A detailed introduction to the Battle of the Temple of Thunder (about 1000 words)

1On February 3rd, 938, more than 3,000 Japanese troops invaded eastward from Qingdao along Yanqing Highway, occupied Fushan and Yantai, and then divided into two roads, all the way to Mu Ping, all the way to Penglai, Huangxian and Zhaoyuan, and the counties and counties fell one after another. After the Japanese army occupied these counties, it organized a puppet county government, and then set up an office of Jiaodong Rehabilitation Committee in Yantai to control the puppet regime in Jiaodong counties. On February 5, after the Japanese army occupied Mu Ping County, they seized the "Jiaodong Aftercare Committee".

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In the name of "Ministry", Song Jianwu was appointed as the pseudo-county magistrate, and the pseudo-regime and the pseudo-army-business group armed forces were established. Zhang Jianxun, the former captain of the Public Security Brigade of Mu Ping County of the Kuomintang, led a team to Longquantang at the northern foot of Kunyu Mountain after the Japanese invaded Mu Ping County. He told He Zhiping, who was doing military transportation in Mu Ping county at that time, that he planned to attack Mu Ping county. After receiving this information, He Zhiping publicized the anti-Japanese national united front policy of the * * * production party to him, and proposed to ask the headquarters of the "Third Army" to attack Mu Ping County with him. Zhang Jianxun readily agreed. He Zhiping immediately wrote to Richie to report the situation. At this time, the "Third Army Corps" marched westward to resist Japan and arrived at Cuijiakou Village, the southeast border of Mu Ping County. After receiving He Zhiping's letter, Li Qi immediately held an emergency meeting to analyze the situation. The meeting held that there are many favorable conditions for attacking Mu Ping County: the puppet regime has just been established and its foothold is unstable, so I can take advantage of it to attack and win the battle; Can improve people's confidence in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's victory; Can exercise troops and boost morale; You can seize the enemy's weapons and arm yourself; It can also expand the political influence of our army on friendly forces and help consolidate the anti-Japanese national United front. So it was decided that, except for Lv Zhiheng, deputy secretary of Jiaodong Special Committee, who led the second brigade to stay in Cuijiakou, all the other troops took part in the battle against Mu Ping County.

On the evening of February 12, Li Qi personally led the first brigade and special forces to make a long-distance raid from Cuijiakou to Mu Ping County. At that time, the first brigade had three squadrons, each with about 20 commanders and fighters, plus nearly 100 secret service members. The main leading cadres who took part in the raid on the county were commander, political department director Lin Yishan, battalion chief Sun Duanfu, political commissar Cheng Song and deputy battalion chief Si, as well as squadron leader Bai Yongsheng, instructor, squadron leader Jiang Ke, squadron leader Yan Shiying, instructor Liu Zhonghua, spy battalion chief Du Zilin and instructor Sun Jingqiu. Cuijiakou is nearly 65,438+000 miles away from Mu Ping County. After a night's emergency March, the troops arrived at the hill five miles south of Mu Ping County at dawn on February 65, 438 (the 14th day of the first month). After observing the terrain with the cadres, Li Qi made a battle plan: Li Qi, Lin Yishan and the leading cadres of the brigade led the first and second squadrons and the special service team to attack from the south gate; Transfer some troops from various ministries and attack the city from the east gate; No.3 Middle Team stands guard in the direction of Yantai outside the west gate. At the command, the soldiers went into battle lightly and soon arrived in Mu Ping County. Without the enemy's knowledge, Lu Nan's army swooped down on the city gate, handed over the sentry's gun, quickly occupied the tower, and immediately took on the puppet county government. When the Eastern Route Army attacked Dongguan, the enemy troops on the defensive retreated without fighting. The soldiers of the "Third Army Corps" chased after them and chased them to the headquarters of the business group, capturing them all and disarming them. The two siege teams soon met in front of the pseudo-county government, and Li Qi led them.

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The soldiers rushed in first. A surprise attack is a quick victory. The puppet county magistrate Song Jianwu, the puppet public security bureau chief Chang and the puppet chamber of commerce were captured alive, and more than 65,438,000 armed men, mainly commercial groups, and more than 65,438,000 guns were seized. Du Zilin, the captain of the secret service team, led the soldiers to shout: "Down with Japanese imperialism!" "Long live the liberation of the Chinese nation!" Hearing loud slogans, the residents took to the streets to welcome them. Soldiers of the "Third Army" seized the opportunity to publicize the Communist Party of China (CPC)'s policy and the truth of resisting Japan and saving the nation, and posted slogans such as "Eliminate traitors", "Organize and arm to defend our hometown" and "The Third Army is a group of ordinary people" in the street. The masses tore down the flags forced by the Japanese and puppet troops and threw them on the ground. At 10 in the morning, after educating the prisoners, the siege fighters of the "Third Army Corps" released most of them, leaving only Song Jian, a major official in Mu Ping County, and his captured guns and ammunition.

