Chapter 8 second quarter

Wang Shusheng was born in poverty since he was a child, and he did not go to any decent school, nor did he go to a military academy for further studies.However, it was such a mud-legged general who, in the ocean of China's revolutionary war, braved the wind and waves, bravely practiced, learned wars in the war, and created famous battles where the weak defeated the strong, and made himself a famous soldier in the Chinese People's Liberation Army. Tiger General. In Wang Shusheng's military career, there were two experiences of "escape from the dead": one was when the West Route Army was defeated in 1937, and he returned to Yan'an alone; Wudang Mountain.The two breakouts were major events in China's modern military history. The first time he was left alone, and the latter time he successfully brought the troops out of danger.

During the Anti-Japanese War, Wang Shusheng mainly led troops to fight against the Japanese invaders in the Taihang Mountains and western Henan. After the Japanese surrendered, Wang Zhen led the Eighth Route Army’s southward detachment to return from Hunan and northern Guangdong. Li Xiannian's 5th Division of the New Fourth Army joined together to form the Central Plains Bureau and the Central Plains Military Region. Chiang Kai-shek has long regarded the Liberated Areas of the Central Plains as a thorn in his side. During the truce negotiations between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, Chiang Kai-shek mobilized 11 armies, 26 divisions, and more than 300,000 regular troops, and built more than 6,000 blockhouses to encircle the 60,000 divisions of the Central Plains Military Region. live.

For a time, the Central Plains was covered with clouds of war. In this case, our army can only break through the encirclement and preserve its vitality.Zhou Enlai made a special trip from Hankou to the station of the Central Plains Liberated Area, and said to the leaders of the Central Plains Bureau and the Central Plains Military Region: "The central government trusts you and believes that you have the ability to smash the enemy's attack. When the time comes, one will bloom in all directions and make a strategic shift. Come one and two." Race your legs against cars, and scatter the 300,000 troops besieging you..."

Breaking through is the only way out, and the direction of breaking out has become a fate-determining choice. At that time, there were various opinions on the choice of the breakout direction.In the south of the Liberated Area of ​​the Central Plains is the natural danger of the Yangtze River, and to the west is the Tongbai Mountains. These two directions are deep in the rear of the Kuomintang forces. Only the north and east are our North China and East China Liberated Areas.Chiang Kai-shek is also considered a sensible person, so he naturally piled up heavy troops on the north and east of the Central Plains Liberated Area.

Faced with the situation of the enemy and ourselves, Li Xiannian, the commander of the Central Plains Military Region, said: The enemy is advancing and we are advancing, inserting the east and approaching the main force of the Central China New Fourth Army. The deputy commander Wang Zhen's opinion is: move south along the Ping-Han Railway and then north, close to Liu Deng's army in the Taihang Mountains. Wang Shusheng was also the deputy commander at the time. His opinion was to move westward, cross the Ping-Han line, and reach the Wudang Mountains in northwestern Hubei and southern Shaanxi.

Wang Zhen became a little anxious when he heard this, and asked, "What are you doing in Wudang Mountain, becoming a monk?" Wang Shusheng didn't give in, and said: "Let's join up with the local armed forces, if you can't do it, go guerrilla!" Wang Zhen said dissatisfiedly: "Guerrilla, guerrilla, you know how to fight guerrilla..." Wang Shusheng became angry: "What's wrong with guerrilla warfare? To preserve strength!" The two deputy commanders surnamed Wang are both well-known generals. They have a big temper and a straight temper. They fought more and more fiercely in order to break out of the encirclement.

Li Xiannian persuaded them and submitted all three cases to the Party Central Committee for decision by the Central Military Commission. The Central Military Commission quickly replied, agreeing to the third plan, which is the plan proposed by Wang Shusheng, that is, to place the main force of the Central Plains troops on the Sichuan-Shaanxi border to contain Hu Zongnan's heavy army group; to break through with a small force to the east and mobilize the enemy. The Central Plains Bureau immediately studied and decided that Pi Dingjun led the 1st brigade to serve as a cover and break through to the east; Wang Zhen led the north road to break out west, passing through Tongbai Mountain and went straight to southern Shaanxi;

The two deputy commanders Wang slapped the table in a hurry, and even took out the "guy", and then obeyed the organization and the overall situation. This is one of the basic reasons why the Chinese Communists finally defeated the Kuomintang.When Wang Shusheng and Wang Zhen parted ways, they slapped each other again, and only said "goodbye!" Wang Shusheng led the Central Plains Military Region 1 to cross Pinghan Road in the west, marching westward all the way, passing through mountains and rivers, wading through rivers and streams, and went straight to Liushuigou ferry on the bank of Han River between Zhongxiang and Yicheng.

