Chapter 24 Chapter Twenty-Four

November 1948 Xiaoli's Shuangduiji Dawangzhuang Nanjing Xuzhou With a sharp and ear-piercing whistling sound, a plane painted with the emblem of the blue sky and white sun swooped down.Zhai Guangdong, a health doctor of the General Front Committee, was returning from the logistics to get medicine. When he heard the voice, he turned his head and saw the sharp nose of the plane aimed directly at him, like a sharp arrow shot from the sky. The fuselage is getting bigger and bigger, and the strange noise is getting louder and louder.At the moment when the nose of the aircraft was close to the treetops, there was a rattling... A row of machine gun bullets hit him in front of and behind him, stirring up a stream of dust and smoke.Then there was a shriek that ripped through the air, and the plane pulled up suddenly.Based on experience, Zhai Guangdong knew that the bomb had fallen, so he quickly threw himself on the ground.

boom!Like a thunderbolt, a bomb exploded a few meters away from him.The ground trembled, the trees were blown up in the middle, and accompanied by sand and gravel flew into the sky.Zhai Guangdong was so shocked that he flew up, and then sand, stones and broken trees fell all over the sky, buried him in half, and the hat on his head was blown away without a trace by the huge air wave... After a while, there was no movement, and Zhai Guangdong looked up, and the plane had already flown away.He stood up, feeling dizzy and painful, his eyes went dark, and he couldn't hear any sound in his ears.He felt that the surrounding fields were empty, so dark and so quiet, as if it was the end of the world... Panting for a moment, Zhai Guangdong crawled out from the thick soil, stood up staggeringly, and slapped his body.Suddenly, he seemed to have regained his memory, remembered something important, and ran wildly towards the village in front of him.

Boom!The door to the War Room of the General Front Committee was pushed open. Zhai Guangdong was stunned, he never expected such a scene. Liu Bocheng stood in front of the map with a magnifying glass in his hand, as if he had walked into the world marked with circles with his whole body and mind.Chen Yi stared at the box phone hanging by the window, his eyes widened, as if eager to get some news from it or talk to someone.Deng Xiaoping was sitting at the table, concentrating on playing the 70% new deck of poker.None of his ten fingers are idle, the hand full of cards is fan-shaped for a while, and trapezoid-shaped for a while; suddenly they criss-cross in the air, blowing the wind, and suddenly combine on the ground, making a rattling sound; Like a knife cutting... There was just a click, and a deck of cards was divided into two stacks.Hold half of each hand, bent into a bow and crossbow, brushing and swiping, each card seems to be shot at each other, and the arrows hit each other; then they are neatly transformed into four yards, which become the four sides that determine the outcome, just like victory or defeat on the battlefield. Hold it firmly in his hand.

The bombing that was close at hand did not cause any reaction here, as if it had never happened at all! Seeing this scene, Zhai Guangdong, who was running wildly all the way, with his heart jumping in his throat, relaxed his whole body and leaned softly on the door frame. Unexpectedly, this move alarmed the three chiefs in the room. Liu Bocheng, Chen Yi and Deng Xiaoping all turned their eyes. "Doctor Zhai, why don't you wear a hat in such a cold day?" Chen Yi asked with concern when he saw Zhai Guangdong's head was bare. Zhai Guangdong touched his head, only to find that his hat had been blown off, and pointed to the sky: "Fly...the plane...bomb! Why...don't the chief...go into the air-raid shelter?"

Chen Yi laughed loudly: "If he blows up his bombs, what does it have to do with me?" Zhai Guangdong rubbed his chest and said in a complaining tone: "You still say it's okay?! I was terrified, but the chiefs seem to be okay." Liu Bocheng comforted: "Don't be afraid, Doctor Zhai. Chiang Kai-shek is clamoring every day to encircle us, and we will wait here. He failed to encircle us, but let us encircle Huang Baitao and encircle Huang Wei. He had no choice but to send a plane, Laying two eggs indiscriminately is nothing special." Zhai Guangdong said: "The chiefs should also pay attention to safety."

"Aren't we very safe?" Deng Xiaoping opened a "Plum Blossom K" and examined it. "Even if Chiang Kai-shek is covered with eyes, he would not know that we are here." Zhai Guangdong blinked, feeling that what they said made sense. The General Front Committee moved suddenly from Linhuanji Wenchang Palace to Xiao Li's house on November 23. Xiao Li's house is located two or three miles east of Linhuanji, a small village with only a dozen families.While the rumble of gunfire from the direction of the twin piles can be clearly heard here, finding it is like looking for a needle in a haystack.Xiao Li's house is too small, it looks like a sesame seed on the 1 in 50,000 military map.The Battle of Huaihai pushed this ordinary small village to the cusp of history.Because it is located between the Xu-Su Railway and the Xu-Beng Highway, Chiang Kai-shek's command in Nanjing took it as the scheduled location for "advance from the north to the south, open up the Xu-Beng, and meet the three armies", and wrote it as a landmark time and time again. On the map of the Ministry of National Defense Operations Office, planes are sent here every day for reconnaissance.But they never expected that the headquarters of the General Front Committee of the People's Liberation Army where they fought decisively was located here.

The Huaibei Plain is so big that it looks flat from a distance.A decent village is like the stars on a summer night.Villages of a few, a dozen, or a hundred households are built next to each other, all with low adobe walls and thatched roofs.Occasionally there are a few tile-roofed houses, which are also gray.In addition, it was winter again, the trees were bare, and there were no obvious signs.Not to mention that the Kuomintang Air Force couldn't find it, even the villagers who lived in the same village didn't know the difference between the People's Liberation Army in the village and those living in other villages. They were all the same gray uniforms anyway.

On the day the General Front Committee moved to Xiao Li's house, several People's Liberation Army came first.A leader named Zhang Shenghua came to Li Keguang's house and lived in the "first row", which one lived in the "second row", and which one lived in the "third row".It wasn't until the jeep arrived and stopped in the cypress forest that Li Keguang and the villagers discovered that there was only one person in each row. The "first row" was a tall man wearing glasses, the "second row" was a fat man wearing sunglasses, and the "third row" was a fat man wearing sunglasses. "He was a lively little man.

The landlord, Li Keguang, did not know the names of the three people until after liberation, but when it came to their living habits, he was as familiar as his own family: "My house was very lively at that time, and the phone rang constantly. All three of them He is from Sichuan, and he asked for "Ge Laozi" when he said "what?" Deng Xiaoping and Chen Yi respected Liu Bocheng, and let Liu Bocheng sleep in the inner room, and the two of them shared the outer room. The phone was placed at the door of the outer room. , the line was very long. When Liu Bocheng was sleeping, they pulled the line to the yard to make calls. Every night before going to bed, Liu Bocheng put a jar of boiled salt water on the bedside, and drank it in the morning; when he got up, he took a book Going to the latrine is guaranteed to take half an hour. Chen Yi likes to get up early for a walk and stroll outside. There is a guard in front of him and a guard behind him, who follow him at a distance of more than ten steps. Deng Xiaoping is always on duty, I always heard him call. Every night he took a cold shower. On such a cold day, we covered ourselves in the quilt and refused to come out, but he dared to take a cold shower. The guards brought buckets of water from the well and stood on the stool. Go up, turn your head around and rush down..."

