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

Overnight, the middle section of the Jinpu Line was completely cut off. In the first half of the night, the Yimeng guerrillas and the New Fourth Division were in action, and in the second half of the night, the Lunan Detachment dominated the battle. They mobilized tens of thousands of people and seamlessly connected the battles of the first two units. The Japanese were defeated and many parts of the railway line were blown up, but there were still rails, right? They were valuable.

Some places were not bombed well, so the Lunan Branch bombed them again. More than 20,000 people pushed carts and pulled flatbed carts, and as long as they could pull it, they would not miss a single piece of railroad track.

The Japanese army suffered heavy losses overnight. More than one Type A division of defense forces were stationed on the Jinpu Line. Of the more than 30,000 troops, 18,000 were allocated to the middle section alone, mainly to guard against sabotage by the Yimeng guerrillas. Through various sneak attacks, ambushes, and sieges, the Japanese army lost more than 8,000 troops overnight. The railway line was also severely damaged, with large potholes in many places and serious damage to the rails. Not considering another attack, it would take more than a month to recover.

Bin Shanyuan was almost going crazy. The Yimeng guerrillas had not yet attacked the Jinpu Line. Bin Shanyuan naively believed that they were afraid of those large strongholds and numerous defenders. He did not expect that they were waiting for the Hunan offensive to begin. The Jinpu Line was the main artery of eastern China. Now that it was cut off, the losses would be incalculable.

Unlike Bin Shanyuan's anger, there was laughter and joy in Chongqing and the Ninth War Zone. The Jinpu Line was cut off, which indirectly supported the situation in Hunan. The Japanese army's future supply line could only be by water. The supply line was not affected too much. The important thing was that no matter how the Hunan offensive went, the Japanese army could not transfer troops from the North China Expeditionary Army. The Jinpu Line was enough to give the North China Expeditionary Army a headache.

At daybreak, the Japanese army urgently dispatched troops from several major cities including Jining, Jinan and Xuzhou to garrison the railway line. Fortunately, none of the counties along the way were lost and the attackers had all fled. The Japanese army entered the railway line and began to clean up and organize the tracks everywhere. The Jinpu Line also had to be put into operation, which was an arduous task.

Bin Shanyuan continued to transfer troops from all over the North China War Zone, abandoning some unimportant counties and larger towns. There were 18,000 troops in the middle section of the Jinpu Line, and 8,000 were lost in one night. The remaining 10,000 troops were needed to build railways and fight against various forces, which was simply impossible.

Without the protection of the strongholds, the Japanese troops at various important nodes could only use barbed wire to surround and build temporary military camps. When the opportunity came, the Japanese troops were not afraid of attacking the strongholds, and attacking the open-air military camps was a piece of cake. As soon as it got dark, a regiment of the Yimeng guerrillas, a guard regiment and a regiment of the New Fourth Division began to act again.

Dahuangzhuang is located in the north of Teng County, only fifteen kilometers away from Teng County. A squadron of Japanese soldiers finished a day's work and guard, and went into the tent to rest after dinner. Those who were responsible for guarding during the day continued at night. Barbed wire fences were set up outside the military camp, and the barbed wire fences were filled with densely packed guard posts. Three patrol teams also circled inside and outside the barbed wire fences. The Japanese army was well prepared, bringing generators with them. Electric lights were tied to the surrounding barbed wire fences, and a temporary watchtower was also built in the middle of the military camp.

They knew very well that the guerrillas would most likely attack again, so the soldiers slept in their clothes with their rifles held to their chests. Machine gun positions were set up so they could open fire at the slightest sign of trouble. Four mortars were also set up, and the artillerymen slept in tents next to the mortar positions so they could turn their guns around and fire back at any time if they were hit.

The squadron leader, Captain Nozuda, did not dare to sleep. He kept walking around reminding the sentries everywhere to be alert. The Chinese guerrillas were very scary and had very strong firepower. It was said that they also had mysterious weapons. The shells could hit wherever they were pointed. If one was not careful, the entire army would be wiped out.

There is a low mountain range in the northeast corner of the Japanese military camp. There is a hill called Jianshan closest to the southwest. Standing on the hill, you can clearly see the Japanese military camp near the railway line.

Zhang Liang, the battalion commander of the Second Battalion of the First Regiment, was leading a company in an ambush. The team arrived at four o'clock in the afternoon and had been observing from the top of Jianshan Mountain. There were about two hundred Japanese soldiers, and they did not need to risk entering the military camp to cause trouble. They could easily deal with them with their powerful firepower.

At eleven o'clock at night, the Japanese military camp was quiet, the patrol team also slowed down their pace, and the sentries were so sleepy. This group of Japanese troops came from Xuzhou to the north to provide support. They started their transfer at ten o'clock last night, and after arriving at the designated city, they marched quickly again. They were busy on the railway line all day. Although these sentries were also guard posts during the day and did not do heavy work like other soldiers, even the iron-willed Japanese could not stand not sleeping for a day and a night.

The captain was finally tired from wandering around and went back to the tent to rest. The sentries began to pair up and chat. One person could hardly keep his eyes open, so two people chatted about some obscene topics or missed their relatives in their hometown together. It could also help them chat to relieve their sleepiness. Although they were from the same squadron of devils, they were all transferred from all over North China and were not familiar with each other.

"Qiao Shanjun, where were you transferred from?"

"Datong, we belong to the 26th Division and are the military police of the Datong mining area."

"Mr. Blackmu, after leaving Datong, I felt lucky. I finally didn't have to guard those dirty miners anymore and could finally join the battle. But now I feel a little regretful. Do you think there will be a guerrilla attack tonight? I feel like the squadron leader is very nervous"!

"Qiao Shanjun, accept your fate! The guerrillas will not miss such an opportunity. You saw it when we came. Seven or eight strongholds along the way were all destroyed. It all happened last night. We don't even have a stronghold, and we don't have time to dig trenches. We can't stop them with just that circle of barbed wire. We can't stop them at all."

Qiao Shan immediately became nervous and aimed the rifle in his hand at the outer edge of the barbed wire, as if there were really guerrillas outside.

"Qiao Shanjun, don't be nervous. If you are nervous, I will be a little nervous too. Relax! If someone really attacks us, we can't beat them, and we can't run away either."

"We can't just wait to die! Do they have three heads and six arms?"

"Do you know how many people died because of them? I have a fellow villager who works in the Xuzhou Special High Section. When we were drinking together, he talked about the Yimeng Guerrillas. According to conservative estimates, the number of imperial soldiers who died at their hands exceeded 100,000."

"Impossible, why is there no news from us?"

"As the Chinese say, our top leaders only report good news and not bad news. You don't know this very well..."

All, all, all, all!

Tsk~tsk~tsk~tsk~.

Before he could finish his words, the sound of mortar shells being fired suddenly came from the front. Pierce of fire and white smoke flew towards the military camp. Strange machine gun sounds were also heard, and bullets whizzed past overhead.

"Enemy attack"!

There were sharp warning sounds everywhere, and the dark curtain pressed down Qiao Shan who was looking out.

"Lie down and pretend to be dead. Don't surrender. They don't want prisoners. I hope we can escape this disaster"!

The two men lay in the drainage ditch inside the barbed wire, not daring to breathe.