Details of the Battle of Mianhu Lake

Mianhu Lake in Jiexi County (formerly Jieyang County) is an important town in Chaoshan. The most important event in China's modern history was the Mianhu Campaign in the1920s, and the direct commander of this campaign was He who later became an important figure of the Kuomintang. 1924165438+10 In October, Sun Yat-sen went north from Guangzhou to seek domestic peace from the Beijing government. Once in Tianjin, he can't indulge. Chen Jiongming, a reactionary warlord entrenched in Dongjiang River, thought it was an opportunity to rally the remaining rebels and local bandits and plot to attack Guangzhou from eastern Guangdong. In order to consolidate the Guangdong revolutionary government, the Grand Marshal's Office decided to send troops to crusade against Chen Jiongming, which was the first expedition of the famous National Revolutionary Army.

He became the head of the first teaching regiment composed of Huangpu students and participated in the war as a pioneer of the right wing of the crusade army. He, a native of Xingyi County, Guizhou Province, was born in April 1890 and studied in Japan in June/909. He first entered the preparatory school of the Army NCO School and met Chiang Kai-shek, who was one year older than him. There is a mistake here. He first entered Zhenwu School, and then entered Japanese NCO School. Chiang Kai-shek only studied in Zhenwu School, but did not enter the Japanese NCO School. ). From 65438 to February 0924, He Qinying was introduced by Wang Bailing, a classmate of the Japanese NCO School and then a member of the preparatory committee of the Whampoa Military Academy, and participated in the preparation of the Whampoa Military Academy as the chief instructor. Under the command of Chiang Kai-shek, president of Whampoa Military Academy, Zhou Enlai, director of the Political Department, and Galen, a Soviet consultant, the Crusaders' right wing marched eastward from Guangzhou and attacked Danshui and Hailufeng, pointing directly at Chaoshan. Chen Jiongming's right-wing army heard that the army had copied its Chaomei lair, that is, it assembled more than 20,000 elite soldiers and quickly advanced eastward from Wuhua and the river slope on the Chaomei flank, in an attempt to unite the flood department of Chaoshan and attack from east to west to destroy the troops in Jieyang. 1March, 925 12, Hu Linbing divided into two roads, one attacking Liyu Lake, and the other reaching Heshun (now Jinhe Town) on the west side of Mianhu Lake. Under the leadership of He, the Eastern Expedition Army Training Corps met the enemy of Shun. 13 At 8 o'clock in the morning, the training regiment met the enemy in Xintang Village and launched a fierce battle. The strength of the training regiment is more than 1000, and the enemy is nearly 10 times more. He Qinying commanded three battalions of the whole regiment to fight, and ordered one battalion to be the pioneer and attack the enemy head-on, the third battalion to attack the enemy's left rear, and the second battalion to be the rear of the reserve team. At the beginning of the battle, the enemy surrounded the first battalion with the advantage of numbers. He Qinying personally commanded a battalion of officers and men to fight calmly and even fought with bayonets. However, due to being outnumbered, there were heavy casualties. He urged the 2nd Battalion of the Reserve to charge the enemy, and ordered the artillery company with Chen Cheng as the company commander to fire at the enemy lines, which finally repelled the enemy temporarily. In the morning 1 1, the enemy gathered forces to besiege the training regiment. On one occasion, the enemy attacked a place just over 200 meters away from He's regiment headquarters, and the situation was very critical. He Qinying commanded the secret service company of the regimental headquarters to fight back bravely and fought for a day. In the afternoon, the 3rd Battalion responsible for attacking the left-wing enemy was surrounded by the enemy. On the one hand, He Qinying ordered Xue Binglian to reinforce and assemble all the personnel of the regimental headquarters, including guards, orderlies and cooks, to fight; At the same time, an empty city plan was made, and soldiers were ordered to plant flags of the Eastern Expedition Army around their positions to confuse the enemy, and artillery was ordered to shoot the remaining shells violently. The fighting lasted until 5 pm, but fortunately, the second regiment responsible for fighting the enemy of Liyu Lake came to Hu Lin headquarters and directly attacked it. The forest was attacked from front to back, and flags were everywhere in front. Suspected ambush, afraid to fight again, leading the regions to defeat. The victory of the Battle of Mianhu greatly boosted the morale of the Eastern Expedition Army. The Eastern Expedition Army took advantage of the victory to send troops to Meizhou. On March 13, we attacked Wuhua and took Xingning on the 20th. April 1 1 occupied Meizhou, and the first crusade ended successfully. The Battle of Mianhu taught a regiment to defeat Hu Lin's host with two dry soldiers, which set an example in the history of modern military war in China. After the Battle of Mianhu and the victory of the Second Crusade, He was highly praised by the Guangzhou National Government, so at the end of 2008, He was appointed to supervise the aftermath of Chaoshan. Commander of Chaomei Garrison, Acting Dean of Chaozhou Branch of Army Military Academy. He has always regarded the battle of Mianhu as a masterpiece of his life. Every year 13 March, on the anniversary of Mianhu Campaign, he invited Huangpu students who participated in the campaign to have a dinner to celebrate. This move continued into his later years and never stopped for decades. Throughout his life, ever since he and Chiang Kai-shek betrayed the national revolution, he has become famous for being pro-Japanese and anti-* *. However, in his early years, he made contributions to consolidating the achievements of the national revolution founded by Sun Yat-sen and cracking down on reactionary warlords.

