"Three Villages" annihilate the enemy
Chiang Kai-shek After the "April 12" rebellion and revolution, the situation of the struggle became increasingly sharp, complex and serious. The reactionary militia and landlord armed Red Gun Associations in various places launched attacks on us again and again, trying to kill the peasant self-defense army that was not long ago in its infancy.
On May 15, 1927, Xia Douyin, commander of the 14th Independent Division of the Wuhan National Revolutionary Army, led his subordinates to rebel against the revolution in Wuchang, attacked Wuhan, and went straight to the Paper Floor. Comrade Ye Ting, who was the commander of Wuhan garrison at the time, led his troops to repel Xia Douyin's rebels with the cooperation of the peasant movement training institute, Wuhan Military and Political School, and Wuhan workers' picket team , which allowed Wuhan's political situation to turn danger into safety. According to the instructions of his superiors, he held meetings many times to analyze the situation, study the enemy situation, and discuss measures. They unanimously agreed that after Chiang Kai-shek rebelled in Shanghai, the current situation of struggle between us and us was reversing in an unfavorable aspect to us. Xia Douyin publicly rebelled against the revolution and led his troops to attack Wuhan. Although he had been repelled by Ye Ting's troops, the struggle would continue. It affects all areas of Hubei. We should be fully prepared...
Macheng County, although it is a remote mountainous county, the political climate of the entire Macheng changes with the changes in Wuhan. If a lightning flashed across Wuhan in the morning, a thunder sounded in Macheng before evening. The speed was so fast and the tightness was sometimes really unbelievable.
The landlords armed Red Gun Club in Macheng, in the battle after they besieged the county town, although they were defeated by us and the student army, and their nests were destroyed and destroyed. However, as soon as the wind in Wuhan reached Macheng, the reactionary landlords and gentry seemed to have a shot of a heart-warming agent and immediately cleaned up the defeated generals, gathered again and continued to attack the peasant armed forces. I can't remember how many wars I fought during that period. I remember that in June, there were three major battles, one was the Battle of Pozhaigang, the second was the Battle of Demon Li Village, and the third was the Battle of Yangsi Village.
The northern part of our Chengmagang area is close to the Guangshan area of Henan Province. It is now Xinxian County of Henan Province and the eastern part of Chengmagang area. It is connected to the Futian River of Huangtugang in this county. In the western part of Chengmagang area, there is the Huang'an , which is the current Hong'an . In this way, from the perspective of terrain conditions and sphere of influence, the Chengmagang area has become the forefront of the fight between the enemy and us, and the Pozhaigang, Dianlizhai, Yangsizhai and other places located on the border of Hubei and Henan are located on several mountains, which has become the key to the fight between the enemy and us.
Our Macheng Self-Defense Forces and peasants, in order to defend the achievements of the Great Revolution, defend their hometowns and production, guard the mountain villages day and night, and strictly prevent the enemy from invading the Chengmagang area.
On June 12, Yan Yanqi, the reactionary militia leader of Guangshan , personally took the lead. The landlords and gentry Lin Youting, Dai Shiting, Yu Zhiqiao and others gathered nearly 10,000 bandits from the reactionary Red Gun Club, White Gun Club, and Black Flag Club, and divided into three routes to Pozhaigang. Their intention was to capture Biaozhaigang, open a path, occupy the Chengmagang area first, and then rush to Huang Anlai.
Before the enemy arrived, our Macheng Peasant Self-Defense Force was conducting military training to prepare to fight the invading enemy. At that time, we wore fiery red belts and had more guns than in the past. Each platoon had many rifles. The cadres above the platoon leader had a shell gun on their waists, which really made it a bit like "shot guns to replace cannons".
Just before that, we received three consecutive reports of enemy situations from Nongqi in Huangtugang District. We were prepared for the enemy to attack Zhaigang. Everyone was in a high mood for fighting, just waiting for the enemy to send guns, cannons, and death.