"Ding Lingling..." The phone rang quickly. Chen Yi seemed to be waiting for a long time, and grabbed the receiver: "Liu Zong? I'm Chen Yi! How's the situation?" In the earphones, intense gunshots and explosions were accompanied by Wang Jinshan's hoarse shout: "Report to Commander Chen, we have occupied Gejiazhuang, Liuzhuang, Yangzhuang and Maxiaozhuang, and repelled the enemy's fourteen charges. , tie your pockets tightly!" "Good! Very good! Very good! I, Chen Yi, salute you!" Chen Yi shouted hello repeatedly, and Deng Xiaoping estimated that the pockets surrounding the Huangwei Corps had been tightened.When Zhai Guangdong saw him put down his poker and light a cigarette for himself, he showed a rare smile.Wisps of light smoke slowly spit out from his mouth, and he smiled so happily and peacefully.Even decades later, Zhai Guangdong still clearly remembers: "Commander Deng is usually very serious and unsmiling. He once said to me: 'A person has a temper and temperament. But don’t be restrained when you see me!’ But the day Huang Wei was surrounded, he smiled so happily!…”

Chen Yi was also happy. He put down the phone, took off the military kettle hanging from the wall, poured a full glass of brandy for Deng Xiaoping, Liu Bocheng, and himself, and said cheerfully: "Come, come, we have packed Huang Wei today." Dumplings from him, we just happened to serve him with wine!" Liu Bocheng didn't bother to pick up his wine glass, pointed to the double piles on the map, and said excitedly: "Huang Wei's 120,000 soldiers and horses are surrounded by an area twenty miles long and fifteen miles wide. This account is very easy to calculate." , There are more than 400 enemy officers and soldiers in an average length and width of 500 meters. Any shot can hurt the enemy! Alas, this is really "five hunchbacks sleepy-seven arches and eight warps" crowded together!" "The Huangwei Corps is Chiang Kai-shek's elite division. It is known as attacking like a tiger, defending like a mountain, quiet like a virgin, moving like a rabbit..." Deng Xiaoping walked back and forth in the war room, "I think he is fierce and soft-hearted. , big in ambition but small in wisdom; austere but unkind, violent but tyrannical; although there are many soldiers, but the painting is unknown, he will plan out his arrogance and not use it! This time, he guarded the two mounds of the two mounds, how could he attack like this? What about tigers and rabbits?" "Then he has no choice but to dig a hole to hide like a mouse!" Chen Yi said in a thick and humorous local accent, took up his cup and drank the brandy, "Destroy the Huangwei Corps and get rid of this nest of mice. We must go all out in this crucial battle that connects the past and ushers in the future!" As Chen Yi said, he turned around and picked up the phone to call Zhang Zhen, Huaye's deputy chief of staff: "Is it Zhang Zhen? I'm Chen Yi. We are dealing with Huang Wei, an enemy. If you want to cooperate in the battle, you must monitor Du Yuming in Xuzhou and ensure that the southern line Completely wipe out the enemy!" Putting down the phone, Chen Yi also lit a cigarette, and looking back, Liu Bocheng walked into the map again. This old man who is famous for his "bold, careful, resourceful" is just like what people describe, sometimes he is like an iron horse and a golden sword, galloping freely, like clouds standing on the sea, like lightning and thunder; sometimes he is a trickle, Fish and stones can be counted, like the wind and the clouds, like the rain after the rain.He often said: "Great things in the world must be done in detail. Taishan does not remove dust, and the sea finally accepts fine streams. A journey of a thousand miles begins with the feet; a nine-story platform starts from the base of the soil. The thing of war is even more so. , You must be bold and careful.” At this moment, he commanded the troops to encircle the Huangwei Corps like a storm, and cruised on the map like a light wind and rain, planning new deployments.No wonder Mao Zedong said: "I have Liu Bocheng, Chiang Kai-shek will definitely lose!" Liu Bocheng walked out from the map, turned around and said: "Commander Chen and Political Commissar Deng, in my opinion, we should immediately order the troops to tighten the encirclement, drive the Huangwei Corps away from the bank of the Hui River, and prevent the enemy from approaching the water source!" Chen Yi agreed: "Yes! We will not only trap the enemy to death, starve to death, freeze to death, but also thirst to death!" At this time, several combat staff officers were also promoting military democracy in the courtyard, arguing about how to solve the Huangwei Corps.Liu Bocheng heard them and called them in.Upon questioning, it turned out that they had two opinions. One advocated encircling the enemy and destroying them in the form of positional warfare; Let it out and annihilate each one in motion. Liu Bocheng said: "We have also considered opening a hole and letting the enemy break into my preset position, so as to divide and clamp each one to annihilate. However, we also judged that under the current situation where our army is under pressure, the enemy must be very cautious and will not easily attack. I was fooled. If you let go, he will give you a way to occupy a village, consolidate a village, and gradually roll in. And every time the enemy occupies a village, not only can I use my original fortifications to organize defenses, but also gain more civilians Food. These