Chapter 11 Chapter Eleven Thousand Miles Leap Forward

August 1947 Xuzhou Yellow River Flooding District Zhengzhou Jinnan Guo Rugui put down the phone, thoughtful. Senior Counselor Gu Mingqi asked, "What news?" "The Air Force reported that there are many communist troops in the triangle area between Dongping Lake and the Yellow River, and they are crossing the Yellow River north." Gu Mingqi smiled and said: "Yesterday, it was reported that the Communist Army brigade had already crossed the Longhai Road. Why did they suddenly cross the North again?" Gu Zhutong, who had been silent all this time, raised his head: "The president's judgment is wise. It seems that Liu Deng's north crossing is true, and crossing Longhai Road is a fraud." After a short pause, Gu Zhutong swept the cloud on his face, "Liu Bocheng, Liu Bocheng, you are still afraid Let's fight!"

Guo Rugui asked anxiously: "Junzuo, which side should we guard against?" "Defend at both ends." Apparently Gu Zhutong was also thinking about this issue. "At one end, add troops to Longhai Road. No matter it's a fraud, stop him from going south; control the river defense at the other end, and prevent him from going back to Hebei." Gu Mingqi became anxious: "Boss, do you really believe that Liu Bocheng will return to Hebei?" "It's this question again! What else is he going to do if he doesn't go back to Hebei? Invade Xuzhou? Obviously not. Fight me in Southwest Shandong? Obviously not. What else do you have to say?" Gu Zhutong's face was very ugly.These days, the question tormented him.From the bottom of his heart, he suspected that Liu Bocheng would retreat to Hebei, and the information he got from the air and on the ground also confirmed his suspicion, but he couldn't analyze the purpose of Liu Bocheng's "southward escape".In order not to fail the battle again and live up to the love and expectations of the president again, Gu Zhutong left the Xuzhou headquarters far behind, stayed in Shangqiu for several days, and then moved to Zhengzhou to personally deploy various corps in southwestern Shandong.The closer he got to the battlefield, the more he felt the need to reassess the Communist Army's strategic intentions.He hurried back to Xuzhou and reported to Chiang Kai-shek on the phone.

Chiang Kai-shek's tone was blunt: "As a general, half-heartedness is the most taboo. Cao Cao's greatest advantage in using troops is that he can act quickly and adapt to endless situations" and "see the enemy's weakness, take advantage of it and don't pretend to be it." Liu Bandit's weakness has been exposed, so he has to take advantage of the situation Chase and annihilate him without giving him a chance to escape. They go from north to south because of the threat of my five-way army, fearing that they will be wiped out on the Yellow River beach. Tell Luo Guangwen that there is only one mission for him, which is to chase and fight We will chase Liu Bocheng wherever he goes until we annihilate them all. It is meaningless and unnecessary to discuss what the Communist Army is going to do and where to flee to at this time. Where do you say he is going to flee? ? I don’t think Liu Bocheng knows it himself.

After putting down the phone, Gu Zhutong was already sweating profusely.For several days in a row, Guo Rugui acted as the agent for reporting the situation, lest he offend the president again.Now that Gu Mingqi raised this question again, it really annoyed him.He resolutely said to Guo Rugui: "You quickly order Qiu Qingquan's corps to block the crossings of the Yellow River, while Luo Guangwen's corps is still chasing the enemy going south. If you block these two ends, it is very likely that the Communist army will be forced to fight me in southwest Shandong. If we don’t block the two ends, there will be serious problems in the south, and even more serious problems in the north. If Liu Bocheng really retreats to Hebei, we will bear the crime of disobedience!”

After speaking, he slapped the armrest of the sofa vigorously, and walked out of the command room irritably. Han Deqin, deputy commander of the Xuzhou army, walked in.Days of traveling in Shandong left Han Deqin with a white skin that had been cut by the wind and sun.He sat on the sofa with a smile on his face, with his legs crossed on the armrests, looking very comfortable: "Last night, I slept soundly until dawn!" Guo Rugui handed over a cup of tea: "The deputy seat has worked hard, so take a good rest for a few days." Han Deqin took out a delicate wine bottle from his pocket, raised his neck, took a sip, wiped his mouth, and said, "Everyone, are you interested? Pure Yanghe Daqu. Uh? Where's Mo San?"

"The boss just left." Han Deqin looked at Gu Mingqi who had been silent all the time: "Gao Shen seems to be depressed!" Gu Mingqi smiled wryly: "What's there to be happy about? I don't have the elegance of a co-seat." "The environment is created by the heart. If I didn't have this ability, I would have lost my youth's head." Han Deqin is fifty-five years old, and Chang Gu Zhu is the same age.He is from Yanghe Town, Siyang, Jiangsu Province. He has been with Gu Zhu, a fellow villager, since he was in Junjun Primary School. They have a close relationship and become "Brothers".Later, the two were admitted to the Baoding Military Academy together, and made an oath: share the blessings and share the guilt; whoever will make a difference in the official career in the future will definitely support each other and make progress together.

Gu Zhutong didn't go back on his foreword, he never forgot the kindness of his classmate, and kept the unlucky Han Deqin by his side all the time.At the beginning of the civil war, Gu Zhutong served as the director of the Zhengzhou Appeasement Office, and Han Deqin served as the deputy director of the office. Later, the Xuzhou Command of the Army General Command was established, with Gu Zhutong as the commander-in-chief and Han Deqin as the deputy commander.The deputy seat is indeed an optimist. After taking a few sips of wine, he looks more like a god and a fairy, talking and behaving casually and without restraint.Therefore, his subordinates are also more casual in front of him, even if he offends a few words, he is not at ease.

