Chapter 2 Chapter 1 Defending the Fruits of the War of Resistance

Japan surrendered, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression was won, and a festive atmosphere shrouded Yan'an in northern Shaanxi. The sun was setting in the west, and Mao Zedong kept thinking hard in his cave dwelling, smoking cigarettes one after another. The cook reheated the meal and quietly sent it away.This time the cook did not leave immediately, but stood quietly for a few minutes, and when Mao Zedong raised his head slightly, he said softly: "Chairman, the Japanese devils have surrendered. Everyone is very happy. It's time for you to eat." Mao Zedong said: "The surrender of the Japanese devils, one is happy, the other is worrying!"

The cook couldn't understand Mao Zedong's words, so he still stood smiling.Mao Zedong quoted a sentence in the "Four Books", saying: "The Japanese devils surrendered, and they were happy and worried. The joy is that the enemy of the Chinese nation-Japanese imperialism has been defeated and surrendered; the worry is that there are still There is a Chiang Kai-shek supported by US imperialism, and he always wants to destroy us. It took 8 years to fight the Japanese devils, and the next step is to fight Chiang Kai-shek, and I don’t know how many years it will take!” On August 11, 1945, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued the "Decision on the Party's Tasks after Japan's Surrender", stating: "In the future, the Kuomintang may attack us aggressively. Our Party should be prepared to mobilize troops to deal with civil wars. It depends on the situation. In some areas, such as Jiangnan, Henan, Hubei, Jinsui and other places, the time for the first stage may be very short, and this should be fully estimated.”

On August 25, "The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China's Declaration on the Current Situation" was issued, requiring the Kuomintang government to "recognize the democratically elected government and the anti-Japanese army in the Liberated Areas of China, so as to achieve peace immediately and avoid civil war." , realize the unification of the whole country, and build an independent, free, prosperous and strong new China". In the morning of the same day, Yan'an Dongguan Airport.This small mountain airport is extremely important at this moment.A U.S. military plane takes off for an extraordinary voyage.This is a special flight mission carried out by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China with the help of the aircraft of the US military observation team stationed in Yan'an. Some important figures of the Chinese Communist Party are on board.Twenty senior CCP generals including Chen Yi, Liu Bocheng, Deng Xiaoping, Bo Yibo, Chen Geng, Lin Biao, Xiao Jinguang, and Teng Daiyuan were on board.

This is Mao Zedong's dispatch of troops. Some of the comrades on board were members of the new Revolutionary Military Commission of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China headed by Mao Zedong at the enlarged meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee on August 23.For Chen Yi, returning to East China this time has more meaning in his heart.Originally, the central government asked him to go to the Northeast. Later, considering that East China needed Chen Yi more, Mao Zedong talked to Chen Yi.Chen Yi said frankly: "Going back to East China may have nothing to do and it won't work."

Mao Zedong said: "Why doesn't it work? As long as you sit there, it will work! You can play chess if you have nothing to do!" So Chen Yi agreed and asked the central government to rest assured. After the Southern Anhui Incident, the headquarters of the New Fourth Army was rebuilt, and Chen Yi served as the acting commander of the New Fourth Army. In March 1942, Rao Shushi replaced Liu Shaoqi, who had been transferred back to the central government due to work needs, and acted as secretary of the Central China Bureau and political commissar of the New Fourth Army.Three days before his departure, Liu Shaoqi specially summoned several leaders of the military branch and the Central China Bureau, and explained in person: "The work of the Central China Bureau and the New Fourth Army should be led by Comrade Chen Yi. He has experience in leadership work and has been engaged in military work for a long time. The Central China Bureau The secretary and political commissar are represented by Rao Shushi, and the actual work still depends on Comrade Chen Yi.” Rao Shushi was extremely dissatisfied with this. On October 16, 1943, the New Fourth Army Branch of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China held a rectification meeting in Huanghuatang, Xuyi, Anhui (now Jiangsu), where the military headquarters is stationed.Chen Yi made self-criticism first, and then listened to everyone's opinions.Rao Shushi spread rumors in advance, instigated planning, and turned the meeting into a critical struggle against Chen Yi. He also sent a telegram to the Central Committee, saying that Chen Yi "has always opposed Comrade Mao Zedong" and "opposed the political committee system", and asked the Central Committee to send another cadre to replace him. Chen Yi's work.However, Mao Zedong knew and believed in Chen Yi.In response to this situation, Mao Zedong sent a telegram to the Central China Bureau, the Military Branch, and Rao Shushi: "Whether during the civil war or the Anti-Japanese War, Comrade Chen Yi made contributions and did not make mistakes in the line. If any comrades are unclear about the above two points, please Comrade Soseki explained." Later, Chen Yi went to Yan'an to participate in the "Seventh National Congress" of the party, and was elected as a member of the Central Committee and a member of the Central Military Commission.This time Chen Yi returned to East China as the army commander and deputy secretary.

Just as Chen Yi was on his way to East China, on September 19, 1945, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued the "Current Tasks and Strategic Deployment" drafted by Liu Shaoqi, stating: "The national strategic policy is to develop to the north and defend to the south. As long as I can The victory of the Chinese people can be guaranteed by controlling the Northeast and the two provinces of Re and Cha, as well as the joint struggle of the liberated areas and the people of the whole country.” The first step is to transfer 30,000 troops from Shandong to East Hebei, and another 30,000 troops to Northeast China. The East China New Fourth Army (except the Fifth Division) will transfer 80,000 troops to Shandong and East Hebei. Southern Jiangsu retreated, and the main forces in southern Jiangsu and southern Anhui retreated back to Jiangbei.Luo Ronghuan went to work in the Northeast.The Shandong Branch and the Central China Bureau merged into the East China Bureau, and Chen Yi and Rao Shushi went to work in Shandong.Another Central China Branch was established, under the command of the East China Bureau, and its personnel were allocated separately.

