Railway guerrillas forced the Japanese to surrender

The railway guerrillas forced the Japanese to surrender

During the Anti-Japanese War, the railway guerrillas led by the Communist Party of China were centered in Zaozhuang, Shandong, with railway lines as their main battlefield, and were active in In the Weishan Lake area, guerrilla warfare was carried out, cutting off the Japanese railway transportation lines, seizing Japanese weapons and ammunition from the trains, seizing military supplies from the Japanese, and engaging in life-and-death fights with the Japanese. ?

The railway guerrillas fought bravely and beat the enemy to death. The Japanese army called the railway guerrillas the "Flying Tigers" who "came without a trace and left without a trace". They specially set up armored train brigades and railway security brigades in Zaozhuang and Lincheng, and transferred senior agent "China Hands" Takaoka from Jinan. , formed a special agent team in Lincheng to deal with the railway guerrillas. ?

Gaogang can speak fluent Chinese and understands Chinese customs and customs. On the one hand, he "became brothers" with nearby township security chiefs and established an intelligence network through means such as "becoming a brother" and "recognizing relatives"; on the other hand, he commanded a special agent team to pretend to be railway guerrillas and knock on the doors of people's homes at night. As soon as the crowd opened the door, they arrested him on the charge of "conducting illicit affairs". For a time, it was difficult for the masses to distinguish the true from the false, which caused great difficulties for the railway guerrillas. ?

In order to defeat the Japanese spy team, the railway guerrillas "capture the thief first". One night, the railway guerrillas disguised themselves as Japanese soldiers and porters and sneaked into Lincheng Station. They first touched the Gaogang station. The guerrillas fired their guns and killed the Gaogang guards. Takaoka heard the gunfire and as soon as he raised his head, he was shot in the head by the guerrillas. The railway guerrillas killed Takaoka, intimidating the enemy, and the Japanese intelligence network collapsed. ?

On August 15, 1945, Japan unconditionally surrendered. Commander-in-Chief Zhu De issued an order urging the Japanese invaders to surrender to the Eighth Route Army and other anti-Japanese armed forces. However, the Japanese troops in Lincheng and other places refused to surrender their weapons to the Eighth Route Army and attempted to escape by train. When the Japanese armored train drove out of Lincheng Station, it was found that the railway in front had been cut off; when the Japanese armored train attempted to return to Lincheng, the railway guerrillas had used explosives to blow up the Japanese army's retreating railway. The Japanese army had no choice but to surrender to the railway guerrillas.

As a result, more than 1,000 Japanese troops had to surrender to their former opponents, the Eighth Route Army Lunan Military District Railway Guerrillas, and surrendered 8 heavy machine guns, more than 130 light machine guns, two mountain cannons and other light and heavy weapons , handed over to the railway guerrillas. This has also become a historical witness to the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japan.