Chapter 13 Chapter Twelve

Seven verticals: The main force brought out by Deng Hua.Eight verticals: Huang Yongsheng won three battles and three victories in western Liaoning, and won the trust of Lin Biao.Nine Columns: Zhan Caifang became more and more courageous in the battle, marking the end of the Liaoshen Campaign.Ten Columns: Liang Xingchu fought fiercely in Montenegro with the "Ace Army". After the spring of 1947, our army in the Northeast gradually shifted to a strategic counter-offensive.After the summer offensive, in order to meet the needs of large-scale operations, following the formation of the first, second, third, fourth, and sixth columns, the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army formed the second batch of field columns in August—the seventh, Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Columns.

These four columns later developed into the 44th, 45th, 46th, and 47th armies of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. The predecessor of the 44th Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army was the Seventh Column of the Northeast Field Army.The Seventh Column was established relatively late, in August 1947, when the local troops of the Liaoji Military Region were upgraded to the main force.Commander Deng Hua, political commissar Tao Zhu. In late October 1945, Lin Biao, Xiao Jinguang, Jiang Hua, Deng Hua, Li Tianyou and other senior party and government leaders were ordered by the Central Committee to go to the Northeast.Lin Biao was appointed as the commander of the Northeast People's Autonomous Army, and Deng Hua served as the deputy commander of the security of Liaoning Province and the commander of the Shenyang City Garrison.

In December, Deng Hua and Tao Zhu led part of the Liaoning Security Command to form the Western Liaoning Military Region, with Deng and Tao serving as commander and political commissar.However, Deng Hua did not bring a single soldier with him when he left the customs.Therefore, the Northeast Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Northeast People's Autonomous Army instructed Deng Hua: Based on a number of old troops, quickly form security forces and garrison troops. Deng Hua quickly formed the first brigade of the security brigade.Ma Renxing, brigade commander, and Deng Dongzhe, political commissar.It has four regiments under its jurisdiction. The first and second regiments were reorganized from the 15th and 16th regiments of the Jireliao Military Region respectively; the third and fourth regiments were expanded from the 32nd Regiment directly under the Jinsui Military Region .In addition, some troops that have entered northern Liaoning and western Jilin from several liberated areas in the pass have been expanded into local armed groups.Under the leadership of the Ximan Military Region, these brigades and regiments opened up base areas in northern Liaoning and Jixi, and established people's power.Knowing that the war was imminent, Deng Hua paid close attention to the training of the troops and was ready to fight against the Kuomintang army at any time.

In June 1946, the Liaoxi Military Region accepted part of the Jijiang Military Region and renamed it the Liaoji Military Region, with Deng Hua as its commander. In January 1947, the local team of the Liaoji Military Region established the Second Security Brigade.Subsequently, Deng Hua commanded the First Bao Brigade, the Second Bao Brigade, the Cavalry Detachment, and the Shenbei Detachment, braving the severe cold of minus 30 degrees, and carried out four consecutive major battles and blocking battles.Among them, in the battle of Kailu, one regiment of the enemy was wiped out; in the battle of Tongliao, two battalions of the enemy were wiped out.A total of more than 4,600 enemies were wiped out in three months.

In April 1947, the first and second security brigades of the Liaoji Military Region and the independent division of the Ximan Military Region.They were successively renamed the Independent First, Second, and Third Divisions of the Ximan Military Region, and were all under the command of Deng Hua, so they were also called the Deng Hua Column.The political commissar of the column was concurrently served by Tao Zhu, the deputy political commissar was Wu Fushan, the chief of staff was Gao Tigan, and the director of the political department was Yuan Shengping.Although the Liaoji Column is still part of the Liaoji Military Region, it is always dispatched by the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army Headquarters during combat, so it already has the nature of a field army. From mid-May to early June, the three independent divisions of the Liaoji Column successively conquered Glass Mountain, Shuangshan, Yushutai and other places during the Northeast Summer Offensive, and wiped out three battalions and one regiment directly under the enemy in total.

In mid-June 1947, the Liaoji column was ordered to participate in the first Siping battle.Prior to this, the predecessor troops of the Liaoji column had participated in the liberation of Siping and the defense of Siping, and this time it was the third battle and the fourth battle.In this battle of Siping, the first and second divisions of the Liaoji column and the first column carried out the main breakthrough from the southwest, the third division of the first column made auxiliary attacks from the east, and the 17th division of the sixth column was deployed as a reserve team in the southeast of Siping. .

At that time, Dongzong estimated that there were less than 18,000 people defending the enemy in Siping.Although Deng Hua was only the commander of a unit participating in the war, he gave serious consideration to the overall situation of the Siping operation.He obtained intelligence from various means by capturing prisoners, sneaking into enemy areas for reconnaissance, and after analyzing, synthesizing, and calculating it, he believed that the enemy's defenders were more than 30,000 people.For this reason, he signed a separate proposal to the East Field Headquarters to strengthen the attack force to ensure the victory of the attack.

However, the Dongye headquarters did not adopt it. It was not until the battle became a stalemate that the 16th and 18th divisions of the 6th column were called in to replace the severely downsized 1st and 2nd divisions.After that, General Dong moved the two divisions of the Liaoji column and the sixteenth divisions of the six columns to the south to increase the reinforcements, making the siege force more and more insufficient. The Siping battle was extremely cruel and tragic. On the 19th, when the battle was at its height, Deng Hua disregarded the persuasion of Ma Renxing, the commander of the First Division, and Deng Dongzhe, the political commissar, and visited the weather station at the front of the division to direct the battle.The Meteorological Observatory is located to the west of the city's Central Park and north of Zhongzheng Road, not far from the enemy's core defense area - the headquarters building of the 71st Army of Chen Mingren.

Deng Hua's eyes were red and his voice was hoarse because he had not closed his eyes for five or six consecutive nights. He ordered Ma Renxing firmly: "At all costs, we must take down the military building!" Although the building of the enemy's army was captured by me, Chen Mingren was also surrounded by me at the Northeast Oil and Chemical Plant in the end, and he was ready with a pistol ready to commit suicide at any time. With the reinforcement of a regular division, Siping had to be withdrawn.Seeing the victory in hand was also forced to give up. This is the famous first Siping battle.In this battle, Ma Renxing, the commander of the First Independent Division, also unfortunately died.The total casualties of our army were at least 13,000.The failure of Siping was a rare setback in the Northeast Liberation War.But this setback was not inevitable. In the 1980s, Gao Tigan, then chief of staff of the Liaoji column and later vice president of the Academy of Military Sciences, wrote an article on the reasons for the failure of the Siping battle.He pointed out that the first is to underestimate the enemy, and the second is to fail to concentrate forces. Finally, he wrote: "If Comrade Deng Hua's opinion was followed at the time, the sixth column was transferred and three columns were used to attack from the south, northwest and east at the same time. It is certain to wipe out the Siping enemies quickly and comprehensively."

