Chapter 6 Chapter 5 Flowers Bloom in Two Places, Four Guarantees Linjiang and Three Trips to the South of the Yangtze River

Chiang Kai-shek was triumphant, thinking that the "CCP" did not have much strength, so he provoked a full-scale civil war in the Central Plains.Four months later, the flames of war reignited in the Northeast.Han Xianchu tried his best to turn Xinkailing into the cemetery of "Thousand Li Horse"!Chen Yun and Xiao Jinguang went to Linjiang on snow, holding on tightly to the "ox tail" of the Kuomintang army.Lin Biao has no expression on his face. If you, Du Yuming, want to go from south to north, then I will fight from south to north!The Kuomintang army had to stop its expansion momentum and turn to passive defense.However, the Democratic Alliance Army changed from passive defense to active offense, and the situation in the Northeast has undergone major changes.

On June 22, 1946, Chiang Kai-shek launched an all-out civil war in the Central Plains.All of a sudden, the land in the pass was filled with smoke and flames of war. Chiang Kai-shek didn't realize that he had really underestimated the power of the Communist Party until the war resumed. The troops invested by the Kuomintang were like water poured on the sand, and they disappeared in a blink of an eye.The Northeast region has no time to worry about it, so the date of the armistice there has to be postponed again and again.This delay is more than 4 months. Time is gold.Lin Biao, who was severely injured in the Siping World War I, thought so.

Summer is coming, the waves in the Songhua River are rushing, and the flowers on Sun Island are in full bloom. In early July, members of the Central Committee, members of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee and leaders from various regions in the Northeast gathered in Harbin to hold an enlarged meeting of the Northeast Bureau.Peng Zhen, Luo Ronghuan, Chen Yun, Gao Gang, Li Fuchun, Li Lisan, Zhang Wentian, Cai Chang, Lin Feng, Huang Kecheng, Wang Shoudao, Tan Zheng, Chen Yu, Xiao Jinguang, Lu Zhengcao, Gu Dacun, etc. all attended the meeting. On July 7, the General Assembly formally passed the "Situation and Tasks in the Northeast" drafted by Chen Yun, the famous "July 7 Resolution".Mao Zedong personally revised the resolution carefully.

The "Resolution" affirms that the current situation in Northeast China is characterized by a strong enemy and a weak enemy, and we must prepare for a long-term struggle.Therefore, in order to overcome all kinds of chaotic ideas, we should no longer place our hopes on peace, go out of the cities, take off our leather shoes, and go to the countryside to mobilize the people extensively and establish a solid base. The bright sun pierced through the clouds, and the north bank of the Songhua River was brilliant. The work in the Northeast has started vigorously.Wave after wave of the new-style whole-army movement, all units have unified their thinking and streamlined their members; cadres at all levels went deep into the peasants and vigorously carried out land reform.In order to eliminate the hidden forces of the Kuomintang, the main forces in various regions carried out a large-scale struggle against bandits. They crisscrossed forests and seas, broke through the snowfields, and successively brought down the "four flagpoles" hated by the people such as Xie Wendong, Li Huatang, Zhang Yuxin, and Sun Rongjiu. Other big and small bandits also followed.In the battle against bandits, He Jinnian, commander of the Hejiang Military Region, was honored as an expert in suppressing bandits; Yang Zirong, a scout of the Mudanjiang Military Region, was awarded the title of "Special Reconnaissance Hero".

The Northeast Democratic Coalition Army is famous far and wide, and the local people celebrate with each other.Lin Biao watched the team come back to life and became stronger and stronger. Although he was silent, he was secretly happy in his heart. "Lin Biao is booming in Jiangbei, and our latent personnel have been arrested!" Du Yuming was very annoyed in Shenyang.He thought that Lin Biao would be devastated after crossing the river, but he didn't expect it to be the opposite. Over the past few months, while recuperating and recovering, Du Yuming expanded the total number of Kuomintang troops to more than 400,000, and at the same time sent troops to the southwest, ordering the 13th Army and 93rd Army to attack Li Yunchang's department in the Jireliao Military Region. On August 29, 1946, Chengde, the capital of Rehe, was occupied, and Chifeng was captured on October 4.Knowing that Lin Biao's wings were growing in Jiangbei, he urgently ordered the New 1st Army and the New 6th Army to move to Siping and north of Changchun. At the same time, the 60th Army was transferred from Fushun to Jilin, and the 53rd Army was transferred from Rehe to Shenyang. Kishi widely recruited ships, repaired bridges, and prepared to go north in one fell swoop to attack Harbin.

"Send a message to the south to attack Du Yuming!" Lin Biao said quietly after receiving the information. At the beginning of October 1946, Cheng Shicai, the commander of the three verticals, Luo Shunchu, the political commissar, Zeng Kelin, the deputy commander, Tang Kai, the deputy political commissar, and Xie Fang, the chief of staff, sat around a small command post. Xifeng County. Xifeng is located in the southeast of Siping, east of Kaiyuan, west of Meihekou, on the main traffic road.At that time, there was an expanded regiment of the New Army stationed in the city, with about 1,300 people.

On October 2, a team of Sanzong braved the autumn rain and sneaked under the city of Xifeng. The attack was launched in the early morning of the 3rd, and until 8:00 am on the 4th, the entire city was occupied, and more than 3,000 people defending the city and aiding the enemy outside were wiped out. San Zong stabbed Du Yuming's sore spot with a stab in the back like this.When he learned that Xifeng had fallen, he opened his eyes wide and burst into anger. He mobilized the 14th and 22nd divisions of the New Sixth Army, the new 30th Division of the New First Army, the 195th Division of the 52nd Army, and the 182nd Division of the 60th Army immediately went south and occupied the mountain town all the way. , Caoshi, Yingerbianmen, Qingyuan and other places, but I didn't even see the shadow of Sanzong.

While being confused, San Zong suddenly appeared south of the Shenji Railway, fighting against the enemy troops rushing all the way. The activities of the three verticals completely disrupted Du Yuming's plan to go north.He stood in front of the map and thought hard about the countermeasures. "If the enemy of South Manchuria is not eliminated, it will be difficult to carry out the attack on North Manchuria!" Du Yuming said: "Temporarily give up the attack on Harbin, first from the south to the north, attack from the south and defend from the north. The enemy of South Manchuria must be completely wiped out."

On October 19, 1946, Du Yuming only left the two divisions of the New 1st Army and the 60th Army to stand by the Songhua River, and called up all the rest of the mobilizable troops, a total of 8 whole divisions, with a total of 100,000 people. Relying on the railway line, From west to east, a large-scale frontal attack was launched to the Andong and Tonghua areas. The Northeast War broke out again.Lin Biao was like an old cat that had been stinging for a long time and finally saw the trace of the mouse.He handed over the daily work of Harbin to Gao Gang, went south overnight by himself, and moved the command post to Shuangcheng, 50 kilometers south of Harbin.

