General Xu Haidong, because fighting like a tiger, fierce, officers and soldiers gave him a nickname called "Xu Tiger".
However, tigers also have times when they are planted.
In November 1931, the Red Fourth Front organized 8 regiments to launch the Huang'an Campaign.
On the night of the 10th, the battle began. As soon as the war began, the Red Army launched a fierce attack on the White Army strongholds stationed in the East Wang family and the Lower Xu family. The white army's military intelligence was in a state of emergency. Xu Haidong, commander of the 36th Regiment of the Red 12th Division, and Zheng Ruyi, political commissar of the regiment, were ordered to lead their troops to provide reinforcements. On the third day, a brigade of the enemy army rushed to the aid of a small river and stream.
Xu Haidong's regiment had to fight against an enemy brigade, and the strength of the troops was very different, and the key thing was that many soldiers had no guns, only spears and large knives. How is such a battle fought? Xu Haidong's method was to wait for the enemy to approach and then engage in hand-to-hand combat - close combat.
A regiment fights a brigade, and it is a close combat, which is very difficult.
However, Xu Haidong had no choice.
After the battle began, the valley thundered, the killing sound was tremendous, Xu Haidong commanded the troops to counterattack, personally brandished a silver shining "ghost head big knife", rushed into the enemy group, left killed right slash, the big knife whistled the wind, the enemy's head rolled on the ground like a watermelon. The head of the regimental headquarters communication squad is Shi Zhiben, who is 1 meter 80 tall, closely following Xu Haidong, one is to protect the safety of the regiment leader, and the other is to convey the orders of the regiment leader at any time.
"Dog Day, Lao Tzu let you attack!" Xu Haidong became more and more courageous in the battle, and slashed at the head of an enemy officer, but the enemy guard suddenly threw a grenade and exploded among him and the enemy officer. The enemy officer screamed and died, and Xu Haidong was also blown to the ground.
"Colonel!" Shi Zhiben shouted, flew up, and rushed up.
When the enemy soldiers heard Shi Zhiben shouting at the regimental commander, they became even more energetic and surrounded Xu Haidong together to catch him alive. Shi Zhiben was startled, immediately a flying foot, the enemy soldiers in the lead kicked out of the old distance, and then, pulling the trigger of the Rifle gun, "Snap! "Sent the enemy leader to the Western Heavens." Then, with a loud roar, he picked up Xu Haidong's "ghost head big knife," and with his hand the knife falling, the "click- and click-click" company slashed the head of the enemy soldiers, and the enemy soldiers who surrounded him were frightened and timid, and they were busy retreating, and Shi Zhiben did not stop, chasing them to kill, and even slashed more than a dozen enemy soldiers in a row.
He turned around and shouted, "Commander, retreat!" ”
However, Xu Haidong's right leg was injured and he could not climb up.
Shi Zhiben grabbed Xu Haidong with one hand and put his arm on his shoulder, and waved the "Ghost Head Big Knife" with the other hand, opening his bow left and right, and breaking out outward.
Hard to be afraid of not dying. Wanting to capture Xu Haidong's enemy soldiers alive, seeing that Shi Zhiben had killed 13 enemy soldiers in a row, one by one he was frightened and stunned, and unconsciously flashed a passage, allowing Shi Zhiben to run away with Xu Haidong on his back.
"Stunned by what? Don't shoot yet! Another enemy officer shouted.
The enemy soldiers immediately opened fire, and Shi Zhiben ran out hundreds of meters with Xu Haidong on his back.
"Can't hit, chase!" Enemy officers screamed.
However, they could not catch up.
Shi Zhiben is a big man of 1 meter 80, with long legs, jumping every ditch, running on a slope, turning seven and eight turns, entering the mountain, disappearing, where can he catch up?
Later, Xu Haidong became a major general, and Shi Zhiben became a major general. However, Xu Haidong mentioned the Battle of Huang'an and said with great thought:
"Shi Zhiben is my savior! Huang An fought, without him, I would have been finished a long time ago. ”