Chapter 34 Chapter 34 Longnan Righteous Banner

Handing Gannan to Zhao Longwen made Hu Zongnan feel uneasy.This kind of "unreliable" is not a doubt about Zhao Longwen's ability, but mainly because Gannan's location in the north of Sichuan is too important.From Jiang Yuntai's request to change the dispatch telegram of the 119th Army, Hu clearly sensed that Zhao Longwen's intelligence was a bit too much.If this continues, it may be a big mistake. Hu Zongnan has always disliked people who love to show off their extreme intelligence, thinking that such people cannot be entrusted with important tasks.He prefers his subordinates to be a level dumber than him—at least on the surface, from time to time, under his illumination, a limited ray of light will appear.It is a pity that Zhao Longwen is not such a person, he wishes he could be the sun and bring light to Hu Zongnan.This is obviously not to Hu Zongnan's appetite.

Hu Zongnan thought of Chen Ziqian.Since Chen took charge of the Ninety Army, he has done a good job of keeping a low profile.Hu Zongnan called him over and said to him: "Gannan, I am not at ease, you give me a horse, go there to sit in town for a few days, the key point is to pay attention to Jiang Yuntai." In order not to cause irritation to Zhao Longwen, Hu Zongnan pretended to ask for Zhao's opinion.Zhao Longwen knew that Chen Zigan was already on his way, so Hu Zai asked himself, with the obvious "reason" in it, what other "opinions" could be said.He immediately acted as if he was being reinforced, and tried his best to let Hu feel it through the phone line, and wiped out the loss in his heart.

On the second day after Hu Zongnan changed his order to the 119th Army defense line, Chen Bowen, the adjutant Jiang Yuntai sent to Cheng County to buy grain, called Jiang from Dachuanba, saying that Chen Ziqian, the commander of the 90th Army, personally led the 12th Division from the Han Dynasty. Nan drove day and night to Wudu, arrived at Dachuanba, and was crossing the river. It was obvious that Chen Zigan was not a good comer.Jiang Yuntai immediately called Wang Zhiqi: "Do you know what mission the Twelfth Division came to Wudu for?" Wang Zhiqi was taken aback: "Is there such a thing? I don't know at all."

"Then why don't you ask Zhao Longwen?" Jiang Yuntai pressed on step by step. Wang Zhiqi had no choice but to hang up the phone to Zhao Longwen. Zhao Longwen yawned and asked back on the phone: "How did you know? So far I haven't received any notification from Mr. Hu! He should notify me of such a big event!" Wang Zhiqi knew that Zhao Longwen was playing hooliganism with him, but he didn't respond. Instead, he handed over this hooliganism to Jiang Yuntai.Jiang Yuntai didn't piss on this pot, and said: "Zhao Longwen is the director of the sub-administration. How could he not know about an army commander and a division coming to us? Only ghosts will believe this! Well, even if he doesn't know, now we report to the general manager. Got it! You asked him to inform the Twelfth Division that the troops had to go through Ganquan via Hanwang Temple before entering Wudu. If he didn’t agree, they had to go from Anhua, where I was stationed, and I would not be responsible for any conflicts between the troops!”

Zhao Longwen couldn't kick Wang Zhiqi's ball anymore, so he had to inform Chen Ziqian to take the 12th Division not to go straight to Wudu, but to camp at Hanwang Temple 40 miles southeast of Wudu via Ganquan.At the same time, he hinted at Chen Ziqian and said: "When I first arrived in Wudu, in order to unite sincerely and avoid misunderstandings, why don't you go and see Commander Jiang?" So, after Chen Ziqian left the camp, he rushed to Anhua, Jiang Yuntai's residence, with two entourages without stopping.In name, they "visited" Jiang Yuntai, but in fact they wanted to find out the truth.When I saw that Jiang Yuntai's troops were not separated from their guns, their horses could not get off their saddles, and they were heavily guarded, they knew it well.After exchanging a few casual greetings, I left with a heavy heart.

Because Gannan had more Chen Ziqian, the problem became simpler.Zhao Longwen's speech is not as reserved as in the past, and the authority of the director of the sub-administration has to be played around from time to time.However, the 12th Division brought by Chen Ziqian and the 338th Division that was originally stationed simply started fortifications in the direction of Jiang Yuntai's resident Anhua without any scruples, forming a two-to-one situation.Zhao Longwen ordered secretly: "If you keep an eye on Jiang Yuntai, the 119th Army will have nothing to watch. Wang Zhiqi is nothing to worry about."

This kind of clear mood is tantamount to building a high wall between Jiang Yuntai and other departments of the Gannan branch office.The only person Jiang can and must hold now is Wang Zhiqi.Because Wang Zhiqi has always been the symbol of the 119th Army, the best way to keep the 119th Army from leaving Longnan is to trap Wang Zhiqi. The opportunity was actually sent by Zhao Longwen again. Zhao Longwen didn't feel like being the director of the branch office, so he suddenly came up with a trick, hoping that through the secretaries of the KMT's county party departments in the counties in Longnan, he would send a joint telegram to the KMT Central Committee to recommend him as the chairman of Gansu Province.Before things were done, the news leaked out.Jiang Yuntai immediately started to think: If Wang Zhiqi becomes the chairman, wouldn't he put Wang in Longnan?So immediately act first, draw up a telegram, and send people to run from county to county to sign it.By the time Zhao Longwen held a meeting and discussed step by step, Jiang Yuntai's telegram had already been sent.Zhao Longwen made a fool of himself, wishing he could swallow Jiang Yuntai's bones and flesh in one gulp!

