Historically, conquering Huashan from behind was the battle to liberate the Great Northwest.
In 1949, under the powerful offensive of the People's Liberation Army to liberate the northwest, Hu Zongnan led his troops to flee south. The Kuomintang brigade commander Fang Ziqiao led the remnants of his troops to flee to Huashan, and set up heavy troops at the mountain pass in an attempt to take advantage of the natural dangers. Resistance. Liu Mingji, the reconnaissance staff officer of a certain regiment of the People's Liberation Army, led a team to sneak into the mountainous area and found out that Chang Shenglin, a local medicine farmer, had gone up the dangerous path behind the mountain to the North Peak to collect medicine, and hurried to Chang's home.
At this time, a group of Kuomintang soldiers were grabbing food from Chang's house. Chang Shenglin injured one of the soldiers with an ax and fled. By chance, the team arrived, took back the food, and saved Chang's mother's life. A storm suddenly broke out that night, and the thatched roof of Chang's house was lifted by the strong wind. The scouts braved the heavy rain, covered the roof with their own quilts, and helped the Chang family repair the house. Chang's mother was deeply moved and retrieved Chang Shenglin to lead the team.
Chang Shenglin led his detachment up the mountain from the back mountain, climbed cliffs and cliffs along the way, flew across dangerous overpasses, climbed to the North Peak at night, and made a surprise attack to defend the enemy. A political offensive was immediately launched, prompting the enemy defenders on the Qianchi Building, the chokepoint of Huashan, to surrender. Later, he controlled Canglong Ridge, the passage between the North Peak and the West Peak. Fang Ziqiao hurriedly organized the Xifeng troops to counterattack.
Faced with powerful enemies, the reconnaissance team responded calmly and stood firm. At the critical moment, Chang Shenglin, who returned to the regiment headquarters to deliver a message, arrived with a large force and joined forces with the small team to attack the west peak and annihilate all the enemies guarding the mountain.
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In mid-May 1949, with the unfolding of the "Battle of Central Shaanxi" of the First Field Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, it was attacked by the Dali Army of our Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region. Han Zipei, commander of the 6th Kuomintang Security Brigade and commissioner of the 8th District, who was severely damaged by the Ludong Corps of the Division (hereinafter referred to as the Corps), led more than 400 remnants of his troops to escape to Huashan, attempting to rely on the natural dangers of "the only road in Huashan since ancient times" to resist.
Huashan Mountain, one of the Five Famous Mountains in my country, is located in the south of Huayin County, more than 200 miles east of Xi'an, with the Longhai Railway to the north and the Qinling Mountains to the south. It is famous both at home and abroad for its steepness and height.
Huashan Mountain has five peaks, the main peaks being South Peak, East Peak and West Peak. The south peak is divided into Luoyan, Chaoyang, and Lianhua; the east peak and the west peak stand tall and stand high into the clouds. When you climb to the top, you really feel like "only the sky is above, not to mention the mountains." In addition to the main peak, there are also peaks such as Yunu, Wuyun, and Tiantai, which are known as the Middle Peak and the North Peak.
The east, west, and south sides of Huashan Mountain are filled with mountains, cliffs, and no way to go. Only the north side of Huashan can go up the mountain, which is often said to be "the only road in Huashan since ancient times". This road is also rugged and difficult to climb. Due to this dangerous terrain, one man can guard the pass, but ten thousand men cannot open it.
After Han Zipei's troops fled to Huashan, the Ludong Corps was ordered to return to Huayin. Their mission was to rest, suppress bandits, and besiege Huashan. In order to prevent the enemy from escaping, the People's Liberation Army sent an additional company to occupy the Huangfu Valley east of Huashan, leading to southern Shaanxi. The first battalion of troops that had been besieging Huashan Mountain was still stationed at Yuquanyuan at the foot of Huashan Mountain. They were responsible for guarding the road up the mountain. At the same time, they were training on the spot and looking for opportunities to annihilate the enemies on the mountain.
The remaining troops of the Corps are stationed in Huayin County for training, and a small number of troops are dispatched to carry out the task of suppressing bandits. After the troops besieging Huashan were settled, they strengthened their training to prevent accidents and at the same time conducted investigations and research to understand the enemy's situation.
