Chapter 13 Chapter Twelve Duan Slashes the Long Snake, and the Sunshine Glows the Five Lonely Cities

Mao Zedong issued three orders in a row.The sound of gunfire broke through the night in Zhangjiakou, and Yang Chengwu surrounded the entire city into iron barrels.Fu Zuoyi hurriedly dispatched Guo Jingyun's 35th Army to the west for rescue, but Xin Baoan became a cage of the 35th Army.The Northeast Advance Corps broke through Miyun, and Lin Biao was in Mengjialou.The soldiers who once fought in the Northeast suddenly asked all over the land of North China, Beiping, Tianjin, and Tanggu - they were in trouble. In November 1948, the land of North China was covered with a thin layer of snow.The bitter new wind blows from beyond the Great Wall, setting off bursts of white dust.Fu Zuoyi was sitting in his office, the fire was spitting out from the stove, but his mood became colder and colder.On the Huaihai front, the People's Liberation Army has wiped out Huang Baitao's corps, and Huang Wei's corps is also in danger.Obviously, the situation in North China is getting worse.Perhaps in such a cold weather, Lin Biao had to postpone the time of entry, Fu Zuoyi thought so.

He really did not expect that Lin Biao not only did not postpone the time of entering the customs, but had already left in advance.Subsequently, on November 27, Mao Zedong issued three consecutive orders: First, order the 3rd North China Corps under the command of Yang Chengwu to attack and annihilate the enemies in Chaigoubao and Wanquan, and form a siege to Zhangjiakou from the south and west Second, order the 2nd North China Corps under the command of Yang Dezhi to move from Yi County and Tang County to the Zijingguan area, and wait for the enemies advancing east to Zhangjiakou After the reinforcements, they moved quickly to occupy the front line of Xiahuayuan and cut off the connection between Zhangjiakou and Beiping; thirdly, ordered the Northeast Army under the command of Cheng Zihua to advance into the 2nd Corps from Pinggu to Nankou, Kangzhuang and Huailai in the northwest of Beiping. , camera combat.

A wide net has been opened. Mao Zedong had already seen clearly: Fu Zuoyi, as a soldier with strong localism, marching into Pingsui by the People's Liberation Army was tantamount to cutting off his arms. He would never sit idly by and would rush to help.Therefore, taking the opportunity to encircle and divide its main force on the Pingsui line, it not only captured the Fu family, but also dragged down the Jiang family; it not only blocked the escape route of the Fu family, but also prevented the Fu family from abandoning their direct troops. And lead Jiang's troops to flee south; at the same time, it can also divert Fu Zuoyi's attention and cover Lin Biao's troops to enter the pass secretly.

On November 29, Yang Chengwu's Corps successfully arrived at Chaigoubao and Wanquan on the outskirts of Zhangjiakou.The sound of gunfire pierced the night, and in an instant, the western front of North China was under fire.The Battle of Pingjin, which shocked China and foreign countries, officially started. By the evening of the 30th, the People's Liberation Army captured Huai'an and Wanquan successively with a strong offensive.This tide-like offensive immediately panicked the defenders in Zhangjiakou.It was the 105th Army of the 11th Corps of the Kuomintang guarding Zhangjiakou. Sun Lanfeng, commander of the 11th Corps, and Yuan Qingrong, commander of the 105th Army, immediately changed their faces when they heard that the People's Liberation Army had broken through the periphery of Zhangjiakou.While hastily strengthening their defenses, they urgently asked Fu Zuoyi for help.

