In November 1935, the Red Army reached the vicinity of Guyuan in Longdong, and the three divisions of Hu Zongnan who were chasing after them pressed from south to north, and the Red Army walked tightly, and they pursued them more and more, thinking that the Red Army was fleeing, and they were chasing all the way.
The Red Army was full of discussions: "The enemy is chasing after his ass, why don't you fight?" "However, the superior did not have the order to fight. After walking for two more days, we arrived in Huan County on November 19. One of Hu Zongnan's vanguard divisions caught up. The Red Army stood guard at the hill castle, did not leave, and began to stop the enemy soldiers.
Finally, the superiors decided to fight.
This time, it was not a small fight, but a big fight. The Red I and XV Corps and the Red II and IV Fronts all participated in the battle, of which the Red 1st Division of the Red I Corps was responsible for fighting from east to west and attacking a mountain defended by the enemy. The Red 13th Regiment was the main attack of the division. On the left wing of the Red 13th Regiment was the Red 2nd Division, and on the right flank was the Red 4th Division.
On the evening of the 21st, the Red Army launched an attack on the enemy.
The night was particularly dark, with no moon, no starlight, and no fingers. Relying on the experience of night operations, the warriors groped forward. However, it is worrying that after the Red 13th Regiment launched an attack, it attacked the two breakthrough points twice in a row, but neither was successful. The whole regiment was like a flood that was blocked by the gates, and suddenly gathered at the bottom of the mountain and blocked.
The stakes in this battle are enormous, and the overall situation is at stake. This was the first battle after the three main forces of the Red Army met the division! If this battle is not fought well, the enemy will directly insert himself into the fixed edge, the salt pond, and then threaten the security guards! One signal after another was sent from the division command post to the Red 13th Regiment to answer the attack.
The regimental commander was not there, and the Red 13 regiment was commanded by political commissar Wei Hongliang, but how could he answer? Can't answer! It was almost late at night, the northwest wind roared, the yellow sand was blowing, and the enemy on the top of the hill was shooting wildly. Wei Hongliang clenched his fists anxiously, ready to organize a third attack.
Suddenly, a voice came from the darkness: "Where is Wei Hongliang?" ”
It turned out that the division commander Chen Geng had come. Carrying a stick and a crippled leg, he walked over to Wei Hongliang and said gently, "Don't be in a hurry, study it, what is the reason?" ”
Wei Hongliang reported the situation of the two surprise attacks to the division commander. Chen Geng immediately said, "It is also okay for you to attack from two places at the same time, but you have neglected to strengthen the main direction of the assault." Immediately transfer the reserve team to strengthen the 3 companies and concentrate the firepower of the whole regiment to support the 3 companies. ”
When Wei Hongliang redeployed, Wang Maoquan, commander of the 3rd Company, came and reported: "In the second assault, the commander of our company touched it, and it was all the way to the bottom of the enemy bunker. He didn't have a grenade, and he didn't see the follow-up troops, so he had to touch it. ”
Upon hearing this, Chen Geng immediately said, "This commander is very brave and has a lot of methods, and this time he is asked to lead the assault company." ”
The assault company led by trumpet troops is probably something that has not happened since the formation of the Red Army. This Chen Geng is also extremely bold! Who knew that this si number surnamed Xu came to Chen Geng's eyes, and when he heard that he was asked to bring an assault company, he was not modest, so he put the brass trumpet on his back and said, "Okay! I promise to take the assault company to the bunker and take it down the hill!" ”
Chen Geng grabbed his hand in the dark and asked, "I hear you look like a Jiangxi person, don't you?" ”
"Yes!"
"Well, you have crossed the Dadu River of the Jinsha River and crossed the snowy mountains and meadows, you are the hero of the Long March, and you will bring the assault with you."
When the Red 3rd Regiment was mobilizing fire, Deng Keming, the commander of the 12th Regiment of the Red 4th Division, passed by here with three heavy machine guns, heard that the 13th Regiment had lost twice, and was organizing the third attack, and immediately ordered the machine gunner: "Put all the machine guns on the shelf and cooperate with the attack." ”
As a result, more than twenty machine guns shouted, and the trumpet soldier surnamed Xu shouted; "Rush! Company Commander Wang Maoquan brandished his saber and led the charge up the mountain.
Wei Hongliang also followed the back of the assault company and ran forward.
The Red 13 regiment each had a saber, and the trumpeters did take them with them. As soon as the assault company went up, the enemy also jumped out of the fortifications. When the melee was fierce, the soldiers held a knife in one hand and touched it forward with the other hand, as long as they touched the head of the person with a "round baba (the hat of the Kuomintang army), they gave a knife in their hands." One knife down, whether he was dead or alive, and touched another.
The enemy began to resist desperately, and after a few minutes, it became desperate to escape.
Wei Hongliang reached the top of the mountain, and the enemy had already retreated to the mountainside. Just at this moment, Master Chen Geng sent guards to run up and pass on his order: "Chase! pursue! pursue! ”
The trumpeter surnamed Xu did not hesitate and immediately blew the military trumpet.
The warriors were like night tigers out of the mountains, wielding snow-bright sabers, not giving the enemy a chance to breathe, and chased after them fiercely. Most of the cadres above the squad and platoon commanders of the Red 13 Regiment were veteran Red Army soldiers, familiar with night combat, and were more adept at pursuing, rampaging and interjecting into the enemy.
Hu Zongnan's so-called "elite" still has a set of position warfare during the day, but when the night battle encounters the Red Army, even the sheep are not as good. Especially after being washed away, the soldiers left the officer. Some soldiers knew the Red Army's capture policy, ran for a while, could not run, simply found a pit and squatted down; some were caught in the crowd, whirring and running, not knowing the north and south of the world. At dawn, they saw that there were all Red Army troops in front of and behind, threw away their guns, sat down, did not run, and were willing to be prisoners.
In the Battle of Mountain Castle, the Red Army annihilated one brigade and two regiments of Hu Zongnan. As they were preparing to fight again, news of the Xi'an Incident came. Thus, the Battle of the Mountain Castle became the last battle to end the Second Civil Revolutionary War. However, decades later, Wei Hongliang recalled this battle and still sighed very much, saying: "The division commander sent trumpet troops to command the assault company, but the company commander became his subordinate, and this battle was fought so wonderfully!" ”