Chapter 495: The Battle of Majiayu
Jidong, Funing County. A small force was reconnoitring to the north. They are the special service company of the 12th Regiment in eastern Hebei, adapted from the Panjiayu revenge group, and most of them are the children of Panjiayu and the surrounding villages.
In 41, the Japanese army carried out a brutal massacre in Panjiayu, so almost all of these soldiers had a blood feud with the Japanese devils. Although the unit was established for a short time, everyone was bent on revenge, trained extremely hard, and was already the strongest company of the 12th Regiment.
Funing County is the easternmost county in Hebei Province, and it is Liaoning West after Funing. Due to the strength of Japan's Kwantung Army, the Jidong Military Region has been developing in the Guandong Region in recent years, and has not been able to take a step outside the mouth.
This time, in accordance with the unified deployment of the Second Theater, the Eastern Hebei Military Region finally made up its mind and sent the 12th Regiment of the main force of the Military Region to advance into the western Liaoning region. In Zheng Weiguo's words, this is called throwing stones and asking for directions. His descendant, the 63rd Army, had secretly assembled in the Third Division, ready to launch a fierce attack on eastern Hebei and cut off the connection between Northeast China and North China in one fell swoop.
"Company commander, look, devil!"
Fang Guangxing, the commander of the spy company, hurriedly picked up the binoculars, and sure enough, a large group of Japanese soldiers were bathing in the river with their bare butts on the edge of the small river in front of them. The guns were all set up by the river, and a detachment formed a gun rack, and the clothes were neatly arranged on the stones on the shore.
In eastern Hebei, it is very cold in winter, but it is not cooler than in summer. Coupled with the fact that the Japanese love to take a bath, it is not surprising that this scene occurred.
"Good fellow, there must be half a squadron of devils here!" A flame of hatred flashed in the eyes of the deputy company commander Wang Huzi, and he asked in a low voice, "Company commander." To fight or not to fight? ”
"Hit!" Company Commander Fang popped out a word from between his teeth, and said in a deep voice: "The revenge of the villagers in Panjiayu has not been avenged!" ”
"The first platoon is outflanked from the upstream, the third platoon goes to the downstream to tie the gap, and the second platoon follows me!" Company Commander Fang Guangxing quickly made a decision, none of these devils planned to let go!
The history of the Anti-Japanese War is undoubtedly a tragic history, but if you want to say which place is the most tragic and tragic in this place, it is undoubtedly Jidong.
First, the longest time, in other places is the eight-year War of Resistance against Japan, and in eastern Hebei is ten years (there is basically no organized anti-Japanese armed force in the Northeast after 42 years); Second. The conditions are the most treacherous. It is the only place where there are more devils than the puppet army and more enemies than the common people; Third, the killing was the most painful, and it was the only place where the Japanese army created a no-man's land. The Panjiayu tragedy is just a microcosm; Fourth. Fought the most heroically. It is the only area where the deputy commander of the military district (Bao Sen) was killed in battle. The troops were scattered several times before and after, rebuilt several times, and repeatedly defeated and fought. The most tenacious, there is no place in the world to compare.
Therefore, the troops in this place have also developed a unique fighting style, that is, ruthless! Without being ruthless, the troops will not survive.
"Hit!" Seeing that the first and third platoons had been outflanked in place, Company Commander Fang immediately pulled out his shell gun, fired three shots into the sky, and then shouted loudly and personally led his troops to pounce.
"Comrades, come with me!"
"Avenge the villagers who died in Panjiayu!"
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"Eight ways to kill, decide, ready to fight!"
The panicked Japanese jumped up from the river and tried to rush to the shore to get their guns. But that place had long been targeted by the soldiers, and each gun carriage had a machine gun to take care of, and soon, there was a circle of corpses lying in front of the gun carriage.
"Kill!"
It was only two or three hundred meters away, and the soldiers rushed while fighting, and soon reached the river. It's too late, it's fast, the vengeful bayonet has already stabbed the enemy in the chest. The remnants of the Japanese army were so frightened that they desperately fled in the river, stumbling to the ground, and from time to time they tripped over stones in the river.
