Chapter 5 Chapter 4 Pulling South and Fighting North

Lin Biao crossed the Songhua River and led the former commander to retreat to Wuchang, 100 kilometers away from Harbin.After traveling thousands of miles to this point, I was so exhausted that I was so skinny that I almost fell apart. I lay down on the plank and couldn't get up again. Mr. Lin is sick!When the news reached the Northeast Bureau, the hearts of Peng Zhen and other leaders were clouded and oppressed.As we all know, Lin Biao was not in good health, and it was not surprising that he was sick when he said he was sick, but everyone knew that Lin Biao was "sick at the right time" at this time, which seemed to have other meanings.

This guess was soon confirmed. The Northeast Bureau asked Lin Biao to go to Harbin for treatment, but he refused.Harbin is the capital of Northern Manchuria, known as the "Little Paris of the Orient". Its prosperity is no less than that of Shenyang and Changchun, and its medical conditions are naturally much better than those of Wuchang.Lin Biao refused to go to Harbin for medical treatment. When his subordinates persuaded him, he lost his temper and said, "I just can't get used to living in big cities. I would rather go to southern Liaoning to fight guerrillas than live in cement buildings. Anyone who wants to live in a big city should go!" "

At this time, in Harbin, the leaders of the Northeast Bureau started a debate on the future strategic direction. "We retreated from Shanhaiguan to Jinzhou, and then from Jinzhou to Siping. We have not gained a firm foothold. The key lies in the lack of a solid rear base." Chen Yundao, "Now that we have retreated to the north bank of the Songhua River, we should seriously consider how to gain a firm foothold. It’s a question of taking root.” Luo Ronghuan said: "We must make good use of these 15 days!" The leaders of the Northeast Bureau issued three instructions to stabilize the chaotic situation when the debate was still inconclusive:

1. Taking the battle of Rafah as an example, summarize and promote the combat experience of "luting the enemy to disperse and defeat them individually". 2. Determine the policy of adhering to the struggle in the Northeast and the task of adhering to the South Manchuria. 3. Suppress bandits and consolidate the rear. After the Battle of Siping, the central government was also considering dealing with the critical situation in the Northeast.Also worried about this is the "distant side" (the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in Moscow). They once strongly advocated sticking to Siping and curbing the development of the forces of the United States and Chiang Kai-shek to the north.After the collapse of the Siping line of defense, Jiang's army pursued for thousands of miles, which made "Yuanfang" extremely anxious. They put forward a new suggestion: quickly fight in the pass to hold Jiang's army, otherwise Beiman will be lost.

On June 7, Chen Yi led the main force of the Shandong Field Army to launch a large-scale offensive against the Kuomintang. In just ten days, they even fell into Jiaoxian, Zhangdian, Zhoucun, Tai'an, Zaozhuang, Dezhou, Gaomi, Jimo and other towns, annihilating 30,000 enemies Yu people.Chiang Kai-shek was terrified, afraid of losing strategic locations such as Jinan and Qingdao, and hastily sent the two armies he planned to transfer to the Northeast into the battlefield inside the pass. A year later, the headquarters of the Democratic Alliance Army emphasized in its report to the central government:

In May 1946, after Siping and Changchun retreated, the main force lost its combat effectiveness.If the enemy continues to increase the two armies, our military situation will be very dangerous, because the main force will not have time to rest, replenish and equip.The Shandong University saved us from the fight, allowing us to breathe a sigh of relief. In addition to fighting in Shandong, He Long's, Nie Rongzhen's and Liu Bocheng's troops also conducted military operations in the pass.This was a risk at the time. Hu Qiaomu, Mao Zedong's secretary, recalled half a century later: "It is not easy for our party to resolve to face the two ruptures (with the United States and Chiang Kai-shek). When sending volunteers to North Korea in 1950, Chairman Mao thought After three days and three nights, we finally made up our minds. This situation is widely spread, and everyone knows it. What people don’t know is that in mid-1946, we were preparing to completely break with the Kuomintang, and Chairman Mao had to think about it for a long time before making a decision Determined. Of course, whether the Kuomintang and the Communist Party break apart in the end does not mainly depend on our attitude, but the policies and strategies adopted by our party will have a decisive impact on China’s future.”

On June 17, when Nie Rongzhen's troops conquered Shuo County, it was only nine days before Chiang Kai-shek launched a full-scale civil war. Of course, Chiang Kai-shek's determination to "solve the CCP by force" had already been set before then. The outcome of the Siping Battle had a great impact on the strategic policies of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. In a sense, it not only affected the future of the two parties, but also changed the fate of China. When Lin Biao was depressed, his fate also changed dramatically. On June 16, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China called the Northeast Bureau:

The Northeast Bureau immediately sent Gao Gang and Tan Zheng to Wuchang to invite Lin Biao back to Harbin. Lin Biao, who combined the power of the Northeast Party, government and army, did not lose his temper this time.I just wore an extra piece of clothing and arrived in Harbin coughing all the way. The establishment of base areas became the central task at that time, and the Standing Committee of the Northeast Bureau unified their thinking and understanding.Luo Ronghuan said: "The basis for revising the draft resolution of the Northeast Bureau must be the "Instructions of the Central Committee on Establishing a Solid Northeast Base Area" on December 28 last year." During the Anti-Japanese War, Luo Ronghuan created countless base areas by himself and has extremely rich experience.

The party committee decided that Chen Yun would draft a new draft resolution.In the draft, Chen Yun called on the cadres to: Throw away your car, take off your leather shoes, and put on peasant clothes. Regardless of civil or military skills, gender, or qualifications, all cadres who may go to the countryside must go to the countryside to complete the central task of mobilizing the peasants. From July 3 to 11, the Northeast Bureau held an enlarged meeting in Harbin, attended by members of the Central Committee Lin Biao, Peng Zhen, Luo Ronghuan, Chen Yun, Gao Gang, Li Fuchun, Li Lisan, Zhang Wentian, Cai Chang, Lin Feng, alternate members of the Central Committee Huang Kecheng, Wang Shoudao, Tan Zheng, Chen Yu, Xiao Jinguang, Lu Zhengcao, Gu Dacun, etc. On July 7, the General Assembly formally passed the "Situation and Tasks in the Northeast" drafted by Chen Yun, the famous "July 7 Resolution".