Calm down, Zhao Longwen thought, it seems difficult to hold Jiang Yuntai with his own hands.After much deliberation, there is only one way, which is to stab Hu Zongnan with the suspicion of "Jiang Yuntai's communism", and see how Chief Hu will deal with him! One day later, Zhao Longwen sent a telegram to Hu Zongnan in a serious manner, claiming that a radio station was found near Wudu Anhua, which often reported to the Communist army's theater of operations, and it was most likely an internal operation.According to Zhao Longwen's thinking, such a method and such a reminder should be foolproof.Unexpectedly, Hu Zongnan was very unhappy when he saw this telegram: Since you have "discovered", why didn't you find out the details, but did this kind of accusation!Hu threw the telegram aside fiercely, not wanting to pay attention to it.To him, Zhao Longwen's little report, which was clearly pretending to be clever, was purely trivial, while the other top-secret information just from the Central Bureau of Statistics made him thrilling!

The secret report informed that the CCP stepped up its investigation of Sichuan, and the underground CCP organization in Sichuan also sent people to contact He Long's department.Therefore, it is judged that the CCP’s action against Sichuan is imminent! Generally speaking, the Central Statistical Bureau seldom passed any information directly to Hu.This secret report is enough to reflect the word "extraordinary" in an extraordinary period, indicating that the situation has reached a critical moment.So, how much force will the CCP use and from what direction will it act against Sichuan?This has always been an unresolved question in Hu Zongnan's mind.

In fact, this issue had not been finally resolved until the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China made personnel arrangements for the Southwest Military Region on October 13.As early as when He Long served as the director of the Xi'an Military Control Commission, he discussed with Peng Dehuai and Xi Zhongxun that he planned to draw a group of military and local cadres from the Northwest to Linfen, Shanxi for training to prepare for going south.This initial idea was later implemented by He Long with 4,528 local cadres and 1,512 military cadres.He Long also negotiated with Li Jingquan to select some cadres from the Jinsui Branch Bureau and the Jinsui Military Region to disguise themselves as businessmen, workers and peasants, sneak into the southwest, investigate the local military important topography, and directly prepare for the future march.

Of course, this is only part of Mao Zedong's game of chess to solve the Southwest issue.In his telegram to the troops marching in South China in mid-July, he clearly mentioned that "He Long led about 100,000 people into Chengdu, and Liu Bocheng, Deng Xiaoping, He Long and other comrades formed the Southwest Bureau to manage Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Kangxi. ". What a gap in the word "management"!On his way to Beijing to attend the first plenary session of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in early September, He Long made a special trip to Linfen to visit the thousands of cadres who were training there. What about education? What about newspapers? How to mobilize the masses after entering the city? How to solve the difficulties of the poor?” They were required to formulate specific regulations for each specific policy.We also need to consider how to engage in financial trade, and how to transform and use the police, bandits, and secret agents. In short, we must think long-term and carefully.This is not just a matter of immediate combat. However, fighting the war is undoubtedly still in the first place. On October 14, Mao Zedong presided over the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China in Beijing, mainly discussing the march into the Southwest.The day before, the Central Committee had decided that Deng Xiaoping, Liu Bocheng, and He Long would serve as the first, second, and third secretaries of the Southwest Bureau.He Long was the commander of the Southwest Military Region, Deng Xiaoping was the political commissar, and Liu Bo assumed the chairmanship of the Southwest Military and Political Committee.Therefore, when it comes to the use of troops in northern Sichuan, Mao Zedong mainly wants to hear Boss He's opinion. "Which unit do you plan to bring into Sichuan?" Mao Zedong asked He Long while flicking cigarette ash. He Long simply replied: "It's convenient, it's the same for any army." If it is more convenient to enter Sichuan, it is of course the Eighteenth Corps deployed in Qinchuan and Tianshui. Mao Zedong said: "That is Zhou Shidi?!" Zhou Shidi was the commander and political commissar of the Eighteenth Corps. "Okay," He Long responded briskly, "Zhou Shidi and I have fought together for many years, so we will definitely have no problem working together!" Zhou Shidi is fine, how about the troops?A few comrades who have followed He Long for a long time murmured in private that many of the troops in the field were brought out by the boss himself, and their combat effectiveness was amazing. It was the last battle of the Liberation War in the southwest, and these troops should be brought in. Good steel is used on the blade. , the battle can be fought beautifully! He Long is extremely sensitive to