Chapter 25 Chapter 25 Annihilating Huang Wei

December 1948 Shuangduiji Little Li Family Huaibei Nanjing Caiwa Good news came from Huaye. After several consecutive days and nights of persistent attacks, Huaye's eleven columns surrounded the Du Yuming Group in the Chenguanzhuang area in the northeast of Yongcheng on December 4th. Liu Bocheng, Chen Yi, and Deng Xiaoping were greatly excited when they heard this, and immediately reported to the Military Commission, preparing to launch a general attack on the Huangwei Corps.On December 5th, the General Front Committee issued a general attack order on the Huangwei Corps: The order was strict, and the way it was issued was also different from the past. Liu Bocheng, Chen Yi, and Deng Xiaoping directly communicated to the various troops on the front line by telephone.

Many old comrades in Nakano still remember this "order to stick to the bottom".The author once interviewed Chen Feiqin, Nakano’s Propaganda Director, at the Navy Cadre Rest Center in Beijing.Mr. Chen is already eighty years old, suffering from cerebral hemorrhage and paralyzed in bed, leaving behind a serious language barrier.But when we asked about the history of the General Attack Shuangduiji, the old man’s energy suddenly revived, and he flipped through the documents and took the map. In addition to answering our questions with a pen, he also spoke in an unusually coherent manner, "That... that is... ...a symphony!"

As Mr. Chen said, the general attack order is like a mountain falling.Give an order, move the baton, and the east, west, and south groups formed by the various columns participating in the general offensive battle are like the first, second, and third parts of a powerful symphony orchestra; Cannons, mortars, machine guns, rifles, grenades... All kinds of "instruments" are played majesticly and harmoniously with the same score. The East Group is composed of the fourth, ninth, and eleventh columns of Nakano, the artillery main force of the Huaye Special Forces Column, and the independent brigade of Henan, Anhui and Jiangsu; it is under the unified command of the commander of the fourth column, Chen Geng, and political commissar Xie Fuzhi; In the Shenzhuang, Liweizi, Zhangweizi, Yangweizi and Yangzhuang areas to the east, the remnants of the 14th Army and the 75th and 114th Divisions of the Tenth Army.

According to the deployment of the General Front Committee, the focus of the general offensive is first placed on the Eastern Group, which will disintegrate the enemy's defense system and completely expose the core positions of its corps.After the East Group succeeds, focus on the South Group, carry out an assault from south to north, and finally annihilate the enemy. When Chen Geng was designated as the commander-in-chief of the East Group, unified command of the three columns and an independent brigade, and served as the forward of the general attack, his pressure and anxiety increased.

A few days ago, his troops tried to launch several attacks on Shen Zhuang and Li Weizi, but they suffered heavy casualties and suffered repeated setbacks.For this reason, he lost his temper, ran to the front with a staggering limp on his disabled leg, and asked Zhou Xihan, commander of the Tenth Brigade, "Why are you frustrated?" Zhou Xihan's eyebrows were furrowed: "The firepower preparations were well organized, but the terrain is open, and our charging position is too far away from the enemy's position, and we were killed by firepower before we got close." "Get close and charge. Get close! Quickly organize the troops—not charge, but dig traffic trenches and get close to the enemy!" After that, Chen Geng limped towards the charge position.

Stepping on the moonlight, he patrolled one bunker and one trench after another, stopping from time to time to measure the depth of the trenches.He asked a company commander: "How far is this from the enemy?" "Three or four hundred meters." The company commander replied. "No, it's too far! You dig it again for me." "Commander," said the company commander with a sad face, "it's not that I don't want to dig. The ground is so frozen that it's hard to dig. Besides, we've never dug before..." "That's not a reason! You haven't dug, and you can't dig, and you just watched soldiers die in batches?! Sweat more before the battle, and bleed less during the war. Don't you understand this simple truth?!" Chen Gengfa Out of temper, he reached for the company commander's shovel: "Come here, I'll show you."

The company commander panicked and hugged the shovel: "Commander, tell me, where did you dig?" "Forty meters away from the enemy's position." "Don't worry." The company commander saluted, "I promise to dig under the enemy's nose!" Chen Geng's mood did not relax because of this.In addition to the fact that the approach work has not been completed, the ammunition and firepower preparations are not sufficient.The General Front Committee originally planned to launch a general offensive a few days earlier, but Chen Geng risked the responsibility of resisting the order and not complying with it, and asked for a delay.Unexpectedly, Liu Bocheng agreed with his opinion, and called and said: "Comrade Chen Geng, your opinion is correct. From now on, the West Group and the South Group will also carry out close operations. The General Front Committee plans to postpone the launch of the whole line until the sixth day. There are still five days to prepare for the general attack, do you think it is enough?"

Chen Geng was very moved: "That's enough, three days is enough! Commander, I would like to mention one more point. At that time, I will attack several villages at a time, and I will not have enough firepower. If I attack Li Weizi on the first day, I will attack one village every day in the future. I promise to win every battle!" "Okay. Beating Huang Wei is like pushing a big roller. At the beginning, you always have to show your strength. As for how to push it, it's completely up to your opinion." At that time, Chen Geng put down the phone and felt that there was a layer of fog on the glasses.He wiped and wiped, put it on again, and there was still fog until he remembered to wipe his eyes...

Now, the general attack really begins.The newly dug trenches criss-cross, like tense bows, pressing the soldiers on the strings.Chen Geng couldn't hold back in the command post anymore, and once again came to the forward position of Li Weizi's Tenth Brigade. A cold shot exploded behind him, and the reconnaissance staff who went with him fell in a pool of blood.Zhou Xihan, the brigade commander of the Tenth Brigade, broke out in a cold sweat, ran a few steps to stop him, and advised him not to go any further.He stared: "Leave me alone, you go to command the battle!" Chen Geng walked along the trenches as usual, inspecting the soldiers' weapons, talking to the soldiers, and encouraging them to charge bravely.

A machine gun shooter who had just been liberated into the army listened to Chen Geng's speech, and emptied five machine gun bullets in one gulp, saying: "Such a big chief has gone to the front line - I have worked on the Kuomintang side for seven or eight years, and I have never seen it before. Now, I feel like I'm going to fly, so I want to charge!" At 16:30 on the 6th, the general offensive was launched amidst the artillery fire that shook the world.The artillery bombardment for half an hour blew up the enemy's stronghold fortifications into a sea of ​​flames. Chen Geng followed the attacking troops forward and forward, and the telephone operator followed behind him to pull the line.He waved his hand and said, "No need. Zhou Xihan is in command of the frontline attack. I'm watching the battle now. I haven't asked for instructions and reports to my superiors, and I have nothing to say to my subordinates."

In fact, Chen Geng, who was watching the game, was more nervous than anyone else.In his own words: "I, Chen Geng, never knew what it means to be nervous, but after being frustrated by beating Li Weizi twice, before launching the charge for the third time, I felt as if a prisoner was going to the execution ground, and I was so nervous..." It wasn't until Zhou Xihan reported that he had successfully captured Li Weizi and ended the battle, with almost no casualties in the troops, that he leaned softly on the trench, as if falling apart. In the first battle of the Nine Columns General Offensive, Zhang Weizi was defeated.Commander Qin Jiwei is a master of skillful battles. As early as a few days ago when he fought Xiaozhangzhuang twice, he summed up a set of tactics for fighting on the plains.It can be said that he invented traffic trenches for close-in operations. The first time they fought Xiaozhangzhuang, the troops had the idea of ​​underestimating the enemy, thinking that the enemy had only one regiment stationed, which was a piece of cake.Unexpectedly, such a large table was placed on this dish, and three layers of strong fortifications were built: the outer layer is a deer village, barbed wire and a forward bunker, with a depth of 150 meters; Within meters, bunkers are densely covered, and trenches are staggered; the inner layer is composed of houses and bunkers of different sizes to form an airtight group fortification.The attacking force suffered heavy casualties after tearing through the outer fortifications during the charge.The cadre in charge of the front-line command blushed, waved his pistol and shouted: "Can people not die in a war? The life belongs to the public, and it's fine if it's over!" "Nonsense!" Qin Jiwei's call went to the front line, "Is the life of a soldier so worthless?! The General Front Committee proposed that Huang Wei must be "fighted for life", which is strategic and must not be regarded as a tactical idea. Withdraw the troops, use your brains before smashing that hard walnut!" Two days later, the same commander called again to report that after the three soldiers of the regiment's machine gun company broke through Luzhai that day, they were suppressed by enemy fire and could neither attack nor retreat.In order to hide themselves, they were forced to carry out earthworks. They first dug the lying bunkers into kneeling bunkers, then dug the bunkers, and then connected the bunkers into trenches. They persisted for a day and two nights under the enemy's fire net. The trenches dug with spades and spades returned to the troops. "Okay!" Qin Jiwei's brain was driven by this information to speed up the operation, and he immediately explained, "The key to winning the attack against the enemy who built a fortification in the field on the plain is to shorten the time of movement under the enemy's fire. And the three fighters Experience has just shown that carrying out large-scale approaching operations and using traffic trenches to approach the enemy is an excellent way to improve our survivability and ultimately defeat the enemy. From now on, the entire column will stop attacking and go all out to dig trenches. Let the trenches Get as close to the enemy as possible, and then seize the ditch by the ditch, take the fort by the fort, peel the enemy's skin and then dig out his heart!" "Understood! Beating Huang Wei is like killing a pig. You have to tie him with a rope first, and then insert the knife straight down the throat." "That's right. The trenches are the ropes we use to tie pigs. If you dig a lot and tie them tightly, it will be easier to kill them!" That night, an emergency operation of unprecedented scale quietly unfolded.The company commanders packed lime with rice bags and crawled towards the enemy's position, and the soldiers followed along the looming white line.Until tens of meters away from the enemy's position, the company commander issued a signal, and the soldiers lined up in a long line and swung their shovels.Before dawn, the enemy's trenches, which are as wide as a stretcher and as deep as the top of your head, have begun to take shape.Under the leadership of Qin Jiwei, the column organization voluntarily donated a month's allowance and the end of food, bought scallion pancakes and hot pepper soup, and sent them to the front line.The soldiers drank the hot pepper soup with the fragrant oil cakes. I don't know if it was the effect of pepper, chili, or some other reason, each of them had snot and tears. Xiao Zhangzhuang was successfully taken down, wiped out more than 1,200 defending enemies, captured five mortars, one anti-aircraft gun, and more than 30 light and heavy machine guns. The General Front Committee quickly affirmed the pioneering spirit of the Nine Columns and extended the experience to each column.Even Chen Geng went to the front in person, urging the troops to dig the trenches under the noses of the enemy. On December 6th, while the four verticals were attacking Li Weizi, Qin Jiwei followed suit and launched a general attack on Zhang Weizi.Garrisoning Zhangweizi is one of the nine main forces of the Huangwei Corps, the 223rd Regiment of the 75th Division of the Tenth Army.Hu Lian named this regiment the "Youth Regiment", claiming that one regiment was worth five battalions' defense. Qin Jiwei rushed to the front and said to Xiang Shouzhi, the brigade commander in charge of the front enemy's command: "Push the traffic trench forward, let the flat-fire guns approach and shoot, and ensure that a single shot can solve a bunker." The cannon spoke, and the flames burst into the sky for a while, and the enemy's fortresses boarded the planes and rose into the sky with smoke. The infantry