Chapter 87 6. Lin Biao leapfrogged to command the 6th vertical divisions

At the end of December 1946, Lin Biao ordered all the troops to gather by the Songhua River and prepare for the southward battle.After not fighting for half a year, the generals under Lin Biao's command could no longer hold back, and began to gear up, wanting to show the cowardice of being chased thousands of miles away by the enemy after the Siping War.The most famous of these generals is Chen Guang, the commander of the 6th column. He took the troops to the Songhua River and personally took the heads of the divisions to inspect the enemy's situation in the south of the Yangtze River.At this time, Lin Biao got an inaccurate information, saying that Du Yuming was mobilizing the main force and preparing to cross the Songhua River to attack Harbin.Lin Biao called Chen Guang and asked the sixth column to withdraw to the original defense.According to his own judgment, Chen Guang believed that Du Yuming was attacking Nanman with all his strength, and it was impossible to attack Harbin immediately, so he called back and asked to continue to implement the original combat plan.

Lin Biao was very angry after receiving the call, and directly ordered the divisions of the 6th column to retreat immediately, and said, "Don't wait for the order from the column." After receiving the order, the three divisions all moved north.The terrible thing is that at this time, Chen Guang personally sneaked into the south of the Yangtze River to observe the enemy's situation, with only one company with him.His troops had already moved north, but this poor commander knew nothing about it.Later, the column headquarters sent people to Jiangnan to search for him for a long time before finding him, and he returned to the army three days later.When he saw the words "don't wait for the column's order" in Lin Biao's telegram, he suddenly became ill.

It is common for Lin Biao to engage in leapfrog command. Chen Guang, as an old subordinate, is not unaware. However, the relationship between the two is too delicate at this time. The grievances and resentments between Lin Biao and Chen Guang are really a mess. There was a very deep feeling between them. Lin Biao was kind to Chen Guang, who was single-handedly promoted by him.Both of them are excellent generals. Lin Biao is a wise man who thinks about everything, and he has no plans; Chen Guang is alert, brave and good at fighting. The two cooperated very tacitly during the Red Army period. Lin Biao, as the commander of the Red 1 Corps, was the most successful general under Zhu Mao's command. He created many classic battles in the history of the Red Army, and most of these battles were through Chen Guang's troops. Implementation.Especially during the Long March, it is an indisputable fact that the Red 2nd Division led by Chen Guang had the greatest combat exploits.After arriving in northern Shaanxi, Lin Biao was transferred from the 1st Red Army Corps to serve as the president of the Red Army University because of an awkward relationship with Mao Zedong and insisted on going to southern Shaanxi to fight guerrillas.After graduating from the Red University, Chen Guang became the acting head of the Red 1st Army.

On March 2, 1938, after Lin Biao was seriously injured, the post of commander of the 115th Division was also represented by Chen Guang.When Lin Biao went to Moscow for medical treatment, many Chinese youths often pestered him to tell stories. What he told the most was the legendary story of Chen Guang in battle. He even took out a photo of Chen Guang and said, "This is a very great general of the Red Army. ". Later, Lin Biao and Chen Guang met in Yan'an and participated in the rectification movement together, and they began to quarrel.It is said that Chen Guang had a close relationship with He Long at that time, and he often played cards with He Long, and even rolled his bedding to He Long. Lin Biao was not happy about this.During the rectification period, we criticized mountainism, but the influence of this thing in the army cannot be eliminated at once.

After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Lin Biao talked to Chen Guang and said, "You should go to Shandong with me." Chen Guang asked, "What are you going to do?" Lin Biao said, "Be my deputy." Chen Guang agreed.The two were ordered to divert to the northeast in the middle of the journey. When Du Yuming attacked Shanhaiguan, Lin Biao commanded the battle on the front line and asked Chen Guang to organize the second line of defense in the Montenegro area.At that time, Lin Biao's radio station could not communicate with the troops, and he was worried. Later, he learned that Chen Guang had a radio station brought by Luo Ronghuan from Shandong, so he wanted to use this radio station to help him command the troops from Shandong.

Chen Guang considered that the second line of defense could not be organized without a radio station, so he did not agree.Lin Biao insisted on this radio station, and sent two telegrams in succession, accusing Chen Guang of detaining the radio station.Chen Guang had no choice but to order the confidential staff to take the radio station to Lin Biao to report.But the situation of the battle changed suddenly, the enemy came, and the radio station retreated with Chen Guang, so it was not handed over to Lin Biao.This incident sharply deteriorated the relationship between the two. Later, Lin Biao fought very passively and retreated to the north of the Songhua River, while Chen Guang fought two very beautiful battles without being reused. One was to capture Changchun, and the other was to conquer Xinzhan and Rafa Annihilate a reinforced regiment.Both battles were fought with Lin Biao's initial disapproval.When the army was full of rumors that "Mr. Lin has eaten foreign bread for several years, he can't even fight a war", Lin Biao heard the rumor of "changing generals", which made him fall ill as soon as he crossed the Songhua River.At this time, the Northeast Bureau is promoting the significance of the Battle of Rafah.

Chen Guang untimely made a suggestion to Lin Biao, hoping to form a field corps based on the old troops of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army, under his command.Lin Biao therefore suspected that Chen Guang had ambitions to overshadow him.At that time, most of the troops in the Northeast were troops under Chen Guang when he was in Shandong. Lin Biao did not dare to underestimate his influence in the troops.After the reorganization of the troops, Chen Guang served as the commander of the 6th column. This is also the second time Chen Guang has served as the chief officer of the main force since he left the 115th Division in 1943. His desire to win the battle is very urgent.

A telegram from Lin Biao dumped him in Jiangnan in the enemy-occupied area, and made him a polished commander for three days. If the enemy found out, the consequences would be disastrous.Chen Guang has a very strong personality, and this disease has been cured by the Songhua River.A few days later, the 6th Column went south again and fought the enemy. However, Chen Guang was no longer the commander of the 6th Column. Later, Hong Xuezhi succeeded Chen Guang as the commander of the 6th Column. Chen Guang refused to return to Harbin until the New Year's Eve. His wife and his half-year-old child braved the severe cold of minus 40 degrees Celsius to come to the river to persuade him, and Chen Guang returned to Harbin.