are not good for us. Therefore, weighing the pros and cons, we gave up this idea and insisted on pressing the enemy in a narrow area to starve him. And we take the method of eating bit by bit to gradually weaken him, and then Eat him again!" The combat staff officers listened, some nodded silently, and some blinked their eyes. Liu Bocheng pushed his glasses with his fingers, and then said: "I guess some of you will say that we used to use the 'surrounding three ques and one' combat method, which is also very effective!" A staff officer smiled: "That's what I think." "But we have also practiced 'encircling but not queuing'!" Liu Bocheng also smiled, "The situation is changing, and the tactics must be determined according to the actual situation. No 'Que'! For example, when Southwest Shandong attacked Yuncheng, we "surrounded it without queuing". Yuncheng is not strong in the first place, and it is an isolated point behind our army. Against such an enemy, you can do it again. What kind of opening is it? What is the art of war? We only surrounded it with five brigades, and wiped out one division! Also, some comrades wanted to turn it into a "surrounded by three queues" in the Battle of Gaoshanpu in the Dabie Mountains. , Open the net', this is not right. Originally, we have already introduced the enemy into the encirclement circle during the movement, and caught the mouse. If you 'open the net' again, wouldn't it let him slip through your nose again? Therefore, Dogmatism is unacceptable." Seeing that the staff members listened with gusto, Chen Yi continued: "Of course, we will find it difficult to switch from mobile warfare to positional warfare. Once we tighten up, Huang Wei will inevitably launch a counterattack and break through. Therefore, we must build a deep , a rigorous and solid defense system, with sufficient estimates and sufficient preparations, to deal with the possible counterattacks of the enemy." Deng Xiaoping said: "In addition to military preparations, we also need to launch a powerful political offensive. I plan to send a telegram to the Military Commission, asking the chairman to write a broadcast for Xinhua News Agency. At the same time, I also ask the two commanders to jointly write a , intensify the political struggle against the enemy and disintegrate the work.” Chen Yi said again and again: "One article and one military, two prongs. You want it, you want it. However, for our article, let the chairman do it for you. His writing style is powerful." Liu Bocheng thought about it, and said: "That's fine. The chairman is more comprehensive than us in seeing the problem from the perspective of the overall situation. It's just that this will increase the burden on him." Chen Yi smiled: "We surrounded Huang Wei, and the chairman is very happy. Therefore, this is a pleasant burden. It will definitely be broadcast before tomorrow. Do you believe it?" Sure enough, early the next morning, the sonorous voice of the announcer of Xinhua Radio Station came from the radio—— Northern Shaanxi Xinhua Radio Station broadcast on the 27th: Generals, officers, and soldiers of the Huangwei Corps of the Kuomintang Army in the southwest of Su County, please pay attention!The People's Liberation Army Headquarters speaks to you! The People's Liberation Army has now surrounded you.You can't get out, and your destiny has reached the last moment.Think for yourselves and for the people, you should surrender your guns as soon as possible.Four of Feng Zhi'an's divisions had already revolted, and Huang Baitao's ten divisions had been wiped out, and four more divisions were wiped out.Li Yannian and Liu Ruming in Bengbu have been blocked by our army and cannot help you.Qiu Qingquan, Li Mi, and Sun Yuanliang in Xuzhou are also blocked by our army and cannot help you.Chiang Kai-shek and Liu Zhi had absolutely no choice.Do you know that Huang Baitao's corps, which was trapped in Nianzhuang a few days ago, was waiting for reinforcements from Xuzhou?Chiang Kai-shek ordered Qiu Qingquan to reinforce him every day. As a result, Qiu's troops walked for eleven days and only made more than 30 miles. Huang Baitao was wiped out.Your current situation is worse than Huang Baitao's, and you are farther away from Xuzhou.You have traveled too hard from Nanyang to Nanziji near Su County, can you continue to fight?It's better to hand in your guns earlier, save fewer people from dying, save your life, and do some work for the Chinese people.You all know the lenient policy of the People's Liberation Army. Regardless of whether they are direct descendants of Chiang Kai-shek, as long as they lay down their weapons, they will be treated leniently; regardless of whether they are officers or soldiers, they will not be killed or humiliated.Your Wang Yaowu, Fan Hanjie, Zheng Dongguo and all other captured generals lived well with us.Many of them have been released, and there are many others that we are going to release.You are all Chinese, why fight for the Americans?The Chinese people oppose Chiang Kai-shek's civil war, dictatorship and traitorous country. Why do you have to work for Chiang Kai-shek and a few reactionaries?The time is urgent, sacrifices are useless, you should lay down your arms immediately.The Nanking government was already on the verge of collapse.Generals and officers of the eleventh division of the Huangwei Corps, quickly turn your guns and fight with us to Nanjing! Shanbei Xinhua Broadcasting Station broadcast on the 27th: If you take Mengcheng, Guzhen, and Suxian as vertices and connect them with a straight line, you will find that a very standard equilateral triangle appears on the Huaibei Great Plain.In the center of this wild, triangular area, two bumps of soil popped out of nowhere, less than 1.5 kilometers apart and no more than 30 meters above sea level.Perhaps it is because they lack the majesty of the mountains and destroy the magnanimity of the plain, so people are too lazy to give them a proper name, so the pointed ones are called Jiangudui, and the flat-topped ones are called Pinggudui.Between the two "grain piles" there is a market town of a hundred households, which is called Shuangduiji by the way. On the 23rd, when Nanziji was under fire, the people there still ran to Shuangduiji.On the twenty-fifth and twenty-seventh days, Shuangduiji became the world of soldiers.Not to mention the people who went to the market, even the people who went to the market, those who could run and those who had time to run, all left their hometowns. Soldiers, there are soldiers everywhere, with "blue sky and white sun" on their heads, wearing khaki military uniforms, like soup pouring ant nests, fire burning beehives, densely packed, rushing everywhere.The wounded used their bloody bandages and moans of despair to exaggerate the horror of war; the healthy and uninjured used their criminal atrocities and dying depression to vent the animal nature of human beings. In the Jade Emperor Temple on Pinggudui, there is no incense burner offering fruits on the incense table, and a military map of 1/50,000 is replaced.Huang Wei was leaning over the map, measuring the distance to Guzhen in the east or Nianzhuang in the north.As a soldier, Huang Wei is qualified.Dedication to duty is his creed for many years in teaching. As a teacher, you must not mislead your children, and as a soldier, you must obey orders as your bounden duty.Even though he has reached the point of "being ordered to save people but being rescued by others, rushing to rescue but being surrounded by others", he still has not forgotten his mission - to rescue Huang Baitao. As a result, the Jade Emperor on the altar, who was condescending and looking down on the world, showed a trace of pity and a bit of ridicule on his face.Since he was ordered to advance eastward, Huang Wei's radio station has not been able to get in touch with Xuzhou's "suppressing generals". He has no idea that Huang Baitao's corps has been wiped out.However, the Nanjing High Command was worried that Huang Wei's decision to go north would be shaken when he learned that Huang Baitao was wiped out, so he imposed a news blockade and never told him the truth; so that Huang Baitao reported to the king of hell five days ago, but Huang Wei, who was infatuated, had nothing. As far as I know, I am still exhausting my mind in the predicament, trying to rescue him.This cannot but be said to be Huang Wei's tragedy. Huang Wei raised his head with his hands on the incense case, and met the Jade Emperor face to face.He is a person who does not believe in gods, so naturally he cannot understand the expressions of gods. The telegram to Nanjing requesting a breakout has been sent out for more than half a day, and there has been no reply so far.The encirclement circle of the People's Liberation Army is getting smaller and smaller, and the situation is getting more and more dangerous every moment.However, where to go, he can only walk on a map. north?east?breakout?Stick to it?Too late to decide. Seeing Huang Wei's sad face, the adjutant next to him claimed to be good at divining hexagrams in order to reassure the commander.Huang Wei didn't write it down, but just pointed to the map with his finger and sighed: "Shuangduiji!" When the adjutant heard this, he slapped his palm and said, "Good hexagrams! Good hexagrams! Just relying on these three words ordered by the commander, we will turn bad luck into good fortune, and disaster will bring good luck!" Huang Wei frowned and glanced at him, showing no interest.The adjutant moved the incense burner and wrote word by word on the incense ashes: "Commander, come and see. 'Soil' means eleven; 'wood' means eighteen. From this, 'heap' "Ji" means the eighteenth best. "Double" means good and good! The Twelfth Corps is called the "Civil Engineering Department", and the predecessor of the Civil Engineering Department is precisely the Eleventh Division and the Tenth Division. The Eighth Army. And the three words tested are exactly the same as 'civilian', which specifically refers to the eleventh division and the eighteenth army. They are both good and good. Isn't it auspicious?!" Huang Wei didn't speak.After a while, the corners of his mouth lifted, he let out an indescribable laugh, and walked out of the temple gate.Outside the temple gate is the commanding height of Shuangduiji - Pinggudui.Overlooking from the heights, you can have a panoramic view of Yancun and plains with a radius of tens of miles.In the distance, the People's Liberation Army has stopped frequent mobilization and built an airtight fortification position.Under the eyes are the Zhongyiji, Wang Zhuzhuang, Majialou, Zou Weizi, Li Weizi, Shenzhuang, Yangzhuang, Renzhuang, Zhouzhuang, Xiaozhangzhuang, Yanglaowuzhuang, which the Twelfth Corps paid a heavy price to stick to. , Yang Wenwenzhuang... There are more than 20 small villages in the area, crowded with 100,000 soldiers and horses, it can be said that the leaders meet each