After the siege troops withdrew from Mu Ping County, they entered Nanshan District of the city. Headquarters and Li Qi came to Leigong Temple, 3 miles southeast of the city, for a meeting. The Temple of Thunder is an independent quadrangle with a main hall, an east-west hatchback and an inverted hall, surrounded by masonry walls, with a building area and courtyard area of more than 500 square meters. Outside the temple, there are open spaces on the east, south and west sides, and there is a village 200 meters north. The headquarters ordered the soldiers to rest and stand by, while Li Qi, Lin Yishan and the cadres in the brigade held a meeting in the Nantai Hall to study the next move. The meeting had different opinions on what to do next: one opinion advocated the establishment of anti-Japanese political power in Mu Ping County; One opinion advocates leaving the county seat and establishing anti-Japanese base areas in mountainous areas; There is also a view that guerrilla warfare should be carried out near the county seat and backed by mountains. During the meeting, enemy planes flew over Mu Ping County for reconnaissance three times. In this regard, although the leading comrades of the "Third Army" were alert, the meeting did not continue until the enemy plane flew for the second time, because three squadrons had been sent outside the west gate to stop the enemy troops in Yantai, and one squadron was sent to guard nearby. At this time, there were only more than 20 cadres and soldiers left in the temple, including Li Qi and Lin Yishan. After the meeting went on until noon 12, most people agreed with the third opinion and made a decision to take immediate action to get rid of the enemy. The troops were preparing to move, when suddenly they heard a group of food delivery people shouting, "The devil is coming!" " "After receiving the news that Mu Ping County was attacked, the Japanese Marine Corps originally stationed in Yantai, under the cover of the plane, drove to Mu Ping County. The soldiers in charge of blocking and guarding the troops lacked combat experience and retreated and moved without any warning, so the Japanese army was able to quickly surround the Thunder Temple from all directions.

Li Qi and others, who are joining forces at the South Island Pavilion, rushed out of the house and saw the enemy coming towards the fence and the gate. Gunfire rang out everywhere around the temple. The situation is too critical to break through. They made a decisive decision and quickly commanded the troops to stick to the temple and block the gates, side doors and windows. The enemy concentrated their fire and rushed at the gate crazily. Song Cheng, Li guarded the main hall and the East Corridor, Lin Yishan, Hu Xiushan and Hu Chunlin guarded the East Corridor, and Jiang Ke, Gu Xichun, Song and Du Zilin guarded the West Corridor and the southwest corner, cooperating with each other to form cross fire and shoot fiercely at the enemy. Sun Duanfu, Si, Yuan Guohua, Tian Ye, Huang Zhai, Xia Lai and Li Jinhui all sealed the windows tightly. The enemy was beaten back temporarily, but they were still shooting at the city gate in the distance.

After some rectification, the enemy began to attack again. Commanders are fearless and calm. Ricky braved the bullets and ran back and forth to direct the battle. Suddenly, a row of bullets flew, and Li Qi fell in the yard, with three bullets in his abdomen. Song Cheng and others hurriedly carried him to the back aisle. Li Qi's injury is very serious, and her intestines are flowing out, but she still suffers from severe pain, encouraging everyone to build confidence in winning, save bullets and persist in breaking through at dusk. Lin Yishan was injured in the wrist, shot in the leg, and blood flowed into his shoes along his trouser legs, but he completely ignored it and insisted on commanding the battle. Du Zilin climbed up the courtyard wall and shot at the enemy in the southwest. It attracted the enemy's fire and reduced the positive pressure, but unfortunately it was shot and sacrificed.

The enemy's attack from the south main entrance was frustrated several times, so he changed his tactics and climbed onto the roof from the outside in an attempt to pin us down from above. However, as soon as the enemy appeared on the roof, our sharpshooter Hu Xiushan and other bullets were successfully launched, and the enemies rolled down one by one. It's getting dark and it's snowing heavily. The enemy lost his eyes and set fire to the south hall, and the soldiers quickly moved to the east west wing. The fire is getting bigger and bigger, forming a wall of fire, and the enemy dare not rush in. The raging fire became our temporary line of defense. Suddenly, "Boom!" There was a loud earthquake, the wall of the South Hall collapsed, and our front was completely exposed to the enemy. But it was already dark at this time, and the time to break through finally came. Just then, gunshots came from the east of screamo temple. It turned out that He Zhiping had seen enemy planes hovering over the west. It is estimated that our army may be attacking Mu Ping County. It was suggested that Zhang Jianxun should go to war quickly, and Zhang Jianxun immediately came to Muping County. With the cooperation of Zhang Jianxun troops, Song Cheng organized and commanded everyone to break through the side door and then turned to the south. Comrades carried Li Qi and Lin Yishan to help Song Cheng out of danger. They went to Lanlan, more than 2 miles south of Thunder Temple, and had a rest. At this time, Comrade Li Qi had died unfortunately, so he put his body in a grass garden of the masses. Three stretchers were organized to carry Lin Yishan, Song Cheng and Hu Xiushan forward and returned to Cuijiakou on February 14.

The battle of the Temple of Thunder lasted from afternoon to evening, and it was a fierce battle for seven or eight hours. From the only revolutionary relic-a 0.8 square meter iron rain platoon with 138 bullet holes, it can be seen that the fighting was fierce at that time. In this World War I, with a few inexperienced commanders and inferior equipment, the "Third Army Corps" withstood several times my superior enemy, repelled several attacks, and achieved great victory in killing more than 50 Japanese troops and burning several enemy vehicles. The Battle of the Temple of Thunder fired the first shot of armed resistance against Japan in Jiaodong, which broke the myth that the Japanese army was invincible and greatly encouraged the people of Jiaodong to win the Anti-Japanese War.