Chapter 75 failure is like an epidemic

The 25th Division stationed at Sanheba was completely unaware of the defeat of the main force in Tangkeng.Under the leadership of Zhu De, they are organizing logistical support, doing mass work, publicizing the party's policies, and handing over some of the guns to the Dapu County Party Committee and the people in the Sanheba area.But they soon discovered that there were many enemies in the direction of the silt, pretending to attack Sanheba. Sanheba is a big town. The Tingjiang River, which flows straight down from the north, joins the Meijiang River that rushes from the southwest, and then discharges the deep and fast-flowing Hanjiang River to the south.On the opposite bank of Sanhe Dam, there is a Bizhiwei Mountain with a height of more than 30 meters.It is shaped like a fish tail, with dangerous mountains, dense pine forests, and overlapping peaks.

On October 1, Zhu De took his teacher Zhou Shidi, party representative Li Shuoxun and others to carefully observe the terrain of Sanhe Dam.He believed that if a battle were to break out, if the 25th Division remained in Sanheba, it would be fighting against the water, which has always been a taboo for military strategists.Therefore, it was decided to transfer the troops to the Dongwenbu, Bizhiweishan, Longhukeng, and Xiacun areas on the other side of the Sanhe Dam to deploy defenses and build fortifications overnight.The division headquarters is located on the high ground east of Longhukeng.

Zhu De, Zhou Shidi and Li Shuoxun are all in this command post, ready to meet the enemy at any time.Before the war, Zhu De, wearing a small bamboo hat, shorts and straw sandals, called the officers and soldiers of the whole division to speak beside the bamboo forest on the river beach.One of his firm beliefs is: to stick to the Sanhe Dam and create favorable conditions for our army to march towards Hailufeng.He hoped that the 25th Division would carry forward Huichang's spirit of annihilating the enemy, maintain the honor of the Iron Army, and defeat the invading enemy.As soon as the rebel army deployed its defenses, about 20,000 people from 10 regiments of the enemy Qian Dajun rushed forward aggressively.They used more than 20 small boats to start smuggling in the middle of the night under the heavy night.When the wooden boat reached the middle of the river, the insurgents, who had been waiting on the beachhead for a long time, took advantage of the favorable terrain and attacked the enemy according to Zhu De's arrangement of "half-crossing and attacking".

Many ships were sunk.On the turbulent waters of the Three Rivers, there was chaos and howling.Some ships were circling in the middle of the river with no one at the helm, and some enemies had fallen into the water, and many of them drowned alive.But soon the enemy commander woke up, concentrated his forces, and bombarded the 25th Division's position with artillery and heavy machine guns.Relying on their large numbers, the enemy repelled one group, and then came up again. Finally, hundreds of people crossed the blockade and entered the foot of Shizidu Mountain on the other side of the river.

Zhou Shidi ordered a part of the 73rd Regiment to attack.After a fierce battle, all these hundreds of enemies fell down, and hundreds of guns were also given to the rebels.At this time, another group of enemies crossed the river from near Dama Street and occupied the highlands around Meizichong.You Buren, chief of staff of the division, led the other part of the 73rd regiment to attack.But the enemy is outnumbered, the enemy occupies favorable terrain, and the two sides form a confrontational situation.At this time, both sides want to hold on to win.You Buren continued to attack, and was hit in the abdomen by a flying bullet, bleeding all over his body immediately.He was carried off the position (later carried to Pinghe, Fujian Province, where he was sacrificed).

Things in war always have a chain reaction.There was a slight stagnation here, and the other side took the opportunity to attack.One group of enemies crossed from the upper reaches of the Tingjiang River and occupied the East Wenbu, and another group of enemies crossed the river and entered the foot of Bizhiwei Mountain.Fortunately, the Seventy-fifth Regiment still had the power of an iron army, and after a few fierce attacks, the enemy was repelled.The storm paid a high price: Sun Yizhong, the commander of the 75th regiment, was seriously injured; Zhang Ziliang, the commander of the fifth company of the 73rd regiment, died; and a company commander surnamed Wang of the regiment also died.Two days passed, and Qian Dajun didn't take advantage of it.So I started to recruit in the command post.He is not a general, but he knows a little about military art.

After he got up in the early morning of October 3, he saw the heavy fog outside and squeezed in through the window. He clapped his hands and sang: "God help me!" .Taking advantage of the heavy fog, Qian Dajun drove his troops to form a half-moon encirclement from the front facing the rebels' positions, and crossed the Meijiang and Tingjiang rivers from the northwest in an attempt to launch a surprise attack on the rebels.This trick really worked. When the rebel army realized Qian Dajun's attempt, they fell into a passive state.When they fought hard, Qian Dajun sent out with a strong force, and after crossing the river, he seized the bamboo forest position on the beach.The two sides fought repeatedly, and the battle remained deadlocked until noon.

At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, Qian Dajun mobilized many mortars and machine guns as cover, and attacked desperately.Although the rebel army had fought fiercely day and night, and had run out of food, they still fought to the death.At this time, after crossing the river by force, another group of enemy troops seized the area around Meizichong, forming a two-sided attack on the rebel army, and the situation was even more unfavorable.Although thousands of enemies were wiped out and many guns were seized, the rebel army also suffered hundreds of casualties. Zhu De is afraid of this kind of war of attrition.If the fight continues, our army will at least sacrifice in proportion, and there will be no single soldier left in the end.At the same time, he also received information that Huang Shaohong's troops had arrived from the lower reaches of the Hanjiang River, and they were about to join forces with Qian Dajun to attack the 25th Division.Zhu De's thick eyebrows were furrowed, and his thick lips were drawn into a line.He ordered: "In order to preserve our strength, we must immediately withdraw from the battle and chase the main force." It was decided to leave the third battalion of the 75th regiment as a cover, and the rest of the troops took turns to cover and move quickly.

The 3rd Battalion of the 75th Regiment guarding the top of Bizhiwei Mountain is worthy of being warriors. They shouted and charged, stood up and fired.After repelling dozens of enemy attacks, all the bullets and grenades were used up. Battalion Commander Cai Qingchuan took the lead in punching and biting the enemy. On October 18, Guangdong "News" reported the tragedy of the Sanheba battle from another side: Zhu De and Zhou Shidi led the remaining 2,000 people of the 25th Division. After withdrawing from Sanheba in the early morning of October 6, they went to catch up with the main force that night.But they never imagined that the main force had suffered a more severe defeat than them.

That night, they arrived at Maozhi, north of Raoping.In the early morning of the next day, I met Zhou Bangcai, Chief of Staff of the Teaching Corps of the 20th Army.He led the team of more than 200 people. Zhu De asked: "Bang Cai, why are you here?" At this question, Zhou Bangcai burst into tears with a tough man: "Commander Zhu, the main force has lost the battle in Tangkeng, and Chaoshan has also fallen. I only have these 200 men left!" "Where are Enlai and Bocheng?" Zhu De was also shocked. "Shantou is full of enemy searchlights. If they don't leave, they will be in danger!"

In just a few minutes, Zhu De seemed to have stopped breathing.He couldn't help shivering, feeling the blood hit his heart, and the corners of his eyes were moist.It took a long time to say 5 words in a deep voice: "How could this be?"