I fought guerrilla warfare in the Yimeng Mountains during the Anti-Japanese War

At one o'clock in the morning on September 9, the attacking troops arrived at the designated location. Each platoon was responsible for four strongholds. The defensive strength of the thirty-six strongholds was completely transparent. The captain's request was not to fire if they could fight silently.

At two o'clock in the morning, each platoon began to move. Trenches and barbed wire were set up outside each stronghold. The defenders only needed to lie down and sleep in the stronghold. The defense was very lax. The first thing each platoon did was to cut off the telephone lines to prevent the Japs from transmitting information to each other once a battle broke out.

According to the captain's request, each platoon would first clear a small stronghold. A platoon of elite soldiers would sneak into the stronghold, and dozens or even hundreds of Japanese soldiers and puppet troops would not even have a chance to open fire. Most of them would have their necks slit in their sleep.

However, some teams were exposed. The first platoon of the third company, led by Lu Feihu, had already sneaked into the stronghold. As soon as they finished the sentry, they were discovered by the Japanese who had got up for the night. The Japanese shouted for an alarm and a gunfight broke out instantly. Fortunately, the Japanese and the puppet army had just woken up from their sleep and were killed by the fire of several submachine guns.

The sound of gunfire at night was heard far away, and the nearby strongholds were alerted. They wanted to inquire about the situation but found that their phones were not connected. The Japanese army in the large stronghold quickly sent a reinforcement force. Two squads of Japanese soldiers and a platoon of puppet troops quickly rushed to the direction of the gunfire.

The spy quickly reported the situation, and Lu Feihu decided to go forward and set up an ambush. Before the Japanese arrived, the team quickly left the stronghold and set up an ambush.

A group of devils and puppet troops moved very quickly. As soon as the team had ambushed, noisy sounds came over, and the voices of the Japanese soldiers scolding the puppet troops could be clearly heard.

When all the enemies entered the ambush circle, Lu Feihu picked up his submachine gun and shouted:

"beat"!

Tat tat tat!

giggle!

Boom boom boom!

Forty people opened fire at the same time, with submachine guns, Type 99 light rifles and grenades. Even though the enemy was on high alert, they were stunned by such firepower. They wanted to lie down and fight back but found that they had no cover. They were hit by bullets before they could even pull the bolt of their Type 38 rifles.

In just two minutes, dozens of Japanese soldiers and puppet troops were lying on the ground, still being shot.

"Hurry! Hurry! Clean up the battlefield and set off for the big stronghold in three minutes."

There were battles everywhere along the dozens of kilometers of railway line from Teng County to Zou County. Lu Feihu's platoon was the only one that was discovered when they approached the first stronghold. The other platoons successfully took down the first stronghold, some were exposed at the second stronghold, and some at the third stronghold.

Snipers and grenade launchers played an important role, and the light and heavy machine guns in the Japanese strongholds were rarely fired.

At three o'clock in the morning, Teng County and Zou County finally discovered the situation. The telephone lines were cut off, and they used the radio to contact the large strongholds but found that they were under attack everywhere. A patrol car was sent out, but it was bombed just two kilometers out of Teng County and Zou County.

The commanders of the two counties realized that the enemy was serious and hurriedly called the commander of the Jijin Division in Jining to ask for tactical guidance. Jijin Shouping was shocked when he heard the news. The nearby guerrillas had been almost wiped out, so where did so many troops come from? Analyzing and judging that this was most likely the work of the Yimeng guerrillas or Shen Honglie's New Fourth Division, the garrison of Teng County and Zou County was ordered to immediately support and mobilize two battalions of troops from Jining City to set off quickly in trucks to protect the Jinpu Line.

At four o'clock in the morning, the preset time arrived, and there were still seven or eight large strongholds that had not been taken. All the teams stopped the attack and began to set up explosives along the railway. Each of the more than 300 people in the team carried a five-kilogram bag of explosives and stuffed them into the tracks in sections.

"Fire, retreat!"

Countless fuses were lit, and the team quickly retreated to the designated location with the wounded and spoils.

boom!

boom!

boom!

Within ten minutes, a violent explosion occurred on the railway line from Zou County to Teng County. The Japanese reinforcements in the two counties panicked and urged the trucks to speed up.

boom! boom! boom!

The truck ran over a mine, triggering the minefield on the road. Explosions rang out one after another. The supporting Japanese troops suffered heavy casualties and had no time to take care of the wounded and corpses. The medical soldiers were left behind to treat them. The commander regrouped the troops, got off the road, and continued running along the railway line to provide support.

Every time they passed a stronghold, they would check it out. Not finding a single survivor, the soldiers looked through the corpses. People and horses were blown to pieces by booby traps. No matter what, they ignored all the strongholds and continued to run forward.

When they arrived at the first explosion point, they saw that the hundreds of meters long railway line was in a mess, with large holes everywhere and the rails blown everywhere. The lieutenant in charge of the team saw this and realized that the Jinpu Line was destroyed and there was more work to do!

At five o'clock in the morning, it was already daybreak. The entire team gathered together and counted the casualties. Three were killed, four were seriously injured, and nine were slightly injured. Each platoon was followed by a medical officer, and all the slightly injured were treated.

There was no time to mourn the casualties. Chen Feng ordered the troops to stand guard to the west, and he and Liu Caiyun began emergency treatment. They were all gunshot wounds, so surgery was not possible. They could only treat the wounds first. In half an hour, the four seriously injured were treated, the lightly wounded were put on horses, and the seriously wounded continued to be carried on stretchers. The team retreated quickly.

In Jining City, Jiujin Shouping had been nervous for an hour, praying in his heart:

"Don't do that. Don't do that."

The prayers were in vain. Information about the remaining strongholds and two reinforcements was gathered. There were nearly ten severely damaged areas on the 40-kilometer railway track from Teng County to Zou County. Each section was one or two hundred meters long and would be difficult to recover in a short period of time.

Washizu Shouhei sat softly on the chair, killing without bloodshed! The Battle of Wuhan has reached a critical period. It can be said that most of the supplies are transported from Kanto and North China. On average, more than ten trains pass through the Jinpu Line every day. If it is suddenly interrupted, it will definitely affect the Battle of Wuhan.

Through reports from all sides, Jiujin Songping understood that this must be the work of the Yimeng guerrillas, but now he no longer had the heart to hate the Yimeng guerrillas. Everything was over. In the final analysis, it was all due to his own carelessness. The guerrillas in southwestern Shandong had been basically cleared out, and the defense had become lax. Jiujin Songping never expected that a cold gun would dare to be fired from Mengshan. Shouldn't they be waiting tremblingly for the imperial army to encircle and suppress them?

"Send a telegram to the North China Expeditionary Army Headquarters. The railway line from Zou County to Teng County has been destroyed by guerrillas, and it is suspected that the Yimeng guerrillas did this. The railway line is severely damaged and it will take at least ten days to restore it. Request tactical guidance."

After giving the order, Washizu Shouhei closed his eyes in pain. Being recalled to the headquarters was already the best outcome. If things got worse, he would most likely be brought to a military court.

It was already daybreak when Bin Shanyuan received the news. The destruction of the Iwai Brigade was gradually bearing down on him. Bin Shanyuan had just taken a breath when he was furious at the telegram from the Washizu Division:

"Baka! Baka! Baka! Stupid! Idiot pig!"

"Send a telegram to the Washizu Division, giving them only one week, no matter what method they use, they must restore the Jinpu Line. If they fail to complete the task, they will be forced to commit diaphragm surgery."