Major General Hu Shangli was a famous general in the First Brigade of the Taiyue Military Region.
In September 1944, the 38th Regiment of the Decisive Brigade of the Taiyue Military Region launched a campaign to capture Xu Anzi. In the fierce battle, Hu Shangli, the commander of the 2nd Battalion, was wounded on the left shoulder, and due to his serious injuries, he was carried by several migrant workers and rushed to the field health center. On the way, many wounded people were sent up. Hu Shangli learned from the other wounded that after he was wounded, deputy battalion commander Wei Mingde replaced him as acting battalion commander, and then he was also wounded, and xue Shanping, the regimental combat staff officer, acted as battalion commander, and Xue Zhuanglie was sacrificed.
Hu Shangli listened, where do you still have the heart to go to the hospital? Ignoring the pain, he said to the migrant workers carrying stretchers: "Go back! Send me back! ”
He resolutely returned to his troops.
However, when he hurried back to the 2nd Battalion, the battle had ended in victory, and the whole regiment and hundreds of former migrant workers rested in the village of Yuanshang.
On the wall is a small village with only thirty or forty families. Although Xu Anzi was victorious in battle, the Eighth Route Army suffered heavy casualties, and Hu Shangli's 2nd Battalion was only 6 companies, and the company commander, instructor, and platoon commander were all sacrificed, leaving only the combat hero, squad leader Hou Yuming, and 8 soldiers. So the troops decided to downsize, and the whole regiment was downsized to two battalions.
On the first night of Hu Shangli's return, the reorganization had not yet been completed. In the middle of the night, a gunshot of "snap-", pierced the silent night sky. Hu Shangli jumped up and shouted, "There is a situation! "Rush out of the cave immediately. He spotted the Japanese firing flares on the high ground north of the village, and it was clear that the enemy had occupied it. If the Japanese army advanced, the whole regiment would be very dangerous. It is necessary to immediately take up positions on the top of the kiln. Hu Shangli forgot about the pain and rushed to organize the troops.
At this time, hundreds of migrant workers pulling mules and horses, as well as scattered cadres and fighters, rushed to the outside of the village, shouting horses and making a mess. Hu Shangli flew to the intersection, while directing the soldiers to occupy a position on the top of the kiln and counterattack the enemy; on the other hand, he beckoned the migrant workers to go out of the village to hide.
The 38th Regiment was a well-trained unit. Although Hu Shangli was the commander of the 2nd Battalion, everyone knew him and immediately obeyed his orders and climbed to the top of the kiln to occupy the position.
Hu Shangli was about to go to the top of the kiln when he suddenly heard someone shouting, "Commander Hu! Looking back, it was Zhang Zhongliang, the commander of the 1st Battalion. He endured the pain and came to him with a strong support.
Zhang Zhongliang was injured in the foot during the battle of Xu Anzi and walked very hard. Hu Shangli hurriedly greeted him: "Commander Zhang, you go down quickly, here I am." "Rush to the top of the kiln."
After rushing to the top of the kiln, he immediately organized his troops to counterattack the Japanese troops charging at the kiln roof. The only 8 soldiers of the 6th Company, under the leadership of the squad leader Hou Yuming, climbed up the road to the top of the kiln and fought side by side with the 3rd Company, resisting the Japanese troops who were attacking from the highlands to the top of the kiln, and seizing a foothold. Hu Shangli ordered: "Launch a counterattack against the devils attacking the top of the kiln!" ”
Wei Qing, deputy political instructor of the 1st Company, led his fighters to rush into the enemy group and engage in a white-knife fight.
After a fierce battle, the Japanese retreated to the high ground in an attempt to escape. Hu Shangli led the warriors to continue to rush to the heights. At this time, the 25th Regiment and the 2nd Company came from Xu Anzi to reinforce, the Japanese army fled in a daze, and the Eighth Route Army recaptured the highlands north of the village.
However, another enemy came to the southern highlands as if they were buried. In addition to ordering his troops to pursue the fleeing enemy north of the village, Hu Shangli also commanded 5 companies to counterattack the enemy to the south. The 5th Company, led by its instructor Yuan Zenglu, crossed the deep ditch and launched an attack on the enemy to the south. Hu Shangli also rushed towards the enemy with the 5th Company.
As soon as he rushed up the slope, he found Hara Zenglu and a big Japanese army wrestling together, and immediately rushed up in a big stride, along with Hara Zenglu, and the result was this ghost.
Platoon commander Wei Hongmo chased and fought with his machine gun, and finally wiped out all this enemy force.
At this time, Hu Shangli found another Japanese attack on the 25th Regiment and ordered: "5 companies to support." ”
5 companies went and coordinated with the 25th regiment to repel the incoming enemy.
The entire battle ended in victory in two hours, capturing more than 20 Japanese troops, killing or wounding more than 100 enemy, and capturing more than 30 machine guns and rifles. After the war, Hu Shangli, as a combat hero of the First Decisive Brigade, attended the first group of heroes of the Taiyue Military Region and was awarded the title of "Hero of the First Class of the Regular Army".