Chapter Seventy-Five: The Allied Forces Fight Fiercely in the Three Plains
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When the crops could be hidden, the Manchurian Corps of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Army was even more like a fish in water, attacking from all sides, out of nowhere, and the devils were in a hurry, and Gu Dong couldn't take care of the west, especially those Manchurian troops and Japanese puppet police, who were even more panicked. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
One day in July, Yu Chenglong received an order from the commander-in-chief, saying that he was going to attack Sanyuan County, and asked him to lead the team to immediately approach the direction of Sanyuan.
In Xiajiatongzi, more than 30 miles north of Sanyuan County, the commander-in-chief organized a pre-war meeting, and the main commanders of the Manchurian Corps were all present.
"The headquarters decided to attack the county seat of Mihara and deal a heavier blow to the Japanese devils. In the past few months, the major teams have taken the initiative to attack and achieved brilliant results, which shows that our strategic decision is correct. This time, we will concentrate our forces to attack the county town of Sanyuan, which will cause an even greater sensation in northern Manchuria and even the whole of Manchuria, and this is also approved by the higher authorities. All the soldiers must go all out! The commander-in-chief spoke first.
"Sanyuan County is a relatively weak place for devils, there are only more than 20 devils and a garrison of less than 100 people in the city, plus the strength of the police station, there are less than 250 people. The main attack on Sanyuan County was the team of Captain Xiao, a total of 310 people. I, the political commissar and the general headquarters led people to attack the city from four directions at the same time, and the general political commissar took the initiative to take charge of the main attack. After taking the county seat, you can keep it, but you can't retreat, the important thing is to seize the strategic materials of the devils. Captain Hai is responsible for blocking the devils who come to reinforce in Dongliangzi, forty miles east of the county seat, and Captain Yu is responsible for blocking the devils who come to reinforce in Sifangtai, thirty-two miles west of the county seat. Your two brigades must not allow the devils to break through the defense line and reach the county seat of Sanyuan. Our siege is scheduled for four o'clock tomorrow morning, when the day dawns. Your two teams must also enter the designated position at this time, block the enemy who comes to reinforce them, and do not retreat until twelve o'clock at noon, but hold on, and do not fear sacrifice. "The commander-in-chief assigns the task.
"I'd like to make some comments." Yu Chenglong stood up and said: "Our team has no experience in siege, and we have no experience in blocking, and surprise attacks are our strength." This siege should also be based on surprise attacks, quick battles, and after success, grab the strategic materials of the devils, pull up the team and withdraw, which can also reduce the pressure on the blocking teams on both sides. Our troops can't withstand the fierce artillery attack of the devils, so we must not stick to the county seat, then we will suffer heavy casualties and bring disaster to the people in the city. ”
"Your suggestion will be seriously considered. However, the battle plan cannot be changed, this is approved by the higher authorities, and it is also the instructions of the higher authorities, and we must resolutely implement it. After the battle began, the reinforcement teams on both sides should be in constant contact with the general headquarters and should not retreat without receiving orders. Let's split up now, and I wish us a victory! Political Commissar Qin Gang said.
"Obey the command, obey the order, and resolutely fight this battle!" The crowd answered.
Yu Chenglong returned to the team, conveyed the order of the headquarters, did the pre-war mobilization, and then led the team to the Sifang Terrace.
When we approached the square platform, it was almost dark. Yu Jackie Chan ordered the team to rest and eat in place. He, Deputy Captain Li and others went to Sifangtai to reconnoiter the terrain.
This square platform is a large mound that abruptly emerges on the plain, the south slope is steeper, the north slope is gentle, it is an irregular square, the top is flat, and it is covered with artemisia grass planted artificially, so it is called the square platform. On the south side of the Sifangtai approach, there is a large east-west road, and in the westerly direction of the road is a larger village. The quadrangular platform is surrounded by dense crop fields, and it is easy to hide and retreat.
