Chapter 40 every inch of land

On June 26, 1946, after Chiang Kai-shek used the "peace" smoke screen to complete a large-scale civil war preparation, he disregarded the opposition of the people of the whole country and the advice of our party, risked all the world's troubles, and publicly tore up the The "Resolution of the Political Consultative Conference" and the "Agreement of Armistice" launched a full-scale attack on our liberated areas with 80% of the total strength of the regular army, that is, 192 brigades (divisions) and about 1.6 million people. Provoked a counter-revolutionary civil war of unprecedented scale.At this time, our third column, together with the brothers' troops, finished the rest and immediately entered the battle to crush the enemy's attack and defend the Jinchaji Liberated Area.

At the beginning of July, when the Kuomintang army was aggressively attacking the Liberated Areas such as the Central Plains and southern Shanxi, the 11th Brigade of the Fourth Column of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region and the First and Second Army Divisions of the Hebei-Shanxi Military Region cooperated with the First Column of the Jinsui Military Region. The Battle of Northern Shanxi was launched. After more than 20 days of fighting, our army liberated Shanyin, Daiyue, Ningwu, Fanzhi, Daixian, Naoxian, Yuanping, Wutai, Xinkou, Dingxiang and other towns and vast rural areas. , wiped out more than 6,000 enemies, controlled more than 250 kilometers of the northern section of Tongpu Road, and effectively cooperated with our army in southern Shanxi.After the Battle of Northern Shanxi, Datong has become an isolated point between the liberated areas of Jinsui and Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei.At this time, the enemy's deployment to attack Zhangjiakou has not yet been completed.In order to alleviate Zhangjiakou's worries about looking west, improve the situation of Zhangjiakou being attacked on both sides, so that when the enemy aggressively attacks Zhangjiakou, it can smash its attack and concentrate more troops to fight on the Ping-Han line.Therefore, the superiors decided to seize the isolated point of Datong first, so that the Jinsui and Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei districts would become one.

On August 2, presided over by Comrade Nie Rongzhen, commander and political commissar of the Jinchaji Military Region, a combat meeting was held in Yanggao, and the Datong Front Command was formed, and it was decided that the third column of the Jinchaji Military Region (only the seventh and the seventh) The eighth brigade and two brigades, the ninth brigade is missing), the teaching brigade, the artillery regiment, the independent 12th and 13th regiments of the first division of the Jijin military region, the 358th brigade of the Jinsui military region, and the fifth military division of the Jinsui military region The second regiment is responsible for the task of attacking Datong; the tenth brigade of the fourth column attacks Yingxian; the independent first, third brigade, cavalry brigade, Suimeng military region seventh and ninth regiments and Jinchaji military region second The Fourth Brigade of the Column and the Eleventh Brigade of the Fourth Column are preparing to serve as aid missions in the Zhuozishan area.The Yanbei area organized a front support committee to mobilize the local party, government, military and civilians to actively participate in the work of supporting the front line.

Datong is an important military base in northern Shanxi and the connection point of the Pingsui and Tongpu railways.Although Datong City is not big, the city wall is very high, and the northeast and northwest of the city are surrounded by mountains. Only the terrain in the south of the city is relatively flat, and the east of the city has the Yuhe River as a barrier, which is indeed easy to defend and difficult to attack.After Japan surrendered, Yan Xishan led the Fourth Cavalry Division to occupy Datong with Chu Xichun, the deputy commander in chief of the Eighth Army, joined forces with the Japanese and puppet troops, and occupied Datong and its suburbs.The defenders at that time were: the 38th Division of the 33rd Army and the Security Teaching Corps composed of more than 800 Japanese troops as the main force, as well as Ma Zhanshan, the Northeast Advance Army of the 11th War Zone of the Kuomintang. There are more than 19,000 reactionary armed forces including the Ministry of Defense, the Second Security Regiment, the security garrison of each county, and the "Returning Home Revenge Regiment".They relied on the strong city to resist, and it was very difficult to attack the fortifications.

According to the enemy's situation in Datong, the frontline headquarters ordered the seventh brigade of our third column to sweep away all points in the north of Datong, and then cooperated with the 358th brigade to attack the city from the north; The troops cleared out Huairen, Kouquan, and Pingwang points in the south and southwest of the city, and then attacked the city from the south; At various points in Wulidian, and then attack the city from the west; it is limited to clear the periphery before August 13 and complete the preparations for the siege.After my column was ordered, it drove westward from the Shacheng and Huailai areas, and arrived at the outskirts of Datong on July 23.On July 31, the battle to clear the periphery began.The 22nd and 24th regiments of the 8th Brigade of our column, with the cooperation of the first and fifth army divisions, occupied Xiunv Village and Libazhuang respectively, cutting off the traffic from Datong to Huairen.On the evening of August 1st, the 22nd Regiment attacked Shangshuiquan and Xiashuiquan. Due to insufficient preparation, after a night of fierce fighting, only the enemy's surrounding bunkers were occupied, and the rest of the enemy was huddled in the core high fort and did not conquer it.On the same day, the 23rd Regiment occupied Majiazao in one fell swoop with quick and sudden movements, and all the more than 200 defenders laid down their weapons. At this time, an enemy battalion came for reinforcements from Datong, but was also repelled.

On the morning of August 2nd, in order to restore the traffic between Datong and Huairenwen, Datong defended the enemy and sent a thousand troops under the cover of eight tanks to attack the Baijiayaozi position occupied by the 1st Battalion of our 23rd Regiment.When the enemy approached my front, I started a fierce battle with the enemy with sudden and fierce firepower, and organized an anti-tank team. Under the cover of firepower, I used cluster grenades to fight the enemy tanks desperately. Destroyed two enemy tanks.At 13:00, the regiment used its main force to attack Taizizhuang and Feicun on the right side of the enemy. It happened to encounter about two battalions of the enemy who had increased in Datong, and immediately started a fierce battle with it.At 16:00, the Eighth Brigade used the main force of the 24th Regiment to detour from the left side of the enemy in Xinzhai and Luoliwan to wipe out the enemy in the area north of Baijiayaozi.But because our actions were not fast enough and our coordination was not close enough, the enemy fled in a panic when they saw that the situation was not good before forming an encirclement.I only killed more than 600 enemies and surrendered one tank.That night, the Huairen Defending Enemy's 3rd Regiment fled to the north in a separate route, intercepted by our 22nd Regiment at Sanlizhuang, Beiqilizhai, and Zhenjiazhuang, and defeated them all.The Eighth Brigade then ordered the 24th and 23rd Regiments, the Brigade Guard Company, and the First and Fifth Army Sub-districts to take advantage of the victory to pursue and intercept them.The 23rd Regiment intercepted the enemy in Bawangdian, Qincheng, and Beixinzhuang, and the 24th Regiment intercepted the enemy in Suzhuang, Xiaoying Village and other places. A total of more than 900 enemies were captured and more than 400 were killed and wounded. The remnants of the enemy fled towards Guangya and Dongpandaokeng, and were blocked by the troops of our First Army division.

On the evening of the 3rd, the Eighth Brigade branched out to the outskirts of Datong.On the 4th, more than 100 enemies in Datong took two trains to meet the enemy at Kouquan, Pingwang, and Wangjiayuan Power Plants and retreated to Datong.But because our main force did not arrive in time, the enemy was able to withdraw to Datong.Our Eighth Brigade then occupied the Pingwang and Wangjiayuan Power Plants, and the Divisional Unit of the First Army occupied Kouquan.On the 5th, more than 1,000 people defending the enemy in Datong counterattacked Pingwang and Wangjiayuan, and entered near the Shilihe Iron Bridge.On the same day, the teaching brigade captured Haili Village east of Yuhe, and then attacked Caofulou and Shalingzi, but after several attacks, none of them worked.

In the five-day peripheral battle, more than 2,000 enemies were wiped out.However, due to the lack of concentrated use of our troops, and the timing of the attack by each unit was different, forming a division of troops and sweeping points, as a result, the second regiment of the Kouquan enemy and the third regiment of the Huairen enemy were not completely wiped out on the periphery, causing them to shrink their forces. , back into the city and its suburbs.At the same time, the enemy's airfield in the southeast of the city was not quickly occupied or controlled, so that the enemy was able to airlift the third brigade of the 16th Traffic Police Corps, which was fully equipped with American equipment, from Baotou, and strengthened its defense, making our attack even more difficult.

On August 7, in order to speed up the capture of Datong City, the front-line command made a new deployment: the main force of our seventh brigade and the 715th regiment of the 358th brigade attacked Beiguan; Attack Nanguan and various points in the suburbs; the Fifth Army Division troops attack various points west of the city; the 21st Regiment of the Seventh Brigade took over the task of the teaching brigade and eliminated the enemies east of Yuhe.It is planned to forcibly attack the city from the north and south after capturing the four passes.Except for one regiment of the Tenth Brigade to cooperate with the local armed forces to continue the siege of Ying County, the main force entered Datong as a reserve team for the siege.According to the enemy's situation, the troops focused on the technical and tactical training of external blasting.

After a week of preparations such as political mobilization and training, the brigades of our column, together with brother troops, launched attacks on various points in the suburbs at the same time.In the north of the city, the 19th Regiment of our 7th Brigade occupied Crouching Tiger Bay after fierce fighting with the enemy with swift and brave actions.The 20th Regiment attacked Baima City. After detouring the enemy's side with a part of its troops, the main force attacked from the front, broke in in one fell swoop, and defended the enemy and defended Gaofang to resist.Under my fierce attack, combined with the political offensive, the head of the 15th Independent Cavalry Regiment of the enemy's Northeast Advance Army led an uprising of more than 200 people.I occupied White Horse City that night.At the same time, the 715th Regiment of the 358th Brigade occupied the Meijin Barracks, Banben Barracks, Chenjiazhuang and Catholic Church.When I continued to develop in depth, I found that the enemy, from Baima City, Crouching Tiger Bay to Beiguan, was a large, deep and tightly fortified area composed of solid buildings, fortresses and extensive minefields.

On the 15th and 16th, we attacked violently, and the enemy also counterattacked continuously. They competed with us point by point, block by block, house by house, and compound. In two days, we only captured a few blockhouses. It was taken away by the enemy's counterattack.On the 15th, I also repelled the counterattack of more than 1,000 Datong enemies against Baima City with the cooperation of seven tanks and artillery.In the south of the city, the 3rd Battalion of the 24th Regiment of the 8th Brigade attacked Qili Village, but was blocked by the enemy's front barbed wire, and failed to attack several times in a row.Later, the platoon leader Xin Yunsheng touched under the barbed wire and broke through the barbed wire. At 21 o'clock, he launched another attack and broke into the wood.After fierce street fighting, a small number of enemies broke through and fled northward, while the rest were wiped out.A battalion of the regiment occupied Shuiquan Bay at the same time, destroyed the runway of the enemy's airfield, and burned an enemy plane.A battalion of the 22nd Regiment attacked Nanda Temple. After a night of fierce fighting, due to poor reconnaissance, the enemy's low-level firepower was killed during the attack, and was blocked by a five-meter-wide outer trench. The two attacks were unsuccessful.In the east of the city, the 21st Regiment of our 7th Brigade attacked Shalingzi, but it didn't work.From the attack, it was found that the enemy was in the east and south of the city. According to the different terrains of the points near the city pass, they built a solid group of fortifications, and defended them with two to four companies as the main support points of the barrier city wall to prevent the enemy from attacking. Our army is developing in depth. Because the enemy's fortifications are strong, the troops are sufficient, and they are defending firmly, our army has been unable to attack for a long time, and the casualties are relatively large. In addition, the weather is hot, the number of sick people has increased, and the number of troops has been reduced. method, and vigorously transform the terrain, conquer a little bit, consolidate a little bit.On the one hand, it was decided that Director Pan Zili of the Political Department of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region and I would return to Jizhong to expand the army to supplement the troops. After I returned to Hebei to expand the army, the commanders and fighters of the three verticals, under the flexible command of Commander Yang Chengwu, strengthened the reconnaissance and research of the enemy's situation, improved their tactics, and gradually enhanced their ability to attack key points. On the 18th, the water tower was captured, and then the area north of the station and east of the water tower was occupied.In the south of the city, on August 17, more than 1,000 Datong enemies repelled the counterattack on the front line of our South Temple and Shuiquanwan under the cover of five tanks. On the 23rd, 25th, and 28th, there were successive Three times repelled the Datong enemy's counterattack with 1,000 to 3,000 people in tanks, and took advantage of the victory on the 31st to capture the stronghold of the enemy's Nanda Temple.In the east of the city, our 21st Regiment finally captured Shalingzi, the gate to the east of the enemy's Datong City, on August 27 after three attacks, completely annihilating and defending the enemy.By September 1st, our column and our brothers fought together, and had completely occupied all the strongholds of the enemy on the outskirts of Datong. When I attacked Datong, Chiang Kai-shek ordered Fu Zuoyi several times to send reinforcements to relieve the danger of Datong. However, in order to preserve his strength, Fu Zuoyi did not move. Chiang Kai-shek, in order to lure and force him to reinforce, put Datong under the jurisdiction of the 11th War Zone.On September 2, Fu Zuoyi sent troops to reinforce. His first three divisions were surrounded by my brother's troops on Wolong Mountain in the west of Jining City, and more than half of them were wiped out.Fu Zuoyi then sent reinforcements from the 101st Division, the main force, so the brother troops had to transfer their main force to attack the enemy's 101st Division first. Because it took time to transfer troops, the reinforcements failed, and they missed a good opportunity to wipe out the remaining enemies under Jining City.On the thirteenth, the two enemies met in the outskirts of Jining, and then occupied our city of Jining.In this way, when Jining failed to annihilate and aid the enemy, Datong should not attack again.In order to seek new fighters, the frontline headquarters categorically ordered the withdrawal of Datong on September 16, ending the Datong Campaign.My column turned to the Fanshanbao area south of Shacheng. The Battle of Datong lasted one and a half months, and my column wiped out more than 5,000 enemies.Although Datong was not conquered, it was an exercise for our column in the city's fortified battle and the coordinated operations of the large corps.All the commanders and fighters showed a high degree of political awareness, carried forward the spirit of bravery, tenacity and continuous fighting, and many heroic deeds emerged in the face of difficulties and heavy casualties.The main lesson of the Battle of Datong is that our commanders did not have a deep understanding of Chairman Mao’s military thinking on concentrating superior forces and annihilating the enemy one by one; Attack, tactical dull.At the same time, our reconnaissance and research on the enemy's situation and terrain are insufficient, our pre-war preparations are insufficient, and our combat organization is not strict. These lessons are profound. After returning to Jizhong, Director Pan Zili and I immediately assigned the task of expanding the army to each division, and went to each division to learn about the situation of mobilizing the masses to join the army.Central Hebei is an old liberated area, and the political awareness of the masses is relatively good. In addition, on the basis of previous struggles to reduce rent and interest rates, a vigorous land reform movement was being carried out to fight against landlords and distribute land, which was in full swing.The masses defeated the landlords and tyrants, completely overthrew the thousand-year-old feudal rule, the land returned home, and the peasants were liberated. Why don't they rejoice and thank the savior Communist Party and their benefactor Chairman Mao from the bottom of their hearts!At this time, when the masses heard the news that Chiang Kai-shek tore up the "Peace Agreement" and frantically attacked our liberated areas, successively occupying Jining, Chengde, Jidong and Zhangjiakou in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei border region, they were all filled with righteous indignation. The fruits of victory, in order to "protect the family, the land, and the rice bowl" and defend the fruits of the land reform victory, there has been an upsurge of joining the army everywhere.There are many touching stories of parents sending off their sons, wives sending off their husbands, and brothers vying to join the army first.Soldiers who joined the army rode big horses and wore big red flowers on their chests. They were sent to the districts and counties by the villagers beating gongs and drums, and finally gathered in the districts for recruit training.During the training, we once again carried out in-depth political mobilization to join the army to defend the fruits of victory, and organized some preliminary enlistment training for shooting, bombing, and assassination, so that after joining the army, we can participate in the battle under the leadership of veteran soldiers and continue to fight in the battle. exercise. After our third column withdrew from Datong, according to the instructions of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, it was active in Zhuo County, Baoding, Xushui, and Tang County, Hebei, in the northern section of Pinghan Road, disrupting the enemy's railway traffic, attacking the enemy, and cooperating with brother troops in The battle in the direction of Zhangjiakou.However, just as our army was winning successive victories in Huailai and the northern section of the Ping-Han Line, Chiang Kai-shek ordered Fu Zuoyi's troops to attack our Zhangjiakou from the west.Taking advantage of the emptiness in the northwest of Zhangjiakou, Fu Zuoyi mobilized his main force, attacked Zhangbei County, and broke through the Langwogou defense line north of Zhangjiakou.Our main force could not be adjusted in time, and on October 11, the military region, border region agencies and a small number of security forces stationed in Zhangjiakou voluntarily withdrew from Zhangjiakou.After the enemy occupied Zhangjiakou, which is the capital of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region, they were so arrogant. Chiang Kai-shek was even more complacent. He blatantly violated the provisions of the CPPCC resolution and ordered the convening of a pseudo-National Congress. He appeared on the stage and became a pseudo-president. The fall of Zhangjiakou caused complaints and pessimism among some commanders and fighters. In addition, the continuous operations of the troops resulted in a large number of downsizing and lack of timely replenishment, resulting in confusion in the thinking of the troops.In order to solve these problems, under the chairmanship of Comrade Nie Rongzhen, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Central Bureau held an enlarged meeting in Moyuan in late October to study Chairman Mao's "Smash Chiang Kai-shek's Attack with Self-Defense War" and "Concentrate Superior Forces and Annihilate the Enemies Individually" Instructions such as the "Three-month Summary" focused on unifying the understanding that the victory or defeat of a war does not depend on the gains or losses of a city or place, but on the growth and decline of the forces of both sides, and further clarified the thinking of fighting annihilation and mobile warfare.Shortly after the Laiyuan meeting, Director Pan Zili and I returned with thousands of recruits from Jizhong.This group of soldiers from Jizhong has good political quality and high fighting spirit. Their arrival often brings new vitality to the army.We seized this opportunity, thoroughly implemented the spirit of the Moyuan Conference, resolved the complaints and pessimism after the fall of Zhangjiakou, established the idea of ​​not fighting for gains or losses in a city or a place, and actively eliminated the enemy's vital forces. The morale of the troops increased again. win. After occupying Zhangjiakou and restoring the northern section of the Ping-Han Railway, the enemy defended the Zhangjiakou area with the troops belonging to the 11th War Zone, continued to attack our southern area with the 16th Army, and assembled the 94th Army in Moshui, In the Dingxing area, we are going to capture our Yi County, go west from Zijingguan, and echo the enemies who invaded Chanan, they will attack Laiyuan, and then invade Fuping, break our main force, and achieve the goal of dividing our hinterland of Shanxi, Chahar and Hebei; The 53rd Army and irregular troops held the Ping-Han line, consolidated the occupied towns, and maintained traffic. In order to defeat this crazy plan of the enemy, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region ordered our entire column and commanded the Independent Fourth Brigade to resolutely attack the enemy's 94th Army who invaded Yi County.The 7th and 8th independent brigades were actively active on the Ping-Han line to contain the enemy; and the 1st, 2nd, and 4th columns were ordered to find an opportunity to annihilate the 16th army