Chapter 8 Chapter 7 Outside attack

On a certain day in late May 1947, the Nanjing Officer Training Corps. In the third study class, Chiang Kai-shek said: "After the death of Master Zhang (Lingfu), I immediately ordered the front (Yimeng Mountain) troops to stop attacking. We must wait until our entire army has undergone a transformation from the dead before we can make any further plans.” Then he said like a vow, “The Battle of the Yimeng Mountains was our revolutionary soldiers’ battle. It is a battle of life and death. To restore the decline and grasp the victory, we must start from this battle." For this reason, Chiang Kai-shek employed the Japanese war criminal Neiji Okamura as an advisor, and put forward the guideline of "advancing in parallel is worse than overlapping, advancing separately is worse than advancing together, and advance with three or four divisions overlapping and alternating", reorganized the offensive corps, and divided the main offensive force into 9 A total of 25 brigades of a reorganized division were arranged in a square formation and mobilized on the front less than 50 kilometers from Laiwu to Mengyin, preparing to launch a new offensive.

On May 22, the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China sent a telegram to Chen Yi, Su Yu, Tan Zhenlin, Chen Shiju, Zhang Yunyi, Rao Shushi, Deng Zihui, and Li Yu, pointing out: "The annihilation of the 74th Division paid a high price, but it is of great significance. In combat, as long as you don't rush and don't divide your troops, you can use various methods of annihilation to break the enemy's attack and win a decisive victory. But fighting in the current area is the most beneficial to us and the most disadvantageous to the enemy. Now all battlefields in the country—— Except for Shandong, all offensives have been taken. But the meaning of all offensives is to help Shandong, the main battlefield, to repel the enemy's attack...The combat method of Shandong is to concentrate all the main forces on the north of the line of Jinan, Linyi, and Haizhou In the region, it is planned to spend six to seven months (from May) at the cost of 60,000 to 70,000 casualties to annihilate the enemies on the line one by one. The day when the line is broken will be the time of overall victory, and then all operations will be It went relatively smoothly." On the 27th, the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China also instructed: "We should concentrate our troops in the standby position, and wait for the enemy's actions to be determined before deciding which department to attack."

From May 28 to June 2, Pozhuang in the northwest of Yishui.Huaye held a meeting of cadres above the regiment.At the meeting, Rao Shushi made a report on preparing for the counteroffensive and welcoming the victory, and Chen Yi made a report on the Shandong war situation and military issues.The meeting emphasized that the Kuomintang concentrated its troops in Shandong. Although it increased the burden on the military and civilians in East China, it created conditions for counterattacks in other battlefields.At present, except for Shandong and northern Shaanxi, our army has turned to the counter-offensive, and the Kuomintang is on the eve of collapse.Although the battle situation in Shandong has improved after the Battle of Menglianggu, it has not yet taken the initiative. The enemy is actively preparing for another large-scale attack. We must continue to fight on the inside and prepare for a fierce battle.The meeting earnestly summed up the experience and lessons of the Menglianggu campaign, and emphasized that we must continue to resolutely implement the policies of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China and Mao Zedong on mobile warfare and war of annihilation, guard against arrogance and impetuosity, completely crush the key offensives of the Kuomintang army, strive to change the situation of the battle, and cooperate with other battlefields for counter-offensive operations. And create conditions for yourself to turn into a counterattack.

During the rest and reorganization, all units generally conveyed the spirit of the Pozhuang meeting, and carried out situation and task education; combined with a comprehensive summary of the combat experience of the 74th Division of the Encirclement and Annihilation Reorganization, implemented mountain offensive and defensive tactical training and technical training such as shooting and blasting; The combat organization was improved and the soldiers were supplemented.Troops at all levels have set up reconnaissance battalions and communication battalions, and each regiment has set up a stretcher company to meet the needs of large corps for centralized mobile operations; units above the regiment have established a rear service department (department) to unify the leadership of the supply health department and strengthen back end job.In addition, each army has further rectified the organization of migrant workers accompanying the army, and clearly proposed a management method for the standing migrant workers accompanying the army to strengthen support for the front line.

On June 25, Chiang Kai-shek's so-called "Decisive Battle in Luzhong" began, and his troops launched an offensive to the mountainous area of ​​Luzhong. On the afternoon of the 26th, Jiang Jun's planes blew up the Yuezhuang and Nanma areas into a sea of ​​smoke. Huaye plans to use the sixth column to attack Lin (Yi) Meng (Yin) Highway; use the fourth column to attack Fei County and destroy the enemy's rear supply line; , Dongli store line standby.Just at this time, the Military Commission called: "Jiang's army has no way out, and was forced to adopt Hu Zongnan's tactics in northern Shaanxi, concentrating six divisions to advance towards us less than a hundred miles away. This kind of tactics can avoid being annihilated and harassing the residents. , is useless, and the disadvantage is that the two wings and the rear are extremely empty, giving me a chance to let go. You should go out of southern Shandong in two or three columns, first attack Fei County, and then attack Zou (county) Teng (county) Lin (City) Zao (Zhuang), attack vertically and horizontally, fully mobile, with the aim of annihilating one brigade of the enemy at a time. The main purpose is to annihilate the enemy, not to cut off their aid. The Linmeng section does not need to be controlled, and the troops are wasted. In addition, You should also be prepared to capture Tai'an with two columns at the right time through the silk-spinning mouth, sweep all places west and south of Tai'an, and also aim at moving back and forth to annihilate the enemy's vital forces. Leave four columns in front to monitor the enemy, and make two routes out It is easy to obtain. The above policy is because since the enemy's frontal forces are absolutely concentrated, our army should not continue to adopt the policy of concentrating our forces, but should instead adopt the policy of splitting out to attack the far rear. It goes out with two forces, or in two columns. Go out of Lunan, or go out of Luxi in three columns."