After 15 days of truce in Northeast China, it was extended for another 4 months. At this time, fighting in the pass was in full swing.The Democratic Alliance Army used this time to carry out the work of suppressing bandits and establishing base areas. The 15-day truce passed quickly, and since neither side had recovered from the fierce fighting in the first round, on June 23, the two sides announced that the truce would continue to be valid.This was what Lin Biao could not have wished for. He had always worried that Jiang's army would cross the Songhua River and attack the unsteady North Manchurian Liberated Area, and even made plans to abandon Harbin.In the summer when the full-scale civil war broke out, there were raging fires in the pass, and fighting was raging everywhere. Chiang Kai-shek was stretched, and his strength suddenly became apparent.The Democratic Alliance Army has gained an extremely precious four-month opportunity to recuperate.

The Kuomintang army in the Northeast was exhausted when it reached the Songhua River. Without the injection of new forces, Du Yuming was unable to fight the Songhua River.Two months later, Jiang Jun, who was initially panting, began to resume operations.The new offensive first launched from Rehe. Du Yuming sent Zheng Dongguo to Jinzhou, and commanded the 13th Army, 93rd Army and other departments to attack the Li Yunchang Department of the Jireliao Military Region in an all-round way.Du Yuming intended to cut off the connection between the Northeast Liberated Area and the North China Liberated Area, and at the same time, consolidate the safety of the Beining Railway, so as to facilitate the import of American aid materials and energy into the Northeast.At that time, most of the Northeast Kuomintang Army was equipped with American equipment. These mechanized troops consumed a huge amount of materials. Once the communication line was cut off, their combat effectiveness would drop sharply. On August 29, the 13th Army occupied Chengde, the capital of Rehe; on October 4, the 93rd Army captured Chifeng; Zheng Dongguo basically realized Du Yuming's battle plan.Afterwards, Du Yuming began to implement his second strategic plan, which was to cut off the connection between the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army base in South Manchuria and the North Manchuria Base Area, and then eliminate the Democratic Alliance Army troops in Liaodong, in order to attack the Democratic Alliance Army north of the Songhua River in the next step. The main force clears the obstacles.This is what he called the strategy of "attacking from the south and defending from the north, first going south and then going north".For this reason, Jiang Jun arrogantly clamored that the South Manchu troops of the Communist Army should be "forced to eat bark in Changbai Mountain and enter the Yalu River to drink cold water". After the Battle of Benxi, the strength of the Nanman Military Region was greatly weakened. The main force was only the 3rd and 4th columns, with about 50,000 people.Its backbone forces are mainly the troops who crossed the sea from Shandong and the Zeng Kelin Department that first entered the Northeast.In the autumn and winter of 1945, they were the first batch of "upstarts" in the Northeast, and they quickly expanded by incorporating a large number of miscellaneous armed forces.therefore.The composition of the troops was complicated, and many opportunists and a large number of Puppet Manchukuo military and police personnel mixed in. They mutinied and defected one after another when Jiang's army was aggressively attacking and our army was frustrated.At this time, the Nanman base area was in a difficult period. On October 19, 1946, Du Yuming mobilized 8 divisions, with about 100,000 troops, to set off from Shenyang and Benxi areas, divide the troops into three groups, and aggressively invaded the South Manchurian base.The right route is composed of the 14th Division of the New 6th Army, the 22nd Division of the New Army and the 184th Division of the 60th Army. Division, the 195th Division of the 52nd Army, and the 91st Division of the 71st Army attacked Ji'an and Linjiang in an attempt to cut off the connection between the base areas of South Manchuria and North Manchuria; formed, and went straight to Anton, the resident of the Liaodong Military Region. The Northeast battlefield, which had been quiet for four months, revived. In order to focus on military command, Lin Biao hurriedly left Harbin, where party and government affairs piled up like a mountain, and moved his capable command post to Shuangcheng, 50 kilometers south of Harbin.The daily affairs of the party and government of the Northeast Bureau are presided over by Gao Gang. On October 20, Lin Biao called Xiao Hua and Cheng Shicai, the chiefs of the Liaodong Military Region: According to the above instructions, Xiao Hua decided to voluntarily abandon Anton, and secretly assembled the main 3rd and 4th columns in the eastern mountainous area, waiting for an opportunity to wipe out the enemy. The Jiang army in the middle was the weakest but made the fastest progress, and its 25th Division on the right wing had become a lone army. On October 21, Hu Qicai, the commander of the 4th Column, held an emergency meeting in Tongyuan Fort, and made a plan to lure and annihilate the 25th Division in the Xinkailing Valley. The 25th Division has participated in the expeditionary force and is known as the "thousand-mile horse". The whole division is equipped with beautiful weapons and well-trained. On October 24, the division commander Li Zhengyi personally commanded the main force of the division to adopt infantry coordination tactics to storm Saimaji.At that time, the main force of the third column of the Democratic Alliance Army had withdrawn from Saimaji, leaving only a small number of troops for cover.After fierce fighting, Li Zhengyi successfully captured Saimaji. On the morning of the 25th, Li Zhengyi received a telegram from the commander of the army, Zhao Gongwu, ordering the division to keep two battalions to stick to Saimaji. Clear the way. At dawn on the 26th, Li Zhengyi ordered Liang Jimin, the head of the 74th regiment, to lead two battalions to stay at Saimaji to ensure the safety of the rear, and the rest of the troops marched towards the southwest mountainous area.At this time, the sky was full of sleet and sleet. After the troops entered the