The militia wisely cut off the devil's water source, making it miserable
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, there was a ballad in the villages around the Queen Mother View Mountain in the Taihang Mountains: "The Queen Mother View is two and a half feet away from the sky." The devil is stationed on the mountain, the militia is transferred from below, the water is stuck at the bottom of the mountain, and there is nothing to do on the mountain. ”
This ballad vividly depicts the heroic deeds of the Japanese devils in the siege of the Queen Mother and the Japanese devils in the Pingshan Xiaguan community. This story of revolutionary struggle left a deep impression on us.
In March 1943, in order to divide Pingshan, Lingshou and Fuping County's anti-Japanese democratic bases, the Japanese devils built nine large and small pillboxes and turrets side by side from east to west on the ridge of the Queen Mother Temple.
Each turret is surrounded by two deer barricades and barbed wire, and the cannon tower is the headquarters of the devils, with more than 200 devils and more than 60 puppet soldiers stationed. The turret was armed with light and heavy machine guns and cannons.
As long as the devils saw a figure, cooking smoke or fire in the area of Chenzhuang in the north of the mountain, they would strafe and fire at it, making it a deserted "no man's land" within one or two miles.
The Queen Mother View Mountain is located in Pingshan County, Hebei Province, and was known as Fangshan, Tieshan and Xishan in ancient times. When it comes to this mountain, people will always praise: "The Queen Mother View is two and a half feet away from the sky!" "Meaning, the mountain is very high.
That's right, the main peak is 1,252 meters above sea level, and looking up from the bottom of the mountain, the devil's turret looks like a small turtle shell on the ridge. The mountain is steep, with cliffs in the north that even goats cannot climb, and in the south, you can go up, but from the bottom of the mountain to the top.
Ten. Three or four miles, climbing is no easy task.
The devils stationed the turret here, thinking that it was an "iron fortress" that was easy to defend and difficult to attack. However, what they did not expect was that there was no water on the mountain, and the draught was carried from the bottom of the mountain.
After the devils were stationed, it brought great difficulties to the people in carrying out anti-Japanese work. Dozens of villages at the foot of the mountain, such as Lengquan, Taolin, Sijiazhuang, and Wanzi, were originally old anti-Japanese bases, but they were classified as "Aihu Villages" by the enemy.
More importantly, the devils cut off the two main transportation routes from Nandian, Wanzi and from Guosu and Huikou to Lingshou and Fuping County. Moreover, the devil led the puppet army to repeatedly "strengthen public security" in the "Aihu Village" for three days - rape, burning, arresting and looting, and arrested more than 100 people in Sijiazhuang, Taolin, Lengquan, Xiaguan and other villages at one time, saying that they were "eight-way suspects" and were sent to the mountains.
The devil first stabbed a bayonet in the stomach, and then pushed him to the bottom of the cliff in the north of the mountain and fell to his death. The devils are not only like this to the people under the mountain, but also to the people who were caught from the villages around the county town to repair the gun towers on the mountain, and countless people were killed by the devils.
The devil wants to use such inhumane means to ** the Chinese in this region, but the people with a high degree of patriotism and heroic and unyielding cannot be frightened.
Under the leadership of the Nandian District Brigade Headquarters, the militia was organized to carry out guerrilla warfare, sparrow warfare, mine warfare, sabotage warfare, siege of forts, and anti-special struggles against the enemy.
After a series of struggles against the enemy, the puppet troops in some of the turrets at the foot of the mountain were besieged and attacked by the militia and the county brigade, and surrendered, while some puppet troops fled for fear of besieging the turrets.
In the face of the enemy's turrets, the heroic militiamen were undaunted and skillfully used their wits to successfully resolve the battle. However, the devils on the Queen Mother's View Mountain still held their positions and showed no signs of evacuation.
They adopted a cunning strategy, seizing advantageous terrain at the first opportunity, and then sending men to carry water. The current question is how to solve it. If fighting during the day, the militia is no match for the devils; If you fight at night, the devils will have the advantage of dangerous terrain and strong firepower in the mountains, making the battle difficult.
Therefore, this issue requires our careful consideration. At this critical moment, Zhang Yongfang, the head of the district brigade, and Liu Zengcai, the secretary of the Xiaguan community, led some militia captains and mobile gun-wielding militiamen in the community Gu Shuxiao, Zhao Zaini, Du Fengyi, Shi Kegong, and others to hold a meeting in the house of Uncle Liu, a remote and tight, lonely old man, in Taolin Village to study how to deal with the enemy's strategy.
Uncle Liu is a member of the resistance and has a deep affection for the Eighth Route Army, and his wife was killed by the queen mother's Guanshan devil with a bayonet, and he also asked to participate. First, they conveyed the instructions of the district committee.