The military cadres returned to Central China led by Chen Yi from Yan'an also went to Shandong.The central government asked Chen Yi to "take a shortcut to Shandong" and replace Luo Ronghuan as the commander and political commissar of the Shandong Military Region. Luo Ronghuan quickly went to the northeast. On September 25, the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China ordered Huang Kecheng, commander and political commissar of the Third Division of the New Fourth Army, to lead 35,000 troops to eastern Hebei, and Chen Yi went directly to southern Shandong to organize a campaign to prevent He Zhuguo and Chen Daqing from attacking the liberated areas.

On October 4, Chen Yi rushed to Linyi, where the Shandong Military Region is located, and had a cordial meeting with Luo Ronghuan who was waiting there.The meeting, the two very excited - they are old friends.During the Jinggangshan period, Chen Yi was the secretary of the Military Commission of the Fourth Red Army, and Luo Ronghuan was the battalion political commissar of the 31st Regiment. After the "Ninth National Congress", Chen Yi served as the commander-in-chief and political commissar of the Jiangxi Military Region, and Luo Ronghuan served as the director of the Political Department.

The two reunited after a long absence, and there was a feeling of inseparability. They handed over in a tense and hasty manner.Luo Ronghuan gave Chen Yi his tiger skin mattress, and Chen Yi gave Luo Ronghuan a pocket weapon. When Luo Ronghuan left, most of Shandong's main forces also marched to the northeast, including all the first, second, third, and seventh divisions of the Shandong Military Region of the Eighth Route Army, the main force of the fifth and sixth divisions, 18 garrison regiments and core regiments, and some military and political cadres about 6 million people.Only the fourth and eighth divisions remained.At the same time, the 35,000-strong Third Division of the New Fourth Army was also led by Master Huang Kecheng to the north and left the customs.The Shandong field troops that Chen Yi can command and use are actually only 50,000 people. Including the garrison brigades and district and county armed forces, as well as the 9 brigades and military area armed forces of the New Fourth Army in the Central China direction, the total strength of the entire East China is only 400,000 people.

These forces are also fairly spread out.Some have just been transferred from central China to Shandong; some have just been promoted from the local armed forces to the main force; Then "listen to the greeting".Chen Yi, who has always been cheerful and optimistic, really felt that the burden on his shoulders was a bit heavy at this time, and the military situation was too urgent. Chen Yi learned from his conversations with officers and soldiers that many people in the army still have the illusion of peace.So after he took office, he mainly learned about and educated the troops, and he preached the instructions of the Party Central Committee and Chairman Mao wherever he went.At that time, Comrade Mao Zedong had gone from Yan'an to Chongqing to negotiate with the Kuomintang for the sake of peace.Chen Yi told everyone: "We are striving for peace, but we cannot have illusions. The reactionaries are always the reactionaries, and they cannot be defeated unless they are defeated! The focus of our army's work should be on the word 'fighting'. The reactionaries will not sincerely talk about peace. They have sharpened their knives and are ready to kill us. The United States is helping the Kuomintang reactionaries to send troops from the sky, the ground, and the sea to the northeast. Civil war is inevitable. We must be fully prepared, ready to fight, tit for tat, every inch of land We must fight, and the reactionaries will never be allowed to seize the fruits of victory!"

Every time, he would talk about the Chongqing negotiations, the war situation across the country, and the significance of marching into the Northeast.Many people were worried about the safety of Chairman Mao's negotiations in Chongqing.He told the comrades that the better and bigger our battle is, the better it will be for the Chongqing negotiations, and everyone must strengthen their confidence in fighting the enemy.At a meeting of cadres, he said: "The task given to us by the Party Central Committee and Chairman Mao is to massively counterattack the Japanese and puppet troops and expand the liberated areas. Go north." Chen Yi's speech unraveled the doubts in the hearts of some cadres and soldiers, gained a higher foothold, and brightened their hearts.The troops widely shouted the slogans of "holding the southern gate" and "tit for tat, fighting for every inch of land". At the same time, they further mobilized and inspired the masses, strengthened the construction of local armed forces and militias, and consolidated the liberated areas. In the early morning of late autumn, it was already a little cold, and the soldiers had just returned from the exercise, and the resident seemed very quiet. Chen Yi was washing his face, and Zhang Qian brought a telegram from the duty room, which read: "Tang Enbo of the Third Front Army and Gu Zhutong's troops from the Third War Zone have arrived in Shanghai and Nanjing, and have taken control of the Nanjing-Shanghai Railway. Advance along the Nantong and Liuhe lines in an attempt to control Nanjing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, and the southern section of the Jinpu Road first, and then use Xuzhou as the base of advance to continue to open up the Jinpu line and advance to Tianjin, Beiping, and the northeast, while dividing Shandong and the Central China liberated areas." Chen Yi felt that the current situation was developing too fast. Just as Mao Zedong and the members of the Military Commission analyzed, Chiang Kai-shek "seizes every inch of power and gains every inch of profit" from the people. "Recover Lost Ground".He thought about what the troops in Shandong and Central China should do at present, how to