In the China Affairs Museum, there is a mortar that is listed as a national first-class cultural relic, but in 1995, a 71-year-old man came to the museum. Military orders were sent to the museum to open the bulletproof glass cabinet and let the old man wipe the mortar ......
He is Li Erxi, the sharpshooter of the Eighth Route Army, who once used this mortar to kill the Japanese mountain warfare expert Abe Norihide in the mountainous areas of Shanxi, Chahar, and was the rank of lieutenant general of the Japanese army.
Li Erxi carefully wiped the artillery, although he had a humorous personality and loved to joke, but at this time the corners of his eyes flashed tears, because it was not only the mortar that was wiped, but also his own youth.
The reason why he hid his identity was to prevent the enemy's spies from assassinating Li Erxi.
Regarding that eventful time, we must start with 1921, Li Erxi was born in Lingqiu County, Shaanxi Province, located in Shangzhai Town and Qijiazhuang Village.
Li Erxi's childhood was very hard, and when he was 13 years old, his parents passed away one after another;After the elder brother of the family joined the army, he was never heard from again.
At a young age, Li Erxi began to cultivate the family's four acres of thin fields, and when the farm was slack, he began to herd cattle for the landlord's family.
Li Erxi has been very smart since he was a child, and he quickly learned how to raise livestock, and that's not all, he quickly learned to be a veterinarian.
Since 918, as long as Li Erxi has time, he has gone to the scholars in the village, paid attention to the atrocities of the Japanese invaders in China, and resented the devils for invading the three eastern provinces.
The reason is very simple, that is, the Northeast is the Northeast of the Chinese, not the so-called pseudo-"Manchukuo" of the Japanese.
Li Erxi was angry and wanted to be a soldier, but he was not old enough, and he was not as tall as a rifle, so he waited until the full-scale outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, when he was already sixteen or seventeen years old, he joined the Eighth Route Army and vowed to kill devils.
In that era, there were many young people with the same beliefs, and it was their dedication that led to today's beautiful life.
Immediately afterwards, the battle for fame of ** kicked off in Pingxingguan......
Before the battle began, Yan Xishan suffered from great pressure from the Japanese army, and when Fu Zuoyi led his troops to fight, the Kuomintang sent him a retreat order, but not a word was written on it.
*The meaning I want to express is very simple, that is, when you Shanxi troops want to retreat, you can decide for yourself.
Yan Xishan and Fu Zuoyi looked at their hometown in Shanxi and fell into deep thought, obviously it is their hometown, can they just throw it to the devil?
At this time, ** seized the fighter plane and launched the Battle of Pingxingguan, which directly ended the logistics of the Japanese army, which greatly relieved the huge pressure on Yan Xishan and Fu Zuoyi
It's just that Fu Zuoyi never imagined that he would fight with ** in more than ten years, of course, this is a digression, and I won't repeat it in this article.
Li Erxi participated in the victory of Pingxingguan, and he was happy in his heart, he was really full of enthusiasm, and he had to argue with the little devil.
Immediately afterwards, Li Erxi followed the troops of *** and came to the vicinity of his hometown, he helped buy a good horse, and then cured many incurable diseases of war horses.
Li Erxi is young after all, and he will not be allowed to go to the battlefield under normal circumstances, so he is responsible for the task of logistics errands, delivering food, carrying a stretcher, and delivering a water ......
The young man is not only handsome, but the key is that he has a sweet mouth and a very clever mind, and everyone likes Li Erxi very much.
After a long time, Li Erxi began to be depressed, his comrades-in-arms are fighting devils on the front line, and then look at himself as a groom, what is this?
Just when Li Erxi was about to go to walk his horse, he saw that among Yang Chengwu's independent regiment, there were several mortars placed in the courtyard, all of which were captured during the previous Battle of Pingxingguan.
The reason why it is placed in the courtyard is because Yang Chengwu's independent regiment does not have particularly professional artillery, and to put it bluntly, everyone will not use it, so it is idle.
