In February 1940, a major event happened in the Eighth Route Army. At the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, two generals, Peng Dehuai and Zhu De, discussed and prepared to shoot an Eighth Route Army officer.
However, Chairman Mao, who was listening to the discussion between Zhu and Peng at the time, said to them: "Can you give him a chance?" Chairman Mao's meaning was very obvious, that is, to plead for this cadre.
So, why did Chairman Mao plead for him, and why did General Peng shoot this cadre?
This cadre in the center of the deep vortex is named Yang Shangkun. He was born in 1914 in a poor peasant family in Huaping Village, Jiangxi Province. Due to the influence of the environment, Yang Shangkun, who was young, has developed a hardworking, simple, tenacious and strong character. Because he couldn't stand the oppressive behavior of landlords and evil gentry, in 1930, he started a revolutionary activity at the age of 16.
In July of the same year, Yang Shangkun joined the Communist Youth League and participated in the Red Army in 1931. In the spring of 1932, in order to open up a revolutionary base, the central government formed the Eastern Army. Under the command of Chairman Mao, he fought for the Eastern Expedition to Zhangzhou, Fujian, and Yang Shangkun also participated.
Yang Shangkun
In the battle, Yang Shangkun was not afraid of hardship or death, and moved forward bravely and stood firm. This kind of spirit was naturally seen by his superiors. So after the battle was over, Yang Shangkun officially changed to a Communist Party member. He was so happy because he always wanted to become a party member as soon as possible.
In early August of the same year, Yang Shangkun was relegated to the squad leader of the communication squad of the 5th Regiment of the 2nd Division of the 1st Army, and then began to participate in the attack on yihuang and open up revolutionary bases with the troops.
During the battle, Yang Shangkun also realized that he needed some professional military knowledge, so in September 1932, he came to the Pengjia Military Academy of Jiubao, Ruijin, and studied for a total of 6 months. Here, Yang Shangkun learned political, military and other knowledge for the first time more systematically.
After that, Yang Shangkun's political and military literacy was greatly improved. He was later transferred to the Legion Education Team to serve as platoon leader, followed the troops and participated in five anti-encirclement and suppression struggles. Later, as the situation faced by the Red Army became worse and worse, the Red Army immediately started the 25,000-mile long march of , and Yang Shangkun also participated.
During the Red Army's Long March, Yang Shangkun showed extraordinary courage and ability and did three things that are always worthy of praise: , one of which is forcibly crossing the Wujiang River natural danger.
At the end of December 1934, the Red Fourth Group where Yang Shangkun was located arrived at the Jiangjiekou area on the south bank of Wujiang . The entire Central Red Army also gathered on the south bank of the Wujiang River.
At that time, the enemy sent two columns of Xue Yue's regiment, with a total of more than 100,000 troops, and they were all the main forces to pursue the Central Red Army. At this time, the enemy was only more than 30 kilometers away from the south bank of the Wujiang River.
At the same time, there is also a division of the army Wang Jialie, stationed on the north bank of the Wujiang River. There are enemies on both sides of the north and south. The enemy just wants to use natural dangers to eliminate the Red Army. Our army has reached the point of life and death!
Now, there is only one way to break the deadlock: cross the Wujiang ! Only in this way can the Red Army get rid of the extremely dangerous situation facing us.
But if you force cross the Wujiang River, you cannot cross together in a mess. The vanguard needs to take the lead in crossing, attack the enemy, and put the enemy into chaos so that the large army can pass.
After comprehensive consideration, the organization decided to let Yang Shangkun’s 2nd Division serve as the vanguard division and quickly cross the Wujiang River. The 2nd Division took on this task unswervingly.
In January 1935, the first batch of soldiers who crossed the river began to cross the river, but because of the cold weather and the water was so cold that they were unable to fight when they arrived on the other side. So, that night, another 6 soldiers carried out forced transit, but during this process, the soldiers lost contact with the organization.
The next day, after summarizing the lesson, Yang Shangkun led 10 soldiers to force the crusade. Before the forced relocation, he was ready to sacrifice, so he handed over some memorable things to a fellow villager, so that he could hand over the things to his family after returning home in the future.
It was dawn, and Yang Shangkun led the soldiers to board a bamboo raft and paddled towards the enemy. The enemy kept shooting at Yang Shangkun and others, but he was still not afraid and directed the soldiers to rush forward together. Finally, under the cover of the firepower of the Red Army, who were still stranded on the shore, Yang Shangkun and his group finally arrived on the other side.
After arriving on the other side, Yang Shangkun did not pause and waited for the follow-up troops to attack immediately. When the enemy saw that someone from our army had crossed the Wujiang River, they all had a strong fighting spirit. They were immediately shocked and lost a lot in their momentum. In the end, they could only be beaten by Yang Shangkun and others.
At this moment, the large army also crossed the river in batches. Finally, our army successfully crossed the river, the enemy completely surrendered, and scattered along the way in the mountains and forests, leaving only a mess.
Loushan Pass
The second: Bloody battle with Loushan Pass.
After breaking through the Wujiang River, the Red Army came to Zunyi . At this time, several regiments of enemies were guarding the road from behind the mountain to Tongzi, so the leaders could not attack Loushan Pass head-on, and had to take roundabout means.
This requires organizing roundabout troops to attack the enemy from front to back. The detoured troops are mainly composed of one reconnaissance company and two infantry companies, and the selected troops are the Fourth Regiment where Yang Shangkun is located.
On January 9, 1935, the Fourth Regiment reconnaissed the terrain on the southern foot of Loushan Pass and carried out combat deployment. According to the actual situation, it was decided that the first battalion of the 4th Regiment would be the forefront, and the second and third battalions would be the second echelons to operate on standby.
