Offensive and defensive, invincible
The 32nd Regiment of the 11th Brigade fought in northeast Anhui for three years
Wei Jinmao
In June 1941, the 32nd Regiment arrived at The Fork River in Huai (An) Bao (Ying) County, east of Hongze Lake. Regiment commander Yao Yunliang and political commissar Zhou Qibang were ordered to lead the fourth company of the regiment back to the east of Su (county) and form a guerrilla detachment in sudong. The shortage of soldiers and cadres became the main problem of the Thirty-second Regiment. The commanders of the division and brigade incorporated more than 500 men of the Thirty-fifth Regiment into the regiment, maintaining the structure of two battalions and six companies of the first and second battalions. Leading cadres were also deployed, including Regiment Leader Zhao Haifeng, Political Commissar Chen Qiwu, Deputy Regiment Leader Zhou Shizhong, and Political Department Director Liu Zengkui. Afterwards, the group was active in the Huaibao area.
In the second half of 1941, the Thirty-second Regiment attacked the puppet army at Linjia Wharf twice and took control of the area. After that, he twice smashed the attempt of the Japanese puppet army to reoccupy the Lin family docks. It also carried out many battles such as the capture of Shanyanggou and further consolidated and expanded Huaibao County.
In January 1942, the regiment moved west to South County, Si (County) with the 11th Brigade. In late February, the second battalion successively attacked the puppet army of Jiang Zhuang and Shi Ji in southern Sinan, annihilating more than 100 enemy troops. In March, the battalion went west out of Siwulingfeng County, and the Tuotuo River gathered nearly 100 puppet troops. During the same period, the first battalion also attacked the Japanese puppet army many times in Places such as Sinan Dunji.
In mid-June 1942, he implemented the policy of "streamlining the army and simplifying the administration" and was ordered to temporarily abolish the regimental headquarters under the principle of retaining the regiment's number. The two battalions are temporarily under the direct leadership of the Eleventh Brigade, and the numbers are still the first battalion of the Thirty-second Regiment, the second battalion of the Thirty-second Regiment, and the commander of the first battalion, Wang Shiren, and Wen Yu, the political and religious; The commander of the second battalion, Yang Senkui, and the political and religious Wang Shaoyuan.
From July to October, a battalion attacked Si County and the enemy of Wuhe several times in Sinan, ensuring the consolidation of Sinan County. The second battalion also fought against the enemy many times in Siwulingfeng County, mainly in the battles of Lotus Village, Caogou, Bawang City, and Beixinji. Three pseudo-strongholds were removed, dozens of Japanese squad leaders and Japanese and pseudo-soldiers were killed, more than 30 people below the pseudo-brigade commander and police chief were captured, more than 300 rifles and more than 10 light machine guns were obtained. During this period, there were also 2nd Battalions of the 31st Regiment active in Siwu Lingfeng. The two battalions took the initiative to coordinate and actively attack the enemy, and both fought very well. The local masses have a saying that is popular among the population: "If you go to she camp and come to Yang camp, the devils still can't win the battle." "Yu Ying" and "Yang Ying" are the nicknames of the two battalion commanders to each battalion. This is the evaluation of the siwu lingfeng masses on the anti-Japanese battles of these two battalions.
Since the winter of 1942, during the 33-day anti-"sweep" of the Huaibei military and civilians, the 32nd Regiment and one battalion fought against the enemy in Siwuling, attacked Xiao Bengbu, and conquered the Xinma Bridge on the Jinpu Line, capturing more than 3 guns. The second battalion insisted on "internal combat", and the main battles were: one attack on Wei Yingzi, two dozen Magongdian, a total of more than 270 Japanese puppet troops, 200 rifles, and several light machine guns. The two battalions and two dozen Magongdian and forced the enemy to evacuate Magongdian's battle deeds, which are full of praise in Huaibei.
In 1943, the Thirty-second Regiment had several ups and downs in its formation, which was an extraordinary year, but the regiment always fought heroically.