In August 1947, the Liaoji Column was ordered to be reorganized into the Seventh Column of the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army in Shuangliao County, Jilin Province, and officially promoted to the main force.Deng Hua served as commander, Tao Zhu concurrently served as political commissar, He Jinnian served as deputy commander, Wu Fushan served as deputy political commissar, Gao Tigan served as chief of staff, and Yuan Shengping served as director of the Political Department.The first, second, and third independent divisions were successively renamed the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first divisions of the vertical.There are more than 21,000 people in the whole column.

On September 27, the headquarters of the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army ordered Deng Hua to lead the Seven Columns to advance to the line of Xinmin-Heishan and Juliuhe-Xinlitun, and take on the task of destroying the Beining Railway and preventing the Kuomintang's New Sixth Army from returning north.The task is clear, and Deng Hua executes it resolutely, but not mechanically. He proposed at the party committee of the column: "We go to the west of Xinmin to carry out the task of breaking the road and intercepting the return of the New Sixth Army to the north. We must cross Faku and Zhangwu. , the battle must be very fierce. When the enemies of Faku and Zhangwu come from behind again, we will be attacked on three sides. Taking a step back, even if these two enemies dare not come out, it will pose a serious threat to our rear supply line. Therefore, in order to grasp the initiative on the battlefield, I think we should consider taking down Faku and Zhangwu first, so as to completely relieve our worries.” Chief of Staff Gao Tigan and Director of the Political Department Yuan Shengping fully agreed with Deng Hua's opinion.However, He Jinnian, the deputy commander of the column, and Wu Fushan, the deputy political commissar, had concerns: first, they were worried about whether the Faku could be secured; To stop the mission of the New Sixth Army, why not make the mistake of refusing to execute orders. Deng Hua explained very confidently: "I know Mr. Lin, as long as you win the battle, it will be fine. If you execute the order, you can't win the battle." After a unified understanding, Deng Hua decided to take a raid on Faku and win by surprise.Under the affiliation of the Independent Regiment of the Third Army Division, the 21st Division marched 180 miles all day and night, and suddenly surrounded Faku before dawn on October 1.The defenders who hadn't woken up were caught off guard, and the battle ended in less than an hour.The 177th Division of the Faku defenders was all wiped out, and the ratio of casualties between the enemy and the enemy was less than 11 to 1.Sure enough, Lin Biao not only did not criticize, but immediately issued a commendation order, commending the victory of Qi Zong's maneuverability, quick capture of the Faku, and complete annihilation of the defending enemy. After taking down Faku, Deng Hua found that the New Sixth Army still had no sign of returning north along the Beining line, so he immediately decided to use the 19th and 21st Divisions to further expand the results of the battle, and at the same time, he made preparations to deal with the New Sixth Army if it was found that the New Sixth Army was returning northward. Preparing for an attack. On October 7, the 19th Division captured Zhangwu again, annihilating more than a thousand people from the 196th Regiment of the 57th Division temporarily organized by the enemy.Immediately afterwards, the 21st Division, under the affiliation of a regiment of the 19th Division, adopted the method of forced marching and attacking, and went down to Xinlitun on October 10 to wipe out the temporarily organized 57th Division and the headquarters of the 57th Division. Two regiments with a total of more than 3,500 people. At the same time, the 20th Division, which performed the task of breaking the road, also liberated Montenegro on October 10. From October 1st to 10th, under the command of Deng Hua, Qizong drove six to seven hundred miles, swept across most of western Liaoning, captured four cities, and wiped out nearly 8,000 enemies.The ratio of casualties between the enemy and the enemy is only 20 to 1.The battle was fought actively and beautifully!Lin Biao once again signed the commendation order, commending the courageous spirit of the seventh column for actively seeking war and attacking proactively. At this moment, Deng Hua only hopes to be able to fight against the New Sixth Army, known as the "ace army" of the Kuomintang, to train the troops through tough and vicious battles, and to gain the prestige of the Seven Columns.But the New Sixth Army has never been dispatched.So, waiting impatiently, Deng Hua swung two sharp swords again, and went straight to Fuxin City, a famous coal city. On October 17, the 19th Division captured Fuxin in one fell swoop, and temporarily wiped out more than 1,300 people from the 51st Division; the 21st Division captured Xinqiu in the northeast of Fuxin on the same day, and temporarily wiped out the 51st Division. The division department and the entire regiment. Fighting six battles in 17 days, and all of them were "leading sheep" outside the order, but they won all battles, regained six cities, and wiped out three temporary divisions of the enemy! Deng Hua's style of work and Qi Zong's combat effectiveness can be seen from this. In January 1948, the Seventh Column was renamed the Seventh Column of the Northeast People's Liberation Army. In mid-March, the Liberation of Siping started.Qizong participated in the war again and won a major victory, finally avenging the previous bloody battle against Siping and returning in vain.From December of that year to March 1949, Seven Columns participated in the Northeast Winter Offensive. From April to August, a new type of whole-army campaign and military training was carried out in the Siping area. On September 12, the Liaoshen Campaign that shocked the whole country started. According to the instructions of the Central Military Commission, the main force of Dongye gathered in the