A Japanese soldier crawled and crawled, and finally escaped to the shore, but he didn't expect to be frightened as soon as he turned around - behind him, Wang Huzi's ghost-headed broadsword had been raised high.
"My surrender, don't cut off your head!" The Japanese soldiers were so frightened that they put their heads in their hands and screamed loudly.
"Little devil, return the lives of the villagers in Panjiayu!"
The big knife came down from above, and there was a loud bang, and the head of the little devil had already landed. Deputy Company Commander Wang was able to kill, and rushed towards the place where there were many devils, and a big knife flew up and down, only cutting flesh and blood.
"Deputy company commander, the company commander ordered you to take one platoon to be responsible for covering, the second platoon to clean up the battlefield, and the third platoon to be responsible for moving guns!"
Deputy Company Commander Wang looked at the piles of guns and shouted excitedly: "Okay, I know what to do, gather in a row!" ”
The troops had just been assembled, and a large force of the Japanese army was dispatched. Good fellows, a large number of devils have come from the east and north. The soldiers of the special service company were startled and hurriedly took the captured and ran back. Fortunately, they were all locals and familiar with the road, and they quickly retreated into the mountains. Looking back, at least more than 2,000 Japanese troops were chasing after them.
Deputy Company Commander Wang said in surprise: "Why are there so many devils? ”
Company Commander Fang hurriedly said, "How do I know the Dao? Quick, leopard, you immediately go back to the regiment headquarters and report that the devil's army is coming, and there are more than 2,000 people. After speaking, he quickly led his troops to continue to transfer, and if he wanted to take revenge, he had to leave a useful body.
After running twenty miles in one go, the spy company finally joined up with the main force of the regiment. However, the situation is not easy to be optimistic, because those devils have no intention of stopping at all, and they are still following behind their butts!
Several scouts ran back panting and reported: "Report to the regiment commander, the devil is chasing after you again." According to our reconnaissance, there are more than 2,000 people! ”
"More than 2,000 people, almost half of the wing! Quick, go and call Fang Guangxing to me. ”
After listening to the scout's report, Regiment Commander Zeng Kelin hurriedly called Company Commander Fang and asked, "Where did you recruit such a large group of devils?" ”
Company Commander Fang was also a second monk who was puzzled, and said in confusion: "I don't understand, the devils don't have many soldiers in Rehe and Liaoxi, where did such a large group of devils come from?" ”
The chief of staff analyzed: "Is it because the enemy's North China Front is tight in strength, so it borrowed troops from outside the border to encircle and suppress our base area, and then happened to be bumped into by the special service company?" ”
Commander Zeng said with a smile: "If this is the case, the spy company can be regarded as a great achievement!" ”
Company Commander Fang smiled, touched his head and said, "It's nothing if you don't work well." As long as you can get revenge! Commander, you don't know what to do, we were killed so happily just now! Wait, if we fight with the devils, the main attack will have to be given to us, and we have to gather enough heads of 1,230 devils to pay tribute to the villagers who died! ”
Commander Zeng patted him on the shoulder and said, "Cheng, in the future, there will only be the main mission, and I will be the first to think of your company." But you also have to fight for our team, and when you are on the battlefield, you are not allowed to be softened! ”
Fang Lian was overjoyed. Hurriedly saluted: "Please rest assured, the head of the regiment." No matter how difficult the task is, we will even carry it on our own shoulders! He asked again: "Commander, can we fight these devils?" ”
"Well, this. I still have to think about it. Head Zeng looked a little hesitant. They sent troops this time. The main task was to find out the reality of the Japanese army in Rehe and Liaoxi. I didn't come to the boundary of Liaoxi when I encountered such a big fish. If you want to fight. His 12th Regiment (a small regiment, with six infantry companies and a machine gun company) was probably no match for more than 2,000 devils; You don't have to fight. How do you get the job done?