At that time, Yang Shangkun's company was in the task of: to detour behind Loushan Pass to form a force to attack the enemy with the troops in front, and to be responsible for cutting off the enemy's retreat.
At 8 o'clock in the evening, the second company groped forward, walked through the rugged mountain road, endured the fatigue, and finally arrived at the position on the east side of Loushanguan before dawn. At the same time, other troops were also ready to wait for the enemy to step into the defense of our army.
Slowly, it was dawn, and at this moment, the regiment headquarters sent the sound of attack, and Yang Shangkun and the others immediately said that machine gun aimed at the center of the highway. Suddenly, gunfire, charge, and explosions resounded throughout the valley.
The enemy never expected that our army would lie here and be beaten to pieces. Under the guns and cannons of the Red Army, they were vulnerable. The Fourth Regiment quickly captured the natural danger of Loushan Pass...
Third, break through Lazikou.
In mid-September, 1935, the Red Fourth Regiment arrived at Moya Temple in Bailongjiang in Gansu. At dusk on September 15, the division headquarters correspondent sent a letter. The leader of the army ordered: to seize the natural barrier Lazikou within three days, and at the same time eliminate the enemies that were blocking on the way forward!
After receiving the order, Yang Shangkun immediately led the two to set off overnight. After arriving at Lazikou, Yang Shangkun not only sighed that this is really a dangerous situation where one man is at the gate of the gate and ten thousand men cannot escape.
It seems like a mountain, split by a giant axe , both high and steep, and the Lazi River is flowing out from the bottom of the ditch, and the water flows rapidly. A wooden bridge running east-west is built between the two mountains, connecting the cliffs on both sides. It is necessary to pass through Lazikou, and there is no other way except through this small bridge.
On the east side of the bridge, several bunkers guarded by heavy troops were built. These enemy bunkers became obstacles for the Red Army to advance. If you want to get through, you still need to detour. After discussion, the second company of Yang Shangkun and Mao Zhenhua will form a detour force together, as well as a reconnaissance team and a signal team.
Before dusk, the Red Four Group concentrated all the leggings of the whole group and twisted them into several long ropes for cliff climbing. The warriors were all full of energy, and they hung submachine guns on their backs and began to cross the Lazi River.
The troops arrived at the cliff. It was already dark, but they were still crawling up. The reconnaissance company was up, the second company was up, and the first company was coming...
Yang Shangkun looked around, it was so dark that it was difficult to see things clearly. The troops who climbed the cliffs groped in the dark and on the unfamiliar cliff for a long time before they found a way to attack the enemy.
A loud charge sounded at this time, and the soldiers swung their swords, picked up their rifles, flew in the middle of the enemy, and hit the troops on the cliff on the right.
Yang Shangkun commanded the first and second companies on the top of the cliff. After continuous battles, he pushed the enemy into the cliff and then seized the enemy's gun. At the same time, they also concentrated all their forces to attack on the enemy's second position. After nearly an hour of fighting, the enemies were finally defeated.
It should be said that Yang Shangkun is a brave and resourceful soldier who is brave and loyal in combat. However, no one would have thought that would make the mistake of leading troops to rebel against the party later.
In February 1940, Yang Shangkun, under the urgency of the reconnaissance section of the Jin-Cha-Hebei Military Region, led three people and 20 people to leave with weapons, preparing to expand the troops in Xushui, Hebei.
Why did Yang Shangkun leave? It turned out that after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Yang Shangkun was transferred to the battalion commander of the 1st Battalion of the Independent Regiment of the 115th Division, and later he was withered as the chief of staff of the first detachment of the Jin-Cha-Hebei team.
It is because of this transfer that Yang Shangkun felt a little complaining in his heart. Because in Yang Shangkun's view, the Chief of Staff is a free position, and transferring him to Chief of Staff is a "demolishment".
At this time, the chief of the reconnaissance section Yuan Biao saw through Yang Shangkun's thoughts and encouraged him to go together. Yang Shangkun was angry and actually took people away. His idea was to take people outside to find some skills and let the leader take a good look at his strength. But not long after Yang Shangkun ran away, he calmed down and felt that he could not do this, so he immediately returned to the army and sincerely admitted his mistake to the military region.
Although Yang Shangkun admitted his mistake, his departure had already had a significant impact on the military region. If he did not deal with it seriously, wouldn’t everyone learn from Yang Shangkun in the future? Therefore, after discussing with General Zhu, General Peng decided to shoot him to correct the military discipline.
However, after listening to their opinions, Chairman Mao did not agree to do so. First, because Yang Shangkun had indeed made many contributions to the revolution before; second, because Yang Shangkun took the initiative to return to the army, which means that he had realized his mistake. If it were not for this, would he dare to risk the fact that he was punished and return to the military region?
So Chairman Mao said, "Can you give him a chance?"
After hearing Chairman Mao's analysis, Zhu and Peng fell into deep thought. The more they thought about it, the more they felt that the chairman was right, so in the end they did not execute Yang Shangkun, but only administratively removed him from the party.
, and Yang Shangkun had no complaints about this. He carefully checked his mistakes, learned lessons, and redoubled his efforts to make up for the losses caused to the Party and the Revolution.
. His efforts and repentance were also seen by the organization. So in 1945, Yang Shangkun was able to restore his party membership and get appointed. He was extremely excited. He then worked harder for the Chinese revolution until the liberation of the country, and the founding of New China was 6.
After the founding of New China, Yang Shangkun always maintained that revolutionary spirit and spirit, working selflessly and studying hard, contributing his own strength to the construction of New China.
