Chapter 27 Independent Battalion Commander Li Jinxin

When I tried my best to find the anti-Japanese old man Li Jinxin in the valley of Luojiachong, I happened to rediscover the "loveliest person" Li Yu'an, who worked as a warehouse keeper for decades in a small town in Heilongjiang under his name. His deeds were made into a TV series, which is being broadcast across the country.I think these two historical figures have one thing in common, that is, one fought the Japanese devils, the other fought the American devils, and both were heroes who defended the country and fought against the invaders.But the difference between them is that Li Yu'an was finally able to be rediscovered, while Li Jinxin will never be rediscovered.

Most of the reinforcements sent to Changde in 1943 were intercepted by the Japanese army and were annihilated or severely damaged.On the contrary, some small units and guerrillas who were tasked with harassing and cutting off the enemy's supply lines in the enemy's rear fought extremely beautifully. The independent reinforced battalion of the 274th Regiment of the 92nd Division of the National Army was ordered to cross Liufankou via Yazigang, enter and exit Niubitan, and stabbed the Japanese army in the back. This knife may still have lingering fears in the hearts of those Japanese who survived the war.The battalion commander is Mr. Li Jinxin who sat on a bamboo chair in the countryside 50 years later and talked face-to-face with the author.

Like many young students who joined the army at the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Li Jinxin resolutely left the campus before finishing his studies in the Chemistry Department of Yenching University in Peking.Joined the ranks of the regular army of the Kuomintang. In the vicissitudes of life, he can no longer remember the number of the unit that first accepted him, but he still remembers the first battle he participated in: the Battle of Taierzhuang. In order to cut off the retreat of the enemy in front of him, the regiment commander wants to send a cavalry team to attack in a roundabout way. Who will go?The head of the regiment looked around at several experienced company and platoon leaders. Unexpectedly, the fledgling Li Jinxin stood up and volunteered: "Let me go!" The scene of the war is changing rapidly, and bold determination seems to be more important than anything else. , the leader didn't think much about it, so he decided: "Okay, it's you!"

Li Jinxin rushed up like a tiger with a cavalry company.In a fight, only 6 people survived.Feeling good about himself, he galloped back and reported to the head of the regiment. The head of the regiment pointed to his shoulder in surprise and asked, "What's the matter with you?" "Yo!" After a sharp pain, he realized that he was wounded, half of his clothes were stained red with blood.He had rarely seen himself bleeding before, but when he saw so much blood gurgling from his body in a daze, he was so frightened that he almost fainted to the ground. But generally, any soldier who has been wounded knows the taste of war, and he will become stronger.Li Jinxin is exactly like this. He quickly shed his student spirit and gradually grew into a young commander with a strong will.He is brave yet quick-witted, decisive yet thoughtful. Because of these excellent qualities, plus he likes to go alone and lead an army to fight freely, he became the only member of an independent battalion in the division. battalion commander.

The independent battalion fought many battles and fought wildly, like a wild horse that has run wild.But suddenly one day, the wild horse also showed the appearance of reining in.The 92nd Division he was in had a drama troupe (I don’t know what the habit is, both the Communist Party and the Kuomintang troops like to set up art troupes), and there was a beautiful Hunan girl in the troupe, who was both a show host and a drama girl main character.Ever since seeing one of her performances, Li Jinxin has become very concerned about the performances of the Dialogue Troupe, almost always going there.This Hunan girl plays the Japanese female spy Yoshiko Kawashima in "After Dusk", and the rural girl in "The Devil's Cave". Her performances are vivid and full of charm.In fact, Li Jinxin is not interested in drinking, he is not very interested in dialogue dramas, what he cares about is the handsome heroine on stage.Soon, he knew that this Hunan girl was called Wan Xuanhua.

The director of the division's political department saw through Li Jinxin's intentions, and he was willing to be a matchmaker for this brave young man.Judging from the current point of view, it is almost impossible for Wan Xuanhua and Li Jinxin to get along well. How can a beautiful actress who is an actress look up to a soldier who rolls in mud on the battlefield all day long?But not at that time. At that time, the status of military officers was quite high. According to the legend that a company commander's copper plate can support several wives, Li Jinxin's financial situation is quite considerable, and he is still a college student in a famous university. This period of history has proved his talent, which cannot be erased, so it is not that Li Jinxin is afraid to marry Wan Xuanhua, but that Li Jinxin is fully qualified to express his love to Wan Xuanhua.