After reconnoitering the terrain, Yu Chenglong ordered Deputy Captain Li to take 40 people to build fortifications on the square platform, preparing to block the enemy from the front. The director of the faction led 20 men to the crops on the south side of the road to hide, and once the frontal resistance was broken, he led the team to rush up the road and intercept the enemy. Ordered Squadron Leader Fang to take 20 people to hide in the crop field east of Sifang Terrace, as a reserve to support Deputy Captain Li and them at any time. He himself led twenty men to hide in the crops west of the Sifang Terrace, preparing to attack the enemy from behind.
With the arrangements in place, he let the team set off in the dark. In the northeast corner, four miles away from the Sifang Terrace, the horses were gathered in a depression to graze. Then he ordered his brothers to climb the square platform and build fortifications with Captain Li and them. After midnight, he asked his brothers to finish the dry food they had brought with them, and then each of them led people into a pre-arranged position.
The sun has risen, and the road is silent. The signal corps of the headquarters came to report that the battle to capture the city of Mihara had started as planned, and was progressing smoothly, and the attacking teams from all sides had entered the city and were advancing towards the city. The commander-in-chief ordered the two brigades tasked with blocking the attack to closely monitor the enemy's situation, be ready to fight off the devil's reinforcements at any time. Until the order to retreat is given, no retreat is allowed, and it is necessary to hold on at all costs.
Near noon, the sentinels sent out ran back to report that the devils had indeed sent reinforcements and were about to arrive in front of our position. Yu Chenglong ordered all the hidden teams to immediately prepare for battle and meet the devils who came to reinforce them.
In front were three cars, full of about fifty or sixty devils, with machine guns and small cannons on them, and behind were the Manchurian army, following on horseback. Along the avenue south of Sifangtai, go from east to west to support Mihara County.
Seeing that it was getting closer and closer to the Sifangtai, the speed of the car slowed down, first, to wait for the Manchurian army behind, and second, to be wary of the terrain of the Sifangtai. When approaching the Sifangtai, the devil used a machine gun to shoot at the Sifangtai indiscriminately for a while, and when he saw that there was no movement, and he didn't see anything abnormal, the Manchurian army behind him also followed, so he walked forward with confidence.
With the explosion of a grenade, all three of the devil's cars were paralyzed there, unable to move. Several devils died on the spot, and the rest of the devils jumped out of the car one after another and shot at the square platform under the cover of the car. The Manchurian troops behind also dismounted one after another, hid on the side of the road on the south side of the road and fired at the Sifangtai. There was another violent explosion of grenades, and the devils hiding under the car were killed and wounded. The devils in front immediately retreated, retreated to a certain distance, set up steel cannons, and opened fire on the Sifangtai position, forcing the Manchurian army behind to charge forward.
The Sifangtai position was under artillery fire. After repelling an attack by the Manchurian army, the second round of artillery fire from the devils bombarded fiercely. The gunfire on the quadrangular platform was noticeably weaker, and at this time the Manchurian offensive began again.
When Yu Chenglong saw that the opportunity had come, he shouted, rushed out of the crop field with twenty brothers, and the two machine guns opened the way and rushed straight to the devil.
The devil was unable to resist this sudden attack, and immediately withdrew to the village in Lunan, and the Manchurian army also withdrew and ran into the village together. Yu Chenglong did not lead people to chase after him, blew up the cannon discarded by the devil, led the people to withdraw to the crops, and also killed and injured six or seven brothers. After observing for a while, there was no movement, and he took the team back to the Sifang Platform and met with Deputy Captain Li.
The number of people was counted, and more than a dozen people were injured and more than a dozen were killed in both teams. Yu Chengchan asked the injured brother to withdraw to the place where the horse was put first, and waited to retreat together. He and Deputy Captain Li led less than 40 people and continued to hold the position in the Sifangtai.
