Chapter 33 Chapter Thirty-Three

April to July 1949 Nanjing Nanchang Shanghai Beijing The bright red sun shines high above the Zijin Mountain in Longpan, and the jade belt-like Yangtze River and Qinhuai River surround the Jinling City Wall. In the city, the alleys are empty.The solemn and orderly troops of the People's Liberation Army crossed the river from Pukou, boarded the Zhongshan Wharf, and strode forward along Zhongshan Road.Inside and outside the wharf and on both sides of the street, citizens in various clothes stood full of citizens, including men and women, college and middle school students.The windows of many buildings along the street were also crowded with excited smiling faces.Holding up colorful banners and slogans, they greeted the People's Liberation Army and cheered along the road: "Welcome the People's Liberation Army to liberate Nanjing!"

On April 27th, the fourth day after the liberation of Nanjing, Deng Xiaoping and Chen Yi left for Nanjing from Yaogang in Hefei.Liu Bocheng, the "parent officer" who was the first mayor of Nanjing, was on the front line to command the crossing of the river. After crossing the river, he urgently deployed the second field to march on the Zhejiang-Jiangxi line. The military affairs were complicated, and he arrived two days later than Deng and Chen. It was already dusk on the 29th when Liu Bocheng, who had not washed his dust and shirt off, rushed to Nanjing to take office.In addition, the trip was rushed and he failed to get in touch with the Nanjing garrison in advance. As a result, when Liu Bocheng came under the rule of the first mayor appointed by the Communist Party, he stood at a loss on the Zhongshan Wharf, not knowing where to go to work.

In desperation, Liu Bocheng asked the guards to rent a bus.After getting into the car, the security guard suddenly slapped his head and shouted, "Oh no, no room has been called yet! Nanjing is such a big city, where should the car go?" When Liu Bocheng heard this, he laughed loudly: "When I got to the door, I couldn't find my home." After laughing, he said decisively to the driver, "Comrade driver, please drive straight to the 'Presidential Palace'. It will be easy when you get there." Sure enough, as soon as the car arrived at the "Presidential Palace", Liu Bocheng met Deng Xiaoping and Chen Yi who had arrived earlier.

With a million troops crossing the river, the three commanders in Nanjing were liberated. At this moment, they were chatting and laughing, and walked into the "Presidential Palace" of the Kuomintang side by side. office". The once magnificent presidential residence is now a mess.Documents were all over the floor, form books were scattered, and the dragon embroidered cushion on the leather chair rolled to the corner.Only the desk calendar turned to April 22 was placed on the large desk, indicating the end of the Jiang family dynasty. "In April twenty-two years ago," Deng Xiaoping said with a heavy heart, looking at the date on the desk calendar, "Chiang Kai-shek launched a counter-revolutionary coup, used Huang Jinrong and Du Yuesheng to attack the Shanghai workers' pickets, arrested workers and students, and arrested Communists. , Massacred the revolutionary masses. Within three days, more than 300 communists and revolutionary masses were killed, 500 were arrested, and more than 3,000 people disappeared... Chiang Kai-shek came to power with a butcher knife in his hand."

Chen Yi stomped on the mahogany floor that Chiang Kai-shek had stepped on, and said angrily: "On April 15th alone, they arrested and killed more than 2,000 communists and revolutionary masses in Guangzhou. After the May Day Incident, Chiang Kai-shek ordered ' I would rather kill three thousand in vain than let one slip through the net'. His hands are covered with the blood of the people!" "But today, twenty-two years later, the people have finally won!" Liu Bocheng said loudly. Deng Xiaoping took a deep breath: "Yes. This is the victory of the people! It is the victory of the great Chinese people on a land of 9.6 million square kilometers!"

"For this reason, I want to compose a poem on his president's office desk." After Chen Yi finished speaking, he unfolded the scroll and wrote passionately—— After finishing the book, Chen Yi respectfully presented the brush to Liu Bocheng: "My lord mayor, please give me the treasure of calligraphy." Uncle Liu took over the pen, smiled meaningfully, and wrote—— Liu Bocheng came here for a visit. Chen Yi and Deng Xiaoping couldn't help laughing when they saw Liu Bocheng write such a treasure.They not only read the elder's bearing and mind, but also comprehended the military strategist's strategic vision.

Liu Bocheng's "visit here" is really not a joke.The development of the war situation requires him to undertake more arduous and important missions, and serving as the mayor of Nanjing is just a moment in this history.The deep connection between the city of Nanjing and him lies in the realization of his long-cherished wish of military education in the near future, and the ongoing war is doomed that his post as mayor of Nanjing is only a "visit here". After the second and third field armies broke through the Jiang defense across the board, the Kuomintang troops west of Wuhu retreated along the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway in an attempt to build a new line of defense based on the mountainous areas on the Anhui-Zhejiang border; Hangzhou and Shanghai retreated, trying to rely on strong fortified cities to resist stubbornly, to buy time, rush to transport supplies, wait for an opportunity to counterattack or escape from the sea.

According to the situation of the enemy's retreat, Liu Bocheng agreed with Deng Xiaoping, Chen Yi and others: Immediately cancel the original mission of the Second Army and the Fourth Corps to defend Nanjing, and instead go straight to the Rao area on the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Line along the right side of the Fifth Corps, and cooperate with the Third and Fifth Corps to pursue Annihilate the fleeing enemy, control the Zhejiang-Jiangxi line, and cut off the connection between the Tang Enbo Group and the Bai Chongxi Group; then make a detour to the side of the Tang Enbo Group, cooperate with the Third Field Army to expand the scale of the Beijing-Hangzhou campaign, and successfully liberate Shanghai, the largest city in the Far East.

According to the adjusted deployment, the Second Field Army swept towards southern Anhui, eastern Jiangxi, and western Zhejiang on a front nearly 200 kilometers wide, like a hurricane sweeping across fallen leaves. All the thoroughfare roads from the south of the Yangtze River leading to the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway and the Huihang Highway, official roads, dirt roads, trails, and mountain roads... launched a foot power competition that is rare in the world and unprecedented in scale.In the front is the great rout of the Kuomintang army, and behind it is the great pursuit of the Communist Party's Liberation Army.Thousands of miles race, yellow dust rolls.Along the way, there are cars, horse corpses, wounded people, helmets, bloody bandages, and pictures of women abandoned by the Kuomintang army everywhere... The small towns and villages on the roadside are full of empty rooms.The streets are full of straw and clothes, and the houses and yards are full of feces and pig hair. It is a desolate scene after being looted.Warnings and messages were written on door panels, walls, and bridge rails: "Forty-fifth Army to assemble in Hangzhou!" "Cross the Bianxi Bridge quickly, there is danger if you slow down!" "Commander Dou assembled at Qingbomen Meteorological Observatory in Hangzhou! "Assemble in Jinhua!" "Assemble in Ningbo!"... These have become signposts and guides for the pursuers.

