Wang Jinshan fought thousands of battles in his lifetime, and in his later years, someone asked him which of the most fierce battles? Wang Jinshan replied without hesitation: "Eagle back mouth blood battle." ”
Eagle back mouth bloody battle, most people do not know.
Because it was a battle during the Red Army period, and not many people survived after this battle.
The battle took place in the early spring of 1934.
This was a battle in the "Six-Way Siege" of the Sichuan Army.
At that time, Wang Jinshan was the commander of the Red 28 Regiment and led his troops to defend the Eagle's Back Mouth position.
Due to the fierce attack of the Sichuan army, commander Wang Hongkun believed that the red 28 regiment's defensive surface was too wide, the strength of the troops was too thin, and there was no reserve, and if it was broken by the enemy, the enemy could insert itself into the river behind the whole army, cut off the rear road of the Red 10th Division, and readjust the deployment. However, political commissar Zhang Guangcai disagreed, saying:
"I see that the enemy's main attack direction is 30 regiments, the eagle's back mouth is a cliff, easy to defend and difficult to attack, how can the enemy be stupid enough to attack from here?"
"The cliff is not easy to defend, the enemy uses artillery, and it is difficult for us to defend." Wang Hongkun said.
Neither of them persuaded anyone, and since there were not many mobile units in the whole army, it was finally decided to draw only 1 battalion from the Red 30 Regiment to the Red 28 Regiment.
On the second day, the fighting became more intense, with the enemy attacking the positions defended by the Red 10th Division with 3 brigades. In front of the red 30 regiment position in the east, the enemy attack was indeed fierce. Zhang Guangcai saw that the results were not unexpected, and left the battalion of the Red 30 Regiment as the reserve of the Red 28 Regiment. Didn't you expect that the enemy was just pretending to attack, using the method of attacking the west with sound from the east.
Soon, enemy artillery frantically bombarded the Eagle's Back Mouth position of the Red 28 Regiment. During the heavy bombardment, the enemy infantry cut down large trees and built ladders to climb up the cliffs.
When Wang Jinshan heard the deafening sound of cannonballs, he realized that the visitors were not good. Under the cover of artillery fire, the black oppressive enemy pounced on the front of the Red 28 Regiment like ants on the tree. Wang Jinshan roared:
"Fight!"
Suddenly, the whole regiment of machine guns and rifles roared at the same time, and the enemy rolled down and climbed up again. Shells flew in piles and piles. The Red 28th Regiment had no reserve forces, and squad after squad disappeared in the sound of explosions.
Wang Jinshan personally strafed with a machine gun.
However, there are too many enemies to fight at all. Wang Jinshan ordered the warriors:
1 Company has lost 2 companies on the top, and 1 Battalion has lost 2 battalions on the top, even if it is all spelled out, the position cannot be lost!"
The warriors braved the shells and fought the enemy infantry. Countless enemies rushed up, and Wang Jinshan ordered:
"Good! Get on the bayonet!"
He drew his large knife and shouted, "Kill! "Standing up in the front, a large flag followed, the flag soldier was hit and fell to the ground, another warrior rushed up to take the flag and continued to advance, a thrilling white-knife fight unfolded. Deafening shouts, the crashing of weapons, and the howls of the enemy stirred the sky into darkness.
However, enemy soldiers kept pouring in. In the bloody battle, more and more Red Army soldiers died with the enemy, and the position was finally broken by the enemy.
When Wang Hongkun arrived with a guard company, there were thousands of people in the Red 28 Regiment, and only Wang Jinshan and more than a dozen bloody people were still desperately trying to resist.
"Wang Jinshan, the guard company has handed it over to you!" Wang Hongkun shouted, "We must repel the enemy and stop the enemy from advancing!"
The enemy soldiers gained the upper hand and made a deep assault on the Red Army position, and Wang Hongkun roared when he saw that the situation was not good:
"Wang is close to the mountain, quickly lead the guard company to quickly take down the commanding heights of the two mountains in the east and west, -- we must hold it."
Wang Jinshan could no longer shout, and with his machine gun he strafed at the enemy who rushed up, and rushed towards the top of the mountain. The other warriors also followed him, slashing left and right, and step by step they hit the top of the hill to occupy the commanding heights, and finally stopped the enemy soldiers.
At dusk, the fierce gunfire finally stopped, and the enemy retreated.
Wang Jinshan ordered, "Quick, quickly carry the wounded down." ”
However, the officers and men of the Red 28 Regiment fell in piles in a pool of blood, and few of them were alive.
Decades later, Wang Jinshan recalled this bloody battle and said bitterly: "I don't even know how they fell!" The position is lost, and the whole army is in danger! More than 20 regiments of the enemy attacked fiercely, and the enemy was outnumbered. My good brothers, that's it. This battle is too fierce! ”