In February 1933, the Red First Army learned that the enemy's 52nd and 59th Divisions would pass through Longping in Feng County, Southwest Jiangxi Province, and decided to fight an ambush battle and teach the enemy a harsh lesson.
After three victories against "encirclement and suppression", the equipment of the Artillery Unit of the Red Army was greatly improved, and the artillery company of the First Red Army was also expanded into an "Artillery Battalion" composed of two artillery companies and an engineer company, with Zhao Chengzhang (Major General in 1955) as the battalion commander.
In the ambush battle of Daxiaolongping, the first company of artillery was assigned to the Red Seventh Division and the Red Ninth Division, which was ambushed near Xiaolongping, while the second company of artillery and the company of engineers were assigned to the Red Tenth Division and the Red Eleventh Division, and were ambushed on the mountains around Dalongping.
At about nine o'clock in the morning, the Red Army had just stopped deploying, and the outpost of the Red Ninth Division reported that the enemy's vanguard troops had arrived.
At this time, the rain and fog in the mountains and forests were foggy, and it was impossible to see things clearly from tens of meters away, which was undoubtedly an excellent weather for ambush warfare, but it was another matter for the artillery.
The enemy's large troops were about to reach the front, but the artillery generals could not observe the target, and their hearts were very anxious.
Just at this moment, a sharp gunshot came from the direction of Xiaolongping. It turned out that a company of the Red Ninth Division had encountered the enemy's vanguard troops, and the company seized the hill and fought.
In order not to expose our army's intentions, the company withdrew after a few blows. This made the enemy think that he had encountered a small group of guerrillas, and they were still marching with great swagger.
When the enemy all entered the ambush area, the headquarters of the Red First Army issued a signal for a general attack, and the ambush troops suddenly attacked at the same time, and the military trumpets sounded in unison and the gunfire was loud.
At this time, the fog was still not gone, and the target under the mountain was looming and could not be seen very really, but the artillery of the Red Army, based on the predetermined elements, slammed into the place where the enemy must pass.
The oncoming blow of the artillery suddenly confused the enemy. They immediately became disorganized, scattered into small groups, and crossed and mixed with the infantry of the Red Army's charge.
At this time, an interesting scene appeared on the battlefield: some enemies were fighting the Red Army, but the other part of the enemy, because of extreme panic, actually killed each other, killing and injuring many of their own people.
During the fierce battle, Zhao Zhangcheng suddenly found that a group of enemy mules, horses, and packs had seized Dalongping under the cover of a group of infantry.
The enemy uses automatic rifles, and it can be judged from the sound of gunfire that this must be the enemy's command organ. Zhao Zhangcheng immediately ordered the artillery to quickly correct the muzzle of the artillery and blast towards Dalongping.
The enemy who was sneaking towards Dalongping was indeed the headquarters of the enemy's Fifty-second Division. They had been attacked on all sides, but now they were under heavy shelling, suffering heavy casualties and immediately collapsing.
As soon as the enemy's command collapsed, the troops were even more chaotic. The scattered soldiers either sneaked into the ravines or into the jungle; the enemies who had already climbed the hill were overwhelmed by the Red Army's fire and crawled between the terraces in a daze.
The pursuit of the fleeing enemy continued until the next day.
At noon, an enemy army suddenly appeared on the hill near the regimental headquarters, more than 500 people, moving down the hill.
At that time, all the units of the Red Army were pursuing and annihilating the fleeing enemy separately, and the regimental headquarters was preceded by only radio personnel and a second company of artillery, a total of only about 100 people, and the situation was extremely tense.
Zhao Zhangcheng immediately made a decision, and immediately selected more than 20 capable fighters from the Second Artillery Company, armed with short guns, large knives and grenades, to meet the enemy.
Interestingly, when the enemy found the Red Army, instead of firing, he greeted him.
Zhao Zhangcheng estimated that the enemy mistakenly thought that the Red Army was his own, but the distance between the two sides was too close to annihilate them by mistake, and he simply shouted: "You have been surrounded, pay the gun preferentially!" Otherwise, as soon as we fire the cannon, none of you will be able to run away!" ”
At this time, the Red Army's breeders, cooks, and radio personnel also caught up with each other to help shout.
When the enemy saw that the Red Army was growing, he plunged his gun into the mud and surrendered. As a result, the second company of artillery did not fire a single bullet, and more than 500 people were captured.
At about three o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, I suddenly found an enemy army descending from the hill in front of me on the left. Zhao Zhangcheng quickly ordered the soldiers to prepare for battle.
This enemy was a little strange, and they marched slowly in columns, neither like defeated scattered soldiers nor like offensive formations.
How can a team that has lost a battle be so neat? Zhao Zhangcheng couldn't help but wonder. He took a closer look and found that the person leading the way was a Red Army cook.
It turned out that the cook went to the front to deliver food, and halfway through the road, he encountered this group of scattered soldiers who had not eaten for three days, rushed up, snatched up the food, and asked to take them down the mountain to find food to eat. So the cooker led the way in front of the team with an empty burden, and brought back the enemy soldiers who had almost a battalion.
In this campaign, the Red Army captured more than 30,000 enemy prisoners, captured more than 30,000 guns, more than 800,000 bullets, dozens of guns, and thousands of shells.
Most interestingly, the artillery battalion also seized a large amount of cash, which was said to be the salary of two enemy divisions for three months, and the banknotes were now bundled in piles.
Just as the engineering company did not have much to do in this battle, Zhao Zhangcheng sent a platoon to transport banknotes to the rear. Who knew that the instructor of the sapper company went to see it and came back to report that there were too many money and one platoon could not be transported. Zhao Zhangcheng then ordered more than 100 more people to be sent.
The officers and men of the Red Army all said that this was a wonderful and distinctive victory, because four interesting things happened before and after the battle: first, the enemy beat himself in battle; second, the soldiers of the second company of artillery captured more than 500 enemy soldiers without firing a bullet; third, the cookers brought back a battalion of hungry enemy soldiers; and fourth, they captured a large number of enemy salaries, so that the "engineer company" became a "transport company."