Chapter 107 11. Hit enemy generals with enemy artillery

On January 7, 1947, Chen Yi, Commander of the East China Military Region, published a report on "War while Constructing" made by the Front Committee of the Field Army at the field army cadre meeting, and issued the "Practice to support war with war, seize the enemy's equipment to arm yourself " call.He said in his report that seizing the enemy's equipment to arm himself is a fine tradition that our army can give to the enemy from battle victories.Today's large-scale wars rely on the production support of the arsenal in the rear, and on the other hand, they also rely on the seizures on the battlefield, especially certain equipment, which cannot be solved by our production self-sufficiency, and rely more on supplements from the battlefield seizures. ...Practice to support war with war, and clearly establish the idea that our soldiers, weapons, ammunition, etc. are mainly obtained from the enemy...We have the ability to turn the attack of the United States and Chiang Kai-shek into a transport team, and we should also have the ability to properly handle all spoils of war Storage and distribution, to strengthen the new attack on the United States and Chiang Kai-shek.This kind of thinking of growing oneself from war and cultivating oneself through war must be determined. (Historical Materials on Political Work in the Military, Vol. 10, pp. 495-496)

In the first phase of the Lunan Campaign, 24 tanks, dozens of American heavy artillery pieces, more than 200 trucks, and mountains of shells, bullets, and military supplies were seized.According to the call of "support war with war, seize the enemy's equipment and arm yourself", something happened that Ma Liwu never dreamed of. The old deployment accurately poured shells on his head. After the reorganized 26th Division and the 1st Fast Column of the Kuomintang Army were wiped out, thousands of captured Jiang Army Fast Column tanks and truck drivers were gathered and arranged in neat lines.A commander of our army announced that they were joining our army as "liberation fighters".

The chief patted the shoulders of several drivers and said, "Do well in our army!" These "liberation fighters" were deeply moved, and they quickly ran to their vehicles and started them. More than a hundred trucks dragged heavy artillery, and slowly drove back end to end.Bright headlights illuminated the fields like daylight, and horns blared.After arriving in Linyi, our army’s rear military depot held a banquet for the fast column drivers who joined our army. The leading cadres gave a cordial speech: “Everyone has made glorious contributions on the India-Myanmar battlefield of the Anti-Japanese War. But Chiang Kai-shek pulled you to carry out anti-people The anti-democratic civil war has turned you into victims. This is a dangerous and dark road. But today you are in the people’s army and fighting for the cause of the people. This is gratifying and congratulatory. The people welcome you!”

A car driver said: "We were captured here, and we never thought that there would be such a grand banquet to welcome us today. Now we know that we have been poisoned and deceived too deeply in the past. In the future, in order to repay the people's and the officers' desire for us, I ask the commander to organize the people and vehicles in the fast column to become a fast column for the people, let us serve and give full play to our technology and ability, and we will never refuse." During the meeting, everyone held up Lanling wine and greeted each other. (Dazhong Daily, January 30, 1947)

On the 10th, in the battle to attack Yi County, the field artillery and howitzers seized a few days ago made great contributions.Some of the gunners were captured soldiers from the 26th Division who had just been liberated, and they showed superb skills in battle. Wang Longfu had only joined the army for 7 days, and he fired at the city with the howitzer he used to use.Only 5 shells were fired, and the mountain artillery in the city was silenced.The company commander came over and asked, "Why didn't you hear your cannon fire last time?" Wang Longfu said: "You moved so fast that we were caught off guard; you were in such a hurry, how could we have the intention to shoot? Besides, I went the wrong way before. I was contributing to the betrayal of the civil war, but now I am contributing to the fight for peace. He pointed to a flame in the city and said, "That's the headquarters of the 114th Brigade, and it was my gun that fired it." After speaking, he bent down again and fired violently at the city defense fortifications.