At this time, Fu Zuoyi was nervously watching the troubles from everywhere.Suddenly received an urgent report from Sun Lanfeng, and was immediately taken aback.What kind of person is this Sun Lanfeng in Fu Zuoyi's eyes?That is one of Fu Zuoyi's most trusted confidantes.Within the Fu army, the highest positions below Fu Zuoyi are Dong Qiwu and Sun Lanfeng.For many years, people have been acquiescing that Dong and Sun are Fu Zuoyi's right and left arms.Sun Lanfeng participated in almost all of Fu Zuoyi's battles before and after. During the Great Wall Anti-Japanese War in 1933, Sun was the commander of the 421st Regiment of the Fu Ministry; during the Taiyuan Defense War, Sun was the commander of the 211th Brigade; after Fu Zuoyi left Yan Xishan to join Chiang Kai-shek, Sun Lanfeng was successively promoted to the commander of the new 31st division and the temporary third army Army commander and commander of the 11th Corps.Although Sun Lanfeng has a disabled leg, he has always been brave in battle and has a strong command ability, which has won the trust of Fu Zuoyi.Today, Sun Lanfeng urgently asked for help, and he was bound to meet a strong enemy.

"As soon as Zhangjiakou is lost, our way to retreat to the west will be cut off!" Fu Zuoyi was anxious like ants on a hot pot. "Quickly find out which communist troops have invaded Zhangjiakou." After a short time, the intelligence department replied: "Now Lin Biao's troops are still celebrating their victory in Shenyang. Xu Xiang, the 1st Corps of the North China Communist Army, is besieging Taiyuan. Chengwu Department." "That's good." Fu Zuoyi finally relaxed a little, "We must do our best to keep Zhangjiakou." He walked back and forth in the spacious "Bandit Suppression" headquarters in the western suburbs of Beiping, picked up the phone, and connected the first Guo Jingyun, commander of the 35th Army: "At present, the situation in Zhangjiakou is urgent. You immediately lead the 101st Division and the 267th Division with a howitzer battalion, and take a car to Zhangjiakou for reinforcements. The 262nd Division does not move and stays in Beiping. The 258th Division is under your command for the time being, and it will go west together. Remember: go quickly, fight quickly, and come back quickly if you fight!"

The 35th Army is Fu Zuoyi's "ace army".From 1931, Fu Zuoyi himself served as the commander of this army for a long time. It was not until 1942 that the post of general commander was handed over to Dong Qiwu, his most trusted general. In 1945, Lu Yinglin took over. In the first battle of Laishui in early 1948, Lu Yinglin was defeated and committed suicide.This was transferred to Guo Jingyun's hands.Guo Jingyun, nicknamed Guo Dadazi, was born in Chang'an, Shaanxi. He was born in poverty and had no education, but he was arrogant and arrogant, and he was brave in battle. He was a fierce general under Fu Zuoyi.

After receiving Fu Zuoyi's order, Guo Jingyun dispatched more than 400 American-made "Daodaoji" cars to pass through the south entrance of Beiping, and all arrived in Zhangjiakou on the afternoon of the 30th.After Sun Lanfeng received the aid, he organized all forces to launch a counterattack with all his strength.And Yang Chengwu's North China 3rd Corps also took the opportunity to firmly surround Guo Jingyun's troops in the Zhangjiakou area.Although Yang Chengwu only had 3 columns and 8 brigades, he surrounded the eight or nine division brigades equipped by Fu Zuoyi. Facing the enemy and going west for reinforcements" began to come true.

The battle in Zhangjiakou was going on non-stop, but Fu Zuoyi couldn't sit still any longer. He asked Guo Jingyun to go and come back quickly. Why couldn't it be delayed for a long time? On the morning of December 4th, Fu Zuoyi flew to Zhangjiakou to inspect it in person. During the consecutive military meetings, it was obvious that the generals of various ministries were shaken in their confidence in whether Zhangjiakou could be held.On the one hand, Fu Zuoyi pretended to be relaxed to cheer everyone up, but on the other hand, he had to secretly arrange for Sun Lanfeng's department in Zhangjiakou to prepare for the withdrawal, and at the same time ordered Guo Jingyun to return east to Beiping as soon as possible, and not to stay for a long time.

