The Seventh Brigade of the Third Division of the New Fourth Army fought in Central China
Peng Mingzhi Zhu Dixin Huang Weihua
The Seventh Brigade of the Third Division of the New Fourth Army is a time-tested heroic force developed under the leadership of the Communist Party of China. Its predecessor was the famous Ye Ting Independent Regiment during the Northern Expedition. In 1927, he participated in the "August 1st" Nanchang Uprising led by Zhou Enlai and others. After the failure of the southward march to Chaoshan, they moved to Jinggangshan under the leadership of Zhu De and Chen Yi, and successfully joined forces with the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army led by Mao Zedong. They were jointly organized into the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army's Fourth Army (later renamed the Red Army's Fourth Army). Zhu De was appointed commander. Mao Zedong served as party representative, also known as "Zhu Mao's Red Army". Subsequently, after several reorganizations, it was reorganized into the Second Division of the First Red Army in May 1933.
In November 1935, he was transferred to the Red Regiment (the foundation of the 9th Division of the Red Army, formerly the commander of Huang Gonglue). He participated in the struggle to open up and defend the Jinggangshan Base Area and the Central Soviet Area, participated in 1 to 5 counter-campaigns against "encirclement and suppression" and the 25,000-mile Long March; after arriving in northern Shaanxi, he participated in the Eastern and Western Expeditions. . At the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, it was reorganized into the 685th Regiment of the 115th Division, 343rd Brigade, and the 685th Regiment of the Eighth Route Army. It participated in the Battle of Pingxingguan and opened up the Anti-Japanese War situation in the western Shanxi region with its brothers. In the long-term revolutionary struggle, the fine traditions and styles of bravery, tenacity, daring to fight, hard work, and continuous fighting have been cultivated.
1. Advancing to the borders of Shandong, Shandong, Henan and Anhui
In the autumn of 1938, the Sixth Plenary Session of the Sixth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China determined the strategic policy of consolidating North China and developing Central China. The Eighth Route Army Headquarters ordered the 685th Regiment to march eastward to Sulu, Henan, and Anhui behind enemy lines to carry out guerrilla warfare, fight against the Japanese puppets, expand the troops, and establish anti-Japanese base areas behind enemy lines. In October, the 685th Regiment marched from western Shanxi to Tunliu County in southeastern Shanxi to gather and stand by. It was renamed the Suluyu Detachment of the Eighth Route Army. The former regiment leader Peng Mingzhi was appointed as the detachment leader, the regiment political commissar Wu Faxian was appointed as the detachment political commissar, and Liang Xingchu was appointed as the deputy detachment. long. The original 1st, 2nd and 3rd battalions were changed to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd brigade respectively. On December 7, Zhu De, commander-in-chief of the 18th Group Army, and Zuo Quan, deputy chief of staff, visited the Suluyu detachment station to visit all officers and soldiers, and mobilized cadres and troops to march eastward. On the 10th, under the leadership of detachment leader Peng Mingzhi, they set out from the Tunliu area and embarked on the eastward journey. On December 27, we arrived at the Fengxian and Shanxian areas west of Weishan Lake on the Sulu border (referred to as the Huxi area).
Huxi area is located on the border of Sulu and Henan. Its jurisdiction includes Yutai, Jinxiang, Jiaxiang, Jining, Zouxi, Tengxi, Peitengbian, Juye, Heze, Dongming, Ding There are more than 20 counties on the Shandong-Henan border including Tao, Chengwu, Shanxian, Fengxian, Peixian, Xiaobei and Yangbei. This area is the link connecting the two strategic areas of North China and Central China, and directly threatens Jinpu, Longhai Railway and Xuzhou. Its strategic position is very important.
Xuzhou fell on May 18, 1938. The Kuomintang army retreated, and the Japanese army invaded west along Longhai Road. The Huxi area was completely behind enemy lines. The Second Corps of the Huxi People's Anti-Japanese Volunteer Corps led by the Communist Party of China has made great progress in persisting in the anti-Japanese struggle in the region. However, this area is located in a battleground between the Japanese, the stubborn, and us. The situation is very complicated. Bandits are everywhere. They collude with the Japanese and puppets and prey on the people. The struggle between the enemy and ourselves is becoming increasingly tense. Among them, the 1st Detachment of the Donghai "Suppression Bandits" of the puppet army entrenched in Feng County Wang Xianchen (nicknamed "Wang Crooked Nose", originally The brigade commander of the Beiyang warlord , who later became a small warlord in Fengxian County, had four regiments with more than a thousand people. Under the instruction of the Japanese army, they repeatedly invaded local armed forces and massacred cadres and the masses. He was filled with hatred and urgently demanded the elimination of this traitorous force.
The Second Corps of the Huxi People's Anti-Japanese Volunteer Corps once united with the local Kuomintang armed forces in Feng County and Pei County to form the "Northern Jiangsu King Command" and fought several battles with them, but failed to win.When our detachment entered the area, Wang Xianchen was leading his troops to "sweep" the second and third districts in the north of Feng County. They captured Cuizhuang, Shunheji, hanzhuang and other villages. They burned, killed, looted, and filled large areas of villages with thick smoke. In confusion, the fleeing people fled westward, dragging their children and daughters. Seeing this scene, the commanders and soldiers were extremely angry and determined to severely punish the Japanese invaders and their lackeys.
After the Sulu-Henan detachment entered Liu Yuanji, Houlou, Zhuji, and Zhang Xiaozhuang in Shan County, they immediately contacted the local party to learn about the distribution of the Japanese and puppet troops on the Sulu-Henan border, and jointly studied how to open up the Huxi Anti-Japanese Base Area In order to solve the problem, it was decided to first annihilate the puppet army Wang Xianchen's department to expand the influence of our army.
Three regiments of Wang Xianchen's department are stationed in Cuizhuang area in the northwest of Feng County. The leaders of the detachment decided to use the First Battalion to quickly occupy the area east of Xiaowangzhuang from Shouxianji to the north and then south on December 28, and attack Cuizhuang from east to west; to use the Ninth and Tenth Companies of the Third Battalion to occupy Litaizhuang. Attack Cuizhuang from north to south; occupy the area south of Cuizhuang with 2 artillery pieces from the 11th and 12th companies of the 3rd Battalion. At Nancuizhuang, after the First Battalion enters the battle, it will cut off the enemy's retreat route and warn the enemy in Feng County; the first part of the Second Battalion will be stationed in Zhangji north of Shanxian County to be responsible for warning and covering the rear of the detachment in the direction of Shanxian and Jinxiang; The team directly under the detachment ( The special agent company, cavalry reconnaissance company, engineering company, and artillery company) set out from Zhangxiaozhuang to occupy Shunheji, advancing from north to south, and cooperated with the first and third battalions to attack and annihilate the puppet troops in the Cuizhuang area; the cavalry company inserted to the east of Cuizhuang, Prevent the enemy from escaping. Since our brigade left the Luliang Mountains and arrived in Huxi, the troops have not fought in more than four months. The commanders and soldiers are eager to fight and want to take on the most difficult tasks.
At noon on December 28, all brigades and directly affiliated brigades moved towards Cuizhuang in a concealed manner as planned. At dusk, they gathered at Shouxianji, Xiaowangzhuang and other places northwest of Cuizhuang. When the troops entered Hanzhuang in the early morning of the 29th, they found an enemy cavalry running toward us. The troops immediately hid and waited for the enemy to come and capture him alive. Because the standing troops cooperating with our troops were inexperienced, they fired and missed, and the enemy's troops ran back. At that time, fearing that the enemy would discover our army's intentions, we immediately ordered the 9th and 10th companies of the 3rd Battalion to attack from north to south and take the lead in breaking through the northern siege of Cuizhuang. The 1st Battalion also joined the battle east of the village at the same time. Our assault troops rushed forward quickly, and the follow-up troops followed closely, rushing towards the enemy's stronghold and beating fiercely, with the sound of gunfire and shouts of killing.
The enemies who were sleeping were woken up and were so frightened that some of them didn't even have time to put on their clothes, so they lay on the ground begging for mercy. After fierce fighting, one part of the puppet army fled southward, while the other part fought stubbornly. The detachment ordered the 9th and 10th companies to track and pursue the fleeing enemies; the attacking troops were ordered to tightly surround the recalcitrant puppet troops and launch a political offensive to force them to surrender. At 10 o'clock, the 11th and 12th companies of our third brigade intercepted the puppet troops fleeing south and wiped out most of them. At this time, more than 100 Japanese troops and more than 300 puppet troops stationed in Feng County came to Cuizhuang for reinforcements, but I resolutely blocked them and killed them. The battle lasted until dusk, forcing them to retreat hastily. In this battle, 4 regiments of Wang Xianchen's tribe (Wang escaped after being wounded) were annihilated in one fell swoop, and more than 800 puppet soldiers were killed, wounded, and captured.
Cuizhuang won the first battle. The news of victory was like a thunderbolt from the blue, shaking the land near Sulu and Henan, and greatly inspired the enthusiasm of the people in Huxi to resist the war. The masses praised the Sulu-Henan detachment as the "Eighth Route Army that fell from the sky", a true anti-Japanese force, and a force that saved the people. The divine weapon of suffering. People carried pigs and sheep and beat gongs and drums to express their condolences. A large number of young people actively requested to join the army, and the army soon expanded to nearly a thousand people.
On January 23, 1939, the Central Committee instructed: "Before the end of the Fifth Plenary Session of the Kuomintang Central Committee, the Eighth Route Army will not make major movements for the time being to observe the development of the united front situation." "The 685th Regiment will postpone crossing Longhai Road until the Fifth Plenary Session of the Central Committee, and then make operational arrangements. In this short period of time, we will focus on improving the quality of the troops." Following the above instructions, the detachment decided to carry out activities in brigade units: the first brigade was in the Pei (county) Tong (shan) Feng (county) area; the third brigade was in the Feng (county) Dang (shan) Yu (county) area; the detachment The directly affiliated team and the second brigade are in Shan (County) Feng (County) Yu (Taiwan) area.Each brigade actively attacked the Japanese and puppet troops behind enemy lines, destroyed the puppet regime, established various mass anti-Japanese organizations, and initially opened up the anti-Japanese situation in the Huxi region.
In the spring of 1939, the detachment was ordered by the Eighth Route Army headquarters to organize more than a thousand people from the Second Corps of the Volunteer Corps (also known as the Shandong Column Advance Detachment) created by the local party into the fourth brigade. Li Zhenqian served as the brigade captain and Guo Yingqiu served as the political commissar. In order to completely eliminate the threat in the eastern part of our base area and expand the anti-Japanese armed forces, in February, the Suluyu Special Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Suluyu Detachment of the Eighth Route Army decided to recruit the Xingke Department of the Second Detachment of the puppet East China Sea "bandit suppression" entrenched in the Haozhai area. Ji Xingke is from the northern part of Tongshan, . He was just an ordinary bandit who robbed homes and houses, and later gradually became a bandit commander with more than 2,000 troops. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War,
surrendered to the Japanese army and became a puppet army. At that time, the headquarters already had the working foundation of our Tongbei Party organization. He Yuxiang, the leader of the main force group, was full of national integrity and sense of justice, and advocated active resistance to Japan. Therefore, he decided to send Tian Weiyang, chief of staff of the Suluyu detachment, to lead a main force to advance to Peixian County. He intensified military pressure on them, causing the situation of "troops approaching the city"; on the one hand, he sent Guo Yingqiu, political commissar of the Fourth Brigade of the Suluyu Detachment who was familiar with the situation of the department, to go to the headquarters to express his righteousness, state his interests and points out the future. Under the strong military pressure from outside and He Yuxiang and others inside, Ji Xingke finally accepted the advice and led more than 2,000 people in his department to declare any change. It was immediately reorganized into the Suluyu Detachment Independent Brigade, with Ji Xingke as the captain and He Yuxiang as the commander. Deputy captain, Guo Yingqiu serves as political commissar.
Encouraged by our army's successive victories, the people in the Huxi area became increasingly anti-Japanese sentiment. A large number of young and middle-aged people actively requested to join the army, and the detachment successively formed three guerrilla brigades. , each brigade had five to six hundred people, and initially established the Huxi Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Base Area centered on Fengxian, Peixian, Yutai, Shanxian, and Dangshan . It threatened the two railway lines of Jinpu and Longhai, causing our army to move south to central China. strategic posture. At the end of April of the same year, according to the instructions of the Party Central Committee and the Eighth Route Army Headquarters, the detachment adjusted its activity area: Deputy detachment leader Liang Xingchu led the fourth brigade and the main force of the directly affiliated spy battalion to stay in the north of Longhai Road to continue to consolidate and expand the Huxi base. The detachment leader Peng Mingzhi and the political commissar Wu Faxian led the main force of the detachment to advance to the south of Longhai Road to carry out the anti-Japanese struggle in Xiao (county), Su (county), Yong (city), and Xia (yi) areas, and established contact with the New Fourth Army guerrilla detachment.
At the beginning of April, the main force of the detachment entered Xiao County via the Longhai Railway, and got in touch with Li Zhongdao, Zong Hanmin, and Li Zhuang, the local party leaders in Xiao County and Suxian County, to jointly study the issue of opening up the anti-Japanese situation in Xiaoyong and Suxia areas. . In mid-April, battles were carried out in Guishan and Shicun (belonging to Suxian County), and the first part of the Japanese and puppet troops was annihilated. On May 13, more than 2,000 people from the Second Corps of the Volunteer Corps operating in the south of Longhai Road were reorganized into the Seventh Guerrilla Brigade of the Suluyu Detachment, with 3 battalions under its jurisdiction. Geng Yunzhai served as the captain, Lan Tinghui served as the political commissar, and Sun Xianghan served as the deputy captain. . In addition, more than 1,000 local armed forces from various counties were organized into the fifth brigade of the Suluyu Detachment in May.
On May 21, 1939, the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China telegraphed: "The main development direction of the Eighth Route Army in the future is Central China. I hope to order the Suluyu Detachment (685th Regiment) to reconnoiter the situation and, if possible, send some troops to and local cadres went to Dongsu County, Xuzhou, Activities in the Lingbi area, reconnaissance of the Jiangsu-Anhui border area, and establishment of local work to establish contact with Zhou Junming in the south and Xuefeng in the west. "Following the above instructions, the detachment decided to leave the Seventh Brigade in the west of Jinpu Road to cooperate with Xiao County in the anti-Japanese war. The standing team carried out activities, and the detachment led the second and third brigades and the independent brigade to the Zhangshanji, Chunshufang, Fengshan and Baishan areas in the east of Jinpu Road.
When the troops marched eastward, Xiaoxian County Magistrate Peng Xiaoqian accompanied us, and he gave us a buried German orogenic cannon. The troops extended to Luoma Lake , Yugou, and Shuanggou areas in Subei, shocking the Japanese and puppet troops stationed in Xuzhou, Suxian, and Lingbi.They gathered more than 1,700 people, and with the cooperation of more than 20 artillery and multiple tanks, they divided into 7 groups to besiege our troops in Zhangshanji, Gongshan, and Baishan. After a day of fierce fighting, we wiped out more than 300 enemies. In order to avoid the superior enemy, the detachment moved to the mountains in the Xiangou area west of Jinpu Road that night. On June 4, more than 2,000 Japanese troops in Xuzhou attacked again. In two days of fierce fighting, more than 100 enemy soldiers were killed and injured. After five days of continuous fighting, more than 700 Japanese and puppet troops were wiped out and 3 vehicles were destroyed, shattering the Japanese and puppet troops' "mopping up" plan.
In June 1939, after we smashed the enemy's 7th siege, the troops moved to Xishan and Baoan Mountain in Yongcheng County, Henan Province, and to rest and recuperate in the Xiaoxian and Wangbailou areas of Jiangsu Province. During this period, Chen Guang, acting commander of the 115th Division, came down from south of Shandong to guide the Suluyu detachment in summarizing its work and reorganizing the troops. The detachment was expanded into a brigade organization, the brigade was expanded into a regiment, and the Lubei Guerrilla Third Group was The brigade and the original number one The brigade was combined into the First Brigade; the main force of the original Second Brigade and the Fourth Brigade were combined into the Fourth Brigade; the Third Brigade, the Seventh Guerrilla Brigade and the Independent Brigade were combined into the Seventh Brigade; the former Second Battalion was combined into one The department and another local unit in Lunan were jointly organized into a detachment special agent battalion. After the reorganization, the strength of the unit was greatly enhanced, with a total of 8,869 people in the detachment.
At this time, Peng Xuefeng, commander of the guerrilla detachment of the New Fourth Army operating on the border of Henan and Anhui, sent Zhang Aiping and Liu Yuzhu to our detachment to re-study the route and timing of dispatching to the southeastern area of Xuzhou. In view of the large target of the detachment's action and easy detection by the enemy, it was determined that the main force of the detachment would stay in the west of Jinpu Road and enter the Xiayi and Shangqiu areas to carry out work; Comrade Zhang Aiping led the first brigade to the south of Suxian County and across Jinpu Road Enter the activities in Lingbi and Si County. In late June, when the First Brigade, led by captain Hu Bingyun and political commissar Wang Dongbao, entered Caojizi, Lingbi County, east of Jinpu Road, they were plotted by the enemy because they had no support in the new area. More than 500 Japanese troops surrounded the First Brigade with sudden movements. The situation was extremely dangerous and the brigade headquarters had been raided.
In this critical situation, all personnel persisted on the spot and fought bravely. Comrade Zhang Aiping, who was accompanying the First Brigade, held a rifle and fought with the commanders and soldiers. The Japanese attacked all day long, causing more than a hundred casualties and achieving nothing. That night the first brigade successfully broke through. At the end of July, the First Brigade entered the Taoyuan area of Suining to rest and recuperate. The Japanese and puppet troops in Suining deployed more than 4,000 deceived "Knife Hui" soldiers in the green gauze tent near Weiwa, where the First Battalion was stationed. The Japanese army dispatched a rapid company of more than 90 people and several vehicles to raid the headquarters of our First Battalion. At that time, our troops were well prepared and motivated all officers and soldiers with the dangerous situation. When the Japanese army ventured close to the gate of the village, my heroic red company and red company 2 suddenly attacked from both sides. With great joy, except for 3 Japanese soldiers of the 1st company who escaped in a car, all the rest were wiped out and 5 Japanese-style rifles were captured. Machine gun, 3 Japanese-style barrels.
html In October, the First Brigade uprooted the Japanese and puppet stronghold of Fengmiao in one fell swoop, killing more than 400 Japanese and puppet soldiers and burning more than 20 cars. During this period, the First Brigade cooperated with the local party, adopted the correct struggle policy, strengthened the united front work against the local Kuomintang Commissioner Sheng Zijin of the Sixth Special Office of Anhui Province, and promoted him to continue to resist Japan. In May 1940, the Kuomintang die-hard Han Deqin in northern Jiangsu took advantage of the Japanese and puppet "sweeping" and concentrated the troops of six regiments to occupy Jinsuo Town, Jietouji, and Xinjiang on the Jiangsu-Anhui border. Hetou and other places attempted to eliminate the anti-Japanese forces and destroy the anti-Japanese democratic base areas in northeastern Anhui. Liu Shaoqi, Secretary of the Central Plains Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, unified command of the First Brigade of the Suluyu Detachment, the Longhai South Advance Detachment, the Sixth Detachment, the Fourth Corps and other units to launch a self-defense counterattack. After 13 days of fighting, Jinsuo Town, Jietouji and other places were recovered and annihilated. There were more than 1,000 stubborn troops and they drove him back to Si County and Suqian County.
During this period, the Suluyu detachment and its brother troops mobilized the masses in the vast areas east and west of Jinpu Road and north and south of Longhai Road to fight against the Japanese puppets, develop anti-Japanese armed forces, and established anti-Japanese base areas in more than 10 counties.In particular, the First Battalion entered the northeastern Anhui region. Under the guidance of Liu Shaoqi, it worked closely with the fraternal troops and dealt a heavy blow to the local Japanese and puppet troops. It initially opened up the situation of the Anti-Japanese War and established a solid foundation for the Eighth Route Army to move south to central China to reinforce the New Fourth Army. stepping stone. The first brigade has grown from less than 2,000 people to 3,500 people in more than a year.
2. Reinforcement of the New Fourth Army
After the Kuomintang die-hards were crushed in the first anti-communist upsurge, they moved the center of friction from North China to Central China. Since February 1940, the situation in Central China and the Communist Party has become increasingly tense, and frictions have occurred one after another. Gu Zhutong, Li Pinxian, Tang Enbo, Tang Enbo, Han Delinqin and others, under the secret order of Chiang Kai-shek, launched a large-scale attack from southern Jiangsu, central Anhui, eastern Anhui, eastern Henan and northern Jiangsu in an attempt to cut off North China. , contact with Central China, divide, encircle and annihilate the New Fourth Army, seriously threatening the survival and development of the New Fourth Army.
On March 21, 1940, the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China proposed the strategic task of the Eighth Route Army to reinforce the New Fourth Army and pointed out: "Chairman of Anhui Province Li Pinxian ordered Fang ordered us to implement all reactionary policies and resolutely attack the New Fourth Army in East Anhui and Huaibei, hoping to completely eliminate our Zhang Yunyi, Peng Xuefeng and other troops, cut off the connection between our New Fourth Army and the Eighth Route Army, and put our Jiangnan New Fourth Army in a situation with no retreat. Under this situation, our Eighth Route Army. The army has the urgent task of resolutely and quickly supporting the New Fourth Army, breaking Li Pinxian's reactionary offensive, establishing the anti-Japanese democratic base areas in eastern Anhui, Huaibei, and northern Jiangsu, and consolidating the relationship between the New Fourth Army and the Eighth Route Army. "
The New Fourth Army followed the instructions of the Central Military Commission and resolutely carried out self-defense counterattacks. It successively carried out self-defense counterattacks in Dingyuan and Bantasi, annihilating thousands of die-hard troops and achieving the first major victory in central China's counterattack against the die-hards' attack. On April 5, Mao Zedong further clarified the importance and urgency of the Eighth Route Army's reinforcement of the New Fourth Army in his telegram on developing and consolidating the deployment and strategy of the Central China base area, and made specific arrangements for the Eighth Route Army's slogans, methods, and steps for moving south, with clear instructions. Presented by:
In view of the massive increase in Japanese troops and the increasing expansion of the enemy-occupied area in North China, our army must not be restricted to the north of the Yellow River without entering the Central Plains. "Therefore, Central China is my most important lifeline." "The entire northern Jiangsu, eastern Anhui, and northern Huaihe are areas that I must fight for. Everything north of the Yangtze River, east of Huainan Road, north of the Huaihe River, east of Kaifeng, south of Longhai Road, and west of the sea must be unified. Create a democratic anti-Japanese base area within the year." Although the attack by the die-hard has been repelled, the Eighth Route Army "should still seize this opportunity to send necessary troops southward." Huang Kecheng was asked to lead the 344th Brigade into the north bank of the Huaihe River. "Peng Wu Detachment also listened to the opinions of Hu Fu and Kecheng and dispatched to northern Jiangsu, gradually moving south from the vicinity of Xuzhou, and first occupied the counties north of Yancheng and Baoying. 34 The slogan of the Fourth Brigade and the Peng Wu Detachment going south is still to rescue the New Fourth Army and cooperate with friendly forces to resist Japan."
html On May 5, Mao Zedong further telegraphed that "the 344th Brigade and the Pengwu Detachment should still take this opportunity to go south. Because Chiang Kai-shek had the intention to divide the area, Chiang summoned Zhou and Zhu to talk. The main issue would be Central China. He now dreamed of transferring the New Fourth Army to Give me the north of the Yellow River, send me into the hands of the enemy, block my return, starve to death, I will never go up On his command, Huang Cheng and Peng Wu's detachment should still move quickly to reach the Yancheng, Baoying, and Bengbu lines before the Zhou-Zhu negotiations, and Hu Fu was ordered to immediately go to the Zhang Aiping area to wait for Kecheng. "
Liu Shaoqi followed the spirit and instructions of the Central Committee. The situation in Central China further put forward the basic policy for the development of Central China: "Develop eastward and defend westward." First, concentrate the main force to attack Han Deqin and solve the problem in northern Jiangsu, and then go west to solve the problem in eastern Anhui and northern Anhui.
Northern Jiangsu (including Huaihai and Yanfu regions) is located to the south of Longhai Road, east of the canal, and west of the sea. It has a special strategic position in the Anti-Japanese War. This area is a major base rich in strategic materials such as grain, cotton, and salt. It is an important flank for controlling the entry and exit of Japanese troops along the river, and an important link connecting our New Fourth Army with the Eighth Route Army. After the Japanese invaded northern Jiangsu, they seized the main transportation routes and gradually expanded the pseudo-region.The towns along the canal line from Xuzhou to Yangzhou , the towns on the eastern section of Longhai Road, and Lianyungang and other ports were all occupied by the Japanese army. After the fall of Nanjing, Han Deqin, chairman of the Jiangsu Province of the Kuomintang, went to northern Jiangsu to recruit stragglers and develop weapons. He boasted of having 100,000 troops. However, he always preserved his strength, never resisted Japan, actively opposed the Communist Party, and tried every means to eliminate the New Fourth Army. In order to develop northern Jiangsu and open up the strategic connection between northern China and central China, Liu Shaoqi suggested that the Eighth Route Army moving south quickly rush to northeastern Anhui so that it can advance eastward to Yancheng and the area north of Baoying at the appropriate time, and coordinate with the New Fourth Army troops moving eastward and northward to attack the main force of Han Dynasty at any time. , solving the problem of northern Jiangsu in one fell swoop.
Our Suluyu detachment is the vanguard of the troops going south to central China to reinforce the New Fourth Army. Commander-in-Chief Zhu De and Deputy Commander-in-Chief Peng Dehuai were very concerned about the actions of the Suluyu detachment and put forward strict requirements for the troops. On May 13, the telegram stated: "When the Peng Wu detachment marches south, special attention should be paid to: (1) troop discipline; (2) close relations with the local party, government and people; (3) help the New Fourth Army and promote the brothers of the New Fourth Army and the Eighth Route Army Unity and friendship, and opposing some disunity in the past; (4) Preventing the The team is arrogant and proud."
On May 22, Liu Shaoqi called Mao Zedong, Wang Jiaxiang, Zhu De, and Peng Dehuai: There is a high possibility that Ye Fei's two regiments will be besieged by Han Deqin in the Taizhou Bridge area. At present, the fourth and fifth detachments have gone to both sides of Jinpu Road to eliminate Li Benyi and other stubborn armed forces, so there are no troops to go to reinforce. "I want the 344th Brigade and Peng Zhu Detachment ② to quickly come to northeastern Anhui. Under the slogan of aiding Ye Fei, they can defeat the main force of South Korea in one blow and basically solve the problem in northern Jiangsu."
At this time, the Suluyu Detachment 2 The Fourth Brigade has been ordered to be transferred to Lunan and placed under the direct command of the 115th Division. The detachment is composed of the guard battalion (less than 1 company), the guard battalion of the Sulu-Henan Border Region Party Committee, and the Huxi Brigade of Yutai Weishan Lake into the Huxi Brigade. After receiving the order from the Central Military Commission to reinforce the New Fourth Army, detachment leader Peng Mingzhi and political commissar Zhu Dixin immediately led the Third Brigade (formerly the Seventh Brigade) and the Huxi Brigade, braving high fever and setting off from Zhuji between Shan County and Feng County on the Shandong-Henan border. , on June 23, in Xiao, Su, and Yongbianzhidu, they annihilated a Japanese squad and a reinforcement of a puppet army. In early July, they repelled a separate attack of more than 500 enemy troops at Dadongwei, east of Jinpu Road. In mid-July, they entered Qingyang and Shuanggou in northeastern Anhui and met up with Hu Bingyun of the 1st Battalion of the detachment who was active in the area. .
After the entire Suluyu detachment reunited, they continued to advance eastward. On July 19, Mao Zedong, Zhu De, and Wang Jiaxiang called Liu Shaoqi and others: "Under the situation where Han Deqin's attack on northeastern Anhui has been repelled, the 344th Brigade and Peng Zhu Detachment should attack the enemy and puppets, mobilize the masses, and establish base areas as the basis The policy is not to pursue Han Deqin. When Han attacks me again, it will be politically advantageous for me to stand in self-defense and eliminate him." On July 30, he also instructed: "Peng Zhu's detachment can start activities in the area east of Jinpu Road and north of the Huaihe River to develop northern Jiangsu. If it feels that the troops are insufficient, please ask Xuefeng and Kecheng to send some of their troops to Peng Zhu to take them to the east of the road." According to the above instructions, our Suluyu detachment entered Huaihai District to establish a base area. With the cooperation of the local party organizations,
we mainly accomplished three things: First, we eliminated the stubborn Wang Guangxia tribe entrenched in Huaihai District, and repulsed Dayishan, Xin'an The offensive of the Japanese and puppet troops killed more than 300 of them; the First Brigade repelled the "mopping up" of the Japanese and puppet troops in the directions of Lianghuai and Siyang; the Huxi Brigade repelled the Shuyang in the areas of Huji and Machang enemy's attack. The second is to mobilize the masses to establish the anti-Japanese political power in Shuyang, Lianshui , Huaiyin, Guanyun, Siyang and other counties, establish the Huaihai Special Office, and train a large number of anti-Japanese young backbones. Third, in order to cooperate with the Battle of Huangqiao, we made preparations for marching eastward to Yan (Cheng) Fu (Ning) District, ascertained the enemy's situation, raised ships, and prepared winter clothes.On August 20, the Fifth Column of the Eighth Route Army was formed. The Suluyu Detachment was changed to the First Detachment of the Fifth Column. Peng Mingzhi was appointed as the detachment leader, Zhu Dixin was appointed as the political commissar, Wu Faxian was appointed as the director of the Political Department, and Zheng Shangeng was appointed as the officer. To the minister, the application letter was appointed as the Minister of Health, with three regiments under his jurisdiction: the first regiment leader Hu Bingyun, political commissar Tian Weiyang; the second regiment leader Zhou Changsheng, political commissar Feng Zhixiang; the third regiment leader Yu Zenglin , political commissar Luo Yourong.
Under the leadership of Central Plains Bureau and Comrades Liu Shaoqi and Huang Kecheng, the fifth column marched eastward to Yanfu to directly cooperate with the New Fourth Army's Huangqiao campaign. Our detachment went south from Huaihai District in two ways on October 5. The detachment headquarters led the second and third regiments to the left and crossed the Salt River blockade north of Lianshui. The second regiment attacked and annihilated more than a thousand people from the eighth brigade stationed in Dianhu Lake. After occupying Baisha, it went straight to Funing. On October 10, it captured Yancheng and Wuyou. The third regiment attacked Dongkan and Badan, annihilated more than 700 stubborn people, and then advanced to Yancheng. The first regiment was on the right, crossing the Salt River south of Lianshui, attacking the tenth brigade of the old Yellow River defense line, and annihilating more than 1,500 people. It also marched day and night along Yilin, Donggou, Jianyang, Huduo, Qinnanchang, Dagang and Dazouzhuang went south, and on October 10 they met with the leading troops of the second column of the New Fourth Army's North Jiangsu Headquarters at Shizikou, Baiju Town, Dongtai County.
The victorious rendezvous of the Eighth Route Army's southbound troops and the New Fourth Army's northbound troops marked the completion of the task assigned by the Party Central Committee to open up the communication channel between North China and Central China. On October 15, Commander Chen Yi arrived at the post gate to express condolences to our detachment. General Peng Mingzhi introduced the cadres above the regiment level to Chen Yi one by one and held a welcome meeting at the location of the detachment. Chen Yi delivered a speech at the welcome meeting, describing the situation at home and abroad, and the commanders and soldiers were greatly encouraged. The First Division of the Eighth Route Army went south, which strengthened the power to develop Central China and changed the strategic situation of Central China. It was of great significance to the opening up of Northern Jiangsu, the construction of the anti-Japanese base area in Northern Jiangsu, and the development of the Anti-Japanese War situation in Central China. The Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China spoke highly of this strategic action and pointed out: "This time Chen Yi and Huang Kecheng's armies won a great victory. Most of northern Jiangsu was occupied and connected by us. This is the largest base area in central China and has absolute influence on the whole country. Great significance. "③
After our detachment entered Yancheng, it was distributed throughout the Yan area to rest and carry out mass work. In October 1940, the first detachment was renamed the 1st Teaching Brigade of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army.
In late November 1940, the anti-communist fervor inspired by the "Haodian" began to evolve into a local-scale military operation in central China. Li Pinxian Wanted the CCP to "turn back" the entire power in eastern Anhui; after Han Deqin's defeat at Huangqiao, he still hired tens of thousands of mercenaries, trying to restore the situation before the decisive battle at Huangqiao, and began military provocations; the Gui Army in the western Anhui area claimed to Reinforce northern Jiangsu, its The first seven regiments occupied Zhoujiagang, Jiepaiji and other places in the central area west of Jinpu Road. The 112th Division of Huo Shouyi of the Northeast Army, using the excuse of "armed mediation friction", moved down from the south of Shandong and successively captured Fengcheng in the southwest of Funing County. Gucun and other places, and continues to expand In order to smash the new anti-communist plan of the die-hards, open up the connection between the base areas in northern Jiangsu and eastern Anhui, and cut off the communication between Han Deqin's Department and Huo Shouyi's Department of the Northeast Army, the Eighth Route Army Headquarters of the New Fourth Army in Central China decided to concentrate the five columns of the Eighth Route Army, and the Eighth Route Army's first fifth division Teaching the First Brigade, the First and Second Columns of the New Fourth Army's North Jiangsu Headquarters, with a total of 10 regiments of more than 30,000 people, under the unified command of Chen Yi, launched the Caodian Campaign on November 2. On the 9th, the troops launched an attack on Han Deqin's headquarters in the Caodian area of Baoying County in three routes, first clearing the perimeter and inflicting heavy casualties on them. Dingmao Port crosses Majiadang and Sheyang Rivers. The first regiment conquered Sheyang Town, annihilated more than 300 people of the stubborn 10th Brigade, and pursued the victory, successively conquering the outlying strongholds of the stubborn army such as Youfangtou, Lanting, Taipingzhuang, and Beisongzhuang, and then attacked Caodian. Tao Jialin, annihilated more than 500 stubborn troops The third regiment captured the strongholds of Jiangying and Miaojia Village. Our brigade approached the southeast and southwest areas of Caodian and eliminated another regiment of the stubborn troops in Xiaoguanzhuang, southwest of Caodian. The first and second columns of the New Fourth Army also advanced. The northeastern area of Caodian forms a siege to Caodian.
The Caodian garrison consists of the headquarters of the 89th Army, the 33rd Division (193rd and 194th Regiments), the Independent Regiment, and the Engineer Battalion. There are about 4,000 people. The fortifications are very strong and the buildings are high. There are 4 blockhouses and more than 10 fortresses. There is a river 3 feet wide and 5 feet deep outside. The bridges leading to the outside are all damaged and difficult to access. On December 9, Chen Yi, acting commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters of the New Fourth Army in Central China, arrived at Mazhuang, northwest of Caodian, and met with Peng Mingzhi, Zhu Dixin, Han Zhenji, Su Yu and others to study the issue of attacking Caodian.
On December 12, Chen Yi issued an order to attack Caodian. Specific deployment: use the first regiment of the first column of the New Fourth Army to attack the northeastern part of Caodian, and another regiment to control the area near Quanwuzhuang to monitor Anfeng's stubborn army; use the first regiment of the second column of the New Fourth Army to attack the southeastern part of Caodian, and another regiment to attack the southeastern part of Caodian. The regiment is controlled in appropriate areas as reserves. Use the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army to teach the 1st Brigade and the 2nd Regiment to attack the northwest of Caodian, and use the 3rd Regiment to attack the southwest of Caodian. In addition, the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army will teach the 2nd Regiment of the 1st Brigade, the 7th Regiment of the 2nd Detachment of the 5th Column of the Eighth Route Army, and the 8th and 9th Regiments of the 3rd Detachment will control the areas of Yangqiao and Caiqiao, preparing to eliminate possible threats caused by Cheqiao reinforces Caodian's stubborn army. The order stipulated that preparations should be completed at 12 o'clock on the 13th and the attack would be launched at 21 o'clock.
