Chapter 27 Chapter 26 From Reckless Hero to National Hero

Wang Yachen, also known as Wang Jinglong, was born in 1911 in Penglai County, Shandong Province. He went to Wuchang County, Jilin Province (now part of Heilongjiang Province) through the Guandong.At the age of fifteen, he went to Weihe County to work as a lumberjack for two years. He returned to Wuchang to join the "Dong Shuangsheng Team" and was reported as "Shuanglong". In the spring of 1929, the "Dong Shuangsheng Team" was broken up by the 34th Regiment of the 26th Brigade of the Northeast Army, and Wang Yachen was captured as a soldier in the 34th Regiment. In the "September 18th" incident, the 34th regiment surrendered without a fight. Wang Yachen and several soldiers returned to Wuchang with their guns. They gathered more than 20 people in Xiaomangniuhe to join the "Successful Team" and became the gun heads. The word "Double Dragon".

With the mountains and rivers broken and the Japanese invaders rampant, Wang Yachen began to re-examine the direction of this team, and could not continue this kind of robbery.But in the mind of "Bao Sheng", what does the country have to do with him?Since the day when he pulled the pole, he has recognized this taste for delicious food and spicy food. One day in the winter of 1932, "Baosheng" caught up again in a village.Wang Yachen was furious, and rushed to shoot "Baosheng". The subordinates of "Baosheng" turned pale with fright, Wang Yachen said, don't be afraid, there is a leader in the wrong, and the debtor, he is the one who forced me to shoot from "Shuanglong".I persuaded him a lot, the Japanese have occupied our Northeast, we can no longer harm the Chinese, our Chinese young and old want to join hands to beat the Japanese, if he doesn't listen, I have to do it.what about you?If you want to go home, I will not stop you, if you want to do it with me, if my "Shuanglong" has a dry mouth, I can't let you drink water.But there is one thing, from now on, you have to change your way of life, be a Chinese man, and put all your energy on the little Japanese.

More than 20 people in "Baosheng" said rightly, you are the leader of us when you fight against Japan. Wang Yachen is tall, strong, and scheming.At that time, the "Shuanglong Team" was active in the area of ​​Jiuwudingzi Mountain in Nanshanli. There were many mountain and forest teams, anti-Japanese and non-anti-Japanese.Among them, Song Delin's team is well-known in Wuchang County. Before the incident, they only robbed big households. After the incident, they resolutely opposed the Japanese. There were more than 1,000 people, and the mountain forest team did not dare to provoke them.Wang Yachen put the "Shuanglong Team" under Song Delin's banner and organized it as a detachment of the Song Department.But there is a saying first, "Composition is not allowed to be transferred", that is, the command and transfer rights of the "Shuanglong Team" are still mine, and I have to be in charge and have the final say.

After 1934, the Japanese and puppet mobilized troops to "crusade" against Nanshan.At the same time, the anti-Japanese armed forces led by the Communist Party became stronger and stronger, and the Hadong detachment became famous far and wide.In the spring of the same year, Wang Yachen led the "Double Dragon Team" to the east of the Pearl River, found the Pearl River guerrillas in the Black Dragon Palace, and met Zhao Shangzhi. After that, Zhao Shangzhi sent traffic officers to and from them, and the relationship between the two teams became closer and closer. Lei Gang in the Peking opera "Dujuan Mountain" wants to "grab a Communist Party to lead the way."Wang Yachen went to Zhuhe to find the guerrillas, and later found the Zhuhe Central County Committee, intending to join the 3rd Army.

The Central County Party Committee and Zhao Shangzhi once planned to organize the "Shuanglong Team" into an independent division of the 3rd Army, but they felt it was inappropriate.Wuchang County is located in the south of Harbin. The terrain in Nanshan is dangerous. The hundreds of miles of mountains and dense forests bordering Shulan, Yushu and other counties are suitable for guerrilla warfare, and there are many broken volunteers who can be recruited.Establishing a base there can contain the enemy's forces and support the struggles of the armies of North Manchuria and Jidong.

At the beginning of 1936, the "Shuanglong Team" was reorganized into the 8th Army. The army commander Wang Yachen, the director of the political department Hou Qigang, the chief of staff Wang Weiyu, and more than 800 people in the army formed 5 regiments.In the autumn of the same year, the 8th Army was reorganized into the 10th Army of the Anti-Japanese Army, and the team has grown to more than 1,000 people in 10 regiments. Not long after the establishment of the 10th Army, it was active in the Zhuqi area of ​​Shulan County. The insider reported that more than a thousand Japanese puppet troops were coming to "crusade".Wang Yachen immediately set up an ambush at the top of the Zhu Banner, and fired violently after the enemy entered. After two hours of fierce fighting, more than 300 enemies were wiped out.The enemy has suffered a great loss, so they are not willing to give up and chase after him.Wang Yachen led the enemy around in circles in the mountains and forests. A few days later, he returned to Jiuwudingzi to rest, and the enemy was still wandering around in the mountains.

