Lanzhou is the strategic center of the horse bandits in the northwest. It is located on Gaolan Mountain in the south and on the north by Baita Mountain. A long corridor that is only three kilometers wide extends between the two mountains. The iron mirror on the north side of the corridor is the ancient road Yellow River , and the water is deep and rapid. A five-hole iron bridge is set up on the river surface, which is the only transportation hub connecting the north and south sides and is also a necessary way to Xining, Qinghai.
Lanzhou Yellow River Iron Bridge , also known as Zhongshan Bridge, is located at the foot of Baita Mountain, Binhe Road, Lanzhou City, Gansu Province. Construction officially started on May 9, 1908. The construction was completed and opened on August 19, 1909. It was designed by the American Bridge Company, undertaken by the German Thai Foreign Company, and constructed by Chinese craftsmen, and built with a cooperative model, and spent more than 36,000 taels of silver. It is the oldest ancient bridge in Lanzhou and the first truly bridge on the 5,464-kilometer Yellow River, so it is known as the " First Bridge to the Yellow River in the World ".
Abnormal decision
The mission of the 19th Regiment of the 7th Division of the Third Army was to cooperate with the Fourth Army to capture the enemy position of Gouwashan, and set out at around 10 pm on the 25th to detour towards Gouwashan. When approaching the enemy's frontier position, the advance troops captured two enemy stragglers. After detailed interrogation, they learned that the enemy had retreated down the mountain and was rushing towards Lanzhou City.
To be cautious, we still quickly touched the top of the mountain as planned. The position was indeed empty and full of mess. It was clearly the enemy who lost his helmet and fled in a hurry.
At that time, I was the deputy battalion commander of the Third Battalion, Comrade Shen Wenfan, who followed my battalion to command operations. Although he was thin, he was brave and capable, wise and brave, and was respected for his good command.
He said to me and instructor Yang Wengui: "The enemy lost the main positions of Shenjialing and Gouwa Mountain, which means that the entire line has collapsed. The key now is to block the iron bridge of the Yellow River and block the enemy in the city "making dumplings". Then, he ordered our camp to live broadcast Lanzhou City, control the iron bridge, and cut off the enemy's retreat. We immediately led the Eighth Company, the Seventh Company and the Ninth Company to march quickly towards Lanzhou City.
search Bridge
In Lanzhou in August, it was the rainy season. Although it did not rain at that time, it was dark clouds and the fields were pitch black, and nothing could be seen. In addition, the enemy was fortified layer by layer and mines were scattered. If you were not careful, you would be in danger of stepping on a landmine.
We chose a road and went toward Lanzhou in the dark. When we reached the current place of the Youth Cultural Center, a stream of landmines fell from the south hillside The enemy encountered my vanguard. After a short battle, more than a dozen prisoners were captured, and the others fled back to their original path. Due to the urgency of time, we asked the prisoners where the Iron Bridge of the Yellow River was and let them lead the way. These cunning guys all claimed to be recruits, and they didn't know.
I deliberately scared them loudly and said, "The long row of shot them all! " When the prisoners heard the word "shooting", they were frightened and hurriedly said, ", we lead the way, we lead the way . "
Seeing that they were afraid, I let one of the most loud and stuttering prisoners lead the way, and the rest were handed over to the 7th Company.
When we walked for about ten minutes, a tall black building suddenly appeared in front of us, blocking our way.
I walked closer and saw that it was a earthen city wall. When I asked the "guide" to find out that we had arrived at the gate of Xiguan City.
looked in through the city gate, and there were sparse electric lights on! So we walked along the outside of the city and headed northeast. As we walked, the battalion commander and instructor ran up quickly and said that there was an enemy behind. I immediately asked the troops to stop on both sides of the road and asked the company commander of the Eighth Company Xu Shikui to lead a platoon to fight back to prevent the enemy from inserting a knife from behind.
While we were talking, we saw a unit walking in the middle of the road in a dark way. I asked them to stop, shouted twice and ignored them and continued to move forward.
