In 1944, the 3rd Regiment of the Eighth Route Army of Lunan conquered the Tanglin stronghold in Fei County

In the early winter of 1944, the War of Resistance Against Japan entered the stage of counter-offensive. The Third Regiment of our Eighth Route Army, which is active in the Lunan area, is facing a severe test.

　　Located in the southeast of Fei County, the Tanglin enemy stronghold is the outskirts of the Japanese Devil's base camp, and its junction in Lunan and Luzhong is a great threat to these two theaters; there is a squadron of traitors living in the stronghold, and there is a large artillery tower in the east of Zhuangdong where a squad of Devil Zi is lived, the stronghold is heavily guarded, and deer, trenches, and barbed wire are set up around the artillery tower. The west of the village, the north of the village, and the east of the village are surrounded by mountains on three sides, only the south of the village is a small plain, where there is a ditch about five miles long, and the terrain is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The enemy has implemented the "three lights" policy of burning, killing, and robbing nearby villages, and the common people are in a deep and fiery situation. Although the district squadrons and militia fought the enemy many times, the enemy, with its excellent equipment and favorable terrain, did not pay any attention to our local armed forces.

　　One night, the comrades of the Ninth Company of the Three Regiments were summing up the battle of Lianhuazhuang in the area of Fengyang Village, and the battalion commander Bi Qingtang came here, and as soon as he entered the company headquarters, he happily said to us: "Good news! The regimental commander entrusted the Ninth Company with a glorious task, and I will lead you to carry it out, and the time is tight, so as to check the discipline of the masses and prepare to leave. ”

　　Late at night, the base land into a sweet sleep. Our company was assembled on the East Ridge outside Nanbuzhuang, and Commander Bi walked up to the front of the line and mobilized for battle with the crisp Huantai accent: "Comrades, your company is a company that everyone recognizes as capable of attacking strong points and fighting hard battles. Do you remember the beautiful annihilation battle of the white fruit tree last autumn? One of your companies reimbursed a detachment of devils and liberated the masses of the people along the Liangzao Highway, and the grenadier cannon you are using now was not captured by Comrade Ren Shouzhong in that battle? Then Commander Bi said in a low tone: "Of course, we have also paid the price, and Comrade Gao Wenhai, deputy company commander, and the sixth squad leader have died gloriously." But in exchange for the liberation of the people, in exchange for the victory of the War of Resistance, in exchange for the socialist life of future generations, the people will not forget them. Today, our Ninth Company has to accomplish a difficult task alone. What task will be said when the time comes, the task now is to march ninety miles in a hurry, and arrive at the Fernand court before dawn. Okay, let's go! ”

　　The mountain wind was harsh and prickly, and the team advanced along the rugged mountain road, and the warriors were all excited. Everyone knows in their hearts that there is another hard battle to be fought at the moment. As soon as dawn came, we arrived at our destination, and the comrades and the masses of the district squadron ran out to welcome them, saying in unison: "We can expect the comrades of the old third regiment to come." ”

　　In the afternoon of the same day, the cadres of the battalion, company, platoon, and the responsible comrades of the district squadron got together to discuss the plan for fighting Tang Lin. The district squadron leader said: "Tang Lin's gang of evil wolves has not fought with our main force, it is very crazy, and the villagers all hope to remove this nail as soon as possible." Then he said to Commander Bi, "Didn't you lure Liang Qiu's ghosts out last year to eliminate them?" This time it is still led out to fight! Commander Bi said: "The victory in that battle was due to the fact that we had found out the law of the enemy's activities. What are the characteristics of the activities of Tang Lin's gang of enemies? The comrades of the district team said: "We often attack the enemy's strongholds, but the enemy is strong and we are weak, and the devils often chase for miles before they go back." After listening to the introduction, Commander Bi pondered for a while, and said happily: "Great, we use the tactic of 'golden hook fishing' to catch them off guard and take away their old nests!" He went on to talk about how the battle was played. As soon as the battalion commander's voice fell, the district squadron leader said excitedly: "Excellent, this is called the joint fight between the military and the people to fight the evil wolf." Commander Bi finally stressed: "After this battle starts, we must cooperate well..."

　　After dinner, the commanders and fighters of the Ninth Company made all the preparations before the war. In the dead of night, we came to a ditch about five miles southwest of Tanglin, and the commander of the Bi battalion and the company cadres carefully inspected the terrain together, and after being supplemented by the cadres of the company and the platoon, the deployment became more reasonable, and finally the commander of the Bi battalion said: "Well, according to the opinion of everyone, the third row is at the east end of the ditch, the second row is in the southwest, and I and the platoon and the machine gun squad are in the middle, forming a pocket." The task was clear, and the platoons quickly entered the position of the half-man deep ditch, waiting for the district squad to introduce the "wolves" in the stronghold into the pocket and sweep away.

　　Late at night in early winter, the northwest wind whistled, dozens of miles of marching, comrades on the body of the heat dissipated almost, most of the march across the river, single shoes and single socks, have become water shoes, blown by the wind and then turned into ice skates, each foot is frozen first pain and then numb. Afraid of exposing the target, and can not stand up to run, let alone make a fire to dry shoes and socks, had to use cold red hands to rub two feet. However, in order to annihilate the enemy and rescue the fathers and fellow countrymen in the depths of the water, comrades have long been accustomed to such suffering. At that time, the common wish of the comrades was to look forward to the dawn of the day, to draw out the enemy, and to eliminate them completely and cleanly.