Hua Ye studied the instruction of the Military Commission and decided to immediately implement the three-way division of troops proposed by the Military Commission. The specific deployment is: (1) Ye Fei and Tao Yong led the first and fourth columns to cross the Linmeng Highway and advance to the south of Shandong ; (2) Chen Shiju and Tang Liang led the third, eighth, and tenth columns to advance towards Tai'an and Dawenkou in Luxi; (3) The second, sixth, seventh, and ninth columns of the frontal forces and special forces The columns assembled on both sides of the Yishui and Yuezhuang highways, each with a small force to contact the enemy of the Eastern Criminals, and the main force stood by to attack.Huaye reported this deployment to the Military Commission on June 30, and ordered all troops to implement it immediately on July 1.

On the night of June 30th, Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping led the main force of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan People's Liberation Army to break through the natural danger of the Yellow River in one fell swoop, opening the prelude to the strategic offensive of the National War of Liberation.In order to cooperate with Liu and Deng's army, Chen Yi and Su Yu commanded the first, third, fourth, eighth, and tenth columns of the East China Field Army to form a powerful outside corps, and went straight to the Jinpu line, threatening the Kuomintang army's rear bases in Yanzhou and Xuzhou.Chiang Kai-shek hastily transferred seven reorganized divisions including the fifth, forty-eighth, eighty-third, eighty-fifth, fifty-seventh, sixty-fifth and seventh army divisions back to Jinpu. Road reinforcements, the Reorganized Eleventh Division, the Reorganized Ninth Division, the Twenty-fifth Division, and the Sixty-fourth Division are still holding on to key points in the Luzhong mountainous area.

On July 2, the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China sent a telegram to the East China Field Army: "I learned from the telegram on the 30th that the layout is very good." It also instructed the Chen and Tang corps, "It is better to cross Laiwu and go straight to Tai'an and its north-south line. Recover after success Feicheng, Dong'e, Pingyin, Ningyang, Wenshang, and Jining should contact Liu and Deng directly. Then we should prepare to go out of Luxi, and cooperate with Liu and Deng to hit the Longhai Road and go out of the Huaihe River to start a new situation." Within seven or ten days, attack the north and south of Tai'an and its west and southwest regions with swift action, and open the way to join forces with Liu and Deng." On the 3rd, the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China also telegraphed the East China Field Army: "You advance westward and southward on five days. The first goal of this column should be to capture the entire line from Tai'an to Lincheng, and wipe out the enemies on this line. After victory, it will then capture all the places west of this line. If it moves quickly, it can achieve this goal and become one with Liu and Deng." This instruction , has evolved from ordering the Chen and Tang corps to support the Shanxi-Hebei-Luyu Field Army to attack directly to directly cooperating with the Shanxi-Hebei-Luyu Field Army to fight, making this division of troops the beginning of the East China Field Army's implementation of the outer-line attack mission.

In the dim night, Tao Yong and Wang Jiji, Huaye's fourth column, marched on the winding mountain road. They crossed the Mengyin Highway and marched four days and nights to reach the vicinity of Feixian County. Fei County is an important point on the Yanzhou-Lin(Yi) Highway. It reaches Linyi in the east, Yixian County in the south, Qufu in the west, and Mengyin in the north. It is surrounded by mountains and rolling hills.Its city wall is 5 meters thick and 4 meters high. It is built with bricks and stones on the outside and loess on the inside.The thirty-eighth brigade of the Feng Zhi'an Department defending the enemy, with about 6,000 people, is good at defensive operations.

After Tao Yong and Wang Jiji studied the enemy's situation, they quickly held a combat meeting and ordered the 12th Division to attack Philadelphia; the 10th Division cleared the enemy's stronghold in the east of the city and then went to the direction of Linyi to guard; One regiment is the column reserve. On the evening of July 2, the Four Zongs attacked the outer strongholds of Fei County like a tide, liberated the vast countryside around Fei County, and approached the county seat of Fei County.The next day, the enemy in the city sent negotiators, demanding negotiations.Peng Deqing reported to Tao Yong.Tao Yong believed that this was the enemy's tactic to delay troops and deliberately delay the time, so he decided without hesitation to launch a general offensive that night, with the 11th Division as reinforcements, and the 10th and 12th Divisions attacking the city.