Han Deqin took another sip of wine and asked, "Is there anything wrong with Luxinan?" Without waiting for an answer, he said again: "Decision-making for commanding troops is already a headache, and the opponent is Liu Bocheng, so the headache is even worse. Guo Rugui, I heard that you have met Liu Bocheng?" Guo Rugui was suspected of being a "collaborator" in the first place, and she avoided such topics the most, so she hurriedly said, "I just met once, that's all." Guo Rugui is from Tongliang, Sichuan. When he was studying in middle school, he knew that there was an invincible general in Sichuan, Liu Bocheng.I actually met Liu Bocheng in 1946.As a staff member, he joined the military mediation office of the "country, the Communist Party, and the United States".In order to mediate the civil war, Guo Rugui traveled with the military dispatch team to various places. On March 3, he flew from Xuzhou to Taiyuan, stopped in Xinxiang on the way, and met Liu Bocheng.In Guo Rugui's mind, Liu Bocheng is a tall, thin and intelligent image, but the real Liu Bocheng's great and silent appearance is completely beyond his expectation.Due to the short stopover, Guo Rugui did not have the opportunity to say a word of inner excitement to the general whom he had admired for a long time.On March 4, they arrived in Yan'an, the capital of the Communist Party of China. They experienced the hardships of the Northwest and saw a new world full of vitality.Commander-in-Chief Zhu De served refreshments, including pastries and milk.Marshall asked in surprise: "Where do you get so much milk?" Zhu De replied with a smile: "I have raised a group of cows." Guo Rugui said "Yo", which really surprised him. cows.

Although the military transfer ended in failure, the impression of this trip was too deep for Guo Rugui, and it will not be erased by any changes in the future.As Chiang Kai-shek's dictatorship and the corruption and factional struggle within the Kuomintang intensified, Guo Rugui's inner pain intensified.The amazing thing is that 1947, when it was rumored that Guo Rugui's "community" was the worst, was also the year when Guo Rugui "moved three times a year".This put a layer of mystery on Guo Rugui, who is not amazing but shrewd, and hated some colleagues to call him "Guo Xiaogui" behind his back.Whether it is a human, a ghost, or a god, no one knows.Guo Rugui knew that she was not in the right place, so she was more cautious in her conversation.

Seeing that Guo Rugui was very sensitive to his words, Han Deqin smiled generously and said: "When Liu Bocheng was the commander of the Second Mixed Brigade of the Sichuan Army, I was his lieutenant colonel's deputy. One day after the field exercises, he returned to the camp. On the way, he said, "Advancing is to advance towards the enemy." I said, "No, this is a term with a certain tactical meaning. It means attacking the enemy's position while marching." Liu Bocheng did not refute or agree. When returning to the camp, Because of the hot weather, we were all drenched. I was busy washing and changing clothes. Before I finished, Liu Bocheng came in. His clothes were soaked in sweat and he hadn't changed. He pointed to me with an open book in his hand and said: 'I haven't figured out the meaning of driving in, and I'm afraid many people don't know it. Please inform the whole regiment of this term!'"

Gu Mingqi said: "I have heard for a long time that Liu Bocheng is full of knowledge. It turns out that his studies are so rigorous and open-minded. If you do not study hard against such an opponent, I am afraid..." The next day, "Central Daily" published Deng Wenyi's speech on the situation in the Central Plains and the situation on the Eastern Front since the key offensive: Gu Zhutong threw down the newspaper, closed his eyes slightly, and lightly tapped the armrest of the sofa with his finger wearing a pink diamond ring.The expression on his face was more numb than calm. Guo Rugui walked into the lounge and reported anxiously: "Jun Zuo, the Air Force reports that Liu Bocheng's vanguard troops have appeared on the front line of Taikang and Zhecheng." Gu Zhutong opened his eyes all at once. Gu Mingqi hurried in: "Boss, there are indications that Liu Bocheng is indeed shifting his strategy!" Gu Zhutong: "How to transfer? Where to go?" Guo Rugui: "I think there are two possibilities, one is to turn to Henan, Anhui and Su; the other is to turn to the west of Henan. Recently Chen Geng threatened to cross the river from the south of Shanxi to cooperate with Liu Deng." Gu Mingqi: "No matter how you look at it, Liu Bocheng will never retreat to the north of the Yellow River again. We should immediately press down several regiments and encircle them. If we defend the north and the south in this way, the South Route Army is ordered to approach the enemy but dare not press it with all our strength. , don’t you want to make a chicken-and-egg fight in the end?” Gu Zhutong raised his body and wanted to stand up, but he didn't know what to think, and sat down on the sofa again, his hand was still tapping on the armrest, and the rhythm was not too fast or slow. "Junzuo, I still have to report to the chairman. Don't say it now, if there is a big mistake in the future, the responsibility lies with the Xuzhou headquarters." Guo Rugui's voice was not high, but the weight was very heavy.Gu Zhutong neither nodded nor shook his head, but just sighed deeply.Guo Rugui knew that he had listened to the words, but there were difficulties, so she said again: "Junzuo, I will report to the chairman." "Okay, very good." Gu Zhutong turned