Wan Xuanhua blushed and asked the director who is this person?The director said he was the battalion commander of the independent battalion, Wan said why didn't I know him?The director replied that it is easy to handle, I will let him come to see you.But before the director arranged, they got to know each other first. After the drama performance that night, Wan Xuanhua was taking off his make-up in the background, only to see a tall, thin, young military officer with piercing eyes running up, and excitedly said to her, something went wrong with your performance tonight. The line was mispronounced, the sentence should have been said like this, but you said it like that.While correcting, the young officer recited Wan Xuanhua's lines by heart.Yes, yes, you are quite right.Wan Xuanhua was very surprised, could it be that he had already memorized all the roles she played?How many times do I have to watch this.May I have your name?Wan Xuanhua couldn't help asking moved.My name is Li Jinxin, and the young officer rubbed his hands and answered, feeling a little embarrassed at this moment.

That's how they got to know each other. And so they fell in love. When Li Jinxin received the order to fight guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines in Changde, Wan Xuanhua happened to arrive at the independent camp to marry him.It sounds like a play, in which the fate is coincidental, life and death parting, hesitating to speak, soul breaking and dreaming, all happened in life.In the end, Wan Xuanhua couldn't catch Li Jinxin's wild horse, as he sang in a song decades later, "The bugle has been sounded, the guns have been polished, the luggage has been packed, the troops are about to set off, don't you Tears quietly..."

Li Jinxin left to fight the Changde Battle. The old man told me that the Independence Battalion set off from the Yuanjiang River at sunset to search and advance. There were no houses along the embankment, and there were some broken boats in the lake, and there were many dead compatriots on board.They didn't find a villager until dawn the next day. He told Battalion Commander Li that three or four hundred enemies were harassing Yazigang during the day, and the situation was unknown after nightfall.Li asked him why the ship was broken, and the villagers told sadly that it turned out that the enemy captured a large number of civilian ships, connected several ships together, advanced under the threat of armed motorboats, and marched with the flesh and blood of Chinese boat people to clear mines.Most of the civilian ships were destroyed after hitting mines.The soldiers of the national army were very angry after hearing this, so they rushed westward.At dawn, when he arrived at the east side of Yazigang, Li Jinxin found that there was a mound of graves at the turn of the embankment, from which the road extended into the embankment, and across the embankment was Yazigang.

Judging from the topography, this graveyard is of great military significance. Li ordered Wenli Zhonglian, who served as a vanguard, to search closely, but found no enemy situation. The ambushing Japanese light and heavy machine guns fired violently, and Wenlian suffered heavy losses.Seeing this, Li Jinxin immediately ordered the artillery platoon to bombard the graveyard to support Wenlian. After more than 10 minutes, the national army occupied the graveyard, killing 11 enemies and taking 1 prisoner, while Wenlian suffered 21 casualties.Then the search team found that the Japanese army was crossing the river in Yazigang. Obviously, the enemy in the graveyard was covering the troops crossing the river.So Battalion Commander Li ordered 3 companies with 4 mortars to attack the enemy crossing the river with powerful firepower. The Japanese troops poured into the water in batches.The guerrilla campaign achieved brilliant results and wiped out more than 100 Japanese troops.