Unexpectedly, the Han River was flooding at this time, and what was waiting for Wang Shusheng was a rolling flood peak! Hanjiang seems to have an incomprehensible "grievance" with Wang Shusheng. 14 years ago, he followed Xu Xiangqian to command the 4th Red Front Army to withdraw from the Hubei, Henan, Anhui and Soviet Areas. On the way to the Sichuan-Shaanxi border, he crossed the Han River under the tail of the Kuomintang army. The pursuers pressed on.Now, there is a river blocking the way in the front, and heavy troops are chasing after it.There are such striking parallels in history.

To make matters worse, the other brother Bing team that had agreed to take over had long since disappeared, and there was no sign of a large or small ferry on the river. After a lot of effort, they finally found seven boats; but the boats were pitifully small: each boat could carry more than 20 people at most.To go back and forth four or five miles across the wide river, when will the thousands of troops and horses be able to cross?Besides, there is no clue about opening the ferry, and the enemy plane in the sky and the pursuers on the ground are following them again... It is really difficult to advance, and it is also difficult to retreat. It is a very critical moment.

As the supreme commander of this army, Wang Shusheng is not panicking at this time, he only has one belief: advance bravely in the rapids!He quickly arranged a strong guard to block the pursuers.During the day, he asked the troops to hide in the wild to avoid enemy air strikes; in the morning, dusk and night, he raced against time to ferry. In this way, Wang Shusheng stood on the bank, commanded himself, and spent two nights in a hurry, until most of the main force had passed and the pursuit was imminent, he boarded the boat and went straight to the opposite bank. After crossing the Han River, Wang Shusheng marched northward in one go without unloading his saddle and without stopping.On the way, he received a telegram from the Party Central Committee ordering him to lead his troops to establish a base in northwestern Hubei.But at this moment, the trailing enemy came up again. Wang Shusheng commanded decisively and defeated the pursuers.Only then did they pass through the vast Jinshan Mountains, enter the Shangkan area of ​​Fangxian County, Wudang Mountains, and join the Luo Houfu Department of the former Jianghan army that arrived earlier.Since then, the whole army has just breathed a sigh of relief. It is difficult to break out of the siege, and it is by no means easy to establish a base in Northwest Hubei.Unfamiliar with the place of his life, Wang Shusheng resolutely took on the important task of Beihe, the secretary of the district party committee and commander of the military region, and political commissar, and worked with his subordinates to establish a base. Although the terrain in Northwest Hubei is remote and the mountains are blocked, it has unique military value.Going west and north from here, you can go directly to Sichuan and Shaanxi respectively, threatening Chiang Kai-shek's rear; going east and south, you can also approach Wuhan, Changsha and other places.For this reason, Chiang Kai-shek deliberately operated here during the Anti-Japanese War, and did not allow dissidents to get involved.Now that Wang Shusheng is here, the Kuomintang regime feels restless as if it has been stabbed in a hornet's nest.Chiang Kai-shek immediately dispatched heavy troops to besiege Wang Shusheng's troops. The Kuomintang army adopted a vicious "chessboard tactic": capturing our army from hill to hill in an attempt to fight me decisively.Wang Shusheng used the "sparrow tactics" of combining and dividing from time to time to circle the mountain and deal with the enemy, making the enemy dizzy and weak in hands and feet. Fighting in the enemy's heartland is extremely difficult.Although Wang Shusheng suffered many setbacks in the struggle to establish the Northwest Hubei base area, and he himself was seriously injured, his spirit of sacrifice and contribution won high praise from Mao Zedong and others. It is far from enough for a weak army to fight against a powerful enemy. It is far from enough to rely on extraordinary courage and courage. What is more important is to be good at using resourcefulness to win with wisdom.Wang Shusheng is a general who is good at using resourcefulness. In May 1927, the local tyrant and evil gentry "Wang Jiu Deaf" in Xinji, an important town in southern Henan, gathered more than 10,000 people from the reactionary militia and the Red Gun Society, and rushed aggressively towards Macheng, which was occupied by the peasant association.The reactionary forces burned, killed, looted, committed all kinds of crimes, looted everything they passed, and created the appalling "Macheng tragedy" in Macheng Beixiang.In the face of a powerful and fierce enemy, Wang Shusheng