Chapter 24 6. "Crazy" General - Lieutenant General Wang Jinshan

Among the ranks of generals of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, some brave warriors have nicknames for their bravery, such as "Mengzi", "Madman" and "Tiger". It is a kind of praise for the spirit of revolutionary heroism that sacrifices life and forgets death, and it is a tribute to the character of these tiger generals who dare to fight, brave and tenacious.The battle stories of these "crazy men", "meng men" and "tigers" are well-known and have been passed down from generation to generation in the people's army. In the 2nd Field Army, the "Madman" will be the first general to push Wang Jinshan.

Wang Jinshan, joined the Red Army at the age of 14, became the commander of the Red Army at the age of 18, became the commander of the Red Army at the age of 20, became the commander (commander) of the PLA column at the age of 30, became the deputy commander of the large military region at the age of 39, and was awarded the honorary title at the age of 40. rank of lieutenant general. China's revolutionary war has created a large number of outstanding military personnel.If we talk about Wang Jinshan's brilliant career, we can still find a group of people similar to Wang Jinshan in the ranks of generals of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.But when it comes to "courage", "violence" or even "crazy" in combat, not many stand out like Wang Jinshan.

When he was the commander of the Red Army, he repeatedly fought with the enemy in a battle, and finally fought hand-to-hand.He hugged an enemy and rolled down the cliff, his head was immediately pierced by a sharp stone, blood flowed all over his face, he insisted on smashing the enemy to death with the bloody stone, and then he fell into a coma.Since then, he had a big scar on his head, and he couldn't wash it vigorously after taking a bath. When he was the commander of the Red Army, he always ran to the front to command every siege operation. If he failed to attack once or twice, he ordered the ladder to be erected and climbed the city wall himself.No matter how the superior judges him, it will not help.Later, every time he fought, the guard platoon sent seven or eight soldiers to follow him closely, and when they saw him rushing towards the most dangerous place, they dragged him down; Jumping up, he was so angry that he scolded his mother under the soldier.

When he was the deputy division commander of the Red Army, he crossed a torrent at a time, and the White Army frantically blocked it from across the bank.He was originally arranged on the third boat, but he thought it was too far back, so he boarded the second boat.In the fierce battle, the first boat was swept away by the rapids, and he became the vanguard.When he landed, he took up his machine gun and fired at the enemy, occupying the enemy's position. When he was the commander of the Red Army, he once led the troops over a mountain to attack the enemy's back, and again he personally led the troops to charge down with a machine gun, killed the enemy's regiment commander, followed the fleeing enemy into the city, and wiped out a division of the opponent.

He fights so ferociously, if you think he is a personal hero and the bravery of a man, then you will underestimate him.As a commander, he fought vicious battles and won them as much as he could; he was courageous and resourceful; he was courageous and resourceful.He created some typical successful battles in the history of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. In October 1943, Wang Jinshan served as the commander of the 2nd division of the Taiyue Military Region. He was ordered by the Party Central Committee to lead the 16th regiment to Yan'an to expand the troops and defend the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region.At that time, the Japanese army was concentrating heavily on sweeping the Taiyue area, the enemy situation was complicated and the situation was tense.However, Wang Jinshan did not take the fierce enemy seriously.When the troops passed through Hanlue Village, the heartland of the enemy, he saw that the terrain was dangerous, and immediately decided to ambush the Japanese army to kill the arrogance of the Japanese army.

Hanlue is a small town on the road from Linfen to Tunliu, only a few dozen miles away from Linzhuo. There is a ravine beside Hanlue village, and the road happens to pass through a steep wall several meters high.This terrain is best for ambushes. On the night of October 22, Wang Jinshan commanded troops into the ambush position. Wang Jinshan and his subordinates did not know at the time that what they were about to ambush was actually a "battlefield tour group" composed of officers above the squadron leader of the Japanese army!They are about to create a very fruitful example in the history of China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.Wang Jinshan didn't expect it in advance, the Eighth Route Army headquarters didn't expect it, and the Japanese didn't expect it either.

