Huang Zhengcheng, then commander of the First Brigade of the First Division of the Kuomintang First Army, was leading his troops to advance urgently, and his troops happened to encounter the guard unit of Dong Zhao, commander of the Kuomintang First Army, on a road in Linfen, dong Zhao was Huang Zhengcheng's commander, and Huang Zhengcheng threw off the horse whip in his hand, and then shouted loudly: "The troops in front give me all way, let our first brigade go first!" ”
Huang Zhengcheng plays the role of Huang Zhengcheng in the film and television drama
Dong Zhao's guard unit immediately gave way to a road, and a guard company commander said, "Huang Zhengcheng is also too arrogant!" We are Captain Dong's guard, and he dares not take us seriously! ”
Another commander of the guard unit sneered and said, "What can be done?" People only listened to Hu Zongnan, and there was Chiang Kai-shek on it to support him, and whoever dared to offend him, even Commander Dong Zhao had to be polite when he spoke to him! People are more angry than people, angry people! ”
The brigade led by Huang Zhengcheng was called the "First Brigade under Heaven", which was once Chiang Kai-shek's guard, and was also known as the "Chiang Family Royal Forest Army", the first brigade commander of the brigade was Hu Zongnan, and later Hu Zongnan was promoted all the way, he recommended Huang Zhengcheng, who had returned from the German military school, to take over the position of brigade commander, and Huang Zhengcheng won Chiang Kai-shek's trust after taking office, so Huang Zhengcheng in the Kuomintang First Army, in addition to giving Hu Zongnan face, even Dong Zhao, commander of the First Army, did not buy it.
This so-called first brigade, the entire unit is a veteran of seven or eight years, the whole brigade is equipped with American equipment, there are more than 100 large-caliber American mountain guns alone, and the soldiers of the brigade also have their heads up in the sky, arbitrarily and unreasonably arrogant.
This year was 1946, Huang Zhengcheng received a military order from Hu Zongnan, led the troops from Linfen to the Fushan area, ready to launch an attack on our army's Taiyue Military Region, and at this time the commander of the Taiyue Military Region was the famous Chen Geng, and chen Geng was also the commander of the Fourth Column of the Jinji-Hebei Luyu Field Army, Huang Zhengcheng always wanted to fight Chen Geng on the battlefield, and he thought that this battle was the best opportunity.
Huang Zhengcheng was arrogant and galloped along the way, and before leaving, his old governor Hu Zongnan specially called to remind Huang Zhengcheng: "Chen Geng and I are classmates of Huangpu Phase I, and I know the strength of this person very well!" You have to be careful! ”
At this time, Huang Zhengcheng was well-known in the Kuomintang military circles, and where did he still listen to Hu Zongnan's advice, he was called "General Changsheng", in fact, he was also famous outside, in fact, it was difficult to live up! After Huang Zhengcheng hung up Hu Zongnan's phone, he immediately said to his chief of staff: "Everyone says that Chen Geng is powerful, and I do not believe in this evil!" I'm ready to celebrate my victory! ”
It can be seen that Huang Zhengcheng's current attitude is very arrogant, but Chen Geng's strength is definitely not something that Huang Zhengcheng can defeat, and it is obvious that at this time he has not yet recognized this reality, not only Hu Zongnan, the commander of the Kuomintang First Army, Dong Zhao, is also a graduate of Huangpu I, although his relationship with Chen Geng is not so close, but Chen Geng's strength is very clear to him.
Shortly after Hu Zongnan's call, Dong Zhao also called to remind Huang Zhengcheng to be careful of Chen Geng, and Dong Zhao repeated: "You must pay attention to your own flanks!" ”
Huang Zhengcheng couldn't even listen to Hu Zongnan's words, let alone Dong Zhao's words?
Chen Geng's side had already made preparations for battle, and it was not forgotten that Chen Geng was not only an excellent commander, he was also a good hand at intelligence, and what Hu Zongnan, Dong Zhao, and Huang Zhengcheng did not expect at this time was that Chen Geng had already cracked their military radio, and the dialogue between them, as well as the movement of the main force of Huang Zhengcheng's troops, were all in Chen Geng's hands!
