194. Bombardment of Tangjia Mountain

On the night of March 13, 1933, an explosion sounded in the woods around Tangjiashan.

The headquarters of the 117th Brigade soon received the news that the spy company had come back from the investigation, saying that they were hiding in the gap of Lijiadian Village, and after getting the box handed over by the defenders, three people left with the boxes, and there were still two people who did not leave, and it was estimated that there was another conspiracy. When the three of them walked to the area of Tang Yingzi and drilled into the woods to the south, after a while, they heard an explosion that resounded through the woods.

Motegi, who was sitting in Nantaizi, soon learned the ins and outs, and he recruited senior officers such as Ono Taro, Yamaoka Kiyoshi and Aokuma Yuo to the Nantaiko Brigade Headquarters overnight. After asking for details for a while, he scolded them. They were scolded so much that only they stood there respectfully, shouting "Haiyi". Motegi scolded that he was tired, so he beckoned them to sit down, and called Kameda Wusuke Osa to also come and hold a battle meeting.

Motegi was never worried about the guerrillas who had appeared on Ao Bao Liang, and the gunfire on Ao Bao Liang became a palpitation in his dreams. While he was in a meeting, he called Okamura Ninji, the Tongliao Headquarters. After repeated requests, and with the permission of General Muto Nobuyoshi of the Shenyang Kwantung Army Headquarters, it was planned to mobilize no less than one wing of troops from Fuxin and Ye Baishou to supplement the Fourth Brigade.

On the 14th, the 15th Infantry Wing, which was originally stationed in Niuyingzi and Yangchangshan, occupied Niutougou Men'er, and looked at the mountains and rivers around the big cattle herd, the small cattle herd, Wangyedi, and Wangyeba Gouliang, with the intention of containing the eastern Hebei guerrillas and stabilizing Motegi's flank. Upon receiving this news, Motegi led the main force of the 4th Cavalry Brigade and began to advance westward. In the morning, Motegi led the brigade headquarters to Wujia Village, and the 25th Wing left two squads in Nantaizi and Liujiahekou to cooperate with the work of the Chifeng Steering Committee of Toru Kamemori, monitor the anti-Japanese forces in each village, and be responsible for baggage and the safety of personnel exchanges. The other main forces drove to the area of the horse frame and Dagoumen.

Motegi mobilized the flight team of the 4th Brigade to bombard Dashulin, Tangjiashan and Cangcang Dam Liang, and ordered the Lushun Heavy Artillery Brigade to advance to the west of Wujia Village and bombard the defenders of Tangjiashan before the planes arrived.

The 117th Brigade Headquarters, Brigade Commander Ding, Director Han and other commanders held a meeting on the changes in the battlefield situation and the movements of various units in Motegi. After overnight study, the brigade headquarters decided to transport the wounded who had gathered at the top of Lijiadian and Cangcang Dam to the west overnight. Those who could walk were on foot, and those who could not were mobilized to be carried by villagers from nearby villages with door panels. The field hospital descended from Cangcang Dam Liang and stationed in Xiaokala Village, and its vanguard had already driven to the small town of Jinshengtai. In order to prevent the Japanese planes from bombing indiscriminately, the 233rd Regiment was transferred to Xinling, Liangnan, Cangcangba; The 235th Regiment drove up the Cangcang Dam Beam and defended the Cangcang Dam together with the 236th Regiment. The Independent Regiment was responsible for setting fire to the Lianggen of Cangcang Dam and the western half of the Great Forest.

The special mission is responsible for monitoring the development of the situation in the vicinity of Lijiadian and Tangyingzi, and is also responsible for setting off fireworks in Lijiadian Village to confuse and disrupt the sight of the devil's plane. The 234th Regiment also set off fireworks all over Tangjia Mountain to confuse the devil artillery...... All this was done overnight. By the morning of the 14th, Tangyingzi Village, Lijiadian Village and the top of the Cangcang Dam were already a sea of smoke. In the woods on the south side of the road in Tangyingzi Village, the investigators of the special task force found the bodies of the five devils and three villagers who had been killed by the bombing, all of which had been blown up beyond recognition.