Because it was raining, the blasting team went up several times but failed to blow up the city wall.Some explosives were wet and could not be ignited; although some exploded, but because of the small explosive package, only a layer of bricks outside the city wall was blown away. The main attacking regiment organized two attacks, but they were stopped by the intensive firepower of the enemy's 38th brigade. The rain became heavier and heavier. It lasted for two days, and the water in the moat rose sharply, which made the attack more difficult. Tao Yong visited the main attack group and had a discussion with the soldiers, and heard some soldiers review their thinking of underestimating the enemy.They said: "We thought that the 'hard walnuts' like the 74th Division were all smashed, and the 38th Brigade's miscellaneous troops were just 'rotten apricots' that could be smashed. The explosives that exploded last time It’s too small, next time I get a bigger one, I have to let the enemy ride in our earth plane!” After two days of preparation, Tao Yong also found out the psychological characteristics of the enemy and reorganized the assault force.When the general offensive was launched again at dawn on July 6, he selected a special shooter, first blocked the enemy's bunker, and covered the blasting team's leap forward.The weight of each pack of explosives has increased to about 50 catties. The enemy squats in the fort at night and sleeps during the day, who knows that Tao Yong's troops will attack fiercely with unstoppable momentum.Before they could fully wake up, Tao Yong's troops had swarmed into the city from all directions, causing the enemy to immediately lose their ability to resist. In this battle, all the thirty-eighth brigades of the Kuomintang army were wiped out, and more than 5,200 people under the brigade commander Zhai Zifeng were captured, and the guns and ammunition seized were innumerable. After the war, Tao Yong and the soldiers and civilians cleaned up the battlefield together.Suddenly, there was the sound of a humming plane in the air.Everyone looked up and saw more than a dozen Kuomintang transport planes flying from the southwest, and after making two circles overhead, they dropped a large amount of dry food and ammunition.The soldiers laughed and said: "Hey, Chiang Kai-shek, the captain of the transportation brigade, is very clear in his work! We just finished the war, and he sent condolences!" The prisoners laughed. While the four columns captured Fei County, the first column recovered Zaozhuang and Yi counties; the third, eighth, and tenth columns captured Tai'an, Pingyin, Feicheng, Dawenkou and other places.As a result, Chiang Kai-shek had to rush back 7 reorganized divisions, about 27 brigades, from the Luzhong area to return to defense. In order to break the enemy's offensive and defensive plan, trap the enemy in a difficult situation, and coordinate with the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Field Army's offensive, Huaye Qianzhi ordered the four inner columns to launch the Nanma (now Yiyuan) and Linqu campaigns, and at the same time ordered the outer lines to go north. The three columns of the Road Corps attacked Jining and Wenshang, and the two columns of the South Road Corps attacked Zouxian and Tengxian (now Tengzhou), important towns on the Jinpu line. The Tenth Division of the Four Verticals first launched the battle against Zou on July 17.Because the enemy's situation was unknown, the division attacked the enemy with two battalions and one regiment, and fought fiercely all day long.When he was about to increase his troops and attack again, Ye Fei ordered him to go south the next day to cooperate with Yizong to attack Teng County. Teng County is located in the middle of the Yan (zhou) and Xu (zhou) sections of the Jinpu Line. It is an important supply station for the enemy's food and ammunition. , 401 Regiment, and the Sixth Security Regiment. Commander Ye Fei was determined to devote all his troops to the siege battle. The first division was assigned two mountain artillery companies and one antiaircraft artillery company to attack Dongguan; the second division was assigned a mountain artillery company to attack Nanguan and Xiguan; the third division was equipped with a mountain artillery company. The company attacked Beiguan; the independent division attacked and wiped out the enemy at Guanqiao, and took on the task of blocking aid to the south. The divisions launched an attack from 22:00 on July 14th, and no breakthrough was made until 3:00 on the 16th. Seeing that Ye and Tao's attack on the outside line had successfully achieved the purpose of mobilizing the enemy and creating the enemy's weakness, the Huaye Front Committee immediately ordered Tao Yong's four verticals and one vertical to return to the south of Shandong to carry out continuous and large-scale campaigns to concentrate their forces on standby to wipe out the enemy. enemy. When Tao Yong and Ye Fei received the order from the front committee, two enemy reorganized divisions were approaching them side by side, and their vanguard was only 20 kilometers away from Teng County.Tao Yong and Ye Fei immediately ordered the troops to withdraw from Teng County to fight and head east to Linyi.Unexpectedly, due to the heavy rain for several days, the water level of the Yi River soared, making it difficult to ford and cut off the way back. The enemy mobilized the Seventh Division, the Forty-fifth Division, the Fifty-seventh Division, and the Fifth Army to pursue them from east to west. vertical. Tao Yong and Ye Fei are determined to leave two regiments in the four verticals and one regiment in the first vertical, and go deep into the enemy's