Mr. Zhu commanded the Yunnan Army, the Sichuan Army, and the Kuomintang Army in his early years, and after the August 1 Nanchang Uprising, he has always been the supreme military commander of our army.
However, do you know that after Mr. Zhu became the unyielding commander-in-chief of our people's army, he commanded a large number of Kuomintang troops in a special historical period.
According to what we know about Lao Chiang, it is really rare to let the Kuomintang troops obey the dispatch of the CCP.
On March 24, 1938, the meeting of the generals of the East Route Army was held in Qin County, Shanxi, and the participants were Mr. Zhu, the commander-in-chief of the East Route Army, Mr. Peng, the deputy commander-in-chief, Zuo Quan, Xu Haidong, Zhu Rui, and Li Da also attended the meeting.
Deputy Commander of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army **
On the Kuomintang side, there were Feng Qinya, commander of the 14th Army, Zeng Wanzhong, commander of the 3rd Army, Li Jiayu, commander of the 47th Army, Li Mo'an, commander of the 14th Army, Wu Shimin, commander of the 98th Army, and Zhu Huaibing, commander of the 97th Army.
Prior to this, the Japanese army invaded Linfen, the Western Route Army commanded by Yan Xishan fled in a panic, and Yan Xishan himself fled to the "Kenanpo", and the Kuomintang troops in the Eastern Route Army were panicked and did not know what to do next.
At this time, the Eighth Route Army set up an ambush at Niangzi Pass twice, annihilating more than 400 Japanese troops with 30 people, especially the Eighth Route Army set up an ambush twice in the same place.
Zeng Wanzhong, commander of the 3rd Army of the Kuomintang, wrote to ***: "The art of war of the ancestors emphasized that "the soldiers are not recovered, and the soldiers are not ambushed", and the Europeans also said that those who fall twice in the same pit are fools. I don't understand, are the Japanese so stupid? ”
Because the senior Kuomintang generals did not understand the movement warfare and guerrilla warfare of the Eighth Route Army, Mr. Zhu decided to give them a lecture at the meeting of the Eastern Route Army.
The venue was set up in the Guandi Temple in Xiaodongling Village, where the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army was stationed, and a total of 38 high-ranking generals of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party attended the meeting.
The spoils of the Eighth Route Army.
At the venue, the generals of the ** army who participated in the meeting wore straight yellow tweed general uniforms, the generals of the Jin Sui Army wore blue tweed general uniforms, and the generals of the Eighth Route Army such as Zhao Shoushan and Wu Shimin of the Northwest Army, Mr. Zhu and Mr. Peng all wore soldiers' uniforms.
Zuo Quan informed the participants of a piece of information: The 108th Division of the Japanese invaders would gather more than 30,000 troops in early April and divide them into nine routes, in an attempt to wipe out the troops of the Eastern Route Army in the southeast of Shanxi Province in one fell swoop.
Zuo Quan then said: "The 108th Division of the Japanese Army is fierce, I believe everyone has heard of it, how we can save ourselves and defeat the Japanese, please express your high opinions." ”
Zhu Huaibing, commander of the 94th Division of the Kuomintang, spoke first, not so much as to speak, but to "make trouble", and he recited the first Shanxi folk song in a ridiculous tone:
From a distance, I saw a group of people called Hanako, carrying a blowtorch, holding a dog beating stick, barefoot, approaching the first eight. ”
As soon as the words fell, several ** generals laughed.
General Samurai Min of the Northwest Army was furious: "What's so funny? People win against little Japan, unlike some people, who dress like dogs, and when they meet a Japanese, they run faster than a rabbit ......”
General Wu Shimin had something to say, he was mocking a certain ** army general present.
Zuo Quan saw that the meeting room was full of gunpowder, and quickly opened his mouth to persuade him, and then everyone continued to discuss the issues raised by Zuo Quan.
Screenshot of the TV series.
Zeng Wanzhong, commander of the 3rd Army of the Kuomintang, said: "To be honest, I didn't look down on the Eighth Route Army at all in the past, and it was different after the division commander taught me a lesson. ”
Zeng Wanzhong continued: "At that time, the Japanese army stormed our army's Xinguan position, and Division Commander Liu reminded me that the Japanese army did not attack Niangzi Pass but attacked Xinguan, which should be to avoid the real and attack the false. I didn't take Senior Commander Liu's words seriously, and I suffered a big loss. ”
In the heated discussion, the topic of the Kuomintang generals gradually unified: "The top priority is how to resist the enemy, please make a move from the Eighth Route Army!" ”
As a result, a representative of the Eighth Route Army introduced several classic examples of movement warfare and guerrilla warfare, and most of the Kuomintang generals attending the meeting listened attentively and attentively.
Only Zhu Huaibing, the commander of the **94th Army, was not convinced, he said in a weird manner: "Anyone can talk about soldiers on paper, Division Commander Liu, you treat this place as Shentouling, and fight with the Japanese with real swords and guns, so that the brothers can also open their eyes, what do you say?" ”
** Smiled slightly, turned his head, briefly discussed a few words with Mr. Zhu, stood up and said: "That's good, 'seeing is believing, hearing is false', just when a Japanese hit the door, we will fight!" ”
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It turned out that the scouts of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army reported that there had been an abnormal movement in the two automobile squadrons of the 14th Division of the Japanese Army, and that the Japanese army was loading 180 trucks with various campaign materials, and that more than 500 Japanese officers and soldiers would escort them all the way to deliver supplies to the Japanese garrison in Shexian.
Mr. Zhu and Zuo Quan and others stood in the open space outside the venue and discussed, and then left the venue first. Mr. Zhu also returned to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army when he had something to do temporarily.
