In the Battle of Huaihai, Chang Naichao, commander of the enemy's Seventh Division, was strongly dissatisfied with Li Yunlong's tactics after being captured, believing that there were quite a few guerrilla habits, and he opened up his position and fought face to face.
During the Liberation War, there was indeed such an officer, very similar to Chang Naichao, but not so senior, a major general regimental commander, his name was Zhong Xiongfei.
In the Battle of Soviet Union and China at the beginning of the Liberation War, Su Yu's first shot hit the reorganized 83rd Division of the Kuomintang Army. This unit, formerly known as the Kuomintang 100th Army, participated in the Battle of Changsha, the Battle of Changheng, the Battle of Guiliu and the Battle of Xiangxi during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.
Su Yu sent 6 regiments to besiege two regiments of the 83rd Division in Taixing, and finally he reported to Mao Zedong and eliminated two regiments of the 19th Brigade of the 83rd Division, plus a battalion, totaling more than 3,000 people.
This battle captured many Kuomintang prisoners, including Zhong Xiongfei, the leader of the 57th Regiment who had followed Li Tianxia for many years. After Zhong Xiongfei was captured alive, he kept muttering in his mouth.
He was very dissatisfied with the PLA cadres who guarded him, and Zhong Xiongfei said: "To fight a war, you should fight one regiment against another, and the tactics of the sea of people are not a skill." The cadre did not say a word, and pointed his finger at the three words on the gate: Prisoner of War Camp.
Zhong Xiongfei woke up and became a prisoner of the people, obediently closing his mouth.
Zhong Xiongfei is more than 40 years old this year, tall and strong, slightly fat. Although he was a regimental commander, he was awarded the rank of major general, which was also very rare in the Kuomintang Central Army.
This is mainly due to Zhong Xiongfei's excellent performance in the middle of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, as well as the promotion of his old boss Li Tianxia.
After the Japanese surrendered, Zhong Xiongfei led his regiment to successfully sneak into Taixing, so he was also appointed as the county magistrate of Taixing County. He was a great admirer of blitzkrieg tactics and often received unexpected miracles in battle.
Before the battle was intensified, he had sworn to Li Tianxia: My regiment is fully equipped with American equipment and has been trained by American instructors. If the Communists can take Xuanjiapu from us, they can carry guns and enter Nanjing without sending them.
In 1945, in the final battle of the Anti-Japanese Battlefield, zhong Xiongfei led his 57th regiment to garrison Dongkoutang, where he held out for 7 days and 7 nights, finally repelling the enemy's attack and being promoted to major general.
Gong Xiongfei was a native of Xinshao, Hunan, who joined the Northern Expedition Student Army in 1927 and rose from platoon leader to regimental commander. When the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression broke out in 1937, he served as a battalion commander and participated in the Battle of Songhu.
In the Battle of Xuefeng Mountain, Zhong Xiongfei led his regiment to build Dongkou County. The local people supported them strongly, and also helped them build fortifications, set up bunkers on the mountains, and laid barbed wire in the river.
On April 21, 1945, the Japanese 120th Regiment stormed the positions of the Fifty-seventh Regiment with artillery, and the 57th Regiment quickly launched an artillery counterattack, and the two sides fought for one day and one night.
Then the Japanese reinforcements arrived and launched a fierce attack on the positions of the Fifty-seventh Regiment. However, the 57th Regiment relied on favorable terrain to thwart the Japanese attack.
The Japanese army was ashamed and angry, and in the anti-Japanese battlefield, they rarely saw such a tenacious army. The Japanese quickly sent death squads to launch an onslaught on the positions of fifty-seven three, and the 57th Regiment also sent its own commandos without showing weakness.
The two sides engaged in hand-to-hand combat at the front of the position, but the 57th Regiment did not lose the upper hand. The battle progressed until the evening of April 28, the Japanese sent the most elite death squad hundreds of people, and the position of the Fifty-seventh Regiment, Dongkoutang, was taken by the Japanese.
At this time, the Nationalist Forty-fourth Army sent heavy artillery support, and the Flying Tigers also sent aircraft to bomb the Japanese army fiercely. Taking advantage of the darkness at night, Zhong Xiongfei led the 57th Regiment to launch a counterattack, and after a bloody battle, finally regained his position.
In this battle, Zhong Xiongfei became famous in one battle, was affirmed by Chiang Kai-shek, and was awarded the rank of major general, as if his future was bright, and he himself was satisfied.
