You don't know that in this battle, the Eighth Route Army slaughtered the Japanese army to the fullest, until they were so angry that the Japanese army jumped up with their legs and released poison gas into the Eighth Route Army position.
What do we say? If you look through the historical data, you will find a pattern. If the Japanese had used poison gas in any of the battles, the Japanese in that battle would have wanted to cry.
The Japanese were so miserable that they could no longer fight, and they did not dare to fight again. If hit, they are poisoned.
So the battle I talked about today really hurt the Japanese. In one day, the Eighth Route Army lost more than 630 casualties, while the Eighth Route Army itself lost only 11 people.
According to this ratio, it is impossible for the Japanese not to jump around, so much so that the people around them call the Eighth Route Army in this battle a magic weapon.
What kind of combat can make ordinary people call it a magic weapon? You can experience it for yourself.
Okay, no more nonsense, if you are interested, you can continue to read it.
According to the old rules, let's start with the background of this battle.
Background. It is said that this battle is known as the Battle of Beiyang Castle.
Beiyang Fort in**? It is a village under the jurisdiction of Chaibao Town, Guantao County, Hebei Province. This village is already considered a large village, with more than 1,000 people.
How did the battle take place?
You have to make progress on this matter. In 1940, the world situation was extremely turbulent.
Let's not talk about the Japanese, let's talk about the Germans in Europe. The pace of progress is astonishing. We were still a little stunned when we saw it. The Germans invaded a country. Small ones take a few hours, a few days, and large ones take a month. Just to show off.
The British, who were still the world leaders at the time, were driven directly into the sea by the Germans. The British were driven back to their homeland through the English Channel.
When the Japanese saw the excitement, they wanted to take advantage of the chaos to gain something for themselves. He could not win the Chinese battlefield and could only maintain the confrontation.
Of course, the Japanese wanted to continue the war, but the war was a matter of consuming supplies. At this point in time, the Japanese are running out of supplies, so the Japanese plan to solve the ** problem first, but they have encountered obstacles in the Soviet Union. The Battle of Nomenkan defeated the Japanese until they could not find the north.
At that time, the Japanese began to move south. Taking advantage of the fact that Britain, France, and the United States had no time to take care of the Pacific colonies, they began to move south.
So what do these things have to do with China?
At this point, the Japanese were at a loss, so they put aside their force on the Chinese battlefield and began to launch a political inducement to surrender to the Kuomintang, so their methods changed.
At the same time, the Japanese army began to concentrate its forces on the anti-Japanese base behind enemy lines created by the Eighth Route Army, hoping to take advantage of this period of frontal battlefield confrontation to reorganize the rear and then seek calm down on the frontal battlefield.
So can the Eighth Route Army adapt to the Japanese and follow the ideas of the Japanese? That's impossible. Won't there be a hundred regiment battles in the future?
After this battle, the Japanese understood better that although the Kuomintang was well-armed, and sometimes no worse than the Japanese, a company of the Eighth Route Army was equipped with a variety of equipment and could carry five bullets with it. This army can be described in two words - rich, many times the Eighth Route Army can't even fire a shot, but if war really breaks out, the Eighth Route Army is what the Japanese are most afraid of.
So in this case, in 1940 and 1941, after the Japanese gradually stabilized the frontal battlefield in China, in 1942, they began to launch a large-scale, intensified siege of the Japanese base areas.
From this year onwards, the situation in the base areas began to become grim.
If you look at the information, you will know that the Japanese army used a lot of tricks on the base ground, such as iron wall encirclement, combing and dragnet, picking and cleaning, and the famous cage policy.
During this period, the anti-Japanese regime established by the Eighth Route Army was actually destroyed a lot by the Japanese. Many revolutionary cadres and revolutionary masses were brutally murdered by the Japanese.
At this time, every household is crying, every village is mourning, new graves are being built one after another, and even corpses are not buried.
If nothing else, let's just say that the First Central Military Region suffered a devastating blow from the Japanese army during this time. It was not until 1944 that the Eighth Route Army restored the Yizhong Military Region.
And what is to be said happened during this period.
At that time, in order to retain its strength, the Jizhong Military Region carried out strategic adjustments, and some troops were withdrawn from Jizhong.