In the autumn of this year, Wang Yachen led the 10th Army to swim around Xiguan Street, intending to lure the enemy in the street to dispatch, and the enemy really took the bait.There was a dirt hill outside Xiguan Street, officers and soldiers of two companies ran up the hill, and the enemy chased after them.When the enemy ran halfway up the mountain, the troops who had already ambushed at the foot of the mountain opened fire, and the troops on the mountain also fought down.The number of enemies wiped out in this battle is unknown, but 7 were captured by light-machine guns. Also in the autumn of this year, Wang Yachen took the troops to Shahezi for activities, and sent someone to Dadongtun to contact Meng Bai's parents for cooking in advance. Meng Bai's parents fully agreed and sent people to report to the Japanese army in Shahezi.The common people in the village knew about it and came to report to Wang Yachen.Wang Yachen was delighted, it was easier now, instead of going to Shahezi, he just waited at Xiaoheidingzi Mountain.In this battle, 10 devils were killed and all 3 machine guns of the devils were damaged.

In the autumn of 1937, Wang Yachen sent people to Xiangyangshan to contact the head of the puppet army, Chen Tuan, for a batch of pistol bullets.Head Chen said yes, but on one condition, Wang Yachen had to go there in person. There used to be a Brigadier Deng who used to shoot "friend guns" on the battlefield. Wang Yachen once went to the brigade headquarters to meet with Brigadier Deng to connect with him and understand his righteousness.Afterwards, Brigade Deng poured out many boxes of ammunition for the 10th Army on the battlefield, and took the empty boxes back to hand over to the devils.But this Chen Tuan has never dealt with each other before. Does the Chen Tuan really want to give bullets, or is he setting a trap?Everyone said they couldn't go, Wang Yachen smiled and said it was fine.

This regiment leader Chen was actually supporting and prevaricating, because the Japanese garrison was stationed in the village, and he didn't believe that Wang Yachen would come.When they met, he was stunned, startled, and completely overwhelmed by this army commander dressed as a farmer. In Huachuan County, southeast of Jiamusi, there is a Tuoyaozi gold mine. Since the mine was established in 1890, more than 500,000 taels of placer gold have been mined in more than 40 years. On the night of February 14, 1933, Yu Chen, the commander of the "bandit suppression" of the puppet Jilin Province, sent Yang Yushu, chief of staff, to lead a company of infantry artillery, a squadron of Japanese armed immigrants, a Japanese army's ever-victorious team, and Yongfeng under the command of Shao Zuo Donggong. The guards of the town (Mengjiagang) repelled Li Du's self-defense army guarding the gold mine. The bloody mouth on the "plaster flag" was mercilessly devouring.

Not long after, a mine accident occurred, killing 2 workers and injuring 3 others. One of the injured was Qi Zhizhong, the later commander of the 11th Army of the Anti-Union Army. At this time, Qi Zhizhong was called Qi Baotang, twenty years old, over 1.70 meters tall, lean and strong, with fair skin, and looked like a scholar.A native of Cao County, Shandong Province, he went to the Tuoyaozi Gold Mine in the spring of 1931. He has a smart mind and has prestige among the workers. The workers demanded compensation and medical treatment for the dead and injured miners, but the mine ignored them.Some people say that Japan is unreasonable, and they fight with it.Qi Baotang, who had both feet injured, said that he clenched his fists, isn't that for nothing?If you want to achieve great things, you can't just think about it, you have to think about it in the long run.

