Huaye Ye Wang Tao:People vice-state,People are in a mood because of their rank
One day in the 80s of the last century, in the reading room of the archives of the Nanjing Military Region Headquarters, several party history workers inside and outside the army were concentrating on consulting materials, and the whole room seemed quiet and solemn.
Suddenly, a young man stood up and shouted excitedly: "Do you know who Ye Wangtao is? He is the incarnation of Guan Yu and Zhao Yun, and he is really a fierce general who can fight well! ”
However, no one here knew who "Ye Wang Tao" was, let alone where he was. It turned out that "Ye Wang Tao" was not the name of a certain person, but the collective name of the three fierce generals of our army - Ye Fei, Wang Bicheng and Tao Yong.
They fought side by side under the leadership of Su Yu, and for the sake of convenience, the higher authorities omitted their unit numbers when drafting the telegram and replaced them with "Ye Wang Tao".
Therefore, in the archives of the New Fourth Army and the East China Field Army, the name "Ye Wang Tao" appears frequently. So, what are the heroic deeds of "Ye Wang Tao"? What did they achieve later?
Today, let's take a look at their stories! Ye Fei, a "daredevil", was born in 1914 in Diawang Town, Quezon Province, Philippines, his father Ye Sunwei was an overseas Chinese in Nan'an County, Fujian Province, who married and started a family here when he came to the Philippines to make a living in his early years.
When Ye Fei was 5 years old, his father sent him back to his hometown in Fujian.
Ye Fei, a great revolutionary, at the end of 1928, at the age of 15, he served as the head of the propaganda department of the Fujian Provincial Committee of the Communist Youth League, and since then he has embarked on the road of revolution.
He actively participated in the establishment of the Mindong Revolutionary Base Area, and successively served as the secretary of the Mindong Special Committee of the Communist Party of China and the political commissar of the Mindong Independent Division. In 1933, he was sent to Mindong to establish the Soviet District and contributed his strength to the revolutionary cause.
With the full-scale outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the Mindong Independent Division was reorganized into the 6th Regiment of the 3rd Detachment of the New Fourth Army, with Ye Fei as the regiment commander and leading the soldiers to bravely resist the attack of the Japanese invaders.
Among them, the "Battle of Guocun" in 1940 was Ye Fei's famous battle, he successfully led the troops to defeat the troops of the Kuomintang Lusu-Anhui Border Region guerrilla commander Li Mingyang and deputy commander-in-chief Li Changjiang, defended Guocun, and laid a solid foundation for the New Fourth Army to gain a foothold in northern Jiangsu.
Ye Fei's heroic deeds and spirit of selfless dedication are worthy of our eternal memory and learning.
Han Deqin, chairman of the Kuomintang Jiangsu Province, as soon as he heard that Ye Fei's troops had entered Guocun, asked Liang Li to attack immediately. Li Mingyang's attitude was ambiguous, but Li Changjiang was anxious to drive the New Fourth Army out of Guocun.
After Li Mingyang thought about it carefully, he handed over the troops to Li Changjiang under the pretext that he wanted to go to Xinghua to do business. Li Changjiang issued an ultimatum to Ye Fei, limiting the advance column to withdraw from Guocun within 3 days, and mobilizing 13 regiments for a total of 1With a force of more than 30,000 people, he threatened that if Ye Fei did not retreat, he would attack by force.
The strength of the advancing column was only two or three thousand, and the disparity in strength was huge. Ye Fei urgently reported to ** and sent Chen Tongsheng to Taizhou to negotiate. However, after Chen Tongsheng arrived, he was placed under house arrest by Li Changjiang, and Li Changjiang's determination can be seen.
After Ye Fei** received the telegram, he was very nervous about Li Changjiang's attack. He immediately replied to the telegram and proposed three coping strategies for Ye Fei: the first strategy was to avoid a conflict with Li Changjiang as much as possible, and if it could not be avoided, to delay as much time as possible and wait for reinforcements to arrive.
The second strategy is to strike back at the Wujia Bridge, where the proximity to the Yangtze River is conducive to the movement of the army, if the conflict cannot be avoided, or if the delay is unachievable.