After receiving the general offensive order, our brigade convened a meeting of cadres and staff above the regiment level at 12:00 on the 12th to conduct detailed research and actively prepare for the attack. That night, acting commander-in-chief Chen Yi also convened a meeting with the heads of the troops participating in the attack on Caodian to listen to their opinions and make specific arrangements.
On the evening of the 13th, all troops launched a general attack on the Caodian defenders as planned. The various units of our brigade attacked very actively. They fought fiercely and charged fiercely. They fought bravely and fought bravely. That night, the first and second columns of the New Fourth Army and our brigade broke through the defensive lines of the stubborn troops in the southeast and northwest corners of Caodian, occupied Caodian's walls and bunkers, and caused heavy casualties to the stubborn troops. However, because the area was in a water network area, the roads were narrow, and firepower could not be deployed. Our troops were overly dense and bombarded by the stubborn artillery fire, resulting in heavy casualties and a confrontation. Then they stopped developing in depth and some troops withdrew from the battlefield. Our brigade continued to surround Caodian and block Huo Shouyi's troops from going south. Two days later, we also withdrew to Taojialin.
At this time, a sudden telegram was received from the Central Plains Bureau: the troops participating in the Caodian battle were not allowed to evacuate until Liu Shaoqi arrived. I waited in Taojialin for a day. After Liu Shaoqi arrived, he ordered our brigade to surround Caodian's stubborn army again. Two days later, when other troops did not come, Liu Shaoqi ordered our detachment to withdraw from the battlefield. In the 18 days before and after the Battle of Caodian, more than 8,000 stubborn troops were wiped out, which once again weakened Han Wan's reactionary and stubborn forces and shattered his plot to attack our army from the east and west. However, our army also suffered more than a thousand casualties. Because the Caodian Battle failed to achieve the campaign's objectives, a complex triangular struggle situation between the enemy, the puppets, the stubborn, and ourselves was formed for more than two years.
3. Fighting in Northern Jiangsu
In January 1941, after the Wannan Incident, the New Fourth Army headquarters was rebuilt, and the Central China troops were unified and reorganized. The Fifth Column of the Eighth Route Army was reorganized into the Third Division of the New Fourth Army, with Huang Kecheng serving as division commander and political commissar. The 1st Teaching Brigade of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army is organized into the 7th Brigade of the 3rd Division of the New Fourth Army. It has brigade commander Peng Mingzhi, political commissar Zhu Dixin, deputy brigade commander Tian Weiyang, and director of the Political Department Guo Chengzhu. It has three regiments: the 19th Regiment Regiment leader Hu Bingyun, political commissar Liu Jinping; 20th Regiment leader Huang Weihua, political commissar Feng Zhixiang; 21st Regiment leader Yu Zenglin, political commissar Luo Yourong. Under the leadership of the Central China Bureau, the New Fourth Army Headquarters and the Third Division, the Seventh Brigade, as a mobile regiment of the military headquarters, galloped on the battlefields of Yanfu, Huaihai, Huainan, and Huaibei.
Our Seventh Brigade began to operate in the Yanfu area. On the one hand, it mobilized the masses, developed anti-Japanese armed forces, eliminated bandits, and participated in the construction of base areas; on the other hand, it prepared to smash the Japanese and puppet "mopping up" and defend the anti-Japanese base area in Yanfu District.
In order to smash the conspiracy of the Kuomintang die-hards and repel their military offensive, our brigade was ordered to monitor Xu Jitai's troops in the Caodian and Sheyang areas and resolutely smash their invasion of Yanfu District.On February 27, 1941, a total of more than 5,000 people from the stubborn Xu Jitai troops and the security group attacked our Huduo (northwest of Yancheng). Our troops moved with great speed to fight back the enemy at the Hongqiao and Baziqiao lines, taking the enemy by surprise and covering the entire line. Attacked, captured 1,140 stubborn soldiers and killed 140. The remnants of the stubborn soldiers retreated to the Caodian stronghold.
In July 1941, the Japanese army concentrated the entire 12th Mixed Brigade, one section of each of the 15th and 17th Divisions, and puppet troops, totaling 17,000 people. They were divided from Dongtai, Xinghua, Sheyang, and Chenjiayang on the 20th. They headed straight for Yancheng in an attempt to eliminate the leadership of the New Fourth Army and the main force of the Third Division in one fell swoop. In order to protect the safe transfer of the Central China Bureau and the military headquarters, the Seventh Brigade devoted all its strength to the battle against the Japanese and puppet "mopping up". The 20th Regiment deployed two lines of defense in Gudianji, Louwangzhuang, Dingmaogang and Qinnanchang, Longganglou and Xiazhuang in the southwest of Yancheng to meet the enemy invading from Xinghua. The 21st Regiment set up defenses in the northwest of Yancheng and controlled both sides of the Chuanchang River in Jianyang and Huduo. The 19th Regiment is located in Yilin, Donggou and Shuoji areas.
html At 11 a.m. on the 220th, more than a thousand Japanese and puppet troops set out from Sheyang Town on more than 30 motorboats. Under the cover of aircraft and artillery, they attacked Chiang Kai-shek in two directions. After repeated attacks, the Second Battalion of our 21st Regiment killed and injured more than 100 Japanese and puppet troops. Due to being outnumbered, we withdrew from the battle in the afternoon. After the enemy captured Chiang Kai-shek's camp, they continued to advance north. The Third Battalion of the Third Regiment fought fiercely for two hours, killing dozens of enemies.
html On the 225th, more than a thousand puppet troops invaded Huduo and Jianyang Town. Our 20th Regiment and 21st Regiment used tactics such as blocking, ambush, and tail attack, and killed successively in Zhangjiazhuang, Yanhekou and other places. There were more than a hundred enemies and 4 motorboats were destroyed. On the 28th, under the cover of the aircraft, the enemy took thirty or forty motorboats and attacked Donggou and Yilin in three groups. The main force of the 19th Regiment stubbornly blocked the line at Taipingqiao and Liujiazui in the southwest of Funing County. They fought fiercely until dusk and killed more than a hundred enemies. After our army blocked and killed the invading enemy on the outskirts of Yancheng, the main force quickly moved to the enemy's flank to attack and harass the enemy. After the enemy occupied Donggou and Yilin, the 19th Regiment sent small teams to harass the enemy, making them restless day and night.
At the same time, the First Division of Suzhong launched an offensive on the southern front, defeated Jiangduo, closed Huangqiao, and besieged Taizhou, Taixing, Jiangyan and other places. The Japanese and puppets were so panicked that they were forced to transfer troops from the north to the south. Our army took advantage of the situation to counterattack and regained Donggou, Yilin and other places. By August 20, the counter-"mopping up" campaign was successfully concluded. In the anti-"mopping up" battle for more than a month, our seventh brigade fought more than 20 times, killing and wounding more than 300 Japanese troops, more than 700 puppet troops, and destroying 7 motorboats. It successfully completed the task of defending the anti-Japanese base area in Yanfu District.
Han Deqin took advantage of the opportunity of the Japanese and puppets to "sweep" us, and occupied the Chengdaokou, Shijiaji, and Yanghuaji areas of Siyang County with two regiments of the Third Security Column, and used the 117th Division to The 33rd Division and the 33rd Division successively occupied the Daxingzhuang and Zhangguandang areas between Huaiyin and Lianshui in an attempt to form an east-west corridor with Chengdaokou as the center across the anti-Japanese base areas in northern Huaibei and northern Jiangsu. They were the third Kuomintang commanded by Tang Enbo. The Eleventh Group Army marched eastward to prepare the passage. In order to defend the anti-Japanese base areas in Central China, Acting Commander Chen Yi was determined to capture Chengdaokou first.
Chengdaokou is located on the east bank of the canal in the northwest of Huaiyin and is under the jurisdiction of Siyang County. The stronghold is composed of three small villages connected to two small villages in the east and west and an old village in the middle. It has six large and strong fortresses and bunker secret passages connected to the three villages. There is a 6-meter-high polder wall around the stronghold, two 5-meter-deep and 3-meter-wide outer trenches, and 4 barbed wire fences. All obstacles within the 2,000-meter shooting range have been cleared, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack. At the same time, sufficient supplies have been stored in the stronghold. Wang Guangxia, commander of the third column of the garrison, boasted that his troops were well-supplied and impregnable.
The Battle of Chengdaokou was personally commanded by acting commander Chen Yi. On October 2, Acting Commander Chen sent a special message to Liu Shaoqi to send a regiment from the Seventh Brigade to Huaihai to participate in the war. The military headquarters decided to transfer the 19th Regiment of the 7th Brigade into Huaihai to participate in the Battle of Chengdaokou. After receiving the order, the 19th Regiment marched urgently to the Yunguzhai and Liu Pier areas in northern Huaiyin. Acting Commander Chen Yi personally visited the headquarters of the 19th Regiment, met with Commander Hu Bingyun and other commanders, and conducted combat mobilization for all commanders and fighters of the regiment.Specific combat deployment: Use the entire independent brigade of the New Fourth Army, 2 regiments of the 4th Brigade of the 2nd Division and 6 regiments of the 19th Regiment of the 7th Brigade of the 3rd Division as the assault corps to attack Chengdaokou; use the 5th and 9th regiments The main force of the brigade was gathered in the northeastern Anhui region. Prepare to block the Korean troops advancing eastward; position the 10th Brigade and the Cavalry Regiment in the area north of Huaiyin, and the 8th Brigade between Huaiyin and Lianshui to block the Korean troops' reinforcements to Chengdaokou; use the Sudong guerrilla detachment to approach Jinpu Road and strengthen their activities. , delaying the stubborn army's eastward advance. The battle began on October 14.
The 19th Regiment first cleared the outer strongholds as planned. After three days of close-in operations, the traffic ditch was dug all the way to the barbed wire fence of the stubborn army. On October 20, our army launched a general offensive. The 19th Regiment mainly attacked Xixiaoxu, Chengdaokou. Under the cover of artillery, the demolition team blew through four barbed wire fences in succession, opening a breakthrough in one fell swoop. Several brother troops worked together and captured Chengdaokou on the 21st, capturing more than 800 stubborn soldiers. Except for Wang Guangxia who escaped with a few people, the rest were all wiped out. During this battle, Acting Commander Chen Yi observed the fighting situation of the 19th Regiment from beginning to end, and inspected the enemy's Xixiaoxu defenses on the spot. He was deeply moved by the bravery and skill of the commanders and fighters of the regiment.
On October 23, when Chen Yi informed Liu Shaoqi and the Third Division of the battle situation, he pointed out: "The 19th Regiment performed very well this time and attacked bravely" and "captured Xixu (Wang Wan's main force) with hundreds of casualties." "The Eighth Route Army has a good foundation and a good fighting style. As long as: 1. Policy leadership; 2. Tactical education is strengthened, it can be the best among all the armies in Central China." On November 5, Chen Yi, acting commander of the New Fourth Army, and political commissar Liu Shaoqi issued instructions to commend the commander and political commissar of the 19th Regiment. The victory of the Chengdaokou anti-recalcitrant battle destroyed the springboard for the main force of the recalcitrant army to advance eastward, making the transportation connections between the Huaibei, Huaihai, and Yanfu base areas unimpeded.
In 1942, the Japanese and puppets invaded and occupied Gaogou, Yanggou, Qianji, Huji, Yugou and other places in Huaihai District in order to ensure traffic on the Longhai Road, expand the pseudo-zone, and reduce our army’s room for maneuver. The recalcitrant Huo Shouyi's 112th Division relied on Cheqiao, Fenggu Village and other key areas in an attempt to invade Sujiazui, Shunhe Jiyilin, Donggou and other places in our Yanfu District, and supported the recalcitrant Li Xianzhou Division's attack on our Sulu-Henan-Anhui Border Region. Advance. In June, the Seventh Brigade was ordered to go to Sujiazui, Daqiao, and Shunheji to block the invasion of the 112th Division. The 19th Regiment built fortification defenses at Daqiao and the 20th Regiment at Shunheji, and the 21st Regiment maneuvered around Hejiawu and Xiying. The 112th Division attacked the bridge position of the 19th Regiment several times under the cover of artillery, but was repelled all times, killing and wounding hundreds of stubborn soldiers. The stubborn army did not dare to commit another crime, and the two sides faced off for more than half a year. The 7th Brigade used the breaks between battles to not only conduct training and rectification, but also responded to the call of the Party Central Committee to actively engage in agricultural and sideline production to reduce the people's burden and improve the life of the troops.
In November 1942, the First Division of the 17th Division of the Japanese Army, the 36th Puppet Army Division and the Puppet Security Teams of various counties were dispatched from Huaiyin, Lianshui, Siyang, Suqian and other places to attack our Huaihai District in 8 groups The party and government agencies are located in Xiaohuzhuang and Zhangweizi. In order to smash the Japanese and puppet "mopping up", the Huaihai District party and government agencies promptly jumped out of the enemy's attack circle and moved to the Sishu area. The main force of the Third Division and local armed forces dispersed their activities, choosing favorable opportunities to attack the enemy. The 19th Regiment of our 7th Brigade, which insisted on resisting "mopping up" in the Huailian area, was in a very difficult situation because the base area was divided into multiple areas and the troops could not be concentrated.
They sent plainclothes teams to approach the Japanese and puppet strongholds to monitor the enemy's actions and carry out sparrow warfare of ambushes, tail attacks, and side attacks, so that the enemy's divisions were "mopped up" and separate attacks were either missed or hit a wall. With the cooperation of local armed forces, the 19th Regiment also ambushed and raided the Japanese and puppet troops in Mazhuang, Chalukou, Guzhai, Zhujizi, Xiaoliuji and other strongholds, killing and wounding hundreds of enemies. The 5th Company of the 2nd Battalion of the 19th Regiment was besieged by more than 300 enemy soldiers and was finally compressed into a pond. The enemy attacks and releases poisonous gas. Under the command of instructor Hao Limin, the commanders and fighters of the entire company were not afraid of Western sacrifices, fought tenaciously against the enemy, and annihilated more than a hundred Japanese and puppet troops. They persisted until dark and finally broke through successfully.In order to cooperate with the Huaihai District military and civilian resistance to "mopping up", the 21st Regiment of our 7th Brigade operating in Yanfu District attacked the Yancheng puppet county government on November 20, capturing nearly a hundred puppet officials and puppet army captains. On the 28th, the 21st Regiment and the 23rd Regiment of the 8th Brigade carried out continuous attacks on the enemies invading the north of Gangmen and the enemies in the south of Xiangshui, coordinating the anti-"mopping up" struggle in Huaihai District.
In order to consolidate their occupied areas, the Japanese army, after "sweeping" the Huaihai and Huaibei areas, concentrated 10,000 troops each from the 15th, 17th, 35th Divisions and the 12th Mixed Brigade in February 1943. The remaining soldiers and the remaining puppet troops, under the unified command of the commander of the 17th Division, Sakai Yasushi, launched a large-scale "mopping up" in our Yanfu District in an attempt to eliminate the main force of our army in northern Jiangsu. The Third Division decided that deputy division commander Zhang Aiping would unifiedly command the 8th Brigade, the 21st Regiment of the 7th Brigade and the local armed forces to persist in internal struggles. The main force of the 7th Brigade was transferred to Huaihai District to cooperate with the 10th Brigade in countering the "mopping up" in Yanfu District.
html On December 13, when our 7th Brigade and 20th Regiment turned to fight on the outside, we found that the Huai-Lian Highway had been blocked by the Japanese army. The 20th Regiment forced its way through the Salt River to Huaihai District. The brigade team returned eastward and when they arrived at Hejiawu, south of Sujiazui, the guard company discovered fire and noise near the village. Company commander Mou Shuyin immediately took the avant-garde platoon leader and correspondent to find out the situation and saw a small number of Japanese troops there. They wisely rushed forward and captured a Japanese soldier alive, and seized leather bags, guns, etc. Just as the prisoners were about to be carried away, more than a hundred Japanese cavalry rushed over. Our plainclothes scouts fired at the enemy cavalry along the Kangri ditch and killed several Japanese soldiers, but the prisoners were snatched away by the Japanese soldiers. Afterwards, I opened the bag and found out that what I had just captured was a Japanese army captain. The bag contained the Japanese army's "mopping up" plans, orders and combat maps. Our brigade immediately telegraphed the division headquarters so that our army could grasp the enemy's movement and deployment.
After our brigade entered the Huaihai District, we actively cooperated with the 10th Brigade to take the initiative to attack and contain the enemy. On February 22, the 20th Regiment cooperated with the First Detachment to attack the Qianji stronghold in Shuyang and drove back all the enemies. The Japanese and puppet troops at the Helaozhuang stronghold came for reinforcements, but were repulsed. In total, more than 200 enemies were killed and wounded, more than 600 were captured, and more than 600 guns were surrendered. I had no casualties. The 21st Regiment, which persisted in internal operations (already localized), worked with local armed forces to attack Huduo, Shanggang, Jiangying, Wuyou and other strongholds many times, intercepting many enemy motorboats and causing heavy damage to the enemy. After the Japanese and Puppet war soldiers and civilians in our base area suffered several heavy blows in Shanjiagang, Dianhu, and Chenji, the main force withdrew from the base area. The two-month anti-"mopping up" campaign in Yanfu District ended successfully.
