History has its own life, it is like a person, both easy-going and self-respecting. ——Yu Qiuyu
Due to the failure of the fifth anti-encirclement and suppression campaign, our army had to carry out a major strategic transfer, and as a result, our army suffered a great loss in strength. But at this moment, many young soldiers stepped forward and undertook the heavy responsibility of saving the country by young people, and this is why many soldiers can obtain official positions such as division commander and brigade commander at a young age. And what we are going to tell today is the story of a company commander of the 16th Red Army.
Deng Yue was born in 1919 in Yunwushan Village, Shunhe Town, Macheng City, Hubei Province. In 1930, he joined the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army. At the age of 16, he became a company commander in the Red Army, but it was also because of his young age and lack of experience that he suffered a fierce defeat in a battle. At that time, the Kuomintang army launched an "encirclement and suppression" against the Red Army, and Deng Yue was ordered to lead a company to block a platoon of the enemy army. However, lacking combat experience, he was negligent and did not send scouts to conduct reconnaissance. When the company arrived at the position, it found that two battalions had been ambushed. At this time, Deng Yue could have led his troops to retreat and preserve the strength of the troops, but when he thought that if the enemy army broke through from here, it would definitely pose a threat to the flanks of our army, and then our army would fall into a heavy siege.
Deng Yue did not hesitate, led the army to fight back, repelled many enemy attacks in succession, and finally tragically saved the position. But because of this, the company suffered heavy losses, several platoon leaders died heroically, and only a dozen people were left in the company. Returning to the regimental headquarters, he thought he would be praised, but he was scolded by the regimental commander, and Deng Yue was dissatisfied and bumped into the regimental commander, and as a result, he was taken to the execution ground.
Just when Deng Yue thought he was about to die at the execution ground, several chiefs came from afar. After several people learned about the situation, they immediately changed their faces, and one of the chiefs roared angrily: "Nonsense, Deng Yue is meritorious, why should he be shot, I see that your regiment leader has a problem!" Release people immediately!" The law enforcement officers were somewhat embarrassed and did not act immediately. The chief immediately said again, "You don't have to worry, go back and tell your regimental commander, Deng Yue and I Zhan Caifang want it!" When the law enforcement officers heard that the chief was Zhan Caifang, the military political commissar of the Thirty-first Army, they immediately released Deng Yue without saying a word.
In this way, Deng Yue became Zhan Caifang's guard, and under his care, Deng Yue fought more and more fiercely, and his combat experience gradually enriched, and he once again made many military achievements. He performed well in the anti-encirclement and suppression battles and the Long March, and regained his position. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Deng Yue went to Yan'an to study, and finally became the deputy commander of the Eighth Route Army, leading the army to participate in the "Hundred Regiments War" to crush the encirclement of the Japanese army.
After the liberation war began, Deng Yue led his troops from the northeast to Hainan, and later participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. In 1955, Deng Yue was awarded the rank of major general for his outstanding achievements. After that, Deng Yan was appointed as the commander of the 38th Army and became an ace commander, which was inseparable from the original life-saving grace of Chief Zhan Caifang.