The third strategy is to counterattack in Guocun, but doing so may be surrounded from all sides and the situation will be unfavorable. * The point of view is wise, because the difference in the strength of the enemy and the enemy is too large, and if the advance column fails, the whole army may be wiped out.
And ** has always advocated uniting the "two Lis" and isolating Han Deqin. If Ye Fei can win this battle, he may push the "two Lis" to Han Deqin's side, which is harmful to the overall situation.
After Ye Fei and the commander of the column, Guan Wenwei, received the telegram, they immediately convened a meeting of cadres above the regimental level of the column and leaders of the special committee of northern Jiangsu to study countermeasures. Hui Yuyu, head of Jiangdu County, spoke first: "Although Li Changjiang has a large number of people, he does not know that we have the support of the broad masses of people in Guo Village.
When the people of Guocun heard that Li Changjiang was coming to attack Guocun, they had already organized and set up self-defense regiments, stretcher teams, and ambulance teams to give us full support. ”
Guan Wenwei said worriedly: "Even with the strong support of the people of Guocun, our troops are still insufficient. Hui Yuyu said firmly: "Recently, we have established a party organization in Li Changjiang's troops, and these underground party members have mastered the military power, and the strength is at least two regiments.
In addition, the real reactionary forces of the Li Department were only a few regiments. Ye Fei was overjoyed when he heard this: "According to this analysis, the balance of forces between the enemy and us has become half to half. ”
However, some people asked: "Didn't Commander Chen say that it was the best policy to stick to Guo Village?" If we insist on fighting in Guocun, won't we disobey the military order? Ye Fei pondered for a moment, and finally made up his mind: "If we can win this battle, we can gain a firm foothold in northern Jiangsu and contribute to the development of the Central China base area."
Commander Chen is worried that our troops are insufficient, but our current situation is that the negotiators are under house arrest, Guocun is besieged on all sides, and neither the upper nor the middle strategy can be realized, so the only way now is to meet the enemy's attack on the spot! ”
So, Ye Fei sent a telegram to **: Try your best to avoid conflict with Liang Li, but if Liang Li must fight, fight in Guo Village. **Also call back immediately: It is the next policy to fight in Guocun.
However, Ye Fei insisted on facing the battle in Guocun, and had no choice but to send a third telegram in an ordered tone: Do not resist the enemy alone in Guocun, I will secretly cross the river on June 28, and everything will be discussed after I arrive.
Tao Yong's Su-Anhui detachment quickly reinforced Guo Village, while ** quickly rushed to Guo Village, and at the same time handed over the work of Southern Jiangsu to Su Yu and Zhong Qiguang. Ye Fei insisted that he should have the right to refuse **'s order, but in the end he carried it out.
At dawn on June 28, Li Changjiang's 13 regiments began to besiege Guocun, advancing into a column that resisted fiercely. Ye Fei found that the enemy in the south was attacking fiercely, and judged that this was the main direction of attack, so he immediately ordered the special service battalion to attack and successfully defeated the recalcitrant army.
* He hadn't arrived at Guo Village yet, but he knew that Ye Fei had already started fighting, and he couldn't help but laugh: "Daredevil, the newborn calf is not afraid of tigers." Looks like I'm going to have to contain you, Ye Fei ......”
At dawn on June 29, Li Changjiang launched a fierce attack, and the battle entered a white-hot state at the beginning. Ye Fei tried his best to resist, but he felt very anxious when his troops were insufficient.
Just when he was distressed about this, Tao Yong led the Suwan detachment to the battlefield in time, and Ye Fei excitedly shook Tao Yong's hand and called him "timely rain". With Tao Yong's support, Ye Fei's self-confidence has increased greatly.
On the night of 30 June, he boldly adopted the strategy of attacking as defending, and ordered Liao Zhengguo, chief of staff of the 1st Regiment of the Advance Column, to lead a battalion to attack at night, successfully driving the recalcitrant troops several miles away.
On July 1, at the instigation of our underground party, the two teams of Li Changjiang's troops revolted before the battlefield went into battle, and the advancing column gained the initiative. On July 2, the advancing column successfully thwarted the third general attack organized by Li Changjiang, Li Changjiang's troops were routed on all fronts, and our army won the victory in the defense of Guocun.
