Chapter 64 "The sound of gunfire in the Huangyang world"

Just when Mao Zedong, Zhu De, Chen Yi and others led the main force of the Red Army to fight all the way and return to Jinggangshan, the Red Army units staying at Jinggangshan also experienced severe tests. It was in late August that the Kuomintang governments in Hunan and Jiangxi provinces once again dispatched troops and generals to conduct joint operations and launched the second "conference and suppression" campaign against the Jinggangshan revolutionary base. The enemy's coming is very fierce. Hunan province dispatched all of the first division of Wu Shang's Eighth Army and part of the second division, a total of 4 regiments; The two guard regiments of the division, one regiment of Liu Shiyi's department and one of the 26th regiment, a total of three regiments.A total of 7 regiments of enemy troops adopted the tactics of splitting up and attacking in an attempt to completely destroy the Jinggangshan base.

At this time, the only Red Army troops staying in the base area were Zhu Yunqing, head of the Red 31st Regiment, the 1st Battalion of the Red 31st Regiment led by party representative He Tingying, and the Red 32nd Regiment led by Yuan Wencai and Wang Zuo. There is a huge disparity in the strength of the enemy and the enemy. Beginning on August 26, the enemy forces in Hunan and Jiangxi provinces began to advance towards Dalong, Maoping, Gucheng, Longshi and other places in Ningkang, pressing closer and closer to the base areas. The Red Army was not intimidated by the menacing enemy, and was determined to stick to Jinggangshan and guard the base.

The important advantage of sticking to Jinggang Mountain is that it is easy to defend and difficult to attack. In the high mountain and dense forest, the only way to go up the mountain is to pass through five steep sentry posts. The five outposts are: Huangyangjie, Bamian Mountain, Shuangmashi, Zhushachong, and Tongmuling. The five outposts are the gates of Jinggangshan. If you keep the outposts, you will guard Jinggangshan.After the Red Army went to Jinggangshan, they rebuilt and strengthened the fortifications of the outposts, which further strengthened the defense capabilities of the outposts.

Among the five outposts, the Huangyangjie outpost is the most important and dangerous. Huangyangjie is the northern peak of the Jinggang Mountains, with an altitude of more than 1,300 meters.Its peaks are like swords, with cliffs and cliffs. On one side is a thousand-ren high mountain and on the other side is an abyss. The steep part of the mountain road is like a suspended cable ladder.There are often floating clouds and thick fog on the mountain, lingering on the mountainside, and the white mist is like a vast ocean, so it is also called "Wangyangjie".The outpost is connected to the five wells in the south and directly guards Ciping, the center of Jinggangshan.There are only two trails up the mountain, one passes through Ninggang Maoping in the north and connects with Yongxin in Jiangxi; the other connects to Ninggang Dalong in the west and reaches Ling County in Hunan.

The enemy's attack this time, with heavy troops gathered in Maoping and Dalong, obviously came towards the sentry post of Huangyangjie. Of course, the Red Army focused its defense on Huangyangjie. The deployment of the Red Army is: dispatch the first battalion and the second company of the Red Thirty-one Regiment, which hastily rushed back from Suichuan, to Huangyangjie, and defend the Huangyangjie sentry post with the cooperation of the local armed forces of Wujing and Wujing; The mouth was guarded separately by the second battalion of the Red Thirty-two Regiment; Yuan Wencai led the first battalion of the Red Thirty-two Regiment to harass the enemy's rear at the foot of the mountain.

The head of the regiment Zhu Yunqing and the party representative He Tingying personally led the two companies of the Red 31st Regiment and entered the outpost position in Huangyangjie on August 29. At night, Huang Yangjie lost its tranquility in the past. Red Army soldiers and Red Guards were busy repairing and strengthening their positions. Many nearby people also came to join the battle. The soldiers and civilians worked together to insert bamboo nails, carry stones, carry wood, and dig trenches. ... In the precipitous Huangyangjie, the army and the people used local materials to build five "barriers": one is the "Bamboo Nail Array", which is a weapon commonly used in the Jinggangshan base area. Bamboo nails, fried in a hot pan and soaked in urine water, are both hard and poisonous, quite lethal. Bamboo nails like this are scattered along the two small roads up the mountain, which are several miles long The second is bamboo fence obstacles; the third is rolling wood and beating stones; the fourth is a trench four or five feet deep, which is also covered with poisonous bamboo nails; the fifth is a shooting bunker made of stones.

