In April 1949, after successfully crossing the Yangtze River, the Fourth Corps of Erye marched south side by side with the Third and Fifth Corps and directly inserted into the Zhejiang-Gansu Railway.
The 133rd Regiment of the Forty-fifth Division of the Fifteenth Army served as the vanguard regiment of the whole army, and was ordered to set out from the Anhui to De region and attack Shangrao in Jiangxi.
The division headquarters instructed Ren Ying, commander of the 133rd Regiment (colonel in 1955, promoted to colonel in 1964): The troops must not be entangled by small groups of enemies, not dragged down by capture, and must go forward and pursue vigorously.
But on May 2, when the 133rd regiment arrived at the town of lacquer workers not far from Shangrao, they were faced with a difficult choice: a piece of fat meat was delivered to the door, whether to eat or not to eat?
In the evening of this day, the reconnaissance platoon commander Lu Huayi suddenly ran to report to the regimental commander Ren Ying and political commissar Tian Geng, saying that he had caught an enemy search battalion commander. Ren Ying was very happy, and immediately ordered the captives to be brought in, and decided to interrogate the man with Mi Zhigao, the deputy chief of staff sent by the division headquarters to guide the regimental commander.
The commander of the enemy battalion was wearing a beige military uniform, a crooked hat with a large brim, a mouth full of gold teeth, and an untamed horizontal strength, and when he entered the door, it seemed that Ren Ying and the others were not "big officials", and they showed a look of indifference.
"Stand up! What do you do? "Michigao has the heart to kill his might.
"According to the report, the villain is Zhang Xiaohu, the commander of the search battalion of the 143rd Division of the Sixty-eighth Army." The guy finally understood his identity as a prisoner of the order and hurried to make a report.
"Your mission?" Tian Geng asked.
"Troops withdraw, withdraw ... No, no, it collapsed, and I was responsible for hitting the front station and finding a house. ”
Ren Ying and Tian Geng exchanged glances, and both of them understood that the collapse of the troops was still looking for a house, indicating that the enemy had not yet completely collapsed.
Ren Ying then asked, "How many of you still have?" Where did it come from? ”
"Our division commander has eyes, and when he sees that something is not good, he will pull out." There are still 70% or 80% of the troops, who lived in Dexing the day before yesterday, and came down from the edge of Huaiyu Mountain today, and they will arrive when they speak. ”
Mi Zhigao asked a few more questions, and it seemed that he knew that the situation was so much, so he asked someone to take him down.
As soon as the captives left, Ren Ying and Tian Geng both felt embarrassed: What to do? Do you fight or keep walking?
Obviously, this enemy is a big piece of fat meat. If they do not fight, they are likely to lose their fighter planes and let the enemy go; if they do, the first and third regiments will definitely take prisoners at dawn, but will this affect the overall task of the whole regiment directly inserting into the Zhejiang-Gansu line?
Mi Zhigao called for quickly set up a radio to ask the division for instructions, but the large troops were marching on the road and could not be contacted. The enemy is approaching, and time does not allow them to think about it more.
Ren Ying said, "Do we eat this piece of fat or not?" ”
Tian Geng first expressed his opinion: "The superiors cannot be contacted, and the situation forces us to come up with propositions at once." Considering from the perspective of this unit, I am advocating fighting, and I can capture thousands of prisoners at once, and the results of the battle are still quite impressive, and if I don't fight, I am likely to slip away from my hands, which is indeed a missed opportunity. ”
He turned sharply: "However, our overall task is to insert directly into the Zhejiang-Gansu line, which is a matter of the overall situation." Cutting off the Zhejiang Gan line is like pulling a barrage net, the net is pulled well, the fish can't run away in the net, the net is not blocked, it may catch one or two small fish, but more fish have run. So, my opinion is to go ahead. ”
Mi Zhigao said: "I agree with Lao Tian's view, we can't miss a big thing for taking advantage of this." ”
Ren Ying said, "That's right, we can't eat this piece of fat meat sent to our mouths, so let's leave it to the follow-up troops to solve it." But watching the enemy slip away from our hands will not be easy to account for in the future. I advocate hitting it first, blocking it before leaving. ”
Tian Geng said, "I have been thinking about this matter in my heart, and your method is good." Deputy Chief of Staff, you see? ”
Mi Zhigao said: "As long as you don't love war and don't delay more time, I don't think it's a big problem." ”
After the three men decided to come down, they immediately handed over the task of harassing the enemy to Wang Fengshu, the commander of the first battalion.
Wang Fengshu led a run to the north of the town, chose a small plateau next to the enemy's inevitable road, and quickly dug up some simple fortifications and arranged temporary positions in the hazy moonlight.
In order to increase firepower and bluff, Ren Ying ordered the Second Battalion to pull out light and heavy machine guns, mortars and other heavy weapons, and lined up behind the first battalion to fully cover the support.
Less than half an hour after the position was laid out, the enemy indeed lined up in several columns, along a large rural road in the north of the town, and the people shouted and came.
This enemy did not expect to touch the Plaster on his way back. As soon as a battalion of soldiers suddenly opened fire, the birds of fright immediately panicked.
Although the official was forced to be calm, he desperately shouted "To Lao Tzu!" "But the soldiers only cared about fleeing for their lives, firing a few shots one by one, and slipped away in the dark."
Wang Fengshu chased after a battalion for a while, only to see guns and bullet bags thrown all the way, and the scattered enemies all ran into the mountains and disappeared.
Ren Ying and Tian Geng estimated that the enemy would not be able to assemble at once, so they asked Wang Fengshu to lead a battalion and two companies to stay there to monitor the enemy, and wait for the division headquarters to come and explain the situation before following up.
The large troops of the First, Third, and Third Regiments ate a meal and continued to advance through the night.
The next morning, the headquarters of the Forty-fifth Division and the Headquarters of the Fifteenth Army arrived at the same time. When Wang Fengshu reported on the practice of the 133rd Regiment in keeping the "fat meat" and not eating it, The commander of the Qin (Jiwei) Army and the commander of the Cui Jiangong Division both said happily: "Well done!" This big picture is good! ”
The Commander of the Qin Army, worried that the 133rd Regiment would not have enough strength to fight Shangrao, ordered Cui Jiangong to take the 134th and 135th Regiments to Shangrao quickly; the enemy who had collapsed in the town of Qigong ordered the Forty-third Division to solve it.
At this time, the enemy had retreated to the mountains of Dexing County, in a vain attempt to resist with danger. The troops of the Forty-third Division pursued and fought fiercely, divided and encircled, and fought fiercely for two days, finally annihilating all the remnants of the enemy's 143rd Division and capturing more than 2,400 people under the enemy division commander Yan Shangyuan.
A few days later, when Zhang Xianyang, commander of the Forty-third Division, met Ren Ying, he said happily: "Brother, you made a piece of fat for us to eat, thank you!" ”