Chapter 9 Chapter Seven

Xu Shiyou decided to use the tactics of "killing chickens with a sledgehammer", using powerful and superior forces and weapons, aiming at the enemy's weaknesses, and carrying out a violent assault.Make the enemy powerless to resist, and quickly wipe out all the enemies in a short time. In the War of Liberation, when attacking Jinan, Xu Shiyou used the "sword tactics".At that time, Jinan's fortifications were solid and deep, with thousands of light and dark bunkers, and many and strong defenders.During the battle, our army pinpointed the enemy's weaknesses, seized the enemy's vital parts, concentrated our forces and firepower, cut a bloody path, drilled in and fought, and pierced the enemy's heart like a sharp knife. Annihilated 110,000 Kuomintang troops defending the city, and captured the city commander Wang Yaowu alive.

Xu Shiyou's tactic has several key points: first, the enemy's vital parts must be selected accurately, and the enemy's nails must not be touched; Itching; third, to open a bloody path, to get in and fight, you must hit hard, if you are soft, you can't get in; fourth, like a sharp knife, it goes straight into the enemy's heart and hits the enemy's vitals. Xu Shiyou often said that winning a battle depends on Mao Zedong's military thought.The "killing chickens with a sledgehammer" he proposed is the idea of ​​"war of annihilation" advocated by Comrade Mao Zedong.In order to achieve annihilation battles, it is necessary to concentrate superior forces in each battle, aim at the enemy's weaknesses, carry out violent assaults, adopt encirclement and circuitous tactics, encircle separately, and annihilate the enemy one by one.Mao Zedong's military thinking has guided our army to win many battles in offensive operations. It is a magic weapon of our army. It has been written into our army's campaign science and tactics, and it is one of our army's basic tactics.There are countless examples of victories achieved by using this method of warfare in the history of our military.Xu Shiyou said that due to differences in the enemy's situation, our situation, terrain, and climate, the tactics should be different, and they should not be stereotyped and empiric.When attacking Jinan, the "sword tactics" were used because Jinan City was a well-fortified city of the enemy, and the defenders were the regular army of the Kuomintang, and their numbers were relatively large. Self-defense counterattacks are fought in the wild, or most of them are fought in the wild, with a small number of enemy troops.Both formulations are closely related to the current and local enemy situation and our situation.In the battle in the Gaoping area, he emphasized the use of the main force to attack the enemy's vital and weakly defended positions, cutting apart, smashing, and annihilating the enemy's deployment like killing a cow with a knife.

From the night of February 16th to the dawn of the 17th, Xu Shiyou's "sword" was ready.The troops participating in the battle are at their positions; the guns have taken off their gun coats and are calibrated to shoot the elements; the engineers have entered the position and ready the blasting materials; the tanks are filled with oil and ammunition, and enter the standby position; Listening quietly, the wired communication soldiers have made all preparations for wiring; the infantry has entered the shock starting position, and some have entered the enemy's "nose"; the scouts are climbing mountains and ridges.Cadres and agencies at all levels are checking the readiness of their respective troops, waiting for Commander Xu Shiyou's order to "start the counterattack." In the early morning of the 17th, just after dawn, a green signal flare rose into the sky from the podiums of several front-station airports in southern Xinjiang of the motherland.In an instant, the first batch of war eagles roared in unison, piercing into the sky like sharp arrows.Immediately afterwards, on each runway of the airport, a Warhawk took off and landed staggeredly.My heroic front-line aviation unit launched a large-scale, multi-level, multi-sorty, multi-type battle scene.For several days in a row, hundreds of aircraft sorties patrolled back and forth along our side of the Sino-Vietnamese border every day.Under the deterrence of my powerful air force, the planes of the Vietnamese army did not dare to move.

My fleet guarding the South China Sea has formed a mighty and majestic lineup on the vast sea: a formation composed of guided missile frigates and submarine hunters braves the wind and waves in the Beibu Gulf and advances southward; A joint formation composed of speedboats and high-speed gunboats leaped in groups on the southwestern sea of ​​Hainan Island, waiting to be dispatched; another mixed formation composed of various ships was patrolling and cruising on the waters of the Xisha Islands with full vigilance.In the air, pairs of sea and air eagles whizzed by; on the bottom of the sea, submarines submerged quietly.For more than a month, this powerful fleet, with fearless heroism, cooperated with the self-defense counterattack operations of the Guangxi frontier defense forces, and composed a magnificent song of defending the construction of the four modernizations and defending the southern border of the motherland.

At dawn on February 17, people were still asleep, and Xu Shiyou had already arrived in the war room in the tunnel of the command post.He knows very well that this is a critical moment for completing the tasks assigned by the Military Commission, and it is also an important moment for writing the end of his own history, and he must personally grasp it.He hung a revolver at his waist and wore a cotton overcoat.Shaolin Kungfu is natural, Xu Shiyou usually stands like a pine, sits like a bell, and walks like the wind.This is him like a big clock, sitting next to the map marked with combat deployment, holding a pocket watch, and staring at the pointer with his eyes.The time passed by minute by minute and second by second, and the watch seemed to go very slowly.

Suddenly, he raised his head and announced solemnly with a loud voice: "The time is up. The counterattack begins!" This order is the voice of the 1 billion Chinese people, and this order is the roar of the eastern dragon.The staff officers who worked intensely in the war room conveyed Commander Xu's orders to their respective units.After the troops received the order, they immediately acted.In an instant, the sound of the rumbling guns woke up the sleeping earth, and the flames reflected the sky red like the morning glow. Groups of shells roared and flew towards the enemy's position, and suddenly the enemy's position was full of flames and thick smoke. Thirty minutes later, groups of engineers opened up passages in the enemy's minefields, rows of tanks roared forward, and groups of infantry rushed towards the enemy group with loud noises. up.Throughout the Guangxi section of the Sino-Vietnamese border, the enemy and the enemy exchanged fierce fire, forming a huge fire dragon.

At that time there was a war song: After Xu Shiyou issued the order to start the counterattack, his attitude became more serious. He walked back and forth in the combat room with his hands behind his back, imagining the situation on the front line, imagining the scene of our army's heroic killing of the enemy, and waiting for reports from various units. Sure enough, battle reports came one after another.The North Group reported breaking through the Moron Line and annihilating the enemy in the Moron area.The South Group reported breaking through the layout defense line, defeated the enemies in the layout area, and seized the Shuikou Bridge.The East Group reported that it had broken through the Tongdeng defense line and was fighting fiercely with the enemy.Xu Shiyou listened to the victory news one after another, and his face gradually changed, from serious to kind, from kind to smiling.

