General Xiao Yongyin spent his life fighting horses, was brave and good at war, and had outstanding military achievements. He joined the revolution in his early years as a famous general in Liu Deng's army, and the sixth column of the Central Plains Field Army commanded by General Wang Jinshan, who was known as a "crazy general," had three brigade commanders, namely: You Taizhong, commander of the Sixteenth Brigade, Li Desheng, commander of the Seventeenth Brigade, and Xiao Yongyin, commander of the Eighteenth Brigade. Xiao Yongyin was the youngest brigade commander, and the chiefs of the Central Plains Field Army, Liu and Deng, called them "iron and vertical three musketeers."
Xiao Yongyin, formerly known as Xiao Yongyin, was born in June 1917 to a poor peasant family in Xiaojiawan, Huang'an Oil Press Village.
In April 1930, at the age of 13, Xiao Yongyin joined the Red Army and was assigned to the Three Brigades of the First Division of the Red Army as a service officer.
After joining the Red Army, Xiao Yongyin was clever and clever, and he was able to bear hardships and grew rapidly in the army. He was agile and flexible, not afraid of sacrifice, and made many military achievements. In June 1933, Xiao Yongyin was appointed as a commander of the 33rd Regiment of the 11th Division of the Red Fourth Army.
In October 1933, after Liu Xiang was appointed commander-in-chief of the Sichuan "suppression", he adopted the tactics of dividing the attack and attacking, step by step as a battalion, and fighting steadily and steadily, and besieged the Red Fourth Front army in the border area of Sichuan and Shaanxi.
In counterattacking Liu Xiang's "siege", xiao Yongyin's Thirty-third Regiment of the Eleventh Division of the Red Fourth Army fought a bloody battle and severely damaged the enemy. However, due to the fact that the enemy is outnumbered and the logistics supply is seriously insufficient, it has also suffered serious losses.
One day, the Thirty-third Regiment of the Eleventh Division of the Red Fourth Army was ordered to block the enemy at Dagang Mountain, west of Jiangyou.
The Sichuan army launched another tidal attack on the Red Army positions and soon broke through the front line of our army.
After a fierce battle, seeing that most of the battalion company commanders of the Thirty-third Regiment had died heroically, the regimental commander Zhang Changhou was extremely anxious.
"The enemy is well armed, and the soldiers are fighting in blood, but they can't stop the enemy!" The regimental commander Zhang Jihou was so anxious that he scolded people. He is ready to lead the team personally.
At this time, a childish voice sounded in Zhang Changhou's ear: "Commander, let me take people with me, and I will fight the enemy down for you!" ”
Zhang Changhou looked down at the sound and found that Xiao Yongyin, the commander of the division, was staring at himself with a pair of tiger eyes.
Xiao Yongyin, the trumpeter, said, "Commander, you give me two companies, and I will command them!" ”
"You're in command?" The regimental commander Zhang Jihou was shocked when he heard this, looked at the 16-year-old trumpet soldier in front of him, and said: "Yongyin, you have never commanded a war, and blowing a trumpet can blow the enemy away?" Blowing the trumpet and leading soldiers to fight are completely different things, and the battle is fought. ”
Xiao Yongyin said, "Commander, you let me fight." Fight with offense and defense! You can't fight back the Sichuan Army, you take my head! ”
No time! The war is getting tighter and tighter, and the casualties of the troops are so large, since some people have taken the initiative to ask for help, and their courage is commendable, they may as well try. Thinking of this, Zhang Changhou waved his big hand: "Good! You command. I'll give you two companies and take the enemy down!" ”
"Yes!" Xiao Yongyin cut through the iron.
Immediately, 16-year-old Xiao Yongyin picked up the shell gun, led two company fighters, quickly jumped out of the trench, and rushed into the enemy army like a fierce tiger.
The two companies of fighters led by Xiao Yongyin attacked like fierce tigers, and a certain unit of Liu Xiangchuan's army was caught off guard and was beaten by this sudden appearance of "strange soldiers".
Zhang Jihou, the commander of the Thirty-third Regiment, saw this situation and immediately counterattacked with his troops, and the Sichuan army was first stunned, then shaken and defeated, and collapsed for tens of miles.
Come on! Xiao Yongyin led his troops in a fierce pursuit, pursuing the remnants of the enemy. The trumpet tied to his waist trembled upside down.
It seemed that he was about to capture a commander of the Sichuan Army. Suddenly, Xiao Yongyin fell on the hillside, and he was hit by several bullets, and the blood stained his clothes red.
Zhang Changhou saw the situation and immediately sent someone to carry Xiao Yongyin down the position. After being rescued, Xiao Yongyin was still alive, but remained unconscious. After three days and three nights of treatment, he finally woke up.
"This trumpet is long, it's so deadly!" It's not easy! The first time he went into battle, he commanded the battle so beautifully, and he was a general! Zhang Changhou said frankly.
After that, according to the regulations of the military department, the team must quickly move forward to fight, and for the safety of the wounded, Xiao Yongyin, as a wounded person, must arrange to recuperate in his hometown on the spot.
Zhang Changhou circled around the stretcher, looking at Xiao Yongyin, the more he looked at it, the more reluctant he was to this heroic trumpet soldier, he stood in front of the stretcher and couldn't make up his mind.
At this time, Xu Shiyou, the commander of the Red Fourth Army, walked over, saw Zhang Jihou's embarrassed look, and asked, "What are you doing?" ”
"This soldier is very brave, and I really don't want him to stay." Zhang Jihou said.
Xu Shiyou is a well-known fierce general, but also a love talent of the "BoLe", seeing Zhang Changhou so difficult to give up, he waved his hand and said heavily: "If you are reluctant to go, carry it up!" ”
After the commander spoke, the problem was solved. Xiao Yongyin was carried on a stretcher. Xiao Yongyin stepped into the endless grassland with a seriously injured body, and then over the snowy mountains of ice and snow, and finally reached northern Shaanxi triumphantly.
Later, Xiao Yongyin participated in countless battles and established immortal merits for the cause of liberation. In 1955, he was awarded the rank of Founding Major General.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Xiao Yongyin, who was deputy commander and chief of staff of the Nanjing Military Region, talked with commander Xu Shiyou about this past.
General Xiao said humorously: "At the beginning of the Long March, I myself almost 'revolutionized to the end'. ”
After Admiral Xu listened, he laughed and said, "I never dreamed that the trumpeter lying on the stretcher turned out to be you." ”