followed the cannons into battle, and started a fierce battle from ditch to fort.The third company of the 76th regiment of the famous Red Army company displayed a high degree of tenacity, fighting and forming.In the end, there were only 17 wounded comrades, including Hao Jun, the ninth squad leader, and Ma Shaokong, the correspondent. They also formed two assault squads and took down Zhang Weizi's last big bunker. This was a tough battle, and there were not many prisoners, but the enemy's corpses were everywhere, which shows the cruelty of the battle.Among the few captives, there was a company commander of the enemy anti-aircraft artillery company. He said: "We are the strongest youth regiment among the nine main forces, but you are more tenacious than us. If you can defeat us, the other regiments will not be able to defeat us." No problem." The West Group is composed of the first and third columns of Zhongye, the 13th column of Huaye and the first artillery unit. The commander of the three columns, Chen Xilian, is in charge of annihilating Maweizi, Xiaomazhuang, Sanguanmiao, Yuhuangmiao, The tasks of the 18th Division of the enemy's Tenth Army and one part of the Eighty-fifth Army in the Xuzhuang area. The battle of the three verticals attacking Maweizi was very fierce, but the progress was not smooth.After a full five days of fierce fighting from the 6th to the 10th, they still failed. Only the Ninth Brigade captured Dongmaweizi and wiped out a company of the enemy. Chen Xilian reported the situation to Deng Xiaoping by phone.When he talked about the casualties of nearly 4,000 troops, some companies had only three or five people left; the columns, brigades, and regiments all filled the companies with personnel from the agencies and directly subordinate units, and reorganized the front line many times, determined not to wipe out Huang Wei. When vowing not to give up, Deng Xiaoping said: "Comrade Xilian, I agree with your determination. No matter how heavy the casualties are, as long as we can eliminate the two enemies Huang Wei and Du Yuming in Jiangbei, it will be worthwhile." Chen Xilian immediately said: "Please rest assured, the chief, we must be well-organized, carefully commanded, and resolutely complete the task, even if we go bankrupt, we will do it to the end!" At dusk on the 11th, troops were gathering in countless trenches, and the flow of people was like going to a market.The mountain artillery was only 150 meters away from the enemy, and Zhao Lantian, the commander of the Seventh Brigade, was still shouting: "Move forward! Move forward! A mountain artillery is aimed at a bunker!" The enemies in Maweizi probably sensed the anomaly, and mobilized all the cannons, small cannons, machine guns, and flares, and the shells and bullets hit the front, back, left, and right sides of the three vertical trenches like hail.The air-exploded artillery shells and flares released clusters of silvery white and bright flames, which dazzled people's eyes.The soil on the parapet of the trench was so shaken that it flowed down, and it was as soft as stepping on the beach.However, all of this, to the people who were about to "go bankrupt", it seemed that they did not exist at all. The flow of people was still moving like going to a market, and the preparations for various attacks were still going on intensely and orderly. At eighteen o'clock sharp, the attack began.The power of hundreds of cannons immediately overwhelmed everything.The enemy's firepower, which was so crazy just now, became silent in a blink of an eye.The assault troops took advantage of the situation and quickly broke through the front, wedged behind the enemy's side.Then, the three brigades of the three verticals cooperated closely and launched a pincer offensive.The Eighth Brigade assaulted from the southwest corner of Ximaweizi to the enemy's left rear, the Seventh Brigade assaulted from the southeast corner to the enemy's right rear, and the Ninth Brigade assaulted from the northeast corner, like three steel arrows, piercing through the enemy's defensive position. Depth, reunited in Maweizi, wiped out all the 52nd Regiment of the 18th Division and the two battalions of the 9th Regiment in one fell swoop, and captured more than 800 people including Tang Tiebing and Zeng Pinchao, the principal and deputy commanders of the 52nd Regiment. In order to complete the task of capturing Pony Village, the first column of the West Group also fought extremely hard and fiercely. Xiaomazhuang, three kilometers north of Shuangduiji, is an important barrier stronghold for the Huangwei Corps.The enemy uses village enclosures and houses as the base point to form a solid defensive position with several fortress groups; at the same time, it is equipped with a deep position composed of trenches, deer villages, mines and barbed wire; and forms an angle with Gezhuang and Dawangzhuang positions. Gu, jointly guarding the core position of the double stack. Yizong also had a bad start.At 4:00 p.m. on the 6th, the 20th Brigade, with the 52nd Regiment as the main attacking force, crossed open ground and approached Xiaomazhuang; At 8:00 p.m. on the 7th, the 20th Brigade, with the 1st Battalion of the 59th Regiment as a commando, launched a second attack on Xiaomazhuang.After the powerful artillery cover, the first battalion quickly opened the passage and captured the front position of Xiaomazhuang.The second battalion and the third battalion followed closely behind, attacking from multiple directions.After three hours of fierce fighting, one battalion of Xiaomazhuang was wiped out.After occupying the enemy's position, the 59th Regiment, which occupied Xiaomazhuang, was in an isolated and prominent