In the fifth chapter of this book, we introduced the combat guiding ideology of the Vietnamese army.According to their guiding ideology and combat principles, their front-line troop density is very high.In front of me in Guangxi is the first military region of the Vietnamese army. There are 11 divisions and 9 brigades in the army. The deployment of the first military region is also the second-line configuration: the first line has 6 divisions and 6 regiments, and the second line has 5 divisions and 3 brigades. , regiment (not including public security forces and militia). Xu Shiyou carefully studied the characteristics of the Vietnamese army, and had the following views on the deployment of the Vietnamese army: the deployment of the Vietnamese army was based on divisions and arranged in three lines.In addition to the above-mentioned first and second line configurations, the third line is the strategic reserve force of the Vietnamese army, with a total of 5 divisions, all deployed near Hanoi, which may invade Cambodia or fight our army.

Xu Shiyou believes that from the perspective of the deployment of the Vietnamese army, the frontline has the most troops and the highest density, which is consistent with the Vietnamese army's combat guiding ideology.At the same time, the front line is also the strongest. There are tunnels, solid fortifications transformed from stone caves, permanent fortifications, and a large number of field fortifications. There are "A"-shaped concealed parts in every row, and trenches and bunkers are everywhere. The traffic trenches are densely packed like spider webs.In addition, there are some French forts. It is said that this kind of fortification is very large and extremely strong.Along with the fortifications, there are also a large number of obstacles: most of them are deer villages in front of the front-line positions, which are very long and thick; there are also traps and bamboo stick pits, with traps on the top and bamboo sticks under the bottom. The Vietnamese army estimated that our military personnel might move All kinds of landmines are densely covered with various types of fire, and there are many organs; anti-infantry trenches, anti-tank trenches, barbed wire, barriers, stone walls, etc. can be seen everywhere.The firepower plan is strict, and multiple layers of fire nets have been deployed.Artillery fire ranges from far to near, and infantry weapons also form a crossfire network.In short, the Vietnamese army has a complete defense system, solid positions, tight firepower, and many and thick obstacles.To sum up, it can be clearly seen that the front line of the Vietnamese army is a strong point, a hard shell, which is a prominent feature of the deployment of the Vietnamese army.

According to the characteristics of the Vietnamese army, Xu Shiyou came up with an effective method: use firepower to deal with the hard shell of the Vietnamese army.He concentrated a powerful artillery unit and used sudden and violent firepower to bombard the Vietnamese army's positions, command posts, artillery positions, infantry assembly areas, and communication facilities.This gave full play to the advantages of our army's large artillery and powerful firepower.The fire on our artillery position was shining, and there was a muffled thunder, and swarms of shells flew towards the enemy's position.All of a sudden, the Vietnamese army's position filled with darkness and mist was blazing with flames and thick smoke billowing, like a huge fire dragon rising from the ground, billowing in the smoke.As expected by Xu Shiyou, dozens of minutes of bombardment wiped out a large number of vital forces of the Vietnamese army.Some positions of the Vietnamese army were turned upside down, with a foot of loose soil, the communication in the enemy's position was paralyzed, and dozens of artillery positions were destroyed, which greatly affected the enemy's fighting spirit.The soldiers of the Vietnamese army fled one after another, and the junior officers were too frightened to go out to observe the situation. The dream of "winning at the front line" of the Vietnamese army was shattered by Xu Shiyou's cannon.The commanding organ of the Vietnamese army was beaten dizzy, and there was nothing they could do for a while.After the shelling, they woke up a little bit, and wanted to take measures quickly to save the defeat, but before they could come up with new tactics, our army's tanks and infantry rushed over.

Xu Shiyou solved the first key problem of the whole campaign. Immediately afterwards, the enemy's minefields were basically destroyed by our army.At that time, the story of Xu Shiyou breaking landmines with buffaloes was still circulating on the front line: Xu Shiyou frowned, thinking of the example of Tian Danqiao, a famous general of the Qi State in ancient my country who defeated the State of Yan with the "Fire Bull Formation", and collected hundreds of mines in the border area of ​​Guangxi. A buffalo, each with a gauze-wrapped ball dipped in kerosene tied to its tail, gathered at the front of my position.After I prepared the artillery fire, I used fire to ignite the gauze cotton ball on the tail of the cow, and hundreds of buffaloes rushed to the minefield and wiped out the minefields of the Vietnamese army. The legend is not entirely true, but it is not entirely fictional either.The Vietnamese army had a lot of landmines. Before the war, when our reconnaissance troops captured prisoners, we suffered some casualties.In order to inspire everyone to use their brains to find a way, Xu Shiyou once proposed the idea of ​​using "Fire Bull" to break the landmines of the Vietnamese army, which aroused heated discussions among everyone.Comrades believe that the "Fire Bull Formation" is also a mine-breaking method, which can be used now, but after all, it cannot become the main method for our army to break the mines of the Vietnamese army. The main method should