In July 1943, Zhang Liyuan, commander of the first column of the Kuomintang Lusu Theater Guerrilla Column, moved west from the Rizhao and Yishui areas to the Sulu border, and was stationed south of Nanqiao, east to Youlu Mountain, south to Sihu, and west to Songtuan and Shibu. This area was originally a part of the area under the jurisdiction of the three local committees of Lunan Province, and our side gave up this part of the area in order to take into account the overall situation of resistance against Japan.
On the instructions of the three prefectural committees, Sun Lichen, in his capacity as a senior senator of the Lunan Military Region Headquarters, negotiated with Zhang Liyuan on behalf of Commander Zhang Guangzhong, and agreed that the two armies would take Nanqiao as the boundary and not invade each other. At first, it was relatively calm, but then the situation gradually became unstable.
Zhang Liyuan's army numbered 20,000 people, but most of them were miscellaneous troops that had been incorporated and put together. According to people who often came into contact with him, Zhang was good at playing tricks on the political stage and could talk about theories endlessly, but he could only be regarded as an incompetent "Confucian general" in administering the army, and he had no good tricks. As a result, the management of his troops was chaotic. Although there is no mutual aggression with Nanqiao as the boundary, his subordinates do not listen to restraint at all, and violations of the border often occur.
One day in November 1943, the troops of He Zhibin's company of the first detachment of Zhang's department stationed in Lujiatang suddenly crossed the border to Guanjia Village to find Sun Lichen under the leadership of the company commander, and they did not say hello in advance.
After the gate post report, Sun Lichen was taken aback, and immediately made preparations for contingencies, and ordered only the company commander to unload his gun and come in, and the team withdrew to the street to wait. The company commander came in empty-handed, claiming his surname Liu, saying that he came to him with admiration, and said that he wanted a few books to read. Sun Lichen was very puzzled, and he didn't have time to think about it.
He said, "You came to me secretly alone, and I welcome you." You shouldn't have come with a company of arms, we have an appointment first, our men don't go south of the South Bridge, and your men are not allowed to go north of the South Bridge. In order to find me a few books to read, bring a group of people, I can't guess what your real intentions are. But Sun Lichen still gave him several books "On Protracted War", "Political Economy", and "The Communist Manifesto", urging him to withdraw quickly, because he would be in trouble if it was too late.
He took the book and left, Sun Lichen was not at ease, and chased after him. In fact, when this company commander Liu led his troops to cross the Nanqiao, they were discovered by our people, and the second brigade of our Yihe detachment stationed in Zhujiazhuang was ordered to attack Guanjia Village. As soon as the company commander surnamed Liu led his troops out of the village, he found that they were surrounded by our troops, so he ordered to attack in the southeast direction.
Sun Lichen wanted to stop it too late, and before Company Commander Liu could lead his troops to break out of the encirclement, he was shot dead by our army. When the subordinates saw that the company commander was dead, they all disarmed and surrendered, why did this Liu company commander lead his troops to cross the border to find a book to read, Sun Lichen couldn't understand. This has always been a mystery.
After the incident, Zhang Liyuan and He Zhibin sent a company of troops in vain, but they also admitted that they were at a loss and did not pursue it. However, because the incident occurred in Guanjia Village, where Sun Lichen lived, they believed that Sun Lichen sent troops to encircle and suppress it, and Zhang Liyuan became suspicious of Sun Lichen.
He asked Pan Xichi: "How much power does Sun Lichen, a senior senator, have on their side?" Pan Xichi said: "How much power can he have, it's not just a trick, although his nephew Sun Zhenan is the secretary of the Communist Party in Lanling County, in fact, he is not a big official." Zhang Liyuan said: "No, Sun Lichen has the power to transfer troops and be generalized, otherwise our company will not be eaten in Guanjia Village, and we really have to watch out for this guy in the future!"
When he said this, his captain of the Eighth Brigade, Zhang Rude, was present. Zhang Rude and Sun Lichen are cousins, and even Pan Xichi doesn't know about this relationship. Zhang Rude entrusted the news to Sun Lichen, asking him to know it and act carefully.
