Chapter 11 3. Clouds cover and fog surround Dayun Mountain

At dawn on September 7, 1941, Masatsuka Kanda, head of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army, issued an attack order facing a mountain covered by dense forests. After the planes and mountain guns slammed bombs and shells heavily on the positions of the Chinese Defense Forces set among the rocks and trees, the infantry swept up the mountain from east, north, and west like a tide. At this time, Ou Zhen, commander of the 4th Army of the Chinese Army, Yang Sen, commander-in-chief of the 27th Army Group, and Xue Yue, commander of the Ninth Theater, received telegrams from Bai Huizhang, commander of the 102nd Division.

In their respective combat headquarters, they watched the staff move the logo of the 6th Division from Yueyang, where it was originally located, to Dayun Mountain, which is located in the southern part of Hubei and the Hunan-Hubei border area, on the map, and they all thought to themselves: Ananwei What does this guy mean by this move? The Dayun Mountain with a radius of more than 30 kilometers towers on the north bank of Changshui in the upper reaches of the Xinqiang River. This mountain is 1,000 meters above sea level and is more than 800 meters above the ground level in the local area. The forest is dense, the mountain is steep, and there are various Wild plants, rare birds and small animals, and months of snow on the top of the mountain in winter.It is a pity that its magnificent mountain scenery and beautiful natural scenery were not appreciated by people at that time. In the eyes of the military commanders of the two countries, its roads were narrow and rugged, and other arms except infantry could not move, so it was easy to defend and difficult to attack; in terms of geographical location , It shields the north of Hunan, from the northeast to Hengxi, it can lead to Yanglousi, from the southeast to Beigang to Tongcheng, and from the northwest to Yueyang through Taolin.When using troops in Hunan, this mountain is a must.Xue Yue early sent a part of the 4th Army of Ouzhen to guard, and the troops of Yang Sen's 27th Army repeatedly attacked and harassed the enemy's rear from here.Ordinarily, whether to fight or not to fight in northern Hunan, the Japanese army should pull out this nail nailed at the door of the house as soon as possible, but at this time, what does it mean to fight with the 6th Division, the main force?What is the relationship between the attack on Dayun Mountain and the entire battle in northern Hunan?The Chinese generals waited and watched the development of the situation.

On the 7th and 8th, the two divisions of the 4th Army of Ouzhen continued to retreat under the fierce Japanese offensive.Since the reconnaissance report showed that the Japanese army had no major massing actions in northern Hunan in the past two days, Xue Yue ordered Yang Sen to dispatch two divisions to reinforce Dayun Mountain, intending to release a detection balloon to see how the Japanese army reacted. On the evening of the 8th, Lu Daoyuan, commander of the new 10th Division of the 58th Army, and Dong Yu, commander of the 60th Division of the 4th Army, received orders to lead their troops to leave the frontal defense line in northern Hunan and quickly advance towards Dayun Mountain.

At noon on the 9th, the headquarters of the 4th Army received telegrams from the two divisions defending Dayun Mountain.Ou Zhen ordered to withdraw from the position to make further calculations.After reporting to Xue Yue, he was instructed to pay close attention to the movement of the 6th Division after it captured Dayun Mountain. On the afternoon of the 9th, the intelligence officers of the 4th Army directly sent a telegram to the headquarters of the Ninth War Zone, and the Japanese army felled a large number of trees in Dayun Mountain to build fortifications.From this, Xue Yue judged that the purpose of the Japanese army's fighting in Dayun Mountain was pure, to clear away the threats around them.So he ordered that the two divisions that had withdrawn from the position and the two divisions that had been transferred to fight back against the enemy who invaded and occupied Dayun Mountain.

At noon on the 10th, Lu Daoyuan led the New 10th Division to advance rapidly from west to east to Dayun Mountain.Because it was about to enter the Dayun Mountains and the arrival time stipulated by the 27th Group Army was approaching, Lu Daoyuan ordered the troops behind to rush forward to narrow the distance between the regiments.When the troops entered a valley on the north side of Gantian, the vanguard detachment reported: A Japanese army of about 3,000 people was found in front of us, 1.5 kilometers away from the dough in front of me. A thought flashed across Lu Daoyuan's mind: Encounter.