be to use modern weapons to destroy the enemy's mines. Xu Shiyou gathered everyone's opinions and expressed his opinion: "Tian Dan used the 'Fire Bull Formation' to defeat the army of the Yan State. The military achievements of the country have been praised by the military strategists of later generations. In modern warfare, there are many methods for breaking minefields, and the equipment is much more advanced. The main use of engineering blasting equipment is to open up passages, artillery bombardment is used to open up passages, and aircraft bombs are used to open up passages. Use tanks to open up passages in anti-infantry minefields. In this self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, engineers, infantry, and tanks should be used to open up passages in various minefields along the entire line." From the actual effect, it is ideal to use tanks to open up passages in the enemy's anti-infantry minefields.Because tanks are not afraid of anti-infantry mines, they can detonate such mines without harming the tank itself, and can also break through enemy barbed wire, firewood piles and other obstacles to cover infantry attacks.However, the tank is not a buffalo, but an "iron bull". Maybe some people have misrepresented the "iron bull" as a buffalo. Before the start of the battle, Xu Shiyou and Xiang Zhonghua divided the army in the Guangxi theater into four groups, and the northern group was composed of three brigades of the frontier defense army and special forces strengthened by the military region.The other three brigades of the border defense army and the special forces strengthened by the military region formed the South Group, and the command was strengthened by Deputy Commander Wu.The East Group, which is composed of 3 brigades of the border defense army and special forces strengthened by the military region, is under the command of Deputy Commander Jiang.The mobile group composed of 3 brigades in Guangxi is directly commanded by Commander Xu and Political Commissar Xiang. Three hours into the battle, the east, south, and north groups all broke through the enemy's first-line positions and are developing in depth into the enemy's divisions.Xu Shiyou launched an attack on the Vietnamese army at the same time across the entire line in Guangxi. The Vietnamese army command could not figure out where our army's main assault direction was, and they couldn't figure out our army's campaign plan, so they had to order the First Military Region to stick to their positions. Xu Shiyou knew that in order to wipe out the 346th Division of the Vietnamese Army in the Gaoping area, the enemy's retreat must be cut off.After he learned that all the groups on the front line had broken through the enemy's positions, he believed that the time was ripe to use interspersed troops to develop in depth, and it was necessary to develop victoriously and expand the results in time. He saw the characteristics of the enemy's deployment in the Gaoping area: the main force of the 346th Division faced the direction of Chaling (this is the main direction of the enemy's defense), one main force was in the Shuojiang area, and one local regiment was in the Fuhe area.In view of the deployment characteristics of the enemy's key defense, he used a small number of troops to feign an attack in the Chaling area to restrain the enemy's main force, and used a part of his troops to assist in Shuojiang and Shuikou.At the same time, use the main forces of the South and North Groups to carry out major assaults on the enemy's weakly defended layout and Molong: the main force of the South Group breaks through the enemy's positions from the layout, and assaults Dongxi, Meinong Tunnel, Boshan, and Gaoping City , one went out to the Nalong Bridge to cut off the enemy's retreat.The main force of the northern group broke through the enemy's position from Molong, assaulted Tongnong, Banzhuang, and Dong Sai, and one part went to the Nalong Bridge to cooperate with the southern group to cut off the enemy's retreat. The main force of the two groups used by Xu Shiyou, like two sharp knives for killing cattle, slammed into the vital parts of the 346th Division of the Vietnamese Army in the Gaoping area. His tactics were adopted against the Vietnamese army's guiding ideology and combat principles of "holding on the front line and winning on the first line", and it was also adopted against the actual deployment of the Vietnamese army.This tactic can not only enable the ground troops to break through the enemy's hard shell, but also split the enemy's overall deployment, cut off the enemy's retreat, create a situation of closing the door and beating the dog, pushing the battlefield into the depths of the enemy and leading it to the enemy's rear. After Xu Shiyou thought about it maturely, he immediately dictated the order: "Call immediately and tell the South Group and the North Group to use the main force to make a rapid assault in depth, immediately enter the breakthrough, advance quickly, and insert into the designated area on time without any mistakes." Heads Zhang and Liu of the North Group immediately ordered the Nianjing Brigade to annihilate the local Vietnamese troops in the Molong area, then advance to Tongnong, then to Banzhuang, and finally occupy the Dong Sai area, occupy the 841 highland, and send A battalion went out to the Nalong Bridge, and cooperated with the South Group to cut off the enemy's retreat. After receiving the call, the two heads of Wei and Xun of the South Group ordered the Longzhou Brigade to enter the breakthrough from the layout, pass through Dongxi, Meinong Tunnel, Guogang, and attack the provincial capital of Gaoping. The enemy retreats. Brigadier Zheng and Political Commissar Zhou of the Nianjing Brigade had the following understanding of Xu Shiyou's campaign plan: Troops that fight through penetration should not be obsessed with fighting, and must advance boldly when