947, on the vast land of the Hot River.
"Comrades, this meeting was really exciting! I believe that the dawn of victory is not far away!"
In a team, a person who looked like a cadre spoke first, breaking the boredom.
A few days ago, his troops merged with another guard company, and the soldiers were not very familiar with each other.
When passing through a small village, although there were National Army stationed in the east of the village, considering that the army has a large number of armed forces, the cadres decided to stop and rest here.
"Everyone has been away for two days and two nights, let's take a break here!"
Watch the soldiers and the villagers who came to greet him, the cadres were also very pleased.
However, what he unexpected was that this good situation of "military and civilians" did not last long.
Just a few days later, almost all of the team led by him were sacrificed on this land.
And the guard company that temporarily merged with them not only did not have any casualties, but even privately pulled the team to the mountain to watch the fire across the bank.
What's going on? Why does that guard company "not helping you when you die"?
The Jidong delegation rescued by the Cavalry regiment
1947 On May 21, 1947, a series of gunfire broke the tranquility of the Bupleurum clan.
"Wait, this sound doesn't seem to be practicing in daily life!"
As the battle situation expands, the Rebei Cavalry Regiment more than ten kilometers away gradually realized something was wrong.
is different from other ordinary villages. It is located in Chaihu Lanzi Village in Chixi County, Rebei, and its geographical location is quite important.
At that time, the marching in the southwest direction had been liberated, and the Communist army was besieging Longhua with all their might. The Kuomintang army placed a division's troops on Chifeng , 90 miles away from Chaihu lane.
In other words, once there is any abnormal movement in the Kuomintang army, the first thing that is affected is Chaihu Lanzi Village, which is closer to Chifeng and already belongs to our military territory.
Nowadays, continuous gunfire is coming from the direction of the village. I am afraid that an organization of our army has encountered the enemy situation!
After reacting, the cavalry regiment acted quickly, brought weapons and equipment, and headed towards Chaihu Lanzi Village.
As expected, before the cavalry regiment arrived at their destination, the dense and fierce gunfire came from far and near.
Immediately afterwards, several people who staggered and ran on the ridge attracted the attention of the Cavalry Regiment Reconnaissance Company.
"Director! Director! It's your own army!"
Just as they judged the other party's identity, a person dressed in a guard cried and ran toward a blood-covered cadre.
didn't have time to ask too much. After seeing clearly that the other party was wearing our military uniform, the soldiers of the cavalry regiment quickly launched rescue to the group.
Considering that there were pursuers behind them, after simply stopping the bleeding for the cadres, the head of the Cavalry Regiment sent a team to send the group to the stretcher and transported it back to the army;
The main force of the Cavalry Regiment continued to exchange fire with the pursuers, striving to conquer Chaihu Lanzi Village and confirm the safety and casualties of the villagers.
Because of the comprehensive preparation, the cavalry regiment gained the combat advantage after several rounds of battle, and all the pursuers invaded in the future were repelled.
After arriving in Chaihulanzi Village, the tragic situation in the village made them take a deep breath.
"The masses did not suffer any casualties, but from the perspective of the environment, there should be a force of our army fighting fiercely with the bandits here, and there were heavy casualties."
After organizing the battlefield, a soldier reported to the leader of the cavalry regiment.
Where did this army come from?
Rampantly moved into the vicinity of the National Army without sufficient weapons and equipment and combatants. Why didn't this force contact him in advance?
The words of the soldier will make the leader’s heart more questions.
After dealing with the aftermath of the casualties, he rushed back to the station without stopping, hoping to ask the truth from the words of the cadre-like comrade.
But after he rushed back to his base, the scene in front of him made the whole incident even more outrageous -
"Where did you go? Today you committed an unforgivable crime!"
Although the large amount of bleeding made the rescued cadres very weak, facing the strange soldiers guarding the bed, the cadres were still so angry that their cheeks turned red.
After some criticism, the rescued cadres noticed the leader of the cavalry regiment, quickly calmed down their anger and briefly introduced themselves.
Cadre said that his name is Li Zhongquan, he is a member of the Party Committee Standing Committee and Director of the Political Department of the Hebei East Delegation. This time he led his troops to appear in the Rehe area, mainly to discuss the next combat plan with the organization.
"At that time, Northeast Field Army had launched the Luandong Battle. After discussion, the organization decided to transfer our regiment's guard company to support the battle."
Li Zhongquan said that after the party congress of Hebei, Chahar, Liao, , the organization summarized combat experience and lessons, prepared to gather strength, and began a strategic counterattack.
Because when attacking Changli, the Hebei-Cha-Re-Liao Military Region allocated a lot of excellent weapons to the Hebei East delegation, which greatly improved the combat capabilities of the soldiers.