this issue: "Winning a battle by picking troops is nothing! The army is led by the Party, not my own. If I don't bring the Eighteenth Corps, I have to bring the troops I brought out." , then do I, He Long, still look like a Communist?" The Military Commission made He Long's open-mindedness create a political atmosphere, and Mao Zedong seemed very happy, saying: "Mr. The mission is to liberate southern Shaanxi first, and then northern Sichuan. The main opponent is our old enemy Hu Zongnan." In fact, strictly speaking, these troops have all been trained by He Long in the past, especially the commanders at all levels, who are almost all of He Long's old subordinates. The time belongs to the Central Plains Military Region, but the team is still the old Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region troops; the 18th Corps is the old base of Jinsui. It attacked the fortresses of Yan Xishan in seven counties including Yizhou and Ningwu in Shanxi, and the later Datong Battle. The old soldier even asked Boss He to wear glory flowers!As for Peng Shaohui's Seventh Army, it was the direct descendant of the old 358th Brigade under the leadership of He Long. Political commissar Sun Zhiyuan and his successors Luo Guibo and Xian Henghan were all old subordinates of He Long.The team is excellent, and the troops are also excellent. They have been alone for a long time and silently performed tasks in Jinzhong.After returning to the northwest with the 18th and 19th corps, they have been guarding Gannan alone, keeping one side calm and stable.This alone is impressive. Hearing that he was going to fight Boss He in Sichuan, the Seventh Army rejoiced.Peng Shaohui was also very disturbed.Excited on the one hand, and anxious on the other.The latter is mainly to consider the situation in Gannan.He hurriedly found Huang Zhongxue, the director of the Political Department, and said, "Old Huang, the troops are about to start, and Jiang Yuntai from Wudu is still playing hide-and-seek with Zhao Longwen. It's really difficult!" Huang Zhongxue has some experience in working with the enemy army.He thought about it carefully, and said: "If you are impatient, you can't eat warmly. How about I go to Wudu myself?" Zhao Longwen failed to get a word from Hu Zongnan, so he called Wang Zhiqi full of anger and said: "According to the report from the Sui Department's reconnaissance station, there is a radio station near Anhua that often reports to the Communist Party's war zone. You have to take care of this matter." Check it out and report to me within seven days!" Wang Zhiqi thought, isn't this the whole Jiang Yuntai?He simply transferred the phone to Jiang, repeated what Zhao Longwen said, and then asked Jiang: "Zhao wants me to investigate, what do you think should be done?" When Jiang Yuntai heard this, he immediately became vigilant, remembering what Deputy Commander Zhang Zongxun told him earlier, try to contact him on foot, and use the radio as much as possible, saying that the radio is the least confidential.Sure enough, the handle came out!Fortunately, Zhao Longwen only said to check. The word "check" shows that he hasn't exactly grasped how much information he has, but it's just a guess.So, Jiang Yuntai replied: "Zhao said that the vicinity of Anhua, of course, also includes the front of my position. This is not surprising, the communist army scouts are there every day. It's not like him, Zhao, who lives in Wudu City , high-rise buildings, singing and dancing, of course there will be no suspicious radio stations!" Although these words are a bit smelly, they can also be justified in terms of emotion and reason.Wang Zhiqi ordered the headquarters to follow this spirit in the report to Director Zhao of the sub-administration.He also added: "Not busy, might as well be more thoughtful." When Wang Zhiqi's "thoughtful" investigation report was submitted, Zhao Longwen's excitement had already shifted.Hu Zongnan urged him to make preparations for entering Sichuan as soon as possible, and informed him that the Communist troops in western Hunan, western Hubei, and northern Guizhou stepped up their preparations for attack. The action caught Hu Jun's forward positions by surprise.In view of this, it is urgent to settle in northern Sichuan, otherwise the consequences will be unpredictable. The entire September was a period of time when Hu Zongnan had a better life.At any rate, Chiang Kai-shek stayed in Chongqing, and went to see him once every three days, so he felt somewhat dependent.More importantly, in the contact with the Communist army in the direction of Qinling, he was always proud.As he said in his report to Chiang Kai-shek: "The Communist army has stormed the Qinling Mountains many times, but there is no breakthrough." This must be a rare consolation for him who is recovering from a serious illness.It was hard for Hu Zongnan to imagine, let alone admit, that all this was just a piece of fruit candy deliberately stuffed in his mouth by Mao Zedong.Letting Hu Zongnan stay where he is proudly is an integral part of the CCP Central Military Commission's Southwest decision-making. Mao Zedong's policy of "using roundabout actions to penetrate behind the enemy, first complete the encirclement, and then fight back" was formulated according to the geographical conditions of the Southwest and the characteristics of the