position because the 3rd Column and the 1st Column 58th Regiment failed to capture the Maweizi and the independent houses. position, had to reluctantly withdraw from the battle. On the night of the 8th, the 58th Regiment was ordered to strike Pony Village three times.They dug the fortifications under the wall of the East Village of Xiaomazhuang, and took advantage of the opportunity of the enemy's reoccupation of Xiaomazhuang, and took the third battalion and eighth company as a commando, led by the deputy head Yu Xiuqing, to attack Xiaomazhuang in one fell swoop. ; but because the second echelon did not keep up in time, the enemy was able to seal the breakthrough.The Eighth Company was besieged in the village by several times the enemy, fighting bloody nights.By the dawn of the next day, only thirteen people had withdrawn, and the rest all died heroically. Yang Yong, who doesn't shed tears easily, had wet eyes.In order to carry out the fourth attack on Xiaomazhuang, he decided to prepare for three days and nights from the 9th, and at the same time transferred the first brigade to launch a general attack with the 20th brigade. At 11:30 on the night of the 12th, all the muzzles of the entire column were aimed at Xiaomazhuang.The Seventh Regiment alone used 30 heavy-duty launching tubes to project more than 4,000 catties of explosives within ten minutes.Thunder and lightning interspersed, shaking the earth and burning the sky red with blood.In an instant, almost all the fortifications, bunkers, and obstacles in the enemy's position in Xiaomazhuang collapsed and destroyed; most of the enemies in the fortifications were killed and injured, and they were stunned and deafened. At zero o'clock, Han Guojin, head of the 58th regiment, and Zhao Yang, political commissar, were ordered to launch an assault with one battalion and three companies.Under the leadership of the squad leader and combat hero Li Dedao, the sixth squad of the second row of sharp knives opened the wall from the northwest corner of Xiaomazhuang and broke into the village, opening up a passage for the follow-up troops. A platoon of the enemy rushed over, trying to seal the breach.The sixth squad fired at once with short bursts of fire, and when the bullets ran out, they fought with grenades; when the grenades ran out, they fought hand-to-hand with bayonets.Li Dedao jumped into the enemy group first with a bayonet in his hand, stabbed three enemies to death in a row, and was seriously injured himself.Finally, he snatched a grenade from the enemy, and died together with the surrounding enemies. "Revenge for the squad leader!" Most of the sixth squad were killed, and the only remaining soldier named Guo Jinchang uttered the cry of a beast.At this time, Guo Jinchang had four or five injuries on his body, and he could no longer stand up on his legs.Dozens of enemies are approaching him step by step.He struggled to climb to the side of the enemy he had just stabbed to death, grabbed three grenades from the waist of the dead body, and threw them at the enemy group; then grabbed a submachine gun from the hand of the dead body, and chased the fleeing enemy with firepower... see follow-up The troops rushed up, a smile flickered across Guo Jinchang's mouth, his head drooped, and he passed out... At 1:30 in the morning, all the enemies of Xiaomazhuang were wiped out, and the west gate of Shuangduiji, which was firmly guarded by the Huangwei Corps, was opened. The South Group consisted of the Nakano Sixth Column, the Huaye Seventh Column, and the Twelfth Brigade of the Southern Shaanxi Military Region. Under the unified command of the Sixth Column Commander Wang Jinshan and Political Commissar Du Yide, they were responsible for annihilating the enemies south of Shuangduiji. Wang Jinshan and Du Yide of the South Group, one is bold and the other is meticulous, they complement each other and cooperate with each other tacitly.As early as a few days ago, they organized the troops to complete a series of preparations such as approaching operations, logistical support, ammunition supply, and rescue of the wounded. At 17:00 on the 6th, at the time stipulated by the General Front Committee, the South Group launched an attack on the enemy's outlying strongholds Li Tulou and Xiaozhouzhuang.It took less than three days for the Huaye Seventh Column and Nineteenth Division to reach the southern line for defense. The time for pre-war preparations was very short, and it was not even possible to build the traffic trenches and offensive positions for the forward movement.But in order to cooperate with the six verticals to attack Li Tulou, regardless of various difficulties, they launched an attack on Xiaozhouzhuang on time, wiped out the defending enemy cleanly, and captured more than 600 people below the deputy head of the enemy, which opened a good example for the general offensive on the southern front. head. The morale of the army on the southern line was greatly boosted, and the 52nd Regiment of the 18th Brigade of the 6th Column and the 34th Regiment of the 12th Brigade of Southern Shaanxi immediately launched an attack on Li Tulou.Li Tulou is a small village with less than 30 households. It is ordinary, just like the gray-brown adobe houses with thatched roofs that cannot be distinguished from Zhang Zhai and Li Yuan. There is nothing unusual about it.However, it is very important to the double-stacked Huangwei headquarters.It forms an iron gate with Dawangzhuang and Xiaowangzhuang less than five miles to the west. If the Huangwei Corps breaks through, this can be used as a starting point;The task of Liu Zong is to knock on this iron door and smash this shield. After the artillery fire was launched, the 