Chapter 11 Chapter 10 The Wind Sweeps the Clouds, and the Land of Liaoshen is as Clear as Washed

The next step is to play Jinxi or Shenyang?Lin Biao knocked on the table hard.The hand of fate suddenly flipped over and covered Liao Yaoxiang quietly.Liang Xingchu categorically yelled not to take a breath, and must launch a counterattack before dusk.Wei Lihuang, who was sitting alone in Shenyang, was stunned. Liao Yaoxiang's 100,000 troops were so vulnerable!Mao Zedong was very dissatisfied: ignoring Yingkou, this is not a small mistake.Gongs and drums were beating on the land in western Liaoning, the propaganda team became the commander-in-chief, and thousands of large and small columns pointed at Shenyang City.The entire territory of Northeast China was liberated.

Shenyang, Jinzhou and Changchun, the three major strongholds of the Kuomintang army in the Northeast, now only one remains. Lin Biao spread out the map, looked at it for a while, picked up a pencil, and drew a few lines under the word Shenyang. Now that the Northeast Field Army is gathering in western Liaoning, is it going to fight Jinxi or Shenyang?The land of Jinxi is narrow, it is difficult to deploy a large army, and it will take time to attack.Moreover, once the Northeast Field Army is limited by the terrain and the main force is restrained in Jinxi, Liao Yaoxiang, who is stationed on the west side of Shenyang, will have enough time to advance to Jinzhou and form a two-sided attack on the field army.

It is better to go back and attack Liao Yaoxiang if you continue to advance to Jinxi!Lin Biao determined his main direction of attack.At present, the best choice for the field army is to abandon Jinxi, seize Liao Yaoxiang with all his strength, prevent him from returning to Shenyang, and destroy him on the spot. Lin Biao slammed the table hard and threw the pencil on the map. In the early morning of October 20, 1948, Mao Zedong read Lin Biao's battle plan and expressed his approval.He immediately called back: "We fully agree with your suggestion. If Liao Yaoxiang's corps continues to advance westward, wait for the enemy to go further before attacking; once it is found that the enemy is no longer advancing, or there are signs of retreating from Shenyang or Yingkou, immediately encircle Zhangzhang. The two enemies in Wu and Xinlitun will completely wipe out Liao Yaoxiang's corps by defeating each of them."

The hand of fate suddenly flipped and covered Liao Yaoxiang quietly. At 10 o'clock on the 20th, Lin Biao officially issued a new combat mission to each column: Liang Xingchu's 10th column led the 3rd Division of the 1st Column and the Inner Mongolia Cavalry Division to the front line of Montenegro and Dahu Mountain, and organized a solid defense to prevent the enemy from fleeing south. Occupy Jinzhou again.Huang Yongsheng's Sixth Zong (missing 17 divisions) originally in the north of Zhangwu, and Wan Yi's Fifth Zong in the southwest of Zhangwu entered the Lijia shack, Zheng's shack, and Erdaogangzi line in the northeast of Heishan, cutting off the retreat of the enemy regiment back to Shenyang.The main force, Li Tianyou 1st Column, Liu Zhen 2nd Column, Han Xianchu 3rd Column, Deng Hua 7th Column, Duan Suquan 8th Column, Zhan Caifang 9th Column, 6th Column 17th Division and Paozong, sent troops northward from the Jinzhou area and rushed west of Liaoning.The combat method this time is to "stop the front, cut off the rear, and attack the middle", in order to completely wipe out the Liao Yaoxiang Corps.In the direction of Jinxi, Cheng Zihua and Huang Kecheng's 2nd Corps commanded Wu Kehua's 4th Column and He Jinnian's 11th Column to contain Hou Jingru's Corps and prevent it from going north.Zhong Wei's 12th Column and the 11 independent divisions of the 1st Corps must quickly move south from Changchun to hold back the enemy in Shenyang.The 2nd Nanman Independent Division went to Yingkou to prevent the enemy from escaping by sea.

The heaven and earth net fell instantly.After the Northeast Field Army stationed in various places received orders, they entered the stage of pre-war preparations one after another. On October 21, Liang Xingchu, the commander of the Ten Columns, and Zhou Chiping, the political commissar, who were stationed in Heishan County, received an order from the headquarters: Immediately go to Heishan and Dahushan to "choose positions, build fortifications, and hold tenacious defenses to cover the main force of our army. Annihilate the advancing enemy." "A new mission is coming!" Liang Xingchu shouted, while gathering the division heads to hold a mobilization meeting to deploy the mission.Although the Ten Columns is a new unit that has just been formed for a year, there are many veterans from the 359th Brigade and the North Manchukuo Bandit Suppression Unit among the cadres, and their qualities are very good.

Liang Xingchu got straight to the point at the meeting: "We have just received an order to defend Montenegro to the death, and we cannot allow the Liao Yaoxiang Corps to cross Montenegro. This defense is different from the past. It is a key step in liberating the entire Northeast. If we hold Montenegro, the enemy in the Northeast will There is only one dead end left. If we cannot defend Montenegro, we are the sinners of the people. But we must also know that what we are facing now is Liao Yaoxiang's 100,000 army. If we want to win this battle, we must grit our teeth! Now let me emphasize our requirements: this battle must only be fought well, not badly!"