other and hear each other's words; "Shuangduiji! Good luck?" Huang Wei haggard and tired, let out a long sigh, as if he was a dying patient with hidden illness, he shook his head heavily.A plane was approaching the sky, and the sound of rumbling engines pulled Huang Wei out of his despair and pain. "Report to Commander, Chief Gu on the plane wants to talk to you." The confidential officer handed the microphone of the radio to Huang Wei. Huang Wei's eyes lit up, and he held the microphone tightly like a drowning man grabbing a straw: "Boss! Boss! I'm Huang Wei! I'm Huang Wei!" "Train me brother." Gu Zhutong's confident voice came from the intercom, "The president expressed his condolences to the Twelfth Corps, and he asked me to convey it. The president said, you traveled long distances and traveled thousands of miles to participate in the battle. Let's fight a few victories to strengthen our military prestige. With your spirit of fighting more and more, it is predicted that victory will belong to you!" What Huang Wei needs at this time is not "rice soup", what he wants is a concrete answer: "Boss, boss. We are now surrounded by the Communist army. Is the plan to break out approved? Please answer." There was no response for a long time, and Huang Wei urged him over and over again.He didn't know that Gu Zhutong also had Gu Zhutong's difficulties. Gu Zhutong thought it advisable to go eastward to Guzhen and join forces with Li Yannian's corps, and then go northward.But he, the chief of staff, has already acted as a "speaker". He can't be a member of the staff, and he can't be a counselor. He has to listen to the opinions of all parties. When Liu Zhi from Xuzhou heard about it, he naturally didn't want Huang Wei to retreat. He said: "I think Huang Wei can only cooperate with the corps in the direction of Xuzhou and Bengbu if he goes north. What is there to speak of?" Gu Zhutong wanted to get Du Yuming's consent, and said, "Brother Guangting, do you think it would be more beneficial for Huang Wei to go to Guzhen and the three corps to join forces and go north?" "No." Du Yuming was categorical, and he hadn't discussed it before Liu Zhi. "Once Huang Wei leaves, it will be convenient for the Communist Army in Su County to block the south or attack the north, and our battle plan will lose its meaning." "What if Huang Wei can't break through and form a pincer attack?" "That should not retreat. Even if it is difficult to move an inch, just sticking there will pose a threat to the enemies of Su County, which is a strong response to the various corps." Chiang Kai-shek did not lose his temper this time, but said: "Since you have already held ten columns of the enemy, don't back down. It is impossible to keep everything in a war, and you have to sacrifice one end to protect the other at critical moments." What does it mean to give up one end and protect the other?Gu Zhutong felt that there was something in Chiang Kai-shek's words, but he didn't dare to ask further, so he had to go out in person and fly to Shuangduiji to cheer for Huang Wei. Ten days ago, Gu Zhutong flew to Nianzhuang to cheer, and Huang Baitao's army was wiped out in an instant; this time when the flying pairs piled up, an ominous omen similar to a funeral suddenly seized his heart.Unexpectedly, when he arrived at the double accumulation, the situation was more serious than he expected.The plane hovered in the air, and looking down, I saw that the People's Liberation Army in the southeast and northwest had hooped double piles into iron barrels, and the layers of trenches were like huge spider webs, which was shocking.He wanted to tell Huang Wei what he saw, but the plane turned around a few times and finally said nothing. Huang Wei was still pressing questions over and over again, but Gu Zhutong had no choice but to answer vaguely: "Your top priority is to stand firm, hold on to the spot, and expand the area as much as possible. There will be an order from the committee soon, and you have received an order. Finally, follow the order." After speaking, Gu Zhutong flew away full of doubts and contradictions; leaving more doubts and greater contradictions to Huang Wei. When Yang Botao heard that Gu Zhutong was flying over Shuangduiji, he hurried over and asked, "Is the plan to break out approved?" Huang Wei shook his head. "No approval?" Huang Wei still shook his head. "Is it right or not?" Yang Botao didn't know what to do, and shook his head, "Time waits for no one, we can't hesitate any longer!" A wry smile appeared on Huang Wei's face, and he turned and walked into the Jade Emperor Temple. Yang Botao followed two steps, then stomped his feet suddenly, muttered something, turned his head and left. Wei Zhenfu chased after him, and said in a low voice, "President Gu told us to stand firm for now and wait for the commissioner's order." "Then what do you want him to do?!" Yang Botao was furious and roared. "He...he is here to convey the commendation of the commissioner." "It's all come to this point, what else is there to praise?! Please tell the commander, if you don't stop, there will be future troubles! No one can be relied on these days! Whoever destroys the Twelve Corps in the end is a sinner through the ages!" Yang Botao His voice was very loud, and he was talking to Huang Wei.Huang Wei heard everything.Although Yang Botao's words were harsh and hurtful, he didn't take his anger and resentment on him, he knew that Yang Botao had good intentions.Why didn't he want to take out the Corps in its entirety?He remembered Gu Zhutong's words of "expanding the occupied area as much as possible".In this case, why not send a force out first?Open the gap first, and when the order arrives, it will also benefit the actions of the entire corps. Just at this time, Liao Yunzhou, the commander of the 110th Division, came.Liao Yunzhou was ordered to lead his troops to leave the Eighty-fifth Army's defense line and temporarily return to the Corps.As soon as he entered the door, Huang Wei glanced at him, and said to him very calmly: "Just now, the Air Force's reconnaissance report said that at three o'clock in the afternoon today, the enemy's encirclement of our regiment has formed, and they are building fortifications. What do you want?" Liao Yunzhou, who had a fierce appearance, did not directly answer Huang Wei's question, but he did not lose the loyalty of the soldier: "If the commander makes any decision, just give the order, and our division will guarantee to complete the task!" Huang Wei said: "I wanted to take advantage of the enemy's unstable foothold and catch him off guard. Therefore, I decided to choose a division from the army—the four main divisions marched in unison, and made a quick assault!" Liao Yunzhou's eyes shone with hope: "Okay! The commander's decision is really wise. Our division asks to take the lead and is willing to be the pioneer! Since we can capture the enemy's fortifications and river positions, now we can break through the temporary construction of the communist army." The bunker is of course not a problem. If the commander has made up his mind, I will go back and prepare for action immediately." "Good classmate!" Huang Wei, who has always been unsmiling, was excited when he saw Liao Yunzhou being so generous, and used the word "classmate" instead of his job title.Huang Wei was in the first phase of the Whampoa Military Academy, and Liao Yunzhou was in the sixth phase of the Whampoa Military Academy. In this sense, they are also schoolmates.More importantly, Huang Wei, who was born as a teacher, has always regarded the relationship between teachers and students and the friendship between classmates as particularly precious, so he never used it to express his feelings casually.Like a senior and a teacher, he straightened Liao Yunzhou's military uniform pockets and said: "The good or bad luck of the Corps depends entirely on you!" At dusk, an unbearable silence suddenly appeared on the fiercely contested battlefield on the southern front. The Xiaowangzhuang, Mazhuang, Zhouzhuang, and Yangzhuang areas held by the six verticals were originally the necessary places for Huang Wei to escape to Bengbu and Guzhen, and they have been in fierce fighting.The sudden silence made it difficult for the people who were fighting here to be in a state of excitement. There was a sudden stop of a high-speed machine, with unknown reasons and elusive anxiety lurking in a crisis. The sparrows, stunned by the artillery fire, woke up, some with bloodshot mouths, as if they had forgotten the tragedy not long ago, and flew into the sky again, and landed on the top of the tree, chirping, chirping, making people upset. In the Yangzhuang command post, Wang Jinshan was guarding a few phones, meditating to himself.How he wished that one of these phones could ring loudly, break the silence, and report the real reason for the silence to him, so that he could make contingency deployments according to the changed situation. Wu Ying, the staff officer on duty, saw what Wang Jinshan was thinking, and was about to call the brigades to inquire about the current enemy situation when the phone rang, and it was from the 12th Brigade in Southern Shaanxi: "Report! There was an enemy officer who said he had top-secret information and wanted to see the supreme chief in person. The brigade chief asked us to ask the column leader for instructions on how to deal with it.” "Please wait a moment." Wu Ying reported the situation to Wang Jinshan. Wang Jinshan said decisively: "Let them send someone to bring him here." Wu Ying was passing on the order when another phone rang again.Wang Jinshan heard a familiar voice, and hurriedly reported: "Commissar Deng, I am Wang Jinshan." Deng Xiaoping's voice was very calm: "Jinshan, let me inform you of a situation. Li Yannian's corps in the direction of Guzhen has advanced 20 miles northward today. It seems that they are going to cooperate with Huang Wei's corps to break through. In this way, Huang Wei's breakthrough tomorrow will be very fast." It may be necessary to upgrade; once you break through, the focus must be on you. The situation in the six verticals is very serious! Moreover, all the reserve troops of the Yesi have been used in the direction of reinforcements, and I have no mobile troops to support you. You must completely rely on your own strength to withstand Huang Wei's desperate attack, and no matter what, you must not let your pockets be torn apart!" "Please rest assured, the chiefs, the six verticals will never take a step back, and we promise to complete the task!" Putting down the phone, Wang Jinshan immediately called He Guanghua, the chief of operations, to his side, and dictated the orders to the brigades; then he and his old partner Du Yide studied together, and made major adjustments to the configuration of the first-line and second-line troops and the reserve team of the column to ensure the safety of the defense line... Before finishing