contain the current situation, and what adjustments should be made at the same time. On October 12, 1945, the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China called him, Luo Ronghuan, Li Yu, etc., pointing out: "At present, the central task of Shandong and Central China (except sending troops to the northeast) is to cut off the Jinpu Road, prevent the recalcitrant army from going north, and strive to Eliminate part or most of the stubborn army. To this end, we must immediately organize a powerful assault force, deploy it at an appropriate location north of Xuzhou and south of Jinan, control a section of the railway, and create a battlefield to attack the stubborn army going north.” In terms of railways, Jiaoji Road may not be severely damaged.In the eastern section of Longhai Road, as long as the recalcitrant army does not actively blockade Central China, there is no need to use heavy troops to destroy it. It should concentrate its forces on the north of Xuzhou.Huainan and Huaibei should also concentrate their forces to fight on Jinpu Road.Two days later, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China instructed: "The focus of operations in the liberated areas of North China and Central China should be on the railway line, and the main purpose of the operations is to eliminate and stop the recalcitrant army advancing north." : The meticulous organization of the Jinpu Campaign is a major event that concerns the overall situation.It is required to "organize a field army of at least 35,000 to 40,000 people, occupy a section of the railway in a suitable area between Xuzhou and Jinan, and expand the occupied area to the north and south, and then choose the right time to annihilate one or two divisions of Jiang's army and fight a good victory." . On October 22, the Military Commission also instructed: "Shandong and Central China should each have a main combat direction. If you can fight a few good annihilation battles in Shandong and Central China, it will have a great impact on the overall situation." The "stubborn army" mentioned in the cable quoted above is the abbreviation for the anti-communist diehard army of the Kuomintang during the Anti-Japanese War, that is, "Jiang Jun". It was not until this time that Chen Yi felt that his hesitant heart had finally settled down. For such a long time, he was always unsteady and always looking for something. It turned out that he was looking for the direction pointed out by Chairman Mao and the Central Military Commission. .Therefore, in accordance with a series of important instructions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, it was decided that the Central China Bureau and the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army would immediately move northward to Shandong.The Central China Bureau and the Shandong Branch Bureau merged into the East China Bureau, which unified and led the overall work of Central China and Shandong.The military headquarters of the New Fourth Army and the leading organ of the Shandong Military Region, the commander of the New Fourth Army Chen Yi and the commander of the Shandong Military Region, and Rao Shushi served as the political commissar of the New Fourth Army and the Shandong Military Region.After the Central China Bureau and the headquarters of the New Fourth Army moved to the north, the Central China Branch was established in Central China, under the leadership of the East China Bureau.At the same time, the Central China Military Region was established under the New Fourth Army system. Zhang Dingcheng was the commander, Deng Zihui was the political commissar, Su Yu and Zhang Aiping were the deputy commanders, Tan Zhenlin was the deputy political commissar and director of the Political Department, Liu Xiansheng was the chief of staff, and Zhong Qiguang was the deputy director of the Political Department. Under the jurisdiction of the Suzhong and Huainan military regions, 2 independent brigades and 8 military divisions. At the same time, the Central China Field Army was formed.Su Yu concurrently served as commander, Tan Zhenlin concurrently served as political commissar, Liu Xiansheng concurrently served as chief of staff, and Zhong Qiguang concurrently served as director of the Political Department.The Central China Field Army has four columns, the sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth columns.The Sixth Column consisted of Wang Bicheng and Jiang Weiqing as commander and political commissar, Duan Huanjing as deputy commander, Chen Tiejun as chief of staff, and Liu Wenxue as director of the Political Department.The seventh column consisted of Ji Pengfei as commander and political commissar, Zhang Fan as deputy commander, Du Ping as chief of staff, and Lu Sheng as director of the Political Department.The Eighth Column consisted of Tao Yong as commander and political commissar, Peng Deqing as deputy commander, Wu Hongxiang as deputy political commissar, and Han Nianlong as director of the Political Department.The Ninth Column consisted of Zhang Zhen as commander and political commissar, Rao Zijian and Du Xinmin as deputy commanders, Yao Yunliang as chief of staff, and Wang Xuewu as director of the Political Department. The leadership of the Suzhong and Huainan Military Regions has also been adjusted: Commander Guan Wenwei of the Central Suzhong Military Region, Political Commissar Chen Pixian, Chief of Staff Hu Bingyun, Director of the Political Department Chen Shifu; Commander of the Huainan Military Region Zhou Junming, Political Commissar Xiao Wangdong, Deputy Commander and Staff Chang Liang Congxue, Director of the Political Department Yu Lijin. This reorganization and adjustment has unified the leadership and formed a field army at the same time, which is of great significance to meet the needs of future developments. In mid-October, Chen Yi and Li Yu went to the front line in southern Shandong and set up a command post in Yi County (now Yicheng), which had just been liberated. ) Jin (South) section of the battle.The intention and purpose