What is history: it is the echo of the past to the future, the reflection of the future on the past. - Hugo
In November 1935, the Red Army reached northern Shaanxi after the Long March. Hu Zongnan dispatched 260 regiments in an attempt to take advantage of the fatigue of the Red Army to wipe out in one fell swoop. The Red Army then lured the enemy to the east to penetrate deeper, and Hu Zongnan's three divisions came closely.
Hu Zongnan's army traveled north for two days, and on November 19, it reached the mountain castle and finally fell into the ambush circle of the Red Army.
The enemy saw that the situation was not good, and immediately held on to the mountain area around the mountain castle.
At dusk on the 21st, the Red Army launched a counterattack. In this battle, in addition to the Red First Army, there were also troops of the Red Fifteenth Army, the Red Second Front, and the Red Fourth Front. The Red 1st Division of the Red 1st Army is the main attack division of the whole army, and the Red 13th Regiment is the main attack regiment of the whole division.
The Red 13th Regiment was the ace regiment in which the division commander Chen Geng had been the regimental commander. The regimental commander was not there, and was commanded by Wei Hongliang, the political commissar of the regiment. Before the war, Chen Geng personally explained to Wei Hongliang: "This battle is the first battle after the three main forces of the Red Army will meet the divisions, and it has a great bearing on the overall situation. If this battle is not fought well, the enemy will directly insert himself into the fixed edge and salt pond, and then threaten the security guards. ”
The red 13th regiment attacked in the direction of a large mountain, with a total of nine bunkers in front, the largest of which was equipped with radio antennas, which was the enemy headquarters.
However, after the battle began, the Red 13Th regiment attacked the two breakthrough points three times in a row, but they did not work. The whole regiment stayed down the hill like a sudden flood. The trumpeters of the divisional command post blew the trumpet one after another, inquiring about the counter-offensive of the Red 13 regiment. The trumpeter beside Wei Hongliang repeatedly asked for instructions: "Political Commissar, how to answer?"
Didn't attack it, how to answer? Wei Hongliang was anxious.
It was almost late at night, and the enemy on the top of the hill was still firing wildly. He anxiously organized the fourth attack. Suddenly a familiar voice came from the darkness:
"Where is Wei Hongliang?"
Chen Geng appeared in front of Wei Hongliang with a stick in his hand.
He saw Wei Hongliang's restless look and said gently, "Don't worry, study it, what is the reason?"
Wei Hongliang reported on the situation of the three surprise attacks. Chen Geng said: "It is too dark and the terrain is unfavorable, this is the reason. You fought together from both places, ignoring the main direction of the assault, and immediately transferred the reserves up, reinforced the 3rd Company, and concentrated the whole regiment on supporting them. ”
At this moment, Wang Maoquan, commander of the 3rd Company, came to report: "In the third assault, the commander of our company touched it. He struck all the way to the bottom of the enemy's bunker, ran out of grenades, and saw no follow-up troops, so he had to touch them again. ”
As soon as Chen Geng heard this, he immediately said, "This trumpeter is very brave and has a lot of methods!" This time, he was asked to lead the assault company. ”
The trumpeter was called. When he heard the division commander ask him to take the assault company, he put the brass trumpet on his back and said, "Okay! I promise to bring the assault with me! ”
Chen Geng shook his hand and asked, "Do I hear that your accent is from Jiangxi?"
"Yes!"
"Well, you have participated in the Long March, walked through the Jinsha River, crossed the Dadu River, crossed the snowy mountains and meadows, and I believe that you will be able to bring the assault together."
When the Red 13th Regiment was mobilizing fire, Deng Keming, the commander of the 12th Regiment of the Red 4th Division, passed by with three heavy machine guns, heard that the 13th Regiment had lost three times, and was organizing the fourth assault, and immediately ordered the machine gunners: "Put all the machine guns on the rack and cooperate with their attack!" ”
Although this was the fourth assault, it had not yet begun, and Wei Hongliang was already convinced that he would not organize the fifth. Everything was ready, and as soon as the 20 machine guns rang out, he nodded at the trumpeters of the 3rd Company. The trumpeter shouted, "Rush!" Lead the way.
Company commander Wang Maoquan swung his saber and followed him closely behind, and the company "flew" up the mountain.
Wei Hongliang saw the situation and rushed forward after the assault company.
The Red 13 Regiment each had a saber. The soldier with the assault company from his last road really hit the enemy bunker at once. At first sight, the enemy jumped out of the bunker. In the melee, the warriors held a knife in one hand, touched forward with the other, and gave a knife when they touched the enemy. One knife down, whether he was dead or alive, and touched another. The enemy resisted desperately, and after a few minutes it turned into a desperate escape.
When Wei Hongliang reached the top of the mountain, the enemy had already collapsed into the mountainside.
The attack was successful!
Chen Geng immediately ordered, "Chase! Chase!"
As a result, all the officers and men of the Red 1st Division were like night tigers out of the mountains, wielding snow-bright sabers and chasing after the enemy soldiers. Squad and platoon leaders competed to lead the charge and bravely inserted themselves into the enemy.
Hu Zongnan's so-called "elite" unit was pursued by the Red Army, and immediately released the sheep and roamed the mountains. Many officers and men ran for a while, but they couldn't run, so they simply found a pit and squatted up, and some of them were caught in the crowd and ran desperately. At dawn, there were all Red Army troops in front of and behind, so they simply threw away their guns, sat down, and did not run.
After the battle, the Red 13th Regiment turned around to search, found nine heavy machine guns, and captured more than 300 people.
The Battle of Mountain Castle was the last battle of the Red Army's Long March and the last battle to end the ten years of civil war. The good story of Chen Gung ordering the soldiers to lead the assault company also spread throughout the legion. Chen Geng said, "This is nothing. Our soldiers have been trained in the twenty-five-thousand-mile long march, and everyone can be used as a battalion commander, and it is a small use for this soldier to take away an assault company. ”