strategically important Jinzhou area. Among them, five columns and another division attacked Jinzhou, and the rest of the troops were responsible for blocking aid.The specific deployment for attacking Jinzhou is: use the second column, the third column and the 17th division of the sixth column, the main force of the artillery column and 15 tanks, as the main attack from the north to the south of the city; the seventh and ninth columns are attached to the artillery column One, the auxiliary assault from south to north, the seventh and ninth columns are commanded by Deng Hua; the eighth column is the assist from east to west.After the attack is launched, the five columns will be inserted into the city at the same time like five sharp knives, dividing and annihilating the enemy defenders.The ultimate goal is the enemy's core defensive position. The main attack task of the Seventh Column will be undertaken by the 21st Division.The 21st Division put the 61st Regiment at the forefront and acted as a pioneer. At 10 o'clock in the morning on October 14, our Gongjin Artillery began artillery preparations. At 10:25, the vanguard squad of the 61st Regiment of the Seventh Column took the lead in boarding the city wall at the breakthrough.With the rise of a red signal flare, the follow-up troops of the regiment rushed into the city like a tide towards the first red flag flying on the city wall of Jinzhou. At 10:35, another signal flare rose high, indicating that the Seventh Vertical Assault Regiment had all passed through the breach and entered the city to participate in the battle.Then, according to the scheduled deployment, the regiment moved northward along Xiaolinghe Street and Nuer Street, and pointed directly at the core positions of Fan Hanjie and Lu Junquan's command centers in the city-the central bank, post office, and Jinzhou Cinema. At 10:49, the 59th Regiment of the 20th Division of the Seventh Column also broke into the city. At 11 o'clock, the Seventh Division and the Nineteenth Division entered Xiguan and entered the urban area from the breakthrough of the Twentieth Division. At the same time, the ninth column under the command of Deng Hua, the second and third columns in the north as the main attack, and the eighth column in the east as the auxiliary attack also broke into the city one after another. It is indeed a pleasure to be able to break through the city wall first as an auxiliary attacking force.But what Deng Hua wants is a bigger victory.He issued a resolute order to the commanders of the divisions through the telephone lines extending continuously into the city: "At all costs, resolutely blast forward!" The "Explosive Advance Method" is a new experience summed up by the Seven Columns during the attack on Zhangwu.That is to say, aiming at the characteristics that the defending enemy uses the crossfire of barricades and blockhouses to inflict massive damage on our attacking troops and prevent us from advancing forward, it is determined: when encountering enemy barricades and blockhouses that are difficult to destroy for a while, in order not to affect the command of the sharp knife troops to directly penetrate the enemy The speed of the center was changed not to advance along the street, but to blast a new passage by continuously blasting the walls of the street houses.So as to ensure that the assault force can advance indomitably!interspersed! This is indeed an effective method. In fact, it is the creation of cleverly applying the devious tactics in mobile warfare to attacking fortified operations.Since the attacking force changed from a frontal dead charge to a flank detour, not only did the enemy's preset defense system lose its effectiveness, reducing casualties, but also greatly accelerated the speed of advancing to the enemy's core position. At 12:45, the 61st Regiment of the 21st Division of the Seventh Column was the first to break into the enemy's core position again! When Qizong attacked the Jinzhou Cinema, it used 150 kilograms of explosives for the first time, and only opened a small gap.The commander said: There is plenty of explosives, add ten times more, if you don't believe it, it won't explode!As a result, more than 1,000 kilograms of explosives were loaded onto the trolley, and the warriors of the commando, with several layers of wet quilts on their heads, pushed the explosive trolley up against the rain of bullets.There was a loud bang, and more than 300 defenders were all killed and stunned. The enemy army was overwhelmed by the "cannon" of the communist army. After taking down the movie theater, the Seven Columns successively occupied Fan Hanjie's command center, the Central Bank, the Army Hospital and other core positions.At around 2:30 in the afternoon, the five-way siege army finally joined forces in the Central Bank and Baiyun Park.Although the enemy chieftains Fan Hanjie and Lu Junquan escaped from the city, they were finally captured alive by troops outside our city. In the battle of Jinzhou, under the command of Deng Hua, Qizong was the first to climb the city wall less than 15 minutes after the start of the general offensive, which can be described as a breakthrough speed!Less than two hours after the start of the general offensive, it was the first to break into the enemy's core position, which can be described as interspersed with bravery! According to the original plan, our army's main attack direction is in the north of the city, and Fan Hanjie's defense focus is also in the north of the city.However, the seven-column unit serving as an auxiliary offensive, with its brave combat actions, broke through first unexpectedly, and went straight to the enemy's core, smashing the enemy's command center.As a result, it played a major role in accelerating the general collapse of the enemy army and winning the final victory in the offensive. In the entire attack on Jin, the Seven Columns wiped out more than 30,000 enemies, of which nearly 27,000 were captured.Li Wenzhao, Chief of Staff of the New Eighth Army, Shu Bingquan, Deputy Commander of the 184th Division, Yun Maokui, Deputy Commander of the Temporary 54th Division, Zhang Zuokui, General and Deputy Director of the Northeast Administrative Committee, and many other senior