Kuomintang's military strength to avoid decisive battles.According to this policy, when the main force of the Second Field Army of the People's Liberation Army launched the Guangxi Campaign in the four fields, it would go straight out of Guizhou from the southeast in a roundabout way, and enter the line of Syria, Luzhou, and Chongqing. The road that attempted to retreat to Yunnan was suddenly blocked.The task of the Eighteenth Corps is to bite Hu Zongnan in the Qinling Mountains.After the Erye in the south blocked the road, we will come together to clean up the old enemies, first occupying northern Sichuan, and then Chengdu.This doomed the Qinling campaign commanded by He Long, Li Jingquan, and Zhou Shidi to be a "painless" battle from the very beginning, and the task was to "attack without breaking", resulting in a posture of going south into Sichuan along the Sichuan-Shaanxi Highway. Hu Zongnan was duped honestly, and ran to Chiang Kai-shek to brag, arguing that the Eighteenth Corps must follow the route of the Wei army's conquest of Shu in the Three Kingdoms era, and divide it into two routes, one going south from Lanzhou, passing through Wudu to Bikou; the other going south along the Sichuan-Shanxi Highway , and then merged into one, straight into western Sichuan.Therefore, Hu Zongnan's decision was to "reject the Communist Party's troops from outside Sichuan, and use Longnan and southern Shaanxi as the decisive battlefields." This is a regular use of troops, and Chiang Kai-shek has repeatedly criticized it with a prudent eye, but in the end it is beyond reproach.So Hu Zongnan, the "Director of the Sichuan-Shaanxi-Gansu Border Appeasement Office", detained more than 40,000 members of the Li Wen Department of the Fifth Corps on both sides of the Qinling Sichuan-Shanxi Highway; more than 44,000 members of the Li Zhen Department of the Eighteenth Corps were placed in the area west of Li Wen Department; , and asked Pei Changhui to create a Seventh Corps, with six troops deployed along the Bailong River, Micang Mountain, and Daba Mountain on the Sichuan-Shaanxi border to form a second line of defense, completely in a defensive posture. He Longzheng hoped that Hu Zongnan would make such a judgment.The opportunity Mao Zedong gave him was: "The time for annihilating Hu should not be too early. We should wait for Liu and Deng to advance to the lines of Syria, Luzhou, and Chongqing, and then launch an attack. The time is about mid-December." That is to say, There are about two months left before Hu Zongnan's line of defense can be completely let go of the fight.Therefore, in mid-October, when Peng Dehuai commanded Wang Zhen and led the Second and Sixth Armies to station in Xinjiang, Mao Zedong officially issued the combat order to enter Sichuan from Shaanxi.It will be November to really enter into the specific implementation of combat readiness-such as the deployment of troops, ideological mobilization, and the implementation of material support. The last time He Long saw Mao before leaving Beijing, Mao looked a little tired.It may be because the preparations for the founding of the country were exhausted and have not yet recovered.Starting everything from scratch is too heavy!After meeting He Long, he couldn't help feeling a little distressed.Then he said: "Chairman, you should pay attention to rest. Only when you are in good health can you serve the people well. There are still many things waiting for you to do in New China!" Mao Zedong smiled and said, "Boss congratulations, you have done the work on my head! I can't stop..." He sighed full of emotion, and looked out the window, as if he had returned to Huairen Hall in Zhongnanhai, back to September At the moment when he attended a plenary meeting of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference at 7 pm on the 21st, all the representatives stood up, the majestic march of the People's Liberation Army was played inside the venue, and a 54-gun salute was fired outside the venue, followed by five minutes of applause from the representatives, and then he said: " Dear gentlemen, we have a common feeling that our work will be written in the history of mankind, and it will show that the Chinese, who account for a quarter of the total number of mankind, have stood up since then..." "I'm so excited!" He Long said, "Even I can't sleep these days. You speak well, our efforts will surely achieve our goals steadily, let the reactionaries tremble, and let them talk about us like a long-mouthed woman." It’s not going to work, that’s not going to work! We must make results to show them!” Mao Zedong took a cigarette and lit it against Boss He's pipe, and Juxiang Bookstore suddenly became a sea of ​​smoke. When night fell on September 30, representatives of the CPPCC came to Tiananmen Square to hold a grand foundation laying ceremony for the Monument to the People's Heroes. Mao Zedong read out the inscription he wrote in a solemn and solemn way: "The people's heroes are immortal..." "Our sacrifice is too heavy..." Mao Zedong looked at He Long through the smoke, "Two civil wars, one war of resistance, how many thousands of martyrs? Our cause was poured out with their blood!" He sighed, "Now, If Taiwan is not counted, there will be only one Northwest and one Southwest left in the big war. Except for Xinjiang, the situation in the Northwest has yet to