Butian Fort is a town of Butian, Butian County, Lianggang Province, North Korea. It is located 21 kilometers northeast of Huishan City, the capital of Liangjiang Province. In 1937, Kim Il Sung led the Communist Party's anti-Japanese forces to launch an anti-Japanese armed struggle in the area of Changbai Mountain. They attacked the Japanese army at Futianbao at night and were victorious. At the time of the incident, there were 284 Koreans, 26 Japanese, and 2 Manchurians. The anti-Japanese forces burned down the local post office, seized a total of 6 long and short guns, and killed 2 Japanese (the daughter of a Japanese policeman and the owner of a Japanese restaurant, Kozaburo Hane). As a result of the Japanese counterattack, the Korean anti-Japanese forces retreated to the Soviet Union in 1941.

In the early morning of April 19, 1944, the soldiers of the Third Column tied black scarves on their arms to mourn the five people who died bravely in Nanpu Port. ”

When nearly 50,000 soldiers from the three columns shouted in unison and marched towards Putian Fort, the sound filled the sky and shocked Kim Il Sung and the North Korean troops led by him.

There was only one wing of Japanese troops and nearly 100 police units in Putian Fort, and under the fierce artillery fire of the three columns, most of the police units that were pushed in front were Koreans, and there were only 20 or 30 people left in less than 10 minutes, and when the three columns advanced the forward position to less than 100 meters, they retreated desperately in fear, while the Japanese troops behind them opened fire on them, and all the twenty or thirty people were shot and killed in less than a moment.

The devil stubbornly resisted with the strong fortress fortifications, Xie Qin personally led the charge several times but could not break through the devil's fortifications, the two sides fought fiercely for half an hour, and more than 100 people were killed and wounded in the three columns.

Xie Qin's stubborn resistance annoyed Xie Qin, and he ordered Bian Zhengnan's 105th Division to follow the left, and Qin Zheng's 106th Division to the right, under the guidance of Kim Il Sung's troops, to find weak points, attack the fortress, and kill all of them as long as it was a Japanese army, regardless of whether they surrendered or not.

Xie Qin was murderous when he gave the battle order, and all the arrogance of Kim Il Sung on the side dissipated in an instant, although the Soviet Union promised to support itself, but God knows what the fate of himself and North Korea would be if he offended this group of evil stars, after all, the Soviet Red Army has not made any movement so far, even if it enters the northeast, if the new army is all dispatched, the Soviet Red Army has no chance of winning.

For the first time, Kim Il-sung began to think about breaking away from Soviet control and relying entirely on the CCP, so that perhaps North Korea would have more hope.

The large army looked around for a breakthrough point, Xie Qin only led the guard battalion to attack head-on, while the assault team, led by Kim Il Sung, went to a high ground southwest of Putian Fort.

There is a squadron of Japanese troops stationed on the high ground, the assault team quietly touched the high ground fortifications 100 meters away, and used light rocket launchers to bombard the fortifications, and then more than 30 people shouted to kill the high ground, the defenders encountered a sudden attack, and hurriedly organized a counterattack, but where the commando passed, the fierce fire made the Japanese army have no power to resist, and the Japanese troops on the high ground were all wiped out without ten minutes.

After the assault team entered Putian Fort from the southwest, it spread out in a 100-meter circular formation, each place in groups of three, the circular formation converged to the middle, and then dispersed, and the small Japanese troops who were encircled in the center had no way to escape, and the resistance was powerless, and they were wiped out one after another.

After the assault team broke into Putian Fort, the devil defenders hurriedly mobilized troops everywhere to exterminate, and the 105th and 106th divisions took advantage of the weakening of the devil's defense, and under the cover of artillery fire, they soon fought their way out and attacked Putian Fort.

The New First Army frantically strangled everywhere, making many devils give up the idea of resisting, but the New First Army's strategy of not leaving prisoners made the fleeing devils fearful and desperate, and even some devils trembled and peed their pants trembling after encountering the New First Army, forgetting to shoot and resist.

Putianbao returned to calm half an hour later, and the 105th Division escorted a group of Japanese expatriates to Xie Qin, and the representative of the expatriate shouted fiercely: "Your army does not abide by the Geneva Convention, and shoots the warriors of the Great Japanese Empire who have given up resistance, we must publicize this matter, let the world know the hypocrisy of your CCP, and let the world know that Lin Junxiong and his new army are a group of butchers!" ”

As soon as the leader spoke, dozens of expatriates behind him cheered one after another, Xie Qintie looked at Bian Zhengnan with a helpless face, his eyes stared coldly at the leading Japanese soldier, his right hand was raised upward, and the soldiers around him loaded their guns one after another, aiming at dozens of Japanese.

"What do you want to do, kill us? There are nearly 100 Japanese expatriates in Futian Fort, can you kill them all? Someone will expose your ugly deeds to the world! The people of China are the 'sick men of East Asia', and if you can be fearless of life and death, my heroic people of the Great Japanese Empire will not be afraid of life and death! The leading Japanese said indignantly.

Xie Qin's face was still cold, but he was weighing the severity of the matter in his heart, if the news of the matter in Putianbao came out, it would definitely bring a lot of trouble to the Party Central Committee, although Lin Junxiong said that he was responsible for everything, but he must not be like that, since Lin Junxiong gave the order, he had already made mental preparations, and this trip to North Korea, all the responsibilities were borne by himself.

