Chapter Twenty-Nine: The War of Democracy

Under the influence of the policy of repression and leniency, the enemy and special forces were in turmoil and fled one after another, among which more than 20 people fled home in Zhennan and Zhumeng districts of Guangjiangyu County.

As a result, the family members and friends of the puppet army wrote letters one after another, and went to the stronghold to persuade and scream bitterly, mobilizing their relatives and friends to go home anyway, and in a short period of time, 382 people were mobilized back by their families.

At the same time, in the anti-traitor and anti-special campaign, an internal rape campaign was also carried out, and in two districts in the border areas, 139 people were found to have insider relations with the enemy through rape, and 30 to 40 were immediately arrested, four were shot, and the rest were all released after education, winning over the majority.

The people's armed organizations have also been cleaned up in various districts, and those who have committed traitors and bandits in the past and have behaved suspiciously have been washed away or transferred to the rear for inspection.

Under the leadership of Chen Shiyu and others, the party, government, military, and people in the coastal areas have acted in unison, unified command, concentrated forces, coordinated closely, taken the initiative to attack, and achieved great results in the struggle against "pseudo-fakement" and "surprise attack."

According to statistics in September and November 1944, a total of 838 enemy and puppet commandos were captured, 233 were killed, 27 were wounded, 777 internal lines were cracked, and some guns and grenades were confiscated.

Under our military blows and powerful political offensives, the enemy's conspiracy of "falsification" and "assault" was finally declared bankrupt, and the masses who had been deceived into participating in the "dragon meeting" were educated in facts and saw through the enemy's tricks and disbanded and returned home one after another, and the military and people of Ganyu in the coastal area won the initial victory in the struggle against "falsification" and "assault."

In response to the above situation, the Binhai Military Region of Shandong Province held an enlarged meeting of the Party Committee.

At the meeting, Liu Xingyuan, acting political commissar of the Binhai Military Region, took a look at Commander Chen Shiyu, Deputy Commander Wan Yi, Chairman of the Binhai District Senate Gao Zanfei, and Political Commissar Gu Mu of the Military Sub-district and said: "Everyone knows that the eastern part of the coastal anti-Japanese base area is the vast Yellow Sea, and through the Yellow Sea, we can maintain ties with the anti-Japanese base areas in North China and Central China, develop foreign economic relations and trade, improve the supply of materials in the base areas, and smash the enemy's economic blockade."

"Good," said the congregation,

"During the entire War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Japanese aggressors have been trying to block our sea roads and open up the sea (state) and Qingdao (island) highways, and in the struggle between the enemy and us to seize the coastline, it is of great significance to the battle for Zhewangri in our Ganyu County."

"Yes," Chen Shiyu said with a smile on his face, he nodded to everyone, and said, "Zhewang is located in the northeast of Ganyu County, Binhai District, Shandong's anti-Japanese base area, and is an important port in Binhai District, which is not only prosperous in commerce, but also has a huge rich fishing and salt industry, and since the Japanese invaders occupied Qingdao and Haizhou successively in February 1939, all the ports south and north of Zhewang have fallen into the hands of the enemy."

"Kill him," said Jiliu, who had just run in.

Therefore, the struggle for and control of Zhewanghai is of great significance to the construction, consolidation, and development of China's coastal anti-Japanese base area, which not only communicates the connection between the base area in northern Jiangsu and the base area in Jiaodong from the sea, but also provides the prerequisites for the development of foreign trade in the coastal area, and it bankrupts the enemy's conspiracy to open up the Haiqing Highway and deals a heavy blow to the enemy's military and political offensive," said Senate Chairman Gao Zanfei

"Okay," Wan Yi then said, "Wangkou is controlled by me, and it has always been a big trouble for the enemy, so in the entire anti-Japanese struggle, the battle for Zhewangkou has been fiercely carried out,"

"After the fall of Ganyu in February 1939, the Japanese invaders strengthened their control over the coastline and successively set up strongholds in Xiakou, Xingzhuang, Haitou and other places."

"I'll just get rid of them," Jiliu said.