be worked out. Mr. Peng called and said that the affairs in Hexi were handled well, and the oil production in Yumen was not affected. It will have a big impact. There are two armies in Xinjiang, and it depends on how well Tao Zhiyue and the others cooperate. The situation in the southwest is more complicated, and Chiang Kai-shek has not given up on his dream so far, so you should be prepared to suffer a little bit." Mao Zedong thought After thinking about it, he added, "But to reduce sacrifices, the less the better!" It was late October when He Long left Beijing.The first stop was Linfen to check the preparations for entering Sichuan.Just in time, Li Zonglin and Ma Shitu, the leaders of the Sichuan underground party organization of the Communist Party of China, came to "welcome the army to enter Sichuan." He Long got out of the car, and before his buttocks were hot, he greeted him, "Call me over here, let's talk about the situation." So, Li Zonglin and Ma Shitu saw the "big man" in a loose cotton coat in an ordinary small courtyard. The "big man" let them into the house affectionately, and then asked in a dialect "almost Sichuan dialect", "It is not easy for you to come from Sichuan, is it? The old saying is that the road to Shu is difficult!" Just this ordinary sentence , Ma Shitu sighed for decades: "I didn't expect this senior military commander to speak so elegantly." He Long's "almost Sichuan dialect" and his friendly attitude made Li Zonglin and Ma Shitu throw away all their restraint at once. The two of them were like visiting relatives, asking and answering questions and talking endlessly, bringing Sichuan The social conditions and sentiments of the people and the performance of warlords, big and small, are reported one by one.Finally, he said urgently: "Boss, the people of Sichuan hope that the army will go south as soon as possible, and they can't wait!" He Long deeply understood Li and Ma's feelings, and said, "Come on, let's go to Chengdu to celebrate the New Year." Within ten days, the frontline command post of the Southwest Military Region Command was established in Xi'an.Subsequently, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China decided to establish the Northwest Sichuan Military and Political Committee, with He Long as the director, in charge of military affairs, politics, party committees, and democratic movements.As soon as these two items were implemented, Li Jingquan, commander and political commissar of the 18th Corps Zhou Shidi, deputy political commissar Wang Xinting and others also gathered in Xi'an one by one, and He Long's good show was complete with gongs and drums.The 60th Army, 61st Army, 62nd Army, 7th Army, and 19th Army of the 18th Corps received tasks respectively and started pre-war mobilization. In a short time, texts and telegrams rushed, and the sky radio signals of Qinling and Gannan As dense as stars, Hu Zongnan's investigative station reported three times a day, which made him burn all over, or Guangzhou or Taiwan called for emergency.However, when the reply asked him to "report the details", Hu felt that he had no way to talk about it. A month ago, when Chiang Kai-shek taught Hu Zongnan the opportunity to "hold on for six months and secure the Southwest" in the Cave Forest Garden in Chongqing, Hu's tone was still very unusual, and he felt that "holding on for a year or two" was no problem.At that time, Hu made his judgment based on the joyful mood that the Qinling defense line had not been breached for several months, but at this moment, the situation changed suddenly, and the road to the southwest was blocked one after another, and he couldn't help feeling desperate.He couldn't help complaining a little bit to the "principal": At the beginning, he wholeheartedly went to the west of Yunnan to join Li Mi, but he insisted on being blocked by Chiang Kai-shek's words of "hard work". Today, where is the old man?Haven't gone to Taiwan to enjoy the scenery of Alishan! Hu Zongnan was sad, resentful, angry, and hated for a while. He was a little discouraged. He didn't want Chiang Kai-shek to show a "heroic spirit" suddenly. On November 14, he flew from Taiwan to Chongqing again unexpectedly. Chiang Kai-shek was forced to come to Chongqing by Mao Zedong. Chiang Kai-shek was extremely surprised by the "big roundabout strategy".If he stays in Taiwan any longer, the CCP will immediately become a foregone conclusion.Jiang had no other choice, the only thing he could do was to climb up on the weight to press the weight beam which could no longer be lifted.Of course he understands that Sichuan is about to become a sea of ​​flames, and he wants to take risks by doing so, but at this moment, isn't all his weight betting on the word "risk"? Chiang Kai-shek has always advocated "regularity", and it is often surprising that this "normality" is kept to an emergency.At this time, his sudden surprise was like making Hu Zongnan bite a piece of sour popsicle, he was shocked at first, his whole body trembled, and then the endless taste permeated, making his heart sour. "It's only at this time that I come to act as a hero. If I knew today, why bother!" Hu Zongnan felt that he would never figure out his principal. There was no change in Hu Zongnan's mood.Even if you see it, you can ignore it.This is Chiang Kai-shek's self-confidence.The mountain city of Chongqing