back to confuse and contain the enemy.The main force, taking advantage of the fact that the enemy's encirclement has not yet formed, concentrates on breaking down the weakest part of the enemy's strength, and kills a bloody road to the west. Tao Yong said to Han Nianlong with extremely trusting eyes and a serious tone: "Old Han, you and Commander Lu will take two regiments, and the third regiment in the first column to the east, and take on the task of covering the main force's westward breakthrough." "Yes!" Han Nianlong replied quickly. "You are the political commissar, you must do the ideological work of the soldiers well. The equipment of these three regiments is not very good, but the task is very arduous. One division has to hold back several enemy armies. After blocking the enemy for two days, retreat, or go south or North." Then, he said with a heavy tone: "Old Han, this mission is very important!" "Don't worry, Commander Tao, we are determined to complete the task!" Han Nianlong understood Tao Yong's mood at the moment, turned around and rode away after speaking.Because of running too fast, the military cap was scraped off by a branch, and he didn't care about it, and he didn't look back all the way. Tao Yong called the correspondent to run to retrieve Han Nianlong's military cap and treasure it up.Then ordered the troops to push the cannons into the surging river, ready to move forward lightly. When Tao Yong was about to split up with Ye Fei and lead the team to break through, his eyes couldn't help getting moist. After advancing eastward for a distance, the main force suddenly turned around and went straight to Weishan Lake and the railway.When the enemy discovered that the main force of the four verticals was moving westward, they mobilized heavy troops to encircle and chase them in an attempt to gather and annihilate them in the area northwest of Zaozhuang and east of Jinpu Road. Tao Yong and Ye Fei led the four verticals and the first vertical to maneuver.Just in the rainy season, mountain torrents broke out, and floods in the mountainous areas continued to come in. Small ditches turned into small rivers, and small rivers merged into big rivers. The ground was muddy and it was difficult to move an inch.From morning to night, the enemy planes overhead like dark clouds bombed indiscriminately, strafing in turn.But they still held back the 100,000 Kuomintang army, fighting while walking, false and real, making the enemy afraid of being annihilated when they got close, and afraid that the opponent would run away if they were far away.The soldiers said: "Our first and fourth columns can stick to Chiang Kai-shek's nose this time. He can't eat it if he wants to eat it, but he can't bear to throw it away." For five days and five nights, no one in the army had untied their backpacks to sleep, and the soldiers' eyes were red from the boil.After marching continuously, everything in the backpack was moldy.When the shoes were worn out, they marched barefoot, their legs soaked in muddy water, and every step they took felt like needle pricks.Those female soldiers in the field hospital, whose clothes were soaked, took off their clothes and hid in the water to rest as soon as they arrived at the camp. In the battle to cross the Shahe River, they pulled two ropes twisted from dozens of telephone wires on the river.People who can't swim grasp the rope to cross the river from the shallower upstream; those who can swim grasp the rope in the downstream river and are responsible for rescuing people who are washed down by the water in the upstream; southerners with good water skills are responsible for rushing to transport supplies. After crossing the Shahe River, the troops rushed to the Nanliang River without stopping.Torrential downpours, floods.Tao Yong and Ye Fei led the troops to pass by, and the enemy in Teng County moved after hearing the news.Our army was tightly entangled by the 57th Division of the Kuomintang, and often we could not go a few miles before fighting a battle. A handful of rice began to be passed from the hands of party members and cadres to the weak comrades, and from the small hands of the weak comrades to the wounded and sick... It was only 20 kilometers from Shahe to Lianghe. The troops walked for three days and three nights, and fought for three days and three nights. In order to cross the Liang River, Peng Deqing of the 12th Division covered the first and fourth columns to cross the river, and they held on to Fushan for a day and a night.Although it is 30 kilometers from Fushan to Sihe, the terrain is low-lying, with many sandy rivers and sloshing water. After a long rainy season, the flat land rises steeply by 3 feet. Each of the troop crossing the river held a stick. Those in front used sticks to find the way, and those behind put their guns on their shoulders, and followed cautiously one by one.If you accidentally take a wrong step, you will fall into the ditch.It is even more difficult to walk through the water swing. If you step on it, you have to use all your strength to pull it out. If you stop, your feet will sink.Some people fell into the water because they were so hungry that they couldn't hold on. On July 31, the troops crossed the Baima River depression, which is 4 kilometers wide and deep to the chest. On August 1, under the support of the Chen and Tang corps, the five columns near Jining and the outer line successfully joined forces. This arduous Lunan attack came out of death. The first and fourth columns paid a heavy price, and the number of combat and non-combat losses reached 20,000. After the division, the Huaye North Road Corps, under the leadership of Chen Shiju and Tang Liang; Song Shilun and Jing