In mid-April 1939, the head of the Japanese secret service in Tangshan, Akamoto Sanni Daisa, told Wang Zhenxi, a guard of the commander of the Eighth Route Army detachment who had been captured, that if he could persuade Bao Sen to surrender, not only would he not kill him, but he would also be given credit.
Wang Zhenxi accepted the offer and decided to give it a try.
Wang Zhenxi, a native of Zunhua, Hebei Province, was unable to receive an education due to his poor family, but he was very smart. In 1935, the son of a village landlord was kidnapped by bandits.
The rich man promised that whoever could save his son would be rewarded with 100 taels of silver. Attracted by this news, Wang Zhenxi went to the bandits' lair alone, and with his wit and eloquence, he successfully rescued the people.
However, the rich man betrayed his promise, not only did not give him a bounty, but also claimed that Wang Zhenxi was in league with the bandits. Wang Zhenxi was furious, tore up the "meat ticket" he received in public, and decided to go up the mountain to become a bandit.
In July 1938, the people of eastern Hebei launched a major riot, and Wang Zhenxi responded positively and joined the uprising. In just one month, the uprising team expanded to more than 100,000 people, forming the "Eastern Hebei Anti-Japanese Allied Army".
Song Shilun and Deng Hua of the 4th Column of the Eighth Route Army led their troops to advance into eastern Hebei to assist in the anti-union operation and conquer nearly ten county seats. However, due to a mistake in decision-making, the anti-Japanese coalition army was hit by the Japanese army on the way to the west and suffered heavy losses, leaving only more than 7,000 people.
However, these people who were able to escape from the tiger's mouth are extraordinary, they are all brave warriors, brave and good at fighting, and Bao Sen is one of them.
Bao Sen, a native of Pucheng, Shaanxi, where the famous swordsman (ringing horse) Yang Hucheng in history was born. He was upright, devoted himself to the revolution, and later went to Yan'an to study at Kang University.
In June 1938, he led more than 20 people from Yan'an to Jidong to mobilize the masses and hold a riot. After the Great Rebellion in Eastern Hebei, the 14th Column withdrew to the west, and Bao Sen took the initiative to ask for help, stayed and held on, and insisted on guerrilla warfare.
At that time, the team suffered heavy losses due to the westward retreat, pessimism spread, and many people shouted to disperse.
In a difficult and treacherous environment, Bao Sen showed great conviction. He led a team of dozens of people, not only successfully survived, but also developed into the second detachment of the Eighth Route Army in eastern Hebei of several hundred people, and served as the commander.
After that, he led an elite unit to conduct a series of fierce battles in the heart of the enemy, including bombing the muzzle, attacking the Japanese army, eliminating traitors, etc., a total of dozens of battles, and successfully eliminated hundreds of Japanese puppet troops.
Their actions deeply frightened the Japanese army and the Japanese puppets, and the head of the Japanese army's Tangshan secret service, Akamoto Sanni Daisa, personally went out to arrest Bao Sen at all costs, but in the end he failed to succeed.
Wang Zhenxi was alert and brave, and was favored by Bao Sen and appointed as a guard. After being wounded in a battle, he returned to his hometown to recuperate. His actions attracted the attention of some bad guys, who reported Wang Zhenxi's whereabouts to the Japanese army in the hope of reaping a bounty.
In order to have a chance to escape, Wang Zhenxi chose to expose his identity and claimed to be Bao Sen's guard. The Japanese army was very happy when they heard this, and handed over Wang Zhenxi to Akamoto Daisa.
He treated Wang Zhenxi as a distinguished guest, ** a delicacy, and allowed him to move freely around the military police headquarters. Akamoto did this not with good intentions, but with bad intentions.
He understood that Bao Sen was a thorn in his side and had to be eliminated, but now he couldn't be caught, so he decided to surrender. Akamoto asked Wang Zhenxi: "Will Bao Sen surrender, are you willing to be a lobbyist?" ”
Wang Zhenxi originally planned to take this opportunity to escape, but the military police headquarters was heavily guarded, and he had no chance. Seeing the other party ask like this, he decided to take action and take the first step.
If it was a regular Eighth Route Army soldier, he might have different thoughts and actions. Wang Zhenxi used to be a bandit, but he has not completely reformed his ways, and has retained some bad habits, such as smoking a lot.
Wang Zhenxi fought bravely, which made Bao Sen very appreciative. In order to allow Wang Zhenxi to join our army, Bao Sen decided to try to win him over by special means. In order to induce Wang Zhenxi to change his position, Bao Sen initially even approved him to smoke a lot.
However, at that time, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region already had teams reorganized from the armed bandits such as Zhao Yukun and Zhao Tong, and most of these teams had changed their stance and become an important force of the Eighth Route Army.
Therefore, Wang Zhenxi's charlatan spirit and unreasonable playing cards gave him the opportunity to play the Japanese. Wang Zhenxi said that as long as he was allowed to smoke a lot, he would be willing to surrender.
Then, he began to make his own little calculations. Wang Zhenxi told Akamoto that he did not know the exact location of Bao Sen, but he had found clues. Akamoto was delighted with this and decided to set off with the team on April 15.
