Li Yunlong continued: "No one gave us military pay or replenished weapons and ammunition. These little possessions were saved by us frugally. The brothers used their lives and blood to snatch it from the devils. It's just a red mouth and a white tooth." Yes, let’s dig out all our money, that’s definitely not going to work.
General Fu said: "What the two brothers said makes sense. I know it's not easy for you. Although our conditions are not generous, we are willing to provide part of the funds. We also ask the two brothers to work together for the sake of being part of the World War II zone. Let’s work together to win this battle.”
The chief of staff of the World War II zone also said: "Yes, Commander Li, Brother Dalong, although our Shanxi-Sui Army is not rich, we are also willing to spend part of our military expenditures. We cannot let our brothers bleed and sweat without spending any more military expenditures." .”
Li Yunlong's face improved when he heard what General Fu and the Chief of Staff said.
Xu Dalong quit. He said to Chen Qiming: "Didn't you say that the armed forces of our underground party do not belong to the order of battle of your Guo army? You must be responsible for paying military expenses for this battle, otherwise, we will not fight this battle." ”
Chen Qiming was feeling uncomfortable after being beaten with guns and sticks by everyone. When he heard Xu Dalong's words, he felt that they were playing into their own hands.
He said angrily: "The armed forces of your underground party are not resisting Japan, so why should we give you military funds? You don't want to fight or want to fight, and you have no way to get military funds."
Xu Dalong asked: "You mean, we don't belong to the Guo army's order of battle, right?"
Chen Qiming said casually: "The order of battle of the Guo Army does not recognize you troops who are not resisting Japan."
Xu Dalong said: "Siring officers, you have all heard that this person does not admit that the anti-Japanese armed forces of our underground party belong to the order of battle of the Guo army. In this case, the anti-Japanese armed forces of our underground party have no obligation to cooperate with the Guo army in combat."
Representative Wang also said angrily: "Chen Qiming, you keep saying that you represent Chongqing, which means that Chongqing does not recognize the anti-Japanese armed forces of our underground party. In this matter, we need to ask the Chongqing side when they will take over our underground party." The anti-Japanese armed forces were removed from the order of battle of the Guo Army?"
Having said this, he said to Li Yunlong and Xu Dalong: "Brothers, they don't regard us as their own, why are we still here?"
Li Yunlong said: "That's right. We go to fight the Japanese ourselves, why do we get involved with you guys?"
After speaking, Representative Wang, Li Yunlong and Xu Dalong left the conference room.
The chief of staff of the World War II zone saw that the good combat meeting had turned out like this, and said to Chen Qiming: "Who gave you such great power? How dare you represent the Guofu government to declare that the underground anti-Japanese armed forces do not belong to the Guo army's order of battle.
I warn you that you must bear the responsibility for ruining the overall situation of the Anti-Japanese War in Shanxi. "
General Fu said: "Chen Qiming, since you represent Chongqing, we will not fight the Battle of Hancheng. You will be responsible for this matter."
Chen Qiming originally wanted to disrupt the joint operations of the Jinsui Army, the Zhongyang Army and the underground party's anti-Japanese armed forces. Seeing this situation, he was secretly proud, thinking that he would definitely be commended by his superiors when he returned. Therefore, the threats from General Fu and the Chief of Staff of the World War II Zone were not taken seriously.
However, it was soon his turn to regret it.
Representatives Xu Dalong and Wang returned to the office and immediately drafted a telegram and reported to the headquarters.
After the headquarters received the telegram, it forwarded the contents of the telegram to the underground party's office in Chongqing. The underground party's Chongqing office protested to Chongqing, saying that the military command department sent a supervisory team to the World War II District Chief's Department to declare the underground party's resistance to Japan. The armed forces do not belong to the order of battle of the Guo army, which is an act that obviously undermines the cooperation between the two militaries. Ask Chongqing to give an explanation.
The King of Shanxi originally counted on the Mawushan Military Division to help them retake the Hancheng area, but Chen Qiming messed up the matter. He was very angry and immediately sent a telegram to Chongqing, asking them to give an explanation.
The King of Shanxi was not easy to bully. He threatened that if Chongqing could not give him a reasonable explanation, he would be ready to abandon the area east of the Fen River, retreat to the southern region of southeastern Shanxi, abandon the Yellow River ferry, and allow the Japanese army to move south to attack. The Fruit Army troops in the direction of the river.
General Fu directly sent a telegram to the Ninth Theater, saying that they were threatened by the Japanese army in the direction of Hancheng and had to abandon the southern foot of Zhongtiao Mountain, allowing the troops in the Ninth Theater to directly bear the Japanese attack.
