As mentioned above, the Fourteenth Regiment of the Fifth Brigade of the Second Division of the New Fourth Army, under the leadership of Hu Wei, political commissar of the regiment, and Hu Dingqian, chief of staff, cooperated with the Fourth Division of the New Fourth Army in combat, rushed to the vicinity of Jietouji on the night of the 17th, and on the morning of the 18th received an order from Peng Xuefeng, commander of the Fourth Division of the New Fourth Army, and assigned it to the command of the Eleventh Brigade of the Fourth Division, and undertook the task of attacking Han Deloitte's Sixth Independent Brigade in Motangwei. Because Motangwei was a joint name for Mowei and Tangwei, it was not an administrative village at that time, and there was no mark on the map, and the Fourteenth Regiment took some twists and turns in the process of rapid marching, and finally arrived at the designated place at one o'clock in the morning of the 19th.
After arriving at the designated attack site, Political Commissar Hu Wei first ordered the reconnaissance company to take a prisoner, and after some interrogation, learned about the deployment of the enemy's Independent Sixth Brigade in Motangwei: Stationed between Mowei and Tangxu was the brigade headquarters of the enemy's Independent Sixth Brigade and their direct subordinate units, and the main force, with only one battalion, was stationed in Heya Village on the west side of Wei. After listening to the report of the operational staff officer, Hu Wei, political commissar, and Chief of Staff Hu Dingqian studied it and decided to use one company to monitor the enemy brigade headquarters in Wei, and the other four companies to surround and annihilate an enemy battalion at Heya Village.
At four o'clock in the morning of the 19th, the battle began, and by ten o'clock in the morning, a battalion in Heya Village was completely annihilated. After a brief rest, Hu Wei's political commissar and Chief of Staff Hu Dingqian decided to launch an attack on the headquarters of the enemy's Independent Sixth Brigade in Motangwei at 12 o'clock. The battle mission had just been completed, only to see a man, riding a horse, galloping to the fourteen regimental headquarters, and when he arrived, he jumped down rapidly, and shouted from afar: Hu Wei, wait a minute, wait a minute...
Hu Wei,the political commissar and Chief of Staff Hu Dingqian, took a sharp look at it, and this person was covered in muddy water, and when he looked at it carefully, he was startled, who? Rao Shoukun, commander of the 13th Regiment of the 5th Brigade of the 2nd Division. Rao Shoukun was an old Red Army, originally a subordinate of Fang Zhimin, the Red Army had been a regimental commander since he was a member of the Red Army, and when the New Fourth Army was first established, he was the commander of the three detachments and five regiments, and his seniority was much older than Hu Wei, who only joined the revolution in 1937. Although Chief of Staff Hu Dingqian joined the revolution earlier than Rao Shoukun and was five years older than him, no one made rapid progress, and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, General Rao Shoukun was awarded the rank of lieutenant general, General Hu Dingqian was a major general, Hu Wei was a colonel, and he was promoted to major general in 1961.
Seeing this situation, Hu Wei and Hu Dingqian quickly greeted them and asked what was going on. Commander Rao Shoukun said breathlessly, don't mention it, blame this damn heavy rain. It turned out that their thirteenth regiment, which had received the same order as the fourteenth regiment, attacked The Han Deloitte Independent Sixth Brigade at Motangwei, and due to heavy rain and unfamiliar terrain, the troops arrived at the designated location. After listening, Political Commissar Hu Wei said, Commander Rao, your long-distance attack, the troops must be quite tired, first rest, the enemy only has a brigade headquarters and a direct subordinate unit, our regiment will be able to take it in a moment.
Before Commissar Hu Wei could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Commander Rao, who said eagerly, "Originally the superiors asked us to fight together, you see, we are late, don't fight, the elder brother I can't get over this face, besides, with the superiors, with the officers and men of the troops, there is no way to account for ah, help, give up an attack surface, let us also fight. Looking at the anxious and embarrassed appearance of The commander of Rao Shoukun Regiment, Hu Wei's political commissar and Hu Dingqian's chief of staff were happy, after all, Hu Dingqian's chief of staff was the oldest, and he suggested to Hu Wei's political commissar that political commissar, I think it is okay, after all, we are all members of the Fifth Brigade, besides, we have also injured a lot of people in Heya Village, and with the participation of the thirteen regiments, this battle is ten to nine stable.
In the end, Political Commissar Hu Wei readjusted his deployment, gave up an attack surface to the thirteenth regiment of Rao Shoukun regimental commander, and the two regiments cooperated closely, and in less than an hour, they completely annihilated the headquarters of the enemy's independent sixth brigade and direct subordinate units stationed at Motangwei, and killed the enemy brigade commander Li Zhonghuan, successfully completing the task entrusted to him by his superiors.