Washitsu Songhei was a native of Aichi Prefecture, Japan. He graduated from the Army Sergeant School in November 1905 and from the Army University in December 1915. He served as staff officer of the Tianjin Resident Army, attaché to the Japanese Embassy in the United States, attached to the General Staff Headquarters, and 13th Infantryman. Regiment commander, major general commander of the 39th Infantry Brigade, principal of the Army Toyama School attached to the Guards Division Headquarters, was promoted to lieutenant general in November 1937.
It should be said that Lieutenant General Washizu Songhei is a figure in the Japanese army who has seen the world. When he was the attaché of the Japanese Embassy in the United States, he carefully studied and inspected the establishment of the U.S. military system, military training, weapons and equipment, and tactics. In Washijin According to Lieutenant General Song Ping, the U.S. military is better equipped than the Japanese army, but its fighting will is not as good as that of the Japanese army. If the two armies meet, there will be no problem in defeating the U.S. military with the Japanese army's tactical proficiency and the commander's bravery and prowess. The only one in the world who can compete with the Japanese army is Only the German army can be compared, not any other army.
Lieutenant General Itagaki Seishiro's tragic experience has been carefully studied in China by Lieutenant General Washitsu Songhei. He concluded that although Lieutenant General Itagaki Seishiro fell into the trick of the Chinese army, the Chinese army was very proficient in using tactics in the battle. , the reasonable use of firepower has really reached a very high level. Especially after the instructor division attacked Tianjin and destroyed the North China Front Army Aviation Corps twice, Lieutenant General Songping Songping, who was the principal of the Army Toyama School, was shocked. When did the Chinese army have such powerful firepower and such high command skills? Is this still the Chinese army I know?
Lieutenant General Jiujin Songping led the 21st Division to China with this kind of doubt.
Lieutenant General Jiujin Songping was very dissatisfied with the garrison in De County this time. In his opinion, the North China Plain was divided vertically and horizontally by railways and highways, and it was impossible to hide a force as powerful as the instructor. His 21st Division You should go to the Shanxi battlefield or go south along the Jinpu Line to find Liu Yimin and the instructor to see what kind of team this China force is. Unfortunately, the 21st Division is a three-unit security division. In the minds of General Touichi Terauchi and Lieutenant General Nishio Hisao, the tasks of guarding, defending and mopping up, attacking cities and seizing passes, and gaining the limelight through military exploits were all left to the permanent divisions.
Therefore, after the aggrieved Lieutenant General Jiujin Songping accepted the task of focusing on the east of Jinpu Road and the northwest of the Yellow River, he judged that there was no main force of resistance armed forces in the area, and used the main force of the 21st Division to the west of Jinpu Road. The area south of Deshi Road. He thought that even if there were no instructors from Liu Yimin in this area, the resistance forces in southern Hebei could still be wiped out through raids to ensure the security of Dexian area and the safety of Jinpu Road and Deshi Road. Unexpectedly, As soon as it started, it hit a snag.
This cavalry unit is so strange. It seems to be a sniper unit. It always shoots at a distance of more than 500 meters. The guns kill no one. All the bullet casings were taken away. In just one daytime battle, my 21st Division actually lost a brigade of troops. This is terrible. You have to know how many people the imperial army lost when they occupied the entire Manchuria!
Lieutenant General Jiujin Songping, who was about to cry without tears, was already going crazy. He wanted to seize these cavalry troops and tear them apart. Unfortunately, these guys were as timid as mice and did not dare to stop and fight the imperial army. The imperial army shot at unexpected places and then ran away. What is hateful is that the Chinese people came up with the idea of digging the road into trenches, restricting the movement of their tanks, armored vehicles and automobiles, leaving the Chinese cavalry behind. They fearlessly fought against the imperial army. Several times when they saw that the troops on both wings were about to surround them, this cavalry unit relied on their superb shooting skills and used the trenches to rush out. There was no other way, no matter how brave the imperial soldiers were. Man, under the sound of the enemy's gunfire, the soldiers' spirits were almost broken, their eyes became shrinking, and this battle could no longer go on.
Lieutenant General Jiujin Songping had no choice but to order his troops to stop this cat-and-mouse game, ignore the harassment of this small cavalry unit, turn around and head south, and continue their raids.
The chief of staff reminded him that it was getting dark, and General Touichi Shouichi of the temple had strict orders. When it got dark, all troops would camp, build fortifications, and make defensive preparations to guard against sneak attacks by the Chinese army.
