Chapter 13 3. The Battle for New Security

In order to keep Zhangjiakou, Fu Zuoyi flew to Zhangjiakou every day during the three days from December 2nd to 4th to preside over military affairs.After careful research, Fu Zuoyi, who can be described as sophisticated and resourceful, knew that it was impossible to hold Zhangjiakou with his strength. It was not the best strategy to transfer the 35th Army from Beiping. It is arranged that Zhangjiakou can be abandoned when necessary, and it must be evacuated completely, and the decision of "honorary confession" will be implemented.However, when he was still having a meeting in Zhangjiakou on December 4, Liang Shuzai, his first deputy chief of staff in Peiping, called him urgently and told him an extremely shocking news: the Northeast Field Army commanded by Lin Biao entered the customs first. The troops captured Miyun in the north of Beiping, and according to reliable information, they were advancing from the northeast to the line from Nankou to Xiahuayuan; the troops of the North China Military Region commanded by Nie Rongzhen were entering from the southwest to the line from Nankou to Xiahuayuan. Stretch the line, divide and encircle the troops in Zhangjiakou and the troops that reinforce Zhangjiakou...

When Fu Zuoyi heard the news, he immediately flew back to Peiping.That night, the 35th Army and the 258th Division that came to reinforce them were ordered to set off immediately, leaving Zhangjiakou and returning to Peiping.On the one hand, he ordered that "there may be a situation on the way to Zhangzhang, and we should make full combat preparations." On the other hand, he asked the 35th Army to set off at dawn on December 6 and withdraw to near Kangzhuang at dusk to stand by. The 35th Army received Fu Zuoyi's urgent order, of course they absolutely obeyed, and immediately arranged to retreat from Zhangjiakou.However, when the 35th Army withdrew from Zhangjiakou, it made a mistake that the Kuomintang army usually makes, that is, it ignored the overall situation for self-interest.For example, many high-ranking officials and their families in Zhangjiakou who are related to Guo Jingyun and want to withdraw with the 35th Army can bring their wives, young ladies, large cabinets and small boxes with the troops as long as they get Guo Jingyun's approval. Going together will waste a lot of time; some businessmen want to withdraw, as long as they give benefits, they can also use military vehicles to load supplies and go together; Guo Jingyun set up a repair shop when he was stationed in Zhangjiakou. The equipment of this repair shop was transported away, so it was disassembled and packed, which of course took a lot of time.In this way, of course, it was impossible for the 35th Army to set off at dawn on December 6 in accordance with Fu Zuoyi's order. Instead, it did not set off until noon on December 6, which was a full seven hours late.

After Guo Jingyun's more than 400 vehicles drove out, it happened that our three corps were adjusting the defense line of the troops. The first column and the first brigade withdrew from the Shalingzi position without the order of their superiors. At this time, Guo Jingyun happened to The convoy drove past.If it weren't for this special situation, it would be impossible for the Thirty-fifth Army to get out of the encirclement smoothly.However, this success was short-lived. Before the 35th Army reached Xiahuayuan, it was constantly flanked by our army and troubled by broken roads, so the marching speed was very slow. It was already 6 night of the day.At that time, his scouts had already reported to him a lot of information about the discovery of the People's Liberation Army around him. However, relying on the mobility and firepower of his army, Guo Jingyun didn't pay attention to the surrounding situation at all. Instead, he ordered the troops to take a good rest. Opened the way with artillery early in the morning.