mountainous area, the road was rugged, and the mountain was getting higher and higher. From time to time, there were streams running across the mountain road, and the soldiers were soon soaked.At 4:00 p.m., Li Zhengyi ordered to camp, and before he settled down, he received a telegram from Liang Jimin from Saimaji: "A large number of communist troops have been found around Saimaji, and they will definitely attack Saimaji after dusk. The main force returns." Li Zhengyi handed the telegram to the deputy commanders Huang Jianyong and Duan Peide, saying: "Liang Jimin is too courageous. It is really unreasonable to call for reinforcements before the communist army has exchanged fire!" Huang Jianyong said: "Saimaji is a small place. With the regiment's current strength and relying on fortifications, it should not be a big problem." Li Zhengyi said to Chief of Staff Dong Kuiwu: "Respond to Liang Jimin and order the regiment to strengthen its fortifications and stick to the horse race fair." As soon as night fell, Liang Jimin's emergency telegrams flew in like snowflakes.Li Zhengyi hurriedly called the army commander Zhao Gongwu to ask whether he would return for help.After Zhao Gongwu led the main force of the army to Fengcheng, he found that there was no communist defense line, and was worried about finding the main force of the communist army. He immediately ordered Li Zhengyi to return to Saimaji after receiving the call. Li Zhengyi, Huang Jianyong and others didn't know the situation of the horse racing fair, so they didn't dare to return to the teacher rashly, and they hesitated until late at night.At around 11 o'clock that night, after Liang Jimin sent his last emergency call, the telecommunications were cut off.Li Zhengyi felt that the problem was serious, so he spoke directly to Zhao Gongwu by radio: "Army seat, the 74th Regiment's communication has been interrupted, and the situation is not good. I only have one regiment and one battalion in my hand. If I return late at night for reinforcements, I may be ambushed by the Communist Army." "Li Dazi, who asked you to talk on the radio, what if you leaked the secret?" Zhao Gongwu also felt that the situation was urgent, and when Li Zhengyi was about to hang up the walkie-talkie, he shouted, "Wait a minute, I order you to lead your troops back immediately For the 74th regiment, if the horse race is lost, our army's supplies will be cut off, understand?" "Okay, I will carry out the order." Li Zhengyi said helplessly, "Please return the military seat to the 75th regiment." "The 75th regiment is very close to you. I have ordered the regiment to take a shortcut and return to the organization near the Saimaji before the evening of the 27th." At 3 o'clock in the morning on the 27th, the 25th Division received a telegram from Liang Jimin on the way back to aid Saimaji, informing that the division had been violently attacked by the superior communist army and lost more than 200 people. In order to avoid being wiped out, the 25th Division took the initiative to withdraw late at night. Set has been occupied by the communist army. Li Zhengyi immediately ordered Liang Jimin to lead his troops closer to the main force of the division.In the evening of the same day, the remnants of the 74th Regiment and the 75th Regiment joined the main force of the division, and the whole division continued to advance towards Saimaji. The main force of the 4th Column of the Democratic Alliance Army once again gave up on Saimaji, and transferred the troops to the Shuanglingzi area overnight to ambush the 25th Division.After fighting all night, the 25th Division resisted tenaciously with its superior firepower, showing no sign of wavering.Hu Qicai, the commander of the column, had to withdraw his troops with gold, and evacuated the Shuanglingzi area before dawn to break away from the battle. Hu Qicai originally thought that the concentration of 5 regiments and more than 10,000 troops should be able to defeat the main force of the 25th Division with only 5,000 troops in one fell swoop.Hu Qicai felt very surprised that the enemy had such a strong fighting power.In the early morning of the next day, Hu Qicai and political commissar Peng Jiaqing personally interrogated the prisoners, only to learn that the 75th Regiment attached to the enemy's military headquarters had been returned to the establishment. It turned out that his opponents were more than 5,000 people, but more than 8,000 people. No wonder he couldn't move!Hu Qicai immediately decided to lure the enemy to the Xinkailing area, and after the 10th Division, which cooperated with the 3rd column, returned to the organizational system, he would gather and wipe out the enemy. Li Zhengyi has never figured out the opponent's strength and intentions. On the 28th, the 25th Division took a day off at Saimaji.Receive Zhaogong Wu telegram that night: At this time, several reconnaissance units sent by the 25th Division reported that a large number of communist troops were found in the east of Saimaji. According to the common people, there were more than a dozen cannons pulled by six mules and eight mules. "The common people have been turned red, and their words cannot be trusted." Huang Jianyong said, "The communist army's combat effectiveness is not strong. It was defeated in the Shuanglingzi area last night and is now fleeing." Duan Peide, another deputy commander of the division, said worriedly: "We haven't figured out the real situation of the Communist Army. I suggest temporarily stationing in Saimaji. If there is any danger, reinforcements from the rear can arrive within two days. Continue to advance to the mountains. If there is danger, the rear reinforcements will be too late." "What danger are you talking about?" Huang Jianyong sneered, "Could it be that the communist army can swallow our entire division!" Dong Kuiwu shook his head and said, "The communist army is not that powerful. They couldn't even take Liang Jimin's two battalions last night. Even if the situation like last night happened again, it would not be easy for them to take us down." Duan Peide was full of worries and did not agree to take the risk of going east.Seeing that the two sides had been arguing for a long time, Li Zhengyi waved his hands impatiently and said, "There is an order from the military seat, and I can't afford to delay the fighter plane. The two battalions of the 74th regiment were able