Lieutenant General Jiujin Songhei glanced at the Chief of Staff and saw a flash of panic in this guy's eyes, so he wanted to slap him as he went to work. He held back his breath and turned to look at the brigade commander and commander who were following him. , seeing these guys lowering their heads and not daring to look at him, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, and ordered the chief of staff to arrange defense and security, and each unit collected the remains of the soldiers and camped on the spot.
Looking at the car after car of corpses and the depressed expressions of the soldiers carrying the corpses, Lieutenant General Jiujin Songping felt that this was the saddest day in his life. Nearly a division of troops, equipped with tanks and armored vehicles, was actually let go. A small group of guys who claimed to be the Changbai Mountain Anti-Japanese Sharpshooters had been fooling around for a whole day, killing a group of Imperial Army warriors, and not even catching a single one of them. If word spread, it would make many people laugh to death.
At night, Lieutenant General Jiujin Songping lived in a village by the Jiangjiang River. When he lay down on the bed, Lieutenant General Jiujin Songping carefully recalled the battle situation during the day. The more he thought about it, the more interesting he found it. A small cavalry team When the troops encountered the main force of the 21st Division, they not only did not turn around and escape, but instead played a cat-and-mouse game with the imperial army. This shows that in their hearts they are not afraid of the main force of the imperial army in a division at all. This kind of courage is not that of the bandit Huzi or Chiang Kai-shek. What the regular army of the Nationalist Government can possess, if they had this kind of courage, the Manchurian Incident and the North China Incident would not have happened. Thinking about it again, the shooting skills of this army are so superb, it is not the concept of ordinary sharpshooters, it is clear It is the use of sniper tactics in harassment warfare. Such a sophisticated tactic is definitely not something that the average Chinese army can possess. Apart from the imperial army trying this tactic, how can other countries in Asia have this tactic!
Thinking about it again, the reason why this unit took away all the bullet casings was that in addition to not wanting to expose the model of the gun and concealing their identity, there was also the possibility of reloading the ammunition. Thinking about it this way, the identity of this unit is easy to come out. Because the bandits did not have beards. Regarding the ability to reload ammunition, the Chinese government troops do not need to reload ammunition. Only the Communist Party’s troops need to reload ammunition and have the ability to reload ammunition. And the Communist Party’s army must have such an elite small cavalry unit, it must be Liu Yimin’s China Cult. Mentor.
When he thought of this, Lieutenant General Jiujin Songping woke up suddenly, got dressed immediately, and sat by the bed to think.
The first idea was to end the camp and return to Dexian overnight to hold on. But when he thought about the mysterious presence of instructor Liu Yimin, the 21st Brigade and the Chahar Dispatch Corps were all destroyed at night, Lieutenant General Jiujin Songping immediately gave up this idea. .
The second idea was to immediately report to the commander of the Second Army, Lieutenant General Nishio Hisao, and ask him to immediately mobilize heavy troops to encircle and suppress the instructor division. But then I thought about it, this is at best a small cavalry unit of the instructor division. Where is the main force of the instructor division? Where, only God knows, how to report to Lieutenant General Nishio Hiszo? If it is not done well, if the main instructors cannot be found, it is very likely that people will laugh at themselves for being insincere and lying about the military situation. It may even affect the overall suppression plan of the base camp.
Only by finding the main force of the instructors and exposing them to the sun can General Terauchi Hisaichi and Lieutenant General Nishio Hisao mobilize a large army for encirclement and suppression.
How can we find the main force of instructors? Aircraft reconnaissance is obviously not possible. This team must be cunning and accustomed to operating at night. Relying on aircraft for aerial reconnaissance is unreliable. It is even worse to send search troops to search and conduct reconnaissance. A small unit may never come back. It should be a bad idea to rely on friends who are close to the Imperial Army to collect intelligence, but the strange thing is that since leaving De County and entering the western region of the canal, it seems that I have not met any friends of the Imperial Army. All I have encountered are pairs of hateful eyes. After much deliberation, Lieutenant General Jiujin Songping felt that the only feasible way was to use the main force of the 21st Division to conduct a heavy sweep along the canal in Xi'an, drive out the main force of the teaching division, and force them to engage in a head-on battle with the 21st Division. .As soon as the two sides start fighting, they will not be able to escape. The powerful Combined Fleet Aviation and North China Front Army Aviation will blow them to pieces!