After hearing this, the division heads looked at each other, then whispered, and finally expressed their opinions: resolutely complete the task.Before the meeting ended, all divisions unified the slogan: "Defend Montenegro, fight against the enemy, and live and die with the position." That night, all departments of the Ten Columns took emergency action and rushed to the designated positions at the same time. Heishan and Dahushan are located in the west of Shenyang and south of Zhangwu. They are the junction of the two railways of Beining and Zhangwu, and there are highways intersecting.Whether Liao Yaoxiang attacked Jinzhou to the southwest or fled to Yingkou to the southeast, he must pass through this place.

On the morning of the 22nd, the three divisions of the Tenth Column began to build fortifications in the designated area, and the local people also came to assist.In just over 20 hours, the area from Heishan to Dahushan has been covered with trenches and bunkers, command posts, observation posts, and first-aid stations are everywhere.The soldiers of the ten vertical lines were standing in battle, quietly waiting for the coming of a bloody battle. At this time, Liao Yaoxiang has issued an order to his troops: attack Montenegro with all strength! Liao Yaoxiang has been in the Xinlitun area for many days, why did he launch an attack at this time?Of course, Du Yuming is credited here.

After Du Yuming accepted Chiang Kai-shek's order, he rushed to Xinlitun immediately and called a meeting with Liao Yaoxiang and the commanders of the various armies.It was only after contacting Du Yuming in the first day of junior high school that he discovered that the situation of the Northeast Kuomintang Army today is completely different from the situation when he was there.The entire army was in a state of depression, and officers at all levels had their own plans.There is no unity of thought at all. Before arriving, Wei Lihuang repeatedly asked Du Yuming: Liao Yaoxiang cannot be allowed to go to Jinzhou, and the large army must be withdrawn to Shenyang.But Liao Yaoxiang had another idea: to retreat to Shenyang, he had to cross three big rivers. If he was caught by the communist army, the consequences would be bad, and even if he retreated to Shenyang, he would not be able to reverse the inevitable defeat. The only way out was to retreat from Yingkou.Now, if I drive from Xinlitun to Yingkou, there are only two roads. One is to cross the Liaohe River south from Juliuhe Station, and retreat to Yingkou through Liaozhong. Intercept; the other is from Xinlitun to the south, passing Heishan and east of Dahushan to Yingkou. Although the terrain of this road is difficult, the distance is short and there are no major river obstacles. If you hurry up, it will take two and a half days. It can be passed by a quick march. At the same time, attacking Montenegro can also create the illusion that you are going west to Jinzhou, which is strategically confusing.Therefore, Liao Yaoxiang chose the route to Yingkou via Montenegro.

But what Du Yuming brought to Liao Yaoxiang was Chiang Kai-shek's westward order.The two disagreed and were unable to act. Du Yuming had no choice but to drag him back to Shenyang to discuss with Wei Lihuang.Of course Wei Lihuang disagreed with the westward march, but he still had reservations about Liao Yaoxiang going south to Yingkou.Du Yuming had no choice but to ask Liao Yaoxiang to return to Xinlitun to gather troops and make preparations for attacking Montenegro, and then to ask Chiang Kai-shek for instructions to decide the next action plan. But Chiang Kai-shek did not listen to other opinions. He felt that it was a shame for his subordinates to disobey his orders, so he strongly demanded that Jinzhou must be taken back.In this way, the parties fell into a stalemate again, and the delay lasted for several days.In the end, it was Du Yuming who came up with a new solution. He proposed two plans to Chiang Kai-shek: one is that the Northeast Kuomintang Army retreat to Yingkou in a planned way and abandon the Northeast; If they can win, they will go on to recover Jinzhou, and if they can't, they will retreat to Yingkou one by one.

