The background, process, result and historical significance of Langya Mountain's Anti-Japanese War.

"This revolutionary soldier should have the spirit of death; It is the glorious tradition of Yan and Zhao heroes to die rather than surrender. This is the inscription of Nie Wei, commander of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, for the Five Heroes Monument in Langya Mountain.

During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, Ma Baoyu, Ge Zhenlin, Song Xueyi, Hu Delin and Hu Fucai, five heroes of the 1 division of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, resolutely led the enemy to the top of Qipaituo Mountain in order to cover the retreat of the masses and the main force. When the bullets ran out, they jumped off the cliff and wrote a magnificent poem with their lives and blood.

The Background and Process of the Battle of Langya Mountain

194 1 In August, Okamura Ningji, commander of the Japanese North China Army, commanded more than 70,000 puppet troops (including more than 60,000 Japanese troops and more than 10,000 puppet troops 1 10,000) and launched an unprecedented autumn "mopping up" on the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei border region. This large-scale "sweeping" and anti-"sweeping" struggle lasted for two months.

The Japanese army, with a large number of troops and fierce momentum, adopted long-range circuitous, converging attack and iron wall encirclement tactics in an attempt to destroy the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei base area in a short time. The Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region made some preparations in advance for "mopping up" the encirclement of the enemy. On August 19, the First Army Division of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region received operational guidelines and tactical instructions against "mopping up". Previously, the First Division reformed the topographic fortifications of Langya Mountain Station, where the army's main force was located, and streamlined the organization. On August 23, the Japanese army began to attack. For a month, the struggle around Yixian has been going on.

Langya Mountain belongs to Taihang Mountain range, which runs to southwest and northeast. Located in the southwest of Yixian County, Hebei Province, it includes 5 tuo and 36 peaks such as Qipaituo and Lianhuafeng. At that time, thousands of officers and men of our army and tens of thousands of people hid here to avoid the crazy "sweeping" of the Japanese army. In the early morning of September 23rd, the Japanese army began to attack Langya Mountain. The Japanese vanguard troops entrenched in Tanghu occupied Nanqi Village and Beiqi Village at the foot of the mountain, creating a massacre of many villagers. Then, the Japanese main force rushed out. At dawn, more than 3,500 Japanese puppet troops marched westward from Dingxing and Fangshunqiao, and besieged a district station near Beilou Mountain in Yixian County. At that time, there were about 5000 people in a district. The attack on Langya Mountain was launched by the Second Corps of the Japanese North China Army, which was composed of the infantry brigade 133 and its subordinate units. The head of the regiment is Major General Takeo Tsuda, head of the133rd Infantry Brigade.

Led by the puppet troops of the traitor Zhao Yukun, the Japanese army quickly entered. The Japanese army deployed heavy troops at the entrance and exit, and advanced from Beiguantou along Dongxishui Village to Langya Mountain. At noon on the 23rd, the Japanese puppet troops had assembled at the foot of the mountain. At that time, the number of troops staying in Langya Mountain was small, and there were 30,000 to 40,000 party and government organs, guerrillas and the masses in Yixian, Dingxing, Xu Shui and Mancheng counties. We must find a way to organize a breakthrough as soon as possible. Yang Chengwu, the first division commander, ordered four guerrilla detachments commanded by Qiu Wei, the head of a regiment who was recovering from illness on the mountain, to use the natural barrier terrain to hold their ground and wait for an opportunity to break through. Through the "flying line", the sub-regional intelligence station learned that the enemy was distributed in the surrounding major rivers, Maoerya, Jietou, Dongxishui, Songshan, Loushan, Qishui, Caiyuan, Xueyiling, Nianzitai and Jiulianshan. At dusk on 23rd, three regiments and twenty regiments of a division attacked Lingxi, Aisha, Liu Jiatai and Wu Zhuangzi from the east and west at the same time. The Japanese troops in Guanshan and Songshan suffered heavy casualties and the puppet troops suffered heavy losses. The Japanese army thought that it had met the main force of our army and immediately rushed to the direction of Beilou Mountain from Jiulianshan, Nianzitai and Xuediling, and a large part of the Japanese army was attracted. There is a big hole more than ten miles long in this area, which greatly reduces the pressure on our army. Colonel Qiu Wei seized the favorable opportunity and quickly organized a breakthrough.