At this time, the Eighth War Zone in the direction of Henan and the Ninth War Zone in the direction of Dabie Mountain were all dumbfounded. They hurriedly sent a telegram to their superiors, requesting their superiors to coordinate and appease the King of Shanxi and General Fu of Zhongtiao Mountain to prevent their flanks from encountering the Japanese army in the Shanxi direction. attack.
Chongqing has always been counting on the World War II zone to hold back the Japanese troops in Shanxi and prevent them from going south and joining the battlefields in North and Central China.
The threats from Shanxi Wang and General Fu immediately made them realize the seriousness of the problem, and the pressure from the underground party also made them very embarrassed.
In the face of real interests, Chongqing had to bow its head. In order to protect Chongqing's face, it had to throw Chen Qiming out as a scapegoat, label him as sabotaging the anti-Japanese war, and send someone to escort him back to Chongqing.
When Shanxi Wang and General Fu saw that Chongqing had given in, they took the opportunity to ask for military expenses from Chongqing.
Chongqing had to give 500,000 yuan to the king of Shanxi and General Fu of Zhongtiao Mountain respectively to suppress the matter.
Shanxi Wang and General Fu each gave Mawushan Military Division 100,000 yuan as military expenses. The two sides held a joint combat meeting again and formulated a combat plan for the Hancheng Battle.
The head of the headquarters was very satisfied with the results achieved by Representative Wang, Xu Dalong, Li Yunlong and others in uniting friendly forces. He praised them for maintaining the dignity of the underground party's anti-Japanese armed forces and safeguarding the Shanxi Anti-Japanese United Front. He specially sent a telegram to the underground party stationed in World War II. The district office commended Representative Wang, Li Yunlong and Xu Dalong.
Shanxi Wang and General Fu were also very satisfied with the result. They performed this drama together, eliminating interference from Chongqing, taking the initiative, and preventing Chongqing from holding them accountable for their active cooperation with the underground party's anti-Japanese armed forces. .
Stationed in Hancheng is the Japanese 112th Division. During the battle, it can receive reinforcements from the Japanese army in the direction of Taiyuan and the Japanese 5th Division in the direction of Niangziguan. If you want to seize Hancheng and annihilate the Japanese 112th Division, you must occupy Niangziguan, block the reinforcements of the Japanese Fifth Division, and at the same time block the Japanese reinforcements from Taiyuan.
The joint meeting discussed and decided that the forces of the First Group Army and the Second Group Army of the Shanxi-Sui Army, plus the strength of an army of the Zhongtiaoshan Guo Army, with the cooperation of the Mawushan guerrillas and the tank brigade, besieged the Japanese Army's 3rd Army. 112th Division. The troops of Zhongtiao Shanguo Army were responsible for blocking the Japanese reinforcements from the direction of Taiyuan, and the troops of Mawushan Military Division and the troops of Chu Yunfei's 358th Brigade were responsible for capturing Niangzi Pass.
Niangzi Pass (formerly known as Weize Pass) is located in Pingding County, Yq City, SX Province. It is a battleground for military strategists of all ages. It is also a famous pass on the Great Wall of China and is known as the ninth pass of the Great Wall. It got its name because Princess Pingyang of the Tang Dynasty once led the "Women's Army" to station here. Niangzi Pass was one of the passes of the Great Wall built by the Zhongshan Kingdom during the Warring States Period. The existing pass was built in the Ming Dynasty.
Among these Japanese troops, the Japanese Fifth Division stationed at Niangzi Pass has the most powerful combat effectiveness. The Fifth Division is known as the Steel Army and is invincible on the Shanxi battlefield. Except for the 21st Brigade, which was annihilated by the Mawushan guerrillas, it had never lost a battle.
In view of the fact that the Mawushan guerrillas had the experience of fighting with the Fifth Division, the joint meeting decided to leave this difficult bone to the Mawushan guerrillas.
In order to seize Niangziguan and block the Japanese Fifth Division, the Mawushan Military Division dispatched the New 1st Brigade and the main force of the Mawushan guerrillas. Chu Yunfei personally led two infantry regiments and the artillery regiment directly under the 358th Brigade to follow Ma Troops from the Wushan Military Division acted together.
On November 16, Xu Dalong, Li Yunlong, and Chu Yunfei led the troops to Daxi Kiln southwest of Niangzi Pass. According to the pre-established combat plan, the special operations squadron led by Xu Dalong and Wei Monk, and a reinforced regiment of the New First Brigade led by Zhang Dabiao also came to Niangziguan.
Starting from the afternoon of November 15th, it began to snow heavily in the Niangziguan area. The heavy snowfall continued intermittently until the 16th, and snowflakes continued to fall from time to time.
