Chapter 15 Chapter 14 Facing difficulties and overcoming difficulties, a bloody battle in Tianjin in a violent storm

It's time to fight Tanggu and Tianjin.After a field visit, Deng Hua found that it was very difficult to fight Tanggu.Luo Ronghuan personally went to Xibaipo to report the situation in Pingjin.Chen Changjie boasted that Tianjin's city defenses were impenetrable, but Lin Biao took three days to boast about Tianjin City.Liu Yalou served as the commander-in-chief of the front line of the siege, and decided to eat meat first and then gnaw bones. The 538 cannons fired at the same time, and in an instant, the entire city of Tianjin was enveloped in the sound of rumbling guns and the pervasive smoke of gunpowder.It took only 29 hours from launching the attack to capturing the whole city.Hou Jingru led 50,000 remnants to flee North China.

For the five isolated cities in North China, Mao Zedong's strategy was to "strike the two ends first, and then take the middle." Xinbaoan and Zhangjiakou had already been captured, and Tanggu and Tianjin must be next.And Tanggu is particularly important. Tanggu, located at the estuary of the Haihe River to the east of Tianjin, is an important shipping port in North China and the only outlet for the Kuomintang army in North China to withdraw to the south.Fu Zuoyi divided Tianjin and Tanggu into a defensive area, with Hou Jingru, the commander of Chiang Kai-shek's 17th Corps, as the defensive commander, and Chen Changjie as the deputy commander.Hou Jingru stayed in Tanggu, while Chen Changjie stayed in Tianjin.Since Tanggu has important strategic significance to the North China Kuomintang Army, since October 1948, the "advanced headquarters" headed by Song Kentang, the deputy commander-in-chief of the "Suppression General" in North China, has been stationed here to supervise the construction of the guards on both sides of the Pingjin Railway. roadworks.

Hou Jingru's 17th Corps originally consisted of Lin Weichou's 62nd Army and Huang Xiang's 92nd Army. Due to the tense fighting on the Pingzhang Line in early December, the 92nd Army was transferred to Beiping. The 62nd Army was active in the north of Tianjin and northwest of Tanggu. Since then, Tangshan's 87th Army withdrew into Tanggu again, causing internal contradictions among the Tanggu defenders.In particular, the 87th Army from outside has always been called the "Pride of Heaven" among Chiang Kai-shek's direct troops. They did not obey Hou Jingru's orders at all, and Hou Jingru was so troubled that he was helpless.

Moreover, facing the domestic situation, Hou Jingru was also anxious.He was originally from Yongcheng, Henan, and graduated from the first phase of the Whampoa Military Academy.He joined the Communist Party of China during the Northern Expedition, which was a cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. During the "August 1st" Nanchang Uprising in 1927, he served as the head of the teaching regiment in the He Long Department of the uprising army.Later, he was arrested while engaged in military transportation in Henan. After he was released from prison, he lost contact with the Chinese Communist Party and had to commit himself to the Kuomintang army. Since August 1948, Hou Jingru's nephew, Li Jieren, an underground member of the Communist Party of China, brought him a letter from the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, welcoming him to make a difference at a critical moment and wait for an opportunity to revolt.This letter stirred up great waves in Hou Jingru's heart, but because of the immature conditions he was in at that time, he did not dare to reveal anything in the army.

However, Mao Zedong could not wait for Hou Jingru's time to come. Victory in the West meant that the East had to start immediately.Since before December 20, the second, seventh, eighth, ninth, and twelfth columns of the Northeast Field Army had completed the isolation and encirclement of Tianjin and Tanggu, Mao Zedong sent a telegram to Lin Biao: to investigate the incidents from Dagukou or Is it possible to bombard the enemy ships at the Tanggu Port near Tanggu? If the Tanggu Port can be blocked with cannons, even if our army does not capture Tanggu, the Tanggu enemy will not be able to escape. Whether it is possible to bombard the coast of Tanggu and completely block Tanggu is a decision. If it cannot be completely blocked, the enemy in that area is still in danger of fleeing by sea, so our army should spare no effort to exhaustion and strive to wipe out the enemy in Tanggu as soon as possible; Tanggu seaport can be blocked by artillery fire, the enemy can't escape, so they can deploy calmly, and there is no need to rush the attack. Generally, it is enough to capture Tanggu by the end of this month or the first ten days of next month.