As he spoke, a report came from outside the door. Several more scouts returned, saying that the Japanese were getting closer and closer, and they were afraid that they would soon find this place.
Captain Zeng was also angry when he heard it, and the little devils were about to be bullied to the doorstep! So he ordered the troops to immediately prepare for battle, and personally led the guard company to reconnoiter the enemy.
"Where have the Japanese gone now?"
"Report to the head of the group, I was led to Majiayu by our people!"
"Ma Jiayu? Let's go, let's see. ”
The group quietly climbed up from the foot of the mountain next to Majiayu. As mentioned above, the terrain of eastern Hebei is very dangerous, except for some flat land along the coast and in the river valley, the rest of the places are lofty mountains, and the mountains are particularly steep, many places are cliffs, and the local people call them "Lizi".
Captain Zeng and they hid on such a mountain, and at the bottom of the mountain was Majiayu. The topography of North China is indeed very distinctive, like Shanxi, which is surrounded by dangerous and ridged soil and mountains; Shandong has many "Gu", which is the top of the stone mountain; And the east of Hebei is multi-valley, that is, there are mountains on all sides, and a narrow valley in the middle.
Majiayu is such a concave mountain, the Japanese army chased here in a daze, but when they came in, they found that there were mountains on all sides, and the enemy army was gone.
Looking at the morning glow,
Undulating endless mountains and rivers,
Our elite army is mighty,
All the allies are Corning,
Full of glory, Kwantung Army!
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Gotta sing it. Commander Zeng Kelin sounded a little familiar, and hurriedly said: "It seems to be the Kwantung Army?" ”
The chief of staff also nodded hurriedly and said, "Yes, it's the Kwantung Army!" It seems that these devils are really from outside the Guan, but I don't know why they came to our Jidong! Due to the location, the Kwantung Army often came to eastern Hebei to "help suppress", so the Eighth Route of Eastern Hebei was also relatively familiar with the Kwantung Army, but after the outbreak of the Far Eastern War, it was rare to see the Kwantung Army.
It was later learned that due to the tomb robbery incident, the commander of the Kwantung Army, Umezu Mijiro, was worried that the "banditry" would spread outside the Guan, so he ordered the 25th Division, the only mobile unit in the "Manchuria" region, to be transferred to western Liaoning. Among them, the 40th Wing was ordered to patrol the puppet "Manchukuo border", but it happened to be bumped into by the special service company of the 12th Regiment.
The co-captain was very meritorious to Matsuura Seiyuki, and immediately led his troops to catch up. Since the entry of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, there is no longer a formed resistance force in the northeast, which makes it difficult for the local Japanese army to make meritorious contributions, and can only watch their colleagues in other theaters get promoted and make a fortune, which makes the officers of the remaining troops feel very blushing. So even though there were only a hundred people, it was also very exciting for the 40th Wing. You must know that Lu Dao is outside the pass, and more than 100 people are enough to form a regiment of the Anti-Japanese Federation.
However, at this time, the Japanese army also chased for a long time, and they were tired and unwilling to chase anymore. So the co-captain Matsuura Seiyuki Osa ordered to camp on the spot and rest.
With the order, the Kwantung Army set up their guns on the side of the road in a group according to the drill code, except for the sentinels sent out and the cooking soldiers who cooked, and sat down in groups to wait for the meal to be served.
The Japanese officers and soldiers smelled the aroma of rice balls, and their saliva was about to flow out. And not only are they drooling, but the soldiers of the 12th Regiment on the "Lizi" are also salivating.
Of course, Commander Zeng and the others were not for the smell of rice balls, but for the more than 2,000 Japanese troops and their equipment. Although the equipment of the Eighth Route Army has improved a lot in recent years, the conditions in eastern Hebei are still relatively difficult.
The three-eight big lid crooked handle grenadier canister that was put up on the slot. Looking at the eyes of Balu, who lacks guns and ammunition, it is not a "neat military appearance", but a bite of big fat meat. If before this, Commander Zeng Kelin was still a little hesitant, worried that this piece of fat was too big to eat, and now he would definitely not have other ideas. When I saw so much equipment, everyone's eyes turned green.
