Chapter 157 10. Build a "human bridge" in the water

The people in the Shandong Liberated Area actively supported the East China Field Army in the Menglianggu Campaign.As Su Yu later said in the chapter of his war memoir "Hero Meng Lianggu": The victory is due to the support of the broad masses of the people. Before the start of the campaign, the people in central Lu implemented empty houses to clear the fields, which caused great difficulties for the enemy. During the battle, more than 200,000 migrant workers strongly supported the front and made great contributions to the victory of the battle.Victory would not have been possible without the support under the leadership of the local party and government in the old liberated areas.

The vast militias of the Lunan Local Corps played a very good role in coordinating the victory of the campaign.During the campaign, 15 million kilograms of grain were transferred from the Bohai Sea area to the central Shandong area, and 20 million kilograms of grain were transferred from various parts of southern Shandong to the central Shandong area.The vast number of cadres and workers fighting on the military industry front worked overtime to produce weapons and ammunition around the clock. In April 1947, the Fourth Jiaodong Ordnance Factory increased its monthly output from 4,000 rounds of 82 mortar shells to 30,000 rounds per month.Therefore, won the collective first-class merit.The people's government where the theater is located actively organized the masses to build roads and bridges.Yinan County organized people from the areas on both sides of the Lin (Yi) Meng (Yin) Highway to rush to repair 100 kilometers of roads and more than 40 bridges in the rain within 3 days.

On the second day of the battle of Menglianggu, a wooden bridge leading to the theater was blown up by Kuomintang aircraft.In order to ensure the forward delivery of military supplies and the transport of the wounded, the masses jumped into the water one after another, carried the bridge slabs on their shoulders, and built a "human bridge". Under the threat of Kuomintang military planes and artillery fire, a huge migrant worker team consisting of 76,000 military migrant workers, 154,000 second-line permanent migrant workers, and 690,000 temporary migrant workers rushed to transport the wounded day and night, continuously transporting ammunition and food, and prepared for the battle. made a significant contribution to the victory.