Chapter 15 Chapter Fifteen

October to November 1947 Lushan Xishui Huanggang Midnight in Guling, the moonlight is hazy, and the shadows of the trees are whirling. The East Road leading to the official residence is hidden in the tall black pine forest, making it even more quiet and deep. Two sliding poles are slowly marching on the winding mountain road, surrounded by a group of officials, military police.Chiang Kai-shek and Song Meiling sat on rattan chairs with two sliding poles. Chiang Kai-shek has a straight body and a calm face. The muscles on his face are like knives and axes. Although he looks stiff, he reveals firmness.

Song Meiling was a little tired, sometimes looking at the pine forest, sometimes looking at the pale moon.The autumn wind is bleak and the dead leaves are falling. She still doesn't fully understand what to do in Lushan at this time. This Chinese first lady is by no means an ordinary woman who only serves her husband. She stands at the height of the first lady and overlooks the land of China. She always influences her dictator husband with her own opinions and ideas.She sows beautiful and moving smiling faces everywhere so that her husband can get more love from the people.She visited the United States and won the support of the world's most powerful country for her husband with her amazing demeanor, eloquence and fluent English.She is an amazing woman.The Americans once fell in love with her, and there was a big "Song Meiling whirlwind".

The United States is like a second home to Song Meiling, but recently she has become more and more dissatisfied with it.When Wedemeyer came to China, he was expected to bring overwhelming military and economic aid and drastic changes in the US policy toward China, and play an inspiring role in reversing the current situation; at least he could influence President Truman as a special envoy, and increase some Public opinion support. Unexpectedly, this slicker has won the glory of most of China, and before leaving, he put on a straight face. Not only did he not say a word of encouragement, but he poked a lot of skylights, and he clearly wanted to tear down the chairman of the committee, trying to replace him with someone else.

There is also the honest ambassador Leighton Stuart, who recently sent a report on the left and a memorandum on the right to Washington, saying that "Liu Bocheng's large-scale attack on Anhui, eastern Hubei and southern Henan is a matter of great concern." "The military situation has deteriorated." "The frustration and disappointment in the capital and in various places has become more and more serious. At this rate of evolution, it is difficult to imagine how long the situation can last."Because "a defeatist sentiment born of a hopeless future makes all creative efforts powerless", "a general sense of disappointment that is imminent disaster leads to increasing corruption in the army", "the pervasive corruption and reactionary forces in the Kuomintang are well known", and All this "resolves the question of Chiang's personality and personality," so "I've become more discouraged than ever at the idea of ​​trying to influence the president." "What is needed now is a leader who can inspire people, and this seems to be something that Chairman Jiang cannot do."What's more, the friendly ambassador seems to have more confidence in the Communist Party than in the chairman of the committee, thinking that "the Communist Party has no signs of weakening in combat effectiveness and morale", "They are confident that they will be able to continue fighting for two or three years, and then they will control the Yangtze River To the north ... they are pursuing a destructive strategy until the current government is overthrown."Therefore, "everyone has gradually realized that it is impossible to defeat the Communist Party militarily."

Song Meiling recalled the sad words Chiang Kai-shek said to her not long ago: "Americans have always been unreliable. I know this better than you. There was no American aid during the War of Resistance, and I fought for four years! The Americans joined in the last four years. I was not defeated by the Japanese, but I was almost restricted to death by the Americans! The United States is a country that only cares about actual interests but not friendship. Therefore, I never have illusions about them. In the end, we still have to rely on ourselves ...and it's not the Americans that really hurt me, it's us!"

Song Meiling knew what Chiang Kai-shek was referring to. The situation on the national battlefield has taken a turn for the worse. Although it can't be said that it is out of control for a while, it obviously lost the momentum of the original all-round attack and focused attack.The economic crisis is worsening day by day, prices are soaring, public grievances are boiling, and student riots and demonstrations everywhere are overwhelming like a flood. Especially after the communist army reoccupied the Dabie Mountains, and after Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping's tens of thousands of troops took control of Hubei, Henan and Anhui, disappointment and panic spread like a plague. "Wuhan is tight" and "the Yangtze River is tight"... all kinds of rumors spread like wildfire.The Nanjing Garrison Headquarters neither verified nor reported, and hastily ordered the imposition of martial law along the Yangtze River in Nanjing after 9:00 p.m.People in Wuhan were even more fluctuating, and Cheng Qian, the hopeless camp director, couldn't hold his breath, and hastily announced the organization of a "Volunteer Police Corps" to defend Greater Wuhan, as if the Communist Army had already approached the city.Xi'an also ordered a curfew, just because Chen Geng conquered the Lu family.In fact, Lu's is still one hundred and sixty miles away from Lintong, and even farther away from Xi'an.What nonsense, nonsense!