to break through the encirclement calmly the day before yesterday. Now that the entire division has assembled, the communist army has nothing to do. ! Let’s act according to the plan!” On the morning of the 29th, the 25th Division advanced in parallel in two columns.The main force of the division is the left column, and the 75th regiment is the right column, five or six miles apart, and it is agreed to meet at 2 pm.Not long after the 75th regiment set off, it found a Communist army in front, and the regiment leader Zhao Zhenge ordered to pursue it.The regiment chased after them, and the speed was too fast. Soon, the main force of the division was far behind.At 12:00 noon, the 75th Regiment arrived at the prescribed rendezvous point two hours ahead of schedule. Zhao Zhenge was unwilling to let go of the group of "frightened birds" in front, and led the whole regiment to pursue it alone before the main force of the division arrived. When the main force of the division arrived at the rendezvous point on time, the 75th regiment had advanced to the southeast of Wangjiazhai, which was the eastern end of the Xinkailing Valley.Zhao Zhenge found that there were high mountains on all sides, and figures on the top of the mountains were squirming, and those "frightened birds" who were running all the way suddenly turned around and became obstacles in the way. Zhao Zhenge knew that he had fallen for the strategy of luring the enemy to go deep, so he sent an urgent telegram to Li Zhengyi asking the main force of the division to advance quickly for reinforcements. At this time, the main force of the 25th Division also got into the pocket array arranged by Hu Qicai, and the sound of guns and guns sounded at the same time in the 30-mile-long valley.Seeing that the situation was not good, Li Zhengyi ordered the regiments to seize the surrounding hills. Han Xianchu, the deputy commander of the column commanding the 10th Division, saw that the enemy was competing with me for the position on the hilltop, and immediately called Hu Qicai: "Let's get out of those low hilltops and let the enemy disperse our troops. Concentrate fire on the head and they'll be easy targets for us." "Okay, great plan." Hu Qicai said happily, "Order the troops to follow the plan." Before the evening of the 29th, the troops of the 25th Division and the regiments were scattered on the small hills for more than 20 miles. They were powerless to advance and unable to retreat. The 25th Division suffered heavy casualties, heavy weapons could not go up the mountain, and light weapons were useless, only being beaten passively. On the morning of the 30th, Li Zhengyi gathered the Shanpao Battalion to cover the 75th Regiment to attack in the direction of Kuandian.Ten minutes after firing the cannons, they were met with fierce artillery fire from the Democratic Alliance Army. 4 The vertical artillery was scattered on various commanding heights, but the firepower could be concentrated, so that Li Zhengyi's mountain artillery battalion could not find the target.The Shanpao Battalion was double suppressed by gun fire.I had no choice but to disperse and conceal the cannons, not daring to fire them easily again.The 75th Regiment took some more hills, but could no longer advance.That night, Li Zhengyi had a premonition that this elite unit, known as the "Thousand Li Horse", could not break out of the encirclement with his own strength, so he sent a power call to Du Yuming and Zhao Gongwu for help, and asked Du Yuming to send a plane to assist in the battle. Maybe Du Yuming didn't believe that "Thousand Miles Horse" was already facing a catastrophe. At dawn on the 31st, Du Yuming did not send a plane.Before the 75th regiment had time to organize a new offensive, it was counterattacked by the Democratic Alliance Army.Zhao Zhenge hurriedly withdrew the troops on the main road to the small hill beside the road.The breakout plan came to naught. The 25th Division was compressed near Laoyeling and Huangjiapuzi.Li Zhengyi immediately organized a 3,000-strong counter-shock force after receiving the order from the military department and the executive department to "stand firm and wait for help" in Wangjiazhai.The two sides then launched an extremely tragic battle. Han Xianchu personally commanded the 28th Regiment of the 10th Division to launch 7 consecutive charges, all of which encountered the enemy's tenacious resistance.The battle turned into a stalemate. Hu Qicai was so anxious that he missed the 25th division with one bite. He didn't expect the bones to be so hard. At that time, near the enemy bunker in Laoyeling, soldiers from the 4th column were all lying down. Although some of them were only a dozen steps away from the bunker and could rush to it in one breath, they were overwhelmed by the enemy's firepower and couldn't lift their heads.And the enemy's reinforcements are rapidly approaching. On the evening of November 1st, the heads of the column met together urgently. Some people thought that the battle could no longer be fought. Originally, they wanted to fight a war of annihilation, but now it has become a war of attrition. The entire column will be forced to fight a decisive battle with the enemy's superior forces, and the consequences will be disastrous. Han Xianchu did not agree to withdraw from the battle, saying: "We can't withdraw. If we withdraw, all previous efforts will be wasted. We have suffered heavy casualties, and the enemy is worse than us. They don't have much ammunition. In the afternoon, the plane dropped more than a dozen boxes of ammunition, and half of them fell on us. As long as we take Laoyeling with all our strength, the initiative will be in our hands. Otherwise, it will be impossible to withdraw from the battle now. If we don’t do it well, the troops will be dispersed.” "It is too dangerous to withdraw from the battle, and it will lead to a passive situation in the future." Hu Qicai said, "The key now is to take Laoyeling as soon as possible and wipe out the 25th Division." "Lao Hu's views are correct. We have basically unified our thinking, and now we have to consider how to wipe out the 25th Division." Peng Jiaqing said. "I suggest concentrating all the artillery overnight and prepare to storm Laoyeling at dawn tomorrow," said Chief of Staff Li Fuze. "The 30th regiment of the reserve team is also used to ensure that Laoyeling will be taken in one fell swoop." Han Xianchu