After about an hour, the commander-in-chief of the attack on Sanyuan County sent an order, saying that the attack on Sanyuan County was successful, and Captain Xiao's team had all occupied the county seat, and ordered Captain Yu to continue to hold on to the block. At this moment, the reinforced devils attacked again. This time, the devils and the Manchurian army were together, a row of more than a dozen people, thirty meters apart, under the cover of crops, taking turns to attack. The battle was very fierce, the devils rushed to the Sifang Platform twice, and a team of devils had already crossed the Sifang Platform from the road, trying to encircle them on three sides. At this critical moment, Director Xun led people to rush out from the south side of the road, dealt a hard blow to the devil, and rescued the danger of Sifangtai, and the devil and the Manchurian army retreated to the village. However, the team led by Director Xun also suffered heavy casualties, half of the brothers were killed or wounded, and Director Xun was also slightly injured.
The three teams were in one place, and Yu Chengchan ordered Director Xun to take the wounded down first, and he still stuck to the Sifang Platform with Deputy Captain Li. Someone was sent to report to the commander-in-chief, saying that the situation in Sifangtai was critical and requesting a retreat.
After more than an hour, there was still no movement of the devil, and Yu Jackie Chan looked at his watch, it was twelve o'clock. He discussed with Deputy Captain Li and felt that the devil might have to choose another path to support Sanyuan County.
"There is a small road to the south of the village, and you can also detour back to the main road, and the devil may have to bypass it. Immediately order Squadron Leader Fang to lead the team to block the attack, and you will follow. Don't fight hard, just hold them back. I'll stay here and send someone to the village to inquire about it, and if it's really as we estimated, I'll knock him from behind. Act now! Yu Chenglong said to Deputy Captain Li.
Deputy Captain Li quickly led people forward. It didn't take long for the brother who went to the village to inquire about the news and came back to report that the devil had really left the village in a detour and had just left. Yu Chenglong asked all the brothers to withdraw from their positions and run to chase the devil.
As soon as he spotted the figure of the devil, the gunshots in front of him rang out sharply. Yu Jackie Chan ordered the team to attack quickly and hold off the enemy. The devils were once again attacked from the front and back and hid in the crops, and Yu Chenglong also ordered his brothers to hide and confront the enemy.
At this time, he received an order from the commander-in-chief to let Yu Chenglong lead the team to retreat, retreat along the route planned by the commander-in-chief, move closer to the direction of the retreat of the large army, and then lead the team into the mountain.
After receiving the order, Yu Chengchan asked the teams to harass the enemy and immediately retreated.
The devil who had just recovered wanted to take action again, Yu Chenglong led the brothers to hit them hard, and when the devil was hiding again, he led people to quickly withdraw from the battle.
After the three teams met at the northeast corner of Sifangtai, Yu Chengchan ordered the brothers to mount their horses and retreat into the mountains. In this battle, more than thirty people in his team were killed and more than thirty wounded. More than 20 devils and more than 30 Manchurian troops were eliminated, and more than 40 people were wounded, and the losses on both sides were very large.
When the team withdrew to only twenty or thirty miles away from the commander-in-chief, the brother who was in charge of exploring the road in front came to report that more than 30 deserters from the garrison had escaped from Sanyuan County on the edge of the 'Jiangfatun' on the four-mile road ahead. Yu Chenglong ordered Deputy Captain Li to lead people to capture them all alive.
Deputy Captain Li was ordered to go. When Yu Chenglong and the others arrived later, Li Baozhong and they captured all these deserters alive without a single shot. Yu Chenglong looked at these remnants of soldiers who had long lost their combat effectiveness, and asked Director Xun to interrogate them one by one, pick out those who could defect to the Anti-Japanese Allied Army, or those who did not follow the Japanese devils with all their hearts, and incorporated them on the spot.
According to Yu Chengchan's instructions, Director Xun conducted several rounds of interrogation, and finally singled out nearly 20 people to surrender, and most of the rest were shot on the spot. Although Yu Chenglong was a little dissatisfied with Director Xun's killing too many people, the matter had been done, and he didn't ask again, and commanded his brothers to follow the commander-in-chief's team and retreat to his own secret camp in the mountains.
As soon as he arrived at the station, he received an order from the commander-in-chief to let Yu Chenglong and other team leaders go to the general headquarters for a meeting.