Xiaocun of the tenth column, He Yixiang and Ding Qiusheng of the third column, with the cooperation of Wang Jian'an of the eighth column, separately attacked Wenshang , Jining. Wenshang is an important town in the northwest of Yanzhou, Shandong.Defending the enemy is the 2 regiments of the 84th Division reorganized by the Kuomintang Army and the local stubborn, with a total of more than 4,000 people. The Tenth Column went south from Wande and Jieshou in Shandong on July 14, and besieged the city by means of a long-distance raid.The subordinate 28th and 29th divisions launched attacks simultaneously from the southeast, northwest, and southwest corners of the city at 22:00 on the 17th, but were unable to get close to the city wall because they were blocked by the river. On the 19th, the Ministry attacked the city again. Because the temporary wooden bridge was destroyed by enemy artillery fire, the follow-up troops were unable to follow up and failed to achieve the purpose of the campaign.Later, it was learned that the enemy's reorganized 75th and 85th divisions and the 12th and 73rd armies had advanced to Zouxian, Tai'an, Qufu, Dawenkou and other places. Withdrew from the battle and went to wait between Wenshang and Jining. Jining is an important town in Southwest Shandong.The enemy in the city is the reorganized 72nd Division, 1 regiment each from the 32nd Division, and 70th Division, plus 5 artillery battalions, with a total of more than 10,000 people. The third column achieved the siege of the city on July 16. At 24:00, Commander He Yixiang ordered the divisions to attack.When the troops cleared the enemy's outlying strongholds, progress was relatively smooth. On the 18th, the siege battle started.The Eighth Division, which mainly attacked the east gate, failed to blast the city gate several times, so they climbed up the city with ladders, but were beaten down by the enemy.The Ninth Division, which mainly attacked the southeast corner of the city, successfully climbed the city with ladders, and seven companies rushed into the city.Later, because the breakthrough was blocked by enemy artillery fire, the follow-up troops were unable to follow up and support, and all the cadres and soldiers who broke into the city died heroically.The assault of the 7th Division, which was mainly attacking the south gate, and the 22nd Division of the Eighth Column, which was mainly attacking the north gate, were also blocked. The enemy's reinforcements approached, and on July 21, all our troops withdrew from the battle. While the troops on the Huaye outside line attacked the enemy in southern Shandong and areas west of Jinpu Road, the enemy's reorganized 11th Division stationed in Nanma (now Yiyuan) and its surrounding areas was already in a relatively isolated position. Both Chen Yi and Su Yu smiled heartily.Chen Yi said humorously: "What kind of tactic is Hu Lian doing? He's shy, like a tortoise!" On July 17, the second, sixth, seventh, and ninth columns that Huaye stayed in the interior, under the command of Wei Guoqing, Wang Bicheng, Cheng Jun, and Xu Shiyou, launched a fierce attack on the enemy's reorganized 11th Division guarding Nanma . The enemy's reorganized 11th Division laid layer after layer of barbed wire, deer villages and mines outside Nanma City, and dug several deep and steep outer trenches.On the position, there are densely-covered bunkers and dark fortresses, and the communication trenches and hidden ditches are dense like spider webs, connecting the inside and outside of the city into a complete defense system.With these strong fortifications they desperately resisted. On July 18, the 26th Division of the Ninth Column attacked the highland south of Xiadoufu Valley and captured Jingshan Spring.The sixth column controlled the positions of Jiuding Mountain and Fenghuang Mountain, and the main force advanced to the line of Chongxi Guanzhuang and Buxiazhuang.The second column entered the north-south line of Bu Village.After fighting all day on the 18th, except for one of the enemy's strongholds of Lishan and Guantougu, the rest of the enemy's main force retreated to the main position to resist.After the ninth, sixth, and second columns seized the outer positions, they launched fierce attacks on Gaozhuang, Beibudong, Matougu, Guquanzhuang, Wujiaguanzhuang, Shiqianshan and other places. Due to Huaye's lack of heavy weapons and experience in attacking fortifications, coupled with insufficient preparation, he rushed into battle, resulting in heavy casualties.The attacking troops were blocked by layers of barbed wire, deer villages, mines and outer trenches, and progress was very slow.Companies and rows of Huaye soldiers died under the artillery fire of the Reorganized 11th Division, and the survivors were also unable to lift their heads under the heavy artillery fire.The breakthroughs opened after all the hardships were often quickly sealed by artillery fire, and the captured positions were also suppressed by enemy artillery fire by the follow-up troops and could not be reinforced in time, so they were always recaptured by the enemy's 11th Division with counterattacks. Later, they encountered the rainy season again, and ammunition and food supplies encountered serious difficulties, and their maneuverability and attack power were also affected.The troops were fighting in the mud under the heavy rain, and they seemed very tired. The enemy's reinforcements were approaching, and the situation was very critical. After careful consideration, Chen Yi and Su Yu resolutely decided to give up attacking Nanma and quickly withdraw from the battle. Entering the rest area, Xu Shiyou, Lin Hao, and Nie Fengzhi were all in a bad mood. They felt guilty for the bloodshed