said. "Now everyone is splitting up," Peng Jiaqing said, "The slogan is 'take down Laoyeling, annihilate the 25th Division, and capture division commander Li Dazi alive!'" At dawn on November 2, Hu Qicai stood on a peak north of Laoyeling and personally commanded the 10th Division to attack Laoyeling.After delivering the order to the 28th regiment, Duan Ran, deputy chief of the Operations Section of the 10th Division, drew his pistol and took the lead in rushing towards the enemy's bunker.Swish bullets brushed past him, his military cap was thrown off by the shock wave of the grenade, and the surrounding soldiers were constantly shot and fell down.Duan Ran kept shouting: "Come on!" The 28th Regiment took the lead in rushing up Laoye Ridge and started a hand-to-hand combat with the enemy.Wang Xijiang, deputy of the fifth company, led four soldiers into the enemy's bunker and captured all the enemies who were shooting alive.Then the 30th Regiment and the 29th Regiment also rushed up Laoye Ridge from the other side of the mountain. Seeing that the situation was over, the enemies on the top of the mountain surrendered their guns one after another. The enemy troops retreating from the hills gathered in Wangjiazhai, where the division headquarters is located.Li Zhengyi still imagined that the reinforcements would arrive in time. In order to cheer up the dejected officers and soldiers, he stood on a wrecked car and shouted: "Wangjiazhai has a kingly spirit, we cannot fail." Then, Li Zhengyi ordered all the cars and artillery shells to be piled up around the village, then doused with gasoline and ignited.The raging fire formed the last line of defense.But this can't save the "Thousand-mile Horse" from being destroyed. The democratic coalition forces swarmed from all the hills and surrounded Wangjiazhai tightly.The artillery fired a few shots, and Li Zhengyi's "Fire Wall" flew into the sky.Seeing such power, Jiang Jun was so frightened that he raised his hands and surrendered. At around 10:00 in the morning, the battle ended, and the 25th Division known as the "Thousand Li Horse" was wiped out. At noon on November 2, the 22nd Division of the New Sixth Army, which came to reinforce the 25th Division, rushed to Saimaji. At this time, news came that the 25th Division had been wiped out in Xinkailing.The New 22nd Division didn't know the reality of the communist army, and was too frightened to move forward.This allowed the 4th column to sweep the battlefield calmly. The Battle of Xinkailing was the first battle in which an entire division was wiped out on the Northeast battlefield.The divisions and regiments of the 4th Column suffered heavy casualties. At that time, more than 5,000 enemies were captured. In order to supplement the troops, most of the prisoners became "fresh blood" of the Democratic Alliance Army after simple education. In order to find out the enemy's situation, Han Xianchu and Li Fuze gathered more than a dozen captured officers above the battalion in a private house for interrogation.The room was cleaned up very well, and there were peanuts and boiling water as treats.Just as Li Fuze was about to interrogate, Li Xian, head of the column's enemy engineering department, brought in a tall man—slightly fat, with a layer of black pot ash smeared on his face.Li Xian smiled and said: "Bring a cook, he has a big face." Li Fuze understood in his heart when he saw that the captives in the house lowered their heads and did not speak as soon as the big boy in the cook's attire entered the house. "What on earth do you do?" Han Xianchu asked. "I'm Li Zhengyi. I've been wounded. I wanted to commit suicide, but the pistol ran out of bullets." Li Zhengyi wiped off his black face, and his face turned paler. "You can do whatever you want!" "It's not easy to die. There are trees, stones, and houses everywhere, and you can touch them to death." Li Fuze said, "I don't think you really want to die. Don't worry, we treat prisoners preferentially." Therefore, Li Zhengyi truthfully explained the situation of the 25th Division being wiped out and the situation of reinforcements. "If we can hold on for another day, the reinforcements will arrive." Li Zhengyi said, "Now the reinforcements don't know what your army's next intention is, so they definitely don't dare to advance rashly." After the fourth column calmly cleaned the battlefield, it began to move to the east of Tonghua.Under Du Yuming's strict order, the New 22nd Division began to pursue.At the same time, the main force of the 52nd Army, which came from Tonghua and Fengcheng, adopted the tactics of encircling, chasing, blocking, and intercepting in an attempt to wipe out the main force of the 4th Column. At this time, the weather suddenly turned cold, with sleet flying all over the sky.In the Battle of Xinkailing, in order to facilitate maneuvering and march lightly, many commanders and fighters threw away their cotton clothes.Can't find winter clothing supplies after the war.The troops broke through the enemy's blockade and headed north along Taipingshao, Shajianzi, and Ji'an, getting colder and colder as they went.Many wounded and sick closed their eyes forever in the howling cold wind because there was no medical treatment. The common people along the way saw that the team was going north, all of them were wearing single clothes and drenched in water, so they persuaded them: "There are few people in the north, so there is no good or bad luck! When Xue Rengui marched east in the Tang Dynasty, General Gai Suwen of Koryo was This road was taken, and the result was a mess. The puppet Emperor Puyi was also captured by the Soviet Red Army on this road. Yang Jingyu of the "Anti-Union" was forced to go to Changbai Mountain from here. You Communist Eighth Route Army can't follow their path The old way!" "The heads of our columns and divisions have traveled all kinds of roads, climbing snow-capped mountains, and crossing grasslands. They have traveled 25,000 miles. If you follow them, you will be able to turn danger into good luck." The political cadres of the army were afraid that the words of the people would affect the morale, so they hurried Promote the story of the Red Army's Long March along the way. Sure enough, the further north we went, the colder it became, and the wind was so strong that we could hardly stand on our feet. After walking for a long time, we couldn't see a single house.The continuous