Chapter 9 5. The guerrilla warfare of the Kuomintang army

When it comes to the defense of Teng County, we have to talk about the guerrilla warfare of the 22nd Army.Many books in the past often ignored this point when describing the frontal battlefield of the Kuomintang army.Guerrilla warfare during the Anti-Japanese War was the advantage of the Eighth Route Army.During the eight years of the Anti-Japanese War, the Eighth Route Army led by the Communist Party went deep into the enemy's rear and confused the Japanese army with guerrilla tactics.Just like Monkey King fighting the Bull Demon King, getting into the belly not only makes you unable to exert your own advantages, but also does not know how to start.The Eighth Route Army's guerrilla warfare in the enemy's rear dealt a heavy blow to the invincible Japanese army, making it difficult for it to move an inch on this Chinese land.

Before the KMT’s fifth war zone fought against the Japanese army, the leader of the Communist Party, Zhou Enlai, suggested to the KMT’s fifth war zone that the southern section of the Jinpu line should adopt joint operations with mobile warfare as the mainstay and guerrilla warfare as a supplement, so that the Japanese army would not dare to act rashly. Go north to support the Japanese army going south.In the north of Xuzhou, the policy of combining positional warfare and mobile warfare should be adopted to achieve the goal of interspersed division and individual defeat.Bai Chongxi, known as "Little Zhuge" at the time, appreciated Zhou Enlai's suggestion very much.He admired Zhou Enlai's keen insight so much that when he went to Xuzhou to assist Li Zongren in the deployment of the war against Japan, he completely followed Zhou Enlai's suggestions.

The New Fourth Army led by the Communist Party actively cooperated with Li Zongren's troops along the Huaihe River to block the Japanese army's northward advance, and launched a large-scale guerrilla war between Bengbu, Xuzhou, and Hefei.The New Fourth Army actively cooperated with the Kuomintang Army on the frontal battlefield of the Huaihe River to carry out guerrilla warfare, which became an important part of the National War of Resistance and wrote a glorious page in the history of the War of Resistance. Li Zongren, the commander-in-chief of the fifth war zone, saw the advantages of guerrilla warfare. Therefore, when deploying the defense line north of Xuzhou, he also wanted to follow the example of the gourd and asked all armies and divisions to deploy a certain amount of troops. Mobile guerrilla warfare.

The idea is good, and there is nothing wrong with the arrangement and deployment.It's just that the Kuomintang army is not familiar with guerrilla warfare, they are only good at fighting positional warfare.The 45th Army of the 22nd Army ordered the 127th Division to deploy the 757th Regiment to go deep into the enemy-occupied area when building defensive fortifications, and to carry out guerrilla warfare between Qufu and Zouxian.At the same time, the 743 regiment of the 124 division also carried out guerrilla warfare in this area. The guerrilla warfare of the regular army of the Kuomintang is a bit like waiting for a rabbit. It is a secret ambush, waiting for an opportunity to attack the enemy. If the enemy does not come, he is lucky. If the enemy does come, he will fight for a while.Of course, at the ambush site, all preparations for guerrilla warfare must be done in advance, such as blocking traffic, destroying roads and communications, controlling all activities of rural people, and strictly blocking news, etc. The effect is not bad. The two battalions of the 757th Regiment lay in ambush near a village called Xiaoxue for two days, but the Japanese army didn't know anything about it.

The opportunity finally came.Three enemy cars suddenly came to the east of Xiaoxue Village, needless to say, coming from the direction of Qufu, probably going to Zou County.The ambush soldiers of the two battalions were overjoyed, and they did not wait in vain today. When three Japanese cars approached Xiaoxue Village, they found that the road had been damaged, so they stopped to check.At this time, the ambush position continuously released signals, and the ambushes flocked to the enemy. All of a sudden there were killing sounds, and grenades flew across.The enemy escaped from the car and rushed to the fight.After half an hour of fierce fighting, all 15 people under Major General Nakajima Yokichi of the Isoya Division of the Japanese Army were wiped out, achieving the first victory since guerrilla warfare.

Almost at the same time, the 743rd regiment stationed in Fucun also found a cart coming from Zou County blocked by the destroyed road at the entrance of Fucun.When the Japanese soldiers got off the cart and were about to repair the road, gunshots rang out all around.The officers and soldiers of the 743 regiment ambushing here brandished swords and swooped towards the Japanese army, killing 25 enemy soldiers and seizing 1 light machine gun, 18 rifles, and a radio station.The whole regiment cheered jubilantly at the victory achieved. The Japanese army was ambushed in their own occupied area, which can be said to be out of shame.The Japanese troops in Zouxian County and Qufu immediately dispatched more than 200 troops to Xiaoxue Village and Fu Village by car. They searched for Xiaoxue Village in three ways.As the 757th and 743rd regiments were prepared, they occupied favorable terrain in advance, condescending, and fired fiercely at the Japanese troops approaching the roads and avenues.

After the 743rd regiment returned to Fu Village, they expected that the enemy would not resign themselves to defeat and would inevitably make a comeback, so they transferred to the Nanshan base overnight.The next day, the Japanese army really divided into two groups, each with five or six hundred soldiers, and they also carried cannons.The Japanese troops coming from Zou County ran into the air in Fu Village, but the 757th Regiment stationed in Xiaoxue Village did not know that the friendly troops had moved, and was suddenly surrounded by the Japanese troops coming from Qufu.The whole regiment fought hard and fought fiercely until night. After one company was injured, they broke out in the dark.

The Kuomintang went deep into the enemy-occupied area and carried out guerrilla warfare. Although it did not kill a large number of enemy soldiers, it harassed the rear of the Japanese army and contained part of the Japanese army. This was beneficial to the overall situation in Teng County. Moreover, they opened up a guerrilla war zone in the enemy's rear, which is a valuable attempt to guerrilla warfare. It is also a meaningful thing to experience the difficulties and hardships of guerrilla warfare in the enemy's rear.