General Chen Geng's military uniform
In this campaign, the Kuomintang dispatched a total of five brigades, and Huang Zhengcheng's first brigade was the absolute main force, and Zhou Xihan, then commander of the Tenth Brigade of the Jinji-Hebei Luyu Field Army, suggested to Chen Geng: "We may as well aim our spearhead at the Kuomintang 30th Division first, this enemy unit is not strong in combat effectiveness, and we can easily get our hands on it!" ”
After hearing Zhou Xihan's suggestion, Chen Geng smiled and said, "What does it mean to play miscellaneous cards!" Even if the Kuomintang 30th Division was completely annihilated, it would not have any deterrent effect! It is better to directly concentrate forces to annihilate Huang Zhengcheng's first brigade, and once it is successful, it will certainly disrupt Hu Zongnan's overall deployment! ”
Since Chen Geng made this decision, he has been standing next to the radio, no matter who Huang Zhengcheng contacts, all the content is known to Chen Geng, and what the arrogant Huang Zhengcheng does not know is that this battle is doomed to Chen Geng as the victor from the beginning.
Zhou Xihan was also a wise general in our army, and he was the chief of staff of the 386 Brigade during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and often put forward some ingenious tactical ideas, so Chen Geng always attached great importance to his opinions.
Zhou Xihan continued: "The enemy is menacing, the enemy's 27th Brigade has already entered and occupied Fushan, and Huang Zhengcheng's First Brigade is also advancing eastward along the Linfen Highway. ”
Chen Geng nodded and said, "You are very right! However, this is only one of the cases, Yan Xishan's Jin Sui Army has also recently changed, his four brigades have set off from Pingyao and Jiexiu to the south, trying to cooperate with the troops of Huang Zhengcheng and others to attack our army, but the jin Sui army is not strong in combat, we don't have to worry too much, as long as we can annihilate Huang Zhengcheng's first brigade, then we can open up the whole situation! ”
Zhou Xihan laughed loudly, Chen Geng was puzzled, and asked him why he was laughing, Zhou Xihan replied, "As long as our Commander Chen is not idle, we have nothing to worry about!" I'm sure you already have a good idea in mind! ”
Chen Geng looked at Zhou Xihan with a smile and said, "Your boy is really a roundworm in my stomach!" Sure enough, I didn't have the heart to hide from you! I have ordered Xie Fuzhi to lead a part of the team to set off secretly! ”
In fact, Chen Geng, who already had insight into the overall situation, already had a tactical arrangement in mind, he knew Hu Zongnan and Dong Zhao, and analyzed all kinds of information intercepted from the telegram, Chen Geng also determined that Huang Zhengcheng was an arrogant person, Dong Zhao reminded Huang Zhengcheng to be careful of his flanks, when Chen Geng intercepted this, he said: "Dong Zhao has a precise vision!" But I expect that with Huang Zhengcheng's character, he will definitely not listen to Dong Zhao's words! ”
From this incident, it can be seen that Chen Geng has clearly felt Huang Zhengcheng's character, and in the face of the enemy's large-scale attack, Chen Geng has long formulated exquisite tactics, and I simply summarize Chen Geng's tactics into three points:
Faced with the situation of yan Xishan's Jin Sui army moving south, Chen Geng had asked Xie Fuzhi, the political commissar of the Fourth Column, to lead the 24th Brigade of our army to the Lingshi area to deploy defenses to block the attack of the Jin Sui army.
Since there were many enemy troops around Huang Zhengcheng's first brigade to assist in the defense, Chen Geng used the tactic of attacking from the east to the west to mobilize the enemy's troops to run around, and Chen Geng ordered part of the troops of our army's 13th Brigade to pretend to attack the enemy's 27th Brigade in Fushan, creating the illusion of tension in Fushan, and then mobilizing multiple enemy troops to Fushan to provide support.
As long as the enemy's troops were mobilized, then the flanks of Huang Zhengcheng's first brigade would certainly be empty, and he ordered Zhou Xihan's 10th Brigade plus the 11th Brigade to still surround Huang Zhengcheng's First Brigade at Guanque Village and Chenyan Village, and annihilate the enemy's main force.
Judging from the details of this battle plan, Chen Geng's tactics were absolutely seamless, and Huang Zhengcheng was about to step into the encirclement circle arranged by Chen Geng in advance.
