In March 1931, the 34th Division of the Kuomintang Army invaded the Eyu-Anhui Soviet District where Xu Qianqian was stationed, and coincidentally, the commander of the 34th Division, Yue Weijun, was the old leader of Xu Qianqian.
After Xu Xiangqian graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy that year, he served as a staff officer of the 6th Mixed Brigade in the 2nd Army of the National Revolutionary Army, and the commander of the 2nd Army was this Yue Weijun.
However, Xu Xiangqian was not worried, but secretly happy. The reason is very simple, because Xu Xiangqian knows Yue Weijun and his people very well, and he is brave and fierce in fighting, but his wisdom is insufficient, and it is easy to be greedy and adventurous.
Sure enough, in order to grab the lead, Yue Weijun went deep alone, not only unfamiliar with the terrain, but also lacking reinforcements, and was soon targeted by Xu Qianqian.
On March 8, Yue Weijun led his army into shuangqiao town, and judging by the results of the investigation, this may be the most wrong decision he made in his military career!
Because of the special terrain of Shuangqiao Town, surrounded by mountains on many sides, there is almost no way back, and the only thing that can communicate with the outside world is the two bridges. On the night that Yue Weijun entered Shuangqiao Town, it suddenly rained heavily, and in desperation, he could only order him to be stationed on the spot, just to give the Red Fourth Army enough time to divide and encircle it.
That night, Xu Xiangqian led his army to the town of Shuangqiao in the rain, occupying the outer highlands in one fell swoop, trapping Yue Weijun in the town. Next, Xu Xiangqian greatly depleted the enemy's effective forces by interspersing the splitting tactics.
At this time, no matter how brave and fierce Yue Weijun was, there was nothing he could do, and several successive charges were all repelled. Xu Xiangqian, aiming at the opportunity for the enemy army to slacken off, smashed Huang Long with a single blow, completely destroying Yue Weijun's headquarters.
What was even more unfortunate was that when Yue Weijun watched the position fall and was ready to ride away on horseback, he found that his groom had already taken a step ahead of him and fled on horseback!
In desperation, Yue Weijun could only change into the clothes of the soldiers in an attempt to pass the pass in a confused manner. However, where does his bloated and fat figure resemble a soldier? He was quickly pulled out and escorted to Xu Xiangqian.
When Yue Weijun saw Xu Xiangqian, although he had no impression of this former subordinate, he was also a good villain, so he asked Xu Xiangqian to spare his life. And Xu Xiangqian also readily agreed.
Of course, this is not based on the past situation, but only because the materials in the Eyu-Anhui base area are extremely scarce, and Yue Weijun agreed to hand over 100,000 silver dollars and 200,000 sets of military uniforms as a ransom, plus Yue Weijun is not a heinous person, so our army is still very willing to do this "deal."
In fact, Yue Weijun did send a large amount of supplies and silver dollars to the Red Army through the old department, but why was Yue Weijun finally shot? This brings us to Zhang Guotao.
It turned out that on the eve of the Red Army's preparation for the release of Yue Weijun, Zhang Guotao took over the Eyu-Anhui Soviet District, blatantly violating the agreement, demanding both ransom and "tearing up the ticket." On August 11, 1932, Zhang Guotao ordered Yue Weijun to be executed.
Yue Weijun was the first nationalist division commander captured in the Eyu-Anhui Soviet region, and one of the few senior nationalist generals to be shot, and shortly after his death, he was posthumously awarded the rank of general of the army by the Nationalist government.
On the other hand, Zhang Guotao's move not only left the Red Army with a reputation for not having credit, but also openly destroyed the tradition of not killing prisoners in the Eyu-Anhui base area, and more importantly, Zhang Guotao's behavior brought revenge to the Eyu-Anhui Soviet Region and became the fuse for the enemy's repeated encirclement and sweeping since then, which is indeed too unwise!