Chapter 173 7. The final victory of the tough battle

After 10 days and nights of hard work, a 310-meter tunnel was finally dug.After that, the troops spent another day installing 1,500 kilograms of black explosives and 150 kilograms of yellow explosives shipped from Shandong Military Region and Luzhong Military Region. Everything is ready, Li Zuopeng will report the deployment to Luo Ronghuan for approval. The deployment is: take the 2nd Brigade and 4th Regiment of the original teaching as the first assault force, one part will carry out the assault in the northwest corner of the city, and the main force will be in the south of the city for standby; the 11th regiment and the guard battalion of the Luzhong 2nd Division will serve as the second assault force, mainly attacking the northwest corner. The regiment is deployed on standby in the east of the city; the rest of the troops are in reserve.At the same time, Wang Quanzhen was sent to lead two infantry companies and two militia companies to transport ammunition.Kong Fanbin, Director of the Political Department of Luzhong 2 Division, was in charge of rescuing the wounded.

In order to facilitate command from the front, the siege troops set up the command posts of each regiment of the assault force about 300 meters away from the explosion hole.Wu Ruilin set the command post of the Luzhong 2 Division 350 meters away from the breakthrough. On the night of the 10th, a deafening explosion pierced the silent night sky.After the gunpowder smoke and dust cleared, a 120-meter-long gap was exposed in front of the commanders and fighters, and the blasting was successful. Teaching the 2nd Brigade, 4th Regiment and 1 Battalion to rush to the blast hole first as planned, but both attacks were blocked.

"Go to the first and second echelons of the second commando!" Wu Ruilin gave the order decisively. As soon as the words fell, the 1st Battalion of the 11th Regiment, led by Battalion Commander Peng Yulong, rushed up the city wall in the northwest corner, took control of the northwest corner, and then rolled from the breakthrough to the east. Dong Zhixiang, the battalion commander of the guard battalion, led the 1st company of the battalion to enter the breakthrough, and then rolled towards the west side of the breakthrough.After the breakthrough was successful, Wu Ruilin ordered the 3rd Battalion of the 11th Regiment, who served as the third echelon, to quickly consolidate the breakthrough in order to prevent the enemy from counterattacking and re-closing the breakthrough. .

After the deployment was completed, Wu Ruilin moved the command post to a temporary bunker built with sacks on the west wall of the breakthrough, directing the deep battle. Despite the enemy's desperate resistance, the troops still made rapid progress. When the troops attacking on the two wings reached a distance of about 200 meters from the north gate and the west gate building, Wu Ruilin ordered the third and fourth echelons and one battalion of the 2nd Brigade and 4th Regiment to teach , In addition to consolidating the breakthrough with some troops, the main force joined the deep battle.

After the northwest corner was breached, the enemy hurriedly mobilized troops from the east and south in an attempt to counterattack and restore defense.Seeing that the enemy's forces on the east and south sides were empty, Wu Ruilin ordered the two battalions of the spy regiment and the 2nd Teaching Brigade and 4th Regiment to attack the city from the east and south sides with ladders.After the two parts boarded the city, they quickly advanced in depth. The battle went on quite fiercely.This is a time of competition and you must not retreat. After discussing with the commander of the regiment, Wu Ruilin decided to send the special reserve team into the battle.This reserve team is composed of 30 carefully selected big men, each of whom is equipped with a box gun, 100 rounds of ammunition and a 7-foot-long spear with a hook, which are used to deal with the enemy's four- to five-foot-long Guan. The formula is a big knife, and after killing the enemy at the same time, it can also drag the enemy's corpse over.In this way, the siege troops competed with the enemy fort by fort, street by street. After more than ten hours of gun battles and hand-to-hand combat, they finally wiped out the main death squad of the Imperial Association Army and surrounded the North Gate Tower and West Gate Tower.Seeing that the situation was over, the enemy troops on the tower disarmed and surrendered one after another.

At the same time, the 3rd Battalion of the 11th Regiment captured the Catholic Church in the city.So far, the four city gates were under the control of the siege troops. With victory imminent, Wu Ruilin answered the phone and reported the progress of the siege to Luo Ronghuan. "Okay, good fight, congratulations to all the siege commanders and fighters for their victory, and wish them continue to advance bravely and completely wipe out all stubborn enemies!" Luo Ronghuan said happily.Afterwards, Luo Ronghuan said seriously, "At the same time, all siege troops are not allowed to harm the people in the city, and are not allowed to violate the shops and capitalists in the city. Violators will be punished according to discipline!"

After putting down the phone, Wu Ruilin ordered: "Immediately convey Commander Luo's order to every commander." After the 5th Route Army entered the city, after more than ten hours of fierce fighting, they wiped out the defending enemy on September 11.The traitors Xu Lansheng and Shao Zihou were captured alive.Linyi City was liberated. After the war, the siege troops held a grand entry ceremony.A 10-gun salute was fired. So far, the battle of Linyi, which lasted nearly a month, ended victoriously. For this victory, the heroic Eighth Route Army paid the price of 3,000 casualties.

Shortly after Linyi was liberated, the Shandong Branch Bureau, the Shandong Provincial Government, and the Shandong Military Command Command entered the city on August 20, and later the Central China Bureau and the New Fourth Army headquarters also entered the city. Linyi became the command center of the Communist Party of China and the People's Army in Shandong and even Central China.