Source: People's Liberation Army Daily WeChat, People's Liberation Army News And Communication Center Rong Media
In September 1943, under the instructions of the head of the Anhui Southern Detachment of the New Fourth Army, deng Fusheng and my instructor Deng Fusheng led a small detachment to the area south of Wuwei to carry out guerrilla activities. On this day, we came to the vicinity of Taqiao in Wuwei County, and we heard that there was an enemy stronghold less than twenty miles away, and there was a group of ghost soldiers stationed there, who often went to the countryside to sweep and rob, and made the local villagers miserable.
According to the reactions of the masses, we found a village chief who superficially asked the enemy about the situation from the actual village chief, and this chief was called Zheng Yu. As soon as we met, he spoke incessantly about the situation in the enemy's artillery tower. He knew all about the situation inside the Japanese stronghold. Zheng Yu told us: "I have long hoped that the New Fourth Army will come and clean up these little devils, I am often forced to send them this and that, where the poor people have so many things for them, the Japanese rush me, I will send them to the landlord's old rich head." ”
Then he introduced the number and equipment inside the devil's stronghold: "There were two Japanese squads stationed there, more than two dozen devils, a dozen rifles in the turret, a crooked machine gun, and a small steel cannon on the watchtower. Usually the vigilance is not too strict, because I am the local security chief, so the entry and exit is more casual, the Japanese call me a big 'good citizen', this is not, tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival, I still have to send them food and drink. "As soon as I listened, it was a good opportunity.
So, I said to Zheng Baochang, "How about we go together?" You help us unplug this little devil's stronghold! Zheng Yu hesitated a little after listening: "To do it, I have to go first, so that the Japanese have a 'preparation', otherwise, we so many people suddenly go, can the Japanese not doubt?" "I listened to what Zheng Yu said was reasonable, and after consultation, we also made some preparations...
On august 15th, when the sky was cloudless and the sun was rising a pole high, a dozen of us disguised as ordinary people carried the half-pull pork slices collected for the devils, carrying chickens, ducks, fish, eggs, and some mooncakes, led by Zheng Baochang, and walked towards the devil's stronghold. About a mile away from the stronghold, for the sake of prudence, we stopped to observe the enemy's movements, and in the distance we saw the enemy sentry with a rifle swimming back and forth, the ghosts in the turret did not move, and the whole situation was no different from what Zheng Yu said. So a dozen of us readjusted the weapons and grenades placed under the baskets to keep them ready for fire.
Coming to the stronghold, without waiting for the sentry to ask questions, Zheng Baochang leaned over to talk first: "Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, I brought something to comfort the imperial army, and I said good things with me." Speaking of this, Zheng Baochang pointed his finger to his mouth. The sentry looked at the pork, then at the mooncakes in the basket, stretched out his neck, and said in a loud voice, "Good! Good! Hurry up and get in! ”
According to the previous battle plan: the six comrades in front of me approached the enemy's artillery tower at a rapid pace, and the last few comrades and I deliberately slowed down, pretending to greet and talk to the Japanese sentry, and when we saw that the comrades who had gone ahead of us had already gone up to the artillery tower, I gave a look to the two comrades who followed me, and they stepped up with an arrow to grab the Neck of the Japanese soldier, quickly blocked his mouth with the hand towel prepared in advance, and pulled out a dagger to kill the sentry. The ghosts in the turret were unaware, and as we approached the enemy's quarters, a dozen ghost soldiers were still lying on the bed sleeping, and a few ghosts were taking a bath. I yelled "Fight! With the shouting, bullets and grenades sounded in unison, and this sudden noise blinded the devil.
The battle ended in only ten minutes, and we captured twelve Type 38 rifles, one light machine gun, one small steel cannon, thousands of rounds of bullets, shells, grenades, and a batch of munitions. Before evacuating, we set fire to the Devil's Turret.
(This article is selected from "Spark of Fire", slightly abridged; "Spark of Fire" is a red classic written by Mao Zedong, written by Zhu De, and written with the blood and life of countless revolutionary predecessors, vividly reproducing the heroic and earth-shattering revolutionary story, carrying the genetic blood of our party and our army, and containing a great revolutionary spirit.) ）
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