"Okay, after the Battle of Qingkou, nine ** regiments of our Eighth Route Army were transferred to Rizhao to guard coastal defense, and since then, they have launched a battle to seize the coastline with the enemy, although the enemy has tried in every possible way to open up the Haiqing Highway, control the coastal areas, and cut off our sea communications, but the military and civilians in the coastal area have repeatedly smashed the enemy's plans under the leadership of the party and firmly controlled Zhewangkou," Gu Mu then spoke,

On 15 December 1942, more than 500 enemy puppet troops in Haitou and Shijiusuo carried out a total of more than 500 enemy and puppet troops, carrying one steel cannon, one pursuit gun, dozens of light and heavy machine guns, and a number of motorboats.

"If you don't come to the earth block, the soldiers will come to block him, kill him as a turtle boy," Jiliu said.

"Under the cover of our local armed forces and militia, most of the people's merchant ships in the two places were able to retreat, and at noon, after the enemy arrived in Zhewang, they wantonly implemented the 'three lights' policy, burned down more than 20 houses, towed four merchant ships, killed and injured 10 people, and after hearing the news, one of our nine detachments immediately rushed to the rescue, when the enemy had fled, our army pursued for several miles, and wounded 34 enemies,"

"In addition, the Japanese also drove the traitor Yang Buren to the north to 'encroach', Yang Cheng adopted the tactics of taking the camp step by step, building bunkers in Duntou, Longwang Temple and other places, trying to approach and occupy Zhewang step by step, our army and government, military and civilian forces fought together, defeated Yang Shun's department many times, and destroyed the bunkers he built, Yang Rebellion's conspiracy to occupy Zhewang never succeeded," Gu Mu then said,

One day in April 1944, in the morning, Lianyungang enemy and puppet joint pirates, by motorboat, suddenly launched an attack on Zhewang Haikou, our coastal defense troops immediately engaged fire with the enemy, fought fiercely for two hours, killed and wounded three enemy puppets (including one enemy artillery shooter), recaptured the ship, the enemy was defeated and retreated, after the battle, the masses were very excited, and the Bureau of Industry and Commerce awarded the coastal defense team a ship "Jiu Gongji," Gao Zanfei said with a smile.

Commander Chen Shiyu said: "In fact, in our struggle to defend the coastline and fight for Zhewangkou, the battle against 'sweeping' and recovering Zhewangkou was the most intense in February 1944 and the battle against 'sweeping' to regain Zhewangkou in August and September."

"One day, in order to open up the Haiqing Highway, more than 160 Japanese troops, three heavy machine guns, six light machine guns, four small cannons, one mortar, and one steel cannon, pulled two large carts of ammunition, led by six puppet troops, and crossed the Longmiao River to the south to 'sweep', and the three battalions of our 23rd Regiment were ambushed in the field in the northeast corner of the pier, and when the Japanese entered our ambush position, our mortars opened fire, and the first shell was issued, and the infantry in front of the enemy was killed three,"

"Well played," Jiliu said,

"Then the machine guns and rifles were fired at the same time, more than a dozen Japanese soldiers fell to the ground, and after the enemy stopped for a while, they charged at our position, and they were repulsed by us three times, and the charge and counter-charge reached as many as 10 times, and the battle was already in a stalemate, and the enemy's 11th and 12th charges, the fire was more intense, and more than 20 rounds of poison gas shells were fired."

"The enemy is too bad," Commander Chen said.

At this time, our platoon commander Zhou Hai, deputy platoon commander Wang Jingrong, soldiers Yang Deqiang, Li Defu, and Liu Hongquan were all seriously wounded, Liu Rujin died, but the soldiers of the third battalion still held their positions for heroic and stubborn resistance, and at the critical moment, the regiment commander led the second battalion to shoot fiercely at the enemy, giving the enemy a heavy blow.

On 17 July, four enemy planes went to Zhewang to bomb indiscriminately, dropping eight bombs one after another, and strafing them with machine guns, killing one crowd, wounding two, and destroying dozens of houses; on 18 August, more than 10,000 enemy puppet troops 'swept' our coastal area in 13 routes; on 20 August, enemy planes circled at low altitude at Zhewangkou and strafed export ships, and enemy motorboats also cruised in Haikou to block the exit of cargo ships, and on 22 August, the enemy coastal area was 'swept' The mopping forces occupied Zhewang, Andongwei and other places," Gu Mu said, (..)

( Biography of Chinese and Foreign Heroes )