of the campaign was to first attack the Ministry of Culture of Wuhua, the Japanese army and other puppet troops that relied on it, expand the occupation of Jinpu Road, and open up a battlefield for the Kuomintang army that marched northward from Xuzhou.Its deployment is: use the Eighth Division and the Lunan Military Region to attack and wipe out the enemies between Zouxian and Lincheng; use the Fourth Division of the Luzhong Military Region to attack and wipe out the enemies between Yanzhou and Tai'an, cut off the railway, and open up the battlefield; urgently order the New Fourth Army The fourth and fifth brigades of the second division, the ninth brigade and the seventh division of the fourth division entered Shandong concurrently, among which the fourth and fifth brigades of the second division of the New Fourth Army and the ninth brigade of the fourth division formed the second column of the Jinpu Front Field Army , with Luo Binghui as the commander, Zhao Qimin as the political commissar, Wei Guoqing as the deputy commander, Zhan Huayu as the chief of staff, and Deng Yifan as the director of the Political Department.Fighting side by side with the Shandong army, launched an offensive against the enemy to delay the Kuomintang army's northward invasion along Jinpu Road. The Jinan section of Jinpu Road in Xuzhou is a key section of the north-south traffic artery, and it is a passage from the south to North China and northeast China.As far as Chiang Kai-shek was concerned at the end of 1945, his troops already possessed mechanized and fast-moving combat capabilities. Controlling the Jinpu line would ensure that Chiang's army would attack rapidly on multiple fronts and engage in decisive battles with our army at any time.Our army's decision to launch this campaign is undoubtedly of great significance. On October 18, the battle started.The Eighth Division rushed to attack the county seat of Zouxian County, striving for the first opportunity to annihilate the Japanese and puppet troops who refused to surrender. Occupying Zouxian County are the 10th Regiment of the 4th Division of the Wuhua Cultural Department and the 18th Puppet Security Brigade, which were just reorganized from the puppet army, and a squadron of the Japanese army. Wu Huawen's ancestral home was in Shandong. He joined Feng Yuxiang's Department of the Northwest Army in his early years and joined Chiang Kai-shek after the war between Jiang and Feng Zhongyuan. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, during the period of cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, he commanded troops to cooperate with the 19th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army to crush the Japanese raid on southern Shandong, and received condolences from Xiao Hua, political commissar of the Eighth Route Army's Eastward Anti-Japanese Advance Column.But soon, there was friction with the Eighth Route Army, and the command headquarters launched attacks on the anti-Japanese base areas many times, openly defecting to Japan. After the surrender of the Japanese invaders, Wu Huawen was ordered by Chiang Kai-shek to lead his troops to Yanzhou, Shandong, to receive the airport and weapons built by the Japanese army, and to be responsible for the cover and repair of the railway between Yanzhou and Tai'an, and to ensure that Li Yannian, a direct line of the Kuomintang army, was surrendered in the north. , to snatch the fruits of victory in the Anti-Japanese War. After the Eighth Division accepted the task, the division commander and political commissar Wang Lushui immediately led the troops to rush to Zou County, and decided that the first and second battalions of the 22nd Regiment would be the main attack tasks. That night, the officers and soldiers of the first battalion and the second battalion, led by Wang Jiwen, the commander of the regiment, attacked the east and west gates of Zou County at the same time. The battle was launched in the early morning of the 18th. The first battalion successfully blasted four times in a row. It took only 25 minutes to completely capture the East Gate, control all the key points of the East Gate, cover the follow-up troops to follow up, and expand the results in depth. The attack on Simon went relatively smoothly.The blasting unit and the climbing unit climbed up the city wall at the same time, and the follow-up troops took advantage of the situation to rush into the city and start street fighting with the enemy.The defending enemy fled around and was defeated. Chen Zizhong, deputy head of the 10th Regiment of the 4th Division of the enemy, led more than 600 people to put down their weapons and turn to the light.By the morning of the 19th, the 10th Regiment of the 4th Division of the Wuhua Cultural Department and the 18th Puppet Security Brigade were completely wiped out. Only the Japanese Micang Squadron, which was guarding the bunker in the city, refused to surrender.Commander Wang immediately ordered the explosion. With a loud noise, more than 30 Japanese soldiers were wiped out in the ruins of the bunker. On October 20, in order to expand our army's position along Jinpu Road to prevent the enemy's northward advance, Commander Chen Yi ordered the first part of the Eighth Division to take advantage of the victory to launch a military and political offensive against the isolated strongholds of the Japanese and puppet troops.Under the powerful military and political offensive, the Japanese and puppet troops occupying Shiluopu, Luohe, Liangxiatang and other railway strongholds surrendered one after another. As of October 21, the Eighth Division wiped out more than 2,500 puppet troops, captured more than 360 Japanese soldiers, and seized a large number of Japanese weapons, including 2 92 infantry guns, 4 flat-fire guns and mortars, and 88-style small guns With 17 guns and more than 40 light and heavy machine guns, the Eighth Division has greatly improved its weapons and equipment.Our army controlled more than 40 kilometers of Zouxian North-South Railway. While the Eighth