At that time, in a natural cave in Zhao Chuan, Yunxi, a group of robbers stood there depending on the danger. The leader of this gang is named Don Wen Bin.
This man bullies the weak and fears the hard, and does all kinds of evil. He is a rich and powerful feudal tycoon in this area.
12 Brigade ordered Fu Xianhui, the head of the 36th regiment (Senior Colonel 1955, Major General 196 1) to lead his troops to destroy it.
65438+February 65438+May 5, the 36th Regiment commanders braved the goose feather and snow and stepped on the muddy mountain road. After two days of marching, they quietly came to Dashidong and hid in the forest about 200 meters away from the cave.
Fu Xianhui made a detailed observation with a telescope. He saw the cave where the bandits were hiding was halfway up the mountain. From the top to the mouth of the cave is a cliff more than 200 meters long, and from the mouth of the cave to the foot of the mountain is a cliff more than 100 meters long.
There is only a narrow plank road leading to the cave, but this plank road is very strange: one end of wood is inserted into the gap and hole in the mountain wall, and the other end is suspended, covered with short sticks and sticks, which looks like a pontoon bridge hanging halfway up the mountain.
Down the mountain along the plank road, there is a narrow path with a great slope.
In order to prevent the PLA from entering the mountain, bandits have destroyed the path and removed the wooden strips on the plank road.
Looking into the hole, the shooting holes in the hole are faintly visible, and each hole is equipped with light and heavy machine guns and mortars. It seems that it is really dangerous, solid, easy to defend but difficult to attack.
After the People's Liberation Army arrived in Zhaochuan, the bandits crowded into the cave and hoisted the only passage-the slab bridge on the plank road.
65438+February 65438+June 6, 3rd Battalion Company 7 was ordered to start attacking Dashidong.
Soldiers of Company 7 besieged the cave first, and sent 1 class first according to the terrain characteristics. Before approaching the pontoon bridge, the special forces shooters of this class broke two ropes that grabbed the pontoon bridge with two shots, trying to make the bridge fall down so as to rush over.
Unexpectedly, the falling force of the pontoon bridge is too great, and the pontoon bridge has been exposed to the sun and rain for many years. As a result, it broke in the middle and fell on the rock. It is obviously impossible to cross the pontoon bridge.
At this time, the bandits sent someone to send a letter.
It turned out that the 7 th company soldiers touched the bottom of the cave the night before and brought several animals into the hole. After the bandits found out, they wrote a letter satirizing the PLA.
There is an old gentleman among the robbers, who has a high level of knowledge. He wrote in the letter: "Is it worthwhile for your army to enter the mountain stream at night, take away livestock and surround our small cave? Why not hit Xi and Wuhan? As long as these big cities are shot down, I am willing to use this place as the rear of your army. "
What should I do in the face of bandits' provocation? The whole company was angry.
At this time, some soldiers suggested that they should accompany them, write back to the bandits, send them there with bamboo poles, and take the opportunity to measure the distance from the broken road to the mouth of the cave.
The company commander said it was a good idea, so the soldier Lu drafted a reply.
Lu replied in the letter: "We are going to fight with Wuhan, which is our business. How can you be the rear area of the PLA with this small hole? Today's situation is different from the past. The people's liberation army has turned to counterattack. You'd better be sensible and abandon the darkness as soon as possible. "
A fellow villager who was forced to be a groom for bandits volunteered to deliver letters. He hung the letter on a bamboo pole, climbed to the front of the suspension bridge, stretched out the bamboo pole, handed it to the bandits, and measured the distance from the broken road to the entrance of the cave, which played a vital role in conquering the big stone cave.
However, after receiving this letter, the bandits did not surrender. Instead, they shot at each other. It seems that they are extremely arrogant, thinking that some troops could not break the hole in the past, and the PLA could do nothing about it, and they were determined to fight to the end.
The soldiers made ladders according to the measured length. Because of the dangerous terrain, only a small amount of troops and strong firepower can be used.
The brigade commander is very concerned about the result of this battle. He specially equipped the troops attacking Zhao Chuandong with 1 mountain guns and 1 rocket launchers. The regiment also deployed two modified flat-fire mortars and machine guns from Battalion 2 and Battalion 3, forming a powerful firepower system.
Lv Zuyue, instructor of Mountain Artillery Brigade, thought of many ways to transport Mountain Artillery up the mountain.
It takes nine mules to transport 1 mountain artillery, so the soldiers will break it into small pieces. If it can't be disassembled, the soldiers will carry it together and transport it to the mountain opposite the hole by manpower for installation.
Commando soldiers quietly hid in the dense forest in front of the pontoon bridge 10 meters. Dozens of light and heavy machine guns secretly aimed at the bunker of the bandit cave, and the mountain guns were arranged in the nearest place to the bandit cave, and everything was ready on time.
65438+1Around the early morning of October 24th, head Fu Xianhui, deputy head Dong Mingduan and chief of staff Chen Ruyi all visited the position.
At 8 o'clock in the morning, the attack signal was issued. Gao Longzhu, the assault platoon leader, led the first echelon of Class 2 to March forward bravely under the cover of strong firepower.
Due to the smog and unclear sight, it is impossible to set up a ladder when approaching the pontoon bridge. After the fog cleared, all the soldiers in the first echelon were exposed to the bandits' fire, and immediately the vice squad leader of Class 2 and several soldiers were killed or injured.
The platoon leader was fearless in the face of danger and commanded the rest of the soldiers to bravely take the ladder. He threw several grenades, all of which hit Shimen, rolled down Longtan and died heroically himself.
The gangsters were dying and fighting like hell. Fu Xianhui flew into a rage when he saw it. He ordered all firearms to shoot at the mouth of the cave.
At this time, the second echelon punched again under the leadership of company commander Feng Zuoji, and the squad leader Xun Shuming led his troops to finally set up the ladder after several battles.
Under my strong firepower, the bandits' firearms suddenly went dumb.
The soldiers of the second echelon rushed down the ladder to the cave, threw several grenades at the loophole, and only heard explosions, cries and screams in the cave. The soldiers poked open the hole and killed several recalcitrant bandits on the spot. The rest of the bandits were caught.
A fat man who was blown away by a shell was lying on the ground moaning and dying.
According to the prisoner population, this man is Wen Bin, the leader of the evil gang.
At this point, the cave that bandits claimed to be "invincible" was conquered by the People's Liberation Army.
In this battle, more than 10 light and heavy machine guns, more than 0/00 rifles, more than 20 pistols, and a lot of ammunition, food and clothing were seized. In addition to keeping enough food and clothing for the troops, all the extra food and clothing were distributed to the poor around them who had no food or clothes.