On the mountain of Huangyangjie, the soldiers and civilians in the base area are waiting for the formation; at the foot of the mountain of Huangyangjie, the enemy army marches into Yuantou village in a brazen manner.On the mountain and below the mountain, swords are drawn and swords are sharpened. In the early morning of the 30th, Huangyangjie was shrouded in mist, and nothing could be seen.From the sporadic gunshots faintly coming from the foot of the mountain, it can be judged that the enemy troops have been dispatched.The Red Army soldiers, Red Guards, and rioters who had hardly slept all night were hiding in various places, closely monitoring the path up the mountain, and were ready to attack the incoming enemy at any time.

When the fog gradually dissipated, the three regiments of the Hunan enemy Wu Shang's department hurriedly launched an attack.They first fired at the mountain with machine guns. Seeing that there was no movement, they bravely climbed up one by one along the path up the mountain. It's not easy to climb up to Huangyangjie like this!Although it is a well-equipped regular army, it is impossible to use its fists and feet at all on this rugged mountain road. It can neither form a battle formation nor give full play to its firepower advantage.The Red Army guarding the mountain is condescending, looks clear, and is handy in fighting. Even if a few rocks are rolled down, they can hit a few enemy soldiers.

The initiative on the battlefield is in the hands of the Red Army. Liu Xing, who commanded a battalion and a company, recalled this way: On August 30, the clouds and fog dissipated, and the enemy began to attack me. ... Although the enemy attempted to attack Jinggangshan with a division, only a small number of them were used in the line of fire.With the strength of two companies, after entering the position, I reinforced the fortifications, built many individual bunkers, and picked up some stones for throwing. I had a platoon in the front trench, and the other two platoons were on the side. In the trench behind, this is the first company.The third company rested behind the mountain.When the enemy's attack was ineffective, they used machine guns to cover their progress. However, low shots hindered the advance of their own soldiers, and high shots caused bullets to roar in the air, without a clear target and impact point.When the enemy is close to my effective range, our army will give an order to "strike", and all the enemies will be sent to see the king of Hades.In order to save bullets, stones have also become our shooting weapons.The enemy charged once, twice, three times, and four times, all of which were nothing more than sending weapons and ammunition, leaving behind corpses.At about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, we also brought a better mortar that the 28th regiment had left for repair at Ciping Repair Factory, and placed it near my command position.We fired three shells at the enemy, and the third one landed on the enemy's command post - the kidney pit exploded.The enemy thought that the main force of the Red Army was not on the mountain, but when they heard the sound of the cannon, they thought our main force of the Red Army had already returned to Jinggangshan, and they were frightened out of their wits.At night, the enemy took advantage of the cloud and fog, and I could not go down the mountain to pursue them, so they escaped and slipped into the territory of Ling County.We stopped the enemy's attack, defended Jinggangshan, and won a great victory.

The mortar that showed its power at the critical moment was a newly repaired gun, and there were only three shells at that time.After the gun was mounted, the first shell was a squib; the second shell did not fire; and the last shell fired normally hit the enemy's command post impartially.At the same time, the red guards and rioters hiding on the hills on both sides of the outpost fortifications lit pine cannons and firecrackers in kerosene barrels.For a while, the "cannon" rumbled, and the killing sound shook the sky. The uninformed enemy army thought that the main force of the Red Army was on the mountain, and naturally rolled back in fright.

Knowing that the enemy had retreated, the soldiers and civilians guarding the mountain shouted and shouted with joy.A soldier said with a smile: "Our main force is not here. There are so few people staying in Jinggangshan, and there are still some wounded and sick. The enemy has four regiments, but they can't go up the mountain. This is a bit like Zhuge Liang's 'empty city plan'!" "This is not 'Empty City Strategies', but 'Empty Mountain Strategies'. I think how about we make up a play to sing?" Someone suggested. So, the Red Army soldiers put together the words of you and me, and quickly compiled the libretto of "Empty Mountain Tactics": The defense of Huangyangjie achieved a complete victory. This battle not only kept the Jinggangshan base, but also deterred the enemy so that they did not dare to despise the Red Army.In this battle, the Red Army created the miracle of winning more with less, and with less than one battalion of troops, it broke the second "meeting and suppression" of several enemy regiments in Hunan and Jiangxi provinces against the base areas. In early September, when Mao Zedong and Zhu De led the main force of the Red Army back to the Jinggangshan base area, Mao Zedong was very happy to learn that the Red Army had won the battle to defend Huangyangjie. He happily recited the famous "Xijiang Moon· "Jinggangshan" lyrics: