In September 1933, Chiang Kai-shek gathered 500,000 troops to carry out the fifth "encirclement and suppression" of the ** Soviet area. In order to reverse the previous defeat, Chiang Kai-shek adopted the tactics of pillboxes and steadily advanced.
By mid-February 1934, the 5th Column of the 3rd Route Army had penetrated deep into the front line of Nanfeng Jigong Mountain. However, for fear of being annihilated by the lone army in depth, Luo Zhuoying, commander-in-chief of the 5th Column, ordered the 5 divisions to build pillboxes first and then move forward.
According to the strategy of "keeping the enemy out of the country", Li De ordered the 4th Division of the Red 1st Army and the 4th Division of the 3rd Red Army to seize Fengxiang Peak, the only road to Nanfeng, in order to prevent Jiang's army from advancing to Nanfeng through Zhangcun.
According to Li De's plan, the Red First Army needed to "occupy Fengxiang Peak first and annihilate the advancing enemy", and then hold the position and carry out a "short assault". However, this plan left little room for the commander of the Red First Army, mainly to carry out positional defense, holding the position is the first task, and the rest is the opportunity to carry out a "short assault".
* In the limited space, hoping to fight in a flexible way, his strategy was: the 2nd Division and the 6th Regiment held on to Fengxiang Peak, and the main force of the corps hid in the southwest of Fengxiang Peak and waited for an opportunity.
Among them, the main force of Li Jukui's Red 1st Division was hidden southeast of Fengxiang Peak, and when Chen Guang's Red 2nd Division began to attack, it attacked the enemy from the right flank, cutting off their retreat and destroying them.
The 4th Division of the Red Third Army Corps was assembled in the southeast area of Fengxiang Peak. On the 15th, after the main force of the 79th Division of the Chiang Army arrived in the Yiguao area, the division commander Fan Songfu found that the Red Army had occupied the Fengxiangfeng Heights, so at 9:30 on the same day, he commanded his troops and a regiment of the 67th Division to launch a fierce attack on the Fengxiangfeng position.
* The command performance in the battle was excellent, and his cooperation with Liu Shaoqing, the commander of the Red 6th Regiment, was also very good. **'s strategic intention was not to defend at Fengxiang Peak, but to try to lure the enemy out of position and then strike at it.
Through this strategy of consuming the enemy, when the enemy is exhausted, the main force of the legion will attack on all fronts and eliminate Fan Songfu. Liu Shaoqing understood this strategy, he only deployed one battalion on the position to meet the enemy, and when the enemy attacked, he used another battalion to attack in front of the formation, and the enemy did not pursue after retreating, so as not to leave the position too far.
On the first day, this strategy worked very well, and Liu Shaoqing's troops successfully surrounded the enemy and captured more than a hundred guns. At the same time, Hong Chao's Red 4th Division crushed the attack of more than one regiment of the enemy reinforced by Fengjiawan in the southeast area of Fengxiang Peak, and effectively supported Liu Shaoqing's operation.
Liu Shaoqing took a similar approach to Li De"Short assaults"Tactics, trying to win more with less, but the effect is not ideal. In the **Soviet zone, the enemy's forces were stronger and replenished faster, and the Red Army was at a disadvantage compared to the attrition and replenishment of the Red Army.
The enemy also wanted the Red Army to defend in one place, so that they could easily attack. After the first attack was repulsed, the enemy continued to increase his forces and launched an attack on the Red 6th Regiment on a larger scale.
Even if the Red 1st Army was all thrown into battle, it would be difficult to withstand the enemy's offensive.
The Red 2nd Regiment came to support and took over the post of the Red 6th Regiment, allowing the Red 6th Regiment to rest. However, they only held out for one round, and instead were almost consumed by the opponent.
The Red 6th Regiment had just rested and had to return to the battlefield. The battle of Fengxiang Peak lasted until the afternoon, and the ** of the Red 6th Regiment continued to increase. Liu Shaoqing was wounded in the battle, his hand was blown up, and the mule he was riding also broke three legs.
The enemy's aircraft and artillery fire blew up the ** line of the regiment headquarters and the regiment headquarters, and Xu Chang, the communications director, personally went to connect the lines, and finally died heroically. Liu Shaoqing and political commissar Song Qingquan saw through the telescope a large number of enemies gathering on the ridges, and seemed to be preparing to make a detour to the side of Fengxiang Peak.
The two estimated that there were about four or five regiments, and decided to report it immediately to the corps headquarters. Liu Shaoqing asked Song Qingquan to write a report to the corps, he drew a circle by himself, and then sent a correspondent to the head of the corps headquarters.
However, the legion did not respond for a long time, and after sending people to look for it, it was found that the communicator had broken his leg by enemy planes on the way. The two young regiment leaders were anxious.
When I called ** again, ** finally got through, and Liu Shaoqing hurriedly reported the situation to **.
* Instruct Liu Shaoqing to hold his position, observe the enemy's movements and contact the 4th Division to avoid the enemy's sneak attack. After that, ** informed Liu Shaoqing that the corps headquarters would retreat first, and the Red 6th Regiment would withdraw after 1 to 2 hours.
The battle ended in defeat, mainly because"Passive defense"of the military line and"Short assaults"The decision to retreat was wise. Still, one is needed"Right-leaning", Liu Shaoqing became this target and did not know it.
About 10 days after the battle at Fengxiangfeng, Zuo Quan, the chief of staff of the Red First Army, gave Liu Shaoqing a **.
Before the battle of Fengxiang Peak, General Zuo Quan had just been transferred from the Red Colonel to the Red First Army. He is Liu Shaoqing's teacher and superior in the Red School, and has profound military attainments and cultivation.
