"Loyalty seals the heart, and the haoran fills two rooms." During the period when the domestic army was built to participate in the war, it was always in a state of poverty and hardship, and in order to be able to save materials, it was always necessary to be frugal and frugal.
As a senior general, his brother Wang Shusheng once borrowed money from his cousin General Wang Hongkun, but at that time, everyone was in a state of stretching, and Wang Hongkun could not borrow his money, so he pushed a person to help Wang Shusheng out of the predicament.
(First from right) Wang Hongkun and his brother Wang Shusheng
First, the brother team that is different from the world
In 1932, Wang Shusheng led his army to participate in the Battle of Shanghuang, liberating a large area of southern Henan at once, but he was seriously wounded, but he then participated in the Battle of Macheng without stopping. Because Zhang Guotao blindly underestimated the enemy at that time and misjudged the situation, the main force of the Red Fourth Army had to move westward, and Wang Shusheng was responsible for the rearguard, opening a passage for the whole army at one critical moment after another.
At the end of the year, Wang Shusheng's unit crossed the Daba Mountains and entered the Tong, Nan, and Ba regions in northern Sichuan, and various divisions and headquarters carried out revolutionary activities in accordance with the arrangements and gradually established the Sichuan-Shaanxi base area.
However, everything that is difficult at the beginning, the establishment of the base areas is very difficult at the beginning, and all the expenses of the troops must be solved by themselves, and no one can take care of anyone, and the essence of these is money. Most of the troops were empty-handed, and Wang Shusheng's division headquarters was particularly tight, asking for money and no money, asking for food and no food, and the soldiers were going to fight hungry.
In this way, Wang Shusheng found his cousin Wang Hongkun, who was the commander of the Red Tenth Division, and their team was notoriously rich in the Red Army. Wang Hongkun paid attention to logistical supplies, especially money and clothing, and every time he conquered a place, he had to do his best to collect cloth, so the situation of their division was unique in the army.
(First from right) Wang Hongkun
During the fourth anti-encirclement and suppression operation in Eyuwan, The Red Army division commander Liu Ying and the division commander Chen Geng were seriously wounded and urgently needed to be treated in the White Zone, but their army could not even raise funds, or borrowed from the Red Tenth Army. In battle, the uniform of the Red Tenth Army always had an extra layer of jackets than other teams, and the soldiers looked envious.
On the way to the west, it was necessary to cross the steep Qinling Mountains, and the Red Tenth Army walked at the end, but did not want to meet the team that had been beaten into labor reform, carrying a burden full of silver dollars.
Because the burden was very heavy, the labor reform team walked very slowly, but once the backward team was easily attacked, Wang Hongkun saw the situation and let the soldiers under his command separate the burden, each person loaded a part and set off, and the labor reform team lightly packed a lot faster, so Wang Hongkun was once again full of his own salary.
Second, borrowing money does not make borrowing people
Wang Shusheng himself had no choice, pulling down his face to borrow money from Wang Hongkun, after all, except for the Red Tenth Division, the rest of the army was a group of poor ghosts. However, the situation was really difficult, and the headquarters of the Red Fourth Army had already borrowed money from Wang Hongkun early, and they had no more money left than to maintain normal expenditure.
The urgent need was not solved, Wang Shusheng was as anxious as a fire, he asked Wang Hongkun to think of a way, Wang Hongkun introduced his love to Wang Youjun, saying that it was absolutely good. Wang Youjun was quick-witted, very good at collecting materials, and was a good hand in all aspects, and assisted the army to make a lot of merits.
Wang Youjun only joined the army in 1930, but he was very good at life, and was soon noticed by Wang Hongkun, and when the division headquarters reached the exit of the southern foothills of Qinling, he handed over the burden of opening the road to Wang Youjun. After successfully attacking Chenggu County, Wang Youjun led his team to circle west, containing the enemy and successfully covering the movement of the main force in the east.
At the beginning of 1933, Wang Youjun was transferred to Wang Shusheng's men as the battalion commander, and Wang Youjun's leadership quickly solved the urgent needs of the division, and also brought the tradition of night fighting to Wang Shusheng's troops. However, after joining the army for two or three years, Wang Youjun was brilliantly recognized by Wang Hongkun and Wang Shusheng, and was soon promoted to regimental commander.
Wang Youjun brought out a regiment that was good at attacking the enemy at night and feeling the enemy's situation; they were out of nowhere, surprised, and repeatedly made outstanding military achievements, and the whole army heard about them, and Wang Youjun's military ability and wisdom were fully utilized and brought into play.
In 1934, due to his outstanding merits, Wang Youjun was promoted to deputy division commander and participated in the anti-"three-way" and "six-way" sieges in the Sichuan-Shaanxi base area. No matter what position he was in, Wang Youjun always stood at the forefront of the battle, and avoided danger again and again with courage and care.
In a battle, Wang Youjun, with no more than thirty members of the pistol team, smuggled from the western front of the battle to the Xiaotong River under the cover of night, climbed over a cliff several inches high, and silently entered the enemy's rear ox horn inlaid regimental headquarters position, hacked the enemy's regimental headquarters, and completely destroyed their combat effectiveness. They returned to the troops with a large number of weapons and food, unscathed, and the military headquarters praised them vigorously.
Since Wang Shusheng's predicament had been lifted, in 1935 Wang Youjun was transferred back to the Red Tenth Division and took over Wang Hongkun as the division commander.
3. The heroic sacrifice of the God of War fell
In August of the same year, the Red Fourth Army, as a right-wing army, reached the marginal seat after crossing the meadow for the first time. At this time, the enemy army led by Hu Zongnan had already strictly guarded the baozuo, and also used the narrow and dangerous mountain road to build many pillboxes, store a large amount of grain, and constitute a long-term fortification, posing a huge threat to the Red Army.
At that time, the task of attacking Baozuo was handed over to the Red Thirty Army and the Red Fourth Army, and the main force was gathered in the northwest area of Baozuo, and the Red Fourth Army was responsible for the Qiuji Temple, which was located ten kilometers north of Baozuo. Despite the arduous crossing of the grassland, all the divisions were full of enthusiasm for fighting, and since the Red Tenth Division suffered the least damage in the meadow, after detailed consultation, the military headquarters entrusted the task of attacking to Wang Youjun.
At dusk, the sunset had just disappeared, and Wang Youjun quickly arrived at the Qiuji Temple, suddenly launched an attack, and quickly took the key points on the periphery.
The warriors continued to launch an onslaught inside the temple, Wang Youjun personally led the troops to hand-to-hand combat, the soldiers shouted loudly, showing a strong fighting spirit, they were hungry but still steadily picked up the big knife. But the task of completely taking this area is absolutely arduous, the enemy has established a strong fortification on the back hill, occupying the commanding heights of firepower, and the teams that have followed them have continued to attack, but only to see the warriors fall one by one.
Wang Youjun took advantage of the cover of the troops to stand up and shoot at the enemy, exposing himself to the enemy's muzzle, a bullet hit him, and a god of war in the Red Army fell. Wang Youjun was only twenty-four years old when he died, and his departure made both wang Shusheng and Wang Hongkun, the former leaders, very sad, and the commander-in-chief of the Red Fourth Army presented a bouquet of wild flowers to Wang Youjun when he went north, expressing his deep mourning.
In the days of blood and sweat in the past, countless ancestors have left themselves in the years, and they have no complaints or regrets, just for the now powerful China. Wang Youjun was able to impress both the generals and admirals precisely because of his outstanding ability, and his sacrifice was a major regret in China's modern war.