Kuomintang generals are also members of the Seventh Column captured. After the Battle of Jinjin was over, the next step was to encircle and wipe out the Liao Yaoxiang Corps in the Great Battle of Western Liaoning. The deployment of the East Field Headquarters is: the fourth column, the eleventh column, and the three independent divisions of the North China Eastward Advance Corps in charge of Tashan, and they will still be responsible for the defense mission in this direction. ; five verticals and six verticals cut off the tail (cutting off the way after the enemy fled back to Shenyang); onslaught. Therefore, all the commanders and fighters of the Seventh Column, regardless of the fatigue after the war, immediately threw themselves into the battle of western Liaoning to encircle and wipe out the Liao Yaoxiang Corps.It's a pity that in this battle.Qi Zong failed to accept the order of Pioneer. But as the follow-up second echelon, Qizong still achieved a major victory.The 22nd Division, the main force of the New Sixth Army, is known as the "Tiger Division". It participated in the Burma campaign in 1941 (Liao Yaoxiang served as the division commander).However, most of this "Tiger Division" was under the command of Qi Zong in the Liaoxi Plain. In the Battle of Western Liaoning, the Seventh Column wiped out more than 10,000 enemies, and captured many senior Kuomintang generals such as Zheng Tingji, commander of the 49th Army. In November 1948, in accordance with the order of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China to unify the organization and designation of the whole army, the seventh column was renamed the 44th Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.Deng Hua served as army commander, Wu Fushan served as political commissar, Zeng Kelin served as deputy army commander, Tan Furen served as deputy political commissar and director of the political department, and Gao Tigan served as chief of staff.The original 19th Division was renamed the 130th Division, with Xu Shaohua as its division commander and Deng Dongzhe as its political commissar; the 20th Division as its 131st Division, its division commander as Liu Yongyuan, and Luo Yourong as its political commissar; the 21st Division as its 132nd Division , division commander Li Huamin, political commissar Zhu Minqin; the Northeast Field Army's independent twelfth division was transferred to the army and renamed the 157th division. Zeng Jingfan served as division commander and Xing Cheng served as political commissar. From December 1948 to January 1949, the Seven Columns participated in the Battle of Tianjin.A total of five armies were invested in Tianjin's fortified battle. The West Assault Group consisted of the 38th and 39th armies, equipped with two-thirds of the artillery and 20 tanks of the special forces column. Liang Biye unified command and carried out major assaults from west to east; the East Assault Group consisted of the 44th and 45th Armies, equipped with one-third of the special forces artillery and 10 tanks, assaulted from east to west, and was unified by four Commander Deng Hua, Commander of the 14th Army, and Wu Fushan, Political Commissar.The two major siege groups undertook the task of cutting through the enemy's defenses with Jintang Bridge (now Jiefang Bridge) as the meeting point.In addition, a division of the ninth column and the twelfth column will be used to assist from south to north. Obviously, due to the excellent performance of the Seven Columns in the battles of Siping and Jinzhou, it has become a main force that is good at tackling tough battles, which has attracted the attention of the East Field Headquarters.Therefore, not only the Forty-Fourth Army participated in the siege operations, but Deng Hua was also appointed as the commander-in-chief of the East Assault Group.In the tough battle against Tianjin, the Forty-Fourth Army made new achievements. In April 1949, the 44th Army was organized into the 15th Corps of the Fourth Field Army, and marched from Tianjin to Central and South China. In June, the 157th Division of the army was transferred to the Jiangxi Military Region. In July, the Forty-Fourth Army crossed the Yangtze River in Jiujiang to participate in the Hunan-Jiangxi Campaign. From October to November, he took part in the Guangdong campaign, and later took charge of the Guangzhou police and the suppression of bandits in central and eastern Guangdong. From May to August 1950, the 131st Division of the 44th Army liberated the Wanshan Islands with the cooperation of the River Defense Force and artillery of the Guangdong Military Region. In September, the guard task in Guangzhou was lifted, and transferred to the northern suburbs of Guangzhou to Yangshan and Wengyuan to suppress bandits. In October 1952, the designation of the 44th Army was revoked, and the military organs were merged into the naval organs of the Central South Military Region; the 130th Division and the 45th Army were combined into the 54th Army; the 131st Division was transferred to the Navy Qingdao Base; the 132nd Division was transferred to the 43rd Army. The predecessor of the 45th Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army was the Eighth Column of the Northeast Field Army. The predecessor of this column was part of the troops of the Jireliao Military Region and the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region that marched into the Northeast during the Anti-Japanese War. In July 1938, with the cooperation of the Fourth Column of the Eighth Route Army, the Hebei-Reliao Special Committee and the Jingdong Special Committee of the Communist Party of China staged an anti-Japanese armed uprising of 200,000 people.Since then, the Jidong Anti-Japanese Base Area has been gradually established, and the Jidong Army Division has been established. In February 1942, the Jidong Army Division was changed to the Thirteenth Army Division. On September 19, 1944, the Jidong (13th) Military Division was changed to the Jireliao Military Division, and Li Yunchang served as the commander and political commissar. In June 1945, the Hebei-Reliao troops advanced to the central part of Rehe and western Liaoning. From October to November 1945, in accordance with the