On the night of July 7, 1937, the Japanese imperialists, who had been planning for a long time, brazenly created the Lugou Bridge Incident, thus launching a full-scale war of aggression against China. In the face of a strong enemy, the Chinese army and people were not afraid, rose up to resist, went forward one after another, fought bloody battles, and after the four major battles of Songhu, Taiyuan, Xuzhou, and Wuhan, they exchanged space for time, smashed the Japanese army's plot to quickly annihilate China, and made the War of Resistance enter a long stage of strategic stalemate.

At this time, Wuhan had been lost, and the Nationalist Government moved its capital to Chongqing.

The Japanese thieves did not die, and mobilized 100,000 elite troops to launch an offensive on the front line of Dahongshan in Yicheng, Zaoyang, Suixian, Jingshan, Zhongxiang and other areas in Hubei, in an attempt to occupy western Hubei and open up a passage to Sichuan.

In order to prevent the Japanese army from attacking Sichuan, the Nationalist Government formulated the operational policy of "blocking the enemy on the front line of Dahongshan, defending the central gateway of the national capital, and waiting for the counterattack on Wuhan." In terms of troop deployment, the 29th Group Army and the 22nd Group Army were successively dispatched to garrison in Yicheng, Xiangyang, Fancheng, Tongbai, and Dahongshan to resist the Japanese invaders, while the anti-Japanese armed forces under the leadership of the Communist Party established and opened up vast base areas behind enemy lines in the Dahongshan area to echo this.

Since then, the Chinese military and civilians have waged a brutal battle against the Japanese invaders in the strategic location of Dahong Mountain......

Chapter 1: Fighting Enemy Planes with Two Horses

In the autumn of 1938, the Japanese invaders, who had already captured Wuhan, launched a large-scale attack on Dahongshan along the Sodang Line. On August 29, the county seat of Jingshan was bombed by dozens of Japanese fighters in turn, and the inside and outside of the city became a sea of fire, more than 1,000 houses were blown up, countless casualties were lost, and the city defense fortifications were completely lost.

When the Japanese army burned to the area of Sunjiaqiao in Jingshan, it encountered stubborn resistance from the 161st and 162nd divisions of the Sichuan Army Headquarters of the Fifth Theater.

The 68th Wing of the 13th Division and the Ushishima Wing of the 6th Division, with the cooperation of cavalry, artillery, tanks and air force, launched a fierce attack on the defenders, and the artillery fire blew up an area of 200 meters near Sunjia Bridge

The scorched earth, the smoke of gunpowder on the position, and the scene was tragic.

Zhu Daming, commander of the 486th Regiment of the Sichuan Army, stationed on the northwest bank of the Yushui River in Sunjiaqiao, led his troops to stubbornly resist the enemy for five days, suffered more than half of the casualties, and was finally forced to evacuate.

The retreating Sichuan army was mixed among the common people and moved slowly. The Japanese army chased after them on the ground, the planes bombed them in the sky, and the soldiers and civilians along the way pushed me into a pot of porridge, and were strafed by enemy planes in turn, like lambs in a circle to be slaughtered, with countless casualties.

Zhu Daming, who was suffering from a fever, was annoyed, and he said to Xiao Dejun, the commander of the 1st Battalion and 1st Company who was guarding him: "Gegui's son's little Japan is too bullying, it can't go on like this, bring Lao Tzu's horse quickly!" ”

He struggled to roll off the stretcher, rolled over his horse, and shouted, "Get out of the way, get down!" While galloping to another road, Xiao Dejun, the commander of the 1st Company, also rode a horse and followed closely.

"Zhu Daring, the goal of horseback riding is too big and dangerous! Military baby, protect the regiment commander! He let his uncle, who was the quartermaster, shout behind him, but they had already run away in spite of everything.

Zhu Daring is Zhu Daming's nickname. It is said that the artist is bold, and this metaphor is not an exaggeration at all.

In the ranks of the Sichuan army, everyone knows that Zhu Daming has three characteristics: good shooting, good horse-riding, and boldness, and he is not humble in this regard.

