As the War of Resistance Against Japan progressed, the Japanese military in 1942 realized that the situation on the battlefield in China was becoming more and more unfavorable to Japan. Although the news of victory continued to come from the front, it was impossible to hide the fact that Japan was short of national strength and troops.
The reason for all this is that the rear front of the Japanese army has already ignited a raging fire.
Anti-Japanese base areas sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and anti-Japanese guerrilla units under the leadership of the Communist Party carried out guerrilla warfare in these base areas, constantly striking at the Japanese invaders.
They dispersed their actions, fired cold guns, and engaged in ambushes, which caused the supply lines of the Japanese army to be interrupted from time to time, and effectively supported the anti-Japanese operations on the front line.
In the Battle of the Hundred Regiments, which began on August 20, 1940, the guerrillas marched and fought, and in only three and a half months, they launched 1,824 large and small battles, successfully cut off the Zhengtai Railway, broke the Japanese army's cage policy, thwarted the arrogance of the Japanese puppet army, effectively supported the battles in the main battlefield, and greatly stimulated the determination of the Chinese people to resist the war.
However, this large-scale sabotage operation behind enemy lines also aroused the anger of the Japanese invaders, who began a large-scale sweep. Despite this, the anti-Japanese guerrillas still resisted stubbornly and successfully repelled several large-scale sweeps by the Japanese puppet army, completely crushing the strategic attempts of the Japanese army.
In 1940, Okamura Ninji, who had been promoted to general, took over the post of commander of the North China Dispatch Army, which other Japanese generals were reluctant to take. He put forward the notorious three-light policy and carried out frenzied burning, killing, and plundering of the people in our base areas.
However, under this tyrannical sweeping policy, the people in the base areas paid a heavy price for each sweep with their indomitable spirit. Under the experience of war, the forces of the anti-Japanese base areas continued to grow.
During World War II, the Japanese warlord Okamura Ninji proposed an iron-rolled method of warfare in order to sweep away the anti-Japanese base areas. This tactic mixed the main force of the Japanese army with the Japanese puppet army, formed an impregnable queue, and pushed forward, causing great damage to the Chinese people.
The Japanese army was on the march, and combined with the blockhouse construction tactics it had learned in the Japanese Kwantung Army, it successfully blocked most of the communication nodes on the periphery of the base area, which greatly reduced the mobility of the anti-Japanese guerrillas, and they could only be forced to engage the Japanese army head-on.
After Gangcun Ningci achieved results, he set up a test area near the Taiyue base area, and boasted to the base camp: "This time, we will force ** to fight on the bank of the Yellow River, and if you don't surrender, you will die." ”
He also invited Japanese officers from all over the country who had been harassed by the guerrillas to come and observe. For Okamura Ninji, it was perfect in 1943, but a sudden bad news undone all his efforts.
In the early morning of October 24, 1943, hundreds of soldiers of the Eighth Route Army were on the hillside near Hanluo Village in Linfen, Shanxi, wearing gray coarse cloth**, silently lurking on both sides of the road, quietly waiting for their prey.
Commander Wang Jinshan looked at the road solemnly, he was the acting commander of the 386th Brigade and the 16th Regiment of the Third Division of the Taiyue Base Area, and the long-awaited big fish in his heart was finally about to appear.
When Wang Jinshan arrived in Hongdong County, the local director reported to him that the Japanese army frequently transported supplies and looted people's property from Hanluo Village, and the villagers were deeply angry about this, but they were temporarily unable to confront the Japanese army because they were blocked by the organization.
Hanluo Village is an important stronghold secretly controlled by the anti-Japanese base area, and the village head, Wang Mingxiu, is an underground member of the Communist Party of China and holds a lot of important information.
When Wang Jinshan was repairing the equipment, he was suddenly shocked. Based on his previous experience with the Japanese army, he noticed that the Japanese army's actions were abnormal. In the past, the Japanese army would not have passed through the same village so often, so Wang Jinshan concluded that there must be important Japanese military figures nearby.
Wang Jinshan noticed that this was unusual, but at this time he had another important task: the Kuomintang was secretly mobilizing troops in an attempt to surprise Yan'an. In order to cope with and contain the Kuomintang's plan, the CCP decided to transfer ten regiments from the Wutai Mountain and Taihang Mountain base areas, about 20,000 people, to Yan'an.