and other leaders of the Macheng County Party Committee of the Communist Party of China had no fear. They calmly led the peasant self-defense army and the masses to hold on to the city and resolutely resist the enemy's attack. On the second day of the siege, the Red Spear Society couldn't wait to launch a general attack on Macheng.Gangsters wore red scarves on their heads, black belts around their waists, and a small round mirror hanging on their stomachs.They waved swords and spears, chanted the teaching words of the Famen, and under the leadership of the "teacher", they carried ladders and howled while climbing the city. Wang Shusheng, who led the Peasant Self-Defense Forces to stand on the city wall, ordered everyone to wait for the enemy to get closer before fighting.A soldier of the Self-Defense Forces was a little scared when he saw the enemy's momentum, and said: "They have a method, they can't get in with guns, they can't cut people with knives, and they can't burn with fire..." Hearing Yushu's voice, he burst into flames: "Why don't you enter? You are holding a firestick?" After that, he took the rifle from the self-defense fighter, and aimed at the craziest one among the swarming enemies." Teacher", a "snap" shot knocked him down.When the leader of the Red Spear Society fell, the gangsters were startled, their morale was greatly reduced, and the nonsense of "invulnerability" suddenly went bankrupt.The self-defense army guarding the city and the people's fighting spirit multiplied, and they smashed stones, tiles, flying forks, and ash cans down the city like a hailstorm, beating all the bandits bloody, and fleeing with their heads in their arms. During the melee, "Wang Jiu Deaf" rode a big sedan chair and led a group of people and horses, squirming quietly from the north gate to the west gate.Wang Shusheng, who was watching the battle closely, noticed that the enemy was trying to sneak attack on Ximen, so he led a team and moved secretly to the wall of Ximen. "Wang Jiu Deaf" led people to the city wall and ordered the militia to attack the west gate.Facing a large number of enemies, how to fight?Wang Shusheng carefully observed the enemy's situation, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he ordered the soldiers of the self-defense army to set up the earthen cannon and aim at the enemy chieftain "Wang Jiu Deaf". The enemy leader was blown to pieces and went to see Hades.Seeing that "Wang Jiu Deaf" was shot to death, the rest of the gangsters were terrified, and they didn't dare to fight any more, so they fled back in a hurry. Although the battle of defending Macheng was small, it was Wang Shusheng's first command on the military stage.The victory in the first battle made Wang Shusheng's military talent show. Especially when the enemy is strong and we are weak, he is calm and calm. , It is commendable to strengthen my fighting spirit.At the same time, Wang Shusheng also tasted the sweetness from it and was inspired to make him pay more attention to winning with wisdom in future armed struggles. The fire attack on Fangjiawan is an obvious example. Fangjiawan is the base camp of the gangsters of the Red Spear Society in Macheng area.The walls here are high and thick, with hills behind and a pond in front, easy to defend but difficult to attack.After the bandits of the Red Spear Society were defeated by the Peasant Self-Defense Forces from Macheng, they regrouped in Fangjiawan, stepped up to build strong fortifications, and vowed to fight against the Peasant Self-Defense Forces to the end. In order to get rid of the enemy's fortress, Wang Shusheng led the student army and peasant self-defense forces to surround Fangjiawan.However, due to lack of combat experience in fortifications, several attacks were unsuccessful.Wang Shusheng was not discouraged, he summed up the experience and lessons in time, called everyone to hold a "field meeting", thinking that there is no hard attack, only outsmart, and finally decided to use fire attack to destroy the enemy. After dark, Wang Shusheng mobilized the nearby people and brought in four to five hundred loads of firewood and a lot of broken cotton wool.After everything was ready, the student army and the peasant self-defense army launched another fierce attack.Wang Shusheng commanded our army to use all the steel guns to block the holes of the enemy's gun towers, so that the enemy could not lift his head.Then order some team members to put wet cotton wool on their heads, pick up the ignited firewood, and quickly throw it into the enemy's stronghold and on the roof.That night, a strong wind happened to blow up suddenly, and in an instant, thick smoke billowed and flames blazed, and Fangjiawan turned into a sea of ​​flames.The enemy was burnt to pieces and turned into a mess.Taking advantage of the momentum, Wang Shusheng led his troops into Fangjiawan like a whirlwind, defeated