Chiang Kai-shek summoned Dong Xianguang, director of the Information Bureau of the Executive Yuan, and Deng Wenyi, director of the Information Bureau of the Ministry of National Defense, and lost his temper: "What are you in charge of? Why don't you spread the news about the Dabie Mountains and let the rumors of traitors confuse the public?" Dong and Deng did not dare to be negligent, and held a press conference immediately after returning home, announcing that "the communist army fled to the Dabie Mountains to create an impression that they were active, but in fact this impression was groundless. Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping's troops forced the The Yellow River was trying to rescue Chen Yi in Shandong, out of necessity; if the rescue failed, he planned to flee to Hebei with Chen's troops; Extinct. The remnant bandits who have entered the Dabie Mountains are very few in number, and they are really vulnerable, and they will be wiped out soon."

In fact, Song Meiling didn't know how to say it. It's one thing to say it, but another thing to fight it.Like Chiang Kai-shek, she was not at all relieved by holding a press conference. On October 10, Mao Zedong issued the "Manifesto of the Chinese People's Liberation Army", which openly shouted the slogan "Down with Chiang Kai-shek and liberate the whole of China". What is even more worrisome is Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping. They have been in the Dabie Mountains for two months. Although they have been encircled and suppressed several times, they have not been eliminated. On the north bank of the Yangtze River 300 miles away, Shucheng, Lujiang, Tongcheng, Qianshan, Guangji, Yingshan, Wangjiang, and the important towns of Wuxue and Xiaochikou on the river bank were occupied.

Xiaochikou is on the other side of the Jiujiang River.The Yangtze River flows through Wuhan, forming two protruding parts like doudou in the east and west, and Xiaochikou is one of them.It faces the Yangtze River in the south and the Dabie Mountains in the north. It resembles a recumbent bull with its front hooves kicking against Wuhan and its rear tail sweeping towards Nanjing. When the bull's head is turned around, it can jump over the Yangtze River and go straight to Guling of Lushan Mountain... Following her own train of thought, Song Meiling gradually understood that the flames of war had reached the edge of the Yangtze River, and the intensity of the situation on the other side of Guling had surpassed that of Nanjing's midsummer, which was known as the "stove".It was probably for this reason that her Darling went to Mount Lushan.

The lights were dazzling, and finally arrived at Guling Mansion. Yu Jishi, director of the Military Affairs Bureau of the National Military Service Department, waited with a smile on his face beside the steps built next to the mountain: "Principal, you have worked hard all the way." Yu Jishi spoke the standard Zhejiang Fenghua dialect and helped Chiang Kai-shek get off the pole with both hands.Being able to call the principal already shows that the relationship is extraordinary.Yu Jishi went a step further, not only from Zhejiang, but also from Fenghua——Yu Jishi's family was in Fenghua City, and Chiang Kai-shek's family was in Xikou Town, north of the city. The distance between the two families was only fifteen kilometers.Yu Jishi was poor since he was a child. He was not afraid of hardships. He never grew hair and liked to shave his head. When he was an apprentice in a rice shop, he accidentally dropped the food of Ah Da (manager) and was afraid of being beaten so badly that he defected to the Whampoa Military Academy.In the Whampoa Military Academy, he worked hard, followed the principal's will in every word and deed, and was favored by Chiang Kai-shek.From the Northern Expedition, the Anti-Japanese War, until now, Chiang Kai-shek has always taken him by his side as a confidant, and he was promoted from the platoon leader of the guards, the company commander... to the chief of the guards and the chief of the lieutenant general.