The next day, Lin Biao called Xiao Hua of the Liaodong Military Region: Concentrate forces to fight mobile warfare, the city can give up, and the focus is on destroying the enemy's vital forces. Xiao Hua weighed the pros and cons, decided to abandon Andong, and moved to the eastern mountainous area. The four verticals were deployed on the southern line, that is, along the highway and railway from Shenyang to Andong, and the three verticals entered the northern line, operating between Xinbin and Tonghua.Waiting for an opportunity to annihilate the enemy. Just after the deployment was completed, the 195th Division of the 52nd Army of the Kuomintang marched eastward alone, passing Xinbin.Cheng Shicai, the commander of the third column, seized the opportunity to defeat a regiment of the division first, and then joined Hu Qicai's fourth column to lay down "pockets", wait for the fish with a net, and prepare to annihilate the 195th division in one fell swoop.

However, the 195th Division's sense of smell seemed to suddenly become sharper, and they were cautious and timid, and did not advance slowly until the 91st Division, its backup force, arrived.At this time, the temporary 2nd Division, which had just occupied Huanren, also followed.The three verticals were unable to fight against the three enemy divisions, so Cheng Shicai sighed, ordered the attack to be abandoned, and all units retreated. Since then, the three verticals have exchanged fire with the Kuomintang troops attacking from various directions many times, and they fought and retreated. At the end of the year, they retreated to the Qidaojiang area in the Linjiang area in the north of Tonghua.The four verticals were also divided into two divisions. The deputy commander Han Xianchu led the 10th Division to continue its activities in Xinbin, and the commander Hu Qicai led the 12th Division to withdraw to the Saimaji area where the 11th Division was active. Hu Qicai had just crossed Motianling, but he encountered the 11th Division who was withdrawing from the horse racing market. "What happened?" Hu Qicai was taken aback. "The 25th Division of the 52nd Army of the Kuomintang broke into the horse racing market under the leadership of the division commander Li Zhengyi!" The 11th Division reported. The 25th Division of the 52nd Army is Chiang Kai-shek's direct line of troops, all equipped with American equipment, once expeditioned to Burma, and was known as the "Thousand Li Horse" because of its proficiency in expeditionary warfare.Li Zhengyi, the commander of the division, was eager to make contributions, and went straight down alone. On the evening of October 21, he captured Saimaji, and then left two battalions of troops to rest for a while. On October 24, he continued to march south and rushed to Fengcheng. "Take back the lost ground!" Hu Qicai gave an order, and the 11th and 12th divisions marched together, and at dawn on the 25th they regained Saimaji. Zhao Gongwu, the commander of the 52nd Army, saw that something was wrong, and hurriedly ordered Li Zhengyi, who was rushing to Fengcheng, to return to the division for rescue.Li Zhengyi suspected that the Saimaji area was the main force of the Democratic Alliance Army, so he called all the regiments along the way to gather at the division headquarters, and marched northward with the entire division. When Hu Qicai saw that Li Zhengyi's entire division had returned to aid, he hurriedly withdrew to Xinkailing, and urgently ordered Han Xianchu to lead the 10th division to return from the Xinbin area immediately. Li Zhengyi recaptured the horse racing market, complacent, and immediately reported to the army commander Zhao Gongwu: "This is only the 11th Division of the Communist Army. Their whereabouts have been found out. Now I might as well wipe out the division to avoid future troubles." On October 30, the triumphant Li Zhengyi divided his troops into two groups and rashly attacked the Kuandian area.Hu Qicai used all his tactics and fought steadily, luring Li Zhengyi into the steep mountainous area in the east of Xinkailing. Xinkailing is located about 35 kilometers west of Kuandian. It starts from Xinkailing in the west and ends at Yangbianmen in the east. There is a long and narrow valley of nearly 15 kilometers.There are 746 highlands (also known as "Laoyeling") in the north of the valley, and 404 highlands in the south. The two peaks face each other, soaring into the clouds and steep mountains.In the middle of the valley is the road from Saimaji to Kuandian. On the morning of October 30th, the 11th Division of the Fourth Column successfully led Li Zhengyi into the valley and locked Xinkailing tightly.At this time, the 12th Division was ambushing on both sides of the valley. The 10th Division led by Han Xianchu braved the rain and snow in the early winter, endured hunger and thirst, climbed mountains and ridges, and traveled rapidly for days, and arrived at the northeast of Xinkailing that night. . All the strength of the four verticals gathered in Xinkailing, waiting for an order, they could gnaw at Li Zhengyi's tough bone together. In the early morning of the 31st, the fiery red sun burst out, setting a golden border on the peaks of Xinkailing.Three red flares suddenly rose into the air.Gunshots erupted in the valley, and the four verticals launched a general attack on Li Zhengyi's 25th Division. Li Zhengyi felt bad at this moment, and wanted to turn around, not thinking that the four verticals had already surrounded him on all sides. The 25th Division has no way out now. "Thousand Li Horse" looked around in the middle of the valley, and could only rely on its superior equipment to seek a breakthrough. The artillery power of "Thousand Miles Horse" does have obvious advantages.The desperate Li Zhengyi roared hoarsely to supervise the battle, and the two strategic commanding heights, Laoyeling and 404 Highland, soon fell into the hands of the Kuomintang army.The fierce and cruel battle for the mountains began. The 10th Division stormed Highland 404 with a regiment, while