the enemy in one fell swoop, and occupied Fangjiawan. This battle greatly increased the prestige of the student army and the peasant self-defense army, and greatly destroyed the morale of the enemy.Immediately afterwards, Wang Shusheng led the student army and the peasant self-defense army to take advantage of the victory and march forward, conquering some enemy strongholds one after another, and finally destroyed Xiongjiachong in Henan Province, the old nest of the Red Spear Society bandits.A fire finally burnt out a new district glowing red. After founding the Red Army, Wang Shusheng paid more attention to improving his military art level more consciously, so that his military talents could thrive on the fertile soil of people's war. In the winter of 1930, Wang Shusheng, who served as the head of the 30th Regiment of the 10th Division of the Red Army, was ordered to lead his troops to attack Xinji.Xinji is located in the south of Guangshan, Henan, across the three provinces of Hubei, Henan and Anhui.After the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Revolutionary Base was established, it was wedged in the middle like a nail.It is surrounded by mountains on three sides - facing water, the terrain is dangerous, and the city wall built of bluestone is tall and strong, surrounding it for several miles.The enemy's defense is very tight.They fixed all the young and middle-aged guards at their posts, marked their names on the spot, and were not allowed to leave for a moment. Even if they defecated, they had to be allowed; The surrounding houses were completely demolished, leaving our army with nothing to rely on in the unobstructed open space. Wang Shusheng commanded troops to launch several offensives against Xinji but failed to capture them.Wang Shusheng turned to night attack again, but the enemy lit a lantern on the battlements in three steps and a torch in five steps, illuminating the outskirts of the city like daytime, and our army's night attack was unsuccessful. Faced with this situation, Wang Shusheng was not impatient. He carefully observed and analyzed the enemy's situation and terrain, and after hard thinking, he finally came up with a clever strategy for "tunnel blasting operations".He put forward his own ideas to the officers and soldiers of the regiment, and asked everyone to offer their suggestions.After the "Zhuge Liang meeting", a preliminary combat plan was formed and approved by the superior. So he led his troops to dig a tunnel outside the city wall with the help of a large earth bag.Going straight to the bottom of the north gate wall, hundreds of catties of explosives were buried.Wang Shusheng gave an order, only to hear a loud "bang", the mountains shook and the ground shook, thick smoke rose into the sky, and the solid Xinji Beicheng wall was blown open a gap more than 1 zhang wide.Wang Shusheng led the commando warriors who had suffocated for a long time, and rushed into the city in the smoke.After more than three hours of fierce street fighting, the Red Army wiped out the main force of the enemy and completely occupied Xinji.Since then, Xinji has become the political, military, economic and cultural center of the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Revolutionary Base. Wang Shusheng is not only good at attacking strong cities, but also good at attacking dangerous passes. In March 1935, Wang Shusheng, who was already the deputy commander-in-chief of the Red Fourth Front Army, commanded the main force of the Red Fourth Front Army to cross the Jialing River, which was heavily defended by the enemy, from the Nantazishan Ferry in Cangxi County, Sichuan.Afterwards, they branched out and advanced quickly, taking Jianmen Pass directly. Jianmen Pass straddles the main peak of Dajian Mountain in Jiange and Zhaohua counties, strangling the throat of Sichuan and Shaanxi.In the north and south of the pass, there are majestic mountains and seventy-two peaks undulating like waves; on both sides of the pass, cliffs stand like swords, standing against the sky, and there is only a narrow ancient road connecting them.Jianmen Pass has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times.During the Three Kingdoms period, Jiang Wei, a general of Shu State, retreated from Hanzhong to defend this pass, which made Wei General Zhonghui, who commanded 100,000 elite soldiers, unable to attack repeatedly and sighed.For a long time, there have been sayings that "Jiange Daxiaxiong" and "Breaking the Jianmen Pass are like winning Sichuan". Guarding the Jianmen Pass were three elite regiments led by Diao Wenjun, commander of the Kuomintang Sichuan Gendarmerie. Diao Wenjun declared arrogantly: "It is difficult for the Red Army to fly over my Jianmen Pass!" Wang Shusheng came to Jianmen Pass. After carefully surveying the terrain, he adopted the tactics of restraining from the front and attacking from two wings. He