On the evening of the 29th, the Thirteenth Army pursued to the front line of Guanwangmiao and Zhushan Bridge, and held back the 119th Division of the 68th Army, which was fleeing the enemy, in the Zhushan Bridge area. The troops attacked in the rain that night. Fighting until the early morning of the 30th, the third assault company arrived at Nanjiangzhuang and found a group of enemies fleeing along the road from Yumen Mountain.The company commander immediately divided the three platoons into three groups, bravely rushed up the steep mountain more than 1,000 meters high, climbed down the cliff by climbing branches, and plunged directly into the middle of the enemy.The enemy was caught off guard and was compressed into the valley. They raised their hands together and shouted "forgive me".

When the soldiers pulled out the first batch of prisoners from the mud pit, one of the fat men was so frightened that he cried.When registering the prisoners, the fat man said he was the division secretary.The cadre in charge of registration saw that he didn't look like him, so he explained our army's prisoner policy to him. It wasn't until he told him that he was a prisoner in his own words that the fat man admitted: "I am Zhang Xunting, the commander of the 119th Division. Alas! I It’s really hard! I retreated from the small lonely mountain and ran all night. I was crossing the river by boat that day, and I threw away the horse I was riding... Finally, I was caught by you..." On this day, Wu Zhongjian, the commander of the enemy's 174th Division, and his remnants were also bitten by the 37th Division of the 13th Army in Wannian Wanke Garden, and most of them were wiped out.After the battle, the soldier Niu Sanbao found three enemy soldiers trembling in a pool of water.As soon as the three of them saw Niu Sanbao, they all raised their hands and climbed out.Niu Sanbao escorted them to the company commander Li Derui. One of the prisoners saw Li Derui's badge and short gun and knew that he was an "officer". He's a brother!" Li Derui asked him what officer he was, and he stammered, "Platoon...platoon leader." On the way to escort them to the prisoner camp, he sighed and said, "From Anqing to the present, I broke through the siege more than a dozen times, but I was still caught by you." Just as he was talking, a group of prisoners came over, and two of them jumped up in surprise when they saw him, and immediately reported to the cadre who released them: "Report sir, he is the commander of the 174th Division! When we were doing business in Anqing, He was caught by them to pick up the luggage, and his shoulders were swollen. We asked the commander to release him, but this guy beat us up. Now we want to beat him, please allow us to take revenge!" He said, rolling up his sleeves, You have to fight this guy hard. The cadres in charge of the release couldn't stop them. While shouting angrily, "No, I have to beat him", they rushed up to knock the guy down, and took out a black horny stamp from his pocket, showing the stamp The words "Wu Zhongjian Seal" are engraved on it.That self-proclaimed "platoon leader" Wu Zhongjian didn't dare to deny it. As of May 1, the Second Field Army, with the cooperation of the guerrillas, took control of the Tunxi, Wuyuan, and Leping lines, annihilating the entire 282nd Division of the 106th Army and the 174th Division of the 46th Army. The 96th, 68th, and 73rd armies shattered the attempts of Liu Ruming and Hou Jingru's troops to use the mountains on the Anhui-Zhejiang border to cover the main force to deploy on the Zhejiang-Jiangxi line, forcing the remnants of the enemy to flee in the direction of Jinhua, Quxian, and Shangrao. Then, according to the instructions of the Central Military Commission that "the mission of the second field is to wipe out the enemies in the three districts of southern Anhui, eastern Jiangxi, and western Zhejiang, so that after the enemy troops are annihilated, they can carry out the work in the three districts respectively", and respectively determined that each corps should pursue thousands of miles away. The goal. Jiangnan in late spring is rainy and the roads are muddy.In the absence of rain gear and the number of sick people, the troops followed the instructions of Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping "not to give the enemy a chance to breathe", crossing mountains and ridges, traveling day and night, chasing and destroying the fleeing enemy at a speed of tens of kilometers or even hundreds of kilometers per day.It rains almost every day, and it is slippery at every step.Forward, forward, forward.Liu Bocheng's six-character order echoed above the soldiers' heads: "Fight hard! Charge hard! Chase hard!" A pair of straw sandals is rotten and replaced, and it is rotten.Walk and walk, plop!down one.The one next to him hurriedly pulled it, but he couldn't pull it, thinking that he had died; he bent down and heard a grunting sound.At this time, I was afraid of bad stomach. If a "big hand" was relieved, it would take half a day to catch up with my troops.Zhang Yuming, a veteran of Erye, recalled: "For twelve days in a row, after chasing after chasing, my legs became thinner..." Tracking, paralleling, surpassing, blocking... The Kuomintang army often retreats in the front and back attack of the People's Liberation Army. If you want to get rid of the People's Liberation Army, you must have a faster speed, and this is almost impossible.After being captured, a regiment commander of the Ninety-sixth Army of the enemy said: "Withdrawing from Jiangfang was in a hurry. On the way, I heard that Nanjing was captured, and the troops showed extreme panic. People seemed to be enchanted, and