Chiang Kai-shek thought for a while, and finally agreed to the latter plan. In the middle of the night of October 20th, Du Yuming rushed back to Shenyang, and together with Wei Lihuang, convened Liao Yaoxiang, Zhou Fucheng, Liu Yuzhang and others to convey Chiang Kai-shek's new order.He especially emphasized to Liao Yaoxiang and Liu Yuzhang: You two attack Heishan and Yingkou separately, you must move quickly, especially Heishan, fight if you can, and retreat if you can't. After the two returned, Du Yuming didn't feel sleepy.He found Wei Lihuang: "I still don't know what to do now. If Liao Yaoxiang moves quickly and maneuvers to hold the enemies in Heishan and Dahushan, he may retreat from Yingkou. Otherwise, the whole army is in danger of being wiped out. " Wei Lihuang was silent for a while before changing the subject and saying, "Then what about Shenyang?" Du Yuming shook his head and said, "Shenyang, it's hopeless to stay there for a long time." Wei Lihuang was silent again, and then turned back to the topic of Montenegro: "If the road behind Xinlitun is cut off, and Montenegro can no longer pass, Liao Yaoxiang will be in great danger. We should ask the engineers to build a few bridges in Liaozhong immediately, just in case Liao Yaoxiang can retreat to Shenyang if he cannot retreat to Yingkou." Du Yuming nodded affirmatively. Liao Yaoxiang returned to Xinlitun. After a day of mobilization and mobilization, he officially issued an order to capture Montenegro on October 22.He chose Gaojiatun as the target of the first attack. The 3rd Brigade of the 207th Division was in charge of the main attack, and the two divisions of the 71st Army worked in a detour from the side. On the morning of October 23, the vanguard of the Kuomintang army marched to Jianzi Mountain and entered the position of the 28th Division of He Qingji in the Ten Columns.There is only one company stationed here, which is mainly responsible for guarding, and there is no solid fortification.But seeing that the enemy army had arrived, he immediately went into battle.The two sides fought fiercely for a whole day, and the company ran out of bullets until the end, and even picked up stones to continue fighting until most of the personnel were killed and wounded and lost the ability to fight, and then they withdrew from the position at dusk. In the early morning of the 24th, Liao Yaoxiang crossed Jianzi Mountain, mobilized 4 divisions and 5 artillery regiments to launch a full-line attack on the Heishan and Dahushan positions, and the Black Mountain blocking battle officially started. He Qingji, the commander of the 28th Division, ran around on the ground, organizing defense on the spot.Suddenly, he discovered an unexpected phenomenon, and immediately reported to Liang Xingchu: "Liao Yaoxiang did not attack the Black Mountain fortifications head-on, but concentrated on attacking the Gaojiatun position on the side." Liang Xingchu was startled, secretly said that Liao Yaoxiang was really cunning, and jumped away I went to the headquarters of the 28th Division in person. It turned out that the Gaojiatun position was difficult to repair due to fortifications, so Liang Xingchu did not make it the focus of defense. There was only one battalion serving as the first-line defense.After careful observation, Liao Yaoxiang immediately found this weak defense area, and concentrated his overwhelmingly superior heavy artillery. The first artillery preparation destroyed most of the fortifications on the three high grounds of Gaojiatun, and the 2nd Battalion of the 84th Regiment guarding there also suffered heavy casualties.He Qingji immediately made the 82nd Regiment the reserve team there. "How's it going?" Liang Xingchu hurried into the command post of the 28th Division and asked immediately. "Gaojiatun suffered heavy casualties, and I have sent a whole regiment as a reserve team!" He Qingji replied. Liang Xingchu nodded approvingly, "Okay!" Then he emphasized: "Gaojiatun must not be lost, but must be resolutely guarded. Even if it is lost, it must be taken back immediately." Liang Xingchu didn't want to lose Gaojiatun, but Liao Yaoxiang insisted on taking it. Liao Yaoxiang has made up his mind, and the Battle of Montenegro also determined his life and death.Therefore, he forced all the ministries to charge at any cost, and the three highlands in Gaojiatun instantly became slaughterhouses.Both sides fell down one batch, and rushed up one batch, all of them fired to the exhaustion of their bullets. The small battlefield has already been bloody, and the corpses are intertwined.By 16:20, all three highlands defended by the 28th Division had fallen. He Qingji was furious, and ordered the whole army to concentrate all the artillery fire immediately, and bombarded all the high grounds.At this time, the enemy who had just occupied the high ground was preparing to build fortifications. Suddenly, artillery fire roared, and shells rained down on their heads.Master He immediately dispatched two battalions of troops to quickly take back the three positions. The attack on the 24th failed. Liao Yaoxiang was extremely angry. He scolded his subordinates for being idiots and ordered the 169th Division of the New Army to replace the 207th Division.Li Tao, the commander of the New Army, said arrogantly: "The 207th Division can't take down Montenegro. Our New Army will let him take down and see." At 6 o'clock in the morning on the 25th, He Qingji just defeated the 71st Army yesterday, but at this time the New Army ushered in.The New Army deserves to be the ace army that Liao Yaoxiang worked so hard to manage back then. The offensive strength of