In 1940, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression was in a stalemate phase, and the Japanese army at that time ended this war of aggression against China in order to occupy China as soon as possible. Under the organization of the Japanese commander-in-chief Okamura Ningji, more than 100,000 Japanese troops from 9 divisions were concentrated and the Zaoyi Campaign was launched, hoping to strangle the troops of the Chinese Fifth Theater of Operations here. Although the Japanese occupied Yichang in this battle, they failed to defeat the main force of the Fifth Theater, but unfortunately Zhang Zizhong, commander of the Chinese 33rd Army, was martyred, and it was not until later that the Japanese commander who killed him was named Takehiko Yokoyama.
On the day of Zhang Zizhong's martyrdom, Huang Weigang, commander of the 38th Division of the Nationalist Army, led a death squad to raid the pumpkin shop at night and recover Zhang Zizhong's remains from the Japanese army. When his body was returned to the rear, eight wounds were found on his body, two of which were shell wounds, one was stabbed with a bayonet, and five were also wounded by gunshots. It is said that when the body was sent to Chongqing Road via Yichang, all the soldiers and civilians in the vicinity spontaneously arrived at the coffin and carried the coffin to the riverbank, even when the Japanese planes circled over Yichang many times, no one thought of escaping.
When everyone was feeling sorry for Zhang Zizhong's affair, He Jifeng, an old subordinate of his long-time friend, vowed to avenge him and kill his Japanese commander. After many inquiries, I learned that the person's name was Takehiko Yokoyama. After the 918 Incident, he followed the troops to northeast China and served in the Kwantung Army. Later, due to his life-fighting and sinister cunning, he rose to the rank of Daisa, and was called "the flower of famous generals" by the army at that time.
When he led his troops to participate in the Battle of Zaoyi, he and Zhang Zizhong's troops fought fiercely at the pumpkin shop in Yicheng, until Zhang Zizhong's unfortunate and heroic death. He also became famous for directing the killing of Zhang Zizhong, and Daisaku was promoted to deputy brigade commander of the 18th Brigade Regiment as a major general. Since the Japanese army launched the war of aggression against China, this man led his troops to commit heinous crimes in Dangyang, Jingmen, Yuan'an, and other places, arousing the indignation of our anti-Japanese soldiers and people.
After Zhang Zizhong's death, He Jifeng always looked for an opportunity to kill this innocent butcher, and only found this good opportunity 3 years later under the top-secret intelligence of our party. When it was learned that Takehiko Yokoyama would travel from Dangyang to Jingmen Huangjiaji to inspect the defenses, He Jifeng made careful arrangements and finally found an excellent ambush site, The Flint of Darin fort. With its high mountains and sparsely populated roads, it is a great place to ambush.
Just in case, he contacted Feng Guoping of the Yuandang Self-Defense Force, who was stationed at the pass at the time, and asked him to send a squadron of men and horses to fight an ambush with the group he had sent. On the one hand, the ambush battle with more people is faster; on the other hand, the self-defense forces are mostly locals, familiar with the environment, and can lead everyone to retreat safely if other conditions occur.
They laid an ambush here in the early hours of the morning and waited for Takehiko Yokoyama to arrive. Takehiko Yamamoto, who had set out from Dangyang, had no idea that when he set out, there was a group of people waiting for his arrival in front of him, and when Takehiko Yokoyama led a team of Japanese troops to slowly type into the ambush circle, it was almost dark, and he couldn't imagine that anyone would dare to ambush him here. It was not until the sound of gunfire that he knew that he had been ambushed, but it was too late, and he was eventually blown to pieces by the heavy gunner Lei Feihu's cannon, and this indispensable "Flower of Famous Generals" was eventually killed in Dalinbao, Weixi.