launched a siege to the east, west and south of Jianmen Pass, and quickly defeated the defenders on the periphery of Jianmen Pass.Immediately afterwards, Wang Shusheng ordered the 24th Regiment of the 93rd Division to launch a fierce attack deep into the enemy.However, relying on the steep terrain and strong fortifications of the hill, the enemy tried their best to hold on, so that the two charges of the Red Army failed. After Wang Shusheng observed the enemy's terrain again, he readjusted his deployment and decided to concentrate mortars and machine guns to cover the commandos and attack the enemy's support points point by point. The fight resumed.According to Wang Shusheng's method, our army successively took the commanding heights of Wulipo, Yandengpo, Lijiazui, etc., and then made a roundabout side attack, blocked the pass, and blocked the enemy's rear.However, when our army charged towards the main peak, it was overwhelmed by the tight fire net of the enemy's bunker.At this critical moment, the Red Army's covering artillery fire suddenly fell. Wang Shusheng, who was commanding the battle at the forward position, saw this scene and asked sharply, "Why didn't you fire the cannon?" The artillery company commander hurriedly reported: "There are not many shells!" "How many more?" "There are only 10 rounds left for the 3 guns." Wang Shusheng said: "Enough!" He observed carefully, selected a core large bunker of the enemy army on the main peak, and ordered the artillery company commander: "You are limited to 3 shots, hurry up!" In a moment, with the sound of three cannons, the core fortification on the enemy's main peak flew into the sky.The lying Red Army warriors jumped up, shouting "kill", rushed to the main peak, and quickly wiped out the defending enemy. Successful cases like this are not uncommon in Wang Shusheng's military career.Active defense has always been respected by military strategists both at home and abroad in ancient and modern times, and it is the best combat mode in defense.It can often turn passive into active, seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and defeat the strong with the weak, so it is the way to win in defense.Wang Shusheng is not only good at attacking, he is a fierce general who is "good at attacking", but also has the spirit of active defense, and is a skillful general who is "good at defending".He deeply understood in the practice of war that advance and retreat, and offense and defense, as a pair of contradictions, are the two basic types of combat in war. The two are closely related and organically combined. Only by defeating the enemy in attack can victory in defensive operations be won.Therefore, the series of defensive operations commanded by Wang Shusheng are often retreating and advancing, retreating and advancing alternately, defending and attacking, and defending and attacking are impermanent, full of infinite dialectical thoughts. In November 1931, in order to consolidate and expand the Hubei, Henan and Anhui revolutionary bases and disrupt the "encirclement and suppression" deployment of the Kuomintang troops on the southern front, the Red Fourth Front Army concentrated the main force of the front army and eight regiments of the Huang'an Independent Regiment, and launched the famous Battle of Huang'an. Huang'an is located in the northeast of Hubei Province, bordering on the Dabie Mountains in the north, bordering Luoshan and Xinxian; facing the Yangtze River in the south, adjoining Huangpi; bordering on Macheng in the east, and connecting with Dawu in the west, it is part of the central area of ​​the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Revolutionary Base. In November 1927 and October 1930, our revolutionary armed forces occupied Huang'an County twice, but due to the invasion of powerful enemies, the county finally fell to the enemy. The commander of the Kuomintang army occupying Huang'an is Zhao Guanying, nicknamed "Blind Zhao". He has 2 brigades and 4 regiments under him.The 207th Regiment of the 30th Division attached to the division was stationed in Taohua Town in the south of the city and Gaoqiao River in the southwest to maintain the traffic between Huang'an and Songbu and between Huang'an and Huangpi.In addition, the main force of the 30th Division of the Kuomintang Army is located in Songbu, the 31st Division is located in Macheng, and the 32nd Division is located in Huangpi, all of which can assist Huang'an at any time. In view of this, the commander-in-chief Xu Qianqian of the Red 4th Front Army and other leaders decided to adopt the tactics of "sieging the city and fighting for aid", that is, first clearing out the enemies outside Huang'an City, cutting off the connection between Zhao Guanying's department and the outside world, and then stepping up the siege of the enemy forces in the city and attacking possible Reinforce the enemy to weaken