A rare smile appeared on Chiang Kai-shek's face, he waved his hands wearing white gauze gloves, and said something in authentic dialect: "It's okay, it's okay. Jie (this) and Jie (this) let you Cut the shell (hardship)." Yu Jishi carefully helped Chiang Kai-shek up the steps: "Principal, everything has been arranged. Please take a rest and answer the phone later." Chiang Kai-shek was a little displeased: "The person hasn't arrived yet, but the phone is chasing after him. Which one?" "Navy, Gui Yongqing." "What's the hurry?" "He said that Liu Bocheng has arrived across the Jiujiang River. For the safety of the principal, he has dispatched warships to patrol the river to prevent Liu Bocheng from crossing the river. He said..." "Don't talk about it, all trees are soldiers!" Chiang Kai-shek shook off Yu Jishi's hand, "Liu Bocheng hasn't lost his mind yet, what is he doing here in the south of the Yangtze River? He came to the riverside, one is to avoid me to attack the main force, and the other is to go to the river. The rich riverside raises food, clothing, and salaries. If you don’t even know this, what kind of soldier are you?!” The smile on Yu Jishi's face faded: "Yes. The principal is right to criticize, the students really don't have a strategic vision." "Okay, okay, I didn't talk about you again." There was a faint sound of gunfire in the distance, and the chandelier in front of the mansion seemed to be shaken and swayed in the night wind.Song Meiling stopped: "What is this sound?" "Cannon." Chiang Kai-shek said with a gloomy face. "Is it the Communist Party's artillery? It's so close?!" Chiang Kai-shek ignored it, walked straight into the hall of the official residence, and said to Yu Jishi: "Notify the Ministry of National Defense, and order the 203rd Division of the Youth Army in Jiujiang to go to Jiangbei immediately; and then order the divisions in the north to go south quickly and fight in the narrow strip of Jiangbei. Be sure to go all out to eliminate Liu Bocheng!" Liu Bocheng wants to go up Triangle Mountain. Sanjiao Mountain is located in Ximafan at the junction of Xishui and Qichun. It is about 3,000 meters above sea level.It is said that several families living on the mountain bought baby pigs and calves from Xishui and carried them up the mountain.The local people also said that this mountain cannot be crossed by a team. Back then, the Japanese did not dare to climb this mountain, so they bypassed it. But this time, Liu Bocheng is going to fight a big battle.Especially when he heard that the troops of Zhang Tixue of the New Fourth Army had suffered losses from the Kuomintang here, he wanted to avenge this even more.When deciding to go to war, you must first survey the terrain, and nothing can stop you from doing so. "What are you doing standing still? Let's go!" Liu Bocheng picked up a long bamboo pole and pointed to the mountain. "Commander Deng has already walked ahead, let's go after him." Climbing the mountain was boring, and the guards coaxed Liu Bocheng to tell stories about the war. Liu Bocheng said: "There is a sloping road in the countryside of Chengdu, and wolves wait there specially. When the person pushing the cart reaches the half slope, he will pounce on him and eat a piece of meat on his buttocks. The person pushing the cart is pitiful! The car is his life, and if he lets go of the car, it will fall down the hillside and lose everything. In this way, people can’t run even if they want to, so they have to obediently let the wolf eat a piece of meat. It’s a big piece of buttocks! We don’t do that A pusher who risked his life and money. You see, we left the pots and pans and came to the Dabie Mountains with ease. We haven’t even worn a cotton coat yet. Why? Just to let Chiang Kai-shek carry all the burdens of the pots and pans we left behind. Then eat him again! So there are three kinds of tactics: first, ox-to-horn; How fiercely they were thrown, and in the end the donkey was so poor that it would inevitably be eaten by the tiger. The wolf's tactics are the best, and it is the kind of wolf we have in Sichuan." Before he knew it, he was halfway up the mountain, Liu Bocheng's military uniform was soaked in sweat, and no one coaxed Liu Bocheng to tell stories.The head of the guard, Kang Li, suggested: "Commander, take a rest." Liu Bocheng looked up: "If you don't rest, Political Commissar Deng has gone far!" The narrow path like a ladder is getting more and more difficult to walk.Deng Xiaoping in front suddenly grabbed the jagged stone wall, and suddenly grabbed the bushes and shrubs on the side of the road, looking very struggling.This road is even more difficult for Liu Bocheng.In the end, he was almost dragged and pushed up the hill by the guards. Liu Bocheng was sweating profusely, out of breath, and his whole body looked like he had just been fished out of the water.Deng Xiaoping handed over a dry towel and a bowl of deliciously cold tea. The Sanjiao Mountain has a magnificent scenery, surrounded by clouds and mist, and there