[A letter to the elders of Sichuan and compatriots across the country]
[Since I left Sichuan with the Red Army in the 25th year of the Republic of China, I have been determined to protect my home and country, but I have always been walking on thin ice. Fortunately, he lived up to the expectations of his hometown elders and occasionally won a small victory. He wiped out the entire enemy regiment 117 and handed over a regiment flag! I am still self-reflecting, and I dare not be proud of myself because of small contributions! Today, I learned that the Ministry of Military Affairs has awarded me the designation and the position of commander of the 122nd Division. I feel deeply saddened. I fear that the reputation of the 122nd Division will be disgraced and I will be ashamed of the heroic spirit of General Wang Mingzhang! However, we, the anti-Japanese people, should have faced the difficulties head-on. As the saying goes: if we seek to benefit the country's life and death, how can we avoid it because of good or bad fortune? Moreover, I have more than 3,000 Sichuan soldiers under my command, who can train a Sichuan army! In addition, Yu was already ready to sacrifice his life for charity. He should imitate General Wang's story and fight the Japanese invaders to the bitter end. How could he use his name to prove it? Here, on behalf of the remaining 3,000 Sichuan soldiers, Yu Jin takes over the flag of the 122nd Division and pledges to his compatriots across the country, to the elders of Sichuan, to the heroic spirits of all the 122nd Division, and to the heroic spirit of General Wang Mingzhang that he will never fall. The reputation of the Sichuan Army! 】
[I, Liu Yu, paused at the battlefield at Jingxingguan in the Taihang Mountains! 】
[In the twenty-eighth year of the Republic of China, January 23rd. 】
A clear telegram spread all over the country.
For a time, everyone knew Liu Yu's name.
Some people are laughing at him, saying that he is a fool. Anyone with a discerning eye can see how strong the Japanese are, but he actually openly raises a flag to fight the Japanese to the death. Isn't this the only way out?
There were also those who opposed it, including Wang Ming from the United Front Work Department of our party, who directly issued a document saying that Liu Yu's invasion of other friendly army numbers was undermining the anti-Japanese national united front.
The scolding made Liu Yu roll his eyes. The number of Te Meow was given by Lao Jiang, not mine. Can you figure it out before you complain?
More people admire him, especially the young students. For a time, countless students left school and embarked on the road to Taihang Mountain.
As for the Sichuan Army, a telegram from Liu Yu reached General Yang Sen who was in Changsha. This nominally current "leader of the Sichuan Army" looked down upon our party and scorned Liu Yu's party membership, but he was dissatisfied with Liu Yu's He expressed his satisfaction.
Lao Jiang gave the designation of the 122nd Division to the Eighth Route Army. Of course he was unhappy and complained to Lao Jiang, but Lao Jiang vowed that "over there" did not dare to take this designation.
But who knew Liu Yu was here?
For Yang Sen, the good thing is that he seeks advantages and avoids disadvantages, and the bad thing is that if you have breasts, you will be a mother, but he is not as straightforward as Shi Yousan. Now that Liu Xiang is dead, he is the only one in the Sichuan Army to bear the pressure of Lao Jiang. The logistics, food and salary have to depend on Lao Jiang's face, so they can only hug Lao Jiang's thigh tightly.
Furthermore, the 122nd Division was formerly Sun Zhen's unit, and to be honest, it has nothing to do with him.
Seeing that Liu Yu was on the road and praising the Sichuan army, he felt that Beier was respected, but at the same time he didn't want to offend Yan'an to death, so he simply kept silent.
As for General Sun Zhen, the former commander of the 41st Army of the 122nd Division, he directly replied with a two-word message.
【Got it! 】
Of course, this telegram also framed Liu Yu himself. Just like now, if he dares to withdraw troops from Jingxing, the overwhelming curse will drive him to death, and even the reputation of our party will be affected.
The common people don't know anything about military affairs, and most of the direction of public opinion is controlled by Chongqing. With such a shackle, they can use their brains to play Liu Yu to death.
As for our principal, it was really like eating a fly, Liu Yu was so disgusting.
He was already wary of the Eighth Route Army. It is said that the total strength of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army now exceeds 50,000 (actually already more than 100,000). If one division is like this, what about the entire Eighth Route Army?