all this, the people of the 12th Brigade sent the prisoners. Wang Jinshan buried his head on the map, and waved to Wu Ying: "You go and hand him over to the enemy engineering department, and ask them to be in charge of the interrogation." Wu Ying answered "Yes", and as soon as she turned around, she suddenly cried out in surprise: "Oh! Old man, it turned out to be you!" Wang Jinshan, Du Yide and everyone in the command room were stunned. Wu Ying and the Kuomintang captive shook hands and patted shoulders again, almost embracing each other. Wang Jinshan tapped the drawing board with red and blue pencils, and a staff officer clattered up the curtain to cover the battle map, and then held the handle of the gun at his waist. Wu Ying noticed people's surprise and embarrassment in the atmosphere, and quickly introduced: "This is Comrade Yang Zhenhai!" Wang Jinshan felt that the person who came was indeed familiar, but couldn't remember where he had seen him, so he narrowed his eyes and recalled carefully.Wu Ying continued: "He is the adjutant of the 110th Division Commander Liao Yunzhou. When he was in Tanghe, Henan in June this year, he came to contact the 110th Division to prepare for the battlefield uprising." Wang Jinshan remembered, stepped forward and took Yang Zhenhai's hand: "At that time, you were still the commander of the reconnaissance company." "Yes, yes, the chief has a really good memory!" Yang Zhenhai was so excited that tears glistened in his eyes, "It's been half a year...it seems like half a lifetime. This time, I'm here again to contact you about the uprising. Please approve the matter no matter what. us!" The 110th Division was originally a unit of Yang Hucheng of the Northwest Army and participated in the Xi'an Incident.After Yang Hucheng was arrested, Chiang Kai-shek disbanded the Northwest Army.The 110th Division was incorporated into Wu Shaozhou's 85th Army and was excluded for a long time.For more than ten years, Liao Yunzhou and a group of Communist Party members have been dormant in the enemy's camp, accumulating strength and waiting for an opportunity.After Liu and Deng's army entered the Dabie Mountains, Deng Xiaoping instructed them many times through the underground liaison officer Li Juncheng to actively prepare, lurk for a long time, wait patiently, and play a more important role in giving the enemy a fatal blow at a critical moment.This time, the 110th Division followed the Huangwei Corps to the east of the Xubeng battlefield. Liao Yunzhou and his comrades were gearing up, eager to serve the party in this historic decisive battle and return to the embrace of the party. What Liao Yunzhou didn't expect was that Huang Wei offered him this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.Huang Wei couldn't have imagined that Liao Yunzhou, who was imposing, loyal and unrestrained, would be a member of the Communist Party of China with more than ten years of party experience.It was not until they met again at a gathering of classmates of the Whampoa Military Academy several years later that Huang Wei learned of this fact from Liao Yunzhou's words. Liao Yunzhou received the task from Huang Wei, returned to the division and immediately held a party organization meeting to deploy a battlefield uprising, smash the enemy's breakout plan, and decided to send Yang Zhenhai to the PLA frontline headquarters to contact. Yang Zhenhai briefly explained the situation, took out a map from his military purse and spread it on the table.The positions of the enemy and the enemy are clearly marked on the map, and the four thick arrows clearly point to the six vertical positions. Wang Jinshan looked at the map and thought of the phone call just made by Deng Xiaoping's political commissar, and his heart became clearer. "Four divisions—" Wang Jinshan stretched out four fingers, "Go together?" Yang Zhenhai nodded. Wang Jinshan squinted his eyes and thought for a while, then said to Wu Ying: "You take Comrade Yang Zhenhai to rest first, and we will inform you after we formulate a specific plan." Yang Zhenhai said eagerly: "Chief, the breakout operation is scheduled for dawn tomorrow, and I have to go back immediately." Wang Jinshan smiled: "Don't worry, there will be no delay." In fact, Wang Jinshan was more anxious than he was.After Yang Zhenhai was sent away, the brain of this rough but detailed "Crazy Wang" started to work quickly.It seems that Liao Yunzhou's uprising was sincere.但他们要在敌人全线突围时才行动，而且必须放开一个口子让他们通过，这样问题就严重了。南线的阻击部队只有四个旅，要抗住敌人四个主力师的突围，担子是相当重的。如果接受一一零师起义，好处是削弱了黄维兵团的突围力量，并能在心理上瓦解和动摇敌人。可万一这个行动被黄维发觉了，趁我们放一一零师过来的机会，倾全力突破我军防线，那时候想堵堵不住，想防防不成。一旦让黄维兵团突出去，就将给整个战局造成无法挽回的重大损失，就是对革命犯下永世难以弥补的严重错误…… 王近山、杜义德和作战处长贺光华反复推敲，反复琢磨，肯定了又推翻，推翻了又肯定。直到子夜时分，才下了最后决心：不惜一切代价，坚决粉碎敌人四个师的突围，既要保证一一零师战场起义顺利，又不让黄维兵团一兵一卒漏网。为了防止意外，起义时间要提前，天明之前起义部队必须通过完毕；同时把行军路线划在村庄之间，沿途用玉米秆标志出来；一一零师官兵一律左臂扎白毛巾或白布条，由武英同志前往带路；两军接触时，打三发枪榴弹为联络信号。另外派一个旅埋伏在路线两侧，形成铁壁，严阵以待，一旦情况出现变化，立刻将敌人消灭在野地里；如果一切顺利，则在起义部队通过后，立即封住口袋，顶住黄维兵团的突围…… 王近山觉得计划已经十分周密了，才点了下头，说：“好。赶紧把这个情况报告刘邓首长。” 电话接通了，邓小平听完报告，干练地说了声：“完全同意。” 杨振海带着王近山亲手画的行军路线图赶回一一零师师部，已是凌晨三时。按照规定，还有两个多小时就要出发了。 廖运周早已望眼欲穿，心急如火，唯恐在关键时刻出现任何疏漏。天黑前送走了杨振海，他考虑到突围时四个师齐头并进，一一零师位置居中，两侧都是国民党嫡系部队，对起义极为不利，于是二见黄维，巧妙地“调整”了一下黄维的部署。 见到黄维，廖运周一脸的忠诚和无畏，建议道：“四个师齐头并进，不如三个师好。把十八军的主力师留在兵团做预备队，可以随时策应第一线作战。让我师先行动，如果进展顺利，其他师可以迅速跟进，扩大战果。” 黄维见廖运周关键时刻敢于挑重担，又能替他着想，照顾兵团的机动力量，很是高兴，连连拍着廖运周的肩膀说：“好同学，好同学！你需要什么我就给你什么，坦克、榴弹炮随你挑。”说着，他又叫兵团副参谋长韦镇福通知空军，派飞机配合一一零师行动。 廖运周当时还唯恐杨振海在路上发生意外，特意垫了一句话：“我已派了几个便衣深入敌后进行侦察，如果发现有空隙的结合部，我们就利用夜间提前行动。” 黄维听了，更是高兴，一面夸廖运周安排周到，一面轻松地说：“好。