18th Brigade and the 12th Brigade were like powerful arrows, shooting at the enemy's positions from the northeast and southwest. In the 18th Brigade in the northeast, the blasting team first used dense light and heavy firearms to cover the blasting team.I saw the soldiers in the blasting group walking like flying, jumping up to the enemy's position, the first group came down, and the second group followed.With two loud bangs, the enemy's remaining two frontier bunkers flew into the sky together with the defending enemy.Immediately afterwards, the commando leaped over an open field of more than 60 meters, crossed the front of the enemy, and swept over with cluster grenades and platoon guns.With the rapid development of the commando in depth, the artillery fire is also continuously extended.The enemy lost their support for resistance, and retreated westward like fallen leaves swept by the autumn wind.The commando has been pointing to the westernmost end of the village, approaching the enemy's last bunker.The enemy fought desperately, refused to surrender, and was all blown to death inside... The Twelfth Brigade, attacking from the southwest, ignored the enemy's strict fire blockade, crawled forward in the enemy's flanking fire nets, broke through the enemy's communication ditch and deer village from south to north, and split the enemy into east and west; Surround the enemy's bunkers one by one, and destroy six bunkers in a row with grenades and explosives.The rest of the enemies in the bunker were frightened, and one by one raised their hands and surrendered.The enemy's battalion headquarters was located in a big bunker at the west end of the village. Seeing that the situation was over, the battalion commander obediently raised the white flag. So far, Li Tulou's defenders have been wiped out at 17:50. So far, the internal defense lines of the double stacks have all been exposed in front of our army. Amidst the sound of rumbling motors, a small transport plane flew over Shuangduiji. The wing tilted and slid sideways, and just as it deflected, a beam of sunlight hit Hu Lian's blue-gray face like a surprise attack, making his scar on his cheek that was pierced by bullets during the Northern Expedition and left forever on his cheek glow red.He shivered unexpectedly, turned his head, and looked down the porthole... This is the second time he has overlooked the double stack surrounded by the People's Liberation Army from a high altitude.Ten days ago, I was restless trying to save the Huangwei Corps.Chiang Kai-shek, like an ant in a hot pot, suddenly remembered that Hu Lian was still in Shanghai for medical treatment, so he immediately sent Yu Jishi to Shanghai and called Hu Lian to Nanjing to see him. When Yu Jishi rushed to the hospital, Hu Lian had already packed his bags.In fact, even if Chiang Kai-shek didn't summon him, Hu Lian couldn't live anymore.He didn't become the commander of the Corps, although he felt angry and anxious, and he didn't pretend to have a toothache: but the news that the Shuangduiji Huangwei Corps was besieged repeatedly in the newspapers made him feel pain like piercing his heart.He couldn't let go of his Eighteenth Army, which was his lifeblood.After graduating from Whampoa Military Academy, he served as company commander, battalion commander, regiment commander, brigade commander, division commander, and then army commander in the 18th Army.It can be said that the Eighteenth Army gave birth to Hu Lian, and it can also be said that Hu Lian created the Eighteenth Army. Anyway, Hu Lian and the Eighteenth Army have a blood-like parent-child relationship. Hu Lian arrived in Nanjing overnight and went straight to Chiang Kai-shek's official residence.When Chiang Kai-shek saw Hu Lian, he immediately asked, "Well, you know everything about the battle at the front, right?" "Understood, principal." "Rescue Huang Wei, what can you do?" "I think," Hu Lian had been thinking about this matter for a long time, and at this moment he said, "The battle of Xu Bang is unprecedented in scale. If we win the battle, we can at least rely on the natural dangers of the Huaihe River and the Yangtze River to defend Nanjing, stabilize the situation, and then plan a counterattack. If we do well, we can also annihilate the main forces of the Communist Army, Liu Bocheng and Chen Yi, in the Xubeng area, and then take advantage of the situation to open up the Jinpu Road , connect with North China, and drive Mao Zedong back to the Loess Plateau!" Chiang Kai-shek nodded repeatedly.Hu Lian continued: "Therefore, the students think that we would rather make the other battlefields tighter, and concentrate on winning the battle of Xu Bang. Moreover, the most urgent task is to send troops to rescue the 12th Corps, otherwise it will take a long time and it may be difficult to support." "Well, well." Chiang Kai-shek still only nodded without speaking. Hu Lian stood up: "When the party and the country are in danger, the students are willing to fly to Shuangduiji to assist Commander Huang to save the crisis and persist until the reinforcements arrive!" "Okay. Okay." Chiang Kai-shek looked at Hu Lian with appreciative eyes, "You fly to Shuangduiji, and I will immediately mobilize troops and rush to help!" "Yes!" Hu Lian solemnly paid a military salute, and walked out awe-inspiringly. The next day, December 2, Hu Lian boarded a plane going north and flew to Shuangduiji. At that time, the People's Liberation Army had not yet launched a general offensive.Hu Lian on the plane looked at the cobweb-like trenches layer by layer in the encirclement. Although he felt impressive, he was not alarmed at all.A spider's web can hold a worm, but a web cannot hold a