Group photo of Chen Geng (left) and Zhou Xihan (right).
The 24th Brigade led by Xie Fuzhi had already built a strong blocking position north of Lingshi, and the Jin Sui Army had not been able to break through Xie Fuzhi's first line of defense for two consecutive days.
A unit of the 13th Brigade of our army concentrated some artillery and began to indiscriminately bombard the enemy in Fushan, and the momentum created was very strong, and the enemy was really deceived, and the enemy's 27th Brigade stubbornly defended Fushan and sent a telegram for help, and the enemy troops surrounding Huang Zhengcheng's first brigade immediately rushed to Fushan to provide support.
As soon as several enemy units moved, Chen Geng immediately ordered Zhou Xihan to lead three brigades to attack Huang Zhengcheng's first brigade from the flanks, and the battle was divided into two stages, the first stage was that the 11th brigade of our army surrounded Huang Zhengcheng's vanguard troops and the 2nd regiment of the kuomintang first brigade at Guanque Village, and after several hours of fighting, our army completely annihilated the enemy's second regiment.
After the victory of the first battle, the morale of our army was greatly boosted, Chen Geng immediately ordered Zhou Xihan to take advantage of the victory to pursue, when Huang Zhengcheng learned that his 2nd Regiment was completely annihilated, he opened his mouth to express disbelief, Huang Zhengcheng roared angrily: "How is this possible!" Wasn't Chen Geng's main force attacking Fushan? Where did he get so many centaurs? ”
At this time, Huang Zhengcheng remembered hu zongnan and Dong Zhao's words to remind him, and he shouted: "Not good! Quickly deploy two battalions to the two wings to build a blocking position! ”
Huang Zhengcheng somewhat understood Chen Geng's combat intentions, but it was too late, and Zhou Xihan's three brigades had already broken through Guanque Village and surrounded all of Huang Zhengcheng's men and horses in the Chen Yan Village area.
After all the units of our army had entered the designated positions, Chen Geng stood on a high ground and said: "Huang Zhengcheng is finished, give my comrade Zhou Xihan, we must completely annihilate the enemy's first brigade, it is best to capture Huang Zhengcheng alive!" ”
With Chen Geng's order, the various units of our army launched a general offensive that night, and Chen Geng had previously transferred all the heavy weapons of the entire column to these three brigades for use, because our army's offensive was very fierce, and in just one night it completely annihilated all of Huang Zhengcheng's horses, and more than half of them were directly captured by our army, and Huang Zhengcheng tried to break through several times in a row, but all of them were beaten back by our army.
After the victory of this battle, the enemy positions around Linfen and Fushan were in chaos, and Huang Zhengcheng's first brigade was lost, and the battle could not continue, and when Hu Zongnan learned the news that Huang Zhengcheng had been annihilated by Chen Geng, he said angrily: "This Huang Zhengcheng did not listen to my advice and Dong Zhao's advice, self-righteous, and despised Chen Geng, and now that this situation has been created, how should I explain it to the principal?" ”
Real photo of Huang Zhengcheng
Zhou Xihan remembered Chen Geng's order to capture Huang Zhengcheng alive, but when Zhou Xihan interrogated the prisoners, many people claimed that their brigade commander, Huang Zhengcheng, had been killed by shells.
Obviously, Zhou Xihan did not believe what these prisoners said, he carefully interrogated each prisoner, there was a person in the crowd with gold wire glasses that attracted the attention of Zhou Xihan, Zhou Xihan beckoned this person to come to his face, Zhou Xihan asked with a calm face: "What is your position in the army, it is best to confess frankly!" ”
The man replied, "I am the clerk of the First Brigade!" Be a clerical writer! ”
Zhou Xihan grabbed his hand and said, "Civilian? The calluses on your fingers have proven that your words are lying, and you will not give up and just pull out and shoot! ”
This person had to blush and said, "The contemptible person is the Huang Zhengcheng you are looking for!" ”
Zhou Xihan carefully examined him and said, "What bullshit 'the first brigade in the world', the war is just like that!" ”
Huang Zhengcheng's face blushed even more, he was trembling with anger by Zhou Xihan's words, and Huang Zhengcheng said loudly, "I want to see your commander Chen Geng!" ”
Zhou Xihan slapped the table and said loudly, "Our commander can see you wherever you want!" Did you get your brain kicked by a donkey? ”
Although Zhou Xihan refused Huang Zhengcheng's request, after Chen Geng heard about this, he still went to see Huang Zhengcheng, and when Chen Geng appeared in front of Huang Zhengcheng, Huang Zhengcheng held his breath and never said a word, Chen Geng stood in front of him for half a day, and Huang Zhengcheng always refused to speak.
