Introduction
This article is excerpted from the second series of "Hannan Literature and History", written by Fan Minfu.
Yinlian Lake is a naturally formed lake, and it was called Yingling Lake in the last years of the Qing Dynasty. In 1966, Yinlian Lake was reclaimed to establish Hannan Farm, and Yinlian Lake was filled in and disappeared. Due to changes in topography, some of the place names in this article cannot be verified.
Body
When it comes to the traitor Wang Buqing, people in the area of 汉沔 (miǎn) still remember. He was originally a battalion commander of the 82nd Division of the Kuomintang, and when the Japanese invaded Wuhan, he led his subordinates to flee to Hanyang. In the spring of 1942, it was completely defeated by our army. Under the support of the Japanese invaders, he made a comeback and became the commander of the puppet peace rescue army, like a beaten water dog, entrenched in the area of the swallow's nest, guarding the Yangtze River water transportation line for the Japanese invaders.
As soon as he came, he squeezed out several of our tax cards. If we don't get rid of Wang Buqing, our activities will be difficult. The comrades were so angry that they couldn't hold it back for a long time, and they wanted to settle accounts with him.
A few days later, the Yao Sixiang Self-Defense Force sent a piece of information saying that the Japanese invaders had increased their forces in the Xintankou and Longkou areas.
I spread out the map, and Lao Peng came over to look at it for a while, touched his chin and said, "The enemy is stationing troops along the river, what do you want to do?" Some said: It's not yet out to "sweep"; Some said: It may also be that Wang Buqing is looking for a machine gun......At this moment, there were bursts of gunfire from the direction of Xintankou, and it was estimated that the enemy might "sweep" the east of the lake, so we decided to disperse, leaving a small number of people to "paste baked cakes" near the sand lake, and pin down the enemy to the east of the sand lake, and the guard company and pistol team covered the transfer of the working committee organs to the west of Yinlian Lake.
On September 5, 1944, the sky was drizzling. More than 60 of us rode in more than a dozen fishing boats, briskly through the smoke and rain on Yinlian Lake, through the reed forest, and rowed westward, leaving the enemy's guns far behind. On this vast Yinlian Lake, the soldiers were relaxed, let go of their throats, and sang the song of the Anti-Japanese War: A bunch of people in the east, a group in the west, we are all iron troops, and I am not surprised that the devils are coming. The spear is the barrel of the spear, and the axe and sickle cut the enemy soldiers, and the devil has nowhere to escape. Correspondent Xiao Xu sang very energetically. I was reading ***'s "On Protracted War" in the cabin, and suddenly Xiao Xu shouted on the bow of the boat: "Look, it's almost time to go to the lower official shed." "I walked out of the cabin and looked at it from a distance, and there were more than a dozen thatched huts, like firewood piles on the edge of the reed woodland. This is really a good place to hide, and the enemies are too many to stay, and the enemies are too few to come. At this moment, Hu Xuesi, who was on the boat in front, put his hands on his mouth and shouted back: "Detachment leader, the sharp soldier ship reports, there seems to be a whistle on the platform tree!" ”
I thought, the enemy has gone to the east of the lake, who is there? As the ship continued to move forward, I said to Hu Xuesi: "Find out the situation first, don't shoot casually, if the enemy is alive." "The fighters on each ship were ready for battle and picked up speed. Under the cover of the reeds, the three small boats in front shot at the shore at the same time like arrows.
Who? The sentry on the platform tree let out an exclamation. Then came a "bang" shot, which dispelled the calm on the lake.
When the two armies meet, the stronger wins. Like a fierce tiger, Hu Xuesi shouted "rush" and led more than a dozen soldiers from the machine gun squad and the plainclothes squad to jump into the water and pounce on the slope. Holding a light machine gun, he stood and aimed at the incoming enemy crowd and fired fiercely. I ran up to the stage and saw that the enemy had been disrupted. He also held a machine gun and fired at the enemy vigorously: up to ......Dada ......I couldn't help but shout: "Instructor, save bullets!" He didn't reply, picked up his machine gun and rushed forward. I glanced at it, there was a machine gun at the door of the hut in the middle that was still resisting, and under the cover of Hu Xuesi's fierce firepower, I rushed up and knocked down the enemy shooter with one shot. Twisting the muzzle of this American machine gun, it opened fire on the running enemy. At this time, the soldiers from the following boats arrived, and with the momentum of a tiger pounced on the sheep, they entered the battle, beating the enemy like a headless fly, bumping into each other, some splashing into the water, some drilling into the pyre, and some surrendering with their guns. After a while, the gunfire on the platform was sparse, fifty or sixty enemies became prisoners, and the skirmish ended quickly. After interrogating the prisoners, it turned out that this was the guard of the traitor Wang Buqing. It's really nowhere to find the iron shoes, and in the end I ran into it. I hurriedly asked, "Where is your Commander Wang?" A few of the captives confessed at once, and this one said, "We soldiers don't know." The one said, "We came together just now, but now I can't say when I go to **." Others said, "Maybe I went somewhere else by boat......."