of so many cadres and soldiers.Xu Shiyou connected Su Yu's phone and said: "Report to the chief, this time I am not going well. The reason why the enemy's 11th division was able to fight, but the main reason is that God did not help. Continuous heavy rains caused the explosives to get wet, and we lost our breakthrough. The trump card of the enemy's bunkers and city walls." The fierce general became more and more angry, and finally said, "Hu Lian is a cunning fox, let him be spared this time, but he won't live long, next time I will definitely kill him Ten thousand pieces of corpses!" Wang Bicheng, the commander of the Sixth Column, became even more angry at this time. He said to the cadres and soldiers: "The debts owed by the 74th Division of the Kuomintang in Lianshui will all be paid off at the Battle of Menglianggu. The debt owed by Ma will be doubled next time!" During the Battle of Nanma, there was a battle for Gaozhuang. The task of storming Gaozhuang was the 73rd Regiment of the 25th Division of the Ninth Column. At 18:00 on July 19, in the gust of wind and rain, the regiment leader Sun Guosheng ordered the third battalion to attack the enemy defending Xishan.The battalion successfully blasted the bunkers again and again, and quickly wiped out the Xishan defenders. In the early morning of the 21st, in order to retake Xishan, the enemy, relying on powerful artillery cover, divided into multiple routes, and rushed towards the positions of the first and third battalions of our 73rd regiment with murderous intent.The cadres and soldiers of the two battalions repelled more than ten counterattacks by the enemy.In order to keep the position, Wang Yuzhi, the battalion commander of the third battalion, who was still sticking to the side of the west mountain, ordered the 18-year-old battalion secretary Chi Haotian to take over in the face of danger and act as the acting company commander of the reorganized Ninth Company. On the morning of the 21st, they repelled many enemy attacks.In the fierce battle in the afternoon, Chi Haotian suffered a shoulder injury.A shell exploded in Chi Haotian's team, and seven or eight soldiers fell down. Chi Haotian, who rushed to the front, shook his body a few times and fell on his back. Hygienist Hou Guiling quickly ran over and cut off Chi Haotian's blood-stained coat and hat, and found that his head and legs had been seriously injured in three places, especially a broken bone in his right calf was faintly visible.Hou Guiling wrapped up Chi Haotian's wound with a bandage, and asked the stretcher bearer to carry Chi Haotian to the field hospital for emergency treatment. Then Hou Guiling passed through the gunpowder smoke and rushed forward to rescue other wounded.Unexpectedly, just as he ran about ten meters away, a shell exploded beside him.The warrior who had just rescued Chi Haotian never stood up again and ended his life at the age of 18. When Huaye's internal troops besieged the 11th Division of the Kuomintang Army in the Nanma area, the 8th Army of the Kuomintang Army (less than the 42nd Division) and the 1st Security Division in the Changle and Weixian areas had a total of about nine regiments. The troops are attacking Linqu, threatening the rear of the East China Field Army and supporting the Nanma defenders. On July 22, the enemy's vanguard troops entered the area of ​​Longshan and Qushan. On the 23rd, part of the enemy's Eighth Army occupied Linqu City, blocking the rear passage of the East China Field Army to the north of Jiaoji Road. On the morning of July 24, the East China Field Army decided to take advantage of the fact that the main force of the enemy's Eighth Army had not yet reached Linqu, and when the foothold was not stable, it used four interior columns to wipe out the enemy in Linqu and its northeast region. In the afternoon, on the way to Linqu, the columns suddenly encountered heavy rain, and most of the troops failed to reach the attack position on time. The Seventeenth Regiment of the Sixth Division of the Second Column arrived at the foot of Linqu City that night, and after hastily entering the battle, they occupied more than a dozen private houses on the outskirts of Nanguan.At this time, the main force of the column was in the north and south Yizhuang area 3 kilometers away from the city. On July 25, the Sixth Division attacked Nanguan without any effect.After the 5th Division entered the city, the 2nd Battalion of the 14th Regiment took advantage of the dark night to successfully sneak into the city and broke into the city in the early morning of the next day.However, after these 7 companies entered the city, they only focused on advancing and failed to clear the enemy's firepower points on both sides of the advancing road. As a result, the enemy blocked the breakthrough and fought fiercely with the enemy for 3 hours, causing most casualties. The main force of the ninth column did not enter the attack position until dawn the next day.It took just over half an hour for the 74th and 75th regiments of the 25th Division to attack Beiguan, and then started street fighting with the enemy, which was blocked by the firepower of the enemy's bunkers along the street.The head of the regiment, Wang Jingkun, saw the situation and urgently ordered the first battalion to destroy the bunker quickly.The blasting hero Shi Zhicai organized a company to blast 6 enemy bunkers in a row, opening up passages for the attacking troops.The 2nd Battalion of the 77th Regiment of the 26th Division was responsible for attacking Xiguan. After breaking through Xiguan, it was counterattacked by a regiment of the enemy. It saw the enemy 20 times and wiped out more than 600 enemies.The 76th Regiment attacked from