On July 3, ** rushed to the battlefield, Ye Fei was very uneasy in his heart, he knew that although they had won, they still disobeyed the order, and criticism would definitely not escape.
* After seeing Ye Fei, he held his hand tightly and said, "Originally, I came to reproach you, but you have won, what else can I say?" Only this time, not next time.
If you can't win, you and your troops will be wiped out, do you understand? Despite this, ** still affirmed their combat performance: "You fought well and summed up a lot of good experience, which is worth learning from the troops." ”
Ye Fei later held a variety of positions, including the commander of the 1st Brigade of the 1st Division of the New Fourth Army, the commander of the 1st Column of the East China Field Army, and the commander of the 10th Corps of the Third Field Army.
In 1955, Ye Fei was awarded the rank of founding general, and later served as the first secretary of the Fujian Provincial Party Committee, the minister of communications, and the commander of the navy. In 1983, Ye Fei was appointed vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, and he became the most accomplished of the three "Ye Wangtao".
Wang Laohu"Wang Bicheng: A Heroic Revolutionary Pioneer In 1912, Wang Bicheng was born in a poor peasant family in Macheng County, Hubei Province, and joined the Red Army at the age of 17, and was soon promoted to regiment commander and regimental political commissar with his heroic and fighting spirit.
He performed well in the Long March, and by the end of the Long March, he had become the deputy commander of the 89th Division of the Red 30th Army. In the spring of 1938, Wang Bicheng went to the southeast anti-Japanese front and served as the commander of the 2nd Regiment of the 1st Detachment of the New Fourth Army.
The predecessor of the 2nd Regiment was several Red Army guerrillas that remained in the Hunan and Jiangxi borders, the Jiangxi and Guangdong borders, and the northeast of Jiangxi, and the arrival of Wang Bicheng led the 2nd Regiment to use guerrilla warfare, which made the Japanese army helpless, and the prestige of the New Fourth Army in the local area also soared.
The 2 regiment was therefore called"Tiger Regiment", and Wang Bicheng is also called"Wang Laohu"。On April 18, 1999, Wang Bicheng died of illness in Beijing at the age of 85.
His heroic deeds will forever be recorded in the annals of history and become a part of the history of the Chinese revolution.
Wang Bicheng, a famous anti-Japanese general, after the second Lianshui Defense War, although defeated, but after the war, ** advocated that he be removed from his post and investigated, Su Yu believed that the responsibility could not be blamed on Wang Bicheng, and he should be given a chance to make meritorious contributions, and advocated that his punishment be changed to "probation", * agreed.
Wang will make an oath that he will fight the 74th Division again in the future, and he must not forget the 6th Division. In February 1947, Su Yu encircled and annihilated the 74th Division in the Menglianggu area, in order to complete the encirclement task, a "surprise soldier" was needed to cut off the rear road of the 74th Division, Su Yu decided to let Wang Bicheng, who had served as the commander of the 6th Column of the East China Field Army, take on this task.
After receiving the telegram from the Huaye Headquarters, Wang Bicheng immediately convened a meeting of the division commander and political commissar and ordered all the commanders and fighters of the 6th Column to take immediate action and march 120 kilometers within two days, occupy the battlements, cut off the enemy's retreat, and complete the encirclement of the campaign.
Wang Bicheng personally mounted his horse and set off, leading his troops to travel day and night, avoiding the Kuomintang planes and marching quickly. On the evening of October 14, all units of the 6th Column arrived at the designated position ahead of schedule, and Wang Bicheng issued a task to the division commanders, ordering the 18th Division of the middle road to seize the battlements, the 16th Division of the left road to control the Yimeng Highway, and the 17th Division of the right to cut off the 83rd Division of the enemy Li Tianxia.
Wang Bicheng ordered the three division commanders: "In order to avenge the revenge of the 74th Division, we must complete the task without the slightest delay or hesitation." ”
At 2 o'clock in the morning of the 15th, Wang Bicheng led three battalions of the 18th Division to easily occupy the strategic point of Duozhuang, which originally had only one engineer company of defenders. Only then did Zhang Lingfu realize that his retreat had been cut off, and the 74th Division was surrounded in Menglianggu.
