History is the memory of things that have been said and done. —Carl Baker
To block the Japanese army, others were waiting by the Yellow River, but this person twice led his troops to take the initiative to cross the river to attack, and what was more serious was that the second time he brought 700 people, and when he returned, there were 1400 people in the team.
This man was Wen Niansheng, a senior general of the Eighth Route Army, who was awarded the rank of lieutenant general in 1955.
After the outbreak of the All-out War of Resistance, the Red Army was reorganized into the Eighth Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army, and then the main force of the Eighth Route Army went to the front to fight against the Japanese army. Large Japanese troops quickly occupied large areas of China and approached the Yellow River. In order to stop the Japanese army and defend the Yellow River, the Eighth Route Army mobilized its forces and reorganized 7 garrison regiments. Leaving two regiments to encircle the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region, the rest of the troops marched along the Yellow River to join the Nationalists in blocking the Japanese forces.
At that time, the 718 regiment, of which Wen Niansheng was the regimental commander, was reorganized into the Eighth Garrison Regiment and still served as the regimental commander.
Soon, the Eighth Garrison Regiment, led by Wen Niansheng, went to the front line of the Yellow River, focusing on guarding Song Jiachuan.
According to intelligence, a brigade of the Japanese 109th Division, armed with heavy weapons, attempted to cross the Yellow River, aiming directly at Song Jiachuan, which Was defended by Wen Niansheng. At that time, the Japanese army was obviously stronger than our army, and it was far higher than the Eighth Route Army and the Nationalist Army in terms of the quality of the soldiers and weapons.
Wen Niansheng's Suide Garrison Command, facing the menacing Japanese army, had to let the troops defend on the Yellow River and wait for the arrival of the Japanese army.
However, Wen Niansheng felt that this was undoubtedly waiting for the bombardment of Japanese artillery, and it was even more impossible to crush the Japanese attack, so he let the troops strengthen their defense on the one hand, and actively considered ways to break the enemy on the other hand.
Finally, a bold idea appeared in Wen Niansheng's mind: Instead of waiting for the enemy to attack, it is better to take advantage of the unstable foothold of the Japanese army, take the initiative to lead the troops across the Yellow River, and hit the Japanese army by surprise, take the attack as defense, and change from passive to active.
The next night, Wen Niansheng personally led 4 companies to quietly cross the Yellow River, taking advantage of the night to march 40 kilometers, taking the lead in reaching an ambush near Liulin Town. In the afternoon, more than 200 Japanese vanguard troops arrived near the town of Liulin and stationed themselves. In the evening, Wen Niansheng led his troops to quietly touch the Japanese camp and launched an onslaught.
The Japanese army was caught off guard and hurriedly resisted, but the advanced degree of Japanese weapons and the quality of combat were completely unexpected by everyone. Wen Niansheng led the troops to fight fiercely for more than 5 hours before they completely annihilated more than 200 Japanese troops, when the Japanese reinforcements just arrived, a burst of artillery fire at Wen Niansheng's troops, Wen Niansheng was blown over by a shell, but fortunately it was unharmed. He quickly led his troops to retreat, returned to the bank of the Yellow River, and continued to hold firm.
In the first battle of crossing the river, Wen Niansheng learned a lot of experience in fighting against the Japanese army.
A few months later, Wen Niansheng was promoted to brigade commander of the Garrison Brigade. The Japanese army gathered more than 3,000 people to prepare to smuggle across the Yellow River, and Wen Niansheng decided to cross the Yellow River and take the initiative to attack the Japanese army. So he led 4 companies, 700 people, crossed the Yellow River for the second time, and sought an opportunity to annihilate the Japanese army. This time, he adopted flexible tactics, played guerrilla warfare to the fullest, and tried to avoid a hard confrontation with the Japanese army.
He led his troops deep behind the enemy lines, detoured more than 200 kilometers deep, led the nose of the Japanese army, dragged down the Japanese army, and destroyed the Japanese army's plan to cross the river. After more than two months of river crossing operations, not only did a powerful blow contain the Japanese army, but also the team was rapidly expanded.
More than two months later, Wen Niansheng led his troops back to the Yellow River to garrison, taking out 700 people, but when they returned, there were 1400 people. It turned out that after more than two months of maneuvering with the Japanese army, Wen Niansheng's four companies had grown from 700 to 1400 people.