Qi Baotang and the six poor buddies kowtowed and worshiped, and put together their private collections of gold powder, which were kept by Zhao Xiru, who lives in the local area. In June, when the weather was getting warmer, Qi Baotang, Sun Jiwu, and Zhao Xiru asked for leave to go to Zhao Xiru's house in the name of changing seasons. They bought a dog brand luzi and a "Qixingzi" revolver. It was midday in late June, and everything was business as usual.The miners were eating lunch, and the devils guarding the mine took advantage of this rare opportunity to set up their guns and hide in the shade of a tree to rest and relax their nerves.Sun Jiwu, who was quite familiar with the devil's little boss, approached him under the pretext of smoking.Only this time it was a pistol.Almost at the same time, Qi Baotang also killed the machine gunner with a single shot.The remaining 5 brothers grabbed the rifles stacked in their hands, and there was a burst of "ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping." After the miners were in a mess for a while, they came together, and Qi Baotang delivered what should be the first speech in his life: Brothers!I won't talk about what kind of life we ​​live.Today, seven of my brothers have turned against each other. They got the guns of the Japanese, and they want to pull a team to do it with the little Japanese.Those who don’t want to be subjugated slaves will come with us, and those who don’t want to, please hurry up and ask for convenience. The Japanese are not as good as you. More than 20 people attended immediately. The riot team traveled more than 20 kilometers to the north, and arrived at Shiermajiazitun, Dalishugou that night-this became their base. Of the 7 kowtow brothers, Qi Baotang is the seventh and the youngest.But he was clever, witty and brave, so he was elected as the leader.According to the rules of the gangsters, if the name is "Mingshan", the "Mingshan team" will be officially established. In July, he got information that there was a convoy of Japanese troops from Jiamusi to Yilan for adoption. Qi Baotang took the team to the foot of the mountain east of Yangjiadian and waited there.At two o'clock in the afternoon, 7 cars came.This was the first battle of the "Mingshan Team" after its establishment. Qi Baotang personally grasped the machine gun and swept it violently, and the first car was shot and caught fire.The devil who escorted the car jumped out of the car, lay behind the wheel and shot and resisted.The team members ambushing on the other side touched the road and shot from behind. None of the 11 devils remained, and they were all killed. The car was loaded with blankets, coats, and canned food. Everyone was so happy that they were moving things when a few more armored vehicles came, firing heavy and light machine guns like a torrential rain.Has anyone seen this thing before?Goodbye, the bullet hit like a bullet, and I panicked.Qi Baotang hurriedly ordered to retreat, and he took cover behind him with a machine gun.Fortunately, the leaves closed the door, and they disappeared when they got in, which also sacrificed a few brothers. The second battle was to intercept the puppet army sent by the Tuoyaozi Gold Mine Bureau to Jiamusi.Although this battle did not stop the gold cart, it defeated the puppet army and caused a sensation in the villages around Tuoyaozi, and the team quickly expanded to more than 50 people. During the Tulongshan riot, Qi Baotang led the "Mingshan Team" to help the battle, and then assisted the National Salvation Army to fight against the Japanese army at Jiuliliu. On April 23, the "Mingshan Team" and the National Salvation Army captured Tuoyaozi Town, and were organized into the 1st Brigade of the National Salvation Army, with Qi Baotang as the brigade commander.Xie Wendong led the National Salvation Army to Hulin. Qi Baotang broke away from the National Salvation Army and stayed in the Huachuan area for activities. Before, the "Mingshan Team" and the National Salvation Army attacked the Mengjiagang Pioneering Group, but failed to defeat them.In November of this year, Qi Baotang focused on a pioneering group near Mengjiagang, and joined forces with Master Zhao's Broadsword Society to carefully plan a surprise attack. This is a large-scale pioneering group with cars and tractors, equipped with two machine guns, two small cannons and more than 80 rifles.In the evening, when the two teams rode horse-drawn sledges to get far away from the pioneering group, they began to walk.It was snowing heavily, and the sheepskin jacket was turned into a protective color, and dog leather socks were worn on the hands and feet, which not only kept warm, but also reduced the sound of stepping on the snow.In front of the watchtower at the gate of the compound, sentries strolled back and forth with guns on their backs.The snow was as thick as a foot, and the team was divided into two routes, east and west, and crawled forward.The sentinel walked east, and the team on the west arched forward; the sentinel turned around, and the team on the east climbed forward a few meters.When they got close, two snowmen jumped up, stabbed a sharp knife into the devil's chest, then opened the door and rushed in. In the large dormitory facing you, there are two rows of gun racks in the center of the floor, and the rifles are arranged neatly.On the north and south kangs, gourd-like heads are arranged neatly along the edge of the kang.A few devils woke up, some were still a little ignorant, and some went to the ground to grab guns, and became ghosts under the knife first.At that time, there was no song "The Big Sword Cuts Off the Devils' Heads", so it swung round and chopped off the devils' heads and necks in the same way. The sneak attack was a complete victory and a fruitful return. On September 14, 1935, the "Report of the Zhuhe County Committee of the Communist Party of China on the Situation of the Guerrilla Zone and the Issues Discussed at the County Executive Committee Meeting" stated: In the Great Basilmi area, Mingshan is the best. Mingshan belongs to the old department of Xie Wendong. He was a de facto leader in the Tulongshan incident. They