In 1938,The 115th Brigade of the 344th Division of the Eighth Route ArmyWhen he came to the Taihang Mountains, he was invincible and won successive battles.
This winning army is energetic and high-spirited, but at critical momentsThe brigade commander was so angry that he vomited blood and was hospitalized because of a move by his subordinates.
* It was considered that a ** brigade commander should be elected, with a brigade commissarHuang KechengJointly managed the 344 Brigade.
So ** foundTian Shouyao, telling him that he could take the post of brigade commander and just wait for the appointment of the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.
Tian ShouyaoAfter hearing the good news, Tian Shouyao was overjoyed and overjoyed, and promised that he would fulfill the responsibility of the first brigade commander and lead the entire 344 Brigade to a stronger and more heroic future.
Butand ***However, he did not agree with the candidate proposed by **, considering that leading a main force of 5,000 people requires this leader to have high qualifications and leadership ability.
and *** are more optimistic about another fierce general.
So ** reassignedA capable generalCame to the 344th Brigade and made him the commander of the ** brigade.
Tian Shouyao was very unhappy when he heard the news, and he didn't even go to the activity of seeing off the old brigade commander, ** After hearing the news, he immediately decided to hold a democratic life meeting.
At the meeting, ** had a serious expression and said word by word:
"If the party committee does not dare to criticize and self-criticize, it is not a party committee, nor is it a member of the Communist Party! ”What is the beginning and end of this matter? The 344 Brigade is a team composed of elite generals, who will be the first brigade commander in the end?
During the war years, there was always such a strong force that the enemy was terrified.
In our country,115th Brigade of the 344th Division of the Eighth Route ArmyIt is undoubtedly the ace army during the Anti-Japanese War, the elite of the elite, the main force of the main force, they have played outstanding records and fought many tough and difficult battles, among which the most proud of the 344 Brigade is undoubtedly the oneFlat type Guan Dajie
In late August 1937, the 344th Brigade received an order from the Sanyuan area to the northeast of Jin, and officially opened the prelude to the Battle of Pingxingguan on September 25.
Commander of the 115th Division, deputy division commanderOn the battlefield, they showed their command ability like geniuses, and the 344 Brigade also lived up to expectations, playing the bloody and heroic spirit of Chinese men on the battlefield.
In this battle, the 344th Brigade gave full play to the advantages of close combat and mountain warfare, concentrated its superior forces, and fought a beautiful ambush battle against the Japanese soldiers!
The Battle of Pingxingguan was the first major victory of the Eighth Route Army since its division, which shattered the Japanese ambition to invade China and also played the reputation of the 344th Brigade as invincible.
After the victory at Pingxingguan, in 1938, the 344th Brigade began to disperse its actions, penetrate deep into the masses, carry out guerrilla warfare, and create an anti-Japanese revolutionary base area.
During this period, the 344th Brigade opened up an anti-Japanese base area in the rear on the one hand, and thwarted the Japanese attack on the base area at the front.
In 1939, the 344th Brigade cooperated with the 129th Division to fight a beautiful victory, smashing the Japanese army's sweep of the southeast area of Shanxi.
Why was the 344th Brigade able to move forward bravely and unstoppably on the battlefield?
In addition to the soldiers of the 344 Brigade, all of them are heroes who are brave and good at fightingIt is inseparable from a backbone, inseparable from the leader of this team, and being able to lead an outstanding team often means that its leader is even more extraordinary.
The 344 Brigade evolved from the Red 15th Army of the Red First Army, and the Red 15th Army was composed of the Red 25th Army, the Red 26th Army, and the Red 27th ArmyChen GengThe general was one of the founders of the Red 25th Army, which had experienced the Long March, participated in the anti-Japanese resistance, and was the center of the Chinese Communist Party's activities in western Henan.
Chen GengTherefore, the people who make up the 344 Brigade are all battlefield talents who can win battles and carry tough battles, and they have rich combat experience and combat capabilities.
Moreover, the brigade commander who was in charge of the 344th Brigade at that time wasXu Haidong, compared with Su Yu, this brigade commander is not much different.
Xu HaidongTheir reputation and status in the party are all very good, and everyone is full of praise when they talk about their two leaders, and with such a veteran with rich combat experience leading a group of battlefield talents, the 344 Brigade is naturally invincible and invincible.
