132, 918 Incident
Seeing that Huang Xiansheng only cared about the immediate and did not think of the long-term problem, Bai Shujie reminded on the side: "Chief Huang, the position must be arranged as soon as possible." However, it is not too late for weapons to enter positions tomorrow night. If I'm right, after tomorrow, the matter will be over! Also, it's a good idea to find some tankers, and in case little Japan does get in, there are tanks on the Arsenal side. ”
"In addition, if little Japan decides to do it this time, it will definitely make a big move, and it will not end in a while. So, it's best to move some of these weapons and ammunition out and hide them, so that you can turn the tide when you reach the most critical moment. ”
At ten o'clock in the morning of September 18, 1931, a group of little devils were arguing outside the gate of Dadong, saying that they wanted to go into the city to have a look. The garrison headquarters has been busy with this all day, and no one has reported that someone in the arsenal picked up the goods last night. Just like this, the time is more than eight o'clock in the evening!
Huang Xiansheng also did his best to organize the troops in his hands before the war. At the same time, a general order for the "Mukden Military and Police Exercise" was officially issued. Trenches were then dug outside the city in the name of police drills and various fortifications were constructed.
On September 18, 1931, at 20:30, the out-of-town defense units entered their positions. At 22:00, the defense units of the city entered their positions.
At this time, Bai Shujie was fidgeting in the office of the police headquarters, and what he was most worried about now was the second brigade, and they encountered a regular brigade of the Japanese army! If the purpose of the surprise attack cannot be achieved, once the battle is stalemate, it is good for the overall situation, but it is dangerous for the second brigade.
Just in Bai Shujie's anxiety, the hands of his watch pointed to 22:20!
"Boom!" A loud bang came from the direction of Wicker Lake in the east, and at the same time, Bai Shujie was awakened.
The "918 Incident" that shocked China and the rest of the world broke out as scheduled! What should come will always come, this is the unstoppable wheel of history!
Let's go back and talk about Beidaying.
The camp can be stationed in 20 battalions, the whole camp wall is square, surrounded by a 2-meter-high earthen wall, each side is 2,000 meters long, in the form of a square. A trench 2 meters deep and 3 meters wide was also dug on the outside. In the middle of the east, west, north, and south sides of the camp, there is a jam gate on each side.
A platoon of guards was built inside each card gate, and military telephones were installed, and two watchtowers were set up outside the door. The card gate on the south side is the main gate of the barracks, and there is a large shadow wall not far from the door, and there is also a parade platform next to the shadow wall. There is a gravel road leading to the city outside the South Kazi Gate. There is an ammunition depot in the northeast corner of the barracks.
The Beida Battalion is now stationed in Zhang Xueliang's Seventh Independent Brigade of the Northeast Army, and the brigade commander Wang Yizhe is the ace brigade of the Northeast Army! The 7th Brigade has 3 infantry regiments with a total strength of more than 9,700 troops.
The moment the explosion sounded, Wang Tie, the commander of the 620 regiment, rushed out of the barracks. According to the rotation regulations, today happened to be their regiment on combat duty at the West Gate. Wang Tie heard the explosion in the direction of Wicker Lake, it was not an ordinary explosion of civilian items, it was completely a high explosive explosion!
After a short time, Wang Tie saw about a small team of little devils, holding a rifle with bayonets, screaming and killing towards the west gate! He also shouted, "The railway has been damaged by the Chinese army, and the saboteurs have fled to the barracks!" Catch the saboteurs! ”
"Close the barracks gates and wait for help!" Wang Tie knew that the soldier on duty only had one magazine for five rounds. Therefore, immediately after giving the order, he ran into the regimental headquarters and ordered the battalions to assemble urgently.
"One battalion and three companies immediately reinforced Simon! Signal corps, immediately run to inform the other two regiments. The other companies follow me to get ammunition! After Wang Tie gave the order, he turned around and ran towards the ammunition depot.
The deputy head of the regiment grabbed Wang Tie's sleeve and shouted: "Commander, this can't work!" We don't have the key, and we haven't received the order, so you're seriously resisting the military order! ”
"Okay, you go and report the situation, I'll go get the ammunition!" Wang Tie threw off his sleeves and shouted: "The enemy is about to rush in, Lao Tzu has no time to talk to you!" ”
When Wang Tie smashed the door lock of the ammunition depot and took out the ammunition, the signal soldier ran over panting and shouted: "Regiment commander, we are the only regiment in the entire battalion, and the rest of the places are empty!" ”
When Wang Tie heard the news, his heart sank suddenly, but his face was silent: "The first battalion and one company hurried to guard the south gate, the first battalion and the second company hurried to guard the east gate, and the second battalion sent a company to guard the north gate!" The other two companies of the 2nd Battalion hurriedly inspected the camp wall to prevent the enemy from taking the ladder to enter! Three battalions as reserves! ”
When the troops were deployed, Wang Tie breathed a sigh of relief. Hurriedly returned to the command headquarters and found that the deputy regiment commander was still there in a daze, and suddenly became angry in his heart: "What are you doing here?" Is this a battle to know? ”
"Regiment commander, when I called the brigade headquarters, there was only one chief of staff, Colonel Zhao Zhenfan, there. The brigade commander and deputy brigade commander are not there! The deputy regiment commander whispered: "The chief of staff told us to retreat quickly, and the other two regiments have retreated!" ”
"How do you retreat now? The first battalion and three companies have already fought the enemy! As soon as Wang Tie heard the words of the deputy head of the regiment, his heart suddenly cooled: "What the hell is going on?" ”
The deputy head of the regiment said with a gloomy expression: "The chief of staff relayed the original words of Rong Zhen, the chief of staff of the chief's office: 'No resistance, no movement!'" Put the gun in the storeroom and die! Everyone is benevolent and sacrifices for the country! ’”
"Fart! As a soldier of the country, how can there be a reason to surrender without a fight? Wang Tie was so angry that he scolded: "Lao Tzu is enough to kill one, and you will earn money by killing two Lao Tzu!" ”
At this moment, a huge explosion was heard near the west gate, and the little devils began to shell the barracks!