all learn from us. There are also youth companies and security companies. The discipline in the team is stricter than that of our army. The members are all workers and peasants. ) point is there, they insisted on our army to send political workers, now the team has 60 to 70 people, a machine gun, a cannon (to be given to us), our army has reorganized him into the third military guerrilla group. Qi Baotang's earliest contact with the Communists was in Xie Wendong's National Salvation Army.After the Tulongshan riot, the Jiamusi party organization sent members Yang Dejin and Bai Yunlong to work in the National Salvation Army to win over this team.They found that the "Mingshan team" was very good, and talked to Qi Baotang many times, explaining the principles of resisting Japan and saving the country, and encouraged him to go with the Communist Party.Qi Baotang asked to join the party, and the Jiamusi party organization asked him to pull out the team and become the party's armed force.Qi Baotang agreed and joined the party. After leaving the National Salvation Army, he also lost contact with the party organization.The Hadong detachment was so powerful that Hadong was shocked, and Qi Baotang led the team to Zhuhe, where they met Zhao Shangzhi and Feng Zhongyun in Fangzheng County's Shanbianzi nest by chance.Qi Baotang expressed his determination to go with the Communist Party, and Zhao Shangzhi and Feng Zhongyun were naturally happy.Feng Zhongyun said, you have the ambition to resist Japan and devote yourself to the cause of the liberation of the Chinese nation. How about changing your name to "Zhizhong"? Qi Baotang immediately announced to the team: From now on, we will no longer call the Shantou brand "Mingshan Team", and I will also change my name to "Qi Zhizhong". Qi Zhizhong decided to work with the 3rd Army for a period of time and reform his troops according to the 3rd Army.It is said that the reason for his departure was not that his studies were over, but that he did not have a place in the General Command of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army that was established later.In the mind of this reckless hero, he has more guns than Xie Wendong and Li Huatang, so he should be above these two, at least on an equal footing with them. Some old people said that Xie Wendong asked him to be the brigade commander, but he was not satisfied. This time, he organized the "Mingshan Team" into the Fang (Zheng) Yi (Lan) guerrilla group. What can he do? After leaving the army, Qi Zhizhong crossed the river to find the Tangyuan County Party Committee and asked to join the Communist Party.The Tangyuan County Party Committee asked him to fight against the fake police brigade of "Lian Bald Paws".Qi Zhizhong was unambiguous, when he ran into a team of "Lian Bald Claws", the machine gun mounted on the horse's neck and swept it violently, knocking it down.After passing the test, the county party committee asked him to go to the party training class for half a month. He was introduced by Xia Yunjie and joined the party for the second time. Back in the south of the Yangtze River, Qi Zhizhong called himself an "independent division", got in touch with Li Yanlu, and joined the "General Command of the East Road Anti-Japanese United Army" organized by Li Yanlu. On May 20, 1936, Qi Zhizhong's team was officially organized as an independent division of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army. In October 1937, the independent division was reorganized into the 11th Army, led by Qi Zhizhong, the commander of the army, and Kim Jong-guk, the director of the Political Department. On December 30, 1936, "Zhou Baozhong's Letter to Song Yifu and Wang Guangyu" said: The disputes over the independent division organized by the Mingshan team are complicated, and there are many parties involved. Please pay more attention. In 1937 (without month and day), "Letter from Bao Lin, Party Committee of Boli County of the Communist Party of China, to Lao Feng, Secretary of the Northern Manchurian Provincial Party Committee" stated: Qi Zhizhong is a very capable, smart, and cunning person.If he is powerful, he will not obey anyone. On June 24 of the same year, in "5A·K's Letter to "Brother Hua" that is to be transferred to "Cousin" Cousin", there is such a natural paragraph: The Qi Mingshan unit of the independent division has now grown to more than a thousand people, and has achieved success in guerrilla activities in Xiajiang. His army status is similar to that of the Eighth Army.Qi Mingshan is really clever and "cunning". Last spring, the armed forces formed a weak guerrilla group with less than a hundred members. In the summer, he found a connection with the Boli County Party Committee and got a crown of an independent division of the coalition army, wearing the coat of arms of Xie Wendong Tulongshan , Taking advantage of the power of the three armies, the formation closed its guns, and it actually grew stronger.At first, he was dissatisfied with the three armies, opposed Lao Xie, and put aside Boli. If the Northeast had not formed the first army, he would set up the banner of the Northeast First Army by himself.Naturally he behaved badly, he joined the Communist Party and played the Communist Party.Comrade Zhou Shufan, director of the Political Department, was angered by him, and Comrade Kim Jong-kook was still in a stalemate there. It was impossible for the Five Armies to help them get closer.Because of Qi Mingshan's cunning and the bad behavior of the army, some comrades with tendencies in the three armies supported the secret discussion of the six armies, and punished them with the method of ×× (sic—the author).Thanks to the North Manchurian Provincial Party Committee's correct decision that Comrade Zhang Shouzhen should moderate and limit the closed-door leftism, Qi Mingshan expressed his loyalty to the Communist Party and his determination in the struggle for national liberation, and accepted Comrade Shouzhen's arrangement and improvement. The army's many proposals, the development and consolidation of independent divisions, can completely be transferred with the party's leadership line and work progress.