" Wang Mingxing, what's going on with your troops? What are the soldiers doing? They still have to hide from me, what are they hiding? "
1938, Ye Fei, the commander of the Sixth Regiment of the Third Detachment of the New Fourth Army, called Wang Mingxing, the company commander of the 4th Company, and asked about a strange phenomenon that occurred in the army. Ye Fei found that the soldiers were always whispering in groups, but they stopped as soon as they saw him, which seemed very mysterious. As a commander, he had to prevent all problems in the army, so he had questions.
At this time, Wang Mingxing replied indifferently: " Commander, you should be clear about this matter. We didn't fight the war a few days ago, and the comrades were holding their anger. "
Ye Fei shook his head and said with a wry smile: " I think it's just that you are holding their anger in your heart, right? It's not easy to fight a war, I will give you a task now. Choose a few comrades with good skills, go down the mountain quickly, and catch a Japanese man in the nearby county town. It's just one person, I want both people and guns, do you understand? "
Wang Mingxing's eyes lit up when he heard that there was a task. But when he heard that Ye Fei only gave them the indicators to capture one person, he felt a little uncomfortable, so he said, "HTML Commander, I have gone down, so I can just wipe out the Japanese. "
New Fourth Army
Ye Fei stared at Wang Mingxing for a long time before slowly saying, " is an order, you just obey. If you can complete it, let's talk about the future. "
Although Wang Mingxing was unwilling to accept it, he understood Ye Fei's profound meaning after just a few hours, and he was more confident in fighting from then on. So, what exactly does Ye Fei’s order mean? This starts with General Ye Fei.
General Ye Fei is a very rare "Overseas Chinese General". He was born in Quezon Province, Philippines. His father, Ye Sunwei, is from Nan'an, Fujian. He once went to Southeast Asia with his father. During this period, because my mother and brother died of illness one after another, my father had to return home with his body. In order to make a living, Ye Sunwei could only do some hard and tiring work in the local area. Later, he married a local woman and had Ye Fei and several other children.
Going to Nanyang
Ye Sunwei has a strong national complex, so when Ye Fei was five years old, he sent him back to his hometown to receive traditional Chinese education. Eight years later, Ye Fei was successfully admitted to Xiamen Zhongshan Middle School (later transferred to Provincial No. 13 Middle School). During his time at school, he came into contact with progressive ideas and began to engage in student sports.
In May 1928, Ye Fei successfully joined the Communist Youth League, said goodbye to the school, and began to work underground. He had been arrested by the enemy many times, but he was defeated by his wit and organizational rescue. In 1933, Ye Fei entered the eastern Fujian area, founded the revolutionary base, and also created the guerrillas.
During this period, Ye Fei encountered the most dangerous experience in his life. Because he has no battlefield experience and military knowledge, he is much more likely to be in distress on the battlefield than those experienced veterans. Veterans can hear the distance of the shooter and himself, as well as the trajectory of the ballistic movement from the sound of the bullet breaking through the air. But Ye Fei had never experienced the battlefield much and could not hear any tricks. As a result, he often encountered danger due to misjudgment. However, Ye Fei was flexible and willing to ask the veterans for advice humbly, so he overcomes this difficulty and becomes a qualified battlefield commander.
In 1934, the revolutionary forces in eastern Fujian were destroyed and they lost contact with the Party Central Committee. Under such a difficult situation, Ye Fei supported the overall situation alone. He not only rebuilt the Fujian East Special Committee, but also established the powerful Fujian East Independent Division. However, Ye Fei encountered greater difficulties: because the Central Red Army Central started the Long March of , Ye Fei had to face the enemy and attack even more wildly.
Eastern Mindong Guerrillas
In January 1935, the enemy mobilized heavy troops and surrounded the Fu'an where the Eastern Mindong Independent Division was located.Faced with the crisis, local cadres were full of energy and proposed the slogan of "defending the revolution, living and dying with the enemy, and fighting to the death" at the combat meeting, preparing for a head-on position war; while military cadres of the independent division advocated avoiding the enemy's edge and jumping out of the encirclement to fight guerrillas. The two sides argued and the meeting was deadlocked.
At the critical moment, Ye Fei, who presided over the meeting, said: ", keep the green mountains there, don't be afraid of burning firewood.', the Soviet area must be defended, but it is wrong to fight to the death. Now we are trapped in a siege. If we fight hard, it is exactly what the enemy hopes. They can just beat us all in one place, so that the Soviet area can also not be defended. We should turn the Soviet area into a guerrilla area and use guerrilla tactics to avoid being eliminated. If the flat ground is occupied by the enemy, we will go up the mountain so that we can persist in the struggle. " Finally, under his persuasion, the troops unified the idea of launching the guerrilla war .