strategic deployment of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on developing to the Northeast and striving to control the Northeast, the Eighth Route Army's Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region Left-behind Corps Guarded the first brigade (owed to the third regiment), and the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region taught the third brigade The first regiment, the 31st regiment of the Jizhong Military Region, etc., were ordered to expand to Jinzhou, Chaoyang and other areas in Liaoning, and were led by the Northeast People's Autonomous Army. In 1946, based on the above troops, it was reorganized into the 13th, 16th, and 27th Brigades of the Jireliao Military Region (later renamed the 18th Brigade). In May 1947, cadres were transferred from the Jireliao Military Region to form the front command post of the Jireliao Military Region. After the end of the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army's summer offensive in 1947, in order to meet the needs of the strategic counter-offensive, on August 1, the front command post of the Jireliao Military Region and the independent 13th, 16th, and 18th brigades were ordered to attack in Chifeng ( It is now part of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region) and was reorganized into the Eighth Column of the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army. Huang Shui was the commander of the column, Liu Daosheng was the political commissar, Qiu Huizuo was the deputy political commissar and director of the Political Department, and Huang Huxian was the chief of staff.The 13th Independent Brigade was reorganized into the 22nd Division with Wu Lie as its commander and Chen Renqi as political commissar; the 16th Independent Brigade was reorganized as the 23rd Division with Zhang Defa as its commander and Cao Delian as acting political commissar; the 18th Independent Brigade was reorganized as the 1st Division The twenty-fourth division, division commander Ding Sheng, political commissar Wei Zuzhen.There are more than 35,000 people in the whole column.After the establishment of the Eight Columns, they immediately launched the Northeast Autumn Offensive.In more than two months of combat, with the cooperation of the fraternal troops, the Eight Columns won major victories in the first battle of Lishugoumen, the two battles of Yangzhangzi, and the battle of Jiumentai in four battles and four victories. Jincheng Road carried out four raids.During the entire autumn offensive, the Eighth Column wiped out a total of more than 28,000 enemies, including Guo Huicang, the commander of the major general of the 21st Division, and more than 10,000 people under the deputy commander of the major general of the 22nd Division, Su Jingtai. Huang Yongsheng, the commander of the Eight Columns, is brave and good at fighting, and has many military exploits.As early as when Lin Biao was the head of the First Red Army in the Central Soviet Area, Huang Yongsheng was the head of the Red Army under Lin Biao.After the Long March of the First and Third Red Army Regiments arrived in northern Shaanxi, they were combined into the First Army Regiment, with Lin Biao as the regiment commander and Huang Yongsheng as the deputy division commander of the Fourth Division.But Huang Yongsheng is a good general in war, but he is very casual in normal times. He is good at playing cards, dancing and even playing with women.At that time, after the Eighth and Ninth Columns were transferred from the Jireliao Military Region to the Northeast Military Region, they were under the command of the Second Frontline Command Post of the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army (equivalent to the later Corps). Cheng Zihua, the commander of the "Second Fingers", had a lot of opinions on Huang Yongsheng's style of work. He asked Lin Biao three times to propose a replacement, and strongly advocated the use of Duan Suquan, a veteran general with a prudent and honest style, to replace Huang Yongsheng as the commander of the Eighth Column. But Lin Biao refused the first two times: "Three victories in three battles in western Liaoning, Yongsheng comrades only had 25,000 soldiers, and they wiped out 16,000 enemies in half a month. The credit is not small." Cheng Zihua frowned when he heard this, and said, "He is beating the drums and charging, beating gold to play with women. After all, we are still the army of the Communist Party. How can we continue in this state?" Lin Biao seemed to be very patient, and slowly talked to Cheng Zihua about the ways of Liu Bang's imperial generals and Han Xin's imperial troops, and finally got up to see off the guests: "It's easy to get a thousand soldiers, but hard to find a general, so let's do it." From then on, the cadres from Jireliao (Cheng Zihua, Li Yunchang, Duan Suquan, etc.) secretly began to call Lin Biao "Han Xin".Whenever Huang Yongsheng left his troops and went to dance in the city, although everyone had opinions, they were helpless and could only complain in private: "He is a cadre that'Han Xin' fancy." Captain..." From November 1947 to March 1948, the Eight Columns participated in the winter offensive.In the meantime, in January 1948, it was renamed the Eighth Column of the Northeast People's Liberation Army, which was led by the Northeast Field Army.At this time, the commander of the column was Duan Suquan, political commissar Liu Daosheng, deputy commander Zhang Tianyun, deputy political commissar and director of the Political Department Qiu Huizuo, and chief of staff Huang Huxian. On January 24, 1948, under the command of Cheng Zihua, the commander-in-chief of the front line, the Eighth Column and the First Column launched an attack on the enemy defending Xinli.The fierce battle lasted until the morning of the 26th, and the 26th Division of the 49th Army of the Kuomintang was wiped out.During the entire winter offensive, the eight verticals wiped out a total of 5,610 enemies. In September 1948, after the start of the Liaoshen Campaign, the Eighth Column and its brother troops participated in the battle of Jinzhou.In the Battle of Western Liaoning to encircle and annihilate the Liao Yaoxiang Corps, the Eight Columns first blocked