Li Tianxia, commander of the enemy's 83rd Division on the left flank, did not choose to rescue Zhang Lingfu, but led the troops to withdraw, and Huang Botao on the right flank actively reinforced, but they were stubbornly resisted by the 6th Vertical and 16th Division, and although they fought for a day, they were unable to break through the defense line of our army.
At the critical moment, Wang Bicheng took the initiative to ask Ying to take part in the attack on the 74th Division while ensuring the completion of the blocking task. Su Yu approved his request and assigned the 6th Column to attack the enemy from the northwest, due west, and southwest, and it was necessary to launch an attack at dawn on the 16th, end the battle on the same day, and completely annihilate the enemy's 74th Division.
That night, Wang Bicheng convened an emergency meeting of the leaders of the divisions, and he waved his fists excitedly and said: "We must avenge the comrades who died in the two Lianshui blocking battles, resolutely eliminate the 74th Division, and capture Zhang Lingfu alive, at all costs!" ”
At dawn on the 16th, all the six regiments of the 6th column entered the predetermined position, and Wang Bicheng's headquarters moved forward to the mountain field on the west side of Menglianggu, which was only 4 kilometers away from the peak of Menglianggu.
At 4 o'clock in the morning, Wang Bicheng gave the order for a general attack. As soon as the battle began, it entered a white-hot stage, and the special service group as the reserve of the 6th column asked for battle many times, but Wang Bicheng did not allow it.
By 7 a.m., both the enemy and our troops were exhausted. At this time, whoever can invest in new forces will be able to achieve the final victory. After careful consideration, Wang Bicheng finally gave the order to put the special service group that had been recuperating into battle.
This regiment is a trump card for Wang Bicheng, and it will only be used at critical moments. Wang Bicheng said to the head of the secret service group: "Pierce it like a bayonet, pounce on it like a tiger!" ”
Under the leadership of Deputy Regiment Commander He Fengshan, they descended the mountain like a fierce tiger and penetrated directly into the enemy's formation, and they were unstoppable, capturing several mountains in a few hours.
At 10 o'clock in the morning, our army had already compressed all the remnants of the 74th Division at the main peak of Menglianggu and the 600 heights. At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, our army launched a general attack on Meng Lianggu, and all kinds of artillery fire bombarded the enemy's position from all directions, the ground shook the mountains, and the enemy's flesh and blood and rocks flew together, and there was chaos.
Pi Dingjun, deputy commander of the 6th Column, personally planned the offensive route for the special task force, and He Fengshan led this elite assault force to attack the headquarters of the 74th Division in the cave in Meng Lianggu's waist and killed Zhang Lingfu in one fell swoop.
General Wang Bicheng commanded well in the Battle of Menglianggu, and finally annihilated the 74th Division and avenged the loss of Lianshui City. However, after he was awarded the rank of founding lieutenant general in 1955, he heard that Ye Fei was awarded the rank of general, and felt that his military rank was low.
He reported this problem to the old leader, but failed to do so. Despite this, General Wang Bicheng still earned the respect he deserved for his outstanding military prowess and leadership.
In the 1952 rating of army cadres, he was of the rank of deputy corps, and most of the generals at this rank were awarded the rank of lieutenant general. Ye Fei is at the level of the regular corps, and he has participated in the establishment of the Mindong Revolutionary Base Area, and he has profound qualifications.
Therefore, the rank of lieutenant general of General Wang Bicheng is completely justified.
Tao Yong, whose name is Ziming, is a native of Lianshui, Jiangsu, graduated from the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University, and served as deputy commander and chief of staff of the Central China Field Army Column, deputy commander of the East China Military Region Navy, deputy commander of the East China Sea Fleet, and adviser to the East China Sea Fleet.
In 1955, he was awarded the rank of Rear Admiral and was awarded the Order of August 1 of the 2nd Degree, the Order of Independence and Freedom of the 2nd Degree, and the Order of Liberation of the 1st Class.