While the Chinese generals were speculating about Japan's intentions with different opinions, Anan Yuji, who had set up the general headquarters in Yueyang, was implementing his battle plan step by step. At noon on the 9th, he received a telegram from Kanda Masakazuka: "The enemy on Dayun Mountain has been wiped out, and there will not be a large number of enemy troops north of the Shagang River." Anan immediately issued two orders, one was to order the 40th Division Quickly and covertly replaced the 6th Division's position in the Dayun Mountain area, and continued to divert the attention of the Chinese army's strength and command organization; the second was to order the 6th Division to quickly gather in the area north of the Xinqiang River.

The 40th Division was a newly formed unit in the local Tongshan Temple in June 1939.After the war has been fought for a long time, there will not be so many troops with strong combat effectiveness in the country to send. The equipment and training of the 40th Division were relatively poor. After the 6th Division captured Dayun Mountain, Anan stole it and placed it on Dayun Mountain, switching back to the 6th Division to attack. After receiving Anan's order, the head of the 40th Division, Seiichi Aoki, sent the 234th Wing of Shigematsu Kiyoshi, who was relatively the strongest in the division, to set off early to replace the 13th Wing, the main force of the 6th Division.

The route taken by the Chongsong Regiment to the north along the Shagang River into Dayunshan Mountain was exactly the area where a large number of Chinese troops would not appear according to the chief of staff of the division at the time of departure.So at noon on the 10th, when they encountered the new 10th Division of the Chinese Army, their initial reaction was very unexpected and sudden. Encounters are unfolded in accidents and sudden encounters. According to Yueyang County Annals: On July 19th of the 30th year of the Republic of China (September 10th in the Gregorian calendar), the national army fought a bloody battle with the enemy in Gantian.The sound of guns and guns continued from noon to night.More than a hundred bandits died, and the national army suffered heavy casualties.In the next morning, corpses can be seen everywhere in the mountains, paddy fields, riversides, and roads, and the Shagang River is red.

At 10:00 p.m., the follow-up troops of the 40th Division arrived and outflanked the side of the New 10th Division. Lu Daoyuan hurriedly ordered to withdraw from the battlefield, diverted to continue to approach Dayun Mountain. Xue Yue learned that two divisions of the Japanese army had appeared in the Dayun Mountain area, and added a new 11th division to assist in the battle. On September 13, more than 3,000 Japanese troops of the 13th Regiment of the 6th Division were surrounded by more than 10,000 Chinese troops near Gantian on the way to withdraw.Xue Yue was in high spirits, and frequently sent telegrams to command remotely, aiming to wipe out the enemy.

On the 13th and 14th, five divisions of the Chinese army compressed the Japanese army within a radius of less than 10 kilometers, and launched strong attacks on the enemy's positions again and again, and fierce battles broke out in the mountains and forests from time to time. On the afternoon of the 14th, the officers and soldiers of the 102nd Division of the 4th Army stormed from west to east, and the killing sound shook the sky for a while.The 13th Wing of the Japanese Army was divided and fell into chaos.Seeing that victory is in sight, the morale of the Chinese army is even stronger, and the charge is sounded from all directions.The Japanese army desperately gathered the troops in one place and broke through the encirclement.