entering a breakthrough.They acted in that spirit. Leading the vanguard regiment of the interspersed troops was the deputy brigade commander Li Peijiang.He is from Liaoning. He is 57 years old. In the old society, he worked as a child laborer for capitalists, a long-term laborer for landlords, and a laborer for Japanese devils. He was injured four times during the War of Liberation. Brave battle hero.In this battle, he went deep into the avant-garde regiment, led the sharp knife battalion, inserted into the enemy's line, and advanced bravely, fighting while inserting. It lasted 28 days, moved more than 200 kilometers, experienced 36 battles, and successfully completed the long-distance interspersed and blocked tasks. . Li Peijiang was lying on the hospital bed when the news that the Vietnamese invaded our border came on the radio.The doctor wrote on his condition report: chronic superficial gastritis, gastric cancer awaiting investigation.When he learned that the troops accepted the mission to join the war, he couldn't wait to write to the chief: "Fight back the Vietnamese invaders, don't forget me." "I have made up my mind that no matter whether I am well or not, I will be discharged from the hospital in the next few days. I must not miss this good opportunity."The chief did not agree to his request to be discharged from the hospital, so he approached Zhang Qinghai, the director of internal medicine, but Zhang's persuasion was ineffective, so he had to agree to discharge him.He went to the front line with medicines and prescriptions, and as soon as he saw the brigade commander, he asked for a mission.The brigade commander considered that this operation would be interspersed with missions, and the troops would have to run long distances day and night, which would be unbearable for a sick person who was over fifty years old, so he assigned the artillery to him.Artillery was farther away after all.Li Peijiang talked to the brigade commander three times, saying that he wanted to go to the infantry regiment. He pointed his fingers and pointed out the reason. The brigade commander finally had no choice but to ask him to go back to the 63rd regiment. At the swearing-in meeting of the whole regiment before the expedition, Li Peijiang said with a loud voice: "Deputy Director Shan and I are both old, but our bones are hard. I promise to fight with my comrades and fight this battle resolutely. Please Comrades test me in battle!" Before the old hero finished speaking, the audience burst into thunderous applause.This applause expressed the young fighters' respect and trust in their leaders, and also expressed the confidence of the commanders and fighters in winning the battle. Under the leadership of this old hero, the avant-garde regiment carried out Commander Xu's orders very resolutely, fought very flexibly, and walked stealthily and quickly. At 11 o'clock on the 17th, the 1st company of Qianwei entered Banai and was blocked by a company of the enemy's public security forces. The cadres of the 1st company observed the terrain and felt that it would be unfavorable for our follow-up troops to intersperse if they did not eliminate this enemy.Therefore, commanding the whole company to use brave actions, the enemy seized the favorable terrain before the enemy opened fire, the enemy fled in a hurry, and more than 40 people entered the cave. The 1st company immediately organized firepower to block the enemy's hole, and with the assistance of the 7th company, wiped out the enemy. 40 minutes later, the main force of the 63rd Regiment entered the building and rushed along the road to Tongnong County. On the north side of the farm.Li Peijiang and Deputy Head Hong led the 2nd Battalion to catch up with the main force of the regiment. He commanded the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 63rd Regiment to jointly attack Tongnong County.Tongnong County, also known as Puzhongtang, is a relatively small county in northern Vietnam. It is similar to the small towns in southern my country.The city was only defended by the enemy's public security forces, the county squadron, and the civilian army. Under the attack of our tanks and infantry, the enemy fled in panic.After 50 minutes of fighting, control the whole city. Going forward from Tongnong, there is a village called Zongmei, and there is a river beside the village. The Vanguard Company of the 63rd Regiment arrived at the river at 21 o'clock and found that the water was deep and the current was fast, making it inconvenient to wade in vain.According to the survey before the war, there is a pedestrian suspension bridge here, and you must pass the bridge if you go forward.The Qianwei company sent people to look for it separately, and it took an hour to find it.The suspension bridge is connected by steel cables, and the bamboo deck is more than 30 meters long. The bamboo deck of the bridge has been broken.The main force of the regiment began to cross the bridge. Due to the darkness and the broken bridge deck, they could only pass slowly in a single column with each person 5 paces apart. The mules and horses had to find another way to wade through. After crossing the river, Zhang Yongmei, the head of the regiment, reported an unexpected situation to Li Peijiang: there are enemy digging fortifications on the mountain beside the road ahead!Li Peijiang touched the front and saw that it was really good. On the top of the mountain, the beam of the enemy's flashlight flashed around, and the shovels and picks jingled. Li Peijiang judged that the enemy had not yet discovered our army.The enemy is on the mountain, and we will penetrate from the mountainside. As long as we are bold, cautious and well-organized, we can avoid the enemy.So he personally led the 7th company and 3rd platoon to occupy favorable terrain, blocked the enemy's passage down the mountain, and the regiment leader Zhang led the whole regiment to pass secretly along the mountainside path.The troops were silent, and the soldiers followed one by one at a fast pace. In this way, the troops pierced under the enemy's nose without anyone noticing. The 63rd regiment moved suddenly. When it entered Sanlong Village, it encountered dozens of enemy police and civilian troops.These enemies never dreamed that our army would arrive here so soon, and they were all terrified and fled in all directions.The interpreter of our army shouted to the enemy: "Our Chinese army treats the prisoners preferentially, you should surrender!" 