　　At nine o'clock in the morning, gunshots suddenly sounded from the Tanglin stronghold, and the comrades whispered happily: "I am hooked." "I saw the comrades of the district squad retreating while fighting, and a group of traitors and devils, lured by the district squad, quickly entered the pockets we had laid down. Running in front was the traitor, and behind him was the captain of the Japanese devil's bearded squad, only to see him holding a dangling battle knife, commanding the devils and the traitors, and chasing the comrades of the district squad like wolves.

　　At this time, The commander of the Bi battalion immediately made a decision, swinging the command flag in his hand to the west, and the three platoon leaders led the three platoons from the east end of the ditch to the position of a platoon. The soldiers of the seventh, eighth, and ninth squads quickly followed him and together with the comrades of the machine gun group, creeping westward, and Chen Xingao, a big man, with the Czech light machine gun in his right hand and climbing forward with his left elbow, said to the platoon leader: "Platoon leader, it seems that the battalion commander is telling us to kill the devils in three platoons and one platoon!" In the battle of the white fruit tree last year, a platoon captured a small cannon of the devil, and today we are going to get the devil's crooked machine gun in hand. The platoon leader said, "Yes! We still have to catch a few more live devils, then the impact will be great! He said to the comrades of the machine gun group: "Xiao Wang and Xiao Zhang, you must pay attention to see where the ghost machine gun is, and then you will shoot with the machine gun, and I will go and grab the crooked handle." The two warriors nodded and said, "Let's also try the Oriental goods that are easy to use or not." At this time, Commander Bi saw from the telescope that the district squad had reached the west end of the ditch, and the position of the second platoon was followed by traitors, and it was only ten meters away from the position of the second platoon. The comrades of the three rows also came closer. Commander Bi issued an order: "Machine gun squads, the first and third platoons kill the devils, and the second platoon cleans up the traitors." Don't let the enemy run away from one, but grasp more alive, comrades, the time has come to make meritorious contributions to the motherland and the people! Suddenly, the sound of machine guns, small cannons, and grenades sounded. The front of the position became a sea of fire. The trumpeter Yu Jinmao blew up the charge trumpet, and the loud trumpet sounded through the clouds, and the killing sound was tremendous in an instant, and the warriors came down like fierce tigers and rushed towards the enemy with snowy bayonets. The enemy was overwhelmed by the heavy artillery fire and overwhelmed. The soldiers of the main force of the Eighth Route Army, who were brave and good at fighting in military uniforms, fell from the sky, and the district squadron and militia also rushed up, and the enemy suffered from the enemy in the belly and back, becoming the leader in the urn. The leader of the bearded squad of the Japanese Kou suddenly realized that he had been deceived, and then looked at the traitors in front of him, the dead and the wounded, and the surrender of surrender. He jumped like a thunderbolt, and the dog jumped the wall, pointed the knife in his hand, and tried to take the road and escape back to their "safe nest". But as they approached the turret, they were greeted by rows of grenades. The comrades of the original district squadron took advantage of the emptiness of the enemy's stronghold in accordance with the pre-deployment and attacked it unprepared, took the stronghold in one fell swoop, and burned down the turrets in one fell swoop. The retreat was cut off, and the bearded man was shocked, so he had to sneak into a cemetery south of Tanglin Village to resist.

　　Commander Bi led his comrades into the enemy group, and a platoon leader was the first to rush to the bottom of the white fruit tree in last year's battle of the white fruit tree, and three ghosts were killed in a row, and he was rated as a model of combat. This time, he first led a platoon into the enemy group and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy, the warriors stabbed left and right, and the corpses of the devils swung horizontally and vertically, and finally captured a devilish soldier named "Ding Gang" alive.

　　After the three platoons rushed into the enemy group, the big man Chen Xingao, with a machine gun in both hands, shot at the enemy fiercely, and the once invincible ghost was suddenly killed and wounded. The bearded squad leader, with a few remnants, retreated to a tree in the cemetery. In order to implement the policy of captivity, and in order to catch a few more live devils, the three platoon leaders shouted: "Brothers of the Japanese army, do not kill with guns, and give preferential treatment to prisoners." "But the devil has his Bushido spirit, and he doesn't give up his gun when he dies." In the end, the warriors had to use grenades to end their dogs' lives. The big man Chen Xingao had not yet had time to grab the devil's "crooked handle", and the deputy shooter Wang Hongyou had already carried it on his shoulders. The trinity of the main force, the local army, and the militia cooperated to win the battle.

　　Under the illumination of the sunset, the comrades returned victoriously with their booty and prisoners. Commander Wang Jiwen, Political Commissar Liu, and Instructor Xin Yumin came to our company station to shake hands with our comrades one by one, praised us, and said: "Your Ninth Company destroyed the enemy of Baiguoshu last year, and this time you put the devils of Tanglin in Fei County in a nest. The elimination of the devils of the two squads alone in two years is worth learning from you in all the companies of the regiment, and you must be credited with a great contribution. The cadres and masses of Nanbuzhuang Village also went to each class to offer condolences and celebrate this victory together. Zhang Baojing, a village cadre, said excitedly: "The fight is too good, and it will be a disaster for our people." Xiao Wang and Xiao Zhou, who lived in the third row of the seventh and ninth classes of Zhang Daniang's home, did not return, and Zhang Daniang said to herself: "Are these two children glorious (sacrificed)?" As she spoke, two lines of hot tears fell from the eldest lady's wrinkled face. The third platoon leader saw the mood of the eldest lady, and stepped forward to say to the eldest lady, "Don't be sad, big lady, this time we took the devils in a nest and arrested a live devil." Xiao Wang and Xiao Zhou fought very bravely, and also captured the devil's three or eight big cover guns, just told the "yellow dog" to bite the skin, and returned from the courtyard for a few days. The eldest lady smiled.

　　Night fell, and laughter celebrating victory filled the mountain villages.