his back off the sofa and looked at Guo Rugui gratefully. Guo Rugui walked back to the command room, pondered for a moment, picked up the phone to Nanjing, and reported to Chiang Kai-shek: "The main forces led by Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping have passed Longhai Road, and there seems to be signs of being forced into or through the Yellow Flood Area, but A flow east or west cannot be completely ruled out." Chiang Kai-shek said: "Very good, very good. When Liu Bocheng entered the Yellow River Flooding Area, he crossed the line of life and entered the line of death. Forty miles away, there was no support in front, no supplies in the back, and he was an extremely exhausted army. He was undoubtedly panicking. This move. Strictly order the troops to chase after him, he will not be able to cross the Shahe River. There is Jinpu Road in the east and Pinghan Road in the west. Forgive him and he will not be able to fly over!" Gu Zhutong was already sitting in the command room, his mood improved greatly, and his eyes became more alive. Gu Mingqi said: "Liu Bocheng must have been prepared to cross the Yellow River Flood Area. It is hard to say that he will not be able to cross the Shahe River." Gu Zhutong asked, "What do you think?" "Draw two divisions from Longhai Road, take the train to the south, and go straight to the south bank of the Shahe River to wait for the enemy." "It's good to add another block in addition to the pursuit..." Gu Zhutong suddenly changed his mind, "We have to stay behind. In case Liu Bocheng came back, or Chen Yi sent troops behind, Longhai Road took away two divisions, wouldn't it be Create a catastrophe?" Guo Rugui was amused, Liu Bocheng really tricked Gu Zhutong into a frightened bird. This time, Gu Zhutong personally reported his thoughts to Chiang Kai-shek. Chiang Kai-shek said: "You have thought carefully. However, you don't have to worry too much. As long as you lock Pinghan Road, Chen Geng will have nothing to do when you cross the river-he can't join Liu Bocheng, and Liu Bocheng can't even think about joining Chen Geng. As long as you strengthen the chasing and destroying forces, you don't need too many hatchbacks." Scruples. Your problem is indecision, a fatal problem!" After putting down the phone, Gu Zhutong gave Gu Mingqi a hard look. The universe was prehistoric, and chaos first opened.The years suddenly went back more than 5,000 years from the eyes of the soldiers, and they saw the ancient times described in Sima Qian's "Historical Records": the soup was like a flood, the vastness was like a mountain wrapped in a mausoleum... Looking up at the vast expanse, looking around the barren reeds and grass.At the farthest point, the top of a dead tree is exposed on the head of the yellow beach, or a small roof island "floats" in the water.Wild geese and eagles fluttered up from the depths of the reeds and croaked once or twice, reflecting the boundless desolation and tranquility. Ten years ago, in order to resist the Japanese, Chiang Kai-shek ordered to blow up the dam, and 1.25 million lives in Henan, Anhui, and Jiangsu provinces were pushed into the flood.The beautiful countryside once densely covered with villages and towns and intertwined with mulberry trees was buried under the water, and 890,000 people died.The "Central Daily" reported this tragic scene and said: "The flood flooded violently, and the corpses were scattered all over the field; the red land was thousands of miles, and the hungry died..." Today, for the first time after a decade of silence, the bleak yellow flood is alive.Infantry, cavalry, artillery, luggage, stretchers, and carts walked into the yellow water together, just like the crowd rushing to the sea after the tide.The sound of wading through the water, the rushing shouts of animals, and the roar of various vehicles splashing muddy water, mixed into a tragic symphony for the first time in Chinese history that thousands of troops marched across the ocean. The sultry steam rose straight from the yellow water and sludge, and the rotten stench rushed into the nostrils; the fiery red sun shone directly on people's backs, scorching the pain like scorching skin.Ten years of silt, once the virgin land is stepped on, it is sticky and hard to pull out, the front foot sinks and the back foot sinks, the harder the force, the deeper the sinking, as if attracted by a magnet, crooked and unable to pull it out, and fell into the yellow water with one ass.The pack saddles of the horses had been removed long ago, and all kinds of artillery were dismantled as much as possible, and carried by people on their shoulders.The mules and horses struggled to prick up their ears, held their heads up, and neighed. The more they struggled, the lower they sank.The wheels of the ten-wheel truck made in the United States, the more they rotate, the more they go down.After traveling less than eight miles, he fainted from heatstroke. Liu Bocheng waded through the yellow water with a stick, walking among the soldiers.His right leg, which had been wounded by the gunshot, sank like a stone pillar, and suddenly he staggered and fell into the water, covering his whole body with black and yellow mud.He smiled hey, like a urchin playing in the water.The soldiers carried the stretcher, but he didn't sit on it; they supported him, but he pushed him away.Deng Xiaoping walked beside Liu Bocheng not far or near, without pulling up his trouser legs, pulling out every step, with a straight back, like "walking slowly" on the playground, without falling down. Liu Bocheng said: "Look at No. 2 (Deng