** Returned to the meeting site and said to the Kuomintang generals: "This battle will be commanded by Deputy Commander Xu of my 129th Division, and I will accompany the Chief of Staff of Zuo Quan to watch the battle together, let's see, how about this arrangement?" ”
I don't know whether it was a reminder or a threat, Zhu Huaibing reminded: "As far as I know, the Kurume Brigade of the 108th Division and nearly 10,000 puppet troops are resting in Shexian County, and their main force is in Jincheng. ”
The 47th Army of the Sichuan Army Li Jiayu had been defeated by the Japanese 108th Division, and its 178th had also suffered a big loss from the 108th Division.
** Said politely: "Thank you for the reminder, I believe that our Deputy Division Commander Xu will make arrangements, let's choose a viewing point." ”
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Li Mo'an, an honor student of Whampoa, did a good job on the map, and he quickly selected a place to watch the battle on the map, which is a small hill where you can watch the battle, and you can see the entire battlefield at a glance.
In addition, there is another detail, the viewing point selected by Li Mo'an is very safe, and the Japanese army's conventional ** cannot fight here.
Early the next morning, ** took the generals who participated in the meeting of the generals of the Eastern Route Army up the mountain, and looked into the distance with binoculars one by one.
The process of waiting for the rabbit was a kind of torment, and several Kuomintang generals were tired and tired of waiting, and even suspected that the Eighth Route Army had "wrong intelligence".
**In addition to persuading everyone to "wait patiently", leisurely chatting with the chief of staff of Zuo Quan in the open space on the mountain, not impatient or impatient, "better than a leisurely stroll".
The Japanese are coming! A Kuomintang general shouted.
I saw a group of Japanese soldiers coming down the mountain, and they came all the way along the traffic route to drive the people out on the road and on the hillside.
Zuo Quan came over and explained: "Don't be nervous, they are the team sent by our Deputy Division Commander Xu. ”
What does that mean? Zhu Huaibing sarcastically said: "Are your Eighth Route Army fighting or acting?" The words revealed disdain and sarcasm.
Zuo Quan responded unceremoniously: "Clearing the battlefield and preventing the enemy, didn't Commander Zhu understand?" ”
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Zhu Huaibing was self-righteous and boring, so he stopped talking.
After 9 o'clock, a long line of Japanese trucks drove in the direction of Hibiki Tangpu, and when they were all in the "pocket", the battle began.
For the Eighth Route Army, there was no suspense in this ambush battle, and what really made the deputy division commander feel "great pressure" was not the Japanese troops in the ambush circle, but the reinforcements of the Japanese army from everywhere.
Therefore, there are two key points in winning the ambush battle of Xiangtangpu, one is to encircle the point, and the other is to send reinforcements, and without one of the two, it cannot be regarded as a complete victory.
** Heavy troops had already been set up on the way through which the Japanese reinforcements were necessary, so the Japanese troops who rushed to reinforce from Licheng, Dongyangguan and Shexian were stubbornly blocked by the 772nd and 769th regiments of the Eighth Route Army, and failed to "take a step beyond the thunder pool".
Because the Eighth Route Army's two-way blocking troops resolutely "sent reinforcements" to ensure the smooth progress of the Xiangtangpu ambush, the ambush battle ended in less than two hours.
The Kuomintang generals at the viewing point were like watching a wonderful "open class", and they praised them one by one, but Zhu Huaibing made a new discovery.
He pointed to the bottom of the mountain and said to Zuo Quan: "* So many ordinary people have come out? What are they doing here? ”
Several Kuomintang generals looked down the hill and saw hundreds of ordinary people rushing to the big truck, and after a while, all the materials on the big truck were emptied, and soon, these ordinary people quickly withdrew from the battlefield along with a large number of supplies.
Zuo Quan explained with a smile: "You don't understand, those ordinary people are militia, and they are responsible for cleaning up the battlefield. ”
This is what we call the All-People's War of Resistance, the People's War! Zuo Quan added.
Under the guidance of Zuo Quan, the generals of the friendly army returned to the Guandi Temple in Xiaodongling Village with satisfaction.
Commander Zeng Wanzhong held the hand of the deputy division commander who returned from the great victory, and said with admiration: "Your army is so good at fighting, it is admirable, and it is respectable and congratulatory!" ”
**The division commander also said happily: "Moving forward is still the courage of the year, calm and decisive!" ”
Li Mo'an said with admiration: "It's so exciting, this battle can score 10 points, and it is perfect." ”
Screenshot of the TV series.
In addition to being excited, Li Mo'an took out a group photo of the Kuomintang generals when he greeted him, and wrote two sentences in the second half of Xin Qiji's "Poppy Beauty, Same Father Seeing and Answering with Rhyme" on the back: "A man is as dead as iron." Look at the test hand and mend the crack. ”
From beginning to end, the Kuomintang generals took this "open class" on guerrilla warfare, which can be called a "textbook", and even Zhu Huaibing, who had always been hostile to the Eighth Route Army, had nothing to say.
After the meeting, Mr. Zhu selected a batch of Japanese sabers from the trophies and gave them to the Kuomintang generals attending the meeting as a souvenir.
After this "open class," the Kuomintang also planned to emulate the Eighth Route Army in carrying out guerrilla warfare, but after a period of time, it did not do so and went back to the old road of "fighting hard," or "retreating, retreating, and retreating again."
For this reason, Li Mo'an once lamented helplessly: "This kind of battle can only be fought by the Eighth Route Army, and we are afraid that we will not be able to learn ......."”
The reason is very simple: movement warfare and guerrilla warfare are the precious wealth accumulated by our army after a long period of revolutionary struggle, and not everyone can learn it!