It was Okamura Ningz, commander-in-chief of the Japanese North China Dispatch Army, who commanded the Japanese army to carry out "iron rolling raids" on the Taiyue District.In order to demonstrate the results of his "new warfare", he dispatched nearly 200 Japanese officers with squadron commanders and above, led by his confidant Hattori Naomi brigade commander, to Taiyue District for actual combat observation.He wanted to show off his martial power in front of the "battle field tour group", but he did not expect that he sent this group of key Japanese soldiers to hell early.

At around 8:00 a.m. on October 23, billows of smoke and dust billowed from the far side of the highway, and the Japanese army was dispatched.Wang Jinshan raised his binoculars to observe, there were 13 trucks in total.He secretly applauded, 13 trucks only carried two to three hundred people, Wang Jinshan had more than 1,000 people in his hands at the time, and he was absolutely sure of eating two hundred or two hundred enemies. The car gradually approached.The Japanese soldiers in the car were flying the flag of the sun, talking and laughing, looking very triumphant, as if they regarded the land of China as their "kingly land".On that day, the Japanese military convoy swaggered into the road between the two highlands.Wang Jinshan gave an order: "Fight!" Suddenly, gunshots erupted on the calm small high ground. Grenades, grenades, machine guns, and rifles, like a strong wind from the sky, turned the narrow road into a sea of ​​flames.

The unprepared Major General Hattori Naotomi became a ghost under the gun without realizing it, and completely completed his mission of "visiting". However, the members of this visiting group are veterans who have experienced the battlefield after all. Although the supreme commander was killed on the battlefield, and everyone was not prepared for battle in advance, they immediately entered the combat state 100% as soon as the gunshot fired.A car caught fire, another car exploded, and the two car guards that were supposed to protect the visiting group were wiped out before they entered the actual battle.At this time, the "members" of these "visiting groups" ran over, snatched rifles and light machine guns from the dead monks and soldiers, and relied on cars to carry out a dying resistance.

"The battle must be resolved within 20 minutes! 1st Battalion Commander, organize a commando, charge into the enemy group, and destroy the enemy!" Wang Jinshan ordered loudly. "Guaranteed to complete the task!" The 1st Battalion Commander shook his hat and shouted loudly: "Communists, come with me, go!" The killing sound of mountains and tsunamis swept down, and the cold light of gleaming bayonets was dazzling.The Japanese soldiers held guns and knives in groups, covering each other back to back and fighting our army.Although this group of officers was well-trained, they came from various units of the Japanese army and had no combat organization. They were quickly divided by our army and wiped out one by one.