Li Erxi didn't go to release the horses, but began to fiddle with those mortars, which had been idle for a month, and used them to play ...... by himself
In the room, the regiment commander Yang Chengwu (the future founding general) had been observing Li Erxi through the window, and had long noticed that this young man, although he was a little naughty, his brain was very useful.
On the other hand, Li Erxi in the yard disassembled the mortar and installed it again, sighed helplessly, and led the horse out, saying when will I go to the battlefield?
Soon, the independent regiment wanted to form an artillery company, and Yang Chengwu immediately recommended Li Erxi.
Young readers may not know Yang Chengwu, who faced an enemy several times his size during the Battle of Pingxingguan, directly cut off the road transportation line and made great achievements.
Yang Chengwu was already a famous general in a hundred battles by this time, and he said: "Li Erxi, don't play those useless things, aren't you shouting to go to the battlefield?"Come on, come on, mortar you try ......”
Thus, Li Erxi began his artillery road, on the battlefield at that time, foreign troops were widely equipped with such **, all for fire suppression, for a wide range of strikes.
However, the Eighth Route Army was short of shells, and they all relied on capture, so for Li Erxi, every shell had to be accurately hit, so he began to study and practice hard and create various local methods.
In the next 10 years or so, when mortar training is carried out, Li Erxi's self-created training method will be used for reference.
By October 1938, Japan had been arrogantly clamoring to destroy China within three months, but now it was unable to launch a large-scale attack.
China and Japan have turned into a state of long-term confrontation, so that a large number of devils have left the front line, and there are more Japanese troops in the rear than in the frontal battlefield.
At this time, the pressure on the Jinchaji base area of our Eighth Route Army suddenly increasedBecause after the Japanese army withdrew from the frontal battlefield, the withdrawn devil troops began to suppress our base areas with all their might.
The main reason is that the Eighth Route Army of Jinchaji gave the Japanese a strong logistical blow, so the Japanese army began to sweep on a huge scale again and again, fantasizing about finishing the battle.
However, after the sweep began, the Japanese army fell into the vast sea of our people, and only then did they realize the strength of the Eighth Route Army.
What should I do if the sweep fails?At this time, Abe Norihide appeared, claiming to be an expert in Japanese mountain warfare, and many theories of Japanese warfare were put forward by him.
For example, Abe Norihide believes that China is a mountainous country, so the equipment of the Japanese troops should be as small and light as possible in order to be more suitable for the Chinese battlefield.
Therefore, the Japanese invasion troops will be equipped with all kinds of small mountain artillery and mortars, as well as light tanks.
Norihide Abe had just prepared and started his so-called "career" when he suddenly received an edict from the Japanese emperor asking him to go back as a military attaché, to put it bluntly, he was a staff officer at the emperor's side.
This is tantamount to being promoted, but Abe Norihide is not happy at all, because he has the position of lieutenant general based on theory, so he has always been laughed at by his colleagues.
As a result, now that he has been promoted again, Abe Norihide wants to make his so-called military exploits on the battlefield in a short period of time, and go back with his so-called honor, so as to be worthy of his status.
So Abe Norihide was very anxious, so in a hurry, he started a series of sweeps.
On October 30, 1939, the Northern Branch of the Communist Party of China was holding a meeting, and everyone was absent, because the content of this meeting was to celebrate the second anniversary of the establishment of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region.
As soon as the meeting ended, a pretender lurking in the Japanese army sent an important piece of information to Jinchaji, and the content of the information was a series of battle plans formulated by Abe Norihide.
At this time, Yang Chengwu, who was already the commander of the Jin-Cha-Ji First Army Division, immediately felt the heavy pressure, and the Japanese army obviously wanted to launch a large-scale offensive and wanted to start a decisive battle with our Eighth Route Army in a short time.
And now Li Erxi has grown from a rookie to a sharpshooter, and he never expected that his fate would be linked to the famous Japanese army general Abe Norihide.