still has the tranquility of the past.When the first bad news came one after another, Jiang's face kept the calmness under the spotlight.Even Guiyang was captured by the communist army, and the Song Xilian Group in eastern Sichuan was retreating steadily. On November 19, its 14th Corps was wiped out at the border of Echuan, and the gate of eastern Sichuan was opened. Straight in, Chiang Kai-shek's posture remains intact.However, on November 20, after he called Hu Zongnan, he felt like he had sores on his buttocks and couldn't sit still. Now it seems that this phone call ruined Hu Zongnan's good evening, and finally made Hu's "Northwest King" a little brighter. Chiang Kai-shek's composure has always been supported by Hu Zongnan.When the critical moment came, he thought it necessary to send Hu Zongnan to speed up the southward retreat and dispatch the First Army to Chongqing to "protect him", but Hu Zongnan respectfully raised objections.This was the first time in history that Hu Zongnan disobeyed Chiang Kai-shek. The reason was: "The He Long Department of the Communist Party has a large number of troops at the front. It may be inappropriate to transfer the First Army to Chongqing at this time." "What's wrong? What's wrong!" Chiang Kai-shek seemed to have been accidentally pricked by a needle, "You don't care about my life or death, what about the safety of the special committee and the entire cabinet? Can it be treated as a joke? You have to know , the current enemy, the status of Yucheng is different..." Hu Zongnan expressed himself with the utmost patience and determination.He said: "To the west of the Qinling Mountains, the length of the battle line and the number of passes are really rare. The current military strength is still insufficient. If we go to another army, it will be even more stretched. What's more, the deployment of troops is ready now, and the troops are defending each other. Deduction, and the morale of the army is unstable, mobilizing the whole body and mobilizing one army will definitely give the Communist army an opportunity. Besides, Chongqing can be safe only when Sichuan is safe; if Sichuan is uneasy, how can we talk about Yucheng..." "Nonsense!" Chiang Kai-shek became impatient. "Don't you know that obedience is a bounden duty? It's about the life and death of the party and the country. How can you just protect yourself? You really let me down!" Hu Zongnan tried his best to keep calm: "This is not self-protection, principal..." "Don't call me the principal!" Chiang Kai-shek angrily dropped the phone. Hu Zongnan knew that Chiang Kai-shek was really angry, and after five minutes, he took the initiative to shake the phone, expressing his obedience to dispatch, and immediately mobilized vehicles to transport an army to Chongqing.When Chiang Kai-shek heard these almost confessional words, he didn't react. He hummed lightly and hung up the phone. The more he thought about this matter, the more useless Hu Zongnan felt.When it was implemented, the trucks mobilized hundreds of taels, but the actual shipment was less than two groups.When the troops went to Chongqing, they bluffed on the streets, pretending that they were safe or not, and Chiang Kai-shek didn't pursue it further.He thought about it from Hu's position, and it seemed reasonable, but Jiang couldn't let go of this face. After sending two regiments to Chongqing for no apparent reason, Hu Zongnan regretted it all night.Although the First Army has been upside down, supported up and down, and supplemented several times, it has always been regarded as the most personal money by him. Compared to now, it is also the army with the most complete preservation and the best equipment.If Jiang's order was taken out in one go, what else would he have to sing about?Don't look at the "Bingtuan" on the left and the "Bingtuan" on the right under his command. They are all shoe uppers without soles.The more Hu Zongnan lost, the more he became sober, and the more sober he became, the more painful he became. In fact, under the circumstances at that time, the real advantages and disadvantages did not lie in the number of people, but in the quality of the soldiers, especially the political quality.The Kuomintang is in decline, and what it says becomes a lie when it comes to the mouth of the chief.Because the officials cannot justify themselves if they don't lie. The general situation of national liberation is there!The People's Liberation Army is different. It is thriving and upright. From the standpoint of ordinary people, the truth is true and credible no matter how you say it. So everyone tells the truth and touches the truth. They know who is fighting for and why they are fighting. Good days are waiting ahead. , everyone has a head.Even if there is a slight problem in thinking, it will be clear at one point. After the troops accepted the task of fighting in Sichuan, a small number of northern comrades did not want to enter Sichuan. Some were afraid that Sichuan and Kang would not be acclimatized; some were afraid that they would not be able to eat pasta or rice; Wait.He Long took these ideological bumps seriously, saying that they were "blockers" for the troops to enter Sichuan, and asked the 18th Corps to hold a few reports as soon as possible. Hu Yaobang, who held the first plenary session of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Beijing, made