Mindong Guerrillas
This guerrilla war lasted for three years. Although the conditions were arduous, Ye Fei used flexible tactics and miraculously created a world in the eastern Fujian region. He created many small bases next to the original base, and relied on his support to "survive". So his situation is much better than the guerrillas in the Gannan area.
1937, the Anti-Japanese War broke out. In the first half of the year after the war started, the Kuomintang troops on the front battlefield were defeated and retreated steadily on the battlefield due to unfavorable factors such as command errors and factional struggles. North China , East China and South China fell into the hands of the Japanese army. In order to jointly fight against Japan, in addition to forming the Eighth Route Army, our party urgently needed to establish an armed force in the south to cooperate with the frontal battlefield in South China and torture the enemy's rear. The New Fourth Army came into being like this. And those troops who fought in the mountains for three years were finally able to get out of the mountains and become the most core troops of the New Fourth Army.
New Fourth Army
In January 1938, Ye Fei's Fujian-East Independent Division was adapted into the Sixth Regiment of the Third Detachment of the New Fourth Army, with Ye Fei as the regiment commander. After a period of training, the Sixth Regiment entered the enemy's battlefield in Maoshan area and was led by a team of Chen Yi and . However, it was this transfer that caused many unexpected difficulties to the Sixth Regiment.
First of all, the combat environment has changed. In the past, when independent divisions fought, mountain guerrilla warfare was now put on the plains to fight. The original environment was gone, and tactics and tactics were bound to face innovation. Once the change is not timely, it is likely to cause disastrous consequences.
Secondly, the public environment is different. Most of the soldiers of the Sixth Regiment are from Fujian and speak Mindong dialect with a strong accent; while Maoshan area belongs to southern Jiangsu, and the locals also have a very strong accent. Neither of the two sides understands what the other party says, which brings great inconvenience to communication. The support of the masses was almost cut off.
New Fourth Army
In the end, the combat targets are different. Most of the people they faced were the informal army such as the security group in the south, the landlord armed forces; and this time they faced Japanese invaders who were armed to the teeth and well-trained! The combat effectiveness of both sides is not on the same level at all! It is too dangerous to take on the enemy rashly. This made Ye Fei particularly worried because many soldiers lacked their understanding of this. It was also at this moment that a very timely battle occurred, and the most dangerous factor of humans changed.
On the way to Maoshan, the sixth group stumbled. They were not familiar with local roads, and they were unable to inquire with the local people because of their accent issues, so they could only march blindly. The enemy's blockade is set up very tightly, and there is a blockade line within a few miles. Ye Fei led the team to go for eight days and fought seven battles. Although he won all of them, the troops were already very tired. The key is that it is already difficult for them to arrive at the Maoshan base at the time they ordered.
Maoshan Base Area Memorial Sculpture
Ye Fei felt a little embarrassed when he saw the soldiers who were exhausted and panting, so he found a small village to let the troops rest.That night, Ye Fei decided that all commanders would carry forward their style and take the initiative to take the responsibility of keeping watch at night, so that the soldiers could rest more.
In the middle of the night, after a patrol, Wu Kun, a little tired deputy commander, decided to smoke a bag of cigarettes to relieve fatigue. As a result, with the matches he suddenly felt the nearby pile of firewood moving. Wu Kun has rich combat experience and immediately noticed something abnormal. So he pretended to be nothing and returned to the house and quickly woke up a group of people. Everyone quietly left the house from the backyard, and surrounded the pile of firewood without knowing it.
, and Wu Kun himself walked out as if nothing had happened and continued to smoke. Suddenly, he stood up and shot into the sky. This was the signal of attack, and the soldiers of the Sixth Regiment immediately rushed out and surrounded several piles of firewood. Wu Kun went up to check and found that there were several short Japanese soldiers inside.
Japanese Scout
At this time, all the soldiers were awakened. They were dressed neatly and all came to meet outside the house. Wu Kun felt that there was a very likely large enemy troops around him to operate, so he led some people to seize a small highland in the southwest of the village.
Wu Kun has a very strategic vision. He had long guessed that the enemy would seize the highland on the northeast. If you don’t occupy the other high ground, you are likely to fall into a passive position. As a result, his actions proved to be very timely, and the Japanese army indeed came to his estimated position. As a result, after a melee, the Japanese army, caught off guard, retreated.