26 Vietnamese soldiers surrendered to our army, and two volunteered to lead the way for our army.The interspersed troops continued to advance along Huangde, Banhuang and Na'an.That bank is the famous "stuck neck" pass, with cliffs on both sides and a 5-kilometer-long canyon in the middle. Army and civilian defense.In order to gain time, the 63rd regiment decided to detour around Langquan.When entering Langrao, the first 1st Battalion encountered an enemy company.Our army quickly seized the unnamed high ground on the east side of Langrao, opened fire on the enemy first, defeated the enemy, and then occupied favorable terrain, covering the regiment and the 3rd Battalion from Yindou to Langquan. The 1st Battalion of the 63rd Regiment was calm and calm when it was separated from the main force of the regiment. It used the dark night to get rid of the enemy and occupied the mountain leg on the southwest side of Dasha Pass at 2 o'clock in the morning on the 19th. After the main force of the regiment occupied the Jiaonan and Langquan areas, They also captured the Langdeng and Dongsai areas, cut off the enemy's retreat, organized defenses on the spot, and prepared to block the possible reinforcements from the Yuanping direction. The main force of Nianjing Brigade followed up after the 63rd regiment.The starting march sequence is: 61 regiment, brigade basic command post, 62 regiment.Later, because the 61st regiment went the wrong way in Tongnong, it fell behind at the end when it returned, so it was changed to: 62nd regiment, brigade basic command post, and 61st regiment. The 2nd Battalion of the Vanguard of the 62nd Regiment smashed the enemy's small group of blocking forces in Huangde, Zongpai, and Sanlong, and entered Tianfeng Daling. The regiment command post and the 1st Battalion were going up the mountain. Mixed into the team directly under the 62nd regiment and the 1st battalion.The commander of the regiment ordered the 2nd Battalion to capture the peak of Tianfeng Daling and control the key points. At the same time, he ordered the 1st Battalion and the units of the directly subordinate team to seize nearby key points to prevent enemy damage.Fighting with the enemy overnight in Tianfeng Daling, the Nianjing Brigade opened a command post on the unnamed highland on the west side of Banhuang at 5 o'clock on the 19th. On the night of the 18th, the enemy set up multi-layer blocking areas between Zongmei, Huangde, and sects, blocked the suspension bridges, and controlled the narrow roads. The mules, horses and logistics echelon of the 61st regiment were blocked at 18:00 in Zongmei due to the inconvenient movement of the suspension bridge, lost contact with the regiment commander, and were suddenly attacked by enemy special forces ambushing on dangerous slopes around Zongmei.The deputy political commissar of the regiment who led the team died on the spot when he went out to investigate the wading route.The troops were crushed at the bottom of the valley, and the situation was very unfavorable. Comrade Xu Jiaqin, the instructor of the 100th Artillery Company of the 61st Regiment, stepped forward, convened a meeting of cadres from 19 units, set up a temporary party branch, organized all personnel into squads, platoons, and designated commanders, and started a heroic counterattack.Zhang Yifan, the deputy instructor of the communication company, led several soldiers on barebacked horses, lowered their horsebacks, clamped their legs together, and went through the fire net like sharp arrows, to report the situation to the head of the regiment.The staff officer of the Artillery Unit and the company commander Liu Shanhua quickly mobilized mortars to form a circular position and bombarded the enemy.Service platoon leader Lin Hanjin organized the infantry to fight back bravely.Lin Jingyou, a doctor at the Military Horse Institute, was ready for rescue... 19 units formed a steel group.They repelled 3 enemy attacks overnight, wiped out 65 enemies, and protected the safety of migrant workers and military horses. At around 7 o'clock on the 19th, the 62nd and 61st regiments successively crossed Tianfeng Daling.The brigade command post departed from Banhuang at 13:00 on the 19th, and entered the unnamed highland on the west side of the 809 highland at 18:00.On the afternoon of the 21st, the brigade command post forcibly passed through the enemy's blockade area of ​​more than 1 km on the east side, joined the 62nd regiment, and then advanced towards Koutun. The 2nd Battalion of the 62nd Regiment captured Ban Jun, about 2 kilometers west of Koutun. On the 23rd, the 62nd regiment occupied the highlands on both sides of the road south of the Koutun intersection.Organize defenses in the Koutun and Xinmei areas.The basic command post of the brigade was opened in the southwest of Koutun. So far, the Nianjing Brigade has completed the interspersed task after 6 days of hard work. In the execution of this arduous task, this unit has produced many combat heroes. Chen Shuli, squad leader of the 8th Company of the 61st Regiment, is one of them. In the early morning of February 21, during a fierce battle, he lost contact with the main force, and was besieged by the enemy in a house with 7 soldiers of different organizations (4 of them were wounded). The situation is very critical.Some comrades advocated withdrawing while fighting. Chen Shuli looked