So in order to support the battle, the organization transferred the guard company of the Hebei delegation to the east.
But in this way, the combat power of the Jidong delegation was weakened. If you want to successfully leave the sphere of influence of the national army, you will have to increase your armed forces.
The cavalry company of the Rehe Military Region is the "new guard company" specially sent for the delegation of Hebei East.
"No, when our troops arrived, no trace of the cavalry company was found!"
Hearing this, the leader of the Rebei Cavalry Regiment immediately realized something was wrong.
, and Li Zhongquan, who had been suppressing his anger, even glared at the strange soldiers beside the bed:
"Yes, I didn't expect that this cavalry company that undertakes organizational tasks would actually watch coldly when the enemy attacks! "
Immediately afterwards, Li Zhongquan stabilized his emotions and began to talk about his experience today...
Unexpected fierce battle
1947, the delegation of Jidong officially set off and embarked on the way back to Jidong.
Accompanied by the Cavalry Company of the Rehe Military Region, they walked for more than 200 people along the way, for several days and nights.
html At dusk on May 20, after the troops marched to Chaihulanzi Village, they found that there was no place for them to settle in front of them.
html has already set foot on the 1st. Considering that the risk of continuing to move forward was too high, Li Zhongquan ordered the troops to enter Chaihu Lanzi Village to rest.
Based on your understanding of the enemy situation, Li Zhongquan understood that Chaihu Lanzi Village is close to the Chifeng stronghold where the National Army was stationed, and if you are not careful, you will alarm the enemy.
Plus Chaihu Lanzi Village is too small to put down more than 200 people, so after discussion, he ordered the Cavalry Company of the Rehe Military Region, which has more weapons, to settle in Caifeng Village east of Chaihu Lanzi Village to guard the enemy;
The delegation of Jidong where Li Zhongquan lives lived in Chaihu Lanzi Village and used the terrain to defend.
According to combat information, under the trend of successive liberation of the Eid and Longhua, there should be no enemy situation west of the Zire River.
As long as they act more cautiously, they can safely withdraw from the sphere of influence of the national army and return to the rear of the revolution.
But just in case, Li Zhongquan still set up a post outside Chaihulanzi Village, always monitoring the movement outside the village.
"Although there will be no enemy situation in the southwest direction, it is absolutely true that the insurance is safe."
Li Zhongquan explained patiently in the face of the soldiers' confusion.
But what they didn't expect was that it was this seemingly redundant "insurance strategy" that bought them valuable reaction time -
1947 at dawn at dawn, as usual, Li Zhongquan, who woke up early, came to take a walk outside the village. After greeting the sentry on the hills, Li Zhongquan was ready to turn back to the village and formulate the next action plan.
But when he looked southwest habitually, Li Zhongquan's nerves suddenly became tense.
0 meters away, it seems that someone is walking his horse! Not only that, there were shadows vaguely flashing on the hillside behind him.
"What part do you belong to? What do you do?"
Immediately, Li Zhongquan asked the sentry to shout, trying to confirm the other party's identity.
But what caught him off guard was that the sentry's shouting quickly made the other party notice them, and the dense bullets rushed over without mercy.
"Don't get me wrong. We are the delegation for the meeting in Jidonglai, and we are our own people."
Li Zhongquan believes that since the other party comes from the southwest without enemy situation, it must be a friendly force.
And their attack behavior is probably to treat themselves as the enemy.
For this reason, Li Zhongquan did not take a counterattack, but continued to let the sentry shout, trying to relieve the other party's "misunderstanding".
I thought that after I reported my family, both sides could "turn swords into jade", but the sentry's shot fell to the ground, and the more intensive bullet attack made Li Zhongquan react completely.
"If there is a situation, prepare for the battle!"
Immediately, Li Zhongquan retreated to the village while allowing the soldiers who heard the movement to start fighting back according to the preparatory plan.
Due to sufficient preparations in advance, in the initial stage of the battle, the delegation of Jidong struggled to resist the fierce attack from the other party.
However, as the battle time lengthened, the Jidong delegation, which lacked weapons and ammunition, gradually fell into a disadvantage.
htmlAround 5:00 on May 21, the fierce battle is still going on.
Due to insufficient weapons and equipment, all the hills in the south, west and north directions of the village that were originally occupied by the eastern Hebei delegation were captured by the enemy.
plus the number of enemies that are several times higher than that of them, the casualties of the Hebei delegation were very heavy.
"Where is the cavalry company? Why haven't you come yet?"
While resisting the fierce attack of the enemy, Li Zhongquan urged the guards beside him to rush to Caifeng Village not far away for help as soon as possible.
