Among the more than a thousand founding generals of New China, Major General Zhong Wei was one of the most individual characters. In the famous military-themed TV series "Bright Sword", this famous general is not only one of the prototypes of Li Yunlong, but also the main prototype of Ding Wei.
In Ding Wei's military career, there is a very distinctive feature, that is, no matter what level of troop he is in, he only serves as a "first-in-command" and is unwilling to serve as a deputy (he has only served as a deputy brigade commander). This is the same as his old superior, the famous Lin Zong.
During the Liberation War, the "Eastern General" made a decision to promote Zhong Wei, who was then the commander of the Second Column and Fifth Division, to deputy commander of the column.
However, when Ding Wei talked to him by the leader, he did not hesitate to reject this promotion arrangement.
His reason was simple, not to be resolute and not to do it—"Either simply make me commander, or let me remain division commander." ”
The real talent will not be buried, and Zhong Wei was indeed promoted to the commander of the twelfth column. This also set a record that is unique in the history of the Shino Unit: from division commander to commander of the column.
It is not difficult to see from this that Zhong Wei is a person who only has real power and does not care about false names.
It is precisely this kind of personality that allows him to bring out a unit that can fight hard, has a tenacious style, and has extremely strong combat effectiveness.
In the spring of 1947, when Zhong Wei was the commander of the 2nd Column and 5th Division, he commanded the Battle of Paoshan Tun, which could fully reflect the characteristics of Zhong Wei's fighting.
At that time, it was the third time that our army in the northeast had gone to Jiangnan to fight, and the first two times, the Second Column and the Fifth Division, which had only served as the reserve of the whole army, finally had the opportunity to fight a hard battle. Zhong Wei was given the task of leading the Fifth Division to the east of Changchun Road and cooperating with a column of troops to surround and annihilate the first person of a regiment in Dafang.
The soldiers of the Fifth Division, who had long been in full swing, set out with high morale under the leadership of Zhong Wei. In order to conceal the troops, they marched only at night.
At dusk on March 9, when the whole division passed through the place of Paoshantun and rested for a daytime unit was about to continue its march, it suddenly heard people shouting and shouting in the southwest direction, which was extremely noisy.
Not long after, the scouts came to report that nearby Wang Kuidian and Jiang Jiatun were stationed 2 battalions of the 88th Division of the enemy's 71st Army.
"This is Chen Mingren's troops, and it is really a narrow road!" Zhong Wei had fought with the Seventy-first Army in the Siping Defense Battle, and "the enemies saw each other and were extremely red-eyed", and he immediately decided to eliminate this enemy.
The chief of the operations section of the division headquarters reminded Zhong Wei: "Our task is to go to the big house to fight, and we can't attack and 'fight wild food' without authorization!" ”
Zhong Wei was very angry when he heard this: "The enemies have all been sent to the door, where is the reason for not fighting!" ”
Under his command, the soldiers of the Fourteenth Regiment of the Fifth Division charged and fought hard, easily conquered Jiang Jiatun and captured more than 200 prisoners. However, the battle in the direction of Wang Kuidian was delayed.
At this moment, his superior, Lin Zongzong, issued an order to Zhong Wei, asking him not to change the battle plan without authorization, but to lead the troops to the big house as soon as possible.
Zhong Wei was still unwilling and told Lin Zong: "When I clean up the enemies of Wang Kuidian, I will immediately go to the big house." ”
But the situation was more complicated, and after the enemy of Wang Kuidian's battalion was attacked, he immediately fled to a regiment stationed in Paoshantun.
Zhong Wei waved the flag and led his troops to the backer tun and launched a fierce battle with the enemy.
After a night of fighting, the Fifth Division cleared the enemy on the periphery, but the rest of the enemy retreated to the stronghold, resisting with strong fortifications and sophisticated weapons, intending to hold out for help.
Zhong Wei was killing, and Lin Zong called again, urging him to quickly lead his troops to the big house.
Zhong Wei still refused to comply, saying that the enemy's regiment was within reach and that he would wait a little longer.
At dawn, the Fifth Division launched four consecutive attacks on the enemy, but it was never able to succeed due to lack of artillery support.
Worse still, the main force of the enemy's Seventy-first Army came to reinforce the defenders of Shantun in a vain attempt to use their superiority in strength and weapons to attack Zhong Wei's Fifth Division inside and outside.
Although the enemy fought more and more, Zhong Wei still refused to retreat and insisted on fighting.
At this time, Lin Zong's third "gold medal" also arrived, and the wording was even stronger, asking Zhong Wei to perform the set task and stop fighting with the enemy.
In the face of the discussion among his subordinates, Zhong Wei was furious, slapping the table and scolding: "Whoever says that he wants to retreat and shake the hearts of the army, Lao Tzu will kill him!" ”
After forcefully dispelling the public opinion, Zhong Wei did three more things: first, he asked the troops to adjust their offensive tactics and continue to attack the besieged enemy; second, he dispatched troops out to block the enemy's reinforcements; third, he reported to Lin Zong and asked him to send a column to cooperate in the battle and "eat the big fish in front of him."
At this time, Lin Zong also had a new understanding of the battle situation: although Zhong Wei disobeyed his orders three times and fought the enemy to death at the backer Tun, his one fight had an unexpected effect -- the main force of the enemy's Eighty-eighth Division and the Eighty-seventh Division were all mobilized by Zhong Wei and rushed to reinforcements.
"This is a good opportunity for our army to annihilate the enemy's main force in the movement!" He did not dwell on Zhong Wei's disobedience to commands, but decisively changed the operational deployment according to the new situation that Ding Wei had created.
On the one hand, he sent the Fourth Division and the Sixth Division of the Second Column to block and reinforce the enemy, and cooperated with Zhong Wei's Fifth Division to annihilate the enemy who had already been surrounded.
On the other hand, he ordered the 1st Column, the 6th Column, and the 1st Division to penetrate the area west of Dehui and east of Nong'an, the only way for the enemy's Eighty-eighth and Eighty-seventh Divisions to come to reinforcement, with the goal of cutting off the enemy's retreat.
Zhong Wei's efforts to overcome public opinion finally paid off--the soldiers of the Fifth Division finally annihilated more than 1,300 enemies in the middle of the night of the same day.
The 1st Column, the 6th Column, and the 1st Division, on the other hand, took all of the enemy's 88th Division, the 1st Division, the 71st Army's Engineer Battalion, the Special Service Regiment, the Transport Brigade, and other enemies on multiple routes, blocking the Fengjiatun, Wujia Depot, and Guojiatun lines between Nong'an and Dehui, and also won a great victory in annihilating more than 1,500 enemy troops.
It can be said that Zhong Wei risked disobeying military orders and fought a battle on his own initiative, but he played an unexpected effect, turned the entire operational plan of our army in the northeast upside down, won a big victory beyond planning, and even commanded his superiors once.
In 1955, Zhong Wei was awarded the rank of major general, what do you think of this?
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