Motegi Maenotsuki knew that the 117th Brigade was full of wolf smoke, and the purpose was to block the plane's line of sight so that the plane could not drop bombs. I also learned that Tangjia Mountain was also full of smoke and dust, and the mountain was full of wolf smoke, and it was even more difficult to distinguish where the defenders' positions were. It's a sea of smoke, and even the well-informed Motegi Maenotsu can't imagine how the 117 Brigade did it. Later, the Chifeng Special High School Hanajima Juro discovered that the defenders first lit the branches and put wolf dung on them......

Motegi Mae Nozuki led the guards to the west of Goke Village, and when he saw the smoke and dust in his eyes, he jumped like thunder, and turned back to the ghost Beta Taro Osa; 'Guibei-kun, do you see this mountain?' It's called Tangjiashan. We don't care what mountain he calls, I order you, with your cannon and 92 infantry guns, to blow him to the ground and work......

Oni Beta Taro Osatakama said, "Hai, General Motegi. Motegi saw Oni Beta Taro Osa turn around and ordered by phone, two squadrons of cannon squadrons and 92 infantry guns, to quickly drive to the west of Goka Village. He stood by the side of the road and watched. Then, he looked at the woods, and the chill of early spring shrouded the elm poplars, which had not yet returned to green. Only the sheep's intestines and rivers flowed and told him that the world was moving. Then there was the smoke and dust that kept falling from Tangjiashan, and there was a smell of animal feces, which made him a little unbearable. From then on, he could not see animal dung or hear the sound of running water.

Seeing the artillerymen pulling up the artillery carts and flying in, the artillery protection squad, the patrol team, the loaders, the gunners, and the sighters all ran over. The cannons of both calibers were raised in the process of sparse adjustment, and the muzzles of the black holes were aimed at Tangjiashan.

Oni Beta Taro Osa set up a command center in the woods 200 meters east of the artillery position, everything was ready, and the squadron leaders ran to the headquarters and asked for the order to open the artillery. Guibei said: "General Motegi ordered to blow up Tangjiashan, you see, can the defenders' positions be seen clearly?" How should this cannon be placed? At this time, the chief of staff, Ryuakitaro Nakasa, said: "Osa, I think what General Motegi means, not necessarily to blow up, but to give the defenders a little color." As for the positions of the defenders, who can see clearly at this time? "When Ghost Beta Taro heard this, he felt that what he said was very true, so he said in a loud voice: 'I order, target, Tangjiashan, open fire......

Motegi was so smoked by the smell of wolf dung that he was about to vomit, and when he heard that the cannon was about to go off, he hurriedly left and returned to the Songjiazhuang United Team Headquarters with the support of the guards.

The 234th Regiment always paid attention to the movements of the devils in Wujia Village, and at the same time as the devils fired thousands of cannons, under the cover of smoke and dust, a force drove to Houtugang in the east of Tangyingzi Village and exchanged fire with the patrol. The other main forces crossed the avenue, burrowed into the woods, and interspersed with the Cangcang Dam beam. As soon as the artillery patrol was attacked, the maintenance team immediately joined the battle, so that Oni Beta Taro Osa had to order a squadron of 92 infantry guns to shift the muzzle and bombard in the direction of Atsutogang.

This is also what Commander Yang Ganmiao instructed Tian Lianshan, the commander of the 11th Battalion, that once the fire is connected, the devils will definitely bombard, and the next step is to transfer. The devil artillery finally found a target, and all the cannons bombarded Houtugang in one go. At this time, another unit of the 11th Battalion, under the leadership of Lan Huitian, deputy of the battalion, set off firecrackers at the No. 2 soil platform in Tangjiashan. All the cannons, raising their muzzles again, fired at the hill.