Then, Zhang Yongfang looked around at the militiamen Gu Shuxiao, Zhao Zaini and others sitting around, and reminded everyone: "We should make more articles around the word 'water', let's express our opinions......Hearing this, Gu Shuxiao took the lead in saying: "I think we should use mines to block all wells and springs, and let the devils directly kill them when they come to carry water!" ”
Shi Kegong, a militiaman, objected, saying: "Landmines are so difficult, so many wells in the village, how many mines should be used?" He put forward another idea: "We can use a combination of fiction and reality, real and false, to confuse the enemy and make them dare not approach ......."Hearing this, Zhang Huaishu immediately retorted: "None of these methods can fundamentally solve the problem, we need to find more effective strategies ......."”
A sudden quarrel broke the quiet venue, and Zhao Zaini was the first to speak: "Filling the well with dung is a trick to get stuck in the devil's draft!" Uncle Liu then agreed: "The old and young masters in the whole district are willing to fight devils, we should take action immediately!" ”
However, the militia Du Fengyi added: "If the devils go down the mountain, we still need to use big guns and mines to deal with them." After listening to the opinions of all parties, Zhang Yongfang smiled and said: "In accordance with Comrade Zaini's opinion, the village cadres are responsible for each village, and we will take action tonight!" ”
In the end, Zhang Yongfang assigned the task and stressed: "The destruction of water wells is related to the vital interests of thousands of households, and it is necessary to explain the reason clearly to the masses. At the same time, he also assigned tasks to the militia with guns.
Three days later, 60 or 70 people from the devil and puppet army escorted more than 40 people down the mountain to carry water, and Zhang Yongfang had already laid out mines in advance, and 28 people including Gu Shuxiao and Zhao Zaini, who were in ambush, were also ready to meet the enemy.
On a cold early spring morning, the militia laid an ambush under the stone ridge. Zhao Zaini was so cold that her stomach screamed, and her legs were numb from the cold. Du Fengyi held his pistol and waited anxiously for the enemy.
Soon, fifteen or sixteen red-eyed devils rushed down violently. Shi Kegong reminded Officer Liu that the mine did not seem to be **. Liu Zengcai looked at the beasts angrily, remembering the tragedy of his mother being beheaded by the devil.
He saw some devils squatting and not moving, so he asked the captain Zhang Yongfang if he could shoot. Zhang Yongfang waited for a while, and then shouted: "Fight!" With the "crackling" platoon guns, the devils rolled into the stealth trench dug by the militia.
There was another ** sound, and several devils were blown apart. Gu Shuxiao, a veteran of a hundred battles, shoots at the enemy with a large gun. His marksmanship is like a god, one shot, two shots and a pair.
Frightened, the devils and the puppet army fell down one after another. Several other militiamen also fired at the same time, disrupting the enemy's formation.
Zhang Yongfang led the militia to sabotage the Devil's Reservoir. On a moonlit night, they quietly approached the cistern. Zhang Yongfang assigned militiamen Du Fengyi, Gu Shuxiao and others to destroy the reservoir, and he and the "chatterbox" Zhao Zaini and others were responsible for guarding the enemy on the turret.
They moved cautiously forward, pulling on the sour jujube branches and thatch with their hands to avoid the enemy. Half a mile away from the cistern, Zhang Yongfang ordered the militia to crawl forward, and they managed to destroy the cistern by struggling on gravel, thatch, and thistles.
This operation not only solved the draft problem of the militia, but also laid the foundation for the subsequent fighting.
On February nights, the mountain wind blows and the weather is breathless. But Gu Shuxiao and the others were sweating profusely, and their hearts were indescribably nervous. Their eyes were fixed on the shadowy devil turret on the back of the mountain, and their hearts were beating as if they were about to jump out of their chests.
Although they couldn't see each other's faces, everyone gasped sharply, as if they were making the final sprint. They continued to crawl forward, their bellies cut, their hands bleeding, their knees swollen, but they persevered.
Zhang Yongfang suddenly stopped and stabbed Gu Shuxiao beside him with his hand to make them stop. He squatted under the stone ridge, his body was close to the persimmon tree, his eyes were carefully observed, his ears were quietly listening, and then he whispered to Zhao Zaini next to him: "Look, that is the pool, only ten steps away."
Everyone reached the cistern, their hands touching the cold mud and stone floor. Militia Gu Shuxiao clenched the iron pry and was about to dismantle it. Zhang Yongfang grabbed his arm, lowered his voice and said, "Slow down!" ”
As he spoke, he pointed to the turret: "Don't make any noise." They first touched the cracks in the stones of the pool wall with their hands, and then pierced into the cracks with iron pry and furnace cones.
Soon, several cracks were pried open in the walls of the pool, and the pool water flowed out of the cracks. Then several packets of explosives were tied together and stuffed into cracks in the walls of the pool to pull the fuse apart.
