"Before launching this war (Japan's full invasion of China), Japan had spent 70 years collecting intelligence in various parts of China."
Modern Japanese intelligence history research expert Xu Jinsheng said. After officially launching a full-scale invasion of China, Japan collected intelligence in a targeted manner before each battle to make it easier to win in subsequent battles. For example, in 
941, there were Japanese troops disguised as oil sellers in and prepared to encircle and suppress the Eighth Route Army stationed in Nanlonggang to investigate the information. Did these Japanese troops succeed later?
Previous Oil Seller
Weird Oil Seller
In January 1941, was in , Nanlonggang Village, Xingtang County, Shijiazhuang, The people, as usual, were doing what they were doing. A group of children ran around and were playing the game of "fighting the Japanese". Just at this moment, a peddler with loads was sweating heavily and a shoulder pole was breathing heavily, looking very tired. Often when the peddler comes, the children can always see all kinds of trendy toys, so the children happily surround them.
The former peddler
Unfortunately, this peddler is a oil seller and does not carry the same toy. The children were a little lost and then scattered. While no one was paying attention, Oil Seller grabbed the child who was walking in the last, secretly stuffed a piece of candy to the child, and then asked the child if he needed sesame oil at home, so that he could make delicious entertainment for the Eighth Route Army. After seeing the child nodded, the oil seller continued to ask:
"Then how many Eighth Route Army lines are living in your village?"
The child thought about it and replied: "Seven or eight."
The child of the Republic of China
heard that the peddler didn't even buy sesame oil, so he turned around and left. The child stared at the back for a while, then turned to look for his friends.
Japanese invaders attacked
That night, nearby villagers took the risk of sending news that saw many Japanese people coming secretly. At that time, was stationed in Nangang Village. The 17 regiment of leader Min Hongyou did not dare to relax after learning the news and quickly sent a correspondent to investigate the situation. After a while, the correspondent came to report that was in the southwest direction of Nanlonggang Village in , and hundreds of Japanese troops were constantly advancing.
Eighth Route Army correspondent
Min Hongyou felt incredible about this. You should know that at that time, 17 Regiment had about . . . . . . Isn’t it because of these people from the Japanese army that “got to the trap”?
While Min Hongyou was thinking, another correspondent came and said that the Japanese army had divided into three groups and came to Nanlonggang. Min Hongyou, who had no time to investigate, ordered all departments to be alert and be ready to face the enemy at any time. Not long after, the prepared 3rd Battalion discovered the enemy. While transmitting intelligence to the regiment headquarters, they ordered the 9-12 company to divide the two groups to fight the enemy. Based on the battle report of the 3rd Battalion, the regiment headquarters quickly made arrangements and instructions, and was determined to wipe out this enemy.
General Min Hongyou
3 Battalion received an order to defend the enemy head-on, giving the 5-7th Company of the 2nd Battalion the time to encircle the enemy. Since the enemy also adopted the tactic of differentiation and combat, the regiment headquarters ordered the eighth to join forces with weapons to occupy the highlands in the village before the enemy, so as to facilitate the subsequent suppression of the Japanese army. In the direction where the enemy did not invest its troops, the regiment headquarters also sent a company to defend the troops to ensure that the troops had a convenient evacuation.
Normally, just a few hundred Japanese troops are enough to deal with it, but Min Hongyou's command style is relatively cautious, He hopes to kill these invaders with the smallest casualties and losses. Therefore, Min Hongyou also sent out several additional companies to make them cooperate with the protection of the main combat positions as their primary task.
Eighth Route Army ambushed on the roof
After the Japanese army noticed the soldiers of the 3rd battalion guarding the front, they immediately exerted heavy firepower. At that time, the weapons and equipment of our army were significantly different from those of the Japanese army. The soldiers of the 9th Company of the last 3rd Battalion of had to withdraw from the fortifications, and the fortifications and surrounding cemeteries and mounds were all occupied by the enemy. However, the Japanese army was not happy for long before they were beaten to a disgrace by other company soldiers surrounding them from the flank.
Since The Japanese army did not obtain the correct information from the beginning, They came to The size of the troops responsible for encirclement and suppression was far less than the 17th Regiment. Finally, the Japanese invaders who came from three groups were defeated one by one by our army.