When the three bandits approached Pozhaigang, we first fired a cannon according to the pre-specified signal. This weapon called the numeral cannon is actually a gun lift. When the peasants nearby heard the sound of cannons, they knew that Pozhaigang had discovered the enemy situation. They put down their labor tools, picked up the sword and spear to kill the enemy, and rushed towards Pozhaigang together.In the bright sunshine, we were guarding the village and saw figures moving and swords and spears flashing. In a short while, six or seven thousand farmers came and went up the mountain to prepare for the battle.
With the large number of people, good weapons, and the leadership of the "teacher", they really would be "invulnerable to swords and guns". They screamed, like a flock of sheep being driven, climbed up the mountain in one breath, came to the stone wall, and began to attack and break through the village.
Our Self-Defense Forces and the nearby people who came to help had long occupied the favorable terrain. When the enemy came closer, we rushed out of the fortifications, fearlessly, and moved forward, and fought hand-to-hand with the aggressive enemy. At the beginning, the enemy dared to fight with us with the psychological advantage of "invulnerability", but we have long experienced the "invulnerability" system. They have a greater psychological advantage than the enemy. The more they try, the braver they fight, the more fierce they fight. The enemy retreats step by step, so that the enemy can only resist and have no strength to fight back. I remember that during this fierce battle, there was a farmer named Fang Chuanyou in Shuita Long Keng. When he saw the enemy rushing up, he raised his gun and knocked down the enemy's main flag officer first. The enemy who had lost the power to fight back saw that the main banner officer had lost his life, seemed to have lost his backbone. All of a sudden, the situation was in chaos. It was like a flock of sheep meeting a tiger and hurriedly ran down the hillside. We took advantage of the situation to pursue and pounced on the defeated enemy, with guns and swords slashing, and the momentum was like a sweeping mat.
There is a long-time craftsman named Zhou Liuyuan, who has no other weapons and only has a shoulder pole in his hand. While chasing the enemy, he swung the shoulder pole in his hand. A shoulder pole was knocked down, and an enemy's head was blooming. Then, he bent down and picked up the enemy's red tassel gun . He looked like a candied haws one by one, and killed five enemies in a row.
In this victory pursuit, because we had the might of our battle, the enemy was so scared that they did not dare to fight again, they retreated step by step, and retreated to the foot of the mountain.
From noon, Huang Gailiang, the leader of the Red Gun Society, deceived his subordinates and offered a reward. Finally, he got a little angry and launched an attack on the parody.
This time the enemy rushed to the mountain village, led by a "teacher" named Zhao. This guy seemed to have a way. The group of enemies who had just defeated were really obsessed with that guy's command and were determined to rush to the top of the mountain. The guy looked at the congregation in front of him, and showed a smug look on his face, then turned his body and ordered the people behind him to rush up.
At this critical moment, we all used this guy as a shooting target from the soldiers who were aiming at the giant army. I don’t know who shot the bullet, but it just hit this guy in the ass. When the enemy saw the "teacher" hanging the lottery, he carried this guy on his back and ran down the mountain. The enemy carrying this guy was born out of kindness, but it didn't matter if he ran away. The other enemies thought they were going to retreat, so they turned around and headed straight down the mountain.
As soon as we saw this scene, before the captain gave the order, we jumped out of the fortification and chased the retreating enemy. This pursuit was different from the morning. He was chasing him relentlessly, chasing him while he was chasing him. He kept chasing him for more than 40 miles and even destroyed the incense hall of the Yu Family Red Gun Club.
This time, the battle to break the Zhaigang killed and injured more than 3,000 enemies. The leader of the Red Gun Society was also killed and killed more than 20. This was the first great victory achieved by the Macheng Peasant Self-Defense Army after its official establishment. The reactionary armed forces were frightened and the revolutionary prestige spread all over the world.
In order to commemorate the victory of the Battle of Pozhaigang, local farmers changed the name of Pozhaigang to "Deshengzhai". And compiled a song to praise the victory of this battle. I still remember this song:
Heroes Deshengzhai,
Breaking the thief tree's reputation,
Red Flag Exhibition on the Top of the Mountain,
The gentry was terrified.
After that, our Macheng Self-Defense Army, in the battle between Laili Village and Yangsi Village, taught the enemy who came to attack.
After that, our Macheng Self-Defense Army severely accused the enemy who came to attack in the battle between Laili Village and Yangsi Village.