other troops approached Laoyeling forcefully. Li Zhengyi couldn't take care of both places, so he put 404 Highland in a defensive position, and transferred the main attack point to Laoyeling. The 28th Regiment of the 10th Division, which was in charge of the main attack, charged Laoyeling repeatedly, but Laoyeling was difficult and could only attack from the north.Li Zhengyi relied on the permanent big bunker built by the Japanese army here before, and stubbornly defended it. The 28th regiment organized 9 consecutive attacks and suffered heavy casualties, but it failed. With such a stalemate, the damage to the Democratic Alliance Army is gradually increasing.At this time, the three-way army of the Kuomintang is also advancing in parallel.The South Road, with the 14th Division of the New 6th Army as the main force, has captured Zhuanghe and Dagushan, closing the sea connection between the Democratic Alliance Army, Dalian and Shandong; The 182nd Division approached the city of Tonghua by split route, cutting off the connection between the troops of the Liaodong Military Region and Dongman and Beiman. Kailing is approaching.And the 22nd Division of the New Army, which rushed to reinforce the 25th Division, has already arrived in the Shuanglingzi area, only one day away from Xinkailing! Now, in the battle of Xinkailing, Laoyeling could not be attacked for a long time, and the Democratic Alliance Army has entered a dilemma.Thoughts in the military were shaken. Late at night on November 1, Peng Jiaqing, political commissar of the Four Verticals, called an emergency meeting of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee. At the beginning of the meeting, Deputy Commander Han Xianchu got up and said: "We are currently encountering difficulties, but we cannot only see our own difficulties and ignore the enemy's difficulties. Judging from the more than two days of fighting, although we have suffered a lot of casualties Big, but the enemy has more casualties than us, we have difficulties, the enemy is more difficult than us, we are tired, the enemy is more tired than us. As long as we boost our morale, adjust our deployment, organize our artillery fire, and persist until the end, Laoyeling will definitely be able to Take it. At this moment, we must not waver in our determination and fall short. I advocate: fight resolutely!" Hu Qicai saw that Han Xianchu agreed with his point of view, and continued: "Now we are riding on the back of a tiger. As the saying goes, it is too dangerous to withdraw from the battle, and it will inevitably lead to a passive situation in the future. Since it is difficult to get off, we will See then we won’t go down. Now our key is to take Laoyeling.” "Okay!" Chief of Staff Li Fuze responded, "As long as everyone agrees, I suggest that all the artillery be gathered overnight and prepare to storm Laoyeling at dawn tomorrow." After hearing this, Peng Jiaqing said excitedly: "This battle must be fought, and must be won. Only victory can frustrate the enemy's spirit and disrupt its attack plan. Now let's discuss how to fight." When it comes to style of play, it seems that the division commanders are more active.After several discussions, everyone finally felt that the "blossom in the abdomen" play proposed by Du Guanghua, the commander of the 10th Division, was better. Du Guanghua suggested: The four verticals should concentrate their main forces and go straight to the Huangjiapuzi where the enemy is concentrated, so that they don't have to entangle with the enemy on the hills, and they can fight quickly. Seeing that everyone agreed, Han Xianchu didn't speak.He pondered for a while, and then said: "I am here to provide you with two small situations, please think about it. Because I have been on the mountain behind Laoyeling for the past few days, I observed that during the daytime today, the enemy is There is only about one battalion in the back mountain of Laoyeling, but after dark, many people have been added there. It is judged that this is the enemy's general reserve. From this, it can be seen that the enemy is going to defend with all its strength. In addition For one thing, the enemy has been building fortifications around Huangjiapuzi, obviously, the enemy is wary of the flowering in our belly." Han Xianchu brought up these two "small situations", which immediately aroused heated debate among everyone.Gradually, everyone felt that "blossoming in the abdomen" was indeed too dangerous. Han Xianchu returned to his seat and sat down: "As far as I can see, the terrain is not good, and the enemy's fortifications and firepower are strong. These are indeed unfavorable factors in front of us. However, we also have problems. Our artillery fire is piecemeal, and the troops Come and go, that tactic is not conducive to offense." "All kinds of artillery must be organized in a unified way, and all howitzers and mortars should be used to shoot at the enemy reserve behind the mountain; all field artillery and mountain artillery should be used to suppress the enemy on the top of the mountain, to cover the powerful commandos, and storm Laoye Ridge. In this way , Laoye Ridge is bound to be captured." Han Xianchu said firmly. "Let's decide like this." Hu Qicai concluded, "When we go back, we will unify our thinking and make preparations. We will storm Laoyeling at dawn." After the meeting, Hu Qicai and Peng Jiaqing went to the position of the 10th Division in person to coordinate the battle arrangements on the spot.Han Xianchu was in charge of concentrating all the artillery fire. He personally directed the transfer of these cannons to the best position, and deployed the supply of shells for each artillery group. At 7:00 a.m. on November 2, the offensive at Laoyeling resumed. For a while, a salvo of artillery was fired, thunder and lightning flashed, and the enemy bunkers were blown down one after another. Seeing this scene, the 28th Regiment of the 10th Division was excited, shouted for a while, and rushed forward bravely, braving the enemy's artillery fire, one after