Division conquered Zou County, the Third Division and Fourth Division of the Shandong Military Region launched continuous attacks on the Japanese and puppet troops guarding the Dawenkou area south of Tai'an, wiped out the defending enemy, and controlled more than 10 kilometers of the Dawenkou North-South Railway. In late October, Luo Binghui, who was then the commander of the Huainan Military Region of the New Fourth Army, received an order to organize troops to carry out a thorough counterattack against the Japanese army. He was appointed as the commander of the second column of the Jinpu Front Field Army.After receiving this notice, he did not stop for a moment, and quickly explained the work in Huainan to Zhou Junming, the newly appointed commander of the Huainan Military Region, and Xiao Wangdong, secretary of the district party committee and political commissar, and then joined the Ninth Brigade of the Fourth Division of the New Fourth Army and joined the column. Deputy commander Wei Guoqing and others organized the second column together.Then, the newly formed second column of the Jinpu Front Field Army crossed the Longhai Road blockade from both sides of the Paoche Station, and arrived at Longyangdian in the northeast of Teng County, Shandong Province. At this time, except for the troops mobilized by Chiang Kai-shek, which had been transported by air and sea to the northeast and north China, the rest were marching northward along the Jinpu and Pinghan railways.The 97th Army and the 8th Cavalry Division of Chen Daqing's 19th Group Army arrived in Lincheng.Wu Huawen led the General Headquarters of the Fifth Route Army and the First Army and other departments from Xuzhou to Teng County, Shandong.When Commander Chen Yi learned that Wuhua's Ministry of Culture was going north from Teng County, he immediately decided to ambush the enemy in the Jiehe area north of Teng County. The specific deployment is: the Eighth Division set up an ambush on the first line of mountains to the west of the Jiehe River, the Second Vertical and Ninth Brigade set up an ambush on the first line of mountains to the east of the Jiehe River, the fifth brigade was distributed to the south of the Ninth Brigade, and the three troops formed a triangular ambush circle.After Wu's troops entered the ambush area, the fifth brigade cut off their retreat, and the eighth division and the ninth brigade attacked from the middle.The 4th Division and the 3rd Luzhong Security Brigade intercepted possible fleeing enemies in the area south of Zouxian County and north of Liangxiadian. After the second column arrived at the assembly area, Commander Chen Yi inspected the fifth brigade, accompanied by Luo Binghui.This was Chen Yi's first inspection of the troops commanded by Luo Binghui after he left Huanghuatang, Xuyi County, Huainan for Yan'an in 1943, and it was also the first time they met in more than two years. Prior to this, Luo Binghui surveyed the ambush site, mobilized cadres above the regiment, and repeatedly emphasized the need to be fully prepared and win the first battle as a gift to the people of Shandong.He also called on the troops to learn from the fine traditions and style of the Eighth Route Army's big brother.The commanders and fighters seized the time and worked hard to practice the ability to kill the enemy.The Thirteenth Regiment of the Fifth Brigade invited the 22nd Regiment of the 8th Division to send people to teach blasting technology. And a batch of detonators and fuses. Commander Chen Yi once again mobilized for the ambush at the mobilization meeting for cadres above the company level held on the front line.He put his hands on his hips and said to everyone: "Comrades, the soldiers and civilians in our liberated area have gone through 8 years of arduous resistance and gone through all kinds of difficulties and dangers, and finally won the victory of the Anti-Japanese War! However, the gunfire of the Anti-Japanese War has not stopped. Chiang Kai-shek commanded the troops to go down the mountain to snatch the fruits of the people's victory. With the support of the Yankees, Chiang Kai-shek hurriedly dispatched heavy troops to go north along the Jinpu, Pinghan and other railways, deliberately provoking a full-scale civil war, trying to control North China, seize the Northeast, and monopolize the victory. Fruit, implement reactionary rule over the whole country!" Suddenly, he raised his voice and asked everyone in a drawn-out tone, "Comrades, do you agree or not?" "Resolutely don't agree!" All the cadres roared passionately like thunder. Then, Comrade Chen Yi changed the subject and said firmly: "This battle has many characteristics. First of all, this is the first cooperation between the Shandong Eighth Route Army and the Central China New Fourth Army. It must be leveled, united, and the style of the people's army. The second , this battle has transformed from scattered guerrilla warfare in the past into large-scale mobile warfare. Therefore, in combat, we must overcome guerrilla style, strictly observe battlefield discipline, resolutely execute orders, obey commands, closely coordinate, and actively cooperate. We must go all out Fight this battle well and avenge the people of Lunan!" Finally, he patted himself on the chest and said jokingly: "Today, I, Chen Yi, will not do anything, but will not stop. I am determined to fight with everyone to the death. Yes! Comrades, we can only hold a celebration party!" "Resolutely win the battle and hold a celebration party!" Everyone shouted loudly, and the slogan resounded through the sky. On November 2, our army suddenly intercepted the information that the Ministry of Culture of Wuhua began to operate the next day, and the troops immediately entered their respective ambush areas on the same day.On the night of early winter, the cold air hit people, and the soldiers waited enduringly in the cold. At 8 a.m. on November 3, the Ministry of Culture and Culture of Wuhua took action.They may be afraid of being annihilated, so they placed the main force in the