the 169th Division was significantly higher than that of the 207th Division.He Qingji fought all morning, and had already lost many positions without the reserve team. At noon, seeing the heavy casualties but little progress, the New Army immediately formed a death squad for officers with heavy rewards as bait before the battle, and launched a more violent attack. Not much left. At 16:00, the three highlands fell again. "Gaojiatun is lost!" He Qingji urgently called Liang Xingchu, "The 28th Division is preparing to concentrate its forces, take a breather, and promise to regain its position tonight." "No!" Liang Xingchu yelled resolutely: "We must launch a counterattack before dusk! You pant, and the enemy also pant. At night, they even repaired the fortifications!" Without saying a word, He Qingji immediately organized a counterattack.Liang Xingchu once again went to the headquarters of the 28th Division to take command, and quickly transferred the 2nd Battalion of the 89th Regiment to Gaojiatun.However, He Qingji had already rushed to the forward position, and mobilized all the remaining troops to attack the highlands at the same time. At about 21 o'clock that night, Gaojiatun finally regained it. On October 25, Liao Yaoxiang was already anxious.He concentrated the strength of 5 divisions including the New Army, the 71st Army and the 207th Division, and all the heavy artillery firepower, fired nearly 10,000 shells, and launched dozens of violent charges.He Qingji also used all his strength to fight back desperately.The position has changed hands several times, and in the end it is still in the hands of the People's Liberation Army.At this time, Liao Yaoxiang had received information that a large number of main forces of the People's Liberation Army were rushing towards Montenegro, and had already arrived in the area of ​​Beizhen.He couldn't help being taken aback, and immediately asked Wei Lihuang for instructions: "Can we give up attacking Montenegro and turn southeast to try to retreat to Yingkou?" Wei Lihuang immediately called back: "It is absolutely possible, and if it is absolutely necessary, we can return to Shenyang." On the evening of the 25th, Liao Yaoxiang abandoned Montenegro, and the tail of the team changed to the front. The vanguard has turned to the southeast, heading towards Tai'an and Dawa. At 3 o'clock in the morning on the 26th, Lin Biao sent an urgent message to Liang Xingchu: "The main force of the field army going north has arrived. The enemy has already retreated. Hope to cooperate with the first, second, and third columns to pursue from the front of Montenegro." When Liang Xingchu received the order, tears filled his eyes. He almost choked up and informed He Qingji and the defensive troops in other positions: We have successfully completed the blocking mission! Liang Xingchu held on to Montenegro for three days, firmly holding the huge Liao Yaoxiang Corps.The main force of the Northeast Field Army moved eastward quickly, approaching Liao Yaoxiang step by step. But Lin Biao was troubled at this time.He watched Liao Yaoxiang commanding large troops to attack Montenegro frantically, but he didn't know where Liao Yaoxiang was going, down to Jinzhou?Escape from the camp?Or return to Shenyang?Without knowing which direction he is going to move, it is impossible to determine the location of the decisive battle with him. During the two days of October 23 and 24, the columns of the Northeast Field Army arrived in Beizhen, Goubangzi, Panshan, and Zhangwu areas one after another, and approached the Liao Yaoxiang Corps in Heishan and Xinlitun.But because he couldn't determine where Liao Yaoxiang's main force was going, Lin Biao was struggling to find a fighter.He had to go through further observations before making up his mind. However, on October 25th, the battle to encircle and wipe out the Liao Yaoxiang Corps was initiated by the 2nd Liaonan Independent Division and the 16th Division of the Sixth Column. It turned out that before the Black Mountain blockade, Lin Biao assigned the task to the 2nd Independent Division to attack Yingkou from the south of Panshan to prevent the enemy from reinforcing or escaping from the sea.In order to accomplish this task, Lin Biao specially sent Chief of Staff Su Jing to lead a heavy artillery company from Jinzhou to command the 2nd Independence Division. On October 22, two days after Su Jing set off, Lin Biao found that the enemy had not retreated to Yingkou. He believed that the 2nd Du Division would have nothing to fight in Yingkou, so he changed his deployment and ordered the 2nd Du Division to go to Xinmin to flank the enemy. On the 23rd, when the Du 2nd Division arrived at Panshan and was waiting in hiding, Su Jing arrived with a heavy artillery company.He and Commander Zuo Ye carefully studied the enemy's situation and believed that the enemy should be stopped in the area east of Dahu Mountain. At noon on the 25th, news suddenly came that the 52nd enemy army in the Xinmin area took advantage of the emptiness in the south and quickly occupied Yingkou on the 24th.Su Jing found Commander Zuo and said decisively: "We can't wait any longer. The enemy occupied Yingkou yesterday, and Liao Yaoxiang will definitely flee south today. Your division will prepare immediately and set off at 15:30. The target is the area east of Dahu Mountain. Meet The enemy hit him head-on and caught him off guard." The Du 2nd Division was ordered to set off, and rushed to the vicinity of Dahu Mountain that night, and encountered the vanguard regiment of the 105th Division of the 49th Army of the enemy.The Du 2nd Division made a fierce attack, defeated