From morning to noon, and then to afternoon, the nine cannons were fast and slow, almost covering Tangjiashan. The grass was on fire, and the branches were on fire. Patches of fire, more smoke came out, east of the Cangcang Dam Beam, this sea of smoke, thick smoke billowing like waves. The waves are treacherous, like 100,000 heavenly soldiers surging to kill. Motegi stood in the courtyard of Songjiazhuang, looking west at the vast sea of smoke, holding the adjutant knife, and let out a long sigh: "Han Linfu, Ding Boting, do you want to call the wind and rain?" ”

Wang Yingzi Headquarters. Director Han, Brigade Commander Ding, Section Chief Li, as well as Senior Commanders such as Regiment Commander Miao, Regiment Commander Liu and Regiment Commander Lin gathered in the courtyard of the headquarters. Director Han listened to the rumbling cannons of the devils in the east, looked at the sea of smoke covering the woods, and didn't feel the poetry triggered, and casually chanted: "The hot north beacon fire dyes the clouds, and the sea of smoke hides and kills." My department wields a knife across the sky, how can I go home if I don't cut Motegi? "Everyone applauded and applauded, they were all generals who led the troops to kill the enemy, and now they stepped on the Cangcang Dam moat, and came to the smoke and clouds, a kind of pride, a kind of ambition, and the right to express it.

Director Han was not happy, he said, "How can I go home if I don't cut Motegi", he was asking Jia Congliang. In the past two days, he always never left the headquarters, pestered Brigade Commander Ding, and insisted on instilling the will of Nanjing. Especially this morning, the various departments responsible for setting off the fireworks, following the advice of the villagers, poured wolf dung on the branches, and the sea of smoke was vast and long. He went to Brigade Commander Ding and said, "While the smoke is blocking the Japanese army, why don't you just leave." The devil caught up, and we have gone far. When you arrive at Jin Shengtai, you can divide one part of the army to go to Weizi and Kele Gou, and the other part to Xingjude and Yangjiawan, and assemble to Siheyong......"

Brigade Commander Ding also listened to him a little, but everyone was unanimously opposed. Captain Lin questioned him: "We can walk away, but the smoke and dust here will eventually dissipate, and then we can run on two legs over the devil's four-legged horse?" Commander Liu, who rarely spoke, was also angry, and said: "It's a rare moat, don't beat him here, it's a pity to ......" Brigade Commander Ding looked at it, and it was not easy to disobey the will of the commanders. He cleared his throat and said; 'You are all my subordinates, you have always been like brothers, and you have fought bloodily to this day, and you really haven't received any help from the veterans. ’

Everyone echoed it, feeling that he had finally expressed his opposition to Jia Congliang again, and they all expressed their approval. Brigade Commander Ding said: "Director Han is right, only by fighting against Japan and holding a nationwide war of resistance can the little devils be defeated. Let's just say that our 117th Brigade, without the support of the people of Rehe, without the participation of the Northeast Army, without the coordinated operation of our various units, it would have been eaten by Motegi long ago......

At this time, Jia Congliang, who had already walked to the door, turned around and said unconvinced: "Do you think that with your only brigade of soldiers, you can reverse the defeat of Rebei?" Now, President Chiang does not dare to talk extravagantly about the anti-Japanese ......"

Commander Yang finally couldn't hold it back anymore, he pulled out his pistol, stood up, came to the door in two big steps, raised the gun and put the muzzle on Jia Congliang's head, and said with a thunderous breath: "Lieutenant Colonel Jia, thousands of my brothers Yang Ganmiao were killed by devils, and you are still here to excuse President Jiang who did not resist Japan, and today my regiment commander is gone, so I have to use you, the head of the master, to pay tribute to my dead brothers......"

Deputy Brigade Commander Ji said: "Yang Ganmiao, it's against you, put the gun down......" Commander Yang had no choice but to remove the pistol and angrily throw away Jia Congliang, who was dripping in cold sweat. Brigade Commander Ding said, "What are you doing, it's against you?" I'm having an operational meeting, and you, Lieutenant Colonel Jia, are the deputy to Nanjing, so you have to recuse yourself from me. Yang Ganmiao, you killed the devil and killed the dizzy, is Lieutenant Colonel Jia still a friendly army......"