Liu Shaoqing admires Zuo Quan very much, and Zuo Quan also values Liu Shaoqing. However, when Zuo Quanda asked Liu Shaoqing why he did not report to the corps headquarters, Liu Shaoqing said that he had not received a notice.
Zuo Quan said that Liu Shaoqing had been transferred to the corps headquarters and notified many times, but Liu Shaoqing did not come. Liu Shaoqing felt uneasy in his heart, rejected the suggestion of political commissar Song Qingquan to ask him about the division, and came to the division headquarters with simple luggage.
The chief of the management section of the division headquarters sent a transporter to help him pick up his luggage, and they were curious about why Liu Shaoqing was only transferred and why it was so sudden, and guessed whether something had happened.
Liu Shaoqing was about to leave the venue due to Zuo Quan's urging, but was stopped by Liu Yalou. It turned out that after Zuo Quan transferred Liu Shaoqing away, the corps headquarters did not confirm this order.
At the meeting, Liu Yalou announced that Liu Shaoqing would be removed from his post as regiment commander on the grounds that he had lied about the military situation. According to the report of the Third Army Corps, the enemy had only one regiment at most that day, while Song Qingquan's report said four or five regiments, apparently a circle drawn by Liu Shaoqing.
Song Qingquan later became a traitor, but at that time, he told the truth in front of the division commander and said that the responsibility should be borne by him and Liu Shaoqing.
Liu Yalou and Liu Shaoqing, political commissars of the 2nd Red Division, both believed that it was correct to report the situation to the corps in a timely manner, and although the figures were estimated, they could not be counted as lying. However, Liu Yalou had a very bad temper at that time and questioned Liu Shaoqing.
At this time, a commissioner spoke to accuse Liu Shaoqing of being greedy and taking away a Yin Dan Shilin cloth military uniform from Xie Song, the head of the 12th Regiment, which was exchanged for bloodshed and sacrifice.
The commissioner is a representative stationed by the Security Bureau, directly under the Security Bureau system, responsible for "rectification", and at the same time responsible for the supervision of commanders at the same level. A commander at the same level cannot command a special commissioner at the same level, and a commander at the same level cannot intervene when a special commissioner is "purged."
Therefore, the commissioner has the power of life and death, and in the army, he has the "heaven is not afraid, the earth is not afraid, and the commissioner is afraid to talk!" ". The cause of the incident was that the Red Third Army defeated the enemy in Shaxian County, captured a large number of Yin Dan Shilin cloth, and all of them changed into new military uniforms.
Liu Shaoqing's old comrade-in-arms Yao Zhe was injured in the white-knuckle battle, Liu Shaoqing went to visit him, and mentioned that the Red 6th Regiment also had some small captures in Fengxiangfeng, and everyone congratulated him.
Liu Shaoqing presented an Italian-made shell gun to Yao Zhe and Xie Song, who sent back a new military uniform of Yin Dan Shilinbu, but it was mistaken for a crime. Liu Shaoqing was very angry and resolutely refused to explain, and Song Qingquan came forward to clarify.
In the end, Division Commander Chen Guang and Chief of Staff Zuo Quan both expressed their understanding, and Liu Shaoqing also got the position of the legion, but there were still many grievances in their hearts.
Nie Heting (first from left) took Liu Shaoqing to meet **, and he was also very happy to see the little fellow (Lin and Liu are both from Huanggang): "I didn't expect you to be familiar with Chief of Staff Zuo, but he has repeatedly recommended you to be an operational staff officer." ”
Liu Shaoqing was a little nervous, saying that he had no culture and was afraid that he would not be able to do well. "Which one is not learned by doing, as long as you are willing to learn, there is no Mount Tai that can't be overcome! * Encourage him.
A few days later, the Red First Army held another meeting about Liu Shaoqing. The scale of this meeting was much larger than the last time, in addition to the participants of the inconclusive meeting of the 2nd Division, Li Zhuoran, the commander of the corps and the director of the Political Department of the Political Commissar, Huang Zhong, the director of the Political Security Bureau, the head of the corps organization, Li Jukui, the commander of the 1st Red Division, Huang Su, the political commissar, Chen Guang, the commander of the 2nd Division, and Liu Yalou, the political commissar of the 2nd Division, all participated.
The meeting was presided over by Liu Yalou, who repeated Liu Shaoqing's "mistake" of "lying about the military situation." Liu Shaoqing was determined to figure out this matter, he slapped the table and shouted: "Kill me and I will find out about this matter!" ”
* Holding Liu Shaoqing's hand, he said earnestly: "Comrade Liu, stay calm, stay calm!" Li Jukui, the commander of the 1st Red Division, was a straightforward person, and he immediately defended Liu Shaoqing: "The enemy army is only on the ridge, all we can do is to observe and estimate with a telescope."
Reporting to superiors can only be done on a case-by-case basis. This does not mean that the report of the friendly forces is correct, nor can it be said that Liu Shaoqing's observation is wrong. ”
However, the meeting still failed to reach an agreement, and finally the political commissar of the corps made a decision to punish Liu Shaoqing on the charge of lying about the military situation. At the end of the meeting, ** read out the punishment decision and asked Liu Shaoqing: "Do you agree with this decision?" ”
Liu Shaoqing replied resolutely: "I don't agree. At the meeting of the 2 division, the political commissar Song of the 6th regiment had already clarified this issue, and the political commissar Liu did not object. Why is it a problem again now? ”
The meeting ended on an unpleasant note.
It's okay, there are always some twists and turns to do revolution! ”