Chapter 116 9. Five Heroes of Langya Mountain

The news of the massacre in Nanqi Village and Beiqi Village quickly spread to the headquarters of the 1st Army Division not far from Langya Mountain. Yang Chengwu suppressed the anger in his heart and told everyone: "All troops should be more careful. The Japanese army will definitely take actions in the Langya Mountain area in the near future. We must turn grief into strength, seize the opportunity, and avenge the villagers!" Sure enough, as Yang Chengwu expected, the vanguard of the Tanghu Japanese army had just occupied the Nan and Beiqi villages, and the main force followed suit.Because of the puppet army familiar with the local terrain and conditions leading the way, the Japanese army advanced extremely fast.

Yang Chengwu immediately arranged the anti-"mopping up" work in the entire military division, and then led the main force of the agency to move westward from Zhouzhuang via the upper and lower passes.During the transfer, Yang Chengwu learned that the enemy had drawn a huge net and surrounded the entire Langya Mountain. At noon on September 24, the headquarters moved to Zhangjiazhuang, two days away from Langya Mountain.As soon as he arrived in Zhangjiazhuang, Yang Chengwu immediately set up a wire to ask Qiu Wei, the head of the 1st regiment who was surrounded on Langya Mountain, to find out the situation.

Qiu Wei said anxiously on the phone: "Commander, we have started fighting with the enemy. Since the morning, the enemy planes have been bombing and strafing in turn. In addition to our 1st regiment, there are Yixian, Dingxing There are 4 guerrilla detachments in Xushui, Mancheng, party and government officials in 4 counties, and people in villages around Langya Mountain, totaling about 40,000 people. It is very difficult to break out now, and we are trying to figure out a way.” Yang Chengwu was taken aback. He originally thought that the four guerrilla detachments of Yixian, Dingxing, Xushui and Mancheng would retreat into Langya Mountain while fighting and retreating. "Into the Langya Mountain to hide, but I did not expect the number of people to be as many as tens of thousands.He thought for a while and said to Qiu Wei: "Now the 4 guerrilla detachments are under your unified command. In any case, you must hold off the enemy and never let the masses suffer losses. You must report the situation at any time. We will hold a meeting immediately to study the plan and give it to you as soon as possible. You get out of the siege."

Putting down the phone, Yang Chengwu immediately called Gao Peng, Huang Shoufa, Luo Yuanfa and other military division leaders.After discussing with several people, first of all, we must find out the situation of the enemy's attack as soon as possible, and then seek a relief plan according to the actual situation. It didn't take long, and various intelligence stations reported the relevant situation one after another: In the early morning of September 24, 1941, more than 3,500 Japanese troops led a small number of puppet troops into 9 groups and attacked Langya Mountain at the same time.Under the leadership of Takami, the mountain commander of the Japanese invading army, they blocked the mountain pass and deployed heavy troops on all access roads, covered by aircraft and artillery.The situation in Langya Mountain is getting more and more critical.

"The enemy is coming fiercely! It may not be effective to break through forcibly." Yang Chengwu said to Gao Peng and others, "Our best way now is to lure some enemies away, leave a hole, and then let Qiu Wei take the opportunity to go down the mountain." "That's fine." Everyone agreed. Yang Chengwu thought for a while, picked up the phone, and connected Qiu Wei: "Now the whole situation is clear. We decided to mobilize all the troops of the 3rd and 20th regiments, and attack from Shangai, Xiaaicha and Lingxi to storm Guantou, The enemies on the front line of Loushan, Songshan and Zhouzhuang let the enemy mistakenly recognize that our main force is going to fight him, thus attracting the enemies from Jiulianshan and Nianzitai. This will open a hole several kilometers long, You must always pay attention to the situation along the way, and go down the mountain as soon as possible if you have the opportunity."

The situation was just as Yang Chengwu expected. As soon as the 3rd and 20th regiments attacked, the enemies in Jiulian Mountain and Nianzitai immediately rushed over.A hole opened. It was late at night, and the autumn wind was howling. Qiu Wei hurriedly left the 1st Regiment and 7th Company on Langya Mountain to take on the cover task, while he led various guerrilla detachments, government officials and the masses to start the transfer.They walked quietly to the mouth along the secret Pantuo Road. Yang Chengwu anxiously waited for news from Qiu Wei.After a long time, he finally received a call from Qiu Wei: "The headquarters? We all jumped out of the encirclement of the Japanese army. So far the enemy has not found us."

"Good!" Yang Chengwu immediately ordered the 3rd and 20th regiments, "Retreat!" The large troops and masses trapped in Langya Mountain escaped smoothly. After the 2nd Platoon of the 7th Company of the 1st Regiment, which served as the rear cover, completed the task, it was too late to get rid of the enemy.The 6th squad leader Ma Baoyu, deputy squad leaders Ge Zhenlin, Song Xueyi, Hu Fucai, and Hu Delin, ordered by the company commander, resolutely led the enemy to Qipantuo in order to cover the retreat of the main force of the platoon.They defeated the enemy 4 times in a row and wiped out more than 90 enemies.After 12 hours of fierce fighting, until the mines were blown up, the bullets were exhausted, the last grenade was thrown at the enemy group, and after the gun was broken, they shouted: "Down with Japanese imperialism!" "The final victory is ours!" After finishing the slogan, they all jumped down the ravine together.Ma Baoyu, Hu Fucai, and Hu Delin died for their country, while Ge Zhenlin and Song Xueyi were supported by bushes on the mountainside and rescued by the masses.This is the "Five Heroes of Langya Mountain" widely praised by people.

The heroic deeds of the "Five Heroes of Langya Mountain" quickly spread throughout the division of the First Army and the anti-Japanese base areas in Jinchaji. Nie Rongzhen spoke highly of the heroic behavior of the "Five Heroes of Langya Mountain" at a meeting of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region.He said: "They embody the excellent qualities of the people's army led by the Communist Party of China and the heroic spirit of the Chinese nation. We must continue and carry forward." The Japanese North China Front Army was forced to retreat on September 24 under the attack of the anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians in Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei and its adjacent areas, Taihang, Taiyue, Hebei, Shandong and Henan. On the 26th, the Japanese and puppet troops who "mopped up" the anti-Japanese base areas in Jinchaji, some retreated to Fangdaikou, Lingshan, Dingxian and other places.But it was not reconciled to the failure of the "mopping up", and adopted the method of retreating and attacking together.

For this reason, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region decided to concentrate the main force with the cooperation of local troops and the masses, massacre the vital forces of the Japanese and puppet troops, and quickly force them to retreat.The troops attacked and ambushed the enemy in Shanyangzhuang, Wanxian County, Zhaojiacha, Qilihe, Yuxian County, Heishuiping, Mitangya, Pingshan, Heishan, etc. in Jingxing.By October 17, the "mopping up" Japanese and puppet troops basically retreated.