The course of the battle of Chen Zhuang.

Chen Zhuang is located on the west side of Bai Lu, on the north bank of Cihe River, only a hundred miles away from Lingshou Furniture City. It is a big town with more than 800 families, and it is one of the important commercial and transportation areas in the border areas. Many organs, schools and organizations in our border area are located near Chen Zhuang. Before that, enemy planes bombed Chen Zhuang four times, and the enemy was once disturbed. On September 25th, the enemy attacked Ciyu from Lingshou. Although our army stood guard in only one regiment of the Fourth Division and the Fifth Regiment in the border region, it did not pose much resistance to the enemy, but the Japanese army used all firearms for a formal attack and occupied Ciyu. Then, the enemy continued to carry out exploratory attacks on the South River, the West River and the North and South Huo Ying, and was stopped by our 7 19 regiment.

According to the research, the enemy single-handedly went deep into the hinterland of our mountain area, and may invade Chen Zhuang from Ciyu Town, Beitanzhuang and Dongxihuatou. He Long is determined to take advantage of the favorable terrain in the mountainous area to lure the enemy into depth, and spread out a bag-like formation from Beitanzhuang to Dongchatou to annihilate the enemy in the movement. Subsequently, He Long made the following battle arrangements: 7 19 regiment fought from the front in the areas of Beihuoying, Nanbei Wuhe and Baitoushan to lure the enemy to the mountain pass and Qiaotayan; The 2nd Regiment of Independence 1 Brigade, the 7th Regiment of 358th Brigade 1 6 Regiment, and the detachment of Independence1were assembled in the area between Niuxiakou, Cheng Jiazhuang, Shanmenkou, Liukuchi and Daxie Wenshan, to carry out backward assault on the enemy, and together with the frontal blocking troops, annihilate the enemy from the east-west fork to the north-south Tanzhuang area. The 4th Regiment of the 358th Brigade is stationed in Koutou Town to guard against the enemies in the direction of Tang Tang and Quyang, and to cover the rear organs. The 5th Regiment was independent of the 4th Division of Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei and moved to the south of Ciyu Town to monitor Lingshou to Ciyu.

The activities of the enemy's follow-up troops. After the deployment, He Long appointed Zhang Zongxun as the frontline commander and authorized him to command the participating troops. In every war, in addition to taking the overall situation into consideration and making basic determination, He Long usually appoints an effective soldier to command the battle on the spot, and accordingly grants the appointee the power to mobilize troops according to the development trend of the battlefield, so as to fully realize his own combat intention, and often obtains good command and combat effect.

On the morning of 26th, the main force of the Japanese invading army 3 1 Brigade attacked Baitoushan and Beitanzhuang, and the 7 19 regiment stopped advancing. In order to lure the enemy into committing crimes, the 7 19 regiment, relying on Baitou Mountain, launched many attacks on the enemy of Nantanzhuang, but the cunning enemy only fought back and refused to advance. Zhang Zongxun rate ambush main force did not see the enemy take the bait, so we had to order to stop the attack, resist the eagerness to win, and wait until the next day to find a way. The next morning, the enemy was still holding their ground. At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, all the enemy troops in Nantanzhuang, Dongxihu and Beihuoying suddenly returned to Ciyu Town. That night, the 5th Regiment of Zhang Zongxun 4th Division reported by telephone that the enemy in Ciyu Town had retreated to Lingshou, and the artillery and the trench had retreated to a distant place. Zhang Zongxun was puzzled. The Japanese army did not suffer heavy losses and could not easily retreat. What is its intention? Soon, He Long and Zhang Zongxun got the report that only a few hundred people were left in control of Ciyu Town, and the main force 1 100 people had attacked Chen Zhuang along the path. It turns out that the enemy is very cunning. They retreated from Ciyu, brought heavy goods to Lingshou, and put on the false pretense of retreating in an attempt to confuse and paralyze our army. Then a few troops stayed in Ciyu, and the rest sprinted lightly with 1 100. Unexpectedly, they went straight to Chen Zhuang along the rugged path at the southern foot of Green White Mountain and Autumn Mountain, passing through Southern Yan Chuan, Wanzili and Changyu. Although the 5th Independent Regiment of the 4th Division of our Border Region tried to intercept with 1 unit, it was outnumbered, and the main force of the 3 1 day army still occupied Chen Zhuang as expected.