As for the security issue of the 21st Division, Lieutenant General Jiujin Songping did not consider it. However, after repeated consideration, he believed that the 21st Brigade, the Chahar Expeditionary Force, and the Tianjin garrison were not prepared at all, and their troops were too late. It was deployed and the instructor succeeded in a sneak attack before heavy weapons were prepared. Under normal circumstances, Lieutenant General Jiujin Songping believed that, let alone other troops, the 21st Brigade alone could defeat two or three armies of the Chinese army. There is no problem. Now, since I have anticipated the enemy's opportunity, I am not afraid of the instructor's sneak attack. During the day, we advance together, and there is air cover. If the instructor dares to attack, that is what we want. At night, camp early, build a position, and defend. It is a good defense line. The soldiers take turns to rest, and the instructors come to attack. With the combat effectiveness of the imperial army soldiers, there is no problem in defending for ten days and a half, not to mention one night. I am not afraid of the instructors attacking, but I am afraid that the main instructors are not here. Let yourself It’s all too busy.
After making up his mind, Lieutenant General Jiujin Songping ordered the chief of staff to inspect the positions of each unit, reset the passwords, and the soldiers took turns to sleep. One-third of the soldiers must be on alert at any time.
After the chief of staff was ordered to go for an inspection, Lieutenant General Jiujin Songping sat down and wrote a letter home to his wife. He told her with joy that tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow at the latest, he and his 21st Division might have to fight. Create a miracle, find the Chinese God of War Liu Yimin and his instructor who brought shame to the imperial army, and let the powerful aviation force blow them into pieces.
After writing the letter, Lieutenant General Jiujin Songping went to bed again. However, he was so excited that he tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. He wanted the guards to find a Chinese girl to ravage, but then he remembered that when he entered the village, all the people had already run away. Speaking of girls, it was hard to find even an old man. In desperation, Lieutenant General Washijin Songping fantasized about the appearance of Empress Ryoko, masturbated, and then fell asleep.
Lieutenant General Jiujin Songping did not expect that this sleep would be his last sleep on earth.
That night, Jizhong had a different scene.
After a day's advance, the Japs from the 23rd and 24th Divisions not only opened up Cangshi Road, but also controlled Gaocheng, Jinxian, Shenxian, and Wuqiang, and formed a blockade along Cangshi Road. Moreover, the 23rd Division also captured Wuji and Shenze, and the 24th Division captured Xianxian County. Under the guidance of traitors, the main forces of the two divisions set out from Pinghan Road and Jinpu Road, advancing east to west, towards Rao Yang, Anping, Suning, and Hejian pounced.
The fifth independent mixed brigade on the northern line departing from Tianjin and the independent garrison brigade departing from Peiping have all arrived at Dabao Road, and began to compress southward with the puppet troops.
The lights of the Japanese armored vehicles patrolling the highway illuminated the sky brightly, and the bonfires lit by the Japanese campers made the villages and wilderness look even darker.
There were gunshots and cries everywhere, and the beautiful Jizhong Plain was suffering in purgatory.
Lu Bi, Lu Zhengcao and Meng Qingshan had returned to their bases one after another after the meeting to arrange for troops to break out.
The People's Self-Defense Army is easy to talk about. The main force has just returned from Fuping. The troops are all concentrated in Anping. The number is not large. There are five regiments of 5,000 people. They can leave at any time.
The Hebei guerrilla army has a big problem. The troops are scattered in various places and it is difficult to gather them together. Fortunately, after the instructors captured Tianjin last time, they added radio stations to the guerrilla army, making it easier to contact them.
After this contact, each unit reported their respective situations. The First Division has been following Meng Qingshan. Needless to say, Duan Shizeng's Second Division is still in Li County, and Ma Youmin's Third Division is in Anping. Li Qingsuo's Ninth Road in Shenze The army is retreating to Anping, and the team has suffered heavy losses. Gao Shuncheng, the 1st Guerrilla Division operating between Renqiu and Hejian, is negotiating with the Japanese army. The cadres sent to the department have left the department with radios and controlled troops. Rushing towards Suning. Meng Qingshan immediately ordered three direct divisions and Xu Peijian's First Route Army in Raoyang, Wang Ben's Second Route Army in Suning, Chen Muxin's Third Route Army in Anguo, and Guomei Village in Li County. The Sixth Route Army and Ma Yuxiang's Eleventh Route Army, operating at the junction of Suning and Gaoyang counties, concentrated on Anping, carried out a breakout, and jumped to the outside to fight. Orders were given to station the Fourth Route in Anxin and the Fifth Route in Renqiu. The Seventh Route, which is stationed in the mountainous area west of Baoding, the Eighth Route, which operates north and east of Baiyangdian, and the Twelfth Route, which operates in the west of Tianjin, insist on internal operations and carry out anti-mopping up guerrilla warfare on the spot. They can also move to western Hebei depending on the situation. ,Jidong breaks out.