What do you say? At this time, the Jizhong Military Region was a second-class military division. After the streamlining and reorganization, it has 5 military divisions. Among them, the commander of the Sixth Division of the Army is Wang Changjiang, and the political commissar is Kuang Fuzhao. On the orders of their superiors, they led the defense brigade to evacuate the Jizhong Military Region.
It must be explained here that they say they are leading the security brigade, but in fact they are leading a regiment (the second regiment of the security brigade). The rest of the troops remained where they were and continued to fight.
Well, let's move on.
On July 3, the second regiment set off, crossed the Fuyang River, and marched towards Fan County, Henan Province. They joined up with the troops of the Jizhong Military Region who had already arrived here.
That is to say, on July 3, there were no large troops around Wang Changjiang and Kuang Fuzhao, although there were 1,000 people, but only five companies and 500 people had combat effectiveness, and the remaining 500 people were logistics personnel.
In any case, the troops marched for three days and three nights, and at dawn on July 6, they arrived near Beiyangbao Village, Guantao County, southern Hebei.
Just tell me, after three days and three nights of rapid marching, there is a limit to man. Even the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army were iron-clad and needed to rest. So at that time, Wang Changjiang and Kuang Fuzhao decided to take a rest here and give the troops a hot meal. 。
Alas, that's how the battle happened.
War. As soon as the troops gave the order, the soldiers all sat down, and the logistics cooking team began to get busy, digging pits and burying pots to prepare for cooking.
Of course, the rest of the troops could not rest, and scouts were also sent out to guard the perimeter to prevent the Japanese from sneaking up while the troops were resting.
As soon as the scouts returned, they brought incredible news: there were enemies nearby.
Report, the enemy was found in the west, and many people in the village left! ”
Enemy? How many? ”
There are about two hundred or so puppet troops exploring the way, and there are Japanese cavalry behind! ”
Cavalry? Hearing these two words, there was no need for the investigators to continue. The experienced Wang Changjiang and Kuang Fuzhao glanced at each other. They understood that according to such an arrangement, the main forces behind would be the Japanese.
Wang Changjiang and Kuang Fuzhao are both old men.
Friends who know history, especially the history of the Anti-Japanese War, know that even as an official person, Wang Changjiang is like a teacher in the village. Most people call him Mr. Wang.
But once the war broke out, he would become insane, and people called him the "Mad King", even more crazy than the "Mad King" Wang Jinshan.
Among them, in 1944, the American expedition team came to the base area to inspect.
At that time, the base area was a stronghold built by the Japanese army, and it was tightly surrounded by trenches.
Therefore, the higher authorities ordered Wang Changjiang to bring the US delegation back safely, stressing that it must be brought back safely.
Well, is it safe? If he removed the Japanese strongholds on the road, it would be safe here.
To be honest, I like it this way, it sounds exciting, and it strategically defies the enemy.
Wang Changjiang of the front foot let the inspection team rest, and Wang Changjiang of the back foot led his subordinates to dismantle the two Japanese strongholds on the road, and the battle was resolved within an hour.
You don't even know that after the inspection team heard that the Eighth Route Army had taken two strongholds, it was a pity that they didn't see it, so they asked if there were any prisoners.
The answer is no. So the Americans are a little stammering and say they're sorry.
When Wang Changjiang heard this, he felt that the other party didn't believe it. After the battle, there were no prisoners. Wang Changjiang slapped the table and led the Americans to the Japanese stronghold. What are they doing?
Grab a few prisoners and let the Americans see the combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army.
As a result, after the battle, Wang Changjiang captured four prisoners and killed more than two dozen people.
This time the Americans believed.
The Americans don't know that when Wang Changjiang participated in the Great Wall Anti-Japanese War, he also won the Order of the Blue Sky and the White Sun. In this medal, Wang Changjiang ranked 65th, everyone knows that Xue Yue ranked 94th, and Li Zongren is also very powerful, ranking 100th. Three.
Therefore, Wang Changjiang is a fierce general. In 1938, Wang Changjiang transferred from the National Army to the Eighth Route Army.
Be a brave general.
In fact, political commissar Kuang Fuzhao was also a famous general. Although his position in the army was not so prominent, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he was awarded the rank of lieutenant general in 1955.
If nothing else, you should learn about tunnel warfare. Alas, it was the old general who invented it.