in Chanan. On November 2, the 121st Division of the 94th Army of the enemy invaded west from Laishui.Our column decided to use a part of the force to adopt a mobile defense on the front to lure the enemy into deep, and the main force was assembled on both sides of the south and north bridgeheads to wipe out the enemy.The enemy was very cautious when he started to move. After entering Shilipu on the 2nd, he stopped advancing.On the 3rd, the 361st Regiment of the 121st Division of the enemy continued to invade the west. Under our continuous resistance, they successively occupied Ershilipu and Nanqiaotou.Attacked towards Mendun Mountain in the afternoon, but was resolutely blocked by our 19th Regiment.That night, according to the original combat plan, we took advantage of the opportunity when the enemy's foothold was not stable, and at 00:00 on the 4th, we used the main forces of the seventh and eighth brigades, with the cooperation of the fourth independent brigade, to attack the south and north bridges and wiped out all of them. One battalion of the enemy's 361st Regiment and the enemy's 363rd Regiment, which was aided by Laishui.The battle at Nanqiaotou wiped out a complete regiment and a battalion equipped with American weapons in one fell swoop, killing more than 360 enemies and capturing more than 2,000 enemies. The commanders and fighters were very encouraged. After the enemy failed to attack Yi County for the first time, they leveled the 53rd Army and the 5th Division of the 94th Army at the northern end of the Han Line, and attacked Yi County westward in two routes.The south route is the 94th Army, with the entire 5th Division and the 121st Division as a regiment, along the Yixian, Laishui Highway and south, attacking Mendunshan and Yixian; the north route is the 53rd Army, With the two regiments of the 116th Division and the 130th Division, attack Yi County from the middle and lower car pavilions, via Shuiyang, Jushi, and Xiliu Mountain.On November 15th, the two enemy armies were dispatched at the same time, and the 94th Army entered the Ershilipu and North and South Qiaotou areas.The 130th Division of the 53rd Army entered the east and west Leizi lines.The 116th Division entered Loucun Town.At this time, the first, second, and fourth columns of the main force of our field army had been transferred from the Chanan area to the area near Yi County.The military region is determined to concentrate its forces to wipe out all the way to attack the enemy-the four regiments of the 94th Army are in the Mendun Mountain and Ereripu areas.Relying on the Shisai and Dongrubao areas with our third column, attack from southwest to northeast.The fourth column relies on Shizhu and the Chang'an City area, and attacks from southeast to northwest; the second column and the independent first brigade rely on Sifengpo and South and North Liuzhao, attack from northwest to southeast, and contain the fifty-third military. Under the unified deployment of the military region, our column is determined: the Eighth Brigade will wipe out the enemy in Fanjiatai first, and then develop an attack in the direction of Nanqiaotou.The Seventh Brigade attacked the stage and cooperated with the Eighth Brigade to develop in depth.On the evening of the 16th, the 8th Brigade and the 23rd Regiment divided into two groups and attacked from the east and northeast of Fanjiatai.The twenty-fourth regiment attacked from the south, and the twenty-second regiment was the reserve. At 22:15 that night, the 1st Battalion of the 24th Regiment first captured several courtyards in the south of the village, and the 2nd Battalion of the 23rd Regiment also broke through from the east, but they were blocked by fierce enemy fire. slow.Although many attacks were organized, the enemy could maneuver its troops and firepower at will because it failed to block the enemy in depth.In order to speed up the annihilation of the enemy, at dawn on the 17th, the 1st Battalion of the 23rd Regiment inserted into the enemy's side, cut off the connection between Fanjiatai and Nanqiaotou, and relied on Liujiagou to attack the northwest of Fanjiatai in order to attack from all sides. effect, and then break down one by one and annihilate them one by one.After the first battalion was ordered, it marched to Liujiagou before dawn, defeated one company of the enemy first, killed more than 30 enemies, and the rest of the enemy fled back to Fanjiatai.The battalion immediately launched and attacked Fanjiatai.At this time, the enemy realized that the side and back were threatened, and the enemy at the head of the South Bridge attacked the rear of our first battalion.The enemy at Fanjiatai counterattacked me with about two companies of troops.My first battalion was forced to retreat to Liujiagou.The enemy was eager to relieve its deep threat, so he surrounded Liujiagou. At eight o'clock, the