After I smashed the "mopping up" campaign of the 17th Japanese Division in Yanfu District, it was forced to withdraw to Huaihai District. The enemy still refused to give up and concentrated more than 3,000 infantry and cavalry troops stationed in the Huailian area. On March 16, 11 groups suddenly attacked the party and government leading organs of our Huaihai District in an attempt to destroy our Huaiyang District Anti-Japanese Base Area in one fell swoop. The enemy's crazy actions were blocked by our 2nd Battalion and 4th Company of the 19th Regiment stationed in the Liangcha area of Lianshui. In order to cover the transfer of the party and government organs and the main troops in Huaihai District, our heroic fourth company, led by company commander Bai Sicai and instructor Li Yunpeng, carried forward a high degree of revolutionary heroism, bravely attacked the enemy, and jumped out of the encirclement with vigilance.
html At noon on the 217th, the two sides encountered each other again in the Laozhangji area of Huaiyin. After a fierce battle until dusk, the fourth company broke through and moved to Liulaozhuang. The Japanese army pursued Liulaozhuang. In the early morning of the 18th, they attacked our position with a huge cavalry force. Our anti-Japanese athletes took advantage of the criss-crossing anti-Japanese ditches to defend their positions to the death, repelling multiple enemy charges and killing and wounding more than 400 enemy people. When they ran out of ammunition and food, they engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy. The battle lasted until 5 p.m., when they destroyed all weapons and burned all documents. Under the enemy's crazy artillery fire, all 82 officers and men died heroically, composing a majestic war song. After the war, Commander-in-Chief Zhu De praised the 82 martyrs Liu Laozhuang as "the highest expression of heroism among our army's commanders and soldiers."
Acting Commander of the New Fourth Army Chen Yi wrote in the article "The New Fourth Army in Central China": "The bravery and loyalty of the martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the country can certainly serve as an example to others. The Seventh Brigade of the Third Division of the New Fourth Army fought in Central China Peng Mingzhi Zhu Dixin Huang Weihua The Seventh Brigade of the Third Division of the New Fourth Army is a time-tested heroic force developed under the leadership of the Communist Party of China. Its predecessor was the famous Ye Ting Independent Regiment during the Northern Expedition. In 1927, he participated in the "August 1st" Nanchang Uprising led by Zhou Enlai and others. After the failure of the southward march to Chaoshan, they moved to Jinggangshan under the leadership of Zhu De and Chen Yi, and successfully joined forces with the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army led by Mao Zedong. They were jointly organized into the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army's Fourth Army (later renamed the Red Army's Fourth Army). Zhu De was appointed commander. Mao Zedong served as party representative, also known as "Zhu Mao's Red Army". Subsequently, after several reorganizations, it was reorganized into the Second Division of the First Red Army in May 1933. In November 1935, he was transferred to the Red Regiment (the foundation of the 9th Division of the Red Army, formerly the commander of Huang Gonglue). He participated in the struggle to open up and defend the Jinggangshan Base Area and the Central Soviet Area, participated in 1 to 5 counter-campaigns against "encirclement and suppression" and the 25,000-mile Long March; after arriving in northern Shaanxi, he participated in the Eastern and Western Expeditions. . At the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, it was reorganized into the 685th Regiment of the 115th Division, 343rd Brigade, and the 685th Regiment of the Eighth Route Army. It participated in the Battle of Pingxingguan and opened up the Anti-Japanese War situation in the western Shanxi region with its brothers. In the long-term revolutionary struggle, the fine traditions and styles of bravery, tenacity, daring to fight, hard work, and continuous fighting have been cultivated. 1. Advancing to the borders of Shandong, Shandong, Henan and Anhui In the autumn of 1938, the Sixth Plenary Session of the Sixth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China determined the strategic policy of consolidating North China and developing Central China. The Eighth Route Army Headquarters ordered the 685th Regiment to march eastward to Sulu, Henan, and Anhui behind enemy lines to carry out guerrilla warfare, fight against the Japanese puppets, expand the troops, and establish anti-Japanese base areas behind enemy lines. In October, the 685th Regiment marched from western Shanxi to Tunliu County in southeastern Shanxi to gather and stand by. It was renamed the Suluyu Detachment of the Eighth Route Army. The former regiment leader Peng Mingzhi was appointed as the detachment leader, the regiment political commissar Wu Faxian was appointed as the detachment political commissar, and Liang Xingchu was appointed as the deputy detachment. long. The original 1st, 2nd and 3rd battalions were changed to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd brigade respectively. On December 7, Zhu De, commander-in-chief of the 18th Group Army, and Zuo Quan, deputy chief of staff, visited the Suluyu detachment station to visit all officers and soldiers, and mobilized cadres and troops to march eastward. On the 10th, under the leadership of detachment leader Peng Mingzhi, they set out from the Tunliu area and embarked on the eastward journey. On December 27, we arrived at the Fengxian and Shanxian areas west of Weishan Lake on the Sulu border (referred to as the Huxi area). Huxi area is located on the border of Sulu and Henan. Its jurisdiction includes Yutai, Jinxiang, Jiaxiang, Jining, Zouxi, Tengxi, Peitengbian, Juye, Heze, Dongming, Ding There are more than 20 counties on the Shandong-Henan border including Tao, Chengwu, Shanxian, Fengxian, Peixian, Xiaobei and Yangbei. This area is the link connecting the two strategic areas of North China and Central China, and directly threatens Jinpu, Longhai Railway and Xuzhou. Its strategic position is very important. Xuzhou fell on May 18, 1938. The Kuomintang army retreated, and the Japanese army invaded west along Longhai Road. The Huxi area was completely behind enemy lines. The Second Corps of the Huxi People's Anti-Japanese Volunteer Corps led by the Communist Party of China has made great progress in persisting in the anti-Japanese struggle in the region. However, this area is located in a battleground between the Japanese, the stubborn, and us. The situation is very complicated. Bandits are everywhere. They collude with the Japanese and puppets and prey on the people. The struggle between the enemy and ourselves is becoming increasingly tense. Among them, the 1st Detachment of the Donghai "Suppression Bandits" of the puppet army entrenched in Feng County Wang Xianchen (nicknamed "Wang Crooked Nose", originally The brigade commander of the Beiyang warlord , who later became a small warlord in Fengxian County, had four regiments with more than a thousand people. Under the instruction of the Japanese army, they repeatedly invaded local armed forces and massacred cadres and the masses. He was filled with hatred and urgently demanded the elimination of this traitorous force. The Second Corps of the Huxi People's Anti-Japanese Volunteer Corps once united with the local Kuomintang armed forces in Feng County and Pei County to form the "Northern Jiangsu King Command" and fought several battles with them, but failed to win.When our detachment entered the area, Wang Xianchen was leading his troops to "sweep" the second and third districts in the north of Feng County. They captured Cuizhuang, Shunheji, hanzhuang and other villages. They burned, killed, looted, and filled large areas of villages with thick smoke. In confusion, the fleeing people fled westward, dragging their children and daughters. Seeing this scene, the commanders and soldiers were extremely angry and determined to severely punish the Japanese invaders and their lackeys. After the Sulu-Henan detachment entered Liu Yuanji, Houlou, Zhuji, and Zhang Xiaozhuang in Shan County, they immediately contacted the local party to learn about the distribution of the Japanese and puppet troops on the Sulu-Henan border, and jointly studied how to open up the Huxi Anti-Japanese Base Area In order to solve the problem, it was decided to first annihilate the puppet army Wang Xianchen's department to expand the influence of our army. Three regiments of Wang Xianchen's department are stationed in Cuizhuang area in the northwest of Feng County. The leaders of the detachment decided to use the First Battalion to quickly occupy the area east of Xiaowangzhuang from Shouxianji to the north and then south on December 28, and attack Cuizhuang from east to west; to use the Ninth and Tenth Companies of the Third Battalion to occupy Litaizhuang. Attack Cuizhuang from north to south; occupy the area south of Cuizhuang with 2 artillery pieces from the 11th and 12th companies of the 3rd Battalion. At Nancuizhuang, after the First Battalion enters the battle, it will cut off the enemy's retreat route and warn the enemy in Feng County; the first part of the Second Battalion will be stationed in Zhangji north of Shanxian County to be responsible for warning and covering the rear of the detachment in the direction of Shanxian and Jinxiang; The team directly under the detachment ( The special agent company, cavalry reconnaissance company, engineering company, and artillery company) set out from Zhangxiaozhuang to occupy Shunheji, advancing from north to south, and cooperated with the first and third battalions to attack and annihilate the puppet troops in the Cuizhuang area; the cavalry company inserted to the east of Cuizhuang, Prevent the enemy from escaping. Since our brigade left the Luliang Mountains and arrived in Huxi, the troops have not fought in more than four months. The commanders and soldiers are eager to fight and want to take on the most difficult tasks. At noon on December 28, all brigades and directly affiliated brigades moved towards Cuizhuang in a concealed manner as planned. At dusk, they gathered at Shouxianji, Xiaowangzhuang and other places northwest of Cuizhuang. When the troops entered Hanzhuang in the early morning of the 29th, they found an enemy cavalry running toward us. The troops immediately hid and waited for the enemy to come and capture him alive. Because the standing troops cooperating with our troops were inexperienced, they fired and missed, and the enemy's troops ran back. At that time, fearing that the enemy would discover our army's intentions, we immediately ordered the 9th and 10th companies of the 3rd Battalion to attack from north to south and take the lead in breaking through the northern siege of Cuizhuang. The 1st Battalion also joined the battle east of the village at the same time. Our assault troops rushed forward quickly, and the follow-up troops followed closely, rushing towards the enemy's stronghold and beating fiercely, with the sound of gunfire and shouts of killing. The enemies who were sleeping were woken up and were so frightened that some of them didn't even have time to put on their clothes, so they lay on the ground begging for mercy. After fierce fighting, one part of the puppet army fled southward, while the other part fought stubbornly. The detachment ordered the 9th and 10th companies to track and pursue the fleeing enemies; the attacking troops were ordered to tightly surround the recalcitrant puppet troops and launch a political offensive to force them to surrender. At 10 o'clock, the 11th and 12th companies of our third brigade intercepted the puppet troops fleeing south and wiped out most of them. At this time, more than 100 Japanese troops and more than 300 puppet troops stationed in Feng County came to Cuizhuang for reinforcements, but I resolutely blocked them and killed them. The battle lasted until dusk, forcing them to retreat hastily. In this battle, 4 regiments of Wang Xianchen's tribe (Wang escaped after being wounded) were annihilated in one fell swoop, and more than 800 puppet soldiers were killed, wounded, and captured. Cuizhuang won the first battle. The news of victory was like a thunderbolt from the blue, shaking the land near Sulu and Henan, and greatly inspired the enthusiasm of the people in Huxi to resist the war. The masses praised the Sulu-Henan detachment as the "Eighth Route Army that fell from the sky", a true anti-Japanese force, and a force that saved the people. The divine weapon of suffering. People carried pigs and sheep and beat gongs and drums to express their condolences. A large number of young people actively requested to join the army, and the army soon expanded to nearly a thousand people. On January 23, 1939, the Central Committee instructed: "Before the end of the Fifth Plenary Session of the Kuomintang Central Committee, the Eighth Route Army will not make major movements for the time being to observe the development of the united front situation." "The 685th Regiment will postpone crossing Longhai Road until the Fifth Plenary Session of the Central Committee, and then make operational arrangements. In this short period of time, we will focus on improving the quality of the troops." Following the above instructions, the detachment decided to carry out activities in brigade units: the first brigade was in the Pei (county) Tong (shan) Feng (county) area; the third brigade was in the Feng (county) Dang (shan) Yu (county) area; the detachment The directly affiliated team and the second brigade are in Shan (County) Feng (County) Yu (Taiwan) area.Each brigade actively attacked the Japanese and puppet troops behind enemy lines, destroyed the puppet regime, established various mass anti-Japanese organizations, and initially opened up the anti-Japanese situation in the Huxi region. In the spring of 1939, the detachment was ordered by the Eighth Route Army headquarters to organize more than a thousand people from the Second Corps of the Volunteer Corps (also known as the Shandong Column Advance Detachment) created by the local party into the fourth brigade. Li Zhenqian served as the brigade captain and Guo Yingqiu served as the political commissar. In order to completely eliminate the threat in the eastern part of our base area and expand the anti-Japanese armed forces, in February, the Suluyu Special Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Suluyu Detachment of the Eighth Route Army decided to recruit the Xingke Department of the Second Detachment of the puppet East China Sea "bandit suppression" entrenched in the Haozhai area. Ji Xingke is from the northern part of Tongshan, . He was just an ordinary bandit who robbed homes and houses, and later gradually became a bandit commander with more than 2,000 troops. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War,
surrendered to the Japanese army and became a puppet army. At that time, the headquarters already had the working foundation of our Tongbei Party organization. He Yuxiang, the leader of the main force group, was full of national integrity and sense of justice, and advocated active resistance to Japan. Therefore, he decided to send Tian Weiyang, chief of staff of the Suluyu detachment, to lead a main force to advance to Peixian County. He intensified military pressure on them, causing the situation of "troops approaching the city"; on the one hand, he sent Guo Yingqiu, political commissar of the Fourth Brigade of the Suluyu Detachment who was familiar with the situation of the department, to go to the headquarters to express his righteousness, state his interests and points out the future. Under the strong military pressure from outside and He Yuxiang and others inside, Ji Xingke finally accepted the advice and led more than 2,000 people in his department to declare any change. It was immediately reorganized into the Suluyu Detachment Independent Brigade, with Ji Xingke as the captain and He Yuxiang as the commander. Deputy captain, Guo Yingqiu serves as political commissar.
Encouraged by our army's successive victories, the people in the Huxi area became increasingly anti-Japanese sentiment. A large number of young and middle-aged people actively requested to join the army, and the detachment successively formed three guerrilla brigades. , each brigade had five to six hundred people, and initially established the Huxi Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Base Area centered on Fengxian, Peixian, Yutai, Shanxian, and Dangshan . It threatened the two railway lines of Jinpu and Longhai, causing our army to move south to central China. strategic posture. At the end of April of the same year, according to the instructions of the Party Central Committee and the Eighth Route Army Headquarters, the detachment adjusted its activity area: Deputy detachment leader Liang Xingchu led the fourth brigade and the main force of the directly affiliated spy battalion to stay in the north of Longhai Road to continue to consolidate and expand the Huxi base. The detachment leader Peng Mingzhi and the political commissar Wu Faxian led the main force of the detachment to advance to the south of Longhai Road to carry out the anti-Japanese struggle in Xiao (county), Su (county), Yong (city), and Xia (yi) areas, and established contact with the New Fourth Army guerrilla detachment.
At the beginning of April, the main force of the detachment entered Xiao County via the Longhai Railway, and got in touch with Li Zhongdao, Zong Hanmin, and Li Zhuang, the local party leaders in Xiao County and Suxian County, to jointly study the issue of opening up the anti-Japanese situation in Xiaoyong and Suxia areas. . In mid-April, battles were carried out in Guishan and Shicun (belonging to Suxian County), and the first part of the Japanese and puppet troops was annihilated. On May 13, more than 2,000 people from the Second Corps of the Volunteer Corps operating in the south of Longhai Road were reorganized into the Seventh Guerrilla Brigade of the Suluyu Detachment, with 3 battalions under its jurisdiction. Geng Yunzhai served as the captain, Lan Tinghui served as the political commissar, and Sun Xianghan served as the deputy captain. . In addition, more than 1,000 local armed forces from various counties were organized into the fifth brigade of the Suluyu Detachment in May.
On May 21, 1939, the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China telegraphed: "The main development direction of the Eighth Route Army in the future is Central China. I hope to order the Suluyu Detachment (685th Regiment) to reconnoiter the situation and, if possible, send some troops to and local cadres went to Dongsu County, Xuzhou, Activities in the Lingbi area, reconnaissance of the Jiangsu-Anhui border area, and establishment of local work to establish contact with Zhou Junming in the south and Xuefeng in the west. "Following the above instructions, the detachment decided to leave the Seventh Brigade in the west of Jinpu Road to cooperate with Xiao County in the anti-Japanese war. The standing team carried out activities, and the detachment led the second and third brigades and the independent brigade to the Zhangshanji, Chunshufang, Fengshan and Baishan areas in the east of Jinpu Road.
When the troops marched eastward, Xiaoxian County Magistrate Peng Xiaoqian accompanied us, and he gave us a buried German orogenic cannon. The troops extended to Luoma Lake , Yugou, and Shuanggou areas in Subei, shocking the Japanese and puppet troops stationed in Xuzhou, Suxian, and Lingbi.They gathered more than 1,700 people, and with the cooperation of more than 20 artillery and multiple tanks, they divided into 7 groups to besiege our troops in Zhangshanji, Gongshan, and Baishan. After a day of fierce fighting, we wiped out more than 300 enemies. In order to avoid the superior enemy, the detachment moved to the mountains in the Xiangou area west of Jinpu Road that night. On June 4, more than 2,000 Japanese troops in Xuzhou attacked again. In two days of fierce fighting, more than 100 enemy soldiers were killed and injured. After five days of continuous fighting, more than 700 Japanese and puppet troops were wiped out and 3 vehicles were destroyed, shattering the Japanese and puppet troops' "mopping up" plan.
In June 1939, after we smashed the enemy's 7th siege, the troops moved to Xishan and Baoan Mountain in Yongcheng County, Henan Province, and to rest and recuperate in the Xiaoxian and Wangbailou areas of Jiangsu Province. During this period, Chen Guang, acting commander of the 115th Division, came down from south of Shandong to guide the Suluyu detachment in summarizing its work and reorganizing the troops. The detachment was expanded into a brigade organization, the brigade was expanded into a regiment, and the Lubei Guerrilla Third Group was The brigade and the original number one The brigade was combined into the First Brigade; the main force of the original Second Brigade and the Fourth Brigade were combined into the Fourth Brigade; the Third Brigade, the Seventh Guerrilla Brigade and the Independent Brigade were combined into the Seventh Brigade; the former Second Battalion was combined into one The department and another local unit in Lunan were jointly organized into a detachment special agent battalion. After the reorganization, the strength of the unit was greatly enhanced, with a total of 8,869 people in the detachment.
At this time, Peng Xuefeng, commander of the guerrilla detachment of the New Fourth Army operating on the border of Henan and Anhui, sent Zhang Aiping and Liu Yuzhu to our detachment to re-study the route and timing of dispatching to the southeastern area of Xuzhou. In view of the large target of the detachment's action and easy detection by the enemy, it was determined that the main force of the detachment would stay in the west of Jinpu Road and enter the Xiayi and Shangqiu areas to carry out work; Comrade Zhang Aiping led the first brigade to the south of Suxian County and across Jinpu Road Enter the activities in Lingbi and Si County. In late June, when the First Brigade, led by captain Hu Bingyun and political commissar Wang Dongbao, entered Caojizi, Lingbi County, east of Jinpu Road, they were plotted by the enemy because they had no support in the new area. More than 500 Japanese troops surrounded the First Brigade with sudden movements. The situation was extremely dangerous and the brigade headquarters had been raided.