Guo Jingyun joined the army illiterately and was promoted as a martial artist. He has always been arrogant and domineering. The Thirty-five Army was defeated in the Battle of Laishui, but he still called himself the "Ever-Victorious Army".This time, his loneliness and conceit finally made him taste the bitter fruit.He didn't know that Mao Zedong had already laid a net for him. On the day of December 4th, starting from 2:00 a.m., Mao Zedong sent four consecutive telegrams to the troops on the Pingsui line, because Fu Zuoyi's 13 infantry divisions and 3 cavalry brigades had been concentrated on the Pingsui line, "This time This situation is extremely beneficial to me", Mao Zedong wanted to inflict heavy damage on the enemy in this area, and he could not let him retreat to the east easily.According to Mao Zedong's original plan to concentrate the strength of the North China Third Corps, Second Corps, and Dongye Second Corps to "concentrate all efforts to solve the enemy of Zhangyuan (note: Zhangjiakou)" and wipe out the 35th Army and other enemy troops near Zhangjiakou.In a telegram on December 6, he made it very clear that he wanted to "completely annihilate 10 enemy infantry divisions and 3 cavalry brigades in Zhang, Xuan, and Huai, and recover the cities of Zhang, Xuan, and Huai." .

For this reason, the Central Military Commission decided to form the Pingsui Frontline Committee on the Pingsui Line. Served as deputy secretary, unified leadership of the Pingsui line operations and matters such as food, ammunition, and prisoners. Since the First Column and First Brigade of the Three Corps adjusted their defenses on December 6, the Thirty-fifth Army just took advantage of the loophole, slipped out of the encirclement, and was able to move eastward. This was a serious mistake. For this reason, Mao Zedong severely criticized the Three Corps: "I have sent you telegrams many times, be sure to strengthen the partition between Xuan and Zhang, so that the enemies in the two places cannot meet together. If one column is not enough, the second column and one section should be separated." Adding it, why do you turn a deaf ear to it?... Therefore, you must resolutely implement our previous telegrams, secure the positions in the Shalingzi and Balizhuang areas of the first column, and add part or all of the second column if necessary, and wait for Yang, Luo, and Geng (Note: Refers to the North China Second Corps) and adjust the deployment after arriving (it must be approved by us first), and there must be no mistakes."

In order to make up for the mistake of letting the 35th Army slip away in Shalingzi, Mao Zedong ordered Yang Dezhi, Luo Ruiqing, and Geng Biao of the Second North China Corps: "The biggest concern for the past few days is that Zhang Yuan's enemy will take advantage of our Cheng and Huang troops The Second Corps of the East and the Wild) will break out of the encirclement and head east before it arrives, while the enemies of Huailai and Nankou will respond westward." Therefore, the Second Corps must "use all its strength to control the Xuanhua and Huailai sections, and immediately build a strong force to the east and west. Blocking the fortifications so that Zhang Yuan's enemies cannot retreat eastward is the most important task."

After receiving the telegram, Yang Dezhi and others opened the map and saw that in Xuanhua and Huailai (note: Huailai County at that time. This city no longer exists today and was submerged by the newly built Guanting Reservoir. Today's Huailai County was called Shacheng at that time. ), there are four more important villages and towns: Xiangshuipu, Xiahuayuan, Jimingyi, and Xinbaoan.Just past Xinbaoan is Huailai, where the 104th Army, another direct descendant of Fu Zuoyi, is stationed. The last thing the Central Military Commission and Mao Zedong wanted to see was the rendezvous of the 35th Army and the 104th Army.Because Huailai is already very close to Peiping, it will be quite difficult for us to fight him if the two armies are combined.Now, the 35th Army has arrived at Jimingyi, and the Second Corps must overcome all difficulties to intercept it, and the battlefield to intercept the enemy can only be on the front line of Jimingyi and Xinbao.

When Yang Dezhi received Mao Zedong's telegram, the large forces of the Second Corps were still south of the Dayang River, and only the 12th Brigade of the Fourth Column led by Wang Zhao, the political commissar of the Fourth Column, was able to catch up with the enemy near Xinbaoan, north of the Dayang River.Therefore, Yang Dezhi immediately sent a report to Zeng Siyu, the commander of the Fourth Column, and Wang Zhao, the political commissar, ordering the 12th Brigade to block the 35th Army at all costs, waiting for the arrival of large troops.At the same time, he ordered the other troops of the Second Corps to speed up their march, braved the severe cold and waded across the thinly icy Dayang River, and quickly rushed to the front line of Jimingyi and Xinbao.