Fu Zuoyi's reaction had already been expected by Mao Zedong. Now that the 35th Army has come, can it easily return to Peiping? At the beginning of December, Mao Zedong successively issued several orders to Yang Dezhi's 2nd North China Corps and Cheng Zihua's Northeast Advance Corps: they must rush to the Pingzhang Line from both the north and the south, and cut off the mutual contact of Fu Zuoyi's ministries on the Pingzhang Line. On December 2, Cheng Zihua and Yang Dezhi set off separately.Northeast advance corps Wu Kehua 4th Zong and He Jinnian 11th Zong set off from Pinggu and Jixian areas and rushed westward; Yang Dezhi and Luo Ruiqing's North China 2nd Corps also flew northward from the Zijingguan area and went straight to the south side of the Pingzhang Line depth area.

On the afternoon of the 4th, He Jinnian arrived at Miyun in the northeast of Peiping with the Eleven Columns.Faced with this strategic location at the confluence of the Chaohe River and the Baihe River, Cheng Zihua decided to take Miyun first to open the way for the follow-up troops. From dawn on December 5th, after more than 20 hours of fierce fighting, He Jinnian's troops wiped out more than 6,000 defending enemies in Miyun.Only one division commander of the Kuomintang army defending the city fled back to Peiping.Cheng Zihua was secretly happy in his heart, he didn't want to annoy two people with this attack of Miyun.Mao Zedong immediately poured cold water on them: The main task of your department is to quickly occupy the Huailai and Badaling areas on the Pingzhang Line, and now you have already wasted time.When Fu Zuoyi heard the report of fleeing back to the commander of the defenders, he was shocked into a cold sweat: What?Was it the troops from the northeast that attacked Miyun?So Lin Biao has entered the customs?Let Guo Jingyun return to Beiping quickly, Sun Lanfeng must stick to Zhangjiakou, and can no longer plan to withdraw! Guo Jingyun received a telegram from Fu Zuoyi and immediately left Zhangjiakou on December 6, embarking on the death road back to Peiping.Originally, Fu Zuoyi asked him to take the 258th Division of the 104th Army with him, but since Guo Jingyun had a personal feud with An Chunshan, the commander of the 104th Army, he returned east alone under the pretext that the car was full.In this way, a total of more than 16,000 people from the 35th Army took 400 vehicles and meandered along the Pingzhang Highway for 5 kilometers, rushing out of Yang Chengwu's encirclement and returning to Peiping. At dawn on the 7th, the 35th Army drove to the vicinity of Xiahuayuan, but was suddenly blocked by the People's Liberation Army.The visitor was a brigade of the fourth column of the vanguard of Yang Dezhi's 2nd Corps.They had occupied Xinbao, a strategic location 15 kilometers away from Xiahuayuan, more than a day ago. The 35th Army was suddenly blocked, so they had to stop the convoy and counterattack on the spot.It's just that the strength of the two sides is very different. The People's Liberation Army used a brigade of troops to fight against Guo Jingyun's army.Guo Jingyun urgently recruited 12 planes to Beiping to launch rounds of bombings against Xinbao.The two sides fought from gun battle to hand-to-hand combat until noon, and the People's Liberation Army troops had to withdraw. At dusk, Guo Jingyun's entire army entered Xinbaoan and ordered them to camp on the spot.Deputy army commander Wang Leizhen immediately suggested: "We can't live in Xinbaoan now, we should take the night road, at least rush to Huailai, and join the 104th army first, just in case of accidents." Guo Jingyun looked at the darkening sky and shook his head: "This is the road in front of our house, are we still afraid of being haunted?" Unexpectedly, after staying for one night, it would not be easy to leave.It was precisely because of Guo Jingyun's delay for these few hours that Yang Dezhi's troops rushed to the periphery of the new security guard one after another. In the early morning of the 8th, the 35th Army walked out of Xinbaoan, preparing to march eastward. Not wanting to fight fiercely for a whole day, it was still difficult to break through, so they had to retreat to the city again that night. In the darkness of night, Yang Dezhi's main force finally arrived at