Tao Yong, a name that terrified the British army. After careful consideration, he rejected the advice of his superiors and decisively gave the order to return fire on the British ship. Tao Yong's decision made the arrogance of the British army extinguished in an instant.
His bravery, his steadfastness, made him a hero in the hearts of the people. His actions proved to the world that the Chinese people are not allowed to be bullied by imperialism.
His spirit inspires every Chinese to forge ahead bravely and not be afraid of power.
The "Purple Quartz" incident shocked the world, and this was the first time since the Opium War that the squadron took the initiative to fire at the British ** ship. Winston Churchill, the head of the British Conservative Party, demanded that two aircraft carriers be sent to retaliate against China by force.
* and *** expressed great concern about this matter, ** even laughed that Tao Yong likes to fight warships, and let him work in the navy in the future. ** Personally drafted a statement condemning the aggression of British imperialism and affirming Tao Yong's righteous actions.
This incident made *** remember Tao Yong, and Tao Yong was also appointed commander of the East China Military Region Navy, which was the decision of *** to personally appoint the general.
In October 1954, General Tao Yong discovered that the Kuomintang Navy's capital ship "Taiping" frequently appeared near Wenzhou Bay, Sanmen Bay, and Taizhou Bay, and even anchored in the harbor of Dachen Island.
This one has a total length of 965 meters, 11 meters wide7 meters, with a 6,000 horsepower engine and a displacement of 1,430 tons, is Chiang Kai-shek's treasure, and the main equipment is 764 2mm machine guns and 40mm guns, 10 20mm machine guns, served the Kuomintang army in the civil war, participated in the siege of Jinzhou, blockade of the Yangtze River estuary, Hainan Island retreat and other actions, after the Kuomintang was defeated and retreated to Taiwan, the "Taiping" was regarded as "the 74th division in the navy".
When General Tao Yong learned of this news, he immediately made up his mind to attack the "Taiping".
On the evening of October 31, 1954, the radar soldiers of the Chiang Jun Radar Observation Station found a group of small bright spots on the fluorescent screen, which circled around the sea area of the high island anchorage and then returned the same way.
This is a routine cruise of a group of frigates on the mainland side. The Kuomintang radar soldier on duty carefully observed for two hours, but never found anything abnormal, and after reporting to his superiors, he fell asleep with peace of mind.
However, they were completely unaware that Tao Yong had quietly played a little trick right under their noses. It turned out that during the cruise of this fleet, each frigate towed a torpedo boat.
Since the size of the frigate was much larger than that of the torpedo boats, and the course of the formation was exactly perpendicular to the opposing observation posts, the presence of torpedo boats could not be detected by the opposing radars.
When the formation circled around Takashima, a total of four torpedo boats from No. 155 to No. 158 of our side were already waiting in the waters near Takashima, ready to attack at any time.
The officers and men on the torpedo boat waited for 14 days in the sea in the sun and at night, starvation and cold. Finally, at 05:05 on November 14, a bright spot appeared on our radar phosphor screen.
The radar soldier immediately reported: "The azimuth is 147 degrees, the distance is 15 nautical miles, the target has been found!" The course is 62 degrees, the speed is 12 knots. The shadow of the ship on the fluorescent screen became larger and larger, and the radar soldier accurately reported: "It's the enemy's 'Taiping'!" ”
The enemy situation was quickly reported to the naval operations room of the East China Military Region. Tao Yong grabbed the microphone and ordered: "Act according to the first battle plan and start attacking!" At this time, Tao Yong was both excited and a little worried.
Our torpedo boats have a displacement of only 22 tons, and the only direct threat to enemy ships is two 450-mm torpedo tubes, and they have little defense, and if they are hit by a medium-power shell, they will be blown to pieces.
However, Tao Yong is full of confidence in his heart, and he knows that as long as he grasps the opportunity, he will definitely succeed.
At 0:52 a.m., four torpedo boats, guided by the radar on the shore, galloped towards the enemy ships. At 1:28, torpedo boat No. 155 reported that a light was spotted on the right.
