Chapter 103 11. Peng Dehuai got angry at Liu Bocheng

In the third stage of combat, the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese army entered the state of "mopping up" and "anti-mopping up". In late October, the Japanese army independently formed the 4th Brigade, which was the brigade that suffered the most in the Eighth Route Army's raid, and sent 600 people from the Okazaki Brigade to attack the Shuiyao Arsenal at the Eighth Route Army headquarters to carry out "mopping up". Shuiyao is located in Huangyadong rock valley in Licheng County on the ridge of the Taihang Mountains, surrounded by dangerous peaks on all sides, only the south cliff has a natural crack, which can allow people to enter and exit, so it is named "Wengyi Gallery".A year ago, the leaders of the Eighth Route Army, Zhu De and Peng Dehuai, personally inspected the terrain and moved the ordnance headquarters here.In order to build their own military industry, Zhu De, Peng Dehuai and others have devoted so much effort to this arsenal.

In order to deal with the enemy's mopping up, Peng Dehuai sent special agents from the headquarters to stand firm and guard the Weng Yilang with a company of troops.Knowing that the Okazaki Battalion had entered our important military base without any effort, Peng Dehuai was furious. He personally traced the reason, ordered the execution of the company commander who withdrew without resistance, and ordered the troops to prepare for battle.He will personally punish this enemy. On the afternoon of the 29th, Peng Dehuai, who was returning to Wuxiang from Licheng, saw the bloody and empty villages that had been "sanguang" by the Japanese army along the way. He flew away on horseback and roared:

"...Killing people and setting them on fire is worth it! Resolutely wipe out all the enemies!" At this time, the enemy was camping near Panlong and Guanjianao, and Chen Geng's brigade of the 129th Division and part of Bo Yibo's 1st Desperate Column also assembled near Guanjianao.Peng Dehuai issued an order to wipe out the enemy that night: ——Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping command the 386th Brigade and the 10th Brigade; ——Chen Geng commanded one part of the 386th Brigade, one part each of the 25th Regiment and the 38th Regiment of the 1st Column; ——Peng Dehuai personally commanded the mountain artillery company.

On the evening of the 30th, the Japanese army suddenly captured Fengnaiding Highland in the southwest of Guanjianao with a squadron.The next morning, the general offensive began, and fierce battles were waged at Guanjianao and Fengnaoding at the same time.In Guanjianao, the 129th Division braved the enemy planes' bombing and strafing and quickly broke through the Japanese defensive positions. After many hand-to-hand combats, most of the Japanese troops were wiped out; Jianao's attacking force, the 129th Division was forced to increase its troops to attack Fengnaoding. It made 10 consecutive onslaughts a day, but it failed.More than 2,000 Japanese troops came for reinforcements.

At this moment, Peng Dehuai, Liu Bocheng, and Chen Geng had a dispute over how to fight the enemy.Chen Geng suggested to use the ambush tactics that the Eighth Route Army was good at to wipe out the enemy in order to reduce the casualties of the troops. Peng Dehuai did not adopt it, and sent someone to persuade Chen Geng to dare to gnaw hard bones.Liu Bocheng called Peng Dehuai, suggesting to temporarily withdraw from the siege and find another fighter.Peng Dehuai was indeed a little annoyed at the Japanese army, he had to watch the troops take Guanjianao with his own eyes, so he turned to the phone and yelled at his comrades whom he always respected very much: "If you can't take Guanjianao down, I will revoke your 129th Division's designation! "

According to the common people, at this moment, Boss Peng, who is hot-blooded and irritable, really got red eyes.His roar shocked and annoyed Liu Bocheng, who has always been magnanimous. After Peng Dehuai finished speaking, he threw the microphone aside. In the command post of Liu and Deng, Liu Bocheng also threw the microphone away and said angrily: "Boss Peng, I really can't do anything about him!" Deng Xiaoping asked: "What should we do next!" Liu Bocheng simply replied: "Obey orders!" Deng Xiaoping said: "I think this battle should be fought!"

Liu Bocheng looked at his partner in puzzlement. Deng Xiaoping explained: "If we don't fight this war, the political losses will be too great! To fight a war, in the final analysis, is to fight a political war! Some wars seem to be cheap, but they are politically disadvantageous, and they cannot be fought even if they are cheap!" Some battles are known to be difficult to fight, cause heavy casualties, and even suffer losses, but politically they need to be fought, so they must be fought! I think the battle of Guanjianao belongs to this category.” Listening to Deng Xiaoping's "high theory", Liu Bocheng's anger gradually subsided.

At the same time, in Peng Dehuai's frontline command post, Zuo Quan also seriously pointed out that Peng Dehuai's attitude towards Liu Bocheng was not good. After hearing this, Peng Dehuai was convinced and regretful, saying: "After this battle, I apologize to Boss Liu. If he doesn't forgive me, I'll follow Lian Po's example and go and apologize for him." At this time, Peng Dehuai received information that thousands of Japanese reinforcements from Liao County and Licheng were about to arrive. If the Japanese reinforcements arrived, the consequences would be disastrous.Peng Dehuai ordered again: a general attack on the Japanese army must be launched at 4 pm.

The troops organized another attack on the Japanese army. The bloody battle lasted until late at night on the 30th. The Eighth Route Army finally withstood the Japanese army supported by planes and artillery, and completely occupied the top of the Guanjianao Highland. Dozens of remaining Japanese troops retreated to the last few cave dwellings. On the third day, in order to rescue the remaining Japanese troops in Guanjianao, three or four thousand Japanese troops stationed in Liao County, Licheng, Wuxiang and other places dispatched five routes to help, and there were more than ten aircraft to help in the battle. Send out some remnants and wounded.In order to avoid a decisive battle, the troops withdrew from the battle under Peng Dehuai's order.

After the war, Peng Dehuai sincerely apologized to Liu Bocheng, and the two sides cleared up their suspicions.