another.At 8:30 in the morning, the commanding heights were finally won. Unwilling to see the loss of Laoyeling, Li Zhengyi gathered more than 2,000 remaining troops of the whole division to launch a counterattack. Seeing this scene, Han Xianchu hurriedly ordered the artillery regiment to gather all the cannons to bombard the enemy group violently. More than 400 rounds of shells fell from the sky like hailstones, beating the enemy to pieces, killing and wounding everywhere, and leaving in a rout. "All artillery groups shifted their targets and bombarded Li Zhengyi's headquarters." Han Xianchu shouted ahead of the battle.There was another burst of artillery fire, and the headquarters of the 25th Division was blown to the ground.The scattered enemy troops ran around, rushing to the 404 highland for a while, and rushing to the exit of the valley for a while, but they were all suppressed by the four arson forces. At this time, Hu Qicai gave an order, and the Democratic Alliance Army rushed down from all directions like a tide. Li Zhengyi's troops had nowhere to escape, and were trapped on the river beach near Huangjiapuzi, and surrendered one after another. At 10 a.m. on November 2, the battle at Xinkailing was over.Li Zhengyi, the commander of the "Qianliju" division, shaved his head and disguised himself as a cook, trying to find an opportunity to escape, but in the end he couldn't escape, and walked into the prison camp with a leg injury. In this battle, the four columns of the Democratic Alliance Army killed and injured more than 1,190 enemy troops, and captured more than 8,000 enemy commander Li Zhengyi, deputy division commander Duan Peide, Huang Jianyong and others, and captured more than 110 artillery pieces, 225 light and heavy machine guns, There are 4,670 guns. With the strength of 8 regiments, the four verticals wiped out the entire Kuomintang division known as the "Thousand Li Horse"!When the 22nd Division of the New Army, which came for reinforcements, was only 15 kilometers away from Xinkailing, it learned that the 25th Division had been completely wiped out. Du Yuming, the commander-in-chief of the Northeast "Suppression General", was shocked for a long time after hearing the news.A few days later, he gave a speech to officers of the New 38th Division of the New 1st Army and said: "Today we should refrain from arrogance and never underestimate the combat effectiveness of the Communist Army. This time, the 25th Division was negligent and aggressive, so that it was completely wiped out. The 25th Division is such a good unit, it is really sad to end like this. If everyone is like the 25th Division in the future, the party and the country will perish!" Speaking of this, Du Yuming's waving hand suddenly stopped, and even trembled a few times involuntarily. Du Yuming was unwilling to admit defeat. The annihilation of "Thousand Li Horse" made his seven orifices smoke, but at the same time it also strengthened his determination to "first go south and then go north". "The Communist Army in South Manchuria must be completely eradicated!" In November 1946, Du Yuming ordered all troops to be dispatched to pacify South Manchuria. The Kuomintang army took Li Zhengyi as a lesson, and made steady progress step by step.The base area of ​​the Democratic Alliance Army in South Manchuria has shrunk rapidly.By December, only the four counties of Linjiang, Changbai, Mengjiang and Fusong and two Dashangou remained.This area is long and narrow, sparsely populated, and quite poor. Under the leadership of Hu Qicai, the four verticals braved the severe cold and traveled long distances, and arrived at Qidaojiang in the Linjiang area in early December, where they joined forces with Cheng Shicai and the three verticals.30,000 to 40,000 troops and government cadres gathered in such a narrow area, it was difficult to eat and live, and it was inconvenient to move.In addition, it was the cold winter, the weather was bad, and the third and fourth verticals lacked supplies from the rear, so life was very difficult. "The dilemma of the third and fourth verticals must be resolved as soon as possible." Lin Biao walked around anxiously in Shuangcheng, "I think we can consider letting them cross the river north." Thinking of this, Lin Biao made preliminary calculations, "We now have 120,000 troops. The North Manchuria area can follow the example of South Manchuria and form three columns. In this way, Wan Yi will be the commander of the first column, with jurisdiction over 1 , 2, and 3 divisions; Liu Zhen served as the commander of the second column, and governed the 4, 5, and 6 divisions; in addition, a sixth column was added first, with Chen Guang as the commander, governing the 16, 17, and 18 divisions; Nanman maintained the original establishment, The third column is commanded by Cheng Shicai, with jurisdiction over the 7th, 8th, and 9th divisions; the fourth column is commanded by Hu Qicai, with jurisdiction over the 10th, 11th, and 12th divisions. In addition, the 359th brigade in North Manchuria can be set as an independent brigade, and the original brigade in South Manchuria The Liaonan Independent Division and the Southern Manchuria Independent Division 2 and 3 can also be retained." Lin Biao called the staff around him: "Announce the new adjustment of the establishment, and call another meeting to discuss it, and prepare to let the third and fourth cross the river north." The meeting of leading cadres of the Northeast Bureau was held under the auspices of Lin Biao.Most of the participants disagreed with the South Manchurian troops going north.Chen Yun, who was presiding over the land reform in North Manchuria, offered to go to South Manchuria to carry out work, and Xiao Jinguang, who was engaged in military production in Dalian and happened to report to the Northeast Bureau, also made the same request.Lin Biao thought for a while, and made a decision at the meeting, agreeing to the request of the two. On October 27, 1946, the Northeast land was covered with snow and the wind was biting.Chen Yun and