a report on the situation. On this basis, a mobilization meeting for cadres going south was held, and He Long personally gave a speech. People who heard He Long's speeches in Jinsui in the past said that the boss's political mobilization is particularly flavorful, and people are fascinated when they hear it.This time, it was still the same, holding a big pipe in his hand, and opened the scene easily: "The mission assigned to us by Marshal Mao is to annihilate Hu Zongnan's troops and cooperate with Erye to liberate the Southwest of the motherland. This The task is very difficult." Next, I will point something wrong: "Yes, compared with North China and other places, many places in the Southwest are still very backward, and the conditions are also very difficult... Some of our comrades heard that the Southwest is "the sky is not sunny for three days, and the land is not three feet long." Ping’, I still eat rice every day, and I want to stay in my hometown. We are all members of the Communist Party, Communist Youth League and revolutionary fighters. Don’t we say every day that we want to liberate all mankind? There are still tens of millions of compatriots in the Southwest. Suffering, Chiang Kai-shek still has hundreds of thousands of troops entrenched there, and wants to use the southwest as a counter-offensive base for a comeback. Can you live and work in peace and contentment if you stay in your hometown?" He Long put himself into it while talking: "I am not from the north either. My hometown is in Sangzhi, Hunan. I grew up eating rice. For the revolution and the resistance against Japan, many of us southerners participated in the 25,000-mile During the Long March, when we arrived in Jinsui, we ate millet and black beans for eight years. Couldn’t the comrades here go to the Southwest to eat rice for a few years for the sake of the revolution?” At this point, He Long talked about the issue of unity after joining forces with the second field army in the future, saying that he should learn from the brother army with an open mind, keep a low profile, and don't just say "we have eaten black beans for several years".He Long said: "Aren't we the only ones who are suffering? Isn't it difficult for the brother army? In fact, our Jinsui border area is backed by the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region, which is much better than their conditions in the Taihang Mountains." What kind of problem is it to eat rice and black beans?However, He Long spoke plainly about a big ideological question. This question is both emotional and reasonable, and many old comrades have engraved it in their hearts for decades and will never forget it. Finally, let's talk about war.He Long has only one sentence: "The liberation of Southwest China is the last battle on the mainland. I hope that every comrade will not miss this opportunity to make meritorious service." For cadres and soldiers who have figured out the issues of "eating black beans" and "eating rice" , such a sentence is enough. The "opportunity to make meritorious service" that He Long mentioned did not really come until the end of November.In the mountains of southern Sichuan, more than 30,000 people from the Song Xilian Group and the Luo Guangwen Corps were finally completely eliminated by Chen Xilian. Chongqing was successively conquered due to Qijiang, Fuling, Jiangjin and other suburban cities. The sliders are not enough, so what are you talking about "protection"?Chiang Kai-shek was caught blind, and hurriedly ordered Hu Zongnan to quickly deploy defenses to Chengdu, waiting for the arrival of the big "committee" and "cabinet" in Chongqing. The situation came without any preparation, Hu Zongnan was in chaos for a while, and sent reports to all his ministries overnight, causing a panic. At around 10 o'clock this evening, Jiang Yuntai was listening to a report from an "eyes and ears" in Wudu City on Zhao Longwen's recent internal and external activities, when he suddenly received a call from Wang Zhiqi, saying that Zhao Longwen was going back to Sichuan, and asked Jiang to rush to Wudu immediately to see Zhao off. . Undoubtedly, Jiang Yuntai also felt very sudden.Fortunately, he reacted quickly and had already estimated this day, so he could handle it easily. Ten minutes later, Yang Guoquan, commander of the 1st Battalion of the 732nd Regiment of the 244th Division, was ordered to lead his troops to Wudu City that night to defend the city.He didn't want Chen Zigan to take the lead. Jiang Yuntai's move naturally greatly stimulated Zhao Longwen.Zhao did not call Jiang, but asked Wang Zhiqi for the call, and asked angrily, "What is the meaning of this? Give me an explanation!" Wang Zhiqi was left speechless by Zhao Wen, and in desperation had no choice but to confess honestly, saying that he knew nothing about it.Zhao Longwen also knew in his heart that this matter must have nothing to do with Wang Zhiqi, but he just wanted to insist on Wang Zhiqi, and pursued and beat him fiercely, so he had to force Wang to give an "explanation".He deliberately wanted to make Wang Zhiqi suffer a little, so that he could turn around and vent his anger on Jiang Yuntai. Unexpectedly, Wang Zhiqi is a "silencer".He is not confused, he is pretending to be confused.In the phone call to Jiang Yuntai, Wang just said lightly: "I mean I want you to see Zhao off. He is leaving Wudu, and friends meet, but you send troops to pick up the city defense first, and then go see him off. In this way Everyone's faces are so ugly." Jiang Yuntai said: "It's not a question of whether it looks good or not. The 119th Army is in Gannan. If you can't even control an important town like Wudu, how can you gain a foothold in the future? Besides, they will send a division to be stationed next to your couch. , your face looks good?" Wang Zhiqi asked meaningfully: "How long do you plan to stay in Gannan?" Jiang Yuntai asked alertly: "What do you think?" "Shangfeng has informed that Zhao Longwen is leaving, and let me be the chairman of Gansu Province to preside over the defense of Wudu." Wang Zhiqi sighed sadly and joyfully. This is exactly what Jiang Yuntai hoped.Jiang Xi expressed his expression: "This is a great thing, we should celebrate it!" As he said this, a string in his heart was tensed. It was a rare opportunity for the king to be willing. He turned around and scribbled a few words, and asked the guards to send him away Yang Boda, the deputy division commander, asked Yang Su to contact the Seventh Army of the People's Liberation Army and prepare for an incident. Wang Zhiqi turned a blind eye to Jiang Yuntai's tricks.He only asked Jiang to go to Wudu with him the next afternoon to see Zhao Longwen off, and he didn't say anything else. In the afternoon of the next day, Wang and Jiang made an appointment to go to Wudu together.Chen Ziqian, commander of the 90th Army, and Wu Ziqing, commander of the 12th Division, also came from Hanwang Temple to see Zhao Longwen off.Chen and Wu brought more than a dozen guards with them, but they stayed outside the city in a ghostly manner, with only one guard leading a horse by their side.Just in time, I went to the edge of the city and met Wang Zhiqi and Jiang Yuntai.彼此寒暄几句，吴子清说：“云台兄骑术是久闻大名却未见英姿，我这匹坐骑还是你送的，是不是来一招给诸位开开眼界？” 蒋云台心中有事，警惕性很高，觉得陈、吴留那么多警卫在城外，必有蹊跷。便抱拳打拱：“老了老了，求你别让我出丑了！” 吴子清不罢休：“嗨，你送我的这匹宝马，是真正的内蒙古纯种，身手了得，你一定要试试！” “好马不吃回头草。它已经有新主人了，我还讨那个没趣干吗呀？哈哈哈……”蒋云台放声大笑，坚辞不从。 吴子清没法再劝，也跟着笑。大家都跟着笑，但心里都在犯嘀咕，总觉得有什么大事要发生似的。 赵龙文的告别情景比人们的想象要简单得多。王治岐被叫过去随便谈了几句后，赵便拉着王的手站在过道上对包括政训处长袁耀宸、省府代理秘书长李永瑞在内的所有人宣布：“我奉紧急命令，率部前往碧口，武都防务交由王主席完全负责，今后应听王主席命令办事。” 王治岐突然变成“王主席”，人们打着哈哈说些不关痛痒的恭维话，即送赵龙文上路。赵骑在马上一路东下，送行的人群也就随之拥到白龙江岸。然后，挥手告别。 整个闹哄哄的场面中，赵龙文和蒋云台没有单独说一句话，甚至彼此的对视都没有。 赵龙文离开武都的第三天深夜，三三八师不辞而别，神不知鬼不觉地开走了。然而这似乎并未影响王治岐的心情。“王主席”正在全力张罗成立省府，晋升职员、接收财务、发表就职演说和通电等，好像这一过程给他带来的快乐，远远超过省府本身的存在价值。 到12月5日，前方已经打得不可开交。王治岐不得不把代理秘书长李永瑞找来，说：“万一前方紧急，可把重要文件送往文县。最后无法抵抗时，省府人员都迁往文县，把军事交蒋云台负责。”与此同时，还安排了另一条后路，准备到藏区打游击。 这晚，王治岐刚刚送走铁坝藏区头人惠俊秀，回到屋里浑身不知如何是好，突然门上传来蒋云台的声音。蒋不请自到一进门就打开窗子说亮话，把国共大势分析了一遍，说：“自古以来，得民心者得天下，你我何不深明大义，顺时而动呢！” 王治岐虽然对此早已有所考虑，但事情赤裸裸地摆在面前时，还是觉得噎人，咽不下。他长长地叹道：“我跟你不一样啊……” “什么不一样！你是甘肃省主席是不是啊？可笑，太可笑！”蒋云台有些心急，“中共六十二军刘忠部先头部队已达两河口，第七军彭绍辉部直指碧口，另有十八兵团六十军、六十一军正急攻秦岭，川南大门已开，重庆摇摇欲坠，川中巴掌大的地方，能支撑几天！” “那……总裁……你是怎么知道这些的？”王治岐惊慌得说不好话了。 蒋云台冷笑：“你不是说我跟你不一样吗？是啊，我怎么能跟你比呢……可是我绝不像你那么糊涂！” “糊涂？哈哈哈……”王治岐突然狂笑不止，渐渐的，眼里闪出一点泪光，随之，身体软软地往躺椅上一倒，嘴里含糊不清地咕哝道，“落花流水春去也……好吧，事已至此，一切你就看着办吧！” 蒋云台就要王治岐这句话。 当天晚上，与蒋云台素有联系的警察局长杜正中报告说，“武都警察局有相当一部分不可靠，这些人手中都有枪，到时怕弄不住……” “这还不容易，”蒋云台说，“今晚你就给我把所有警察局的人枪都收了，就说有个案子在待查之中，武器必须集中保管。在案子查清之前，谁也不许动枪！” 杜正中仍有些担心：“这……万一闹出乱子来……” 警察与土匪往往只有一步之遥。蒋云台考虑片刻，说：“好吧，我给你一个连，谁敢调皮，你就给我往死里收拾他！” 第二天，王治岐和二四七师代理师长李惠民被蒋云台邀到自己的住处。一进门，王治岐就耷拉着脑袋，眼睛红红的，一看便知昨晚没睡好。他呆坐了会儿，说：“云台，我们都是一一九军的老人，对这个部队都有感情，大势所趋，你怎么做我无话可说，但你必须答应我，要对得起兄弟们，保证他们的生命安全……无论如何！”王说着说着又控制不住自己的眼泪，竟哽咽得说不下去。 蒋云台起身踱了一圈，叹道：“可叹我蒋云台一片苦心，只有苍天可鉴！”他指着王和李二人：“你，还有你，竟执迷不悟到这个程度！难道把兄弟们拉到四川当替死鬼，这就是替他们考虑了吗？你们知道吗，中共对起义人士的政策一向是宽大的。请你们相信我，我会负起这个责任，唯一的要求就是，今后在任何情况下，你们都必须跟我保持一致行动，千万不要意气用事！” 王治岐和李惠民将信将疑地点着头，心里有一万个不乐意，也只能唉声叹气罢了。 到这时为止，蒋云台才算基本上控制了王治岐。这等于成功了一半。现在，他的主要注意力就得放到团以下部队上了。他必须切实保证团、营、连每级都有人手，绝对听话，不许向解放军开枪。只要有一点差错，就可能酿成大乱。所以，他决心从头至尾再检查一遍。 正当蒋云台送走王治岐和李惠民之后，打点行装准备出门时，一个魁梧的大汉堵在门口，一拱手说：“师座，别来无恙？” 蒋云台觉得面熟，细细打量，却是过去的老部下康君实。他早听说此人已经从共，料知事有蹊跷，忙就把人往屋里让。 康君实不进，说：“我还有两个朋友，一道来的，也想见见师座，不知……” “请啊，快请快请！”蒋云台说着一个“请”字，心里七上八下打起鼓来，眼睛朝康君实身后看。只见康往后一招手，不远处路口两个年轻后生便过来了。 蒋云台把三人领到厅堂。刚落座，便见其中一位看看左右没有别人，手伸到贴身兜子里摸出一封信，递到蒋面前，说，“这是二号带给你的……” 蒋云台展信，一看字迹就认出是张宗逊的亲笔，忙合上信揣进怀里，问：“二位是……” 康君实介绍：“这位是刘干事，这位是杨参谋，”压低声：“都是从六十二军来的。” “噢，欢迎！欢迎！”蒋云台的热情高了一个档次，忙吩咐警卫员杨春芳倒茶，又把另一个警卫李世才叫来，附在耳边说：“到门口看着点，有人来见，就说我去了部队，不在家。”说完，把大家引到里屋去看张宗逊的信。 当即，蒋云台派人找来了有关人员和康、刘、杨三人一起，拟定二四四师、二四七师撤退部署及集结地点，以及行动过程中的联系信号等。大家越谈越兴奋，直到夜深，蒋云台说：“刘干事和杨参谋今晚就在县府碉堡上委屈一夜吧，放心睡你们的觉，让我的卫士给你们放小哨。明早回去就把情况报告方副军长。” 刚把人送出门，蒋云台尚未定神，电话又响了，是军参谋处长王东才打来的，说赵龙文昨晚12点左右，同袁耀宸通话，赵不知怎么听人说，二四四师用一辆吉普车在两河口把共产党的代表接到城里来了，要袁立即查清是否属实。袁证实说，确有其事，而且那辆车早已进城。赵问城防谁接，袁告诉他是二四四师，赵龙文叹了口气，挂了电话。 蒋云台听了报告，嘱咐道：“别管他，你给我把袁看紧点就行了。” 王处长表示万无一失，说他已在袁耀宸身边派出两个侦查小组，袁心里有数，不敢乱动。 蒋云台这才确信，武都城里除了一些“泥鳅”之外，没有能兴起风浪的人物了。一丝倦意袭上眉头，他想好好睡一觉，刚擦了把脸，忽听机要参谋在门上报告，说有一份加急电报。蒋知道肯定是共产党方面的，便立即拿过来看。果然，是六十二军发来的，问能否相机占领汉王寺附近的白龙江铁索桥。 这座桥是六十二军进占武都的要道。赵龙文原来派了一个工兵排驻守在桥头，准备在陈子干所带的那个十二师过桥之后，立刻将桥炸掉。蒋云台了解到这些，吓了一跳，赶紧命七三一团的马宗仁营长，带两个连火速赶到桥头，任务是在十二师过后不许工兵炸桥。 命令下达之后，蒋云台再也没法睡了，直到12月8日晚10点多钟，六十二军静悄悄地开进武都，蒋云台才喘了一口气。 1949年12月9日大清早，武都城里的老百姓与往日一样开张门店，一看大街小巷全是红五星帽徽的解放军，都惊呆了。与此同时，王治岐、蒋云台、李永瑞三人联名发出的起义通电，也正在“滴滴答答”飞向天空。 六十二军军长刘忠、政委鲁瑞林是随后续部队到达武都的，与王治岐、蒋云台等人见面，大大夸奖武都和平解放的内应工作做得漂亮，既安全，又顺利，军队保存得蛮好。刘忠说：“我代表全军指战员和武都人民感谢你们！” 蒋云台听了这些话哈哈直乐，王治岐也跟在后面勉为其难地笑着，一边笑，一边打量蒋云台，好像面前这个姓蒋的跟昨天相比，判若两人，自己都认不出来了。蒋云台被王治岐看得有些尴尬，他知道王的心里这会儿在想些什么，也不想作出什么解释。正好，这时候七军军长彭绍辉给他发来一份电报，借这个机会，蒋云台离开了。 彭绍辉的电报告诉蒋云台，说他们的任务很紧急，不能来武都，有些情况需要向蒋云台当面通报一下，希蒋能立刻赶到老爷庙一晤。武都到老爷庙嘴上喊100里，又没有大路，蒋云台有点为难。刘忠说：“快去快回吧，今后你们的工作，恐怕更多地需要同七军同志地取得联系，去当面谈一谈，有好处。” 于是，蒋云台打马直奔100里地以外的老爷庙。