The Eighth Route Army set up mines with frogs, and the Japanese troops were trapped and bombed
On a scorching summer night in 1943, the Japanese invaders who invaded Qinyuan County, Shanxi Province, China, were sleeping deeply, when suddenly a deafening sound of frogs sounded outside the window.
The tactics of day and night raids by our troops made these weary Japanese soldiers begin to be angry with these chirping frogs. As a result, many Japanese soldiers rushed out of the house to try to catch these frogs, but they were blown up by mines one by one, and they were terrible.
It turned out that our army laid a large number of mines outside while the Japanese were sleeping, and these frogs were just bait for our army to lure the enemy. So who came up with this unique method?
What immortal feats did he make in the War of Resistance Against Japan? Please support our hero Cai Aiqing, show support on the barrage, and pay the highest respect to the wisdom and courage of this revolutionary hero!
In the long river of history, some events are like bright stars, forever embedded in the hearts of the Chinese nation. The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression is such a star, which has brought deep suffering to our nation, but at the same time, it has also become a source of power for us to persevere and continue to strengthen.
However, with the development of society, some bad anti-Japanese film and television dramas began to appear, which dealt with history in an exaggerated and absurd way and "insulted" the audience's IQ.
For those who have not had an in-depth understanding of this history, the content of these films and television dramas may be misleading about their view of history and values. Although the starting point of these film and television dramas may be good, their distortion and desecration of history is undoubtedly disrespectful to history and irresponsible to the audience.
Although we do not encourage this approach, the history of the War of Resistance that we are going to tell today is incredible. However, these are true stories. The protagonist of today's story is named Cai Aiqing, that is, the "tactical ghost talent" we mentioned at the beginning, and even *** once praised him for "having a lot of ghost ideas".
Although Cai Aiqing has not received any tactical training, his military talent should not be underestimated, and he has a natural sensitivity to the control of battle tactics. Cai Aiqing was born on January 29, 1915 in a poor family in Yueyang, Hunan Province, and his ancestors lived a life of "facing the loess and turning their backs to the sky" for generations.
However, in that turbulent era, it was difficult for ordinary farmers to make a good living. In a state of extreme chaos across the country, Tsai's father died of overwork when he was three years old.
The loss of his father at an early age was a heavy blow to a child who was only three years old, and since then Cai Aiqing has lost her most solid support and can only rely on her weak mother for her life.
Cai Aiqing was originally an orphan, and soon after his father died, his mother also abandoned him, and he has not been heard from since. He was fortunate to be taken in by his aunt, although his aunt had a difficult life, lost her husband at an early age, raised several children alone, and often faced the dilemma of "eating the last meal but not the next", she still gave Cai Aiqing a bowl of rice, and even sent him to study in a private school for two years.
In the past ten years, his aunt has treated him as her own nurturing grace that he will never forget in his life. In order to help her aunt relieve pressure, the sensible Cai Aiqing began to work long hours for the landlord's family, and usually actively helped her aunt take care of housework.
My father died early, I was homeless, please take me to the Red Army. His steadfastness impressed the comrades in charge of conscription, and he officially became a soldier of the 11th Regiment of the Red Army.
Since then, he has followed his team all over the mountains and rivers to fight the enemy. Surprisingly, despite his small stature, he is unambiguous in battle and often comes up with good ways to defeat the enemy.
Cai Aiqing rose to prominence in the ranks of the Red Army, but always remained humble and rushed to do the dirty work. On the battlefield, he rushed to the front, rescued the wounded without delay, and built fortifications in full swing.
With his good fighting style, he was exceptionally promoted to correspondent by the leadership. This job is in keeping with his character, he is bold and careful, and often goes deep into dangerous situations to find important information about the enemy.
In December 1937, the Japanese invaders wanted to annex China, and the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression broke out across the country. As the Japanese invaders pressed on Shanxi step by step, Cai Aiqing's troops continued to receive combat orders.
Cai Aiqing led the recruits to carry out reconnaissance activities near Qi County and received information from his superiors: a squad of Japanese troops will pass by Wuli Village. The superiors intended Cai Aiqing to retreat in time, but he keenly grasped this opportunity.