Because the Japanese army is simply defenseless, and the weapons are all on the side! Even the sentries were only arranged at the mouth of the valley, and the rest of the directions were abandoned after a little attempt because the cliffs were too steep.
Afterwards, the head of the regiment confessed. If it weren't for the fact that the Japanese army set up a gun to open the pot and cook. He was not prepared to fight this battle. There's no way, he just has a small group in his hands, and there are not as many people as devils, how dare he fight hard? There is no cheap trading and Balu has never done much. But the devil played this wild military parade. Set up a gun and other strange tricks to open a meal. That's the glutton. This is also to blame for the Japanese army's inflexibility. This neat appearance of the army does reflect the level of the troops, but who are you doing so formalism in the barren mountains and mountains?
So head Zeng gritted his teeth, we did this deal!
"Quick. The 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and machine gun companies were ordered to come over immediately, the spy company was stationed at the mouth of the valley, and the 4th company was in reserve, ready to respond outside the valley. ”
The companies had already been assembled, and after receiving the order, they quickly climbed up from the foot of the mountain on all sides and surrounded the Japanese regiments in the valley, but the Japanese troops did not know it, and one by one they were still singing and waiting for dinner. In fact, it is not to blame that the Japanese army is too weak, their training is still strict, and their education level is much higher than that of the Japanese army at the beginning of the invasion of China, but they seriously lack combat experience. In addition, the Eighth Route Army was too light on the enemy, so he did the absurd thing of camping and cooking in front of the enemy.
"Commander, when will you do it!" The fighters were waiting a little impatiently.
Zeng Kelin took a deep breath and said with a smile: "Don't worry, wait until the rice is cooked before you do it!" ”
The wilderness under the Xing'an Mountains,
The souls of the martyrs of the country are resting,
Now the compatriots are entrusted with a heavy responsibility,
Justice entrusts the new world,
Stand in the vanguard, Kwantung Army!
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The Japanese army sang another paragraph, and finally an officer shouted: "Mixi Mixi! The soldiers cheered and were about to line up to eat, when they heard a voice from the top of the mountain: "Fight!" ”
Da Da Da ...... Just when the Japanese soldiers were about to start eating, the ambush attack of the Eighth Route Army on the mountains in all directions of the depression began. Light and heavy machine guns and mortar grenadiers, for a while bullets rained down, and the whole depression trembled under the ferocious blow.
After the Japanese army was attacked, it collapsed almost on the spot, first swept down by a few machine guns of the Eighth Route Army, and then the formation was in chaos, "completely caught in the siege of the Eighth Route Army, under the rain of bullets of the Eighth Route Army, the only thing that could be done was to lie down on the hollow ground and be beaten"!
In the panic, the Japanese army still showed good military quality. The soldiers lay down and hid almost immediately after being attacked. If it is the national army, it is estimated that this round of strafing will be almost explained, there is no way, the training is insufficient.
After surviving the first round of attacks, the Japanese army, under the leadership of the officers, began to divide into two groups, some guns assaulted the surrounding high ground, and the guns that didn't have them went to grab the guns, who let them all put their guns aside!
However, the location of the guns was the key target of the Eighth Route Army, and several heavy machine guns were firing back and forth! As with the previous attacks on the river, the Japanese had little effect other than a large number of corpses lying in front of the gun racks.
The Japanese army who was lucky enough to grab the weapon also failed to play any role, as I introduced before, this area of the plains and mountains are mixed, the mountainous area belongs to the remaining veins of Taihang Yan Mountain, the mountains are steep, the steep walls called "Lizi" abound, the road can not be found, what is the assault? rushed several times in a row, but not only failed to stand out, but lost a lot of the few guns in his hand.
In desperation, the Japanese army wing commander Matsuura Seiyuki Osa could only use the radio code to call the nearby Japanese troops to come to the rescue. Originally, there was only one wing of the 27th Division in the eastern Hebei region, but as the Eighth Route in eastern Hebei has grown stronger and stronger in recent years, the Japanese army has also exploded, and the independent mixed 8th Brigade has also been transferred.
