Chapter 27 Six, four guarantees Linjiang

While Chen Yun and Xiao Jinguang were leading the army and the people in the arduous struggle in Changbai Mountain, Du Yuming and Zheng Dongguo were also constantly attacking me. On December 17, the enemy army dispatched 6 divisions with the goal of opening up the front line of Tonghua and Ji'an (now Ji'an) and occupying Linjiang, my command center in South Manchuria at that time. On December 27, 1946, Zheng Dongguo also moved his front command post to Tonghua. In accordance with the spirit of the Qidaojiang Conference, our South Manchurian troops changed their passive combat of retreating and defending to actively attacking outside. On December 18, the 12th Division of the 4th Column had penetrated into the enemy's rear and avoided the enemy's stronghold. Under the leadership of Commander Hu Qicai, the 10th and 11th Divisions were divided into two groups and went west to the enemy's rear at the same time. , Benxi, Fushun, Huanren, and Kuandian.Since there is no large force of the Kuomintang army in these areas, our Fourth Column captured more than 20 strongholds and wiped out more than 3,000 enemies in just a dozen days.This forced Zheng Dongguo to transfer two divisions from the troops preparing to attack Linjiang for defense.And the three verticals I defended in the interior no longer passively defended, but wiped out more than 1,700 enemies successively during the movement.The Democratic Alliance Army Headquarters sent 3 divisions from the East Manchurian Military Region to cooperate with the South Manchuria, forcing Zheng Dongguo to transfer 4 divisions to the north. On January 19, 1947, our three verticals repelled the invading enemy from the Second Division of the 52nd Army, wiped out a battalion, smashed the enemy's attack on our base area, and the "One Protection of Linjiang" campaign ended successfully.This battle was fought in the severe cold of more than minus 30 degrees Celsius. Nearly half of the troop attrition was due to frostbite. When it was the most difficult time, Chen Yun and Xiao Jinguang disbanded their guard squads.Although it was so difficult, the victory was finally achieved, which was a great encouragement to everyone.

When the soldiers and civilians in South Manchuria "protected Linjiang", in accordance with the general policy of the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army Headquarters on "Insisting on South Manchuria, Consolidating North Manchuria, Conquering the North from the South, Conquering the North from the North, Cooperating Closely with Manchuria and Proactively Attacking the Enemy", In order to mobilize the enemy overall and support South Manchuria, Lin Biao decided to mobilize part of his forces to send troops south of the Yangtze River while the Songhua River was frozen, looking for opportunities to attack the enemy.For this reason, he moved the frontline headquarters to Shuangcheng, south of the Songhua River.

On January 5, 1947, all three divisions of our first column crossed the frozen Second Songhua River (the main tributary of the Songhua River), and looked for opportunities to attack the defenders of the New First Army scattered everywhere.In the first battle, Qitamu, an important stronghold, was eaten from the hands of the New First Army; in the second battle, the 113th Regiment of the enemy Xinyi Army, which had 8 armored vehicles and all American equipment, came to rescue Qitamu from an ambush in Zhangmazigou In the third battle, more than 1,100 people in the regiment were wiped out; in the third battle, more than 1,200 people in the enemy's 112th regiment who came to rescue Qitamu were wiped out.Our army also attacked the Jichang Railway and the Zhongchang Railway, advancing on Dehui, Nong'an, and Siping, forcing Du Yuming to draw troops from South Manchuria and Ximan to the North.This is the "one visit to the south of the Yangtze River" in what was later called "three visits to the south of the Yangtze River". Nearly three regiments of the New First Army were wiped out.

The actions of our army to protect Linjiang and go to the south of the Yangtze River made Du Yuming dare not act rashly any more.In order to deal with our army's base in South Manchuria, Du Yuming established the third appeasement zone in Tonghua, chaired by Zhao Gongwu, commander of the 52nd Army. On January 30, under the command of Zheng Dongguo, 4 divisions attacked Linjiang again.Our military preparations were made. The tenth division of the third and fourth verticals launched two attacks on the invading enemy within three days. He Shixiong, deputy commander of the 195th Division of the Army.The 11th Division of the Four Columns inserted into the enemy's rear, suddenly attacked the front lines of Kuandian and Ji'an, and also invaded Huanren County.The enemy attacking Linjiang had to retreat to Tonghua, and our army won the victory of "Second Protection of Linjiang".

Unwilling to fail, Du Yuming launched a third attack on the Linjiang area on February 13. This time, 5 divisions were used, and the troops were also divided into three groups.When the enemy was still advancing towards me, our three verticals seized the opportunity to attack from the side on the 18th and wiped out a regiment of the enemy. On the 22nd, another regiment was wiped out.Since our Northern Manchurian troops went south to the south of the Yangtze River for the second time, Du Yuming wanted to transfer troops to the north, and the garrison troops scattered in various places were reduced again, so our army took back the four counties of Jinchuan, Huinan, Liuhe, and Ji'an in one fell swoop.Our fourth column still hit the enemy's rear, captured strongholds such as the alkali factory and Xiamatang, and wiped out a reinforced battalion and a part of the security regiment of the 207th Division of the enemy's youth army.Then quickly headed east and captured Huanren County by the way.As a result, our army won the victory of "Three Guarantees Linjiang".