a part of the "Ace" New Sixth Army of the Kuomintang on the south wing of Dahu Mountain, smashing the attempt of the Liao Yaoxiang Corps to escape from the south wing of Dahu Mountain; The Liujianfang area firmly blocked the way for the main force of the Liao Yaoxiang Corps to retreat to Yingkou to the south; when the Liao Yaoxiang Corps fled to Shenyang, it was ordered to detour to the northwest and cut off the way the Liao Corps fled eastward.Since the Eighth Column cut off the retreat route of the Liao Yaoxiang Corps to retreat to Yingkou in the south and escape to Shenyang in the east, it created conditions for the complete victory of the Battle of Western Liaoning.During the entire Battle of Western Liaoning, the Eighth Column wiped out one of Chiang Kai-shek's "five main forces", the elite New 22nd Division of the New Sixth Army, and nearly 10,000 people including the 105th Division and the 195th Division of the Kuomintang. The Battle of Liaoshen was the first of the three major battles in the strategic decisive battle stage of our army, especially the Battle of Liaoxi, which wiped out more than 100,000 elite Kuomintang troops equipped with American weapons in one fell swoop, which greatly shocked the reputation of the Fourth Field Army.Many generals under Lin Biao's command once compared the Battle of Western Liaoning with the next battle in history, saying that Lin Biao fought this battle no less than Han Xin's "Ambush on Ten Daggers".Huang Yongsheng said even more proudly: "Our 'Siye' alone can compete with Chiang Kai-shek!" On November 13, 1948, according to the order of the Central Military Commission to unify the organization of the whole army and the number of troops, the Eighth Column of the Northeast People's Liberation Army was renamed the Forty-fifth Army of the People's Liberation Army in Liaoyang, Haicheng and other areas in Liaoning.Huang Yongsheng served as army commander, Qiu Huizuo served as political commissar, Zhang Tianyun served as deputy army commander, Huang Huxian served as chief of staff, and Duan Dezhang served as director of the political department.The 22nd Division was renamed the 133rd Division, with Wu Lie as the division commander and Xie Ming as the political commissar; the 23rd Division as the 134th Division, Zhong Mingbiao as the division commander, and Xie Jiaxiang as the political commissar; the 24th Division as the No. In the 135th Division, Ding Sheng served as the division commander, and Wei Zuzhen served as the political commissar; the newly transferred Jireliao Independent Fourth Division was renamed the 158th Division, Li Daozhi served as the division commander, and Wang Xiaosheng served as the political commissar.There are more than 56,000 people in the army. During the entire Northeast Liberation War, the Eighth Column (Forty-fifth Army) wiped out more than 58,000 Kuomintang troops and sacrificed more than 5,000 commanders and fighters below the regiment. From December 1948 to January 1949, the 45th Army participated in the Battle of Pingjin after entering the customs.In the fortified battle of Tianjin, the Forty-fifth Army and the Forty-fourth Army jointly undertook the task of assaulting westward from Minquan Gate on the east side of Tianjin. Among them, the 135th Division of the 45th Army performed particularly well. After the attack was launched, it quickly broke through the Kuomintang army's fortifications and captured Jintang Bridge (now Jiefang Bridge).For this reason, the division was rewarded by an order from the head of the East Field Headquarters: In March 1949, the Forty-fifth Army was organized into the Twelfth Corps of the Fourth Field Army. In April, march from Tianjin to central and southern China. In July, he entered Jiangxi Province to participate in the Kuomintang army's encirclement and annihilation of western Jiangxi. In the battle of Hengbao in September and October, the Forty-fifth Army was responsible for the frontal offensive mission of the Central Route Army.The 135th Division wedged into the depth of the Bai Chongxi Group's defense south of the Hengbao Highway, and stubbornly prevented the Kuomintang army from fleeing south, creating favorable conditions for the victory of the entire campaign.The 134th Division took active actions in this battle. In the pursuit battle, with the same force, it attacked and fought for five consecutive days and nights from October 7th to 11th, annihilating the 175th Division and capturing the enemy. There are 4354 people under the deputy division commander Liu Kewei.For this reason, the two divisions received a special telegram from the head of Shino headquarters. In order to completely wipe out the remnants of Chiang Kai-shek and Bai Chongxi and speed up the liberation of the southwestern region of the motherland, the Fourth Field Army ordered five armies including the 45th Army to launch the Guangxi Campaign from November to December 1949.During this period, the main leaders of the 45th Army were: Army Commander Chen Bojun (concurrently), Political Commissar Qiu Huizuo, Deputy Army Commander Zhang Tianyun, and Acting Director of the Political Department Li Gai.In order to quickly participate in the Guangxi campaign, the 45th Army drove nearly 2,000 miles in 20 days, chased and wiped out 16,000 Kuomintang troops, and captured Wang Jingsong, deputy commander of the Kuomintang Third Corps and commander of the Guangxi Military Region, and Hunan, Guizhou, and Guizhou road guards. Lieutenant General Commander Mod Hong and other 15 general-level officers, and seized a large amount of combat materials. In late December, the army went to the Shiwanda Mountain in Southwest Guangxi, Liuwanda Mountain and Darong Mountain in South Guangxi to suppress bandits. In February 1950, the 134th Division of the 45th Army was in the Pingerguan area, and wiped out the 17th Corps of the Kuomintang and the 19th, 19th, and The 197th Division has a total of more than 6,700 people, including 9 general-level officers such as Lieutenant General Liu Jiashu, the commander of the prisoner regiment. In April 1950, the 158th Division was transferred to the Guangzhou Municipal Public Security Command.By February 1951, the Forty-Five Army had basically wiped out the banditry in