no one could hold back their heels. , galloping towards the south and rolling down towards the East China Sea. The People's Liberation Army, encouraged by the great victory, always rushed ahead of us. Everyone first threw away heavy weapons, heavy machine guns, and light machine guns one by one. I also lost my rifle and submachine gun. Later, I didn’t bring any supplies, military blankets were too cumbersome, and heavy American military boots were everywhere... What happened? I still couldn’t escape the pursuit of the People’s Liberation Army.” As soon as the enemy's 17th Corps was about to move in Huizhou, the People's Liberation Army came up.The Corps was so panicked that they didn't even bother to destroy the ammunition in the warehouse, so they ordered a quick evacuation.In fact, it was only a company of the vanguard of the People's Liberation Army that rushed over. A regiment of the 68th Army camped between Jingdezhen and Yiyang. In the middle of the night, a platoon of the People's Liberation Army fired a machine gun to the west and shouted "Hand up your guns and don't kill me!" Haohao's regiment completely disarmed. Some troops fled for a day and a night. Just as they breathed a sigh of relief and wanted to eat, several PLA reconnaissance soldiers rushed over, scaring them away from the pot and running away.Some enemy cars were starting, and they couldn't start the fire in the panic, and they didn't even want the cars. The People's Liberation Army chased and wiped out all the way, and organized the captured cars and car soldiers all the way.As a result, the enemy and the enemy turned upside down. The motorized Kuomintang army became infantry, and the People's Liberation Army, which had always marched on two legs, turned into a mechanized army.This inversion further changed the running situation of chasing and fleeing. For a time, roads, rice fields, hills, and villages were full of fleeing troops from the Kuomintang army.Some of them took off their cotton-padded clothes, took off the cotton wool, and were ready to run away at any time; some couldn't run anymore, and simply lay on the ground waiting for the PLA to come and capture them. Many units are in disarray and do not know where the commander is.Seeing that the situation was not good, some commanders left their troops and fled. Wang Zuohua, the commander of the Fourth Army, said to Li Ziliang, the deputy commander: "Jianquan, I will go to the front to explore the road and see if there is any PLA there." He never looked back. Chen Pei, the commander of the 45th Army, drove a jeep by himself and ran to Shanghai without saying hello.The army without a leader asked Chen Zhen, the deputy commander of the army, to command. Chen Zhen gasped and said, "Okay, why can't we leave when others can leave? Do we have to wait here to die?" He said he would leave, but he did not Do not direct.The troops had no choice but to follow behind him in a panic. They could not travel more than three miles when they were stopped by the People's Liberation Army. After a burst of gunfire, they stopped resisting. Zhang Shaowu, the commander of the New Seventh Division, was even more straightforward. Hearing that the People's Liberation Army was catching up, he stood on the high slope and waved his hand: "If you don't want to die, follow me and join the Communist Party!" He actually pulled a division away. On May 4th, under the leadership of Chen Geng, the Fourth Corps occupied the Shangrao, Guixi, and Hengfeng areas on the Zhejiang-Jiangxi line in advance.After its fifteenth army occupied Shangrao, it went straight out of Wuyi Mountain and arrived at Jianou, Jianyang, Nanping, Shaowu and other places in Fujian.The Third and Fifth Corps also occupied the Jinhua and Yaxian areas respectively on May 7. So far, the Second Field Army has firmly controlled the 400-kilometer Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway from Yiwu to Dongxiang, completely smashing the enemy's attempt to organize defense based on it.More importantly, the Zhejiang-Jiangxi line was cut off, so that the two groups of Tang Enbo and Bai Chongxi were completely separated, and they could not look after each other.A gratifying situation lay before Liu Bocheng, Deng Xiaoping, and Chen Yi, and the Shanghai Campaign, which shocked China and the world, could be launched smoothly and as scheduled. Surprisingly similar situations appeared on the combat maps of the Second Field Army from the headquarters to the command posts at all levels of the corps, army, division, and regiment.Groups of red arrows extend southward and westward firmly in the shape of pincers, and each bite of the jaws means an encirclement and annihilation.The difference is that from the division to the headquarters, the jaws at the first level are thicker, bigger and more imposing than those at the first level. The one with the farthest jaws and the fastest speed is the Fourth Corps led by Chen Geng. On May 16th, the 37th Division of the Thirteenth Army, serving as the vanguard, received an order from Chen Geng to "rush across the Fuhe River and liberate Nanchang".The whole teacher immediately started the pot, everyone cheered and jumped to tell each other.Everyone surrounded the teacher Zhou Xueyi to coax and make trouble, but they still didn't think it was enough, so they lifted Zhou Xueyi up and threw it into the air, and asked each time: "Master, are you really going to fight back to Nanchang?" "Yes, call back to Nanchang!"