After the enemy invaded Chen Zhuang, they killed all the pigs, sheep, chickens and dogs that the masses couldn't drive away, and held a big banquet to celebrate the "victory". The commander of the 3 1 brigade of the third helper in Tanaka Province is even more complacent. He couldn't help bragging in his diary about the organizer of the raid, Major General Shui Yuan Zhong Yi: "It is the commander's genius to occupy Chen Zhuang without fighting a big battle." Institutions, schools and the masses near Chen Zhuang have all moved away, and every household is empty. There is not a figure in the town, and slogans against the Japanese invaders are painted everywhere on the walls of the streets. In view of the enemy's occupation of Chen Zhuang, He You thought: "The Japanese army fought alone and couldn't catch anything in Chen Zhuang. They certainly won't stay long and will leave soon. This gives us a good chance to destroy it. The key is to ensure that the devil will retreat from that road. "

After research and analysis, He Long and Nie He estimated the direction of the enemy's retreat: according to the law of the enemy's activities in the past, they generally did not retreat by the original route for fear of being ambushed on the way. Most likely, the enemy retreated eastward from Chen Zhuang, passing the north-south platform head and the east-west fork head along the road leading to Lingshou. This road is not only a shortcut, but also the northward support of the enemy in Ciyu Town. On this basis, He Long, decided to ambush the areas along the Cihe River, that is, the East and West Sijiazhuang and Fenggou, and concentrated on the main annihilation movement.

So He Long, according to his operational intention, asked Zhou Shidi and Zhang Zongxun to make arrangements for the second time: the independent regiment 1 detachment (owed 1 battalion) entered the Qizuyuan and Dazhuang areas east of Chen Zhuang and continued to keep in touch with the enemy. If the enemy retreats eastward, we will stop them one by one and lure them into our ambush zone. If the enemy retreats southward, we will pursue them. 7 16 Regiment was hidden between the East and West Sijiazhuang and the North and South Taitou, and 2 Regiment (1 Battalion) was hidden in Fenggou, the door was broken and its south area, occupying the ambush position, and when the enemy passed, it suddenly surrounded and annihilated it. In order to prevent the enemy from retreating from the original road, 1 detachment 1 battalion and 2 nd regiment 1 battalion will enter the vicinity of Changyu as guards. If the enemy retreats after a long period of time, we will resolutely stop it and annihilate the enemy when our main force arrives. With the 7 19 regiment still located in Tanzhuang, North and South, and Baitou Mountain, East and West, it occupied the position, closely monitored the enemy's actions in Ciyu, resolutely prevented the enemy from aiding the besieged Japanese army in the north, and ensured that the main force fled from Chen Zhuang to the hands of the Japanese aggressors. The 4th regiment, composed of 1 battalion, is still guarding the direction of Xingtang and Quyang, and its main force is assembled at Niuxiakou for standby. The enemy changes and I change. According to the deployment, all troops mobilized quickly and arrived at the designated place at dawn on the 28th. Being in Tanaka, Chen Zhuang, I never dreamed that Shui Yuan, the brigadier of his brilliant brigade, used "new tactics" to send the whole brigade into the open pocket of the He Long army.

Chen Zhuang, the Japanese invaders, couldn't stand the harassment of Independence 1 detachment and Kangda No.2 Branch all night. At 6 o'clock on the 28th, he set fire to the villa and began to retreat eastward. The enemy exchanged fire with 1 team in the Seventh Ancestral Courtyard, and the intensive gunfire excited us. However, half an hour later, Zhang Zongxun got a report: Tanaka played tricks again, leading his main brigade to cross the Ci River, as if to flee to the south, and a small group of Japanese troops attacking the Seventh Ancestral Courtyard were also crossing the Ci River, preparing to flee south. Zhang Zongxun believes that the enemy has not been aware of the deployment and accurate orientation of our army, and it is unlikely that they will escape from the south road. But in case the enemy fled back from the original road again, he ordered the 2 nd regiment to dispatch troops to Changyu to intercept. The cunning Sanzang Tanaka immediately changed direction again. He used the reed beside the magnetic river as a cover to command the brigade to escape eastward from the road at the foot of Bai Lu Mountain on the south bank of the river. Dazuo Tanaka is confident that our army has been blinded by his "new tactics" and the main force of the Eighth Route Army has moved to Changyu Line. The main road to escape eastward was only blocked by our guerrillas, so he was not so worried. On the way to escape eastward, he led his troops to take advantage of the gap to advance in Lai Wen Zhuang, Fenggou and the area of breaking the door.

