[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 314: I am Ma Zheng (ask for subscription, ask for a monthly pass!) ）

If you want to talk about Li Fuying's person, he is indeed not as famous as Han Fuqu, and his position and rank are not as prominent as Han Fuqu. Before he was executed, Li Fuying served as the lieutenant general of the 61st Army of the Jin Sui Army, while Han Fuqu was not only the commander-in-chief of the Third Army, but also the chairman of Shandong Province.

However, the two had one thing in common, that is, they were both executed on charges of ineffective combat, and the difference between them was only three months.

On the surface, these two public cases are quite similar. In fact, their true feelings are not the same. The biggest thing is that one really deserves to be killed, and the other is unjustly killed.

After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the Japanese army launched an offensive in North China in three ways: one along the Jinpu Railway, pointing to Dezhou in Shandong; all the way along the Pinghan Railway, pointing to Xinxiang in Henan; Attack along the Pingsui Railway all the way, and after capturing Datong, divide the troops to capture Taiyuan in Shanxi and Baotou in Suiyuan. The intention was to adopt the strategy of "clamping down on both wings and breaking through from the center" to complete the plan to seize North China.

It is said that the enemy of the 5th Division led by Seishiro Itagaki of the Pingsui Railway and the 11th Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade continued to attack the west after capturing Nankou. After joining forces with the Chahar Corps led by Hideki Tojo, chief of staff of the Japanese Kwantung Army, who was heading south from the Duolun and Zhangbei lines, they led a total force of about 45,000 men to Tianzhen County in northeastern Shanxi.

Tianzhen is an important gateway to the northeast of Shanxi, and it is imperative to defend Shanxi. Yan Xishan, who was the commander of the Second Theater at the time, saw that the flames of war were burning at his doorstep, so he was really anxious. He hurriedly telegraphed Li Fuying, commander of the 61st Army, which was subordinate to Fu Zuoyi's Seventh Group Army, to assemble quickly and defend against the enemy.

At this time, Li Fuying was in charge of the garrison between Tianzhen and Yanggao, and when he received Yan Xishan's telegram ordering him to deploy defense in Tianzhen, he immediately assembled his own soldiers and horses. In late August, it entered the Tianzhen Panshan position.

However, it is worth mentioning that the 61st Army under the command of Li Fuying was reorganized from the 68th Division led by Li Fuying before the Anti-Japanese War. In addition, the cylinder has just been jacked for Tang Enbo's department at the south entrance. The losses were not small, so this army said that it was an army, but its actual strength was only one division and six regiments, and the total was about 10,000 people.

Although in terms of the strength of both the enemy and us, the strength of Li Fuying's troops was far from that of the Japanese army, Li Fuying did not flinch. Before the war, he issued a "Letter to All Officers and Soldiers" in which he said: "At this critical juncture for the survival of the country and the nation, it is the duty of our generation of soldiers to defend the land against insults. It is hoped that all officers and men will unite sincerely, share the same hatred for the enemy, bravely resist the war, and not be afraid of sacrifice......"

Li Fuying said and did so, and during the battle, the officers and men on the front line were inspired by this and were full of rustic spirit. The fighting spirit is high, and the enemy's attack is dealt a head-on blow. And Li Fuying led his staff and direct cavalry to take the lead. Arrive at the front line to command the operation.

However, the huge gap between the two sides could not be made up by the morale boost, and at first, the main direction of the Japanese attack was in the Lijiashan and Luojiashan positions. The Japanese first used infantry to rush to the position and shoot fiercely, testing the firepower, and after tempting the 425th Regiment to expose all the defensive firepower, they immediately bombed it with planes at low altitude. Then the mountain was bombarded with artillery. This was done 45 times a day for 4 days and 4 nights. At its peak, there were 32 sorties of enemy planes in a single day, which swept and bombed indiscriminately over the positions. Before the soldiers of the two sides met each other, more than 70 of the more than 1,300 officers and men of the 425th Regiment had been killed, and the regiment had nine company commanders. 3 killed and 5 wounded. The Japanese army was repeatedly unable to attack Lijiashan and Luojiashan, and pointed the spearhead at Panshan.