... Nanchang is one of the birthplaces of the Chinese revolution, the birthplace of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, and the starting point for the victory of China's armed revolution.Over the past 20 years, the Red Army has experienced the baptism and tempering of blood and fire, from small to large, from weak to strong, and has developed into a powerful and invincible steel army. The division commander Zhou Xueyi did not need to use more words to mobilize before the battle. He only issued a brief order: "Overcome difficulties and advance bravely!" For more than three hundred miles, we successfully crossed the Fuhe River. In the distance, the lights are flickering, and Nanchang is in sight. This glorious city is about to return to the hands of the people!After 20 years of ups and downs, after thousands of miles of bloody battles, seeing the holy land of the armed revolution again today, the hearts of everyone in the division are beating with excitement.Teacher Zhou Xueyi held a telescope and looked at Nanchang, which was vaguely discernible. He excitedly said to political commissar Lei Qiyun: "Old man, I didn't expect the important task of liberating Nanchang to fall on our shoulders!" Lei Qiyun was full of emotion: "Yes. But this burden is very heavy! One end is joy, and the other end is great trust." "Nanchang is the first provincial capital liberated after we crossed the river, this battle must be fought with dignity!" Zhou Xueyi was full of emotion. Compared with Lei Qiyun and Zhou Xueyi, Chen Geng, the commander of the corps, was more emotional and emotional.Nanchang and Chen Geng have an indissoluble bond of life and death. Counting it, this is already the fourth time he has come to this city that he will never forget. The first time was during the domestic revolution. Chen Geng, who had just returned from studying in the Soviet Union, was sent to Nanchang by the party organization to participate in the Northern Expedition.Soon Chiang Kai-shek betrayed the revolution, and Chen Geng was in danger.The party organization sent him to Wuhan urgently, so that he escaped the first catastrophe. The second time was in July 1927. Chen Geng arrived in Jiangxi secretly with Zhou Enlai, responsible for the security of the former enemy headquarters, and personally participated in the "August 1st" Nanchang Uprising that shocked China and foreign countries.On August 5, the rebel army withdrew from Nanchang and was blocked by the enemy's superior forces near Huichang.Chen Geng was shot twice in his left leg, the tendons in his knee were broken, his ankle was severely fractured, and he was unable to move.Seeing the enemy coming up to search for him, Chen Geng tactfully took off his uniform, wiped the blood from his legs all over his body and face, and lay down on the ground pretending to be dead.When the enemy searched, he kicked Chen Geng hard, and when he saw no movement, he left.In this way, Chen Geng lay on the ground for several hours.It wasn't until Ye Ting led the troops to counterattack that Chen Geng was rescued and he escaped the second catastrophe. In the spring of 1933, due to the betrayal of a traitor, Chen Geng, who was wounded in Shanghai, fell into the hands of the enemy and was escorted to Nanchang, where he had a face-to-face confrontation with Chiang Kai-shek as a prisoner.This is his three trips to Nanchang. At that time, Chiang Kai-shek was commanding the fourth "encirclement and suppression" campaign against the Red Army in Nanchang. He was overjoyed when he heard the news of Chen Geng's arrest.With the friendship between the teachers and students of the Whampoa Military Academy and the fact that Chen Geng had saved Chiang Kai-shek's life in the most critical time, Chiang Kai-shek believed that he would be able to influence Chen Geng and make him change his mind. When the car arrived in Nanchang, Chiang Kai-shek arranged for Chen Geng to stay at the Jiangxi Hotel in the city center, and sent his secretary Deng Wenyi to visit with generous gifts.The next day, Deng Wenyi took Chen Geng to see Chiang Kai-shek.Chen Geng was originally famous for his big beard. After several months of prison life, his beard grew longer.He was tortured many times, which also made his clothes ragged and filthy.Deng Wenyi took out a large pile of brand new clothes, hats, shoes and socks, and advised Chen Geng to shave off his beard and put them on again: "You go to see Mr., it's so rude to wear tattered clothes!" Chen Geng smiled coldly: "You locked me up like this What kind of polite is this?" After speaking, he went out with his head held high, came to the scientific instrument hall, and waited for Chiang Kai-shek's "interview" with the newspaper in the living room. "Where is Chen Geng? Where is Chen Geng?" Chen Geng knew it was Chiang Kai-shek's voice as soon as he heard it, and he also understood that it was Chiang Kai-shek who deliberately used Zhejiang Mandarin on the stairs to show his majesty, so that Chen Geng could come out and wait for him. Holding the newspaper, Chen Geng sat more firmly on the sofa.It was awkward from the start.Chiang Kai-shek had no choice but to come in to see Chen Geng.He coughed twice, showing the kindness of the long-lost reunion: "You are Chen Geng, you are Chen Geng, and you are still the same as when you were in the Whampoa Military Academy. You are a good student of the principal. Although you have made political mistakes, I can forgive you. .” Chen Geng put down the newspaper and said coldly with a straight face: "I don't need your forgiveness at all." Chiang Kai-shek was choked, and walked around the room for a long time before finding something to say: "Don't be so hard on yourself. As long as you come here and are willing to lead troops, I will give you a division commander right away." Chen Geng threw the newspaper away: "It's in your hands today, hit if you want, kill if you want, don't have any illusions