The Red Army experienced countless battles in the Long March, and after relying on the brave and fearless spirit of the officers and men of the Red Army and sacrificing a large amount of blood and lives, it finally completed the Long March in victory and reached northern Shaanxi.
In many battles, because the terrain and terrain were extremely unfavorable to the Red Army, it was necessary to have the courage to go to the soup to seize the enemy's position, and whenever this happened, the Red Army organized a commando team. The three most famous battles of forcibly crossing the Dadu River, flying to seize the Luding Bridge, and conquering the dangerous Lazikou were all organized commando teams. Today, I would like to introduce the captains who led the commando charge in these three battles and their subsequent combat experiences:
1. Forced crossing of the Dadu River
Xiong Shanglin (1913---1942), a native of Gao'an, Jiangxi. When he crossed the Dadu River, he was the commander of the 2nd Company of the 1st Division, 1st Regiment of the Red 1st Army, and was appointed as the commando commander by the regimental commander Yang Dezhi. At that time, the Red Army only had 1 boat, which could not accommodate all the members of the forced crossing at one time, xiong Shanglin led 8 soldiers to cross the river first and occupy a foothold on the opposite bank. In the end, the enemy army was defeated, and an important ferry was seized for the whole army.
After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Xiong Shanglin's regiment was reorganized into the 1st Battalion of the Independent Regiment of the 115th Division, and during the battle of Pingxingguan, he was ordered to block the Japanese army at the waist station and cover the main force of the division to annihilate the Japanese army at Pingxingguan. Later, he led his troops to the Zhangjiakou area, opened up a large base area, and the troops also developed into a regiment. Unfortunately, in June 1942, he was killed by the mutinous chief of staff on the way to the war, at the age of 29.
Second, fly to seize the Luding Bridge
Liao Dazhu, who was the commander of the 2nd Company of the 4th Regiment of the 2nd Division of the Red 1st Army at the time of the capture of Luding Bridge, led 21 commandos to climb from the slippery iron locks to the opposite shore despite the dense enemy fire. Finally, the Luding Bridge was captured, opening a passage for the whole army.
Due to the tense battle, after capturing the Luding Bridge, the unit rushed forward to chase after the fleeing enemy, and did not write down the names of the commandos in time. Most of them died in the subsequent battles, leaving only 3 names: Captain Liao Dazhu, Liu Jinshan, secretary of the Sanlian branch, and Liu Zihua, the "little red devil". Yang Chengwu, the political commissar of the 4th Regiment, felt deeply guilty for not writing down their names.
Third, conquer the natural danger of Lazikou
Wang Kaixiang, who was the commander of the 4th Regiment of the 2nd Division of the Red 1st Army at the time of the capture of the heavenly danger of Lazikou, led the detoured troops to climb up the cliff, launched a fierce attack from the enemy's rear, and blew up all the enemy's heavy machine guns with grenades, and finally completely destroyed the enemy army.
Yang Xinyi, who was the commander of the 2nd Battalion and 6th Company of the 2nd Division, 4th Regiment, 2nd Division of the Red 1st Army, led the commando team in a frontal attack, attracting enemy fire and covering Wang Kaixiang's roundabout troops.
After Wang Kaixiang's Long March arrived in northern Shaanxi, he suddenly suffered typhoid fever and committed suicide because he was suffering from illness.
These commandos and commandos, as well as the thousands of Red Army soldiers, who did not hesitate to help the poor fight the world, did not ask for anything in return when they joined the commando, did not ask for anything afterwards, and some did not even leave their names.
This is the indomitable spirit of the Chinese nation, and it is in this spirit that the Japanese aggressors were defeated by.