In October 1932, the Red Fourth Front entered the area around the mouth of the river in Huang'an County, Hubei Province, and met a unit under Hu Zongnan on a narrow road, and the enemy and we launched a very fierce battle.
This enemy force had nearly two brigades of troops, and then there were constant reinforcements in a vain attempt to encircle the Red Army and then "wipe them out" in one fell swoop.
At that time, the Red Army was already exhausted after days of marching and fighting, coupled with the lack of weapons, ammunition and food, and the strength of the troops was far inferior to the other side, so the situation was very unfavorable.
Faced with this dangerous situation, Xu Qiang, commander-in-chief of the Red Fourth Front, calmly ordered the Red Twelfth Division to concentrate its forces to launch a counterattack to the enemy's weakest southwest.
The main task was assigned to the Red Thirty-sixth Regiment, and the sharp knife company of the regiment was the sixth company of the second battalion with the strongest combat ability and the hardest fighting style.
The company commander of the Sixth Company was liu Changyi, the later founding lieutenant general, who was only 18 years old at the time.
After receiving the order from his superiors, Liu Changyi immediately organized the commanders and fighters of the whole company and mobilized everyone to fight this battle well and open a breakthrough for the whole division.
The counterattack battle officially began, and the Red Thirty-sixth Regiment, as the main attacking force, took the lead in launching a fierce attack. The Sixth Company of the Second Battalion, under the leadership of Liu Changyi, was like the sharpest sharp knife, quickly tearing open a hole in the enemy's defense line.
In the face of the sudden heroic onslaught of the Red Army soldiers, the enemy was caught off guard, and at no means of organizing decent resistance, he was overwhelmed and retreated backwards.
Liu Changyi had not fought such a bitter battle for a long time, and as soon as he saw that the enemy was defeated and retreated, he immediately led the whole company to continue to charge and fight fiercely, and everywhere he went, the enemy was killed and wounded everywhere.
During the pursuit, Liu Changyi suddenly saw an enemy officer on the hillside in front of him coming out of nowhere, and this person saw that the soldiers were defeated like a mountain, and climbed on his horse in a panic, preparing to accelerate and escape.
Liu Changyi was willing to miss such an opportunity, raised his hand and shot at the enemy officer, knocking him off his horse.
Liu Changyi rushed over, just about to see what kind of rank this person really was, but he didn't expect that there was an enemy hiding in the shadows, and suddenly fired a shot at Liu Changyi, hitting him in the left leg, and the blood flowed like blood.
If this shot hit someone else, it might have fallen at that time, but after Liu Changyi was shot, not only did he not fall, but he stood there steadily, with the blood gushing from the wound.
His eyes widened in anger, and he looked at the place where the gunshots rang out, only to see a figure flashing in the bushes in front of him.
Without the slightest hesitation, Liu Changyi, despite the fact that the wound was hurting, pulled out the large knife on his back and rushed towards the enemy's hiding place.
The enemy who fired the cold gun saw Liu Changyi pounce, and he didn't know whether it was because he was frightened or Liu Changyi's speed was too fast, and he fired several shots in succession without hitting Liu Changyi.
At this time, Liu Changyi had already pounced in front of him and roared angrily: "White dog look at the knife!" Then he wielded a large knife with his right hand, and slammed it, but it was impartial, and he just cut off the head of this enemy!
Liu Changyi slashed the enemy's head from the middle gun to the knife, and the whole process took about three seconds.
All this happened so fast that the soldiers of the Sixth Company didn't have time to react otherwise, but just watched as they completed this shocking series of actions with a big hair!
Just as several soldiers were cheering for the company commander, they saw that Liu Changyi did not stop for a moment, did not look at the enemy whose head had been cut off, and was ready to continue to pursue.
Unexpectedly, he just rushed out of a few steps, but due to excessive blood loss, physical weakness, he suddenly fainted and fell to the ground.
As soon as the soldiers looked, the enemy's cold gun had just pierced the company commander's right leg, and his feet were bloodied, and the crowd hurriedly carried Liu Changyi, who had fainted, down and sent him to first aid.
Fortunately, that shot did not hit Liu Changyi's leg artery, and although he shed a lot of blood, he was rescued from the danger of life.
The Red Twelfth Division won a great victory in this battle, not only killing, wounding and capturing more than 2,000 people, but also capturing a large number of weapons and ammunition.
After the battle, the Red Army generals found out on the battlefield that the enemy who shot Liu Changyi coldly and cut off his head with a knife was actually quite a small head--he was Liu Tianmin, the beloved general under Hu Zongnan and the commander of the Second Division.
The commanders and fighters of the Red Twelfth Division were all amazed: Liu Changyi's company commander was pierced by a shot through his right leg but could not stand up, and continued to charge and kill, it was already very remarkable, he did not expect to be revenge on the spot, and the enemy division commander who shot the cold gun was killed with a knife, which was really a tiger might, comparable to the ancient famous generals!
After the commander-in-chief Xu Xiangqian learned of the course of this battle, he gave high praise to Liu Changyi's heroic performance, praising him for "being a pioneer soldier, shooting the enemy three seconds after being shot, and hitting the military might of the Red Army, the real tiger general!" ”
He also said happily: "This Liu Tianmin is really unlucky to arrive home, and he has provoked Liu Changyi, a famous 'little tiger' in the whole army." Liu Tianmintang, a Kuomintang division commander, actually ended up with a knife cutting off his head! ”
Later, Liu Changyi, a tiger general, made outstanding achievements in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, and was awarded the rank of lieutenant general in 1955, and his experience of being shot and then slashing the enemy division commander became a legend in the history of our army.