it, and continued to move forward.In the early morning of the 26th, they encountered the 22nd Division of the New Army again. The 2nd Division alone launched a head-on attack, and the opponent retreated in embarrassment. The two sudden attacks made the enemy confused. They mistakenly thought that they had encountered Lin Biao's main force, so they changed direction and fled towards Shenyang.Originally, Liao Yaoxiang ordered the 49th Army to serve as the vanguard of the corps and was responsible for opening the passage for the south to Yingkou, but Zheng Tingji, the commander of the 49th Army, refused to run ahead and followed the 22nd Division of the New Army.Therefore, he didn't know anything about the attack on the 105th division.However, the 22nd Division of the New Army, which had just been attacked, directly reported the situation to Wei Lihuang, who immediately ordered them to return to Shenyang immediately. In this way, Liao Yaoxiang rushed to Yingkou along the way, but he didn't know that the 2nd Independent Division was coming head-on, and together with Lin Biao's main force, they had formed a situation of pinching his north and south. Among Lin Biao's main forces, Huang Yongsheng's six verticals made the fastest progress.Starting from the north of Zhangwu, they marched 125 kilometers in one day and two nights. On the 25th, they entered the Yaojia shack and Lijia shack on the Beining line. attack.The New Third Army suddenly became a mess, and I don't know how many people from the People's Liberation Army came. What was even worse was the main force of the New Third Army. They fled all the way in the dark, but they didn't want to escape into the hands of Han Xianchu Sanzong.Han Xianchu also rushed over from the north, and when he was advancing, he suddenly saw the rout of the army chaotically all the way, and he fought head-on.The new army fell into disarray in an instant. In this situation, Han Xianchu knew that he was approaching Liao Yaoxiang's headquarters.So he ordered the column to speed up and rushed into the camp of the New Army in the area of ​​Hu's shack, and immediately captured more than 100 people including Liu Jianzhang, the deputy commander of the New Army. It wasn't until this time that the field army's attack awakened Liao Yaoxiang. Liao Yaoxiang's corps frontline command post was set up near the headquarters of the New Army.Han Xianchu went deep into the headquarters of the New Army, and then blew up Liao Yaoxiang's frontline command post of the corps. Fortunately, Liao Yaoxiang was observing the situation outside the village and survived. Liao Yaoxiang saw gunshots behind him, and his command post had been reduced to ashes. He was too frightened to go back, and took his entourage to the New 22nd Division of the New Army.Only then did I know that it was impossible to go south to Yingkou, and the People's Liberation Army troops ahead had blocked the route.Moreover, the new 22nd Division has received Wei Lihuang's order: retreat to Shenyang immediately. Liao Yaoxiang hesitated a few times, and finally let out a long sigh: Unexpectedly, I worked hard to the end, but still had to obey Wei Lihuang's decision, and now I had to retreat to Shenyang first. But what Liao Yaoxiang never expected was that Huang Yongsheng blocked his way back to Shenyang just a few steps away. Under the leadership of Huang Yongsheng, the troops of the Sixth Column defeated the New 3rd Army but did not stop. They ran all the way to Yu's shack and captured a few prisoners. Only then did they know that Liao Yaoxiang had just changed his mind and was going east to Shenyang. Huang Yongsheng made a decisive decision and could not delay any longer.Before he had time to ask Lin Biao for instructions, he made his own decision and ordered his troops to immediately go into interception operations. Even if the last soldier was beaten, he could not let Liao Yaoxiang escape to Shenyang. Lin Biao, who was looking for Liao Yaoxiang's main force, did not know where Huang Yongsheng was at this time. In the early morning of the 26th, he ordered Liu Yalou to send a report to the Liuzong radio station: "Immediately pursue the southeast area of ​​Dahu Mountain, advance quickly, and look for opportunities to attack and annihilate." But it was not until 18:00 on the 26th that Liu Zong received a call back: "In order to block Liao Yaoxiang Corps, Liu Zong has marched for two days and one night and walked more than 100 kilometers. In order to reduce the burden and speed up the march, we threw away our luggage and Dry food bags, leaving only guns and ammunition. The troops have not rested for more than 20 hours. There is no time to bury pots for cooking, and no time to set up radio stations. Now the Sixth Column has blocked the main force of the Liao Yaoxiang Corps and is in a decisive battle with the enemy. Sixth Even if you are determined to stick to your position, you will never let the enemy run away." "Huang Yongsheng, great job!" After reading the telegram, Lin Biao and Liu Yalou immediately cheered up, and immediately ordered the nearby troops: "Close to the Sixth Column as quickly as possible!" At this moment, the Six Columns are like the gates of a 10,000-ton reservoir.Because it happened to block Liao Yaoxiang's retreat to Shenyang, the Kuomintang troops rushed in one after another, and the New 3rd Army and the New 1st Army followed one after another.The Sixth Column fought fiercely with the incoming main force of the enemy all day and night, until 4:00 am on the 27th, when the Fifth Column and the Tenth Column arrived one after another, and Liao Yaoxiang's corps was once again in chaos. Not