Zeng Siyu (1911-2012), a native of Xinfeng, Jiangxi, participated in the revolution in 1928 and joined the Red Army in 1930.During the Agrarian Revolution, he served as the political commissar of the First Red Army Corps and the Military Commission Guard Corps, and participated in the Long March.During the Anti-Japanese War, he served as the Third Brigade of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army, director of the Political Department of the Luxi Military Region, political commissar of the Canal Detachment, and commander of the Eighth Division of the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region.During the War of Liberation, he served as Deputy Commander of the First Column of the Shanxi-Hebei-Luyu Military Region, Commander of the Hebei-Charhe Military Region, Commander of the Fourth Column of the North China Military Region, and Commander of the 64th Army of the 19th Corps.During the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, he served as the deputy commander and chief of staff of the 19th Corps of the Chinese People's Volunteers.After returning to China, he served as chief of staff of Shenyang Military Region, commander of Wuhan Military Region and Jinan Military Region, and advisor of Nanjing Military Region. He was awarded the rank of Lieutenant General in 1955. In June 2011, at the age of 101, he dictated his autobiography "My First Hundred Years" on a hospital bed.

Wang Zhao (1917-1970), a native of Pingshan, Hebei, was only 15 years old when he joined the Communist Party of China in 1932. He led the members of the peasant association to join the army. He was the founder of the famous "Pingshan Regiment" of the 359th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army. fight. After 1939, he successively served as secretary of the prefectural committee of the fourth division of the Jinsui Liberated Area and deputy political commissar of the Jijin Military Region. After our army liberated Shijiazhuang in 1945, he served as secretary of the Shijiazhuang Municipal Party Committee and mayor, responsible for the surrender of Shijiazhuang to Japan.Since then, he has served as the political commissar of the Fourth Vertical of the North China Military Region and the political commissar of the Sixty-Fourth Army of the Nineteenth Corps.During the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, he served as political commissar of the 64th Army of the Chinese People's Volunteers. After returning to China in 1953, he served as director and deputy minister of the Political Department of the Ministry of Public Security. In 1961, he was transferred to the second secretary of the Qinghai Provincial Party Committee and governor, and was called "Wang Qingtian" by the common people. He was persecuted during the "Cultural Revolution" and died unjustly.After smashing the "Gang of Four", he was rehabilitated and buried in the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery.

After Wang Zhao received the order, he led the 12th Brigade forward as fast as possible, and arrived at Xinbaoan in the middle of the night on December 6. Xinbaoan is a castle on the Pingzhang Highway, and it was not well-known in the past.However, because of a great war that took place here before the founding of New China, its place name was recorded in the annals of history.It is said that Xinbaoan was built in the Ming Dynasty to resist the invasion of foreigners in the north, and was used as a support point between Xuanhua and Huailai. Therefore, the castle has only three gates in the east, west and south, and there is no north gate.It turned out that the local old people couldn't tell what the name of the castle was. They only knew that the name Xinbaoan was given by the Empress Dowager Cixi who lived here for one night when the Eight-Power Allied Forces entered Beijing.At that time, the tallest building in the castle was a bell and drum tower with a huge plaque on it, with the words "Lock and Key Land" written on it, so Xinbao was called the "Lock and Key Land" on the Pingsui Line at that time. The troops in Xinbaoancheng were the 3rd Battalion of the 13th Guarding Regiment of the enemy. They never dreamed that the People's Liberation Army would attack the city at this time.Therefore, under the leadership of brigade commander Zeng Baotang and political commissar Li Zhiming of the 12th Brigade, the 36th Regiment blasted open the west gate, and the 34th Regiment broke into the east gate by climbing