In October 1937, the medical team of the 196th Brigade covered the wounded and withdrew to the rear, but was ambushed by the Japanese. Most of the Japanese rushed out, mutilated more than 100 wounded, and destroyed their bodies. When the brigade commander heard the bad news, he ordered: "Bring all the captured Japanese prisoners and put me to death." ”
On July 7, 1937, under the pretext of "searching for lost soldiers", the Japanese invaders tried in vain to enter Wanping County to conduct a "search". Our Wanping defenders sternly refused, and the Japanese who had been planning for a long time immediately transferred artillery and launched an artillery bombardment of Wanping City, creating the "Lugou Bridge Incident" that shocked the world.
The purpose of the "Lugou Bridge Incident" launched by the Japanese invaders was to provoke a full-scale war of aggression and to occupy the whole of North China. At this time, the Japanese invaders were menacing, threatening to "end the war in three months", and their arrogance can be seen. The main force of the Japanese invaders quickly moved south, and the front of the troops was directed at Hebei, Shanxi and other places, and the anti-Japanese situation was very critical.
In September 1937, the Japanese gathered more than 70,000 people, under the cover of planes and tanks, and prepared to attack Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi. The anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians gathered in Xinkou, north of Taiyuan, to resist the invasion of the Japanese invaders and swore to defend Taiyuan City to the death. In order to buy time for the assembly of troops, Shangfeng issued an order: "Transfer the 196th Brigade to Yuanping Town, north of Xinkou, and desperately resist the Japanese invaders for 7 days, so as to buy time for friendly troops to move troops." ”
The 196th Brigade is the elite of the elite of the Jin Sui Army, and the brigade commander is the famous fierce general Jiang Yuzhen, who has been born and died for the country many times. Jiang Yuzhen, a native of Heze, Shandong, was born in a poor peasant family. Before he was born, his father died of illness, and his mother raised him with hard work.
At the age of 19, Jiang Yuzhen said goodbye to her mother and chose to sign up for the Shaanxi Army. At the age of 22, Jiang Yuzhen was transferred to the Jin Sui Army, and her official position was also promoted to platoon commander. In the following ten years, Jiang Yuzhen was born and died and made many military exploits, and the hairy boy became the commander of the 196th Brigade of the 66th Division of the Jinsui Army.
In September 1937, after Jiang Yuzhen received the order from Shangfeng, he led 5,000 soldiers to immediately drive and rush to Yuanping Town. After the 196th Brigade arrived in Yuanping Town, it immediately began to repair the city fortifications and was ready to meet the main force of the Japanese invaders. Before the war, Jiang Yuzhen also specially ordered:
"My 196th Brigade was ordered to defend Yuanping for 7 days, the city survived, the city died, and the city died. The cooking squad hurried to make big mutton buns, so that the soldiers could have a beautiful meal, and the soldiers ate well, and went to the battlefield to take grenades and machine *** to feed the Japanese invaders. ”
On October 4, 70,000 Japanese invaders drove straight in, and under the cover of tanks and artillery, launched a fierce attack on Yuanping Town. Brigade Commander Jiang wore a yellow tweed general uniform and stood on the front line to command the battle, which raised the morale of the officers and men of the 196th Brigade.
After a few days of fierce fighting, in the face of the wanton bombardment of Japanese tanks and artillery, the 196 Brigade appeared a lot of **, and still used flesh and blood to defend Yuanping Town.
The medical team covered the retreat of more than 100 wounded to the rear, but they were discovered by the cunning Japanese invaders, and immediately surrounded the wounded team. The Japanese criminals, who were inferior to the animals, mutilated the doctors and **, shot the wounded one by one, and destroyed their bodies, committing a heinous crime that was indignant to both people and gods.
When the bad news was transmitted back to the 196th Brigade Headquarters, Brigade Commander Jiang was so grief-stricken that he immediately ordered: "Bring all the captured Japanese prisoners, give me skin and tendons and put them to death, and let the Japanese invaders pay for their blood debts." So, a team of Japanese prisoners was brought in, and the firing squad took daggers to carry out decisive executions, avenging the blood revenge of the martyred comrades.
On the 7th day of the battle, Brigade Commander Jiang received another order from Shangfeng: "Hold the city for another 3 days." At this time, the 196th Brigade was almost out of ammunition and food, and the Japanese were still increasing their troops, but Brigade Commander Jiang still firmly accepted the order. The subordinates didn't understand, and Brigade Commander Jiang said: "In order to defend Taiyuan City, the 196th Brigade will fight to the point of one soldier and one soldier, and it will defend Yuanping for another 3 days." ”
In the 3 days and 3 nights of fighting, the 196 Brigade, whether it was a hygienist or a man, took the ** to the front line. Brigade Commander Jiang took the lead in rushing and killing, leading his troops to repel waves of Japanese charges, and launched a house-by-house and alley-by-lane battle with the Japanese invaders who entered the city. Three days later, the original Heicheng was almost razed to the ground by the artillery fire of the Japanese invaders, and it was still firmly in the hands of the 196th Brigade.
Shangfeng gave the order to retreat, and Brigade Commander Jiang asked the troops to withdraw first, and he led the rear guard troops to the rear. In the resistance battle, Brigade Commander Jiang fell into the siege of the Japanese invaders, fought bloody battles until the last moment, and died heroically at the age of 43. In the Battle of Yuanping, Brigade Commander Jiang led 5,000 soldiers to block 70,000 Japanese invaders for 10 days and nights, buying time for the Xinkouhui War.