In the autumn of 1944, the Japanese puppet army launched a brutal sweep of the area west of the Jinpu Road in Huainan, with nearly 20,000 troops participating. In the process of responding to this sweep, the 2nd Division and 5th Brigade of the New Fourth Army played a major role, and the brigade commander Cheng Jun performed well.
Cheng Jun used his wisdom to leave two regiments to carry out surprise attacks on the outer line, one regiment was responsible for pinning down the enemy, and the other regiment was to carry out a sneak attack on the flanks in conjunction with local forces. As a result, the enemy was exhausted and forced to retreat, and the 5th Brigade won a complete victory in this counter-sweep.
Despite the success of repelling the enemy, the strength of the Japanese puppet army was still strong, and the 5th Brigade paid nearly a thousand ** in the struggle against the enemy and suffered heavy losses. The 2nd Division suggested that the 5th Brigade should rest immediately, and then withdraw to the Lotang garrison to replenish its troops before fighting.
Just as the Fifth Brigade was preparing to carry out the order, it suddenly received an urgent message. After reading the news, Cheng Jun fell into deep thought.
The next day, Cheng Jun contacted the Second Division first, but after the call, he seemed to be still thinking deeply. At this time, the commander of the New Fourth Army called, praising Cheng Jun's determination and courage in completing the anti-sweeping task and encouraging him to restore his combat effectiveness as soon as possible.
However, after listening to this, Cheng Jun immediately asked how to quickly restore combat effectiveness with such a large loss. After listening, he found that Cheng Jun seemed to have something else to say, so he encouraged him and said: "Cheng Jun, you really dare to challenge me, say anything quickly, and do anything quickly." ”
Cheng Jun immediately said to ** that he hoped to fight again.
The battle of the Fifth Brigade was over, and Cheng Jun won.
* After hearing this, he exclaimed: "Cheng Jun, this kid is really heroic and witty, I trust him to succeed." Now, be publicly praised! "So what kind of battle did Cheng Jun fight?
It turned out that after the end of the counter-sweep, the underground organization sent a top-secret piece of information: Cao Maoqiong, commander of the 171st Division of the Kuomintang Gui Army, had gathered four entire battalions of troops and secretly marched to the headquarters of the Fifth Brigade, which is currently in a state of assembly.
After Cheng Jun got the news, he was calm and not nervous. Obviously, the enemy wanted to take advantage of the fact that our army had just undergone a sweep and the troops were seriously attrition and extremely exhausted, to create a conflict and take our army by surprise.
However, the enemy had only four battalions of troops, as well as a number of heavy firearms. However, although our army suffered heavy losses, the formation of the four regiments, coupled with the support of the local armed forces, clearly had an advantage in strength.
Obviously, the enemy's intelligence was wrong, thinking that the 5th Brigade had lost all combat effectiveness in the counter-sweep. So, Cheng Jun decided to fight an ambush battle and wipe out the four battalions of the Gui army.
If it can be successful, it will be able to replenish a batch of ** equipment. So, he reported his thoughts to the division, but the division thought that the chances of victory were not very good, and he was firmly opposed to him fighting this battle, which made him feel a little lost.
It turned out that the New Fourth Army, under the leadership of Cheng Jun, successfully annihilated four battalions of the Gui Army, killed nearly 2,000 people, captured nearly 1,000 people, and captured a large amount of ammunition.
And the ** army commander only knew the specific situation after the battle, he was very concerned and worried, and he did not let go until he learned the news of the victory. Afterwards, he specially called Cheng Jun and criticized him for disobeying military orders and not asking for instructions or reporting.
Cheng Jun was full of self-confidence, resolutely defended his decision, and attributed the responsibility to the commander. I couldn't help but want to laugh after hearing this, but I still told him seriously to treat my brother unit fairly.
Although Cheng Jun was not held accountable, Cheng Jun still needs to remember not to monopolize the credit. In the end, Cheng Jun was remembered by history because of this outstanding military operation.