Chapter 154 7. The Kuomintang army battle report said that Zhang Lingfu and others were "generous and benevolent"

The 74th Division of Chiang Kai-shek's "Imperial Forest Army" was completely wiped out, and the division commander Zhang Lingfu was killed. According to the captain of the division's report team who was captured, Zhang Lingfu called for help to Nanjing a few minutes before he was shot dead. Chiang Kai-shek asked him to persist for another 3 hours, but he was killed within 3 minutes.Regarding Zhang Lingfu's death, the Kuomintang army's battle report actually said that it was "generosity and benevolence". The 1st Corps of the Kuomintang Army wrote a battle report on May 19 based on the dictation of a regiment commander and a few officers and soldiers who fled back to Linyi successively, which generally reflected the basic process and intense situation of the campaign.The content of the battle report is as follows:

On the evening of the 14th, after the entire 74th Division arrived at Menglianggu, the 58th Brigade occupied Menglianggu, and the 51st and 57th Brigades occupied the northeast foot and nearby villages.That night, the enemy followed and attacked, surrounded on all sides, fighting fiercely all night, fighting hand to hand, and the enemy and ourselves suffered heavy casualties. Before dawn on the 15th, the enemy army continued to increase and kept rushing. The guns rained and the flames shot into the sky. Both sides fired a lot of incendiary bombs. All the fortifications in the village where our army was located were on fire. Pillows and even shooting holes are blocked.At dawn, Wanquan Mountain was lost, and the enemy attacked the Diaowo Highland. At the same time, the enemy ants in the northeast foothills gathered under its blazing firepower, charging wave after wave, like a tidal wave.Our army retreated to the foot of the mountain, holding each other step by step.At noon, the enemy's 6th column rushed to the direction of Duozhuang and attacked along the west foot, and the battle situation became more urgent.

From noon to night on the 15th, the enemy was getting closer.Our army fought to the death, charged and killed repeatedly, the fronts of each other were intertwined, and the battle was especially fierce. After the battle, the drink was cut off, the thirst was uncontrollable, and the physical strength was weakening. The enemy's shooting power is multiplied, and the damage to troops and horses is even greater. In particular, our army's mules and miscellaneous soldiers were disturbed and rushed by the enemy's shelling, which caused confusion in the troops and made it difficult to control them. square penetration.strong.Because our army completely guarded the mountainous area, after dawn on the 16th, the enemy gradually invaded the mid-mountain. The smaller the area we occupied, the steeper the slope of the mountain.At this time, all the people below my brigade were injured or killed in battle.However, our officers and soldiers were all filled with righteous indignation, their fingers and canthus were cracked, and they fought the enemy to the death. Although they were repeatedly injured, they still shot from the mountain and died.At noon, I was only at three points of Menglianggu, Lushan and 600 highlands. Hundreds of officers and soldiers from one department and each brigade fought fiercely, exhausted their bullets, followed by spear blades, and cut them off with stones.As of 6:00 p.m., the enemy and we were close to each other. Our commander Zhang, deputy commander Cai and others were generous with their last bullet.At that time, a strong wind blew up, mixed with rain and hail, and the tragic image was enough to shake the world and weep ghosts and gods. All the officers and soldiers of our 74th Division completed their heroic sacrifices and the sacred duty of serving the country loyally.

On the 17th and 18th, when the wounded left the mountain, the corpses accumulated from the top of the mountain to the foot of the mountain, and it was impossible to pass through. ("Detailed Report on the Battle of the First Corps in the Southeast Region of Mengyin")