Li Tianyou was one of the founding generals of New China, who had few defeats and was known for daring to fight and fight, and was known as the "little tiger who attacked the strongholds" during the Red Army period.
In military history, there is no general who wins every battle, and Li Tianyou is no exception. In his lifetime, there was a battle of little fame that made him remember it in his later years.
This battle is a knife target water battle!
After New Year's Day in 1935, Xue Yue led 8 divisions to Guiyang to build a pillbox to intercept the Red Army, which provided a favorable opportunity for the Red Army to crush the enemy and seize Zunyi.
Zunyi was an important town in northern Qianbei and was the second largest city in Guizhou at that time. If you want to occupy Zunyi, you must first cross the WuJiang River in the north. The superior red 3 corps was on the left, and the red 1 corps was on the right, advancing towards wujiang. The Red 1st Army first crossed the Wujiang River and marched toward Zunyi, the Red 3rd Army crossed the Qingshui River, and the Red 4th Division took the 10th Regiment as the vanguard to cover the smooth crossing of the Wujiang River by the Red 3rd Army.
The Red Army crossed the WuJiang River, the Red 1st Army opened zunyi city, and the central column entered Zunyi, preparing to convene an enlarged meeting of the Politburo. The Red 3 Corps did not enter the city, and defended the front line of the sword and target water to ensure the convening of the Zunyi Conference. The Red 4th Division is resting to expand its army and fight local tycoons. The Red 5th Division, commanded by Li Tianyou and Zhong Chibing, was on guard along the Wu River with a sword target, only to be attacked by Wang Jialie.
At that time, Li Tianyou fought after a long march, and his body was not very comfortable. No one expected that the enemy would sneak attack, so Li Tianyou quickly organized the troops to withdraw, the enemy's situation was unknown, did not know whether it was a small unit, and did not know whether there was an enemy main force behind it.
At this time, the news of the attack on the knife target water reached Zunyi, the central organs continued to meet, the regimental commander Peng Dehuai learned of the situation, and halfway through the meeting, he rushed to the front line to take command. After arriving at the front line and seeing Li Tianyou, he criticized him.
This sneak attack is related to the security of the central government, and in case the enemy's main force comes, it will be too late to retreat. If you are not careful, it will affect the overall situation. Peng Dehuai mobilized troops to deploy operations, and carried out blockade and pursuit battles here.
After receiving the order, the Red Fourteenth Regiment lured the enemy step by step to the encircling circle set up in advance. The surrounding gunshots suddenly broke out, and the enemy suffered heavy casualties and collapsed. The battle lasted four hours, successfully blocked the enemy's attack, annihilated more than 200 enemy troops, and broke the Dream of the Kuomintang to capture Zunyi.
After that, Wang Jialie's troops and Wu Qiwei's troops came together to fight Zunyi, and under the blows of the Red First and Third Armies, a large number of strategic materials were captured in this battle, and more than 1,800 people of the collapsed army were captured.
After the knife target water was attacked, Li Tianyou and Zhong Chibing were dismissed from their posts, and Peng Xuefeng's 5th Division succeeded the division commander, and Xu Ce served as the political commissar.
Li Tianyou was no longer in command of the operations on the front line, and was transferred to the chief of the operations section of the headquarters of the Red Third Army, and it was not until the Red Army arrived in northern Shaanxi that he returned to the combat unit as the commander of the 4th Division.
In the subsequent operations, Li Tianyou commanded the troops to fight many hard battles, such as the Battle of Pingxingguan, the Battle of Siping, the Battle of Siping, the Battle of Tianjin, and so on.