Chapter 3 Chapter Two Defeats Jinpu and Delays the Northward Advance of the Kuomintang

On October 5, 1945, Yan'an. It was a bright sunny day, and the sky was as clear as clear water.The autumn wind blows the fields in Yan'an into colorful colors.Liu Shaoqi was at his desk in the cave, flipping through documents and telegrams. When Mao Zedong was invited to Chongqing for negotiations, Liu Shaoqi acted as the chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.At this time, the whole country is at a critical juncture of a historical turning point. Since the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, while negotiating with Mao Zedong, Chiang Kai-shek quickly mobilized troops to go northward along the Ping-Han and Jin-Pu railways to seize the fruits of the Anti-Japanese War and attack the liberated areas.By mid-September 1945, Chiang Kai-shek had mobilized 36 armies and 73 divisions.Some of them are direct line troops of the Kuomintang, dispatched from Yun, Gui, Hunan, and Guizhou to the north, or from Hainan Island to the north by boat.Some of them were puppet troops who surrendered, and Chiang Kai-shek gave them titles and titles to serve as the vanguard of the attack on the liberated areas.

The fruits of victory in the War of Resistance must not be easily taken away by Chiang Kai-shek.The Kuomintang army must be prevented from going northward from the Ping-Han and Jin-Pu railways. Thinking of this, Liu Shaoqi took up a pen and drafted on behalf of the Central Committee the "Instructions to the Party Committees of Bureaus and Districts Concerning the Deployment of the Policy of Eliminating and Stopping the Enemy Army from the North on Railway Lines."After introducing the situation of the enemy and ourselves in the two months since Japan surrendered, he pointed out: "At present, the focus of operations in the liberated areas of North China and Central China should be on the railway line. The main purpose of operations is to eliminate and stop the stubborn army advancing north."

Liu Shaoqi took charge of each military region and sub-district according to their locations. He mainly destroyed several main lines including Jinpu, Longhai, Pinghan, Zhengtai, Tongpu, and Pingsui. attack on the Liberated Areas.However, Liu Shaoqi specifically instructed not to damage the Beiping-Tanggu section of the Beining Line, the entire Jiaoji Line, and the Xuzhou-Haizhou section of the Jinpu Line, in order to allow the surrendered Japanese troops to return home.Along the railway lines in the non-liberated areas, "we should actively organize road-breaking, harassment, mine-laying, overturning and cameras to attack the recalcitrant troops, so that they cannot travel by car but must advance on foot."

The central government gave instructions, and the soldiers and civilians in the liberated areas took action upon hearing the news.In a few days, the railway was smashed to pieces.The north-south traffic artery was cut off, and the train could not move.The pace of the Kuomintang army's northward advance was greatly delayed. The Kuomintang army, especially Wu Huawen's puppet army, has dealt with the Eighth Route Army for many years and has a set of methods to deal with us.On the way to Jinan along Jinpu Road, they adopted the tactic of advancing while repairing the road, step by step, so that you have no gaps.

On September 30, Xuzhou's 12th KMT Army, 2nd Cavalry Army, and Wuhua Cultural Department of the puppet army began to march northward. Arrived in Lincheng (now Xuecheng) on ​​October 1, and occupied Teng County on October 3 before the Shandong 8th Division and the 8th Guard Brigade arrived. Arrived in Yanzhou on the 6th. On the 9th, after encountering the first part of the Shandong 4th Division, the main force of Jiang's army continued to advance northward via the west of the railway. According to Luo Ronghuan and Li Yu's telegram to the Military Commission on October 9, the organization of the march of the Kuomintang army is quite strict.

"The two sides of the march were closely guarded. About 1,000 to 3,000 people walked along the road protection ditch walls on both sides of the railway. The staff, luggage, and wounded and sick were all loaded on the vehicles. "Before departure, the flanking troops drive to the warning area first, get out of the car and guard. After the entire troop vehicle passes, they drive to keep up. "The walkers are all lightly armed and mostly run. The train and the foot troops cover each other, and the train moves very slowly. "The flank guard marched along the ditch wall of the road protection. When we attacked, they used the ditch wall as the main position to cover, with strong firepower. Generally, they did not charge at me, but sometimes charged to occupy or fight for certain key points.

"Mobile troops on trains are ready to reinforce weak points and distant strongholds, and the enemy also responds with artillery." By October 11, its vanguard troops had arrived in Jinan, taking advantage of the fact that the main forces of the Shandong Military Region had not yet been transferred and the road was not completely broken, and the follow-up troops were preparing to keep up.If things go on like this, in just 20 days, a large number of the main force of the Kuomintang will be able to pass the Jinpu line and reach the Pingjin area. In order to smash the Kuomintang's attempt, the central government decided to establish a Jinpu front-line command post, and Chen Yi would personally go to the front to implement unified command. On October 15th, Chen Yi, Li Yu and others led the frontline command post to station in Xiangcheng, Zouxian County, organizing the first battle with a large corps since the victory of the Anti-Japanese War.