Xinbaoan by starlight, and surrounded the entire city with water. The 35th Army has become a shackle! The 35th Army was trapped in Xinbao, which made Fu Zuoyi anxious.That is the trump card of the Fu troops, and now they are stuck in the middle of the road, which is not beneficial to Zhangjiakou or Peiping, so they must be taken out.Now we can only send the 104th Army to do this important work. Fu Zuoyi knew that An Chunshansu, the commander of the 104th Army, was not on good terms with Guo Jingyun. In order to appease An Chunshan, Fu Zuoyi specially appointed him as the "Commander-in-Chief of the Western Region", and unified command of the 104th Army and the 16th Army to reinforce the 35th Army to the west. An Chunshan is also a trusted general of Fu Zuoyi, but Guo Jingyun usually looks down on him because he is short in stature and often calls him "Little An" behind his back. This time, Guo Jingyun left a division of the 104th Army in Zhangjiakou, and let An Chunshan angry.After receiving Fu Zuoyi's order, he was very reluctant in his heart. After thinking about it several times, he finally sent deputy army commander Wang Xianzhang to lead some people Ma Xichi to the rescue because it was more important to guard Huailai. At 19:00 on the evening of the 8th, Wang Xianzhang led two divisions to the outskirts of Xinbaoan.After careful observation, he told Guo Jingyun by wireless phone: "We are going to attack from the southeast towards Xinbaoan at dawn on the 9th. If we can join forces with the 35th Army in Maquan, we will retreat to Huailai together." Guo Jingyun asked sullenly: "Which of you are here? Is that kid An Chunshan here?" Wang Xianzhang said no.Guo Jingyun was silent for a while, and replied weakly: "Okay then, just act according to your plan." It turned out that Guo Jingyun was angry at this time. He had just received a telegram from Fu Zuoyi that An Chunshan was appointed as the "commander of the western region". The 35th Army was also under its command, and what added fuel to the flames was that the translator actually mistranslated "the commander-in-chief of the western region" as "the commander-in-chief of the western containment".Guo Jingyun was very dissatisfied. It was a great insult for the majestic ace army of the 35th Army to be under the command of An Chunshan. Today, he was even allowed to be contained. Could it be that the 35th Army has reached the point where it needs to be contained? Therefore, although Guo Jingyun promised to follow Wang Xianzhang's plan on the phone, he actually had other plans. The weather on the second day was not good, and the days of dark clouds still weighed heavily on the city of Xinbaoan.With the dawn of dawn in the east, Wang Xianzhang has launched a full-scale attack from the southeast.The planes aided by Peiping were also buzzing in the air, and Wang Shuming, deputy commander-in-chief of the Kuomintang Air Force, came to the battlefield in person.For a while, the sound of guns and guns, fighting and shouting, all became one.You robbed each other of the main position, and blood flowed like rivers.But to Wang Xianzhang's surprise, the 104th Army attacked so hard, but Guo Jingyun did not approach. Guo Jingyun's 35th Army also participated in the battle, but the direction of attack was due east.He determined to kill the blood with his own strength and refused to cooperate with the 104th Army.Therefore, when the 104th Army attacked the stables, the 35th Army was only four or five kilometers away, and the sound of gunfire was clearly audible, but they just didn't come to meet. Wang Xianzhang saw that his troops suffered heavy casualties, but Guo Jingyun refused to cooperate, so he had to report the situation to An Chunshan in Huailai.An Chunshan was furious: "This Guo Dazi, at this time, is still stubborn!" He grabbed the wireless phone and connected to Guo Jingyun: "In any case, now you must seize this unique opportunity and decisively head towards the horse circle. breakout." Guo Jingyun took it easy: "Then let a division of the 104th Army come to Xinbao to take over the defense first." An Chunshan flew into a rage: "The new security guards are dead and cannot be defended. Our mission is to rally to Beiping. If we go in, we have to fight out again. Even you and I can't get out!" Guo Jingyun