Lin Biao sent Deng Hua's Seven Columns to attack Tanggu.But Deng Hua couldn't help shaking his head after many days of observation. It turns out that Tanggu is backed by the sea, the terrain is open, there are many rivers and salt fields, and it does not freeze in winter. After the investigation was reported to Lin Biao, Lin Biao felt the same way and immediately forwarded it to the Central Military Commission. On December 26, after careful consideration, Mao Zedong finally decided that the attack on Tanggu might be delayed until early January.Especially at present, there are many signs of the enemy breaking out of the siege in Pingjin, and it is difficult to attack Dagu and Tanggu. The attack time should be postponed.

On December 28, Luo Ronghuan arrived in Xibaipo in person and reported the situation in Pingjin to Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Zhu De, etc., and a pre-war meeting was held quietly. On the 29th, Mao Zedong called Lin Biao: It is absolutely correct for you to abandon the plan to attack Lianggu and concentrate five columns to capture Tianjin.The next step is to vigorously prepare to attack Tianjin first, and the policy of isolation and surveillance can be adopted for the enemies in Tanggu. The flames of war flickered in the wind, and turned to Tianjin again! Tianjin is not only an important city in North China, but also the gateway to Beiping.It is 120 kilometers away from Beiping in the west and 40 kilometers away from Tanggu in the east, so its strategic position is very important.During the War of Liberation, it was an important military base for the Kuomintang to march into North China and Northeast China. In April 1947, in order to strengthen the defense of Tianjin, Shangguan Yunxiang, deputy director of the Baoding Suizhou Administration of the Kuomintang and director of the Tianjin Command Post, and Du Jianshi, the mayor of Tianjin, presided over the construction of the "Tianjin City Defense Fortification Line". This fortification line is 24.5 kilometers long from north to south. It is 5 kilometers wide from east to west, forming a slanted and long peak waist-shaped blockhouse line. There are more than 1,000 large and small blockhouses. Along this ring line, an earth wall is built. A moat is dug outside the earth wall. The earth wall is 4 meters high. It is 2 meters wide and the moat is 3 meters deep.The project took 8 months to complete and cost 80 billion French currency.

After Fu Zuoyi took office as the commander of the "North China Suppression General", Chen Changjie was appointed as the commander of the Tianjin Garrison in June 1948. As soon as Chen Changjie arrived in Tianjin, he said to Du Jianshi, "I'm here to prepare for war." "Tianjin's city defense is impenetrable, and Commander Chen can sit down and take command." Du Jianshi said. "The equipment of the communist army is not what it used to be. After several years of fighting, we have plundered countless cannons...Now, if the communist army wants to attack the city, the main direction of attack must be the west. Three years ago, after the Japanese army was defeated, the communist army once from the The direction is to break into the urban area of ​​Tianjin." Chen Changjie felt that he was very assertive, so he said in a firm tone: "We must strengthen the fortifications in the northwest corner of the city defense and build more blockhouses to strengthen it."

In this way, Chen Changjie spent billions of dollars to build dozens of reinforced concrete bunkers in the west and northwest of the city. In mid-December 1948, since the People's Liberation Army had encircled Tianjin, Chen Changjie was even more involved in construction projects. He recruited 7,000 to 8,000 migrant workers every day, and together with the defenders in various defense areas, took the blockhouse fortifications around the city of Tianjin as the main line and built additional blockhouses to the front of the position. In the group strongholds, traffic trenches and barbed wire fences were built, and tens of thousands of mines were laid in the front of the city defense line, forming a minefield with a width of tens of meters and a length of 42 kilometers around the city. There are more, making Tianjin a fortified position with strong fortifications.

But Chen Changjie was still not very satisfied with this.Although Tianjin already had the 43rd Division of the 94th Army, 1 garrison brigade, 1 gendarmerie regiment, 2 security regiments, and 5 police brigades on defense, he still invited the 62nd Army to defend Tianjin on December 13. On the same day, Liu Yunhan, commander of the 86th Army, led another three divisions from Lutai to Tianjin.At this time, there were 3 divisions of the 86th Army of the Kuomintang garrison, 2 divisions of the 62nd Army, 1 division of the 94th Army, and the 317th, 184th, 333rd, 326th, and The 318th Division, the 20th Gendarmerie Regiment and the logistics force totaled more than 130,000 people.

