Chapter 410: Battle Behind Enemy Lines, known as the Hundred Regiments

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Overnight, at six o'clock in the morning of the 21st of the month, the Japanese army gathered about 300 people and attacked Shiyuan Mountain. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

The headquarters of Brigade Commander Chen Xilian is on the mountain. First of all, this is late October, the weather is dry, the soldiers have brought tools, and it took most of the night to complete the fortifications, and in the morning, the fortifications are very scientifically configured, and even the cat's ear holes are dug.

The second difference is that there are dozens of equipment troops from the northeast on the position, and they have arranged 10 guns without conscience, plus the original ones, a total of 15 guns. There were ten bazookas, and six or seven sniper squads.

The Japanese army began to attack, and the first wave of Japanese troops was bold. They still followed their previous experience in fighting with the Eighth Route Army, and after the mortar and grenadier bombardment, the infantry rushed up.

This time, the Eighth Route Army on the mountain returned fire differently than before, not platoon guns, but began to release cold guns early, and soon a few deputy captains, several squad leaders and several military caolets were killed, and before a few soldiers died, the front-line commander was gone, so he had to retreat.

During the second attack, the Japanese were about to open fire, when suddenly, the farthest part of Shiyuan Mountain suddenly sounded a few toms, and four black dots flew out and exploded on the artillery position.

This time the explosion was so powerful that almost the entire artillery positions were destroyed, and almost all the artillery was killed and shocked.

Several Japanese soldiers who had seen heavy artillery immediately reported that it was heavy artillery.

Then, several more artillery shots were fired, and the Japanese infantry assembly area was bombed, and this time, dozens of people were killed.

The Japanese offensive could not continue, for there were less than one hundred and fifty men left at the foot of the mountain.

The Japanese stopped the offensive and organized their forces. There is a brigade stationed in Yangquan City, there is no puppet army, if all of them are dispatched, then the whole city will be empty, so I have to organize Japanese civilians, Japanese spies, Japanese businessmen, and Japanese staff to arm all to guard the city, and other soldiers will attack in the afternoon and attack Shiyuan Mountain.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the Japanese opened fire again. This time the shelling was much weaker, but as soon as the shelling stopped, the Japanese army launched a charge. This time, the number of Japanese troops was much larger than in the morning.

This time, the Eighth Route Army's return fire was still very fierce, but there were still not many bullets, and the blow to the attacking Japanese army was still not strong enough. However, this time, six or seven sniper groups played a huge role, and the middle and lower-level commanders of the front line once again suffered huge losses, and in addition, the positions of the Eighth Route Army were laid out very scientifically, and the two Japanese attacks were ineffective.

In the third attack, the Japanese rushed for a while, and suddenly all of them retreated back to the assembly area.

The soldiers of the Eighth Route in front immediately reported the situation.

When Chen Xilian got the plan, he saw a line of words that were temporarily added: If the enemy suddenly retreats when attacking, it means that the enemy is willing to fire poison gas bombs, and it is necessary to fire at the enemy's artillery positions in an effort to destroy the enemy's poison gas bombs, and in addition, to evacuate the troops from the position, wet towels must be prepared.

Seeing that the situation was really coming, Chen Xilian hurriedly carried out the plan according to the plan, and after the Japanese army fired three poison gas bombs each, several rocket artillery and several unconscionable guns hit the Japanese artillery position together.

Three gas bombs exploded on the position, the people on the position were evacuated individually, and the yellow smoke did not drift away, but slowly flowed into the trenches.

Everyone knows that this is a poison gas bomb, and it is secretly called a fluke.

In history, Chen Xilian, Xie Fuzhi and a large number of other Eighth Route Army people were poisoned by poison gas.

After the artillery position at the foot of the hill was bombed, the explosion of the falling shells caused the explosion of poison gas bombs on the ground. The smoke does not disperse, and it sinks near the ground, it is poisonous gas!