At that time, the 16th Regiment of the 386th Brigade commanded by Wang Jinshan was among the troops heading to Yan'an. Chen Geng, the commander of the Taiyue Military Region, was well aware of Wang Jinshan's fiery temper, and before setting off, he specially told him to restrain his belligerent mentality and reminded him: "Go to Yan'an as soon as possible, try to avoid fighting on the way, and don't get entangled." ”
Wang Jinshan was reluctant to give up the fighter plane in front of him, although his troops were running day and night in order to hurry in the past few days, and they were exhausted, but the combat effectiveness of this A regiment should not be underestimated, their best equipment was complete, and their combat achievements were impressive, and they were absolute tigers.
And now, this opportunity is just around the corner, how can you miss it?
At the meeting, the soldiers discussed whether to go to Yan'an to support, but Wang Jinshan decided to hold his ground and conduct an ambush battle. He stressed that the Japanese army was already approaching the base areas, the masses were suffering, and as soldiers, our responsibility was to destroy the Japanese army, and we could not let it go.
When the soldiers heard the news of the build-up of troops, they all thought that they should take advantage of this opportunity to fight an ambush to reduce the pressure on the base area. However, just when everyone was ready, Chen Geng's order suddenly arrived.
It turned out that not long after Wang Jinshan's departure, the underground workers in the base area received an important piece of information: An officer corps of the Japanese army would go to the front line today to observe the results of the "iron rolling sweep" through the Lintun Highway today.
After receiving the information, Chen Geng decided to let the 16th Regiment commanded by Wang Jinshan, which was located near the Lintun Highway, eliminate the Spectator Regiment. However, he again stressed the importance of the telegram, pointing out that the area was very close to the core control area of the Japanese army, so it was necessary to act quickly and not allow Wang Jinshan to mess around.
After receiving the order, Wang Jinshan was ecstatic and took the main personnel to the vicinity of the Lintun Highway to conduct a topographic survey.
In a depression in the south of Hanluo Village, Wang Jinshan and the personnel of the regiment set up an ambush fire point, and chose the steep cliffs on both sides of the road as a strategic location. The advantage of this terrain was that it made it difficult for the Japanese to escape, and there were mounds and caves nearby, which made it suitable for soldiers to hide from the enemy.
After drawing up a detailed battle plan, the 6th Company of the 2nd Battalion was responsible for cutting off the rear of the Japanese army, the 9th Company of the 3rd Battalion was responsible for blocking the front road, and a platoon of the 9th Company was ambushed near the Japanese artillery tower east of Hanluo Village in order to intercept possible reinforcements.
The remaining troops will go all out and destroy all the enemies in the middle section.
Before the battle, Wang Mingxiu, the head of Hanluo Village, not only made pre-war preparations, but also asked his deputy Wang Fulin to disguise himself as an escaped prisoner of the Eighth Route Army, planning to go to the artillery tower to "inform" the Japanese army after the battle began, exaggerating the number of the Eighth Route Army, so as to prevent the Japanese army from retaliating against the villagers, and at the same time intimidate a small group of Japanese troops from coming to support.
On the morning of the 24th, all the troops of the 16th Regiment of the Eighth Route Army and more than 100 local militiamen entered the ambush position, and the next scene was as described above.
Don't talk nonsense, lie down for me, whoever dares to mess around and break the discipline, I will never spare him when I go back! ”
The long-awaited Japanese convoy finally appeared at about 8 o'clock in the morning, and the soldiers of the 16th Regiment counted it and found that it was exactly 13 brand-new cars, all of which were coming from the direction of Linfen.
The soldiers looked at these magnificent cars, and couldn't help but start to guess which level of the Japanese military official would be sitting in the car, some guessed that it was Shao Zuo, and some guessed that it was Da Zuo.
It turned out that these Japanese officers were overconfident and thought that the safe zone claimed by Okamura Ninji would not be attacked, so they were defenseless when they entered the ambush site of the 16th Regiment, and even lax enough to drive directly into the ambush circle.
However, Wang Jinshan saw this opportunity and ordered the 6th Company to attack quickly. They destroyed a car at the end of the ranks, cutting off the retreat of the Japanese troops. The Japanese soldiers mistakenly thought that the car behind them had been hit by a mine, and they slowed down to help.
However, in fact they were successfully ambushed by the Eighth Route Army.
The Japanese car overturned, the 16th Regiment soldiers succeeded in their plan, and the 9th Company was extremely brave, and machine guns and grenades destroyed the front of the Japanese car. In this way, the attempts of the Japanese army to accelerate their escape were completely crushed.