Unbeknownst to the breakout Japanese army, there was already an ambush waiting eagerly on their escape route.So what will be the battle and ending waiting in front of the Japanese army and the ambush? Pang Gufeng, the sergeant deputy squad leader of the 7th company of the 3rd Regiment of the 10th Division of the new 58th Army, recalled: "Our company's task is to insert behind the enemy, and control a road to the northwest from a high ground, that is, a hill. This is the place where the enemy must retreat. "The whole company set off at noon and marched in a hurry. Along the way, they encountered enemy air raids twice, sweeping and bombing, killing 3 people and injuring 8 people. The company commander asked the battalion commander for instructions and changed to the path, but soon received the order and continued to walk. The big road. The small road is close but difficult to walk, and the big road is easy to walk but too exposed. "It's better to walk ten miles flat than Wulishan", in order to buy time, I still take the big road. "Two days before the mission, I ate spoiled meat, my stomach broke, and I vomited and vomited. Although I recovered from my illness during the march, I was weak. The health soldier reported to the company deputy, and the company deputy asked me to take the gun and backpack. Put it on the carriage that Lian Bu pulled the ammunition. I was sweating and my mouth was dry all the way. "When we got there, we heard gunshots and grenade explosions from the east. We quickly dug out some simple bunkers and trenches. I took advantage of not carrying anything on the march, so I didn't dare to be lazy in fortifications. "'Bunker, cover your body', 'If you don't want to die early, you have to fix the fortifications'. These are all colloquial sayings circulating in the team. Although the words are simple, the truth is true. "About two o'clock in the afternoon, the enemy battalion came towards us. "We all know that there are several divisions in this area, and they have surrounded a regiment (regiment) of the enemy. The brothers are very confident, and there are also two battalions, the 2nd Battalion and the 3rd Battalion of our 3rd Regiment. , What are you afraid of? I thought at the time. The company commander was called Huang Wei. When he was inspecting the positions of the squads, he said: After this battle, let's see who makes great achievements. "There are good wars and bad wars. A good war is when the situation is good, it doesn't take much effort, the result is great, and casualties are few; a bad battle is when the situation is unfavorable, no matter how much effort is made, no matter how many casualties, it is still a defeat. At first, I thought this battle was a war. good fight. "At that time, meritorious deeds were unreasonable. If you win a battle, there will naturally be more meritorious deeds. If you lose the battle, then no matter how brave you are, no matter how many times you kill the enemy, the meritorious service will not be too much. It's a big deal. 'A defeated general, dare to speak bravely' , What is the merit? Like the battle we fought. "The lunch meal consisted of good rice and roast beef. Everyone ate happily. The health guard came and said, 'If you don't want to have a stomachache, don't eat meat.' He left me some medicine when he left. "As soon as the health guard turned around, I swallowed those few pills in one gulp and filled a bowl full of beef. During the war at that time, any meal might be the last meal, so there is a saying: 'Drink enough I don’t want to go home when I’m full, and I’m not afraid of death when I’m full.” "The enemy is coming. At first, I only heard guns whizzing overhead, and mortar shells exploded far and near, but no one was seen. I lay in the trench and stared at the target while waiting for orders. "Beside me is a brother who has just been added. Although he is a recruit, he is in his twenties. He is a local. He is lying on the edge of the trench, his face is pale, his lips are purple, and he is shaking all over. I said, it doesn't matter, no one Not born to be a soldier, just fight a few battles.” The first battle, trembling; the second battle, a wooden head (meaning in a daze); Misrepresenting the wife.' "It's the same old way. After the enemy has set up the formation, the mortars will be fired at the position first. If there is no heavy artillery, we will not be afraid. Our company's fortifications did not suffer much damage, and there were no casualties. Then they rushed up with guns. "You can see the appearance of the enemy in the smoke and dust. "There are our people on both sides and behind the enemy. The enemy can only break through from our defense line towards Xitang, and is hitting our guns. "It was stipulated that the company commander Huang Wei commanded the machine gun to shoot first, and the rifles then fired at the same time. The devil soldiers rushed over from far to near, running very fast. I took aim at a machine gun that was facing me, The devil's machine gunner, who was naked to the waist and tied a white cloth on his head, listened to the sound of machine guns in the company. "400 meters, 300 meters, 200 meters, 150 meters, 100 meters! My heart is pounding. The enemy machine gunner can see