In this critical situation, all personnel persisted on the spot and fought bravely. Comrade Zhang Aiping, who was accompanying the First Brigade, held a rifle and fought with the commanders and soldiers. The Japanese attacked all day long, causing more than a hundred casualties and achieving nothing. That night the first brigade successfully broke through. At the end of July, the First Brigade entered the Taoyuan area of Suining to rest and recuperate. The Japanese and puppet troops in Suining deployed more than 4,000 deceived "Knife Hui" soldiers in the green gauze tent near Weiwa, where the First Battalion was stationed. The Japanese army dispatched a rapid company of more than 90 people and several vehicles to raid the headquarters of our First Battalion. At that time, our troops were well prepared and motivated all officers and soldiers with the dangerous situation. When the Japanese army ventured close to the gate of the village, my heroic red company and red company 2 suddenly attacked from both sides. With great joy, except for 3 Japanese soldiers of the 1st company who escaped in a car, all the rest were wiped out and 5 Japanese-style rifles were captured. Machine gun, 3 Japanese-style barrels.
html In October, the First Brigade uprooted the Japanese and puppet stronghold of Fengmiao in one fell swoop, killing more than 400 Japanese and puppet soldiers and burning more than 20 cars. During this period, the First Brigade cooperated with the local party, adopted the correct struggle policy, strengthened the united front work against the local Kuomintang Commissioner Sheng Zijin of the Sixth Special Office of Anhui Province, and promoted him to continue to resist Japan. In May 1940, the Kuomintang die-hard Han Deqin in northern Jiangsu took advantage of the Japanese and puppet "sweeping" and concentrated the troops of six regiments to occupy Jinsuo Town, Jietouji, and Xinjiang on the Jiangsu-Anhui border. Hetou and other places attempted to eliminate the anti-Japanese forces and destroy the anti-Japanese democratic base areas in northeastern Anhui. Liu Shaoqi, Secretary of the Central Plains Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, unified command of the First Brigade of the Suluyu Detachment, the Longhai South Advance Detachment, the Sixth Detachment, the Fourth Corps and other units to launch a self-defense counterattack. After 13 days of fighting, Jinsuo Town, Jietouji and other places were recovered and annihilated. There were more than 1,000 stubborn troops and they drove him back to Si County and Suqian County.
During this period, the Suluyu detachment and its brother troops mobilized the masses in the vast areas east and west of Jinpu Road and north and south of Longhai Road to fight against the Japanese puppets, develop anti-Japanese armed forces, and established anti-Japanese base areas in more than 10 counties.In particular, the First Battalion entered the northeastern Anhui region. Under the guidance of Liu Shaoqi, it worked closely with the fraternal troops and dealt a heavy blow to the local Japanese and puppet troops. It initially opened up the situation of the Anti-Japanese War and established a solid foundation for the Eighth Route Army to move south to central China to reinforce the New Fourth Army. stepping stone. The first brigade has grown from less than 2,000 people to 3,500 people in more than a year.
2. Reinforcement of the New Fourth Army
After the Kuomintang die-hards were crushed in the first anti-communist upsurge, they moved the center of friction from North China to Central China. Since February 1940, the situation in Central China and the Communist Party has become increasingly tense, and frictions have occurred one after another. Gu Zhutong, Li Pinxian, Tang Enbo, Tang Enbo, Han Delinqin and others, under the secret order of Chiang Kai-shek, launched a large-scale attack from southern Jiangsu, central Anhui, eastern Anhui, eastern Henan and northern Jiangsu in an attempt to cut off North China. , contact with Central China, divide, encircle and annihilate the New Fourth Army, seriously threatening the survival and development of the New Fourth Army.
On March 21, 1940, the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China proposed the strategic task of the Eighth Route Army to reinforce the New Fourth Army and pointed out: "Chairman of Anhui Province Li Pinxian ordered Fang ordered us to implement all reactionary policies and resolutely attack the New Fourth Army in East Anhui and Huaibei, hoping to completely eliminate our Zhang Yunyi, Peng Xuefeng and other troops, cut off the connection between our New Fourth Army and the Eighth Route Army, and put our Jiangnan New Fourth Army in a situation with no retreat. Under this situation, our Eighth Route Army. The army has the urgent task of resolutely and quickly supporting the New Fourth Army, breaking Li Pinxian's reactionary offensive, establishing the anti-Japanese democratic base areas in eastern Anhui, Huaibei, and northern Jiangsu, and consolidating the relationship between the New Fourth Army and the Eighth Route Army. "
The New Fourth Army followed the instructions of the Central Military Commission and resolutely carried out self-defense counterattacks. It successively carried out self-defense counterattacks in Dingyuan and Bantasi, annihilating thousands of die-hard troops and achieving the first major victory in central China's counterattack against the die-hards' attack. On April 5, Mao Zedong further clarified the importance and urgency of the Eighth Route Army's reinforcement of the New Fourth Army in his telegram on developing and consolidating the deployment and strategy of the Central China base area, and made specific arrangements for the Eighth Route Army's slogans, methods, and steps for moving south, with clear instructions. Presented by:
In view of the massive increase in Japanese troops and the increasing expansion of the enemy-occupied area in North China, our army must not be restricted to the north of the Yellow River without entering the Central Plains. "Therefore, Central China is my most important lifeline." "The entire northern Jiangsu, eastern Anhui, and northern Huaihe are areas that I must fight for. Everything north of the Yangtze River, east of Huainan Road, north of the Huaihe River, east of Kaifeng, south of Longhai Road, and west of the sea must be unified. Create a democratic anti-Japanese base area within the year." Although the attack by the die-hard has been repelled, the Eighth Route Army "should still seize this opportunity to send necessary troops southward." Huang Kecheng was asked to lead the 344th Brigade into the north bank of the Huaihe River. "Peng Wu Detachment also listened to the opinions of Hu Fu and Kecheng and dispatched to northern Jiangsu, gradually moving south from the vicinity of Xuzhou, and first occupied the counties north of Yancheng and Baoying. 34 The slogan of the Fourth Brigade and the Peng Wu Detachment going south is still to rescue the New Fourth Army and cooperate with friendly forces to resist Japan."
html On May 5, Mao Zedong further telegraphed that "the 344th Brigade and the Pengwu Detachment should still take this opportunity to go south. Because Chiang Kai-shek had the intention to divide the area, Chiang summoned Zhou and Zhu to talk. The main issue would be Central China. He now dreamed of transferring the New Fourth Army to Give me the north of the Yellow River, send me into the hands of the enemy, block my return, starve to death, I will never go up On his command, Huang Cheng and Peng Wu's detachment should still move quickly to reach the Yancheng, Baoying, and Bengbu lines before the Zhou-Zhu negotiations, and Hu Fu was ordered to immediately go to the Zhang Aiping area to wait for Kecheng. "
Liu Shaoqi followed the spirit and instructions of the Central Committee. The situation in Central China further put forward the basic policy for the development of Central China: "Develop eastward and defend westward." First, concentrate the main force to attack Han Deqin and solve the problem in northern Jiangsu, and then go west to solve the problem in eastern Anhui and northern Anhui.
Northern Jiangsu (including Huaihai and Yanfu regions) is located to the south of Longhai Road, east of the canal, and west of the sea. It has a special strategic position in the Anti-Japanese War. This area is a major base rich in strategic materials such as grain, cotton, and salt. It is an important flank for controlling the entry and exit of Japanese troops along the river, and an important link connecting our New Fourth Army with the Eighth Route Army. After the Japanese invaded northern Jiangsu, they seized the main transportation routes and gradually expanded the pseudo-region.The towns along the canal line from Xuzhou to Yangzhou , the towns on the eastern section of Longhai Road, and Lianyungang and other ports were all occupied by the Japanese army. After the fall of Nanjing, Han Deqin, chairman of the Jiangsu Province of the Kuomintang, went to northern Jiangsu to recruit stragglers and develop weapons. He boasted of having 100,000 troops. However, he always preserved his strength, never resisted Japan, actively opposed the Communist Party, and tried every means to eliminate the New Fourth Army. In order to develop northern Jiangsu and open up the strategic connection between northern China and central China, Liu Shaoqi suggested that the Eighth Route Army moving south quickly rush to northeastern Anhui so that it can advance eastward to Yancheng and the area north of Baoying at the appropriate time, and coordinate with the New Fourth Army troops moving eastward and northward to attack the main force of Han Dynasty at any time. , solving the problem of northern Jiangsu in one fell swoop.
Our Suluyu detachment is the vanguard of the troops going south to central China to reinforce the New Fourth Army. Commander-in-Chief Zhu De and Deputy Commander-in-Chief Peng Dehuai were very concerned about the actions of the Suluyu detachment and put forward strict requirements for the troops. On May 13, the telegram stated: "When the Peng Wu detachment marches south, special attention should be paid to: (1) troop discipline; (2) close relations with the local party, government and people; (3) help the New Fourth Army and promote the brothers of the New Fourth Army and the Eighth Route Army Unity and friendship, and opposing some disunity in the past; (4) Preventing the The team is arrogant and proud."
On May 22, Liu Shaoqi called Mao Zedong, Wang Jiaxiang, Zhu De, and Peng Dehuai: There is a high possibility that Ye Fei's two regiments will be besieged by Han Deqin in the Taizhou Bridge area. At present, the fourth and fifth detachments have gone to both sides of Jinpu Road to eliminate Li Benyi and other stubborn armed forces, so there are no troops to go to reinforce. "I want the 344th Brigade and Peng Zhu Detachment ② to quickly come to northeastern Anhui. Under the slogan of aiding Ye Fei, they can defeat the main force of South Korea in one blow and basically solve the problem in northern Jiangsu."
At this time, the Suluyu Detachment 2 The Fourth Brigade has been ordered to be transferred to Lunan and placed under the direct command of the 115th Division. The detachment is composed of the guard battalion (less than 1 company), the guard battalion of the Sulu-Henan Border Region Party Committee, and the Huxi Brigade of Yutai Weishan Lake into the Huxi Brigade. After receiving the order from the Central Military Commission to reinforce the New Fourth Army, detachment leader Peng Mingzhi and political commissar Zhu Dixin immediately led the Third Brigade (formerly the Seventh Brigade) and the Huxi Brigade, braving high fever and setting off from Zhuji between Shan County and Feng County on the Shandong-Henan border. , on June 23, in Xiao, Su, and Yongbianzhidu, they annihilated a Japanese squad and a reinforcement of a puppet army. In early July, they repelled a separate attack of more than 500 enemy troops at Dadongwei, east of Jinpu Road. In mid-July, they entered Qingyang and Shuanggou in northeastern Anhui and met up with Hu Bingyun of the 1st Battalion of the detachment who was active in the area. .
After the entire Suluyu detachment reunited, they continued to advance eastward. On July 19, Mao Zedong, Zhu De, and Wang Jiaxiang called Liu Shaoqi and others: "Under the situation where Han Deqin's attack on northeastern Anhui has been repelled, the 344th Brigade and Peng Zhu Detachment should attack the enemy and puppets, mobilize the masses, and establish base areas as the basis The policy is not to pursue Han Deqin. When Han attacks me again, it will be politically advantageous for me to stand in self-defense and eliminate him." On July 30, he also instructed: "Peng Zhu's detachment can start activities in the area east of Jinpu Road and north of the Huaihe River to develop northern Jiangsu. If it feels that the troops are insufficient, please ask Xuefeng and Kecheng to send some of their troops to Peng Zhu to take them to the east of the road." According to the above instructions, our Suluyu detachment entered Huaihai District to establish a base area. With the cooperation of the local party organizations,
we mainly accomplished three things: First, we eliminated the stubborn Wang Guangxia tribe entrenched in Huaihai District, and repulsed Dayishan, Xin'an The offensive of the Japanese and puppet troops killed more than 300 of them; the First Brigade repelled the "mopping up" of the Japanese and puppet troops in the directions of Lianghuai and Siyang; the Huxi Brigade repelled the Shuyang in the areas of Huji and Machang enemy's attack. The second is to mobilize the masses to establish the anti-Japanese political power in Shuyang, Lianshui , Huaiyin, Guanyun, Siyang and other counties, establish the Huaihai Special Office, and train a large number of anti-Japanese young backbones. Third, in order to cooperate with the Battle of Huangqiao, we made preparations for marching eastward to Yan (Cheng) Fu (Ning) District, ascertained the enemy's situation, raised ships, and prepared winter clothes.On August 20, the Fifth Column of the Eighth Route Army was formed. The Suluyu Detachment was changed to the First Detachment of the Fifth Column. Peng Mingzhi was appointed as the detachment leader, Zhu Dixin was appointed as the political commissar, Wu Faxian was appointed as the director of the Political Department, and Zheng Shangeng was appointed as the officer. To the minister, the application letter was appointed as the Minister of Health, with three regiments under his jurisdiction: the first regiment leader Hu Bingyun, political commissar Tian Weiyang; the second regiment leader Zhou Changsheng, political commissar Feng Zhixiang; the third regiment leader Yu Zenglin , political commissar Luo Yourong.
Under the leadership of Central Plains Bureau and Comrades Liu Shaoqi and Huang Kecheng, the fifth column marched eastward to Yanfu to directly cooperate with the New Fourth Army's Huangqiao campaign. Our detachment went south from Huaihai District in two ways on October 5. The detachment headquarters led the second and third regiments to the left and crossed the Salt River blockade north of Lianshui. The second regiment attacked and annihilated more than a thousand people from the eighth brigade stationed in Dianhu Lake. After occupying Baisha, it went straight to Funing. On October 10, it captured Yancheng and Wuyou. The third regiment attacked Dongkan and Badan, annihilated more than 700 stubborn people, and then advanced to Yancheng. The first regiment was on the right, crossing the Salt River south of Lianshui, attacking the tenth brigade of the old Yellow River defense line, and annihilating more than 1,500 people. It also marched day and night along Yilin, Donggou, Jianyang, Huduo, Qinnanchang, Dagang and Dazouzhuang went south, and on October 10 they met with the leading troops of the second column of the New Fourth Army's North Jiangsu Headquarters at Shizikou, Baiju Town, Dongtai County.
The victorious rendezvous of the Eighth Route Army's southbound troops and the New Fourth Army's northbound troops marked the completion of the task assigned by the Party Central Committee to open up the communication channel between North China and Central China. On October 15, Commander Chen Yi arrived at the post gate to express condolences to our detachment. General Peng Mingzhi introduced the cadres above the regiment level to Chen Yi one by one and held a welcome meeting at the location of the detachment. Chen Yi delivered a speech at the welcome meeting, describing the situation at home and abroad, and the commanders and soldiers were greatly encouraged. The First Division of the Eighth Route Army went south, which strengthened the power to develop Central China and changed the strategic situation of Central China. It was of great significance to the opening up of Northern Jiangsu, the construction of the anti-Japanese base area in Northern Jiangsu, and the development of the Anti-Japanese War situation in Central China. The Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China spoke highly of this strategic action and pointed out: "This time Chen Yi and Huang Kecheng's armies won a great victory. Most of northern Jiangsu was occupied and connected by us. This is the largest base area in central China and has absolute influence on the whole country. Great significance. "③
After our detachment entered Yancheng, it was distributed throughout the Yan area to rest and carry out mass work. In October 1940, the first detachment was renamed the 1st Teaching Brigade of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army.
In late November 1940, the anti-communist fervor inspired by the "Haodian" began to evolve into a local-scale military operation in central China. Li Pinxian Wanted the CCP to "turn back" the entire power in eastern Anhui; after Han Deqin's defeat at Huangqiao, he still hired tens of thousands of mercenaries, trying to restore the situation before the decisive battle at Huangqiao, and began military provocations; the Gui Army in the western Anhui area claimed to Reinforce northern Jiangsu, its The first seven regiments occupied Zhoujiagang, Jiepaiji and other places in the central area west of Jinpu Road. The 112th Division of Huo Shouyi of the Northeast Army, using the excuse of "armed mediation friction", moved down from the south of Shandong and successively captured Fengcheng in the southwest of Funing County. Gucun and other places, and continues to expand In order to smash the new anti-communist plan of the die-hards, open up the connection between the base areas in northern Jiangsu and eastern Anhui, and cut off the communication between Han Deqin's Department and Huo Shouyi's Department of the Northeast Army, the Eighth Route Army Headquarters of the New Fourth Army in Central China decided to concentrate the five columns of the Eighth Route Army, and the Eighth Route Army's first fifth division Teaching the First Brigade, the First and Second Columns of the New Fourth Army's North Jiangsu Headquarters, with a total of 10 regiments of more than 30,000 people, under the unified command of Chen Yi, launched the Caodian Campaign on November 2. On the 9th, the troops launched an attack on Han Deqin's headquarters in the Caodian area of Baoying County in three routes, first clearing the perimeter and inflicting heavy casualties on them. Dingmao Port crosses Majiadang and Sheyang Rivers. The first regiment conquered Sheyang Town, annihilated more than 300 people of the stubborn 10th Brigade, and pursued the victory, successively conquering the outlying strongholds of the stubborn army such as Youfangtou, Lanting, Taipingzhuang, and Beisongzhuang, and then attacked Caodian. Tao Jialin, annihilated more than 500 stubborn troops The third regiment captured the strongholds of Jiangying and Miaojia Village. Our brigade approached the southeast and southwest areas of Caodian and eliminated another regiment of the stubborn troops in Xiaoguanzhuang, southwest of Caodian. The first and second columns of the New Fourth Army also advanced. The northeastern area of Caodian forms a siege to Caodian.
The Caodian garrison consists of the headquarters of the 89th Army, the 33rd Division (193rd and 194th Regiments), the Independent Regiment, and the Engineer Battalion. There are about 4,000 people. The fortifications are very strong and the buildings are high. There are 4 blockhouses and more than 10 fortresses. There is a river 3 feet wide and 5 feet deep outside. The bridges leading to the outside are all damaged and difficult to access. On December 9, Chen Yi, acting commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters of the New Fourth Army in Central China, arrived at Mazhuang, northwest of Caodian, and met with Peng Mingzhi, Zhu Dixin, Han Zhenji, Su Yu and others to study the issue of attacking Caodian.