Undoubtedly, the old man was quite proud of this battle.He went on to tell me that after the Yazi Harbor was captured, the Independence Battalion was deployed on the spot that day and rested.In the evening, he received a warrant from Commander Zou Pengqi, to the effect that there were 3 Japanese warehouses in Liuhuakou and only 1 squadron defending the enemy, ordering Li Jinxin to rush in and attack immediately.At night, the whole battalion marched towards Liuhuakou without sleeping. At dawn, enemy planes were found to be reconnaissance. Li Ling's troops took cover and took the opportunity to rest and prepare for battle.At this moment, Li Jinxin took several assistants to the front to observe. The result of the observation surprised him. The number of enemies exceeded his imagination. He analyzed that the more than 200 Japanese troops withdrawn from Yazigang might have retreated to Liuhuakou. The enemy is more than just a squadron of troops.The enemy's situation changed, so they immediately sent someone to report the situation to Commander Zou.At dusk, Li Jinxin commanded the independent battalion to continue to search Liuhuakou Street. When they arrived at the small pine forest about 1 km away from the street, Commander Zou and the other two battalion commanders caught up. They captured a plainclothes enemy detective, a Yueyang native, a traitor, and he talked about the terrain of Liuhuakou and other general conditions.After hearing this, Li Jinxin and Head Zou felt that the traitor's confession belonged to Chen Guzi's rotten chaff, was outdated, and was of little use to them, so they decided to re-investigate by themselves.During the day, when the troops were resting, Regiment Commander Zou and the three battalion commanders personally led the reconnaissance and investigation of the situation. From the binoculars, they saw that Liuhuakou was a small street with mostly thatched huts on the embankment and a few tile-roofed houses on the slope, and there was no cooking smoke.No one could be seen, quietly like a dead snake.They estimated that the terrain near Wafang was complicated and there were no obstacles, so it was obviously a stronghold of the Japanese army.After several searches, I finally found a fisherman who had just escaped from Liuhuakou. He said that half a month ago, the people on the street ran away. storehouse.Although the information he provided was not much, it was a great inspiration to the national army. First, there was no need to worry about the death of compatriots caused by the attack. Second, he knew the location of the enemy's warehouse.Commander Zou decided to search by force first, to further find out the enemy's military strength and firepower deployment, and then launch a violent attack. In the afternoon, Li Jinxin sent three platoon leaders to rush to Liuhuakou, and they were immediately stopped by the strong firepower of the Japanese army. Sure enough, the enemy's formation was clear at a glance: the north, south, west entrances of the street and the three tile houses were all heavy machine gun firepower points. There are more than 20 light machine guns from the south to the north, but no shelling has been seen.Judging from the firepower, the enemy's strength is no less than that of a brigade. It has never been equipped with artillery, and it may be a mixed force assembled by various parties. Based on what we have seen, everyone agrees that Liuhuakou must be a supply transfer station for the Japanese army. It will be of great significance to the entire Changde battle.However, with the favorable terrain and strong firepower of the Japanese army, it was difficult for the national army to capture it. At this time, some people proposed to "encircle but not attack" to cut off the Japanese army's communication with the outside world, so as to complete the mission and preserve its troops.Li Jinxin believes that the enemy's front and rear communication is not the only way, and the siege is not enough to attack the enemy. Only by quickly capturing Liuhuakou will it pose a real threat to the invading Japanese army. Even if there are some casualties on our side, we must not hesitate.Li's opinion conquered everyone, so they decided to unite the artillery of the Independent Battalion and Zou Regiment Headquarters, and put them under the unified command of the artillery company to cover the infantry attack; Nankou and another warehouse, if any one is successful, the reserve battalion will be invested to expand the results of the battle; and it is decided to operate under the unified command of Commander Zou Pengqi the next morning. At 6:30 in the morning, just after dawn, the Li Jinxin Independent Battalion took the lead in attacking.Attacking under the enemy's dense firepower network is extremely dangerous. Despite the cover of our artillery, progress is still very slow, and at the cost of a few soldiers sacrificed for every step forward. At 7:30, 3 planes came to assist the Japanese defense. They flew low and strafed, and the national army's offensive was frustrated.But during the battle, Li Jinxin found that the enemy's firepower at the north entrance of the street was weak, which could be a breakthrough, so he resolutely turned the troops attacking the warehouse to attack the north entrance.Sure enough, just after 9 o'clock, the troops captured Beikou.However, as soon as they entered the block, they encountered more fierce resistance from the Japanese army. Three platoon leaders and more than a hundred soldiers from