At this time, Hu Xuesi, who was searching for the enemy, suddenly shouted: "We are the New Fourth Army, treat the prisoners preferentially, row the boat back quickly!" "When I went to the lake, I saw a wooden boat rowing desperately into the middle of the lake. I was so angry that I took the machine gun and hit a long shot at the tree. The boat rowed faster, and Lao Hu then fired two more shots. "What a stubborn fellow! I took Platoon Commander Zhang's "38" gun, fired three shots in a row, two people fell on the boat, the hull of the boat shook, Xiao Xu shouted happily: "Good marksmanship!" ”
Instructor, row a boat to chase, don't let the enemy run away! As soon as Lao Peng's words fell, Hu Xuesi took a few soldiers, jumped on the boat, and hurried away. Forcing the enemy to turn the bow of the ship and slowly approach the slope.
Xiao Xu followed Zhang Zhenhua and said: "Platoon Commander Zhang, I used to beat eggs with a hammer, but I didn't have fun, but this time I caught a big fish!" He stared intently at the enemy on board. I can't wait to find out Wang Buqing.
The captives went uphill one by one, and there was neither Wang Buqing nor Zhang Weifan. Xiao Xu said happily: "Let him miss the net again!" When the prisoner's chamber was finished, the two warriors on the boat shouted, "Come on!" ”
Did you find Wang Buqing? Xiao Xu jumped on the boat with a few soldiers, and carried up a few boxes and sacks. The comrades gathered curiously. When I opened it, I saw gold and silver jewelry and banknotes. Xiao Xu was a little disappointed and said: "I should be alive, it turns out to be these things."
I'm thinking: what about these two cunning guys running away to **? Lao Peng came over and said, "Keep searching, they can't run anyway." ”
Lao Peng and I walked to the hut, and an old man carrying a teapot pulled us enthusiastically and said, "Comrades, come into the house and rest and drink some tea." "We sat down at the door, and an old woman in the room looked at us with some horror.
Don't be afraid, old man, we are the New Fourth Army. Lao Peng said.
This is the real New Fourth Army, my own people, quickly prepare to cook for the comrades. The old man with the teapot continued.
Who's up there? The old woman asked.
It was Wang Buqing's puppet army, and they all called us out. When she heard this, her wife was happy, and she complained to herself, saying, "Look at me, I only care about talking, I have been fighting for a long time, and I am hungry, right?" He hurried to cook for us.
Night gradually fell, the drizzle still kept falling, the evening breeze blew a burst of coolness, the comrades who searched separately searched all the places, but did not see Wang Buqing's shadow. The crowd brought buckets of food, and no one cared about it.
Comrades, don't worry, you see, the water is so deep and far from the shore, those two big smokers (Wang and Zhang) are still afraid that they will not be able to fly! As soon as Lao Peng said this, everyone felt that it made sense, so they hurried up to dinner.
The captives and the captured gold and silver money were sent away, and it was getting late. In order to capture Wang Buqing, the troops camped in Xiaguanshan.
After checking the sentry, I returned to the house, the landlord had not yet slept, and when he talked about Wang Buqing's puppet army, he was like a river and talked endlessly. For example: who is a good person to be caught and killed, whose house is burned down, whose daughter-in-law tells them to occupy ......It's really sinful, and the more you talk about it, the more resentful you become. In the end, he said: "The traitors can't escape, I'll lead you to Chai Mountain to search!" He looked at our reddened eyes and said, "Go to sleep, it's already the middle of the night." ”
I was really tired, and as soon as the landlord left, I fell asleep dimly. Suddenly, Xiao Xu, who was sleeping at the door, shouted: "Who! "Woke me up, and when I rolled over, Xiao Xu was already carrying a gun and forcing the black shadow.
Mo, don't shoot, yes, it's me ......"There was a cowardly and fragile voice outside. I shone it with a flashlight, and it turned out to be a wet child, standing there shivering. Xiao Xu led him into the door, looked at the light, and said in surprise: "Ah! Old acquaintances! ”
I turned on the green oil lamp and asked, "Xiao Xu, who is it?" ”
I, I'm Li, Li Jinghua. The child struggled to move two steps forward, and in the light I recognized him. "Ahh Li Jinghua, why are you here? Seeing that he was freezing like that, Xiao Xu found a dry clothes for him to change into, and drank some hot water, before he sat down and told him how he got here.