He led everyone to Wuli Village, quickly surveyed the surrounding terrain, and found an abandoned and dilapidated house with an excellent view, which could be attacked and defended, and decided to set up an ambush here.
With limited ammunition, they devised a quick ambush plan and distributed grenades to await the arrival of the Japanese army.
With his strategic talents, Cai Aiqing led the recruits to successfully solve a Japanese squad in the ambush of Wuli Village, showing excellent combat wisdom. This battle launched Cai Aiqing's reputation and won the favor of the ** leader.
In October 1942, the Japanese invaded Shanxi, and the revolutionary base area in Qinyuan County became their primary target. Although Qinyuan County has a small population, it has a key strategic location, and if it falls into the hands of the Japanese invaders, it will pose a serious threat to the Eighth Route Army in the Central Plains.
The protection of Qinyuan County is very important, even if it is faced with difficulties, it cannot be easily fallen into the hands of the enemy and become a springboard for the Japanese army to attack the Central Plains. After determining the overall strategy for defending the county seat of Qinyuan, Cai Aiqing took over the responsibility, which was the first time in his career that he commanded such a large-scale combat operation.
The moment he received the ** order, Cai Aiqing led his 38th Regiment to start transferring the people in Qinyuan County to ensure that even if the Japanese army captured the county, it would not bring harm to the local people.
After settling the transferred masses, Cai Aiqing immediately convened a meeting and deployed the first step of the battle plan. Considering the arrogance of the Japanese invaders, Cai Aiqing expected that they would not be afraid, but would advance towards Qinyuan County as quickly as possible.
In order to give this Japanese army a warning, Cai Aiqing decided to set up an ambush in Lujiagou near the county seat, so that they could see our strength.
The vanguard of the Japanese army soon entered Qinyuan, their faces were full of arrogance, and they obviously did not pay attention to the small county town. However, what awaits them ahead will be a lesson in blood.
The leading team they sent stepped into the encirclement set by our army, and after a gunshot, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army from all directions rushed up and rushed to the little devils.
After a sudden attack, the little devil lost his combat effectiveness and was finally wiped out by our army. After quickly cleaning up the battlefield, Cai Aiqing led his subordinates to evacuate immediately, and when the follow-up troops of the Japanese army arrived, they could only look at the corpses all over the ground and could not do anything.
The enraged Japanese then launched an attack on Qinyuan, and our troops paid a huge price under the heavy fire of the enemy. In order to preserve the anti-Japanese forces as much as possible, Cai Aiqing decided to lead his subordinates to withdraw from Qinyuan County.
When some people questioned that retreating was equivalent to giving the Japanese a city for nothing, Cai Aiqing had already transferred all the residents and materials in the city, and the Japanese army occupied only an empty city.
In addition, Cai Aiqing also made a follow-up battle plan in advance. Although the Japanese army occupied the county seat of Qinyuan, the surrounding area of the county was still under the control of our army, and the outside world could not easily contact the Japanese invaders in the city.
Soon, Cai Aiqing's plan worked, and due to the lack of food and other materials, the Japanese invaders in Qinyuan County were unable to organize large-scale military operations. The tooth-plucked tiger looked threatening, but it was actually useless.
However, this simple method could not really defeat the Japanese army, and they soon brought in food from other places.
On a cold winter night, the Japanese troops in the city were worried about food problems. After Cai Aiqing learned the news, he immediately organized people to sprinkle water on the road that the Japanese army had to pass.
As a result, the slippery ice of the next day prevented the cars of the Japanese convoy from moving forward, and instead became the prey of our troops. Looking at the ambush set by our army outside the city, the Japanese army could only hurriedly drop a few hundred corpses and return to the city.
From then on, there was no longer a Japanese convoy on the road, and the devils in the city could only tighten their belts and struggle to survive. This situation is exactly what Cai Aiqing wants to see, as long as the devils in the city do not move, they will not pose a threat to the Eighth Route Army in the Central Plains.
However, the change in the tide of battle has brought Cai Aiqing a new challenge. Although the devils in the city cannot come out for the time being, the Eighth Route Army cannot attack it, which may bring some uncertainty.