immediately cursed: "Damn it, I'm not leaving." An Chunshan shouted angrily: "The new security guards can't stand guard!" "Are you taking me in?" Guo Jingyun asked angrily. "What's this talking about?" An Chunshan said, "In times of adversity, don't think wildly, don't argue." Seeing that Guo Jingyun still refused to cooperate, An Chunshan could only put down the phone angrily.Not long after, Fu Zuoyi called: "Anyway, please go and pull Guo Jingyun out yourself!" An Chunshan was helpless: "From the horse pen to the new security guard, there is no obstacle in sight. Commander Fu ordered him, but he won't come out. How can I drag him out?" Fu Zuoyi was speechless for a while, and finally said listlessly: "Then you can figure it out." An Chunshan was extremely anxious. Although he had conflicts with Guo Jingyun, Fu Zuoyi had repeatedly urged the 35th Army to be rescued from Xinbao as soon as possible. The key issue now was that Guo Dazi just didn't cooperate.While thinking about it, An Chunshan suddenly received information: A team of the Northeast Field Army was found to be advancing westward at a high speed, and the target was directed at Huailai. If we stopped at Xinbao, the way back might be cut off soon. At 16:00 in the afternoon, the 16th Army stationed in Kangzhuang officially sent a telegram to Anchun Mountain: There are a large number of Communist troops near Kangzhuang, and the wires between Kangzhuang, Juyongguan, and Qinglong Bridge have been destroyed. Actively preparing, it is estimated that Kangzhuang will be attacked tonight. If the 35th Army cannot go east in a short time, it may be difficult to withdraw to Peiping in the end. The situation could no longer be delayed, and An Chunshan issued an ultimatum to Guo Jingyun: If the 35th Army did not break through the encirclement and advance eastward before sunset, the 104th Army and the 16th Army would all withdraw to Peiping. Two hours later, artillery fire was fired in the Kangzhuang area, and the advance regiment of the Northeast Field Army launched an active offensive.Immediately, An Chunshan felt that he was facing the danger of being attacked from both sides, so he urgently called Wang Xianzhang: give up the new security guard, and Xingye withdrew into his arms. Guo Jingyun was completely left behind by Xinbao. It was the fourth column led by Wu Kehua of the Northeast Field Army that forced An Chunshan to give up Guo Jingyun.After being severely criticized by Mao Zedong on December 7 for delaying the attack on Miyun, Cheng Zihua ordered the Northeast Field Army Advance Corps' Fourth Column and Eleventh Arson to rush to Huailai and Badaling areas. In the early morning of December 9th, the four verticals took the lead, and their three divisions suddenly appeared on the line of Huailai, Kangzhuang, and Badaling, and immediately cut off the connection between Huailai and Kangzhuang, and surrounded Kangzhuang. At this time, the 16th Army of Li Wen's 4th Corps was guarding Kangzhuang, which was Chiang Kai-shek's direct line of troops.After Kangzhuang was besieged, the two divisions of the 16th Army were all trapped in the city, and Army Commander Yuan Pu immediately telegraphed An Chunshan about his situation. At dusk, the "Suppression General" in North China sent a power to Yuan Pu's 16th Army. According to the air force reconnaissance report, the communist army had completed the siege of Kangzhuang.Just as Yuan Pu was about to act, he received a call from Li Wen, the commander of the 4th Corps, instructing Yuan Pu to be cautious in breaking out of the siege. If he thought it was impossible to break through, he could strengthen the fortifications.What should I do if the requirements of the two commands are opposite?Yuan Pu immediately summoned officers above the head of the group to the military headquarters for a meeting. In the end, everyone believed that: Kangzhuang is only 20 kilometers away from Badaling, and it is very sure to break through by night, but it is very difficult to hold on to it. There is no reserve of food and ammunition, and it is too late to build a solid fortification , it is impossible to hope that friendly forces will come to rescue and so on.Everyone wants to break out as soon as possible, so as not to be trapped to death in place. At midnight that