the city.By the early morning of December 7, the enemy had all disarmed. In order to drag and surround the 35th Army in the Xinbaoan area, the headquarters of the Second Corps ordered the 12th Brigade to immediately stop the enemy on the road from west to east in Xinbaoan.Therefore, the Twelfth Brigade did not stay in Xinbaoan City for a long time, so they pulled the team out of the city, with West Bali as the outpost, with Shuiquan and Huangzhuang as the flanks, with the West Vegetable Garden and the Railway Station as the main positions, and Majiatai and Dongbali as the main positions. In order to prepare the position and form a defense in depth, a large trench was dug on the road to block the enemy's mechanized troops. In the middle of the night of December 6, when Xinbao was captured, the 12th Brigade exchanged fire with the advance battalion of the 35th Army.Guo Jingyun soon figured out that the blocking force in front was the 12th Brigade. In his heart, he didn't care about a brigade at all, so he ignored the advice of his subordinates and ordered to camp at Jiming Station.As we said before, it was the arrogance of Guo Jingyun, the commander of the 35th Army, that brought him the disaster.Because, if the Thirty-fifth Army did not rest overnight at Jiming Station, but quickly tried to fill the big ditch and move on, this army of one army, all in cars, would probably break through the barriers of only one brigade of my 12th brigade. The troops defended, passed the new security guards, and arrived at Huailai.It was Guo Jingyun's decision to camp at Jiming Post that made the enemy of our North China Second Corps rest and our army rushed to repair their positions.In order to block the enemy, the Twelfth Brigade established three blocking positions on the icy road. At dawn on the 7th, Guo Jingyun rushed to our 12th Brigade with a force of 16,000 under the cover of more than 10 aircraft.The 12th Brigade fought a desperate blocking battle with an enemy that was several times larger than itself and had considerable firepower.Although it failed to prevent the enemy from advancing, the Twelfth Brigade fortified and blocked the enemy at every step, which greatly slowed down the speed of the enemy's advance. More than 400 vehicles of the 35th Army spent a whole day with the support of the Air Force We only advanced about 4 kilometers and entered the new security guard on the evening of the 7th.Although the Twelfth Brigade of our army paid a considerable price, they completed their mission gloriously, because the troops of our Second Corps and Third Corps finally caught up on the evening of the 7th.In the east of Xinbaoan, the connection between the 35th Army and the Huailai 104th Army was cut off, and an initial encirclement of the 35th Army was formed.Among them, the troops of the Second Corps carried out forced marches for several days and nights at the fastest speed. Mao Zedong was determined to eat the 35th Army, known as the "Ace of Trump Cards" among Fu Zuoyi's direct descendants in Xinbaoan, and the main force used to eat up the 35th Army was the Third, Fourth and Eighth Columns of the Second North China Corps. , as well as a local army of about 3 divisions led by Zhan Danan, commander of the Jirechaliao Military Region, and an artillery brigade sent by Dongye.In this way, for the 35th Army, our army not only formed an advantage in strength, but also formed an advantage in terrain.Although Xinbaoan is a castle-like town surrounded by a solid city wall with a width of 6 meters and a height of 12 meters, from the perspective of the environment, it is surrounded by mountains in the north and Yanghe River in the south. In terms of terrain, it is very unfavorable for defense. One of the main forces against the 35th Army this time is the 3rd Column of the Second North China Corps under the command of Zheng Weishan, the old enemy of the 35th Army. In the Battle of Laishui in January 1948, Zheng Weishan commanded the Three Columns to wipe out the new 32nd Division of the "Tiger Head Division" of the 35th Army in one night, killed its commander Li Mingding, and forced the army commander Lu Yinglin to commit suicide .This was the biggest defeat of the 35th Army since its establishment, and it was regarded as a great shame and humiliation by the 35th Army, so wherever it went, the slogan "resolutely eliminate the three verticals" was often written.These slogans were often seen by the officers and soldiers of our three verticals, which