Author: Forget about the Jianghu
In May 1939, the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army wiped out more than 1,300 enemies in the Lufang area.
Lufang breakout battle has a huge impact. The previous 115th Division went from the Second War Zone to the Fifth War Zone of without permission from Chongqing, and has always been named "East Advance Detachment" to the outside world. After the Lufang breakout battle, Chongqing Telegram Commendation actually recognized the legality of 115th Division's advancing into Shandong.
However, in the post-war summary, this victory of defeating the strong with the weak aroused strong dissatisfaction with the officers and soldiers of the 115th Division.
115 Division Acting Commander Chen Guang
From the 2nd Battalion of the 686th Regiment of the 115th Division, the Cavalry Company, to the political commissar of the 115th Division, Luo Ronghuan, all criticized Lu Fang for breaking through. This encounter with the Japanese army has also become a "historical burden" for Acting Division Commander Chen Guang, laying the groundwork for the future opening high and closing low and . "The Voice of Victory" created by Lai Keke, the head of the 115th Division, was only sung once at the celebration meeting and was sent to the cold palace.
Why did the battle results data better than Pingxingguan , the breakthrough battle in the Lufang, triggered Chen Guang's trust crisis?
The time of Lufang breaking out occurred in May 1939, in Lufang Village, Feicheng, Shandong Province.
Sending troops to Shandong has always been a foresighted step by the Chairman. However, for various reasons, the main operation of the Eighth Route Army to support Shandong was not truly implemented until December 1938. More than 3,000 people from the 685th Regiment of the 115th Division advanced into the area west of Weishan Lake under the number "Suluyu Detachment".
More than a month later, Chen Guang, acting commander of the 115th Division, and Luo Ronghuan, political commissar, led more than 5,000 people from Shizhi and the 686th Regiment, and also arrived in southwestern Shandong after more than a month with the number "East Advance Detachment". After removing Japanese strongholds such as Fanba in Yuncheng, Wenshangcaoqiao, Ningyang Geshidian, and Dongpingweili, Luo Ronghuan and Chen Guang determined the development strategy of "being on the mountains and beside the lake", and the "mountain" is Taishan "Lake" is Weishan Lake.
On May 9, 1939, Luo Ronghuan went to the Dongwenning Detachment, and Chen Guang led the "East Advance Detachment" to Feicheng . Just at this time, the 12th Japanese Army divided into nine routes to attack the western Thai area. By the night of the 10th, Chen Guang and the 115th Division had been surrounded by Lufang Village .
Lufang Village is located 20 kilometers south of Feicheng, 340 kilometers east of Tai'an html, 320 kilometers south of Dawenhe html, and 20 kilometers south of Ningyang County city. Less than 50 kilometers to the west is the famous Liangshan ruins in " Water Margin ".
Under the command of Acting Division Commander Chen Guang and Chief of Staff Wang Bingzhang, the 115th Division successfully broke through the night after a day of bloody battle.
Lufang breakout and annihilated more than 1,300 enemies, comparable to the first victory of the comprehensive war of resistance Pingxingguan victory .
Judging from the results of the two battles, the Lufang Breakthrough is indeed more prominent than the data of Pingxingguan ambush.
Lufang broke through. The "East Advance Detachment" of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army fought bloody battles and killed more than 1,300 enemies in one day, with only more than 350 casualties. The ratio of enemy and us was 4:1. This was rare in the battles of the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army and the New Fourth Army annihilated more than 1,300 enemies during the entire War of Resistance Against Japan. The Pingxingguan victory two years ago was a typical ambush battle by the Eighth Route Army against the Japanese baggage forces with its superior forces. In this battle, the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army annihilated more than 1,000 enemies and suffered more than 600 casualties. The ratio of casualties between the enemy and us was 1.6:1, and the battle loss ratio was not as good as that of Lu Fang.
Judging from the forces imposed by the enemy and us, the land room breaks through is strong and we are weak, and our side has obvious advantages in the Pingxingguan.
Lufang battle, the 12th Army of the Japanese army invested more than 5,000 Japanese troops and nearly 3,000 puppet troops, and the Eighth Route Army was besieged by more than 3,000 combat personnel, including the 115th Division's Special Battalion, Cavalry Company, the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 685th Regiment, and some key personnel of the Sun Jixian Jinpu Detachment.
Pingxingguan ambush battle. Lin Biao mobilized 12,000 people from the 3rd, 685th Regiment, 686th Regiment and 687th Regiment of the Independent Regiment of the 2115th Division. More than 3,000 people from the 9th Brigade of the 5th Division were ambushed by the Japanese army. It can be said that Chen Guang's Lufang breakout combat efficiency is far stronger than Lin Biao's Pingxingguan ambush battle.
Commander of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army, from left: Zhou Kun, Lin Biao, Chen Guang, Nie Rongzhen
The data of the Lufang breakout is better than that of Pingxingguan, why does it trigger Chen Guang's trust crisis?
In March 1938, Lin Biao was accidentally injured and left the front line. Who would take over as the commander of the 115th Division suddenly became the focus: Zhu and Peng, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, appointed Chen Guang, the commander of the 343rd Brigade, as the commander of the division, but while reporting to the Second War Zone and Yan'an , he also received a telegram from Yan'an to appoint Luo Ronghuan as the commander.
In the mind of the Chairman, Luo Ronghuan, who has both military and political advantages, is more suitable to be the top leader than Chen Guang.
Since Zhu and Peng's appointments have been reported to the second theater of Yan Xishan and Wei Lihuang , the Chairman withdrew his appointment to Luo Ronghuan.