march was very exhausting, and I dared not close my eyes and sleep for fear that once I fell asleep, I would never wake up again. If you go further back, you will be left behind in entire platoons, and the number of troops will be greatly reduced. At the beginning of December, the 4th Column finally arrived at Liudaojiang and joined the Liaodong Military Region and the main force of the 3rd Column. When the 3rd and 4th columns met, only the four small counties of Linjiang, Mengjiang, Changbai, and Fusong at the foot of Changbai Mountain remained in the base area of ​​South Manchuria.Changbai Mountain and the two large ditches occupy most of the land, sparsely populated and desolate.Nearly 30,000 main forces from the four agencies of the Nanman Branch Bureau, the Liaodong Military Region, the Liaoning Provincial Party Committee, and the Anton Provincial Party Committee and two columns gathered in a narrow corner of the ravine without any food or ammunition.The strength of the enemy's four divisions has approached.The South Manchuria base area is in an unprecedented and dangerous situation. At the beginning of November, the Northeast Bureau sent Chen Yun and Xiao Jinguang to South Manchuria to lead the struggle against the enemy. Not long after the 4th Column arrived at Liudaojiang, it received an order from the Liaodong Military Region, asking Peng Jiaqing to lead the 11th Division and the Liaoning Independent Division to hold on to Changbai Mountain and contain the enemy. The main forces of North Manchuria rendezvous. On December 11, cadres above the division level went to Qidaojiang for a meeting.Since Chen Yun had something to do in Linjiang, Xiao Jinguang presided over the meeting.The topic is to discuss the issue of "going" and "staying", that is, abandoning South Manchuria and going north, or insisting on continuing the struggle in South Manchuria. At the meeting, it was difficult to unify the opinions. First, there were discussions and then arguments. Both the "Go" faction and the "Stay" faction can put up a lot of reasons, and neither can convince the other.The meeting lasted for two days, and there was a stalemate.At this time, we received a report from the enemy that one of the enemy's divisions had arrived at the mouth of Meihe River, and the other division was about to arrive at Ji'an.Therefore, the cadres above the column continued to hold meetings to discuss, and the cadres below the column returned to the army to prepare for the war. On the evening of December 13, Chen Yun braved the heavy snow and rushed to Qidaojiang overnight.As soon as this expert writer came, he asked, "Is there anything else to do in Nanman?" Everyone chattered and discussed until the meeting ended at 3 o'clock in the morning, but to no avail. The discussion continued the next day, and Chen Yun kept silent, constantly revising his "belly draft" according to opinions from all sides.At night, Chen Yun had already made up his mind, so he asked, "How many troops can Nanman accommodate?" "See how to deploy," Peng Jiaqing said, "If you want to make up your mind to release, you can place an army on the front of Changbai Mountain, one army on the front line of Andong, one army on the outskirts of Benxi and Fushun, and one army on the south of Liaoning. .” "Since we can put down so many troops," Chen Yun said decisively, "we will not leave, we will all stay in Nanman, and none of us will leave! Stay and fight, and we must raise the red flag on Changbai Mountain and wave the flag!" Everyone sees that Chen Yun has already made a decision, so there is no need to argue.Chen Yun continued: "Some people say that Changbai Mountain is a melon skin hat. Don't underestimate this melon skin hat. It is very useful. If it is lost to the enemy, even if we win the battle in North Manchuria, it will be difficult to come back in the future. As long as Changbai Mountain is in our hands Here, the masses have confidence in us, and with the base areas and the masses, nothing is impossible. I don’t think Nanman has nothing to do, but a lot to do!” Chen Yun was silent for a few minutes, took a sip of boiling water, and asked everyone to experience and digest it first.Seeing that everyone had no objection to this, he began to think about how to "stay". On the issue of how to "stay", the opinions were quickly unified: the troops were divided into two groups, all the way to stick to the same place, and all the way to fight in the heart of the enemy. Xiao Jinguang asked: "Who can fight? Please volunteer." The venue full of discussions suddenly fell silent. Xiao Jinguang urged him several times, but no one expressed his opinion. "Our 4th Zong has just finished the battle of Xinkailing," Peng Jiaqing said. "The sick and wounded have not been dealt with, the recruits have not been replenished, the thousands of prisoners have not had time to digest, and the troops have no winter clothes. It stands to reason that it should not be our turn, but In order to take the overall situation into consideration, if the leader needs us to fight out, no matter how difficult it is, we must try our best to overcome it and ensure the completion of the task.” "Okay! Let you fight out." Chen Yun said, "All four of you will be pulled out, and you will go to the enemy's rear to make a big disturbance in the heavenly palace, and the mountains and the mountains will echo each other. If you need anything, we will guarantee you first." Xiao Jinguang made a decision immediately: "The captives have not been dealt with, and they will be handed over to other troops; if there are insufficient soldiers, they will be replenished from local troops; if there are no winter clothes, they will be replenished from the 3rd Column and the military region." The "Qidaojiang Conference" ended in this way, and Chen Yun made a good "article" enough to be recorded in the annals of history. On December 17, 1946, Zheng Dongguo led 6 divisions to attack the South Manchurian base area, and the Democratic Alliance Army immediately launched a struggle to "protect Linjiang". On December 18, the 4th column set off from Liudaojiang, quietly crossed the enemy's blockade, and opened up the enemy's rear battlefield on both sides of Anshen Road.After ten days of attack, more than 10 enemy strongholds were destroyed, and the area 150 miles across from the east of Yonghuan Highway and north of Daqinggou in Bahetan was recovered.Then, they rushed to