Xiaoping's code name), let's learn from him." The effect was really good, the speed of walking began to increase, and the phenomenon of fainting miraculously decreased. The sky roared from far to near. Li Da shouted: "Attention to air defense! Concealment!" People rushed to the clumps of water plants and reeds... Batch after batch of reconnaissance planes and bombers passed by, almost flying close to the surface of the water; machine gun bullets hit the muddy water with patches of black rain;The "Taiping carriages", mules and horses that had no time to hide and had no place to hide were bombed and strafed in turn.The soldiers escorting the vehicle lay prone on the bottom of the vehicle, and many people died together with the vehicles and livestock. "Taiping car" is a special product in eastern Henan. It has a wooden body and wooden wheels, which are big and stupid.The wooden wheel bites the wooden shaft, and it rolls and creaks loudly, and it is slowly rolling.Encountered hills and slopes, ditches and ridges, the animals pulled desperately, and the escorts pushed desperately, it was extremely primitive.There are more than 50 such vehicles in a brigade, and the wounded, food, and ammunition are all carried by them, and they are the main means of transportation.During the war, the "Taiping Car" was not very level; but when it entered the yellow flood zone, it was not only uneven - the narrow wooden wheels had a small ground contact area, and once they were rolled down, they would not be able to roll out.The local guides helped to put boards, hay and even quilts in the mud, and only then did they rescue the carriages and horses stuck in the mud.The wooden wheels soaked in mud and water couldn't roll a few times before sinking in again... The wounded jumped from the car into the water regardless of the obstruction; food and ammunition were also carried by the soldiers.Even so, only the self-respecting Taiping car still got stuck in the mud from time to time and couldn't move, so angry that the driver and soldiers cursed. Liu Bocheng passed by the convoy and found that the number of vehicles exceeded the stipulated number.He stopped in front of a Taiping truck stuck in the mud, pulled off the camouflage cloth, and found coal from the Taihang Mountains, mature vinegar from Shanxi, green onions from Shandong... His face suddenly darkened, very gloomy: " The plane bombed in the sky, and the soldiers chased after us. We are fighting the world and are ready to sacrifice our lives at any time! Are these trivial things worth loading into a cart? The Red Army’s Long March went north, eating belts, grass roots, and bark. I still want to go to the Dabie Mountains Don't you blush when you eat delicious food and drink spicy food?" Deng Xiaoping also lowered his face: "Repeated orders to save people's power, so that their power can be used more effectively in the revolutionary war, why go beyond the regulations to expropriate coachmen, vehicles, and livestock? We are not rushing to a big fair! Such a serious situation is still dragging on. Ah, how do you think about the problem in your head?" The chief of the management department lowered his head deeply, and said in self-criticism: "I was wrong... I will re-arrange and put the cart back as much as possible." Liu Bocheng: "Check carefully, throw away everything except ammunition, documents, and food!" Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping continued to trek hard, and their faces were ugly. Liu Bocheng sighed: "It is not difficult to put back a few carts, but the difficulty is to get rid of these cadres' small peasant consciousness, the deep-rooted small peasant consciousness! Look, some cadres use the newly seized Czech submachine guns as shoulder poles, and the Hanyang made But he was reluctant to hand in the broken gun. When I set off from Southwest Shandong, I asked a staff officer to investigate the speed and flow of the Yellow River. When he came back, he reported: "The time it takes to smoke a bag of cigarettes, the water flow is sixty steps." Smoking a bag How long is the smoke? What is the standard of one step? Guerrilla habits! The level of thinking will always stay on the 'millet plus rifle'! This is the most terrifying, and it is extremely inconsistent with modern warfare!" Deng Xiaoping took out a pack of cigarettes and found that the cigarettes had been soaked to pieces. He threw it a long way and said: "Both political and military literacy are problems that our cadres need to solve urgently. Some comrades are satisfied with He rushed and killed, and when he heard that he was asked to participate in rotation training, he asked, "What mistakes did I make?" It seems that learning is a kind of punishment, and only when discipline and mistakes are made do you need to learn." "This just shows ignorance!" Liu Bocheng sighed, looking at the setting sun in the west, and said, "The revolution has won, and I must set up a military academy. To run the army, you must first run the school, and let these comrades with practical experience sit down , calm down and learn some military theory." The blood-red sunset slanted on Liu Bocheng's body, and he struggled to pull it out step by step.Deng Xiaoping deeply understood this "teacher" who was rigorous in his studies and strict in military management.In 1926, he founded the military and political school in the uprising army and served as the principal; during the Red Army period, he served as the principal of the Red Army University;All the troops he had commanded had military and political schools and camp schools, and if