Xiao Jinguang left Harbin with heavy responsibilities, went to Linjiang via North Korea via Mudanjiang and Tumen. Although the two did not encounter the Kuomintang army along the way, they almost died at the train station.When their train arrived at Dougouzi Station in Ning'an County, it was late at night, and the car had just stopped when a truck was climbing ahead due to lack of fuel and power, so it suddenly slid down the slope and went straight to Chen Yun. The train rushes.Seeing that it was about to collide with Chen Yun's train, a switchman struggled to open the switch at a critical moment. The truck overturned and the rails were damaged.Chen Yun and Xiao Jinguang could only wait for the railway to be repaired before moving forward.When they made a long circle from Pyongyang to Linjiang, where the Liaodong Military Region is located, it was already November 27. At this time, Linjiang seemed to be colder than Beiman, and the roaring north wind slapped the doors and windows with snow flakes.In the vast ravine, only the whistling wind is heard, and no human voice is heard.The arrival of Chen Yun and Xiao Jinguang seemed to add a layer of chill to the place. The army leaders in South Manchuria have been informed that they are preparing to abandon South Manchuria and cross the river to the north.When Chen Yun announced that he would set up the Northeast Bureau and the South Full Score Bureau, and stood firm, the Linjiang area suddenly fell into chaos.Some troop leaders strongly demanded to leave.The first meeting held by Chen Yun ended in discord. For more than half a month thereafter, Chen Yun and Xiao Jinguang held symposiums separately, had individual talks, learned about the situation, and exchanged ideas. On December 11, Xiao Jinguang convened a meeting of cadres above the division level of the Liaodong Military Region, and proposed a new policy of military action: "Focus on the military counter-Qing campaign, use powerful guerrilla corps to go deep into the enemy's rear, extensively carry out guerrilla warfare, and delay and attack the enemy's new offensive. Concentrate the main force in an appropriate position, prepare for the enemy's attack, wipe out part of it, and cooperate with guerrilla warfare." Xiao Jinguang said: "From the current point of view, the serious situation in South Manchuria has arrived and may develop. But this must not change our adherence to South Manchuria. full of determination." No, Xiao Jinguang's impassioned speech immediately aroused the opposition of most of the participants. "The terrain in the Linjiang area is narrow, and there is no room for maneuver for large troops. At the same time, there are insufficient soldiers and weapons. If we withdraw across the Songhua River, we can preserve our strength and counterattack in the future." This is the mainstream opinion. Chen Yun, who was doing activities in Linjiang, heard about this and came to Qidaojiang on the evening of December 13th despite the wind and snow, and talked with everyone all night.At the meeting the next day, Chen Yun made an important speech.He said: The situation in South Manchuria is indeed very serious now.But what to do in this situation?It is wrong to hide and shout "perseverance", but to take practical actions to fight.Why persist in the South Manchurian struggle?The enemy in the Northeast is like an ox. The head and body of the ox are headed towards North Manchuria, and a ox tail is left in South Manchuria. If we let go of this ox tail, it will be a disaster. Man cannot be kept, and North Man is also in danger.If we catch the ox's tail, the enemy will be in a dilemma.Therefore, catching the tail of the ox is the key. Chen Yun's speech was crisp and crisp, with a strong voice.After speaking, Xiao Hua immediately expressed: I agree with the decision to stick to South Manchuria.Driven by him, most leaders also agreed one after another, and the atmosphere of the meeting suddenly became active. Chen Yun struck while the iron was hot, and immediately conducted research on specific operational policies and deployments.The meeting decided to take "consolidating the Changbai Mountains and sticking to the base area behind the enemy" as the strategic guiding ideology. In terms of task assignment, the four verticals will advance behind the enemy, contain the enemy, and destroy the communication lines; the three verticals will be responsible for consolidating the existing base areas and concentrating their forces to withstand the enemy's attack. . In this way, Nanman finally persevered.Chen Yun served as the secretary of the South Full Score Bureau and the political commissar of the Liaodong Military Region, Xiao Jinguang served as the commander of the Liaodong Military Region, and Xiao Hua was the deputy commander.The depressed Linjiang area has regained its vitality.The construction of the base area has started vigorously again. Chen Yun laughed, but Du Yuming became angry. Du Yuming yelled loudly that he wanted the democratic coalition forces in South Manchuria to "drive to Changbai Mountain to chew bark and squeeze down the Yalu River to drink cold water", seeing that they had no place to stand.Unexpectedly, before the arrival of a month, they actually became enthusiastic again in Linjiang, so they ordered the troops from all walks of life: set off with all troops, and go straight to Linjiang! On December 27, Zheng Dongguo personally led the 91st Division of the New 6th Army, the 60th Army, the 52nd Army, and the 71st Army. "Du Yuming's eyes are red again," Xiao Jinguang said, "I ordered Hu Qicai to punch him hard in the back with Si Zong." At this time, the Four Zongs were active in the Xinbin area. After receiving the telegram, they made a full-scale attack, marched into Xinkailing, attacked Benxi County, attacked the Kuomintang army's rear defenders everywhere, and opened up an area of ​​more than 70 kilometers east of Benxi. kilometers of mountain bases. Du Yuming connected several emergency telegrams a day and had to withdraw part of the troops attacking Linjiang. Zheng