giant beast.He is full of confidence in the 12th Corps, especially the 18th Army.However, Hu Lian's self-confidence could not last for a few days, like an iceberg, it was melted by the artillery fire from the front. On December 6, the People's Liberation Army launched a general offensive across the board.The double-stack situation is even more critical.The outlying positions serving as a defensive system were lost one by one, and the Corps could only control a small area less than three miles from east to west and less than five miles from north to south—on a one-fifty-thousandth map, it was at best the size of a baby's palm.The people in Shuangduiji have a vivid metaphor: Huang Wei came to Shuangduiji, first became the head of the district, then the head of the township, and finally became the head of the village.The casualties were even more severe. Of Wu Shaozhou's 85th Army, only Huang Zihua's 23rd Division remained; most of Xiong Shouchun's 14th Army was wiped out, leaving only a few thousand; It is also dilapidated; only Yang Botao's Eighteenth Army can barely maintain the military system.Facing the PLA's increasingly fierce offensive, the Corps' mobile forces are getting less and less, and it is even difficult to deploy a platoon. As long as a gap is opened, it will no longer be difficult to fill. At this time, the army commander and division commander directly commanded the battle in the village where they were stationed.Because once the position is disintegrated, there is no way to escape if you want to escape. Either you will be killed or you will bow your head and capture you.However, the reinforcements promised by Chiang Kai-shek have not been seen for a long time.Seeing this, Huang Wei sighed to Hu Lian: "The communist army's plan is sinister, and they used the tactic of catching fish in water. Now the flood is almost dry, and there is still no news of reinforcements. We can't sit still and wait for death!" Hu Lian's scarred cheeks lost the arrogance of the past, and he bit his dentures that didn't fit properly, and said, "I will go to Nanjing again and urge the principal to send rescue troops early. If there is hope for reinforcements, we will join forces with them Discuss and cooperate with the combat plan to defeat the communist army together!" "What if the reinforcements are hopeless?" Huang Wei continued worriedly, "My opinion is that in order to preserve the current strength of the Twelfth Corps, please also suggest to the principal that the Corps be allowed to break through." After the two agreed, Hu Lian flew back to Nanjing. How did Huang Wei and Hu Lian know that in the past few days, Chiang Kai-shek has been devastated to dispatch reinforcements to rescue them.On the day Hu Lian was sent away, Chiang Kai-shek passed Bai Chongxi, who had repeatedly resisted orders, and urgently sent Song Xilian, commander of the Fourteenth Corps in Jingmen, Hubei, and Wang Lingyun in Xiangyang, asking them to come to Nanjing immediately. Chiang Kai-shek thought that if Bai Chongxi was thrown off this time, there would be no problem in deploying troops.Unexpectedly, Bai Chongxi's interference became even more serious.The Ministry of National Defense and the Military Command Office spent a lot of effort and only transferred two armies of the 14th Corps; after the transfer, Bai Chongxi sent the headquarters guard group to guard the troop carrier and not allow it to be shipped.Gu Zhutong tried to mediate over the phone, but to no avail.Chiang Kai-shek was so anxious that he talked to Bai Chongxi himself.Bai Chongxi was determined, no matter what Chiang Kai-shek said, he just refused to agree.Chiang Kai-shek became angry and scolded Bai Chongxi for disobeying orders.Bai Chongxi did not show any weakness, but retorted: "I obey reasonable orders, but I cannot obey unreasonable orders." "Mother Xipi!" Chiang Kai-shek was so angry that he slammed the telephone on the table.From then on, Jiang and Bai broke up, and the plan to deploy troops to rescue Huang Wei fell through. When Hu Lian flew to Nanjing, it was the moment when Chiang Kai-shek was depressed and anxious and pessimistic. In the evening, Chiang Kai-shek invited Hu Lian and Song Xilian to the official residence for dinner.Hu Lian was surprised to find that in just a few days, the principal had aged and haggarded a lot, and his sideburns and beard were almost completely white. Accompanying the meal were Chief of Staff Gu Zhutong, Deputy Chief of Staff Lin Wei, Deputy Commander of the Air Force Wang Shuming, and Chiang Ching-kuo. Chiang Kai-shek raised his chopsticks, signaled everyone to eat, and then stopped talking.Everyone looked solemn, except for chopsticks occasionally clinking dishes, not even the sound of chewing and swallowing was heard.This feeling of being tortured instead of eating made Hu Lian think of the "Last Supper". Finally, when Chiang Kai-shek put down his chopsticks, Gu Zhutong got up and informed everyone that the principal wanted those who stayed to watch a movie. In the small reception room, the projector has been set up.As soon as Chiang Kai-shek took his seat, the title of the film - "Wen Tianxiang" was immediately launched on the screen against the background of the roaring smoke and broken rivers and mountains. Hu Lian's heart was shocked, deeply feeling the principal's good intentions.With the collision of vision, hearing and even soul with the tragic pictures and tragic shots, his Adam's apple tightened and his eye sockets became hot.A sad song lingers in his chest from the beginning to the end - "Fear is said on the beach, and one sighs alone. No one in life has died since ancient times, and the loyalty will be kept to reflect the history." At the