there were no conditions, they insisted on running regular rotation training teams and participating training teams.There were battles in Southwest Shandong one after another, and the tedious planning of going south to the Dabie Mountains, but he still completed the re-editing of the translation of "Contract Tactics" in the middle of the battle.He felt that the troops urgently needed military theoretical guidance. Deng Xiaoping said: "After the victory of the revolution, you run a military academy, and I will serve as a political commissar for you." Liu Bocheng said: "If this is the case, our school will definitely become the world's first-class military academy!" There were quarrels and shouts not far away, and Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping followed the sounds and walked over. Several American howitzers and several ten-wheel tractors were stuck in the mud, and an artilleryman sat on the gun mount, holding his head, motionless.The artillery battalion commander waved his hands and shouted at the artillerymen who stood dejectedly in the muddy water: "Drag him down! Are you deaf? Damn, I can't command you anymore?" The two artillerymen reluctantly walked over to pull the soldier on the cannon stand, but the soldier shook his hand and pushed him down in the muddy water. "Li Ergou! Are you really a mad dog?" "A mad dog is a mad dog! Anyway, no one wants to blow up my cannon!" "You are still a fucking squad leader! This is an order, do you understand?!" "Order? Whoever gives the order can't bomb! If you want to bomb, you can bomb me too!" The Artillery Battalion Commander had no choice but to suddenly find Commander Liu Deng and hastily raised his hands in salute. Liu Bocheng approached Li Ergou and said gently: "Everyone feels distressed when bombing cannons. This is a last resort. Even if you keep the cannons, after passing the yellow flood zone, there are all mountain roads to the south, and the cannons can't move." Li Ergou didn't know who the leader was talking to him, and he still stuck his neck in a rage, "Bomb! Bomb! Bomb! You all know Bomb! But do you know how this gun came about?" Two lines Tears burst out of the eyes like a bank bursting, flushing the mud on his face out of two ditches. In October last year, during the Battle of Juancheng, Li Ergou led the fourth squad of soldiers to the front.With the reflection of the sun, he suddenly found something shining in front of him.He ordered the whole class to stop advancing, and while blocking this strange target with firepower, he ordered Qin Yuanxing, a member of the team's assault team, to crawl to the front for reconnaissance.After a while, Qin Yuanxing came back and reported that it was a howitzer and the enemy was digging fortifications.When Li Ergou heard that it was a cannonball, he was so happy that he went crazy.He immediately ordered to crawl forward and seize the cannon.The howitzer was like a magnet for the class.climb!climb!climb!Thirty meters away from the cannon, the soldier Wang Yongfu died; at a distance of 14 meters from the cannon, Li Zhengrong, the deputy squad leader, died.The closer the distance, the denser the rain of bullets.The moment they climbed up to the cannon, soldiers Zhang Sangong and Zhang Yuqi fell down again.Blood splashed all over the gun body, and the blood-stained cannon looked even more spectacular.Li Ergou and Qin Yuanxing swore in front of the cannon: "We are the only two left in the class, and we will keep it if we are killed!" The enemy fought back desperately, trying to regain their position.The large troops behind rushed up and found that Li Ergou and Qin Yuanxing, who had been injured, were holding the cannon wheel tightly... "Chief, it's not a cannon, it's from my fourth class!" Li Ergou broke down in tears. Liu Bocheng: "Little devil, we must see the future. In the future, we will have a lot of guns!" Deng Xiaoping: "Comrade, we have pursuers behind us, and the bombing of artillery is the decision of the general headquarters." The artillery battalion commander was impatient: "Come down!" Li Ergou carefully identified the chief in front of him, and seemed to realize something, and jumped off the gun mount. Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping smiled at each other and left. The artillery battalion commander glared at Li Ergou: "Still stubborn! That's Commander Liu and Political Commissar Deng!" Li Ergou raised his head abruptly, looked at the chief trudging through the muddy water in surprise, and suddenly turned around to unbolt the cannon. Battalion Commander: "What else are you doing?" "Keep a memory!" The setting sun was sinking, and the sunset glow was bright red, and several dull explosions sounded. Shen Ronggui asked the head of the guard: "Is it a bomb?" The head guard said nothing.The marching team stopped, and tens of thousands of people turned and looked back. Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping did not look back. At dusk, the troops stepped onto a vast sandy slope, marked "Chen Yuanji" on the map.Judging from the name of the place, it may have been a prosperous market town back then, but now there is only a skeleton left: on the uneven sandy land, here is a collapsed wall, there is a piece of rubble, and the thatch swayed sparsely, like a desolate mass grave. . The rest horn sounded, and the soldiers covered in mud were like a pile of mud, fell to sleep on the sand, and no one ate.Accompanied by Li Da, Liu Bocheng patrolled around. He looked at the sleeping soldiers with heartache, and said, "Set up air defense alert quickly!" Li Da: "The troops are too tired, how about extending the rest time by two hours?" Liu Bocheng walked a few steps in silence, and said decisively: "No way. We have only walked for more than 20 miles. If we extend the rest time, we will not be able to get out of the yellow flooded area before dawn. Chief of Staff, don't be kind!" Liu Bocheng sat on the ground under a broken wall, frowned, stretched his legs, and leaned against the broken wall.He took off his glasses and rubbed his swollen eyes. Li Da said to Liu Bocheng: "Close your eyes and take a rest. I'll go and see if the big motorcade is coming." Liu Bocheng: "Wait, didn't three lesbians come to the Cartography Department? Ask Chai Chengwen to visit them and help solve any difficulties." "Chai Chengwen?" Li Da was surprised. What does this have to do with intelligence? Liu Bocheng smiled: "You chief of staff, you don't have all the intelligence chief's information." The three of Yu Qiao were in such a panic that they dug in the mud soup for more than twenty miles and lost countless buttocks.Falling back and forth, Yu Qiao and Chen Xiaojing didn't even know that the luggage on their backs was lost.At this moment, the three of them were hiding in a broken wall with four walls without a roof. Chen Xiaojing slanted on the ground and found that the color of Yu Qiao's pants was wrong. "Yu Qiao, look at your pants!" "What's the matter?" "The color is wrong. Ah! You... come to 'that'? You can really make trouble." Yu Qiao giggled. Riemann glared at them: "Still laughing! Such dirty water, see if you get sick!" Yu Qiao said lazily: "It's going to rain, and mother is going to get married. It just picks this time, what can I do?" Riemann took out a pair of trousers from his backpack: "Thanks to being caught in the quilt, it's not soaked yet. Put it on quickly. I don't even know if my luggage is lost. I have never seen soldiers like you!" Someone shouted outside the wall: "Riemann! Riemann!" "Who is it?" "Chai Chengwen." Riemann: "Director Chai, please come in." Chai Chengwen walked into the house without a roof, saw the appearance of the three people, and smiled: "You are covered in mud and sand, you are really a land master!" Chen Xiaojing: "It's Grandma Land. Hey, Director Chai Da, let Yu Qiao take the cart later." "Don't listen to her, I won't sit down!" Chai Chengwen looked at Yu Qiao, found blood on his pants, and was startled: "Are you injured?" The three female soldiers burst out laughing.Chai Chengwen was inexplicably laughed at, worried about Yu Qiao, and a little angry: "What's so funny?! Did you bandage it? What a nonsense!" After all, Chai Chengwen went out. "Come back!" Yu Qiao yelled, "Who said I was injured?! I was messing around and calling others..." Chai Chengwen stopped, and then turned the "muscle" that hadn't turned, his face turned red, and he didn't dare to look at them again, and ran away. Riemann's voice chased after him: "I want two pairs of pants, and the luggage of the two of them has been lost!" Chen Xiaojing: "Stupid chicken! He's still the Director of Intelligence!" Riemann: "This is unfair, and no intelligence chief is responsible for this aspect of intelligence." Yu Qiao laughed until tears flowed out. At night, thousands of troops began to trek again. The moonlight is white, first spread on the sand, and gradually spread to the bright water. Or "take a slow pace".Seeing that there were no lesbians around, a few soldiers simply took off their pants and wrapped them around their necks, and their legs immediately became more agile.As soon as this experience was passed on, everyone followed suit one after another, and under the moonlight, their buttocks were shining brightly. Li Da asked: "What are they doing?" The staff officer said: "It's 'better troops and simpler administration'." Li Da understood, smiled a little, and said nothing. Chai Chengwen found Yu Qiao by moonlight. "The logistics are tight. As long as you get a pair of pants, you and Chen Xiaojing can wear them alternately." Yu Qiao took the trousers, Chai Chengwen touched her cold hands, and asked distressedly: "Are you okay?" "Row." "Cross the yellow flood zone, ride my horse." Yu Qiao's beautiful big eyes twinkled: "From Beiping to Taihang Mountains, I walked through seven pairs of soles. I play center for the girls' basketball team of the law school, and I can play the whole court in one breath. Hehe, you see, I need special care." ?" Although Yu Qiao came from a famous family and was a foreign student of an institution of higher learning, but at this time she was covered in mud and water, with short hair reaching her ears, and her face was covered with smudges.Chai Chengwen, who is in his early thirties, discovered the charm and flexibility of women in Yu Qiao. He looked at her emotionally, unwilling to leave.They have known each other for a year, and they always meet and say goodbye in a hurry, and there are very few opportunities to walk side by side like this. The moon is rising higher and higher, and the North Star is twinkling. The yellow water was shining brightly, thousands of troops and horses were swaying in the smoke-like moonlight, and the sound of splashing water shattered the silence of the moonlit night. "Quick! Follow up! There are pursuers behind!" The password came from behind, and the more it was passed, the more urgent it was. The sound of splashing water was getting louder and louder. Chiang Kai-shek woke up like a dream.Liu Deng crossed the Yellow River Flooding Area and approached Shahe again.The communist army did not "fly in panic" or "flee southward with its head in its arms", but