"In my opinion, Tianjin can be divided into three defensive areas. The northeastern defensive area is from Xinkaihe to the Haihe River in Dazhigu, the northwest defensive area is from Xinkaihe to the vicinity of Nankai University, and the area from the vicinity of Nankai University to the ash dump The southern defense zone is by the Haihe River." Chen Changjie said calmly at the troop deployment meeting. "As for the defense work in each district, the Northwest District is in charge of the 62nd Army, commanded by Commander Lin; the Northeast District is in charge of the 86th Army, commanded by Commander Liu; the Southern District is in charge of the 43rd Division of the 94th Army, and I concurrently serve as the commander; the rest of the troops are the general reserve. At 7:00 p.m., a meeting will be held at the headquarters. The commanders, deputy commanders, and chiefs of staff of each army will send one person to attend in turn every night, and the commanders, deputy commanders, and chiefs of staff of each division will also send one person to participate in turns every night; The directors of the department attend the meeting every night, so that all the necessary orders can be delivered quickly and directly. Just arrange it like this, in a word, Tianjin must be defended." Chen Changjie waved his hand and announced the end of the meeting. After the meeting, the leaders of the various armies carried out pre-war mobilization one after another, and everyone seemed determined.Lin Weichou summoned Kuomintang officers above the 62nd Army Company and said: "If our defense area is breached, we cannot bear the responsibility and will be killed. Whoever is in the defensive position is not allowed to rush forward without orders, and is also not allowed to attack the enemy. Retreat. We must hold our respective positions, and we must swear to live and die with the positions.” Not to be outdone, Liu Yunhan summoned the officers of the 86th Army to announce after the meeting: "The task of defending Tianjin this time is very heavy. The higher authorities require that Tianjin must be defended. Once the battle starts, all those who retreat will be killed without mercy!" At this time, the People's Liberation Army's offensive was about to start, and gunfire was already sporadic. Chen Changjie led his subordinates to climb the city wall in person, and said solemnly: "Remember, if I die in battle, Lin Weichou, the deputy commander of the defense, will continue to command the battle instead of me. I hope that your chief officers at all levels should also designate a successor in advance. " It seemed that Chen Changjie was indeed going to defend Tianjin City to the death. New Year's Day came in 1949, and the people in the liberated areas were celebrating the festival.But the soldiers on the front line in Pingjin had no time to take care of it.Commander Liu Yalou convened the heads of each column to participate in the combat meeting in Yangliuqing. At this time, the Northeast Field Army had completed the campaign encirclement of Tianjin defending the enemy.The 17th Division of the first column and the sixth column are located in Yangliuqing; the second column is located in Wangqingtuo; the seventh column is located in Limingzhuang; the eighth column is located in Huantuo; Hong Kong; the artillery column is located in Yangcun; the Tianjin Front Command is located in Dongsangyuan, Yangliuqing.In addition, the twelfth column is located in Junliang City and is closely monitoring the movement of the Kuomintang defenders in Tanggu. Liu Yalou looked around at the people present at the meeting, and said straight to the point: "Comrades, the second phase of the Pingjin campaign has begun. We are about to launch an attack on Tianjin. According to the investigation, the defense deployment in the city focuses on the moat and deploys defenses layer by layer. Currently In the north, the army is the strongest. At the same time, there are tall and solid buildings such as Beiyang University, Law and Politics College, China Textile No. 7 Factory, and the railway station, and there are many rivers, which are not easy to develop; There are many independent buildings, and there are tall and solid buildings such as Nankai University and the racetrack, and there are many difficulties. In comparison, there are many cemeteries in the southeastern suburbs, which are easy to access. In addition, there are no other rivers except the Hai River. The urban area is narrow from east to west, and the enemy's strength is weak, so it is easy for us to break through and develop. Based on this, our field army decided to focus on the central part of the country, advancing from east to west, cutting off the middle, first south and then second. North, divide first and then encircle, eat meat first and then gnaw bones." Next, Liu Yalou assigned tasks to each column in detail. As soon as the heads of the columns left, someone came in and reported: "Commander, according to reports from the siege