In May 1949, Wang Shangrong, commander of the Second Division of the First Army of the First Field Army (who became the founding lieutenant general of New China in 1955), led his troops to participate in the Battle of Shaanxi in southern Huzong.
On May 21, Feng Long, commander of the enemy's 50th Army, led a middle-of-the-road escape to Fengxiang and Baoji. Wang Shangrong immediately made a decision and ordered his troops to seize the Yaojiagou Pass on the Linfeng Highway and the highlands on both sides of the linfeng highway in a hurry and in anticipation of an encounter, blocking the escape route of the Fifty-seventh Army.
On the night of the 22nd, the 5th Regiment of the 2nd Division entered the battle north of Houzhuang Mountain, capturing 6 hilltop positions in a row, blocking the enemy's escape route to the south.
It was completely dark and the fighting was still going on. The Seven Companies of the Three Battalions of the Fifth Regiment were ordered to garrison a high ground on the north side of Houzhuang Mountain, and the fifth squad of the company was on guarding the front of the heights.
At that time, the enemy had been disrupted, and it was wandering around in the valley at the foot of the fifth class. Hunger, fatigue, and panic all struck at once, causing the enemy to make a mess, only to shout and scream, aimlessly looking for their respective teams.
An enemy soldier vaguely touched the side of the high ground guarded by the fifth squad, and when he saw a figure standing there, he shouted, "Where is the Ninth Company and the Ninth Company?" ”
Yan Fulu, the deputy squad leader of the fifth squad, was a very astute soldier, and when he heard this shout, he immediately judged that the enemy was looking for a team, and decided to react to it, so he replied: "Be quiet, just wait for the assembly on it, if you want to go up, hurry up!" ”
The enemy soldier did not hesitate to carry the machine gun to the heights, and was preparing to continue to go up, but Yan Fulu held his gun against his head and whispered, "Honestly, we are the People's Liberation Army, which part of you are?" What is your name? ”
"I... I am from the third and third battalions of the three regiments of the Fifty-seventh Army, and my name is He Taixiang..."
"How many of you are down there?" Who are the commanders? Where did the soldiers come from? Yan Fulu continued to press questions.
"It's me, the three companies of our three battalions... The regimental commander's surname is Huang, the battalion commander's surname is Xiang, and our company commander's surname is Cui... Most of the soldiers were from Sichuan and Shaanxi..." This enemy soldier named He Taixiang explained the situation clearly.
Yan Fulu immediately reported the situation given by the enemy soldier He Taixiang to the squad leader and platoon leader.
Zhang Sanhai, the leader of the second platoon, was also with the fifth class at that time, and he heard it and praised him one after another: "Your boy is doing a beautiful job!" This method is very good, can save a lot of bullets, avoid causing casualties. Let's just keep doing it and take more prisoners!" ”
After discussion, Zhang Sanhai ordered the five squads to be divided into two groups: the squad leader led a group of fighters to take cover on the left side of the highlands, and Yan Fulu led a group of fighters to be responsible for shouting, and talked to the enemy according to the division of labor among the Sichuan and Shaanxi people, and at the same time undertook the task of collecting enemy guns and ammunition, monitoring and guarding prisoners.
Zhang Sanhai did he Taixiang's work again, making him stand on the high ground and shout below: "Brothers of the three battalions come up, the troops are waiting to assemble!" ”
The enemy below asked, "What part of you are?" ”
He Taixiang replied, "The second regiment, three battalions, and nine companies." ”
When the enemy heard this, they climbed up one by one, but as soon as they reached the corner, yan Fulu led the warriors to surrender their guns.
In this way, rows and rows of enemies were led to the shelter behind the mountain, and the whole team was not allowed to move indiscriminately.
The fighting in the valley below became more and more fierce, and the enemy could not take care of the narrow road, and the squeezed head had to go up. However, there was an enemy officer inside, and as he walked, he also inquired about the fan (number) and the name of the commander of He Taixiang's troops.
He Taixiang said: "I am a new recruit in martial arts, I have only been here for three or four months, and I don't know so many situations. "He just perfunctorily passed.
The soldier Yan Dongcheng, worried that the enemy would find out the truth, pretended to be the enemy and shouted in the tone of an officer: "Fuck, you are so chaotic, can you still resist the People's Liberation Army?" Walk all the way up, gather at the back, and get ready for battle! ”
Zhang Sanhai also took over his words and shouted, "Prepare your bayonets, grenades, and machine guns, and cover the brethren below!" ”
The two of them shouted in this way, which had the effect of killing three birds with one stone, one was to make the captured enemy listen to the fear and no longer dare to act rashly; the second was to continue to paralyze the enemy at the bottom of the mountain to boldly live and climb up; the third was to support their own warriors and strengthen their courage, so that they could safely use the method of "guarding the plant and waiting for the rabbit" to continue to capture the prisoners.
Yan Fulu and others gathered together the prisoners who came one after another and repeatedly explained our army's captivity policy, and when they laid down their weapons, they would be protected and treated preferentially.
Until dawn, the enemy in the valley was completely annihilated by our army. With a characteristic joy of victory, the fifth squad returned to the main position of the fifth battalion with more than 240 enemy prisoners.
In this way, the fifth squad created a very successful lure-throwing battle without spending a single shot, no one shed blood, not even a few drops of sweat.
After the division commander Wang Shangrong learned of the capture of the prisoners by the fifth squad, he fully affirmed that they were good at improvisation, and used the method of soldiers without bloodshed to disintegrate the enemy army, and ordered them to be commended and promoted throughout the division.
It is worth mentioning that although this was only a small and ungund battle, it left a very deep impression on General Wang Shangrong. Even fifty years later, as a glorious example, it was recorded in detail in his personal biography (the title of the book is "General Wang Shangrong", which was included in the "Biography of Contemporary Chinese" series, published by The Contemporary China Publishing House in 2000).