The command post on the shore immediately issued a notification: the enemy ship is 30 degrees to your right. Ready, launch! 1:35:30 seconds, 10 chains away from the target (1 chain is equal to 185.)2 meters), two torpedoes of the 155th jumped into the sea like dolphins; At 1:36:20, 5 chains away from the target, two torpedoes from the 157 boat rushed out; 1:36:40, 5 chains away from the target, No. 156 double thunder salvo; At 1:37:00, 5 chains away from the target, No. 158 completed the final blow.
After all eight torpedoes were fired, our torpedo boat formation quickly returned home. At this time, a dull loud noise came from the direction of the target, and when our officers and men looked back, they saw a huge column of water rising from the starboard side of the "Taiping," and a thick smoke rising from the front of the bridge.
It turned out that a torpedo of No. 158 accurately hit the enemy ship, and our officers and men could not help but get excited in their hearts, and reported to the shore by radio: "Hit the enemy ship, and none of our ships have a **."
Taiping"The ship was torpedoed, and Captain Tao Yong was excited when he learned the news, and he told his team through **:"Well played! The people thank you, and I thank you!
Return now! "However,"Taiping"The situation of the ship was very serious, it was hit on the starboard side, creating a large hole 1 meter square, completely incapacitated.
However, the enemy mistakenly believed that he had been attacked by our air, which led to the heavy fire of all the ship's guns into the air. At 3 o'clock in the morning, three Taiwanese ** ships came from the direction of Dachen Island and were successfully rescued"Taiping"survivors and tried to tow the ship back to Dachen Island.
However, by 7:15 a.m"Taiping"The ship began to sink rapidly, and the crew of the frigate towing it had to immediately cut the cables, eventually"Taiping"At 7:42 a.m., it sank 18 nautical miles from Takashima.
1.After Tao Yong learned the news of the sinking of the Taiping, he laughed heartily: "Now the 'Taiping' is completely peaceful, and Lao Jiang will never be ......peaceful in the future.""The four torpedo boats of our army returned victoriously in the early morning of the 15th and were warmly welcomed.
The sinking of the "Taiping" in this battle was the first victory won by the torpedo boat unit of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy since its formation, and created a glorious example of small boats fighting large ships.
Even the United States exclaimed: "Prove that Communist China now has a great naval force!" In 1955, Tao Yong was awarded the rank of Vice Admiral. On October 24 of that year, the East China Military Region Navy was renamed the East China Sea Fleet of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy, with Tao Yong as commander.
Because Tao Yong is indeed famous, he is known as "a tiger lying in the East China Sea". This is "Ye Wang Tao", the great "Ye Wang Tao"! 2.After learning the news of the sinking of the "Taiping", General Tao Yong laughed heartily: "Now the 'Taiping' is completely peaceful, and Lao Jiang will never be ......peaceful in the future.""The four torpedo boats of our army returned victoriously in the early morning of the 15th and were warmly welcomed.
The sinking of the "Taiping" in this battle was the first victory won by the torpedo boat unit of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy since its formation, and created a glorious example of small boats fighting large ships.
Even the United States exclaimed: "Prove that Communist China now has a great naval force!" In 1955, Tao Yong was awarded the rank of Vice Admiral. On October 24 of that year, the East China Military Region Navy was renamed the East China Sea Fleet of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy, with Tao Yong as commander.
Because Tao Yong is indeed famous, he is known as "a tiger lying in the East China Sea". This is "Ye Wang Tao", the great "Ye Wang Tao"! 3.After General Tao Yong learned the news of the sinking of the "Taiping", he laughed heartily: "Now the 'Taiping' is completely peaceful, and Lao Jiang will never be ......peaceful in the future.""The four torpedo boats of our army returned victoriously in the early morning of the 15th and were warmly welcomed.
The sinking of the "Taiping" in this battle was the first victory won by the torpedo boat unit of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy since its formation, and created a glorious example of small boats fighting large ships.
Even the United States exclaimed: "Prove that Communist China now has a great naval force!" In 1955, Tao Yong was awarded the rank of Vice Admiral. On October 24 of that year, the East China Military Region Navy was renamed the East China Sea Fleet of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy, with Tao Yong as commander.
Because Tao Yong is indeed famous, he is known as "a tiger lying in the East China Sea". This is "Ye Wang Tao", the great "Ye Wang Tao"!