Deng Yue was only a major general, but his combat experience was very legendary. The famous War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea was the fact that he led his subordinates to fire the first shots fired by the volunteer army against the enemy.
At that time, he led a part of the 40th Army of the Volunteer Army into Korea and reached a place called Wenjing. In the early hours of the morning, Deng Yue was sleeping, when suddenly gunshots rang out, and a group of enemy troops came running and engaged the 118th Division, the advance unit of the 40th Army of the Volunteer Army, with the first shot fired by the 118th Division led by Deng Yue.
Deng Yue was born in the old Red Army and had experienced hundreds of battles.
He joined the Red Army at the age of 12 and became a company commander at the age of 15.
He was a company commander, fought the first battle, and almost died.
It was not the enemy who wanted his life, but his regimental commander.
Why?
Once, in a fierce battle, Deng Yue's company and platoon commander were sacrificed, so it was his turn as a veteran soldier to become a company commander. However, in the face of the enemy's powerful attack, Deng Yue hit the red eye and led the fighters to fight and rush hard, and as a result, the enemy fought and won the battle, and the company he brought with him also beat only a few people and horses.
The regimental commander was furious and ordered, "Shoot him." ”
Originally, the Red Fourth Front army had a military discipline: Cadres did not fight well, and many soldiers sacrificed, and they must also be severely punished.
Deng Yue did not expect that the first time he became a company commander, he would commit a capital crime, which was very sad, but the military law was ruthless, and he had to suffer death.
So several warriors escorted him to the foot of the mountain and shot him. Halfway down the road, several war horses flew in, and a chief with a guard drove past them. However, after running a few miles, the chief strangled the horse, walked back, and asked:
"What are you going to do?"
"The company commander committed a capital crime, and the regimental commander ordered us to execute the military discipline and shoot him." The warriors said.
The chief asked, "What crime did he commit?" ”
Deng Yue tearfully told the story of his crime. Unexpectedly, the chief said to the soldiers who were executed: "You let him go, go back and tell the regimental commander that the people were taken away by zhan Caifang." ”
Zhan Caifang was none other than the military commissar of this Red Army.
Deng Yue was accidentally saved and became Zhan Caifang's guard.
Why did you run out of hands this time?
The key was that Deng Yue was too small to be a company commander.
It was precisely because of his young age that Deng Yue worked for many years, and after arriving in northern Shaanxi after the Long March, he was still a small platoon leader. Those who knew him well lamented: "If he had not dismissed the company commander that time, he would at least be the regiment commander now." ”
Deng Yue really became the commander of the regiment when he fought against Japan in North China many years after the outbreak of the All-out War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression - he was the commander of the 10th Regiment of the New 4th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army.
After becoming the regimental commander, Deng Yue's military talent began to shine.
He fought, almost every battle was won, and he was invincible. By the time of the victory of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression in 1945, he was already the deputy brigade commander of the Eighth Route Army—many of the old chiefs of that year were also at his level.
Subsequently, Deng Yue led his troops into the northeast. Once, he was ordered to go to Liaoyang Qilingzi to suppress bandits, but unexpectedly "suppressed" more than 4,000 Japanese troops overnight. He did not stop doing two things, commanded the troops to call the Japanese army to surround them all, fought hard, and completely annihilated the Japanese army and bandits, shaking the northeast. Soon, the troops were merged and upgraded to the 3rd Column and 7th Division of the Northeast Field Army, and because the last battle was too good, Deng Yue was promoted from deputy brigade commander to division commander.
However, later, he "stopped" at the division commander.
Deng Yue fought from the northeast to north China, then to south China, and then to Hainan Island, and he was always the commander of the division. In October 1950, he led his troops into the Korean War as the first batch of volunteer troops, and was also a division commander. However, Deng Yue, the commander of the division, dedicated himself to other division commanders and took the lead in firing the first shot of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
In Korea, the 40th Army participated in five battles, all of which were the main offensive, while Deng Yue's 118th Division has always been the main division of the whole army to undertake the main attack, and has fought many big battles and good battles. In particular, in the second campaign, the 118th Division fought the First Battle of the American Army. The two armies attacked each other, and Deng Yue defeated a regiment of the Us army with a division—in Korea, Deng Yue's military talents were brought to full play. In August 1951, less than a year after Deng Yue entered the Korean War, he was promoted to deputy commander and chief of staff of the 40th Army.
In 1954, Deng Yue was promoted to commander, and six years later he became the commander of the 38th Army.
Whether it is the 40th Army or the 38th Army, it is the strongest first-class ace army of our army. Deng Yue was one of the few generals who served as the commander of the 38th Army.