long after, troops from the Second Column and the Third Column also rushed in from the rear.Liao Yaoxiang panicked and fled all the way to the division headquarters of the 30th Division of the New 1st Army, and immediately called the commanders of the various armies to move closer to him.Pan Yukun, commander of the New 1st Army, Li Tao, commander of the New 6th Army, and Xiang Fengwu, commander of the 71st Army, arrived successively.Officials from the dispersed corps headquarters also came to meet up one after another.These remnants of the defeated generals gathered together, and Liao Yaoxiang ordered anxiously: "Everyone must work together and strive to break through as soon as possible." Then he hurried to the New 22nd Division of the New Army, and before leaving, he only ordered Pan Yukun to command the New 30th Division. to resist. But Liao Yaoxiang was unable to save the overall situation.The entire regiment has been torn to pieces. On October 27, Lin Biao ordered the columns to launch a final decisive battle against Liao Yaoxiang's already defeated troops.The columns immediately issued instructions: don't sleep and rest for the time being, and wipe out the enemies in one fell swoop, fight wherever there are enemies, and chase wherever there are gunshots. From then on, the battle scene completely changed.On the battlefield, there is no distinction between the front and the rear, the front line and the second line, and the organizational system of each column is also in chaos.All the field soldiers went into battle, capturing prisoners and handing over their weapons, and they were too busy.Even the propaganda team members, doctors, nurses, and cooks all went to the battlefield.The Kuomintang army has no fighting spirit. As long as someone asks them to surrender, they will not resist at all. A reconnaissance section chief of the Fifth Column captured an artillery battalion of the 169th Division of the New Army by himself. With the help of several scouts , Escorted back more than 400 captives. At 17:00 that night, Lin Biao sent a victory telegram to Mao Zedong: The five armies of the Liao Yaoxiang Corps had all been surrounded and defeated.At present, our army has captured tens of thousands of enemies, and is currently expanding the results of the battle. By the morning of October 28, the battle to encircle and wipe out the Liao Yaoxiang Corps was basically over.On this land, the gunpowder smoke dissipated, and everything returned to calm. The most elite Liao Yaoxiang Corps of the Northeast Kuomintang Army, except Pan Yukun, commander of the New 1st Army, and Long Tianwu, commander of the New 3rd Army, escaped from the encirclement with a few remnants and went to Shenyang. Zhong'anbao in the southwest was captured. After the news of the annihilation of Liao Yaoxiang's corps came out, Wei Lihuang, who was sitting alone in Shenyang, was stunned and at a loss. He knew clearly that this fate was coming to him. On October 27, 1948, when Wei Lihuang learned that Liao Yaoxiang's entire army was defeated, he couldn't sit still anymore. He called Du Yuming urgently: "What should we do in Shenyang now?" Du Yuming was in Beiping at this time, and he was also anxious and at a loss: "Wait a minute, we are discussing countermeasures, and an order will be issued soon." "Who can wait? Liao Yaoxiang's 100,000 troops, including the New 1st Army and the New 6th Army are among the top five aces, they are so vulnerable!" Wei Lihuang shouted. "Now is not the time to talk about these things. I will call you back later." Du Yuming hung up the phone hastily. At this time, Chiang Kai-shek was also at a loss.After seeing Du Yuming, he wandered around the room for a long time before saying, "What do you think if you use a naval transport ship to transport Huludao's troops to Yingkou for landing, and then go north to meet Liao Yaoxiang's retreat?" Du Yuming shook his head: "It takes two or three days to mobilize warships to Huludao, and another three to four days to transport troops from Huludao to Yingkou. In this week, if Liao Yaoxiang is worth saving, then he can fight the war himself." Arrived at Yingkou." Chiang Kai-shek nodded with a sad face. Du Yuming went on to say: "I think Liao Yaoxiang has no hope. The top priority is to withdraw the troops in Yingkou as soon as possible. The troops in Shenyang are also in danger now." "Okay," Chiang Kai-shek said helplessly, "you go to Shenyang to deploy defense first, and hand over all the troops to Zhou Fucheng, so that he must stick to Shenyang. I will immediately ask Gui Yongqing to send warships to Yingkou." "What about Wei Lihuang?" Du Yuming asked. "Huh!" Chiang Kai-shek did not reply, "Time is urgent, you should act now." Before Du Yuming returned, Lin Biao's army had already approached Shenyang. Before the battle to encircle and wipe out Liao Yaoxiang was over, Lin Biao was considering his next plan.In Lin Biao's view, there were two most urgent things: one was the need to capture the defenders in Shenyang, as Liao Yaoxiang's demise would prompt them to flee faster;The key to these two things is Yingkou, and the loss of Yingkou will cause endless disasters. As early as October 18, Mao Zedong told Lin Biao in a telegram: "What we are most worried about is that the enemy will retreat from Yingkou and reinforce Central China." Zhong Wei's twelve columns went to occupy Yingkou. However, due to changes in the situation, Lin Biao only ordered Zhong Wei to go south quickly, and Liang Xingchu was transferred to defend Montenegro. At the same time, he sent Chief of Staff Su Jing to command the 2nd Liaonan Independent Division closest to Yingkou to