After careful consideration, Cai Aiqing decided to force the Japanese troops in the city out of the city in order to annihilate them. He adopted the tactic of "fortifying the wall and clearing the wilderness", divided the 38th Regiment into multiple guerrilla squads, and organized the militia to cooperate in the operation, so that the Japanese army was tired and hungry.
When the Japanese went out of the city in search of food, they fell into the trap of our army. Although the common people were protected, the Japanese army could not solve it by sticking to the watchtower. In order to solve this problem, Cai Aiqing fell into deep thought every day, looking for a way to deal a fatal blow to the Japanese army in the city.
On a summer night, Cai Aiqing was thinking about a problem in front of the window, when suddenly, the sound of frogs chirping outside the window interrupted his thoughts. The more he listened, the more distraught he became, so he closed the window, but the croaking of frogs still echoed in his ears.
Just when Cai Aiqing's irritability was difficult to dissipate, a bold idea suddenly appeared in his mind: "If these noisy frogs are sent to the city, then those Japanese will be unbearable to be noisy!" ”
With this idea, Cai Aiqing immediately began to formulate a battle plan to create favorable conditions for the implementation of the "frog tactic". On weekdays, the devils are very strict in their defense of the entire Qinyuan County, and it is difficult for even a fly to enter.
Therefore, he must find a way to wear the devils out in order to make them let their guard down. Every day at dawn, various guerrilla squads would attack the devils hiding in the bunkers and towers, and this offensive continued until sunset, making the devils miserable.
After a few days of fatigue, the Japanese guards on the castle tower began to decrease. Cai Aiqing immediately organized the crowd to catch frogs and waited for night to fall. When the last rays of sunset disappeared over the horizon, the Japanese soldiers fell asleep exhausted.
At this time, the Eighth Route Army quietly began their plan. In order to make the frog's cry louder, Cai Aiqing also specially fed some peppercorns as a "surprise" to the Japanese soldiers.
After their release, the frog's croaking was deafening, keeping the Japanese soldiers in the city from sleeping. Unable to bear it, the Japanese soldiers rushed out of the city gates and began to capture frogs. Because of the long-term lack of food, they regarded these frogs as food to be delivered to their doors, but they did not know that they had been set a trap by our army.
With the deafening ** sound, the devils instantly flew flesh and blood, and the Eighth Route Army, which had been waiting for the rabbit for a long time, also counterattacked them. As a result, the devil suffered heavy casualties, panicked and had nowhere to escape, and since then he has fallen into the predicament of "panic all day".
This operation completely disintegrated the psychological defense line of the devils in Qinyuan County, greatly boosted the morale of the local soldiers and civilians, and showed that the time for a decisive battle with the devils had come.
In March 1945, ** issued an order to launch a general attack on Qinyuan County, and Cai Aiqing immediately led 50,000 soldiers and civilians to launch a fierce attack. In order to prevent the enemy in the city from escaping, Cai Aiqing laid a large number of mines outside the city in advance, and then began the final general attack.
In an instant, the cannonballs rained down on the devils' heads, and the devils in the city had no intention of fighting, and fled desperately like frightened birds.
The Qinyuan offensive and defensive battle, which lasted two years and six months, ended with a complete victory for our army. During this period, Cai Aiqing led his subordinates to fight more than 2,700 desperate battles with the Japanese army, annihilating more than 4,000 Japanese soldiers in total, forcing the Japanese army to flee from Qinyuan in embarrassment.
Under the extremely unfavorable situation of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, this victory was particularly precious and greatly boosted the morale of the whole army. The siege of Qinyuan was successful, Cai Aiqing's contribution cannot be ignored, his original mine tactics were unexpected, **praised his "ghost idea" a lot, and the liberation of Yan'an also publicly praised this victory.
Although Cai Aiqing's story is legendary, it is different from the plot of "Thunder Man" in those anti-Japanese dramas, these deeds are real. It is precisely because of the emergence of countless outstanding "heroes" like Cai Aiqing that our country and nation can be liberated and we can have today's happy life.
We must always remember that period of humiliating history, carry forward the heroic spirit of the martyrs, and build China into a better, richer and stronger China in the new era. After reading Cai Aiqing's legendary story, do you have anything you want to share?
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