Wang Chenghan was a founding major general, and in 1988 he was awarded the title of general, and he was a legendary general in our army.
General Wang Chenghan not only fought bravely, but also preferred to use his brain, often surprised, and afterwards made people addicted!
In 1944, Wang Chenghan led the 35th Regiment to the Central Plains, because of the lack of large ships, how to cross the Yellow River became a problem.
The day before crossing the river, Wang Chenghan was leading a scout to survey the terrain, and in the pond of the local village, he found several children who were fighting water.
Wang Chenghan found that each child had a gourd in his arms, and he asked one of the boys curiously, "What is this gourd for?" ”
"Hold a gourd, the scales can float on the water, and the scouts of the Eighth Route Army use this to cross the river!" The boy answered proudly holding up a gourd.
Wang Chenghan listened and asked the children: "Where can I buy this gourd?" ”
"Every family has it, just go into the village and buy it!" The children twittered.
Wang Chenghan immediately ordered a purchase and bought a large number of gourds to distribute to the soldiers.
When crossing the river the next day, the brothers were surprised to find that each of Wang Chenghan's troops was equipped with two gourds. At first, everyone looked in the clouds, until after getting on the ship, everyone admired Wang Chenghan's foresight.
It turned out that due to the limited load of the small boat and the rapid water of the river, as soon as the warriors got on the boat, the hull began to sink, and seeing that the river was about to flood the hull, Wang Chenghan ordered the soldiers to tie the gourd around the hull, and the boat rose again with the buoyancy of the gourd.
In this way, with the help of the gourd, the small boat carrying more than 1500 warriors sailed steadily on the rough water, and finally reached the other side of the Yellow River.
In addition to crossing the Yellow River with a gourd, Wang Chenghan once used a quilt-made "earth tank" to defeat the real tanks of the Japanese army.
In Dengfeng City, Henan Province, there is a market town called Dongjindian, which is located at the junction of Dengfeng, Yichuan and other counties, and is a traffic artery for transporting materials.
However, this throat land, which must be contested by soldiers, was occupied by the puppet army Gao Wenhao's department, and the Japanese army also transferred a garrison for Gao Wenhao's dispatch, which further encouraged the arrogance of these traitors.
Responsible for attacking the Japanese puppet army in Dongjindian was Wang Chenghan's 35th Regiment. Wang Chenghan was well aware that the tall wall of Dongjindian, coupled with the fierce tank firepower of the Japanese puppet army, would cause great losses to our army if it attacked hard.
In order to find a suitable way to attack, Wang Chenghan mobilized the soldiers to brainstorm, and finally thought of a way to make a homemade "earth tank" to deal with the devil's real tank.
That night, Wang Chenghan led the 35th regiment to surround the Dongjindian regiment, blew open a small gap in the city gate, and led everyone to attack it.
Just as Wang Chenghan expected, Gao Wenhao and others hid at the tall Beizhai Gate, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack, especially tanks, and fiercely opened fire on our army, and in the face of dense fire, Wang Chenghan ordered the soldiers to use "earth tanks."
What is a "dirt tank"? It is composed of several square tables, and the soldiers carry the table and spread a few quilts that are splashed with water, which can well resist the fire of the Japanese puppet army.
When the Japanese puppet army saw the soldiers of our army rushing over with "earth tanks," they did not know what weapons they were, and they panicked for a while and retreated in defeat. Seeing that the North Zhai Gate was about to be attacked, the enemy's reinforcements came at this time.
Reinforcements brought more intense artillery fire, and Wang Chenghan found that several "earth tanks" had been beaten to death, and he hurried to let the fighters withdraw and check the problems.
It turned out that because the temperature was too low, the water on the quilt froze into ice, weakening the bulletproof ability of the "earth tank".
Wang Chenghan immediately made a decision, ordered people to pour a few buckets of hot water on the quilt, melted the ice, and the soldiers carried steaming "earth tanks" and rushed to the battlefield again.
This time, the enemy's artillery fire was blocked out of the quilt, the soldiers rushed into the North Gate, the enemy no longer had the strength to resist, and Dongjindian was completely taken.
The victory in this battle made Wang Chenghan and his 35 regiment famous, and the common people gave a thumbs up one after another, praising the 35 regiment as the "tiger regiment" in western Henan, and the Japanese puppet army was the fox of the fox fake tiger, and in front of Wang Chenghan's real tiger, the original form was exposed!