went straight to the Dabie Mountains with a purpose.Chiang Kai-shek immediately realized: On the chessboard of the Central Plains, Mao Zedong played him again and beat him by a chip. Enraged, he flew to Zhengzhou, slapped the table, threw the battle report, "Niang Xipi" cursed, and asked Gu Zhutong: "Why can't you catch up with a tired army?!" "It is difficult to walk in the yellow flood area, and it is even more difficult to move with vehicles and artillery..." "Mother Xipi! Is Liu Bocheng carrying a pontoon? He can walk, why can't you catch up? Immediately give me a death order and catch up with Liu Bocheng within a time limit! If you can't catch up with Liu Bocheng, don't write me a battle report!" Mingming It was Chiang Kai-shek's misjudgment that caused the failure of strategic deployment, but Gu Zhutong, Guo Rugui, and Gu Mingqi dared not speak back. In order to catch up with Liu Deng, Chiang Kai-shek used nearly 30 brigades; still not at ease, he returned to Nanjing and ordered the Air Force Commander Zhou Zhirou to send planes to attack Liu Deng and drop heavy bombs on the five rivers that Liu Deng must go south. ferry.Chiang Kai-shek said angrily: "Even if Liu Bocheng walks out of the Yellow River Flooding Area, he will never be able to pass the five big rivers blocking him!" From dawn on July 18 to late night on July 20, dozens of planes carried out large-scale bombing on both sides of the Shahe River, destroying the surrounding villages, with an average of at least five bombs per village.Xinzhanji was bombed 21 times successively, and more than 120 bombs were dropped.However, Liu Deng's army had all crossed the Shahe River at this time, and the "brave flying eagles" sent by Zhou Zhirou made a lot of effort. Chiang Kai-shek urgently ordered Yu Jishi, Director of the Military Affairs Bureau: "Quickly order Zhang Zhen to go from Zhoujiakou, Zhang Gan from Huaiyang, and Xia Wei from Guoyang, and cut in the direction of Liu Bocheng's advance, and stop the way; order Cheng Qian to adjust the layout from Pinghan Road. Fifty-eight divisions, from Luohe to the east and south of Ruhe to wait for the enemy!" Chen Geng yelled: "Oops! Oops!" In fact, only he could hear this cry.The water of the Yellow River whizzing out of the mountain gorge roared for hundreds of miles, smashing the ground and hitting the sky.Chen Geng was suddenly stunned by the ever-changing Yellow River: Why did the river soar several feet overnight?The people and horses are ready, busy day and night, and they have been preparing for nearly a month, and they are about to cross the river, but this happens! Chen Geng pulled out the pipe from the administrator's mouth, squatted down on the ground, and smoked it.After a while, he vomited violently and completely, his internal organs were overwhelmed, and yellow-green bile was also spit out. He was so bitter that he stuck out his tongue and dared not withdraw it. The guard was terrified, handed the towel and the mouthwash, and wondered in his heart: Although the commander has no habit of smoking, it never hurts to take a few puffs occasionally to relieve boredom. What's the matter today? Chen Geng ordered the headquarters to set up camp in a village less than eight miles away from the ferry.The constant sound of the Yellow River rushing made him restless, and even tore off his hair and beard.The sound of the water sounded like thousands of troops galloping. For a while, it was the hundreds of thousands of menacing pursuers chasing Liu Deng's army going south, and for a while it was Hu Zongnan's 200,000 troops from northern Shaanxi threatening Mao Zedong and the Central Headquarters. With heavy troops pressing down on the border, I figured out that the only way to cross the Yellow River in the west of Henan is to cross the Yellow River south.But right now, it's like "breaking the pot and sinking the boat", even if the pot is smashed and the boat sinks, they will not be able to cross this crazy python-like Yellow River! Moths gathered in front of the oil lamp and flitted around.Mosquitoes swarmed, busy, catching and biting Chen Geng.Chen Geng didn't feel it at all. He took a heavy pen to draft a telegram to the Central Committee and Liu Deng.He knew what Mao Zedong and Liu Deng expected from Chen Geng.Finally, he picked up the critical pen again: the river is soaring, it is difficult to cross the river at this moment, and he is extremely anxious!As long as the river water is too low to overturn the boat, I will lead my troops to rush across. The chicken crowed.Chen Geng took a nap on the table, opened his eyes and asked the guard: "Has my beard turned white?" "No." The guard was puzzled. When Wu Zixu passed Zhaoguan, he was sad all night. Chen Geng seemed to be more experienced than Wu Zixu. Chen Geng didn't wash his face, and took the chief of the intelligence department to the Yellow River again.The water was two feet higher than yesterday.They approached an experienced boatman to inquire about the water conditions.The boatman smoked the cigarette Chen Geng handed over, and said that the flood probably wouldn't last long this time, and that the timing hadn't yet reached the season of continuous autumn rains—when the flood came, it wouldn't go down for dozens of days. Chen Geng was a little relieved. He did research with reference to the water regime of mountain rivers, and then sent power to the Shanxi-Sui border area to understand the water regime of the upper reaches of the Yellow River in northern Shaanxi and northwest Shanxi.The reply came soon: there has not been heavy rain in northern Shaanxi