In March 1944, Sun Lichen received a secret report that Zhang Liyuan had convened a meeting of several of his cronies, including He Zhibin and Hao Yunxi. Zhang Liyuan adjusted the garrison of his troops and decided to keep Wei Fansan and Zhou Guanglun's troops close to the demarcation area. Because most of Wei and Zhou's troops are local people, and they have a relationship with Sun Lichen, it is convenient to infiltrate our side, and Wei Fansan and Zhou Guanglun are not his descendants, and they are not distressed if they suffer some losses, Zhang Liyuan's intentions are very insidious. We also noticed that he was colluding with the Japanese puppets, so we decided to take the opportunity to punish him and give him a look.
One day in March, Sun Lichen received news that He Zhibin's team was going to be transferred from Lujiatang, which was close to our territory, and Sun Lichen immediately sent someone to Beiqiao to inform Wei Yuhua, director of the Public Security Bureau of the Special Administration, and asked him to quickly lead his troops to recover Lujiatang. Wei Yuhua arrived with a platoon of troops, and Sun Lichen led them to Lujiatang.
Walking to the north of Lujiatang, Wei Yuhua ordered a cannon to be released, and the people in He Zhibin's department who had not yet withdrawn were scared away. Lu Jiatang was taken back by Sun Lichen.
At this time, Zhou Guanglun's troops, led by Wang Juting, deputy head of the regiment, had arrived at Hujiazhuang.Wei Yuhua said to Sun Lichen: "Third brother, you send a letter to Wang Juting, saying that our main force is coming and wants to take back this area, and I want him to withdraw as soon as possible. Sun Lichen immediately wrote a letter and sent someone to send it, and the head of Wang Juting saw Sun Lichen's letter and immediately withdrew to Song Tuan.
Sun Lichen and Wei Yuhua led their troops to take back Hujiazhuang. When he arrived at Hujiazhuang, Wei Yuhua said to Sun Lichen again: "Third brother, our troops are too small, and we may not be able to control these places after recovering them, are there still our troops nearby?" Sun Lichen said: "Yes, there are seventy or eighty people from a battalion of the Second Independent Regiment in Houtuqiaotou Village. Wei Yuhua asked Sun Lichen again: "Can you transfer them?" Sun Lichen said: "You can transfer them." ”
So Sun Lichen wrote a letter and sent Ren Shiming to send it on horseback. After a while, the battalion commander Liu Lingji led his troops to arrive. Sun Lichen asked them to control the recovered Lujiatang and Hujiazhuang.
Sun Lichen and Wei Yuhua led their troops to recover Dahuzi. When I arrived at Dahuzi, I heard that a brigade of Wei Fansan had occupied Xiaohuzi. Sun Lichen sent another letter to Wei Fansan, telling him that our main force was coming, and that he wanted to take back this area and asked him to withdraw his troops. At the same time, Sun Lichen transferred dozens of militia from Beiqiao and Guanjia Village to let them take over the defense of Lujiatang and Hujiazhuang. Draw out Camp Commander Liu's team to occupy Dahuzi.
He received a letter to Wei Fansan, replying that it was difficult for the team occupying Xiaohuzi to withdraw and explain to his superiors, and asked Sun Lichen to go at eight or nine o'clock in the night, put a few shots, and his team would withdraw immediately. Sun Lichen did as Wei Fansan said, and at eight o'clock in the evening, they recovered Xiaohuzi again.
The next day, Sun Lichen and Wei Yuhua regained Lufang. When the situation was very favorable to us, Sun Lichen and Wei Yuhua decided to go to the small temple to find Wei Fansan and explain to him that our side would take back this area, and if they wanted to fight with us, they could pull the team over.
When Sun Lichen arrived at the small temple, Wei Fansan agreed with the second opinion and decided to withdraw to Hexi, asking for a day to be left to take the things away. After the discussion, Sun Lichen returned to Lufang, and everyone was very happy, thinking that they could recover part of the area without a single shot.
Unexpectedly, after Sun Lichen left the small temple, Zhang Liyuan received a secret report, saying that it was not the main force at all, but only one hundred and ten people from the Yihe detachment. Zhang Liyuan was very annoyed, and reprimanded Wei Fan San, saying that Wei was a coward, and he was so frightened that he ran away in fright, and ordered him to immediately regain the lost territory.