at the surrounding terrain and said to his comrades: The surrounding hills are occupied by the enemy, and withdrawing will only increase casualties. If we cannot withdraw now, we must try to hold the enemy back and ensure that the main force can penetrate smoothly. .The gunshots were getting closer and closer, and the enemy was pressing harder and harder. The wounded Hu Qingxiang expressed his determination to Chen Shuli: "Squad leader, I would rather die than be a prisoner than die in the hands of the enemy." Pull the fire.Chen Shuli pressed his hand and said excitedly: "It can't be like this. We still have more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition. We have to fight the enemy. Killing one is enough money, killing two to earn one! The party has trained us for so many years, we are determined You can't embarrass the party and the motherland, and you must fight the enemy to the end!" Hearing what Chen Shuli said, several comrades in arms lifted their spirits.Everyone said in unison: "Squad leader, although we are not in the same unit, we firmly obey your command." Thus, a special combat group was formed. Chen Shuli saw a lot of chemical fertilizers piled up inside the house, and the 400 meters around the house were open fields. No matter where the enemy attacked from, they could find them in time, and they could use their firepower. Build a fortification. At about 10 o'clock, the enemy attacked them. Although they only had 7 people and 3 guns, they were excellent sons of the Chinese nation.Chen Shuli encouraged the soldiers to say: "The enemy is in the open, and we are in the dark. With this advantage and the fortifications we have built, we will destroy the enemy fiercely." Cheng Ru and Chen Wuxian defended one side each, and the wounded observed the situation, waiting for the enemy to approach and fight.After speaking, he jumped into his fortification with a stride.At this time, the enemy's bullets came like hail. Under the cover of machine guns, the enemy's infantry came down from the mountain in several ways.When the enemy infantry approached, Chen Shuli ordered: "Fight!" The three of them pulled the trigger at the same time.The bullets of revenge roared and flew towards the enemy group.Those "heroes" who boasted that they were "the third military power in the world" hid and hid when they heard the gunshots. The goal.With chest tightness, he saw one by one and hit one by one. After a while, all the dead bodies were left on the open ground. The enemy had too many casualties and had to retreat.After that, the enemy attacked five more times, all with the same end. The enemy could not succeed from the front, so they sent a small force to detour to the other side of Fanghou River in an attempt to pinch back and forth.As soon as the enemy reached the bridge, Chen Shuli had sharp eyesight and quick hands, and knocked down the enemy who was running in the front with one shot.The second enemy rushed to snatch the body, but was killed by another shot.Seeing that the situation was not good, the enemy behind turned his head and ran back. Chen Shuli yelled: "You son of a bitch, run there!" In desperation, the enemy dispatched 60 artillery pieces to bombard them, and shells exploded around them one after another.Immediately, gunpowder smoke filled the room and shrapnel and soil flew across the room, making them dizzy and tinnitus.As soon as the enemy's artillery stopped, Chen Shuli got out of the bunker, shook the soil on his body, and said to his comrades: "Fighting the enemy requires not only bravery, but also resourcefulness. Let's not shoot at all, so that the enemy thinks we are all killed, and then wait for them to approach and suddenly open fire." The stupid enemies were really fooled. When they heard that there was no gunshot in the house, they danced and screamed at the foot of the mountain. After a while, more than 30 enemies walked towards the house swaggeringly.When they got close to the house for about 80 meters, Chen Shuli and others suddenly opened fire. The enemy panicked. Those in front were dead or wounded, and those in the back ran back desperately.After dark, the enemy shelled the house again, and a shell landed not far from Chen Shuli, and the fragments hit Chen Shuli's left leg, causing blood to flow.They were running out of bullets. He calmly analyzed the situation in front of him and said to everyone: "There are more and more enemies now, and we must immediately break out to the river bank." After that, he threw 3 grenades in the front and fired another burst. , to give the enemy the illusion of their frontal breakout.This move really attracted the enemy to the front. Taking this opportunity, he led everyone quietly around the back of the house to prepare to cross the river.At this time, the enemy fired artillery on the bridge they were going to cross the river, and they had to swim across the river.The enemy realized that they had been fooled, so they chased in the direction where they broke through.In order to narrow down the target, the 7 of them were divided into 3 groups: the wounded Hu Qingxiang and Ma Zhanxin moved in one direction; Chen Wuxian, Wei Chengru and the wounded Xiong Junwu formed a group; Chen Shuli and the wounded Huang Zhirong formed a group, ready to throw off the enemy We will meet again later.There were gunshots everywhere down the mountain, and there were thorns on the mountain with no way to go. In addition, it was dark and hungry, and I lost my way.After walking like this for a night and a day, on the second night, Chen Shuli went to find some sweet potatoes for the wounded Huang Zhirong to eat. The enemy rushed up, and they separated again, and the other five soldiers did not know where they were going.In order to find his comrades in arms, Chen Shuli accidentally fell into the cave and fell into a coma. After waking up, he struggled for a long time before getting out of the cave. At 7 o'clock on