played a mobilizing role in attacking the thirty-fifth army again.Therefore, the commanders and fighters of the three verticals were very excited to fight the 35th Army this time, and reached the designated position with the fastest marching speed. With the support of fraternal troops, the Second Corps surrounded the new security regiment and completely destroyed the road.While the Second Corps surrounded Xinbao, the Third Corps also surrounded Zhangjiakou and liberated Xuanhua.At this time, the Central Military Commission proceeded from the overall situation and made a decision on December 8. For the enemies of Xinbaoan and Zhangjiakou, "both adopt the policy of quickly building multi-layer encirclement positions, long-term siege and long-term siege, and standby attacks."The reason for this is still to cooperate with the entry of the main force of the Northeast Field Army and to complete the encirclement of several important cities and military strongholds such as Beiping, Tianjin, Tanggu, and Tangshan. Of course, the 35th Army in the encirclement would not be willing to be surrounded. Guo Jingyun organized several breakouts and was beaten back.His arrogance could no longer be frenzied. In desperation, he had no choice but to declare "temporarily on the defensive, waiting for reinforcements", and asked Fu Zuoyi for rescue on the night of December 9, and Fu Zuoyi quickly approved Guo Jingyun's plan to stand by and wait for reinforcements. .In this way, because our side decided to "siege for a long time" and the enemy decided to "stick to it and wait for help", a temporary stalemate appeared on the battlefield. Fu Zuoyi will not just watch his leading troops be wiped out.On the one hand, he arranged for the Air Force to airdrop food and ammunition to the 35th Army, and on the other hand, he mobilized troops to rescue.To save the Thirty-Five Army, Fu Zuoyi could only send troops from the Jinsui system.Therefore, Fu Zuoyi ordered the other two of the three main armies in his hands, namely the 104th Army stationed in Huailai and the 105th Army stationed in Zhangjiakou to dispatch at the same time to rescue the 35th Army from the east and west.Yuan Qingrong, the commander of the 105th Army, was surrounded in Zhangjiakou himself, and he was already unable to protect himself. Under Fu Zuoyi's order, he had to make a show, pulled the troops out, beat them at Shalingzi, and then retreated. I sent a telegram to Fu Zuoyi, but I really couldn't make a call, so I had to return to Zhangjiakou and wait for a while. Although An Chunshan, the commander of the 104th Army stationed in Huailai, and Guo Jingyun were both generals under Fu Zuoyi's subordinates, they never looked down on anyone, and they had deep suspicions.At this time, Fu Zuoyi not only gave the death order, but also called An Chunshan himself, asking An Chunshan to rescue Guo Jingyun with all his strength.In order to allow An Chunshan to work hard, he temporarily appointed An Chunshan the title of "Commander in Chief of the Western Region".In this case, An Chunshan must lead the army to set off.However, An Chunshan was unwilling to sacrifice his life to save Guo Jingyun, so he sent the deputy army commander Wang Fazi to command two divisions to set off (the 104th Army had only two divisions at this time, and the other division was in Zhangjiakou).Before Wang Fazi arrived in the Shacheng area, he was blocked by our three verticals in Jiantan and civil engineering, and could not attack.At this time, the three verticals were going to fight the 35th Army and the 104th Army at the same time. No matter how the enemy attacked from both sides, no matter how the enemy air force bombed, the three verticals insisted on coming forward, completely defeating the enemy's hope of reuniting.Seeing that he couldn't make it through the main road, An Chunshan gave up the main road and changed his way to Jiajiaying and Songjiaying. When he arrived at the horse circle in the southeast of Xinbaoan, there were still strong resistance from the three verticals.Although An Chunshan tried his best, he still couldn't beat him.The horse ring is only 5 kilometers away from the new security guard. If Guo Jingyun can cooperate and rush out 5 kilometers, there is a possibility of joining forces.However, because the translators of the 35th Army mistranslated Fu Zuoyi's appointment of An Chunshan as "Commander-in-Chief of the Western Region" as "Commander-in-Chief of Western Containment" when translating