Guerrilla warfare made an indelible and important contribution to the War of Resistance Against Japan.
Faced with a well-equipped and tactically sophisticated Japanese army, it was necessary to fight with flexibility.
Just as the so-called "enemy advances and retreats, the enemy is stationed in us to disturb, the enemy is tired and we fight, and the enemy retreats and we chase", in this way, we can always cause huge losses to the Japanese army unexpectedly.
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In 1938, the Japanese accelerated the pace of occupation of China, and the Japanese troops stationed in the Handan area organized more than 30,000 troops and decided to carry out a nine-way siege of southeastern Jin.
They intended to attack the anti-Japanese base areas and anti-Japanese organizations stationed there through large-scale sweeping operations.
The 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army began to explore the necessary places for the Japanese army along the highway to wait for the opportunity to find an ambush point and catch the Japanese army by surprise.
Deng Xiaoping, Liu Bocheng, Chen Geng and Xu Xiangqian and their party came to a cliff, and Liu Bocheng took the lead in speaking:
"From Licheng to Xiangxian, you must pass through DongyangGuan, Queen's Ridge, Shangxiawan, Xiangtangpu, Hetou Village, Chunshuling and Henan Station. And the Ringing Shop below us is right in the middle of this road. In other words, Xiangtangpu was the farthest away from Licheng and Xiangxian, and even if the enemy came to the rescue, it was the most delayed. ”
Chen Geng then added: "The most important thing is that the south of the road is steep and difficult, and the north of the road is slow, all the way to the bottom of the river, which is a good place to fight ambush battles." ”
The crowd echoed the praise, and the plan was supported by political commissar Deng Xiaoping.
This time, the Japanese army marched into southeastern Jin on a large scale, and the anti-Japanese armed forces in Shanxi were not only the Eighth Route Army, but also many friendly troops around them, and they had to consult their opinions and take care of their feelings.
So the Eighth Route Army and nearby friendly forces (the Kuomintang Jin Sui Army) gathered in Qin County, Shanxi, on March 24 to discuss the enemy's plan.
Zeng Wanzhong, commander of the 3rd Army of the Jin Sui Army, Li Mo'an, commander of the 14th Army, Zhao Shoushan, commander of the 38th Army, Li Jiayu, commander of the 47th Army, Zhu Huaibing, commander of the 94th Division, and others were present.
When Zeng Wanzhong saw Liu Bocheng overjoyed, he quickly took his hand and said: "General Liu not only has courage and insight, but also has strong insight, ambushing the Japanese army twice in the village of Qiquan, and recently ambushing the Japanese army at ShentouLing. General Liu, when will you give us a real guerrilla lesson? Let's also learn the real way of guerrilla warfare. ”
Liu Bocheng agreed: "Good! At the meeting, he talked about the specific way of fighting guerrilla warfare.
He said: "This time we are going to fight an ambush in guerrilla warfare, and we wait for the enemy to enter the encirclement and then launch a rapid attack." At the same time, ambush troops at the necessary locations to prevent enemy reinforcements. ”
After listening to Liu Bocheng's story, everyone applauded one after another, but Zhu Huaibing, commander of the 94th Division, was very dismissive and spoke out.
In his view, only the direct real knife and real gun desperation with the Japanese is called combat, and guerrilla warfare is difficult to get into its eyes.
He stood up and said, "General Liu's words are all over the place, but hearing is believing what you see, and you have to let us see the results of the battle in order to convince all the generals present." Otherwise, we can't believe it. ”
According to the transportation habits of the Japanese army, Liu Bocheng was scheduled to be on the 31st day of the end of the month, and there would be a Japanese brigade vehicle passing by.
Seeing that Zhu Huaibing didn't believe it, Liu Bocheng immediately smiled and said to him, "Good! Then please, generals, on the 31st, move to the bunk, I promise that the battle will end at 10:00 a.m. and that at 11:00 we will be able to eat lunch sent by the Japanese! ”
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Liu Bocheng dared to boast about Haikou in front of many friendly troops because he always observed on the Handan Highway.
He knew that the Japanese trucks on this road were unusually frequent, and as long as they set up ambushes, they would definitely gain something.
Moreover, he was sure that he would end the battle at ten o'clock because the troops had summed up a very high experience in guerrilla warfare.
He had trained all the subordinates of the 129th Division on how to fight on the Handan-Chang Highway, and they had mastered the three essentials of "first fighting the guards, then the driver, and then the fuel tank".
In the early hours of March 30, the 129th Division entered its intended location.
Liu Bocheng consulted with Xu Xiangqian and made careful arrangements for the 386 brigade and 385 brigade under his command.
There were both the main forces that ambushed the Japanese army on both sides of the line from Kuanzhang to Yangjiashan, and the follow-up troops who ambushed the Japanese troops from Licheng and Dongyang Guanchi at Majiazhuo.
Liu Bocheng predicted that the Japanese convoy should depart from Licheng at about six o'clock in the morning and enter the ambush circle around Xiangtangpu at eight o'clock.
Sure enough, the Japanese army's plan actually confirmed Liu Bocheng's speculation.
