Chapter 2: The bloody battle of Zhang Gushan annihilated the enemy Wanjialing

Late at night on June 11, 1938, Xingzi County at the southern foot of Lushan Mountain. The county government axe compound is brightly lit and lively. There were many antennas on the three flagpoles erected high in the courtyard, and the sound of a telegraph machine and the voice of answering the phone kept coming from the east wing: "Hey, where are you?" "Hey, who are you looking for?" …… In the courtyard, the [***] soldiers came and went, all with solemn faces and hurried steps. The headquarters of the 74th Army is located here.

"Report! Army commander, call from the Supreme Command: Anqing just fell today. Xiao Xiong took the telegram and walked quickly to the army commander.

"Really? So fast? Yu Jishi, commander of the 74th Army, couldn't help asking. He hurriedly walked to the military map, looked at it carefully, then picked up the red pen on the table, and slowly typed a bright red X on the map with the word Anqing. He wiped the sweat from his forehead, picked up his teacup and took a big sip. Maybe he drank too hard, and the tea choked him at once, and a large gulp of tea sprayed all the way onto the military map on the table. He slowly sat down on the mahogany Taishi chair and said softly: "Xiao Xiong, the defense of Wuhan has begun!" ”

On June 28, he said, "Report! Army commander, Commander-in-Chief Xue Yue transferred to the Supreme Command to call......"

On July 23, he said, "Report! The commander of the 25th Army Wang sent an urgent telegram ......"

Telegram after telegram kept coming, but it was all bad news. Although it was stubbornly resisted by our army, the army continued to attack and advance, and it was already approaching Lushan.

On July 23, the Botian detachment of the 11th Army of the Yue Army landed east of Jiujiang, and although the [***] squadron resisted stubbornly, Jiujiang was still captured by the 106th Regiment of the Yue Army on July 26.

On August 10, Ruichang, west of the Jiujiang River, fell to the enemy. The war is imminent and on the verge of breaking out.

On August 20, the 101st Division of the Yue Army crossed Poyang Lake from Hukou, broke through the defense line of the 25th Army of Wang Jingjiu, and captured Xingzi County. The 74th Army was ordered to retreat with friendly forces to the pass north of De'an and the line of Mahuiling, and launched a fierce battle with the Yue army, the battle was very fierce, and the two sides formed a stalemate.

The battle lasted until the end of September, when the 123rd, 145th, and 147th Regiments of the 106th Division and the 149th Brigade of the 101st Division advanced into the Wanjialing area west of De'an County.

Lieutenant General Junrokuro Matsuura, commander of the 106th Division, was ordered by Okamura Ninji, commander of the North China Dispatch Army, to break through the [***] defense line from the Wanjialing area, but was discovered by the [***] reconnaissance unit. The front headquarters immediately ordered the Yu Hanmou Department of the 4th Army, the Ye Zhao Department of the 66th Army, and the Yu Jishi Department of the 74th Army to surround it from its flanks and rear. The battle went on unusually fiercely. The blocking troops of our army on the periphery stubbornly resisted the reinforced enemy, and strived to buy more time for the encirclement and annihilation of the enemy, the 106th Division and other units.

By 28 September, the rear line of contact of the encircled enemy's 106th Division had been cut off by our troops, and due to weather conditions, even aircraft reconnaissance and airdrop supplies could not be carried out.

The armies of our army cut the encircled enemy into two parts, east and west, so that they could not take care of each other, and launched a fierce attack on the encircled enemy.

By October 8, Okamura Ninji found that the 106th Division was in a desperate situation, and immediately sent troops to urgently reinforce and airdrop supplies and personnel to it. After receiving the report, Chiang Kai-shek immediately ordered Xue Yue to destroy the enemy as soon as possible and fight a great victory.

On October 9, Xue Yue ordered all units to immediately select elite soldiers and strong generals to organize death squads to attack the encircled enemy, striving to annihilate this enemy as soon as possible.