end of the movie, Hu Lian realized that his palm had been nailed Pressed out a deep blood mark. With tears in his eyes, Chiang Kai-shek stood up, nodded to the people present, then hunched his neck, like an old man, and staggered upstairs.Back and forth, even eating and watching movies, a total of more than three hours, Chiang Kai-shek hardly said a word.At this moment, the wordless farewell added a bit of heaviness... Watching Chiang Kai-shek's back disappear at the corner of the stairs, Hu Lian said silently in his heart: "Principal, take care..." Turning his head, he said to Gu Zhutong, "General Manager, please send me a plane. I want to return immediately Double stack!" One plane went and one plane returned, but no rescuer was brought back, and there was a sense of tragedy in the air. However, during the two days of going back and forth, the situation of Shuangduiji was deteriorating day by day.Following the uprising of the 110th Division led by Liao Yunzhou, the only remaining 23rd Division of the 85th Army, also led by division commander Huang Zihua, surrendered to the PLA last night.With Huang Zihua gone, and the loss of more than a dozen villages in the past two days, Shuangduiji has no outer barriers to speak of, leaving only a few core strongholds such as Dawangzhuang, Jiangudui, and Yangweizi. Hu Lian looked down through the porthole of the plane, and the scene on the battlefield was also very different from when he first came.At that time, the trenches of the People's Liberation Army spread out like spider webs, and it was still possible to concentrate on breaking through.But now, the shrinking encirclement made those trenches look like a tightened noose, strangling the throats of the double piles.Taking a closer look, the densely packed trenches are like huge fingerprints, reminding Hu Lian of the palm of the Tathagata Buddha. The pilot asked if he wanted to land, but Hu Lian didn't say anything, just nodded heavily.As soon as the plane landed, Huang Wei walked up to meet Hu Lian, and scolded Hu Lian with both joy and resentment: "What are you doing when you come to such a field? If you break through, it's better to be by my side in Nanjing to urge you to drop supplies. , it’s better for you to rebuild the Corps in Nanjing and take care of your family members than die with me.” A sad smile flashed across Hu Lian's sunken cheeks: "You haven't seen the principal's sad face! There is an ancient saying, 'There is no escape from disaster'. I...let's not talk about these, let's arrange the breakout plan first. .” Huang Wei and Hu Lian convened the commanders of each army to study and deploy the breakout plan, and then walked out of the Corps command post together to inspect the troops at the front of the position. The bitter north wind blows head-on, and the wilderness is covered with white frost and snow.Wherever they went, what they saw was more chilling than the natural climate. Shuangdui Market Town has changed beyond recognition, and all residential houses have been built fortifications.There are bunkers, trenches and traffic trenches all over the street, like bruised and dismembered corpses spread out in the winter field.To the east and south of the town, there is a strange "automobile defense line" formed by more than 800 American-made "Dougie" trucks as the skeleton and piled up with soil.I am afraid that American automakers will be amazed and shed tears of sadness when they see this unparalleled "creation".What is even more appalling is the spiral fortification built by the 18th Army on the sharp valley pile. The periphery of the fortification was actually piled up with the corpses of more than 600 soldiers of the Jiang army, poured with muddy water, and frozen in the severe cold. Human Wall". The more than 20 days of "holding and waiting for help" has become a veritable "holding and waiting for death".Everything that can be eaten around the town, including grain seeds, sweet potatoes and vegetables, chickens, ducks, pigs, cattle and sheep, donkeys, dogs, rabbits, cats and mice, is exhausted.From far and near, there were terrifying wailings from time to time. It was the troops killing the only remaining army horses to satisfy their hunger.Everything that could be burned, including furniture, doors and windows, trees, straw, wheat straw, and even coffin boards buried in the ground were dug out and burned. The ponds and wells in the villages were almost drained due to the large number of people. Hunger and severe cold are always threatening people's lives.The rations of more than 100,000 people in the entire corps, the fodder for more than 4,000 military horses, the shells of more than 1,000 cannons, the bullets of tens of thousands of machine guns, rifles, submachine guns, and all other military supplies consume at least 200 tons every day.And there were several airdrops, compared to the huge amount of equipment supplies, it was just a drop in the bucket.Whenever the hungry and crazy soldiers saw the plane approaching the sky, they swarmed to the airdrop field, fighting each other, fighting for a little food scattered, and even sweeping with their submachine guns.Often the person who was fighting was shot and fell down, and someone came up to fight again, so someone opened fire... The most chilling thing is the field hospital called "living hell" near the airport, where tens of thousands of wounded soldiers are concentrated, and the sound of groans, wailing, screams and curses can be heard for miles , as if in the underworld.每天每夜，都有因伤、因病、因饥饿和寒冷而死去的士兵被直挺挺地从这里抬走，送到不远处的“人墙”工事，去实现他们的最后价值；活着的，也都木然地睁着火苗即将熄灭的眼睛，望着他们即将踏上的死亡之路。 黄维和胡琏一路巡视，一路无语。 暮色渐渐四合，解放军的阵地上又传来喊话声。这一次的喊话内容不是寻常的心战策反，而是刘伯承、陈毅发布的给黄维的最后通牒—— 胡琏和黄维对视了一下，对身边的副官说：“命令炮兵，把那个宣传点给我炸掉！”