At the northern end of the Taiyue Mountains, at the junction of Wuxiang and Qi County, due to the squeeze of the two major mountains of Taihang Mountains and Taiyue Mountains, a formation starts from Quandian Village, Wuxiang County in the southeast and ends at Zihongkou, Qi County in the northwest.
The Grand Canyon, which is nearly 100 miles long, connecting the Jinzhong Plain and the Shangdang Basin. The widest part of this Grand Canyon is only a hundred steps, and the narrowest part is only three feet tall. The valley is covered with trees, the roads are rugged, and the passes are amazing, easy to defend and difficult to attack.
, It has been a military fortress and a place of keys since ancient times.
More than 800 years ago, Jin Dynasty Marshal Nianhan led his army through this canyon. Seeing such a dangerous pass, there was no soldiers guarding it. He had the idea that there was no one in the Central Plains and could destroy the Song Dynasty. So he rushed south and let the civilized Northern Song Dynasty explode.
The collapse ended with the four words "Jingkang Shame".
After many years, in the echo of drums and gangs fighting each other, the Shanxi merchants who drove camels turned this place into an important channel in the thousands of miles of tea road. At that time, Shanxi merchants purchased tea from Wuyi Mountain, Fujian and shipped it to Hubei.
Xiangfan changed to camels to transport them, from Sheqi County, Henan Province to Jincheng, Shanxi Province, and after resting and recuperation, they changed to carriages or transports, went north to Datong or kill tiger mouth through Youyu to naturalization, and then used camel fleets to travel more than 1,000 kilometers.
In the desert, arrived in Chaktu and handed over to Russian merchants to Irkutsk, Ural, and far away Petersburg. This Qi County is the transit station of Wanli Tea Road. Some Shanxi merchants transported tea directly to the north.
Some of them went out of Zihongkou and went to Qi County to wholesale to other caravans.
The Baili Canyon accommodates many Shanxi merchants' dreams.
Just as Liu Yimin waved the main force of the instructor to sweep the counties in Hebei, five elite Japanese divisions rushed towards Jinzhong, including the Sixth Division, the 109th Division and the 20th Division detoured from both wings.
The division and the 8th Division rolled in front, and looked like they were completely annihilated the main force of our army in Jinzhong.
The Independent Division of the Eighth Route Army, which defended Jinzhong, was adapted from the Red Third Army. Although the Red Third Army suffered heavy losses in the Xiangjiang Battle, after several years of rest and recuperation, its combat effectiveness has improved a lot compared to the original one. Since entering the Shanxi battlefield, although the Independent Division has
After several battles, but in the view of the division commander Xu Xiangqian, the scale and results of these battles were negligible compared with the 115th Division and the instructor. This time, the strong enemy was approaching, and Xu Xiangqian was not afraid of it and thought that this was the Japanese who came to him.
It’s time to fight a few battles so that the Shanxi fellow villagers can see the achievements of the Eighth Route Army.
Xu Xiangqian is usually taciturn, but when fighting, he is definitely like a virgin and moving like a rabbit. He can always find a solution to complex situations. He can be called a master of military tactics.
Although he was determined to teach the Japanese invaders a lesson, Xu Xiangqian knew that if he fought hard, he would definitely not be the opponent of the strong enemy in front of him. Therefore, while commanding the troops to fight step by step, Xu Xiangqian withdrew his main force to the front line of Zihongkou in Qi County.
It is planned to take advantage of the dangerous terrain of Zihongkou to protect the transfer of military and civilians in Jinzhong, and to deal a heavy blow to the Japanese army.
Historically, under the leadership of General Samushi Min, the 169th Division of the 17th Route Army stationed in Zihongkou in December 1937 and guarded the southeastern gateway of Jin. In April 1937, the Japanese army launched a siege of the nine-way base in the southeastern Jin base, and General Samushi Min was led by General Samushi Min.
The 169th Division Jianer defeated the Japanese army at Hongkou at the beginning of Baijin Road, destroying more than 1,000 Japanese invaders, making him famous all over the world.
Thanks to Liu Yimin's arrival, Taiyuan was recovered and the Jinzhong Plain became the base of the Eighth Route Army. The 17th Route Army later reinforced Zhongtiao Mountain. This son Hongkou is now defended by the Eighth Route Army Independent Division.
Luzhuang was the first Pingchuan village to the Jinzhong Plain after leaving Zihongkou. It was the hub for the Shanxi merchants to convert camel transportation to vehicles. The roads in the village were all bluestone roads. When children were playing, they occasionally
He can also pick out horseshoes and copper coins from the cracks of the stone slabs and take them home to show off to his friends.
On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, Gao Erhua, the instructor of the Sixth Detachment of the Jinzhong Guerrillas, led the soldiers to cover more than 2,000 fellow villagers. After a night of march, he retreated from Qixian County to Luzhuang.
According to the plan, Gao Erhua planned to take a break in Luzhuang and let the villagers rest and enter the mountain. He was about to arrive in Luzhuang, and he could enter the mountain with more effort. At this time, the Japanese cavalry caught up.