southwestern and southeastern Guangxi. In March, the Forty-Five Army moved to Guangdong to undertake guarding the Pearl River Estuary and mobile combat tasks. In July, the 134th Division of the army was transferred to Zhanjiang, Haikang and other areas to carry out the task of defending coastal defense. In August 1952, under the order of the Central South Military Region, the 133rd Division was transferred to the 46th Army. In October, the headquarters of the Forty-fifth Army, the 134th Division (less than one regiment), the 135th Division, and another regiment of the 130th Division of the 44th Army were jointly organized into the Fifth Division of the Chinese People's Liberation Army The Fourteenth Army was under the leadership of the Central South Military Region. During the War of Liberation, the 45th Army moved to the battlefields of Northeast China, North China, Central China, and South China, and a group of heroes and models such as Li Qingchun, Liu Ruilin, Song Sheng, Chen Huanzhu, and Li Guangzheng emerged, as well as the "Tigers Against Sheep Regiment" and "Brave and Tenacious Battalion" etc. Many hero units. The predecessor of the 46th Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army was the Ninth Column of the Northeast Field Army.The column was formed on the basis of part of the armed forces led by the Communist Party of China that were retained in the Eastern Jidong riots in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War. In July 1938, the Hebei Rebian Special Committee of the Communist Party of China, with the cooperation of the Fourth Column of the Eighth Route Army, launched and led an anti-Japanese armed riot of 200,000 workers and peasants in eastern Hebei, and established an anti-Japanese armed force.Afterwards, the Chinese Communist Party sent many Red Army cadres to this anti-Japanese armed force to serve as leaders at all levels. In October, the main force withdrew to the Pingxi Anti-Japanese Base Area for training, leaving only three guerrilla groups in the east of Jidong to persist in the struggle and develop rapidly. In July 1940, this armed force was organized into the 12th Military Division of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region. Commander, Li Chuli served as a political commissar, in charge of the twelfth and thirteenth regiments, and cooperated with the main force to participate in the Hundred Regiments War. In November 1942, the Thirteenth Army Division mobilized part of its troops to persist in the arduous anti-Japanese guerrilla war in the "no man's land" created by the Japanese army inside and outside the Great Wall, and gradually grew stronger in the struggle. In January 1945, under the order of the Jinchaji Military Region, the Thirteenth Military Division was changed to the Jireliao Military Region, which governed the 14th to the 18th Military Region, and was subordinate to the Jinchaji Military Region.After the establishment of the Hebei Reliao Military Region, it immediately went into offensive operations and strategic counter-offensives in the War of Resistance Against Japan. It went north from the Great Wall and marched into the south of Re (Henan) and the west of Liaoning (Ning). After the strategic counter-offensive in 1945, the main forces of the Jireliao Military Region were organized into the Jidong Column (also known as the Zhan Caifang Column) and the Reliao Column (also known as the Huang Yongsheng Column).In October of the same year, the Jireliao Military Region was assigned to the Northeast, and in November it was transferred back to the Jinchaji Military Region.At the same time, according to the order of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region for the unified reorganization of troops, the Jireliao Military Region was reorganized into the Jidong Military Region, and part of the troops under its jurisdiction were reorganized into four field brigades: the 11th Brigade (Brigade Commander Zeng Yongya), The 12th Brigade (Brigade Commander Liu Yongyuan, Political Commissar Lin Maoyuan), the 13th Brigade (Brigade Commander Xiao Quanfu, Political Commissar Li Zhensheng, Deputy Political Commissar Xiang Zhonghua), the 14th Brigade (Brigade Commander He Nengbin, Political Commissar Xu Guanghua, Deputy brigade commander and chief of staff Yuan Yuan, deputy political commissar and director of the Political Department Huang Zhiyong). The formation of the field brigade marks that the Jidong armed forces have entered a new stage.Among them, the 12th Brigade and the 13th Brigade were later developed into the 36th Division and 137th Division of the 46th Army respectively. After the war of self-defense began, under the leadership of Zhan Caifang, the commander of the Eastern Hebei Military Region, this army immediately threw itself into the struggle to smash the Kuomintang army's invasion of the liberated areas. Fighting and fighting, defending the Jidong Liberated Area.Through the above-mentioned operations, this newly established field force has made significant progress in terms of tactical thinking, combat organization, and operational command, and has cultivated the troops' continuous combat, hard-working fighting style, and close-combat night combat capabilities. From June to August 1946, the field forces of the Eastern Hebei Military Region were reorganized, first organized into the eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth brigades, and soon they were jointly organized into the independent tenth and eleventh brigades. In May 1947, the Jidong Military Region was reorganized into the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army. In July, the 9th Independent Brigade of the Jidong Military Region was formed based on the garrison regiments of various military divisions. In August 1947, the aforementioned 10th, 11th, and 9th brigades formed the 9th Column of the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army in Zunhua, Hebei. Commander Zhan Caifang, Political Commissar and Director of the Political Department Li Zhongquan, Chief of Staff Yuan Yuan, Political Department Deputy Director Xu Guanghua.The 10th Brigade was renamed the 25th Division, with division commander Zeng Yongya and political commissar Ai Ping; the 11th Brigade was renamed the 26th Division, division commander Xiao Quanfu (formerly known as Xiao Quanfu), and political commissar Li Zhensheng; the 9th Brigade was renamed the 2nd Division Seventeenth Division, division commander Ren Changhui, political commissar Wang Wen.There are more than 23,000 people in the whole column.Soon, the troops successively entered the northeast region and participated in the autumn offensive and winter offensive operations. The first battle after the Nine Columns left the customs was to cooperate with the Eight Columns in the autumn offensive to encircle and annihilate the 49th Army of the Kuomintang in Yangjiazhangzi.At this time, the 27th Division was still in the pass for rectification.