Chapter 201 7. The enemy's supreme commander was captured

While the battle was raging, Yang Dezhi, commander of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Field Army, came to the command post of the 4th Column in the city.After learning about the progress of the battle, Commander Yang immediately ordered the 11th Brigade of the 4th Column to attack the station and Zhengtai Hotel to create conditions for the final general attack on Dashiqiao; he ordered the 4th Column to cross the predetermined dividing line and cooperate with the 3rd Column to wipe out the enemies defending the core fortifications as soon as possible. At 8 o'clock in the morning, according to Commander Yang's order, the 3rd column attacked the enemy's core fortifications from the west, southwest, and northwest, and the 4th column from the east, southeast, and northeast.Under the fierce bombardment of our army's artillery fire, most of the enemy's reinforced concrete bunkers were destroyed.Various units of our army broke into the enemy's positions one after another.

During the battle, an unexpected episode shortened the course of the battle.In the morning, Zeng Siyu, the commander of the 4th column, received a report from Fu Chongbi, the political commissar of the 10th brigade, and Liu Ying, the commander of the enemy's 32nd division, was captured.It was a real surprise.The position has not been completely broken through, and the enemy's supreme commander has fallen into the hands of our army. What's going on? It turned out that before the attack was launched, Fu Chongbi took cadres above the regiment to the front to observe the terrain and the enemy's situation in order to deploy troops.In front of them, a reconnaissance company was searching and advancing. They touched two or three miles quietly and found that they were not far from the train station. Although the night was heavy, they still saw many enemies in the station.They immediately seized the tall water tower on the right.The scouts at the front station moved forward without anyone knowing it. The enemy didn't find them, and they broke into the enemy's division command post.

In the command post of the enemy's 32nd Division in Shimen, Liu Ying and others hadn't woken up yet, and the muzzle of the gun had already blocked the chest.The scouts quietly brought back five or six prisoners, and reported excitedly: "Political commissar, we have captured the enemy's division commander!" Come to the water tower.The enemy, obviously trying to get their commander back, charged in turns in desperation.But our department was personally commanded by political commissar Fu Chongbi, and relying on the favorable location of the water tower, the enemy's counterattack failed.After fighting for an hour, the enemy left more than 200 corpses and retreated.Fu Chongbi asked the guards to turn on the lights, and only then could they clearly see the attires of the prisoners.A prisoner was wearing the rank of a general, well dressed, of medium height and a little fat.Undoubtedly, this person is Liu Ying, commander of the 32nd Division of the enemy.Fu Chongbi said to Liu Ying: "We have surrounded the station. In order to reduce casualties, you immediately give an order to ask your troops to surrender!" Although Liu Ying was captured, she still spoke firmly and said, "They are soldiers. They won't listen to me. Besides, they can't receive my orders now." "I'm the frontline commander, and I order you to write!" The enemy commander hesitated and refused to write, Fu Chongbi was furious, took out his pistol, and screamed One shot on the top of the bullet: "If you don't write, I will kill you!" This action was very effective, Liu Ying's face changed suddenly, and he said again and again: "I write, I write!" He wrote an order for a regiment of Zhengtai Hotel to defend the enemy and surrender , asked a school officer to send it, and sent his adjutant to the railway station to speak in his name.

Capture the thief first and capture the king first.Fu Chongbi's unexpected harvest has received unexpected results.The destruction of important points such as the Dashiqiao, the railway station, and the Zhengtai Hotel undoubtedly reduced the damage to the city and even reduced the casualties of the troops. At 11:00, the enemy stopped resisting.Some of the enemies in the four besieged strongholds between Neishigou and Neishigou surrendered and some were wiped out.More than 400 people who fled to the north were also wiped out by our 2nd and 4th Brigade in the area east of Lingshou.