cut off the way for Shenyang to defend the enemy going south.Later, it was discovered that Liao Yaoxiang was unable to go south, so he transferred the 2nd Independence Division to go north to participate in the battle of encirclement and annihilation. No, at this time, Liu Yuzhang, who was in the Xinmin area, led the 52nd Army of the Kuomintang to flee southward quickly on October 23, and occupied Yingkou at dusk the next day. After Mao Zedong got the news, he was very dissatisfied, and severely criticized Lin Biao on October 25: "You didn't expect the enemy to use Yingkou as one of the retreat routes at all. After we pointed it out several times with power generation, you ignored the control of Yingkou. , This is not a small mistake." Lin Biao had no choice but to quickly take remedial measures, ordering Zhong Wei's 12th Column to speed up the march and go straight to Yingkou.But because the railway has been destroyed, Zhong Wei can only move forward on foot and cannot speed up at all. For this reason, Lin Biao was so anxious that when the battle to encircle and annihilate Liao Yaoxiang was not completely over, he ordered the Seventh Column, the Eighth Column, and the Ninth Column to cross the Liao River on October 27 and immediately rushed to Yingkou, and ordered the rest of the columns to end the encirclement and annihilation campaign. After that, he immediately attacked Shenyang to prevent Wei Lihuang from fleeing south. But Liu Yalou couldn't help smiling wryly when he looked at Lin Biao's order and the battle map marked "mess". In the battle to encircle and annihilate Liao Yaoxiang, due to the large penetration of various columns, the organizational system was also in chaos. When chasing the enemy, the divisions and regiments were already fighting on their own, and some even formed a combat group by a platoon or a squad , After the battle, the superior cannot find the subordinate, and the subordinate cannot find the superior. "The army system is in great chaos now, and it may not be fully restored for a few days. Commanders at all levels can't even issue orders." Liu Yalou said. Lin Biao sat alone without saying a word. After a while, he suddenly said calmly: "If there is chaos, let it be chaos. Immediately issue a general order, and the whole army will advance to Shenyang. The order can be passed to any level. Tell each other, there is no need to gather, and you can start from wherever you are currently stationed." "This is a good way." Luo Ronghuan said, "You can organize a guide team to give directions along the road. In addition, let the propaganda team also undertake the task of conveying orders and giving directions." With Lin Biao's order, the land in western Liaoning suddenly became lively.Propaganda teams with gongs and drums poured into the streets and roads, shouting at the top of their voices: "Comrades in the PLA, the superiors have ordered you to set off immediately and drive to Shenyang. You don't need to gather, and you should watch the road signs along the way." Ding Dingdongdong's gongs and drums and the shouts of the propaganda team aroused the various units that were looking for their superiors.When they heard the news, they set off immediately and rushed to the road.In this way, thousands of large and small columns pointed at Shenyang City on all the roads in western Liaoning.On the contrary, many columns got news from their superiors on the way of marching, and gradually returned to the construction. But before they arrived in Shenyang, the battle had already started in Shenyang. On October 29, Zhong Wei's 12th Zong, who went south from Changchun, was approaching the suburbs of Shenyang.They were in full swing all the way, including Ke Tieling, Fushun, Benxi and other places, and surrounded Shenyang from the east, south and north at the same time. The city of Shenyang suddenly fell into chaos, and the military and political officials of the Kuomintang packed up the gold and silver, preparing to flee for their lives.Wei Lihuang couldn't care less, he hastily handed over the defense of Shenyang to Zhou Fucheng, commander of the 8th Corps, and drove to the airport by car on the afternoon of the 30th. At this time, the airport was crowded with Kuomintang military and political officials who wanted to escape, making noise and chaos.After waiting for about an hour, only two transport planes stopped and landed.Wei Lihuang, Pan Yukun, Long Tianwu and others rushed into the plane, and there was an immediate commotion at the airport.People jostled each other and climbed desperately to get on the plane. Wei Lihuang's adjutant held the hatch and kicked each one down as they climbed up. However, the kicked-off people were never discouraged and stood up from the ground and continued to climb up.Some people simply climbed onto the wings of the plane and stayed still. But Wei Lihuang didn't care about these anymore, he forced the plane to start.There was a sound of the engine, the plane shook, and people who were climbing on the plane landed one after another.It wasn't until this moment that they really realized that they had no hope, and there was a lot of cursing at the airport.It was in this "hot" scene that Wei Lihuang finally flew into the blue sky and headed for Huludao. At this time, gunshots continued around Shenyang City.Wei Lihuang secretly rejoiced that he was finally free at the critical moment, but he didn't expect that Chiang Kai-shek had already taken a fancy to him as a scapegoat.A few days after Wei Lihuang landed, Chiang Kai-shek asked him to take responsibility for the failure of the Northeast, shouted to shoot him, and then removed him from all