In July 1931, Chiang Kai-shek mobilized 300,000 troops to launch the third "encirclement and suppression" against the ** Soviet area in Jiangxi, and the Red Army won three battles and three victories in five days, annihilating more than 10,000 enemies and surrendering more than 6,000 guns, and won the victory in the first phase of the anti-"encirclement and suppression" operation. Just as the two sides were gearing up to fight again, **suddenly backyard**. Under the mediation of Wang Jingwei, the warlords Chen Jitang, Li Zongren, and Bai Chongxi of Liangguang allied forces against Chiang and marched into Hunan in early September, and also wanted to attract powerful factions from other places to join. Chiang Kai-shek was shocked when he heard the news, and hurriedly ordered the ** retreat, which was being encircled and suppressed in Jiangxi, and sent troops to quell the rebellion.
Seeing that the enemy was retreating, on the one hand, the head of the army headquarters decided to divide his troops into three ways to take the opportunity to collect some wool to replenish himself. ordered Huang Gongluo, commander of the Red 3rd Army, to lead the Red 3rd Army and the 5th Independent Division to the left and enter the Laoyingpan area to intercept the retreating Jiang Dingwen's 9th Division; ** led the Red 4th Army (and commanded the 35th Division of the Red 12th Army) and the Red 35th Army as the middle road, and the commander of the Red Third Army Corps *** led the Red Third Army Corps to the right to encircle and annihilate Cai Tingkai's 19th Route Army in the Xingwei area.
Penny's Mountain, located in the north of Xingguo County, is a small mountain with an altitude of about 300 meters above sea level and a relative height of only about 80 meters. At the foot of Penny's Mountain, there is a fork in the shape of "Ya", one of which is the official road leading to Wan'an, and the other is the only official road leading to Taihe, a strategic transportation point at that time. Looking down from Penny's Mountain, the two official roads are in full view and can be seen at a glance. The Penny's Mountain was condescending and became the favorable strategic commanding heights of Taihe and Ji'an to rejuvenate the country in the north at that time.
Located in the area of Xingxingwei are the 60th and 61st Divisions of the 19th Route Army, which are the old troops of Cai Tingkai and Jiang Guangnai, and their combat effectiveness is strong. On the morning of the 7th, Cai Tingkai led the General Headquarters of the 19th Route Army, the headquarters of the 60th Division and the 119th Brigade as soon as they entered Xingwei, and they were surrounded by the Red Third Army Corps. After the 120th Brigade of the 60th Division passed through Xingwei, it was ambushed by the Red 4th Army and the Red 35th Army led by ** in the northwest and Penny's Mountain. **In order to break out of the encirclement, concentrate firepower and desperately fight for the strategic commanding heights of Penny's Mountain. And if the Red Army wants to destroy the enemy army, the commanding heights of Penny's Hill cannot be missed.
By September 8, the two main divisions of the Red 4th Army had almost used up all their ammunition, and had to engage in a long hand-to-hand battle with the enemy. The two sides fought dozens of white-knuckle battles on the Penny's Hill position, and the positions changed hands more than ten times in two days, and the Red Army's defense line was precarious. After repeated assaults, ** gradually approached the headquarters set up in Penny's Mountain**, and the situation was extremely dangerous. At this critical moment, in order to cover the retreat of the army chief, Zeng Shi'e, commander of the 11th Division of the Red 4th Army, summoned all the officers above the platoon level of the division, each of them issued 6 grenades, and the rifles were loaded with bayonets, and personally led the officer corps to charge. After a hard battle, he finally blocked the enemy, but Zeng Shi'e was also shot and died.
Penny's Hill blocked the hard work, and the Red 3rd Army Corps that surrounded and annihilated the 19th Route Army General Headquarters and the main force was no better, and when the battle was at its most intense, it was even a saber in hand to the front line to command, only from the Kuomintang position.
Thirty or forty meters, bullets whizz right in the ears. Teng Daiyuan, the political commissar of the legion, also led the follow-up troops to rush to reinforcements and went into battle to supervise the battle, but unfortunately was shot and wounded. And God also came to make trouble, the day before yesterday heavy rain caused the water of the Happy River to rise, the Red Army's attack direction was limited, and it could not be copied in all directions, so it had to attack head-on, although the Red Army made a major effort but still did not work.
After fierce fighting until the evening of the 8th, the Red Army knew that it could no longer afford to eat the 19th Route Army, so it had to withdraw its troops after paying huge sacrifices. In this battle, the elite of the Red Army was exhausted, but it still failed to eat the 19th Route Army. The 19th Route Army had more than 2,000 people, claiming to have annihilated 1,000 Red Army troops. According to statistics, the Red Army will not be less than 2,000 people, including two famous division commanders: Zeng Shi'e, commander of the 11th Division of the 11th Red Army, and Zou Ping, commander of the 4th Division of the 3rd Red Army. In particular, Zeng Shi'e is the chairman's favorite general, and it is said that after his death, the chairman also criticized ** fiercely for this.
* comparable, failed to control the battlefield captured ** materials, the two sides fought a war of attrition with considerable losses, for the weak Red Army to fight to support the war, it is really worth the loss.