Dongguo's army was shaken. "The opportunity is here!" Cheng Shicai, who was guarding Linjiang, led the three verticals across the red earth cliff and approached Tonghua. From January 3, 1947, he took the initiative to attack the enemy's 195th division that entered Liudaojiang.On the 13th, the 195th Division fled back to Tonghua. At this time, only the 2nd Division of the 52nd Army in Ji'an City was still ready to move among the Kuomintang troops around Linjiang. Seeing that the 195th Division retreated, the 2nd Division decided to advance alone and entered the Linjiang area on January 16. I don't want to, the four verticals that are deep behind the enemy are waiting for it to be dispatched. As soon as the 2nd division was released from Ji'an, Hu Qicai took advantage of the emptiness and arrived, and the 2nd division immediately withdrew from Linjiang and retreated to its lair.Linjiang's three verticals followed closely behind, chasing all the way. The enemy's 2nd division never dared to come out again, and Linjiang was relieved of the danger of being besieged.This is the Battle of Yibao Linjiang, which lasted for more than a month. Knowing that the South Manchurian troops had started fighting, Lin Biao began to plan how to start the battle in the north. Didn't Du Yuming want to "attack from the south and defend from the north", so the Democratic Alliance Army would "strike from the south and pull from the north". On January 5, 1947, when Zheng Dongguo led troops to attack Linjiang, Lin Biao saw that the Kuomintang troops in South Manchuria had been pinned down by the three and four columns, and immediately called Wan Yi, Li Tianyou, Liang Xingchu, Liu Zhen, Wu Faxian, Chen Guang, Yang Guofu and others: led the troops across the Songhua River and attacked its tower wood. The snow in Harbin is knee-deep, and the ice on the Songhua River is almost three feet. The troops in the first column took the lead, stepped across the glacier, and divided into three groups. The 1st Division is responsible for blocking enemy reinforcements from the direction of Jiutai in the Zhangmazigou area southwest of its Tamu, the 2nd Division is responsible for blocking enemy reinforcements from the direction of Wula Street in the Zhangjiatun area south of its Tamu, and the 3rd Division is mainly attacking its Tamu . At noon on January 6, Qitamu was suddenly surrounded by Northeast Democratic Alliance troops from the north bank of the Songhua River. Although its tower wood is only a small town in the southeast of Dehui, it is an important outlying stronghold of the KMT's trump card New 1st Army defending Jilin and Changchun.The 38th Division of the New 1st Army stayed here with a battalion and about 700 logistics troops.They built solid fortifications in the town. The big bunker in the middle of the street is the command center of the defenders. There are countless large and small bunkers around the town. These bunkers surround the town and connect end to end. Formed a criss-cross defense system.Since it was mid-winter at that time, all the bright and dark castles were covered by snow, and they were integrated with the earth, making it difficult to distinguish. At 17:00 on January 6, the 3rd Division of Yizong took the lead in attacking its tower wood.But taking down this white town covered with thick ice and snow was far from as easy as they imagined. After suffering a lot of losses, they discovered that the town was full of dark forts, and the defenses were all rich and powerful. A Kuomintang veteran with combat experience. There were repeated gunshots and gunpowder smoke filled the air.On January 8, the Kuomintang defended the enemy and suddenly fell into chaos.The reinforcements coming from the direction of Jiutai and Dehui have all been surrounded by the democratic coalition forces, and their tamu has been isolated and helpless.After a few bursts of random shooting, the Kuomintang soldiers scattered and fled. During the bloody battle for three days, the 3rd Division killed and injured more than 550 enemies at a heavy cost of 603 casualties, and finally won its tower wood.And the capture of Qitamu was precisely due to the victory in the direction of Jiutai and Dehui. The fighting in the direction of Jiutai was concentrated in a place called Zhangmazigou.Yizong's 1st Division fought a beautiful ambush there. On January 6, the 1st Division received information that the 113th Regiment of the 38th Division of the New 1st Army and the two squadrons of the Jiutai Security Regiment were about to leave Jiutai to reinforce its tower wood.They quickly spread bags in Zhangmazigou and waited for the rabbit. Time flows slowly while waiting. At noon on January 7, the reinforcements of the 113th regiment finally entered the encirclement in a truck as if nothing had happened. With a few crisp gunshots, the ambush started. The various units of the 1st Division were alive and well, and the evacuated formation quickly rushed towards the enemy. The Kuomintang soldiers from the two companies of the 113th regiment who opened the way ahead were captured before they got out of the car.Seeing that the situation was not good, the enemies behind fled in succession, trying to find nearby houses for cover. The soldiers of the 1st Division did not give them a chance at all, charged all the way, and captured more than ten houses in a row. The head of the 113th regiment tried to escape under the cover of orderlies, but was shot dead on the spot by soldiers from the 1st division.Seeing that the head of the regiment was killed, the Kuomintang army immediately became a mess, the formation was completely disrupted, and the soldiers of the 1st Division took advantage of the victory to pursue.In just 3 hours, the battle ended successfully. The 1st Division killed and wounded 240 enemy troops, captured 868 people, seized 2 mountain cannons, 13 mortars, 64 machine guns, 12 cars and a large amount of ammunition. When Zhang Mazigou triumphed, Chen Guang and Yang Guofu led the Six Columns to fight hard in Jiaojialing. The sixth column set off