Chapter 104 12. The Hundred Regiments Battle has won many victories

The two consecutive phases of the Eighth Route Army's break-through and fortified battles were large in scale, long in duration, and rapid in development, which had never been seen since the War of Resistance Against Japan, and greatly exceeded the expectations of the Japanese army. After being hit hard by the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese North China Front Army began to retaliate and "sweep" the Eighth Route Army and its anti-Japanese bases behind the enemy in North China from October 6. On October 19, Zhu De, Peng Dehuai and Zuo Quan issued a combat order to counter the Japanese army's retaliation for the "mopping up":

1. The enemy has adopted an unprecedented policy of destruction against us, and our party, government, military and civilians have cooperated closely, mobilized deeply for war, and cleared the fields from empty rooms; 2. The army should gather in appropriate positions, rest and prepare to resolutely wipe out the first and second routes, carry out extensive guerrilla warfare, attack the enemy, and disperse the troops; 3. In order to maintain a long-term continuous war, pay attention to the replenishment of soldiers; 4. All ministries should have the merits of smashing the enemy's "mopping up" and cooperating with each other to win the war.

Under the unified command of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters, the 120th and 129th Divisions of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, relying on the Self-Defense Forces, militia and the masses of the people, carried forward the style of not being afraid of sacrifice and continuous combat, and launched an anti-"mopping up" campaign. As of December 5, the "Hundred Regiments War", which lasted three and a half months and shocked China and the world, came to an end when the anti-"mopping up" campaign by the military and civilians in North China ended. The combat area of ​​the Hundred Regiments War includes the entire territory of Jicha, most of the areas in Shanxi and Sui, and the Renan area.In terms of traffic lines, it includes Pinghan Road north of Zhangde, Jinpu Road north of Dezhou, the whole line of Tongpu Zhengtai north of Linfen, the east section of Pingsui Road Guisui, the whole line of Beining, the whole line of Pinggu, Cangshi The whole line of Ludeshi Road, Handan Liaocheng section of Hanji Road, and all road lines.If we add the combat areas of the cooperating troops, we will also include the entire territory of Lu Province, the vast areas of eastern Anhui, eastern Henan, and northern Jiangsu, the entire Jinpu line, the entire Jiaoji line, the eastern section of the Longhai Road east of Kaifeng, and these areas. Zhongzhi Highway, Malu, etc.

In the Hundred Regiments War, the enemies who participated in the battle against the Eighth Route Army successively included the entire 110th Division and the 25th Division, 2 regiments each of the 26th Division, 36th Division, and 41st Division, and the 37th Division and 35th Division. 1 wing each, all of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th, and 9th mixed brigades, one part each of the 15th, 6th and other independent mixed brigades, in addition to the pseudo-security Army, Puppet Mongolian Army, Puppet Manchuria Army, Puppet Guard, Puppet Police, Puppet Gendarmerie, Japanese Secret Service and all immigrants.Among them, the 4th Mixed Brigade was hit the hardest by the Eighth Route Army, which was completely wiped out. More than half of the 2nd and 3rd Mixed Brigades were wiped out. The 36th Division, the 110th Division, and the 27th Division all suffered serious losses. The mixed brigades of the 1st and 16th ranks each lost 1 brigade, and the mixed brigades of the 5th and 10th ranks all lost.

During the entire war, in addition to cooperating with the combat troops, a total of 1,824 battles were fought. Although the Eighth Route Army paid a lot of money, there were many excellent commanders, political workers, and combatants of the Eighth Route Army's death squads. Many members of the Chinese Communist Party and members of the Sacrifice League shed their last drop of blood or were heroically wounded or poisoned, but the results achieved by the Eighth Route Army were also extremely astonishing.The following is a summary of the major achievements of the Eighth Route Army announced by the Field Political Department of the General Command of the Eighteenth Army on December 10, 1940 (the achievements of the Cooperative Corps are not included).

1. To wipe out the vital forces of the enemy and puppets, 20,645 Japanese soldiers (including 18 officers with battalion commander or higher), 5,155 puppet troops, and 1,922 enemy mules and horses were killed and wounded. 2. Captured 281 Japanese soldiers (including 8 people including Deputy Commander Shanxi Suiqing, Squadron Leader Tian Mu Shiye, and Team Leader Mujima); captured 18,407 puppet soldiers, captured 56 Japanese armed immigrants, and captured 1,510 mules and horses , 29 military dogs, and 57 military pigeons. 3. A total of 2,993 enemy and puppet strongholds have been eliminated. Among them, the largest and most dangerous ones include Niangziguan, Mohetan, Jujiazhuang, Mashou, Langyu, Paluling, and Beiyu Luanliu on Zhengtai Road; She, Jianjian, Shiling, Longmensuo in the northwest of Pingbei, Jixian and Guantun in the east of Hebei, Shangshe, Kuxing, Xiyan, Dongtuanbao, Sanjia Village in the Jinchaji border area, Yule Town and Baishan in the middle of Hebei Yangqiao, Dongxi'an, Yangfangkou, Sukou Town, Xuangang, Kangjiahui in Northwest Shanxi, Longping, Dacheng Village in southern Hebei, etc.Although some of these strongholds were gained and lost again, most of them are still under the control of our army, and the enemy-occupied area has been reduced and the area occupied by us has been expanded.

4. A large number of weapons were seized: 5,437 rifles, 281 pistols, 179 light machine guns, 45 heavy machine guns, 3 heavy artillery (88-style field guns) (two of which were destroyed), 16 cannons, and flat fire 8 guns, 26 mortars, 41 signal guns, 191 sabers, 234 gas cylinders, 816 shells of various types, 367,005 machine gun shells, 4,934 hand grenades, 3,073 grenades, and burned 6 aircraft , destroyed 13 armored vehicles and 5 tanks. 5. Transportation equipment seized and destroyed: 98 cars, 1,148 carts, 591 bicycles, 34 trains, 34 locomotives, 449 carriages, 30 radio stations, 7 pocket radio stations, 8 wireless phones, There are 246 wired telephones, 2 radios, 1 searchlight, 29 parachutes, 61 wooden boats, and 25 motorboats.

6. The results of traffic damage: 948 miles of railways (including Zhengtai Road, which was destroyed by our army as the most severe, and it has not been repaired until now for more than three months), 3004 miles of roads (with the central and southern Hebei areas as the most The most powerful), 213 bridges, 37 railway stations, 1 tunnel, 217,040 rails, 1,549,177 sleepers, 109,002 telephone poles, and 849,923 kilograms of telephone lines. 7. A large number of military supplies were seized: 1,051 gas masks, 11,944 work tools, 992 landmines, 15,900 military blankets, 5,700 coats, 9,831 pairs of leather shoes, 29 pairs of leather boots, 5,801 military caps, 2,157 steel helmets, military There are 53 maps, 250 Japanese and puppet military flags, more than 100 boxes of documents, and military rations and other food.

8. Destroyed 5 coal mines, among which the Jingxing New Mine was the most serious. According to the final investigation, the mine lost 10 million yen and 11 warehouses were damaged. 9. The puppet army counted 14 times anyway, with a total of 1,845 people, and 47 people who surrendered to the Japanese army voluntarily brought weapons. 10. Liberated 10,120 coal mine workers, 2,055 railway workers, and 673 compatriots who were forced to build roads.