In November 1942, Okamura Ningji, the supreme commander of the Japanese Dispatch Army in North China, personally visited Jiaodong to organize a large-scale "mopping-up" operation.
On November 17, the Japanese army suddenly dispatched 15,000 people, and with the cooperation of the puppet army, attacked in multiple ways. On the 24th, the Japanese army collected the "net" and encircled Mashi Mountain. More than 2,000 local villagers were besieged in the mountains. A traffic squad of the 13th Regiment of the 5th Brigade of the Xu Shiyou Department of the Eighth Route Army of Jiaodong Passed through Mashishan after carrying out its mission.
When they saw that their fellow villagers were besieged by the Japanese army, they resolutely stayed behind and decided to lead the villagers to break through the siege overnight.
Together with local cadres and militiamen, they broke through the "fire net" of the Japanese army and escorted more than a thousand people out of their hometown. After dawn, they once again entered the siege, and when they rescued their compatriots, they were finally surrounded by a large number of Japanese regiments on the mountain.
There were only 10 fighters in this squad, who fought bravely to kill the enemy, and in the battle, seven soldiers were killed.
The three warriors fought to the end, all the bullets were exhausted, and they retreated to the edge of the cliff with no way to go, as a result, the three men hugged each other tightly and pulled the only grenade left in their hands, and the blood stained Mashi Hill.
Fellow villagers tearfully praised them as the "Ten Warriors of Mashi Mountain".
After their deaths, the Japanese captured Mashishan, and more than 500 compatriots were captured by the Japanese army. The Japanese army was ashamed and angry, and killed them all, the old and weak, women and children, and none of them were spared. The fellow villagers said with tears: "Without the ten warriors who have seen the righteousness and courage, two thousand people will be killed by the devil." ”