At this time, it was the time of the enemy's fourth charge, and He Wanxiang clearly saw what was happening on the devil's position: a commander with a beard hanging down to his chest, waving a foreign sword, and the devils shouted fiercely, but no one got up, let alone rushed up, and it was obvious that the enemy was softened by the bravery and composure of He Wanxiang and his soldiers

And so, as if furious, the commander jumped to one place like crazy, and pulled a lying devil to the ground silently, and pulled another one and slashed it on the ground......

The enemy's charge began, and hundreds of devils howled like wild beasts, slowly rushing forward, and by this time there were not a few grenades or bullets left in the hero's position

He Wanxiang, the company commander of my Eighth Route Army, looked up at the dim sun that had been made by the battle, and he had been holding on for an hour, and he waved his hat at all the soldiers, and the soldiers retreated along the ditch, but he was still lying there with his communicator, and he was going to cover the safe transfer of all the soldiers in front of the murderous charge

A few soldiers of the Eighth Route Army came to change He Wanxiang He said sternly: "Go to you, Lao Tzu hasn't had a good time" and stopped talking

Our soldiers of the Eighth Route Army withdrew, and the muzzle of a light machine gun suddenly stretched out from outside Tucheng to He Wannian's nose, and he didn't think about it, and with a wave of his hands, four grenades rolled under Tucheng along with the machine gun and a few startled devils and exploded

After the battle, Zeng Guohua, Fu Zhuting, and others walked to the collapsed turret in order to check the structure of the Japanese artillery tower and the power of their own troops' explosives

Suddenly, an unkempt Japanese soldier came out of the rubble, this guy ran to Fu Zhuting, pointed to the telescope on Fu Zhuting's chest, and said wow-wow-wow, while giving a thumbs up, it seemed that he had seen from the telescope on Fu Zhuting's chest that he was an official, so he used words and gestures to express his admiration for the combat ability of the Eighth Route Army, Fu Zhuting saw this scene and said with emotion: "It seems that the devil now knows the power of the 'turning tactic'."

Tancheng, an important town painstakingly managed by the Japanese army, became a grave for the enemy, and at the same time announced the successful end of the first offensive since the 115th Division entered Lu

The news of the Eighth Route Army's capture of Tancheng was like a thunderbolt above the Japanese army's head, and the Japanese troops stationed in Shandong immediately abandoned their plan to "sweep" the coastal area and urgently dispatched the main force and the enemy in the strongholds around Tancheng to counterattack the Eighth Route Army in two ways

At that time, the Japanese merchants who were engaged in economic plundering with the Japanese army everywhere saw that the goods in their warehouses had become the trophies of the Eighth Route Army, and they could not help but exclaim: "There is no longer a place with insurance in Shandong."

Then, Chen Shiyu and the correspondent jumped into the corner of a ditch and disappeared, where did they go, of course, to direct the fight against ghosts

At about 9 o'clock in the morning of the next day, a squadron of Japanese troops stationed in Matou Town, about 9 kilometers from Tancheng, and more than 400 puppet troops rushed to Tancheng in an attempt to relieve the siege of the enemy in the city who were facing destruction

When asked by reporters about the harvest of this victory, General Chen Guang unfolded a map and pointed out to the reporters the recaptured strongholds circled in red

"This is an excellent opportunity," Chen Guang said: "When we conquered Tancheng and were terrified of the enemy and puppet strongholds around us, we took advantage of this opportunity to expand our results and successively captured more than a dozen strongholds in Guiyi, Yulin, Dabu, Xiaomatou, Hongbu, Chenjiabu, Xiaoweigou, Dongweizi, and Gaofengtou."

Seeing that the reporters didn't stop, Xiao Hua asked Chen Guang this and that, so he had no choice but to help relieve the siege and said: "The Battle of Tancheng was the greatest victory of the Shandong Eighth Route Army's persistence in the War of Resistance Behind the Enemy Lines...... It can be said that the person in charge of the whole set of institutions has been taken prisoner by us, and more than 600 people have been captured by the puppet organization personnel and puppet army in the districts and townships."

"Okay," said the people

Song Jiliu: "It's a pity that the puppet county magistrate gave his father-in-law a birthday It can be said that his father-in-law saved his life Capture advisor Teng Yuan Maaki Instructor Yukio Tada There is also a grain bank president who wears Chinese clothes and speaks Chinese He is also the most powerful Chinese people in scavenging bismuth Pseudo police chief That's a northeasterner There is also a pseudo education chief and a pseudo county government section chief Xinmin Commando Captain ......"

On January 21, 1943, the 115th Division of the 115th Division used the tactics of rushing to attack the city behind enemy lines in Shandong

In this battle, seven Japanese officers and soldiers were captured, 600 puppet soldiers and puppet regime personnel were killed, and more than 400 Japanese puppet troops were killed or wounded

They seized one light and heavy pursuit gun, three light machine guns, three grenadiers, more than 800 rifles, four automobiles (two of which were destroyed), more than 8,000 grenades and bombs, more than 50 earthen cannons, 27 shell guns and pistols, more than 5,000 bullets of various types, more than 20 heavy mortar shells, more than 130 grenades, 500 broadswords, and more than 600 red tassel guns

In addition, there are 4 million quintals of grain, more than 1,000 sets of cotton and overcoats, more than 1,000 canvas bags, more than 500 Japanese-style bullet boxes, cowhide enough materials for more than 10,000 pairs of shoes, 19 command knives, more than 50 bicycles, more than 20 telephones, 30 telephone switchboards, a radio radio, a bomb factory, and an armament repair shop, two telescopes, more than 70 barrels of soybean oil, more than 1 million yuan in legal currency, counterfeit banknotes, and silver yuan, and dozens of carts of other military supplies

Later, at night in a small mountain villa, this reporter met the wise commander of the Tancheng Campaign, General Chen Guang, commander of the 115th Division, Luo Ronghuan, political commissar, Chen Shiyu, and Song Jiliu, chief of staff

Let the Facts Speak for Itself It is extremely difficult to find out from the appearance of these battle-hardened heroes what is different from the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, and the reporter can only see from the powerful sentences, the resolute determination, and the spirit of humble investigation that they are all military strategists who have been tempered from the rain of bullets

On the table was a cigarette from Tancheng, and under the candlelight was a photo book

"This is the photo book of Instructor Tada, he is already our captive," Chen Guang opened the photo book and pointed to the reporter, "From here you can see how Tada misses his hometown," and then said, "Tada said that he had been approved to return to China, and the new instructor on the 20th was coming, but before the new one came, he became a prisoner, and the new instructor on the 21st was coming......

After the battle of Tancheng, the enemy was forced to retreat completely, and the little devil's plan to build two fortresses and blockade lines was declared bankrupt

The victory in the Tancheng Siege dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese puppet army and greatly boosted the fighting spirit of the people of Shandong, especially the vast numbers of anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians in the coastal areas

After the Eighth Route Army conquered Tancheng, Shandong's "Dazhong Daily" reported the news of this victory and published an editorial entitled "Celebrating Our Army's Great New Year's Victory." The Yan'an Xinhua News Agency also carried a message on this issue, giving the following evaluation of the victory in this operation: "Our 115th Division, stationed in Binhai and Yimeng, attacked the Japanese invaders for several days, and conquered Tancheng in one fell swoop, dealing a major blow to the enemy's 'encroachment,' which was really the first blow of the great victory in 1943."