At that time, tunnel warfare and mine warfare were combined to blow up the Japanese army. Seeing that the village was numb, they did not dare to go in. The Japanese commanders and fighters were so angry that they forced the soldiers into it with bayonets.
When these guys entered the village, they did not dare to enter the courtyard, let alone the wells and tunnels. They are all Japanese. The commander forced some of the hapless bastards with a knife to check on the situation. Of course, once they go down, they basically don't go back. Come here.
You tell me that these two brave and resourceful generals joined forces, and the Japanese have surrounded them. How can this be a good thing? No way!
Well, let me move on.
Wang Changjiang asked the investigators to continue the investigation. He and Kwong Fuzhao rode into the village first and began to survey the terrain.
They all knew that it was going to be a tough battle, and there were no good positions around, so they had to fight in the village.
In fact, not to mention that there is no good location in Beiyangbao Village, even in the entire southern Hebei region, it is difficult to find. It's just a plain with the end in sight.
The two of them went around in a circle, and it felt like the effect was not bad. The village is surrounded by a six-foot-high wall.
The scout had just finished surveying the terrain and came back to report.
This also confirmed their suspicions, and the troops encountered the main Japanese army. This was a Japanese army corps of at least two thousand people.
In fact, this is indeed the case. This is the elite unit of Japan. They have been operating in the Linqing area of northern Shandong for a long time. Especially this regiment leader, he is very arrogant, and there is a feeling that no one takes him seriously.
This time he came out, and this guy went around looking for the main force of the Eighth Route Army for a decisive battle. Just think about it to understand his posture.
This time, the Japanese team cooperated with the Japanese army's plan to carry out the so-called half-moon raid. When they raided here today, they ran into Wang Changjiang and others. It was a purely fortuitous encounter.
This Japanese unit had just come out of the rest base. It can be said that they are all energetic. It is really difficult to fight such an enemy.
At this time, after three days and three nights of rapid marching, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army were not talking about physical fatigue, but about their legs. They just relaxed. Their feet were not only sore, but also painful.
As soon as they heard the news of the battle, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army also got up, shook off their sore feet, and began to get busy again.
The pre-war preparations were quite hectic. Not to mention, the large water tanks of every household near the headquarters are about to be filled with water.
Why do you ask? The reason is simple. The most terrible thing about war is to be surrounded and then cut off from all water sources. When the time comes, if you want to make something to eat for the soldiers, you can't do it even if you don't have enough food.
Another point is that once the Eighth Route Army is surrounded when fighting behind enemy lines, there are few reinforcements, so it can only grope for itself.
Of course, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army were not afraid of being surrounded by the enemy. They have not never been surrounded. Everyone is used to being afraid of whom.
However, we are confident, but we also need to analyze the situation, find out the strengths and weaknesses of both sides of the enemy, and then use our own strengths to overcome the enemy's shortcomings?
We have three drawbacks.
First of all, there is a Wei River in front of the village. It rained for the past two days, and the river rose. If we want to break through or something, this becomes a problem.
Second, there are not many personnel, only 500 people can fight, and the remaining 500 people are all agency logistics personnel, and they have to be protected between battles.
Thirdly, the equipment was too poor, five companies, at least five types of firearms.
The first company had thirty-eight caps, the second company had Hanyang rifles, the third company had Czech rifles, and the worst four companies had old slip sleeves.
To tell the truth, even the village militia showed a look of disgust when they held their old sleeves.
There is no other way. If the army had enough ammunition tubes, some grenade launchers, two infantry guns, and a few charges to hit the Japanese, it would be no problem, let them defeat the Eighth Route Army like this. Besieged?
Finally, there are the heavy machine guns of the special service company. This is a Type 92 heavy machine gun. This old guy was captured by the enemy in May last year when the 2nd Regiment attacked the enemy's chartered boat on the Fuyang River.
It took a year. During the year, I made many achievements in clearing roads and ambushing the troops.
So what are the advantages?
There are two advantages. First, the combat effectiveness of the troops is good. Most of the cadres above the platoon level came from the Red Army period, and their fighting will and fighting quality were relatively high.
You don't know at all that the predecessor of the security brigade led by Wang Changjiang was the 120th Division Special Service Regiment. Do you think this unit could be terrible?