clearly. He is as strong as a cow and has a tough body. I panicked. That The devil seemed to be staring at my eyes, as if he was about to step on the barrel of my gun in a few steps! "At this time, I heard Company Commander Huang shouting in a different tone: 'Fight, fight, fight! Damn it!' I found out afterwards that the machine gun that the company commander was carrying was broken. "In order to let the whole company hear the firing order, the company commander stood up from the bunker. After giving the command, before he had time to lie down, he was shot twice in the neck by the enemy's machine gun and died at that time. "Company commander Huang Wei is from Henan and graduated from Huangpu. It is said that he plays a good flute, but I have never heard of it. "After the death of the company commander, the deputy company commander Liu (I forgot his name, but I remember that a platoon leader once said that his nickname was 'Three Donkeys', I don't know why he was called that) took off his coat and covered his head to let the stretcher soldier He was lifted off the position. When the whole company repelled an enemy attack, the deputy company commander made the whole company take off his hat, and he took the lead in shouting "revenge for company commander Huang" three times in a row. "When the company commander's stretcher passed behind me, I saw blood dripping down my clothes, and the orderly cried out, and I shed tears too. "The deputy company commander took over the command, but before this battle was over, he suddenly disappeared. "When the company commander gave the order to shoot, I involuntarily tilted my head and glanced in the direction of the company commander's shout, because it was originally stipulated that the number was a machine gun. When I went back to find the Japanese machine gunner, I couldn't find it. I took the risk of reaching out. When I first looked, I saw him running to the left. I hurriedly formed the aiming line to bite him, and was about to shoot when I saw him fall headfirst, and the blood immediately stained the white cloth on his head. I cursed secretly, and then looked for the target At that time, the enemy had already rushed up, and we hurriedly threw grenades. The grenade exploded 20 to 30 meters away from the position, and soil and stones were thrown onto the position. I saw more than a dozen Japanese soldiers continue to run forward, and I could hear The sound of their yelling was only a dozen steps away from the position. "My mind was in a mess. I thought, how come the devil is not afraid of grenades? I don't need to hide it from you after so many years. Then I suddenly want to throw down the gun and run away. But at this time, Dou Rongren, the monitor of Class 6, raised his machine gun and stood up. Shooting at the position, this group of enemies fell a few, and the rest ran back, and when they ran back, they were knocked down by the brothers. "Dou Rongren is the only one who has made meritorious service in this battle of our entire company, just because of this all of a sudden, no one does not admire him. "The enemy temporarily retreated to prepare to attack again, the gunshots fell away, and the stretcher soldiers walked behind me in a continuous line, I didn't dare to look back. "While refilling ammunition, I suddenly saw the recruit's head tilted to the side of the gun four or five meters away. "I was startled and hurried over to see him. "Walking past him, I heard snoring before I saw the gunshot wound. I kicked my ass and he woke up with a start, wiping his saliva and asking: 'What's the matter? What's the matter?' "I remembered that a sacrificed veteran once said to me the 'Four Wonders of the Battlefield'. It is common for recruits to pee their pants, but it is the first time I have seen them fall asleep during a battle. "The 'Four Wonders of the Battlefield': No pooping out, no peeing (meaning urinating) pants, no pain when shot, and snoring in battle. "Not long after, more than a dozen enemy planes came and bombed, and the bombing was terrible! More than a dozen people were killed and more than a dozen people were injured in the entire company. Deputy company commander Liu went to the bunker one by one, and said to everyone: 'Brother, hold on, there are troops Reinforce us, and we will give you meritorious service when you are done." "The enemy charged up again, more ferocious than last time, and the formation was very dense. We tried our best to hold our breath and shot one by one. "Suddenly I felt unbearable pain in my stomach, and I was sweating all over. I just wanted to shout, and regretted not listening to the health guards. I endured it. It was a half-body trench, half-kneeling there, and I rolled a bundle with a bullet bag. I pressed my leg against my stomach to relieve the pain, and after more than a dozen shots, it didn't hurt too much when it came out. I thought that the "four wonders" were all about recruits, so if I had shit, wouldn't it come out? "This time I didn't let the enemy get close, the grenade played a big role. I saw more than a dozen Japanese soldiers risking their lives to snatch back a corpse. I guess it was some kind of officer. Sure enough, after the battle, they said that I even killed the enemy's first team