The capture of Luding Bridge was a thrilling battle, and in the eyes of many people, it was simply an "impossible" task. The enemy on the other side could not have dreamed that the Red Army would dare to charge at the bare chains, and before the war, it had shouted at the Red Army, "You have flown here!" ”。
The Luding Bridge is flying on the Dadu River and is more than 100 meters long. Except for 13 slippery chains, there was nothing else. Nine chains are used as bridge decks and four are used as handrails. There were no piers underneath, only the roaring river, crashing into a raging wave, and 13 chains shining cold in a thunderous rumble.
Capturing the Luding Bridge was the Red 4 Regiment, a radiant team. During the Northern Expedition, it was Ye Ting's independent regiment, which participated in the Nanchang Uprising, and was organized into the 28th Regiment after the Jinggangshan Division, which has always been the absolute main force of the Red Army, and Zhu De and Lin Biao have served as regimental commanders successively.
The leader of the Red 4 Regiment at that time was Wang Kaixiang and the political commissar Yang Chengwu. They had just arrived from Anshun Field, hundreds of miles away, and in one day and one night, they galloped 240 miles, and all the high mountains and valleys, rapids, and obstacles along the way were swept away like clouds.
The time when the Red 4 Regiment arrived at Luding Bridge was in the early morning of May 29, 1935, and history is destined to remember this day forever, and also to remember Luding Bridge forever.
The Red 4 Regiment was on the west bank of the bridge, facing 13 bare chains and the clamoring enemy on the east bank, their momentum soared into the sky, almost overwhelming the roaring Dadu River. Several company commanders fought to be commando commanders and did not give in to each other.
At 4 p.m., the fighting began on time. At the same time, the trumpets of the whole regiment sounded the charge trumpet, and the loud and exciting trumpet suddenly resounded on both sides of the Dadu River, drowning out the original roaring sound of water.
Liao Dazhu, commander of the 2nd Company, led 21 commandos to rush to the bridge deck. They all carried sabers and grenades around their waists, supported the "railing" by the bridge, and climbed to the other side with their rickety chains. Wang Youcai, the commander of the 3rd Company, followed with quanlian, all of them with wooden planks under their armpits, and laid out wooden planks as they advanced.
All the weapons of the Red 4th Regiment opened fire on the opposite bank at the same time, and soon all the enemy reinforcement roads were blocked, and the enemy at the head of the bridge was suddenly isolated.
However, the enemy at the head of the bridge still wanted to resist stubbornly, in a vain attempt to stop the Red Army from advancing by virtue of the natural danger of the Luding Bridge. All kinds of light and heavy weapons opened fire at the same time, firing wildly at the Red Army commandos. Dense bullets clanged on the chains, sparkling sparks constantly emerging. Commandos kept getting wounded, and people kept sacrificing themselves and falling down the river. But no one stopped, stubbornly crawling to the other side.
After the Red Army, who was in charge of cover, blocked the enemy's reinforcement road, it immediately turned part of its fire to the opposite bridge, and soon suppressed the enemy's machine guns. The commandos were greatly encouraged and more energetic, and marched steadily on the chains. Three quickly paved planks followed, and a plank bridge quickly extended to the opposite shore.
Just as the commandos approached the bridgehead on the opposite bank, the enemy suddenly set off a fire, and the raging fire soared into the sky, blocking the commandos in front of them. The commandos paused for a moment, rushed through the sea of fire, and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy. The 3 companies in the back quickly spread the planks to the opposite bank, and Yang Chengwu, the political commissar of the regiment, immediately rushed to the bridge deck with his follow-up troops.
At that time, there were too few planks, and only one step could be laid, and the Red Army ran on it and shook violently, but no one cared, and hundreds of people rushed to the other side like a huge torrent.
The Red Army, which rushed over the shore, immediately broke with the enemy, and in the twilight of dusk, the shouts of killing resounded across the east bank of the Dadu River, almost covering up the roaring sound of the water. Some Red Army soldiers killed the red eyes, regarded the trees on the side of the road as enemies, and the trees with thick bowls were cut down at the waist.
The enemy could not withstand the slashing and killing of the Red Army's large knife, and soon collapsed, most of them became the fallen ghosts of the Red Army, and most of them fled in a panic.
The Luding Bridge was firmly controlled by the Red 4 Regiment.
Once again, the Red Army was in desperate trouble.
Today, the banks of the Dadu River are no longer the dangerous mountains and rivers of the past, but are full of vitality.
The 13 iron chains still flew over the Dadu River, but what they emitted was no longer a flash of cold light, but a majestic momentum that crushed all the demons and ghosts.
The soul of the mighty mountains and rivers of the Red Army has infiltrated each of the 13 iron chains, and has also infiltrated the entire Chinese nation.