the west corner and quickly occupied the stronghold outside the city, but was blocked by enemy fire from multiple directions during the siege and was forced to stop the attack.Later, due to bad weather, the explosives were damp and unable to break through the city. Our army has been fighting continuously for half a month. The cadres and soldiers are very tired. It is also very difficult to send supplies forward and transport the wounded. Chief Huaye decided to withdraw from the battle. On the evening of July 30, Huaye troops moved to the north of Jiaoji Road and Zhucheng respectively, ending the battles of Nanma and Linqu. On August 30, 1947, Mao Zedong personally sent a "top secret" telegram to Chen and Su: Chen Yi remembered that Mao Zedong had sent a very secret telegram to Liu, Deng, and Huadong at the end of last month, explaining that "Northern Shaanxi is very difficult."After receiving this telegram, Chen Yi made up his mind and said to Su Yu: "Adopt the second plan and strive to fight early." As early as August 6, the central government decided that Chen Yi and Su Yu would lead the Huaye Organs, the Sixth Column, and the Special Forces Column to Southwest Shandong to command the First, Third, Fourth, Sixth, Eighth, and Tenth Columns and The Special Forces Column and the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Eleventh Column, which cooperated with Huaye, are collectively referred to as the Western Corps.The central government approved the formation of the Eastern Corps, commanded by Tan Zhenlin and Xu Shiyou. Afterwards, Huaye immediately put into new operational preparations. The route he chose was to cross the Yellow River to the Huimin area in Shandong, cross the Jinpu line from near Yucheng, and go to the Yanggu and Shouzhang areas.At this time, the enemy had already had an illusion, mistakenly thinking that Huaye could not fight.The Central News Agency of the Kuomintang stated: "The Communist Army in Shandong has been defeated and cannot fight any more." It also persuaded Huaye Radio to surrender, "The Communist Army in Southwest Shandong is in a desperate situation. There is Longhai Road in the south, Jinpu Road in the east, and the Yellow River in the north and west. Surrounded on all sides, there is no way out." In the past, the enemy army had been very cautious in their actions because they were wiped out by Huaye, but now they became arrogant, and a regiment dared to follow Huaye all the way. On the surface, it seems that the scope of Huaye's activities has been reduced. In fact, this has also created opportunities for Huaye. For this reason, Su Yu drew up two combat plans: one is to join Chen and Tang after crossing the river, rest for a few days, replenish ammunition and supplies, restore the strength of the troops, and fight another battle.The second is to lure the enemy to an appropriate area 30 to 40 kilometers south of the Huaye crossing point by the Chen and Tang troops on the day after Huaye crossing the river, gather three columns, and encircle the enemy's reorganized 57th Division or reorganized No. The Sixty-eighth Division, with another column to contain the enemy, reorganized the Fifth Division; the Sixth and Tenth Columns of Huaye rushed to join the battle.This can surprise the enemy, it is easy to win, and it can quickly open up the situation in the southwest of Shandong, and go south to Henan, Anhui and Jiangsu in time to cooperate with Liu and Deng's army. After receiving the instructions from the Military Commission on August 30, Chen Yi and Su Yu believed that they should fight for an early fight, so they repeatedly discussed the second plan, and felt that the issue of coordination could be coordinated in a timely manner during the battle.So Chen and Tang were sent electricity to ask them to implement the second plan, and on the same day (30th) issued the "Xizi No. , Mazhuang (southwest of Zhangqiu Town) crossed the Yellow River, completed the siege of Yuncheng on the evening of the 4th and captured it.The sixth column crossed the Yellow River southeast of Zhangqiu Town on the evening of September 3, and entered the area south of Liangshan on the evening of September 4.Yezhi crossed the river with the Tenth Column on the evening of the 3rd, and on the 6th entered Wangjialou, 15 kilometers southwest of Yuncheng, to join the Western Corps.On August 3, the Western Corps came north from the Chengwu and Dingtao areas with the first and third columns, luring the enemy's reorganized Fifth Division, Reorganized 57th Division, and Reorganized 84th Division to commit northward crimes; With the fourth and eighth columns and the eleventh column of Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan, follow the enemy to the north and strike behind the enemy.At the same time, on the evening of the 4th, a column entered between Juye and Yuncheng to ensure the safety of the tenth column attacking Yuncheng.The main force of the Corps marched to the north of the line of Longguji and Shatuji on the evening of the 4th. On the evening of September 3, Chen Yi and Su Yu led Yezhi, Sixth, and Tenth Columns to cross the river. After crossing the river on the 4th, they assembled in Yuncheng and nearby on the 5th and joined the first and third columns.So far, the first, third, fourth, sixth, eighth, and tenth columns of Huaye, the special forces column, and the eleventh column of Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong and Henan have all assembled in the north and south areas of Shatuji, completing the task of concentrating their forces to wipe out the enemy. battle layout. On the evening of September 6, the headquarters convened a meeting of leading cadres of the column, chaired by Chen Yi, who