day, under the cover of night, all the troops of the 16th Army successfully crossed the four-vertical cordon.When the Sizong discovered the situation, a division of the 16th Army had already rushed to Badaling.Wu Kehua gave an order: "Chase!" The pursuit of Kangzhuang continued until 8 am on the 10th. The Northeast Field Army's four-column team followed closely and chased and wiped out along the road. After 25 hours of fighting, 6,885 enemies were eliminated and 6,191 people below the deputy division commander were captured. In the 16th Army, only Yuan Pu and his guard battalion escaped. After the death of the 16th Army, An Chunshan immediately panicked. He transferred all the personnel of the 104th Army back to the vicinity of Huailai, and then reported the situation to Fu Zuoyi.Fu Zuoyi was obviously not as calm as before: "Now, Yuan Pu's 16th Army has fallen to Kangzhuang, Guo Jingyun's 35th Army is trapped in Xinbao, and Shi Jue's 13th Army has been reinforced to Nankou Juyongguan. What decision does your army have? " An Chunshan gritted his teeth: "There is only one way, go back to Peiping!" On the morning of the 10th, An Chunshan took the initiative to fire at some PLA positions and began to burn armored vehicles.Wu Kehua, commander of the Four Columns, approached political commissar Mo Wenhua: "Now the 104th Army is acting abnormally, and it must be preparing to take major actions." "Yes, it is estimated that An Chunshan wants to give up Huailai and flee to the south." Mo Wenhua analyzed. "Don't let him escape, immediately send the 10th and 11th divisions to pursue southward, and the 12th divisions can defend Badaling to stop and aid the enemy." Wu Kehua immediately issued an order. In the afternoon, with the sun setting to the west, the 104th Army divided into multiple columns and rushed out of Huailai City together.Wu Kehua ordered Si Zong to hunt down Anchun Mountain at a speed of 7-9 kilometers per hour.At this time, under the instruction of Cheng Zihua, commander of the Northeast Advance Corps, He Jinnian's Eleventh Column had crossed Juyongguan Pass, occupied Nankou, and then cut off the road east of Huailai.The four verticals let go of their hands and feet, chasing the 104th army all the way, and interspersed with the eleventh vertical. In just a few hours, an army in Anchun Mountain had been cut into pieces.The two sides fought separately, until the dawn of the day on the 12th, the 104th Army was wiped out. An Chunshan was desperate, so he temporarily changed into a soldier's uniform, disguised as a cook, and was captured alive by the People's Liberation Army while fleeing in a panic.It's a pity that the People's Liberation Army failed to find out his identity. Seeing that he was old, they issued him a return certificate and travel expenses, and let him go. An Chunshan thanked God and headed straight for Peiping. After 13 days of fierce fighting from November 29 to December 11, 1948, the 2nd and 3rd North China Corps of the People's Liberation Army and the Northeast Advance Corps together annihilated Fu Zuoyi's 104th Army Headquarters, the 16th Army Command Post and the The 155th, 109th, 250th, 267th, and 271st divisions and other 5 divisions surrounded the 2 divisions of the 35th Army in Xinbaoan, surrounded the 105th Army and 7 divisions in Zhangjiakou, and completely controlled Huailai, Kang Zhuang, Badaling, and Nankou lines forced Fu Zuoyi to transfer the 92nd, 94th, and 62nd Armies of the Chiang Faction from Tianjin and Tanggu to the Beiping area.In this way, the People's Liberation Army not only captured the various armies of the Fu faction, but also dragged down the ministries of the Jiang faction, and successfully achieved the containment of the entire Fu Zuoyi group in the Ping, Tianjin, Zhang, and Tang areas. Mao Zedong was very satisfied with this result. On December 10, he said in a message to Lin Biao, Luo Ronghuan, Liu Yalou, Cheng Zihua, Yang Dezhi, Yang Chengwu and others: The victory achieved in the Pingsui line battle is extremely beneficial to the overall situation.Now, the Huaihai Campaign on the southern front has wiped out Huang Baitao's corps and encircled the four corps of Huang Wei, Qiu Qingquan, Li Mi, and Sun Yuanliang. In about a few days, the enemy will be eliminated. In a short period of