Chapter 115 8. Japanese atrocities

On August 23, the enemy encircled the leading organs and main forces of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region from the northeast.The Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region Command and the main force, which had been prepared for a long time, moved in time and jumped to the enemy's rear outside the battle line, and the people within the enemy's encirclement also evacuated towards Langya Mountain in an organized and orderly manner.When the Japanese army rushed to Loushan in the north and south to prepare for a joint attack, not only did they not see the Eighth Route Army, but they did not even find a trace of the common people.

Since then, the Japanese and puppet troops stayed in the anti-Japanese base areas with 1/3 of their strength, and implemented divisional "clearance and suppression".Or disguised as the Eighth Route Army and the masses, long-distance raids, multiple groups continue to search and wipe out the main force, disperse troops, agencies and local organizations; or arrest and massacre the people and livestock, rob food, loot, burn houses, etc.The enemy wantonly killed the anti-Japanese masses by means of burying alive, cutting with knives, disembowelling, skinning, feeding dogs, lighting lamps, and poisoning.

The Japanese army killed more than 600 people in Pingshanhuangni, Tongjiakou, Lengquan and Gouli villages in Quyang County alone.Many villages were reduced to ashes.In response to the enemy's atrocities, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region issued instructions on the second phase of anti-"mopping up" on September 7 and 15, requiring: on the one hand, the troops of each military division should properly concentrate the main force on the one hand, and attack the enemy's "clearing and suppressing" troops On the other hand, use a force to carry out more dispersed guerrilla warfare to attack the puppet regime and restore social order; the regional teams and district and county guerrillas assist the masses in the autumn harvest.

In early September, the enemy turned the target of attack to Langya Mountain. Although Langya Mountain is not the highest and most dangerous, it has covered our anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians many times with its mysterious and intricate ravines and helped them escape from danger. However, this time the "Million War" launched by the Japanese The scale is bigger and fiercer than ever before. Yixian, Jinpo, Mancheng, Xushui, Dawangdian stronghold and Baoding defend the enemy have also dispatched a huge net, and the entire Langya Mountain is tightly sealed. Really caught it.Hiding on the mountain, in addition to the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei First Military Division, there are also four guerrilla detachments from Yi County, Dingxing, Xushui, and Mancheng, as well as personnel from the party and government organs of the four counties, and people from the villages around Langya Mountain. 40,000 people.The target is so big that it is inconvenient to hide and difficult to break through. The situation is very critical.

In the early hours of September 23, the enemy blockade corps suddenly came to the foot of Langya Mountain, surrounded Nanqi Village and Beiqi Village, and began to implement the tragic "three light policy". They drove all the villagers out of the village and tied them up with ropes. Form a string and escort them to the entrance of the village.In an instant, the homes where the ancestors lived for generations were submerged in a sea of ​​flames.No one expected that the Japanese invaders would escort the tied men to a well at the entrance of the village and force them to jump down one by one.If the people refused or resisted, they were severely beaten by the Japanese invaders.They forcefully kicked, kicked, and beat the well with iron hooves and rifle butts, and finally pushed and threw them into the well one by one.In order to prevent those above from climbing out, the devils found big rocks everywhere and pressed them on it. After the well was filled, the remaining civilians would not be spared, and they were swept to death by the enemy with machine guns.

This inhuman tragedy, as well as the cries of children and women, the screams of the elderly, and the curses of young and middle-aged people, were all reflected in the eyes and ears of the commanders and fighters of the 1st Army Division lurking on Langya Mountain. Immediately, the unforgettable flame of hatred rose and burned in their chests, and their blood rushed upwards. They really wanted to rush down the mountain immediately to rescue the people and destroy those beasts.However, if we act rashly, the lives of nearly 40,000 people on the mountain will be in danger, and the enemy will achieve their attempt to wipe us out.

It was later learned that the villagers of Nanqi Village and Beiqi Village "except for a few villagers who escaped from the clutches of the enemy under the cover of the militia, most of the men, women, and children died tragically under the butcher's knife of the Japanese army. In addition to the usual cruel methods of the enemy, they also Added disembowelment, knife-cutting, dismemberment, gouging out eyes, skinning alive, feeding foreign dogs, lighting sky lanterns, boiling soup, poison gas fumigation, forcing villagers to jump into wells, etc., especially for women and children. Brutal means, even trampled the baby's head with spiked leather shoes, then tore off the two thin legs, and threw it in front of its mother..."