At this time, looking at the title of Norihide Abe, after the so-called "new tactics" tactics he proposed were adopted by the Japanese army, he became an expert in mountain warfare and was called the flower of the future famous generals.
In August 1939, Abe Norihide received a battle report from the front that the Japanese army was ambushed by the Eighth Route Army and suffered heavy losses.
Abe Norihide was furious and sent more than 800 elite Japanese mountain soldiers to attack Chenzhuang in the fourth division, but there was no return, and most of them were annihilated.
Abe Norihide was furious, because he urgently needed a battle to prove his ability, and since he couldn't fight to the south, he would fight all the way to the north.
However, what Abe Norihide didn't know was that the so-called winter sweep he carried out had been information by the pretenders of the Eighth Route Army.
What makes people feel a pity here is that **because he was accidentally injured by the Jin army, he was transferred to the rear**, and then to the Soviet Union**;Otherwise, ** tell Abe Norihide what is the real flower of the famous general......
And the troops under the command of ** in the past were changed to the unified command of ***, and Nie Shuai's military ability was naturally not bad, after receiving the information from the pretender, he urgently called Yang Chengwu in the middle of the night.
So a classic method of luring the enemy into depth, which is what we often call the pocket formation method, kicked off ......
**After formulating tactics, Yang Chengwu immediately went to reconnoiter the terrain, focusing on the two areas of Yansu Cliff and Loess Ridge.
Topographically, there is a dry river beach more than 40 meters wide in the Yansu Cliff area, and there are cliffs on both sides.
So the battle of Yansu Cliff began, and the three regiments commanded by Yang Chengwu lurked on the side of the cliff for a whole day.
It was the three detachments that were responsible for luring the enemy, and now that the war has been fought, everyone has long been familiar with many tactics, pretending to resist again and again, and retreating while fighting.
More than 500 devils thought it was a small force of our Eighth Route Army, so they kept chasing and pursuing, trying to eat it in one bite.
However, when these more than 500 devils arrived at Yansu Cliff, they suddenly heard the trumpets blowing on both sides, and the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army shouted: "Kill!."”
It was completely conceivable that the machine would shoot from above and down like rain, and the blow to the Japanese army would be completely conceivable.
The three regiments of the Eighth Route Army, like a flood, washed more than 500 Japanese troops in blood, leaving them at Yansu Cliff, and at half past five in the afternoon, the battle was over.
Only a few Japanese troops were left to withdraw, and Li Erxi performed well in this battle, carrying three boxes of artillery shells, and only four rounds were left, which was of course beautiful in his heart.
What Li Erxi didn't know was that the bigger surprise was still to come, he would regret that there were too many shells, why were there only four shots left?Of course, that's ...... later
Yang Chengwu commanded the battle of Yansu Cliff, although the soldiers were celebrating after the victory, but his face was calm, and he secretly thought in his heart, according to the previous combat experience, as long as the devil suffered a setback, he would immediately launch a larger-scale counterattack, wanting to kill the horse pistol, and delusionally wanted to catch the Eighth Route Army off guard.
However, what Yang Chengwu didn't expect was that Abe Norihide was very anxious at this time, and wanted to win a battle immediately and return to Japan to serve as an attendant military attache by the emperor's side.
Looking at Abe Norihide at this time, he suddenly learned that the strength of one of his brigades was wiped out by the Eighth Route Army, and he could bear it in his heartSo it was decided to leave the safe command and attack in person!
If Abe Norihide returned to become the emperor's attendant military attaché, he would have to be laughed off by his colleagues, and in the complicated factional struggle within Japan, he, an officer of the Shaozhuang faction, could not afford to lose that person.
Norihide Abe dispatched his mechanized combat forces, personally taking 1,500 people and riding in nearly 100 cars, and their marching route was the same as that of the army that had been annihilated two days earlier.
When Abe Guixiu came to Yansu Cliff again, he saw more than 500 graves, all of which were the devils of his mixed brigade, and the Eighth Route Army buried them out of humanitarian care.