On December 12, Chen Yi issued an order to attack Caodian. Specific deployment: use the first regiment of the first column of the New Fourth Army to attack the northeastern part of Caodian, and another regiment to control the area near Quanwuzhuang to monitor Anfeng's stubborn army; use the first regiment of the second column of the New Fourth Army to attack the southeastern part of Caodian, and another regiment to attack the southeastern part of Caodian. The regiment is controlled in appropriate areas as reserves. Use the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army to teach the 1st Brigade and the 2nd Regiment to attack the northwest of Caodian, and use the 3rd Regiment to attack the southwest of Caodian. In addition, the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army will teach the 2nd Regiment of the 1st Brigade, the 7th Regiment of the 2nd Detachment of the 5th Column of the Eighth Route Army, and the 8th and 9th Regiments of the 3rd Detachment will control the areas of Yangqiao and Caiqiao, preparing to eliminate possible threats caused by Cheqiao reinforces Caodian's stubborn army. The order stipulated that preparations should be completed at 12 o'clock on the 13th and the attack would be launched at 21 o'clock.
After receiving the general offensive order, our brigade convened a meeting of cadres and staff above the regiment level at 12:00 on the 12th to conduct detailed research and actively prepare for the attack. That night, acting commander-in-chief Chen Yi also convened a meeting with the heads of the troops participating in the attack on Caodian to listen to their opinions and make specific arrangements.
On the evening of the 13th, all troops launched a general attack on the Caodian defenders as planned. The various units of our brigade attacked very actively. They fought fiercely and charged fiercely. They fought bravely and fought bravely. That night, the first and second columns of the New Fourth Army and our brigade broke through the defensive lines of the stubborn troops in the southeast and northwest corners of Caodian, occupied Caodian's walls and bunkers, and caused heavy casualties to the stubborn troops. However, because the area was in a water network area, the roads were narrow, and firepower could not be deployed. Our troops were overly dense and bombarded by the stubborn artillery fire, resulting in heavy casualties and a confrontation. Then they stopped developing in depth and some troops withdrew from the battlefield. Our brigade continued to surround Caodian and block Huo Shouyi's troops from going south. Two days later, we also withdrew to Taojialin.
At this time, a sudden telegram was received from the Central Plains Bureau: the troops participating in the Caodian battle were not allowed to evacuate until Liu Shaoqi arrived. I waited in Taojialin for a day. After Liu Shaoqi arrived, he ordered our brigade to surround Caodian's stubborn army again. Two days later, when other troops did not come, Liu Shaoqi ordered our detachment to withdraw from the battlefield. In the 18 days before and after the Battle of Caodian, more than 8,000 stubborn troops were wiped out, which once again weakened Han Wan's reactionary and stubborn forces and shattered his plot to attack our army from the east and west. However, our army also suffered more than a thousand casualties. Because the Caodian Battle failed to achieve the campaign's objectives, a complex triangular struggle situation between the enemy, the puppets, the stubborn, and ourselves was formed for more than two years.
3. Fighting in Northern Jiangsu
In January 1941, after the Wannan Incident, the New Fourth Army headquarters was rebuilt, and the Central China troops were unified and reorganized. The Fifth Column of the Eighth Route Army was reorganized into the Third Division of the New Fourth Army, with Huang Kecheng serving as division commander and political commissar. The 1st Teaching Brigade of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army is organized into the 7th Brigade of the 3rd Division of the New Fourth Army. It has brigade commander Peng Mingzhi, political commissar Zhu Dixin, deputy brigade commander Tian Weiyang, and director of the Political Department Guo Chengzhu. It has three regiments: the 19th Regiment Regiment leader Hu Bingyun, political commissar Liu Jinping; 20th Regiment leader Huang Weihua, political commissar Feng Zhixiang; 21st Regiment leader Yu Zenglin, political commissar Luo Yourong. Under the leadership of the Central China Bureau, the New Fourth Army Headquarters and the Third Division, the Seventh Brigade, as a mobile regiment of the military headquarters, galloped on the battlefields of Yanfu, Huaihai, Huainan, and Huaibei.
Our Seventh Brigade began to operate in the Yanfu area. On the one hand, it mobilized the masses, developed anti-Japanese armed forces, eliminated bandits, and participated in the construction of base areas; on the other hand, it prepared to smash the Japanese and puppet "mopping up" and defend the anti-Japanese base area in Yanfu District.
In order to smash the conspiracy of the Kuomintang die-hards and repel their military offensive, our brigade was ordered to monitor Xu Jitai's troops in the Caodian and Sheyang areas and resolutely smash their invasion of Yanfu District.On February 27, 1941, a total of more than 5,000 people from the stubborn Xu Jitai troops and the security group attacked our Huduo (northwest of Yancheng). Our troops moved with great speed to fight back the enemy at the Hongqiao and Baziqiao lines, taking the enemy by surprise and covering the entire line. Attacked, captured 1,140 stubborn soldiers and killed 140. The remnants of the stubborn soldiers retreated to the Caodian stronghold.
In July 1941, the Japanese army concentrated the entire 12th Mixed Brigade, one section of each of the 15th and 17th Divisions, and puppet troops, totaling 17,000 people. They were divided from Dongtai, Xinghua, Sheyang, and Chenjiayang on the 20th. They headed straight for Yancheng in an attempt to eliminate the leadership of the New Fourth Army and the main force of the Third Division in one fell swoop. In order to protect the safe transfer of the Central China Bureau and the military headquarters, the Seventh Brigade devoted all its strength to the battle against the Japanese and puppet "mopping up". The 20th Regiment deployed two lines of defense in Gudianji, Louwangzhuang, Dingmaogang and Qinnanchang, Longganglou and Xiazhuang in the southwest of Yancheng to meet the enemy invading from Xinghua. The 21st Regiment set up defenses in the northwest of Yancheng and controlled both sides of the Chuanchang River in Jianyang and Huduo. The 19th Regiment is located in Yilin, Donggou and Shuoji areas.
html At 11 a.m. on the 220th, more than a thousand Japanese and puppet troops set out from Sheyang Town on more than 30 motorboats. Under the cover of aircraft and artillery, they attacked Chiang Kai-shek in two directions. After repeated attacks, the Second Battalion of our 21st Regiment killed and injured more than 100 Japanese and puppet troops. Due to being outnumbered, we withdrew from the battle in the afternoon. After the enemy captured Chiang Kai-shek's camp, they continued to advance north. The Third Battalion of the Third Regiment fought fiercely for two hours, killing dozens of enemies.
html On the 225th, more than a thousand puppet troops invaded Huduo and Jianyang Town. Our 20th Regiment and 21st Regiment used tactics such as blocking, ambush, and tail attack, and killed successively in Zhangjiazhuang, Yanhekou and other places. There were more than a hundred enemies and 4 motorboats were destroyed. On the 28th, under the cover of the aircraft, the enemy took thirty or forty motorboats and attacked Donggou and Yilin in three groups. The main force of the 19th Regiment stubbornly blocked the line at Taipingqiao and Liujiazui in the southwest of Funing County. They fought fiercely until dusk and killed more than a hundred enemies. After our army blocked and killed the invading enemy on the outskirts of Yancheng, the main force quickly moved to the enemy's flank to attack and harass the enemy. After the enemy occupied Donggou and Yilin, the 19th Regiment sent small teams to harass the enemy, making them restless day and night.
At the same time, the First Division of Suzhong launched an offensive on the southern front, defeated Jiangduo, closed Huangqiao, and besieged Taizhou, Taixing, Jiangyan and other places. The Japanese and puppets were so panicked that they were forced to transfer troops from the north to the south. Our army took advantage of the situation to counterattack and regained Donggou, Yilin and other places. By August 20, the counter-"mopping up" campaign was successfully concluded. In the anti-"mopping up" battle for more than a month, our seventh brigade fought more than 20 times, killing and wounding more than 300 Japanese troops, more than 700 puppet troops, and destroying 7 motorboats. It successfully completed the task of defending the anti-Japanese base area in Yanfu District.
Han Deqin took advantage of the opportunity of the Japanese and puppets to "sweep" us, and occupied the Chengdaokou, Shijiaji, and Yanghuaji areas of Siyang County with two regiments of the Third Security Column, and used the 117th Division to The 33rd Division and the 33rd Division successively occupied the Daxingzhuang and Zhangguandang areas between Huaiyin and Lianshui in an attempt to form an east-west corridor with Chengdaokou as the center across the anti-Japanese base areas in northern Huaibei and northern Jiangsu. They were the third Kuomintang commanded by Tang Enbo. The Eleventh Group Army marched eastward to prepare the passage. In order to defend the anti-Japanese base areas in Central China, Acting Commander Chen Yi was determined to capture Chengdaokou first.
Chengdaokou is located on the east bank of the canal in the northwest of Huaiyin and is under the jurisdiction of Siyang County. The stronghold is composed of three small villages connected to two small villages in the east and west and an old village in the middle. It has six large and strong fortresses and bunker secret passages connected to the three villages. There is a 6-meter-high polder wall around the stronghold, two 5-meter-deep and 3-meter-wide outer trenches, and 4 barbed wire fences. All obstacles within the 2,000-meter shooting range have been cleared, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack. At the same time, sufficient supplies have been stored in the stronghold. Wang Guangxia, commander of the third column of the garrison, boasted that his troops were well-supplied and impregnable.
The Battle of Chengdaokou was personally commanded by acting commander Chen Yi. On October 2, Acting Commander Chen sent a special message to Liu Shaoqi to send a regiment from the Seventh Brigade to Huaihai to participate in the war. The military headquarters decided to transfer the 19th Regiment of the 7th Brigade into Huaihai to participate in the Battle of Chengdaokou. After receiving the order, the 19th Regiment marched urgently to the Yunguzhai and Liu Pier areas in northern Huaiyin. Acting Commander Chen Yi personally visited the headquarters of the 19th Regiment, met with Commander Hu Bingyun and other commanders, and conducted combat mobilization for all commanders and fighters of the regiment.Specific combat deployment: Use the entire independent brigade of the New Fourth Army, 2 regiments of the 4th Brigade of the 2nd Division and 6 regiments of the 19th Regiment of the 7th Brigade of the 3rd Division as the assault corps to attack Chengdaokou; use the 5th and 9th regiments The main force of the brigade was gathered in the northeastern Anhui region. Prepare to block the Korean troops advancing eastward; position the 10th Brigade and the Cavalry Regiment in the area north of Huaiyin, and the 8th Brigade between Huaiyin and Lianshui to block the Korean troops' reinforcements to Chengdaokou; use the Sudong guerrilla detachment to approach Jinpu Road and strengthen their activities. , delaying the stubborn army's eastward advance. The battle began on October 14.
The 19th Regiment first cleared the outer strongholds as planned. After three days of close-in operations, the traffic ditch was dug all the way to the barbed wire fence of the stubborn army. On October 20, our army launched a general offensive. The 19th Regiment mainly attacked Xixiaoxu, Chengdaokou. Under the cover of artillery, the demolition team blew through four barbed wire fences in succession, opening a breakthrough in one fell swoop. Several brother troops worked together and captured Chengdaokou on the 21st, capturing more than 800 stubborn soldiers. Except for Wang Guangxia who escaped with a few people, the rest were all wiped out. During this battle, Acting Commander Chen Yi observed the fighting situation of the 19th Regiment from beginning to end, and inspected the enemy's Xixiaoxu defenses on the spot. He was deeply moved by the bravery and skill of the commanders and fighters of the regiment.
On October 23, when Chen Yi informed Liu Shaoqi and the Third Division of the battle situation, he pointed out: "The 19th Regiment performed very well this time and attacked bravely" and "captured Xixu (Wang Wan's main force) with hundreds of casualties." "The Eighth Route Army has a good foundation and a good fighting style. As long as: 1. Policy leadership; 2. Tactical education is strengthened, it can be the best among all the armies in Central China." On November 5, Chen Yi, acting commander of the New Fourth Army, and political commissar Liu Shaoqi issued instructions to commend the commander and political commissar of the 19th Regiment. The victory of the Chengdaokou anti-recalcitrant battle destroyed the springboard for the main force of the recalcitrant army to advance eastward, making the transportation connections between the Huaibei, Huaihai, and Yanfu base areas unimpeded.
In 1942, the Japanese and puppets invaded and occupied Gaogou, Yanggou, Qianji, Huji, Yugou and other places in Huaihai District in order to ensure traffic on the Longhai Road, expand the pseudo-zone, and reduce our army’s room for maneuver. The recalcitrant Huo Shouyi's 112th Division relied on Cheqiao, Fenggu Village and other key areas in an attempt to invade Sujiazui, Shunhe Jiyilin, Donggou and other places in our Yanfu District, and supported the recalcitrant Li Xianzhou Division's attack on our Sulu-Henan-Anhui Border Region. Advance. In June, the Seventh Brigade was ordered to go to Sujiazui, Daqiao, and Shunheji to block the invasion of the 112th Division. The 19th Regiment built fortification defenses at Daqiao and the 20th Regiment at Shunheji, and the 21st Regiment maneuvered around Hejiawu and Xiying. The 112th Division attacked the bridge position of the 19th Regiment several times under the cover of artillery, but was repelled all times, killing and wounding hundreds of stubborn soldiers. The stubborn army did not dare to commit another crime, and the two sides faced off for more than half a year. The 7th Brigade used the breaks between battles to not only conduct training and rectification, but also responded to the call of the Party Central Committee to actively engage in agricultural and sideline production to reduce the people's burden and improve the life of the troops.
In November 1942, the First Division of the 17th Division of the Japanese Army, the 36th Puppet Army Division and the Puppet Security Teams of various counties were dispatched from Huaiyin, Lianshui, Siyang, Suqian and other places to attack our Huaihai District in 8 groups The party and government agencies are located in Xiaohuzhuang and Zhangweizi. In order to smash the Japanese and puppet "mopping up", the Huaihai District party and government agencies promptly jumped out of the enemy's attack circle and moved to the Sishu area. The main force of the Third Division and local armed forces dispersed their activities, choosing favorable opportunities to attack the enemy. The 19th Regiment of our 7th Brigade, which insisted on resisting "mopping up" in the Huailian area, was in a very difficult situation because the base area was divided into multiple areas and the troops could not be concentrated.
They sent plainclothes teams to approach the Japanese and puppet strongholds to monitor the enemy's actions and carry out sparrow warfare of ambushes, tail attacks, and side attacks, so that the enemy's divisions were "mopped up" and separate attacks were either missed or hit a wall. With the cooperation of local armed forces, the 19th Regiment also ambushed and raided the Japanese and puppet troops in Mazhuang, Chalukou, Guzhai, Zhujizi, Xiaoliuji and other strongholds, killing and wounding hundreds of enemies. The 5th Company of the 2nd Battalion of the 19th Regiment was besieged by more than 300 enemy soldiers and was finally compressed into a pond. The enemy attacks and releases poisonous gas. Under the command of instructor Hao Limin, the commanders and fighters of the entire company were not afraid of Western sacrifices, fought tenaciously against the enemy, and annihilated more than a hundred Japanese and puppet troops. They persisted until dark and finally broke through successfully.In order to cooperate with the Huaihai District military and civilian resistance to "mopping up", the 21st Regiment of our 7th Brigade operating in Yanfu District attacked the Yancheng puppet county government on November 20, capturing nearly a hundred puppet officials and puppet army captains. On the 28th, the 21st Regiment and the 23rd Regiment of the 8th Brigade carried out continuous attacks on the enemies invading the north of Gangmen and the enemies in the south of Xiangshui, coordinating the anti-"mopping up" struggle in Huaihai District.
In order to consolidate their occupied areas, the Japanese army, after "sweeping" the Huaihai and Huaibei areas, concentrated 10,000 troops each from the 15th, 17th, 35th Divisions and the 12th Mixed Brigade in February 1943. The remaining soldiers and the remaining puppet troops, under the unified command of the commander of the 17th Division, Sakai Yasushi, launched a large-scale "mopping up" in our Yanfu District in an attempt to eliminate the main force of our army in northern Jiangsu. The Third Division decided that deputy division commander Zhang Aiping would unifiedly command the 8th Brigade, the 21st Regiment of the 7th Brigade and the local armed forces to persist in internal struggles. The main force of the 7th Brigade was transferred to Huaihai District to cooperate with the 10th Brigade in countering the "mopping up" in Yanfu District.
html On December 13, when our 7th Brigade and 20th Regiment turned to fight on the outside, we found that the Huai-Lian Highway had been blocked by the Japanese army. The 20th Regiment forced its way through the Salt River to Huaihai District. The brigade team returned eastward and when they arrived at Hejiawu, south of Sujiazui, the guard company discovered fire and noise near the village. Company commander Mou Shuyin immediately took the avant-garde platoon leader and correspondent to find out the situation and saw a small number of Japanese troops there. They wisely rushed forward and captured a Japanese soldier alive, and seized leather bags, guns, etc. Just as the prisoners were about to be carried away, more than a hundred Japanese cavalry rushed over. Our plainclothes scouts fired at the enemy cavalry along the Kangri ditch and killed several Japanese soldiers, but the prisoners were snatched away by the Japanese soldiers. Afterwards, I opened the bag and found out that what I had just captured was a Japanese army captain. The bag contained the Japanese army's "mopping up" plans, orders and combat maps. Our brigade immediately telegraphed the division headquarters so that our army could grasp the enemy's movement and deployment.
After our brigade entered the Huaihai District, we actively cooperated with the 10th Brigade to take the initiative to attack and contain the enemy. On February 22, the 20th Regiment cooperated with the First Detachment to attack the Qianji stronghold in Shuyang and drove back all the enemies. The Japanese and puppet troops at the Helaozhuang stronghold came for reinforcements, but were repulsed. In total, more than 200 enemies were killed and wounded, more than 600 were captured, and more than 600 guns were surrendered. I had no casualties. The 21st Regiment, which persisted in internal operations (already localized), worked with local armed forces to attack Huduo, Shanggang, Jiangying, Wuyou and other strongholds many times, intercepting many enemy motorboats and causing heavy damage to the enemy. After the Japanese and Puppet war soldiers and civilians in our base area suffered several heavy blows in Shanjiagang, Dianhu, and Chenji, the main force withdrew from the base area. The two-month anti-"mopping up" campaign in Yanfu District ended successfully.