the strength and morale of the enemy army, and then attack the city and wipe out the defending enemy when the conditions are ripe. The general headquarters of the front army handed over the important task of fighting and aiding the outcome of the battle to Wang Shusheng, the commander of the Red 11th Division. Wang Shusheng led the Red 11th Division. With the assistance of the Huang'an Independent Regiment, they quickly split up with the brothers who besieged the city and advanced bravely. The lifeline channel Gaoqiaohe and Taohua Town were captured, and one regiment defending the enemy was wiped out, successfully completing the first battle mission assigned by the general headquarters. The following actions are called "aid".For Wang Shusheng, it was the first time in his life to direct such a large-scale "aid".In order to ensure the victory of "fighting aid", Wang Shusheng did not avoid hardships, climbed mountains and ridges, observed the terrain, studied the enemy's situation carefully, and commanded the troops to build several defensive positions on the hills near and far from the Taohua Town Fortress. Seeing that he was besieged, the enemy general Zhao Guanying once led his troops out of the city to counterattack. He was hit hard and forced to retreat into the city.Amid his constant cries for help, the 30th Division of the Kuomintang Army stationed in Songbu sent 2 brigades and 4 regiments for reinforcements. After carefully analyzing the enemy's situation, Wang Shusheng believed that the enemy's reinforcements were self-reliant, eager to win, and eager for a "decisive battle", so our army could not confront them head-on.In view of this analysis and judgment, Wang Shusheng decided to take the tactic of dampening his spirit and sharpening his edge. First, he turned the strong crossbow into a final crossbow, exhausted many enemies into few enemies, and then looked for opportunities to wipe out the enemy. , Xiaofeng Mountain's first position to block the enemy, and after inflicting certain damage on the enemy, he led his troops to actively transfer to the more favorable second position around Wuyun Mountain. The enemy's reinforcements took advantage of the situation and invaded Taohua Town.They didn't know what they were doing, and they thought Wang Shusheng was vulnerable, so they attacked Wuyun Mountain without stopping. After Wang Shusheng commanded the troops to kill the enemy to a certain extent in Wuyun Mountain, he took the initiative to retreat to the more favorable three positions. The enemy was greedy, and sent another brigade to attack the second position of the Red Army.At this time, Wang Shusheng had seen that the enemy's vigor had retreated, and he was gradually exhausted. He thought that the time was ripe, so he stopped being "polite" and commanded the main force to attack the enemy from both wings, and devoured them all at once. 1 whole regiment of enemy troops. The enemy was suddenly attacked, terrified, and retreated hastily.Taohua Town fell into the hands of Wang Shusheng's Red 11th Division. After the enemy retreated to Songport, they immediately sent an emergency telegram to the camp in Wuhan.The Wuhan camp immediately sent a telegram to the 32nd Division stationed in Huangpi and 1 brigade of the 30th Division stationed in Songbu, and then went to Huang'an to relieve the siege. On December 18, 4 enemy brigades frantically attacked the front positions of the Red 11th Division.Wang Shusheng saw that the enemy soldiers were many and powerful, so he tried his best to avoid fighting to the death.After carrying out tenacious defensive operations, he voluntarily withdrew from Taohua Town and Wuyun Mountain and other places, and transferred the main force to Zhangshan.However, the enemy army, who was unwilling to give up, would not let go, and would attack Zhangshan with the support of superior artillery fire.The fighting was fierce. Wang Shusheng knew very well that Zhangshan was already the last line of defense in this battle, and whether Huang'an City could be finally captured and Zhangshan could be held became the key.He encouraged the soldiers: "People are on the ground, and they will not retreat an inch!" "Mt. Zhang is our lifeblood, and we must not let the enemy take it away!" With the belief in decisive victory, start a fierce battle with powerful enemies. It was precisely because of the resolute defense of the Red Army led by Wang Shusheng that a large number of casualties consumed the enemy, and it also strongly attracted the enemy's attention, so that the enemy attacked with all its strength, the flanks were exposed, and the fighters came suddenly.Commander Xu Xiangqian personally led the three-way force, like a magic soldier descending from the sky, and suddenly attacked the flank of the attacking enemy with overwhelming momentum.The enemy army was caught off guard by this sudden blow, lost their souls, retreated