troops, the water in the moat outside the city of Tianjin has soared and has now overflowed. The area around Sidehoujiatai and Yudingdi was completely submerged by the flood..." "Get rid of the flood quickly!" Liu Yalou decisively issued an order. It turned out that after the People's Liberation Army surrounded Tianjin, in order to prevent the People's Liberation Army from attacking the city, Chen Changjie secretly sent troops to close the sluice near Sanyuan Village in the west of Tianjin, allowing the water from the South Canal to flow into the moat, and at the same time closed the sluice near Chentangzhuang on the lower reaches of the moat. Prevent stagnant water from flowing into the Haihe River. Three days later, the water in the moat swelled and overflowed.The positions of the siege troops in several main assault directions were vast. "Send a few people from Yizong to look for the sluice immediately!" Liu Yalou anxiously gave orders to Li Tianyou on the phone. After a few rounds, the Yizong soldiers inquired around along the South Canal, and finally found the sluice near Tangguantun.Although it was raining and snowing along the way, Chen Changjie's first trick was easily seen through. "It seems that this Chen Changjie has a lot of scheming, we must launch an attack as soon as possible." Liu Yalou secretly thought. On January 3, 1949, the siege troops of the Northeast Field Army began to sweep out the outer strongholds of Tianjin City.Intermittent gunfire sounded until January 12. Zengxinyao, Wanxinzhuang, Huidui, Zhangbafen, Dongjuzi, Yingpan, Liqizhuang, Zhaoxingkan, Lingjiazhuang, Sanyuan Village, Dingzigu, Wang Chuanchang, Sitai Kiln, Fanjiabao, Wangjiaba, Beixinzhuang, Wujiazui, Jiangjia Brick Kiln, Zhejiang Cemetery, Shandong Yidi and other peripheral strongholds were successively cleared, and more than 4,800 Kuomintang troops were wiped out . The People's Liberation Army has made up its mind to attack Tianjin. Although Chen Changjie shouted that he would still stick to it, Yang Yizhou, chairman of the Tianjin City Council, couldn't sit still. In the face of the destruction of artillery fire, life and property cannot be protected. I hope that Chen Changjie will stop fighting, or the two sides will make peace.So, while summoning more than a dozen senators to select four representatives to contact the People's Liberation Army, while personally going into battle, they went to find Chen Changjie to communicate. "Seek peace?" Chen Changjie looked at Yang Yizhou and sneered, "What you're talking about is civilian matters, and our military doesn't care about it." But the four representatives of Yang Yizhou still went to find Liu Yalou.This day is January 6th. "We only have five demands," Liu Yalou replied neatly, "First, our army hopes for a peaceful settlement to prevent Tianjin from being destroyed; second, all troops under Chen Changjie will lay down their weapons and not damage them; third, our army guarantees that all officers and soldiers who lay down their weapons Safety of life; 4. Guarantee the safety of Chen Changjie and the private property of officers and soldiers; 5. To show our leniency and sincerity, we stopped shelling Tianjin for seven days. If there is still no clear answer by 12 days, the shelling will begin." The four representatives stayed overnight, returned to the city the next day, and reported to the speaker Yang Yizhou the process of leaving the city and the five points raised by Liu Yalou.Yang Yizhou immediately drove to Tianjin Garrison Headquarters and met with Chen Changjie. After listening to Yang Yizhou's conveyance, Chen Changjie pondered for a long time, and then said clearly: "My army can accept five points, but I can't command the troops directly under the Central Committee. If there is a way for the Central Army to go to Tanggu, then I can Follow up." Yang Yizhou smiled wryly. Everyone knew that Chen Changjie didn't have any direct troops in Tianjin, only a guard battalion.Therefore, his reply actually rejected Liu Yalou's five points. On January 11th, there is only one day until the final date set by Liu Yalou.Lin Biao and Luo Ronghuan officially sent a letter of persuasion to the generals of the Kuomintang defenders in Tianjin: Chen Changjie, Lin Weichou, and General Liu Yunhan, we are about to start the Tianjin campaign. Zheng Dongguo is an example. If the general follows suit, he will make great contributions to the people. Can cause oneself to be killed.I hope you will send representatives to negotiate before our general attack, and you can find the headquarters in any place, and then escort you to negotiate with us. In Tianjin City, Lin Weichou, commander of the 62nd Army of the Kuomintang, received the letter first, and hurried to the Tianjin Garrison Headquarters after reading it. Chen Changjie read the letter, thought for a moment, and then said, "Call Jianshi." Du Jianshi didn't express his opinion when he came, but instead asked, "What's your opinion?" No one answered. Du Jianshi