说罢，继续向尖谷堆阵地走去。 尖谷堆是这一地区的制高点，站在这里四顾，可以看到环形的包围圈里，有数不清的解放军和民工在频繁地穿插运动。一道道战壕如同一圈圈流动的水波，一圈圈水波奔流翻涌，汇成了一个巨大的旋涡，以巨大的吸力围绕着双堆集旋转，旋转。 登临尖谷堆的黄维和胡琏，正一步步地走向没顶。 繁星从浮着云片的蓝天上消失了，只留下几颗大星星还在旷野的寒风里闪着光。青亮的黎明缓慢地展开，晨霭如烟，在霜花染白的田野间沉浮。两辆吉普车驶出小李家，穿破晨霭，向双堆集驰去。 刘伯承、陈毅、邓小平刚刚研究完南线阻击刘汝明、李延年的战况，又驱车前往双堆集战场前沿。寒冽的晨风洗去了不眠的疲倦，随着双堆集的愈来愈近，闪现在天边的一道道红光愈来愈清晰，如节日的礼花即明即灭，即灭即起，为黎明前的夜空亮起一阵接一阵光闪。隆隆的炮声仿佛不是从远方传来，而是接通了地脉，即便坐在车上，也感到了大地的悸动。 随同大地蠕动的是望不见头、看不到尾的支前民工队。他们远远近近，潮汐般涌向前沿阵地，挨肩接踵，乌沉沉一片，分不出一个个人影。车越靠近前沿阵地，支前的人群越密集。猛烈的炮火时而撕裂天空，幽暗中现出一条条血线；此起彼伏的照明弹刹那间使天地变得一派通明，继而大地又陷入黑暗。在这瞬息变幻的明暗之中，只见担架队、大车队、小车队川流不息，吱吱呀呀的车轮在隆隆的炮声中时隐时现。大路、小路、新被踩出的路上，到处是从前沿抬下来的伤员担架、推向前沿的弹药食品…… 终于，吉普车被拥塞其间，开不动了。 随从的警卫人员跳下车，喊道：“让一下！快让开！” “回来！”邓小平对警卫喝了一声，转而对司机说，“把车停靠一边，让担架和送粮的民工先行。”说着他跳下车。 陈毅和刘伯承也从后面的车上下来。 “二位司令员，我建议咱们步行，你们看如何？”邓小平问。 “要得。”三位总指挥安步当车，汇入支前大军洪流。 “好一场人民战争噢！”陈毅无限感慨。 刘伯承仅有的一只眼不停地眨动。海潮般的人群滚滚沸沸，这气势，在他近四十年的军旅生涯中，绝无仅有。 这是一场规模巨大的战略决战，无论参战人数、战场跨度、战争规模、运输线之漫长，均史无前例。华东、中原两大野战军六十万，加上随军参战的地方部队、民工，共有百万大军。战场东起海州，西迄商丘；北自临城，南达淮海，纵横数百里。为保障这一大决战的胜利，在鲁、苏、豫、皖、冀五省出现了“家家户户齐动员，男女老少忙支前”的宏壮场面。 战争的胜利已经是属于全军全党全民的了。毛泽东说“战争最深厚的根源在于民众之中”，确为真理之说，淮海战役是最好的佐证。 共产党领导下的中国人民解放军，有了人民群众这个汪洋大海般的深厚基础，与国民党军队形成了强烈对比。战场的包围圈内外，俨然两个天地：解放军阵上粮弹充足，兵强马壮，士气高昂；咫尺之外的敌人，已经山穷水尽。他们烧尽了抢来的木柴、家具，又挖出地下的棺木，还是暖不了被冻得皮青肉紫的身子。最难挨的是饥饿，原先还指望空投物资活命，如今飞机来不了；即使偶尔来一次，投下的少量食品，还不够他们的长官果腹。死神随时陪伴着他们，打死、饿死、冻死的命运时刻威胁着他们。 在彻骨的寒风中，固若箍桶的包围圈外，飘来一阵阵极具诱惑的声音： 蒋军兄弟们，快跑过来！解放军宽待俘虏，大米饭、白馒头尽你们吃饱！ 开饭的时间到了，蒋军兄弟们，刚出锅的热包子、肥猪肉，快过来吃吧！ 三连的兄弟们！我是丁仁举，昨天到这边来的！现在我穿得暖，吃得饱，再不受罪啦！你们快过来吧，再别给他们当炮灰啦！ 后来，宣传队员们干脆说起有辙有韵的快板—— 大米饭、白馒头、肉包子，成了直接打击敌人的武器。它们伴随着共产党优待俘虏的政策，深深地渗进了蒋军官兵的心里。被围的二十多天里，舍命逃出活地狱跑过来投诚的，达一万四千余人，足有两个师的兵力。这一切，伴随着解放军的强大攻势，使淮海战役的第二阶段——歼灭黄维集团——瓜熟蒂落了。 天边的星辰落尽，晨霭慢慢退去。橘红的朝霞和东南方向的炮火连成一片，烧红了半个天空。 刘伯承、陈毅、邓小平，这场大战的三位最高指挥官，和支前的百姓并肩而行…… 轰的一声巨响，大地微微颤抖。一阵东南风扑面而来，携裹着浓重的火药味和血腥气息。 最后的总攻开始了！ 铺天盖地的炮火首先从东集团攻打杨围子的方向开始，继而引发了整个战场的电闪雷鸣。黎明前的夜空一片雪亮，好像一把大火将满天的云霭雾霾点燃，升腾起灼天的烈焰。随着隆隆的巨响，大地也仿佛安上了弹簧，剧烈地，令人心悸地颤动起来。 突然间，所有的轰鸣震颤地火天光倏地消失，仿佛整个世界毁灭了一样，出现了让人窒息的黑暗和死寂。 然而，这种黑暗和静寂只是短暂的一瞬，继之而来的是海啸一般的杀声、枪声和爆破声。 东集团集中了第四纵队十旅、十一旅、十三旅和九纵的二十七旅，分多路向杨围子发起进攻。 杨围子是黄维兵团第十四军军部所在地，驻守着第十军和第八十五军残部。这个只有四十多户人家的村庄，东西长，南北窄，四周平坦开阔，本不适于野战坚守。也许正因为如此，第十四军在这里进行了大规模的土石作业，构筑了工事坚固、密集的环形防御体系。暗堡、地堡、堑壕相连，鹿砦、铁丝网、爆炸物配套，明暗火力点侧射、斜射的多层面立体交叉，形成了功能齐全的人工要塞。 设计和筑造这个人工要塞的十四军军长熊绶春怎么也没想到，解放军一个波次的炮轰就将他二十天的心血摧毁成一片废墟。从军几十年，他什么样的大炮没见过？什么样的炮响没听过？可他弄不明白解放军这一次除了山炮、榴弹炮、迫击炮，还使用了一种什么新式的大炮——威力那么大，声音那么响；打到哪里，那里就是土崩石裂，碎尸横飞，炸不死的也会被震聋震晕。士兵们管它叫“没良心”炮。可这种“没良心”的大炮，熊绶春到死也没能见到。 即使见到了，熊绶春也不会相信，那种令他胆寒的大炮竟是一个汽油桶，炮弹只是捆成捆的普通炸药。 共产党穷，但共产党的办法多，能人也多。发明这种“飞雷”——被敌人称为“没良心”炮的是一个年仅二十二岁，从小给地主扛活，吃着野菜长大的穷小子。他叫高文魁。 一场淮海战役把他的名字叫响了。单是这次对杨围子的炮轰，他就发射了八十多个“飞雷”，用了一千七百多斤炸药。飞雷筒打得烫手了，发红了，他命令身边的人去找湿泥和水往上糊。人们在附近找了一圈回来报告：“没有湿泥，也没有水。” “什么？！难道活人就让尿憋死啦？！” 高文魁急红了眼，但话一出口，发明创造又蹦出来了：“都把老二给我掏出来，用尿往上滋！” 十几个小伙子应声围拢上来，随着吱吱的响声，人群中立时腾起刺鼻的白蒙蒙的雾。 教导员从交通壕里跳出来，焦急地喊：“高文魁，你们在干什么？要突击了，最前面的一个大碉堡还没打下来！” 高文魁看了一眼被浇凉的飞雷筒，嘴一咧，笑道：“好！我用一个带'毒瓦斯'的飞雷解决它！”说罢，他瞄准发射，把一个带着尿碱的飞雷打了出去，一下子炸塌了那个最后的碉堡。 随着烟雾泥沙的腾起，一连串红色信号弹飞上天空。步兵出击了！以杨传任为首的“洛阳英雄连”和王泰带领的第三连并排插入工事前沿，他们踏着硝烟，跨过被炸毁的敌人碉堡，一直向纵深插去。接着，东面和西面的突击队也冲进村内，占领了全部阵地。 敌人溃退了，纷纷向西南方向逃去。一连串的白色信号弹又升起来，炮火随之延伸，把逃跑的敌人大部分截回来，他们像一群没了头的苍蝇乱冲乱撞。东、西、北三个方向的突击队趁势迂回，在村的西南角会合成一张收紧的网，把敌人一股脑网在村中，剩下的事就是捉俘虏、缴武器了。 “饶命啊！我们早就不想打了！” “报告。我是营长，这是我的连长，这是我的副连长。全……全营的人就剩这么多了……” “欢迎解放军！你们不来，我们就要困死了！你们这是救了我们，救了我们呀！” 一群一群的敌人从被炸塌的工事里爬出来，一见解放军，不待抓捕，扔下枪就自动地排起队，举着手往解放军的后方走。有的甚至像见了救命恩人似的，哭着说着跪下就磕头。 村子的西北角，是十四军的军部。军长熊绶春、副军长谷炳奎、参谋长梁岱和副参谋长詹壁陶，直到开战前的一分钟还在讨论是坚守还是投降。 昨天，一个排长被解放军俘虏后又放回来，带回一封陈赓写给熊绶春的劝降信，限定二十四小时内答复。 陈赓是黄埔军校一期的，与黄维是同窗。作为黄维的老乡，黄埔军校四期的小老弟，熊绶春对陈赓自然不陌生；加上黄埔军校三杰的传说，他对陈赓的传奇经历更是熟悉。十一月二十四日，陈赓部队向浍河大出击时，他被俘后侥幸逃回。而梁岱则是谎称“书记官”被放回，并给熊绶春带回过一封劝降信。当时熊绶春点了一把火，将那封信，连同带给黄维和第十师师长张用斌的信，一起烧掉了。现在收到第二封信，又经过一个昼夜的掂量，他似乎有点后悔，当初不该鲁莽行事。 “你看怎么办？”熊绶春攥着发烫的劝降信，问梁岱。 梁岱沉吟了一下，把球踢回去：“军长的意思是……” 两人同时看了看手表，静默相视，谁也不敢直言。 “你的意见呢？”俄顷，熊绶春又问。 梁岱转着弯回答：“上次被俘时，共军对我尚好。” “那是因为你的职务是'书记官'。”熊绶春长叹一声，说道，“像我们这样的人，会不会被杀？” 梁岱这才试探着劝说：“在这里僵持着固然是死；就算能冲出去，部队已经七零八落了，上面追究起责任来，也还是个死。既然横竖一个死，还担心什么呢？” “照你的意思，是接受劝告吗？” 梁岱望着熊绶春那不再犹疑的眼，终于横了横心：“接受。” 熊绶春听了，怅然一笑：“不知谷副军长同不同意。他若同意，就大家干；不同意，就立刻监视他！” 意见达成一致后，他们把谷炳奎找来，将劝降信交给他看，问他同不同意。谷炳奎看罢，半晌无语，而后突然大哭起来：“大家都同意，我何独异？不过……我们追随校长几十年，如何对得起他？” 犹豫使他们错过了最后的时机，解放军总攻的炮声响了。 熊绶春立时面色惨白，神色异常。他伏在地上翻翻自己的皮包，把里面的一些信件烧了；又拿出妻子的照片，边看边流泪。 “军座。”梁岱也找不出什么话来安慰，说道，“现在还不致绝望，何用这样悲观呢？” 熊绶春这回真的哭出声来：“我倒没什么，只是连累了你。你接任参谋长，不到三个月便到了今天这个地步，是我连累了你啊！……” 雷鸣电闪，弹如雨下。继而，村子里满是解放军的哨子声、喊话声和越来越近的枪声、脚步声。 熊绶春神情恍惚地站起来，突然向掩蔽部门外跑去。刚到门口，一颗炮弹落下来，熊绶春来不及吭声，一头栽倒了。 梁岱此时反倒踏实了，况且被俘过一次，有了经验，让卫兵在门口喊：“参谋长在这里！”他自己收拾好行李，坐在上面，等着解放军的到来，好像是等人接他去走亲戚。 在被押往解放军后方的路上，梁岱碰上了一个骑着高头大马的人。 “你们是哪个部队的？”那人高声问。 “十四军的。” “你是什么人？” “参谋长梁岱。” “你们军长呢？” “已经阵亡了。” “尸体在哪里？” “在杨围子村里。” “熊军长的卫士在吗？” “我就是。”卫士站出来。 “我派人协同你去找。一定要找出来，好好埋葬，立个牌，让他家人好查。”说罢，那人一勒缰绳走了。 梁岱问身边的解放军：“那人是谁？” “陈司令。” “哪个陈司令？” “陈赓！” 梁岱呆住了，缓缓回过身向陈赓望去。 陈赓正对一群战士们说话：“打得好啊！同志们！再加把油，捉住黄维，用胜利的消息给党中央、毛主席拜年！” “……我们要响应刘邓首长的决战号令，'打下黄维，直捣南京，解放全中国'！现在，关键时刻到了，我们要准备做黎明前的最后一个牺牲者！”南集团六纵的阵地上，王近山也在作最后的战斗动员。 “血战到底！打下黄维！”蜿蜒伸向双堆集的战壕里，数不清的战士，满脸烟尘，浑身血迹，用他们的丹田之气发出了雄壮的誓言。 这是一群烧了“铺草”的人，头上、身上缠裹的绷带七扭八歪，血还在往外渗。鲜红鲜红的血，诉说着他们曾经经历了怎样严酷惨烈的战斗，尤其是刚刚结束的那场争夺大王庄之战。 四十六团一营教导员左三星说起那场惊心动魄的战斗，至今仍不能忘记—— 大王庄原是个有四十多户人家的村庄，无数的炮弹把它轰成了一片废墟。战斗一开始，我们就觉得不对劲。这股子敌人凶狠异常，成堆地上，剩了单个也敢上；有炮上，没炮也上；枪法准得很，拼刺刀也厉害。他妈的，这一仗可打出水平来了，真正的“种子选手”较量。后来我才晓得，上来的是黄维的十八军三十三团，名不虚传的“老虎团”，打日本人、打中国人都忒狠！ 也是天意！就那么巧与我们“夜老虎团”对阵，王司令指挥打仗就是神！他们占着装备优势，冲到了庄前。那我们能含糊吗？反正今儿不是他死就是我们死，就算把房子炸光了，我们也不能拱手相让啊！ 唐团长带着我们打退了三十三团十五次冲锋。嘿，他妈的老虎团还真不是纸老虎，确实能打！不说别的，我一直打进去，打到双堆集时，我的通信员就已牺牲了八个，就我还活得好好的。敌人靠他们的坦克，在中午冲进了村庄。我们与他们逐屋争夺，先打枪，后扔手榴弹，最后拼刺刀。三十三团那狗日的，还硬是和我们不相上下！当时守大王庄的是华野七纵五十九团一营和我们中野的四十六团一营和三营。华野那个一营三连是个老功臣连，这回全拼光了，一个都没有了。营长哭得眼睛都淌血呀！他泣不成声地说：“可惜我的三连了！” 我身边全是尸体，敌人的、我们的，每个人都是拼刺刀拼死的。我实在没劲了，就对通信员说：“看看敌人又上来没有。”那小鬼不到二十岁，广东人，我们都叫他“广广”，蛮机灵的。可这回，敌人早瞄好了。他一伸头，一梭子弹把他的脑袋炸掉半个，脑浆子溅了我一脸…… 我将阵地上的轻伤员组织起来，准备向敌人进攻。华野那个三连，人拼光了，但留下来的一挺机枪真是宝贝呀！两个野战军的伤员联手了，就这么一挺机枪。 我们二连四班长王凤鸣将阵地上两个野战军三个营的人都组织起来，说：“跟我来。”数了数，仅剩了二十一名。 敌人又发起冲锋了。我们也没多少劲了，就是炮打得厉害。我们的伤员都一个个爬起来，往能够战斗的地方爬，和敌人拼尽最后一滴血。 敌人的冲锋又一次被我们打下去了。我身边连小声哼哼的都没有了，全牺牲了。我也负了伤。 大王庄很静，静到听得见血往黄土里渗的吱吱声