On July 6, 1951, the city of Beijing was scorching in the summer, and the heat was scorching.
In the No. 1 Prison outside Xuanwu Gate, under an earthen post in the northwest corner, the staff of the Legal Affairs Department of the Military Control Commission were reading out the crime, and the two people next to them were checking the box cannon in their hands to prepare for the execution.
The prisoner was a middle-aged man in his forties, with a big tie up, his head down, and his face was dead.
On the death card inserted in the back, the name written is impressively - "Cheng Bin".
Charge: "Reactionary treason, killing revolutionary soldiers".
The red criticism is hooked to death, and the correct body is verified!
At the moment before the gunshot, I don't know if Cheng Bin's thoughts will drift back to the white mountains and black waters 20 years ago, where he was born and raised, and where he once fought.
Once, he was a banner of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, served as the commander of the 1st Division, the ace unit of the 1st Army of the 1st Route Army of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Army, and was the most relied on subordinate of General Yang Jingyu, who played a prestigious name in the battle with the Japanese Kwantung Army.
He personally commanded the great victory of the Motianling Expeditionary Army of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, which invigorated the anti-Japanese situation in the entire Northeast at that time.
Zhou Gong was afraid of rumors, and Wang Mang was humble and did not usurp the time.
Xiang Zhi died at the beginning, who knows the truth of his life?
01
In the spring of 1936, the Japanese Kwantung Army in South Manchuria, with the cooperation of the puppet Manchurian government, began to implement the system of merging villages and protecting armor to cut off the connection between the people and the Anti-Japanese Federation.
Against this background, General Yang Jingyu, commander-in-chief of the First Route Army of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, decided to organize a westward expedition to open up the passage between South Manchuria and Liaoxi and Rehe, and to get in touch with the anti-Japanese forces in Guannei to facilitate the acquisition of supplies and support.
On June 28, 1936, General Yang organized the Western Expedition Conference at the foot of the Monk Hat Mountain in Benxi, Liaoning, and formed the Western Expeditionary Army with the most elite 1st Division as the team, with the division commander Cheng Bin, the director of the Political Department Song Tieyan, and the chief of staff Li Minhuan.
According to the deployment plan, after crossing the Pushi River, the Anti-Union Western Expeditionary Army took the middle zone between Benxi and Fengcheng to Liaoyang, and then destroyed the Japanese army's South Manchurian Railway and crossed the Liao River to Rehe.
However, because of the traitor's betrayal and the news leaked, the Japanese Kwantung Army then mobilized elite troops in Shenyang, Liaoyang, Haicheng and other places to block the Western Expeditionary Army.
Under these circumstances, after discretionary consideration, the Anti-Union Western Expeditionary Army decided to temporarily abandon its westward march and organize a retreat in three ways: the first road was the elite of the division headquarters and the defense company, led by Cheng Bin and Li Minhuan, to play the vanguard; the second road was the iron-blooded youth battalion, led by the battalion commander Wang Decai; and the third road was led by Li Tiexiu, the new director of the Political Department, who led the troops to the rear;
Because of the fact that the Japanese army might be ambushed along the way back, the first road needed to march urgently according to the plan and reach the key point before the Japanese army.
02
On July 15, 1936, after many days of arduous marching in the deep mountains and dense forests, the first road led by Cheng Bin finally arrived at the junction of Liaoyang and Benxi - Motianling.
As the name suggests, the terrain of Motianling is steep and steep, the main peak is straight into the sky, and the mountain road is winding, which is the main point of traffic.
In the eighteenth year of Zhenguan of the Tang Dynasty (644), the three expeditions to Goguryeo, which was an important checkpoint in Goguryeo, but it achieved Xue Rengui's prestige - Xue Rengui's plan to take the Sky Ridge is a famous scene.
In the Sino-Japanese War in the 20th year of Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty (1894), the veteran general Nie Shicheng led his troops to attack Motianling on a snowy night and defeated the Japanese Fifth Division - this was also the only victory won by the Qing army in the First Sino-Japanese War.
Therefore, Motianling is about a blessed place for Chinese soldiers.
When the Anti-Union Western Expeditionary Army arrived at Motianling, it was noon. Because I was tired from running in the jungle for days. Therefore, it was decided to repair and eat in a relatively flat place called "Yimian Kang", and after dark, attack the Anbong Railway (Andong, Mukden, i.e., Dandong, Shenyang), and continue to retreat eastward after success.
At this time, it is the height of summer, although there is no cold in winter, but the annoying mosquitoes are everywhere, seeking a moment of peace and no, sleeping in the open for days, and the hardship is abnormal.
A Japanese garrison brigade, the Lianshan Garrison, which is 15 kilometers away from Motianling, is stationed at Lianshan Pass, which is responsible for the safety of the Anbong Railway.
On the same day, the 2nd Squadron of the Garrison Brigade, led by Captain Kaneda, set out to prepare to intercept the anti-Lianxi expeditionary force.
But they didn't expect that the Anti-Union Western Expeditionary Army had already divided its troops, and the first way of action was extremely fast, and they had already arrived at Motianling one step ahead.
03
As soon as the Japanese convoy arrived at the foot of the Ferris Ridge, it was discovered by a lookout post sent out by the Western Expeditionary Force of the Anti-Japanese Alliance.
Cheng Bin and Li Minhuan received the alert, and after a short discussion, they unanimously decided to "do work" - this is the verbal language of the First Route Army of the Anti-Japanese Union led by General Yang Jingyu, which called fighting a war "doing work".