one after another, and were routed. The excellent defensive actions of the reinforcements boosted the morale of our army's siege troops.With the support of the people, our army launched a general attack on Huang'an City, and the Red Army's first plane "Lenin" also flew over the county to help in the battle. On December 22, the Red Army captured Huang'an City, and the entire campaign ended. The Battle of Huang'an was the first major victory of the Red Fourth Front Army after its establishment.In this battle, the Red Army with 8 regiments, after 43 days of fighting, completely annihilated the enemy's 69th Division and 1 regiment of the 30th Division, defeated and wiped out 5 enemy reinforcement brigades, and killed and wounded more than 5,000 enemy troops. Nearly 10,000 enemies were captured, more than 7,000 guns of various types, more than 10 mortars, and 1 radio station were seized.This victory further consolidated and expanded the Hubei, Henan, Anhui and Soviet Areas.At the same time, it also enriched the Red Army's combat experience in fighting against the enemy. In the university of Revolutionary War, Wang Shusheng gradually deepened his understanding of the tactical method of "using ingenuity to lure the enemy deep into the enemy, and then attacking and destroying them suddenly".His battles became more refined and skillful, and he created beautiful and wonderful battles one after another. In the winter of 1944, Wang Shusheng, the commander of the Henan Military Region, led a strong force of the Eighth Route Army, crossed the sliding pool, crossed the Jianshui, and drove straight in. They broke through the obstacles of the Japanese and puppet troops and advanced towards Songshan Mountain. The troops led by Jun Jun and Xu Zirong merged into one, which strengthened the lineup of our Eighth Route Army in this area. Songshan dominates the land of the Central Plains.The Eighth Route Army occupied Songshan, which could threaten the two major towns of Zhengzhou and Luoyang, and also control the two major railways of Pinghan and Longhai, which is of pivotal significance.Therefore, the Japanese and puppet troops regarded the Eighth Route Army occupying Songshan as a thorn in their eyes and a thorn in their flesh. They were eager to pull it out and quickly gathered heavy troops to rush towards Songshan in an attempt to lure Wang Shusheng to a decisive battle at Songshan. Wang Shusheng grasped the enemy's eagerness for a decisive battle, and decided to first use a small force to attract the main force of the enemy, lure them deep into the enemy, and exhaust the enemy, and then use the main force to jump outside to attack the enemy's confidantes.He ordered Pi Dingjun, Zhang Caiqian, and Liu Changyi to lead the troops to meet the enemy in multiple ways, "hide and seek" with the enemy's large forces in the Songshan mountainous area, go around in circles, attract the enemy's trek through mountains and rivers, consume and exhaust the enemy, and drag the main force of the enemy into the mountains .Just when the enemy army was dreaming of "annihilating the communist army in Songshan Mountain", Wang Shusheng led the main force of the Eighth Route Army by surprise, and the flying troops went straight to Dengfeng, the empty nest of the enemy! Wang Shusheng's move worked very well.The enemy bandits woke up like a dream after being severely beaten, and quickly returned from Songshan to rescue Dengfeng. Seeing that the enemy had taken the bait, Wang Shusheng put on a "big fight" posture under the county seat of Dengfeng.The enemy bandits were secretly complacent, and set up a "pocket array" outside the city in an attempt to "pack" the Eighth Route Army. Unexpectedly, when the night was dark, Wang Shusheng commanded the troops to jump out of this "pocket" without anyone noticing, quickly dispersed, and pulled up a big net to cover the enemy. In the middle of the night, the enemies inside and outside the city both launched attacks.The machine guns on one side swept fiercely, and the small cannons on the other side slammed fiercely. They all thought they were attacking the Eighth Route Army, so they fought more and more vigorously. They continued to fight for most of the night, causing countless casualties.When the enemy and the bandits were exhausted from fighting, they realized that they had been deceived.But at this moment, Wang Shusheng commanded the main force of our Eighth Route Army, which was recharging its energy, to tighten the net, outflank it, and wipe out the remnants of the enemy. Dengfeng was liberated.The captured Japanese and puppet soldiers were dejected, and repeatedly lamented: "The Eighth Route Army is really good at using soldiers! Seeing that they put them into 'pockets', why did you tell the Eighth Route Army to make 'dumplings'?" How could stupid enemies understand that their abacus beads are always moved by Wang Shusheng.