有机会就前进，要当机立断。” 廖运周见黄维对自己没有一点怀疑，心里踏实了许多，回到师里又把起义的准备工作检查了一遍，等候杨振海的归来。 杨振海一跨进师部，廖运周立刻迎了上去。从杨振海的目光里，廖运周已感到了一切顺利。当杨振海汇报到起义时间必须提前两个小时，廖运周心里窃喜庆幸，自己刚才对黄维“垫”的那句话太重要了！有了那句话垫底，估计提前行动不会引起他的怀疑。 为了保险起见，廖运周决定三见黄维，再给他上点“眼药”。 一见面，黄维就问起一一零师突围的准备情况。廖运周说：“我正要向你报告，我们发现共军阵地结合部有空隙可钻，在拂晓前行动最为有利，请司令决策。” “我已经说了，你可以当机立断嘛。”黄维大概觉得自己的决策很英明，也选对了突围先锋，哈哈大笑起来，顺手拿出一瓶酒。满上一杯，递给廖运周，“老同学，这瓶白兰地藏之久矣，一直没舍得喝。现在我敬你一杯，预祝你取得胜利！”说着，又满了一杯，转身招呼韦镇福，“来，你们是同期同班同学，也要敬一杯！” 廖运周心里暗暗高兴，爽快地举起酒杯，一饮而尽；接着，又回敬了他们一杯酒，敬个军礼告辞了。黄维拉着廖运周的手，嘱着“珍重”，道着“平安”，送出大门又走了一段路。直到廖运周的背影消失在夜色中，他那信任的目光里仍充满了殷殷之情。 东方破晓，武英准时来到一一零师驻地，廖运周已经把队伍集合完毕。一声令下，五千多官兵左臂扎着白毛巾，排成四路纵队，踏上新生的通衢。也许是天意，大雾突然降临，如同乳白色的巨大纱幕笼罩了世间的一切，给这次走向光明的行动蒙上了浓重的神秘色彩。 六纵阵地前沿，静谧中蕴藏着一触即发的紧张。自东向西的战壕里，战士们手持顶了火的轻重武器警戒着，一个个似满弦的箭。 王近山焦灼地站在掩体中，手里的望远镜成了摆设。大雾弥漫，那东西不但望不远，反而像个眼罩徒加了一层遮挡。前方白茫茫一片寂静，什么也看不见，什么也听不见，只觉得自己的心脏在怦怦地跳动，周身的血液汩汩流淌。打了这么多年的仗，大江大河大骡子大马经历得多了，他从来没有这么紧张过。 按照预定时间，廖运周的部队应该发射信号弹了，可雾蒙蒙的空中迟迟没有动静。王近山盯着手表的秒针，嘀嘀嗒嗒，一圈一圈，他的鼻头上沁出一层汗珠。 前面隐隐传来大部队行进的隆隆声，听不出有多少人马，辨不清究竟是什么队伍，只觉得山摇地动排山倒海地压了过来。 “司令员，对方不发信号，我们怎么办？” “司令员，如果过来的不是廖运周师，我们就被动了！” “司令员！万一让黄维兵团闯过来，就麻烦了……” “镇静！”王近山吼了一声，其实他的腿肚子也转了筋，“先按特情方案，准备战斗！” 霎时间，剑拔弩张，哗啦哗啦的枪机保险声响成一片。 一个人影从对面的浓雾中钻出来，刚一露头就摆手大喊：“不要开枪！不要开枪！” “什么人？站住！”警戒哨兵持枪喝道。 “我是武英！” 王近山心里一沉：“出了什么情况？！” 武英三步两步跳进战壕：“报告司令员，一一零师过来了！” “为什么不发信号弹？” “发了。发了两次，都被大雾'吃'掉了。” “乱弹琴！险些闹了误会。”王近山转身命令部队，“闪开道路，让一一零师通过！” 说话间，扎着白毛巾的队伍走出迷雾，浩浩荡荡轰轰隆隆跑步通过六纵防区，沿着玉米秆摆置的路标向前开去…… 当王近山和廖运周握着手道“再见”的时候，六纵担负阻击任务的两个团又像两扇大铁门，嘎嘎嘎地合拢了。 大雾渐渐散去。廖运周策马追上队伍时，身后已经响起暴雨般的枪炮声。这时，报话机里传来黄维气急败坏的声音：“长江！长江！你们到了哪里？” 廖运周举起话筒，平静地答道：“武昌。武昌。我们已经到了赵庄，沿途畅行无阻。” 黄维大叫：“跟在你们后面的十八军那两个师遭到密集火力的袭击，伤亡很大！”他已经顾不上使用保密军语了。 廖运周笑了，丢下话筒，命令关闭所有电台。 没过一会儿，天空出现四架飞机，围着一一零师的头顶低飞盘旋，看来黄维真的产生怀疑了。廖运周立即指示：“各营连按照预先的联络信号，摆好布板，告诉它一切正常！” 呼啦啦一块块布板在野地里铺展开来。 飞机发现了信号，摇了摇翅膀，友好地飞走了。 一架小型运输机降落在南京大校场机场。机舱门打开了，杜聿明一只手捂着胀痛的腹部走下舷梯，他的胃溃疡又犯了。但是，在不知内情的人们眼中，他把手放在那个位置显得别有一番风度。这个在国民党政权大厦摇摇欲坠之际，却要用他那羸弱多病的瘦削之躯支撑起行将倾覆的半壁河山的人，只要出现在公众面前，永远是这样的仪表威严，气宇轩昂，一副硬汉子形象。然而他的心却越来越灰了。这是自徐蚌开战以来他第三次奉命到南京参加作战会议，每来一次形势颓钝恶化一次。先是黄百韬兵团被围，再是黄百韬兵团覆灭，现在黄维兵团又面临绝境。这样的作战会议简直陷入了怪圈，成了恶性循环——开一次，蒋介石改变一次决策；改变一次决策，损失一个兵团。照这样开下去，可怎么得了？ !当然，杜聿明还没有想到，这也是他最后一次参加这样的会议了。 闻讯赶来的记者们蜂拥而上，争抢着向这位从前线来的将军提出有关战况的最新消息和前景预测的问题，一个个话筒像乌黑林立的枪口杵到他的胸前。杜聿明顶着“枪口”边走边说：“关于战况，国防部每天都在发布，那都是最新的消息。至于前景预测，蒋总裁已经说得非常清楚了。谢谢诸位……”说着，他已经走到敞开的车门前，躬身坐进汽车，挥手向记者们告别了。 对付记者，对出身书香门第又于行伍磨砺多年的杜聿明来说，是再简单不过的事了。但对蒋介石，他却永远都有力不从心的感觉。尽管蒋介石对他格外器重，他提的建议时常被蒋介石赞许、采纳，然而采纳了之后的随意变化，又常常令他目瞪口呆，措手不及，追也追不上。出于军人的本能，他急于了解这次作战会议的议题和情况，便从机场直接驱车来到颐和路顾祝同的公馆。 “就等着你啦，光亭！”顾祝同一见杜聿明，立刻把他拉进小会客厅，又焦急又颓丧地说，“局势危险啦！我们得另行计议。否则，徐州不保，蚌埠、南京也难守了！” 杜聿明一听又要改变决策另行计议，气便不打一处来，大声责问：“原来决定再给徐州增加几个军，为什么一个军的影子也不见呢？弄到这个骑虎难下的局势，还有什么好计议的？！” 顾祝同一脸的难堪、难言，叹了一声：“唉！你不了解呀！到处牵制，调不动啊！”顾祝同把后面的话咽回去了。军队调不动能怪罪于他吗？蒋介石命令黄百韬碾庄待命，黄百韬碾庄被歼；命令邱清泉、李弥限时务必东援，邱、李受阻徐东前进不得；命令黄维长途赴援徐州，黄维中途被围；命令南北对进打通徐蚌，南北两军十几天寸步难进；命令宋希濂兵团船运南京赴徐蚌，白崇禧一个电话就把人和船一起扣在沙市、宜昌……总裁几乎没有一个命令生效，又让他这个参谋总长说什么好呢？ 杜聿明却不依不饶：“既然知道抽不出也调不动兵力决战，当初就不该决定打！现在把个黄维兵团也扔到了包围圈里，怎么挽救？要挽救黄维，目前唯一的办法不是改变决策，而是坚持既定的决策，集中一切可以集中的兵力，同敌人决战。否则，那才真是黄维完了，徐州不保，南京亦危矣！” 顾祝同连连摇头：“老头子也有难处啊！一切办法都想了，连一个军也调不动。光亭，事到如今，有句话说出来你可别激动。我这也是给你打个招呼，谈不上商量，反正老头子已经决定了。” 杜聿明盯着顾祝同，听他把绕圈子的话说完，阖上双目，深深吐了口气：“你说吧。” “你看，”顾祝同斟酌着字眼，“如果决定先放弃徐州，出来再打，你们能不能安全撤出？” 杜聿明猛地睁开眼，又把火气压下去了。细想想，既然无兵力可援，打下去还有多大意思呢？他沉吟良久，平静说道：“既然这样，从徐州撤出来问题倒不大。只是，若放弃徐州，出来再打，更加没有把握。我的意见是，如果打，就不要放弃徐州；如果放弃徐州，就暂且不打，而是让黄维牵制住敌人，我将徐州部队撤出，到达蒙城、涡阳、阜阳地区，以淮河为依托，再向敌人进攻，以解黄维之围。否则，没有依托地出来打，等于把徐州的三个兵团也一起送掉。” 顾祝同听了杜聿明的主张，觉得事已至此，也无其他路可走，点了点头，又叹了口气。他心里清楚，这样一来，黄维兵团怕是要断送掉了。但若能救出徐州的三个兵团，也算是丢卒保车了。他突然弄明白蒋介石让他飞赴双堆集时说的“舍一头保一头”是什么意思了。看来，老头子早就准备走这步棋了。 开会时间快要到了。何应钦急匆匆来邀顾祝同一起走，见到杜聿明，来不及寒暄就问：“光亭，怎么样了？就不能打了吗？” 杜聿明心烦归心烦，还是耐着性子把刚才说的重复了一遍。何应钦听了，也只有点头的份儿，连连说：“唉，只好这样了，也只能这样了。咱们快去开会，看老头子怎么说吧。” 三人走到院中，正准备各自上汽车时，杜聿明对顾祝同耳语道：“我刚刚说的方案，请总长不要在会议上讨论。” 何应钦不知道他们在说什么，疑惑地站下了。顾祝同朝何应钦眨眨眼，表示你老兄别什么事都要整个明白。这个问题只有他顾祝同心里清楚，杜光亭准定又在提防着郭汝瑰哩。 汽车开进黄埔路总统官邸时，会议室已经坐满了。三个人接踵而入，引来了各种各样的目光。他们刚刚坐下，蒋介石身披黑色大氅，脸色阴郁地走了进来，边走边向大家点头：“好，好。就开会。” 蒋介石的眼神是恍惚和散乱的，透着他的心不在焉或是心乱如麻。他从机场回来，刚刚送走了飞赴美国进行私人访问的夫人宋美龄。知情的人都清楚，为了争取到这种最低规格的访问，蒋介石忍受了莫大的屈辱。这个月初，杜威竞选失败，蒋介石的希望破灭了，不得不强打精神于九日给杜鲁门写信，请求杜鲁门发表一个支持国民政府的宣言，以“维持军队的士气和人民的信心，因而加强中国政府的地位，以从事于正在进行的北方与华中展开的大战”。但就连这个精神上的支持，也遭到了杜鲁门的拒绝。面对美国的冷眼和国内战局的日益恶化，踯躅难眠的蒋介石前两天在床前踱步时突然想出一个良策，激动得把手中的玻璃杯里的水都洒在了地上。他紧紧地盯着已经上了床的宋美龄：“夫人，你到美国走一趟，向他们当面陈情。”宋美龄当即给美国国务卿马歇尔打电话表示了这一愿望，得到的却是冷冰冰的答复：“夫人如果坚持要来，就请以私人身份进行访问。”蒋介石当时就把玻璃杯摔了个粉碎。然而为了争得美援，他最终还是咽下了这口气。当他目送宋美龄搭乘的美国海军运输机飞上天空时，他在心中默默祈祷，希冀夫人此行美国游说成功。但究竟能否再度刮起“中国旋风”，他没有把握，毕竟中国的局势与夫人的魅力全都今非昔比了…… 蒋介石落座，会议开始。 照例，先由第三厅厅长郭汝瑰报告作战计划。 “目前，共匪南北两面皆为坚固纵深工事，阻止我徐、蚌各兵团对进。在此情况下，如我继续攻击下去，势必旷日持久，徒增伤亡，不可能达到同黄维兵团三路会师之目的。为此，建议徐州主力经双沟、五河同李延年兵团会师后北进，以解黄维兵团之围……” 杜聿明眯起眼睛，盯着郭汝瑰如簧弹动的唇舌，不待他说完，便站起来大声质问：“请问，在这样河流纵横、湖泊遍布的水网地带，大兵团如何运动，你考虑过没有？” 杜聿明这一问，会场立时议论纷纷，混乱不堪。有人问：“从左翼经五河南下打不得，从右翼出来包围攻击如何？” 杜聿明摇摇头：“那也要看情况。” 又有人干脆问杜聿明：“你的意见如何？” 杜聿明只是盯着郭汝瑰，缄口不语。 顾祝同走到蒋介石身边，低声说：“光亭想单独和你谈谈。” 蒋介石的心思好像随着那架美国海军的飞机飞走了，木讷讷地坐着，始终没有说话。此时，他看了看杜聿明，站起身，向小会议室走去……出来时，蒋介石的神情振作了许多，他扫视着人群，喊道：“王叔铭！” “到！”空军司令王叔铭立正站起。 “今天午后要黄维突围的信送去没有？” “尚未送走。” “好。这个……没送就不要送了。”说完，蒋介石摆了摆手，宣布散会。满屋子的人十之八九感到莫名其妙，全都愣住了。 何应钦摇摇头站起来，向门外走去。其余的人有的叹气，有的以摔椅子表示不满，陆陆续续走了出去。国防部次长刘斐道出了他的愤怒：“搞什么搞？！神神鬼鬼的！能比国防部高明多少？一样地撤退，不过是出徐西，走永城罢了，我们也不是没想过！” 杜聿明和郭汝瑰在会议室的门口相遇，四目对视，谁也没有说话。 杜聿明以为这次行动能够像葫芦岛撤军那样，做到瞒天过海，天衣无缝。然而，他刚刚在徐州落地就傻了眼。机场上挤满了政府、党部、商会和金融界要员，大包小箱的行李物资堆得到处都是，等着往飞机上运。一打听，人家早接到了南京方面准备放弃徐州的消息。 杜聿明怒不可遏，大声吼道：“这种仗还怎么打？！连绝密军情都泄露了！”杜聿明更加想不到，他对郭汝瑰极力隐瞒的撤退方向，毛泽东却在他尚和蒋介石密商时就已经估计到了。 二十八日晚，毛泽东电示总前委：“须估计到徐州之敌有向两淮或向武汉逃跑之可能。” 粟裕也为此做了充分准备，将他的主力纵队全部摆在徐南津浦路两侧，随时提防杜聿明集团放弃徐州夺路而逃。 三十日夜，随着徐州车站轰的一声巨响，徐州城顿时一片混乱。杜聿明本来命令部队撤出徐州后将火车站的机车、仓库、物资统统炸毁，但负责执行爆破任务的工兵营怕最后走不脱，便擅自提前实施了爆破。于是，预定凌晨开始的撤军计划，被这冲天的火光和动地的爆炸打乱了。正在摸黑吃晚饭的各部队以为行动提前了，纷纷紧急集合，懵懂懂、惶恐恐，乱窜乱跑，夺路出城。一时间，哨声、号声、人喊、马嘶，闹得鸡飞狗跳，全没了撤军的秩序。杜聿明见指挥完全失控，只好随着乱军拥出徐州城…… “杜聿明跑了！”“杜聿明撤出徐州，向永城方向去了！”…… 军情如火，淮北小李家的总前委空前忙碌起来。人来人往，电报频