Pulling out teeth, Wang Jinshan commanded his subordinates to fight an extremely beautiful ambush. The so-called "battlefield tour group" that Gangcun Ningci painstakingly put together, except for 3 people who were injured and pretended to be dead, 1 major general and 6 commanders The captain, 180 lieutenant and major commanders and squadron leaders were all killed. This battle caused a great shock in the entire Japanese army in North China. Okamura Ningci, who was in the hinterland of the Taiyue Mountains, was furious when he heard the news, and howled: "Sacrificing two more regiments will not be enough!" We must eat up this group of communist bandits!" He transferred back all the six planes used for campaign reconnaissance to scout out the traces of Wang Jinshan's troops; he also mobilized thousands of people from the "sweeping" army to search and attack Wang Jinshan's troops starry night.As a result, the entire "mopping up" plan of the Japanese army was disrupted, and the troops were torn apart.After chasing and chasing, there was no trace of Wang Jinshan's troops. Wang Jinshan had already led the troops out of the enemy's encirclement and rushed to Yan'an. Later, Okamura Ningz became furious and determined that the annihilation of the "field tour group" was an "internal traitor" within the Japanese puppet, so he personally went out to conduct a "big screening" of the 69th Division of the Japanese Army and the surrounding Japanese and puppet personnel.As a result, Lieutenant General Shimizu of the 69th Division was dismissed, the chief of staff of the 1st Army was transferred, and a squadron leader was imprisoned. In fact, Wang Jinshan didn't know until he was cleaning the battlefield that he had caught a bunch of "essence" of the enemy and made a lot of money. After Wang Jinshan led the troops to Yan'an, Mao Zedong specially met Wang Jinshan and praised him for being brave, decisive, and courageous, and he took the initiative to fight a beautiful battle. During his study in Yan'an, Wang Jinshan also served as the brigade commander of the New 4th Brigade.With the victory of the Hang-Japanese War imminent, Chiang Kai-shek prepared for the civil war in the future and ordered Hu Zongnan to mobilize a large number of troops to capture the Guanzhong area and occupy the military center Yetaishan. Wang Jinshan was ordered to lead the new 4th brigade to recover Yetaishan. Troops quickly assembled.The bugle is loud and the horses neigh.At that time, some companies of the New 4th Brigade were still engaged in production. After hearing the battle order, they dropped their hoes and took up their weapons and ran to assemble. At the brigade headquarters of the New 4th Brigade, Wang Jinshan passionately said to the cadres of the brigade: "The Kuomintang reactionaries did not allow us to fight the Japanese invading army, nor did they allow us to carry out peaceful production. Now they have stretched their bloody hands into the gate of the border area and invaded My Yetaishan position and the 41 surrounding villages. Their purpose is to seize our Guanzhong sub-region, clamp down on Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia, and provoke a criminal civil war. We must repel the enemy's attack, defend the border area, defend the Party Central Committee and Chairman Mao !" Wang Jinshan immediately carried out combat deployment: Yetaishan was selected as the main assault direction of the battle, and the 5 battalions of the new 4th Brigade were attached to the 1st Brigade and 3rd Regiment of the Police as the main offensive force; the 358th Brigade was the assisting force.In addition, teach the 1st and 2nd brigades to gather in the Lingwan and Shangzhenzi areas as the battle reserve team, closely monitor the enemies on the east and west sides, and ensure the safety of our army's rear. In the afternoon when the battle plan was formulated, Wang Jinshan gathered the squad leader of the main attack regiment and the backbone of the party team leader and above, and talked about the tactics of attacking Yetaishan.He waved his fist and said to everyone: "To attack the enemy of the Kuomintang, you must be fierce, ruthless, and accurate! When attacking, you should not pour boiling water like a teapot, pouring a little bit for a long time, but like carrying a bucket full of water. The posture of pouring into a hot pot. When the grenade is fired, your bayonet has to stab the enemy in the belly..." When Wang Jinshan said this, the commanders and fighters all held their chests up, waiting for an order, even if Yetai Mountain was a tiger's den and a dragon's pool, they would rush in without hesitation. In the middle of the night on August 8, 1945, our army approached the enemy at Yetai Mountain. At night, it was dark, the wipers were down, and the ravine was muddy and difficult to walk.The soldiers wrapped their guns in sheets, and although there were constant falls, the troops were in high spirits. Everyone knew in their hearts that Brigadier Wang was good at fighting tough battles like this; rainy nights were an excellent opportunity to surprise the enemy. At