Qinghe, the alkali factory, and the horse race, disrupting the enemy's deployment. When Du Yuming learned that the 4th column broke out of the encirclement and appeared near the Anshen line, he immediately ordered Zheng Dongguo to call back 2 divisions to deal with the 4th column.This relieved the pressure on Linjiang. On January 2, 1947, in order to contain the enemy's "invasion and suppression" of the southern Manchurian base, Lin Biao personally commanded the main force of the Northern Manchuria to cross the Songhua River south and take the initiative to attack the enemy.Du Yuming had to mobilize his troops to go north again.As a result, only the 195th Division and the 2nd Division were left in the enemy's first invasion of Linjiang. Facing the enemy's advancing step by step, the head of the Liaodong Military Region and the 3rd Column decided to adopt the tactics of concentrating their forces to annihilate the enemy one by one.Xiao Jinguang, the commander of the military region, arrived in Nanman not long ago, so he still doesn't know the combat effectiveness of the troops.In order to know himself and the enemy, he took two staff officers in a jeep to go back and forth between the divisions and regiments of the 3rd column day and night to understand the situation. Xiao Jinguang found that the troops of the 3rd vertical were not full of personnel, so he did everything possible to recruit personnel from government agencies and local troops to supplement them.Both Chen Yun and Xiao Jinguang disbanded the security squad.The cadre in charge of the security work said: "The future safety of the chiefs will become a problem." Xiao Jinguang patted the pistol on his waist and said, "With it, it's enough." The security cadre shook his head and said: "The commander is a sharpshooter, and he can usually deal with it, but the political commissar's marksmanship is not good. If there is a problem, whoever is responsible." "Of course it's your responsibility." Xiao Jinguang said seriously, "From now on, you must follow the political commissar and never leave. If something goes wrong, I can't spare you." "I don't want to be dragged down." Chen Yun said, "You should follow the commander. His safety is more important." "Report," Staff Officer Wang said, leading a "snowman" in, "he's passed out." The man was covered in snow, and even his beard was frozen. Xiao Jinguang was taken aback: "Isn't this the brigade commander Peng Longfei of the Third Bao Brigade? We met in the morning, why?" "Oh, it must be freezing." Chen Yun took off his coat and put it on Peng Longfei, "Hurry up and help him to the stove." Chen Yun took another bowl of hot tea and fed it himself, and Peng Longfei regained his strength. "A brigade commander is frozen like this, the troops can imagine!" Xiao Jinguang sighed. "Many soldiers didn't have cotton coats, so they had to tie grass around their bodies." Peng Longfei said with tears, "Now that the battle has started, there are more frostbite wounds than gunshot wounds." Xiao Jinguang asked the staff to go to Linjiang overnight to bring 500,000 yuan of Beihai ticket to Peng Longfei, and comforted him: "Let the troops must grit their teeth and keep fighting. If the battle is won, everything will be there." On January 4, Xiao Jinguang concentrated the main force of the 3rd column and the artillery regiment of the 4th column, storming Liudaogoumen.The 195th Division defending the enemy was afraid of being encircled and wiped out, so they left a small force to block it, and the main force retreated in a hurry.The small enemy unit acting as a cover mission was annihilated. On January 18, Xiao Jinguang commanded the 3rd and 4th Columns to attack the enemy's 2nd Division from north to south, and wiped out one reinforced battalion.The enemy's 2nd Division fled in panic.In this battle, Fang Tianjing, a fighter from the 9th Company of the 29th Regiment, was alert and flexible. He defeated the enemy's attack by one platoon and captured a squad, making great contributions. The two divisions that Du Yuming attacked Linjiang suffered heavy losses.At the same time, the main force of the North Manchurian Democratic Alliance Army went south to attack.The Kuomintang army was in a dilemma and had to give up its plan to attack Linjiang. In the plain area of ​​North Manchuria, the traffic is developed, and the railways and highways criss-cross, which is very conducive to the mobilization of mechanized troops.South Manchuria was tight, so Lin Biao decided to take action in North Manchuria, using the strategy of "struggling from the south to the north, and fighting from the north to the south" to deal with Du Yuming's strategy of "attacking from the south and defending from the north, first going south and then going north".At that time, the troops in North Manchuria had just completed reorganization, and the main force was organized into the first, second, and sixth columns, plus the third and fourth columns in South Manchuria. The field troops had a total of 5 columns, 1 brigade, There are about 120,000 people in 3 independent divisions, and their sequence is as follows: The 1st Column (commander Wan Yi) governs the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Divisions; The 2nd Column (Commander Liu Zhen, Political Commissar Wu Faxian) governs the 4th, 5th, and 6th Divisions; The 6th Column (Commander Chen Guang) governs the 16th, 17th, and 18th Divisions; The 3rd Column (commanders Cheng Shicai, Zhang Xuesi, political commissar Luo Shunchu) governs the 7th, 8th, and 9th Divisions; 第4纵队（司令员胡奇才，政委彭嘉庆）辖第10师、第11师、第12师； 第359旅，辽南独立师，南满独立第2师、第3师。 北满的三个纵队都是以关内来的老部队为骨干加上新部队组成的，其战斗力如何，林彪心里没底。正因如此，他希望在东北维持更长的停战局面，以利于按他的战术原则训练部队。1946年下半年是林彪军事理论的成熟期，什么“三三制”战术、“一点两面”战术、“四快一慢”战术、“三猛”战术、“四组一队”战术……真是花样翻新，层出不穷。可是杜聿明不容他用更多的时间去操练兵马，南满战火一起，林彪只得仓促上阵了。 At the end of December 1946, Lin Biao ordered all the troops to gather by the Songhua River and prepare for the southward battle.After not fighting for half a year, the generals under Lin Biao's command could no longer hold back, and began to gear up, wanting to show the cowardice of being chased thousands of miles away by the enemy after the Siping War.这些将领中名气最大的是第6纵队司令员陈光，他将部队带到松花江边，便亲自带各师首长去摸江南的敌情。