advancing behind enemy lines
On July 7, 1937, Japanese imperialists brazenly launched a full-scale war of aggression against China. The war suddenly broke out at the Lugou Bridge. The war broke out at the city. Pingjin is in crisis! North China is in crisis!
In order to save the crisis in North China, our Party Central Committee issued a telegram to the whole country, pointing out that "only the whole nation implements the war of resistance is our way out." Call for "building a solid Great Wall on the national united front and resisting the plunder of the Japanese army!" Subsequently, according to the agreement between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, the Red Army was reorganized into the Eighth Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army. On August 25, the commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army, and the deputy commander-in-chief Peng Dehuai said in a telegram that announced the inauguration: "Self-serving 09 battles, vowing to drive away the Japanese invaders, regaining lost territory, and fighting to the end for China's independence, freedom and happiness. I'j The Eighth Route Army is under the jurisdiction of the Fifth Division, the 120th Division, and the 129th Division. Among them, the 129th Division was composed of the Fourth Army, the 31st Army of the Red Fourth Front Army, the 29th Army, the 30th Army, the Independent First to Fourth Regiments and the 15th Army of the Red Army of the Northern Shaanxi Province. It is under its jurisdiction, and has 385th Brigade, 386th Brigade, , teaching regiment and several direct teams. On September 3, the 386th Brigade where I was located announced the reorganized list of cadres. Chen Geng was the brigade commander, Chen Zaidao was the deputy brigade commander, Wang Xinting was the director of the Political Training Department, and I was the chief of staff.
Since the 1931 September 18th Incident , in order to realize the idea of resisting Japan and saving the country, our Red Army has worked hard for six years and experienced unspeakable hardships. Finally, we have been looking forward to this day. We wish we could fly to the front line immediately and fight to the death with the Japanese army. Soon the troops sent the military uniforms of the National Revolutionary Army. When everyone saw the "blue sky and white sun" hat flowers, they hated it from the bottom of their hearts: "Why must we wear this thing when we fight against Japan?" "The revolution comes and goes, and the competition for the revolution has brought a hat flowers with a "blue sky and white sunshine!" Although before the uniforms of the National Revolutionary Army were released, the Eighth Route Army headquarters had explained this and asked us to explain the troops. But to be honest, I felt a little bit different in my heart. Nine years ago, I participated in the Pingjiang riot, rushed out of the Kuomintang army, and have been fighting with it since then. I never expected that I would have to wear the "blue sky and white sun" hat again today, which is really unacceptable in terms of emotion. But later I gradually figured it out: Although the hat flower has been changed and the name has been changed, our essence has not changed. We will always be the red armed forces led by the Communist Party.
On September 6, all the soldiers of the 129th Division lined up in Shiqiao Town and held a sworn ceremony to fight against the Japanese war in the autumn rain. Comrade Zhang Hao, director of the Political Training Department of the Master, awarded the Red Army's 10th anniversary medal on behalf of the Party Central Committee and the Military Commission. Then, under the leadership of Liu Bocheng, the entire division solemnly swore that Japanese imperialism is the mortal enemy of the Chinese nation. It will destroy our country, destroy our race, kill my elders and brothers, rape my mother, wife and sisters, burn our crops, houses, and destroy our farm animals, for the nation, for the country, for the compatriots and grandchildren, we can only fight against the war to the end......
This sound burst out from the hearts of all the generals, breaking through the rain, and shaking the gloomy sky like rolling thunder. After the oath, we stepped up political education and military training, prepare for the troops, and wait for the battle.
In early October, the 129th Division left some troops to station in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region. The division headquarters led the 386th Brigade, the Division Cavalry Regiment and the 769th Regiment of the 385th Brigade. After the 115th Division and the 120th Division, they took a boat from Zhichuan Town, Hancheng County to cross the surging Yellow River and entered Shanxi. The main force of the division boarded the train in Houma and rushed to Taiyuan.
Due to the tightness of vehicles, I led the division's cavalry regiment to the front line. The people along the way saw the Eighth Route Army heading north and were greatly encouraged, so they welcomed and saw each other off.
As soon as the Eighth Route Army entered the Shanxi front, it fought several beautiful battles one after another. On September 25, the 115th Division fought for the first time in Pingxingguan , killing more than 1,000 enemies. On October 18, the 120th Division set up an ambush with Yanmen Pass and destroyed more than 200 enemy military vehicles. On October 19, the 129th Division's vanguard 3 3rd Battalion of the 769th Regiment of the 129th Division attacked Yangmingbao at night, burning 24 enemy aircraft.
When the Japanese invaders were blocked from the north, they advanced west along Zhengtai Road with their forces, attempting to move back to the side of Taiyuan.The Kuomintang defenders on the front line of Niangzi Pass were in a tight position, and the Third Army of Zeng Wanzhong was trapped in Niangzi Pass. In order to play the role of a "strong army", the 129th Division led the 386th Brigade to to pacify and looked for opportunities to annihilate the enemy in Xiyang area. During the battle in Mashan Village, I brought a company to control the enemy in the front, and Brigade Commander Chen Geng led his troops to attack from the side and back.