Tanaka's wishful thinking is wrong. When Tanaka just broke the door, he was bravely stopped by the 7 16 regiment. Our position is like the city gate, and the enemy launched a crazy attack in an attempt to escape from the east. The 2nd Regiment, which arrived at Changyuan, heard the gunshots and quickly returned to the north to attack. Independence 1 detachment drove the enemy to Lai Wen Zhuang, and also attacked from west to east. The main force of 7 16 regiment crossed the magnetic river and attacked the enemy south. The enemy left hundreds of bodies, and finally got through a barrier, but soon fell into the ambush circle of our army. As a result, Tanaka became angry from embarrassment and immediately formed a team to storm, hoping to tear a gap to break through. They first rushed to the left, launched four consecutive charges, and were resolutely repelled by the 7 16 regiment, and then rushed to the right. After repeated attacks, despite heavy casualties, the 2 nd regiment will still fight back against the enemy. China Travel Service successfully tried to seize favorable terrain, but suffered heavy casualties. 13 or so, all favorable terrain on the battlefield is controlled by our army. In order to cover his pockets, He Long transferred the 4th Regiment of the 358th Brigade from Niujiaxiaokou to the highland east of the broken door, and repeatedly repelled the enemy's attempt to flee eastward. At this point, the main force of the 3 1 brigade attacking Chen Zhuang has fallen into the desperate situation of being attacked on all sides, and the Japanese "great knife" is about to be broken!

Stop the enemy's aid and panic in Tanaka's main force.

Seeing that the elite 3 1 brigade is about to collapse, Shui Yuan Yi Zhong is unwilling to give up his love. He urgently dispatched more than 300 Japanese troops together with more than 800 enemy troops stationed in Ciyu Town, and launched a massive attack on Wuhe River from north to south on 28th 16 in an attempt to meet the main force of China Travel Service Tian, which was surrounded by Fenggou and broke the barrier. Zhang immediately led the 7 19 regiment to stubbornly block the enemy. The enemy invaded the five rivers from north to south, unable to enter again, and confronted our army in Baitoushan area.

In order to quickly destroy the besieged enemy, He Long came to the command post of Hengshan Zhang Zongxun, instructed to deploy a general attack, and decided to attack our army after dusk. Zhang Zongxun immediately organized and adjusted the combat deployment, and the independent regiment 1 detachment continued to capture the highland between Levinzhuang and Fenggouli from west to east, and then attacked Fenggouli; The 2 nd regiment from south to north, after seizing the south highland of Fenggouli, developed an attack to the south of Fenggouli village; The 4th Regiment seized the door and took control of the village from east to west. All the 7 16 regiments waded across the Ci River and attacked from north to south, cooperating with the above-mentioned ministries to gather the enemy in Fenggou area. That night, our army launched a general attack, and all the troops fought bravely and carried out a surprise attack on the enemy. The 7 16 regiment took the lead. First, it occupied the enemy position between the cannon gate and Fenggou, divided the enemy into two halves, and then rushed into the cannon gate village. Other troops also captured enemy positions in Lai Wen Zhuang and Fenggou, and made a surprise attack on the village. During the attack, due to the tenacious resistance of the enemy and the continuous rain soaking the grenades carried by our army, nine times out of ten we couldn't fight, and the bayonets were not enough, so we couldn't give full play to our army's melee power. Fighting until midnight, failing to solve the fighting, he withdrew from the village.