1in March, 925, he served as the commander-in-chief of Guangzhou National Government, and Liao served as the party representative, and organized the first crusade troops to advance into eastern Guangdong. Whampoa Military Academy, with the first cadets as the grassroots commanders, taught the first regiment to be the main force of the "Mianhu Campaign". Glance at Chen Jiongming. Jiang Zhongzheng, president of Whampoa Military Academy, and Zhou Enlai, director of the Political Department, led the right-wing troops of the Eastern Expedition Army to enter Mianhu area at the junction of Jieyang (Jiexi) County and Puning County on June 2, 2008.

On March 13, Chen Jiongming's Hu Lin troops had arrived in Mianhu and Heshun area first, occupying favorable terrain, and their troops were more than ten times stronger than the Crusaders. At that time, the Crusaders attacked the Hulin Department of "Dagong Mountain" with the first regiment of the training regiment of Huangpu Military Academy. The second regiment () attacked Liu from Meitang in Lihu; The Seventh Brigade of the Guangdong Army attacked from the tower head and along the right side, forming a situation in which small groups of enemies in the periphery were swept first and surrounded again and again. In the first battle, Lin Guanya, the platoon leader of the training regiment, was shot and killed in the Mianhu Campaign in Guangdong because of his unfamiliar terrain, poor communication and slow action. Whampoa Military Academy suffered more than 1/2 casualties in this battle. For example, three company commanders of the third battalion of the delegation were killed and 1 injured, and seven platoon leaders were killed and 1 injured, leaving only 1 1 soldiers among the 385 soldiers.

In the end, the Whampoa Military Academy taught the 1st and 2nd Regiments to defeat Chen Jiongming's 20,000 elite troops with more than 3,000 troops, which is a model in military history. This battle is called "Mianhu Battle" in the military history of our country, and it is the most intense battle in the first eastward expedition. The Battle of Mianhu is of great historical significance to the Kuomintang of China and its troops in Huangpu Military Academy. Chiang Kai-shek once said to He at the critical moment of the battle: "We must try our best to save the situation. We can't step back. If we fail here today, everything will be over, there will be no hope of returning to Guangzhou, and the revolutionary cause will suffer serious setbacks. " He said, commander of Mianhu Campaign: "Although this battle lasted only one day, the intensity of the battle was rare in modern wars, and it also had the greatest impact on the success or failure of the revolution." Zhou Enlai, director of the Political Department of Whampoa Military Academy, participated in the planning and command at the front of the battlefield when he was fighting in Mianhu. General Galen, the chief adviser of the Soviet Union who participated in the Battle of Mianhu, pointed out: "This battle is rare in the history of world wars. During the October Revolution in the Soviet Union, the situation was very difficult, but the battle was very heroic, and few of them could match this battle of Mianhu. " Therefore, the victory of the Battle of Mianhu is a revolutionary and symbolic battle.