According to the instructions of a division head, a company of a regiment stayed as a cover. The task of covering the main evacuation was given to seven companies. The Seventh Company moved from the east of Langya to the west. With the cooperation of local militia and guerrillas, it got enough bullets and grenades in a cave. On the other hand, the main force of the division moved westward from Zhouzhuang via the upper and lower passes on the evening of 23rd. It was not until noon on 24th that HQ was safely transferred to zhang jia zhuang.

According to the original deployment, the Seventh Company disguised itself as the main force to attract the main force of the enemy, and then took advantage of night cover and familiarity with the terrain to wait for an opportunity to attack and destroy the enemy. Liu Fushan, the company commander of the Seventh Company, and Cai, the instructor, led the soldiers of the whole company to take advantage of the natural hazards of Langya Mountain and the reconstructed terrain, and with the cooperation of the militia, divided their troops to lay mines on the enemy's way up the mountain. After nightfall on the 24th, guerrillas, government officials and the masses in four counties quietly moved to the hollow along Pantuo Road. At about midnight 12, Class Six crossed Langya Mountain and came to the small village behind the mountain. Seventh company, send the first and third platoon to alert, and the second platoon is on standby. At about 3: 00 or 4: 00 in the morning, I received an order to cover the retreat of the Seventh Company and buy time for the authorities to retreat. After completing the task of covering the masses to break through, the first and third rows were evacuated one after another, and the second row continued to cover. The company commander ordered the second platoon and the second squad to guard the north of the foot of the mountain, and the sixth squad to guard the entrance to the east. After the second class left, the company commander took seven commanders and soldiers to evacuate along Pantuo Road, leaving the machine gun group for the sixth class to occupy Xishan Pass, attracting enemy fire and continuing to cover the battle. The two men in the machine gun group were equipped with two machine guns. Ma Baoyu, the squad leader of Class Six, Ge Zhenlin, the vice squad leader, and five soldiers, including Hu Delin, Hu Fucai and Song Xueyi, tied up several boxes of grenades left by the regimental headquarters by moonlight and hid them in the most dangerous "rock nose" and "little face" strongholds on the chessboard mound.

On the morning of 25th, more than 500 Japanese puppet troops launched an attack on Langya Mountain. On the way up the mountain, the Japanese army from Dongxishui Village to Qipaituo collapsed with the explosion of mines. The two-way firepower of the machine gun group attracted the enemy, who mistakenly thought that there was still our main force on the mountain. Five soldiers, including Ma Baoyu, were divided into two groups to stop the enemy who tried to meet in Qipaituo. However, the machine gun even had limited bullets, and the machine gunner retreated after shooting the bullets. In order to stall the Japanese army, Class Six soldiers have been leading the enemy up the mountain. The Japanese army suffered losses in the previous attack and dared not act rashly. They took the form of strafing and shelling, exploring in groups of three and five, and attacking in turn. Six classes of soldiers guarded the main road of Qipaituo, fought bravely and held their positions, repelling four fierce Japanese charges and killing more than 50 enemies. Until noon, the Japanese didn't climb the chessboard. Chessboard Tuo has one road leading to the direction of the main force transfer, and the other is the road leading to the peak of Chessboard Tuo, which is also a dead end. In order not to expose the transfer route of the troops and ensure the safety of the main force, five soldiers chose to retreat to the top of Qipai Tuo. Ma Baoyu, the squad leader, led the soldiers to climb to the top of the mountain while relying on rocks and Woods to shoot at the enemy. The enemy is in hot pursuit. Because the enemy is not familiar with the terrain, some of them were shot and rolled down the mountain, while others fell into a deep valley on stones. Class six soldiers led the enemy to a dead end and got themselves into trouble.

There are three cliffs on the top of the chessboard. There are no obstacles to lean on, no way back. Five strong men led by monitor Ma Baoyu fought fiercely with the enemy for five hours. When the ammunition runs out, throw stones at the enemy. They shot out the last bullet and threw the last Grenade, but because of the disparity in strength, it was difficult to hold on. At the last critical moment, the Five Warriors would rather die than surrender. After destroying the gun, they jumped off the cliff. Ma Baoyu, Hu Delin and Hu Fucai died heroically, while Ge Zhenlin and Song Xueyi jumped off the cliff and hung on the branches of the cliff, but they all survived. Ge Zhenlin was slightly injured and Song Xueyi broke his waist. With the instinct of survival and tenacious perseverance, the two men climbed the cliff with difficulty, encouraged each other, helped each other to the small stone forest, and met Li, a Taoist priest of the local Taoist temple. After being rescued, they were taken to the hospital by the militia. The battle in Langya Mountain is over. Five soldiers, including Ma Baoyu, demonstrated the noble quality of the people's army led by the * * * production party and the invincible heroism of the Chinese nation.