time, capture and annihilate 44 infantry divisions and brigades of the Fu and Jiangbei troops on the Ping, Tianjin, Zhang, and Tang lines, and prevent them from escaping. Then, the victory process of the national revolution will be greatly shortened. When the western front was full of excitement, the eastern front was not quiet either. Before Lin Biao left, Mao Zedong put forward a preliminary combat plan for the Northeast Field Army after entering the customs on November 26. He said in a telegram: The first combat mission of your main force should cut off the connection between Pingjin and the second combat mission is Annihilate the main force of the 62nd Army between Tianjin and Tangshan, and then annihilate the enemy in Tangshan, seize Tianjin, annihilate the enemies around Beiping, and seize Beiping. On December 7, Lin Biao, Luo Ronghuan, and Liu Yalou successfully arrived at Mengjialou in Jixian County.Before Lin Biao could sit still, Mao Zedong sent over the frontline command of the Pingjin Campaign.In the telegram on December 11, Mao Zedong clearly stated: Our army in the Northeast is entering the pass one after another, and the battle to attack the enemies of Ping, Tianjin, Zhang, and Tang has already begun. This is a huge battle. It should be under the unified command of Lin Luoliu and others, and the seven verticals in central Hebei and the local corps should also be under their unified command.Hope that the North China Military Region immediately ordered the Seventh Column and the Jizhong Military Region to contact Lin Luoliu Radio Station to report the situation and accept the task. Mengjialou has become the center of power in North China after Xibaipo overnight.Lin Biao spread out the map and began to carefully study this land that was still unfamiliar to him for the time being.His gaze was patrolling the map over and over again, and suddenly it lit up: the few isolated Fu troops on the flat line should be eaten as soon as possible! On December 8, Lin Biao ordered the third and fifth columns of the Northeast Field Army to go straight to Nankou, striving to wipe out all the dozen or so divisions of the main force of the Fu Clan between Pingzhang. Lin Biao's two columns went south, Mao Zedong immediately ordered to stop.The Northeast Field Army's third and fifth columns were unable to enter Nankou. Now that Chiang Kai-shek was at a disadvantage in the Huaihai area, attacking Fu Zuoyi prematurely would inevitably lead to the accelerated southward fleeing of Chiang's troops in North China.The strategy of encircling and not fighting should be adopted for Fu's troops. At present, the important task is to encircle Ping, Tianjin, and Tang and trap them in place.Our campaign is to eat up half a million Kuomintang troops in North China, not to "destroy one and scare away a group". Mao Zedong was the only one in the world, and his great talent made Lin Biao ashamed. A few days later, the gunfire on the western front suddenly intensified and slackened. Fu Zuoyi's troops were beaten to pieces, and Zhangjiakou and Xinbaoan became isolated cities.Mao Zedong finally issued a new order to the Northeast Field Army: According to our estimates, around December 15th, your ten, nine, six, eight, artillery, and seven columns will be concentrated in the area centered on Yutian.We propose that within a few days from December 20th to December 25th, we should take swift action to encircle the enemy at various points in Tianjin, Tanggu, and Tangshan.In the two weeks from today, our basic principle is to encircle and not fight, and some are to separate and not encircle, so as to wipe out the enemies one by one after the deployment is completed.In particular, the enemies in Zhangjiakou, Xinbaoan, and Nankou must not be wiped out. This will force the enemies east of Nankou to flee quickly. Please understand this point.In order to prevent Chiang Kai-shek from making a quick decision to transport all the enemies from Pingjin to the south by sea, we are planning to let Liu Bocheng, Deng Xiaoping, Chen Yi, and Su Yu in the Huaihai campaign wipe out the Huangwei Corps, leaving the rest of the Corps of Qiu Qingquan, Li Mi, and Sun Yuanliang under the command of Du Yuming. No final annihilation for two weeks.This kind of plan is not hostile, and it is difficult for