about me!" Chiang Kai-shek let out a long sigh, and changed the subject: "Now that the country is in such a mess, and more than 300,000 people have died in the suppression of bandits, China cannot sacrifice like this..." "You should be responsible for the country's mess." Chen Geng said sternly, "Who started the civil war? Who pointed the gun at the people? It's you! We Communists don't take this responsibility at all." Chiang Kai-shek's face turned livid immediately: "You Chen Geng, you Chen Geng! You should repent, you should repent..." Chen Geng sneered, and looked straight at Chiang Kai-shek. The embarrassing Chiang Kai-shek took a long time to find a step for himself, and said to Deng Wenyi: "Talk to him well, this is not good, this is not good..." After saying that, he left angrily. Chiang Kai-shek failed to persuade him to surrender, so he escorted Chen Geng back to Nanjing.Before leaving, there were many soldiers and policemen at Nanchang Station, and the guards were heavily guarded. Someone said to Chen Geng sarcastically, "Welcome to Nanchang again." Chen Geng smiled rightly: "Come again, I will bring one hundred thousand troops!" In the prison in Nanjing, Chen Geng was tortured for more than a month.After being rescued by the party organization and Song Qingling came forward to mediate, he was released from prison and survived for the third time. Chen Geng, who survived the catastrophe, returned to Nanchang for the fourth time. He was no longer the prisoner and fugitive of yesterday. He fulfilled his promise of "coming again, and I will bring one hundred thousand troops."The fire of the armed uprising that he took away from Nanchang has now started a prairie fire all over the world; the insurgents who withdrew from here back then have become a mighty and unstoppable torrent of steel and returned here. History is often like this. When you go through thousands of turns and return to the starting point, you will find that the world has turned upside down. Chen Geng suppressed the ups and downs in his heart, and slowly raised his left hand, the watch on his wrist was a little blurry.Tears of excitement welled up in his eyes. He wiped away the tears with his fingers, and issued an order to attack Nanchang: "Order the 37th Division's vanguard regiment to set off and capture Xiebu immediately! The follow-up troops are loaded and loaded. Once Xiebu is taken, Advance to Nanchang immediately!" "Avantgarde Regiment, attack Xiebu!" Zhou Xueyi on the bank of the Fuhe River put down the phone and slapped Wu Xiaomin, the head of the 110th Regiment. "Let's go!" Wu Xiaomin roared, and led the whole regiment to rush towards Xie Bu in the dark. Xiebu was a small town, and the 110th Regiment quickly surrounded it. "Speak out!" Zhang Qian, political commissar of the regiment, ordered the troops to launch a political offensive first. The security team in the town was still in a dream, and was suddenly awakened by the bell-like shouts. Everyone was dumbfounded and limp, and had no longer the idea of ​​​​resisting.Some of them sat on the bed in a daze and waited to disarm;The enemy guarding the city gate simply opened the city gate, let the 110th regiment into the city, and led them to the security regiment's station.The security regiment of more than 400 people was taken prisoner in this way. Then, the 110th Regiment took advantage of the situation and advanced to the front lines of Wudaigang, Wangcun, Nan'anchong, and Bei'anchong.When the advance third battalion continued to advance, the battle situation suddenly became tense and tragic. More than 10,000 people from the 188th Division and 175th Division of the enemy Xiawei Corps dispatched from Nanchang and attacked in three routes, Wangcun, Yucun, and Chencun. Our army pressed back to the east bank of the Fuhe River to cover the retreat of the main group in Nanchang City. In the face of the sudden critical situation, the officers and soldiers of the third battalion were not afraid, and immediately threw themselves into intense battles, fiercely competing with the enemy for solid buildings, so as to use them as a base for offense and defense. The enemy did not show weakness.Groups of enemy soldiers had already climbed onto several roofs, set up more than a dozen heavy machine guns and fired at the third battalion.At the same time, the enemy's mountain artillery and mortars also extended the train to bombard Xiebu and Fuhe Ferry frantically, trying to prevent the actions of our army's follow-up troops with powerful firepower. On the bank of the Fuhe River, Mr. Zhou Xueyi's telescope was filled with gunpowder smoke and flesh and blood flying everywhere.Crowds of enemies, driven by the supervisory team, besieged the third battalion from west, south, and north directions, and the positions guarded by the third battalion were submerged in a sea of ​​flames.Before the thick smoke and flames dissipated, relying on the large number of soldiers, the enemy carried out interspersed divisions on the third battalion, dividing the third battalion into two parts. The situation is getting worse! "Political commissar," Zhou Xueyi put down his binoculars, and said to Lei Qiyun, "The reconnaissance team sent out in the middle of the night didn't find the enemy. Why did so many appear all of a sudden? Is this a sign that the enemy has abandoned the city and fled west?" Lei Qiyun nodded: "Yes. The enemy is definitely planning to use part of the troops to block my advance, to cover the majority of the troops to escape and escape westward!" "Get ready for reinforcements immediately, and we must not let the enemy's plot succeed!" In the position of the advance third battalion, the casualties of both the enemy