Yu Hanmou's 74th Army is currently fighting a fierce battle with the enemy in Zhanggu Mountain, and has not been able to capture this small mountain. The topography of Zhanggu Mountain is extremely beneficial to the army defending on the mountain, the terrain of Zhanggu Mountain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, in front of such a mountain, it is necessary to pay a great price of casualties to take the mountain by attacking from the back.

After receiving the order, the question of who should take charge of the main attack puzzled Wang Yaowu, the commander of the 51st Division, and he convened the brigade commanders at the division headquarters to discuss the combat plan, and Zhang Lingfu, the commander of the 153rd Brigade, took the initiative to ask: "Division commander, Zhang Gushan will be handed over to me!" ”

"How are you going to attack?" The division commander asked.

"While the army is attacking from the front, select a group of elite soldiers and strong generals, and organize a capable and brave death squad to carry out a sneak attack from the back of Zhang Gushan, which is inaccessible, so as to achieve the effect of attacking from both sides." Zhang Lingfu said firmly.

"That's all!" Wang Yaowu waved his hand, "Brigade Commander Zhang, it's up to you to choose the death squad." ”

"Yes! Resolutely complete the mission! Zhang Lingfu saluted the teacher with his feet together.

"Brigade Commander Zhang, I'm signing up for the death squad!" Xiao Xiong, who had just been promoted to chief of staff of the 153 Brigade Lieutenant Colonel not long ago, was the first to stand up and said.

Looking at Xiao Xiong in front of him wearing a brand-new school officer's uniform, Zhang Lingfu seemed to see himself more than ten years ago.

Zhang Lingfu is actually a well-known Confucian general in [***], who studied in the history department of Yenching University earlier, and then abandoned his pen and entered the Whampoa Military Academy. Wenbei University, Wu Huangpu, Wenwu were the highest education at that time, and good at calligraphy, authored many military books and articles, he can be regarded as a rare talent among the [***] generals with generally high cultural literacy. He is from the fourth phase of Huangpu, and the famous Hu Lian, **, Liu Zhidan, etc. were born at the same time as the fourth phase of Huangpu. For Xiao Xiong, who graduated from the Chinese Department of Wuhan University, he has a different love from others, which may be sympathy.

"Okay, you can go with me to the ministries to choose."

"Yes!" Xiao Xiong saluted happily, and then followed Zhang Lingfu out of the division headquarters.

Late at night, 2 o'clock. Zhang Lingfu personally led a death commando team of more than 200 people to set off lightly. They were armed all over, each with two pistols at their waists, an assault rifle and several grenades. Because they know that they are facing a murderous army, and they have no backup, no way out, and everything has to rely on themselves to fight to get a chance to survive.

They climbed trees along the cliffs of the back mountains, cut through thorns and thorns in the dark, passed through the difficult deep mountains and valleys, and pounced on Zhanggu Mountain like hungry wolves.

In the hills south of the Yangtze River in August, the jungle was extremely hot, and the daredevils were sweating profusely, and their whole bodies were soaked with sweat. Mosquitoes are "buzzing" in front of you, and from time to time, cold poisonous snakes glide in a panic not far from your feet. Fortunately, before leaving, they all smeared realgar water on their bodies, otherwise, it would be really unimaginable.

Xiao Xiong followed Zhang Lingfu closely, his eyes staring at the black Zhang Gushan not far ahead, and a group of Chinese [***] people in black clothes and black pants full of murderous aura moved quickly.

At three o'clock, three red flares rose into the sky. Almost at the same time, a whistling rain of bullets poured down on Zhanggu Mountain, and the artillery fire on the south side of the hill reflected the night sky. The general offensive has begun!

By the light of the artillery fire, the death squads, who had almost climbed the northern slope, immediately increased their pace, and they soon reached the top of the mountain. The enemy on the hill was completely unaware that death had come behind them. With Zhang Lingfu's roar: "Fight!" "The death squad launched a life-threatening attack on the Yue army from the cliff of the back mountain. Suddenly, on the top of the back mountain, the sound of shouting and killing, gunshots, and grenade explosions was incessant, deafening. Yu Kou, who was hit by a sudden blow, turned around with his head completely covered, and after a while, a squadron of devils guarding the hill was wiped out. The troops who feinted in Shannan also took advantage of the situation to attack the mountain and joined forces with the death squads.