after the first column set off, and its main task was to support the first column that attacked its tower. At noon on the 6th, when Chen Guang and others were marching towards Jiaojialing, they suddenly heard gunshots ahead.While guessing, scouts from Yizong ran over: Yizong exchanged fire with the enemy in Jiaojialing, where there were two companies of the New 1st Army and a security team, about seven or eight hundred people. Chen Guang immediately ordered: dispatch a division and an artillery company to encircle and wipe out this enemy force. The strength of the Democratic Alliance Army suddenly increased, and the New 1st Army knew it was wrong, so they immediately tightened their positions and relied on several independent courtyards to resist stubbornly.The two sides fought fiercely, but they were at a stalemate.Chen Guang secretly wondered: How many people are there? On January 8, an enemy security captain was captured. He stammered: "There is at least a whole battalion of the New 1st Army here." "One more regiment!" Chen Guang shouted. But a regiment has invested, and the progress is still unsatisfactory.At dusk that day, after seven attacks by the Six Columns, a compound was finally laid down at a high cost of 500 casualties.After capturing the new captives, Chen Guangcai fully understood that the enemy army in Jiaojialing was far more than one battalion. The 150th regiment headquarters of the 50th Division of the New 1st Army, the 1st and 3rd battalions, and a part of the local security team were all stationed here! "Add another division!" Chen Guang roared, "Huang Ronghai, the deputy commander of the 18th division, leads a regiment in person and immediately goes into battle!" Jiaojialing has become a veritable snowball.The Kuomintang army was tightly surrounded in the center, and more and more democratic coalition forces gathered on the periphery. On the night of January 9, the Kuomintang army finally lost the enemy, and the enemy regiment leader led the crowd to flee, and were annihilated by nearby troops one after another.The Democratic Coalition captured Jiaojialing. "Okay, three victories in a row!" Lin Biao said after hearing the news from the front line, "Continue to look for opportunities and annihilate the enemy's vital strength!" Before the words were finished, a strong wind suddenly slammed on the window, causing the window panes to rattle and rattle.The poplars and willows on the northeast land swayed to and fro in the strong wind.The sound of the wind roared between the heaven and the earth, like a giant beast walking down the hill, stirring up the snow and flying the ice sand. A cold wave that has not been seen in many years suddenly appeared in North Manchuria.The temperature dropped sharply to -40°C at night, and the front line was in a hurry: the Democratic Alliance Army suffered severe frostbite due to insufficient cold protection equipment. Lin Biao had no choice but to order all the troops to withdraw to the Songhua River and rest on the spot. Sun Liren looked at the back of the Democratic Alliance Army, and could not help crying to Du Yuming: "The New 1st Army has been eaten up by three regiments!" "The weather is bad now, and we will take revenge in the coming spring!" Du Yuming replied fiercely.He was waiting for the weather to improve and to launch a new attack. At the beginning of February, the cold snap gradually weakened.The temperature in Nanman area began to rise slowly. Du Yuming couldn't wait any longer, "Go to South Manchuria again!" This day was February 3, 1947.Linjiang, the second criminal of the Kuomintang army. The 195th and 2nd Divisions of the 52nd Army and the 22nd and 207th Divisions of the New 6th Army were dispatched to take Linjiang directly.The 195th Division, which has always been alone, ran along the road again. "The distance between the 195th Division and the side reinforcements has been separated by about a day or two." Xiao Jinguang and Xiao Hua looked at the marks on the map and said, "We can dispatch the main force of the three verticals and the 10th Division of the four verticals to destroy this first." The 195th division who is greedy for merit." The snow was knee-deep, and the wind howled.The three verticals immediately went into battle. They quickly approached the 195th Division along the ravine, and took the lead in destroying an advance battalion of the enemy in the early morning of February 5. Chen Dalin, the commander of the 195th Division, has become extremely cunning because of his repeated battles with the Democratic Alliance Army.Knowing that the vanguard was wiped out, they immediately turned around and retreated.San Zong pursued them all the way, and in the end, Chen Dalin managed to escape with the remaining 1,000 people. "To chase or not to chase?" San Zong asked Xiao Jinguang for instructions. "There is no need to chase any more, and quickly eliminate an isolated regiment of the 207th Division nearby." On February 7, after another night of fierce fighting, the three verticals wiped out more than 2,000 members of the regiment.So far, the Kuomintang troops who came to invade were defeated one by one, and other groups did not dare to enter again.The Second Guarantee Linjiang battle ended victoriously. Du Yuming originally thought that the democratic coalition forces in southern Manchuria lacked supplies and could not endure the cold winter, so they could be wiped out near Changbai Mountain in one fell swoop.Unexpectedly, the second strike against Linjiang was worse than the first strike against Linjiang, and he was dissatisfied, so he mobilized his troops again and launched the third attack on Linjiang on February 16, 1947. This time, Du Yuming dispatched 5 divisions, which were divided into four groups. The 91st Division of the 71st Army was the main force in the middle; the 2nd Division of the 52nd Army was the right wing; division attack. "This time, Du Yuming came very quickly!" Xiao Jinguang and Xiao Hua received the report from the front and immediately deployed. Xiao Jinguang looked at the map for a long time, then suddenly raised his head to look at Xiao Hua: "Du Yuming not only came quickly this time, but also connected closely." "This time, Du Yuming obviously strengthened the connection between the various divisions, and the various forces coordinated with each other, making it too difficult to attack head-on." Xiao Hua responded. Xiao Jinguang looked at the map again, "That's not invulnerable. You see, the temporary 21st division on the left has to expand outward because it wants to advance with the 22nd division. Some marginal teams can no longer get the support of other groups. Just from The 21st division will start for now!" Xiao Hua nodded. 