the 24th, Chen Shuli was climbing a mountain ridge when he suddenly found 4 enemies at a distance of 200 meters. At the same time, the enemies also spotted him and shot at him while chasing him. After turning for about an hour, I finally got rid of the enemy and hid in the wormwood.He stared in the direction of the motherland, with a lot of thoughts, and a feeling of nostalgia for the motherland spontaneously arose.He remembered Commander Xu's famous saying that "revolutionary soldiers never surrender their guns while they are alive", took out a crumpled piece of paper from his pocket, and wrote a letter seriously: After Chen Shuli finished writing this letter, he fell asleep with a peaceful mind. He was too tired.Suddenly, he was awakened by the sound of rumbling guns. He got up and accurately recognized that it was the sound of our army's guns.He was so happy that he ran desperately to the direction of the cannon fire.Chen Shuli, who fought for dozens of days, finally returned to the fighting group, and the six comrades who fought hard with him also returned to their respective units safely. Led by the brigade commander Gu and political commissar Li, the Longzhou Brigade entered the breakthrough from the layout pass. They went to the No. 4 Highway via Dongxi and rushed towards Gaoping. They entered the east side of Nagang and were blocked by a river.The river is 20 meters wide, the bank is 5 meters high, and the bottom of the river is sandy. The first tank passed by, the second tank stalled in the middle of the river, and all vehicles behind were blocked.In their haste, they drove in another tank so that the two tanks formed a bridge, and all the vehicles behind climbed across the river from the two tanks.There is no precedent for such a measure, and it cannot be found in textbooks. It can be called a great creation of the commanders and fighters of the fast echelon of the Longzhou Brigade. After crossing the river, due to the steep and muddy bank, the speed of going ashore was very slow.Brigade Commander ordered the 3rd Company of the 72nd Regiment to cross the river to seize favorable terrain cover, use the sports support team to blow up the wooden bridge on the river, and paved a sidewalk with stones from the bridge pier, and then barely passed. The fast echelon attacked Gaoping along the No. 4 highway from Dongxi, passed through the Nenquan Pass, and was blocked by the enemy.This ditch is 4 kilometers long, with steep rocky mountains on both sides, four to five hundred meters high, overgrown with bushes, and the terrain is dangerous.In the middle there is a Nongmei Tunnel, more than 10 meters long, which constitutes an important throat leading to Gaoping.A reinforced platoon of the enemy Shi'an County Independent Battalion defended here. In the early morning of the 18th, the artillery company of the 1st Battalion of the 72nd Regiment fired 82 mortars at the enemy. The main force of the 3rd Infantry Company attacked the stone mountain to the north of the road, and a force attacked the stone mountain to the south, and quickly took down the stone mountains on both sides. At 7:20, the battle to seize the Nongmei Tunnel started.First, the artillery company of the vanguard battalion and the 6th company of tanks fired at the high ground on both sides of the Nongmei Tunnel. The 2nd company and 3rd platoon of infantry under the cover of firepower detoured to the high ground on both sides. Deputy Battalion Commander Chen of the 1st Battalion led the 7th Squad of the 2nd Company, the heavy machine gun squad, and the artillery observation team captured the high ground on the right side of the tunnel to support the main battle of the company. The deputy company commander of the 2nd company led the 3rd row to detour to the left side of the tunnel, and suddenly charged at the enemy, blowing up a machine gun fire point of the enemy, occupying the top of the mountain, and supporting the main force of the company in the battle.The main force of the company began a frontal attack at 7:45. The 1st Battalion bombarded the tunnel entrance with mortars, and the 2nd Company and 2 Platoons attacked the tunnel entrance under the cover of 3 tanks, destroying two enemy bunkers.There is a stone wall in the tunnel, and a Type 59 tank was used to break through a passage. The commander of the 2nd company immediately ordered the 2nd row to overtake the tank and attack.Under my attack, the enemy fled to the back of the mountain in a hurry, and the second row occupied the tunnel.When the 72nd regiment attacked the Nongmei Tunnel, Commander Xu instructed the 71st regiment to attack in the direction of Gaoping.This move pointed out the direction of the regiment's attack and increased the speed of the penetrating troops. The enemy panicked after the loss of the choke point that had been operated for many years. On the 18th, the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Battalion and 9th Company of the 851st Regiment, the 20th Battalion of Special Agents, and a "Hail" anti-tank rocket company were transferred from Naga to occupy Boshan, 651, 526, and 490 highlands south of Gaoping in an attempt to block our army's attack. assault.越军还在南囊南侧公路3个盘山陡峭的急转弯处，炸坏了3段路，一时难以修复，72团只好全部徒步行进，运动保障队在后边修路。 72团2营前卫4连行进到博山东南9号桥，遭博山和526高地敌人火力的夹攻。72团决定以1营接替2营在天黑前占领博山。16时30分3连2排从博山主峰，歼敌一个连，缴获和击毁“冰雹”火箭发射架各一具，缴获“冰雹”火箭弹18枚、120迫击炮两门、其他枪支弹药一批。 19日晚，龙州旅完成了穿插任务。 这个旅也出了很多战斗英雄，71团3连副班长李金斧就是一个代表。他是福建晋江县人，平时只要是对党对人民有利的事，不论是搞生产还是搞训练，他干起来都浑身是劲。连队比拼杀，他虎眼一瞪，“杀”声一喊，3个人也难对付他。有一年夏天游泳训练，暴雨刚过，江水猛涨，浊浪汹涌，他全副武装游到队伍最前面。有一次打坦克训练，他两腿摔肿了，仍然虎一般地飞步冲上去，炸毁了“敌”坦克。这次自卫还击战一打响，他更是冲得猛、打得狠，活象一头出山的猛虎。 2月21日下午。李金斧所在的部队向高平外围的316高地发起了攻击。战斗进展顺利，我军很快攻占了10多个山头。部队正在乘胜前进，突然“咣、咣、咣”，敌人的高炮响了，炮弹象冰雹一样向我军砸来，这是从316高地东北的无名高地打来的。敌人妄图封锁我军通向316高地的河谷、公路和小路，部队前进受阻，团指挥所也受到严重威胁。 “3连派个尖刀班去拔掉它！”随着指挥员一声令下，李金斧所在的1班，在排长张福建的带领下，象离弦的箭向前冲去。听到敌人的炮声，仿佛看到战友的血在流，李金斧的心象被扯裂一般，恨不得一下子把敌人高炮阵地敲掉。可是，一条40多米宽的献河横在面前，河水又深又急。what to do? “游过去！”排长张福建毫不犹豫，带领大家“扑通扑通”跳进水里，由于连日激战又累又饿，使班长庄朱坤两腿抽筋，被一个急浪卷进了漩涡。