His wishful thinking was to incorporate his troops if he agreed to surrender; If he is unwilling to surrender, he will be caught in the net. Coming to the vicinity of Mencius Village, Wang Zhenxi suggested that Akamoto stop advancing in order not to startle the snake.
In order not to expose himself, Akamoto and several cronies changed into civilian clothes, and followed Wang Zhenxi to the village with an interpreter. Bao Sen was not far away at this time, observing with a telescope.
He received information from Wang Zhenxi, but at the same time, he couldn't take it lightly. Therefore, he set up a sentry and had five warriors dressed in civilian clothes beat adobe at the dam platform north of the village of Mengziyuan.
At this time, the path under the dam platform came Akamoto, Wang Zhenxi and several cronies. Bao Sen recognized Wang Zhenxi at a glance, and he had already seen through the telescope that the Japanese army was parked here.
When Li Yunchang, Liu Chengguang, and Bao Sen were about to arrive at Batai, Wang Zhenxi proposed to Chimoto to keep the two Taijun so that Bao Sen would not be vigilant. Akamoto thought that this suggestion was good, so he took the translator and Wang Zhenxi to the dam with him.
When they reached the bottom of the dam platform, Bao Sen motioned for the soldiers to jump down, pointed their guns at the two men, and shouted, "Don't move!" Before Akamoto and the translator could react, they had already become prisoners of the Eighth Route Army.
Because the Japanese army was outside the village, Bao Sen and the soldiers quickly escorted the two prisoners to transfer. At this time, Akamoto felt very panicked, desperately resisted, and shouted in Japanese.
Originally, Bao Sen planned to stay alive, but considering that it might be exposed, he found an axe from his fellow countryman's house without saying a word, and slashed Akamoto's head twice, resulting in it.
In order not to disturb the villagers, they buried Akamoto's body a few miles out of the village. Then they deliberately opened fire and led the large Japanese army out of the village. Before the arrival of the Japanese troops, they quickly burrowed into the woods and disappeared from the sight of the enemy.
After the danger passed, Wang Zhenxi said to Bao Sen: "Just kill this translator, it's too much of a hindrance to take him." When the interpreter heard this, his face turned pale with fright, and he kowtowed again and again and said, "Don't kill me, I have an important secret to tell you." ”
What secret? "The man you just killed is a relative of the Emperor. The translator said. It turned out that this Akamoto was not only the head of the Tangshan secret service and the Great Zuo, but also the emperor's "cousin".
In 1940, the *** National Salvation Newspaper of the Eastern Hebei Division published a news item in a prominent position: "The Capture of the Japanese Emperor's Cousin Akamoto Daisashi". This made Bao Sen's reputation in Jidong even higher, and the enemy hated him even more, and offered a higher bounty to take Bao Sen's head.
Finally, on February 17, 1942, Bao Sen was surrounded by ten times the Japanese army in Zunhua Yejiao Mountain, and died heroically in the bloody battle with the Japanese army at the age of 31.
The story of the guard Wang Zhenxi who died heroically in battle, and the story of Bao Sen's capture of the emperor's cousin Akamoto is widely circulated. However, in recent years, some people have questioned Akamoto's rank and identity, citing the fact that Japanese military archives show that Akamoto's name is Ikemoto Shinjiro and his military rank is Guncao (platoon commander). ”
Shinjiro Ikemoto, a Cao Chang, disappeared on the battlefields of China. Although he is only a military officer, the gendarme is a big official, so his authority is quite large. The Japanese puppet garrisons and puppet ** around Zunhua all obeyed his command.
The incident provoked a strong reaction in Japan, and an investigation began from top to bottom. The North China Military Police Headquarters reported the incident, and the commander of the military police of the Chinese garrison army, Lieutenant General Sasaki Toichi, also attached great importance to the matter and ordered every effort to recover Ikemoto.
In order to find him, the Japanese army mobilized more than 10,000 puppet troops to sweep the base area, and also used aircraft to conduct low-altitude reconnaissance and distribute leaflets. They even posted notices in Jidong demanding Chimoto's release and promising a high bounty for those who found him.
The Japanese army, which had repeatedly tried to exchange fifty machine guns and dozens of boxes of ammunition for Akamoto or Akamoto's corpse, sent a letter to the mountains through a merchant that read: "Face to Commander Bao".
However, after reading the letter, Bao Sen scoffed: "You want to exchange guns for corpses, unless the sun comes out in the west." According to the record of the "Official History of the Japanese Military Police", Bao Sen once offered the condition of "10 artillery pieces", but the Japanese army did not accept it.
They feared that the Eighth Route Army would "gain an inch and become insatiable" and feared that such a move would "lead to the gendarmes becoming a special target for such kidnappings." These facts are enough to prove that Akamoto (Ikemoto) was by no means an ordinary person, he may have been a close confidant of the emperor, and he came to the grassroots to exercise in order to gain political capital and gilding.
Akamoto's identity was supposed to be kept secret because he was a relative of the emperor and "went to the grassroots level for training" to ensure safety. However, due to his personal relationship with the translator, his true identity was inadvertently revealed.
In fact, it doesn't matter whether Akamoto is the emperor's nephew or not, what matters is that he is an enemy who has committed countless crimes against the Chinese people. His death dealt a heavy blow to the arrogance of the Japanese army.