It turned out that he had followed Wang Lao Wu in the guerrillas for a few days, and he returned home after Wang Lao Wu was killed by the enemy. Later, Wang Buqing arrested him as a soldier, and as soon as the gun rang out, he followed Wang Buqing and Zhang Weifan to jump into the reed forest. Wang Buqing couldn't stand it in the water, so he asked him to come up and see the movement, so he quietly climbed ashore from the back of the house. As soon as he came ashore, he was discovered.
Would you like to lead us to them? ”
Good! Xiao Xu called the comrades of the guard platoon and the pistol team, lit torches, and Li Jinghua led the way to the lake. He pointed to a black woody forest and said, "It's right here." ”
Chen Jinshan, a member of the pistol team, held a torch, let go of his voice and shouted: "Commander Wang, come out!" Xiao Xu and a few soldiers also shouted: "We are the Fan detachment, come out!" There was no reaction at all in the chai forest, and the fighters were in a hurry, and "Kacha Kacha" pushed the gun into loading. This one said: "Come out quickly, the New Fourth Army treats prisoners preferentially!" The one said, "Don't talk to him, shoot!" ”
Wang Yisi and one order! I'm Li Jinghua, come out! ”
Chai Linzi moved, and the comrades were afraid that they would run away, so they jumped into the water with lantern torches: "Search!" Search! "Shoot! ”
Mo, don't shoot, let's out, come out! After a while, two figures climbed onto the stage one after the other. I shined a flashlight, a tall thin man with a pointed face, this is Wang Buqing. That Humpty Dumpty must be Zhang Weifan. Two water dog-like creatures, with their heads shrunk and their hands raised, trembling incessantly in the torch ring.
Several fighters escorted them into a hut and dressed them in dry clothes. Two addicted big smokers, yawning, sneezing, runny nose, tears, that cruel, funny, disgusting, Lao Peng gave them two cigarette bubbles for stomach pain, and the two smokers had a little spirit to speak.
I said, "Commander Wang, two years ago, we dealt with each other, but I didn't expect to meet again today. As soon as my words fell, Wang Buqing hurriedly bowed his head and said, "I'm guilty, I'm guilty!" ”
Zhang Weifan, a slippery Kuomintang spy, said with a smile: "This is a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding!" ”
We are fighting traitors against Japan, you are the lackeys of the Japanese robbers, today we have met on a narrow road, what is the misunderstanding! I said angrily.
Captain Fan, I have a 'feud' with the Japanese, and I even fought a battle this morning......”
I joined the puppet army in response to Chairman Chiang's call to save the country ......Wang Buqing said tremblingly.
What curve saves the country? Traitor, thief! Lao Peng said.
Now there are two paths in front of you, one is to hand over your team to resist the Japanese anyway; One is a dead end. Where to go, decide for yourself. ”
We are willing to resist Japan and atone for our sins. ”
Then inform your puppet army and surrender immediately! ”
Whose person is Shangguanpeng? Without waiting for Wang Buqing to answer, Lao Peng asked again.
It is the guard battalion of the dog nephew Nagaka. ”
Tell them to come to the lower official shed! ”
I talked with Lao Peng Yizheng and Wang Buqing solemnly, Zhang Weifan didn't speak for a long time, and when he heard that Wang Changxiang's person was going to be transferred, he immediately said: "Commander Wang, my brother is willing to follow the work of dogs and horses, and go to the noodle end." Wang Buqing looked at us and said, "Captain Fan, what do you think?" ”
I'd better go for it. Zhang Weifan forced Wang Buqing.
Zhang Weifan, be honest and play less tricks in front of the New Fourth Army! I snapped.
Chief of Staff Zhang, it is not easy to shed the golden cicada in front of the New Fourth Army. Comrade Peng Huaitang exposed the conspiracy of this old fox.
*,* This is a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding. The cunning Zhang Weifan, knowing that he had failed, pretended to be calm.
When Wang Buqing saw that we had overwhelmed Zhang Weifan, he wrote a letter to his nephew Wang Changxiang with a pen, asking him to come to the Xiaguan Shed immediately and accept the reorganization of the New Fourth Army. I also wrote a letter encouraging him to raise the banner of justice and fight against Japan anyway. Comrade Chen Jinshan was sent that night.
Before dawn, Wang Changxiang, the commander of the puppet army battalion, came. After consultations, it was decided to reorganize his guard battalion into an independent battalion of the Han Detachment, and appoint Wang Changxiang as the battalion commander.
Early the next morning, Wang Buqing and Zhang Weifan were sent to the sub-district. We are in the lower official shed; A group of self-defense personnel were transferred from the basic area, and together with Wang Changxiang's men, a swearing-in meeting for the establishment of an independent battalion was held in a lively and lively manner. Since then, Wang Changxiang's more than 100 guns have been transformed into anti-Japanese forces. The remnants of the pseudo-peace salvation ** all collapsed and disappeared.
Source**: Hannan Literature and History, Volume II.