the independent battalion were dead. , Li Jinxin ordered the troops to take the opportunity to attack again. This is really a road paved with flesh and blood, and more than 30 people were killed or injured after advancing only 20 meters.In the afternoon, several places on the street were on fire again, but the defending enemy did not waver and insisted on resisting house by house. Until sunset, the national army only advanced more than 100 meters and captured more than 20 houses. That night, Li Jinxin suggested to Commander Zou that the enemy must resist with all his strength because there is no way out. According to the original plan, the enemy should be completely annihilated. It is difficult to carry out such a arduous attack continuously. It is better to abandon the south entrance, lead the enemy to a retreat, and then turn all the troops to attack the north entrance, sweeping from north to south, forcing the enemy to stop defending and flee to the south. Although this cannot completely annihilate However, it can greatly reduce the casualties of the national army and achieve the purpose of fighting. This suggestion was adopted by Zou Pengqi, and the independent battalion and the other two battalions adjusted their deployment at night. In the early morning of the next day, the three battalions of the national army pressed the Japanese army from north to south. Before 9 o'clock, they had captured most of the street.Then the enemy abandoned the last warehouse.The remnants of the enemy huddled inside and outside the south entrance of the street, unable to withstand the combined attack of the national army's infantry and artillery, and finally withdrew south. In this Liuhuakou battle, more than 200 Japanese soldiers were annihilated, and the casualties of the national army were twice that of the enemy. The old man was a little dejected. However, I think this battle was a great victory. It took away an important supply transfer station for the Japanese army. How much pressure should this relieve the 57th Division guarding Changde.The old man may be because there were too many brothers in the national army who were killed or injured at that time, and he still feels a little sad when he thinks about it. In fact, the loudest words of the old man Li Jinxin came later. In his own words, it was "the best battle I fought since I participated in the War of Resistance Against Japan." After a short rest at Liuhuakou, the Independent Battalion marched towards Hanshou, and Li Jinxin accepted the task of attacking Hanshou County.There was no fighting along the way.But after they passed Sansheng Palace, they suddenly found 5 Japanese light warships and more than 20 motorboats in the embankment lake.Li Jinxin felt itchy in his heart, thinking, isn't this a piece of fat brought to his mouth?To eat, or not to eat, Li Jinxin immediately reported to Head Zou. Zou Pengqi knew that Li Jinxin was a wild horse. He was afraid that he would not be able to complete the task of beating the Hanshou if the sheep were herded for the independent battalion, so he did not approve of eating this piece of fat. Enemies in the Embankment. Li Jinxin was so greedy, but he held back and moved towards Hanshou.But as soon as he changed his mind, he thought again, no way, if he ignored this enemy and still rushed towards Hanshou, then when the battle started, wouldn't this enemy attack from behind the independent battalion?The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this battle should be fought, so he contacted Commander Zou by telegram to discuss with Zou.But for a while, the regiment headquarters couldn't be found, maybe they had already contacted the enemy. Several company commanders geared up and said to Li Jinxin: "Battlement Commander, give the order, let's fight!" The emotions of the brothers were so high that it was no longer possible to refuse. Li Jinxin felt hot and waved his hand: "Hit!" A burst of bullets swept past, landing on the decks of Japanese warships with a "jingling" sound, and another burst of bullets shot past, smashing the window panes of several warships.Unexpectedly, the powerful Japanese fleet did not pay attention to Li Jinxin and his small army at all, and pretended to be indifferent and refused to fight back. This angered the brothers in the independent battalion. They have never been treated with such humiliation. Li Jinxin ordered the cannons to be set up, "Boom, sink a boat first, and see if it looks like a dead pig." I'm not afraid of boiling water!" "Boom, boom!" Two guns sank a wooden raft tied to the ship's side first. "Boom, boom..." A few more shots blew up a motorboat and ignited a raging fire. Originally, the Japanese ships thought that Li Jinxin's independent battalion was just stragglers, and they would leave automatically after firing a few shots to harass them, but they fought more and more fiercely, until the Japanese army was finally annoyed. The Japanese ships made a circle on the lake, then lined up in echelon formation and fired guns and guns towards the shore, rushing towards the shore while pushing the waves. Ferocious charge. But the enemy was in the water, and the national army was on the shore. The terrain was absolutely favorable to Li Jinxin. He commanded the machine gun to sweep across in a fan, "Da da da da..." Japanese soldiers were shot and fell into the lake, and the small raft was rickety and beaten. It has to be turned upside down. Charged several times and was repelled several times. Seeing that they couldn't