the telegram, Guo Jingyun became furious and did not want to be "accommodated" by An Chunshan. , so they were unwilling to fully cooperate, and even scolded each other on the phone.Guo Jingyun said: "Commander Fu ordered you to break the siege of Xinbaoan. Your troops should clear the way and come down to Xinbaoan City to pick up my 35th Army. Otherwise, I will not leave." An Chunshan said: " When my troops come to pick up the 35th Army, they can only go here—the horse circle.” In this way, Fu Zuoyi’s two main forces lost their only hope of survival, and the plan to rescue the 35th Army completely fell through. In the middle of the night on December 11, the situation changed again.As our Dongye troops were approaching Huailai, Fu Zuoyi had to order An Chunshan to lead his troops back to Beiping.An Chunshan really wished for it, and immediately led his army to march eastward.The Thirty-fifth Army in Xinbaoan completely lost the possibility of being rescued, so they had to sing the tune of "stand by and stand by". At that time, Guo Jingyun's subordinates put forward two suggestions: one is to break out on foot to the south and enter the Nanshan area, and the other is to enter the Datong area on foot to the west, both of which may preserve the troops.But Guo Jingyun believed that the more than 400 American-made large trucks of the 35th Army were Fu Zuoyi's lifeblood, and he had to reject them, so he rejected the suggestion of his subordinates. In order to cheer himself up, Guo Jingyun turned to gods for help, divination and divination, and asked a deputy director of the Political Work Department of his military department who could divination "thief horse divination" every night.The most favorable conclusion for Guo Jingyun is: the place name "Xinbaoan" will definitely bring good luck to the 35th Army.Why?It is said that because Guo Jingyun is from Chang'an, and his son is also named Yong'an, the place name "Xinbaoan" is very auspicious for the 35th Army. According to the overall arrangement of the Central Military Commission, the Second Corps has been "sieging and besieging" Xinbao for a long time.When the enemy, whose life was completely dependent on airdrops, was exhausted and exhausted, Yang Dezhi and Luo Ruiqing decided to carry out another psychological attack on the 35th Army, "before the soldiers", and issued a letter "Emergency Persuasion to Surrender" to the officers and soldiers of the 35th Army. Book", the full text is as follows: This letter of persuasion to surrender was once read at a regular meeting of the 35th Army's military headquarters. At the meeting, no one dared to express their views, so Guo Jingyun burned the letter of persuasion.Our Second Corps also wrote a letter of persuasion to Guo Jingyun and Feng Zi, the commander of the 101st Division, through the relationship between fellow villagers and classmates.According to what Feng Zi later said in his memoirs, the 35th Army was brought out by Fu Zuoyi. For many years, without Fu Zuoyi's order, no major decision could be made, let alone whether to surrender or not.Feng Zi himself believed that everything should be obeyed by Fu Zuoyi. It is impossible for Fu Zuoyi not to save the 35th Army. Good man.Just like Yang Ye, the famous general of the Northern Han Dynasty who was stationed at the northern border in the Song Dynasty. After Liu Chong, the leader of the Northern Han Dynasty, surrendered to the Northern Song Dynasty, Liu Chong ordered Yang Ye to surrender to the Song Dynasty. Yang Ye could only surrender to the Song Dynasty. After surrendering to the Song Dynasty, he could still be understood and respected .In this way, Guo Jingyun and others rejected the proposal to save the lives of all officers and soldiers at the last moment. The morale of the 35th Army surrounded in Xinbaoan was extremely low. One day, Guo Jingyun saw two limericks circulating in the army, which should be a true portrayal of the situation of the officers and soldiers of the 35th Army at that time.These two limericks read as follows: One life was bitter, two lines of hot tears, three meals a day, weakness in limbs, incomplete facial features, no relatives, July 7th Incident, eight years of anti-Japanese war, narrow escape, very pitiful.Woah! Two meals a day, four yam eggs, calf cramps, and blue eyes.With the sound of the guns, they all went into the hole.If the security is not safe, you have to finish it all. At this time, in our army's positions, there were also jingles made