enemy first attacked me with a regiment of troops supported by fierce artillery fire.Our first battalion relied on the edge of the village to defend and repelled the enemy's attacks several times in a row.Then, with the strength of two regiments, under the guidance of tanks, the enemy launched another attack on our first battalion.The warriors of our first battalion fought the enemy tenaciously by using the broken walls destroyed by the enemy's artillery fire.The enemy attacked several times and was repelled.At about twelve o'clock, the enemy launched another attack.The position in the north of the village was broken by the enemy, and the warriors of the first battalion continued to use their houses to hold on, making the enemy pay a heavy price for every step forward.After repeated struggles, the enemy occupied several courtyards.All the commanders and fighters of the battalion bravely resisted the repeated attacks of the enemy five times more than ours with a fearless revolutionary spirit. Some company cadres were mostly casualties, and the health workers, buglemen and soldiers came forward to replace the commander.In the situation where there is only a wall between the enemy and ourselves, the warriors still continue to counterattack with combat groups, causing great damage to the enemy.The first battalion persisted until 20 o'clock, and with the support of the brigade's main force, they all withdrew from the battle that night.In this battle, the 1st Battalion displayed its heroic and tenacious fighting style. In the face of the great disparity between the enemy and our forces, they fought fiercely all day long, repelled dozens of enemy attacks, held their positions, and killed and wounded more than 700 enemies. People, destroyed and wounded two enemy tanks, a heavy blow to the arrogance of the 5th Division of the 94th Army of Chiang Kai-shek's direct descendant, who is known as the elite.In this battle, Zhu Biao, the battalion commander of the first battalion, was injured everywhere, and Cao Liang, the instructor, was blinded and still could not get off the line of fire. When all the bayonets saw red, they showed their military might and boosted their morale.As soon as the battle was over, I immediately arranged for political organs to sort out the achievements of the First Battalion and report them as soon as possible. At that time, the first battalion was 40 kilometers away from the column headquarters. Regardless of the fatigue of days of fighting, I personally rode to the first battalion station to hold a celebration and award ceremony, and awarded the pennant of "Steel First Battalion" to the battalion commander Zhu Biao ( Instructor Cao Liang has been sent to the rear hospital).Then, condolences to the wounded who have not been transferred to the rear one by one, commending their spirit of fighting bravely for the people.When I found that Zhu Biao's leg was seriously injured, I immediately sent someone to organize a stretcher to transfer Zhu Biao to the Brigade Health Department for surgery.Before leaving, I repeatedly told the escorting medical staff: "Please tell the comrades in charge of the brigade's health department that Zhu Biao is brave in battle and is a fighting hero. We must try our best to keep his thigh, and it cannot be amputated as a last resort." Zhu Biao was deeply moved by the concern of our column leaders.Under the careful treatment of the medical staff, Zhu Biao's leg was saved.More than a month later, before Zhu Biao's wounds had fully healed, he actively asked to return to the army.Led by Zhu Biao, more than 300 wounded and sick in the third column also returned to the army on time or earlier to join the new battle against the Kuomintang reactionaries. In the battle of Liujiagou this time, after two days of fierce fighting, although our third column captured Fanjiatai, the fourth column captured Zhangjiagou and other places.However, because the enemy was not cut off and surrounded, and the coordination was not good enough, one attack stopped the other, allowing the enemy to use any mobile force to resist our attack, so it was not possible to annihilate the enemy one by one.When the enemy's 53rd Army was approaching the 94th Army, the north failed to contain the enemy with positive actions. As a result, the enemy's 53rd Army entered the Xinggong and Congxi areas on the 18th, and fought with the enemy's 94th Army. connect them.This increases the difficulty for me to wipe out the enemies.Based on this, in order to seek new fighter opportunities, on the evening of the 18th, our superiors ordered our troops and our brothers to withdraw from the battle and go to the Baibao area north of Mancheng to replenish, rest and conduct combat training.On the 19th, seeing that there was no gap to take advantage of, the enemy also withdrew eastward to the front lines of Laishui and Dingxing.