Zhang Lingfu ordered Xiao Xiong: "Hurry up and repair the position and dig a single bunker." At the same time, he took some of his team members to the back mountains to find a hidden position. Xiao Xiong was ordered to lead his comrades to quickly repair the position. By dawn, the bunkers had been dug up. After the inspection, Zhang Lingfu ordered everyone to rest quickly, leaving only a few observation posts on the position, and the rest of the people went to the back of the mountain to rest.

Xiao Xiong followed Brigade Commander Zhang and withdrew to the bunker in the back mountain.

"Brigadier Commander, you're wounded." Looking at the blood spilling from Zhang Lingfu's arm, Xiao Xiong exclaimed in surprise.

"Don't shout! Nothing, a grenade broke a little skin. As he spoke, he wrapped the wound in a bandage.

"Xiao Xiong, you're not hurt, are you?"

"Nope. Brigade Commander, look-" Xiao Xiong pointed to the team members hiding behind the rocks and in the small holes dug by hand, and said, "Brigade Commander, you are really good!" So that there is no fear of enemy shells. ”

"Brigade commander, everyone says that you are the first Confucian general in [***]. You are really capable, and you are not afraid of death when you fight. People say, 'Useless is a scholar', but this sentence is fundamentally wrong for you. Xiao Xiong couldn't help but admire the handsome and dashing brigade commander who was more than one meter eight tall, handsome and dashing, and dignified-looking.

"Xiao Xiong, Yang Jiong's "From the Army" said 'I'd rather be a centurion than a scholar'. In times of national crisis, we are all 'centurions'. What a joy it is to be able to kill a Kou on the field and make a contribution. Even if it is a horse leather shroud, there is no regret! Zhang Lingfu said proudly.

"Hurry up and rest for a while, the enemy should be attacking soon."

In the headquarters of the enemy's 106th Division, which was only more than 100 meters away from Zhang Gushan, the division commander, Lieutenant General Junrokuro Matsuura, was furious, and he saw with his own eyes that Zhang Gushan had been taken away by the enemy. He understood that Zhang Gushan was the only way out for his division to be born, otherwise the whole army would be annihilated, and he ordered his subordinates to recapture the position at all costs.

As soon as the morning dawned, Kou was not willing to fail, and dispatched planes and heavy artillery to bombard the small Zhanggushan position indiscriminately, and the bombs rained down on the position, almost leveling Zhanggushan to the ground. The few members who remained at the front line to observe the enemy's situation were all martyred.

As soon as the artillery stopped, the insane enemy almost swarmed up without formation, and they were given the order to charge only to charge, not to retreat, and it was the captain, squadron leader, and squad leader who rushed to the front, and the wing commander personally supervised the formation.

Zhang Lingfu and Xiao Xiong led the daredevils to fight to the death, and in this way they fought with Yue Kou for five days and five nights, and they can't remember how many times they repelled the enemy's charge. The position was gained and lost, lost and regained, and repeatedly sawed and saw. Fortunately, Zhang Lingfu hid his troops in the bunker behind the mountain, and although the front mountain position was captured by devils many times, it didn't take long for the daredevils who rushed out of the back mountain to recapture the position. Zhang Lingfu, who went to the front line to command, was hit by a total of 7 pieces of shrapnel, and his blood did not retreat from the line of fire. Xiao Xiong was also wounded in many places, and held his position with the brigade commander. Zhanggu Mountain, which they held onto, stood majestically and became a ghost gate for more than 10,000 devils, and it sealed the last retreat of the 106th Division of the Japanese Army, which was eventually almost wiped out.

On October 17, Lieutenant General Junrokuro Matsuura, commander of the Kou Division, fled to Xiushui under the cover of more than 200 officer reinforcements airdropped by Okamura Ninji.

The Battle of Wanjialing ended.