"Director, our people have already gone to two groups! They all say that there are no people from the cavalry company in Caifeng Village!" The guard's answer made Li Zhongquan feel sad and angry.
Seeing that the enemy's offensive became more and more fierce, all the soldiers of the guard squad of the political department of the regiment had to fight against the enemy's machine gun with the remaining weapons.
The battle went on until 6:30. Due to outnumbered, all nine members of the Communist Party of China in the guard squad had died heroically.
The different weapons and equipment have turned the originally even-matched battle into a house-to-house battle with obvious disadvantages.
"No, the enemy has captured our house, Comrade Hu Liguang has already sacrificed, so we have to retreat here."
Li Zhongquan understood that if reinforcements are not delayed, then this time is already a critical moment for their life and death.
With a deep pain, Li Zhongquan and Wang Pingmin and Comrade Su Linyan began to burn the confidential documents and telegram passwords they carried with him.
In order to give Li Zhongquan a glimmer of life, when trapped in the house, the guards around Li Zhongquan suggested changing their clothes with Li Zhongquan's cadre uniforms to attract enemy firepower in exchange for survival.
"Where does a cadre not wear cadre patrons when they are in danger? It's outrageous!"
"We are also good cadres of the Communist Party when we die!"
The loyalty of the guards made Li Zhongquan red in his eyes, and he said that he would rather use his last strength to destroy one more enemy than be a survivor who escaped in the battle.
The people in the house are full of righteousness, while outside the house, the enemy's attacks are still extremely fierce.
The battle lasted until 8:00 on May 21, and the house where Li Zhongquan was located was surrounded by enemy firepower.
seems to be shocked by their courage. Although it has the upper hand in weapons and numbers, the enemy is not willing to take the risk of attacking.
Feeling that the walls around the house were being violently excavated by the enemy, Li Zhongquan made up his mind to fight the enemy to the death.
"Comrades! Either we all sacrificed heroically, or we rush out!"
With his order, all the surviving soldiers of the Hebei delegation trapped in the house flocked out and broke eastward in the rain of bullets.
As a leading cadre, Li Zhongquan, dressed in cadre service, was undoubtedly subjected to more violent targeted attacks from the enemy.
In the chaos, Li Zhongquan felt that his right elbow and forearm bone were broken, and his right arm holding the gun was shot one after another, almost losing his combat ability.
On the side, the guard's crying continued to knock on his nerves -
Because the cadres' service target was too big, Minister Su Linyan died heroically not long after running out of the room.
Deputy Political Commissar Wang Pingmin also died at the gun of the enemy one after another.
Comrades who were born and died one after another, making Li Zhongquan, who was still fighting, feel sad.
In the midst of grief, Li Zhongquan felt a severe pain coming from his chest.
Immediately afterwards, blood stools continued to ejaculate from Li Zhongquan's nostrils.
Soon, due to excessive blood loss, Li Zhongquan's consciousness gradually became blurred and his legs were no longer in control.
"No, I must lead everyone out..."
In despair, firm belief supported Li Zhongquan's crumbling body, driving him to rush to Caifeng Village without stopping.
At this moment, Li Zhongquan still had a trace of fantasy about the support force in his heart, believing that the cavalry company might have been stuck by something else, and as long as he ran to Caifeng Village, everyone would be saved.
But after finally reaching the destination, the words of the fellow villagers instantly made Li Zhongquan fall into an ice cave.
It turned out that as early as after the first gunshot, the people in the cavalry company realized something was wrong, but for some reason, they ran towards the back mountain and had no intention of going to rescue them.
"This is simply a great humiliation of our party and our army!"
The escape of the cavalry company made Li Zhongquan, who was seriously injured, extremely angry. In a rage, he vomited blood and the situation was at stake.
In desperation, the villagers of Caifeng Village found a donkey that had not been saddled for Li Zhongquan so that the guards could escort Li Zhongquan to retreat.
With longing for the sacrificed comrades and angered condemnation of the cavalry company, Li Zhongquan sat on the back of the donkey and ran to the southeast for a moment.
Fortunately, there is no way out. Just as Li Zhongquan and his party climbed the ridge, they happened to meet the Rebei Division Cavalry Regiment who came to hear the sound.
Thanks to their help, the seriously injured Li Zhongquan will not die with hatred.
When the soldiers who rushed to rescue were placed on the stretcher with all their might, Li Zhongquan's doubts became increasingly serious:
Why did a bandit suddenly jump out in the southwest direction of the enemy situation?
Why did the cavalry company of the Rehe Military Region escape in the last battle without firing a shot? The truth of
was revealed, and the great man was furious
"So that's how it is!"
After listening to Li Zhongquan's description, the leaders of the cavalry regiment of the Rebei Military Region were also very angry at the behavior of the deserters.