同激浪搏斗的李金斧，看到班长在挣扎，忘记了自己的安危，他冒着敌人的炮火，使出全身的虎劲，冲入漩涡，右手抓住班长露出水面的手，左手劈波斩浪，一口气把班长带到岸边。 上了岸，庄朱坤脸色苍白，行动困难，再也坚持不住了。当时战斗紧张，大家顾不得抬班长，就让他在树林里歇一歇。排长当即命令李金斧：“你代理班长指挥，一定要冲上去，拿下敌人的高炮阵地！” 李金斧把全班分成3个战斗小组，机智勇敢地冲过开阔地，顺着山腿向前跃进。这时前方不远的地方，敌人两挺高射机枪疯狂地扫射过来。战士们被压在水沟里，情况十分严重。李金斧沉着果断，命令机枪手温乃产用火力掩护，他自己带着战士用手榴弹集中朝敌人机枪甩去。此时，天色已黑下了，勇士们乘着夜色，一鼓作气冲到敌人高炮阵地的山脚下。李金斧命令1组从右侧迂回过去，2组用火力正面吸引敌人，他带3组从左侧冲过去，顿时，枪声、手榴弹声、战士们的杀声震天撼地，打得敌人措手不及，晕头转向，死尸遍地。剩下的少数敌人丢下高射炮，狼狈逃命。李金斧第一个冲上阵地，全班共同缴获4门高射炮。 战士们完成了打掉敌人高炮阵地的任务，松了一口气。可是李金斧却在想：高炮阵地被端掉了，敌人是不会死心的，很可能会进行反扑，我们必须做好准备。正想着，“轰”的一声炮响，敌人一发炮弹落在阵地上。他命令全班分组进入隐蔽工事，自己去观察地形，布置警戒。他选好了哨位，鼓励大家发扬连续作战的精神，百倍警惕，随时准备打退敌人的反扑。 夜，一片漆黑。李金斧和战友们穿这湿透了的单衣，蹲在山头上，寒风阵阵吹来，冷得上牙和下牙直打架。他们已经整整一天没有吃东西了，肚子饿得咕咕叫，而且蚊子特多，叮得大家很不好受，可是他们没有一个人叫一声苦。夜里10点多钟，几个越军从炮阵地的右侧向上摸，李金斧打去了几个点射，敌人倒下了两个，其余的连滚带爬逃散了。约莫过了2小时，又有几个敌人从高炮阵地的左侧向上摸，李金斧和战士李勤、袁付轮同时向敌人开火，敌人死的死、伤的伤，剩下的夹着尾巴逃跑了，李金斧带领全班战士打退敌人两次冲击，1班的战士像铁钉一样牢牢地盯在阵地上。 清晨，白雾茫茫，李金斧来到缴获的高炮前，摸了摸炮管，听着山下的枪声，一个念头上心头：“利用大雾学操炮，用炮支援友邻部队战斗，该多好啊！”他一说，大伙儿都表示赞同。于是，大家跳上炮位摆弄起来。李金斧把一发炮弹送上膛，排长猛地击发，“轰”的一声，炮弹飞了出去，一看，打近了。排长把炮口调高了一些，李金斧又把一发炮弹送上膛，一看，又打远了。排长再调了一下，好！第三发炮弹正打在316高地敌群中。李金斧接连打了30多发炮弹，打得敌人血肉横飞。 此刻，正向316高地前进的部队觉得奇怪：“我们的大炮还没有上来呀，是谁向敌人打的炮呢？”团指挥员也一时感到纳闷，拿望远镜一看：“啊，是3连的李金斧他们干的，真是好样的，打完这一仗一定给他们请功！” 中午11点钟，一群越寇从坑道里爬出来。李金斧发现了，迅速扣动扳机，一个点射打死了3个，战士们接着开火，又消灭了两个。右边山头有8个敌人往一间茅草房里钻，李金斧从战士黄丕清手里拿过火箭筒，两发炮弹追了过去，只见浓烟滚滚，房子倒塌，8个敌人全部被歼。李金斧和1班战士们坚守高地已经3天了，这3天了只吃过一顿干粮。为了克服困难，坚守阵地，李金斧自告奋勇，带两个战士到敌人营房去搞点吃的。 正当他们准备把做好的饭送往阵地上的战友时，突然打来两发炮弹，李金斧负伤了。他的左腿和左手裂开了两条大缝，后脑勺嵌进一块弹片。血顺着他的裤腿、左臂和脖子往下流。但是，这个刚强的战士咬紧牙，一声不吭，伤口也没有包扎，就和战士钟达球用竹门帘抬着重伤员苏朝溢向营救护所走去。拖着血腿的李金斧，抬着战友一步一摇晃地走了130米。多么艰难的130米啊！这时副指导员万士伟带着担架组赶了上来。他们忙着给李金斧包扎伤口，把他按在担架上。李金斧说：“战斗很紧张，我不能下去，我能……顶得……住！”话音刚落，他昏了过去。战士们又把他抬上担架，用一条绳子横绑在担架上。就这样，李金斧算是被“绑”到了营救护所。 至此，两个旅向两扇大铁门，把高平地区的敌人紧紧地关住了，欲进不得，欲退不能，成了人们常说的“瓮中之鳖”。 许世友的钳形突击、割裂战法、断敌退路，打破了越军“一线防守，一线取胜”的企图。这一招使在我主要突击方向上的敌人个个被歼，这一招使346师在茶灵方向的主力无用武之地，这一招断了敌人的退路，把高平地区的越军统统包围了。 当然，我穿插部队是十分艰苦的。几天的连续行军作战，边走路边打仗边睡觉，十分疲劳。3天后又断了粮，在疲劳之外又加上饥饿。处在敌性国家作战，行军无人带路，饥饿无人送饭，受伤无人救运伤员，部队只好自己带着伤员，拖着疲劳饥饿的身体，行军作战，困难是可以想象的。 自从这两个穿插旅打出去，3天得不到他们的具体情况，那真是急死人啊！许世友叫我直接给这两个旅发电报，问他们在什么位置，各团的位置，当面的敌情，有什么困难，立即报告前指。其实这样的电报每天都发，他们就是不回电报，弄得我们十分紧张。再加上班翁地区敌人放水淹路，水口旅打复和县城不力，急得我喉头红肿，说话、打电话都十分困难。 就在这种情况下，许世友叫我去和他下棋。开始，我还以为听错了，又问了一句，果然是叫我去下棋。我只好从作战室的坑道里走出来，一进他的小屋，许世友说：“你不是病，是急得上了火。他们不报告，你有什么办法，别紧张，咱俩下棋。”我一看，李福海秘书已把棋盘、棋子摆好了，我只好心不在焉地和他下棋。 我边下边想，这人真是大将风度，这么紧张的情况，还有心思下棋。此时，我真正领略了沉着镇静和泰然处之的含义。我想起了二次世界大战时的斯大林，在德军大量军队逼近莫斯科城下，他照样在莫斯科城内举行阅兵式。这个举动起到了稳定民心、坚定军队胜利信心的作用。我又想起了苏联小说《恐惧与无畏》中的那位炮兵团长，在德军大量坦克向他的炮阵地冲击的严重情况下，他把理发员找来给他理发，敌人坦克猛烈射击，他的前后左右不断落下炮弹，他却坐在那里一动也不动。他的部下看到这样情形，克服了恐惧心理，顽强地进行战斗，守住了阵地，打退了德军坦克的攻击。许世友叫我和他下棋的目的是让我冷静下来，沉着稳妥地处理情况，开棋以后，许司令员说：“两个穿插旅，战报是怎么规定的？”我说：“规定每天日终，报一次综合情况；有紧急情况，随时报告。”他说：“战后要查，为什么不报，没理由不行，不能马马虎虎。” 我知道他的习惯，只要他一说“不能马马虎虎”，他就一定要严格追查、严肃处理的。战后，我找过这两个旅的旅长查问。固旅长说：“军区命令我们当天插到纳隆，我们不敢停止，不停止电台就无法架设，当然也就无法报告情况，这是一；再说，前指问我们各部队都在什么位置，除跟我们在一起行动的指挥所和直属队以外，我们也搞不清各团、营都在什么位置，无法报；其三，前指问我们当面的敌情，我们也查不清当面的敌情处在什么态势，只是打一个地点知道一小点情况，也无法报告全面情况；其四，当时困难很多，觉得不好报，打仗怎么能没困难？也不想报。”念井旅郑旅长说得也大体相仿，只是行动更艰苦些。我把这些情况查清以后，如实向许司令员报告了。他说：“有什么报什么，有多少报多少，叫他报，他就得报；不报，还有理，不行！”根据这个精神，我在总结会上给予这两个旅适当的批评。在一般人看来，反正是打了胜仗，而且这两个旅确实是吃了很大苦头，也十分辛苦，十分艰难，就算了吧。但许司令员不同，他不能容忍这样的情况，哪有不报情况的道理，有什么特殊情况也不允许不报，有再大的理由也没理由。 在念井至高平方向，是北集团的主要突击方向。歼灭莫隆地区的敌人的任务是念井旅62团完成的，莫隆地区的守敌是通农县独立营和布介公安屯。62团3营攻击楠同、朗伟、菲咬及西南山垭口地域。这一地区位于121号界碑与莫隆之间，是敌人防御前沿。菲咬西南山垭口是敌人防守的咽喉，也是旅主力向纵深穿插的必经之路。这个咽喉要道由越南通农县独立营第一连防守。3营以7连为第一梯队，这个连是经过多年训练的，这次又在战前选择近似地形进行了临战训练，练出了一套过硬本领。连长蒙登兵和副连长梁根同各带一部兵力，乘夜暗摸到敌人跟前，突然向敌人发起攻击。在指导员王振海的火力组的掩护下，很快攻占了楠同和山垭口。副指导员李永成和3排长姜利民各带一个排，分两路包围了菲咬附近的无名高地，向敌人发起攻击。敌人几个火力点疯狂地扫射，姜排长让李副指导员掩护，他拿起集束手榴弹就冲了上去。李副指导员立即命令7班机枪掩护，不一会儿，“轰”的一声响，敌人的火力点哑巴了。正当李副指导员组织战士往上冲时，敌人其他几个火力点又叫起来，有两位同志负伤，重机枪排长苏华海牺牲。姜利民看到这种情景怒不可遏，随即从4班副班长余国栋手中抢过炸药包又冲上去，迅速将无名高地东南侧敌人第二个火力点炸掉了。敌人还在扫射，姜利民镇定地判断子弹打来的方向，对李副指导员说：“这是掩蔽部里的敌人打的。”他立即要了一具40火箭筒，悄悄地运动过去，可是掩蔽部口部太低，火箭筒打不到。他一刻没停，又带着喷火手到敌掩蔽部附近，向敌人喷火，敌人的机枪停下来了。这时，左侧一个火力点向他们射击，姜利民排长哪里肯让，他对副指导员说：“你负责指挥，这里地形我熟，还是我去。”说着，又抱起炸药包冲上去，炸掉了这个火力点。就在他返回时，敌人一个残存火力点复活了，姜排长回头看了看，骂了一声：“狗日的，还想挣扎，老子马上来收拾你！”当他正要上去爆破时，敌人一颗罪恶的子弹打中了他。副指导员马上跑上前去扶他，他一下子倒在副指导员的怀里，没有吐出话来，就默默地告别了人间。 孟麻旅在于旅长、张政委率领下，歼灭了朔江的敌246团。这一仗，攻占长白山是关键。长白山位于平孟东南侧国境上，山高700多米，北侧悬崖峭壁，南侧较缓，东、西两侧坡度在七八十度以上，有岩洞、石缝数百处。敌人一个连的兵力据险防守，在阵地前沿设了3道铁丝网，埋设了许多地雷，以岩洞、石缝组成侧射、斜射多层交叉火力，妄图控制由平孟通往朔江的交通要道。 67团4连接受了攻打长白山的任务，召开了有班长以上骨干参加的“诸葛亮会”，摆敌情，论战法，找出了敌人的强弱点，设想可能出现的各种情况和处置方法。他们一致认为：敌人有依托有利地形，分散隐蔽，居高临下，利用多层火力杀伤我有生力量。敌人在暗处，我们在明处，只能智取，不能强攻。决定派一个精干的小分队，夜间偷袭，占领长白山制高点，掩护主力攻山，然后由上往下打，以我之长击敌之短，出奇制胜。 这是一个充分体现干部、战士聪明才智的作战方案。 担任奇袭任务的是4连3班，班长名叫谢振华，别看他个子小，说话办事都有一股虎劲。他代表全班向连队党支部表示：“纵有困难九十九，统统都要踩脚下！” 18日黄昏，4连以一部兵力在长白山东侧实施佯攻，3班战友们抓着悬崖上的野藤，敏捷地往上爬，刚爬了五六米，敌人的机枪突然打过来，子弹打得3班战士们身边的石头乱飞。要是心一慌，手一松，掉下去不仅会摔伤，还会暴露目标。这几个年轻的战士，虽然只经过两天的战火熏陶，却已十分老练沉着，他们原地观察了一会儿，原来是虚弱的敌人无目标地鸣枪壮胆，于是仍继续往上攀登。 到了半山腰，遇到一段达70多度的光溜溜的石壁，战士们手抠着石缝棱角，身子紧贴着崖壁，艰难地向上攀登，手指、膝盖都磨出了血。3班战士们以顽强的斗志，经过3个多小时的努力，终于把300多米的悬崖绝壁踩在脚下。登上了长白山顶，随即打了一发曳光弹，给连队发出偷袭成功的信号。大家顾不上休息，对山顶进行了搜查，占领了制高点。不久，连主力登上了山顶，对第二天的战斗行动作了具体部署。 19日凌晨，长白山下的部队从侧翼朝上猛攻，敌人赶忙退守山顶，妄图占领有利地形，居高临下进行顽抗。他们做梦也没想到，刚刚回头往上跑几步，就被4连的战士们一顿猛揍。这样上下夹攻，张牙舞爪的敌人感到灭顶之灾已来临，顿时乱成一锅粥，他们三个一伙，两个一对地乱窜，有的象王八脑袋缩进碉堡里，有的像老鼠一样钻进山洞里。对敌人的这一招，4连指战员早有准备，采取由上而下避开敌人正面火力、逐洞攻击的战法，拔“钉子”、挖“地老鼠”，从上到下对一条一条石缝进行搜索，一个一个的石洞进行攻打。 指导员吴世忠一马当先，把满腔的恨、全身的劲都倾注在消灭敌人上。他一面提醒战士们注意保存自己、消灭敌人，一面严密搜索石洞。刚来到一块大石头边时，“嗒嗒嗒”，敌人一阵扫射，飞起来的石头把他的脸崩伤了。他侧过身子看，那里有个石洞，便一转身，边冲击前进边开火射击，两个敌人一个当场被击毙，一个被打伤倒在地上直喘气，吴世忠缴获了一挺重机枪。在指导员带动下，战士们个个象小老虎，他们弯着腰在树林草丛中穿进穿出，在悬崖石缝中爬上爬下。只听得这“嗒嗒嗒”，那里“咚咚咚”，枪声此起彼落。战士苏同胜发现离自己五六米远的石缝里有3各敌人正在向山下射击，便一个箭步冲上去，把两颗手榴弹扔进洞里，3个敌人被炸得血肉横飞。 战士们越打越勇，越战越精。3班班长谢振华搜索到一个大石头底部缝子里，有几个敌人正在咿哩哇啦乱叫。他纵身往下一跳，把手榴弹塞进石缝里，两个敌人还闹不清怎么回事就给报销了。相隔十多米远的石洞里有两个敌人，看到这个情形，吓得爬起来掉头就跑，谢振华猛追上去，两个点射把敌人干掉了。 挖“地老鼠”的战斗进行到下午，战士们干粮完了，水壶空了，又饥又渴，但他们全然不顾，继续搜歼残敌。文书罗跃林在收缴战利品时，发现一个敌人在草丛里闪了一下，撅着屁股藏在石头后面。他眼明手快，“叭”的一枪就把敌人撂倒了。接着，他又发现一个石头缝里蹲着另一个敌人，他大喊一声，猛跳下去，骑在敌人的脖子上，抓了个活的。罗跃林继续搜索，来到敌人放弹药的石洞口，只见里面横七竖八躺满敌人的尸体。忽然，有一个动了一下，他赶忙隐蔽观察，原来这是个装死得少尉军官。小罗大喊一声：“缴枪不杀！”这个敌人却用石头猛砸过来，小罗一闪，顺手一枪，那个少尉惨叫一声，再也不动弹了。 4连经过一天的激战，于17日全歼长白山守敌，捣毁34个石洞和暗堡，毙敌72名，俘敌1名。战后军区命名4连为“长白山英雄连”。 孟麻旅就是用这类战法歼灭了越军246团及加强配属部队，夺占了朔江天险。 北集团的龙帮旅在王旅长、王政委率领下，主力向扣屯、高平方向突击。67团的任务是直插扣屯，并控制扣屯周围要点，造成歼灭高平敌人的有利态势。这个团第2营搭乘北集团坦克团第1营的坦克，组成快速纵队，从通农出发，向河安方向前进。坦克团向北集团报告说，他们团搭乘67团2营在安乐地区与乘汽车的敌人遭遇，战斗激烈。