1939 in the first half of the year, the Fourth Army was composed of two independent brigades from four divisions of the Sichuan Army, namely, the 38th Army, the 96th Army and the 47th Army. The independent 46 brigade of the 38 th Army is stationed in Pinglu County and its east area; The 17th Division is stationed in the Maojindu area of Maohighway. The 96th Army is stationed in the west of Pinglu County, east of Monan Town in Ruicheng. Lijiayu 47 Army defended the south of Xiaxian County. In the north of the fourth army defense field is the rolling Zhongtiaoling, and in the south is the Yellow River, a natural barrier high in the north and low in the south. There are deep ditches and huge valleys everywhere. More than 20,000 troops are in this narrow strip, facing the mountains and facing the water, with little room for manoeuvre, and the terrain is very unfavorable. At the same time, China's defensive front is 600 Li Long, with only 26,000 people defending, while the enemy has more than 30,000 people, which is also a disadvantage in strength. 1939 At dawn on June 6th (September 19th of the lunar calendar), Japanese infantry, cavalry, artillery and air force jointly launched an attack on the position of the Fourth Army defending the west of Zhongtiaoshan.
In the eastern section, the main force of the 80th United Front of the 20th Japanese Division stationed in Zhangdian went south to Mao Avenue and attacked Lingqiao, Xianiu, Guanbu and Daping of the 7th Division/Kloc-0, separating the 38th Army from the 96th Army, and then encirclement and suppression. At the same time, the 80th United Front Department of the 20th Division of the Japanese Army launched an attack on the right-wing positions of the 46th Independent Brigade in Fengkou, Hongzui and Lianjiawan through the north-south horizontal tip. The 37th Division of the Japanese Army in Cong Shan, Daxieli and Yao Xi in northern Shaanxi has more than 1500 men. With the cooperation of artillery and aircraft, they attacked Fengkou and the north side of Hongzui 46 brigade position in two ways.
In the western section, 3,000 to 4,000 Japanese troops from 79 regiments of 20 divisions in Zhang Cun, Qucun, Jijiayao and Silkworm Workshop arrived at the positions of 96th Army 1 17 Division 1057 Regiment of the 4th Group at dawn on the 6th, namely, Lentil Cave and Donghuang of 1059 Regiment.
The ministries of the Fourth Regiment fought bravely against the Japanese attack on the east and west lines, and repeatedly repelled the enemy attack. However, after 18 hours of fierce fighting, the situation deteriorated sharply. The headquarters of the fourth group decided to adjust the deployment and shorten the front. In addition to making the 47th Army draw three regiments to attack the enemy in Zhangdian, and the 38th Army17th Division blocked the enemy's invasion in the south with strong forces, the main force of the 96th Army retreated eastward, preparing to set up a defensive position in the mountainous area west of Pinglu. On June 7 1939, the east-west line fought all day, and the situation continued to deteriorate. In the east, at dawn on the 7th, more than 3,000 Japanese troops invaded Chen Tai, continued to invade south and occupied Bantou. The 46th Brigade of the Independent Army moved to the Dongpingtou position north of Pinglu. On the western front, when the divisions of 1 17 were transferred on the 7th, the troops failed to reach their positions on time due to poor communication, resulting in a gap of more than 20 miles between the temple bottom and Xiwu to Zhang Yu, and the Japanese army took advantage of it. At 5: 00 pm, the Japanese army attacked the 47th Brigade of Zhang Yu Independence and Cypress Cliff from the north and west. At 6 o'clock in the afternoon, the Japanese army advanced from the east, west and north to the suburbs of Pinglu County, and surrounded the 96 th Army and the 46 th Independent Brigade in the low-lying areas on the north bank of the Yellow River, such as Pinglu County, Taiyangdu, Dajianbei and Zhaojiapo. The 96th Army and the 38th Army's independent 46th Brigade are in a desperate situation and are in danger of being wiped out by the whole army.
In this critical situation, Kong Congzhou, the brigade commander of the Independent 46th Brigade, decided to organize the brigade headquarters to break the starry night in the north according to the information sent by Ximenghui, a reconnaissance behind enemy lines and Heping County. He first asked the engineering company to clear the minefield in front of the position. Another company was appointed as a breakthrough striker. The company was equipped with more than a dozen machine guns, each with a large number of grenades, which opened the way to the north. The vanguard troops, like a sharp knife, suddenly inserted into the enemy's rear and went straight out of Dongche Village, killing two enemy artillery squadrons and the rear hospital in one fell swoop with lightning speed; And seized a puppet army company's gun, damaged roads and telephone lines, and seized 12 guns and four mortars. At dusk, 46 independent brigades entered the mountainous areas of Wu Dong and South wucun in Xiaxian County for ambush. Two days later, they returned to Pinglu County to join the 38th Army. The 46 th Brigade of Independence unexpectedly broke through to the north, which disrupted the deployment of the Japanese army and put the 96 th Army in a desperate situation. Chen Shuoru, the division commander of 177, who was forced to the bank of the Yellow River, saw that he was going to die. In order to preserve the strength of the Anti-Japanese War, he led less than three regiments around him to pounce on the enemy lines in the west. After a brief scuffle, he was inserted into the town behind enemy lines. Li Xingzhong, the commander of the 96th Army, also led his troops to break through to the north, and arrived at Jiangwo, east of Zhang Mao Avenue 10, to join the 38th Army.
After Kong, Chen and Li led his troops to break through, Zhang Zifuying, who insisted on fighting in the encirclement of the enemy, fought many hand-to-hand battles with the enemy in the north highland of Pinglu County. Due to heavy casualties, they retreated to the city and ran out of food and grass, and most of the officers and men died. The new corps and more than 53 1 regiment 1000 officers and men far away from the headquarters had no time to break through, so they were pushed to the bank of the Yellow River by the enemy. After an hour of bloody fighting, the remaining 800 Lengwa shouted the slogan "I would rather jump into the Yellow River to die than be conquered people" and jumped into the rolling Yellow River to die heroically.
After the Japanese army captured Pinglu County, from the dawn of 13, with its main force of more than 10000, it launched a large-scale attack on the 38th Army17th Division, the headquarters teaching group and the 47th Army east of Zhang Mao Avenue. Zhao Shoushan, commander of the 38th Army, decided to shorten the front line, adopt flexible defense and strive for initiative according to the comparison between the enemy and ourselves. First of all, he wanted the 17 Division and the 47th Army to defend the north-south line and attack the enemy respectively. At the same time, the two regiments fighting guerrilla warfare in Jiwangshan were ordered to cooperate closely with the 2 12 brigade of the new army led by Sun Dingguo and take the initiative to harass the enemy behind the enemy lines. Under the stubborn resistance of the defenders in China, the enemy could not continue to attack because of heavy casualties, and began to retreat in the evening of 14. The defenders held counterattacks and successively recovered Yandi, Guwang, Jiwang, Maojiashan, Miaoao, Maojindu, Pinglu and Ruicheng counties. On 2 1 day, the Japanese army returned to Yuncheng.
The "June 6th" campaign lasted for half a month, which was the biggest and most tragic battle of the fourth army in Zhongtiaoshan. Our army suffered more than 8,800 casualties and missing officers and men, and the Japanese army suffered more than 5,000 casualties. This campaign shattered the Japanese army's large-scale attack on Zhongtiaoshan, which was successful in strategy and tactics. After the war, Wei, commander of the First Theater, inspected Zhongtiaoshan and praised the 38th Army as "the iron pillar of Zhongtiaoshan". Newspaper news reported to the whole country: "In the Jinnan War, our army won another brilliant victory.