I hurriedly ran over and intercepted a leader to find that the guy held saber and wore a big brim hat. When I said this, I quickly grabbed the saber with one hand and shot the box gun with the other hand. I pulled the board and shouted loudly: "Enemy"! The soldiers who stopped on both sides of the road opened fire at the same time, killing some of them, and running forward desperately. We chased the enemy tightly and rushed to the bridgehead of the Yellow River.
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When I arrived at the bridge, I saw it! I saw the bridge deck more than ten meters wide filled with enemies, and a large number of people gathered on the bridge head, fighting and squeezing towards the bridge desperately. Nowadays, places like Xiguan Shizi and Binhema Road are even more chaotic. The enemy's infantry, cavalry, carriage, and cars rushed from all directions to the bridgehead like a tide.
Taking advantage of the enemy's chaos, our thirteen submachine guns sprayed out flames at the same time, beating the enemy like ants on a hot pan running around.
In an instant, the enemy corpses lay all over the bridge deck, bridgehead, and streets. Some of them had not figured out what was going on, so they shouted their lives.
Other enemies who fled from all over the world saw that the bridgehead had been occupied, and they hugged their heads and shrank back one by one. Some of them fled through the river and were swept into the whirlpool by the panting torrent, becoming a delicious meal for carp in the Yellow River.
It is said that the news of our occupation of the bridgehead reached Peng Dehuai, the commander-in-chief of the front line. He said happily: "Watch well, fight well!"
Guarding Bridge
At about twelve o'clock in the evening, we completely controlled the iron bridgehead of the Yellow River. At this time, the Nine Company, which was on the wall at the entrance of Xiguan City, also came, increasing the power to guard the bridge.
I asked them to continue to stay on the city wall to control the commanding heights of the bridgehead and cooperate with the Eighth Company to defend the bridgehead. Because there were no hidden objects, the Eighth Company had to climb down on the spot and use the enemy's remains as cover.
Some small enemies who don’t know the truth are still running towards the bridgehead and rushing to escape. They all became prisoners of the Eighth Company and were locked in a courtyard near the bridgehead.
Just like this, we ambushed a small group of enemies and scattered soldiers like we were catching chickens, and stood firm in the bridgehead position. Suddenly, a fire broke out on the streets of Xiguan Shizi, and it became bigger and bigger. It was obvious that gasoline on a row of cars was burning.
I think if the fire is too big, it will not only expose our troops, but will not be beneficial to guarding the bridge, but will also not be able to finish the enemy's cold guns in the dark, increasing the casualties of our army. I asked two soldiers to make the water and quickly put out the fire.
water has not been brought yet, and the ammunition on the car and gasoline barrels exploded. Suddenly, the flames soared into the sky, and the sound of explosions were heard. The gasoline sprayed out of the gasoline barrels spilled the streets and became a sea of fire, which scared the enemy no longer dared to lean towards the Yellow River Iron Bridge.
It is said that a group of horse bandits were defeated to escape across the bridge. When they walked to Yantan , they thought that my troops were fighting at the bridge and wanted to swim across the Yellow River, but they were swallowed up by the flood one by one.
The fire lasted for about an hour before the fire gradually weakened. I listened to the movements around me, and it was quiet everywhere.
Suddenly, the enemy's machine gun fired a bullet from Baitashan on the north of the Yellow River Bridge, injured the communicator beside me. I immediately organized firepower and opened fire violently at the enemy machine guns on the other side. After more than ten minutes of fighting, the enemy's machine gun became silenced.
But the enemy's car on the bridge was hit, detonated ammunition, one after another, and turned into a fire dragon. The enemies who came from all over the place saw that the bridge deck was blocked by fire, and they no longer dared to approach the bridge head, just waited to surrender.
It was dawn, and our People's Liberation Army entered Lanzhou City, eliminated the remaining bandits, and liberated Lanzhou. The people of Lanzhou, who have been terrified by the white horse bandits for a long time, have seen the light from then on. They flocked to the streets, dancing and singing to celebrate victory.
Eighth company successfully completed the battle mission of snatching the Yellow River Iron Bridge. From beginning to end, no one in the company was injured or killed. In order to commend their achievements, Junlite awarded a banner to the Eighth Company's "Seizing the First Merit of the Bridge".
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