had no choice but to pull Chen Changjie aside, and asked in a low voice, "Commander, what do you think we should do?" "I don't think we can make our own decisions on this matter. It's better to ask the opinion of Peking." At this time, Fu Zuoyi was hesitatingly contacting the People's Liberation Army for peace talks. Therefore, whether to fight or not to fight this battle, Chen Changjie really didn't dare to decide privately, he had to take Fu Zuoyi's overall situation into consideration. The call came to Peiping.Fu Zuoyi, the commander of the "General Suppression" in North China, is still making his own calculations. Tianjin is an important bargaining chip in his negotiations with the Communist Party. He believes that with his years of management of Tianjin, it will not be easy for the People's Liberation Army to capture this fortified city. . "If you hold on firmly, there is a way. You must remember." Fu Zuoyi's answer made Chen Changjie a little at a loss. Instead, Du Jianshi raised a question in time: "How long can you withstand the Communist army's general offensive?" "One week should be no problem." It was not Chen Changjie who answered, but Lin Weichou. But Liu Yunhan immediately said: "One week? I'm afraid it won't be easy." Chen Changjie waved his hand, "Forget it, don't fight any more, if you can defend it, you have to defend it or not. This is an order from Beiping, and it can only be carried out." In the end, after several discussions, several people finally "published" a strongly worded reply letter: Generals Lin Biao and Luo Ronghuan, weapons are the second life of soldiers, and laying down weapons is a shame for soldiers.If peace is conspired, please send representatives to the city... When Lin Biao got the news, he stood there without saying a word. After thinking for a while, he said lightly: "Order Liu Yalou to attack Tianjin on the 14th." At this time, the representatives sent by Fu Zuoyi were discussing with Lin Biao and others about the peaceful liberation of Peiping. Fu Zuoyi still refused to let go of the asking price, relying on the strength of Tianjin.After a few days of busy work, it is estimated that the representatives of the Kuomintang also saw something wrong. They took the time to ask Lin Biao: "Are you planning to really attack Tianjin?" "Yes. The order has been issued." Lin Biao replied. "How many days are you going to fight?" "Three days." "Three days? I'm afraid you won't be able to fight for thirty days!" the representative said proudly. At this time, Chen Changjie was also yelling in the city: "We must imitate Stalingrad and resist house by house. We are determined to stick to it for three to four months!" It seems that the Kuomintang military puts too much emphasis on the strength of Tianjin City, but forgot to estimate their opponent, the Northeast Field Army, which is an invincible iron army that has been tempered in the Northeast! On January 13, 1949, Lin Biao called Liu Yalou and the 1st, 2nd, 7th, 8th, 9th, and 12th Columns: The enemy in Tianjin has no sincerity in surrendering, but is delaying the time. The attack is planned to start tomorrow, and the enemy will be resolutely wiped out. At 9:20 am on January 14, Liu Yalou gave an order, and a total of 538 cannons of the Special Forces of the Northeast Field Army fired at Tianjin City from the east, south, and west directions at the same time.In an instant, the entire city of Tianjin was shrouded in the sound of rumbling guns and the diffuse smoke of gunpowder. Tens of thousands of shells poured on Chen Changjie's strong position, the ground trembled, and the whole city of Tianjin trembled. After only 30 minutes of bombing, the Hepingmen city wall in the west had been blown up, turning into a slope, bunkers and bunkers had collapsed, and mines were detonated one by one, forming sections of barbed wire, swaying here and there, like Pan snake.The artillery fire of the defenders was completely suppressed, and it was impossible to fight back. At 10 o'clock sharp, Liu Yalou ordered the general offensive to begin, and the signal flare pierced through the dissipating morning fog, drawing several brilliant light marks in the air. Li Tianyou, commander-in-chief of the Jinxi siege force and commander of the first column of the Northeast Field Army, saw the signal in the air and immediately sent an order: Fight! Tens of thousands of shells spewed out from the cemetery in the west of Tianjin, roaring endlessly, and several tanks rushed to the forefront of the position with rumbling noises. Teams of bridging units quickly rushed out of the hiding place, and in an instant, the follow-up troops had broken through the moat. The "Red Three Company" of the 2nd Division of Yizong took the lead, crossed the Heping Gate, rushed to the city wall of Tianjin, and planted the first red flag on the city of Tianjin at 10:50. A brutal hand-to-hand street battle unfolded at various breakthroughs. At the same time, the second column led by Liu Zhen was also fighting