From this point of view, the strange warrior guarding Li Zhongquan’s bed must be the representative of the Rehe Military Region - the deserter company.
"Do you know that it is because of your irresponsible retreat. How severe is the casualties of the Hebei delegation!"
. The leader paused and began to talk about what he saw after entering the village.
It turns out that the enemy encountered by the Jidong delegation was indeed not the main force of the Kuomintang, but the bandits team that were preparing to surrender to the Kuomintang army.
Since the position of the Jidong delegation coincides with their route of seeking refuge, the bandits decided to take down the Jidong delegation as their sincerity to surrender to the national army.
After the Rehe Cavalry Regiment attacked the Chaihu Roof, the bandits that could no longer withstand the firepower dispersed and fled northward.
The incident happened suddenly, and the Rehe Cavalry Regiment did not pursue it again, but focused on the treatment of his seriously injured comrades.
After searching, the Rehe Cavalry Regiment found Wang Keru and Comrades lying in a pool of blood behind a closed door. They all had their own pistols beside them.
From the perspective of the on-site environment, Comrade Wang Keru and Ji Guang seemed to be unwilling to be captured in humiliation and committed suicide.
Li Zhongquan's guard was shot and seriously injured and fell to the ground after covering Li Zhongquan's siege.
But because of his quick reaction, he pretended to be dead and avoided the enemy's search and was rescued by the comrades who rushed over.
Comrade Zhang Zhaoren hid in the pile of firewood when Li Zhongquan broke through, fortunately avoided the enemy's claws and survived.
This unexpected fierce battle, due to the desperate attempt of the Rebei Cavalry Company, the number of people in the Jidong delegation where Li Zhongquan was located was sacrificed as many as 22 people.
And the five Su Linyan, Wang Pingmin, Hu Liguang, Wang Keru and Ji Guang are the senior cadres of the Hebei East delegation, and the importance is self-evident.
Even in the most fierce battle, it is unique to lose 5 senior cadres at once.
Fortunately, due to timely treatment, Li Zhongquan's injury was finally not seriously injured.
It was not until this time that Li Zhongquan realized that the severe pain from his chest was because the enemy's bullet penetrated his left shoulder, rubbed the artery through the tip of his left lung, and flew out from his clavicle.
Such a serious injury, even if he misses one millimeter of ejaculation, would be enough to make him die on the spot.
"Where have you gone?"
In addition to being frightened, Li Zhongquan couldn't help but ask the two strange soldiers beside the bed again.
But even though I already knew that I had made a big mistake, the Rebei cavalry soldier, who was the culprit, still wanted to get away with it.
"We went to Dongdashan to cover you."
Facing the angry Li Zhongquan, the two soldiers argued that they did notice the abnormality in Chaihu Lanzi Village, but because the "the situation is unknown", they made the decision to retreat into the mountains and not fire a single shot to support them.
Such an irresponsible attitude made everyone present hate it.
Immediately, Li Zhongquan turned his head over and was unwilling to communicate with them again.The martyrs who died in this war were responsible for the organization of the Rehe District, and the remains were buried on the spot so that they could be properly buried after the victory of the revolution.
After a period of time, the relevant information about "Chaihu Lanzi encounter" was reported to the organization. The great man was furious after hearing this and couldn't calm down for a long time.
Immediately, he ordered to continue: to inform the whole party and the army of criticism, and the Rehe Military Region covered the dereliction of duty of the cavalry company of the Rehe Military Region to "handle military law and repay blood debts with blood."
And the bandit team that tried to surrender to the national army also collapsed under the pursuit of the Communist army and was all annihilated on the land of Rehe.
At this point, the "Chaihu Lanzi Encounter" that caused the entire army has come to an end, which is very sad.
Conclusion
974, in order to commemorate and promote the revolutionary martyrs who bravely died in the "Chaihu Lanzi Encounter Battle", the Chifeng County People's Government erected a revolutionary martyr monument on the hillside north of Chaihu Lanzi Village.
years later, on this land carrying loyalty and betrayal, the People's Government has built the Chaihu Lanzi Martyrs Cemetery, writing that generous and tragic revolutionary history word by word in the memorial hall in the park.
Until now, the Martyrs Cemetery is still telling generations of people about the sad and angry past that was full of blood and tears.
The green mountains are fortunate to bury loyal bones, and the revolutionary heroes will be immortal!
Reference
Wang Huifeng. Chaihu Lanzi Martyrs Cemetery[J]. Inner Mongolia Propaganda, Ideological and Cultural Work, 2010(08):48.
Li Zhongquan. The Bloody Dawn—Remembering the Battle of Chaihu Lanzi[J]. Military History, 2003(06):55-58.