The principal felt shuddering at that time, and red fear spread in his heart.
Originally, the principal would definitely not agree to give the number to "over there", but wasn't he tempted by a coalition flag?
I want the alliance flag, but the Eighth Route Army has asked for a serial number. What should I do?
I can only take out a hot potato and ask you if you dare to take it?
Who knew that Liu Yu said that I have thick skin and am not afraid of getting burned!
The key is that he also agreed to provide equipment and supplies for a brigade!
This is really unreasonable!
That day, several expensive antique vases in the principal's office were broken.
On the other hand, Yan'an was very impressed with Liu Yu's handling of the case. They even praised Liu Yu for his political acumen and said that they must meet this Yuyazi again if they have the opportunity.
. . . . . .
After the telegram was sent, Liu Yu stopped caring about those trivial matters. Instead, he exchanged 8 Bofors 40mm single-barreled anti-aircraft guns and 20 Oerlikon twin-mounted 20mm machine guns from the system to control the situation in Jingxing County. More than 300 puppet army prisoners were pulled over to form an air defense battalion, deployed in the mountains behind Baodugu, and then taught them how to use these anti-aircraft guns.
I originally looked down on these puppet troops, but in the end I still didn't want to give up my own troops, because once the air defense positions were exposed, they would definitely be targets for the enemy's air force and artillery.
On the air defense position, after Liu Yu gave a round of teaching, he called the puppet soldiers together for a lecture.
"According to the crimes you have committed before, you should have been shot long ago! Now, I give you a chance, a chance to atone for your sins and start a new life!"
"We are all Chinese, so I won't talk nonsense. As long as you can shoot down the Japs' plane, I will give you your freedom! If you want to stay or leave, it's all of your own free will!"
"To put it bluntly, we are all gentlemen. If we can hold our chests straight and behave openly, no one would want to live with someone poking their backs for the rest of their lives, don't you think?"
After listening to Liu Yu's words, a puppet soldier raised his hand and said: "Sir, I heard that your Eighth Route Army has white noodles for every meal, meat for every meal, and two yuan a month, and the pension is never in arrears. Is it true? ?”
Liu Yu said with a smile: "Our Eighth Route Army is very poor. We are no different from those no-name troops. We are even worse off than those no-name troops. The National Government has delayed our military pay for a long time. However, as long as we have money, we will spend it on I have asked the brothers to either find ways to buy equipment, or to improve the food, and occasionally give out allowances. I can't give a clear answer to the brother's question just now, because I don't know how much money I have, and the accountant We are all political commissars. Maybe we will have no money tomorrow, and we will not be able to pay allowances to the soldiers."
"But so what? Even if we have no money, even if we eat sweet potatoes and potatoes every day, our Eighth Route Army will still beat the Japanese to the point where they cry for father and mother! Why? Because we join the Eighth Route Army to fight the Japanese, not for money, but to protect the elders in our hometown. Folks, brothers and sisters! When we first started recruiting, we explained the situation of the Eighth Route Army to the recruits, but so many people still joined, just because of this!"
"Nowadays, if you join the army in order to get promoted and make a fortune, it will be the same wherever you go. It's impossible! The country is so poor, how can there be money for you, a big soldier, to get rich? You can make a little money by working for the little devils. Wealth, but you have the life to make it, and do you have the life to spend it? Tell yourselves, you have become a bitch, do the little devils ever treat you as a human being? In which war, you were not at the front, either blocking the machine gun holes, or Go to the mines!"
The puppet soldier who raised his hand to speak again said: "I don't want to be promoted or get rich, I just want to have a good meal!"
"I can't guarantee this, because we may be blocked by the Japanese one day, and then food from outside will not be able to come in, and starvation is inevitable."
Liu Yu smiled, then put away his smile and said seriously: "I can only promise that if you follow me to fight the Japanese, you will never be hungry if you have something to eat from me. I will do my best to give my soldiers the best." Equipment, the best supplies!”
Upon hearing this, all the puppet soldiers turned their heads to look at the anti-aircraft gun barrels looming behind them in the night.
"Sir! You are a real person, I will do it to you!" The puppet soldier who spoke before said first.
"Me too!"
"Me too!"
"..."
A group of puppet troops expressed their stance one after another.
