On October 8, Zhang Cheng led his instructor to Ningwu after seven days of continuous rapid marching, and set up camp on the spot after a series of rapid marches from Yuanping, and sent a large number of scouts to inquire about the news. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Zhang Cheng received a report from the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army that Laoxian had been lost at 10 o'clock in the morning, the Kuomintang defenders had lost all casualties, and the Japanese army continued to move south, and was rushing to attack Yuanping at this time.

In the end, the headquarters reminded Zhang Cheng that the Japanese army's combat effectiveness was beyond imagination, and it was up to Zhang Cheng to grasp when Shaozong would enter the battle of Yuanping, and everything should be preserved by himself, and he must avoid being impulsive and suffering unnecessary sacrifices.

After receiving the telegram from the headquarters, Zhang Cheng felt a little heavy, the first batch of Japanese troops who invaded China after the outbreak of the all-out War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression were generally very strong, and the clamor for the destruction of China in three months was not regarded as a lie.

If the Chinese army could not stop the Japanese army in time and fight a battle that could boost the morale of the nation, the crazy Japanese army would really be able to destroy the main force of the Kuomintang army in one fell swoop and force the Chang Kaishen government to surrender.

Although the headquarters told Zhang Cheng to fight cautiously, but Lao County had been lost, and Yuan Ping could not be lost anymore, Zhang Cheng decided to immediately march to Yuan Ping to block the Japanese attack.

At this time, Jiang Yuzhen, the brave general of the Jin Sui Army sent by Yan Laoxi, was leading the 196th Brigade to defend Yuanping, 15 kilometers north of Xinkou, and Yan Laoxi strictly ordered Jiang Yuzhen to defend Yuanping for seven days even if there was only one soldier left in the 196th Brigade.

On September 30, Jiang Yuzhen led the 196th Brigade to Yuanping, and he immediately commanded nearly 5,000 officers and soldiers of the brigade to repair the fortifications and build positions.

On October 1, the 15th Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Chahar Corps made a fierce attack on the fortifications outside the city. Jiang Yuzhen personally went to the front line and commanded the battle, and the officers and soldiers repelled five or six attacks by the Japanese army one after another.

The bus station outside the south gate of Yuanping is a dangerous position, and the two sides have repeatedly fought for it. When the troops of the 196th Brigade guarding the bus station suffered too many casualties and were unable to counterattack, Jiang Yuzhen immediately drew elite soldiers from each regiment and formed an assault battalion, personally led it, and recaptured the bus station in one fell swoop.

Two days later, the Japanese army reinforced several thousand more troops, forming a three-sided encirclement of Yuanping. Due to heavy casualties, the 196th Brigade was forced to withdraw all into the city.

On 3 October, the Japanese first used artillery and aircraft to blow a gap in the city wall, and a large number of infantry followed the tanks to rush towards the gap. Jiang Yuzhen commanded the soldiers to carry boxes of grenades to ambush near the gap, and used the grenades to blow up the corpses of Japanese soldiers all over the field. At night, Jiang Yuzhen led a death squad to climb out of the city wall, attacked the enemy at night, and blew up many Japanese tanks with extra-large grenades.

On 6 October, the Japanese concentrated their forces on the gap and adopted the tactic of a wave group charge, one wave was repulsed, and the latter immediately rushed up. The incessant charge inflicted heavy casualties on the 196 Brigade and ran out of ammunition.

After the Japanese army broke into the city, the 196th Brigade and the Japanese army started street battles, fighting repeatedly on every street and every courtyard, fighting to the death. Finally, it persevered until the evening of October 7 and completed the scheduled task.

On the evening of October 7, Yan Laoxi ordered the 196th Brigade to continue to defend for three days to cover the defense of Xinkou. At this time, more than half of the casualties of the whole brigade were already killed, and Jiang Yuzhen telegraphed to Yan Laoxi: "Our brigade is fighting to the death with the enemy courtyard by courtyard, alley by alley, please rest assured, commander." I have told General Hao Mengling, the commander of the Xinkou front, that before the reinforcements arrive in Xinkou and the new position is not arranged, Jiang will absolutely defend the original peace, and I hope that the commander will never worry about the crisis in the original peace. ”

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the instructor scout sent a telegram back, reporting the news that Jiang Yuzhen's brigade was holding on to Yuanping and might be wiped out at any time.