At this time, the division headquarters and the defense company led by Cheng Bin actually did not have many people who could participate in the battle - about 300 people, but they were the essence of the entire First Route Army, and they were the old troops brought out by General Yang Jingyu for many years.
The western expedition did not go well, and for many days in the mountains and forests of the rapid march, over the grass and trees there were many mosquitoes, wading in the stream and there were leeches, and the pain was unspeakable, so they all held back the fire in their stomachs, just to sprinkle bird gas.
The Jintian squadron had a total of 83 people, and it also carried a North Korean interpreter.
Because of the hot weather, after arriving at Motianling, the Japanese soldiers were already sweating and their stomachs were growling, so they were ready to rest and eat.
When the Japanese army had just taken down the pork kidney lunch box (92-style field lunch box), the gunfire had already sounded, and the battle of Motianling began.
Although this is an ambush war, it is not like in the film and television drama - in a slightly more formal battle, even if it is an ambush war, there is no group of people who get up, and then suddenly get up, the gun kills people like mowing grass, and the work is over......
Ambush warfare is only to occupy favorable terrain in advance, and after launching an attack, you can catch the enemy by surprise and gain a first-mover advantage.
As for face-to-face attacks, that's impossible. Even the peasant rebel army knew how to send scout horses and blue horsemen when marching, let alone the regular army, whether it was camping or marching, scouts would be sent to guard the periphery.
04
In the battle of Motianling, the Japanese counterattack was actually very sharp, and it was organized to effectively block it in a short time. However, the fighting quality of the Anti-Union Western Expeditionary Army was very high, and they were not afraid of death, dared to fight, and at the same time were more fully prepared, seizing the advantageous terrain in advance.
Moreover, the battle deployment was also very exquisite: Li Minhuan led the men to concentrate the machine guns on the front of the fire assault, and while attracting the Japanese troops, the two flanks outflanked in a roundabout way - the left flank seized a pass and held the gate, and the right flank waited for the opportunity to take the initiative and took it by surprise and launched a white-knuckle battle after the assault.
In the brutal white-knuckle battle, the physical advantages of the anti-union fighters were brought into full play. The Japanese army is indeed strong enough, but the congenital endowment is insufficient - short, arms and legs are a lot shorter, and in the face of a strong man who can dig 20 ice holes in one go, it is easy to fall into the disadvantage of white-knuckle combat.
In this battle, a total of 83 Japanese soldiers, including Captain Kaneda, were killed, and only the North Korean interpreter ran away.
36 38 Dagai and 2 Taisho 11 machine guns were captured - because the Lianshan garrison brigade 15 kilometers away had already rushed to support after hearing the sound of gunfire, the anti-Lianxi expeditionary army withdrew before it had time to completely clean up the battlefield.
In this battle, more than 50 fighters of the Anti-United Nations, including Chief of Staff Lee Min-hwan, died heroically.
The victory at Motianling was an important victory for the Anti-Japanese Union, because it was a squadron that annihilated the Japanese army.
Some people say: Isn't there just eighty or ninety devils, what is there to brag about?
Those who say this do not understand at all how strong the combat effectiveness of the front-line combat units of the Japanese army was in 1936.
At this time, the Japanese army was not a cannon fodder recruited in the middle and late stages of the Anti-Japanese War, but all old devils who had undergone years of strict training and were armed to the teeth.
The grenadier erected on the knee can even judge the opponent's machine-gun position by hearing it by ear hearing without even sticking out its head, the first shot is corrected, the second hit - it's all blind fire!
And the Japanese Kwantung Army, as the "flower of the army", is the elite of the elite.
In comparison: In the victory of Pingxingguan on September 25, 1937, Lin Qin led all the 115th Division to attack - these are all veterans of a hundred battles who have walked the Long March.
The ambush was carried out by the logistics baggage troops of the 5th Division of the Japanese Army, and at the cost of huge casualties, they achieved the result of killing 800-1000 Japanese soldiers - it was not a war of annihilation, the Japanese army broke through.
But this was already a victory on the frontal battlefield that could inspire the whole country, and even Lao Chiang had to pinch his nose and send congratulatory telegrams twice, and Nanjing's "Central Daily," radio stations, and newspapers in Britain and the United States all reported on a large number of them, and many cities in China gathered to celebrate.
The comparison shows how difficult and how successful the battle is that Cheng Bin led the Anti-Japanese Federation to fight the great victory of Motianling, with a force of less than 300 people, to completely annihilate the first-line combat squadron formed by the Japanese Kwantung Army.
05
The victory of Motianling boosted the confidence of the entire Northeast to resist Japan, and General Yang Jingyu wrote the "Song of Victory in the Western Expedition":
However, who would have thought that Cheng Bin led his troops to surrender to the enemy two years later, that is, on June 29, 1938, and became a great magic weapon for the Japanese to deal with the Anti-Japanese Federation.
For the subsequent experience, please refer to "The biggest traitor of the Anti-Japanese Federation changed his name to enlist as an officer after liberation, and was accidentally exposed due to a heavy rain in Beijing" (which belongs to the same "Anti-United Nations" collection as this one).
If Cheng Bin sacrificed himself like Chief of Staff Li Minhuan in the battle of Motianling and composed a song of blood and fire, then ......
- Perhaps, at the last moment of Cheng Bin's life, he also thought so.
History, no ifs.
After all, he failed the white mountains and black waters that gave birth to him and raised him.
How can Chinese and Japanese slaves stand together?
To be a traitor lackey to the Japanese is never forgivable!