middle, and the front was covered by a Japanese brigade that had surrendered concentratedly in Jinan.Song Wen, head of the 13th Regiment of the Fifth Brigade, immediately reported to Luo Binghui after observing the enemy's dispatch.Luo Binghui and others were observing with binoculars on the front line, and they also saw the enemy gathering in the wild field at the northeast corner of the North Boundary River, a large black area, so they asked the thirteenth regiment to pay close attention to the changes in the enemy's situation, cut off the enemy's back at the right time, and close the "gate". At 1 o'clock in the afternoon, the enemy's rear guard had left the Beijie River for more than one kilometer.While Song Wen reported to the headquarters, he sent the first battalion of the regiment straight into the Beijie River and opened fire on a company of enemies entrenched there.The enemy was unable to parry and retreated to the Nanjiehe stronghold.The Thirteenth Regiment quickly occupied the North Boundary River, cutting off the escape route of Wuhua's cultural department to the south. At this time, the Eighth Division, Fifth Brigade, and Ninth Brigade let go of the Japanese troops who opened the way, and quickly divided and suppressed the Wuhua Ministry of Culture from both sides of the road.When the 26th Regiment of the Ninth Brigade rushed to the line of the cemetery on the west side of the railway bridge in Qiange Village, it was blocked by intensive firepower from the Wulipu defenders, forming a confrontation.The latter battalion quickly crossed the railway from the north side of the third battalion, went straight to Zhangjiazhuang, split the enemy, and stormed south.There was a sudden chaos defending the enemy, and the third battalion took advantage of the situation to attack Wulipu.The first part of the Eighth Division has captured Baoan Mountain in the northwest of Jiehe.Some of the enemies in the Wulipu area were annihilated by our 26th regiment, and some fled in the direction of Qixianzhuang. The remnants of the enemy fled in the direction of Qixianzhuang, and the 27th Regiment (less than the 2nd Battalion) and the 9th Brigade Guard Battalion cooperated with the 5th Brigade to wipe them out in the Qixianzhuang and Dongbali areas. At 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the battle ended victoriously. The battle lasted for 4 hours. Wuhua's Ministry of Culture was beaten dizzy, and most of its active forces were wiped out. Yu Huai'an, the commander of the first army, surrendered his guns one after another.Seeing that the situation was not going well, Wu Huawen left his troops, took his trusted guards, and under the cover of a dozen cavalrymen, rushed to the Japanese army's ranks.In this large-scale ambush, more than 4,000 enemies were wiped out.The captured officers and soldiers all wore two kinds of epaulet symbols: one is the "Xingya Aihua" with red letters on a white background and blue border of the Japanese puppets, and the other is the "Five Roads" on a white background and blue letters of the Kuomintang. The puppet army is also the "national army".This is strong evidence of Chiang Kai-shek's confluence of Chiang Kai-shek, the enemy, and the puppet. After the victory of the Jiehe ambush, on November 4, Luo Binghui commanded the 13th Regiment of the Fifth Brigade to continue to besiege Nanjiehe.There is a regiment of the First Army of the Wuhua Cultural Department guarding here, plus about 1,300 local diehards.The thirteenth regiment was frustrated in its first attack due to insufficient preparation.In order to strengthen the attacking firepower, Luo Binghui transferred 2 mountain artillery from the 5th brigade and 9th brigade respectively, and put them under the command of the 13th regiment.At that time, the mountain gun had no scope, so the gunner pushed the gun to the vicinity of the enemy gun tower for close-range shooting. With a loud noise, the enemy gun tower and the surrounding wall were destroyed. On November 5, the first part of the Eighth Division of the Shandong Military Region moved south along the area west of Jinpu Road and approached Lincheng. On the night of the 11th, the 1st Battalion of the 23rd Regiment of the 8th Division cooperated closely with the 13th Regiment of the 5th Brigade to attack the main point of Baishan near Lincheng.The attacking troops carried out multiple assaults under the cover of firepower, and the defending enemy resisted stubbornly with the help of bunker fortifications, and the battle formed a confrontation.It was near dawn and enemy reinforcements were about to arrive. In an emergency without explosives, Chen Jinhe, the squad leader of the third company machine gun squad of the first battalion of the 23rd Regiment and a member of the Communist Party, resolutely rushed to the enemy's fort at a critical juncture related to the success of the battle, and supported the thunder with one hand. , pull the string with one hand, and perish with the enemy fort.The assault troops took the opportunity to quickly rush to the enemy's position, and fought fiercely until the early morning of the 12th. They wiped out the two companies of the 97th Army of the Kuomintang defending the enemy, controlled the Baishan area, and won time for the victory of the battle.Commander Chen Yi heard Chen Jinhe's feat of destroying the enemy's fort, and praised him as "a hero of communism through and through."After the battle ended, the Jinpu frontline troops carried out extensive activities to learn from Chen Jinhe.In memory of Chen Jinhe, the local people's government named "Baishan" as "Chen Jinhe Mountain". After the Jiehe River was laid down, the more than 100 miles from the middle section of the Jinpu Railway to Teng County in the south and Yanzhou in the north were all controlled by the New Fourth Army and the Eighth Route Army.The task of cutting off Jinpu Road has been initially completed, destroying Chiang Kai-shek's plan to transport troops northward along Jinpu Road. Hanzhuang is the gate of Shandong and directly controls