In the temporary division headquarters where tents were erected, many cadres of the instructor sat together, and Chief of Staff Zhang Fengming first stood up to analyze the combat situation: "At present, the enemy in front of our instructor is two infantry wings, a field artillery wing, a baggage squadron, and an engineer wing of the 15th Brigade Regiment of the Chahar Dispatch Corps of the Japanese Kwantung Army, which are attacking Yuanping, under the command of Major General Seiichiro Shinohara, the commander of the brigade, with a total strength of about 11,000 troops.

At present, one part of the brigade is stationed in Laoxian County, and the other has broken the original Pingcheng, and Jiang Yuzhen's brigade is engaged in a tragic street battle in the city, because the strength and firepower are not superior, Jiang Yuzhen's brigade has already sacrificed most of them, and if there are no reinforcements to arrive, it is very likely that the whole army will be annihilated. ”

After Zhang Fengming introduced the situation, Zhang Cheng immediately stood up, and the cadres turned their eyes to Zhang Cheng and listened attentively to his battle deployment: "Comrades! Since the outbreak of the all-out War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in the July 7 Incident, the Kuomintang troops that we have always regarded as enemies have also gone to the battlefield to fight against the Japanese invaders, and the Jiang Yuzhen Brigade, which was originally the enemy of our army, fought for the country, daring to fight against 11,000 Japanese troops with 5,000 people, even if most of them sacrificed, they still stuck to Yuanping and vowed to live and die with Yuanping. ”

Although it was once a life-and-death enemy who did not share the sky, Jiang Yuzhen's decisive war of resistance was still very admired by the cadres, and the cadres shouted: "It's worth it!" ”

Zhang Cheng continued: "In addition, after our army was reorganized into the Eighth Route Army, a large number of main forces were sent north to resist, and in September, the 115th Division of Lin and Nie severely damaged the Japanese army at Pingxingguan, which shocked the world and exposed the lie that the Japanese army was invincible.

The victory of the 115th Division in the first battle made our Eighth Route Army famous at home and abroad, and they were all national heroes who fought against the Japanese invaders, and they made a good teacher for my instructor! Now, our instructor, who is known as the main force of the Red Army, has also rushed to the anti-Japanese battlefield. Everyone said, can we lose to the heroic 115 division? ”

Hearing that the 115th Division's victory in the first battle was famous all over the world, the unconvinced cadres stood up and chanted the slogan: "Catch up with the 115th Division!" "Defend the honor of the teacher!" "Destroy the Japanese devils!"

Zhang Cheng nodded, and continued to mobilize in agitatory language: "The Japanese army is called a human army, but it is actually a beast, after invading the land of North China, it wantonly slaughtered our Chinese compatriots, and implemented a three-light policy of exterminating humanity in many areas, many villages were slaughtered, men were stabbed to death, women were also killed after being humiliated, and what is even more tragic is that after catching a baby, he grabbed his legs with both hands, tore them in half, and took pleasure in doing so.

After killing all the people, the Japanese devils often burned down the village to cover up their crimes. Comrades, what should we do with such inhumane savage beasts? ”

The cadres had long been indignant by the crimes of the Japanese army described by Zhang Cheng, and all the cadres had only one voice, that is: "Kill!" Kill! Kill! ”

Zhang Cheng nodded and said: "To deal with the Japanese army, a beast force that has exterminated humanity, our army can only stop killing by killing, and now declare combat discipline:

First, our army is not allowed to take prisoners, and as long as the Japanese army does not surrender to our army on its own initiative, our army will use bullets to speak.

Second, the soldiers of the Japanese army are deeply poisoned by militarism, and their will to fight is not under our army, and even if they are seriously wounded, they will still launch suicide attacks on our army.

Third, the female doctors and nurses and female logistics of the Japanese army, like the male soldiers, are deeply educated in militarism, and they have taken the initiative to voluntarily join the war of invasion of China. ”

The cadres were very excited when they heard this, they had long hated the Japanese devils, and when they saw Zhang Cheng ordering them to open up to kill the devils, they all shouted excitedly: "Understand! ”