Chen Yi held a meeting of cadres above the regiment in Xiangcheng to convey the spirit of the "Seventh National Congress" of the Communist Party of China and mobilize against the civil war.He expressed his reason and determination for self-defense in simple and popular sentences: "I opened this mountain, I planted this tree, whoever dares to pick the fruit, hand over the gun!" The deployment of troops at that time was: from north to south, the armed forces of the Bohai Sea Region controlled and attacked the railway north of Jinan, so that the two Kuomintang armies that reached Jinan could not continue to advance north; Attack the Japanese and puppet troops between Tai'an and Yanzhou; attack the Japanese and puppet troops from Zouxian to Lincheng with the 8th Shandong Division and the 8th Lunan Garrison Brigade; use the 9th Lunan Garrison Brigade to push Xuzhou, Lincheng, and Zaozhuang to clamp down on the enemy.In short, along the line from Jinan to Xuzhou, a total of 20 main regiments were concentrated.According to the current enemy situation, the command post decided to adopt the tactics of using troops in turns, so that the troops can still maintain a strong assault force in continuous operations after long-distance marches.

The Jinan section of Jinpu Road in Xuzhou is a key section of the north-south traffic artery, and it is a passage from the south to North China and northeast China.As far as Chiang Kai-shek was concerned at the end of 1945, his troops already possessed mechanized and fast-moving combat capabilities. Controlling the Jinpu line could ensure that Chiang’s army would attack rapidly on multiple routes at any time and engage in decisive battles with our army at any time.Our army's decision to carry out this campaign is undoubtedly of great significance. After receiving the order, Wang Lushui, the division commander and political commissar of the 8th Division of the Shandong Military Region, immediately led the troops to Zou County.

Occupying Zouxian City is the 10th Regiment of the 4th Division of the Wuhua Cultural Department and the 18th Puppet Security Brigade, which were just reorganized from the puppet army, and a squadron of the Japanese army. On October 18, the main force of the 8th Division first launched the battle.The main offensive task was the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 22nd Regiment of the 8th Division. That night, the officers and soldiers of the 1st and 2nd Battalions, led by the head of the regiment Wang Jiwen, attacked the east and west gates of Zou County at the same time. The enemy guarding the east gate tried desperately to resist with the strong fortifications of the city wall, and intensive firepower shot down from the towers and bunkers.