On March 17, the first battalion participated in the self-defense counterattack campaign of great historical significance in consolidating the Huaibei base area, and successfully completed the combat task of attacking the recalcitrant army in Dongshengwei. After that, they continued to attack the Japanese puppet army in Sinan and other places to defend the anti-Japanese democratic base area in Huaibei. The second battalion fought mainly in Si (County) Ling (Bi) Sui (Ning). In April and half a month, with the cooperation of brother units, two dozen Zhu Ji and one attacked Xiao weizi. On June 13, attack the small polder again. In the four battles, a total of 1306 people were captured by the pseudo-stubborn Three Divisions (1159 enemies were captured internally), 974 rifles, 16 light machine guns, 19 shell guns, and more than 30 war horses.
In June 1943, the Eleventh Brigade resumed its two-regiment structure. In order to enrich the Thirty-first Regiment, to strengthen the armed forces of Siwu Lingfeng County, and to make the Thirty-second Regiment have a new development, in order to further enrich the Eleventh Brigade, the superior decided to organize the Two Battalions of the Thirty-second Regiment into the Two Battalions of the Thirty-first Regiment; With the 32nd Regiment and 1 Battalion as the backbone, the Siwu Lingfeng Independent Regiment was formed with the Siwu Lingfeng County Headquarters, which was under the jurisdiction of the 11th Brigade. The regiment has 3 battalions, the 1st battalion of the 32nd Regiment is the first battalion, and the 2nd and 3rd battalions are organized by the local armed forces of Siwu Lingfeng. Zhang Yongyong, political commissar Zhang Tong (secretary of the Siwu Lingfeng County CPC Committee), deputy regimental commander Wang Shiren, and director of the Political Department Wang Shaoyuan. At the same time, the 3 companies of the Sinan County Brigade (the second company was the second company of the old third regiment) were upgraded to the independent brigade of the eleventh brigade.
The Siwu Lingfeng Independent Regiment is a continuation of the combat history of the Thirty-second Regiment in a new specific form. As soon as she formed, she joined the Thirty-first Regiment, which fought in Siwu Lingfeng and Siling Sui County. In the second half of 1943, the regiment's main battles were: the Night Raid of Little Bengbu; Siege of the city; Battle of Xiguan in Sixian County; Battle of Yu Ji's Tomb; The Jinpu Line Guzhen, Luling section and Bengbu and Linhuai Pass sections of the ground attack, a total of 750 Japanese puppet troops were killed and captured, and 500 weapons of various kinds were obtained (5 light machine guns inside).
In December 1943, the regiment was ordered to organize its second battalion into the Siwu Lingfeng County Headquarters, and the regimental headquarters led the first and third battalions to use the thirty-second regimental number; The Independent Brigade of the Eleventh Brigade was organized into the Second Battalion of the Regiment.
Regiment leader Zhang Yongyong, political commissar Li Yi, chief of staff She Qiyi, and director of the political department Wang Shaoyuan.
In the first half of 1944, the Thirty-second Regiment was active in the vast wilderness of Silingju with a new majestic and inherent fighting style. In the first 5 months, 7 battles were fought consecutively, such as Dry River Head, Zhang Dalu, Zhu Lou, Feng Miao, and Zhu Suspension Bridge, 7 Japanese and pseudo strongholds were uprooted, and 4 pseudo strongholds were feared and abandoned, and a total of more than 1,300 Japanese puppet troops were killed and captured, and more than 1,000 guns of various kinds and 9 light machine guns were obtained. In June, in cooperation with the 9th Brigade in besieging the former and rear Zhanglou pseudo-strongholds, two battalions were located at Erlang Temple and YingZhaizi to prevent the enemy from breaking through and providing reinforcements, and more than 200 enemy troops were annihilated successively, ensuring the safety of attacking the northern flank of Zhang Hu.
Excerpt from The Crusade of a Thousand Miles