Liu Yu waved his hand and said with a smile: "If you want to join the Eighth Route Army, it depends on your performance. Whether you can shoot down a Japanese plane tomorrow is the first step. After that, you have to enter the recruit camp and undergo systematic training. If you persevere, you can Become an Eighth Route Army soldier!"
With that said, Liu Yu stood up, patted the dust on his body, and said: "Continue training, and try to get a bonus tomorrow. Whichever artillery crew is the first to shoot down a Japanese plane, I will give each person two cans of beef, plus a jar of roasted sweet potatoes!" "
. . . . . .
The next day, 8 am.
After breakfast, the Japanese army once again launched an attack on the Tumenguan defensive position. It was still the same old method, artillery bombardment, and then the infantry spread out in squadrons and attacked the Eighth Route Army position.
At the same time, four more bombers took off from Taiyuan Airport and flew to Tumen Pass.
Yesterday, they bullied the Eighth Route Army because they had no anti-aircraft firepower. They lowered the altitude to less than 500 meters and dropped bombs almost on the top of the mountain. The explosions were accurate and hard!
But this time they were not as lucky as yesterday. The Japanese bombers lowered their altitude and were about to drop their bombs. On the reverse slope of the mountain behind Baodugu, 28 anti-aircraft guns of various sizes suddenly took off their camouflage and lit up the sky. call!
Even if the puppet army is a novice, as Liu Yu said, it only needs to be able to fire the cannon into the sky.
The barrage that nearly covered the sky directly shot down one bomber, and two of the remaining three were damaged. They were so frightened that they dropped the bombs in a hurry and panicked, without looking back. gone.
Liu Yu and others naturally raised their arms and shouted.
This scene was also seen by Lieutenant General Genjiro Taniguchi, the commander of the 108th Division, and he was so angry that he cursed on the spot.
Immediately, Motojiro Taniguchi, whose mind was completely broken, launched a pig attack tactic against the Eighth Route Army's position. One squadron after another, one after another, rushed towards Jingxing Pass.
The so-called pig attack tactic is the Japanese's charge.
This suicide charge tactic originated from Wang Mang in the Han Dynasty of China and later became world-famous in the hands of Nogi Nogi. When the troops have an absolute advantage, it can still achieve good tactical effects.
Several machine guns on the Eighth Route Army's side were shot and disabled. After repelling three Japanese attacks, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, the Eighth Route Army finally couldn't resist the fourth Japanese attack and had no choice but to withdraw from the front-line position.
The casualties were secondary, but the main reason was that the barrel of the machine gun could not withstand long-term continuous fire.
Two o'clock in the afternoon.
On the second-line positions in the Liangziling and Dazhaishan areas, Liu Yu looked at the Japanese artillery troops entering Taniguchi through the artillery mirror at the command post, with a sneer on his lips.
When the Japanese artillerymen set up their positions outside Tumen Village, Liu Yu picked up the phone and said, "Get the artillery regiment for me!"
After the call was connected, Liu Yu directly ordered: "Lao Luo, this is Liu Yu. The Japanese artillerymen are looking for death themselves and have placed their positions in Tumen Village. Now let's see if you have the appetite!"
The other end of the phone: "Understood! Commander, just watch it!"
On the second day of the war, Liu Yu's artillery was pulled to Jingxing, but he never took action.
Of course it’s not that he forgot!
Only a fool would do such a stupid thing to use those cannons against an artillery regiment of little devils.
Good steel must be used on the blade!
No, here's the opportunity!
. . . . . .
On the Japs side, the artillery regiment of the 108th Division has just constructed an artillery position and is currently demarcating the elements.
In Tumen Village, Artillery Regiment Captain Sakaguchi Xiong Yi was observing the Eighth Route Army position on Dazhai Mountain through the artillery mirror.
"Yo Xi! These cunning Chinese people have finally deployed their position on the front of the mountain."
As he said that, he looked at the staff officer beside him: "How many artillery shells do we have left?"
The staff officer replied: "There are still 2 bases left, but the follow-up supplement will arrive soon, and is expected to arrive at 7 p.m."
"Yo Xi! Order, after all artillery positions are ready, start free fire on the Eighth Route Army positions to cover the infantry charge!"