are mountains outside the mountain, like islands floating in the blue and white ocean.Looking down the mountain through the gaps in the clouds, the slope is full of red leaves and emerald green bushes.A series of waterfalls flowed straight down, making deafening roars, and pearl-like water mist, which seemed to set up countless rainbows under the sunshine. In Liu Bocheng's eyes, any natural landscape is a great and unique art of war.His long military career made him realize that if he does not understand this "war book", he is at best a warrior, and it is absolutely impossible to become a soldier.The brilliance of master strategists lies in that they are familiar with this "art of war" to the point of never forgetting it, so that they can use everything created by nature as much as possible for themselves, so as to step into the strategy of strategizing, avoiding disadvantages, and winning thousands of miles. realm. "Look, the mountains here are high, the valleys are deep, and the forests are dense. It's a good place to ambush and wipe out the enemy!" Liu Bocheng waved his bamboo pole, pointing to the rolling hills, and said, "Commissioner Deng, Chiang Kai-shek wants to annihilate us in the north of the Dabie Mountains. Shi dragged the knife to the south of the Dabie Mountains, and the initiative was returned to his hands. It should be his prestige." "Yes, we have liberated dozens of counties, and the masses have been initially mobilized. This is one. Second, we have just fought the Battle of Zhangjiadian and wiped out a brigade of the enemy. The morale of our army is high. Coupled with such a good terrain , It can be said that the timing, location, and people are all ready. In addition, the North China Field Army is launching the Battle of Qingfengdian, and we must take advantage of the situation to engage in a north-south response. After dragging the knife, kill Chiang Kai-shek and return the carbine!" Deng Xiaoping said. Liu Bocheng turned around excitedly: "Comrade Kang Li, tell me, we are fighting here, what tactics should we use?" When Liu Bocheng told stories when going up the mountain, Kang Li heard that Liu Bocheng intended to use ambush tactics. Now that he had seen the terrain, he had already made up his mind, so he replied casually: "Wolf tactics." "Oh ho! You have a good tactical vision! Tell me more about it. At present, Chiang Kai-shek is sending the 203rd Division of the Youth Army to cross the north of the river to Xishui, and the 82nd Brigade of the 40th Division and the 52nd Division to go south to Qichun. We Where should the ambush be set?" Kang Li thought for a while, then pointed to the intersection of mountains in the west: "Xiguang Highway." "why?" "Because the commander said, 'A shit-eating dog cannot live without a cesspit'. The Kuomintang army has a lot of vehicles, guns, and baggage, so of course it cannot do without roads and railways." "Ah, Commissar Deng, if we keep Kang Li by our side, we will bury the talents." Everyone laughed. Liu Bocheng turned the topic to combat: "The battle on the Xiguang Highway was an ambush in the mountains, and we should carefully grasp the dangers and short points. 'The momentum of a man who is good at fighting is like turning a round stone on a mountain of thousands of feet, and he has momentum." Sun Tzu said The boulders and thousands of feet mentioned are exactly the general principles of our campaign." Deng Xiaoping: "At that time, Sun Tzu couldn't understand physics, and of course he didn't know about accelerated motion. But he could realize in practice that the force of a boulder rolling down a very high and steep mountain is irresistible. It is very inspiring. 'Its potential is also dangerous, and its knots are also short', this is the technique that ancient and modern generals must seek. I agree with the commander's idea." Kang Li listened to Liu Deng talk about warfare but quoted scriptures, unable to understand the literary words. Liu Bocheng smiled: "Kang Li, let me tell you another story. In Sichuan, there is a kind of water bird with green feathers, like a starling. This kind of bird has a sharp beak. When it finds fish in the water at high altitude, it clamps its wings It falls from the sky relying on the weight of its whole body, and sometimes it can catch fish several times larger than itself. The art of war says "the danger is short", just like this kind of bird, it rushes down very hard and the time is short. In this way, no matter how powerful the fish is, it will be hard to resist. As for us, we must strive for this kind of precipitous situation in the battle deployment and battle layout. In this way, if the enemy wants to block our attack, it is like catching sand and water. — in vain.” Deng Xiaoping said: "Xiaokang, you are close to the water, and you are already studying at university." Then he turned to Liu Bocheng, "Commander Liu, the two armies are at war, and there is no double benefit; what I win first, the enemy conquers us. In my opinion, we should Immediately