gain any advantage, the Japanese army died down and stopped. Li Jinxin wanted to beat it hard, so he ordered a mortar gunner to aim at the largest warship and drop a few shells over it.The gunner not only aimed accurately, but also hoisted accurately. The warship was hit and exploded, bursting into flames and billowing thick black smoke. "It hit its ammunition bay!" Li Jinxin shouted excitedly. After being hit by this blow, the Japanese fleet didn't want to get too entangled, and now they didn't dare to stay here any longer, and hurriedly flinched and drove away in despair. In this battle, Li Jinxin's independent battalion sank 1 enemy ship and 8 motorboats, killing and wounding a large number of Japanese and puppet troops, while only 2 of the national army were injured. Originally, Li Jinxin reported this achievement to Zou Pengqi as good news, but he did not expect that the head of Zou gave him a serious punishment, "The wild horse's nature will not change", he has serious guerrilla habits, "act without authorization", " Don't listen to orders", wait, there are a lot of hats.Not only was the head of the regiment criticized, but when Li Jinxin described the exhilarating battle to Wan Xuanhua after the war, he was also complained by his beloved wife, "You don't want to die, the Japanese devils have so many troops, you dare to poke their hornet's nest ? I think Commander Zou is right in his criticism!" At this point, the old man couldn't help laughing heartily, and said, it seems that my battle was for nothing. The old man's words seem to have a deep meaning. Because, decades of encounters have shown that not only the old man's battle was "for nothing", but the entire War of Resistance Against Japan was "for nothing" for him. After Fu Zuoyi "became a Buddha immediately" in 1948, Li Jinxin did not return to his hometown in Shanxi, but ran south with his wife.After Wan Xuanhua stopped in Hunan, he continued to run south to Guangzhou. He exchanged all the gold bars he carried with him into US dollars and bought two tickets to Taiwan.While waiting for the sailing schedule, he asked someone to go to Hunan to deliver a message to Wan Xuanhua: Hurry up to Guangzhou and go to Taiwan.But the foot that Li Jinxin stepped out was dragged back by Wan Xuanhua. Not only did she not want to leave her hometown, but she also refused to let him go. This time the wild horse finally became a domestic foal. I spread a fallacy to the old man Li Jinxin and the old lady Wan Xuanhua, who still has charm to this day. People of different backgrounds and beliefs should never stray into the territory. As long as you are patriotic, you can stay where you belong camp, otherwise, would be a victim of what kind of politics. The old couple didn't say anything after hearing this, but obviously they understood what I meant.I was wondering if I had oversimplified their original motivation and choice? The sons and daughters said that the father was "a hero who is saddened by beauty", and was fascinated by the beauty of his mother when he was young, so he couldn't move an inch.In fact, perhaps they really had their thoughts at the time, history is a mystery, isn't it more a mystery within a mystery that people are in a mystery? In the countryside of Hunan, Li Jinxin stayed with his lingering wife and quietly became a primary school teacher.If he is really silent, maybe his life will be safe.But who is he who is willing to remain silent? In the early 1960s, there was another movement across the country.Li Jinxin basically took an evasive attitude towards all the views of the movement, but he only heard the argument that "the Kuomintang did not resist Japan."Since throwing himself into the trap and setting himself on fire, he hit the muzzle of the gun.But under high pressure, he still said this: I have no objection to saying that the Kuomintang has committed all kinds of crimes, but I do not admit that the Kuomintang did not resist Japan, because I am a member of the Kuomintang, and I have resisted Japan. Li Jinxin's statement that the War of Resistance Against Japan was basically "in vain" came from this place.He was sentenced to death because he "confuses history with black and white" and sang praises for the Kuomintang.The capital punishment is beheading, which is to make his life completely blank. When they are about to die, everyone will probably have a "dying struggle". Li Jinxin calmed down and remembered that when he was a staff officer in the Beiping Army Mediator, he had rescued a Communist Party reporter, so he appealed this important incident to seek leniency. The Communist Party reporter must have gained considerable status later on, because as soon as Li Jinxin uttered his name, it was verified that Li's death penalty was changed to 10 years in prison. "Hehe..." The old man Li Jinxin smiled lightly. In his faint smile, everything passed. When the author and Li Yi'an, the former director of the Documentary Literature Department of Hunan Literature and Art Publishing House, took the "Volga" and drove along a field dirt road that could not be narrower to the end. The figure of the old man in the twilight scene.The old man greeted us, and we couldn't help shaking hands tightly. Does this handshake mean that a deep gully is slowly closing over decades of history? Someone may ask, isn't Li Jinxin also rediscovered?Your publishing house has organized writers to write about him. Can my documentary monograph between history and literature really play this role?I hope so.