Subsequent publicity

194 1 autumn, the military and civilian struggle against "mopping up" in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei base area continued until the middle of 10. Regarding the heroic fighting of our army's commanders and soldiers in the battle of Langya Mountain, the Japanese-published "North China Public Security War" also has to admit. In summing up the lessons of the Japanese "anti-righteous war", the book talks about the Eighth Route Army's "troops responsible for covering the main retreat, even if they are weak, they will stubbornly resist" and "the sentinels of the * * * Army deliberately want to retreat in the opposite direction to the main force when retreating". This shows from one side that it is an indisputable fact that the five strong men of Langya Mountain used small troops to cover the main force transfer and stubbornly resisted the Japanese army. It can be said that it is not only true, but also completely possible to ambush and block the dangerous strongholds of Qipaituo by using the dangerous terrain, fortifications and lethality of cluster grenades of Langya Mountain, and then with the cooperation of the machine guns of two soldiers of the machine gun group left by the Seventh Company.

10 On June 8th, Nie, commander and political commissar of the Jinchaji Military Region, Shu Tong, director of the Political Department, and Zhu, deputy director, signed and promulgated the "Instructions of the Jinchaji Military Region on Learning Five Strong Men of Langya Mountain" (hereinafter referred to as the "Instructions"), which recorded that during the blockade of Langya Mountain, more than 100 people were killed or injured. At the same time, we spoke highly of the heroic and tenacious fighting spirit of Ma Baoyu and other five soldiers, and called on the commanders and fighters of the whole army to learn from the five strong men. The military region gave instructions: "First, in every battle, we must highly carry forward the heroic and tenacious fighting spirit and commemorate them with the victory of the battle. The second is to build a monument to commemorate the place where the martyrs died, named Langya Mountain Three Martyrs Monument. 3. It is decided to list the martyrs such as Ma and others as model honorary soldiers. Every memorial day, the roll call will be made first from the honorary soldiers. 4. Comrade Ge Zhenlin and Comrade Song Xueyi, who were gloriously wounded, were awarded the Medal of Honor in addition to general commendation. " The heroic acts of the five strong men of Langya Mountain soon spread in the border region.

194 1 year 1 1.5, jinchaji daily published the newsletter "Five Magic Fighters on the Chessboard" written by front-line reporter Shen Cai. Later, Fang Bing and his father wrote "Song of Five Strong Men in Langya Mountain", and Wei Wei and Luo Lang wrote "Song of Five Strong Men". The heroic deeds of the Five Heroes soon spread in the border region. Cao Zhenfeng, a young painter of the drama club in front of the First Military Division, drew the cartoon "Five Heroes", and the drama club also created and performed a four-act drama "Five Heroes of Langya Mountain" written by Xu Hu. These works are deeply loved by military commanders and people, educating and infecting generations of teenagers.

Historical significance

1In May, 942, the Jinchaji Military Region held a celebration meeting on the naming of "Five Strong Men of Langya Mountain" and the victory of anti-mopping-up. The leading organs of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region awarded three martyrs the title of "honorary model", and approved Hu Delin and Hu Fucai to join the Party and China Producers' Party. Ge Zhenlin and Song Xueyi were awarded a writ and were awarded the medal of "Courage and Tenacity". The fearless spirit of sacrifice and unyielding national integrity of the five strong men in Langya Mountain were highly praised by Commander Nie. He said, "They embody the excellent quality of the people's army led by the Chinese Production Party and the heroism of the Chinese nation."

In order to commemorate and commend the five anti-Japanese heroes, the local revolutionary government built a memorial tower at the main peak of Qipaituo. After the founding of New China, the heroic deeds of the Five Heroes of Langya Mountain were included in primary school textbooks. 1978, Song Xueyi died and was buried in Qinyang Martyrs Cemetery. On March 2, 2005, on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Ge Zhenlin died in Hengyang, Hunan. At this point, the last living man among the five strong men of Langya Mountain has also left people forever.