start to mobilize troops and pay close attention to combat deployment." Liu Bocheng: "According to the current situation, the Sixth Column should tail the enemy and enter the area west of Ximafan before dawn on the 26th at the latest, and use one part to maintain contact with the enemy and delay the enemy so that the main force can be assembled; the first column should be assembled in Guangji, First, a regiment was deployed in the middle of Liugonghe and Caohe towns to detect and report the enemy's situation; the second longitudinal was limited to assemble in the northwest area of ​​Huangmei before dawn on the 26th; the third longitudinal, Chen Xilian and Zeng Shaoshan, led the existing four regiments, and arrived at Zhangjiabang on the 28th. Stand by; for the Guangxi faction, order the Western Anhui troops to actively contain it. In addition, order Zhang Caiqian's independent brigade to dispatch a small group of troops, pretending to be guerrillas, to attract the enemy into my pre-ambush encirclement, and then launch a general attack!" Deng Xiaoping: "Excellent! In this way, there will be an independent brigade fishing with bait in the front, and six vertical sticks will drive them away. The enemy will die without a place to die. In our Sichuan dialect, this is called-fighting behind closed doors." Dog, block the cage and catch the chicken." Liu Bocheng holds a long bamboo pole, looking at the green mountains and green waters in the distance, smiling. Pei Zhi, Chief of the Photography Section of the Political Department of the Field Army, quickly pressed the shutter of his camera. This photo is still preserved in the exhibition hall of the Military Museum. From Hongwunao, Jieling to Lijiazhai, Maqishan, Xi (Water) Guang (Ji) Highway for tens of miles of high mountain paved section, shells flew across, bullets rained, and it became a fire dragon. The command post of the first column of Zizishan.On the huge military map, five or six red arrows extend to the Gaoshanpu area in an irregular curve, pointing directly at the enemy's 40th Division and the 82nd Brigade of the 52nd Division in the "pocket", and the encirclement circle shrinks. Small. Column commander Yang Yong, political commissar Su Zhenhua, and chief of staff Pan Yan all looked stern. They were waiting for the report that the troops had finally closed the encirclement. "Seventh consecutive attack on the commanding heights of Jieling!" "The Nineteenth Regiment occupied all the highlands on the north side of Mao'an Mountain and the north side of Dawangzhai!" "The vanguard of the Sixth Column has assembled and entered Maqi Mountain and Lijiazhai Mountain!" "The Second Brigade has advanced to Wujiachong and Gaoyangshan!" "The Nineteenth Brigade has taken control of Guanjiawan and Donghuapu!" Yang Yong said excitedly: "Okay! The encirclement situation has been formed! Order all troops to consolidate their positions and launch a general offensive at 11:30 noon! All brigades must make all preparations before this, so that no enemy will slip through the net! In addition, tell comrades Ladies and gentlemen, as long as we win this battle, the roots of our Dabie Mountains will be firmly established!" Yang Yong was extremely excited.This is a wonderful war drama, the chief director is Liu Deng, and he is the executive director.The curtain opened, there was almost no transition, straight into the play, all the plots were unfolding as expected, and quickly reached a climax. The prelude started yesterday. In the early morning, on the main road south of Dalupu, a group of stragglers in ragged clothes were "wandering" carrying "made in Hanyang" and "old sleeves". The 40th Division and the 82nd Brigade, which were covered in gray and uniform American equipment, appeared, and the "made in Hanyang" "old sleeves" fired a salvo, disrupting the formation of the "American equipment".By the time these "American equipment" assembled and attacked, the "made in Hanyang" and "old sleeves" had long since disappeared.After three or five miles of "made in Hanyang" and "old sleeves", the "American equipment" was finally annoyed, and they chased after them in a swarm. . "Made in Hanyang" and "Old Socket" are "bait" sent by the Central Plains Independent Brigade. Their task is to lure the enemy into the "pocket" under Liu Bocheng's cloth. Gaoshanpu is located in the Yungu Valley section of Xiguang Highway, facing Hongwunao and Jieling, the highest peaks of this mountain range, behind Lijiazhai and Maqishan, one front and one behind are like two city gates, tightly locked Live at both ends of the road.On the left and right of it are Mao'an Mountain, Dawangzhai and Ant Mountain, forming two natural city walls that enclose the narrow road.When the enemy's 40th Division and 82nd Brigade entered this "dead city", the troops of the first column had already laid down on the hills in all directions, and the retreat was cut off by the sixth column.The enemy army could neither advance nor retreat, and suddenly became a turtle in a urn. A few months ago, the 40th Division had defended Anyang in the Battle of Northern Henan, making Liu Deng's army unable to attack for a long time, so it was quite favored by Chiang Kai-shek.After Liu and Deng's army crossed the Yellow River to start the Battle of Southwest Shandong, Chiang Kai-shek sent planes to airlift the 40th Division to the Longhai Line, and then followed them all the way into the Dabie Mountains.Being so favored and highly valued, the 40th Division was naturally quite arrogant, confident that it was invincible, and determined to fight Liu Deng to the death.However, after one day and one night, the whole regiment and battalion failed to break through dozens of times on all sides, and their morale suddenly dropped. They had to choose key breakthroughs while forming a square formation to stand by and wait for help. At 9 o'clock, Yang Yong received a call from Yin Xianbing, the deputy commander of the column, from the front finger, and found out that the headquarters of the 40th Division of the enemy was by the Qingshui River. "Do you have any basis?" "Director Zhang from the former intelligence station and the radio station director of the 40th Division used to be classmates, and they are very familiar with each other's fingering methods. Just now, Director Zhang was listening on the radio station and just heard their headquarters contacting the plane, so Determine the location of the headquarters of the 40th Division." "This information is very important. Please adjust your deployment accordingly. After the general offensive is launched, first destroy the enemy's command center." As soon as Yang Yong put down the phone, the combat staff came to report again: "I just received a call from the brigade commander Yang of the first brigade, saying that the second regiment is clearing the obstacles in front of the position..." Before the report was over, the brigade commander Yang Junsheng of the first brigade followed up with a phone call: "The enemy has retreated, and I have ordered the second regiment to attack." Yang Yong asked for the binoculars from the combat staff officer—under the attack of the second regiment, the enemy was in panic, the formation was chaotic, and they completely lost command.This is a great time to defeat the enemy.Now or never.Yang Yong made a decisive decision and decided to take advantage of the enemy's confusion and launch a general offensive in advance. For a moment, the thousand rolling boulders fell from ten thousand ren, the danger of its momentum and the shortness of its knots, like a violent storm.The headquarters of the enemy's 40th Division was dispersed, and most of the enemy troops retreated to the small highland in the south of the road.Zhang Zhaolin, deputy platoon leader of the 59th Regiment of the 19th Brigade, led the whole platoon to the high ground first... The enemy army that lost its command disintegrated in an instant, and the road more than two feet wide was crowded by deserters who had disrupted the organization.As a result, on the ridges of the fields and at the foot of the mountain, wherever there was a gap, they were filled with broken soldiers fleeing in all directions.People, horses, cannons, and carts crowded together, rushing and shouting.Many people fell down and were trampled to death before they could get up. If the general offensive could still be called a battle, then there is no battle at all now, almost like going to a pond to catch ducks.This scene can be described as a great spectacle in the history of ancient and modern warfare.Speaking of the scene at that time, the old comrades who participated in the battle of Gaoshanpu told the author many interesting stories—— Ma Laishan, the correspondent of the 1st Battalion of the 54th Regiment, had just turned 18 when he fought in Gaoshanpu.The enemy was defeated by three consecutive rounds and ran around like sheep.Seeing the opportunity, Ma Laishan took up his gun and rushed to the enemy to capture the prisoners.He couldn't find his own people, and just happened to find a house not far away, so he took one prisoner and sent another in, like putting a chicken in a cage.Later, the enemy caught more, so he picked a captive officer to stand guard at the door of the house for him.He ran all over the mountains and fields, driving the enemies into the house.After the battle, he counted and found seventy prisoners in total, two light machine guns, twenty-four rifles, and two big ocean horses. Liu Jincai, the bugleman of the Second Battalion, was liberated in Tangyin.When the general offensive began, he rushed down the mountain with the troops, first held the enemy's waist with the mouthpiece in his hand, and grabbed a portable machine gun with his bare hands.Fighting and fighting, he was separated from the troops.A wave of enemies ran towards this side, and he also forgot that he was alone, shouting: "Hand up your guns and don't kill!" This shout shocked the enemy—who knows how many Communists there are?The enemy put two machine guns and a large pile of rifles neatly on the ground, lined up and raised their hands to surrender.Liu Jincai counted and broke out in a cold sweat, ten! Another five enemies came with a mortar, and Liu Jin calmed down. The original soup added a trick: "Comrades, carry the artillery! The enemy sent the artillery!" The enemy soldiers put down the artillery on the spot like a frightened bird. Don't dare to move anymore. Wang Chou of the 7th Company of the 49th Regiment is an excellent machine gun shooter in the whole army. He left endless stories for everyone in every battle.Because he was deaf, his comrades called him "the deaf hero". During the battle at Gaoshanpu, Wang Chou searched the village alone with a machine gun.He found a group of enemies hiding in a yard, so he blocked the door with a machine gun and ordered an enemy soldier to collect weapons for him. He captured a total of 105 enemies, handed over thirty-six rifles, three light machine guns, and small guns. One cannon, two portable machine guns, and two telephones.Afterwards, he was asked what the enemy said when he disarmed.He said: "I patronized Le and heard nothing." Yue Weihong, the first company secretary of the 52nd Regiment, was a model secretary of the 17th Brigade, but he was never in charge of fighting.This time he also went with the whole company to "throw out the ducks".Without grenades, he ran and threw stones.A stone flew over, and the enemy thought it was a grenade, and scattered with a bang.When he saw that some of his comrades were barefoot, he picked up the shoes that the enemy had run away and gave them to everyone to wear.At the foot of a mountain, he caught five enemy horses, and just about to drive back, more than a hundred horses ran down from the mountain.He was booming and rushing, busy all by himself, and became an out-and-out "horse herdsman". During the Battle of Gaoshanpu, the brigades' clinics were the most leisurely.After the battle, there were not many wounded.The medical staff of the 18th Brigade's health center felt uncomfortable, listening to the shouts of killing all over the mountains and plains, they discussed going out with the troops to capture prisoners.Suddenly, a large group of enemies rushed over in line, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense.Unexpectedly, these enemy soldiers all put down their weapons by themselves.Look again, there are all wounded soldiers, as if they were returning to their own homes, asking for their wounds to be bandaged. The doctors asked, "Who sent you here?" The captives replied: "No one, we found it ourselves." The doctors all laughed.They have never encountered such a thing. The two armies faced each other, and the wounded soldiers came to the door by themselves and asked to be prisoners. The cook who delivered the food brought back more than 20 prisoners; the telephone operator who checked the line captured seven or eight officers; one soldier captured a company of soldiers; three soldiers handed over the guns of a battalion... There are almost endless stories like this. At twelve o'clock noon, the sound of gunfire stopped completely, and six enemy planes appeared over Gaoshanpu. There were long rows of Kuomintang military uniforms walking on the highway, and there were also yellow dragon-like captive teams in the continuous ravines and gentle slopes, and there was no sign of fighting with the Communist army.The enemy plane judged that the national army had probably cleared the siege, so it swooped and circled, and dropped all the pancakes and steamed buns shipped from Wuhan. The plane flew lower and lower, almost touching the top of the mountain.The 19th Brigade guarding the mountain picked up "foreign cheese" again, and countless machine guns fired at once.Immediately, a plane was shot and caught fire, and crashed into the hillside with its long black tail, smashing to pieces. The soldiers who picked up pancakes and steamed buns in the mountains cheered. In the first battle at Gaoshanpu, more than 12,000 people from the 40th Division and the 82nd Brigade were wiped out. Everyone said that the fight went smoothly and was enjoyable. The frost has passed, and the beginning of winter is here.The morning in the Dabie Mountains is deserted, and a thick layer of frost hangs on the treetops, roofs, and grass blades, and all the scenery exposed to nature. For several days in a row, Deng Xiaoping did not go out for a walk or do exercises when he got up in the morning, and Liu Bocheng also changed his unshakable reading habit.After they got up, they simply washed and washed, just like the whole army, busy doing something they had never done before - tailoring winter clothes. The victory at Gaoshanpu made Mao Zedong in northern Shaanxi feel relieved. He said to Zhou En: "The significance of the victory at Gaoshanpu is not only because of the elimination of more than 10,000 enemies, but also because this battle was fought beautifully. The whole significance of this is that our army has been able to conduct large-scale combat in