asked everyone to fully express their opinions.Su Yu repeatedly explained the benefits of fighting early and the conditions for winning, emphasizing: "Only by fighting can we effectively cooperate with Liu and Deng, reverse the current passive situation, and the troops can be replenished and rested. It can be rebuilt." After democratic discussion, everyone agreed to annihilate the enemy's 57th Division first. Lured by the first and third columns of Huaye, the enemy began to invade the north in early September. Their deployment was to attack northward from the Liuguantun and Longguji areas with the reorganized Fifth Division as the center.The reorganized 57th Division is its left wing, the reorganized 84th Division is its right wing, and the rest of the ministries are supporting and actively cooperating. On September 5, the reorganized Fifth Division entered the Xuejiazhuang, Fuguantun, and Wanghuhu lines south of Yuncheng.The 60th Brigade of the reorganized 57th Division entered the line of Jiajingtun, Gengjiazhuang, and Xujiagai in the southwest of Yuncheng, and the 17th Brigade of the division was located on the right side of the 60th Brigade. The fifty-seventh division reorganized by the enemy was originally the ninety-eighth army. In June 1945, when the New Fourth Army held its third anti-stubborn battle in Tianmu Mountain, Zhejiang Province, it almost wiped out the army.Since then, the army has been transferred to the Xin (Yi) Hai (zhou) area in northern Jiangsu. In addition to the pre-three and pre-four divisions under its original jurisdiction, it was also incorporated into the 117th division that was reorganized after being annihilated.After being reorganized into the fifty-seventh division, the former division was renamed the brigade. In November 1946, during the Battle of Subei, the Third Pre-Brigade was wiped out by Huaye, and the Fourth Pre-Brigade was renamed the Sixty Brigade.Now, the whole division has two brigades under its jurisdiction, with more than 10,000 people, and the weapons and equipment are all Japanese style, which is relatively old.However, during this period of combat, the Ministry has been arrogant and careless, hastily widening the distance from the reorganized Fifth Division. Huaye decided: use the eighth, third, and sixth columns (less than the seventeenth division) to undertake the task of attacking and annihilating the reorganized 57th division; The division is responsible for blocking the enemy's reorganized Fifth Division and the reorganized 68th Division's reinforcement mission; the first column is used as the battle reserve. On September 7, the enemy's reorganized 57th Division frequently committed northern crimes, and there was a gap of 20 kilometers between the reorganized 57th Division.Huaye immediately seized the opportunity to launch an attack, ordering the first, third, and sixth columns to attack Shatuji and Shuangmiao, and ordering the fourth and eighth columns to attack from south to north, implementing a north-south pincer attack.After the enemy's reorganized 57th Division discovered Huaye's action, it quickly retreated southward and retreated to the sandy soil. Shatuji is a village on the He (Ze) Ju (Wild) Highway. It is 2 and a half kilometers long from east to west and only 1 mile from north to south. , There is no water in the trench.There are two deer villages outside the trench, and there are bunkers, which can cooperate with the firepower on the wall.There are also bunkers and bunkers in the village to prepare for street fighting.The enemy's fifty-seventh division was scattered in the outlying villages with a regiment, and all the rest were gathered in Shatuji village. That night, after the battle started, the Eighth Division of the Three Columns and the Twenty Regiment of the Seventh Division were responsible for attacking Shatuji and annihilating the enemies of Jingliang Temple and Mazhuang.The 24th Regiment of the Seventh Division attacked Mazhuang and wiped out the defending enemy. The next morning, they took advantage of the victory to capture Jingliang Temple and wiped out a reinforced company of the enemy. The 64th Regiment of the 22nd Division of the Eighth Column attacked the enemies of Duanzhuang and Shuangmiao.Taking advantage of the enemy's unstable foothold, the 64th regiment stormed towards Xuzhuang, broke into the village in one fell swoop, and wiped out the enemy. The sixteenth and eighteenth divisions of the Sixth Column, under the unified command of Wang Jian'an, the commander of the Eighth Column, directly participated in the battle to encircle and wipe out the enemy in sand and soil; 、魏家楼一线，阻敌北犯，确保郓城安全。 9月8日下午，十六师、十八师经日夜急行军，进至沙土集西北谷楼、宋坟、李楼、小屯地区集结，作好临战准备。 担负阻击任务的四纵、十纵及晋冀鲁豫野战军十一纵，亦快速进抵指定地域。四纵在龙固集、李集、柳林集地区构筑工事，严阵以待，分割了敌五十七师与五师的联系，使五师不敢贸然西援。十纵和六纵十七师在宋时轮指挥下，全力控制郓城及其东南、西南地区。二十八师布防于郓城西南马家屯、梁家店、化家营地区；二十九师以一部控制郓城，其主力部署于苏家店、陈家集、大厂、解家洼一带；十七师进入单家海、余里河及其以东地区驻防。8日至9日，敌五师四十五旅、二零零旅自丁里长、单家海一线北犯，向华野二十九师、十七师阵地猛烈攻击。华野八十五团于大厂、八十六团于解家洼及大厂以北阵地顽强抵御，击退敌人多次冲击，牢牢守住阵地。 敌五十七师师长段霖茂没想到华野如此迅速将其包围，在指挥所里暴跳如雷，责骂手下军官指挥战斗不力。 9月8日下午，在王家楼指挥所，陈毅、粟裕下达了聚歼退守沙土集之敌的命令。18时许，三颗红色信号弹划破灰暗的天空，沙土集被华野的猛烈炮火炸得烟尘翻滚，许多敌人被撕成碎片，碉堡、房舍的砖瓦被掀上了天空。华野指战员们似潮水从四面拥向沙土集。 9时10分，暗示攻击开始的白色信号弹的亮光还没有熄灭，村北门就传来了闷雷一样的爆炸声。突击队仅用3分钟时间就撕开了突破口，接着，二营、三营都冲了进去。二十四团及二十团相机突进。守敌来不及抵抗，大都成了俘虏。八纵二十三师六十七团向东门勇猛冲击，于9日1时突入村内，与守敌展开巷战。该纵二十二师六十五、六十六团各一个营亦由东门攻入村内，协同六十七团向敌猛攻。二十师六十八团继续在庄外战斗，歼灭了据守魏庄的敌人。由于三纵、八纵的迅猛攻击，迫使敌人狼狈溃退，妄图从西门突围。 正在西门准备攻击的华野六纵十六、十八两师发现守敌外突，即以五十二团快速出击，迅速歼灭突围之敌先头部队，并趁势攻入西门。五十三团亦迅速投入战斗，协同五十二团分路向东猛攻，并以一个营向北进攻，接应十六师部队。 这个小小的沙土集村子像一口开了的锅，枪声、喊声从四面八方向外扩张着。突破口上拥挤不堪，战士们押着成队的俘虏走向村外。俘虏们也被全副“武装”起来，他们抬着重机枪、迫击炮，背着卸掉枪栓的长枪，走下战场。行列里还夹着十几匹高大的洋马，使队列更加热闹壮观。 9月9日凌晨，沙土集战役结束，华野全歼敌五十七师1万余人，其中俘敌中将师长段霖茂、少将旅长罗觉元及以下官兵7500余人。 郓城沙土集战役的胜利，对于整个南线战局的发展有极大意义。中央获悉，致电华野并向西兵团全军将士致电慰问。