That afternoon, Commander Liu Bocheng and Deputy Director Song Renqiong came to the position and asked with concern: "What's the situation?"
I said: "The enemy is beginning to attack me. My task here is to stick to the frontal position, fight and stagnate the enemy's advance, so as to cover my main force to attack the enemy sideways."
At this time, Comrade Liu Bocheng picked up the telescope and observed the enemy's army approaching me step by step. Seeing that the situation was urgent, I asked Comrade Song Renqiong to mobilize the division commander to leave first. Comrade Song Renqiong persuaded him, and pulled the commander's arm and left. Commander Liu pointed to the withered thatched thorns on the hillside, and smiled calmly and said, "Comrade, please slow down and let me see the road!" '
As soon as Liu Bocheng and Comrade Song Renqiong went down the mountain, the enemy surrounded him. Our army resisted and retreated step by step, and kept in contact with the enemy, leading the enemy in the mountains. At this time, Liu Bocheng and Comrade Chen Geng commanded the main force to take the opportunity to go from the side. Later, the attack was disrupted by the Japanese army's attack on Niangzi Pass and rescued Zeng Wanzhong's third army. Afterwards, our brigade cooperated with the Fifth Division to set up a continuous ambush at the bottom of Huangya and Guangyang, causing heavy damage to the enemy. However, the Kuomintang army was scared by the Japanese attack and not only took the initiative to abandon Niangzi Pass, but also retreated from Xinkou and Taiyuan. Taiyuan was then trapped in the enemy.
Taiyuan's fall was declared in North China. The formal war with the Kuomintang army as the main body has ended, and the guerrilla war with the Eighth Route Army as the main body has begun.
This is a strategic transformation. In order to adapt to this transformation, our 129th Division troops moved to the Taihang Mountains, divided the troops to mobilize the masses, organized anti-Japanese armed forces, and created guerrilla bases. A mass craze has set off a mass military joining force. In early 1938, I was ordered by the division headquarters to go to Wuxiang to receive new recruits from all over the country. I saw with my own eyes that the people in the Taihang Mountains sent their children to the Eighth Route Army. The scene of "mother calling her son to fight the East and wife sending her husband to the battlefield" was really touching. At this time, in addition to the great supplementary service of our 386th Brigade, we also formed supplementary regiments, Independent regiments, and cavalry regiments. Fu of the Party Central Committee The strategic task of establishing the anti-Japanese base in Shanxi, Hebei and Henan border was initially completed.
In March 1938, the 129th Division launched a raid on the Handan (Dan) Changzhi Highway. On March 16, the ambushed and annihilated more than 1,500 enemies at Shentouling, and on March 31, 180 enemy cars were destroyed at Xiangtangpu. In April, the Japanese army mobilized ten corpses, with a total of about 30,000 people siege in nine directions. tml3 Southeastern Jin , trying to encircle and annihilate the troops stationed in Wuxiang, Liao County (now Zuoquan County), and Yushe areas. In response to the enemy's attempt, our division not only retained a part of its troops to cooperate with the guerrillas to launch guerrilla warfare in the interior, but also the main force jumped out of the enemy's encirclement, turned to the outside line, and waited for the opportunity to annihilate the enemy. On April 16, the main force of our division captured the enemy. The favorable fighter was turned back to the inside line in time, and attacked the enemy's main route in Changle Village, Wuxiang County, and eliminated more than 2,000 main forces of the 108th Division, which greatly shocked the enemy and forced other routes to flee, thus crushing the enemy's "nine-way siege" and consolidating and expanding the anti-Japanese base in the Shanxi, Hebei and Henan border.
In the battle in Changle Village, Wuxiang County, Comrade Ye Chenghuan, the commander of the 772nd Regiment of our brigade, unfortunately died. When the bad news came, I and the comrades in the brigade cried bitterly. Comrade Cheng Huan was an excellent commander. He was in charge in the battle and commanded with courage and wit, and was deeply loved by his comrades. What made me unforgettable in the late stage of the Long March of was that when I was transferred from the First Red Front Army to the 31st Army of the Red Fourth Front Army as Chief of Staff, Zhang Guotao opposed the Party Central Committee, split the Red Army, and excluded the cadres transferred from the First Red Front Army.Yu Yaoyun, the commander of the Red 31st Army, at that time (after being dismissed from his post, he jumped into Dajinchuan and committed suicide) wanted to kill me by wiping a pistol. Comrade Cheng Huan (who was the political commissar of the 93rd Division at the time) learned about the attempt of Yu Tianyun , and pointed out to Yu Tianyun solemnly: "This is a criminal act, you can't do this!" This made me survive.
In this Changle Village battle, he led a company to evacuate from the battlefield and was hit in the head by a bullet. Although he tried his best to rescue him, he was unfortunately sacrificed due to excessive injuries. He was only twenty-four years old at the time. In order for the Chinese nation to be trampled by the Japanese iron hooves, how many Eighth Route Army soldiers like Comrade Cheng Huan sprinkled their blood on Taihang Mountain at the beginning of the War of Resistance!