The Japanese hurriedly retreated and fled to avoid being poisoned. The Japanese attack was repulsed by itself, and Yangquan was victorious.

October 22, 1940. Midday. Wuxiang County, headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

Compared with the fierce fighting in various places, it was very quiet, except for the staff officers who were very busy, and the main commanders were quiet.

This battle is not exactly the same as the operation of the large corps, it is the large corps fighting small battles in various places at the unified time, therefore, there is no need for commander-in-chief Peng at all, and even the commanders of each division do not need to command, they are all commanded by commanders at the level of brigade commanders below.

The atmosphere in the war room of the Wangjiayu headquarters was blazing, and the radio and telephone stations were in a state of intense work. Peng Dehuai either talked to Zuo Quan, listened to reports, or pondered. He and Zuo Quan didn't close their eyes all night, waiting for news from the front.

At dawn on the 21st, news came one after another. First of all, I received a telegram from Liu Bocheng, the left flank of the 129th Division: Chen Geng's brigade connected 4 blockhouses, completely annihilated the enemy, completely occupied the Lujiazhuang station southwest of Shouyang, and destroyed all the railways and bridges within 10 miles west of the station. In addition, two armored trains were blown up near Yuci, and all the enemies in the cars were killed.

Immediately afterwards, Commander Nie Rongzhen called, the left column, the central column, and the right column of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Region attacked the situation: Yang Chengwu's troops attacked the strongholds of Donkey Ridge, Beiyu, and Beidu, and annihilated more than 200 enemies, and the railways, bridges, pillboxes, and wires in the stronghold section were all destroyed, and more than 10,000 people participated in the attack.

Nie's other unit completely occupied the Jingcheng Coal Mine, annihilated more than 100 enemies, liberated more than 2,300 workers, and blew up all the mine machinery;

Guo Tianmin's troops have conquered Niangzi Pass and completely annihilated the enemy.

Xu Shaoen's regiment of the Southern Hebei Military Region destroyed the railway from Handan to Cixian on the Pinghan Road for 5 miles, blew up two artillery towers, conquered six other artillery towers, resurrected more than 1,000 puppet troops, and killed 200 Japanese soldiers.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, Division Commander He Long sent a battle report: Zhang Zongxun's brigade completely annihilated the Jingle Dongkang family to defend the enemy, killed more than 200 enemies, captured more than 10 Japanese soldiers, and captured a lot.

On the 22nd, good news came from the railways and highways of Zhengtai, Tongpu, Baijin, Pinghan, Pingsui, Jinpu and Bac Ninh. Peng Zuo instructed to inform all front-line departments of the battle situation and report to **.

Because all localities were equipped with offensive weapons transported from the northeast, the casualties were very small, the attack was very fast, and the destruction of pillboxes and fortifications was very smooth. Also because of the addition of a number of small arms to the troops, the infantry attack was also smooth.

After lunch on the 22nd, Peng Dehuai and Zuo Quan listened to the battle situation in the war room, and Wang Zhengzhu, chief of the operations section, reported on the actual number of troops participating in the battle: 30 regiments on Zhengtai Road, 15 regiments on the Lugouqiao-Handan section of the Pinghan Line, 12 regiments on the Datong-Hongdong section of the Tongpu Line, 4 regiments on the Tianjin-Dezhou section of the Jinpu Line, 3 regiments on the Handan-Jinan Highway Line, 4 regiments on the Daixian-Weixian Highway Section, 6 regiments on the Beiping-Datong Line, 7 regiments on the Liaoxian-Pingding Highway Line, 4 regiments on the Ningwu, Kelan, and Jingle Highway Lines, and so on, totaling 105 regiments.

Zuo Quan said: "Okay! This is the Battle of the Hundred Regiments. The Operations Section should carefully check the exact numbers. ”

Peng Dehuai said: "No matter how many regiments there are, it is called a battle of 100 regiments. ”

Immediately, Peng Zuo planned a telegram, sent it to all corps, and reported **. On the same day, the North China edition of Xinhua Ribao and the North China Branch of Xinhua News Agency published the No. 1 report of the General Staff Office of the 18th Group Army Headquarters on the Battle of 100 Regiments. The battle of the Hundred Regiments became news that the whole country was pleased to hear.