When the soldiers were about to pursue, Ye Fei suddenly ordered a retreat. Wu Kun was unwilling to give up and applied for pursuit again. Ye Fei said, " is in the middle of the night, and it is difficult to ensure that the enemy has not been ambushed. If you obey the order, you should take the soldiers back to rest quickly. ." Although Wu Kun was a little unsatisfied, he could only obey the order.
New Fourth Army Old Sixth Regiment
In fact, it is not just Wu Kun who was not satisfied with fighting, but many soldiers are like this. They are too eager to prove themselves with a victory. In the next few days, they marching and complained quietly, muttering, carrying Ye Fei alone. And who Ye Fei is, he has long noticed the team's movements. So, after arriving in Maoshan, he called Wang Mingxing, the company commander of the 4th Company, to his place, and took the opportunity of inquiry and ordered him to take people to the nearby county town to catch a Japanese soldier. This is the scene at the beginning of this article.
Wang Mingxing said that since you know there are ghosts in the county, it is better to fight a war and wipe out the Japanese army. His idea was obviously too optimistic, and it was exactly what Ye Fei was worried about. I emphasized my own command: only needs one person, don’t want it if there are too many, if it can be completed, let’s talk about it later.
Ye Fei
So, Wang Mingxing took a dozen soldiers to put on plainclothes and set off. Soon, they arrived outside the county town. The true appearance of the Japanese army really shocked the group. Their military appearance and obedience to their superiors are completely incomparable to the security and militia groups in eastern Fujian. Especially the Japanese firepower equipment opened the eyes of these guerrillas who had just walked out of the mountains. These invaders each had a 38-large rifle, and the bayonet on the gun was so bright that it was cold. Next to each checkpoint, there are all light and heavy machine guns and mortars . Wang Mingxing could feel that such an army, not to mention the extermination, would have little chance of winning even if it was head-on. It seems that I underestimated the Japanese at the beginning.
However, he could not do it to let Wang Mingxing go back now. After all, the leader has already issued a task and he still has to catch a Japanese person back. But seeing the opponent's tight defensive formation, Wang Mingxing knew that if he wanted to complete the task, it would be impossible to have too many people. So he arranged most of the people to respond outside the county town, and quietly touched the city with two or three people.
Japanese soldiers stills
After several people entered the city, they began to look for the Japanese army's battalion. The barracks are large in size and are not difficult to find, but they are very careful. Wang Mingxing and others could only find a tea stall near the barracks and sit down and wait for the opportunity.
It is also a matter of people who should make contributions. Before they could wait, they saw a person who looked like an officer coming out. This person wandered around and walked towards the downtown in the middle of the county town. Wang Mingxing quickly followed with his people and kept track of it at a very delicate distance. Finally, they found that the officer walked into a shaved shop, and as soon as he sat in, someone greeted him diligently.
Wang Mingxing thinks that this should be an opportunity, but he is not sure. There are too many Japanese troops in the county town, and if they don’t pay attention, it will be difficult for them to escape unscathed. He doesn't want to do such a thing as killing a Japanese devil. He walked into the shaving shop, chatted with the shop clerk in Su Zhong dialect, but got a satisfactory answer: This Japanese man is a squadron leader, and he would come to shaved every two days, and every time he came, he sat for several hours.
Stills of Japanese officers in the War of Resistance against Japan
Isn’t this a godsend opportunity? Wang Mingxing was secretly happy. He sent the guy away, then took out his pistol, pressed it against the Japanese squadron leader's forehead and fired. With a "bang", the Japanese were directly shot. The shopkeepers and customers immediately became in a mess and shouted, " The Japanese are dead! ." Taking advantage of the chaos, Wang Mingxing and several comrades fled and safely withdrew the base with the help of soldiers outside the city. Before leaving, they took away the Japanese guns and holsters.
Later, this action shocked the devils in the city. They searched for several days in a row, but got nothing and could only suffer a loss. After this battle, the morale of the soldiers of the Sixth Regiment was greatly boosted and no one complained anymore. At the same time, they also understood two points: first, they have a big gap in strength with the Japanese soldiers and cannot underestimate the enemy; second, if you want to kill the Japanese more, you must first master detailed information, and the more careful the plan, the better the effect.
Japanese officers in the Anti-Japanese War
found a suitable method, and the battle of the Sixth Regiment became more and more smooth. Later, they were adapted into "Jiangkang Second Route" and moved to the Eastern Front with other troops, achieving brilliant results. Later, their weapon reserves were even able to meet one squad with two machine guns at the same time ! Marshal Chen Yi said proudly many times: " The Sixth Regiment is my 'Good Regiment'! "
