Chapter 314 13. Fu Zuoyi sticks to Peiping for the final struggle

After Tianjin was liberated, Fu Zuoyi, who was besieged in Beiping City, was still trying to make a final struggle. He put on a posture to stick to Beiping City, and hurriedly did several major things: the first was to replenish the army.Since the 35th Army and the 104th Army had been annihilated by the People's Liberation Army on the Guisui Line, in order to restore his own strength, Fu Zuoyi ordered to reorganize and supplement several security brigades from Hebei Province gathered in Beiping City to his troops and reorganize them. The 35th Army and the 104th Army appointed Zhu Dachun, the commander of the 262nd Division, as the commander of the 35th Army. An Chunshan, who escaped by chance, was still the commander of the 104th Army.

The second is to actively deploy city defenses around Zhongnanhai.In order to ensure his own safety, Fu Zuoyi used the North China "Suppression General" Headquarters Guard Regiment as the internal guard of Zhongnanhai; the temporarily organized 17th Division as the peripheral guard of Zhongnanhai; and the newly formed 35th Army and 104th Army as the defense of the inner city of Beiping; Chiang Kai-shek's direct descendants of the Central Army were responsible for the defense of the suburbs of Peiping and the outer city of Peiping, and Li Wen, the commander of the 4th Corps, was appointed as the commander of the city defense of Peiping.Fu Zuoyi took great pains in arranging the deployment of troops in this way. At this time, he had two major concerns. One was external concerns that the People's Liberation Army would invade the city, so he sent all the well-equipped Central Army troops to the periphery to defend; the other was internal concerns. Chiang Kai-shek would secretly order his direct generals Li Wen, Shi Jue and others to take action against him, and even hold him hostage to do things he didn't want to do.In order to prevent future troubles, he arranged all his troops around him, and sent all Chiang Kai-shek's direct troops outside the city.

The third is to build city defense fortifications.The outskirts of Beiping used to have strong fortifications, except for the ancient city walls, it can be said that there is no danger to defend.Fu Zuoyi appointed Guo Zongfen, an experienced deputy commander-in-chief, to be responsible for building city defenses. The fourth is to open up temporary airports in Dongdan and the Temple of Heaven to receive airdrop aid.Since Nanyuan Airport was occupied by the People's Liberation Army, Beiping was cut off from inside and outside, and more than 2 million soldiers and civilians in the city had to eat and drink every day. Supplies became the biggest headache for Fu Zuoyi.Hundreds of thousands of troops have huge daily expenses and empty stocks, so they have to rely on air transportation to solve the problem.At first, these two temporary airports were barely able to land planes. Later, due to the control of the artillery fire of the People's Liberation Army, the planes of the Kuomintang Air Force no longer dared to land, so they had to use parachutes to drop them. As a result, a lot of airdropped materials fell into the North Sea.

In addition to the problem of supplies and supplies that caused Fu Zuoyi a headache, the corruption of military discipline was also a difficult thing for him to deal with. The army of more than 200,000 people was huddled in the city of Beiping, where the military and civilians were mixed, and problems occurred from time to time.Many high-ranking military officers, especially those of Chiang Kai-shek's direct line of troops, knew that the general situation was over, and became shackles. In despair, they desperately pursued pleasure.They spent their last days with gambling, dancing, eating, drinking and having fun.The lower-ranking officers and soldiers used to harass and provoke everywhere. They robbed and robbed the residents in the city, and beat and cursed people happened from time to time.

Although Fu Zuoyi bluffed and adopted a series of military measures to stick to Beiping, he knew very well in his heart that the People's Liberation Army was approaching the city, and he was completely in a dilemma where he wanted to fight, couldn't defend, and wanted to escape.Under such circumstances, after being enlightened by people of insight from all walks of life, Fu Zuoyi finally mustered up the courage to respond to the call of the Communist Party and conduct peaceful negotiations with the People's Liberation Army after repeated thinking.