At this time, Lin Biao got an inaccurate information, saying that Du Yuming was mobilizing the main force and preparing to cross the Songhua River to attack Harbin.Lin Biao called Chen Guang and asked the sixth column to withdraw to the original defense.According to his own judgment, Chen Guang believed that Du Yuming was attacking Nanman with all his strength, and it was impossible to attack Harbin immediately, so he called back and asked to continue to implement the original combat plan. Lin Biao was very angry after receiving the call, and directly ordered the divisions of the 6th column to retreat immediately, and said, "Don't wait for the order from the column." After receiving the order, the three divisions all moved north.要命的是，此时陈光亲自潜入江南察看敌情去了，身边只带了一个连。His troops had already moved north, but this poor commander knew nothing about it.后来纵队司令部派人到江南寻找了好久才找到他，三天后才回到部队。When he saw the words "don't wait for the column's order" in Lin Biao's telegram, he suddenly became ill. 林彪搞越级指挥本是家常便饭，作为老部下的陈光不是不清楚，然而，两人此时的关系又太微妙了。The grievances and resentments between Lin Biao and Chen Guang are really a mess. There was a very deep feeling between them. Lin Biao was kind to Chen Guang, who was single-handedly promoted by him.两人都是出色的将才，林彪智者千虑、算无遗策；陈光机敏过人、骁勇善战。到陕北之后，林彪因与毛泽东闹别扭，执意要去陕南打游击而被调离红1军团，去红军大学任校长。陈光在红大结业之后就成了红1军团的代军团长。 1938年3月2日，林彪受重伤之后，其八路军第115师师长一职也是由陈光代理。林彪到莫斯科治伤时，许多中国青年常缠着他讲故事，他讲得最多的是陈光在战斗中的传奇故事，甚至拿出陈光的照片说：“这是一位非常了不起的红军将领。” Later, Lin Biao and Chen Guang met in Yan'an and participated in the rectification movement together, and they began to quarrel.据说陈光那时与贺龙来往密切，经常在贺龙那里打牌，甚至把铺盖都搬到贺龙那里去了，林彪为此不高兴。整风的时候批过“山头主义”，可是这个东西在军队里的影响是无法一下子消除的。After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Lin Biao talked to Chen Guang and said, "You should go to Shandong with me." Chen Guang asked, "What are you going to do?" Lin Biao said, "Be my deputy." Chen Guang agreed.林彪在赴山东的半途奉命转道去了东北。不久，中央令陈光随高岗、张闻天等也去了东北。杜聿明进攻山海关时，林彪在第一线指挥作战，东北局令陈光在黑山一带组织第二道防线。At that time, Lin Biao's radio station could not communicate with the troops, and he was worried. Later, he learned that Chen Guang had a radio station brought by Luo Ronghuan from Shandong, so he wanted to use this radio station to help him command the troops from Shandong.Chen Guang considered that the second line of defense could not be organized without a radio station, so he did not agree.林彪坚持要这部电台，接连发了两份电报，并指责陈光扣留电台，妨碍他指挥。Chen Guang had no choice but to order the confidential staff to take the radio station to Lin Biao to report.But the situation of the battle changed suddenly, the enemy came, and the radio station retreated with Chen Guang, so it was not handed over to Lin Biao.这件事使两人的关系急剧恶化。后来林彪打仗打得非常被动，一直退到了松花江以北，而陈光在没有受到重用的情况下居然打了两个非常漂亮的仗：一是攻占了长春；二是在新站、拉法歼灭一个加强团。Both battles were fought with Lin Biao's initial disapproval.当部队弥漫着“林总吃了几年洋面包，连仗都不会打了”的谣言时，林彪又听到了“换将”的风声，这让他一过松花江就病倒了。At this time, the Northeast Bureau is promoting the significance of the Battle of Rafah.陈光不合时宜地向林彪提了一个建议，希望以八路军115师的老部队为基础组建一个野战兵团，由他指挥。Lin Biao therefore suspected that Chen Guang had ambitions to overshadow him.At that time, most of the troops in the Northeast were troops under Chen Guang when he was in Shandong. Lin Biao did not dare to underestimate his influence in the troops.部队整编后，陈光出任第6纵队司令员，这也是陈光自1943年离开115师后再次任主力部队的主官，他渴望打胜仗的心情是非常迫切的。林彪一份电报就把他甩在了敌占区的江南，让他当了三天的光杆司令，如果被敌人发现了，后果是不堪设想的。Chen Guang has a very strong personality, and this disease has been cured by the Songhua River.几天后，第6纵队再次南下，与敌人真的打起来了，不过，陈光已经不是6纵的指挥员了。后来洪学智接替了第6纵队司令员的职务。Chen Guang refused to return to Harbin until the New Year's Eve. His wife and his half-year-old child braved the severe cold of minus 40 degrees Celsius to come to the river to persuade him, and Chen Guang returned to Harbin. 当郑洞国指挥大军向南满根据地东征时，北满主力第1纵队、第2纵队、第6纵队于1月2日南渡松花江，迫使敌南北两面作战。 当时松花江已经结冰，“天堑变通途”。大部队过江像赶集一样热闹。北满主力自拉法之战后，已经半年没真枪实弹打过仗了，士气非常高。尽管气温在零下30摄氏度，但指战员们依然在江面上说说笑笑。“顺口溜”在风中飘： “革命军人士气高，天气再冷难不倒。” “乌拉草，是件宝，又暖和，脚又不打泡。” “吃菜爱吃白菜心，打仗要打新1军。” “新1军自称鹰，实际上是只熊，行动像乌龟，打仗像爬虫。” 一些调皮的战士在江面上滑冰，一滑老远，又省事，又开心。但一过松花江，部队就开始隐蔽行进。几万人的队伍，悄无声息，只有呼啸的风声和脚踩在雪地的嚓嚓声。 第1纵队第1师师长梁兴初在榆树县古城，接到纵队司令员万毅的电报： 梁兴初接到电报后，命令部队连续三昼夜急行军，于预定时间到达张麻子沟一带。为了封锁消息，部队进驻各村落后一律禁止任何人外出。侦察参谋李权、武道坤等人爬上电线杆，装上耳机，窃听九台至其塔木的电话。 李权刚把耳机戴好，脸上立即露出惊喜之色，他朝电线杆下的武道坤摆了摆手，武道坤立即让大家安静。 耳机里传来九台之敌第113团团长的声音：“一营长，一定要坚守其塔木。军座已经命令火速增援你们。我带全团还有保安团的两个中队下午出发，今天夜里在芦家屯宿营，明天就能赶到其塔木。军座已令第30师第90团今天从德惠出发……” 李权窃听到这个情报后，从电线杆上溜下，直奔师部，向梁兴初报告。梁兴初高兴得大叫：“快拿花生来，慰劳李大个儿！” 梁兴初将情报立即报告纵队，然后骑上马带着几个团长到张麻子沟一带察看地形。梁兴初说：“我们就在这里布置个口袋，一团埋伏在路西双顶山上，二团埋伏在路东，三团由段家屯直插芦家屯，断敌退路。山炮营把炮拉上吴家岗子山头，轰击敌人队形和装甲车。现在各团立即组织营、连干部勘察地形，布置战斗任务。” 为了确保敌情准确，梁兴初让李权、武道坤化装成老百姓，连夜赶往芦家屯附近观察敌情。李权悄悄摸进村子，发现敌人果然在村子里宿营。 1947年1月7日，特务团于拂晓前进入阵地。当时气温骤然下降到零下38摄氏度。战士们趴在雪地上，身上盖着防空伪装用的白布。敌先头部队于上午9时从阵地前通过，有的阵地离公路只有50米。由于风大，敌人一个个缩着脑袋，有的捂着脸，蒙着头，没有发现他们已钻进了民主联军的“口袋”。 根据李权、武道坤从芦家屯发来的电报，预计敌人上午9点至10点可以进入我袋形阵地。可是敌人像乌龟一样缓慢，直到中午12点，才全部进入伏击阵地。战士们在雪地里趴了七个多小时，冻伤了不少人。 梁兴初站在吴家岗子山头上，果断地一挥手。早已瞄准好了的炮兵立即开火。梁兴初举起望远镜，发现敌一辆指挥车和两辆装甲车中弹起火，敌人队形顿时大乱。 不久，各团迫击炮、轻重机枪同时开火。埋伏在公路两侧的战士迅速跃起，发起冲锋。敌第113团团长王东篱妄图组织抵抗，但为时已晚，他的部队被分割包围，到处是白刃格斗的景象，重武器完全不能发挥作用。民主联军人多势众，七八个人对付一个人。王东篱见部队溃不成军，一半成了俘虏，于是长叹一声，弃阵逃命。 王东篱和一个勤务兵在雪地里跑出三四里路，以为逃出了重围。刚蹲下喘了几口粗气，就听到如晴空霹雳似的一声呐喊：“缴枪不杀！” 勤务兵吓得赶忙扔掉枪，举起双手。蹲在地上的王东篱见只有一名战士追了上来，于是甩手一枪。这一枪打在了警卫班长刘广义的肩膀上，把他的棉袄穿了个窟窿眼儿。刘广义开枪还击，当场击毙王东篱。 经过两个多小时的激战，梁兴初师全歼了敌新1军第38师第113团（欠1营）和2个保安中队。计击毙敌团长以下135人，伤敌120人，俘敌868人。缴获各种炮21门、轻重机枪68挺、冲锋枪110支、步枪490支、汽车12辆，击毁装甲车5辆。 号称“天下第一军”的敌新1军遭此重创，很不服气，第113团第2营营长孙蔚民被俘后，态度非常嚣张，扬言：“我们孙立人军长说过，新1军只能打胜仗，不能打败仗。你们共军太不仗义，偷偷摸摸地打，要不咱们摆开阵势重新打一打试试！” 张麻子沟歼灭战第二天，第1纵队第3师攻克其塔木，全歼守敌一个营和一个保安中队。第6纵队在焦家岭经过两昼夜激战，全歼敌新1军第50师第150团。 孙立人几天内丢了两个团，气得暴跳如雷，大骂杜聿明指挥无方，将他的兵力到处分散，使民主联军得以各个击破。 杜聿明得知林彪主力南下，北满兵力空虚，在孙立人等将领的压力下，不得不停止对南满根据地的进攻，调3个师北上增援。 一下江南的胜利使远在陕北窑洞里的毛泽东十分欣喜。他看完东北局发来的电报后，提起毛笔，在电文纸上一阵狂草： 北满主力撤回江北后，杜聿明又腾出手来再犯临江。郑洞国看完作战计划，忧心忡忡地说：“光亭兄，南攻北守的战略固然高妙，可是松花江已经结冰。北面恐怕不易守住啊。北面不守，南攻就难以奏效。整个计划就成一纸空文……” “桂庭，”杜聿明打断郑洞国的话，“南攻北守的战略是不容怀疑的。上次遭受挫折，主要是下面将领无能，中了共军以大吃小的诡计。我们在北满的兵力并不比共军弱，武器装备占据绝对优势，我们之所以屡受挫折，是因为共军敢于主动出击，而我们总是被动挨打。因此，改变这种局面的唯一出路是进攻！” 1月30日，赵公武指挥4个师的兵力第二次向南满根据地临江地区进犯。 号称“常胜军”的敌第195师充当了“急先锋”，孤军冒进。肖劲光分析敌情，发现该师远离敌其他三个师达三五天路程以上，遂决定集中优势兵力首先打击该师。第195师为敌第52军主力，即使不能全歼，也要力争歼其一部。第195师一垮，敌人第二次进攻临江的部署就彻底打乱了。 决心一下，部队立即采取行动。当时天气奇冷，气温在零下30摄氏度以下，大雪足有两尺厚。汽车、马车都不能行动。第3纵队第7师、第8师、第9师数万人在冰天雪地里长途奔袭。 2月5日，第3纵队主力完成了对进入高丽城子之敌第195师的包围。拂晓，各师开始向尚在睡梦中的敌人发起攻击。 由于缺少重武器，火力不够猛，使敌能凭借山炮营的掩护，向西南突出了包围圈。 敌第195师避免了被围歼的命运，但丢掉了所有重武器和汽车、辎重。 当敌第195师被包围时，敌新6军第207师第3团由十里甸出发，向高丽城子疾进，妄图解第195师之围。第195师突围后，前来增援的敌军不明真相，仍继续向前行进。对这块送上门来的肥肉，肖劲光不失时机地组织3纵主力，来了个“大会餐”。 部队来不及打扫战场，发扬连续作战的作风，火速回三源浦。2月7日黄昏，敌第207师第3团突然陷于民主联军重重包围中。敌人百思不得其解：共军是从什么地方飞来的？难道他们长了翅膀吗？ 经一夜激战，敌第207师第3团被全歼。 二保临江之战，历时九天，东北民主联军南满主力共歼敌3900人，成功地粉碎了国民党军第二次对临江的进犯。 二犯临江的失败，使杜聿明十分恼怒。他无法理解为什么4个师全套美式装备、兵力优势，每次作战却总处于劣势。共军指挥灵活，不打仗时四处运动，让你无法捕捉战机。一旦国军露出破绽，他们便蜂拥而上。结果国军不打仗时处处占优势，打仗时却处处占劣势。焉有不败之理？ 杜