The temperature in Niangziguan is extremely low in winter. The cold current from Siberia can drop the temperature here to more than ten degrees below zero. This is also the wind outlet from the grassland of Inner Mongolia. The cold wind blows through, picking up the hardened snow particles and blowing them on people. His face was very uncomfortable.
At 2 o'clock in the morning on the 17th, Xu Dalong and Wei Monk led a special team and quietly approached Niangziguan.
There was white snow everywhere on and off Niangzi Pass. In order to hide their intentions, Xu Dalong and others each wore a white sheet and crawled in the snow when they approached Niangzi Pass.
It was so cold that the Japanese sentries behind Niangzi's gate hid in sheltered places to avoid the cold wind, completely unaware that the danger was quietly approaching him.
Monk Wei led a squad of special forces members and quietly arrived under the city wall west of Niangziguan. The city wall here is a full 14 meters high, but this is not difficult for the special operations team members. They threw flying claws at the city wall and climbed up quietly. After they climbed onto the city wall, they threw ropes down, and soon a large number of special operations team members climbed up.
Monk Wei personally climbed onto the city wall and led the special operations team members along the city wall towards the city gate. When approaching the city gate, Monk Wei led the special operations team along the city wall towards the city gate. The first detachment leader of the special operations squadron led some special forces members to prepare to go down to the city gate to attack the city gate.
Xu Dalong led other special forces members to ambush more than 100 meters away from the gate, ready to attack the city gate at any time.
Monk Wei led the special forces team members to the vicinity of the city tower. Since the Japanese sentries had already hid, he could not see where the Japanese sentries were. In order to draw out the enemy sentries, he took off the white sheets on his body and directly He walked towards the city tower.
The Japanese sentry was sheltering from the severe cold in the city gate tower when he heard footsteps coming from outside. It just so happened that it was almost time for the changing of the guard. When he saw only one person walking over, he didn't take too much precaution, so he shouldered his rifle and walked towards Monk Wei, preparing to change the guard.
When Monk Wei approached him, the Japanese sentry realized that the person coming was a stranger. He couldn't help but become alert and asked: "Who are you?" while reaching out to pick up the rifle from his shoulder.
Monk Wei was holding a dagger in his hand. Seeing the movement of the sentry, he hurriedly threw the dagger.
The dagger pierced the sentry's chest, and the sentry let out a scream and fell to the ground.
The sentry's screams spread far in the silent night sky, awakening the Japanese troops in the city gate, and the lights in many rooms turned on.
Knowing that the operation was exposed, Monk Wei immediately rushed down the stairs with his team members.
Several guerrillas set up machine guns and provided cover on the tower.
The first squad leader had already led the guerrillas to the door of the Japanese army's barracks. Hearing the screams of the sentries on the city wall, they immediately launched an attack on the Japanese army.
The Japanese officers and soldiers who were hiding in the hot quilts jumped up to get their guns. The special operations team members each had a shell gun and fired fiercely at the Japanese officers and soldiers.
There were only about 50 special forces members who came in at this time. The Japanese troops in Chengguan had two infantry squadrons and a brigade headquarters. The special forces members were unable to fight for a while. Many Japanese officers and soldiers rushed out of the barracks. , launched a counterattack against the special operations team members.
The special forces on the tower fired fiercely at the Japanese troops with machine guns. After Monk Wei led a squad of special forces down the tower, he hurried to the gate of Niangziguan, and several people worked together to open the gate.
When Xu Dalong, Zhang Dabiao and others heard gunshots rang out from the city gate, they had already rushed over with their troops.
When the gate opened, they led the troops and rushed in, launching a fierce attack on the Japanese troops inside the city gate.
The combat effectiveness of the troops of the Japanese Fifth Division was indeed strong. The Japanese officers and soldiers were awakened from their sleep and had no time to organize effective resistance. They fought independently and still showed tenacious combat effectiveness. The enemy and we fought desperately in the city gates, and the battle was extremely fierce.
It took Xu Dalong, Zhang Dabiao and others more than an hour to eliminate the Japanese troops inside, and their own casualties reached more than 200 people.
After capturing Niangzi Pass, Xu Dalong, Chu Yunfei, Li Yunlong and others set up a headquarters inside the city pass. The Mawushan guerrillas guarded Chengguan, and the troops of the New 1st Brigade and the 358th Brigade were stationed on the hills on both sides of Niangziguan, ready to repel the Japanese counterattack at any time.
War Room of the District Chief's Department during World War II.
The chief of staff and General Fu have been waiting for news about Xu Dalong.
After receiving the telegram from Xu Dalong, the chief of staff said happily: "Xu Dalong and the others have captured Niangzi Pass, and we can launch an attack on the Japanese troops in the direction of Hancheng."
General Fu agreed and said, "We can begin."