positions and placed him under house arrest. It was not until Chiang Kai-shek was forced to step down that Acting President Li Zongren released him. out. After Wei Lihuang and others fled Shenyang, Zhou Fucheng held an emergency meeting that night to discuss the defense of Shenyang.At that time, the Kuomintang army in Shenyang City had two divisions of the 53rd Army, two brigades of the 207th Division, one division of the New 1st Army, and four garrison columns, totaling 140,000 people.Zhou Fucheng asked all the troops to stand together and stand by for help.As soon as this remark came out, it was immediately opposed. Changchun and Jinzhou fell one after another. Who helped?Waiting for help is waiting to die.Some people even stated on the spot that this battle cannot be fought, and they should simply surrender.Zhou Fucheng yelled and cursed, but the hearts of the people were irreparable.As soon as the meeting ended, generals at all levels began to find their own way to contact the People's Liberation Army about the uprising. On October 31, after the main forces of Li Tianyou's First Column and Liu Zhen's Second Column had wiped out the enemies of Xinmin and Juliuhe, they also arrived at the city of Shenyang and met Zhong Wei. On November 1, the three columns joined forces to launch an attack, entering Tiexi District from the northwest of Shenyang.Except for the 207th Division who resisted stubbornly and was completely wiped out, almost all other ministries were captured without a fight. The 130th Division, the 53rd Army, and the temporary 53rd Division of the New 1st Army all contacted the People's Liberation Army and demanded an uprising.Before Lin Biao agreed, they had Zhou Fucheng under house arrest. After the follow-up troops of the People's Liberation Army entered Shenyang, wherever they went, the Kuomintang soldiers waved white flags, set up their guns, and sat in place, waiting to be received.No gunfire was heard on the street, and there was no chaos. The common people poured out to welcome the PLA warmly. When Huang Daxuan, a company commander of the 6th Division of the 2nd Column, led the team to the gate of the "Shihe Gong" bank, he found that many Kuomintang soldiers had gathered there, sitting or lying down, showing no intention of resisting, and threw their pistols on the table.Huang Daxuan asked them where the officials were, and someone pointed to the upstairs.Huang Daxuan walked upstairs cautiously, when he met a man of medium height coming out of the room, seeing the People's Liberation Army, he said: "I am Zhou Fucheng, we are discussing with you about surrendering." Huang Daxuan didn't know that Zhou Fucheng was the commander-in-chief of the 8th Corps and the highest commander remaining in Shenyang City. Instead, he thought this person was ridiculous: "When is the time, and you still contact to surrender? Come with me first." That's it. , Zhou Fucheng was captured by a company commander who didn't take him as a big shot at all. By November 2, Shenyang had been completely liberated.In the entire Northeast, only Yingkou still has some follow-up work that has not been completed. After the Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Columns crossed the Liaohe River from the Montenegro area, they traveled day and night and rushed forward. On the afternoon of October 30, the vanguard of the Nine Columns first arrived at Shiqiaozi in the northern suburb of Yingkou, and began the battle to clear the periphery. That night, two gunboats of the Kuomintang Navy arrived on the sea in Yingkou. They told Liu Yuzhang, who was waiting anxiously, that because the gunboats could not enter the dock, a ship had to be transported from the coast to the gunboats.There is a Tianjin merchant fleet unloading at Huludao, and it will arrive soon. The 52nd Army can stand firm and wait for rescue. Seeing that there was a way out, Liu Yuzhang immediately cheered up and ordered the 52nd Army to guard Yingkou. On October 31, Zhan Caifang led the main force of the Nine Columns to arrive, and was about to arrange an attack, but the 52nd Army of the Kuomintang took offense as defense. Taking the Nine Columns far away, they were tired, had a unstable foothold, and launched several consecutive charges.Because of crossing the river and marching in a hurry, Jiu Zong left all his heavy weapons behind. Facing the powerful firepower of the enemy, he had no choice but to take a step back. On the morning of November 1, the Kuomintang ships that responded to the 52nd Army sailed into Yingkou Port.刘玉章下令登船，各路人马发了疯一样，把每条船都挤得飞不进一只苍蝇。由于人员混乱，拥挤不堪，船队迟迟无法开动，等到基本稳定后，正值退潮，又必须要等到2日早晨才能出海了。 此时，九纵与随后赶到的辽南独立2师发起了对营口的进攻，直杀入营口市区。刘玉章眼见不好，怒吼着让留守部队要不惜一切代价主动反攻，强力阻止野战军进入港口。 到3日早晨，潮水再起，国民党船只慢慢驶离港口，向海上的炮舰靠拢。这个时候，九纵与独立2师已经攻到了港口之内，立刻在码头上架起大炮，向逃离的船只猛烈轰炸。一艘满载3，000多敌人的轮船当即被击中起火，引起剧烈爆炸。其余部队约有1万多人则在刘玉章的带领下乘炮舰逃往海上去了。 沈阳和营口的解放，宣告了辽沈战役的胜利结束。在这次历时52天的大决战中，东北野战军共消灭国民党军47万余人。 蒋介石丢掉了东北，自是垂头丧气，随后于11月9日到12日，先后命令锦西、葫芦岛和承德的国民党军分别从海上和陆路撤入关中，东北获得了全境解放。 早已疲惫不堪的野战军战士们无不露出喜悦的笑容。他们终于可以好好地休息了。 11月3日，林彪向东北野战军下达命令：各部队休整一个月，第一个星期内不出操、不上课，主要开展文化和娱乐活动。但切戒太平、享乐和保守的观念，我们目前获得的只是局部的胜利，我们还要继续为解放全中国的胜利而战斗。 东北大地终于散尽硝烟，恢复了平静。战士们坐在辽阔的草场上，仰望天空，扑入眼帘的正是那碧蓝碧蓝的天空。 此时，一路撤出葫芦岛的杜聿明已跑到了北平。这位当年在东北大地打响第一枪的国民党高级将领，如今又成了最后退出的人。 幕，是他拉开的，现在，又被他拉上了。历史有时也真会捉弄人。 杜聿明眼睁睁地看着“青天白日”旗在葫芦岛消逝，心中有说不出的滋味。他输掉了东北。 但他却输得心服口服。 在北平，他一见傅作义便说道：“东北共军将近百万，它的战略战术、武器装备及战力远远地超过关内共军。从军事上讲，共产党一年以内将统一中国。”他稍作停顿，“估计林彪休整之后，必然大军南下。仁兄，你肩上的压力越来越大了。” 傅作义默不做声。他刚刚看过英国《泰晤士报》的评论：“中共占领东北，又将出现一个由北向南的征服形势。”以现在看来，“中国如果要统一，似乎将从东北出发了。” “是的，”傅作义好像是自言自语，又像是在和杜聿明说话，“东北共军，不久之后，必将南下。” 但他却万万没有想到：早在沈阳尚未解放、辽沈战役还在尾声之时，东北野战军一部分兵力11万人，已根据中央军委的电令，于10月29日在第2兵团司令员程子华的率领下，组成入关作战先遣兵团，披着辽沈决战的硝烟，迅速地开向了冀东地区。 铁马冰河已入梦。 只是梦中的人，此时未醒。