the Dabie Mountains, and Liu Deng has already established a foothold there. If the winter clothes of the 100,000 troops can be solved in the near future, then the king of heaven and I will not be able to drive them away." On September 13 before this, the central government called Liu Deng: What is the possibility of being subdued?If not, prepare to send ten escorts. Liu Deng believes that transporting cotton clothes from the liberated areas not only increases the burden on the liberated areas, but also requires sending troops thousands of miles to escort them through the enemy's heavy blockade, which consumes a lot of strength.In order to reduce the burden on the central government and save manpower and material resources, Liu Deng immediately called back: Do it yourself and solve the problem of winter clothing on the spot. After receiving the call back, Mao Zedong was deeply moved and said three times: "Liu Deng is not simple!" The northern foot of the Dabie Mountains is economically impoverished and has no conditions to provide cotton and cloth for 100,000 winter clothes.However, Liu Deng took advantage of Chiang Kai-shek's "encirclement and suppression" opportunity to jump to the affluent areas at the southern foot of the Dabie Mountains to obtain relatively favorable material conditions.After the victory at Gaoshanpu, Liu Deng issued instructions requiring the entire army to take advantage of the post-war rest and complete preparations for winter clothes within a time limit. Hu Liangting in Huanggang County, Hubei Province, in front of the windows of two farmhouses in the east and west, Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping walked needles in the morning light.Liu Bocheng couldn't see well, so he pricked his finger with a few needles. Every time Kang Li saw such a scene, he felt uncomfortable for a while.He really wanted to go up to take the commander's needle and thread and sew the cotton coat for him, but he didn't dare.A few days ago, Liu Bocheng "addicted" how many people made this request and returned it.Yesterday, Rang Mingde of the Hubei-Henan Military Region specially sent a finely crafted tiger-skin robe: "Commander, comrades are all worried about your health. This robe was obtained by fighting local tyrants. You can wear it." Liu Bocheng pushed it away, pointed to the unfinished cotton coat in his hand and said: "The whole army wears this kind of cotton coat, I don't want to be special." After all, Deng Xiaoping was quick in his hands and feet, and he was used to making drastic cuts. The "project" of cotton clothes has come to an end.He bit off the end of the thread, tried it on, and felt good about himself, so he went to the courtyard and called Liu Bocheng of Westinghouse, "Look at my craftsmanship!" Liu Bocheng raised his eyes, looked up and down, and asked, "How do you evaluate yourself?" "Pretty good, can be called authentic Chinese handicrafts!" Liu Bocheng laughed out loud. Forty-four years later, Yu Qiao recalled the first time she saw Deng Xiaoping wearing a cotton-padded jacket, and described it this way: "Deng Xiaoping's cotton-padded jacket is really unflattering—the front is pouted, the back is hanging, and the back is still It's a big bulge, and the neck can't be found." There was a rumble in the sky, and a plane flew from east to west.The plane hovered over Hu Liangting, scattering red, green and green papers all over the sky.Kang Li ran to grab a few. Liu Bocheng had done needlework early in the morning, and his eyesight was even worse. He couldn't read the handwriting on the scrap of paper. He asked Deng Xiaoping, "What is this? It seems that there are still photos of the two of us." Deng Xiaoping: "It's a bounty warrant. There is no need to spend money. Chiang Kai-shek has printed so many photos for us for nothing - saying that if anyone captures Liu Deng alive, he will be rewarded five million yuan." Liu Bocheng smiled: "It's really a rare commodity! I didn't expect us to be worth such a big price. If you catch us, you will become a millionaire!" Just as they were talking, Li Da and Zhang Jichun came and said that the enemy probably had a target in spreading leaflets. In order to prevent enemy planes from bombing and ensure the safety of the headquarters, it was best to move.Li Da said: "There is a big house not far from here, which is the home of Huanggang county magistrate Zhu Huaibing." Liu Bocheng: "Zhu Huaibing? It's that old man! The commander of the 97th Army of the Kuomintang, the director of the political department of the war zone, the director of the Civil Affairs Department of Hebei, and a well-known expert in 'friction'. He has been 'grinding' since the Anti-Japanese War. 'Grind' away, 'grind' all the Ninety-seventh Army. Chiang Kai-shek gave him an official of Huanggang county magistrate, so I still miss it very much." Zhang Jichun: "He also made great contributions to Chiang Kai-shek's anti-communism. I think Chiang Kai-shek would never bomb his hometown. We will be safer if we move there."