and the enemy were more than 300 people.Due to the fact that the enemy was outnumbered, almost all the main cadres of the companies in the third battalion were injured. Some companies suffered more than half of the casualties, and some even exceeded 90%. The large and small fish ponds in the village were stained red by the cross-flowing blood, and the fish and shrimps that had choked their bellies were densely packed, floating in a layer on the thick water surface... "You son of a bitch, I'm going to fight you!" An Yufeng, the commander of the third battalion, took off his shirt and jumped out of the bunker shirtless. At this moment, the regiment leader Wu Xiaomin came with the first battalion, and political commissar Zhang Qian brought the second battalion.They followed the third battalion closely and started hand-to-hand combat with the enemy, stabbed with bayonets, smashed with grenades, and beat with rifle butts, driving the enemy out of the village three times. In this way, the heroic 110th Regiment repelled the enemy's seven charges in a row. The vicious enemy turned red-eyed, and immediately concentrated all their firepower, dispatched with all their strength, and organized the eighth charge.This time, they were determined not to give up. Under the command of battalion commander An Yufeng, the third battalion and eighth company, which was at the forefront, faced the battle calmly.They lay in the ditches and rice fields beside the road, motionless.It was not until the enemy was more than 40 meters away from the position that An Yufeng shouted: "Fight!" The soldiers opened fire together, and the enemy fell down in batches like grains. However, the enemy in front fell, and the one behind rushed forward desperately under the intimidation of the supervising team.The eighth company faced the tide of enemies, and the bullets were fired more violently, and the grenades were thrown more powerfully.The enemy corpses were stacked in piles at the front of the Eighth Company's position. The enemy hit a wall in the Eighth Company's position, and turned to the Seventh Company's position in a swarm.The warriors of the Seventh Company also dealt a devastating blow to the enemy.Qi Zhouping, the deputy squad leader, was seriously injured and his clothes were stained red with blood, but he still shot with his gun.The soldier Xu Deming's two legs were broken by shells, and only half of his body remained, like a statue that could not fall down, holding a machine gun and kept shooting at the enemy.On the blocking position of the third row, only Gao Xiaodui's squad was left.Moreover, except for three whole people in the class, all the rest were wounded, and the bullets were almost out of bullets.Gao Xiaodui had an idea and set up the ecstasy array.He took the military cap of the wounded comrade and scattered them at the front of the fortifications. He fired a machine gun at the enemy here, fired a rifle there for a while, and ran to another place to throw a few grenades to stop the enemy. Attack after attack. ... The battle became more and more fierce, and the enemy army became more and more ferocious.At this critical moment, the teacher Zhou Xueyi came with the 109th Regiment.Zhou Xueyi held Wu Xiaomin's hand and said excitedly: "One of your regiments withstood the attack of two enemy divisions, and you played awe-inspiring!" Wu Xiaomin's eye circles were a little red: "Master, the third battalion suffered heavy casualties. Many soldiers fought with wounds and sacrificed their blood." "Paying the price and defending the position, this is a hero! A rare hero!" "Master, the enemy is coming again!" A staff officer reported to Zhou Xueyi. Zhou Xueyi looked at the dark, pressing enemies step by step, and thought, this time the enemy is going to fight for their blood, and the next one will undoubtedly be a fierce battle!He turned around and said to Gu Yongwu, the head of the 109th Regiment: "Head Gu, it's time for you to eat meat. Remember, in order to liberate Nanchang and honor our heroic troops, we must not let the enemy rush over! " "Don't worry, Master!" With the attack of the 109th Regiment, the battle became fiercer, and news of the progress of the troops came one after another: "Banxi Li Village has been taken!" "Dalonghu Village has been taken!" "Pailou Qin Village has been taken!" With the close cooperation of various units, the 109th Regiment finally repelled the attack of the enemy's 188th Division. However, at this time, Shihuaguan and Datangli Village had been occupied by the enemy's 175th Division, and the advance third battalion of the 110th Regiment who stood there was also surrounded by the enemy. At this critical moment, the battalion commander An Yufeng informed the companies: "If I die, the deputy battalion commander will take over the command; if the deputy battalion commander sacrifices, the person with the highest position will take over the command. Fight to the death and hold the ground!" The battle is even more fierce!Melee combat is even more brutal!Casualties keep increasing! In the hand-to-hand combat, there were only six people left in the two companies led by the deputy battalion commander Li Donghai, and his right leg was also seriously injured, bleeding profusely; Not much left.They were forced to gather in the overgrown barren mounds between the north and the south of Anchong, each sticking to a grave, and continued to fight hard with the enemy, killing hundreds of enemies, and persisted until 2:30 in the afternoon. "Battalion Commander, look! Reinforcements are coming!" An Yufeng wiped away the blood, sweat and dust from his face, and looked around, he saw Lei Qiyun, the political commissar of the division, led a