After I smashed the "mopping up" campaign of the 17th Japanese Division in Yanfu District, it was forced to withdraw to Huaihai District. The enemy still refused to give up and concentrated more than 3,000 infantry and cavalry troops stationed in the Huailian area. On March 16, 11 groups suddenly attacked the party and government leading organs of our Huaihai District in an attempt to destroy our Huaiyang District Anti-Japanese Base Area in one fell swoop. The enemy's crazy actions were blocked by our 2nd Battalion and 4th Company of the 19th Regiment stationed in the Liangcha area of Lianshui. In order to cover the transfer of the party and government organs and the main troops in Huaihai District, our heroic fourth company, led by company commander Bai Sicai and instructor Li Yunpeng, carried forward a high degree of revolutionary heroism, bravely attacked the enemy, and jumped out of the encirclement with vigilance.
html At noon on the 217th, the two sides encountered each other again in the Laozhangji area of Huaiyin. After a fierce battle until dusk, the fourth company broke through and moved to Liulaozhuang. The Japanese army pursued Liulaozhuang. In the early morning of the 18th, they attacked our position with a huge cavalry force. Our anti-Japanese athletes took advantage of the criss-crossing anti-Japanese ditches to defend their positions to the death, repelling multiple enemy charges and killing and wounding more than 400 enemy people. When they ran out of ammunition and food, they engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy. The battle lasted until 5 p.m., when they destroyed all weapons and burned all documents. Under the enemy's crazy artillery fire, all 82 officers and men died heroically, composing a majestic war song. After the war, Commander-in-Chief Zhu De praised the 82 martyrs Liu Laozhuang as "the highest expression of heroism among our army's commanders and soldiers."
Acting Commander of the New Fourth Army Chen Yi wrote in the article "The New Fourth Army in Central China": "The bravery and loyalty of the martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the country can certainly serve as an example to others."The Fourth Company's tenacious fighting style and heroic dedication to the Anti-Japanese War deeply moved the local people. They praised these 82 people as the "Liu Laozhuang 82 Martyrs", and the Third Division Party Committee named the Fourth Company. "Liu Laozhuang Company" and decided to mark March 18 as the anniversary of the martyrs of Liu Laozhuang 82. The Huaiyin County Anti-Japanese Government and the people held a public funeral for the martyrs and built a tall martyr monument with sorrow and indignation. With tears and deep affection for his fellow soldiers, he sent his outstanding disciples - the fourth company of the second battalion of the ninth independent regiment of Lianshui. Under the leadership of company commander Song Dingxiang and instructor Xu Xingmin, Under his leadership, he joined the 4th Company of the 2nd Battalion of the 19th Regiment. All the commanders and soldiers of the company held high the battle flag of "Liu Laozhuang Company" and continued to fight bravely to defeat Japanese imperialism and win the final victory of the Anti-Japanese War.
In 1944, the international situation. Drastic changes occurred. In order to crush the military and economic power of the Japanese and puppets, the army and people of northern Jiangsu. Blockade, expanded the anti-Japanese base area, took the initiative, and launched local offensives. In February, the first section of the 20th Regiment of our brigade captured the Dashunji puppet stronghold and wiped out more than 100 puppet troops. In March, in order to cooperate with the Cheqiao Battle, the The 20th Regiment captured the Zhuweizi puppet stronghold, killing more than 80 people below the puppet company commander, and capturing more than 150 puppet officers and soldiers. In April, the 20th Regiment participated in the Gao (Gou) Yang (Kou) Battle and captured it in one fell swoop. In the enemy's core position, Xinzhaizi stronghold, there were more than 800 traitors and puppet troops. In June, the Third Division decided to concentrate the main force of the 7th Brigade and the Sheyang, Jianyang, Yandong, and Fudong independent regiments to attack and annihilate the troops stationed in Daxing Town and Heshunchang areas. After our brigade accepted the mission of the puppet army Chen Haotian, the 20th Regiment of the 19th Regiment (under the 1st Battalion) quickly moved eastward. Returning to Yanfu District, they launched an offensive toward the east coast. On June 28, the 19th Regiment marched to the southwest of Heshunchang in the rain, defeated the enemy's security detachment, and the enemy's main force fled eastward. They were severely beaten by the 20th Regiment and retreated. Heshunchang. The 19th Regiment occupied Dagang and the southeastern periphery of Heshunchang, besieged the enemy, and repulsed the reinforcements of the puppet army's Dai Shikang Department. They attacked and wiped out 1 company of the Fudong Independent Regiment. Defending the enemy in Dongxiaohai, we captured 6 Japanese garrison commander Ao Liu and others, more than 40 puppet soldiers, surrendered more than 40 rifles, 1 light machine gun, 1 sea-going ship, and more than 10,000 kilograms of food. I had no casualties at 8 o'clock in the evening on the 229th. Half a century later, under the cover of firepower, the 19th Regiment launched a fierce attack on the enemies of Heshunchang and quickly broke through Nanwei. Wall, captured the southeast corner turret, repelled the enemy's 7 crazy counterattacks, and then captured the southwest corner turret, capturing more than 80 puppet troops. At this time, the 7th Company of the 2nd Battalion of the 20th Regiment also broke into the town from the southeast corner, and passed 30 more times. After minutes of fierce fighting, except for the puppet commander Chen Haotian who fled with more than 10 people, most of the enemies stationed in Shunchang were captured. In this battle, 355 of the main force of the puppet coastal defense column Chen Haotian were wiped out, including those killed. Injured 153 people, surrendered 169 long and short guns, and 4 light machine guns, which caused great harm to the people in Fudong and Sheyang areas.
4. Moved to Huaibei and Huainan
In February 1943, Han Deqin's department "mopped up" the Japanese puppet troops. When it was in Yanfu District, it collapsed at the first touch and fell into a state of destruction. Starting from the unity of the anti-Japanese war, our army provided rescue, covered their breakout, allowed them to retreat to the anti-Japanese base area in Huaihai District, and provided food and grass supplies. However, Han Deqin was ungrateful. According to Chiang Kai-shek's order, on March 3, he led his headquarters, the third security column, and more than 3,000 people from the Duliu Brigade to march westward to seize the Shanzitou area on the bank of Hongze Lake in our Huaibei base to cope with the Kuomintang's Sulu, Henan, and Anhui guerrilla forces. Wang Zhonglian's troops of the Second Route Advance Army advanced eastward from the Mengcheng area of Anhui Province in an attempt to establish a new anti-communist base on the banks of Hongze Lake. Our army repeatedly warned Han Wan of national justice and politely advised him to return to his original defense.
However, Han Wan insisted on going his own way, crazily pursuing anti-communist policies that disturbed the people, and massacred our soldiers and civilians. The military decided to urgently mobilize the 11th Brigade of the 4th Division, the 5th Brigade of the 2nd Division, and the 7th Brigade of the 3rd Division before the King of Korea could meet up. Under the unified command of the Fourth Division Commander Peng Xuefeng and Political Commissar Deng Zihui, they launched the Shanzitou attack. Self-defense and anti-rebellion campaign. Our seventh brigade was ordered to set out from Huaihai District and rush to the front line day and night. The campaign was launched on March 17. Under the cover of more than 20 light and heavy machine guns, our 20th Regiment attacked the Huangwei stronghold, annihilated 1 regiment of the stubborn army, and captured more than 400 people; the 19th Regiment advanced to Jinsuo Town, annihilating more than 300 recalcitrant troops, and completed the victory. Completed the encirclement and annihilation mission assigned by the military headquarters and effectively cooperated with the general offensive. In this battle, Han Deqin was captured alive and Wang Guangxia was killed.Wang Zhonglian saw that Han Wan was wiped out, so he fled back to Luxi.
In April 1944, the Japanese army mobilized 150,000 troops to launch the Henan Campaign. Tang Enbo's 300,000-strong army of the Kuomintang collapsed at the first touch, and the Central Plains fell into the hands of the enemy. In order to attack the Japanese army and support the Kuomintang army's operations, the Central China Bureau and the New Fourth Army military headquarters decided that Peng Xuefeng, commander of the Fourth Division, would lead five main regiments to march westward to restore the Henan, Anhui and Jiangsu base areas; the 7th Brigade of the 3rd Division and the 18th Brigade of the 18th Brigade would be mobilized. The 52nd Regiment went to the Huaibei area as a mobile force; the 2nd and 7th Divisions actively suppressed the stubborn Guangxi troops and supported the 4th Division's westward advance.
html In August, Peng Xuefeng led the westward troops across Jinpu Road into the Xiao Yongxia area, eliminated several stubborn military strongholds, and advanced into the Xiayi area. When Peng Xuefeng's troops took control of the Xiao Yongsu area, Tang Enbo took advantage of the unstable foothold of the westward marching troops and ordered the 8th Cavalry Division, the Temporary 62nd Division, the Temporary 30th Division, and the Temporary 14th Division on September 2, led by the Temporary First Division. The army commander Wang Yuwen unified the command and invaded the Yongcheng and Xiaoxian areas in the north in mid-September, and connected with Longhai. Geng Jixun, Feng Zigu and other troops from the north of the road went south; at the same time, they ordered the Haizhou Department of the 33rd Division and the Miao Xiulin Department of the 14th Column located east of Jinpu Road to advance westward in mid-September, attempting to advance from the east, west and north Three sides attacked the westward advancing troops of the Fourth Division at Xiao Yongbian, and were limited to "clearing out" them by the end of September. The Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China instructed the New Fourth Army to adopt the campaign strategy of annihilating Duan and Miao first, and then attack the invading insurgents from the north and south of Wuwei. The troops advancing westward should set up an anti-recalcitrant battlefield in the Xiaoyong area to prepare to fight back the invading insurgents in the south of Funan; After the Ludong troops were transferred from Duan and Miaoxi, they carried out a tail pursuit, and with the cooperation of the westward troops, they annihilated the stubborn Xiaoyong area.
html In early September, my brigade entered the Fengmiao and Huitanggou areas in the Silingsui area to gather and stand by. 9 On July 6, we received a telegram from the New Fourth Army headquarters: "The military headquarters has now decided to use the 7th Brigade, the 4th Division's Ludong troops and the 52nd Regiment to first annihilate the Duan and Miaoxi transferred troops, and then concentrate the main force to attack the stubborn troops from the north of Mongolia. Therefore, if the enemy can be completely wiped out in this battle on Ludong, Winning a victory would not only undermine the confidence of the Northern Reinforcement of Uor and Meng, but would also be of great significance to the consolidation of the victory achieved by the Fourth Division and the smooth consolidation of the area by the Fourth Division in the future. Therefore, we hope that the Seventh Brigade will participate in the battle east of our road. The main force of the army can We will use our utmost efforts to implement the military's decision on this campaign and actively complete the mission, and we must mobilize all cadres to achieve complete victory in this campaign with high enthusiasm and determination and bravery." On the same day, the military command ordered the 7th Brigade. and the Ninth Brigade formed an anti-recalcitrant temporary headquarters, with Brigadier Peng Mingzhi of the Seventh Brigade as the commander, and Brigadier Wei Guoqing of the Ninth Brigade as the political commissar, who unified command of the 19th and 20th regiments of the 7th Brigade and the 9th Brigade. The 26th, 27th and 52nd regiments fought.
html On September 12, Duan Haizhou, commander of the 33rd Division of the Kuomintang stationed in the northern area of Lingbi, led the division and the 14th Column, a total of 6 regiments with more than 3,000 people, in an attempt to cross Jinpu Road and cooperate with the stubborn troops on the south bank of the Wohe River to attack the west of our Fourth Division. Entering the army, our army encountered them at the intersection of two roads. The regiments of the 7th Brigade, which were resting, immediately launched an attack. Under the cover of its vanguard, the main force of the stubborn army detoured to the west of Zhangshanji, while the rearguard withdrew to Gaolou and Shuanggou strongholds. When the brigade headquarters discovered that the enemy was fleeing, it ordered the 19th Regiment to pursue them, dispersed the stubborn vanguard troops, and captured hundreds of people. The 20th Regiment violently attacked Zhangshanji, and after 2 hours of fighting, one of them was wiped out. The main force of the stubborn army fled towards Baishan and Diaoshan. Our army was in hot pursuit. The 20th Regiment, the 19th Regiment, the 52nd Regiment and the 9th Brigade separated and surrounded the main force of the stubborn army in Diaoshan. After night fell, our army's various units headed towards Diaoshan in multiple ways. After a night of fierce fighting, more than 800 stubborn soldiers were captured. The remaining stubborn soldiers were broken into pieces and fled into the puppet army stronghold in Dashi Village. This encounter shattered the stubborn army's plot to attack our Fourth Division from east to west, and effectively supported the operations of the westward troops.
During the battle of the westward troops in Balizhuang, east of Xiayi County, the commander of the Fourth Division Peng Xuefeng died. The Party Central Committee telegraphed Zhang Aiping as the commander of the Fourth Division and Wei Guoqing as the deputy commander of the Fourth Division. On September 15, the military headquarters ordered Wei Guoqing to lead the 26th Regiment of the Ninth Brigade to the west of Jinpu Road to command operations. After Wei left, the combat troops on the east side of the road were under the unified command of Peng Mingzhi.
After the recalcitrant army's east-west joint attack plan was frustrated, they concentrated six advancing columns from three divisions, and coordinated with the remnants of Geng Jixun and Liu Ruiqi to attack the Xiaoyong area in mid-October, in an attempt to eliminate the westward advancing troops of the Fourth Division in one fell swoop. The military headquarters then transferred our brigade to the west to cooperate with the Fourth Division. In view of the large strength of the stubborn troops, we also sent a telegram to the Eighth Route Army and the Hebei, Shandong and Henan Military Region for southern reinforcements. After receiving the order, our brigade crossed Jinpu Road in Caocun and wiped out the stubborn locals in Baoan Mountain. Our army used Bao'an Mountain and Mangdang Mountain as positions to build fortifications, waiting for Wang Bingzhang's troops of the Eighth Route Army north of Longhai Road to move south.
For unified command, on October 13, the military ordered the organization of the Luxi Campaign Field Command, with Wei Guoqing as the commander, Peng Mingzhi as the deputy commander, Zhang Zhen as the chief of staff, and Wu Zhipu as the director of the Political Department, and unified command of the Third Division. The 7th Brigade, the 9th and 11th Brigades of the 4th Division, the 52nd Regiment, the Cavalry Regiment and other units. The 7th Brigade stood firm in the position south of Bao'an Mountain, Fuziya, and Shuiyao, the 52nd Regiment was stationed in the south of Xishan Mountain, the 9th Brigade was located in the position north of Shuiyao, and the 11th Brigade was located in the southeast of Bao'an Mountain. Reserve team; the Cavalry Regiment of the Fourth Division is on the Moshan and Yushan lines to prevent the recalcitrant troops from advancing eastward and taking a circuitous route.
On October 14, the main forces of the stubborn army, the Temporary 14th Division, the 8th Cavalry Division, and the 30th Division, under the command of Wang Yuwen, invaded from the north of the Wo (Yang) Meng (Cheng) area. The stubborn army Liu Ziren's troops also advanced from west to east; The troops of Liu Ruiqi and Yang Kunshan were approaching me from north to south. Our troops strictly guard their positions and wait for work. Wang Yuwen led the stubborn troops to occupy Yangpengchang, Liuzhuang, Songlou, Zhenglou and other villages one after another, and attacked our Baoshan position. The forward positions of our 19th Regiment and 9th Brigade were under fire, and the battle was extremely fierce. During the day, our army killed and wounded a large number of stubborn troops in the forward positions. At night, our reconnaissance and infantry units went deep into the stubborn troops' garrison to conduct reconnaissance, capture prisoners, and get a feel for the situation.
20 Day and night, the stubborn army adjusted its deployment and was discovered by our 19th Regiment Reconnaissance Team. I took action first and immediately disrupted the stubborn command headquarters. The stubborn commander Wang Yuwen thought that our army was launching a large-scale attack, so he panicked and fled in a hurry. The stubborn army lost command, wavered across the board, and fled south. Our Luxi Campaign Field Headquarters discovered that the recalcitrant troops were fleeing, and immediately ordered all units to pursue them quickly. The Second Battalion of the 20th Regiment first cut off part of the stubborn army and captured more than 400 of them. The troops fought fiercely day and night, intercepting one group and destroying the other. The cavalry regiment of the Fourth Division and the cavalry company of the Seventh Brigade cooperated closely with each other to annihilate a regiment of the stubborn army in Xiyang Town, Yongcheng, and annihilated the first unit of the 30th Division in Longshan. After three consecutive days and nights of fierce pursuit, they reached the Longkang area of Wuhe River and eliminated all the stubborn troops in Wubei. A total of more than 3,600 stubborn troops were wiped out in this battle. Afterwards, the 7th Brigade moved troops to both sides of Longhai Road to attack and annihilate the Dahui Village and Qinglongji puppet strongholds east of Yongcheng, and cooperated with the 4th Division to restore the Henan, Anhui and Jiangsu anti-Japanese base areas.
On October 25, the New Fourth Army’s military headquarters issued a commendation order, saying: “After a week of hard fighting, more than half of the invading stubborn army was finally wiped out, causing them to be defeated and flee in panic.” “This great victory is the result of It was obtained due to the good leadership of Zhang (Aiping) and Deng (Zihui), especially Wei (Guoqing), Peng (Mingzhi), Zhang (Zhen), and Wu (Zhipu) who directly commanded the front line, and the Seventh Division of the Third Division. "All the commanders and fighters of the brigade and the fourth division completed the heroic battle", "special commendation is issued to show their meritorious service."
