What is history: it is the echo of the past to the future, the reflection of the future on the past. - Hugo
The Outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression the Eighth Route Army went to the front, of which the 115th Division had the PingxingGuan Victory, the 120th Division had the Yanmen Pass Ambush Battle, which can be described as a good start, and the first battle of the 129th Division was a night attack on Yangmingbao Airport, which was also a good start to the anti-Japanese resistance. Chen Geng's 386 Brigade was the main force of the 129th Division's main force in the anti-Japanese war, and the Japanese army even played a slogan dedicated to the 386 Brigade, which was the biggest praise for the 386 Brigade and Chen Geng, but do you know that the 386 Brigade was unfavorable to the division and was attacked by the Japanese army in a place called Qiqi Village, which was called the sad place of Brigadier Chen Geng and the entire 386 Brigade, but it was also the famous place of the entire 386 Brigade.
Chen Geng led the 386th Brigade deep behind enemy lines to cooperate with the Kuomintang frontal battlefield, and the troops of the 386th Brigade were reorganized from the Red Fourth Front, which was also a unit that had undergone the baptism of the Long March, of which the commander of the 771st Regiment was Xu Shenji, who had experienced the Long March, and was also a member of the Red Fourth Front, and had certain combat experience. But they also have a certain sense of pride that the Japanese army is no more than this, and they were not even afraid of the national army at that time.
It was this paralyzing heart that put the 771st Regiment of the 386th Brigade into a desperate situation. The 771st Regiment used the old fortifications of the Nationalist army to defend the enemy, and The commander of the Liu Bocheng Division had long reminded them that they must be cautious and not proud, but the 771st Regiment did not listen, and even the police circles were not strict, and on September 25, after the Japanese army failed in the Xinguan attack, the 5 brigades of the 40th Brigade regiment were sent to detour on the right wing and quickly occupied the Stone Gate from the direction of Jingxing. That night, based on the information provided by the reconnaissance aircraft, the Japanese avoided the main road, detoured from the ditch at the bottom of the valley, and launched a surprise attack on the 771st Regiment, which caught it off guard, causing great casualties and the troops were scattered.
This was the first fiasco of the 386th Brigade and the 129th Division, and even Huang Shaohu of the Nationalist Army once sarcastically said that the Eighth Route Army only talked about guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare, and as a result, you were guerrilla attacked by the Japanese. Tang Enbo also called Liu Bocheng and said: "It seems that your guerrilla warfare is not good, tens of thousands of us cannot stand it, how can you do it as a brigade?" Or withdraw!" This was a great shame for the entire 129th Division.
Chen Geng himself was also severely criticized by Liu Bocheng, even Chairman Mao attached great importance to this defeat, and let the troops take it as a warning, the 771 Regiment was regarded as a model, Chen Geng reprimanded Xu Shenji fiercely, Xu Shenji could not say anything, anyway, this is a great shame. Chen Geng also felt that he could not lift his head, the 771 regiment was secretly attacked by him Chen Geng was the shame of chen geng, but also the shame of the entire 386 brigade, from the brigade commander Chen Geng to the soldiers were holding their breath, wanting a shame before the snow, the opportunity soon came.
Under the deployment of Liu Bocheng's division commander, Chen Geng personally commanded the first unit of the 386th Brigade to set up an ambush in the village of Qiqi, and Wang Jinshan, deputy commander of the 772nd Regiment, personally led the team to lead the 3 battalions into the ambush site to ambush the Japanese army. Except for a few of the Heavy Troops who fled back to the town of Yuyu, most of the rest of the Japanese troops were annihilated. In this battle, the Eighth Route Army killed and wounded more than 300 people of the heavy team of the 20th Division of the Japanese Army, captured more than 300 mules and horses and a batch of military supplies, and the casualties of the 772nd Regiment were only more than 10, and a simple and beautiful ambush battle was fought. This battle was unusual, so that the entire 386 Brigade straightened up the waist pole, the last time it was beaten by Little Japan in the village of Qiqi, this time it was to beat Little Japan, Chen Geng was also very happy, and personally reported good news to Liu Bocheng.
At this time, Liu Bocheng learned that the Japanese army in the western section of Zhengtai Road was moving eastward, and the Japanese army on the right flank of Niangziguan was also continuing to detour towards old Pass. Liu Bocheng was well aware of the intention of the Japanese army and was still anxious to open the Zhengtai Road, threaten Taiyuan, and attack Xinkou. Therefore, he judged that the village of Qiqi was still the only way for the Japanese army to march, so he asked Chen Geng to set up an ambush in the village of Qiqi once again.
Chen Geng, who graduated from a regular military academy, also knew the reason for the use of troops, but the division commander insisted that he had to obey his orders, this time according to Liu Bocheng's instructions, the 3rd Battalion of the 772nd Regiment pretended to retreat in front of the Japanese army, in fact, the 3rd Battalion of the 772nd Regiment circled around and returned, quietly assembling in the mountains west of Qiquan Village on the south side of the Road to the Temple. After the Japanese army entered the ambush circle, the Eighth Route Army launched another attack. Because the Japanese army was more cautious this time, and the reinforcements of the Eighth Route Army did not arrive in time, only more than 100 Japanese troops were eliminated, and more than 20 casualties were also suffered, but it was still a victory.
These two ambushes in Qigang Village not only became a classic example, but also struck at the arrogance of the Japanese army, of course, more importantly, the 386This Brigade gained great self-confidence, and since then the 386th Brigade has launched a more fierce attack on the Japanese under the leadership of Chen Geng, of course, the ambush battle in Qiqi Village also opened the prelude to mountain guerrilla warfare.