The news immediately spread throughout the country.

The No. 1 good news was released after the polishing of the road.

Xiaolu put a lot of thought into reviewing and publicizing the number of Japanese casualties. Historically, the number of casualties announced by the Japanese army itself is also inaccurate. First, the Japanese army did not announce the number of prisoners. Second, the Japanese army does not count the number of puppet armies, including the Korean army and the Taiwanese army. Thirdly, the Japanese army did not count the number of Japanese expatriates who were temporarily incorporated into the battle. Fourth, for various reasons, such as to boost morale, they do not publish the true number.

Later, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party studied the history of the Anti-Japanese War, and because the number of attacks on the other side was inaccurate, they simply followed the number announced by Japan. This is actually inappropriate.

For example, regarding the Battle of the Hundred Regiments, the Japanese army said that the 1,000 people of the brigade were 700 people, and the Yangquan defenders said that less than 300 people died. Imagine that it will attack for six days, and charge every day. Not only did they dispatch planes and use poison gas bombs, but they also armed Japanese overseas Chinese, and they also attacked the flanks. Even if they attacked an average of five times a day, a total of thirty times, the average number of people who died each time was less than ten before they were repulsed. Either the Japanese army was too cowardly, or there was a problem with the data of the Japanese.

Japanese officers were not Japanese scholars. Later Japanese scholars were extremely meticulous in their details, but they assumed that the Japanese staff officers were as precise as they were. Not really. In order to encourage morale, these staff officers cheated on the numbers and were unceremonious.

Xiao Lu is responsible for guiding the propaganda of the entire Zhengtai Road Raid Campaign, and has issued a campaign propaganda instruction to all units: to collect more details of the annihilation of the Japanese army, including the commander's name, epaulettes, swords, photos, numbers, etc. Details to be announced.

Don't be afraid to kill a small number of enemies to boost morale. It is not news that there are few soldiers on the Eighth Route Army, but it is news that there are many soldiers on the Eighth Route Army. You say that you have destroyed 10,000 enemies, and people say that you are bragging. You can post the details of a thousand enemies, and it can have a shocking effect.

In the propaganda documents, do not mention the number of troops of the Eighth Route Army, but give the impression that there are one or two hundred people in a regiment. It is necessary to highlight the fact that the Eighth Route Army is mainly a militia, and the fact that the Eighth Route Army has no weapons and no bullets.

The announcement of the details is to confirm the figure of the annihilation of the Eighth Route Army, so that people have nothing to say.

The staff officers of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region and the Eighth Route Army Headquarters have been asking: Why don't you see the results of the Rehe Chahar Front? Didn't you say that the two were working together?

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1. Liu Fenghan, a researcher of the Hundred Regiments War, believes that there are actually thirteen regiments on the Zhengtai Railway. He counted only the troops of the original battle plan, forgetting to count the troops that broke the road.

2. In 1940 and 1941, several battles on the frontal battlefield were won by the national army at every turn, and tens of thousands of Japanese troops were annihilated at every turn, but in the end, the Japanese army won, and the anti-Japanese resistance was still sluggish. The number of enemies annihilated by the national army in the War of Resistance was very unreliable. In other words, the number of Japanese casualties on the Chinese battlefield in World War II was very unreliable. Japan reduced and then reduced the numbers, and the Nationalist and communist forces expanded and expanded their numbers. In addition, the number of Chinese deaths is also confused, and a large number of civilian deaths are not recorded. (A good event for pie in the sky, cool mobile phones are waiting for you!) Follow from ~ point / official account (WeChat add friends - add official account - enter dd), participate now! Everyone has a prize, now pay attention to the dd WeChat public account! )