Sun Lichen's activities were known to the Lunan Military Region Command, and a battalion of troops from the Fifth Regiment rushed to reinforce them. So Sun Lichen and Wei Yuhua left Lufang and went to Guanjia Village to greet them. At the same time, Sun Lichen also received information that Zhang Liyuan ordered to recover the lost territory. In Guanjia Village, Sun Lichen and his battalion commander Liu Dengyuan, who led his troops to come over, studied the battle plan for the next step, and Battalion Commander Liu's opinion was, "We should no longer take the initiative to attack, wait and see for changes, pay close attention to the movements of Zhang Liyuan's troops, and be ready for battle at any time." Everyone admired Camp Commander Liu's decision.
In the second half of the night, dense gunfire suddenly came from the direction of Dahuzi and Lufang, and the battle began. Battalion Commander Liu and Sun Lichen led their troops out of Guanjia Village. When I arrived outside the village, I heard the gunfire in the direction of Lufang moving north, and the gunfire gradually became scarce, and the gunfire in the direction of Dahuzi was fierce, and Battalion Commander Liu ordered to support Dahuzi.
There was a traffic ditch from Guanjia Village to Dahuzi, and they ran along the traffic ditch. The soldiers of the Fifth Regiment were all wearing yellow uniforms, and they were well concealed. But they could not see our army. Battalion Commander Liu gave the order to attack, a volley of grenades was thrown over, and then machine guns and rifles were fired in unison.
Our army pursued the victory, and captured Lu Fang before dawn. Zhang Liyuan was confused, and the information he got was only 100 and 10 Tubalu, but how could it suddenly appear that it was the regular main force? Wei Fan's three lost troops were beaten by Sun Lichen's generals, and they were very dissatisfied with Zhang Liyuan.
Wang Chuan, the minister of the enemy engineering department of the Lunan Military Region, also rushed to Lufang, because he had studied with Sun Lichen, and asked Sun Lichen: "Teacher Sun, do you dare to go to Wei Fansan again?" Sun Lichen said: "Why don't you dare?" Wang Chuan said: "You go to see him and take the opportunity to pull him again, just say that we are indeed the main force, and it is completely out of good intentions to ask him to withdraw to the west of the Xun River." He has suffered a defeat and a loss now because he listened to Zhang Liyuan's words. We will ask him to cooperate more with us in the future, and we will certainly not treat him badly. ”
Sun Lichen went to the small temple according to Minister Wang Chuan's instructions, but before he could see Wei Fansan, he was tied up by his men, hung him from a tree, beat and scolded him fiercely, and asked Sun Lichen to fight for their lives for those who died in the battle last night. beat Sun Lichen so hard, punched, kicked, and pumped, Sun Lichen was not allowed to plead.
Sun Lichen was anxious, and scolded loudly: "Do you know military law? Since ancient times, the two armies have fought without beheading, and even Commander Zhang Liyuan has been very polite to me.
Sun Lichen was already bleeding from his nose and mouth, and he couldn't open his eyes, he couldn't bear it anymore, and shouted: "Where is Wei Fansan?
One of the people went away with a ferocity. After a while, Wei Fansan came, and when he saw Sun Lichen being hung on a tree, his face turned purple with anger, like a mad lion, he personally untied Sun Lichen's rope, and ordered the guards: "Tie me up for the beater! Tie him to death!" He helped Sun Lichen to his team headquarters. It seems that Wei Fansan really didn't know about Sun Lichen's beating, and it was not a premeditated plan.
After Sun Lichen wiped his face and calmed down for a while, he relayed what Minister Wang Chuan said to him, Wei Fansan was very excited, and promised to take the initiative to cooperate with us in the future, and inform him in time if there was anything. He also told Sun Lichen that some of the people in his team were anti-communist diehards, and they did what they had just done, and that they could let Du Qinru come if there was something in the future, and they didn't know her. He didn't let Sun Lichen come, it was too dangerous.
After talking, Wei Fansan personally sent Sun Lichen outside Xiaosi Village. Back in Lufang, when everyone saw that Sun Lichen was beaten, they were very angry, saying that they must take the small temple and capture Wei Fansan alive, but they were stopped by Sun Lichen and Camp Commander Liu. It is not a bad thing for me to let Wei Fansan stay in the small temple, and besides, my purpose is to punish Zhang Liyuan and give him a look, and now the goal has been achieved.