On June 6, 1939, although the fighting around Pinglu had lasted for several days, it was known in history as the "June 6th Battle", or the "Battle of Munan", or the "Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain"
, it starts from this day! It’s a bit strange!
At dawn, all the national army positions south of Zhongtiao Mountain were violently attacked! It seemed to be an agreement! The Japanese army was going to wipe out all the troops of the Fourth Group Army in one go!
The results of this day's battle are heart-wrenching!
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Yungai Temple. 177th Division.
The core and fiercest battle of the day took place at Yungai Temple defended by the 1059th Regiment of the 530th Brigade of the 177th Division!
Just after dawn, the Japanese artillery began to bombard! The small village that had long been in ruins was almost blown to the ground!
The soldiers of the national army had no place to hide. They could only lie down under the broken wall that was half a man high, holding their heads in their hands, and let the broken bricks, stones and soil hit them like bullets on their bodies and heads! The shells fell on the soldiers,
Their stumps will be blown up everywhere! There will be blood dripping on the broken walls or branches!
The situation on the mountain was even worse! Japanese planes flew over at low altitude, either dropping bombs or firing machine guns!
There wasn’t even a tree on the mountain! The national soldiers could only lie down on their positions and shoot randomly into the sky!
However, when the machine gun bullets splashed half a person's height of soil around them, they also splashed with bright red blood!
Whether on the mountain or in the village, the attack has not officially started yet, and the 1059th Regiment has already suffered heavy casualties!
The headquarters of the regiment leader Zhang Jiesheng is located in a bomb crater on the mountain. He can only show one eye and stare at the Japanese troops at the bottom of the mountain! He is ready to give orders to shoot at any time!
Teacher Chen Shuoru's headquarters is located under an old locust tree in the village. The leaves of the old locust tree have long been polished off, but the remaining branches can still protect Teacher Chen from broken bricks and stones.
He shook the dirt off his body and called Qi Xuanyi to him, "Send two people out! One goes to the military headquarters and reports to me on the situation here. The other goes to the 38th Army and reports to Commander Zhao on the situation here! Please
They sent troops to support us!”
Qi Xuanyi and Lin Jiatai discussed and decided to send four people out, in pairs, to ensure that the situation was reported!
They all saw the battle situation in front of them clearly! It was very dangerous!
After the bombardment, the Japanese army began to attack!
The soldiers of the national army all have experience. When they heard the shelling gradually stopped, they came out of their hiding places, shook off the dirt on their bodies, checked the guns and ammunition in their hands, and stared at the village entrance with wide eyes, ready to fight!
Beside them, many national soldiers had been left mutilated by the bombing! Broken arms and legs were hung bloody on the wall!
Less than two minutes after the bombardment ended, the Japanese machine guns began shooting wildly!
The national soldiers had just half of their heads exposed from behind the broken wall, and whizzing bullets hit their foreheads one after another, causing blood to fly!
Lei Zhanru, commander of the 2nd Battalion who was guarding the entrance to the village, shouted in a hoarse voice: "More firepower! More firepower!"
The firepower point was the advice given to them by Mr. Nakama, and they had indeed trained! When dozens of rifles shoot at a firepower point at the same time, there will always be one bullet that will kill the shooter!
However, the Japanese army's shooters changed very quickly! When one was killed, another one quickly took over!
At this time, the Chinese soldiers no longer bothered to light up their firepower! Because a large number of Japanese troops had already charged forward!
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Hongshigou, Mogou, Bandouao. The main force of the 38th Army.
These three small villages are only two or three kilometers apart from each other, and they are close to each other.
Zhao Shoushan put the main force here for two purposes: first, to contain the Japanese troops attacking Munan Town and Pinglu County. The three small villages can support each other and even hit the Japanese troops hard! Second, once the Japanese troops start to attack Munan Town or
In Pinglu County, these main forces can attack the Japanese army from behind!
However, Ushijima Minoru’s position as division commander was not for nothing!
He spread out the map and took a look, and then he learned the numbers of these troops, and he understood the purpose of Commander Zhao!
Therefore, on June 6, although the Japanese army attacked in multiple directions, there were only two main directions of attack! One was Munan Town to the west of Pinglu County, and the other was Hongshigou, Mogou, and Bandouao.
A small village!
Here is the main force of the 38th Army! Eliminating these main forces will also eliminate the 38th Army! There is only the 96th Army left, so there is nothing to worry about!
So, at dawn in the morning, three groups of Japanese troops launched attacks on these three small villages at the same time!
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Hongshigou. Forty-ninth Brigade.
The 49th Brigade of the 17th Division defending Hongshigou was fiercely attacked by the main force of the 80th Regiment of the Japanese 20th Division coming from Zhangdian at dawn!
The First Battalion of the 97th Regiment of the brigade suffered heavy casualties when defending Hongshigou yesterday. Battalion Commander Hu Zhuoru died!
The Second Battalion also suffered most of its casualties in the Battle of Wenjiazhuang two days ago. Battalion Commander Qi Zhenluan was wounded in the head and waist!
Therefore, only the third battalion of the regiment is still intact and assumes the main defensive tasks!
The commander of the third battalion, Luo Qiren, was once Zhao Shoushan's guard company commander, and he was also a man who could fight! One of his characteristics on the battlefield was that he could shout at the top of his lungs, almost drowning out the sound of gunfire!
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Mogou. 51st Brigade.
The 51st Brigade of the 17th Division defending Mogou was attacked by the Shigematsu Regiment of the 37th Division of Maeda Haru!