At that time, in order to save food and prolong their resistance time, the enemy drove the young Taoist priests down the mountain, which created favorable conditions for our army to understand the enemy's situation.
Everyone who comes down from the mountain, the head of the corps will talk to them to learn about the situation on the mountain. After investigation, it was learned that Han Zipei lived on the West Peak, the Baoliu Brigade Headquarters and the staff of the Dali Special Office were stationed on the East and South Peaks, the enemy battalion commander led a platoon of about 30 people to station on the North Peak, and the deputy battalion commander commanded two companies along the North Peak. The road is fortified up to the junction on the mountain.
The enemy believes that there is only one road to Mount Huashan, and as long as they hold on to this natural barrier, the People's Liberation Army cannot climb up. Therefore, they eat all day long, smoke and play cards, and their minds are paralyzed. The head of the corps also learned that the food stored on the mountain was enough to feed the enemy for a year and four months.
After the enemy situation was basically understood, the Party Committee of the Corps conducted a special study. It was believed that a strong attack would be disadvantageous, and a long-term siege would also be difficult. The enemy had enough food for more than a year and could not wait.
The Ludong Corps decided to send staff officer Liu Jiyao to lead a reconnaissance team to conduct secret reconnaissance.
After a secret investigation, Liu Jiyao and his group of seven people found a hunter named Wang Yinsheng at the two forks of Orangutang Valley in East Huashan. Through propaganda and mobilization, Wang Yinsheng introduced them to the situation of climbing to the top of the mountain from the East Peak Rock in Huashan and expressed his willingness Lead the way for the squad.
At dawn on June 13, Liu Jiyao, Wang Yinsheng and his party arrived at the "patio" of the East Peak. The terrain here is dangerous and surrounded by steep mountain walls. Wang Yinsheng stretched the rope by tying a rope to the "wellhead" with a bamboo pole. A "ladder to heaven" was formed on a tree trunk that came out. Then, the soldiers carefully climbed up the "patio" one by one.
When it got dark, they crossed the "Green Dragon's Back" and maneuvered covertly from the stone cliff connecting the East Peak to the vicinity of Laohukou in Canglong Ridge.
At this time, Liu Jiyao discovered that the North Peak was the throat connecting Laojun's furrow and Qianchi Building at the bottom of Huashan Mountain, and leading to the West and Middle Peaks. If the North Peak was captured, it would be equivalent to cutting off the enemy's upper and lower passages. The enemy becomes the turtle in the urn. Based on this situation, Liu Jiyao decisively decided to catch the enemy by surprise at night while he was sleeping in order to seize the North Peak.
He organized eight people into four combat groups and clarified combat tasks respectively. At around midnight, Liu Jiyao led one, two, and three groups of six soldiers to the Beifeng Temple. Taking advantage of the enemy's sentry change, he followed them quietly into the temple and opened fire together when the enemy was unprepared.
The enemies who were awakened from their sleep by gunshots and shouts of death were in a mess and were taken prisoner before they had time to put on their clothes. The reconnaissance team ended the battle to seize the North Peak in only 30 minutes.
With the help of the Taoist priests on the mountain, they defeated the enemy defenders in the Plague God Cave and the Qianchi Building, and then attacked the enemies in Canglong Ridge. By noon on the 14th, Liu Jiyao led his detachment to capture four strongholds at Huashan Beifeng, Canglong Ridge and Qianchizhuang, capturing 110 enemies and seizing a large number of guns, ammunition and various equipment and supplies.
Subsequently, Liu Jiyao arranged for the Taoist priests on the mountain to go down the mountain in disguise and report the situation to the division chief. From the afternoon of the 15th to the early morning of the 16th, reinforcements arrived at the North Peak one after another and were ready to attack the West Peak.
At dawn on the 17th, under the attack and cover of artillery fire, our army quickly attacked Wuyunfeng and Jinsuoguan, surrounded the enemy's brigade headquarters, and captured the enemy's brigade commander Han Zipei alive. The battle of "Taking Huashan Outsmarted" was a classic example of our army defeating more with less. Han Zipei's dream of holding on to Huashan and waiting for change was shattered.
After the war, Liu Jiyao attended the National Heroes and Models Congress and was awarded the honorary title of "National Special Combat Hero". His outsmarting Mount Huashan was also made into a movie and was widely praised.
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