Lufang broke through the battle. Chen Guang was questioned by the 115th Division after the battle, and there were many reasons. The first point of
is that Chen Guang, the acting commander of the 115th Division, lacks comprehensive abilities. Specifically, when the 115th Division was surrounded in the land room, some of Chen Guang's shortcomings were exposed. For example, his strategic vision and cautious personality are not as good as his ex-girlfriend Lin Biao, and his interpersonal coordination and careful attention to details are not as good as his political commissar Luo Ronghuan.
Before the Japanese army siege Luo Ronghuan went to Dongping , so only Chen Guang, Wang Bingzhang and others in the "East Advance Detachment".
Due to some key enemy situations in the Reconnaissance Department, it was ignored by the acting division commander Chen Guang, which led to being surrounded by the Japanese army in the Lufang area. If we consulted the Sixth Detachment of the Mountain Column and Duan Junyi one day earlier, the 115th Division could have jumped out of the Japanese encirclement like the Sixth Detachment of the Mountain Column.
Duan Junyi
The second reason why Chen Guang was questioned was that he was distracted in the battle in the land room.
After following Duan Junyi's advice, Chen Guang led a large team of troops to break through the southwest east flat. This is also the direction for Luo Ronghuan to go to the Dongwenning Detachment. At night, I found that there was a Japanese defense on the south bank of the Dawen River. The 115th Division's "East Advance Detachment" turned around and returned north toward the Dafeng Mountain north of Feicheng.
On the morning of May 11, the vanguard of the 2nd Battalion of the 686th Regiment of the 115th Division met with the scout of the 114th Division of the Japanese Army.
Under the bombardment of Japanese cannons, the brigade of the organs was in chaos under the impact of frightened mules and horses. Acting division commander Chen Guang was angry and anxious and fell into a coma. Zhang Renchu, the commander of the 686th Regiment, sent the 1st Battalion to seize Feizhushan and Yashan , and the regiment's spy company and reconnaissance company seize Yashan and Mopanling.
After Chen Guang woke up, he commanded the division's special service camp and the Jinpu Detachment to seize the commanding heights north and east of the Lufang.
The third reason is that Chen Guang, as the main commander, left the command post in a critical 6 hours.
Lufang battles were fought from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m., the biggest sacrifice was the 2nd Battalion of the 115th Division. The battle lasted for 12 hours, while the other troops also fought for 9 hours. However, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., Acting Division Commander Chen Guang was away from the division command center for 6 hours.
In the battle in the Lufang, in addition to acting division commander Chen Guang, the 115th Division also had Chief of Staff Wang Bingzhang and Deputy Director of the Political Department Huang Li. After Chief of Staff Zhou Kun left without saying goodbye, the 115th Division was not appointed as the Chief of Staff, and Wang Bingzhang was in charge of the work. In addition, there are Li Zuopeng, the chief of the reconnaissance section, and Lai Keke, the chief of the propaganda section.
Li Zuopeng
When the 115th Division troops were fighting fiercely in Lufang, where is the acting division commander Chen Guang?
Wang Bingzhang recalled that Chen Guang left the division headquarters at around 10 o'clock to supervise the battle. Wang Bingzhang called the 686th Regiment and asked Chen Guang to take charge of the overall situation, but the 686th Regiment headquarters said that he went to the battalion. At around 4 pm, Chen Guang returned to the division headquarters and discussed a night breakout plan with Wang Bingzhang and Huang Li.
At that time, Zhang Renchu, the commander of the 686th Regiment, was in the 1st Battalion until he returned to the regiment headquarters at 5 pm, so Chen Guang could not be in the 1st Battalion. The regiment headquarters was commanded by the regiment political commissar Liu Xiyuan, and at that time, there were only two battalions of the 686th Regiment, and Chen Guang, acting division commander, was very likely to be in the direction of the 2nd Battalion and the Jinpu Detachment.
However, the position of the acting division commander Chen Guang should not be in the 686th Regiment of the Dujizhang, nor should he be in the 2nd Battalion where the most intense battles were. At that time, there were many main forces, local troops and friendly forces mixed together in Lufang Village. The most suitable position for acting division commander Chen Guang should be in charge of the overall situation in the division headquarters.
During the 6 hours of the fiercest battle, because Chen Guang was not at his post, he was always the commander of Wang Bingzhang.The last reason why Chen Guang, the 5th Division Commander of
, was questioned. Although the number of enemies annihilated in the Lufang battle exceeded Pingxingguan, most of them were the result of the various divisions relying on geographical location and independent operations. Chen Guang, the acting division commander, did not do enough in unification and coordination. And in terms of the losses of the 115th Division, it is very distressing.
Although there were only more than 350 casualties in this battle, they were all the essence of the Eighth Route Army, and many of them were the old Red Army who participated in the Long March . The cavalry company lost one platoon, and the baggage team left more than 200 mules and horses to the Japanese army. Several cannons pulled from Taihang Mountain to Shandong were also dug out by the Japanese army.
Founding Lieutenant General Zhang Renchu
The biggest contributor to Lu Fang breaking through was Zhang Renchu, the leader of the 686th Regiment, and Liu Xiyuan, political commissar.
686 Regiment fought the style of the old Red Army and the old Eighth Route Army. After the war, local young people asked to join the Eighth Route Army, and the situation of the war in the western Thai area was boosted. However, Chen Guang, the acting commander who was criticized, was suppressed by this "historical burden" for a long time from now on.
As the saying goes, "Good is where misfortune depends, and misfortune is where good fortune lies." The 115th Division was surrounded by Japanese troops in Lufang, which also sounded a wake-up call for Luo Ronghuan and Chen Guang's "Back to the Mountains and Lakes" strategy. The Taixi area, which is dominated by the large plains and low mountains and hills, is not suitable for creating a large base.
So, shortly after the battle in Liangshan, Chen Guang and Luo Ronghuan led the 115th Division to the Yimeng Mountains in the southeast.
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