However, it was after the 344th Brigade annihilated more than 1,000 enemies and won the Battle of Pingxingguan that some people in the team slowly slackened.
The Eighth Route Army is the unit that attaches the most importance to military discipline, and this is known to all.
A certain number of people in the 344 Brigade have developed a culture of pride, and some people have even begun to corrupt their minds and become arrogant in their behavior.
If this emotional symptom is not well controlled, it will hurt the entire 344 Brigade and the hearts of the people in the end.
At this turning point of fate,Chief of Staff of the 687 RegimentLan Guoqingand the head of the 687 regimentZhang ShaodongA move to letThe commander of the 344th Brigade, Xu Haidong, fell ill with vomiting blood, he had been suffering from lung problems, and now he had to go to the hospital for hospitalization**.
The 344 Brigade has no leader, and it urgently needs a backbone to suppress the whole brigade.
Who will you send? Who can do this?
Xu Haidong retreated into the background, who can be at the helm of the 344th Brigade?
* First thoughtHuang Kecheng, because he is the head of the organization department of the General Political Department of the Eighth Route Army, both in terms of work and style, is admirable.
Huang KechengMoreover, Huang Kecheng has devoted himself to the revolutionary cause of the Communist Party when he was young, and has witnessed the ups and downs of the party for many years, and has accompanied the party through thousands of mountains and rivers.
Therefore, Huang Kecheng has a high prestige in the army, and let him be the backbone of the 344th Brigade, presumably he can convince the public.
Before officially taking over the 344th Brigade, Huang Kecheng first went to the army to inspect it, and it was okay not to inspect itThe two people who caused Xu Haidong to vomit blood were not only proud and complacent, but even the whole person had completely degenerated.
Huang Kecheng immediately reported the situation to **, and without delay, ** immediately ordered Huang Kecheng to be appointed as the 344th BrigadeCommissar
Huang Kecheng is full of confidence in his next work, although he understands that he will face a difficult bone to gnaw, but he still does his best to make the entire 344 Brigade recognize him.
It turned out that Zhang ShaodongBecause of his excellent combat ability, Xu Haidong trusted him very much, before the Anti-Japanese WarZhang Shaodong also served as the commander of the 73rd Division of the Red Army
But Zhang Shaodong made friends carelessly, and he was often accompanied by a person whose name wasLan Guoqing, he is an idle, backward-thinking gangster.
Zhang Shaodong and Lan Guoqing mixed together, it was inevitable that they would get into some bad habits, and under the influence of Lan Guoqing, Zhang Shaodong gradually began to enjoy life and his thoughts became corrupt.
The bitterness of the Eighth Route Army and the faith in his heart could no longer attract him - money, power, and gambling were what he wanted most now.
In order to satisfy their own selfish interests, Zhang Shaodong and Lan Guoqing began to privately lead a team to fight local tyrants, seeking a lot of personal benefits for themselves.
At this time, Zhang Shaodong also had an affair with the daughter of a local tyrant.
This kind of thing is getting bigger and bigger, and it is gradually known to everyone, and even reaches the ears of the ** commander-in-chief.
He did not dare to delay, and immediately decided to personally come to the 344th Brigade to investigate the situation.
Seeing that what they had done had been completely exposed, Zhang Shaodong and Lan Guoqing coerced a battalion commander and several company platoon commanders to defect when everyone relaxed their vigilanceWu Xinquanimmediately led a battalion of soldiers to pursue, but after a long time of searching, there was still no trace of Zhang Shaodong, and the matter had to be closed.
Wu XinquanWhen Xu Haidong learned the news, he was angry and vomited blood, and as a last resort, Xu Haidong could only go to the hospital to recuperate!
This talent, who used to be recommended by Xu Haidong to ***, was corrupted mentally and ideologically, which led to extreme actions.
*The commander-in-chief and *** are very disappointed by this, but now is not the time to sigh, the most important thing is to find a right-hand man to assist Huang Kecheng in his daily work.
The current situation, Mr. Zhu thinks,Tian ShouyaoHe is undoubtedly able to take on this responsibility, but the only drawback is that he is too young to serve the public.