Abe Norihide was very anxious and angry, and kept looking for the main force of the Eighth Route Army, but as a result, our army went around and fought along the way, and did not give Abe Norihide any chance.
When the flower of this famous Japanese general came to "Si Gezhuang", the main force of the Eighth Route Army had already withdrawn, and the common people had moved to the mountains.
So Abe Norihide began to set fire to the entire Skokusho, and the house at that time was easily set on fire, and he used it to vent his anger.
On 6 November, the Eighth Route Army continued to provoke Abe Norihide, waiting for the enemy to exhaust before striking at it.
It was like a morning glory, and began to lead the Japanese army around and around, and came to the Loess Ridge in the evening, so the famous "Battle of the Loess Ridge" began! !
The information that Abe Norihide got was that the Eighth Route Army was in Loess Ridge, but when he came, he found that there was no one, which made him even more angry.
At this time, the Japanese army was exhausted and began to bury the pot to cook, and Abe Norihide ordered to burn down the houses in the village before eating.
After eating, Abe continued eastward, as his troops had been divided, and had driven into the depths of the Loess Ridge and into a large narrow valley.
At this time, Abe Norihide suddenly saw that there were cliffs on both sides, and he was in the middle of the canyon, so he felt a sudden chill in his heart, and hurriedly ordered the Japanese army to retreat as soon as possible.
Since you're here, how can it be so easy to go?
Yang Chengwu commanded the troops, and then began to encircle, and the three regiments surrounded and annihilated Abe Guixiu, and re-staged the battle of Yansu Cliff, but this battle was more exciting.
The capture of the Battle of Loess Ridge).
It was raining, a steady drizzle fell on the Loess Ridge, a heavy fog shrouded the surrounding mountains, and visibility dropped sharply.
In the late autumn of the Loess Ridge, the wind is getting colder and colder, and in the season when everything is dry and yellow, it seems to indicate that something big is going to happen......
At this time, Chen Zhengxiang, the commander of the 1st Regiment of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Division, saw several Japanese officers standing by the ditch in the distance, carrying sabers in their waists.
Where Chen Zhengxiang is lurking, there is a small courtyard dozens of meters away, and many devils go in and out, the key is to come out and go in, all carrying sabers.
Okay, it must be Headquarters!
Chen Zhengxiang) should be a big official with a devil, at least a big ......”
The target of our artillery position should be at a position of 800 meters, within the effective firing range. ”
Quick, call Yang Erxi's bastard boy over, hurry up!”
The regiment commander Chen Zhengxiang and the company commander of the artillery company, Yang Jiuliang, immediately went to find Li Erxi after determining the target.
All this happened under the nose of the enemy, not only because of the dense vegetation around, but also because of the heavy fog falling from the sky, so what the devil didn't know at all was that there was a commander of the Eighth Route Army dozens of meters away, who came and left.
Li Erxi quickly came to the front line, carrying his mortar, and hurriedly built an artillery position, the target was a small hill eight hundred meters away, and after the fog gradually dissipated, he vaguely saw that it was an independent courtyard.
The company commander said, "Bastard, you have to hit every shot!"”
Li Erxi said: "Company commander, I can only ...... four shots."”
At this moment, Li Erxi saw so many devil officers, he hated himself so much that he gritted his teeth, he knew that he should have left a few more shells, his precious mortar shells, all hit those little minions, but now he met a group of officers.
On November 7, 1939, because Li Erxi arrived on the battlefield, at this moment, it was no longer an ordinary ......
Bang!After Li Erxi's first shell was fired, it landed at the gate of the small courtyard and did not hit the target.
At this time, everyone's hearts were raised to their throats, and the company commander of the artillery company was about to pop out of his eyes, and his heart said Li Erxi, Li Erxi, if you can't hit the target, Lao Tzu will shoot you!
Bang!After the adjustment, the second shell was fired, and then the remaining shells were fired, and then immediately retreated to prevent the devil from retaliating.