三纵立即出发，以一个师的力量正面阻击敌91师，牵制主力，其余两个师转往左侧，于18日发起突袭，经6个小时的战斗，顺利地解决了暂21师最外侧的一个团。 暂21师被打，91师马上移动。其中一个团带着一个工兵营无意中偏移了大部队。三纵乘机于21日将这股力量一举全歼。 先后有两股力量被消灭，国民党军再也不敢分散。三路人马你呼我应，紧靠在一起，齐头并进。 但这样也改变不了命运。肖劲光已挖了一个大陷坑，正在前方一个叫清沟子的地方等待他们。这清沟子虽然不大，只有五六百户人家，在地理上却是一个天然的大口袋，四面环山，只有一个出口。四纵10师早已接到命令，埋伏在了沟口。 时间不久，91师第一个赶到。他们不问青红皂白，只顾一味推进，不知不觉就进了清沟子，等2师跟着过来发现不对头时已经来不及了。四纵已死死地堵住了出口。 得知后路被截断，91师顿时惊恐万分，联合2师急火火地向外冲。195师的残余部队得知此处危急，忙从通化方向赶来增援，从沟外向里打，试图以两面夹击之法，冲开山口。 激烈的战斗从22日中午打响，四纵10师傲立山口，两面御敌。三纵主力像收割麦子一样逐一消灭四处乱逃的残敌。 当日黄昏，四纵10师在两面夹攻之下终于不敌，师长杜光华不幸牺牲。国民党2师和91师纷纷逃出清沟子。三纵乘敌之乱，沿途追歼，在长春屯击毙了195师副师长何世雄，随后连克辑安、金川、辉南和柳河四座县城。 杜聿明大惊失色，三次攻打临江，居然一次败得比一次惨。一定要想出一条良策。 正在焦急之时，忽然有人报告：“大事不好，林彪再次渡过松花江！” 杜聿明慌忙调兵北上，临江地区再次解围。 1947年2月21日，林彪坐在自己小小的指挥所里，若有所思。淡淡的阳光从窗外斜照进来，远近房屋顶上积存的冬雪仍是厚厚的一层，几只麻雀慵懒地停在晒衣绳上，偶尔抖动几下翅膀，似乎想在这种难得一见的好天气里舒舒服服地晒晒太阳。 忽然，林彪站起身来，叫住身边人：“时候已到，令各部队按原定计划，立即出发，越过松花江，攻打城子街。” 这些天来，林彪一直密切关注着南满的战斗情况，见三保临江之战已日见成效，决定趁机南下，再次打乱国民党的部署。你杜聿明不是“先南后北”么，我让你南面攻不下，北边不安宁。想到此，一丝不易察觉的笑容隐隐地在林彪的脸上浮现了一下。 “出发吧！”他仍是面无表情地对部下说。 林彪刚一出动，守在江南的新1军军长孙立人就得到了消息，见林彪队伍如此庞大，估计民主联军又要以大吃小，所有被其包围者无可幸免。当夜，孙立人电告守在城子街的新1军30师89团团长曾琪：“现在十五万共军正在越江南下，命你部队从速撤回长春。” 第二天天刚亮，89团副团长罗顺辅第一批率众撤退，刚出城门便遭到民主联军的迎头痛击，罗顺辅中弹负伤，仓促退回城内。曾琪没想到林彪来得如此之快，忙登上了望台，举起望远镜一看，吓出了一身冷汗。民主联军已从四面八方将小小的城子街围得水泄不通。 曾琪立即向外发电求救，可新1军由于近来多次受到林彪打击，谁也不敢轻易与民主联军硬碰，无人愿意救援，只是派来两架飞机空降了一些弹药。 上午9时，负责主攻的六纵在新任司令员洪学智的命令下，对城子街发起了猛烈进攻。曾琪只得独自应战，打到下午16时，城内弹药基本耗尽。曾琪孤立无援，只好率部投降。 民主联军攻下城子街，吓得九台和农安等地守军弃城而逃。六纵乘胜于2月28日包围了德惠。 德惠是长春北面的屏障，守军是新1军50师的两个团及地方保安队，约7，000人。50师是新1军的主力师，善于打防御战。他们在城里层层设防，部署得相当严密。环城修筑了碉堡群，郊外各个据点也构筑了土木工事，由保安队把守。 28日晚17时，六纵攻打德惠，但连攻数次都不见成效，双方你攻我守，渐至疲惫。 德惠被围急得孙立人坐立不安，他紧急向杜聿明求救。正被临江的民主联军折腾得筋疲力尽的杜聿明闻知北方危急，被迫将进攻临江的71军91师调回四平，命令71军军长陈明仁率主力87师、88师和保安部队火速向德惠增援。3月1日，乘火车奔来的援军已抵达长春以北太平桥一带。 林彪见攻城不下，敌援即至，遂于3月2日下午主动撤出战斗，越过松花江返回驻地，结束了二下江南之战。 林彪在德惠不获而退。杜聿明大为欣喜，想自己三打临江，屡屡失败。这次德惠之战，竟能坚守不破，实可请功。于是，他找来手下能言善吹之人，杜撰了一份战果报告，送到南京，邀功请赏。大肆吹嘘国民党军喜获“德惠大捷，歼灭共军十万”。 蒋介石拿到战果报告，喜出望外，犹如漫漫暗夜中见到了一缕灼亮的光芒。他与杜聿明一样，早就希望能听到东北的喜讯了。得此战报，不禁忘形，竟以为林彪确实不堪一击，他绕过杜聿明，直接命令孙立人和陈明仁渡过松花江，直捣林彪根据地。 孙陈二人见蒋介石抛开杜聿明，直接向自己下达命令，自以为深得宠信，遂整军出征，坚持要渡江北上。 杜聿明吓得大惊失色，急忙打电话给已经动身了的孙陈二人，要求他们迅速撤回到原防区。不料孙立人、陈明仁誓要忠于蒋介石，根本不听杜聿明的劝告，非要过江不可。 杜聿明又气又急，电话里无法直说，只好亲自赶到德惠，当面告诉他们：“此次共军在德惠并未受到多大损失，到底伤亡多少你们还不知道吗？现据情报，共军从我方被俘人员口中已了解到我们力量不大，极有可能卷土重来。你们必须迅速撤回原防，准备对付共军下一步的进攻。” 孙立人、陈明仁这才听从了杜聿明，正待把已调出的军队撤回，不想，林彪已抓住时机于1947年3月8日打响了三下江南的战斗。 此时，孙陈二人因听从蒋介石的命令，准备渡江“直捣林彪老巢”，在杜聿明赶到之前，陈明仁的71军已跟到松花江南岸的靠山屯，孙立人的新1军也到了德惠以北。此外，他们还各派出一个团的兵力越过松花江，进犯到半拉山屯子、五棵树等地。后在杜聿明的劝说下，当夜又撤回江南。 “孙立人和陈明仁发什么神经？”林彪冷笑道，“居然过了江。”他走了两步，“让他们有来无回。” 3月6日，林彪命令二纵首先出击，追歼退回到江南去的88师264团。7日夜晚，一纵也奉命过江，但追到预定位置时，却没有遇到敌人。陈明仁早已命令他们南撤了。 两支部队扑了空却都不甘心，相约继续南下。3月12日，一路奔走的二纵终于在靠山屯包围住了88师的262团。 “不要害怕，他们没有多少实力。”陈明仁一面为靠山屯的262团打气，一面紧急调动农安的87师和德惠的88师前来解围。哪知一纵此时也已到达此地，在万毅的带领下，一纵向西急进，当日即把88师的3，000多名援军围堵在郭家屯和姜家屯两个小村子里。 激战随即开始，一纵人马一鼓作气，88师转眼成了瓮中之鳖，共有810人被毙伤，263团团长以下1，193人被俘。 二纵得知援敌已被万毅解决，立即发起了对靠山屯的进攻，经过猛烈的炮火轰炸，敌军被迫投降，360多人都乖乖地做了俘虏。 迟迟来援的87师见88师先后失利，掉头就跑，却被洪学智带领的六纵捕住了踪影。 “追！”洪学智一声喊，六纵如猎人发现了猎物，死咬着87师不放，一直追到87师的老巢农安，终于形成了包围圈。 林彪急令刚刚结束郭家屯战斗的一纵队伍：“速速移师农安，合力歼灭87师。” 陈明仁急得火上房，紧急向杜聿明求救：“71军的家底都快没了，87师不能再丢了。” 杜聿明急调新6军和13军主力北上，同时下令小丰满地区守军，准备打开水闸，摧毁松花江上的冰层，阻断民主联军的退路。 林彪大吃一惊：“松花江就要解冻，小丰满的水流下来之后，民主联军将与根据地失去联系！”遂于3月16日下令各部放弃进攻87师，撤回江北整休。三下江南战役结束。 陈明仁静观了几天，见林彪真的返回江北了，立即给沈阳打电话，对杜聿明保住了他的87师深表谢意。杜聿明正待谦虚几句，忽接战报：南满的民主联军于3月20日开始攻打通化。 原来，肖劲光见北部战火又起，杜聿明紧急北上，南满国民党兵力也前往支援，觉得这又是一个好时机，遂于3月20日令四纵主动进攻通化的195师。 195师因屡遭民主联军的打击，吃尽苦头，再也不想真刀真枪地杀了，只是坚守不出，并利用当时的寒冷天气，向城外的雪地上浇水，冻成冰坡以助防守。但四纵知难不退，日夜攻打。195师只得向杜聿明求救。 此时的杜聿明气得不行，立即调令89师和54师前去增援。可两师刚开到通化即向杜聿明复命：南满民主联军见外援已到，于3月22日撤出，不知去向。 听到此，杜聿明面色铁青：这个林彪，我在南面时，他非要打北面，我到北面来，他又在南面挑起战火，可等我们援兵到时，他却比谁跑得都快，难道国民党的军队就是用来南北跑腿的吗？ 几日后，杜聿明旧病复发，卧床不起。他把指挥权交给副司令郑洞国，自己则准备去治病了。 可怜的郑洞国只好捡起这个烂摊子，回到抚顺营盘车站的指挥所，按杜聿明的要求，开始布置向南满临江根据地的第四次进攻。 由于89师和54师刚刚来到南满，郑洞国感觉自己的力量加强了不少。于是，动用可以调动的10个师，准备全力一战，彻底消灭临江根据地的民主联军。他令207师、14师、25师、新22师、2师、89师、54师162团、184师、182师、暂21师于3月28日一齐出动，兵分四路，“剿灭临江之共军”。 国民党10个师，而临江地区的民主联军只有4个师在位，每个师平均6，000人，敌众我寡非常明显，临江的形势变得严峻起来。 “你们怎么打算？”林彪关切地问。 陈云电告林彪：“我们已集中两个纵队的五个主力师准备打运动战。我们下定决心，不惜将三纵、四纵打掉2/3或3/4，也一定要保住完整的长白山。因为此次敌兵多，又相互靠拢，我们已决心要打几个恶仗、硬仗、较冒险的仗。若无此决心，则必然这样也不便打，那样也不便打，其结果必然是部队拖垮，山头失守，贻害全局。” 决心已下，一场反攻势在必行。那么，谁来指挥这场战斗？陈云和肖劲光经研究决定：为统一前方部队的作战，由曾克林和韩先楚共同组织前方临时指挥部。 这个时候，由于程世才本来是军区的副司令员，已不再兼任三纵司令员，故由曾克林指挥三纵，韩先楚仍然是四纵副司令员。 当夜，三纵和四纵聚在一起，共同研究作战方案。三纵主张“柿子先拣软的捏”，先打中路较弱的暂编21师。这样比较把握和稳妥。成功之后再乘胜扩大战果。然后，征求意见地询问道：“四纵的意见如何？” 韩先楚坚持“擒贼先擒王”。他站起身来说：“我认为还是打敌89师合适，因为这个师是这次敌人主要进攻的一路，消灭了它，敌人的全面进攻就可能被粉碎，这是关键的所在。” 曾克林摇了摇头，担心地说：“89师是蒋介石的嫡系，美械装备，战斗力较强。北有敌人暂编21师、184师，南有新22师、52军第2师，打起来如果一时解决不了战斗，各路敌人增援上来，我军就有被围的危险。因此还是先打暂21师为好。” 韩先楚反对：“89师刚从热河调过来，人生地不熟，不了解我军作战特点。他们过去一直与我军地方部队和游击队作战，没吃过大亏，盲目骄傲，急于冒进，容易上钩。南路的22师和第2师距离较远，北路暂21师和184师可以用我们的9师把他们顶住，集中7师、8师、10师三个师，加上军区、纵队的炮兵，完全有把握把他们消灭。” 两个纵队的领导在作战对象的选择上出现分歧，互不服气。最后，会议决定将双方意见同时报告辽东军区，请陈云和肖劲光裁决。 电报发出还不到两个小时，陈、肖发来复电：“同意韩先楚的意见，并由韩、曾统一指挥三纵、四纵，争取彻底歼灭敌军89师。” 正是说曹操，曹操就到。三、四纵的部署刚刚完毕，89师就推到了临江的跟前。 89师隶属于石觉的13军，当初曾在杜聿明的督促下首批冲过山海关，此后多次与民主联军的地方武装作战，很少跟正规军接触，迄今还没有真正尝到过东北民主联军主力部队的厉害。所以，它推进得最快，54师的162团紧跟其侧。到4月1日，已推进到红石砬子等地，形成了明显的突出部。 见时机成熟，韩先楚飞兵抵达红石砬子，正赶在89师的前头。89师见前面出现民主联军，急冲冲杀了过来。韩先楚使出拖刀计，且战且走，一直将89师带到柳条沟一带的山间谷地中。 诱敌途中，韩先楚通知三纵：迅速靠拢，准备战斗。4月3日早晨，各师都已到达指定位置，89师一进入口袋，总攻就开始了。 一时之间，硝烟四起，炮声隆隆，89师在三纵的强大攻击下，被逐渐压缩到红石砬子中心地带，四纵炮团发起了猛烈轰击，进入包围圈的敌军立即乱成一团。 几阵炮火之后，韩先楚一声令下，民主联军的战士争先恐后，呐喊冲锋，经过两小时激战，到下午17时结束战斗。 这一仗，13军的89师和54师的162团宣告覆灭，民主联军共毙伤和俘虏敌军1万余人，仅有89师师长和两个团长带领400多人逃脱。 郑洞国闻听此信，惊呆半晌，不敢再战，随即下令各路人马全部撤退。四保临江战役以民主联军的胜利而告终。 三下江南、四保临江作战，前后历时3个多月，南满北满相互配合，彻底粉碎了杜聿明的“北守南攻”战略。国民党军队的机动力量在民主联军的不断打击下遭到严重削弱，逐渐丧失了主动进攻的能力。在此之后，不得不停止了扩张势头，转为被动防守。而民主联军由被动防御转为主动进攻，东北局势发生了重大变化。 东北的4月，春意已悄然来临。林彪独自站在松花江北岸，感受着从南面吹来的风，心中暗暗思量道：去年此时，正是民主联军败走四平之际，如今，春天再次到来，也该是我们收复四平的时候了。