You must know that in the spring of 1940, this unit fought very bravely under the command of *** and was commended by the two chiefs.
This last advantage is very important. Not long ago, the army defeated a diehard named Zhu Huaibing. Not only did this guy's army break up, but it also captured a lot of ammunition.
They just had this batch of ammunition with them.
Go ahead, this battle is enough! ”
The soldiers were very happy to hear that there were enough bullets. In normal combat, their guns are never full.
At its richest, a gun had only thirty rounds. When you're not rich, you can't tell. Three or five rounds are normal.
Relatively speaking, as the main force, they are the richest, but not yet rich enough to have enough bullets.
I'm sure I'm happy. I can kill a few more Japanese.
Why are there so many enemies? There are too many bullets to kill them at all!
Speaking of which, I would like to interrupt and say one more thing.
As we said before, the troops led by Wang Changjiang are a regiment of the garrison brigade, and he is the second regiment.
Then some friends may ask, how can a regiment only have 500 people, that is to say, the size of a battalion. What's going on?
What do you say? This was a special organization of the Eighth Route Army at that time, and it was a small regimental organization. Large groups are generally around 1,000 people, and small groups are around 700 people.
Why is there such a big difference? The regimental structure and the units directly under the regiment were abolished, and the regiment was placed under the jurisdiction of the company. It has no battalion-level establishment, so the battalion headquarters and the direct teams of the battalion-level logistics organs will cease to exist.
So this small group is only about 700 people.
As for the 2nd Regiment of the Defense Brigade currently led by Wang Changjiang, it has fought several battles before. As I said before, this time the Japanese army was ruthless, so the battle was very difficult, and there were certain losses in personnel. As of now, there are still about 500 people in the 2nd Regiment of the Defense Brigade.
What do you say? Although the loss of about 200 people was made, relatively speaking, the losses could not be said to be huge.
Well, let's move on.
Soon, the tasks were assigned to the various companies.
First a part of the troops were concentrated to guard the main passage into the village, and then the only heavy machine gun of the special service company was mounted at the highest point in the village, Tutu Temple.
Another thing is that there is a tunnel in the village, and some troops enter the tunnel to cooperate with the troops on the ground.
Once settled, the food for the cooking class is ready. The soldiers of the Eighth Route Army grabbed the food in their hands and gnawed it fiercely.
After the soldiers were fed, the Japanese offensive began.
According to the old Japanese rules, the positions of the soldiers were first bombarded by Japanese artillery fire.
The crashing sound lasted for a long time.
Yo West! The works of the Eighth Route Army must be captured alive! Subsequently, the Japanese commander confidently gave the order.
Just listen, Japanese machine guns and 38-meter bunkers began to fire. At the same time, the Japanese army began to advance towards the positions of the Eighth Route Army, especially the Japanese vanguard units carrying white and red guns. The flag is clearly visible.
The first to engage the enemy was the 2nd Company and 1st Platoon guarding the western end of the village. They are in no hurry to shoot. They simply put every Japanese in sight and waited for the enemy to enter the ambush circle before starting the battle.
This ambush circle is several tens of meters from the village. It's a small circle. To win this successful battle, seven or eight light machine guns are waiting here?
You know, a company has only three machine guns, and here are seven or eight. So can the Japanese do better? In particular, the commander of the 2nd Regiment of the Defense Brigade personally commanded here.
A few dozen meters away, there were more than a hundred Japanese. Commander Lin said: "Fight!" ”
Do you know what popping beans are? At that time, there was exactly this movement on the battlefield. The soldiers of the Eighth Route Army did not flinch as before. After all, they had enough bullets for this battle.
In an instant, more than 100 Japanese fell to the ground.
This round of bullets was enough, and the Japanese captain was so angry that he roared like a wolf, looked at it from afar, screamed and didn't know what to say?
Don't listen to his nonsense, the second round of shelling is about to begin, pay attention! ”
Sure enough, the Japanese army used large steel cannons, small steel cannons, grenades, and mortars this time, mixed with the sound of light and heavy machine guns.
After the voice sounded, the Japanese captain once again pulled out his command knife and roared violently at the position of the Eighth Route Army.
Look, the Japanese are here again.