When he was in a dilemma, Xie Qin thought of Qian Changjiu, looked behind him, and saw Qian Changjiu listening to what Kim Il Sung said, and saw Xie Qin looking at himself and understood the dilemma in his heart.

Qian Changjiu walked up to him and whispered a few words in his ear, Xie Qin's face became even colder, he turned his head and stared fiercely at the leading Japanese, and said after a long time: "You are the commander of the Putianbao garrison, do you want to rely on this means to save your life?" Most of the so-called Japanese expatriates behind you should be your subordinates, right? Do you think I don't know your identity if I change my vest? ”

The Japanese in the lead trembled slightly, but still said in a firm tone: "I and the people behind me are ordinary Japanese expatriates, so don't make excuses." ”

Xie Qin saw that the Japanese in the lead had obvious panic in his eyes, he raised his right hand and smiled coldly: "I'll see how long you can hold on." Then he turned to the troops and ordered: "Kill me one by one!" ”

The soldiers surrounding the Japanese expatriates began to shoot dozens of Japanese soldiers in disguise one by one, and when more than ten people were killed, the leading Japanese completely collapsed, he squatted on the ground, held his head in his hands, and shouted in pain: "Stop, I admit that we are all soldiers, I am the wing commander of the Futenbao garrison, and we don't want to be in the war anymore, we just want to go back to Japan." ”

Kim Il Sung thought that this was the end of the matter, and he even felt some pity for these Japanese who invaded his country, and now he was like an ant, thinking that Xie Qin would let them go if he knew the truth. Suddenly, a dense gunfire rang out, and Kim Il Sung couldn't believe that what was in front of him was true, and Xie Qin actually ordered all these Japanese to be killed.

On 19 April, Nakazawa Yu and his troops set out from Bangchuidao to the east to meet the three troop carriers that had escaped from Nanpu Port, and the Kuomintang planes pursued them all the way, bombing them continuously for several hours until they ran out of fuel, and then had to return to the sea, and after Nakazawa Yu and the three troop carriers converged, the Northern Fleet had less than 80,000 troops of more than 10,000 people and nearly 200,000 troops transported, and the heavy cruiser "Nachi" and two destroyers, and more than 10 transport ships were sunk.

Nakazawa didn't know what punishment he would be for returning, but he was already disheartened and wanted nothing more than to return to Japan with the remaining less than 80,000 people.

The Battle of Dalian and the Night Raid on Nanpu soon spread throughout the world, with the Kuomintang once again flaunting its military might to exaggerate its exploits against Japan, while the Communists only briefly used the relevant newspapers to briefly describe the two wars and praise Chen Ce's merits. Only the fearless Zou Taofen made great efforts to give a detailed and positive report on the achievements of the New First Army of the Communist Party of China in Shenyang and Nanpu Port.

The pace of time advanced to April 22, and Kim Il Sung wondered that the Third Column did not advance immediately after the victory of Putenburg, and three days had passed, and he was secretly anxious.

In the afternoon, Xie Qin summoned the officers above the regimental level of the third column, and Kim Il Sung was also invited.

"The commando team has almost reconnoitred the deployment of the devils in the main towns of North Korea, and with the verification of Commander Kim, the time has come to eliminate the devils in North Korea and help the Korean people become independent. Next, I announce the battle order: Bian Zhengnan will lead the 105th Division from Putianbao to march to Nanpu Port, and the 1st Assault Detachment will support all the way; Qin Zheng led the 106th Division to advance to Pyongyang through Huisan, and the second assault detachment would fully cooperate. The two division commanders must remember that along the way, wait for the commandos to destroy important military forces before attacking, and there will be no prisoners! Xie Qin said and looked at Kim Il Sung, who breathed a sigh of relief.

Kim Il Sung felt Xie Qin's gaze on him, and quickly stood up and said: "Thank you for your army's help to the Korean people, we will never forget your army's support." ”

"I want to thank our party, we are also carrying out the party's orders, in addition, there is something to discuss with Commander Kim, the latest order of the military headquarters of the new First Army, after our three columns destroy the Japanese army in Korea, we will stay in Korea for a period of time, and we will evacuate after the situation in North Korea is stable, Commander Kim will not object, right?"

Kim Il Sung broke out in a cold sweat on his head, what is the significance of the three verticals staying in the DPRK, he knows very well in his heart that the good thing is to help the situation in the DPRK stabilize, and the bad point is to monitor, as long as he and the Soviet Union are not clear, the three columns are very likely to support another influential person to come out and preside over the situation, and he has worked hard for so many years, and at the moment the only wise move is to firmly grasp the CCP.

He was determined in his heart and said to Xie Qin: "Your army has good intentions, how can I have any reason to oppose it, I will definitely do a good job in the corresponding guarantee work." ”

Bian Zhengnan held back the sadness in his heart and led the troops all the way forward, under the strategy of destroying the important military facilities of the devils in front of the commandos and then attacking them by the large army, he took the 105th division in less than three days, and eliminated nearly one division of the devils along the way and arrived at Nanpu Port.

Xie Qin and Qin Zheng's 106th Division also progressed very smoothly, and when Bian Zhengnan arrived at Nampo, they also successfully attacked Pyongyang, and the Third Column spent another two days clearing the remnants of the Japanese army in Korea.

On April 28, the Korean people rejoiced that after decades of Japanese colonial rule, North Korea had finally regained its freedom with the help of the Chinese Communist Party.