leader. There were two Bing contends that he was killed by himself, but in the end no one else is counted. It is still not a good battle, and he loses face, and the merit is not merit. "The cooking soldier who delivered the bullets was from my hometown in Guizhou. He said that the 'old recruit' who was sleeping just now was really good, and his marksmanship was very good. He said he had killed 8 of them. He said he was hunting at home. I looked over there. At first glance, seeing that he didn't aim, he shot one shot at a time, which seemed to be a very special method. "Check the number of people before it gets dark. Half of the company's combat personnel has been reduced. About two battalions of reinforcements have come, and they have all gone to the 2nd Battalion on our left wing. While cursing, eating the food sent by the cooking soldiers Mi Tuanzi and the health guards gave me the medicine, and the battle began. "It was dark when it said it was dark. It was cloudy that day. When it was dark, you couldn't see anything. The enemy left the commanding heights of our company and the 9th company and rushed directly to the road. I was also lost. Isn't this death for nothing? The machine guns were tightly sealed, but the enemy rushed forward, probably trying to take advantage of the darkness? With the flash of the mortar explosion, I saw corpses lying on the road, and the enemy ran, crawled, and rolled over the corpses of their companions. My gun is really "shooting at night - shooting blindly", anyway, is it shooting in the direction of devils! "We have always forgotten one thing, that is, this time our battalions inserted behind the enemy to intercept the enemy who retreated from Dayun Mountain to Yueyang. As for whether there will be enemies behind us, that is what the officials think thing. "A wave of enemies really came from behind us. It was about 9 o'clock or 10 o'clock at night. The time on the battlefield is the most unpredictable. Sometimes you feel that a long time has passed. The company commander looked at his watch and said, only a moment Zhong: Sometimes, it takes hours before you know it. The enemy came from Xitang to meet the enemies who were surrounded by our army. Before I thought of it, someone shouted in the field: "Deputy Company Commander Liu! Deputy Company Commander Liu!" 'It sounded like a row of long lines, but there was no response. Just then, the sound of machine guns rang out from behind us. This is a small hill, and we didn't build a position to fight back at all. The enemy has rushed We got to a place only 20 to 30 meters away from the position. The worst thing is that no one came to command us at this time. I understood that I called Deputy Company Commander Liu just now to report this serious situation. Retreat, or it can be said to run away. No one could see anyone in the dark night, and our squad was also separated. We ran along the defense line to the 2nd Battalion's position, fearing that they would misunderstand and shoot, and shouted as we ran. The 2nd Battalion People didn't understand the situation, and some ran away. In the dark, they heard their officers shouting: "Don't leave the position, or you will be punished by military law!" "The enemy occupied the small high ground that our company was guarding, and fired several signal flares. I remember that there were red and green. The enemies in the front rushed there like a tide. I even lost the defense and shook the entire defense line. The 8th company and the 9th company next to us also withdrew. Down. The enemy walked there, and the guns of the friendly army also fired there. I squatted in the trench of the friendly army, my heart was in a state of confusion. "Where did Deputy Company Commander Liu go? If he died or was injured, the platoon leader should act as his agent. The three platoon leaders will not be there, right? According to battlefield discipline, anyone can come forward at this time, because it is related to the overall situation." The victory or defeat, but the platoon leader did not come out, and neither did the squad leader. If it wasn't for my diarrhea and weakness, would I have dared to shout: "Listen to my command?" It's not that simple. Then who will bear the responsibility for the loss. If you follow your command, you will be responsible. Everyone knows that if you lose your position and cause serious consequences, you will lose your head! Maybe it’s because of this that you didn’t dare to come out. "To say that the battle is over is actually to say that most of the besieged enemies have escaped. Those of us who blocked the way, and the troops in front and on both sides had no choice but to retreat. When the next day dawned, we saw hillsides, roads, bushes, and dead bodies everywhere. , There are enemies as well as our own people. Only 12 people from our 7th company found the battalion headquarters for shelter, including two platoon leaders and two squad leaders. "At dawn, the battlefield was cleaned up, and the corpses of the enemy and us were separated. I went to the section guarded by the battalion with the battalion to clean up. The recruit in the squad was killed, sitting on his back in the trench, with a bullet in the middle of the forehead, and the blood came