Almost at the same time of my attack, Ciyu reinforced the enemy to launch a fierce attack on Baitou Mountain, and the battle of 7 19 regiment was extremely fierce. He Long worried that the defense line would be broken by the enemy's aid, and ordered Zhang Zongxun to transfer the 4th regiment of the 358th Brigade to Yamaguchi and Qiaotayan, so as to strengthen the deep position of Baitou Mountain and cooperate with the 7th19th regiment to stop the enemy reinforcements. The besieged enemy was killed and wounded by me day and night. Seeing that reinforcements were hopeless and the situation was critical, I also fantasized about taking unexpected actions to escape this disaster, so I concentrated my efforts at dawn and tried my best to climb Bailu Mountain. Bailu Mountain is high and steep. They were lying on the bare cliff, without cover or support. Our military fired and strafed all kinds of firearms, which caused great losses to the enemy. When the enemy climbed to the top of the mountain, all the trench and heavy weapons were lost, and only two or three hundred people survived. At the same time, a few scattered Koubing fled along the broken valley to the western hills of Shifoyu. The remaining enemies are full of hope, and they can get rid of it by climbing Bailu Mountain. They never imagined that the Fifth Independent Regiment of the Fourth Division blocked the road as early as the Si Wan Cliff behind the mountain, and the militia, guerrillas and the masses were all trapped in ravines and remote paths. Knowing that the enemy had broken through, Zhang Zongxun ordered 7 16 Regiment, Independent 1 Detachment and 2 Regiment to launch multi-channel pursuit and encircle the enemy again.

Time indicates the turning point of the enemy's survival, and for our army, it represents the victory of encirclement and suppression. Therefore, we reinforced the enemy to launch an attack desperately, in an attempt to break through our defense line as soon as possible and save CTS, which is at the end of its tether and has no way to escape. Our army contracted rapidly, attacked the remaining enemies in all directions intensively, and fought back bravely and stubbornly. On the morning of the 29th, the aid enemy launched a more violent attack, and the Baitoushan position was once lost. Zhang rate 7 19 regiment regained its position after fierce counterattack. The battle was extremely difficult and reached a white-hot state. In order to support the 4th Division and 5th Regiment, cut off the enemy's retreat and prevent the enemy from converging with its reinforcements, He Long transferred the 4th Regiment of the 358th Brigade to Shawan area. At noon that day, the remnants of the enemy who were trapped on the narrow top of Mount Lubai, less than a mile from Fiona Fang, had no food, no water and no ammunition. They are constantly killed and wounded by our mortars, and the morale of the soldiers is low, which makes their situation even more difficult. The enemy was unwilling to die. Before he died, he kept calling for help: "I am worried about the saddle that is struggling in the west now. I hope that planes and reinforcements will come to help, open ammunition and food." At 14, the enemy sent three planes to bomb and strafe in an attempt to cover the remnants of the enemy. At 17, three enemy planes took the lead in dropping six bags of ammunition and food, half of which landed on our position.

At 29 18, after adjustment and deployment, our army launched an attack on the remnants of Lubaishan from four sides. At the command, bullets rained and the sound of killing was deafening. Our soldiers will rush to the top of the mountain like arrows, shoot at the enemy and fight hand to hand. By 2 1, they will seize all the highlands occupied by the enemy, compress the remnants of the enemy in the valley, and kill the third captain of the 3 1 enemy brigade. He is complacent at first, and then frustrated. More than 70 enemy troops fled to Shawan via Si Wan Temple, and were also wiped out by the 4th Division and 5th Regiment of the Border Region, 4th Regiment of the 358th Brigade and local guerrillas in Shawan area. The reinforcements attacking Baitou Mountain added more than 200 men and three tanks on the afternoon of 29th, but under the tenacious attack of my heroic 7 19 regiment, they were always stuck at the foot of Baitou Mountain and could not cross the line. At 8 o'clock on the 30th, an enemy unit confronted our army in the five rivers north and south, and most of them detoured to Shawan, but they were finally stopped by our 4th regiment, unable to meet the fleeing enemy. By 16, the aid enemy learned that 3 1 brigade had been wiped out by our army, so they withdrew to Lingshou through Ciyu, and the battle ended that afternoon.