Chapter 147 8. Ge Zhuang set up an ambush to fight the bayonet

Hosokawa Nakayasu ran back and forth in Juxian, Rizhao, Ganyu and other places, pounced like a blind bear, but failed again and again.At this time, the Eighth Route Army launched a larger-scale offensive in Jiaodong, Bohai, and southern Shandong. Counties such as Penglai, Yexian, Wendeng, Rongcheng, Leling, Linyi, Nanpi, and Zhanhua were violently attacked, and more than 100 strongholds They fell one after another.Hosokawa Nakayasu was so panicked that he had to end the "mopping up" of Binhai and ordered all Japanese and puppet troops to quickly return to defense. On August 27, Luo Ronghuan ordered the Luzhong, Binhai, and Lunan military regions to send troops to attack the retreating enemy and intercept the materials looted by the enemy from the anti-Japanese base areas.At that time, after long-term research, the Confidential Section and the Intelligence Department of the military region had figured out some telegram laws of the enemy and puppet troops, and were able to decipher some telegram codes.

The intelligence department sorted out and analyzed the deciphered intelligence and sent it to Chief of Staff Li Zuopeng.One piece of information caught Li Zuopeng's attention.There are more than 2,300 Japanese and puppet troops along the way. They will start from Ju County and return to Zibo along the Yibo Highway. They will pass through a section of steep terrain controlled by the Luzhong Military Region.He immediately reported this information to Luo Ronghuan and forwarded it to the Luzhong Military Region Command. On September 2, the combat meeting of the Luzhong Military Region was held in Buqian Village. A 1/150,000 military map was laid out on a square table in a farmhouse. Luo Shunchu, the political commissar of the Military Region, first introduced the enemy’s situation:

"According to the information provided by the Shandong Military Region and our reconnaissance results, the enemy returning north to Zibo is divided into left and right. The right is 450 people from the 43rd Battalion of the 59th Division of the Japanese Army and 300 people from the Binxian Puppet Guard. There are 200 people in the 47th Division, a total of nearly 1,000 people. The commander is Lieutenant Kusano Kiyoshi. On the left are the 4 battalions of the 47th Division of the Wuhua Culture Department and the first independent brigade. There are 1,200 people in total. The commander is Chen San, the brigade commander. Kan. The Kusano Qing Department retreated along the Yibo Highway, and the Chen Sankan Department retreated from Yishui City to the north of Yihe River. The two enemy troops went deep into the hinterland of the Anti-Japanese Base Area. A piece of fat, we decided to eat it!"

Chief of Staff Hu Qicai held a red and blue pencil, pointed to the map and said: "We are going to set up an ambush circle in Gezhuang. There is a long and narrow depression 1.5 kilometers long, surrounded by mountains, and the terrain is dangerous. If the enemy enters the ambush circle, it will be difficult to get out alive! The 1st regiment is ambushing in the Bashan Mountain to the east of Gezhuang In the area, the 2nd Regiment ambushed on Qiaoshan slope to the west of Gezhuang, 1 battalion of the 4th Regiment and the 4th division guard company were hidden in Wuergu and Hetao Villages in the southwest of Gezhuang, and the other battalion of the 4th Regiment and the special agent battalion of the military region were hidden in Taogou on the south bank of the Yihe River In the area, the 12th regiment of the 4th division is hidden on the steep hillside. The Japanese army has two mountain cannons, and they must be captured! The next step is to siege the city. There are many tasks, and with the mountain cannons, the big problem will be solved..."

At 8 o'clock in the morning on September 3, the enemy army on the right appeared on the Yibo Highway under the leadership of Kusano Kiyoshi. The mountain artillery pulled by 4 horses walked in the front, followed by a small group of cavalry, and the infantry walked in the middle in a 4-way column.Behind them are the puppet soldiers who are going to the market, with big bags and small bags on their shoulders, chickens and ducks with flapping wings on their guns, driving cattle and sheep to Gezhuang. When the sun was shining, the Japanese and puppet troops sneaked into Gezhuang and began to cook.Suddenly, there was loud gunshots from all sides, and the explosion of grenades shook the valley, and the puppet soldiers ran around in fright.Kusano Kiyoshi raised his binoculars and looked around. The mountains to the west were steep and difficult to overcome, so he ordered to turn around and return east.

Okada Ken led the No. 5 Squadron to attack towards Yingtou Ridge under the cover of artillery fire. Just arrived at the Nanyang River Beach at the foot of the Ridge, it happened to meet head-on with the 1st Regiment, 1st Battalion and 1st Company. With more than 100 bayonets against more than 100 bayonets, in just one round, more than a dozen Japanese soldiers fell down screaming, while the Eighth Route Army had no casualties.Captain Okada Ken was so angry that he swung his saber and took the lead in fighting.The combat effectiveness of the Japanese army was not as good as before. The Japanese army, which advocated the spirit of bushido, was known for being good at assassination. At the beginning of the war, three Japanese soldiers were back to back, and dozens of them could not even think about it.After 7 years of war, most of the elite of the Japanese army were blunted, so that even the housekeeping ability of assassination was lost.

In just 20 minutes, more than 50 Japanese soldiers fell in a pool of blood. Okada became furious and rushed forward with a knife. He fell into a tight siege and was picked up high by 3 bayonets. He fell heavily on the river beach and died on the spot. The remaining Japanese soldiers dared not Love to fight, turn around and flee.A small man was so frightened that his calf became weak. Seeing that he was being chased, he simply turned around and raised his right hand to the brim of his hat, kept saluting, put down his rifle with his left hand, then untied his bullet box, bayonet sheath and backpack, nodded and bowed and said: : "All for you, all for you..."

This is the first prisoner in the battle of Gezhuang. Seeing that the 5th Squadron was defeated, Kusano Kiyoshi strictly urged the 1st and 4th Squadrons to rush to the head of the mountain again.Two mountain cannons and two mortars concentrated their firepower to bombard the Bingtouling position. Earth and rocks flew from the top of the mountain, and the smoke cloud went straight to Xiaohan. The Japanese army's assault on Yingtouling suffered setbacks one after another. Kiyoshi Kusano saw that it was almost dusk, and at night his artillery fire lost its target, and he had to retreat to the Jellyfish Niangniang Temple in the northwest of Gezhuang, and stubbornly resisted the fortifications.