up by some soldiers themselves, such as the following one: Two and a half years of hard struggle (note: refers to the two and a half years of fighting with Fu Zuoyi's troops on the North China battlefield, especially the 35th Army), revenge and meritorious deeds are today.Get rid of the lifeblood of the Fu family and capture Guo Jingyun alive. On December 19th, the Northeast Field Army Sizong, who was ordered by the Military Commission to go to the Zhangjiakou battlefield, passed by Xinbao.Since Geng Biao, chief of staff of the Second Corps, and Mo Wenhua, political commissar of the East Field Four Columns, were classmates and comrades-in-arms when they were in the Red Army University, everyone was familiar with them, so Geng Biao said he wanted to borrow something from the Four Columns.What are you borrowing?It is to use the artillery regiment of Sizong to attack the new security guards.When the two sides consulted the Central Military Commission and the North China Military Region, they were both approved.Therefore, under the unified deployment of the Central Military Commission, the North China Second Corps, supported by the Dongye Fourth Vertical Artillery Regiment, launched the final general attack on the 35th Army of Xinbaoan at 7:10 on December 22. The officers and soldiers of the Second Corps had been waiting outside Xinbaoan City for a long time, and most of them had already slept in the open for 12 days and nights.When the order for the general offensive was issued, the officers and soldiers rushed towards the enemy from all directions.Zheng Weishan, commander of the third column of the Second Corps, Zeng Siyu, commander of the fourth column, and Qiu Wei, commander of the eighth column, were all commanding the battle on the front line. 156 cannons poured more than 8,000 shells onto the enemy's position within 5 minutes, followed by the blasting heroes of various commandos showing their skills.An hour after launching the general offensive, the Four Columns broke into Xinbao's city gate.After fierce street fighting, at around 3 pm, they broke into the headquarters of the 35th Army.The unrepentant Guo Jingyun had already prepared to ignite the petrol barrels and set off a fire for the senior officers to set themselves on fire, but at the critical moment, his subordinates pushed the petrol barrels away and most of them surrendered to our army.Seeing that the situation was irretrievable, Guo Jingyun followed the example of his former commander Lu Yinglin after the defeat in Laishui, and shot himself. He became the second commander of the 35th Army to commit suicide due to defeat in a year. .All officers below Wang Leizhen, deputy commander of the 35th Army, were captured.At 5:00 p.m., the Xinbaoan City was successfully liberated, and about 19,000 officers and soldiers of the two divisions of the 35th Army of Fu Zuoyi's "Ace of Trumps" were wiped out by me. The 35th Army spent a long time in Xinbaoan from being surrounded to being wiped out.During this period of time, the entire North China battlefield changed a lot.There are two major events related to the 35th Army, that is, the 104th Army and the 105th Army, the other two direct main forces of Fu Zuoyi who were ordered to rescue the 35th Army It was expanded from a division of the 35th Army, which was originally a unit with the 35th Army) and suffered the same fate. After the 35th Army was besieged in Xinbaoan, Fu Zuoyi appointed An Chunshan, the commander of the 104th Army, as the commander-in-chief of the western region, led the 104th Army stationed in Huailai and the 16th Army stationed in Kangzhuang, and unified command The 35th Army quickly defeated our North China Second Corps that surrounded Xinbao.However, when the 16th Army was dispatched, it was dealt with by my Dongye troops, because the Central Military Commission had already seen that the 16th Army might go west, and ordered the 4th Column of Dongye to move quickly to occupy Kangzhuang and cut off the Pingzhang Railway. , it must not be allowed to lean against the 35th Army.When the Four Columns arrived at Kangzhuang from Miyun after four consecutive days and nights of rapid march from December 5th, they just surrounded the 16th Army that had just arrived in Kangzhuang, and captured strategic points such as Juyongguan and Badaling.When Yuan Pu, the commander of the 16th Army, learned that he had met Dongye Sizong, who was famous in the Northeast Tashan blocking battle, he knew that he was no match, so