Before launching a formal attack on the Panshan position, the Japanese army had sent planes to strafe and bomb the position for several days. Officially launched the offensive. On the first day, the Japanese army attacked the defensive ground of the 3rd Company of the 400th Regiment with absolute superiority in infantry and artillery. The next day, an all-out assault was launched: planes bombing in the sky, artillery platoons whistling on the ground, and infantry rushing under the cover of tanks. The enemy's attack power was very fierce, but the officers and men of the 400th Regiment shared the same hatred for the enemy, fought tenaciously with a desperate spirit, and repelled the enemy's attacks again and again

When the 61st Army entered Tianzhen to set up defenses, Yan Xishan ordered Li Fuying to "hold on for 3 days and resist the enemy's westward advance". In the blink of an eye, 3 days have passed, and Li received another telegram from Yan to order "continue to defend for 3 days and cover the battle of Datong". In a flash, 3 days passed. At this time, the 61 st Army's forward positions had been completely destroyed by the Japanese army, and the officers and men could only use bomb craters and bunches as cover and fight with grenades.

After 7 days of hard fighting, the 61st Army finally had to evacuate Tianzhen County due to the heavy casualties of the enemy, but this retreat was ordered by Yan Xishan, which was unfortunately not enough to save Li Fuying's life.

Tianzhen retreated, Datong was lost, Yanbei Pass fell, and the whole people were furious. Yan Xishan could not explain to the people of the whole country who were enthusiastic about resisting Japan, to the people of Shanxi, who were deeply victimized by the Japanese army, and to Lao Chiang in Nanjing, so he passed the blame on Li Fuying.

Soon after, ****** telegraphed Li Fuying to Nanjing to state the situation of the battle. Yan Xishan received the telegram and hurriedly interrogated Li Fuying at 11 o'clock that night, Yan said, "I promoted you from platoon commander to army commander, and treated you well, but you are sorry for me. First, you are not doing good defense fortifications. Second, I told you to defend Tianzhen and Yanggao, but you retreated. You don't have to say anything. I am fully responsible for your family and children, so you can leave with confidence. ”

Commander Li took out the telegram that Yan had given him and said: "I am a soldier, and it is my duty to obey orders, I am ordered to retreat, and I am willing to return to the front line and die on the battlefield." You can't die like this. Yan Xishan was at a loss for words and immediately left the table.

The deeper reason for the eagerness to kill Commander Li without a military court trial was that at the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, ****** allocated a large amount of national defense funds to Yan, and Yan did not use it to build fortifications after getting it, but took it to the rear to do business. Yan knew very well that if Li was transferred to Nanjing, he would not only expose the truth that Li was ordered to retreat, but would also inevitably expose the fact that he had embezzled national defense funds and deducted the wages of civilian workers and military workers in every possible way. In order to cover up the crime, Lee was immediately executed and made a scapegoat for him.

After Li Fuying was executed, the 61st Army was almost cleansed, and the number of the Seventh Independent Brigade that was originally subordinate to the 61st Army was revoked, and the personnel of the department were also disorganized into other units.

After being silent for a while, Ma Zheng asked in a deep voice: "Commander Xie, I deeply regret the death of Commander Li, and I believe that his grievances will be rehabilitated." ”

"Chief Xie believes that our military seat has been wronged, and I thank you on behalf of our four hundred brothers of the original 61st Army!" Xie Wensheng said.

"Four hundred, do you mean that you still have more than 400 soldiers from the original 7th Brigade under your command?" Ma Zheng asked in surprise.

"Well, in fact, we suffered extremely heavy casualties in the battle of Tianzhen, and the six regiments were basically equal to the dead and wounded, and I was seriously wounded in the leg at that time, which was blown off, and I couldn't walk at all, so I took the wounded to stay behind to block the Japanese army and buy time for the main force to retreat. After three hours of bloody fighting, less than 200 wounded remained, and then the Japanese released tear gas to stun us and then became prisoners. ”

"The Japanese didn't kill you?" Ma Zheng asked again.

"No, the commander of the Japanese army felt that we were real soldiers, so we should enjoy the treatment that soldiers should have, so they gathered all the nearly 700 people who were captured in the first battle of Tianzhen together for treatment, and after the injuries were healed, they were sent to the mining area until your army rescued us!" Xie Wensheng replied.

"Captain Xie has suffered!" Ma Zheng said sincerely.

"What is my hardship, with the help of my brothers, my life in the mine is not very difficult, but many brothers were tortured by the Japanese to the point of inhuman form, and finally died tragically at the hands of the Japanese foreman, I am lucky compared to them." Xie Wensheng smiled bitterly.

"I wonder what Captain Xie plans next?" Ma Zheng asked again.

"Sir, I want to talk to you Commander Ma Zhengma, I don't know if I can?" Xie Wensheng said.

"I'm Ma Zheng, if you have anything to say, just say it directly!" Ma Zheng said in a deep voice. (To be continued.) )