fiercely on the north side of the South Canal. They sacrificed 24 blasters to blow up a city wall.Liu Zhen roared with red eyes: "Immediately write down the names of these 24 blasters, and I will honor them after the battle!" Teams of brave soldiers rushed into Tianjin City with blood on their hands. A few hours later, the seventh, eighth, and ninth columns also entered the deep alleys of the city, and the sound of gunfire and fighting resounded through the streets and alleys. The battle lasted from morning to dark, and from dark to dawn. At 2:30 am on the 15th, Li Tianyou received a battle report: Yizong had occupied Jintang Bridge. At dawn, the 1st Division of Yizong attacked the Kuomintang Tianjin Garrison Headquarters all the way. But at this time, Chen Changjie was not in the command post of the headquarters, he had quietly moved into the basement opposite the command post. On the top of this basement is a strange thing built during the Japanese invasion of China, which looks like a temple but not a temple, and looks like a pavilion but not a pavilion. Three Chinese characters are engraved on the front: Temple of Martyrs. Chen Changjie moved into the basement at 20 o'clock in the evening on the 14th. At that time, there was fierce fighting on the east, west, and south sides of Tianjin. The long-range artillery of the People's Liberation Army had extended to the depths, and the rumble of bombardment of the core fortifications in the urban area was close at hand. side. Chen Changjie sat in the basement like a dead tree.Urgent reports from all sides kept coming in. "Xiyingmen was breached by the communist army!" "The water supply company on the west side was occupied by the communist army!" "The main position of the civil rights gate on the east side was lost!" "Jinnan is fighting fiercely, the communist army is attacking fiercely, and our defensive troops are powerless!" These heart-pounding urgency made Chen Changjie jump up: "Connect to Peiping immediately." The call finally got through, "Tianjin is at stake," Chen Changjie said anxiously, "Commander-in-Chief, what should I do?" "Now is a critical period, you must stand up, stand up." Fu Zuoyi's tone was also faintly disturbed. Chen Changjie was unwilling to receive such an order: "However, three of my four sides of the city defense have been breached by the enemy." "Then try to mobilize troops to restore the breached areas. This is what you have to do now." "I have no soldiers to adjust!" "Then hang on." "It's hard to hold on, Commander-in-Chief." "We must persevere." Fu Zuoyi seemed a little excited, "Persist for another three days, and everything will be fine." "I can't last three days." Chen Changjie's voice was a little hoarse, and he said eagerly, "Commander-in-Chief, the communist army has three times more troops than me, and the artillery fire is so fierce, they will fight all at once, and they won't wait for three days. " "Hold on for another three days!" Fu Zuoyi dropped this sentence and hung up. Chen Changjie put down the phone slowly, and stayed in contemplation for a long time before saying weakly to the people around him: "Notify Commander Lin and Commander Liu to come here immediately. And Mayor Du." Lin Weichou, Liu Yunhan, and Du Jianshi came to Chen Changjie's command post one after another in response to Chen Changjie's call. Chen Changjie was silent for a while, and then said: "Mr. Fu wants us to persist for another three days." "Three days?" Lin Weichou exclaimed in surprise, "After the communist army rushed into the city defenses, 4,000 people have arrived near Xiyingmen Prison, and they are now confronting my prepared position. They will surely be killed in a few hours. Break through our positions." Liu Yunhan took over the words and said: "It's the same in my place. The communist army broke through many gaps in the civil rights gate and advanced in three ways. I sent a regiment to reinforce and counterattack. Not only did they not recover the lost ground, they were repelled by the communist army. They took advantage of the trend to break through our Preparatory positions. Even the reserve positions are gone, so how can we persist?” "However, it is Chief Fu's order to persist for three days." Chen Changjie said with a helpless expression, "How do we treat Chief Fu's order?" Lin Weichou looked around and wanted to speak, but he was a little apprehensive. After a moment of silence, he finally mustered up his courage and said, "Can we negotiate with the Communist Army? We can no longer fight to the death." Several people immediately looked at each other in blank dismay, no one made a statement, and there was a terrible silence. "In my opinion," Chen Changjie finally couldn't bear it anymore, stood up and said, "peace talks are possible, and the purpose of peace talks is to slow down the opponent's attack. The two army commanders might as well give it a try." Chen Changjie stopped and looked at everyone's faces in turn. No one wanted to speak.So he finally said: "The war is tight, everyone should go back to their posts." Unexpectedly, after the two army commanders left, they lost contact, and the communication was completely cut off by the People's Liberation Army.Chen Changjie had to stay alone until dawn on the 15th. At this time, the gunshots were getting closer. Yizong's soldiers bravely rushed into Chen Changjie's headquarters.There was a burst of gunshots, and the machine gun firepower on both sides of the north gate of the garrison headquarters was quickly wiped out. One company after another shot from downstairs to upstairs of the headquarters, and from upstairs to downstairs.Some officers actually stared at these PLA soldiers inexplicably, as if they didn't know where these people came from.A Kuomintang captain, who was lying on the radio to collect documents, actually asked when he was captured: "Are you really the People's Liberation Army? Chief Chen said, you won't be able to get in within ten days and a half." "Pay your gun and don't kill!" Xing Chunfu, a deputy platoon leader of Yizong, led the new fighters Wang Yifeng and Fu Zeguo all the way into the basement, and more than 20 staff officers of the enemy headquarters raised their hands and surrendered. "Who is the commander?" Fu Zeguo asked loudly. No one answered.At this time, a man who looked like an adjutant came over and said softly, "The commander is in the basement!" Xing Chunfu, Wang Yifeng, and Fu Zeguo broke into the basement under the Shrine of Martyrs.They saw a fat man of medium build calmly lying on the sofa under the dim light in the basement.He is Chen Changjie. At the command post of the 1st Division of the 1st Column of the Northeast Field Army, the column commander Li Tianyou, the political commissar Liang Biye, the deputy commander Cao Lihuai, and the 1st Division Changjiang Yonghui jointly interrogated Chen Changjie: "Are you Chen Changjie?" "yes." "Are you the guard commander?" "yes." "You're a prisoner now, you know that?" "Know." "Then you should immediately order your troops to surrender!" "I... I haven't been in touch with any troops since four or five o'clock in the morning." Chen Changjie replied helplessly with aggrieved face. The fighting in Tianjin was still going on sporadically, until 15:00 in the afternoon, all the defending enemies in Tianjin were wiped out.This fierce siege operation took only 29 hours from the attack to the end of the battle, and wiped out 130,000 Kuomintang defenders in Tianjin. Lin Weichou, Liu Yunhan, and Chen Changjie were all captured alive.Du Jianshi, the mayor of Tianjin, the Kuomintang, surrendered voluntarily when he learned that the People's Liberation Army had captured the city government. The gunshots in Tianjin gradually fell silent.Hou Jingru, who was guarding Tanggu, immediately felt that his danger had arrived. In fact, Hou Jingru and Duan Yun, commander of the 87th Army, had already moved their headquarters to the cruiser "Chongqing" owned by Ma Jizhuang, commander of the Navy's 3rd Fleet, before the gunshots started in Tianjin.The various troops stationed in Tanggu have already allocated ships, and have also drawn up routes for boarding and retreating. Hou Jingru has publicly shown a posture of fleeing from the sea at any time. At 15:00 on the afternoon of the 15th, when the direction of Tianjin finally fell silent, Hou Jingru immediately sent power to Nanjing and Beiping: "Tianjin has fallen, Tanggu is no longer necessary to defend, and I request an order to retreat south." At this time, Tanggu was already in disarray, and everyone knew that if they didn't withdraw, they would have to stay here and wait for the doomsday.However, after Hou Jingru's telegram was sent, neither Chiang Kai-shek nor Fu Zuoyi could reply.The artillery fire of the Northeast Field Army is extending towards Tanggu. Duan Yun was in a hurry, and he made a fuss about it: "The commissioner has given instructions, but according to Fu Zuoyi's order, the cameras should be withdrawn to the south. Why hasn't our commander acted yet?" At this time, Fu Zuoyi was at a loss, and Tianjin, which he relied on as a bargaining chip, no longer existed.Therefore, every time he makes a decision, he must be cautious and cautious. On January 17, the 17th Corps finally received a telegram from Peiping.Hou Jingru immediately ordered: "Get on board!" The Tanggu Kuomintang defenders swarmed out, crowding ships of all sizes in a chaotic manner. Hou Jingruan sat on the bow of the boat and was about to set off when the head of the 5th Security Regiment ran over in a hurry: "Report to the commander: All the troops of our regiment staying on the shore to cover the retreat of the army have been wiped out." In order to prevent all the enemies in Tanggu from escaping, some units of the 12th Column of the Northeast Field Army launched an offensive at 3 am on January 16.It was almost on the shore now. "Let's go!" Hou Jingru gave the order to sail, and with a few whistles, about 50,000 people fled North China by boat.