Tao Yong is a very famous fierce general in the history of our country, he also has the title of "Desperate Sanlang", he led the troops to carry out various battles, and made great contributions to the creation of New China. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he was awarded the rank of lieutenant general and served as a commander and deputy commander. It was such a fierce man who was wanted by the enemy and was free from all seven bullets in his body, and actually died in a well. Why is that?
Courage spread all over the world
In March 1937, the Western Route Army was surrounded by Ma Bufang's subordinates because of its defeat in battle. At that time, Tao Yong was serving as the commander of the Red Ninth Army's Instructor Division, and in order to cover the encirclement of the enemy, he led the Eighty-first Regiment to finally retreat.
In that situation at that time, everyone had no bottom in their hearts, and they didn't know how long they could drag on for the large troops. Some even thought that they were pawns in abandoning the guards, and Tao Yong and the remaining thirty or so people in their troops used guerrilla tactics and maneuvered around the enemy's rear for more than three months.
Little by little time passed, their food, guns and ammunition were also getting less and less, and the most important thing was that they only had more than thirty people, and they were still missing from the large army. Tao Yong didn't know where they were going next, and just when he was at a loss, he ran into Li Jukui and Xu Xiantai.
After the three of them discussed together, they decided that instead of wandering around in the mountains, they should take the initiative to go out and find a large army to meet. In order to confuse the enemy, they divided into three waves, each leading a dozen warriors to break through.
But Tao Yong's luck was obviously not good, and just as he was preparing to break through with a dozen people, he encountered a large enemy force. He led his warriors to use various tactics to get rid of the enemy, and after successfully escaping the enemy's pursuit, he was the only one left in the whole unit.
Tao Yong, who was only one person, was walking in the wilderness, and when he was really tired of walking, he lay down on the ground. When he woke up, he found him surrounded by a group of enemies with bayonets. In this way, Tao Yong was captured by Ma Jiajun. Ma Jiajun's brutality was known to everyone at the time, and after Tao Yong was captured, he sang "Fighting Cavalry Song" in prison every day. There is a special sentence in this song that reads, "Down with Ma Dunjing and destroy Ma Bufang." Just because of this sentence, Ma Jiajun could take his life, but Tao Yong was not afraid of Ma Jiajun at all.
In 1937, the National War of Resistance officially broke out, the Kuomintang and the Communists carried out the second cooperation, and Tao Yong was finally released after several twists and turns. Although Tao Yong was captured by Ma Jiajun, it did not affect his prestige outside, but people felt that he had courage and courage.
Rely on courage to conquer Zhan Changyou
On October 4, 1940, the Nationalist army, with their food and ammunition, wanted to gather most of their forces to eliminate the main force of the New Fourth Army, and at that time Tao Yong was serving as the commander of the Third Column, responsible for guarding the Yellow Bridge.
At that time, the equipment of our army was difficult to say, not only was the equipment backward, but the supply of ammunition was insufficient. During the most critical period of the battle, our army actually lacked ammunition, and at this critical moment, Tao Yong took the lead in fighting with the nationalist army shirtless and fighting bayonets. The other Communist fighters saw that Tao Yong was a pioneer and also aroused their patriotic enthusiasm, so they rushed into the enemy camp one by one with bayonets.
The enemy was also shocked by such a scene as the New Fourth Army, and thus gradually retreated, and Tao Yong's nickname of Desperate Sanlang also came from this. After the defeat of the Kuomintang army, Chiang Kai-shek was very angry, and then he took the initiative to launch the Caodian Campaign in retaliation for our army, and Tao Yong led his troops to participate in the war. The Kuomintang army saw that Tao Yong led most of the soldiers to participate in the battle, and his three columns headquarters were sparsely armed, so they encouraged Zhan Changyou to sneak into Tao Yong's headquarters.
In such a critical situation, Tao Yong rode a Japanese motorcycle that had just been captured from the Japanese army and rushed directly into Zhan Changyou's command headquarters. Xiang Zhan Changyou asked, "Are you going to attack my headquarters?" Without your hands, I delivered it myself. ”
Zhan Changyou has actually maintained a neutral state, but he was momentarily confused by the Kuomintang. After he saw Tao Yong dare to come to his headquarters alone, he admired Tao Yong's courage very much. Later, Tao Yong analyzed this matter with him, and told him the pros and cons, so that he could choose for himself, so Zhan Changyou gave up the plan to attack Tao Yong's headquarters, and it was in this way that our army avoided the situation of being attacked by the enemy in the abdomen.
The bully Xu Baofu was obedient to Tao Yong
After the Anhui Incident, the troops of the New Fourth Army were reorganized. Tao Yong became the brigade commander of the Third Brigade of the First Division. Soon after he took office, he was sent to the shores of the Yellow Sea to open up the anti-Japanese base area in Central Jiangsu, and their troops encountered a local bully as soon as they reached their destination.
This bully is Xu Baofu, the pseudo-captain of the Qidong Pseudo-Brigade. He was advanced in his own equipment, and his combat fortifications were very strong, so he thought that the New Fourth Army could not do anything about him. He went into his bunker early and wanted to see the jokes of the New Fourth Army.
But what he never expected was that as soon as Tao Yong went to Qidong, he used a round of artillery to destroy his might. After that, Tao Yong sent him a letter of persuasion, and Xu Baofu did not expect that the bunker he thought was indestructible was actually bombarded by Tao Yong's few cannons. However, he did not want to surrender easily, thinking that this would be too humiliating, so he wrote a letter to Tao Yong and asked Tao Yong to personally go to his bunker to negotiate.
In fact, he also has his own calculations in doing so, so that he can not only find a face for himself, but also be said to have surrendered in the future, which can also be said to be Tao Yong's personal persuasion. In addition, he also wanted to test whether Tao Yong had the courage to come to see him in person.
After Tao Yong was captured by Ma Bufang, he still dared to sing "Fighting cavalry songs" in the prison, how could he be afraid to go to see him alone? Although Tao Yong's subordinates all blocked Tao Yong one after another, they did not allow him to go to see Xu Baofu alone. However, in order to reduce the casualties of the soldiers and win Over Xu Baofu, Tao Yong decided to meet Xu Baofu.
Later, he walked out of the invisible place, stood directly under Xu Baofu's bunker, and shouted to Xu Baofu: "Don't you want to see me?" I am Tao Yong. Where did Xu Baofu see such a brave person, directly obeyed Tao Yong in situ, and led his subordinates out of the bunker to surrender directly.
Later, Tao Yong also participated in many battles. It has made countless contributions to our country. However, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Tao Yong was actually beaten as a "bourgeois roader". Despite this, he still dared to slap the table at Lin Biao and others. One day, after he was interviewed by two reporters brought by his old comrades-in-arms, Tao Yong actually jumped into the well during his lunch break.
epilogue
A generation of famous fierce generals in our country have gone away in this way, and the well that is watching Tao Yong jumping is not deep, and the whole is very narrow. The water is also only used for daily watering, and people cannot bend down in the well, and it is very difficult to drown an adult. Finally, in 1977, the party organization washed away Tao Yong's grievances and restored his reputation, but there is still no answer to why Tao Yong died.