What Wan Wan did not expect was that he was captured alive by Tu Balu, who he himself could not see. After undergoing a period of ideological reform in the prisoner-of-war camp, Zhong Xiongfei said that he would return to his hometown in Hunan and no longer fight for the Kuomintang.
Because his position is not high, but a regimental commander. In accordance with the principles of the Jewish prisoners of war, he was paid living expenses and sent him home.
In fact, he pretended to be more honest in the POW camp, but only to deceive trust. Zhong Xiongfei had just walked out of the prisoner-of-war camp and quickly reported to the Nationalist army that he was Zhong Xiongfei of the 83rd Division.
In this way, he returned to the old commander Li Tianxia, who had no one to use, and knew Zhong Xiongfei's ability, so he reactivated him as the leader of the 57th Regiment.
The Liberation War came in 1947, and in the Battle of Menglianggu, Zhang Lingfu's 74th Division was besieged in Menglianggu by Su Yu's East China Field Regiment. The heroic and warlike Zhang Lingfu felt the danger of death for the first time, and he desperately asked For help from Huang Botao and Li Tianxia in the surrounding areas.
Huang Baitao launched an all-out assault on the first column of the East China Field Army, hoping to rescue Zhang Lingfu's 74th Division. On this side, Li Tianxia did not hope to be able to rescue Zhang Lingfu, because there were many contradictions between the two people.
The predecessor of the 74th Division was the 74th Army, and both Li Tianxia and Zhang Lingfu had served as officers in the 74th Army for a long time, and Zhang Lingfu was a subordinate of Li Tianxia for a long time.
In 1946, when the Kuomintang army was reorganized, Li Tianxia and Zhang Lingfu secretly seized the position of commander of this ace division in the Open. Finally, with the support of Yu Jishi and Wang Yaowu, Zhang Lingfu sat in this position.
Li Tianxia not only had an old hatred for Zhang Lingfu, but also a new hatred. According to the initial plan, the reorganized 74th Division should be commanded by Li Tianxia of the first column, but Zhang Lingfu preferred to accept the leadership of Huang Baitao rather than follow Li Tianxia, which made Li Tianxia very unhappy.
When Li Tianxia received Tang Enbo's order, he sent Zhong Xiongfei's regiment to pretend to be a brigade to rescue Zhang Lingfu. Li Tianxia's order to Zhong Xiongfei was that defending the west bank of Yishui was the greatest success, and there was no need to rescue Zhang Lingfu with all his might.
It was under the guidance of such tactical thinking that Zhong Xiongfei's regiment had no fighting spirit at all, and the position was occupied by the Platon Army. This had very serious consequences, and one of Zhang Lianfu's brigades was divided and surrounded by the East China Field Army.
Zhang Lingfu was furious when he learned of the situation and reported to the Ministry of National Defense that if there was a problem with the right wing of the 74th Division, the reorganized 83rd Division would be fully responsible.
Li Tianxia, an old and cunning man, gave his regiment to Zhang Lingfu's command and told him to retreat quickly if he encountered a situation. Li Tianxia's 83rd Division did not approach Meng Lianggu, but instead contracted eastward.
The final result is known to everyone, the Nationalist 74th Division was completely annihilated by the East China Field Army. Zhong Xiongfei's regiment was also unable to run away, and was once again captured by Su Yu.
This time, Zhong Xiongfei met his old acquaintance, Jiang Huiquan, a captive cadre of the People's Liberation Army. Because it had only been 10 months since the last capture, both men still recognized each other.
Jiang Huiquan was very surprised and asked Zhong Xiongfei: Didn't you go back to your hometown in Hunan? How did I run into you here again?
Zhong Xiongfei sighed and replied, "There is no way." I have just left your army, and outside are all the Kuomintang sentries, interrogating me layer by layer, there is no way, I have to admit that I am the commander of the Major General Zhong Xiongfei."
Then I was sent to the division headquarters, and Li Tianxia asked me where I was going? I told him he wanted to go back to his hometown. Li Tianxia said to me, what can you do when you go back to your hometown? After being a soldier all my life, I still stay in the army. That's why I'll just keep in the army."
"I used to be educated by your army with you and knew the policy of preferential treatment of prisoners, so throughout the battle, the regiment I led did not fire a few shots, and then gave up resistance and came back."
Zhong Xiongfei, who was captured again, did not have the arrogance of the first time, and he understood that his capture and the defeat of the Kuomintang were inevitable. This time, he honestly accepted the transformation and decided to become a man again.
Later, because of his good performance and early release, Zhong Xiongfei chose to return to Changsha to live until his death in 1961 at the age of 54.