Weishan Lake. It has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times. In order to prevent the main force of the Kuomintang army from attacking on a large scale, the units of the Jinpu Front Field Army followed the spirit of the instructions of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China, and took advantage of the fact that the enemy's foothold was not stable, and launched an attack before the enemy. On the evening of November 25, the Jinpu frontline field army launched an attack on the enemies in Hanzhuang and other strongholds, quickly captured the outer strongholds, destroyed the railways between Lincheng and Tengxian, Lincheng and Zaozhuang, and Lincheng and Xuzhou, and completed the battle with South Korea. Surrounded by Zhuang and Lincheng. At 3:00 p.m. on November 26, Chen Yi personally called Wu Huaduo, head of the 10th Regiment of the Fourth Brigade, who was in charge of attacking Hanzhuang, and asked the 10th Regiment to take down Hanzhuang quickly and resolutely wipe out the Japanese and puppet troops who refused to surrender. Live at the gate of Shandong.Luo Binghui was still not at ease, and gave a special supplementary instruction: hurry up and make all preparations for battle.The battle must be decided quickly, and you can only win, not lose. "Please don't worry, chief, we promise to complete the task! See you at Hanzhuang Station tonight!" Wu Huaduo replied firmly and loudly, full of confidence in victory. "Okay! Good!" Luo Binghui continued, "We must seize the time to fully prepare for battle, we must embody the fighting style of daring to fight and fight quickly, we must fight hard and desperately, we can only win, not lose , we must show the prestige of the people's army!" Wu Huaduo understood in his heart that Chen Yi skipped two levels and directly called him, the leader of the main attacking regiment, to explain the arduous and glorious task.Therefore, he and other leading comrades in the regiment carried out various preparations such as combat mobilization and organizational adjustment at the fastest speed.At 8 o'clock that night, a battalion of the tenth regiment blew up the canal iron bridge south of Hanzhuang with explosives, cutting off the enemy's escape route, and at the same time making it impossible for the Xuzhou enemy to reinforce.Then, Wu Huaduo led two battalions and rushed to Hanzhuang with his brother troops. A squadron of the Japanese army trapped in Hanzhuang voluntarily put down its weapons, and most of the 800 men of the puppet army Zhang Naiyu were wiped out. A few enemies tried to flee to Xuzhou, but because the bridge was blown up, they fell into the canal and drowned. After midnight, when the Tenth Regiment and other departments were cleaning the battlefield, Commander Luo Binghui rushed to Hanzhuang Station to check on the spot. "You fought well, you fought beautifully!" Commander Luo said to Wu Huaduo and others while watching, "Now that we have occupied Hanzhuang, we can secure the southern gate of Shandong! It will be broken by us!" At this time, Chen Daqing, commander-in-chief of the 19th KMT Army stationed in Lincheng and defending the enemy, was restless.Chen Daqing graduated from the first phase of Whampoa Military Academy in January 1925. He fought bravely and served successively as company commander, battalion commander, regiment commander, and division commander. This time, the Jinpu frontline field army wanted to attack Lincheng, and Chen Daqing ordered more than 1,500 Japanese troops stationed in Lincheng to commit crimes south along Jinpu Road on December 1, in an attempt to open up the connection between Lincheng and Xuzhou.When the enemy entered the ambush position preset by the 19th Brigade of the 7th Division of our army, it was immediately attacked by our army's fierce firepower, and then all of them were disarmed to the 19th Brigade of the 7th Division. On the evening of December 1, the Jinpu frontline field army used the fifth and ninth brigades of the second column to attack the newly formed 29th Division of the 97th Army of the Kuomintang to the east of Lincheng; Intercept and annihilate the enemy who sent aid from Lincheng; occupy the Shagou area south of Lincheng with the 4th Brigade of the Second Column and the 19th Brigade of the Seventh Division, and prevent and annihilate the enemy who sent aid from the north of Xuzhou; The Seventh Regiment monitored the enemy in Zaozhuang. Beginning on December 3, the 2nd Vertical, 5th Brigade, and 9th Brigade successively carried out fierce attacks on the positions of the newly formed 29th Division behind the enemy in the east of Lincheng. position, annihilate one of its regiments.Under the cover of aircraft and artillery fire, the defending enemy hastily retreated into Lincheng.Commander Chen Yi immediately changed his original plan and decided to transfer troops to take Teng County first. Garrisoned in Teng County are the Li Hua Department of the 19th Group Army's provisional First Brigade and the Zhao Yixuan Department of the Second Shandong Security Division. On the night of December 12, the Eighth Division first concentrated its forces to launch an attack on the isolated strongholds outside Teng County. After a night of fierce fighting, part of the stubborn army was wiped out.At 5 pm the next day, a key assault was carried out on the Second Security Division guarding the east gate of Teng County.Our army first concentrated artillery fire to destroy the east gate tower and the firepower points on both sides, clearing away the obstacles to advance, and then suppressed the enemy with mobile firepower to cover the assault troops to attack the city. Subsequently, the 22nd Regiment successfully blasted the enemy's city gate and main defensive facilities, and the rest of the siege troops broke through the enemy's defensive positions one after another, rushed into the city, and fought fiercely with the enemy.By dawn on the 14th, the battle ended in victory.Our army annihilated more than 9,000 officers and soldiers of the KMT's 19th Group Army, including