In combat state, the Eighth Route Army
The entire battle lasted for about three hours. The 17 regiment killed more than 270 enemies and captured 23 enemies. successfully seized 1 flat-fire cannon, 81 grenade launchers, 119 guns of various types, nearly 2,400 rounds of ammunition, and several other military equipment. This battle was simply beautiful, which not only shocked the enemies of the surrounding counties and towns, but later, whenever I heard the "17th Regiment", I was alert and told each other: "Be careful, the 17th Regiment is here!" At the same time, the victory of this battle also made the people nearby feel excited.
After is liberated, the battle of was even compiled into "Selected Infantry Corps Battles of the Chinese People's Liberation Army", is called "Nanlonggang Counterattack War".
Weapons and equipment seized by the Eighth Route Army
Reasons for the victory of the Nanlonggang Counterattack Battle
By analyzing the entire battle process, we will find that in addition to the agile deployment and heroic battle of the 17th Regiment, it also has a lot to do with the intelligence error of the enemy of . The reason why the enemy chose to attack at night was probably because they wanted to catch our army off guard. But they never thought that the child they met earlier would tell lies. If the child had not been disguised as the "Oil Seller" village, there were only a few Eighth Route Army soldiers in the village of "Seller in the Oil" that were disguised, maybe there would not be this straightforward and classic battle.
children of the Republic of China
loyal and brave and will never die, and will always survive in the hearts of the people
Although the Nanlonggang anti-attack war is not well known to the public, the older generation living in Nangang Village will never forget the deeds of the 17th Regiment fighting bravely in the village decades ago. The 84-year-old man Wang Xianghuo in Nangang Village recalled that the cemetery where the Eighth Route Army fought against the Japanese in the past has become a cornfield over the years. But every time I pass by the cornfield, Wang Xianghuo can't help but think of the scene at that time.
, Wang Xianghuo can be said to be a witness to that battle. Although he was not a soldier of the 17th Regiment, when the soldiers were fighting against the enemy, Wang Xianghuo followed the villagers to sort out the supplies.
Nan Longgang people will not forget the soldiers who died in the 17th Regiment
In order to save the lives of the wounded, we all removed the door panel and carried the bed together, pulled the clean cloth into strips to disinfect it, and made it into simple bandages. The women in the village even took out eggs and noodles and that they usually don’t want to eat, so that the soldiers can eat their stomachs.
Wang Xianghuo said:
"Before the battle began, the soldiers told everyone not to go out and everything was with them. But who could stay there at that time? Everyone just wanted to help the soldiers win that battle!"
The people greeted the injured Eighth Route Army soldiers
At the same time, Wang Xianghuo also mentioned that although we won the battle that year, some soldiers in still died heroically. people in the village organized spontaneously. held a funeral for the sacrificed soldiers, buried them on the battlefield, and specially asked someone to write an inscription.
Unfortunately, the world has changed. The wooden tombstones specially erected by the villagers at that time have become decayed, and the tombs have been hidden deep underground and will never be seen again. But everyone still remembers the content on the inscription that year:
"The soldiers are so determined and brave and good at fighting. How can they not be admired. The whole village people feel that they cannot repay you. I engraved the inscriptions to express my heart, and their ambitions will last forever."
Nanlonggang villagers will always remember the soldiers of the 17th Regiment
Supplement-Nanlonggang Counterattack War follow-up
Nanlonggang's anti-attack war won, the spirit of the soldiers of the 17th Regiment was still very tense. The battle came to an end at around 9 a.m. that day, but two hours later, the soldiers of the 17th Regiment received news that and hundreds of enemies were riding in 20 cars, was heading towards Nanlonggang, attempting to retaliate against our army.Min Hongyou considered it repeatedly and decided to move from Nanlonggang. The soldiers first protected the people in the village and then began to evacuate urgently.
17 Regiment's soldiers helped the people leave before evacuating
Of course, the Japanese army was obviously completely angered. They even sent several enemy planes to bomb, which caused certain obstacles and casualties to our army's evacuation. Fortunately, the impact was not great. The 7 Regiment finally successfully got rid of the enemy's pursuit and went to the next battle site.