Looking at the small courtyard again, Abe Norihide happened to be in the courtyard, although the houses were protected by sheepskin dipped in water, but the flower of this famous Japanese general was walking in the small courtyard, thinking about the Eighth Route Army hiding in the **?
After the first shell exploded, Abe Norihide subconsciously hid behind the shadow wall at the door.
It was this knee-jerk reaction that cost him his life......Because the second cannon stuck to the shadow wall, it fell on the right ...... of the small courtyard
The mortar has a very strange ballistic trajectory, and it was originally used for firepower coverage, but in Li Erxi's hands, it did four shots and three kinds.
As a result, Abe Norihide was seriously injured on the spot, and after the smoke of gunpowder filled, a large number of devils immediately came to the rescue and carried Abe Norihide into the house.
After the first shell exploded just now, the two Japanese soldiers hiding in the house were safe and sound, and Abe Norihide was covered in blood after carrying it from the shadow wall.
Norihide Abe died three hours later, and before he died, he said, "This is my generation's duty......”
Abe Norihide then returned to the main island of Japan and returned to the emperor's side, but in the situation of ashes, his so-called attendant military attache would definitely not be able to do it.
On November 20, 1939, Japan's Asahi Shimbun published an article with the headline "The Flower of Famous Generals Withers on Taihang Mountain", so it began to hype up and incite their national sentiments.
Japan reported for three consecutive days, but Li Erxi in China did not know about it;And with the death of Norihide Abe, the devil began a large-scale retaliation operation.
Yang Chengwu didn't know that Li Erxi, the clever ghost he picked up, had made miraculous achievements in the Eighth Route Army's War of Resistance, and was counting the spoils with his comrades, a full 200 carriages, which was really full of loads.
Li Erxi and Yang Chengwu, immersed in joy, suddenly received *** at this time, and the first sentence was: "Good news!."Yan'an sent a congratulatory telegram, saying that you killed Lieutenant General Abe Norihide, and I congratulate you!”
For a moment, Yang Chengwu thought it was a dream, and suddenly remembered the ...... of the independent courtyard some time agoCould it be that Norihide Abe won the lottery?
Yang Chengwu said in his heart, Li Erxi, Li Erxi, I cultivated it with my own hands in vain, and I did it beautifully!
Next, there is the commendation from all walks of life, Li Erxi said before that we are sharpshooters, and some comrades-in-arms laughed at him for bragging, and now he says that he is a sharpshooter, who else doesn't believe it?
The mortar used by Li Erxi naturally became a national first-class cultural relic after the founding of the People's Republic of China and was permanently collected by the Military Museum.
In 1995, when Li Erxi was visiting relatives, the army asked him to go to the museum for a walk.
Li Erxi personally left a text, the content is: Human life is limited, eight years of anti-Japanese war, millet plus rifles, meritorious artillery to help our army might, may meritorious deeds, in my children and grandchildren, forever shine.
After the payment, the veteran soldier Li Erxi ......
But what is sad is that this is the last time Li Erxi sees his mortar, and after wiping it, it is goodbye.
Li Erxi is old, and his heart gradually has problems, so he was admitted to the special care ward of Guangdong Hospital
When Li Erxi was critically ill, although his hand was infusion, he still wrote crooked eight words: "Don't forget the national shame and revitalize China!"”
A patriotic heart will be evergreen in the history of New China!
Li Erxi has said many times that I am lucky to be able to live to this day, I miss my comrades-in-arms very much, they died in the rain of bullets and bullets of devils, I often visit them, I especially miss them......My good comrade-in-arms, ......
On March 26, 2010, the ** of Guangdong Hospital only knew that an old man had passed away, but he had never heard the old man say any heroic deeds.
It wasn't until leaders from all walks of life, leaders at all levels, and people from all walks of life came to the hospital that doctors and leaders knew how much credit the low-key old man Li Erxi had made to New China.