from the back of the head. His back was wet, but there was not much blood on his face. He was added just before the war, and I didn’t even know his last name. What impressed me most about the named soldier was that he slept on the battlefield and didn’t need to aim but had good marksmanship. He killed many enemies in this battle. This was his first battle. Another soldier and I carried him to the The place where the dead were concentrated. From the trench wall where his head was resting on, there was blood all over it, seeping a lot into the soil. A person has so much blood, and he has fought many battles, and he knows it by heart. "The Secretary of the Battalion Headquarters asked a platoon leader to identify our company's dead with me. Except for the more than 20 recruits who were recruited before the war, a total of 42 people were killed in battle, including company commander Huang Wei. We searched for Deputy Company Commander Liu and wiped them clean The blood and mud on the faces of many martyrs, to be honest, we hoped to find him, but we didn't. "The secretary said to me angrily: '136 people, 3 were left behind and 3 were hospitalized, 130 participated in the war, the dead, wounded, and taken in, and where did the rest go! Deputy Company Commander Liu (he It must be called Liu’s name instead of the deputy company commander, but I really can’t remember) Where did you go!’ "'Missing.' I said nonsense. "Missing, may be dead, or may have escaped. The two most different results, one in the sky and one underground, are treated equally in a 'missing'. How unfair it is to the dead! There is a saying in the company Words: "I would rather die than be disabled, I can't explain my disappearance." "Can't really tell. "There is an old saying: 'There are a few ghosts who have been wronged in any temple.' If there is no one who understands, they are all ghosts who have been wronged. "After this battle, fortunately, the designation of our company was not cancelled. The two platoon leaders became the principal and deputy company commanders according to the length of their service, and the two squad leaders became the 1st and 3rd platoon leaders, and a Huangpu student was transferred to be the 2nd platoon commander. platoon leader. My deputy monitor will naturally be promoted to monitor.Don't worry if you don't believe me, as long as you don't become a deserter at that time, you can be considered a good soldier. "One day, more than a hundred recruits came in line and sang songs. Young, new guns, new uniforms, really energetic! I said they were all assigned to our 7th company. I don't know why, but tears came down , can't stop." The 13th Regiment of the Japanese Army broke through more than half of the encirclement, and then joined the ranks of the Xiangbei offensive.The very rich and vivid history of the Battle of Dayun Mountain at the beginning of the Second Changsha Battle was boring when it was written: "On September 7th in the 30th year of the Republic of China, the 6th Division of the Japanese Army to cover its 11th Army The main force was concentrated in Yueyang and Linxiang, and attacked the Dayunshan position of the 4th Army of the National Army. It broke through from the east and west sides of Dayunshan, and the army withdrew. On the 10th, the Japanese army advanced to the north bank of Changshui (upstream of Xinqiang River) After sweeping the Dayun Mountain area, it retreated. The 58th Army, which was reinforced by the national army to Dayun Mountain, regained the area. On the 13th, it encountered the 40th Division of the Japanese Army in the Gantian and Yabaishi areas. There was a fierce battle, and the Japanese army suffered heavy losses. Until the 17th, the stalemate is still on the line of the port, Gantian, and Yaoshi." At 4:00 pm on September 16, Yang Sen, commander-in-chief of the 27th Army, received information that the Japanese army had gathered heavy troops in the Yueyang area. The Japanese troops listed in the intelligence included the 6th Division.Yang Sen was shocked. Anan just cheated the world a few times and played a small but very effective conspiracy.Now there are 5 main divisions of the Chinese army in the area of ​​Dayun Mountain, and they are all entangled with the Japanese army in front of them. It is difficult to escape for a while, and a large-scale Japanese attack is imminent. Yang Sen reported the enemy's situation and his own judgment to Xue Yue, and at the same time proposed to end the Dayun Mountain battle as soon as possible and return to the defense of northern Hunan.He proposed to end the battle within two days, leaving only the 102nd Division to monitor and harass the Japanese army in the Dayun Mountain area, and the remaining 4 divisions rushed to the south of the Xinqiang River before midnight on the 18th to strengthen their frontal defense forces. On September 18, 1931, the Japanese army’s invasion and occupation of the three northeastern provinces of China began on this day. Many years later, the first Changsha battle was launched on this day in northern Hunan. This day happened to be the commander of the Japanese 11th Army Anan Yui The day when my beloved son died in action. Ananwei used a red pencil to mark out this date heavily on the calendar.