, and achieved a great victory in the neck of the horse.
This sudden heroic deed at a time of national crisis greatly boosted the morale of the soldiers and civilians of the Anti-Japanese War, and at the same time marked the beginning of the final counteroffensive stage of China's frontal battlefield.
Countless unknown heroes shine in the moment of life and death. They may not have the standard equipment of standard soldiers, but they have the same firm belief and oath - to protect the homeland and defend China!