Gao Erhua was extremely anxious. While ordering the soldiers to run into Luzhuang to set up defenses and cover the villagers' movement, he kept calling the villagers to run quickly and it would be safe to run into the mountains.
When she ran into Luzhuang, Gao Erhua's heart was fluttering and she let go. Because she saw behind the walls made of bluestones in Luzhuang Village, the soldiers of the main force were silently cats there, with black guns.
The mouth pointed to the official road outside the village, which was the direction the Japanese cavalry chased.
The one who was preparing to block the Japanese in Luzhuang was a battalion led by Zeng Chunjian, deputy commander of the Independent Second Brigade of the Independent Division.
Zeng Chunjian was originally the leader of the Red 18th Regiment. After being injured in the Battle of Xiangjiang River, he handed over the troops to Liu Yimin. After returning from the team after recovering from injury, the Red 18th Regiment was rebuilt based on Liu Yimin's captives and weapons to support the Red 3rd Army. The Red Army was reorganized.
At that time, he was transferred to the deputy commander of the Independent Second Brigade of the Independent Division.
Last night, the Japanese army captured Qi County, and the Independent Division issued a combat order to cover the masses to move to Taiyue Mountain and Taihang Mountains, and strive to annihilate the enemy on the front line of Zihongkou. The Second Independent Brigade where Zeng Chunjian was located was ordered to rush to Zihongkou to set up positions.
At five o'clock in the morning, the Second Independent Brigade, which was marching urgently, received an order to send powerful troops to defend Luzhuang, block the enemy, respond to the transfer of the masses, and buy time for the main force to deploy on the front line of Zihongkou. After discussing with the brigade commander Li Tianyou, Zeng Chunjian personally led the
He ran to Luzhuang, opened up the yard, built a position, and decided to block the Japanese here, attract the Japanese to help, and lead the Japanese to Zihongkou. Li Tianyou led the main force of the brigade to deploy an ambush position on the front line of Zihongkou.
Seeing that the villagers had already run into Luzhuang, Zeng Chunjian waved and shouted Gao Erhua, who was about to lead the soldiers to block the Japanese in Luzhuang, and whispered: "Take the villagers away quickly, don't come back to reinforce, we are enough here.
Let's go quickly!"
Gao Erhua glanced at the official and whispered: "Chief, my name is Gao Erhua. I am the instructor of the Sixth Detachment of the Jinzhong Guerrillas. We can stay and block with you. There are many people and great power."
Zeng Chunjian said impatiently: "I know you are Gao Erhua. All the people in Jinzhong know what they sing, "Gao Erhua, Gao Erhua, to fight against Japan, he rode a horse with a pistol, and the female hero counted her."
You are talking about. Take the villagers away quickly, it will be too late."
Only then did Gao Erhua salute Zeng Chunjian and lead his team to cover the villagers' transfer.
The Spring Festival in 1938 is a strange thing. The weather is sunny and cold. The soldiers crawled behind the stone wall, and their noses were frozen. Zeng Chunjian asked the battalion commander to send a command: "The Japanese are cavalry, and no one is allowed to leave the position."
I can use bullets to fuck him. If I don’t shoot, no one can shoot!"
As soon as the order was conveyed, the Japanese cavalry arrived at the village entrance. It seemed to be a small team, fifty or sixty people. Zeng Chunjian knew that although there was only one team, the Japanese troops were searching for the main force of the Eighth Route Army. As long as the gun was fired, the Japanese would definitely
It will come from all directions.
Seeing that the Japanese cavalry team had completely entered their fire circle, Zeng Chunjian's eyes suddenly lit up, and he shouted and fired, and the mull gun in his hand opened fire.
The quiet Luzhuang suddenly made a loud gunfire, machine guns, rifles, and bullets were fired at the Japanese cavalry, and the enemy suddenly turned over. Some particularly cunning Japanese men rolled off their saddles when the gunshots sounded and began to shoot with war horses.
. Unfortunately, they encountered the old Red Army troops tested by the Long March. A small team of Japanese cavalry entered the fire circle of a battalion. The ending can be imagined. Only a few Japanese behind the palace escaped, and the rest of the company
A man and a horse were shot dead.
Zeng Chunjian ordered the soldiers to clean the battlefield as soon as possible, take the Japanese guns and ammunition, bury them again, and wait for the Japanese reinforcements.
Not long after, the Japanese reinforcements arrived, and it seemed to be a brigade. This time the Japanese were more vigilant and established artillery and heavy machine gun positions first, and began to launch artillery attacks on Luzhuang with four infantry cannons and grenade launchers.
This time Zeng Chunjian did not call on the soldiers what they should do. These are all old soldiers who know how to protect themselves. They hide in positions without showing their heads, and wait for the Japanese to stop bombarding before attacking his infantry.
The Japanese began to attack.
At this time, the Japanese were all old Japanese, with very high tactical literacy. Their attacks were not as densely charged in groups like those filmed in later movies, but were dragged by several people under the cover of artillery fire and heavy machine guns.
Light machine guns sometimes lie down and sometimes run. If you find a suitable position, you will set up a machine gun to fire. Once the position of the light machine gun is stable, the grenade canister will follow up and use the grenade canister to attack, blow the defenders out and then kill the machine gun.