Chen Geng smiled and said, "Didn't you ask to see me?" How to see me again and not to speak! ”
Huang Zhengcheng did not dare to face Chen Geng squarely, he held back for half a day, and it was difficult to suppress a cruel sentence: "Your army did not wait for me to swing and drive, and directly launched an attack from behind, it is really not convincing, my more than 100 mountain cannons have not yet opened the posture, we have the ability to fight head-on, real knives and guns to do a battle!" ”
Huang Zhengcheng's childish words made Chen Geng really can't help it, Chen Geng laughed loudly, and all the soldiers present also laughed loudly, Chen Geng said: "I thought you Huang Zhengcheng was also a character, but I didn't expect that it was a mediocre talent with a false appearance!" Hu Zongnan really had no vision, so why did he promote you to be a brigade commander? At this moment, you still dare to be arrogant, even when you were in Huangpu, Hu Zongnan did not dare to be so arrogant in front of me! ”
Chen Geng's words made Huang Zhengcheng ashamed and embarrassed, and Chen Geng continued: "Didn't Hu Zongnan and Dong Zhao already remind you to be careful of your flanks? Why don't you listen to them? ”
Huang Zhengcheng's eyes widened, he was surprised in his heart, Huang Zhengcheng was full of doubts, he was thinking in his heart: "How did Chen Geng know about the conversation I had with Hu Zongnan and Dong Zhao?" ”
Chen Geng seemed to see through Huang Zhengcheng's thoughts, and he smiled and said, "Didn't Hu Zongnan teach you what it means to be a soldier and not to be tired of cheating?" My old classmate should be scolding you Huang Zhengcheng at this time! ”
Huang Zhengcheng had to soften at this time, and he had no choice but to say, "The words of Chief Hu Zongnan are indeed true!" I am not ashamed to lose to you Chen Geng! He did warn me to be careful with you! ”
At this time, Hu Zongnan had been wandering in the command post for dozens of minutes, and he remembered the days when he was with Chen Geng in Huangpu, and Hu Zongnan said to Dong Zhao, who was next to him: "My old classmate's strength has not diminished! Chen Geng was fighting more and more fiercely! He has become our fierce enemy! ”
Photo of Hu Zongnan
Dong Zhao always kept his head down and did not speak, and after a long time, Dong Zhao suddenly said, "Chief Hu! Now we face the challenge of how to explain to the principal! ”
Hu Zongnan also bowed his head when he heard this, he knew that he would definitely not be able to escape a scolding, but the defeat in the Linfu Campaign had too great an impact on the troops, and how to carry out the future war situation, Hu Zongnan's heart had no direction.
Huang Zhengcheng's luck was also bad enough, he met Chen Geng in the first battle of the Liberation War, who was Chen Geng? He is the future general of our army and an important figure in containing hu zongnan and Yan Xishan's army.
The victory in the Battle of Linfu greatly boosted the morale of the Jinji-Hebei Luyu Field Army, and When Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping heard that Chen Geng had captured Huang Zhengcheng, they took turns sending telegrams to commend Chen Geng and Liu Bocheng sighed: "Chen Geng is getting stronger and stronger in battle!" This battle is even more like a god! ”
The news that Chen Geng led his troops to completely annihilate Huang Zhengcheng's "First Brigade under Heaven" soon spread all over the world, and Chiang Kai-shek's side was naturally furious, and he telephoned and reprimanded Hu Zongnan and Dong Zhao, and at the same time vigorously mobilized troops to prepare for another attack on the Taiyue Military Region.
Chairman Mao's side also sent a telegram commending Chen Geng, and in order to publicize this matter, Chairman Mao also specially wrote an article and published it in the newspaper of the Xinhua News Agency, in which Chairman Mao wrote: "Hu Zongnan's Huangpu student is not as good as Chen Geng's Huangpu student!" ”