One day in August 1936, ** convened a meeting of cadres above the regiment of the Red Second Front. Everyone originally thought that there would be an important combat mission to be discussed, but when they arrived at the venue, they found a shocking news -- Li Wenqing, the commander of the 5th Division and 15th Regiment of the Red Second Army at that time, had been tied to the pillar of the house with a lot of flowers.
* Severely reprimanded Li Wenqing: "Li Wenqing, your regiment is responsible for breaking the rear, but there are troops surrounded in front, do you know?" Li Wenqing replied resolutely: "Yes!" ”
Then why don't you go to the rescue, why don't you rescue them? * Almost snarled at this point. Li Wenqing was tied to the pillar and silently endured the reproach of **.
* Seeing that Li Wenqing was silent, he loudly ordered the guard company around him: "Pull them down and execute them immediately!" ”
Li Wenqing listened to the words of **, and immediately raised his head and looked at him with wide eyes. At this moment, the guards were ready to take him away, and he shouted: "I want to die on the battlefield, I can't die like this!" ”
At this moment, ** rushed over, heard Li Wenqing's roar, and immediately rushed over to ask what happened. After all, he was a regimental commander in the Red Army, so how could he be shot?
It all started when they were crossing the meadow a few days ago. After the Red Second Front Army entered the Songpan steppe, it encountered great difficulties. In order to ensure the safety of the troops, Li Wenqing was ordered to lead the officers and men of the whole regiment to break the rear and cover the whole army across the grassland.
During the arduous journey across the meadows, Li Wenqing and his men faced the most serious challenge – a shortage of supplies. Since the officers and men in front had already eaten up all the things they could eat, Li Wenqing and his team only brought five days' worth of dry food with each person, which was obviously far from enough.
They had to dig up wild vegetables, grass roots, and boil skins to survive, and they ate everything they could eat. This state of starvation caused great distress to the troops, and the combat attrition was very serious.
From the more than 1,000 people who started to enter the meadow, now only more than 400 remain. Li Wenqing looked at all this and was very anxious. That night, Li Wenqing heard the fierce gunfire in front of him, and he immediately judged that it was a sneak attack by the enemy.
As a broken team, he was supposed to immediately bring people to reinforcements. However, the officers and men of the regiment have not eaten for two days, and the personnel in charge of finding food have not returned to this day.
They were so hungry that they couldn't even stand up, let alone go to war. Faced with this predicament, Li Wenqing felt deeply helpless and anxious.
* and Li Wenqing originally planned to form a commando team, but they found that all the soldiers were so weak that even Li Wenqing himself could not stand up. Due to the poor condition of the troops and the inability to carry out reinforcements, Li Wenqing had no choice but to stop the operation.
However, he did not expect that this time it was the cavalry platoon of the Red Second Army that was formed and personally trained by the enemy. This cavalry platoon has been able to fight in a short period of time, has excellent maneuverability, has strong combat effectiveness, and has played an important role in many battles.
* Also attached great importance to this cavalry platoon. Naturally, the enemy also saw the threat that this cavalry platoon posed to them, so they tried everything to crush the cavalry platoon. Finally, on this night, they seized the opportunity and sent a cavalry battalion to attack the cavalry platoon.
Due to the disparity in strength between the enemy and us, the cavalry platoon could not receive reinforcements, and eventually the entire army was annihilated.
* Knowing that all the officers and men of the cavalry platoon had died heroically, his heart was extremely heavy, and he wondered why Li Wenqing did not reinforce his comrades who were in danger, but chose to break off. As the Red Second Army walked out of the meadow, ** began to investigate the matter.
In his heart, Li Wenqing is not only a general, but also his favorite general. But in any case, he could not accept the act of not saving his comrades who were in danger.
Therefore, he decided to be angry and ordered Li Wenqing to be shot. Li Wenqing was in pain in his heart, but the situation of the troops at that time was really unable to reinforce him. When he reprimanded him, he chose to remain silent, without pleading and shouting grievances.
Let Lao Tzu die on the battlefield, you can't die like this! Luckily, ** heard his roar and immediately rushed to ask for someone to be kept under the knife. After talking with Li Wenqing, ** understood the original situation and believed that although Li Wenqing was negligent, it was extenuating and he should be given a chance to reform himself.
* Although he was very entangled in his heart, he still gave Li Wenqing the most severe punishment, removed him from his post as regiment commander, and punished him to go to the front line to carry ammunition.
Li Wenqing was an outstanding general during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and was reactivated and served as the regiment commander. After that, he continued to play an important role in the Chinese People's Liberation Army, serving as deputy commander of the North Sichuan Military Region and the Chengdu Military Region.
On July 13, 1999, Li Wenqing died at the age of 89 due to his advanced age.