All the Japanese vehicles were trapped in the ravine, and the other fighters of the 16th Regiment began to use various ** to suppress the fire, beating the arrogant Japanese army to the point that they could not raise their heads. Then, the fighters of the 16th Regiment who served as assaulters began to move skillfully, forcing the Japanese to throw grenades, so that the Japanese fire suppression could not be sustained.
In the process of charging, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army encountered stubborn resistance from the elite officer corps of the Japanese army. Although the initial chaos passed, the Japanese machine gunners relied on the car bunkers to strafe frantically, forming a fierce exchange of fire with the soldiers of our 16th Regiment, which affected the attack of the fighters to a certain extent.
At this moment, the senior officers of the Japanese army led the junior officers to rush towards the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army blocking the convoy, trying to break through with a small number of troops. However, under the sworn resistance of the soldiers of the 16th Regiment, the Japanese army's breakthrough plan finally failed.
After taking cover, the Japanese found it difficult to break through, so they decided to shrink the battle line and move closer to the senior officers, trying to hold on and wait for the support of the nearby Japanese troops. As an experienced veteran, Wang Jinshan immediately sensed the intentions of the Japanese army and decisively issued an order for the whole army to launch a general attack on the location of senior officers.
In this battle, the Japanese showed an extremely strong will to fight, and in order to protect their senior officers, they constantly set up machine guns at the front, which brought huge ** to our fighters.
In order to eliminate this threat, Zheng Guangnan, the instructor of the 5th Company, did not hesitate to pick up a bundle of grenades, rushed to the Japanese machine-gun fire point, and died with the enemy. His heroic deeds opened a path for us to attack.
In the face of the fierce attack of the Japanese army, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army were fearless, and they bravely rushed to the enemy position. Squad leader Yang Fasu snatched a Japanese combat knife, wielded it freely, and cut down three enemies in one go.
Another squad leader, Zhao Zhenyu, wittily used the burning car, led the soldiers to jump on the roof of the car, grabbed the machine gun, turned the muzzle of the gun and fired fiercely, causing the Japanese formation to be chaotic.
Their heroic deeds are deeply admirable.
Half an hour after the battle at Hanluo Village, the soldiers of the 16th Regiment, under the command of Wang Jinshan, successfully eliminated most of the Japanese troops, and only a few despicable Japanese officers escaped.
As soon as Wang Fulin arrived at the turret, they said that they were not capable of encircling and suppressing so many Eighth Route Army, and had already applied to their superiors for tactical guidance, hoping that Wang Fulin would return to the village first and wait for a few days.
The turret provided Wang Jinshan with time to count the spoils of war, and the soldiers were confused by the results of the battle. Despite the stubborn resistance of more than 180 Japanese soldiers, the soldiers were puzzled by the fact that they had few firearms and a mountain of command knives.
However, Wang Jinshan looked very happy, as if the smile on his face was blooming like a flower. In this battle, the Eighth Route Army destroyed 13 companies' cars and captured 6 machine guns, 80 rifles, and a large number of sabers.
In a fierce battle, the 16 regiment managed to capture ordnance. Unbeknownst to them, however, they had actually eliminated an "Officer Field Spatorship" led by Major General Naotomi Hattori.
This team is composed of brigade commanders, wing commanders, junior commanders, and cadets of the military academy from all over the country, with a total of more than 180 people. This is almost equivalent to the command backbone of a division of the Japanese army.
After the battle, Wang Jinshan realized that his actions might cause trouble, so he quickly left this place of right and wrong with the 16th Regiment and headed for Yan'an. Although they did not even bury the bodies of the Japanese soldiers, their bravery and decisiveness won respect and praise.
Even if you sacrifice two wings, you must completely eradicate these **! In order to understand the latest situation in Hanluo Village, he even called in six reconnaissance planes for reconnaissance.
Okamura's plan fell through, and thanks to Wang's strategy of attacking the east and west, he successfully reached Yan'an in mid-December. This blow forced Okamura Ninji to swallow the bitter fruit and no longer boast about the safety of the occupied area.
This incident severely demoralized the Japanese army, so that the Japanese army after 1944 no longer dared to go out of the bunker unscrupulously.
Lieutenant General Wang Jinshan emerged in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression with his wisdom and bravery, and became the commander of the regiment at the age of 18.
However, what we must see is that the victory in this battle is not only due to Wang Jinshan's command, but also the soldiers of the 16th Regiment, the underground party of Hanluo Village, and the villagers who provided information for this battle, and it is their concerted efforts that created this unprecedented victory.
This further proves that the victory of the people's war requires the participation of the people, and the united Chinese nation is invincible.