At around 11:30 pm on March 13, 27, the battle between Dawangzhuang, which was of extraordinary significance to Cheng Jiaji, began.

First, the two gunshots of Zhuangzi were loud, and the light and heavy machine guns were not pulled down, and then the mortars and Japanese grenade launchers also roared in the cold wind of early spring.

At the beginning of this battle, both sides were both disgusted with each other's situation. The Chinese army never expected that at this moment, the Japanese could draw a relatively complete brigade to sneak into the rear of the Chinese front for heart-to-heart battle.

The Japanese didn't know that they had chosen the most abnormal time. If they came one day earlier or one day later, the Third Corps would be almost unprepared, but they would inevitably encounter the tough bones of the 16th Army Advance Detachment that they arrived at this time.

At the moment when the two village entrances were firing at the same time, Cheng Jiaji was playing mahjong with several confidants. For Cheng Jiaji, a nationalist, in this world without TV and computers, there was only this hobby. After arranging the light and dark posts, he fought with Gao Shiying, the captain chief of staff of the advance detachment, Wen Songyuan, the commander of the first battalion, and Ma Sanbao, who had been promoted to guard platoon leader, in his own house.

Wen Songyuan, who had developed motor nerves, reacted the fastest as soon as the gunshots sounded. Of course, although Gao Shiying, who had experienced a lot of experience in combat formations, jumped up half a beat slower than Wen Songyuan, his reaction was much more professional than Wen Yuansong, who had never been on the battlefield.

Gao Shiying did not jump up and rushed towards the door like Wen Songyuan. He first quickly gave himself the load on the ten-shot muffle gun, huddled in a corner of the room to hide himself to the maximum extent, and pointed the gun outside the door. He immediately heard that the place where the gunshot was still hundreds of meters away. Gao Shiying, who knew that there was no danger, had no security to close the pistol while putting the gun in. Obviously, he had been through the battlefield for a long time and did not relax his vigilance because the enemy was still at a certain distance.

As for our Captain Cheng, he seemed very calm and stayed in his position without changing his expression. He was really a general and deserved to be the protagonist of our wise and powerful martial arts.

According to Ma Sanbao, the platoon leader of the guard who was beside him at that time, he later recalled: "The chief's calm and composed demeanor at that time made people feel disappointed."

The military history of the Japanese who deceived and usurped the war after the war also admitted that Cheng Jiaji performed so perfectly in his first battle.

This is how they described the situation at that time.

(Your Excellency the Grandpa attacked the Chinese army in two groups at night, and the Chinese army was in chaos for a while, but its troops were one of the few German-armed units of the Chinese army. The enemy's command was calm and strong and showed extremely high military literacy. He immediately counterattacked the Imperial Army. His tactical actions were very old, so he equalized the situation in one fell swoop. The Grandpa's troops were trapped in a hard battle. Cheng Jiaji, the highest commander of the Chinese army's combat troops, showed extremely high tactical literacy and tough combat style, which made the Imperial Army defeat the imperial army. Excerpted from the diary of the Sakamoto Detachment of the Fifth Division.) The Japanese's words were obviously not unwilling to believe them. They had a brigade of 700 people attacking about a thousand people, but they did not succeed in the night raid, which was almost unimaginable at the time.

(At that time, a Japanese army could generally defeat a brigade of the Chinese army under normal circumstances. A Japanese army had a total of more than a thousand people in the early stages of the War of Resistance, while a brigade of the Chinese army under normal circumstances did not exceed three thousand.) Although there were less than 800 Japanese Yamaki brigade in this battle, the Chinese army had only less than a thousand people, and even less than a regiment. With 70% of the combat power of a brigade, a dissatisfied regiment of the Chinese army could not gain any advantage all night, and was finally annihilated. This is a fact that the arrogant Japanese army was unwilling to face up to. In addition, Cheng Jiaji's outstanding performance in the future just explained to the Fifth Division the most sufficient reason to find this indecent failure. In addition, the Japanese nation's extreme admiration for the strong made the Japanese intentionally or unintentionally raise Cheng Jiaji's image.

Of course, the strict military legal sanctions that all those Japanese side should be responsible for the failure of this operation are evaded by harsh military and legal sanctions, and sometimes the Japanese are not so rigid.

After the Linyi War, the Japanese intelligence agencies also specially issued a file for Cheng Jiaji, a small school-level officer, so that he could enjoy the treatment that only major generals or above in the Chinese army could enjoy in advance.

Only Cheng Jiaji himself knew that he was shocked at that time. This has never happened in history. Then he went to the battlefield and encountered history being changed. The situations that the masters who returned to the past are most afraid of not letting our Captain Cheng’s detachment be extremely shocked, so his facial expressions were dull.

As for the positive reactions of all parties afterwards, Cheng Jiaji naturally wanted them, and no one would refuse the enemy and us to create momentum for one person at the same time.

After giving a standard military salute to the chief in the room, this young man, who was a high school student, hurriedly reported the situation outside to the chief.

"Captain, the Japanese touched the two village entrances in front and behind at the same time, but they were all resisted by the brothers. However, the Japanese attacked them fiercely, and the brothers on both sides suffered great losses. Deputy Captain Yu is organizing forces to prepare to fight back."

When Cheng Jiaji realized that the battle situation in front was not broken but resisted the Japanese attack, he woke up from the shock. Then he remembered that he, Yu Juncai and others had already made a series of arrangements in the village after entering the village this morning. I think that Japan would not rush in. While secretly scolding himself for being worried and nervous, he faced the lieutenant and issued the first three combat orders since his life.

"I ordered Deputy Captain Yu to hold his or her position in person and organize all troops to prepare for combat, and the number of Japanese troops should be checked as soon as possible. No one's orders are allowed to attack, so that he remembers that our current mission is not to kill a few Japanese devils. Even if we kill all these Japanese devils, if the two commanders Xu and Pang make any mistakes, once the entire situation of the war is affected, we will be sinners forever."

"Battery Commander Wen, you will go back and organize the troops and the battle in Houzhuang will be commanded by you. Remember that there is no order, no attack is allowed."

"Chief Gao, you stay here to control the overall situation, and on behalf of me, you will invite Xu Pang and other commanders to the detachment headquarters to avoid it for a while. Please report that I have already gone to the front village."

After saying these words, Cheng Jiaji couldn't help but tell everyone. He walked towards Qianzhuang, who was always there, with Ma Sanbao and four close guards, who were more violent than before. His back was so majestic and his steps were so calm and slow as if he was going to attend a banquet.

This kind of demeanor and courage impressed the people in the command center at that time. Many years later, Gao Shiying told Cheng Jiaji that he was convinced by Cheng Jiaji, his boss. After all, not many of the National Military Brigade's brigade commanders dared to go to the front line at the beginning of the battle. Most of them stayed in the command post and used telephone communication soldiers and other means to give orders. Even if half of the troops were killed in battle, they would not miss one. It is indeed rare like Cheng Jiaji.

After the Linyi War, a well-known painter in Wuhan also drew an oil painting for this scene and included it in the album of the Linyi War.

Cheng Jiaji in the painting is heroic and confident, with a few guards walking towards the battlefield not far away, where there is fierce firefighting. His calm expression and elegant battlefield demeanor with a somewhat aristocratic atmosphere are very admirable.
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