So when Tian Shouyao was replaced, he was extremely unconvinced, and he didn't even participate in Xu Haidong's send-off party.
For this reason, the commander-in-chief specially convened a democratic life meeting to correct Tian Shouyao's problem!
At the beginning of the meeting, Huang Kecheng only criticized euphemistically, but could not get to the core of the problem. **The commander-in-chief sat on the side and couldn't hold back, slapped the table, stood up, pointed to the cadres present and said:
"What kind of party committee is a party committee that does not dare to criticize and self-criticize? What kind of Communist Party member is he? ”In the end, the commander-in-chief severely criticized Tian Shouyao and said to Tian Shouyao:
"Doing work is like singing, whoever you click, whoever you click, you can't come out. We are members of the Communist Party! You have to listen to the best leaders, and you can't be emotional. ”**。Tian Shouyao also understood his mistake, and in his subsequent work, he was more calm, and finally won the trust of the party, and was appointed deputy commander of the 344th Brigade and commander of the new 2nd Brigade.
Of course, that's all for later.
Today, the practical problem has not been solved, and the 344 Brigade urgently needs a respected and prestigious general, who can cooperate with Huang Kecheng to lead the 344 Brigade further.
At this time, the name of a man came to the minds of *** and ** commander-in-chief, and he wasYang Dezhi
Yang DezhiWhy did *** choose Yang Dezhi in the end?
Because Yang Dezhi is four years older than Tian Shouyao, he has more combat experience, a more calm personality, admirable qualities and a reassuring character like a big brother.
Moreover, he was a senior officer of the Red Army, and he had some experience in managing the army, and before that he had experience in "fighting fires".
Moreover, Yang Dezhi has a deep friendship with the commander-in-chief, and the commander-in-chief knows this person's character very well, and the commander-in-chief is very relieved to put the 344 Brigade in the hands of Yang Dezhi.
If Yang Dezhi comes to the 344th Brigade, then he will command this corps composed of elite soldiers, and the combat effectiveness will rise sharply; Then, Huang Kecheng was used as the army's ideological vane to stabilize the entire army's ideological style.
Yang DezhiWith the concerted efforts of the two of them, the entire 344 Brigade became more united and tenacious, and the adverse effects of Zhang Shaodong's rebellion on the army were quickly quelled.
The figure of the 344th Brigade appeared in the anti-Japanese base areas in North China, and was active in Shanxi, Shandong, Hebei and other regionsThe local people all know that there is an Eighth Route Army here, they will fight guerrilla warfare, they will listen to the voices of the people, they can fight the Japanese army, and protect the interests of the people.
The reputation of the 344 Brigade is getting louder and louder, and its status in the eyes of the people is getting higher and higher.
In the course of protracted operations, the 344th Brigade further deepened its strategy and tactics and completed the transformation from Red Army tactics to guerrilla tactics.
They used small units as units, gave full play to their flexibility and mobility, made rational use of the terrain and terrain for camouflage, and extensively adopted the tactics of attack, ambush, and surprise attack to fight the Japanese army.
Embattled, grass and trees are soldiers, this is the most intuitive feeling of the Japanese army fighting with the 344 Brigade.
In 1940, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army established the second column, Huang Kecheng still served as the political commissar, Yang Dezhi served as the deputy commander, and the 344 Brigade went farther and farther under their leadership, and became stronger and stronger.
Yang DezhiAfter the end of the Anti-Japanese War, the 344th Brigade was engaged in new battles, and they went south to join the Third Division of the New Fourth Army, and destroyed the Kuomintang army several times, and also obtainedVictory in the Liaoshen Campaign
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the 344th Brigade, which had been organized into the 39th Army and the 34th Army, threw itself into the campaign to resist US aggression and aid KoreaThey were the main force of our country to fight in Korea at the earliest, even the 1st Division of the American ace cavalry once hated the northwest under the 39th Army.
The 344 Brigade is a legend of my ** team.
The experience of this army tells us that in order to fight and win a good war, in addition to having a group of soldiers who are brave and good at fighting, it is also necessary to establish a correct ideological orientation and have a backbone who can grasp the overall situation.
A snake does not walk without a head, and a bird does not fly without wings.