第二十六师进至五岭山，担任阻援任务；第二十五师则进占郭家屯一线，准备截歼溃逃之敌。 第二十六师在五岭山顽强坚守两天一夜，挡住了敌人七个团的进攻，胜利地完成了阻击任务，为围歼第四十九军争取了时间，并歼敌1000余人。而当敌第四十九军在八纵的勇猛攻击下向南溃逃时，又突遭早已守候多时的第二十五师的截击。该师部队英勇作战，连炊事员、司号员都抄起扁担投入战斗。最后，除敌军长王铁汉等百余人逃脱外，4000余名逃窜之敌全部被歼。 九纵出关作战，第一仗就取得歼敌5000余人的大胜，不仅鼓舞了部队的斗志，锻炼了纵队大兵团作战能力，而且用缴获敌人的武器改善了自己的装备。为此与八纵一起受到东总的嘉奖。 随后，九纵又进行了朝阳攻坚战、义西围歼国民党第九十二军等战役。 在整个秋季攻势作战中，九纵在历时50多天的连续作战中，五战五捷，战斗类型既有山地防御战、山地进攻战，又有城市攻坚战、夜袭破袭战，总计歼敌1.1万余。在之后的冬季攻势中，九纵千里转战，先后进行了四次较大的战斗和战役，共歼敌1900余人。1948年1月，东北民主联军改称东北人民解放军。3月，又改称东北野战军，第九纵队番号不变。 辽沈战役开始后，为保证三纵攻打义县，九纵在司令员詹才芳的率领下，发扬“虎口拔牙”的大无畏精神，以突然的奔袭动作，直插锦州、义县之间敌纵深阵地，连续五昼夜抗击了敌人的疯狂进攻，彻底切断了敌锦州、义县之间的联系。这便是四十六军军史上著名的锦北渗透战。 最激烈的战斗，发生在位于锦州北部两条公路交叉点上的白老虎屯。 9月24日夜，九纵二十五师七十三团一连穿过敌30多公里防御纵深，神不知，鬼不觉地插到这里。当清晨敌人吹响起床号时，一连官兵已构筑完工事。 范汉杰发现位于纵深的白老虎屯居然被共军占领，恼羞成怒。在25日的一天里，在六架野马飞机、六辆坦克的掩护下，敌人向一连阵地发起了15次猛攻。几十门大炮的炮弹一排排倾泄到这块弹丸之地；冲击兵力也由一个连到一个营，最后是一个团。潮水般一波又一波，冲上去又被打下来。 打到天黑，敌人一个团伤亡近半，一连也只剩下37人。但敌到底没能拔掉只有二门60炮的一连这颗钉子。 在锦北渗透战中，九纵二十五师表现尤为突出，一个师就歼敌近3000人，缴获各种火炮450门。战后，第七十四团的一连、二连，分别被授予“白老虎连”和“守如泰山连”的光荣称号。其中一连连长陈学良、指导员田广文各荣记大功三次，并被授予毛泽东奖章一枚。 随后九纵乘胜扩大战果，清扫锦州外围之敌，一举攻占了锦州外围制高点帽儿山，并用炮火直接封锁了锦州飞机场，为攻克锦州创造了有利的条件。 在锦州攻坚战中，九纵又与七纵并肩担任城南突破任务。总攻发起后，第二十五、二十六师迅速打开突破口，随即向纵深发展。九纵与二纵、三纵、七纵、八纵一起，仅用31小时即全歼了号称“机械化兵团”的10万守敌。 其中九纵计歼敌1.5万余人，并活捉东北“剿总”上将副司令范汉杰、兵团中将司令卢浚泉。为此受到了东野总部首长的表扬，得到“全纵队奋发努力，进步甚快”的评价。攻锦战役结束后，九纵又迅速赶往大虎山地区，投入了围歼廖耀湘兵团的辽西大会战。当廖耀湘兵团发觉将被我军包围后，企图撤向营口从海路退逃。 10月26日，东北野战军总部命令九纵从大虎山地区南下，经台安于海青湾东渡辽河，切断敌南逃之路，并抓住逃向营口的第五十二军，待七纵、八纵赶到后再行围歼。这时，九纵已经连续急行军六昼夜，部队体力十分疲惫。但为了抓住廖耀湘兵团，夺取辽西会战的全胜，全纵队指战员不顾饥饿和疲劳，又急行军五天，最后一昼夜一气追击230里，终于在10月31日赶到营口附近，抓住了正企图由海路逃跑的国民党第五十二军。 詹才芳当即命令部队不顾疲劳投入战斗，对营口之敌实施弧形包围，并以一个营掩护重炮团，进至营口以北，以火力封锁出海口。 11月2日晨，詹才芳发现敌有登船逃跑迹象后，遂决定不待七纵、八纵赶到，九纵即单独向营口之敌发起进攻。二十七师七十九团以果断的行动，攻占了营口以西的西海口小高地，控制了西海口炮台工事。师主力于五台子突破防线，击溃守敌一个营。二十五师在邵家屯突破敌人防线突入市区，第七十五团一营经激战后占领海关码头，七十四团攻占营口车站。 突入市内的两个师很快将敌拦腰斩为数段，敌五十二军第二师、第二十五师已呈现混乱状态。九纵部队大胆穿插，分块围歼。经数小时战斗，守敌大部被歼。登船逃跑的敌人，也遭到我炮兵射击，一艘运兵船和22只帆船被炸起火，3000余敌人全部被烧死、淹死。 由于九纵不畏疲劳的勇猛追击和当机立断的果断进攻，不仅解放了营口，而且阻绝廖耀湘兵团从海上逃跑之路，迫使廖兵团又改逃沈阳，并最终彼东北野战军主力全歼于辽西平原，东北最大的城市沈阳也随之解放。 营口战斗，九纵共计歼敌1.4万余人。营口的解放，标志着辽沈战役的胜利结束。九纵为历时52天的辽沈战役，划上了句号。九纵在出关后的一年零两个月作战中，共计歼敌4.4万，缴获飞机4架，坦克4辆，各种火炮477门，各种枪1.6万余支。 1948年11月，根据中共中央军事委员会关于统一全军编制及部队番号的命令，第九纵队改编为中国人民解放军第四十六军，仍归东北野战军建制。詹才芳任军长，李中权任政治委员，杨梅生任副军长，段德彰任副政治委员兼政治部主任，袁渊任参谋长。第二十五师改称第一三六师，曾雍雅任师长，徐光华任政治委员；第二十六师改称第一三七师，萧全夫任师长，李振声任政治委员；第二十七师改称第一三八师，任昌辉任师长，王文任政治委员；冀热辽军区独立第七师调归该军建制，改称第一五九师，陈宗坤任师长，曾凡有任副政治委员。改编后，全军共4.7 万余人。 1948年11月22日，东北人民解放军分三路，以排山倒海之势浩浩荡荡向华北开进。九纵为左路兵团的先头部队，经16天连续行军，行程达1400余里，12月7日进入冀东。后为执行毛主席关于“取捷径以最快速度行进，突然包围唐山、塘沽、天津三处敌人，不使敌逃跑”和“唯一的或主要的是怕敌人从海上逃跑”的指示，九纵又奉命分两路昼夜不停，轻装急进，于12月18日插入天津军粮城，切断了天津之敌向塘沽从海上逃跑退路，随后又同兄弟部队一起，完成对天津国民党军的战役合围。 天津守敌共有13万余人，并且拥有自1947年秋即开始修建的坚固工事，即敌所谓的“大天津堡垒化”，自诩坚守一个月不成问题。 东北野战军参谋长刘亚楼被任命为天津前线指挥部司令员。攻城具体部署为：以第三十八、第三十九军组成西突击集团，以第四十四军、四十五军组成东突击集团，两大集团东西对进。第四十六军并指挥四十九军第一四五师，则由天津城南向北实施辅助突击。 1月14日上午10时天津总攻开始。四十六军在突破阶段受阻，伤亡相当大。但当天深夜师指挥员进到突破口后，及时调整部署，利用夜晚向敌纵深发展进攻，并取得迅速进展。 15日11时即突进到跃华中学，与三十八军会师。四十六军共计歼敌2.6万余，活捉伪北宁路护路军司令兼天津市市长、蒋介石侍从室高级参谋、国民政府中将参谋杜建时，缴获各种炮314门，轻重机枪709挺，长短枪1.2万余支。 战后，刘亚楼对四十六军的辅攻十分满意。他说：“原来我们的意图是你们只要能在南面顶住，不让敌人溜掉，就算完成了任务，没料到你们突破了南边这样坚固的工事，也参加了纵深战斗，这就太好了。” 天津战役结束后，四十六军第一三八师、第一五九师又配合四十九军解放了塘沽。尔后转进河北霸县一带休整。 1月21日，北平和平解放。傅作义部队接受和平改编。平津前线司令部确定由四十六军改编傅部第一二一师和二七三师。在接受改编的傅作义部队中，有许多特务分子与原政工人员已化装为文书、司务长、上士等潜伏下来。 这些家伙受军统之命大肆进行秘密的特务活动，制造谣言，欺骗士兵，煽动其部属阻挠改编工作的进行。但傅部师团级军官已认清大势。而且军官们对部队直接负责，怕出大乱子，担不起这个责任。 于是，军部决定利用敌人内部这一矛盾，让军官发号施令，维护秩序，遏制叛乱。同时，我派去的干部则深入基层，接近士兵进行工作，并逐渐将其尉以上军官，按先顽固后一般，先政工后其他人员的办法，分批调出部队，上送四野杨村教导团处理。后又经过诉苦教育培养积极分子，并通过他们的揭发，彻底地肃清了潜伏的特务分子。在一系列的教育后，绝大多数士兵提高了阶级觉悟，并自愿参加人民解放军。四十六军将其中3666人编入本军各部队，将3656人调拨给第一野战军。 1949年4月初，四十六军编入第四野战军第十二兵团建制，向华中、华南进军。7月上旬，渡过长江，直逼长沙城下，促进了长沙的和平解放。该军第一五九师调归湖南军区建制；第一三八师担任长沙警备任务；第一三六、第一三七师参加衡（阳）宝（庆）战役。之后，四十六军部队又先后完成了湖南、湘西剿匪任务。1950年12月初，詹才芳调中南军区工作，杨梅生任军长，萧全夫任第一副军长兼参谋长，曾雍雅任第二副军长兼第一三六师师长。 1951年1月，第四十六军奉命进驻粤东，执行保卫粤东海防的任务。 1952年9月17日，四十六军参加中国人民志愿军赴朝作战，接替第四十二军西海岸防御任务。此时军长萧全夫，政治委员吴保山。在此之前，第一三三师调入，原辖之第一三八师调出。在朝鲜战场，第四十六军先后参加三次攻打马踏里战斗，以后又担任西海岸守备任务和“三八”线临津江北岸的防御任务。1955年10月，从朝鲜回国。 四十六军在三年半的抗美援朝作战中，战绩辉煌。仅在后半年的防御作战中，就歼敌1.4万（其中美陆一师6639名，英联一师2720名，土耳其旅893名），击落敌机193架，击伤敌机155 架，击毁敌坦克51辆。 中国人民解放军第四十六军，在长期革命战争中和保卫社会主义祖国的光荣岗位上，经受了各种锻炼和考验，出色地完成了各项战斗任务。涌现出全国著名战斗英雄田广文、纪士信等11人；涌现出“白老虎连”等一些著名英雄连队；涌现出二级战斗英雄马玉臣、栗学福等英模人物近万人。 中国人民解放军第四十七军的前身是东北野战军第十纵队。第四十七军所属各师，在编入该军建制之前，各有不同的战斗经历。 该军第一三九师的前身，是1930年在湘赣边根据地成立的红军独立第一师。1932年10月，该师编入红八军并改称第二十二师。1933年6月，该师编入红六军团，改称第十七师，师长由红六军团长萧克兼任，蔡会文任政治委员。十七师先后参加了保卫湘赣苏区、红军突围西征、回师东进、转战湘黔以及二万五千里长征。抗日战争时期，该师改编为八路军一二零师三五九旅。1937年9月，随第一二零师开赴抗日前线（第七一八团和师直留守陕甘宁边区），先后参加了收复晋西北七城战役，灵邱、广灵阻击战、邵家庄伏击战和上、下腰涧等战役战斗；配合一二零师主力粉碎了日军多路围攻。1939年9月，奉命返回陕西绥德地区，担负保卫陕甘宁边区的任务。1940年底，为打破国民党军对陕甘宁边区的经济封锁，进至南泥湾开展举世闻名的大生产运动。1944年11月，第三五九旅先后分两批组成南下支队，向华南敌后挺进。1945年8月，南下第二支队（刘转连任司令员，晏福生任政治委员）奉命北上河南孟县地区。10月，进至辽宁辽阳地区，扩编后恢复第三五九旅番号，直属东北民主联军总部。解放战争时期，参加了抚顺及北满剿匪、三下江南、夏季攻势等战役战斗。1947年1月改编为东北民主联军独立第一师。1947年9月10日，编入东北民主联军第十纵队建制，改称第二十八师（师长贺庆积，政治委员晏福生）。 该军第一四零师的前身，是1945年8月以曹里怀等率领的冀鲁豫军区、第三五九旅先遣队和太行区的部分干部为骨干扩编成立的长春公安总队，曹里怀任总队司令员，刘居英任政治委员。总队成立后，主要战斗在长春、吉林附近地区。曾先后参加了北满和西满剿匪及解放长春、三下江南、夏季攻势等战役战斗，共歼敌近万人。1947年9月10日，编入东北民主联军第十纵队建制，改称第二十九师（师长刘转连，政治委员卓雄）。 该军第一四一师的前身，是1947年2月1日在吉林省桦甸县桦树林子组建的东北民主联军东满独立第一师，赖传珠任师长，唐天际任政治委员。该师成立后，归东满军区指挥，主要活动于东满地区。曾先后参加了吉林以东地区多次战斗、东北夏季攻势和吉林、长春以南地区等战役战斗。1947年9月10日，编入东北民主联军第十纵队建制，改称第三十师（师长方强，政治委员孔石泉）。1947年9月10日，东北民主联军第十纵队（梁兴初任司令员，周赤萍任政治委员）成立后，立即参加了东北民主联军向国民党军发动的秋季攻势。参加大小战斗19次，攻克了北吉林、德惠、中固等敌据点。1947年底至1948年初，第十纵队参加了冬季攻势，攻克了开原等城镇。 1948年9月，东北野战军发动辽沈战役，第一刀就插向了敌人的致命处——东北的门户锦州。蒋介石急令华北侯镜如兵团东进，沈阳廖耀湘兵团西进，企图东西对进以解锦州之围。能否拿下锦州，关闭东北大门，关键在于能否阻住这两路援军了。在塔山一带阻击华北东进兵团的任务，由四纵、十一纵等部队承担，而阻击廖耀湘西进兵团的重任就落到了十纵的肩上。 在东野主力攻锦前后，十纵奉命从开原昌图地区出发，并指挥一纵第三师、辽南独立第二师和蒙古骑兵师，进至新立屯以南地区，组织运动防御。 总部命令十纵不惜一切代价，务必截击住廖耀湘西进兵团。 10月12日，廖耀湘兵团进至彰武、新立屯一线，十纵在兄弟部队的配合下，顽强地与敌扭打纠缠，成功地迟滞了该兵团的西进；有效地保障了我攻锦部队的侧后安全。 10月15