the enemy to detect it until you are finally deployed.In order to complete the above-mentioned deployment before December 25, you should spare no effort to fatigue, not be afraid of attrition, and overcome all difficulties to complete the task within two weeks. After reading Mao Zedong's telegram, Lin Biao immediately mobilized the columns before the war. On December 12, the Northeast Field Army soldiers rushed to Ping, Tianjin and Tang in three routes.The third, fourth, fifth, and eleventh columns on the right and the seventh North China column implemented a strategic encirclement of Peiping; Use the eighth, seventh, ninth, second, and twelfth columns and special forces to implement the task of cutting off the enemy's connection in Tianjin, Tang, and Tang. The Northeast Field Army is running on the land of North China!All of a sudden, teams of heroic soldiers who had fought in the Northeast miraculously appeared in different parts of North China. The vanguard troops that entered the pass, the three columns commanded by Han Xianchu, marched forward bravely again, and reached Tong County on December 13, and beat Shi Jue's 13th Army back to Peiping, and took control of Nanyuan Airport on the 17th. There are two blocking lines under the Ministry.The Ten Columns commanded by Liang Xingchu quickly penetrated between Ping and Tianjin, and built quite deep blocking positions in Langfang and other places, ready to meet the enemy breaking through from Beiping and responding from Tianjin at any time.The Six Columns commanded by Hong Xuezhi also advanced to Matou Town on December 16.The Five Columns commanded by Wan Yi occupied the Shahe Station north of Peiping on the 13th, advanced to Fengtai on the 14th, and closed the gate to the southwest of Peiping.After the eleventh column commanded by He Jinnian cooperated with the fourth column to complete the pursuit of Kangzhuang, they turned around and captured Nankou, and successively occupied Mentougou and Shijingshan from the 14th to the 17th.The North China Seven Columns commanded by Sun Yi also occupied Liangxiang, Fangshan, Daxing and other places successively on December 15 after they were under the unified command of Lin Biao.In this way, by December 20, the Northeast Field Army completed the partition and encirclement of Peiping. Beiping was isolated, and the Kuomintang troops in Tangshan, Lutai, Hangu and other places hurriedly retreated to Tianjin and Tanggu.Zhan Caifang led the Ninth Column of the Northeast Field Army straight down to Tangshan at a speed of 50 kilometers per day. On December 13, he captured Tangshan and Lutai, and then occupied Hangu and Junliang City. On the 20th, he captured Xinhe Town and cut off Tianjin in one fell swoop. , Tanggu connection. At the same time, Duan Suquan led the eighth column to advance straight to the outskirts of Tianjin. On the 19th, it arrived at Yangcun, a strategic location 25 kilometers northwest of Tianjin. Just in time for Tianjin police commander Chen Changjie to mobilize the 333rd Division of the Kuomintang to move westward, the eighth column immediately went into battle. , After three hours of fierce fighting, a total of 2,207 enemies were wiped out. Song Haichao, the commander of the 333rd Division, was beaten to nowhere to hide. In desperation, he had to lie in a depression with his limbs stretched out and his face facing the sky. Only by chance escaped. When the battle in Yangcun was fierce, Deng Hua led the seventh column to Tanggu, and Zhong Wei led the twelfth column to Suizhong and Shanhaiguan. Tianjin and Tanggu were also surrounded by the People's Liberation Army. So far, the Northeast Field Army has fought until December 20, dividing and encircling all the troops in the eastern region of the North China Kuomintang Army in the three regions of Beiping, Tianjin, and Tanggu. Fu Zuoyi has become a bird in a cage.In the headquarters in Peking, he stood alone in the winter evening sun, and the clouds all over the sky were gradually dissipating.There was a sobbing flute sound from somewhere, which made Fu Zuoyi's heart colder when he heard it.He sighed deeply: The People's Liberation Army has now laid a net for me, and the more than 500,000 troops in North China are actually trapped in a few small areas. The night was gradually suppressed.