In view of the fact that Gao Shuncheng had surrendered to the enemy, and the remaining troops had only been added to the committee and had not undergone training, the stability of the troops had become a key issue. Meng Qingshan sent another telegram to the commanders-in-chief, stating that he would rather die standing than live on his knees. It is glorious to be a national hero in the war of resistance, but it is shameful to be a traitor and a lackey. All troops are required to persist in the war of resistance and wait for the main force to defeat the enemy's encirclement and suppression and return to central Hebei.
After issuing the order, Meng Qingshan held a meeting of cadres above the company commander of the First Division to make specific arrangements for breakout operations.
The lantern flickered on and off, and the faces of the cadres it illuminated also flickered on and off.
Meng Qingshan's words were low and powerful: "This time the little devils used 50,000 troops to attack Jizhong. There were planes in the sky, tanks and armored vehicles on the ground. It looked menacing, but it was not scary. When I was studying at Xi'an Anti-Japanese Military and Political University, Liu
Principal Yimin specifically talked about breakout tactics. The first is to be concealed, and the second is to hit hard and hard, so that the Japanese will be knocked unconscious and beaten in one fell swoop. The first division is the main force of the guerrilla army, and its weapons have also been obtained.
The supplement of our army’s top main instructors
Chong. In this breakout, the First Division should be the vanguard and open the way for the entire army. Principal Liu Yimin repeatedly emphasized that the brave will win when encountering a narrow road. Even if you die, you will die on the charge. I can tell you that on Cangshi Road, which is heavily blocked by the enemy, De
On the stone line, when the time comes, the most powerful troops of our Eighth Route Army will meet us, open the blockade for us, and cover our army's breakout. So everyone must strengthen their confidence, lead the team well, and resolutely break through the enemy's blockade. Breaking through the blockade is victory!"
Seeing that the emotions of the cadres had been aroused, Meng Qingshan remembered the battlefield mobilization method of the professor of the Anti-Japanese University, and continued: "After we successfully break through, I will ask the legendary hero of our army, the president of the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University whom I admire most, to
Commander of the Western Military Region and commander of the teaching division, General Liu Yimin, who captured Taiyuan and Tianjin and forced Lieutenant General Itagaki Seishiro, the daring Japanese army, to commit suicide by caesarean section, inspected our army, gave a speech to everyone, and personally guided our training. Comrades, do you agree?"
As soon as the cadres heard that they could meet the legendary hero Liu Yimin, they immediately became excited and shouted in unison: "Okay!"
Meng Qingshan then waved his hand and ordered the cadres to go back and mobilize immediately. They would clear out all the supplies. Except for dry food, weapons and ammunition, they would not take any other pots and jars with them, and marched to Anping overnight. Meng Qingshan told the cadres this way: "
The instructors are the richest unit in our army. Soldiers have meat to eat every day. If we go to learn from them, they will naturally take care of the food. We do not bring all the supplies and baggage, lest the comrades of the instructors laugh at us for not getting along well.
pauper!"
At this time, the cadres laughed loudly, the dark clouds on their faces completely dissipated, and they were busy going back to prepare for departure.
Later, after the troops broke through to southern Hebei, when Meng Qingshan reported the pre-war mobilization meeting to Liu Yimin, Liu Yimin patted Meng Qingshan on the shoulder and praised him as one of the best graduates of the Anti-Japanese University.
He studied very well, no wonder he was able to raise a hundred thousand guerrilla troops.
Meng Qingshan would remember Liu Yimin's praise for his whole life. A few years later, whenever the generals gathered together, Meng Qingshan would take advantage of Liu Yimin's praise whenever he got drunk. He would always proudly say that Liu Shuai said that I was the best graduate of the Anti-Japanese University.
The word "一" was deliberately removed.
That night, with Suning and Anping as the centers, all units of our army in central Hebei quickly assembled and concentrated on Anping, thus kicking off the great breakout in central Hebei.