Wang Tie ran out of the headquarters and looked through the binoculars to see that the enemy's mortars were desperately throwing shells into the camp, and the soldiers on duty at the gate had fallen in a pool of blood! In a fit of rage, he drew his pistol and rushed to the vicinity of the west gate and shouted: "We are soldiers of the country, and now is the time for us to be loyal to the country!" They all beat me hard, and when something went wrong, Lao Tzu was alone! ”
As soon as the little devil was pressed down here, mortars rang out at the north gate and the south gate at the same time! In the entire Beida camp, there was a mess all of a sudden! More than 2,700 soldiers have never experienced such a situation, and coupled with the lack of strong command, the entire 620 regiment has become a plate of scattered sand in an instant!
The deputy regiment commander somehow revealed the order not to resist, the third battalion was originally a reserve, but as soon as he heard the fierce artillery fire of the little devils, coupled with the order from above not to resist, the battalion commander actually rushed out of the east gate with his troops and fled!
The artillery company was correcting its bearing, preparing to give the enemy a head-on attack. As soon as the three battalions ran, the soldiers of the artillery company also spread their feet and slipped away! was so angry that the company commander and several platoon commanders hugged their heads and cried!
As soon as there was chaos here, the defenders of the south gate were affected, and the soldiers of the two platoons also slipped away! When Wang Tie came back to his senses and rectified the team, the deputy head was gone, and there were less than a thousand people around him!
Just when Wang Tie was disheartened, the sound of shells exploding sounded again at the south and north gates. In the darkness, I don't know how many people there are, and many people have been frightened by the enemy's fierce artillery fire! Wang Tie saw that the army's morale was discouraged and knew that the general trend had gone.
Wang Tie waved his hand and said loudly: "Brothers, since everyone has no determination to die, and now that the enemy has not been found at the East Gate, let's disperse and break through!" ”
The commander of the third company of the first battalion scolded angrily: "Damn, if you want to withdraw, I will not withdraw!" Lao Tzu's brothers have died several times, and Lao Tzu wants to avenge them! After saying that, he ran to the vicinity of the south gate and organized the remaining soldiers to fire fiercely at the little devil.
The remaining 40 people of the artillery company, under the leadership of the company commander, rushed to the north gate, and as soon as they blew up the gate with mortars, they saw a large group of devils killed! It's less than three hundred meters from the gate! The artillery company commander turned his heart and shouted: "Anyway, I can't rush out, fight with them!" No correction, five rapid fires! Fire! ”
Six mortars spat out tongues of fire in an instant, and shells smashed into the enemy group with a screeching sound! What the artillery company commander didn't expect was that his six shells smashed over, but the sound of the explosion was a large one! And there are non-stop shells exploding!
"Brothers, our reinforcements have arrived! Smash all the shells for me! "The artillery company commander now understands that someone is helping them!
It turned out that this was the cavalry battalion and artillery company led by Du Guangyuan, the captain of the third brigade of the Youyan anti-Japanese detachment, who arrived in time! This time, the Kawashima squadron is considered to have fallen into blood mold! It was originally a sneak attack, but now it's a sandwich biscuit! The shells on both sides fell desperately as if they didn't want money!
As the sound of artillery gradually stopped, Du Guangyuan waved the battle flag of the third brigade of the Youyan anti-Japanese detachment and shouted loudly: "Kill the devil!" Immediately rushed out first, and the cavalry battalion behind him immediately swarmed up. The three cavalry companies were divided into three clusters, with a total of 75 light machine guns, and surrounded the Kawashima squadron in the middle!
Squadron Leader Kawashima originally thought that the cavalry would have a chance to fight bayonets when they came, but he didn't know that these cavalrymen didn't have sabers at all, and they were all light machine guns and flower machine guns! Where is this fighting? It's nothing short of a massacre!
Nine minutes before and after, 241 little devils, including Kawashima, and the pawns of the 918 incident, were all dismembered by machine guns! Because before the war, Bai Shujie had a special order: "Whoever dares to let the Kawashima squadron survive a single person, bring Lao Tzu to see him!" ”
This big battle made the soldiers of the 620th Regiment of the Seventh Brigade of the Northeast Army enthusiastic!
"Brothers, hurry up and retreat north! The Youyan anti-Japanese detachment came to cover you and come with us! Du Guangyuan left a company to hold the passage of the north gate, and then shouted while rushing to the west gate with his troops.
Press the North Camp to make a mess, and don't mention it for the time being.
It is said that the second brigade, led by Hou Zide, rushed to the Fanhe River southwest of Tieling at about 21:45 on the evening of September 18 to hide. The investigators went to observe and then returned to report: "The little devil camp is brightly lit, and all of them are on standby in the playground, and it seems that they are ready to go at any time!" It is simply impossible to approach covertly! ”
After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.