In the spring of 1945, the 171st Division, the 10th Column, and the 3rd Security Regiment of the stubborn Guangxi Army invaded and occupied Prince City, Huangtuan Temple, Liangyuan, Guhe Town, Machang and other places in the west base of Jinpu Road in Huainan. On March 12, our seventh brigade was ordered to be transferred from Huaibei to Huainan to cooperate with the Second Division in counterattacking Gui Wan's invasion. On April 5, the military headquarters decided to form the Luxi Campaign Headquarters, with Tan Zhenlin and Peng Mingzhi as chief and deputy commanders. Our army adopts the strategy of encircling points and calling for reinforcements to annihilate stubborn troops on the move. Headquarters deployment: Use the first part of the 5th Brigade and the 18th Regiment of the 2nd Division to surround Wangchengzi and Tangjingzi stubborn military strongholds respectively, and use the 4th Brigade, the entire 7th Brigade and the main force of the 5th Brigade to assemble covertly on both sides of Wangchengzi Fuwangji, Yingziji and Chenji areas, Prepare to annihilate the reinforcements of the recalcitrant army; use one part of the 7th Division to control the Chaowu area and the other part to control the area west of Hanshan, threatening the east-west traffic of the recalcitrant army. The main force stretches eastward to join the independent brigade of the 3rd Division moving south to open up the second and third divisions. Contact with the Seventh Division.
On the evening of April 14, 1945, all units acted as planned. The fifth brigade attacked the Wangchengzi stronghold. After the battle started, the stubborn 171st Division, the 10th Column, and the Third Bao Regiment each reinforced Wangchengzi 4 times, but were all surrounded by our army in the north and south areas of Huangtuan Temple. The 19th and 20th regiments of our 7th Brigade were located on the front line of Huangtuan Temple and the bridge. They fought calmly and tenaciously. They secretly concealed the troops while on guard. They planted grenade groups at the front of the positions. When the stubborn troops approached, they bombarded them in layers. , putting the stubborn army in a sea of fire, taking advantage of the chaos of the stubborn army, the 20th Regiment attacked from the left wing of the 19th Regiment, pursued the left and right wings for more than 10 miles, and annihilated more than 800 people of the stubborn army. The brothers' troops participating in the war fought together and fought continuously for 6 days and nights, conquering 13 stubborn military positions including Wangchengzi, Huangtuan Temple, and Badouling, and annihilating more than 1,800 stubborn troops. Can stubbornly retreated to the areas south and east of Huang Tuan Temple to continue their stubborn resistance, and the two sides were in a stalemate. Our headquarters felt that the purpose of the campaign had been partially achieved, and we withdrew from the battle in compliance with the military headquarters' telegraph order. After the war, the military department issued a general order to commend all participating troops.
On August 15, 1945, Japan announced its unconditional surrender. The Seventh Brigade was ordered to attack Luqiao and then advance towards Bengbu City and besiege Bengbu City. Division Commander Huang Kecheng suggested that the troops of the Third Division return to the Huaihe and Huaihe areas, first annihilate the Japanese and puppet troops in northern Jiangsu and northeastern Anhui, occupy the two Huaiheis, and then attack outside. This proposal was approved by the central government and the military. In September, the 7th Brigade was ordered to rush back to northern Jiangsu from the Huainan front line to participate in the battle against Huai'an. Together with the brothers, they liberated Huai'an on September 22 and wiped out more than 4,000 enemies.
Since the winter of 1938, the Seventh Brigade has fought in the Soviet Union, Shandong, Henan, and Anhui in central China for more than 7 years, fighting more than 2,200 times against Japanese puppet troops and stubborn troops. , killed more than 5,000 Japanese and puppet soldiers, captured nearly 10,000 puppet soldiers and more than 15,000 stubborn soldiers, captured more than 5,000 puppet soldiers, seized more than 10,000 rifles, nearly 400 machine guns, burned more than 80 cars, and destroyed 20 motorboats. More than one ship. The troops expanded to more than 18,000 people, and several anti-Japanese base areas were opened in the Sulu-Henan border, Huaibei, Huaihai, and Yanfu. The commanders and fighters of the entire brigade were brave and tenacious, not afraid of sacrifice, and made important contributions to the victory of the Anti-Japanese War.
On October 3, 1945, the Seventh Brigade bid farewell to the people of northern Jiangsu and rushed to the Northeast battlefield to welcome the great war of liberation.
Wang Zhonglian saw that Han Wan was wiped out, so he fled back to Luxi.In April 1944, the Japanese army mobilized 150,000 troops to launch the Henan Campaign. Tang Enbo's 300,000-strong army of the Kuomintang collapsed at the first touch, and the Central Plains fell into the hands of the enemy. In order to attack the Japanese army and support the Kuomintang army's operations, the Central China Bureau and the New Fourth Army military headquarters decided that Peng Xuefeng, commander of the Fourth Division, would lead five main regiments to march westward to restore the Henan, Anhui and Jiangsu base areas; the 7th Brigade of the 3rd Division and the 18th Brigade of the 18th Brigade would be mobilized. The 52nd Regiment went to the Huaibei area as a mobile force; the 2nd and 7th Divisions actively suppressed the stubborn Guangxi troops and supported the 4th Division's westward advance.
html In August, Peng Xuefeng led the westward troops across Jinpu Road into the Xiao Yongxia area, eliminated several stubborn military strongholds, and advanced into the Xiayi area. When Peng Xuefeng's troops took control of the Xiao Yongsu area, Tang Enbo took advantage of the unstable foothold of the westward marching troops and ordered the 8th Cavalry Division, the Temporary 62nd Division, the Temporary 30th Division, and the Temporary 14th Division on September 2, led by the Temporary First Division. The army commander Wang Yuwen unified the command and invaded the Yongcheng and Xiaoxian areas in the north in mid-September, and connected with Longhai. Geng Jixun, Feng Zigu and other troops from the north of the road went south; at the same time, they ordered the Haizhou Department of the 33rd Division and the Miao Xiulin Department of the 14th Column located east of Jinpu Road to advance westward in mid-September, attempting to advance from the east, west and north Three sides attacked the westward advancing troops of the Fourth Division at Xiao Yongbian, and were limited to "clearing out" them by the end of September. The Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China instructed the New Fourth Army to adopt the campaign strategy of annihilating Duan and Miao first, and then attack the invading insurgents from the north and south of Wuwei. The troops advancing westward should set up an anti-recalcitrant battlefield in the Xiaoyong area to prepare to fight back the invading insurgents in the south of Funan; After the Ludong troops were transferred from Duan and Miaoxi, they carried out a tail pursuit, and with the cooperation of the westward troops, they annihilated the stubborn Xiaoyong area.
html In early September, my brigade entered the Fengmiao and Huitanggou areas in the Silingsui area to gather and stand by. 9 On July 6, we received a telegram from the New Fourth Army headquarters: "The military headquarters has now decided to use the 7th Brigade, the 4th Division's Ludong troops and the 52nd Regiment to first annihilate the Duan and Miaoxi transferred troops, and then concentrate the main force to attack the stubborn troops from the north of Mongolia. Therefore, if the enemy can be completely wiped out in this battle on Ludong, Winning a victory would not only undermine the confidence of the Northern Reinforcement of Uor and Meng, but would also be of great significance to the consolidation of the victory achieved by the Fourth Division and the smooth consolidation of the area by the Fourth Division in the future. Therefore, we hope that the Seventh Brigade will participate in the battle east of our road. The main force of the army can We will use our utmost efforts to implement the military's decision on this campaign and actively complete the mission, and we must mobilize all cadres to achieve complete victory in this campaign with high enthusiasm and determination and bravery." On the same day, the military command ordered the 7th Brigade. and the Ninth Brigade formed an anti-recalcitrant temporary headquarters, with Brigadier Peng Mingzhi of the Seventh Brigade as the commander, and Brigadier Wei Guoqing of the Ninth Brigade as the political commissar, who unified command of the 19th and 20th regiments of the 7th Brigade and the 9th Brigade. The 26th, 27th and 52nd regiments fought.
html On September 12, Duan Haizhou, commander of the 33rd Division of the Kuomintang stationed in the northern area of Lingbi, led the division and the 14th Column, a total of 6 regiments with more than 3,000 people, in an attempt to cross Jinpu Road and cooperate with the stubborn troops on the south bank of the Wohe River to attack the west of our Fourth Division. Entering the army, our army encountered them at the intersection of two roads. The regiments of the 7th Brigade, which were resting, immediately launched an attack. Under the cover of its vanguard, the main force of the stubborn army detoured to the west of Zhangshanji, while the rearguard withdrew to Gaolou and Shuanggou strongholds. When the brigade headquarters discovered that the enemy was fleeing, it ordered the 19th Regiment to pursue them, dispersed the stubborn vanguard troops, and captured hundreds of people. The 20th Regiment violently attacked Zhangshanji, and after 2 hours of fighting, one of them was wiped out. The main force of the stubborn army fled towards Baishan and Diaoshan. Our army was in hot pursuit. The 20th Regiment, the 19th Regiment, the 52nd Regiment and the 9th Brigade separated and surrounded the main force of the stubborn army in Diaoshan. After night fell, our army's various units headed towards Diaoshan in multiple ways. After a night of fierce fighting, more than 800 stubborn soldiers were captured. The remaining stubborn soldiers were broken into pieces and fled into the puppet army stronghold in Dashi Village. This encounter shattered the stubborn army's plot to attack our Fourth Division from east to west, and effectively supported the operations of the westward troops.
During the battle of the westward troops in Balizhuang, east of Xiayi County, the commander of the Fourth Division Peng Xuefeng died. The Party Central Committee telegraphed Zhang Aiping as the commander of the Fourth Division and Wei Guoqing as the deputy commander of the Fourth Division. On September 15, the military headquarters ordered Wei Guoqing to lead the 26th Regiment of the Ninth Brigade to the west of Jinpu Road to command operations. After Wei left, the combat troops on the east side of the road were under the unified command of Peng Mingzhi.
After the recalcitrant army's east-west joint attack plan was frustrated, they concentrated six advancing columns from three divisions, and coordinated with the remnants of Geng Jixun and Liu Ruiqi to attack the Xiaoyong area in mid-October, in an attempt to eliminate the westward advancing troops of the Fourth Division in one fell swoop. The military headquarters then transferred our brigade to the west to cooperate with the Fourth Division. In view of the large strength of the stubborn troops, we also sent a telegram to the Eighth Route Army and the Hebei, Shandong and Henan Military Region for southern reinforcements. After receiving the order, our brigade crossed Jinpu Road in Caocun and wiped out the stubborn locals in Baoan Mountain. Our army used Bao'an Mountain and Mangdang Mountain as positions to build fortifications, waiting for Wang Bingzhang's troops of the Eighth Route Army north of Longhai Road to move south.
For unified command, on October 13, the military ordered the organization of the Luxi Campaign Field Command, with Wei Guoqing as the commander, Peng Mingzhi as the deputy commander, Zhang Zhen as the chief of staff, and Wu Zhipu as the director of the Political Department, and unified command of the Third Division. The 7th Brigade, the 9th and 11th Brigades of the 4th Division, the 52nd Regiment, the Cavalry Regiment and other units. The 7th Brigade stood firm in the position south of Bao'an Mountain, Fuziya, and Shuiyao, the 52nd Regiment was stationed in the south of Xishan Mountain, the 9th Brigade was located in the position north of Shuiyao, and the 11th Brigade was located in the southeast of Bao'an Mountain. Reserve team; the Cavalry Regiment of the Fourth Division is on the Moshan and Yushan lines to prevent the recalcitrant troops from advancing eastward and taking a circuitous route.
On October 14, the main forces of the stubborn army, the Temporary 14th Division, the 8th Cavalry Division, and the 30th Division, under the command of Wang Yuwen, invaded from the north of the Wo (Yang) Meng (Cheng) area. The stubborn army Liu Ziren's troops also advanced from west to east; The troops of Liu Ruiqi and Yang Kunshan were approaching me from north to south. Our troops strictly guard their positions and wait for work. Wang Yuwen led the stubborn troops to occupy Yangpengchang, Liuzhuang, Songlou, Zhenglou and other villages one after another, and attacked our Baoshan position. The forward positions of our 19th Regiment and 9th Brigade were under fire, and the battle was extremely fierce. During the day, our army killed and wounded a large number of stubborn troops in the forward positions. At night, our reconnaissance and infantry units went deep into the stubborn troops' garrison to conduct reconnaissance, capture prisoners, and get a feel for the situation.
20 Day and night, the stubborn army adjusted its deployment and was discovered by our 19th Regiment Reconnaissance Team. I took action first and immediately disrupted the stubborn command headquarters. The stubborn commander Wang Yuwen thought that our army was launching a large-scale attack, so he panicked and fled in a hurry. The stubborn army lost command, wavered across the board, and fled south. Our Luxi Campaign Field Headquarters discovered that the recalcitrant troops were fleeing, and immediately ordered all units to pursue them quickly. The Second Battalion of the 20th Regiment first cut off part of the stubborn army and captured more than 400 of them. The troops fought fiercely day and night, intercepting one group and destroying the other. The cavalry regiment of the Fourth Division and the cavalry company of the Seventh Brigade cooperated closely with each other to annihilate a regiment of the stubborn army in Xiyang Town, Yongcheng, and annihilated the first unit of the 30th Division in Longshan. After three consecutive days and nights of fierce pursuit, they reached the Longkang area of Wuhe River and eliminated all the stubborn troops in Wubei. A total of more than 3,600 stubborn troops were wiped out in this battle. Afterwards, the 7th Brigade moved troops to both sides of Longhai Road to attack and annihilate the Dahui Village and Qinglongji puppet strongholds east of Yongcheng, and cooperated with the 4th Division to restore the Henan, Anhui and Jiangsu anti-Japanese base areas.
On October 25, the New Fourth Army’s military headquarters issued a commendation order, saying: “After a week of hard fighting, more than half of the invading stubborn army was finally wiped out, causing them to be defeated and flee in panic.” “This great victory is the result of It was obtained due to the good leadership of Zhang (Aiping) and Deng (Zihui), especially Wei (Guoqing), Peng (Mingzhi), Zhang (Zhen), and Wu (Zhipu) who directly commanded the front line, and the Seventh Division of the Third Division. "All the commanders and fighters of the brigade and the fourth division completed the heroic battle", "special commendation is issued to show their meritorious service."
In the spring of 1945, the 171st Division, the 10th Column, and the 3rd Security Regiment of the stubborn Guangxi Army invaded and occupied Prince City, Huangtuan Temple, Liangyuan, Guhe Town, Machang and other places in the west base of Jinpu Road in Huainan. On March 12, our seventh brigade was ordered to be transferred from Huaibei to Huainan to cooperate with the Second Division in counterattacking Gui Wan's invasion. On April 5, the military headquarters decided to form the Luxi Campaign Headquarters, with Tan Zhenlin and Peng Mingzhi as chief and deputy commanders. Our army adopts the strategy of encircling points and calling for reinforcements to annihilate stubborn troops on the move. Headquarters deployment: Use the first part of the 5th Brigade and the 18th Regiment of the 2nd Division to surround Wangchengzi and Tangjingzi stubborn military strongholds respectively, and use the 4th Brigade, the entire 7th Brigade and the main force of the 5th Brigade to assemble covertly on both sides of Wangchengzi Fuwangji, Yingziji and Chenji areas, Prepare to annihilate the reinforcements of the recalcitrant army; use one part of the 7th Division to control the Chaowu area and the other part to control the area west of Hanshan, threatening the east-west traffic of the recalcitrant army. The main force stretches eastward to join the independent brigade of the 3rd Division moving south to open up the second and third divisions. Contact with the Seventh Division.
On the evening of April 14, 1945, all units acted as planned. The fifth brigade attacked the Wangchengzi stronghold. After the battle started, the stubborn 171st Division, the 10th Column, and the Third Bao Regiment each reinforced Wangchengzi 4 times, but were all surrounded by our army in the north and south areas of Huangtuan Temple. The 19th and 20th regiments of our 7th Brigade were located on the front line of Huangtuan Temple and the bridge. They fought calmly and tenaciously. They secretly concealed the troops while on guard. They planted grenade groups at the front of the positions. When the stubborn troops approached, they bombarded them in layers. , putting the stubborn army in a sea of fire, taking advantage of the chaos of the stubborn army, the 20th Regiment attacked from the left wing of the 19th Regiment, pursued the left and right wings for more than 10 miles, and annihilated more than 800 people of the stubborn army. The brothers' troops participating in the war fought together and fought continuously for 6 days and nights, conquering 13 stubborn military positions including Wangchengzi, Huangtuan Temple, and Badouling, and annihilating more than 1,800 stubborn troops. Can stubbornly retreated to the areas south and east of Huang Tuan Temple to continue their stubborn resistance, and the two sides were in a stalemate. Our headquarters felt that the purpose of the campaign had been partially achieved, and we withdrew from the battle in compliance with the military headquarters' telegraph order. After the war, the military department issued a general order to commend all participating troops.
On August 15, 1945, Japan announced its unconditional surrender. The Seventh Brigade was ordered to attack Luqiao and then advance towards Bengbu City and besiege Bengbu City. Division Commander Huang Kecheng suggested that the troops of the Third Division return to the Huaihe and Huaihe areas, first annihilate the Japanese and puppet troops in northern Jiangsu and northeastern Anhui, occupy the two Huaiheis, and then attack outside. This proposal was approved by the central government and the military. In September, the 7th Brigade was ordered to rush back to northern Jiangsu from the Huainan front line to participate in the battle against Huai'an. Together with the brothers, they liberated Huai'an on September 22 and wiped out more than 4,000 enemies.
Since the winter of 1938, the Seventh Brigade has fought in the Soviet Union, Shandong, Henan, and Anhui in central China for more than 7 years, fighting more than 2,200 times against Japanese puppet troops and stubborn troops. , killed more than 5,000 Japanese and puppet soldiers, captured nearly 10,000 puppet soldiers and more than 15,000 stubborn soldiers, captured more than 5,000 puppet soldiers, seized more than 10,000 rifles, nearly 400 machine guns, burned more than 80 cars, and destroyed 20 motorboats. More than one ship. The troops expanded to more than 18,000 people, and several anti-Japanese base areas were opened in the Sulu-Henan border, Huaibei, Huaihai, and Yanfu. The commanders and fighters of the entire brigade were brave and tenacious, not afraid of sacrifice, and made important contributions to the victory of the Anti-Japanese War.
On October 3, 1945, the Seventh Brigade bid farewell to the people of northern Jiangsu and rushed to the Northeast battlefield to welcome the great war of liberation.