Yin Ruimin, commander of the 102nd Regiment of the brigade, Shi Zhenqing, commander of the first battalion, Wang Tingjie, commander of the second battalion (total), and Xu Zhihui, commander of the third battalion. These four people are authentic Shaanxi fools.
They are the four generals under the brigade commander Sun Zikun, and they have always been responsible for the most arduous combat missions!
As soon as the battle began, these four men were like madmen, running around in the fire, motivating the soldiers to resist the Japanese attack!
The Japanese aircraft and artillery were like the god of death, smashing countless shells on the heads of the Chinese soldiers! The smoke and dust caused by the explosion on the position covered the sky! The Chinese soldiers who suffered heavy casualties were still resisting tenaciously!
At about 11 o'clock in the morning, Commander Zhao sent an urgent telegram to Geng Zhijie, commander of the 17th Division, ordering him to quickly send troops to support Munan Town! Both Yungai Temple and Munan Town defended by the 177th Division were in danger!
Commander Geng thought for a moment and ordered the 102nd Regiment of the 51st Brigade to reinforce Munan Town. There must be no mistake!
Yin Ruimin, commander of the 102nd Regiment, was repulsed by a Japanese attack and immediately launched a counterattack!
The machine guns in front opened the way, and countless grenades were thrown to both sides! The soldiers rushed down the mountain with rifles in hand, shouting, and quickly broke through the Japanese attack line and rushed toward the southwest!
The 102nd Regiment fought hard and fought fiercely all the way, trying hard to attack Munan Town!
The Shigematsu Regiment of the 37th Division divided its troops to pursue and notified the Japanese troops in front to intercept!
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Ban Douao. The 1057th Regiment.
The 1057th Regiment of the 529th Brigade of the 177th Division, which was defending Ban Douao, was violently attacked by the main force of the 79th Regiment of the Japanese 20th Division!
Bandoao is just a small village, but it was destroyed by Japanese artillery fire yesterday. The soldiers of the 1057th Regiment could only rely on these ruins to resist the Japanese attack!
Deputy commander Li Xingwu (co-op) had both legs injured and could only sit under a broken wall to direct the battle. He held a pistol in his hand and placed several grenades and grenades beside him. He could still direct the battle, but he was
I'm a little unsure about my ending!
When he roared to encourage his soldiers, a Japanese artillery shell fell next to him. Deputy Commander Li flew into the sky like a soaring bird! (Screen freeze)
Subtitles: "Li Xingwu is a communist, there is no doubt about it. However, his date of birth, place of origin, life experience, and the time he joined the party are unknown! I leave this note just to commemorate his iron-blooded life. I hope someone who knows can make up for this shortcoming!"
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There are three battalion commanders under Deputy Commander Li Xingwu, the first battalion commander Zhou Yisan, the second battalion commander Xie Jinsheng, and the third battalion commander Li Mingxuan, all of whom are communists! They are commanding their soldiers at this time and fighting bloody battles!
These three small villages, Hongshigou, Mogou and Bandouao, were originally the cornerstones that Commander Zhao had high hopes for, but they did not work! Each of the three national army units fell into a bitter battle and suffered heavy casualties!
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Cilingou. The 47th Independent Brigade.
On this day, the most critical situation was that of the 47th Independent Brigade guarding Ciling Valley!
They were holding on here until the afternoon of the third day. Brigadier Wang Zhenhua was seriously injured. Only more than 400 people in the brigade were still holding on to their position! Brigadier Wang could see clearly that the Japanese army would charge again and annihilate the entire army!
Fortunately, Li Muyu (communist), deputy commander of the 738th Regiment of the 46th Independent Brigade of Kong Congzhou, led Zhang Zifu's First Battalion to rush in! They came to rescue the Independence on the orders of Commander Li of the 96th Army
The 47th Brigade breaks out!
Brigadier Wang survived the desperate situation. He took Li Muyu's hand and shook it again and again. Tears almost flowed down his face!
He asked: "Is Mo'nan Town still there?"
Deputy Commander Li replied: "I heard it's very critical! Commander Zhao has sent troops for reinforcements! Brother Zhenhua, let's go too!"
He asked a stout and powerful soldier to carry Brigadier Wang on his back and go ahead. Zhang Zifu's battalion was responsible for attacking forward and breaking out of the encirclement!
Liu Shenghua (communist), commander of the third battalion of the 741st Regiment of the 47th Independent Brigade, was ordered to lead the remaining 80 people of the battalion to cover the retreat of the entire brigade!
The battle ended in the evening, with only about forty men left in the whole battalion, and all the ammunition was used up! They were surrounded and had no way to retreat!
Battalion Commander Liu Shenghua (communist), his body and face covered with blood, first raised his rifle and stared at the Japanese troops who were about to attack the position!
The remaining soldiers also struggled, climbed up from the remaining trenches or bomb craters, picked up their rifles, and stared at the Japanese army!
The next battle was a desperate resistance! It was the last flash of their lives! In just ten minutes, only intermittent roars and the clash of bayonets could be heard! After that, the entire position became quiet.
More than 80 people below Battalion Commander Liu died!
Subtitle: "Liu Shenghua, his date of birth and place of origin are unknown. We only know that he was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy in October 1934 and was later rescued and released from prison by the party organization. It is known that he had joined the party before. In 1937
, he took in students and stragglers and formed the second brigade of the 177th Division Guerrilla Detachment, which quickly expanded to more than a thousand people. At the end of 1938, it was reorganized into the 2nd Battalion of the 739th Regiment of the 47th Independent Brigade.
Battalion, and served as battalion commander until death!"?