regiment against the enemy's artillery fire, and had already flanked the southwest of Shihua Temple and killed the enemy one by one. The fifth division was cut into two sections. "Comrades, for victory and for returning to Nanchang, charge—!" An Yufeng jumped out of the bunker and led the remaining dozen or so people in the battalion to launch a final charge against the enemy. The enemy was first stunned by the sudden penetration and charge, and then wavered across the board, leaving more than a thousand corpses, wounded, and a large amount of guns and ammunition, and retreated into Nanchang City in a panic. The periphery of Nanchang was completely cleared. At dawn on May 22, the Second Field Fourth Corps occupied Nanchang. At 8 a.m. on the 23rd, the 37th Division of the 13th Army, led by division commander Zhou Xueyi and political commissar Lei Qiyun, held a solemn ceremony of entering the city. The heroic Nanchang has become a boiling ocean of joy. The sound of bugles and slogans echoes each other, just like the roar of turbulent waves hitting the shore; thousands of waving arms and thousands of fluttering colorful flags gather together, like the undulating waves of the sea. waves.The 37th Division-based formation of various arms, welcomed by workers, students and other citizens, walked through the Hue Gate with mighty and orderly steps, entered this famous revolutionary city, and returned to China The place where the first shots of the armed revolution were shot. That night, Chen Geng was very excited and wrote in his diary: Today, I came to Nanchang in the rain. This is the fourth time in my history... I came here as a winner.Recalling the first three times I entered Nanchang, I was really either an exile, a prisoner, or unable to stand, but all of them showed the hard work of our party.Without the first three times, there would be no glory for the people today. On the days when Chen Geng led the troops to celebrate their triumphant return in Nanchang as a victor, there was a person who was painfully recalling the past on the leaf-like island named "Fuxing" by the Huangpu River.He is Chiang Kai-shek. Of course, Chiang Kai-shek's pain is not only about regretting that he did not kill Chen Geng back then.What made him gnash his teeth, grieve his heart, and make him feel regretful was that he had deliberately planned and managed miserably for decades. Instead of destroying the Communist Party, he was defeated by the Communist Party step by step. Chiang Kai-shek came to Shanghai ten days ago when he bid farewell to his hometown Xikou. At that time, Chiang Kai-shek was seven-point sure of sticking to Shanghai, and three-point fluke.Therefore, as soon as he arrived in Shanghai, he asked Tang Enbo to call the generals and officers above the group, and he wanted to give a lecture in person. The generals and schools above the regiment were a little excited when they received the notice.Since Chiang Kai-shek announced his retirement, various rumors have spread like wildfire.Jiangfang collapsed, Nanjing fell, and the city was full of troubles and panic.Well this time, the "Chairman" has come in person, and there must be an explanation for where the party-state is going.Therefore, half an hour before the meeting, the participants sat in the venue in advance and waited. Chiang Kai-shek was dressed in a long robe and mandarin jacket, and a flannel top hat. While waving and nodding, he slowly scanned the venue: "Everyone, comrades! Today's meeting makes me very happy. Because the person sitting in front of me is a long-time veteran Generals who have been tempered in battle. You are the backbone of the national army, the backbone of the country, and the essence of the nation. When you see you, you see hope and victory. "Some short-sighted people, people without a strategic mind, people who don't understand the military and even less politics, think that Jiang Fang's retreat is a failure, and spread pessimism everywhere, as if the sky is about to fall. Mediocrity, women and children's opinions are not enough to teach. What I expect from everyone is not to rush to refute their ignorance and prejudice, but to save those poor souls by winning the decisive battle in Songhu and turning them from confusion into wisdom. "At that time, Sun Chuanfang, the commander-in-chief of the five-provincial coalition forces, came from Jiangbei, took Nanjing lightly, and went straight to Songhu. He seemed to be invincible, so arrogant, and what was the result? When the time came for a strategic shift, a general counterattack defeated him. Yes. From Longtan to the riverside, there are all coalition forces scrambling for their lives. The Yangtze River was almost blocked by floating corpses, and it has never recovered. At that time, our counterattack base was no other place, but Songhu. This time, we will use Songhu as our base again.打共产党的总反攻，不将其彻底击溃誓不罢休。今日之条件较之当年胜强十倍，有科学的攻防体系，有当代装备的精锐部队，有陆海空联合，有台湾遥相呼应，更重要的是有你们这样一批难得的精英屹立在决战之最前列。我们无坚不可摧，无往而不胜。 “上海的战略地位十分重要，不仅具有军事价值，更有政治意义；不仅对国内局势举足轻重，而且具有国际影响力。当前国际形势风起云涌，美苏矛盾日趋尖锐，大有箭在弦上一触即发之势。我敢断言，淞沪决战不出三个月，美苏之战——第三次世界大战必定爆发。因为美英诸国失去中国即失去亚洲，东方不保则西方难全，岂有坐视中国赤化之理？所以淞沪决战乃第三次世界大战之导线，一切问题均将在淞沪决战中求得彻底圆满解决。为打好总反攻之战，我将留在上海，像当年打孙传芳那样，指挥淞沪决战。我要和国军将士同甘苦，与上海共存亡。愿与诸位共勉之。” 蒋介石的一番话，确实令在场的不少人为之动容，但谁都不同意他坐镇上海指挥淞沪战役。蒋介石非但听不进去，还要俞济时传令将“泰康”号军舰开回宁波，以示决心之坚定。直到有人把话说到这个份上：“校长一定要留在上海，必定是嫌学生们不中用，放心不下。那么学生们只好请辞，校长另选良才吧。”蒋介石这才答应开战前一定离开现在居住的复兴岛，乘船到海上指挥。 复兴岛是黄浦江中距上海最近的一个岛屿，岛的东面是滔滔的黄浦江，西边是笔直的运河。一江一河像两把快刀，把它从浦东的陆家嘴和市区的杨树浦中切割出来，成了飘零在水中的一片枯叶。蒋介石从溪口出来到上海后，就一直住在这里。装备精良的“泰康”号军舰也随同他的主人停泊在复兴岛东北面的码头上。不知是随时准备参战，还是时刻打算撤逃，军舰自从靠岸的那天起，轮机就一直处在升火准备全速前进的状态。 蒋介石也和他的军舰一样，尽管马不停蹄，慷慨激昂，但内心是沉重而空虚的。毕竟，对付共产党和对付军阀孙传芳大不相同。况且二十多年过去，天时、地利、人和也发生了根本性的改变，今非昔比了。当然，上海还是要守的，至少要守上一段时间——那么多的金银财宝、物资机械，运往台湾是需要一定时间的。