The ace regiment could not be attacked, and this lieutenant general led 100 red devils and one charge to crush the enemy two regiments!
In the Red Fourth Front, Zheng Weishan was small and thin. However, he was young and promising, became the political commissar of the division at the age of 18, and was a well-known young warrior.
Don't look at Zheng Weishan, who is young, not tall, but he is very bold, full of momentum, and invincible.
In mid-February 1935, the Red Fourth Front returned to northern Sichuan and prepared to cross the river to the west, and planned for the Red Army to enter Sichuan.
At this time, the Kuomintang army had already blocked the Yangtze River near Luzhou with heavy troops, and the main force of the Red Army turned to the Sichuan-Qianqian side. To this end, the Red Fourth Front decided to cross the Jialing River in Cangxi and Langzhong to the west. Unexpectedly, the Sichuan warlords Luo Zezhou and Tian Songyao preemptively occupied favorable terrain such as Cangxi, Yilong, Lao Stork Farm, and Hongshan Temple, threatening the Red Army to cross the river.
Wang Shusheng, deputy commander-in-chief of the Red Fourth Front, ordered Zheng Weishan to lead the famous ace regiment of the whole army, the "Night Tiger Regiment" of the Red 88th Division, and the Red 265th Regiment to attack the old stork field and clear the obstacles to crossing the river.
The two regiments of The Chuan Army, Tian Songyao, had built a large number of fortifications on the hills along the Jialing River, and had taken advantage of the slopes of the mountains to cut down large trees, obstructing them in the road, and laying thunder arrays in the forward positions.
That night, Zheng Weishan led his troops to the position of the Sichuan Army, and the sneak attack was unsuccessful, and it was immediately changed to a strong attack.
However, several consecutive strong attacks, the Red 265 Regiment failed to work.
Seeing that the sky was almost dawn, the whole regiment had suffered heavy losses, the people were sleepy and tired, and it was impossible to organize an effective impact anymore. Zheng Weishan felt great pressure. However, if the battle is not resolved quickly, once the enemy launches a counterattack after dawn, the consequences will be even more unpredictable. Cheng Shicai, commander of the Red 30Th Army, learned of the battle situation and was very worried, and wanted to send the division commander Xiong Houfa to lead reinforcements.
However, as soon as he inquired, he had to inform Zheng Weishan: "Because the distance is too far, xiong Houfa is difficult to make the trip." ”
Zheng Weishan was so anxious that he actually sweated profusely. At this time, he did not have time to think carefully, so he shouted:
"Student Company, follow me!"
The student company, not a combat unit, is full of little red devils. They usually focus on learning and rarely go to the battlefield. At this moment, these more than 100 red devils heard Zheng Weishan's order, jumped up, and immediately followed the young division political commissar roaring up.
Young people are fearless.
Under the leadership of Zheng Weishan, this group of small tigers rushed forward desperately. The Sichuan army, which had been fighting fiercely all night, was exhausted, mistakenly believing that the main force of the Red Army had arrived, panicked, and rushed to deal with it. Zheng Weishan and the warriors slammed into each other, sharp and unstoppable. In the fierce battle, the Sichuan army threw away its armor and fled in all directions.
Zheng Weishan did not give up and led everyone to continue to pursue. As a result, the whole regiment also began to pursue bravely. During the pursuit, Zheng Weishan's guard Luo Guanglin single-handedly captured 1 light machine gun, killed 5 enemy people, and captured 7 enemy people.
In this way, Zheng Weishan laid the old stork field and cleared the way for the main force of the Red Fourth Front to cross the river.
After the war, Wang Shusheng, deputy commander-in-chief of the Red Fourth Front, praised Zheng Weishan's operation, saying:
Zheng Weishan was fierce, 100 red devils were even fiercer than tigers, and actually crushed the enemy's two regiments! The enemy meets our young general and collapses at the touch of a button. Who said the Sichuan army would fight? Ha ha! ”