"Ge Laozi started to touch guns at the age of 16, and he practiced by playing incense, so he could point where to shoot during the Northern Expedition."

Once, the chief of staff of the division offered to compare marksmanship with him, and whoever loses will be treated.

Zhu Daming said: "Brother, you are the chief, you are not allowed to cheat, you are invited to this guest." After saying that, he raised his gun and shot, and the fishing line of an old fishing man on the side of the road was broken, and the chief of staff bowed to the wind.

On another occasion, Zhu Daming took five guards to inspect the terrain. The local area is hilly, the mountain road is bends and turns, a group of people just turned over the mountain pass, and a team of devil scouts came over, they turned their horses' heads and galloped, and the devil cavalry chased closely. Most of the military horses of the Chinese army are hybrids, while the Japanese devils ride Oriental thoroughbreds, and compared with the two, it is generally the oriental horses of the devils who have the upper hand. Zhu Daming saw that the devil's cavalry was getting closer and closer, so he simply didn't run, so he turned over and dismounted, rolled into the grass on the side of the road, raised his hand and raised his gun, "horn-horn-horn-horn" Four gunshots rang out, 4 devils fell off their horses, and the rest of the devils turned their horses and fled.

Zhu Daming blew the muzzle of the gun that was still smoking, and scolded: "Ge turtle son, come and chase it again, and see how Lao Tzu sends you to the west with one shot." ”

At this moment, Zhu Daming is riding his own Sydney horse, which is very conspicuous, plus he is wearing a tweed military uniform, and the "soybeans" on the epaulettes are shining in the sun. Xiao Dejun rode a jujube red horse, wearing a captain's uniform, carrying a box gun on his right and a briefcase on his left, plus his burly figure, he looked majestic. After graduating from the Whampoa Military Academy, Xiao Dejun went to the 486th Regiment of the 161st Division of the 29th Group Army of the Kuomintang as a second lieutenant platoon commander.

The Japanese pilots, who were shooting at the fleeing crowd in the air, spotted the two alternative targets and decided that they were big shots, so they flew the Zero fighter away from their original course and pounced on them......

"Dada-da-"

Zhu Daming and Xiao Dejun heard the deafening roar of the fighters behind them and the strafing sound of machine guns, and knew that the enemy planes had been attracted to them, so they hurriedly lay down on their horses. The bullets fired by the Zero whizzed over the horse's head, slammed into the road ahead, and a whirlwind blew as the plane swept overhead.

The battle-hardened war horse was undaunted, carrying its master and continuing to gallop forward.

"Ge Turtle's son, Ge Laozi will beat you down sooner or later." Xiao Dejun rode his horse and followed closely with the regiment commander Zhu Daming, who didn't dare to slack off, and couldn't help but scold loudly.

After a while, the enemy plane turned back and flew head-on towards the two of them at an ultra-low altitude, and at this time they happened to pass through a small forest, and the two quickly came to hide on the bottom of the horse, and continued to gallop towards the hill in an S shape.

When the enemy pilots saw that there was no one on the horse, they thought that the man on horseback had either been annihilated by his first attack or had taken refuge in the woods, so he poured all the bullets into the grove just to be on the safe side......

The plane almost skimmed over the woods, and the pilot turned back again to test his victory, but he was surprised to find that the man on horseback was unharmed, still galloping towards a hill.

"Yaga!" At this moment, the enemy pilot was annoyed and angry, and he further lowered the altitude and dived

Come here, as if to destroy the man on the horse like an eagle catching a chicken.

At this time, Zhu Daming and Xiao Dejun had already rushed up the hill, and just happened to see a friendly machine gun position in front of the right. The two of them had a good heart, turned over and dismounted at the same time, jumped into the position, each picked up a light machine gun, aimed at the flying enemy plane, left enough in advance, and pulled the trigger fiercely: "Da Da Da-"

The unsuspecting enemy plane, still aiming at its target, suddenly felt a shock to the fuselage, and then fell from the sky in a long smoke.

"Boom!" There was a loud bang, followed by a sky-high flame.

"Hit! Hit! A cheer rang out from the hill.