但到底能守多久，他心里确实没有个谱儿。而这一点又不能对任何人说，也不能让任何人窥视出来，这就令他愈加痛苦。 连日来，他演讲、训话、视察城防部署、批阅作战计划，并多次接见毛人凤，指示他临走前尽可能多地杀一些共产党员以及和共产党一个鼻孔出气的民主人士。当然，他做得最多、下功夫最大的是三番五次催促上海代市长陈良，要他尽量加快抢运黄金白银及贵重物资的速度。当然，他想做的事情还有很多很多。只是共军兵临城下，形势逼人，即便他有三头六臂，也忙不过来他想忙的事情了。 五月二十三日，解放军对上海发起总攻，猛烈的炮火将小小的复兴岛震得像筛糠的簸箕。“泰康”号军舰号丧般地鸣了一声汽笛，缓缓驶离码头。夜海茫茫，孤零零的军舰像一只黑色的幽灵，在浪峰波谷间沉沉浮浮，踯躅前行。 蒋介石走出船舱，不顾海上风疾浪高，在甲板上踱来踱去。望着硝烟迷漫、炮火连天的大上海，听着海风送来的隆隆爆炸声，蒋介石不禁黯然神伤。十天前刚刚泪别故乡，十天后又要诀别上海。再过十天，自己这把老骨头将在何方呢？他不寒而栗，只觉得一阵酸楚热辣辣又凄凉凉地涌上眼眶。 蒋经国寸步不离地跟在父亲的身后。自从解放军突破长江之后，本来就瘦弱的蒋介石脸上的棱角更加分明。加上这几天南昌陷落，杭州失守，溪口被敌占领，上海危在旦夕，蒋经国真怕父亲经不住这亡国丧家的刺激而杀身成仁。 “父亲，还是回舱里去吧。外面风大，当心着凉。”蒋经国小心翼翼地劝道。 silence.久久的沉默。 “经国，”在死寂的沉默中，蒋介石突然开口道，“你说说看，我们为什么会失败？” 蒋经国愣了一下，没有开口。这个问题不是他能够回答的，除了父亲，任何人都不能也不敢回答。从一九二七年在南京建国，到二十二年后国将败亡，父亲始终独裁国事，一手遮天，故而论及失败的原因。也只有他自己才有发言权。当然，蒋经国也能说出一二，比如半年前淮海战役的失策，比如上个月的长江布防……但这些蒋经国能说吗？他又敢说吗？ “我以为，其中的主要原因——”沉默过后，蒋介石一字一顿地说，“第一，党心不一。我党有史五十余载，从来就没有统一。党心不一，政令不行，互相拆台，拿大家以私小家。第二，干部腐化。共产党骂我们党腐败，不能说他们骂的都是错的。第三，对老百姓笼络不利。凡此三点，岂有不败之事？”蒋介石说到这里，望向苍苍茫茫的大海。 许久，他转过脸看了一眼蒋经国，继续说道：“我们只有另辟蹊径，重新训练干部，统一党心，让党员能自觉地为党的事业工作。他们能够严格执行纲纪，还能深入社会各阶层，组织基层群众。干部腐化，是因为没有监督的力量。今后，我们要以群众的力量来维护党纪，使每一个党员都服从党的领导，执行党的纲领。铲除空洞不实、因循敷衍、营私舞弊、麻木不仁的官僚作风，而代之以实事求是、急公尚义、严正不苟、是非分明、赏罚公允的新作风。”蒋介石好似忘掉了眼前的痛苦，像个正在参加总统竞选的政治家，慷慨激昂，一口气宣布了他的最新施政纲领。 “父亲！”蒋经国被这一番激动人心的话语说得兴奋起来。他没有想到，父亲会有这么多的新思想，这些思想甚至和他在苏联学的理论有许多相似之处。他感到，时至今日，他才找到他们父子之间的共同语言。于是，他用平生第一次涌起的敬重和真诚，直言恭维他的父亲：“我十分赞成您刚才的意见。能在党国失败之际深刻反省并找到其中的根本原因，我相信我们是有希望的。” “不。我们并没有失败。”蒋介石突然换了一副神色，“我们绝不会失败！我们还有湘、黔、两广，我们还有陕、康、川、滇！特别是大西南的云、贵、川，那是我们抗战胜利的最后堡垒，也就是今日反共复国的最后基地。有大西南在，我们绝不轻言失败！” 蒋经国突然觉得父亲的声调变得那么空洞而响亮，仔细一听，海潮停息了，上海方向的炮声停息了，“泰康”号军舰上空只有父亲尖利刺耳的声音在回旋…… “经国，”蒋介石紧了紧肩上的黑色披风，命令道，“通知舰长，全速前进！”“泰康”号汽笛长鸣，低沉而凄幽地向着大上海表示了最后的哀悼，随即消失在茫茫的夜海之中。 蒋氏父子永远地离开了他们赖以发迹的大上海。 五月二十七日，上海解放。 至此，第二、第三野战军联手发起的，历时三十六天的渡江战役胜利结束。 北平，西山双清别墅。 也是陈赓率部凯旋南昌的那一天——五月二十三日。毛泽东伏案疾书，以他那种黄钟大吕、囊括天地的大略雄才，作出了进军中南、西北、西南，解放全中国的战略部署。 （一）…… （二）二野亦应准备于两个月后以主力或全军向西进军，经营川、黔、康。二野目前主要任务是准备协助三野对付可能的美国干涉。此项准备是必需的。有此准备即可制止美国的干涉野心，使美国有所畏惧，而不敢出兵干涉。但在上海、宁波、福州等处被我占领，并最好由三野以一部兵力攻占青岛（假如上海占领后，青岛敌军尚未撤退）以后，美国干涉的可能性就很小了，那时二野就可以西进了。 （三）……四野主力（六个军及两广纵队）于七月上旬或中旬可达湘乡、攸县之线，九月可达永州、郴州之线，九月休息，十月即可尾白崇禧退路向两广前进，十一月或十二月可能占领两广。一野（四个兵团三十五万人）年底以前可能占领兰州、宁夏、青海，年底或明年初准备分兵两路：一路由彭德怀率领开赴西北，并于明春开始经营新疆；一路由贺龙率领经营川北，以便与二野协作解决贵州、四川、西康三省。 （四）如果上海、福州、青岛等地迅速顺利解决，美国出兵干涉的可能性业已消失，则二野应争取于年底或年底以前，占领贵阳、重庆及长江上游一带，并打通长江水路。如果二野能于八月一日左右或更早一点开动，则上述任务是可能完成的。However, this task should not be issued within the second field for the time being, because the central government is still a proposal for this, and the final decision will be made after the occupation of Shanghai and Fuzhou. （五）胡宗南全军正向四川撤退，并有向昆明撤退消息；蒋介石、何应钦及桂系正在做建都重庆、割据西南的梦。而欲消灭胡军及川、康诸敌，非从南面进军断其退路不可。 几天后，随着上海战役的胜利结束，进军大西南这个解放南中国的最后一个战略性行动，被正式提上了中央和中央军委的议事日程。 “同志们，刚才邓政委已经说了，蒋介石有三怕——一怕我军入关，二怕我军渡江，三怕我军进军西南。现在，我军一入了关，二渡了江，三是马上又要向西南进军。蒋介石在大陆的时间，是兔子的尾巴——不长了！” 南京国民大会堂里响起热烈的掌声和开怀的笑声。二野正在这里召开团以上干部会议，听刘伯承、邓小平作“大报告”。 刘邓作报告，依旧是老习惯——桌上没有讲稿，每人面前只放一个茶缸，而且讲话随时穿插，互相补充。这就使得报告更加精彩，生动活泼，相得益彰。 邓小平望了一眼风雨同舟的老搭档，接过来说：“在不到一年的时间里，战争的局势发生了两次转折性的变化。一次是几个月前，二野、三野合为一股，并肩作战，解决了淮海，渡过了长江，拿下了京沪。第二次转折呢，目前正陆续进行。这就意味着，自淮海战役时成立的总前委已经完成了使命，两大野战军又要各奔东西，去完成新的战略任务。对于我们第二野战军来说，这次的任务可能特别艰巨。我们必须做好各项准备工作，坚决完成中央赋予我们的任务。”说到这里，他拿出香烟，点上火，又诙谐地说，“这两个月头绪纷乱，原因是敌人溜得太快；我们部队也放了羊，成团成营地追，部队也不知分了多少路。陈赓打得最远，占领了江西全省，所以他不能来参加会议。不过，这也好，了了他的一桩心愿。红军时期，陈赓被蒋介石抓住，关在南昌。蒋介石念及陈赓在大革命期间救过他的命，便没有把陈赓杀掉。据说，在南昌时，有位国军将领对陈赓说'欢迎你再来'，陈赓告诉他，'再来，我就带十万部队来'！结果，十多年之后，陈赓果然带着部队解放了南昌。你们说，这是无巧不成书呢，还是历史发展的必然？” 在一旁的刘伯承朗声大笑，幽默地说道：“要我说，二者兼而有之。幸好我们当时没有让陈赓打南京，而让他直接南下。否则，他能坐上'总统府'里蒋介石的皮转椅，却实现不了他的诺言和愿望，岂不是一大遗憾？” “那可是终生的遗憾哟！”邓小平说起陈赓，神情中总是带着十分骄傲和欣赏。 刘伯承喝了一口水，清了清喉咙，把话题继续引向深入：“邓政委把我们接下来的任务比作第二次转折，而且比第一次转折更为艰巨复杂，需要我们有充分的准备——我完全同意。请大家注意，这次中央关于《向全国进军的部署》，整个电文共有五段，其中四段涉及我们二野的作战任务与行动。可见，进军西南作战，事关全局，责任重大。” 接下来，刘伯承对进军大西南作了具体的部署：“根据军委决定，第四兵团辖第十三、十四、十五军首先协同第四野战军出战广东、广西，然后迂回昆明。第三、五兵团先由浙西、闽北、赣东北地区向湖南之常德、邵阳一线集结，尔后第五兵团的第十六、十七、十八军附第三兵团第十军西出贵州，迂回川南，切断国民党军队退往云南的道路，协同第三兵团作战；第三兵团的第十一、十二军直出川东，占领黔江、彭水，牵制国民党军队，与第五兵团协同聚歼重庆地区之国民党军队。第三、五兵团完成上述任务后，会同一野第十八兵团围歼胡宗南集团于川西地区，进而占领全川，解放整个西南。” “我们必须明确一条基本原则，”邓小平伸出一个手指，用力一挥，“这就是坚决执行毛主席的指示！西南之战，必须以政治方式作为战争方式的辅助。必须明确一个基本的目标，这就是攻占成都的时间，不能耽误了布置春耕。这样一来，就更增加了进军的困难。由于这是一次新的千里跃进，路程比挺进大别山要来得远，有两千公里，第四兵团甚至达到四千公里；地形也更加复杂，有秦岭之险、巴山之固，还有历史上被称为瘴疠之地的沼泽森林……可以说，进军西南的胜利有一半拴在我们的脚上。” “政委说得有道理。”刘伯承十分认真地说，“同志们，要实现对敌人的大迂回大包围，还要不误农村布置春耕，办法只有一个，那就是加速前进！我们可不能心疼自己的脚板哟！” 会场里又漾起一阵笑声。刘伯承摆了摆手，正色道：“我可不是和大家讲笑话哟。我们每一个共产党员都必须知道，今后革命的路是很长很艰苦的。为此要时时刻刻检查自己有没有这个思想准备，还要随时揭发和纠正现存的各种错误思想和行动，这对进军西南是十分重要的。那么我们关键存在哪些问题呢？我以为一是骄傲自满，以功臣自居，自以为二野功劳大，应该得大赏。特别是这种骄傲不在战士和下级同志中，而是存在于大干部中间，所以危险性更大！如果不把这个问题弄清楚，我们就无法完成进军西南的任务。 “第二点，是为数不少的同志所产生的停顿不前和贪图享受的情绪。今后，二野的一些干部要继续留在南京，执行经济战线上的任务，大部分将要到西南去进行军事战线上的斗争。不论留在南京的还是到西南的，都要服从党的决定。我们向西南发展，去消灭敌人的残余力量，建立西南国防，乃是实现完全彻底胜利的光荣任务。南京固然好，上海更加好，但我们千万不能因为'此间乐'，就'不思蜀'了！否则，你这个半截子革命派还算什么共产党员？！” 参加会议的干部们见刘伯承又一次动真格的了，一个个的神情也随之严肃起来。 邓小平站起身来，略微提高了声调：“司令员的话，一言九鼎，是我们进军大西南的最好动员。我最后说一句，毛主席、中央军委把这样艰巨而光荣的任务交给我们，是对我们全军的信任。我们一定要全力以赴，完成好解放大西南的任务！” 一次伟大进军前的政治动员和军事部署，就这样在刘伯承、邓小平深刻、全面而又具有针对性的你一言我一语中结束了。 这就是刘邓的作风、二野的作风。 毛泽东把进军西南，消灭蒋介石在大陆最后一个军事集团的任务交给二野，看中的正是这支部队雷厉风行、不讲价钱不叫苦的作风，尤其看中了文韬武略的刘邓——一个炉火纯青、雄才大略、举重若轻的政治家和一个千锤百炼、运筹帷幄、决胜千里的军事家的珠联璧合，相得益彰。 陈毅得到二野进军西南的正式消息，破例指示管理员：“好好搞一顿饭。”他要做东请客，把二野的主要领导接到上海来。 做什么饭，烧什么菜，他都亲自指示，并提了许多具体要求。 见刘伯承、邓小平和二野各兵团的领导来了，陈毅高接远迎，高声大嗓地说：“听好多人说，在南京，连伯承、小平同志的伙食都很简单——一张旧圆桌，一荤一素一碗豆腐汤；连椅子都没有几张，人一多还要站着吃饭。今天就改善一下吧。” 刘伯承笑道：“你陈老总在大上海还不是一样？一张餐券一份饭菜，顿顿在伙房窗口排队，排到了喊一声'给碗饭吃'！” “饭到，菜到，齐啦！”陈毅学着伙房大师傅的腔调，吆喝了一嗓子。 人们未落座，先爆发出一阵开怀的笑声。 “坐坐坐，都是自家人，想吃的就吃，能喝的就喝，莫讲啥子客套。”陈毅嘴上说自家人莫客套，一举箸，首先“见外”了，“听闻毛主席起草电报，明确由两位老总和贺龙组成西南局，经营川康滇黔。说句实话，到大西南，其实我去最合适。你们守京沪杭，我去入川进藏……” “陈老总，你这是'贼'心不死哟！”刘伯承笑对，“我警告你，莫搞小动作，背后拆我们的台。” “我陈毅向来搞大动作，即便拆台也当面拆。” 陈毅说的倒是实情，他确实当面“拆”过二野的台。渡江前，中央在西柏坡分配工作。毛泽东提出，三野南下福建，解放东南沿海；二野直进川黔，解放大西南。 陈毅首先表示反对：“不行，不行。二野太苦了，进军大别山苦，淮海战役又把老本拼得厉害！不如二野、三野对调，三野去经营西南，二野经营富庶的东南沿海地区。” 刘伯承倒没有像陈毅那样大喊大叫，只平心静气地说了一句话就让毛泽东定了乾坤：“主席，有道是'兼资文武此全才'，还是'儒将'管上海好。” 毛泽东颔首：“有道理。三野的老底子是新四军，过去就在江南水乡，有江湖作战经验。相比较而言，二野在这方面就差些。三野不仅要解放东南沿海地区，还要跨海作战，解放舟山