The eastern half of the Eastern Hebei Military Region happens to be the jurisdiction of the 8th Brigade and Regiment that are independently mixed. However, this solo brigade needs to take care of a large area, and there is only one squadron stationed in Funing County.
After receiving the order, the squadron was taken aback and hurriedly packed up and rushed to reinforce, only to collide head-on with the fourth company of the 12th Regiment.
Unlike the "beggar soldiers" and "long engineers" around Jizhong, the living conditions of the Japanese army in eastern Jidong were not bad, mainly because the economically developed areas were still under their control, which was just the opposite of Jizhong. Of course, this is also determined by the strength of both sides.
Moreover, this independent mixed 8th Brigade is also the kind of unit with a tenacious style and very effective combat effectiveness within the Japanese army, and there is a strong fascist flavor in training and operations.
As an example, this is what the Japanese themselves say. In order to explain the reason for the strong combat effectiveness of the 8th Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade, the Japanese mentioned the rigor of its training in a book, and talked about the case of an early soldier (that is, a new soldier) who was bedridden with pneumonia and was considered by the commander to be not strong enough, and was forcibly called up for stabbing training, resulting in his death.
From this, it can be seen what kind of army this is.
As soon as the fourth company fought with the Japanese reinforcements, they quickly felt the pressure and hurriedly sent someone to report to the regiment commander.
Regiment Commander Zeng Kelin also knew that the matter was urgent - if the Japanese squadron defeated the fourth company and rushed to reinforce it, the boiled duck would just be afraid to fly. (Note: A company of the Eighth Route in Eastern Hebei often has only 780 people, while a squadron of the Japanese army has 1890 people)
So he hurriedly ordered: "Notify the special agent company, and immediately attack the Yunei!" ”
"Comrades, come with me!"
"Kill all the little devils and avenge the villagers!"
The commanders and fighters of the special service company waited outside the valley for a long time, and when they heard the lively fighting of the brother troops, their hearts were like cats scratching, and they had already held back. After receiving the order, he immediately killed it with red eyes.
Da Da Da ...... The Heavy rushed to the front with a Czech, crooked handle, and quickly swept down a large area. The Japanese troops in the valley have not yet grabbed a few guns, so they can only desperately hide behind the stones.
"Rush!"
The red-eyed warriors loaded their rifles with bayonets and launched a white-knuckle assault.
Poof, poof, poof! The sky has eyes, and the Japanese devils finally tasted the taste of being slaughtered unarmed. The soldiers were also eager for revenge, and stabbed all the way, leaving no one alive. Even those who kneel and beg for mercy will be killed. Besides, the current conditions do not allow the Japanese army to surrender, you must know that there are more than 2,000 devils, and if they want to grab the guns, they can't tell who will kill whom.
Da Da Da ...... The heavy machine guns on the rocks were still roaring, the water in the tanks was almost dry, and the corpses in front of the gun carriages were piled up several meters high. Later Japanese soldiers could only crawl over the corpses, but were soon killed again and became part of the corpse wall.
"Blow the trumpet of the charge, the whole regiment assaults!"
Doodoo ...... The loud trumpet of the charge finally sounded, and the soldiers who were eager to kill the enemy could not wait to climb down slowly, and slid down the hillside. The back and legs were bloody with rocks, but no one bothered to bandage the wounds. They only have one thought now, and that is to kill the enemy and take revenge!
"Little devil, return the lives of the villagers in Panjiayu!"
Wang Huzi, the deputy commander of the spy company, swung away Matsuura Seiyuki's saber with a knife, and then raised and fell with his hand, only to hear a click, and the enemy chief gave the head. So far, more than 2,000 people of the enemy's 40th Wing have all been annihilated, and none of them have escaped the net! (To be continued......)
PS: It's too hot today, so just one more chapter, apologize! It's just a big chapter, 5600 words!