recently, and the water level of the Yellow River is not high, only the situation of the Wei River is unknown. Chen Geng's mood improved, and he stroked his beard and said to himself: "You can't be white! The river of Weishui is nothing special!" Liu Deng replied: Chen Geng read the telegram, feeling hot in his heart.Since the establishment of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army in the Anti-Japanese War, Chen Geng had followed Liu Deng for a long time.Boren, the two chiefs, is compassionate, magnificent and stalwart.Chen Geng often sighs.He often said: "I eat Liu Deng's food." This is Chen Geng's heartfelt words. Chen Geng handed the telegram to the comrades on the left and right, and his mood that had just improved became melancholy: "Chief Liu Deng cares about us so much. For us to cross the river safely, he said that they are not urgent. There are more than 30 brigades of chasing soldiers behind him. No urgency? Chairman Mao’s game of chess is the cooperation of the three armies, with two wings to contain it. Our West Route Army plays a pivotal role in the overall situation, and we cannot disrupt the entire game of strategic counter-offensive just because we cannot cross the river. If the river recedes slightly, cross the river immediately! " The water level did not recede one day, another day, two days passed... On August 21st, Hong Feng lost some momentum.Although the remaining prestige is still strong, the embankment is still trembling slightly like the earth's crust is cracking, Chen Geng decided to use the dark night to cross the river on the 22nd.He called the heads of the brigades together and asked the questions he had been pondering over and over for the past few days.Chen Geng proposed several "what to do": 1. What if the enemy finds out our intention to cross the river and the smuggling fails?2. What should I do if the part of the crossing is cut off by the enemy?3. What should I do if the occupation of the enemy's beachhead is hindered? Among Chen Geng's four brigade commanders, one was from Hunan and three were from Hubei. "Nine-headed birds in the sky, Hubei guys on the ground", these are all characters.Zhou Xihan, the commander of the Tenth Brigade, was as thin and slender as a bamboo pole, and he spoke with a firm eye, no matter how urgent it was, and he spoke with the same ease and ease as Dagushu.长着娃娃脸的第十三旅旅长陈康却是个急性子，活泼好动，哪里有他哪里就有一台戏。第十一旅旅长李成芳块头硕大，行军不出二十里，坐骑就仿佛驮着山，大汗淋漓，鼻喷热气，所以部下常常给他备两匹骡子。这个李成芳像尊泥菩萨，别人再热闹也似乎与他不相干，那张长而阔的脸没有春夏秋冬，而心里却明镜似的。 陈赓话刚落音，陈康便道：“这种时候渡黄河，在一般人眼里看来除非是疯子。国民党就是再高看咱们，也不信咱敢闯龙王庙。” 第十二旅旅长刘金轩接道：“我们渡河点多，长达几十里，敌人不可能弄清我们渡河的准确时间和地点。” 李成芳好像没听见陈赓的话，毫无反应，没有表情的大眼木然地平视着，似乎什么都看到了，又什么都没看。陈赓也不看他，却知道他那个大脑袋里面的机器在快速运转。这个“若愚”的李成芳是位“大智”者。 周希汉嘴上叼着自卷的“炮筒”，手上又在卷着另一支。不知道他抽的是些什么树叶子，又臭又冲。陈赓正想骂他，李成芳冷不丁地发言了：“司令员不必多虑。此时渡河有三利：西北野战军昨日沙家店战役消灭了胡宗南一个主力师，致使胡的部队陷于米脂以北，必然无力顾及我们渡河之事，这是一利；我刘邓主力跃进大别山，调动了顾祝同主力三十多个旅。敌后方空虚，我渡河地段的敌人仅以五个保安团担任一线防御，这是二利；河水暴涨，虽增加了渡河难度，却麻痹了河防阻兵，可谓天意助我，这是三利。因此，司令员所讲的三个问题都不可怕。万一——” 周希汉喷吐的浓烟把李成芳呛得连连咳嗽。陈赓从周希汉嘴上拔出“炮筒”，甩到地上。周希汉呵呵笑着，抬起左手——还有一支。屋子里的人都笑起来。陈赓是非常喜爱这个“炮筒”旅长的。和陈赓经历相仿，周希汉十四岁做新郎，在洞房花烛夜逃出家门，投奔革命。在十九年的戎马生涯中，他的险境不仅仅在战场。他被撤过职、被“开除”过军籍，甚至两次被张国焘下令处死。当了叛徒的红九军军长曾对着周希汉连发数枪，所幸枪法不准，一发未中。历尽了人世坎坷的周希汉像进过太上老君八卦炉的孙大圣，似乎世界上再也没有什么事能让他心惊肉跳了。一九四六年国民党的“天下第一旅”十万兵马杀至晋南，旅长黄正诚自恃所率部队装备精良、训练有素，他本人又是留过学、受过系统军事教育的中将指挥官，骄横恣肆，狂言天下无敌。周希汉从陈赓那儿领受了交手任务就开始卷他的“炮筒”，卷了一马褡儿，让警卫员背上，他自己叼上一支就去布他的阵了。他对这次的对手很满意。下棋他从不跟低手下，打仗碰上个硬手他便热血沸腾。这个黄正诚和他的“天下第一旅”令周希汉兴奋、激动，他盼望的正是这种真正有力度的较量。厮杀了一天一夜，周希汉杀得双目喷红。天亮时，黄正诚成了周希汉的俘虏。黄正诚被带到周希汉的指挥部，周希汉劈头一句：“你打得不错。”这次渡河，周希汉又是唱挂头牌的角儿，担起突击队的任务。 见周希汉又点燃了“炮筒”，陈赓也无奈，他用手扇着到处乱飘的烟雾，说：“周希汉，如果遇到第二、第三种情况，你怎么办？” “我带一个营先过。遇到第二种情况，我在滩头固守；遇到第三种情况，我到山上打游击，等候后续部队。” “你带哪个营走？” “二十九团二营。” “好，就这样。过河以后，只有前进、前进！”陈赓又道，“周希汉打游击不用留暗号，他走过的地方，'炮筒子'一熏，三年不长草。” 刘金轩好抬杠：“三年寸草不生，他拿什么卷'炮筒'？” 陈赓说：“本司令这次也抖一抖，玩个洋的。胡宗南的报话机咱可缴了不少，都调配给部队，这次渡河全部用无线电指挥。” 八月二十二日夜，先是霪雨霏霏，顷刻又大雨倾盆，直到次日凌晨才停住。但见河水翻滚，拍岸喧闹，白茫茫的雾气飘浮在河山之间，似乎黄河水沸了。 周希汉避开了原有的渡口，另辟牛湾、李河口、下关阳三处渡口。他们几乎动用了所有可以漂水的东西，最宝贵的是破船、牛皮筏子，而葫芦、油布包也能派上用场——太缺乏渡船了。 报话机已经沟通，各种渡河工具消失在晨雾中。 陈赓在北岸指挥所里来回踱步。他抓起昨天周希汉丢在桌子上的半截“炮筒”，点上刚吸一口，又摔在地上，用脚踩灭了。 报话机静静地躺在桌子上，没有呼叫的声音。毕竟头一次使用这玩意儿，真担心它出毛病反而误事。 陈赓：“过河时间不短了，怎么听不到呼叫？” 作战科科长：“报话机不会出问题。” 参谋长：“周希汉的习惯是不搞出个名堂来不报告。” 晨雾弥漫，各种渡河工具像片片树叶在奔腾的河水中一会儿冲上浪尖，一会儿跌入波谷。护送突击队的是济源县杜八联水上民兵队，人称“葫芦队”。他们头上缠着衣服和子弹，腰上系着一串葫芦，手中执着枪，一部分游在前面开路，一部分护在船的左右。 这是一支富有传奇色彩的水上轻骑，已有三百年历史。他们是“黄河人”，祖祖辈辈在这一方土地繁衍生息，靠着系在腰上的葫芦赤条条地在黄河中捕鱼、捞虾。这几年，战争来了，就有了民兵“葫芦队”。他们飞渡黄河袭敌堡、夺敌船，出没在黄河浪涛里。这次渡河大军来到关阳渡口，发现这里山高谷深，水猛浪急。周希汉正急得转圈子，突地站出了“葫芦队”。 民兵连长薛平华说：“我们地理熟，摸水性，组织'葫芦队'先渡，攻克崖头主堡，给部队水上开路。” 一声命令，数十名荷枪实弹、腰系葫芦的水上英雄跃身下水，扑棱棱似白鱼戏水，看得周希汉惊异不已，半天才喊出一声：“绝！” “葫芦队”没泅多远，一艘敌人的巡逻艇开过来，眼看就要暴露目标。“葫芦队”队长李庆常潜游到敌艇侧舷，跃身冲上，一枪未发全部解决了问题。直到“葫芦队”即将登岸，南岸崖头上的敌人才发现不妙，集中火力向水面射击。副队长李庆禹的葫芦被子弹打中，河水直往里面灌。李庆禹镇静地用一只手捂住葫芦上的弹孔。一个民兵紧游几下靠过来，给他当枪架。他居然一梭子弹打出去，敌人的机枪便哑巴了。 北岸主力部队发起火力掩护，“葫芦队”飞速登岸，攀上崖头，一场激战，炸毁了崖上的碉堡。 周希汉指挥渡河部队直驰南岸，迅速抢占了滩头阵地。 北岸指挥所。陈赓还在焦急地踱步。 突然，报话机里有了信号。周希汉的声音：“先头部队渡河成功，正向石头山主阵地发起进攻。敌人有一个团，配有山炮。” 陈赓大嘘了口气，命令：“陈康遭敌阻击，正在强渡，你派出部分兵力支援！” 放下话筒，陈赓转身对参谋长说：“告诉十三旅陈康，周希汉渡河成功。但不要催他。他这个人容易性急，弄不好会增加伤亡。” 二十分钟后，报话机里也传出陈康的声音：“渡河成功。三十七、三十八团先头部队全部过来了！” “好！迅速集结已过河的部队，奔袭新安、渑池，占领陇海路。” 陈赓的命令刚下，周希汉又出来报告：“后续部队顺利渡河。” “一部分攻占石头山阵地，其余人马向横水推进！要快！” 八月二十四日拂晓，又是大雾笼罩，陈赓率领指挥部渡河。 战争的车轮带动起人类突发奇想。渡船奇缺，战士们和当地水手就用油布裹上棉絮、芦苇、秸秆，扎成一丈长，一尺宽的鞍马状油布包。试验时，一个“包”乘坐两三个人，往水里一放，刚划动木桨，油布包便猛向前一蹿，冲出去几丈远。只是这种“包”到了河心，被浪一托便打旋，难以驾驭。加之大部分战士来自山区，不习水性，有跌水的危险。有人建议把几个油布包并起来。 于是创造又向前推进一步，将三个油布包编成一架，后尾安上舵，可以坐一班人，外载一挺机枪和一门小炮。二百多位艄公要求送部队过河，每架油布包上配了一位有经验的老艄公掌舵。 陈赓命令渡河，大小船只、油布包一齐下水，好不壮观。尤其是几十架油布包首尾相衔，活像一条条黄色巨龙在浪涛中蹿动。 天刚亮，敌机就来了。炸弹、机枪扫射，把晨雾撕扯得像破棉絮。有的水手、艄公牺牲了，立刻有人补上位置。一趟又一趟，“黄龙”从北岸蹿到南岸，又从南岸蹿回北岸，直到把几万大军全部送过河去。 陈赓面对黄河深深地鞠躬，满怀激情地喊道：“水手万岁！” 黄河两岸从此便有了新的神话传说：一天黑夜，大军刚刚来到河边，突然乌云密布，狂风大作，黄河咆哮如雷，惊涛骇浪中涌出一条金色蛟龙，朝着陈赓将军摇尾颔首，大吼三声。陈赓大手一挥，十万大军骑上巨龙，腾云驾雾，飞过黄河……