During the war, the heroic deeds of Zhu Daming and Xiao Dejun in fighting enemy planes on both horses spread throughout the theater, and the commander of the Fifth Theater and even Chongqing issued a general order to commend them. Afterwards, Zhu Daming was awarded the Order of Yunlu of the Third Class and was promoted from colonel to major general brigade commander; Xiao Dejun was awarded the Order of Yunlu of the Fourth Class and was directly promoted from the captain company commander to the 484th Regiment as a captain battalion commander.

To say that Zhu Daming is a person, although he is superb in martial arts and brave in battle, he has an upright personality and a simple mind. "If you are a soldier, you should make it your duty to obey orders." This personality makes him deeply appreciated and relied on by his superiors, but whenever he encounters big battles, he always sends him to take the lead; And every time he retreats and breaks through, he is sent to the queen of the palace.

In May 1940, the Japanese army gathered 300,000 troops to launch the Battle of Zaoyi, and Zhang Zizhong, commander-in-chief of the 33rd Group Army, the hero of the anti-Japanese army, was martyred in Yicheng Pumpkin Shop. Li Zongren, commander-in-chief of the Fifth Theater of Operations, ordered the 59th Army and the 161st Division of the Sichuan Army to recover General Zhang's body! As a brigade commander, Zhu Daming personally led his troops to rush into the siege, and cooperated with the 59th Army to recover General Zhang's body at the cost of more than half of the casualties, and finally buried it at the foot of Meihua Mountain in Beibei, Chongqing.

In November 1940, the Japanese 13th Division took cavalry, artillery and air force to attack Dahongshan again. At this time, Zhu Daming had been transferred to the 149th Division as the acting division commander, and he took the lead in leading thousands of soldiers to raid the enemy position from the front line of the Zhangjisha River, killing the Japanese cavalry wing commander Kawasaka, killing and wounding more than 800 devils, and only suffering more than 300 casualties himself.

Since then, Zhu Daming's prestige has been famous throughout Dahong Mountain.

However, the world is impermanent, and creation makes people.

In January 1941, the Kuomintang launched the "Southern Anhui Incident" regardless of the safety of the nation, setting off an anti-communist upsurge. Zhu Daming, who believed that soldiers would carry out orders, also decided to launch an attack on the 5th Division of the New Fourth Army and its subordinate guerrillas far away from the Suzhou-Anhui-Huaihai region. In order to achieve the effect of the attack, he found his old subordinate, Xiao Dejun, who had been fighting in the Dahongshan area for a long time and had served as the deputy commander of the 482nd Regiment of the 161st Division at this time, to understand the situation, discuss strategies, and seek cooperation. Unexpectedly, Xiao Dejun, who had secretly joined the underground party organization of the Chinese Communist Party as early as the Whampoa Military Academy, was taken aback when he heard this, and tried his best to persuade his old commander Zhu Daming to take into account the overall situation and understand the general situation, and not to risk the world's disapproval to do stupid things that hurt relatives and enemies. Zhu Daming, who came with confidence, was extremely dissatisfied with the attitude and performance of his former subordinate Xiao Dejun, and he ignored Xiao Dejun's repeated persuasion and immediately walked away.

It can be said that in response to such a sentence as "there is much help for the righteous and little help for the unjust," Zhu Daming, who thought that he was invincible in the face of well-equipped devils, never expected that when he led his troops to suddenly launch an attack on a guerrilla unit belonging to the 5th Division of the New Fourth Army in the Dahongshan area, the guerrillas, who had already been waiting for work, defeated the vanguard of one of his battalions to the ground, and almost completely annihilated them. According to those who escaped by chance, the guerrilla leader who commanded the battle seemed to be a heroine, skilled in kung fu and excellent marksmanship, known as the "Red Lady," and as beautiful as a fairy.

Afterwards, all parties accused him of improper use of troops, lack of command, and a martial artist; Some people even suspect that he was tempted to deliberately release water and was suspected of colluding with the Communist Party. The deceit in the army made him depressed, and in a fit of anger, he resigned angrily. When he returned to the field, he only brought his beloved Sydney horse back to Sichuan.