Chapter 36 Ximen's single soldier is a hero

The defense of Changde lasted 13 days, and Daximen was still the only one among the six city gates that did not break the record. At dawn on November 30, in addition to attacking the city with a row of artillery in front of Daximen, the Japanese army mobilized another group of troops to go around from Luolu intersection to the southwest corner of the city, preparing to attack by climbing the wall secretly. The national army set up a lookout post at the corner of the city wall. The sentry was Li Zhizhong, a senior soldier of the 3rd Battalion of the original Army Artillery Regiment.Since the artillery changed to infantry a few days ago, Xiao Li has been fighting with the artillery regiment commander Jin in the west city. Because he is in charge of surveillance, he was not issued a rifle. He only received a wooden stick and 14 grenades for emergency use. .In the dim sky, he saw a group of enemies coming from the west, about a hundred of them, gradually approaching the base of the city. He waved a prepared cloth towel over and over again, and sent a warning signal to the Daximen national army stronghold.But after dancing for a while, there was no response from there, so he made preparations for the attack.When the enemy approached the city, he cursed "You son of a bitch" and threw a few grenades with his arms. "Boom, boom, boom!" Puffs of white smoke rose from the densely packed places of the Japanese army. The enemy was caught off guard and got down in a hurry.

Li Zhizhong ran back and forth, throwing grenades, panting heavily, and beads of sweat dripped from his forehead.But the grenade was quickly thrown away, leaving only a wooden stick in his hand. To the south, the enemies who were not knocked down climbed up the slope of the bombed city wall.Li Zhizhong hastily moved a few big rocks and threw them. Two Japanese soldiers were knocked down. When he was about to continue smashing, several Japanese soldiers were already running side by side with bayonets and rifles, rushing towards him. Li Zhizhong raised the wooden stick, sideways avoided the point of the bayonet, and struck the enemy who was running first, knocked him down, then jumped away and stood on the side of another enemy. Hold the enemy's gun barrel, raise your toes, and kick the opponent's stomach.The enemy gave a strange cry and squatted on the ground. Li Zhizhong turned his gun and stabbed the boy's chest with a bayonet.But at the same time, more than a dozen Japanese soldiers who climbed up to the city from behind saw Li Zhizhong's incomparable bravery, so they raised their guns and fired together. !” He fell to the ground.

After Li Zhizhong's story was known by Master Yu Chengwan, it was recorded in the book of Zhongyong's deeds and passed down for generations. The defenders of Daximen arrived, and a row of grenades and a burst of machine guns fired violently, suppressing the enemy. For the city defense here, the existing force is two regiment leaders with less than 300 soldiers.The first regiment leader is Du Ding of the 171st Regiment, and his subordinates are the remnants of the 3rd Battalion, about 100 people, plus 40 to 50 miscellaneous soldiers and 20 policemen temporarily organized; the second regiment leader It is Jin Dingzhou of the Army Artillery Regiment, and his subordinates are more than 40 infantry composed of artillery and 40 people composed of miscellaneous soldiers.

Moreover, a large part of these troops do not have guns or ammunition in their hands. The tactics they use are just blood and blood. Commanders Du and Jin became combat privates, each took a rifle and shot in the foxholes on the city wall.Long Chuyun, the chief of staff of the division, was ordered by the division commander to supervise the battle here. He wore a white cloth and red seal on his arm and held a rifle in his hand. Lie down. It should be said that the battle has reached this level, which is quite dangerous.But Yu Chengwan gave a death order, Daximen could not be broken, and the whole division would collapse immediately once broken.