Li Hua, commander of the first brigade temporarily organized, and Zhao Yixuan, commander of the second security division. In the battle on December 13, Wang Lushui, the division commander and political commissar of the Eighth Division, went to the front to command in person, but unfortunately was shot and died.The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China sent a telegram of condolences, saying that his "achievements belong to the people and his name lies in history."The army held a sad and grand memorial meeting, and Zhang Guangzhong, commander of the Lunan Military Region, delivered a eulogy.At the same time, the Ninth Brigade also successfully conquered Xiaoyao and Taozhuang.Jinpu front-line operations achieved an overall victory. In November 1945, after the Battle of Yancheng, although most of the Liberated Areas in Central China had been recovered, and the Central Soviet Union counter-offensive had also achieved major victories, the Japanese and puppet troops entrenched in Gaoyou and other places refused to accept the people's persuasion to surrender.The Kuomintang diehards supported the connivance of the enemy and the puppets, and used 240,000 migrant workers to reinforce Gaoyou City.At the same time, the Kuomintang diehards also ordered the 40th and 108th Divisions of the 25th Army of the Third War Zone to occupy Yangzhou, Taizhou and other places in an attempt to establish contact with the Japanese and puppet troops of Shao Bo and Gaoyou, and continue to occupy and divide Central China. liberated area. Gaoyou City is adjacent to Yangzhou in the south, Huaiyin and Huai'an in the north, the canal and Gaoyou Lake in the west, and the river network in the east. There is only one canal embankment road running through the north and south, so the strategic location is very important.The walls here are high, the walls are thick, there are many bunkers, and the fortifications are strong. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack. It is an important channel for the Kuomintang army to attack the Central China Liberated Area.Therefore, some people say: the canal is the door, and Gaoyou is the lock on the door. As long as the lock is opened, the two Huaihe Rivers will be lost! There are 2 brigades of the Japanese army and 7 regiments of the puppet army stationed in Gaoyou City, with a total of more than 6,000 people.The enemy, relying on the height of the city and the depth of the river, solid fortifications, and strong troops, completely ignored our army's ultimatum, saying that it was "waiting for the central government to come and accept it." In order to severely punish the enemy, the head of the Central China Military Region decided to insert the seventh column into the south of Gaoyou to take down Shaobo Town, and ordered the eighth column to carry out a fortified attack and liberate Gaoyou. On the evening of December 19, the Eighth Column, led by Comrade Zhang Dingcheng, commander of the Central China Military Region, approached Gaoyou City.八纵队原来是新四军一师三旅，在陶勇、刘先胜、姬鹏飞、阮英平等同志率领下久战苏中，对这一地区的城镇村落非常熟悉。 在战前召开的各团军政领导参加的作战会上，陶勇深情地对大家说：“这次战斗的有利条件很多，军区张司令员要亲自率领我们干，边区政府已组织了好几个县的民众支援前线，要人有人，要物有物，特别是高邮县更是竭尽了全力！”陶司令员越说越激动，猛地挥动一下拳头，斩钉截铁地说，“咱们同小日本已打了8年，几经较量，谁胜谁负，历史已作了公正判决！同志们，这场压台戏可一定要唱好喽，要叫东洋鬼子最后尝尝咱们人民军队的铁拳！” 当晚，华中军区各部队在南北长40公里、东西宽20公里的地域内，分批多路向高邮外围的日伪军展开猛烈攻击。 八纵六十六团按预定部署，向高邮东北诸据点实施猛烈攻击。五连突击班为了掩护全连从西侧过河，前进受阻。突击班班长黄甫其是当地人，对这里的情况非常熟悉。他发现附近有一块大石板，立即带领全班将石板撬开，石板下面是一条大阴沟。战士们顾不得沟里的污水恶臭，顺着阴沟钻了进去，出口处正好是山门边日伪军侧后。于是，突击班战士乘敌不备，将一排排手榴弹扔向敌群，把敌人炸得死的死、伤的伤，活着的全部稀里糊涂地当了俘虏。至12月20日中午，六十六、六十四团迅速扫清了高邮东北外围诸据点，直逼北门，六十八团也插到南门外。然后，三个团并肩作战，一齐打到高邮城下，形成了对高邮城的严密包围。 12月18日，七纵在姬鹏飞司令员的指挥下，五十五团率先向邵伯发起猛烈攻击。突击队在行进中被一条小河拦住，官兵们奋不顾身地跳进冰冷的河中，徒步涉水过河。为了不使棉衣被浸湿而影响战术动作，不少战士竟脱下衣服，光着身子从冰冷的河水中通过。 粟裕司令员一直在邵伯前线坐镇指挥，当获悉七纵五十五团已突进到邵伯镇街内时，迅速把大衣一夹，带着警卫员一口气跑到五十五团临时指挥所。周建平团长立即向他报告说：“全团官兵经过12个小时的激战，摧毁了敌人三道铁丝网及钢骨水泥碉堡多处，俘伪军300余人，占领了大王庙地区，使固守万寿宫的100余名日军完全陷于孤立。” 粟裕满面春风，连连点头夸赞：“好！很好！” “砰砰”，从左边中学校园内打来一阵冷枪，子弹从警卫员丁震、茅志峰、陆泗义之间擦过，打在粟裕身后的墙上。粟裕当即命令周团长速派一个排去搜索，很快肃清了藏在校园内的残敌。 12月22日中午，七纵攻克了邵伯镇，切断了敌人与扬州之间的联系。至此，高邮已陷入我军的团团包围之中。 日本天皇宣布无条件投降后，由于日军内部严密封锁消息，不让士兵知道真相，加之士兵们的武士道精神还在作祟，因而部队还保持着较强的战斗力。针对这种情况，我军决定进行武力强攻的同时，也发动政治攻势，展开攻心战。 在我军工作部的指导下，部队展开了敌前喊话活动。开始，城内的敌人对这些喊话听不进去，话筒一响，他们就打炮弹。渐渐地，枪炮少了。 “喂，日军士兵们，你们被包围了，逃不掉啦！” “哈，逃什么，用不着逃嘛！”敌人还相当高傲。 “天皇都投降了，你们还为谁卖命呢？” “天皇投降？胡说！” “不相信吗？那好，读一读天皇的诏书给你们听吧！听着：'我兹命令日本帝国大本营，即刻下令日本一切武装部队及不论驻何地的日本控制下的武装部队的指挥官，他们自己及他们率领的武装部队，无条件投降。'怎么样？快放下武器吧！” 接着我军又播放《思乡曲》等日本歌曲，还在城外房顶张挂劝降标语，并把印制的传单用大弓箭射进城里去，用迫击炮把成捆的传单打进去。还用厚牛皮纸糊成瓦式大风筝，在离城2里远的地方，由几个人拽着飘到城上空。风筝上捆着一小包一小包的传单，每包传单旁边点着一根线香，线香有长有短，烧断捆传单的绳子，传单就一包一包散落下去，像雪花飞舞似的飘进高邮城的每一个角落里。 就在这攻心战大获成效时，国民党第二十五军一零八师师长顾凤阳率领拥有全部日械装备并配有日军顾问的一个团，勾结日军500余人、伪军3400人，由仙女庙出动，向新四军已解放的邵伯进犯，企图增援高邮。国民党的战斗机也不断来袭，低飞扫射。12月25日夜，四野黑漆漆的，天空下着淅淅沥沥的小雨，我军趁着雨夜，从北、东、南三面用云梯开始攻城。 六十八团一营首先突破日伪军防线，以云梯迅速登上南门城头，直插敌纵深。战斗组长蒋万金顺着梯子带头往上爬，眼看快到城头了，守敌突然伸出许多钩镰枪，往下乱捣乱戳，蒋万金负了重伤。袁金生班长将他安置在一个小掩体内，安慰他说：“我们一定要守住这里，等待大部队上来。你的伤势很重，无论如何都要挺住，坚持就是胜利！” 蒋万金忍着伤痛，坚定地说：“请班长放心，我是共产党员，虽然不能与战友们一齐冲杀，但还可以压子弹！” 高邮城的东半部原来有一座美丽的园林，楼台亭阁，幽雅有致。日军占领高邮后，就选择了这个地方作为司令部——人称“洪部”。为了形成更有效的战斗力，敌人不断收缩兵力，向“洪部”集中。 八纵突击部队接近“洪部”时，日军已乱成一团，有的只是木然地望着新四军官兵向前冲击。伪军见大势已去，无心再战。经过一阵激烈的枪战，“洪部”周围的枪声渐渐稀疏了。在八纵强大的军政攻势下，日军头目见败局已定，遂摇起白旗。 六十六团政委姚力随同部队威风凛凛地进入日军司令部。一名日军联络军官慢腾腾地走了出来，姚政委立即命令他们全部缴械投降。这家伙摆出一副盛气凌人的架势，一面声称愿意投降，一面却坚持要同我军最高代表谈判。 八纵政治部韩念龙主任作为代表来到日军司令部后，一位年纪已在50岁以上、目光阴森的日本军官出来了。他全副武装，挎着指挥刀笔直地站在那里，大声地说：“我是日本皇军高邮派遣部队最高司令官，我只同你方最高代表谈判。”韩主任看着这个装模作样的家伙，实在又好气又好笑，就严厉地说：“我就是最高代表，现在命令你们无条件投降。” 这家伙仍然十分狡猾，想讨价还价：“我们旅团中心在南京。我们同意离开高邮，回到南京去。城里的弹药给养和重武器，我们可以全部留交给你们。为了去南京的路上安全，我们将要轻武器带走。” 原来这家伙就是日军独立混成第九十旅团的岩崎大佐。 韩主任对岩崎说：“现在，你和你的部属必须立即解除武装！” 要交出武器，岩崎大佐感到难堪，犹豫了好久，最后才慢慢从身上解下指挥刀，放在桌上。 高邮城内的890名日军全部向八纵队缴枪投降了。居民们挂出红灯笼，拿出烟酒欢迎新四军，街上到处都是兴高采烈的人群。新四军部队大部撤到城外，并严格执行城市纪律，配合地方政府有计划地进行一切接收工作。高邮城里丝毫没有战后的混乱现象，只有胜利的喜悦。第二天天亮后，天空又传来嗡嗡的飞机声，原来是国民党的运输机，它们乱七八糟地扔下许多给养——蒋介石还梦想勾结敌伪，保住高邮这个军事要地呢！ 华中军区司令员张鼎丞对高邮战役的胜利作了高度评价。他说：“这是我华中伟大胜利的战役”，“我们相信，只要将高邮战役的胜利精神与优良传统继续发扬光大，那么任何反动势力若要向华中进攻，定会遭受我党政军民团结一致的力量痛击，而被消灭得一干二净！” 12月29日，粟裕司令员在高邮接见了投降的日军官佐。当粟裕司令员来到接见现场时，这伙已被解除武装的日军官佐都感到十分意外，连连念叨：“不胜荣幸之至！不胜感激之至！” 那位驻扎高邮的城防司令员岩崎大佐，当天特地带来一柄珍藏多年、爱不释手的佩刀。他着装整齐，笔挺挺地肃立在粟裕司令员面前，用双手将那柄寒光闪闪的佩刀高高地举过头顶，说道：“谨将这柄远祖相传的紫云宝刀，敬献给久已仰慕大名的中国将军！”