Deng Hua and Huang Yongsheng are a pair of indescribable characters. They are also very destined. They either partnered together or switched with each other, and then they both served as the commanders of of the military region. Which of the two is more powerful? Today I will introduce a combat example for everyone to discuss.
(Back row, Huang Yongsheng, first from left, Deng Hua, second from left)
In 1933, in the Central Soviet Area, Huang Yongsheng served as the commander of the Red 66th Division, and Deng Hua served as the political commissar of the division. They become a pair. Chiang Kai-shek put his favorite general Chen Cheng in command and launched the fourth major "encirclement and suppression" of the Central Soviet Area.
The enemy was coming fiercely, and the Red Army ordered the 66th Division to attack Nanfeng City. Before the war, Deng Hua carried out active mobilization. He and Huang Yongsheng jointly commanded and cleared some peripheral strongholds. However, his own casualties were relatively large. The positions changed hands several times, and the enemy and ourselves fell into a stalemate.
The city wall of Nanfeng was strong. Seeing batches of comrades falling, Deng Hua couldn't help but think of the Battle of Ganzhou. The Red Army couldn't capture it for a long time and finally had to evacuate, and a division commander was captured. Nanfeng City and Ganzhou City are so similar. Will they repeat the mistakes of history?
This is not how battles are fought. Unless it is a last resort, the Red Army cannot blindly fight tough battles. It must annihilate the enemy on the move. This is the way we are good at fighting. Deng Hua has always been calm and calm and likes to think.
He discussed with Huang Yongsheng whether to temporarily evacuate, instead of blindly attacking, and instead look for other opportunities during the movement? Huang Yongsheng replied, Brother, you are smarter than your superiors. Just do whatever your superiors tell you to do.
The division commander disagreed, and it was difficult for Deng Hua, the division political commissar, to report it directly to his superiors. It was getting dark, Huang Yongsheng ordered to launch a general offensive tonight. Our division's task was to regain the lost positions, and then take advantage of the victory to cooperate with friendly forces and resolutely capture Nanfeng City.
At that time, the Red Army deployed three divisions, with the Red 66th Division in the middle, a division from the Fifth Red Army Corps on the left, and a division from the Red Third Army Corps on the right. The three divisions advanced together, preparing to capture Nanfeng City in one fell swoop before the enemy's reinforcements arrived.
Huang Yongsheng, the invincible general, said categorically that I have issued a military order to my superiors. Our division will be the first to attack Nanfeng City. Tonight, I will go to the front to take command on the spot. The division commander was very heroic and determined to win. Although Deng Hua had different opinions, at this point, he had no choice but to retain it and cooperate closely with Huang Yongsheng to attack Nanfeng again.
However, this time the enemy is no one else, but Chen Cheng. Chen Cheng's fighting skills are not very good, but he is very capable of execution and manages the army very strictly. Chen Cheng mobilized five divisions and gave them a death order to complete the counter-encirclement of the Red Army outside Nanfeng City tonight.
The situation is critical. Deng Hua vaguely felt that something was wrong. If our army could not take Nan Fengcheng, it might become the meat in the enemy's mouth. At this tense historical juncture, a miracle occurred. The superiors suddenly ordered to evacuate Nanfeng City and stop attacking by force.
The superior finally reached an agreement with him, and Deng Hua was very happy. Later he learned that Chairman Mao had lost command of the Red Army, and Wang Ming's left-leaning line had gained dominance and ordered a storming of Nanfeng City. It was only after the repeated suggestions of Premier Zhou and Boss Zhu that the Red Army decided to evacuate Nanfeng.
What a risk. Huang Yongsheng and Deng Hua led the 66th Division into the Dongshao and Luokou areas, which in turn caught the enemy by surprise. Premier Zhou and Mr. Zhu played a superior game and gained the strategic initiative. They wiped out more than three enemy divisions at once and shattered the enemy's "encirclement and suppression" campaign.
This is an unprecedented victory. The Red 66 Division also killed many enemies and seized a lot of supplies. While drinking a celebratory drink, the chief of staff of said that fortunately we evacuated Nanfeng in time. If we had not evacuated Nanfeng, we probably would not have won this anti-"encirclement and suppression" victory.
The wine glass Huang Yongsheng raised suddenly stopped in mid-air. Yes, it seems that political commissar Deng Hua's opinion was right, but it was a pity that he did not support it at the time. This is the biggest difference between Huang Yongsheng and Deng Hua. Huang Yongsheng is brave but not good at thinking.
Deng Hua is brave and resourceful.Later, when we arrived at the Northeastern battlefield, during the Siping Battle, Lin Biao had already deployed, but Deng Hua still expressed different opinions. Later it was proved that Deng Hua's consideration was correct. Deng Hua never blindly follows the orders of his superiors. He will combine reality and have his own independent opinions.
Huang Yongsheng also likes to play and drink. When drinking, he will forget himself. Once, I was so drunk that I almost missed an important event. It was probably because he saw these differences between the two that the volunteer army was about to go abroad to fight, so Lin Biao proposed that Deng Hua and Huang Yongsheng be swapped, and that Deng Hua should lead his troops to fight in North Korea and Huang Yongsheng should stay at home.