around 11 o'clock, the 1st company of the main attacking regiment entered the enemy's outpost in Yetai Mountain.The enemy sentinel was unprepared, and was swooped by two soldiers from my vanguard squad, and the bayonet was disarmed in the blink of an eye. At around 12 o'clock, three red flares went up, and the attack began. Occupying Mount Yetai was the 3rd Battalion of the 3rd Regiment and the 4th Company of the 2nd Battalion attached to Hu Zongnan's Temporary 59th Division.This 4th company is a strengthened company. It is a well-known "ever victorious army" in the Kuomintang army. It has only recently returned from suppressing the "civil uprising" in Lintao and Mian County. Because of its meritorious service in massacring the people, the division headquarters gave each person 40,000 yuan Bonuses for counterfeit coins.This time they voluntarily asked to guard the main position of Mount Yetai, and the regiment headquarters rewarded each of them with 10,000 yuan.The officers and soldiers of this company have the word "SS" printed on the side of the badge, which is intended to imitate Hitler's "SS" and pledge their allegiance to Chiang Kai-shek's rule. The rain stopped, the east gradually turned white, and our army launched a fierce attack on the defending enemy.The 4th Company of the enemy SS guarding Yetai Mountain suddenly swarmed out, trying to retake the independent house, in an attempt to push our army into the ditch.Our 1st Battalion and 2nd Company fought repeatedly with the enemy. Due to the suppression of the machine guns in the enemy's main bunker, the 2nd Company suffered more and more casualties, and the ammunition could not be replenished. The soldiers used sacrificed comrades and the enemy's dead bodies Go up, pick up the grenades and bullets and continue hitting the enemy. At the same time, the 3rd Battalion ambushed on the southern line was engaged in an interesting battle with the enemy.They cut off the telephone line between the enemy defending Yetai Mountain and the enemy division headquarters stationed in Fangli Town, and connected the line to our army's phone. Yang Xingguo, the commander of the 3rd Battalion, dialed the phone number of the enemy command post in Yetai Mountain, and only heard the voice in the headset: "Are you the division headquarters? I am on the mountain, and the communist army is attacking fiercely. Those people are not afraid of death. They will not send reinforcements to the camp." I'm going to lose..." Yang Xingguo pretended to be a member of the enemy division and said: "Brother, calm down, calm down, we are sending reinforcements to you now, and they will arrive tomorrow. The division commander ordered you to persist until tomorrow no matter what!" With a "click", the other party was so angry that he threw off the microphone and left. Yang Xingguo hung up the phone of the enemy's division headquarters again: "Is the division headquarters? I'm on the mountain, and there is no problem with the position. ... Yes, the communist army suffered heavy casualties. Rewards? No need, no need." Cut off the connection between the enemy's upper and lower sides, and cut off the enemy's reinforcements. The enemy positions on the east and west wings of Yetai Mountain were quickly captured by our army.The battle on He Shiye's main position on Mount Tai was still going on fiercely, and the casualties of the 1st Battalion of the main attacking regiment were increasing.Wang Jinshan wanted to replace the 1st Battalion. The correspondent who went to convey the order ran back and said: "The comrades in the 1st Battalion fought very tenaciously. They are determined to avenge the comrades who died. They will never go to the line of fire until they destroy the enemy. They will take down the enemy even if they die." Yetai Mountain position." A strong general has no weak soldiers.In order to take down Mount Yetai as soon as possible, Wang Jinshan adjusted his firepower and concentrated artillery to bombard the main position of Mount Yetai.At 10 am, the attack was launched again. The enemy's main position was built on a condescending cliff, divided into three floors, guarded by the 4th Company of the enemy SS Guards and a heavy machine gun company. Although the firepower was fierce, the strong sentiment of revenge prompted our soldiers to rush up. .After rushing to the bottom of the cliff, they set up a ladder to climb up, and along the fortifications layer by layer, fought grenades and bayonets with the enemy.Black smoke billowed from the battlefield, and the bayonets gleamed.The soldiers fought more and more bravely, and at 11 o'clock in the battle, they wiped out 5 entire companies and 1 battalion headquarters defending the enemy on Yetai Mountain. Immediately afterwards, our army regained Yetai Mountain and 41 nearby villages. The Battle of Yetaishan dealt a head-on blow to the Kuomintang army, making it afraid to invade the border area for a long time.After the war, the military and civilians in Yan'an held a celebration meeting, and Wang Jinshan and the troops under his command were commended by the central leadership.