"Hai!"
However, just before he finished speaking, there was a burst of sound in his ears.
"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"
"This is......"
Sakaguchi Xiong Yi's eyes widened. Before he could speak, a series of explosions reached his ears.
"Artillery group! Field artillery group of the Eighth Route Army! Quick..."
"boom!"
Before he finished speaking, a shell fell into the command post. Sakaguchi Xiong Yi suddenly felt like he had been hit by a train.
Outside, the Japanese artillery position was already in chaos. The artillery shells from the sky fell one after another. People were constantly blown away, the artillery was blown over, and the ammunition was blown up.
It can be said to be like purgatory on earth.
Liu Yu's original field artillery and Type 92 infantry artillery, plus the 6 previously captured 117th Regiment, a total of 16 direct-firing artillery, bombarded the Japanese artillery position for a full hour, and the Japanese artillery was wide. A total of more than 1,800 artillery shells were fired from a narrow position of only 300 meters and less than 400 meters in depth!
The artillery regiment of the 108th Division suffered a devastating blow!
They were also seeking their own death. Wouldn't it be enough to move the artillery to the reverse slope of Hailuo Mountain and bombard the Eighth Route Army's positions from above?
Just to save trouble, they just thought that the Eighth Route Army did not have artillery, so they arrogantly pulled the artillery into the Jingxing Canyon. I can only say that they deserved it.
In the rear, in Huolu County, Taniguchi Motojiro was wiping his command knife. When he heard the intensive explosions coming from the Jingxing Canyon, he thought it was his own artillery firing, but he didn't take it seriously.
But a few minutes later, the staff officer came to report that his artillery position had been shelled by the Eighth Route Army and suffered heavy losses.
Motojiro Taniguchi became numb at that time.
You must know that the artillery regiment was pulled into Jingxing Canyon, but his order was to deal with Liu Yu's unit as soon as possible. After all, it would take a lot of time to move the artillery to Conch Mountain.
When the Eighth Route Army's shelling ended, he rushed to the artillery position. When he saw the scene in front of him, he was so angry that he vomited blood on the spot, then turned his head and fainted.
The division commander fainted, and it was naturally difficult to continue the subsequent attack.
To be honest, the following brigade commanders and commanders did not want to fight.
The Jingxing Tumenguan area is already easy to defend but difficult to attack, and Liu Yu's troops on the opposite side are very powerful. If you still charge with a banquet, isn't this asking the imperial soldiers to die?
There were only over 800 casualties all day yesterday, but in the three attacks this morning, the number of casualties alone reached 1,200, not to mention the injured. The casualties of the fourth attack are still being counted, and it is estimated that they will not be much less. .
How can there be such a fight?
You say Nogi Nogi is the God of War, do you really think of him as the God of War?
Most of the regiment was destroyed before Liu Yu's first line of defense was broken. Now the artillery regiment has been destroyed. The imperial army has almost lost face!
These old-school mainland bureaucrats should all be demoted to the reserve force!
. . . . . .
By the time Motojiro Taniguchi woke up, it was already 9 p.m.
The first time he woke up, he saw an accountability telegram from Peking and ordered him to retreat.
Sugiyama Yuan also gave an explanation, because the two brigades in Yujiajia and Jingzhuang were finished, and there was no need for reinforcements.
Of course Taniguchi Motojiro was not convinced and directly called the Peiping headquarters.
"Now the base camp is planning a strategy to go north. At the same time, the 11th Army in the South China direction is also advancing, so it cannot provide more support to your department. Mr. Taniguchi, please give up the plan to wipe out Liu Yu's department for the time being. Anyway, he took over the designation of the 122nd Division. , he must be crucified at Jingxing! You withdraw your troops, and the front army will replenish your troops and equipment. When we have our hands free, it will not be too late to destroy him! By then, there will definitely be a chance for you to kill Liu Yu with your own hands!"
Listening to General Sugiyama Moto's consolation on the phone, Taniguchi Motojiro could only endure it no matter how dissatisfied he was, and finally gritted his teeth and said: "Wakal Masita!"
That night, the 108th Division withdrew from the Jingxing Canyon overnight. The withdrawal was so smooth that when Liu Yu discovered it in the early morning, there was not a single ghost left.