he ordered to flee back to Peiping at night.The nighttime action of the Sixteenth Army was discovered by the political commissar of the 29th Regiment of the 4th Vertical and 10th Division during the night inspection. Before he had time to assemble a large force, he took eight staff officers and officers from the regiment headquarters and rushed towards the enemy. Fleeing enemies.As soon as the battle started, the enemy was defeated like a mountain, and immediately fell into disarray.Soon, the large troops of the Four Columns rushed up and basically wiped out the Sixteenth Army after only one night of fighting. Only a few people such as the commander Yuan Pu escaped.Therefore, the 16th Army did not actually participate in the rescue operation of the 35th Army, and An Chunshan could only lead the 104th Army to take action. As mentioned earlier, because Guo Jingyun and An Chunshan could not cooperate with each other, the 104th Army's rescue operation of the 35th Army failed completely. On December 10, the Sixteenth Army was wiped out by our East Field Four Columns in the Kangzhuang area, and the Four Columns were temporarily stationed on the line from Badaling to Kangzhuang.After An Chunshan was ordered to lead his army back to Huailai, in order to protect his troops, he decided to send the whole army from Shibajiazi, Hengling (called Hengling Pass or Hengling City at the time), Zhenbian City, Mentougou, and Shijingshan. Fight back to Peiping.After a few days of marching with heavy loads, this army was exhausted from top to bottom. Even some of the officers dozed off during the meeting of the military headquarters. Now they had to march and flee for their lives.This area is already our liberated area, and there are local troops and militia activities everywhere, so the movement of the 104th Army is very slow, and it can only move slowly on the mountain road that is more than 10 kilometers long. An Chunshan later said in his memoirs: "The army was scattered over a long distance of more than 10 kilometers at night. They were not fully prepared in advance. If they were suddenly attacked, they would be at a loss. But the troops at that time had no fighting spirit and no confidence. , Morale is so bad, from the chief of staff to push one step at a time, no one can carefully consider and arrange it properly... I asked the soldiers if they could still walk. They replied that if they can walk, they can walk, that is. Two or three days without a full meal, without drinking water, I really can't stand it... The officers and soldiers are extremely tired, as long as the troops stop, they fall asleep, and they can't wake up when they fall asleep. The orderly cannot find the leader at night, and the troops lose their command .” Wu Kehua, the commander of my Fourth Column, has already estimated that the enemy's 104th Army is very likely to flee back to Beiping through this small road, although neither the Central Military Commission nor the East Field Headquarters have issued orders to the Fourth Column to deal with the 104th Army at this time. However, when it was discovered that the enemy might be about to escape, especially when Wu Kehua got the 11th Division monitoring the direction of Huailai and reported to him that there was a fire at Huailai Station and that the enemy was burning supplies that could not be taken away, it was concluded that the enemy To pass by from here, Wu Kehua took the initiative to lead the troops to the Hengling area.Therefore, when the 104th Army marched between Shibajiazi and Hengling, it was cut into several sections in the valley by the Four Columns that I had been waiting there. Basically, each battalion and company acted separately, chasing the enemy and fighting when they saw the enemy. As a result, the 104th Army wiped out all the enemies except one regiment.An Chunshan saw that the army was defeated so badly that even the secret service battalion around him ran away, so he planned to commit suicide, but was persuaded by several staff guards, and continued to flee in the high mountains and deep valleys.When he fled to the vicinity of Miaofeng Mountain, he was still captured by our army.Since An Chunshan had disguised himself as an old cook at that time, he was not recognized by our army, and he got the return certificate and travel expenses issued by our army, so he was able to return to Peiping among the stragglers.Wang Xianzhang, deputy commander of the 104th Army, and others were all captured.