At the same time as the "Three Guarantees Linjiang", 12 divisions of our North Manchurian Army went south to the south of the Yangtze River for the second time on February 20. The sixth column mainly attacked Chengzi Street, and the first column was responsible for fighting for aid.Also going south this time are two regiments of the newly formed artillery unit of the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army. On the 23rd, with the support of artillery, our Sixth Column captured Chengzi Street and wiped out a regiment of the New First Army. On the 28th, another attack was launched against Dehui (Sun Liren's New First Army headquarters was in Dehui city at that time).In order to reinforce Dehui, Du Yuming urgently dispatched the 91st Division of the 71st Army that attacked Linjiang in South Manchuria to go north to Siping, and at the same time transferred the two divisions of the 71st Army in Siping to go north to rescue Dehui. On March 2, our army withdrew from the periphery of Dehui and returned to Jiangbei.This is our army's "second visit to the south of the Yangtze River".Obviously, the second visit to the south of the Yangtze River is an important support for the three guarantees of Linjiang in South Manchuria.

In the battle of our northern Manchu troops crossing the south and going south, a very obvious weakness of the enemy was exposed, which was to disperse their forces in order to defend everywhere. Fully mobilize troops.So not long after the "Second Visits to Jiangnan" ended, Lin Biao seized the opportunity and launched the "Three Visits to Jiangnan" campaign.This time, it was the second column that crossed the river on March 6 and the first column that crossed the river the next day. Beginning on March 12, the first column wiped out the enemy in Jiangjiatun and Guojiatun one after another, and the second column wiped out the enemy in Kaoshantun, and wiped out more than 6,000 enemies in three times.Our army then surrounded the enemy's 87th Division in Nong'an.In order to lift the siege of Nong'an, Du Yuming, in addition to mobilizing troops, also planned to open the gates of Songhua Lake (the Fengman Reservoir) on the Second Songhua River to cut off my back.In order to reduce losses, our army returned to Jiangbei before taking Nong'an, ending the "Three Downs to Jiangnan" campaign.It is worth mentioning that on the night of March 8th, our army went to encircle Nong'an and found a convoy outside Dehui City. Since they were going to attack Nong'an, they surrounded it with only a small number of forces.

During the attack, the car ran away and the rest of the vehicles were captured by our army.It was only later that I found out that Du Yuming was sitting in that car, and he almost became a prisoner of our army. In order to cooperate with the "three trips to the south of the Yangtze River", our four verticals in South Manchuria took the initiative to attack Tonghua.The battle began on March 20.When reinforcements from two enemy divisions arrived, our army withdrew from the battle.Although Tonghua was not captured, it supported the "Three Downs to the South of the Yangtze River" battle from the south.The previous few times were "striking from the south and pulling from the north", this time it was "strike from the north and pull from the south".

When the "three visits to the south of the Yangtze River" in the north was over, the Songhua River had begun to thaw, and our army could no longer cross the river at will. The enemies in North Manchuria breathed a sigh of relief. ) put the focus of the attack on South Manchuria again.Beginning on March 27, with the New Sixth Army as the main force, plus the 52nd Army, 60th Army, and 93rd Army, the 13th Army was also transferred from Rehe, and once again launched a three-dimensional attack on our Linjiang area. road attack.A total of 20 regiments were used this time, which was more than the previous few times, and it put the greatest pressure on our South Manchurian troops.At this time, the main force of our army, the Third Column and the Fourth Column, had a total of only 4 divisions in the Linjiang area, with a total strength of only about 25,000 troops.

In order to repel the enemy's attack, our army decided to contain its two wings with a small number of troops, and concentrated its forces to annihilate the 89th Division of the Thirteenth Army that protruded at the front of the middle road when it first arrived at Changbai Mountain.The Eighty-ninth Division is a direct descendant of Chiang Kai-shek, and has always been arrogant.Our army met fire with the enemy advancing towards Tonghua on April 1. The four verticals lured the enemy into the ambush circle around Liutiaogou, and the third vertical also rushed there. On April 3, our army launched an attack on the surrounded enemy, and at the same time blocked the strength of 5 enemy regiments who came to rescue.After a day of fierce fighting, more than 10,000 people from a regiment of the 89th Division and the 54th Division of the enemy were wiped out. Only the enemy commander escaped with a few people, and more than 7,500 people under the deputy division commander became prisoners of our army.This battle was fought resolutely and happily.Zheng Dongguo did not expect to lose more than 10,000 people so quickly. He lost confidence in the future war and ordered the withdrawal of troops.Our army's "Four Guarantees Linjiang" ended successfully.

The "Four Guarantees Linjiang" campaign achieved very brilliant results with the support of "Three Souths to the South of the Yangtze River" in North Manchuria.In more than three months, not only smashed four enemy attacks, defended the southern Manchurian base, but also wiped out more than 40,000 enemies, recovered 11 towns, and seized a large amount of military supplies.More importantly, it greatly inspired fighting spirit, improved confidence, reversed the very passive situation of our army since the Siping Defense War, and gradually turned into active.From the enemy's point of view, Du Yuming's policy of "attacking from the south and defending from the north" completely failed. In order to defend points everywhere, he had to switch from offense to defense.