Zhang Yongfang shouted in a low voice: "Lie down, get down!" He and Gu Shuxiao and the others just lay down and rolled down, and there was a loud bang, and the devil's reservoir was **!
The mountains echoed "Boom! Boom". Everyone didn't roll far down the mountain. The machine gun on the turret "Da da da!" He shot at the sound of **. Gu Shuxiao was shot in the leg due to his slow movements, and blood flowed down his trouser legs.
The rolling belt crawled under the naphtha ridge, and everyone gasped to hide their bodies. Gu Shuxiao also rolled over, and Zhang Yongfang asked with concern, "How is Shuxiao?" Gu Shuxiao said nonchalantly: "It doesn't matter, everyone hurry up and withdraw!" ”
Zhao Zaini hurriedly tore off a strip of cloth from the torn cotton jacket, bandaged his wound, and transferred safely in turn under the cover of Zhang Yongfang. However, the machine guns on the devil's turret were still firing "da-da-da".
The devil saw that the water source in the south of the Queen Mother's Guanshan was destroyed, so he secretly went to Jiulongzhuang in Lingshou County, Shanbei to look for a water source. Kowloon Village is a small mountain village with more than 10 families.
Since the devils occupied the mountain, this mountain villa has become a "no man's land" that is cut off from people and overgrown with weeds. On the south side of the villa is a perennial spring pond, about three points in size, and it is the only natural pond in the villa that is watered and watered.
The devil had to go around to the northeast valley of Wanzi Village, cross the mountain beam in the north of the mountain, follow the overgrown path, and turn to the Kowloon Village Reservoir to carry water.
In order to cooperate with the carrying of water from Kowloon Village in Shanbei, the devil's "strengthening of public security" in various villages in Shannan suddenly became frequent. They tried to lure the militia forces over, but Zhang Yongfang had already grasped the news.
He ordered Secretary Liu to organize and lead the masses in all villages to persist in the rebellion"Strengthen the clearing of the township"struggle, and led 28 mobile armed militia to secretly touch the cypress grave ridge ditch north of Kowloon Village.
They planned to take the opportunity of the enemy to carry water from Jiulong Mountain to take them by surprise. Before dawn one day, the militia planted drum and pedal mines in the places where the enemy must pass.
Zhang Yongfang ordered Du Fengyi, Gu Shuxiao and others to act as cover, while others were hidden"ditch"ready to fight. On the morning of 18 February, the captain of the devil's big beard squad came down the mountain with eight devils and more than 20 puppet soldiers escorting more than 50 people carrying water.
The militiamen saw that the enemy was about four or five hundred meters away from the place where they were laying in ambush, and that it was a good time to ambush the enemy. The militiamen couldn't help it, and Shi Kegong whispered to the captain Zhang Yongfang: "Lao Zhang, it's time to fight!" ”
But Zhang Yongfang reminded everyone that no one was allowed to shoot without an order.
The enemy carried the water with the people and stepped on the sheep intestine plate. The people who carried the water stepped into the minefield together with the devil puppet army. Zhang Yongfang waved his hand, and the mine instantly **, killing a devil and three puppet soldiers.
The rest of the puppet army fought back and fled up the hill. The militiamen rushed forward while shouting "Chinese do not fight Chinese!" Shoot or kill! "Shoot at the side. Some of the people took the opportunity to escape, while others were so frightened that they rolled down the hill.
The devils and the puppet army tried to fight back, but were intercepted by the platoon gun fire of the militia. In the end, the bearded squad leader was stabbed to death by Cho Jae-ni, and the short devil was defeated by the bearded man.
Zhang Yongfang hit a devil in the head with a "box gun", and the puppet army squad leader next to him was raising his gun to aim at him. Shi Kegong, the pride of the mountain people, quickly rushed over with his unique climbing legs, solved the squad leader with a knife, and at the same time captured his gun.
At this time, the devil puppet army on the road saw that their bearded squad leader did not climb up, and counterattacked back. Gu Shuxiao and others acted as cover, and fired fiercely at the enemy with full firepower, causing the enemy to roll back like a wounded snake.
Taking this opportunity, Zhang Yongfang shouted loudly: "Retreat north!" Shi Kegong, Zhang Huaishu, Zhang Genlu and others, with the captured enemy's rifles and the wounded Zhao Zaini on their backs, quickly drilled into the cypress grave ditch, passed through a persimmon forest, and happily moved from Chenzhuang in Lingshou County to the direction of Huikou in Pingshan County under the bright sun.
Six. 
The siege struggle of the militia deprived the devils of water in the turrets and eventually had to retreat in February 1945. This victory freed the people of the mountains and made them extremely happy.
The surrounding crowd celebrated for the soldiers, and Uncle Liu smoked a dry tobacco pouch and was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth: "You have driven away the Oriental devils this time, you have really made a great contribution!" ”