When he came to the general headquarters, Captain Xiao led people to greet him and brought Yu Chenglong and them to the general headquarters. The commander-in-chief did not immediately hold a meeting, but asked the commissar to take the participants to see the trophies.
This battle was indeed a lot of gains, and there were many weapons that the team had never used in the past, such as mountain artillery, grenadiers, heavy machine guns, mines, etc., as well as two unopened radio stations and walkie-talkies, which were very eye-opening for everyone.
The next step is to have a meeting. The meeting was mainly to summarize the Battle of Sanyuan and issue a commendation order from the superiors. The General Headquarters and the Political Department both sent people to analyze the great significance and lessons of the Sanyuan Battle from a military and political point of view.
"Comrades, today's meeting went very well. The great victory of Sanyuan played the prestige of our Manchurian Corps and demonstrated our strong combat effectiveness. It is of great significance from both the political and military perspectives, and it is worthy of our serious summing up and vigorous publicity. After this meeting, we will also hold a larger-scale celebration meeting to further carry forward the great significance of the great victory in the three plains, boost morale, and lay a good political and military foundation for the next step of achieving greater victories. After returning home, the major brigades should also conscientiously sum up their experiences and publicize the great strategic significance of this campaign. The General Headquarters and the Political Department should cooperate with each other and conscientiously make good preparations for this celebration rally. Next, I would like to invite the commander-in-chief to speak to us, everyone is welcome! Political Commissar Qin Gang took the lead in applauding.
"Our victory in Sanyuan has opened a new chapter for the team since its establishment, which can be said to be of great strategic significance and worthy of celebration. In this battle, we killed 230 of the enemy and wounded countless others. More than 30 devils and more than 100 garrisons in Sanyuan County were wiped out by us, seized a large amount of strategic materials from the enemy, occupied the county seat for four hours, and then took the initiative to withdraw. The two-front blocking battle was also fought very well, successfully blocking the attack of more than 400 devils and the Manchurian army, and accumulating successful experience in the blocking battle. According to the superior's victory, expand the results; Strengthen the base and strengthen the troops', we must continue to adopt flexible and changeable tactics on the basis of this victory, and attack against the enemy. At present, all major brigades should focus on the construction of base areas and establish several consolidated base areas with villages as units. In addition, like the three major teams, at least two or more secret camps must be built. On the basis of consolidating the base, find ways to expand our team. But we must be cautious in this matter, we can't recruit everyone, we must do a good job to prevent the devils from sending spies into our team. Our victory this time has also exposed many deficiencies of our team, and the casualties are very large, which is a lesson that we must seriously sum up, and the core problem is that the team's combat effectiveness is not strong and the weapons are backward. Therefore, it is also necessary to regard the enhancement of the combat effectiveness of the contingent as a long-term task and conscientiously grasp it. There are many lessons to be summed up, and we should discuss them after the meeting, and we will summarize them in detail at the celebration meeting. The commander-in-chief stood up and spoke, and it was evident that he had lost a lot of weight after this battle.
After the celebration party, the team entered normal again, focusing on 'consolidating the base and strengthening the team' to grab supplies, uproot strongholds, recruit soldiers, and attack the enemy's weak points, so that the reputation of the Manchu North Corps of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Army was greatly enhanced.
In the autumn, Yu Chenglong led the team out of the mountain again, and pulled out the Xinglongtun stronghold that had just been built again, ensuring the smooth passage of the team into and out of the mountain.
It was precisely because the Manchurian Corps attacked from all sides that it aroused greater anger among the devils, and throughout the winter, the devils went into the mountains to encircle and suppress the intensity, and the team hid in the mountains to hide in Tibet and deal with the devils. Although there were not many frontal battles, and the allies did not want to fight the devils, many brothers died in battle. Especially later, the devils scattered the ranks of the Manchurian Corps and divided the pursuit. The team could not concentrate and could not resist effectively, so they had to fight separately and run farther into the mountains to hide. It wasn't until after the Chinese New Year that the team slowly got together. The team was reorganized, the number of people was counted, many brothers froze to death and starved to death, and the Manbei Corps spent an even more difficult and long winter.