Chapter 164 5. Yang Yong is brave and fearless

In the first battle of Nanle, the flag was won.Yang Yong decided: Take advantage of the victory to attack and defeat Dongping again. Dongping, located in the southwest of Tai'an and Feicheng, on the east bank of Dongping Lake, is one of the richer areas in western Shandong.Here is rich in wheat, and there is a folk song that "harvest once and eat nine autumns". After the fall in 1938, Dongping became a source of food for the Japanese invaders.By the spring of 1945, the Japanese invaders who had fallen into a catastrophe had not given up their occupation and plunder of Dongping.A squad of the 9th Independent Guard of the Japanese Army stationed in the county and Feng Shoupeng of the 1st Brigade of the Puppet Shandong Provincial Guard often invaded the base area and plundered property and food.

In order to defend Dongping City, the enemy strengthened the fortifications on the 20-meter-high ancient city wall, strengthened the four gate towers and the blockhouses and gun towers at the corners of the city wall, as well as Ershilipu, Beidaqiao, Menglou and Sanguan around the city. Temple, Da'an Mountain and other strongholds.Since the beginning of spring, they have stepped up the implementation of the so-called "Summer Political Offensive Plan" issued by the pseudo-Shandong Province Governor's Office, which is essentially to rob summer grain, and are preparing to launch a large-scale grain grabbing activity.

In order to smash the enemy's food grab plan and regain lost ground, on May 9, the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region issued Order No. 4, determined to use the main forces of the 1st, 8th, and 11th Army Divisions and the Cavalry Regiment of the 9th Army Division And part of the local armed forces, organized the Dongping campaign, mainly captured Dongping, seized Dong'e at random, and took advantage of the situation to wipe out the puppet and Kuomintang stubborn troops entrenched in Jiaxiang, Jining, Jinxiang, and Yutai. Yang Yong decided: the 1st Army Division will be the left column to attack Dong'e County; the 11th Army Division and the 9th Army Division cavalry regiment will be the right column to annihilate the enemies west of the Jinxiang-Jinan Highway; the 8th Army Division will be the central column and capture Dongping County , Attack the enemies of Jining and Wenshang who sent aid.Determine the start time of the attack at 22:00 on May 17, and require that the battle must end before dawn on the 20th.

Throughout the campaign, Yang Yong, deputy commander of the Hebei-Shandong-Henan military region, and Cao Lihuai, chief of staff, carried the radio station to the vicinity of Dongping along with the central column for unified command. The first echelon was composed of the 7th regiment, the special agent company of the military division, the public security company, the artillery company, and the mountain artillery company of the 9th military division. They were unified under the command of the commander of the 7th regiment Wen Xianxing and the political commissar Yang Junsheng to conquer Dongping City and annihilate the Japanese and puppet troops.

On May 15, after the troops entered the assembly city, they immediately began intense pre-war preparations. Yang Yong's personality is that whenever there is a battle, he will go wherever the main attack point is. Whichever unit is the main attack unit, he will first go to this unit to check the situation and boost morale.This time, he visited the residences of the 7th regiment—Longwangzhuang and Xiaowu villages for inspection and guidance. In order to ensure the suddenness of combat actions, each unit dispatched a reconnaissance unit in advance.With the cooperation of the militia, they blocked the news of the troops stationed, and no one was allowed to enter or leave without a pass.

Before dusk on the 17th, under the cover of night, the participating troops set off from the assembly area and quickly advanced to their respective combat targets. At 22:00 on the 17th, the 7th regiment approached the city wall in the south of Dongping City on time as required. The 1st Battalion ambushed on the south bank of the moat between the south tower and the southeast corner fort, and the 2nd Battalion was on standby in the southwest of the city. In advance, comrades from the enemy industry department in Dongping County had won Xie Guangyun, the squadron leader of the puppet army stationed in the south gate tower, and promised to open the city gate for our siege troops.

At about 23:00, Xu Zhongyu, the deputy chief of staff of the 7th Regiment, Hui Yiran, the deputy director, and Guo Gang, the head of the enemy workers in Dongping County, approached the south gate under the cover of a platoon of the special agent company, and used secret signals to communicate with the inside line, but they could not be reached. It turned out that Xie Guangyun suddenly changed his mind, and the inside line had been destroyed.The puppet army said: "You can't hear clearly, come closer." Just when Deputy Chief of Staff Xu and others stepped forward to talk to him, the puppet army suddenly dropped several grenades from the city wall, and Deputy Director Hui and Minister Guo were injured by the explosions before they could dodge.

Seeing this situation, Xu Zhongyu became angry from the bottom of his heart: "When I enter the city, you gang of traitors must be dealt with severely!" After finishing speaking, he ran to the position of the 2nd Battalion, ordered artillery support, and carried out a strong attack. The 1st Battalion and 1st Company, which was responsible for the assault mission, approached the city wall from the west side of the south gate with bravery, wit, and speed, set up a ladder, and successfully attacked and ascended the city in one fell swoop.The puppet army defending the city was beaten into chaos by the sudden commando, and they were at a loss.The commando quickly took advantage of the victory to attack the south gate tower.

At the same time, the 1st Battalion and the 2nd Company crossed the moat and attacked the city 600 meters east of the South Gate Tower, which worked. The horse road on the east side cut off the only retreat route for the tower guards.Most of the tower guards were wiped out under my attack from left and right. The remnant enemy was desperate, fell down the wall, and fled. Li Rutian, the commander of the 1st company, and the instructor immediately sent people to open the south gate to welcome the follow-up troops into the city.