At 1:00 pm on the 30th, Master Yu personally went to Daximen to inspect.At this time, the enemy had pounced on five or six times from the dawn of the battle to the present. The acting commander of the 3rd Battalion and Lu Kongwen, who was attached to the original regiment, were firmly guarding the position without moving at all.Yu Chengwan inspected the city gate, and saw that the city gate had been cut into half a round frame by the Japanese artillery shells. Close to the right side of the door frame, the Japanese artillery shells blasted a deep ditch, which cracked from the top of the city to the foot of the city. A large slit six or seven feet wide.The national army soldiers fighting under the city foundation were building a gate with bricks, stones and sandbags to repair the cracks. Although the Japanese army shot and blocked them, none of them showed a look of fear.Yu Chengwan nodded in satisfaction, then turned around to look at the fortifications inside the city gate. Close to the gate, there was a bunker-like blockhouse built of stones. Although the flat-fired artillery shells can be shot in through the door openings, the bunker is slightly tilted to the north, and the shells cannot turn, so they cannot touch them. As for the mortars and mountain artillery, although the enemy can use them to parabolicly hang from the top of the city. Come here, and this bunker is half connected to the city wall, and it is shorter than the city wall, so it is difficult for a shell to hit the city wall and land on the top of the bunker. If it is closer, it will hit the city wall, and farther away They went to the bunker again, and the Japanese army bombarded it for several days, but the bunker was still intact.Yu Chengwan remembered what a Spanish priest said to him when he was evacuated before the war: "May God be with you!" He thought, this is really God's blessing!

Commander Du Ding sometimes fought on the city, and sometimes commanded in the bunker. At this time, he sent Lu Kongwen to go up to the city on behalf of the battalion commander from the bunker, while he himself observed the enemy's movements outside the city from the bunker hole.The guard at the entrance of the cave, come in and report that the division commander has arrived.Head Du was a little surprised when he heard this, and wondered why the teacher came to the front!As soon as he stood up, Yu Chengwan came into the hole, and he immediately saluted and reported. After hearing Du Ding's report on the battle situation, Yu Chengwan calmly ordered:

"The terrain here is always in our favor. We must guard it calmly and not change our position." Du Ding nodded and answered "Yes". "The friendly forces on the outskirts have gradually approached the urban area, and we have achieved 90% of the task of guarding the city. The ancients said, 'A half-ninety percent of those who travel a hundred miles' mean? That is to say, the closer to the time of success , the more you have to work harder!" "Teacher, don't worry!" Du Ding expressed his determination. "Okay, it's up to you!" Yu Chengwan had high hopes.

After the talk, Yu Chengwan was about to walk out of the bunker when he heard the enemy shells "shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh than the bunker bunker, rolling and exploding on the ground like thunder in a storm.Yu said: "This is the shelling of the enemy covering the attack. Call the brothers and say that I am here and ready to charge!" "Yes!" Du Ding immediately called out the order. Sure enough, under the fireworks of the enemy's artillery shells, a dense team of Japanese infantry rushed towards the base of the city. Zhu Huangtang, the platoon leader of the special agent company who followed Master Yu to inspect, received the order from the commander to join the battle of the 171st regiment. He took 4 brothers and carried a light machine gun, and rushed out of the city cave bravely.He set up a machine gun on a pile of chaotic bricks under the city foundation, and fired violently at the incoming Japanese troops.

Acting battalion commander Lu on the base of the city heard that the division commander had personally come to Ximen to supervise the battle, so he took a group of brothers from the city and jumped down, ran south to the short wall of a group of dilapidated houses, and detoured to the enemy's first wave. Behind the team, approached to the side of the second wave team, using the short wall as cover, and threw the grenade vigorously.There was a gust of smoke and fire, and the enemy retreated after being hit, running fast as if they had knocked over a beehive.Seeing the situation, Lu Kongwen first jumped out holding his bayonet-loaded rifle, and the brothers rushed out after shouting "Kill!"The brothers of the spy company, in response to Acting Battalion Commander Lu, also shouted to kill, stretched out a pair of shining bayonets to catch up.

None of the Japanese soldiers fought back, and ran away dragging their guns. In less than 10 minutes, the enemy's offensive was defeated. As for the offensive and defensive battle between China and Japan in Daximen, if it is analyzed and studied as a case study, the author thinks it is quite interesting.Why did the Japanese army easily succeed in several other city gates, but suffered repeated setbacks here?It is said that the terrain of Daximen is particularly beneficial to the defenders. This is true and not true, because Changde City Gate has existed since ancient times, and the ancients built the city with calculations for each gate. The two north gates should have provided the national army with favorable terrain like the Great West Gate, but these two gates were broken, but the Great West Gate was not.It would be wrong to say that the defenders of Daximen are particularly good at fighting, because who can say that the officers and soldiers of the 57th Division guarding other gates are not good at fighting?Moreover, under the deployment of Commander Yu, almost every regiment and battalion fought in Daximen in turn.So what kind of power does Daximen have to support it unyieldingly?

Daximen, is there really a god bless you?