Chapter 218 6. "Tu Xingsun" tactics show great power

After conquering Dongguan, the battle entered the second stage - the battle to capture the main city.However, because there are deep ditches and high towers outside the main city, the outer moats are not seized, and the main city is still "as solid as gold". In view of this, the "Qianzhi" made a decision on April 15: First, capture the outer trenches from the east and south sides of the city, dig the tunnels to break the city, prepare for the blasting, occupy a favorable position for climbing the city, and then launch a general offensive.Mr. Xu also repeatedly told the troops: "Tunnel warfare is my main means of attacking fortified positions at present. Our artillery fire is weak, and we must implement the 'Tu Xing Sun' tactics and go underground." This method must be used to seize and "control foreign land." trenches to ensure the operation of the tunnels to break the city".

On the 19th, "Qianzhi" issued an order to occupy the outer trenches and For the stronghold of the city, choose a point to dig a tunnel to break the city. At the same time, in order to control the outer trenches and make our broken city tunnels approach the city wall, I also dug dark passages on the outer trench wall to communicate with the bunkers and shelters. Relying on the troops, we dug a total of 15 broken city tunnels. Taking the initiative in the tunnel struggle, more than 40 cover tunnels were dug on both sides and above the main tunnel.The bunkers and shelters are constantly attacking, blowing up the enemy's bunkers and blocking the enemy's secret passages.During this period, my struggle to siege the city and dig tunnels was quite arduous. In addition to struggling with difficulties such as lack of oxygen, groundwater, lighting, and maintaining direction, level, and distance, I also had to fight against the enemy's destruction.Ever since Liang Peihuang suffered from the tunnel explosion in Dongguan, he became more cunning and hastily organized an anti-tunnel force.At the foot of the city wall and along the outer edge of the outer moat, listening cylinders and whistles are installed inside and outside to listen to underground movements, and "Y" and "T" shaped destruction tunnels and listening tunnels have been dug. As long as the location of our army's tunnel is found, we will immediately blast and release poison, and at the same time use ground sneak attacks and attacks to destroy the entrance of our army's tunnel; use aircraft, artillery fire, and drop grenades from the city wall to block and hinder our army's tunnel operations.As a result, our army's broken city tunnels were blown up by the enemy more than 10 times.

However, because our operation troops carried forward their witty, heroic, and tenacious fighting style, actively searched for the enemy by covering the tunnels, blasted first and designed deception to lure the enemy to blast, and used silent operations and methods such as turning and detours to avoid the enemy. Still achieved results. In this way, the enemy bombs us, we bomb the enemy, the enemy bombs and we dig, and after bombing, we dig again. In this extremely complicated, tense, cruel, and fierce struggle of digging, listening, and bombing, our heroic troops, With a strong will, astonishing perseverance and fearless spirit, with fingers instead of shovel, knees instead of feet, and ammunition boxes instead of flat carts, after 72 days and nights of struggle, they finally dug out three different roads on May 15th. The 110-meter-long broken city tunnel leads directly to the bottom of Linfen City Wall.

After "everything is ready", the "Qianzhi" decided to launch a general offensive on May 18. The breakthrough point was selected in the north and south sections of Dadongmen, and the 8th vertical (owing to the 22nd brigade) broke through in the north of Dadongmen. Taiyue Military Region The 44th regiment and the 41st regiment have one battalion as the second echelon; the 13th vertical and the 37th brigade broke through in the area south of Dadongmen, and the 38th brigade was the second echelon; the 22nd brigade, the 39th brigade, and the Taiyue 47th regiment blocked and wiped out the fleeing enemy in the west of the city (The troops of the Lvliang Military Region in Hexi and the three regiments of the Taiyue Military Region were ordered to be transferred to the north in early May, and Hexi was replaced by the 22nd Brigade); other troops in Taiyue assisted in the south and north of the city.

On May 16, "Qianzhi" realized that the tunnels in the broken city were in danger of being destroyed by the enemy, so they decided to launch a general offensive one day in advance.Immediately, explosives were loaded overnight, and by 12 o'clock on the 17th, the 23rd Brigade had two tunnels dug by itself, one filled with 12,400 catties of black explosives, and the other contained 6,000 catties of yellow explosives. At 15 o'clock, the concentrated artillery fire began to destroy the enemy's firepower points on both sides of the breakthrough. At 19 o'clock, the tunnel was ignited. The meter-wide gap and the outer trench were also filled.

The commando team of the 69th Regiment of the 23rd Brigade went to the city first, and the follow-up troops followed up one after another. A part of the brigade developed northward along the city wall and quickly occupied the northeast corner, while its main force developed in depth. The first part of the 24th Brigade developed along the city wall to the south, and quickly captured the East Gate Tower. 13 Zong then also broke into the city, penetrated deep, divided and surrounded, and wiped out the enemies in each stronghold one by one. At 24:00, the battle ended victoriously.Liang Peihuang led more than 2,000 remnants of his troops to jump over the city wall from Ximen and its south to break out of the siege. Most of them were blocked and wiped out by our 22nd and 39th brigades, and the rest fled to the mountains.