Zeng Chunjian saw the Japanese behave like this and knew that this must be the elite troops of the Japanese. He ordered the soldiers to pay attention to saving ammunition, put the Japanese in the fight, and tried to get a bullet to destroy a Japanese.
This Luzhuang is at the root of the mountain. The villagers' houses, courtyard walls and fences beside the village are made of large bluestones in the mountains. They are extremely strong. The Japanese are cannons and light and heavy machine gun grenade launchers. They have been busy for a long time.
It did not cause much casualties to the Eighth Route Army. Seeing the Japanese infantry moving to the wall of the village, Zeng Chunjian gave another order. The Eighth Route Army soldiers immediately stood up, climbed on the low bluestone wall and started shooting, and the bomb throwers also began to
After dropping the bomb, the entrance of Luzhuang Village immediately filled with smoke.
During the fierce battle, a team of Japanese soldiers quietly detoured behind Luzhuang and cut off the Eighth Route Army's retreat towards Zihongkou. They attempted to attack the village from behind and attack the Eighth Route Army from behind.
This was the first time Zeng Chunjian fought hard with the Japanese. Seeing that the Japanese were fighting to the death and even encircled him, he knew that he would not be able to leave for a while, and decided to defend Luzhuang and find an opportunity to break through.
The Japanese could not attack and knew that they had encountered a tough guy. While concentrating artillery bombing, they called for reinforcements, saying that they had encountered the main force of the Eighth Route Army in Jinzhong and urgently needed fire tactical guidance, intending to siege Lu Zhuangtuan and relied on fierce firepower to annihilate it.
Guardians.
At noon, the Japanese reinforcements were continuously launched. Through the telescope, you can clearly see the Japanese mountain cannons and the wild cannons were all set up. Zeng Chunjian felt a little regretful and felt that he should have broken through while the Japanese were circumventing.
It was too late to say anything. He was an old Red Army and had such rich combat experience. He knew that at this time, the Japanese must be put into the village to fight, otherwise, the Japanese artillery fire alone could swallow his battalion alive.
As long as you persist until dark, you will have a way to break through.
The Japanese concentrated artillery bombardment began, and shells exploded everywhere in the village, and the troops suffered casualties, and the number of casualties increased rapidly. Zeng Chunjian saw that it was not a solution, so he immediately ordered the troops to give up the village head position and put the Japanese in the village to fight them.
Mix together so that the enemy can't use artillery fire.
After the mass artillery was stopped, seeing that the Eighth Route Army in the village did not respond, the Japanese infantry launched a new attack. This time it was good, and the progress was smooth. The Eighth Route Army did not fire, and the Japanese soldiers successfully entered the village.
The neat bluestone road, neat bluestone courtyard walls, and neat bluestone houses made the Japanese soldiers who entered the village were overwhelmed by the Japanese soldiers. However, these Japanese soldiers were elite Japanese soldiers after all, and they were more alert.
His eyes searched for suspicious things, for fear that he would be summoned to Amaterasu by bullets and grenades from the Eighth Route Army if he was not careful.
It was really the same as the Japanese soldiers thought. The Eighth Route Army retreated to the yard and listened carefully to the Japanese through the wall. When they saw the Japanese enter the village, grenades were thrown out through the wall. The small hole in the wall
It also turned into a gun hole, and immediately there was a rain of bullets, killing the Japanese.
The Japanese soldiers who were hit immediately adjusted their tactics and began to compete with the Eighth Route Army to fight the courtyard, starting a close battle. The two sides fought to the death in this small Luzhuang.
After Gao Erhua led the Sixth Guerrilla Detachment to cover the villagers' retreat to Zihongkou, he led the villagers to move along the official road in the canyon to Wuxiang County. When he arrived in Pantuo, he met the Qixian County Party Committee that had already been transferred here in advance.
The county government cadres, Cai knew that there was an enemy situation in the east, so he asked the villagers to go up the mountain on the spot. At this point, the task of the 6th Guerrilla Detachment to cover the transfer of the masses was completed, and the Qixian County Brigade and the militia continued to cover the transfer of the villagers.
After completing the mission, the Sixth Guerrilla Detachment took a short rest in Pantuo, ate some dry food, and the soldiers also took a nap. Gao Erhua was worried about the Eighth Route Army who was standing in Luzhuang, and did not care about fatigue, and led the team back the same way.
, want to go to Luzhuang to support the Eighth Route Army in combat.
Gao Erhua didn't know that the main force of the Eighth Route Army's Independent Division had arrived at Zihongkou Grand Canyon one after another, and Li Tianyou's main force of the Second Independent Brigade was hidden on the mountains on both sides of Zihongkou. She didn't know that the Eighth Route Army that was defending Luzhuang not only blocked the enemy, but also blocked the enemy,
The task of covering the transfer of the masses and the task of luring the enemy eastward. She just came to Luzhuang without hesitation with the responsibility of a soldier and caring for her comrades-in-arms to reinforce her comrades-in-arms who were fighting fiercely with the Japanese army.