The Eighth Route Army was not at all polite to them. They fired first from rifles, and then from light machine guns. If they are in a hurry, stuff them with two grenades. At this time, the heavy machine gun on the temple of Tutu was also **.
The heavy machine gun shooter was an experienced shooter, and his accuracy was really worth it. He fired one from the left and one from the right, and steadily captured dozens of Japanese soldiers. Several Japanese charges were repulsed by this heavy machine. 。
Heavy machine guns were too conspicuous in this battle. The Japanese captain's eyes immediately turned red. He roared wildly, slashing at the heavy machine gun in the Tudian Temple with his command knife.
Then grenades and mortar shells came at the altar.
Truth be told, our equipment is so poor. Every time a heavy machine gun appears, it will be attacked by enemy direct artillery. Our machine guns could not hit these guns hiding behind cover, but they could hit heavy machine guns.
So soon the heavy machine gun positions were suppressed by these artillery fire, and the altar of earth was also blown up by Japanese artillery fire, and the machine gunners and machine guns were buried inside.
Heavy machine guns were muted, and the Japanese attacks were even more ferocious.
Retract the heavy machine gun and reset the machine gun position! ”
The fighters of the machine-gun platoon received this order and, after some fighting, recaptured the heavy machine-gun position. They dug up the gunman Lao Zheng from the rubble. Lao Zheng is dead. They dug out the heavy machine guns and wiped them clean. The roar began again.
By the time the battle got here, it was already ten o'clock in the morning.
The team had to hold out until dark to break through.
Such tug-of-war continued until noon. The Japanese focused their attacks on the 2nd Company, but never made a breakthrough.
No matter how fierce the battle is, the task of the cooking squad is to prepare every meal so that the fighters do not starve.
So, by noon, the meal was ready. If you like flatbread, eat flatbread. If you like to eat noodles, then eat noodles. Half of the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army who were fighting on the front line came down to eat, and the other half stood firm and took turns to eat. The logistical art soldiers, who could not go to the battlefield without guns, knocked on the allegro and sang the two-string allegro.
While fighting, eating, and listening to Allegro, this can be seen on the battlefield of the Eighth Route Army.
The battle continued into the afternoon, when Japanese reinforcements arrived. By this time, the number of Japanese troops besieging the Eighth Route Army had swelled to more than 5,000.
What do you say? It's also hot. The soldiers were crawling on the battlefield under the scorching sun, almost stunted from the sun.
The water stored before was drunk, including the shabu-shabu water in the people's homes.
The Japanese captain on the opposite side was really beaten crazy, and his eyes were red, like a villain who had lost all his belongings.
At this time, seeing that he had not even captured the outer positions of the Eighth Route Army, he resorted to the Japanese army's trick - releasing poison gas.
What do you say? The Japanese have released poison gas not once or twice. It worked well at first, but now we're used to it. As soon as we saw the enemy release poison gas, we used our previous experience, wet the cloth, cover our mouth and nose, and wrap the mashed garlic in a towel to detoxify it (I don't know if it works or it works No, that's what the message says)
This time the poisoning of the Japanese did not play a role. Political Commissar Kuang Fuzhao was poisoned, but soon woke up after detoxification.
The poison gas did not work, and the Japanese army began to use psychological tactics, making their own megaphones and shouting loudly for the surrender of the Eighth Route Army.
Volume! Then a bullet knocked the horn straight away.
The battle lasted one day, and the Japanese lost more than 630 people. The Japanese captain, who was fierce at the beginning, was beaten by the Eighth Route Army and lost his temper and languished.
Then they began to clean up the killed Japanese. They did not dare to come, so they arrested the surrounding peasants and told them to go up and carry the corpses away.
The Eighth Route Army is now waiting for it to break out after dark.
You say, what a coincidence, at this time the clouds are thick, and it is going to rain.
It's a good time to break through. The Japanese also knew that the Eighth Route Army was about to break through, so at that time Wang Changjiang asked the soldiers to pretend to break through in the north, attracting most of the Japanese there.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, he led his troops to break through from the southwest direction where there were few enemies.
Unbeknownst to you, the whole process went exceptionally smoothly. Not a single shot was fired. Not only our more than 1,000 soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, but also the common people in the village broke out.
By the time the weather cleared, it was already the next morning, and the troops had arrived more than thirty miles away from Beiyang Fort.
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