At 7:30 a.m. on the morning of the 31st, Chen Gengxing rushed to the division headquarters and called: "The japanese army's one hundred and eighty military vehicles are lined up in long queues, and they have already passed through Dongyang Pass, and it is estimated that it will not take long to fully enter our ambush circle." Liu Bocheng immediately ordered: "Notify all the units participating in the battle and immediately enter the combat state." ”
On the other side of the cliff, Mr. Zhu was introducing the battle plan to the generals of the friendly army.
He said: "Our ambush was fought from south to north, in the middle of this part of the ambush. ”
As he was speaking, he suddenly heard the sound of dense artillery fire in the distance, and the sound of the sound of the surrounding earth was all shaken down.
The Nationalist generals immediately picked up binoculars and began to observe.
Only to see the Japanese convoy being blown upside down, their trucks falling to pieces in one grenade after another, falling horizontally and vertically on both sides of the dirt road.
The Japanese troops in the car were unprepared for this, and they desperately hid and tried to find cover, but there was wild grass all around them, and the shadows were everywhere.
Zhu Huaibing asked Zhu De nervously, "Are we too close, what if the devil's bullet hits us?" ”
Only to see that Mr. Zhu was calm and self-assured, and Liu Bocheng stepped forward and said, "General Zhu, don't panic, we are in no danger here." This place is two miles away from the road, the bullets of the rifle can't hit here, and the devil's cannon is too late to fight, so he is called to the western sky! ”
The panicked Japanese army was caught off guard for a moment, and they decided to launch a final attack directly on the Eighth Route Army on the hillside.
The firepower of the Eighth Route Army was intertwined into a large net, and all the Japanese who approached were scattered in an instant.
Looking at the Japanese army being frightened and scared, the Eighth Route Army on both sides of the mountain blew up the charge horn.
In the midst of the artillery fire, the warriors rushed down the hill without hesitation, slashing and killing the thieves.
The invincible Japanese put away that arrogant face. They collapsed and fled in all directions, some of them all the way back to their strongholds, and some of them died on the way to their deaths.
As the saying goes: "Wei Wei tai xing wolf smoke, Li Wa Road pass hidden bow string." The dragon leaps and tigers jump and kill, and the wolves rush to the enemy's fear. Extinguish the fire and swallow the remnants of the dragon, and the army sings triumphantly."
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The friendly generals who watched the battle from a distance, hearing the sound of gunfire, breathed a long sigh of relief, and some even took out cigarettes.
Elder Zhu gambifully invited them: "Generals, let's go down and see the results of the battle." ”
The group followed the path to the highway, and the sound of the burning flames thundered with a burning smell.
The generals of the friendly forces gave a thumbs up to Liu Bocheng, who had never seen so many "remains" of Japanese trucks.
Looking at the Japanese weapons scattered on the ground and the tragic corpses of the Japanese troops, friendly troops gave Liu Bocheng a thumbs up.
Commander Zeng Wanzhong said, "General Liu, I really regret that I didn't take your advice at Niangziguan in the first place. It is no secret that you made a commitment at the meeting that day, and I also had some drumming in my heart. When I saw it today, it really lived up to its name. ”
Others also raised their eyebrows and smiled at Liu Bocheng, expressing their admiration.
They also hoped that the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army would send people to its own troops to teach advanced experience in guerrilla warfare.
For these compliments, Liu Bocheng is of course self-effacing.
He said that this was all the credit of Xu Xiangqian, Chen Geng and all the soldiers, and he was only responsible for the deployment.
Then, another guard came to report that all the supplies had been counted, and Liu Bocheng hurriedly invited everyone to lunch.
Zhu Huaibing would not have imagined that the guerrilla warfare he despised had such power.
At this moment, he lowered his head high.
Seeing the crowd eating the captured Japanese supplies, they were eating Japanese canned beef and drinking Japanese sake, and they were very happy, while Zhu Huaibing was alone there, extremely embarrassed.
Liu Bocheng saw Zhu Huaibing's embarrassment, and he personally took a few cans and handed them to Zhu Huaibing's hand.
Zhu Huaibing was ashamed of his low eyesight and narrow-mindedness, and quickly apologized to Liu Bocheng.
Liu Bocheng smiled and said that he had never been angry about it.
This ambush battle began at eight o'clock and ended at ten o'clock, just as Liu Bocheng said, it only took two hours.
After the battle, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army spent some time cleaning up the battlefield, and the friendly generals who watched the battle did eat "lunch sent by the Japanese" at eleven o'clock. ”
In this battle, Liu Bocheng's 129th Division lost 317 people, while more than 400 Japanese troops were wiped out, only 30 escaped, and almost the entire army was destroyed.
A total of 181 Japanese cars were destroyed by us, and more than 130 long and short guns, 4 mortars, and various military supplies were also captured, which greatly enriched the supply of our army.
The Japanese army, which had suffered such a loss, of course could not swallow its breath. In the afternoon of the same day, 12 fighter jets were directly mobilized and indiscriminately bombed the Xiangtangpu area.
However, the Eighth Route Army had already retreated, and the Japanese bombs were just overturning the ground.
After the Battle of Xiangtangpu, the 129th Division continued its efforts and won a major victory in the pursuit of Changle Village.
In this campaign, Chen Geng led the 386th Brigade to directly eliminate 2200 Japanese soldiers, and even pursued all the way to Shijiazhuang, which made the Japanese army feel frightened.
The victory of this guerrilla war after guerrilla war has greatly enhanced the prestige of the Eighth Route Army in the hearts of friendly troops.