Under the cover of firepower, the officers and soldiers of the 2nd Battalion commando fought hard to attack the city with ladders on their shoulders.During the fierce battle, the climbing ladders of the commando team were blown off one after another, and they failed to climb the city several times, but they were not afraid, and they climbed bravely together. Because the enemy's firepower was too strong, the siege of the city was blocked. It was difficult to get to the top of the city for a while. The 2 battalion commander saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart. If this continues, there will be more and more casualties.He resolutely decided to suspend the storm and immediately changed his tactics. He first organized firepower to suppress the enemy, and at the same time organized an assault team to blast the city gate with cluster grenades to remove obstacles to advance. Under the cover of battalion fire, the assault team quickly broke through the door.The storming unit quickly climbed to the top of the city, and the follow-up troops boldly followed up and occupied the east gate in one fell swoop.The defending enemy retreated into the bunker at the east gate and continued to resist stubbornly. While the 2nd Battalion stormed the East Gate, the 1st Battalion's attack on the West Gate went smoothly.After the battle started, the 1st company braved the enemy's bullets, and the blasting unit and the climbing unit attacked the west gate at the same time, and boarded the city wall in one go.The follow-up troops took advantage of the momentum to rush into the city, started street fighting with the enemy, rushed back and forth, fought bloody battles, and killed a large number of enemies.The defending enemy was beaten and fled around, defeated and defeated. Chen Yuzhong, deputy head of the 10th Regiment of the 4th Division of the enemy, led more than 600 people to put down their weapons and turn to the light.By the morning of the 19th, the 10th Regiment of the 4th Division of the Wuhua Cultural Department and the 18th Puppet Security Brigade were completely wiped out.Only the Japanese rice warehouse squadron guarding the bunker in the city refused to surrender.Commander Wang immediately ordered the explosion. With a loud noise, more than 30 Japanese soldiers were wiped out in the ruins of the bunker. In this battle, more than 2,500 puppet troops defending the city and more than 200 Japanese soldiers were wiped out, and a large number of Japanese weapons were seized.Then they forced 300 Japanese soldiers to surrender on the south side of Zouxian County, and controlled more than 40 kilometers of railways south of Zouxian County. The 3rd and 4th Divisions of Shandong conquered Dawenkou and controlled more than 10 kilometers of the North-South Railway.At this point, the traffic between Xu Ji of the Kuomintang was cut off again. In early October, Luo Binghui, commander of the Second Division of the New Fourth Army and commander of the Huainan Military Region, was ordered to lead the Division Headquarters of the Second Division and the 4th and 5th Brigades to bid farewell to Huainan and head north to Shandong.The people and troops in the Huainan base area have established a love of fish and water in the years of blood and fire, and they are really reluctant to leave their soldiers. After all, Luo Binghui had fought against the Japanese invaders for 7 years in the hot land of Huainan, and he was inseparable from this land and the people here. Yiyi bid farewell to Huainan, and the troops crossed Sanhe, passed through Siyang, and gathered in Suqian, Huaibei.Here: The 4th and 5th Brigades of the 2nd Division and the 9th Brigade of the 4th Division were jointly organized into the Second Column of the Shandong Field Army of the New Fourth Army. Luo Binghui was the commander, Wei Guoqing was the deputy commander, and Zhan Huayu was the chief of staff. On October 20, the Second Column forcibly crossed the Longhai Railway from Paoche and Zhaodun, entered the Teng County area in southern Shandong, and was active in the middle section of Jinpu Road, preparing to attack enemies who dared to commit crimes in the north. At this time, the Wuhua Cultural Department under the command of the 5th Route Army of the Kuomintang was transported eastward from Bengbu to Xuzhou, and then marched along the Jinpu Railway on foot in an attempt to cross the liberated area and go north to Dawenkou, and concentrated in the Jinan area. Cover the main force of Jiang's northern criminals. The information deployed by Wu Hua’s Ministry of Culture was intercepted and deciphered by the New Fourth Army, and prisoners were later captured. After interrogation, it was learned that the Ministry would enter Jiehe from Teng County on November 2 and depart from Jiehe on November 3, with the Japanese troops as the vanguard. . Chen Yi, Luo Binghui and other commanders decided to ambush the enemy after research, and set up a net of heaven and earth: the 8th Division set up an ambush on the first line of mountains west of the Jiehe River, the 2nd Vertical and 9th Brigade set up an ambush on the first line of mountains east of the Boundary River, the 5th Brigade was deployed south of the 9th Brigade, and the third The troops formed a triangular ambush network.After Wu's troops entered the ambush area, the 5th Brigade cut off their retreat, and the 8th Division and the 9th Brigade attacked from the middle.The 4th Division and the 3rd Luzhong Police Brigade were in the area south of Zou County and north of Liangxiadian, intercepting possible fleeing enemies. After assigning the task, Chen Yi mobilized for the ambush at the mobilization meeting of company and above cadres held on the front line. "Comrades, after eight years of arduous resistance, the soldiers and civilians in our liberated area have gone through all kinds of difficulties and dangers, and finally won the victory of the Anti-Japanese War. However, the gunfire of the Anti-Japanese War has not stopped. Chiang Kai-shek, who was hiding on Mount Emei, commanded his troops to come down the mountain to snatch The fruits of the people's victory have come. With the support of the Yankees, they hurriedly dispatched heavy troops to the north along the Jinpu and Pinghan railways, deliberately plotting to provoke a full-scale civil war, in an attempt to control North China, seize the Northeast, monopolize the fruits of victory, and implement reactionary rule over the whole country. "Speaking of this, Chen Yi raised his voice, "Comrades, do you agree or not?" "Resolutely don't agree!" There was a thunderous roar from the venue. "Okay!" Looking at the excited faces, Chen Yi said excitedly: "There are many characteristics of this battle. First of all, this is the first battle in which our Shandong Eighth Route Army and the Central China New Fourth Army have cooperated for the first time. We must fight for the level and unity. Play the style of the people's army. Second, this battle has changed from the scattered guerrilla warfare in the past to large-scale mobile warfare. Therefore, in the battle, we must overcome the guerrilla style, strictly observe battlefield discipline, resolutely execute orders, obey commands, closely coordinate, and take the initiative Cooperate. We must go all out to fight this battle well and avenge the people of Lunan!" Finally, he patted himself on the chest and said jokingly: "Today, I, Chen Yi, will not do anything, but will not stop. I am determined to fight with everyone to the death. Yes, comrades, we can only have a celebration party." "Resolutely win the battle and hold a celebration party." Everyone's slogans resounded through the sky. The Qilu land in the early winter was cold and windy, and the commanders and fighters entered the predetermined ambush position, waiting patiently for the arrival of the enemy. In the early morning of November 3, there was heavy fog and the weather was beautiful. An ambush in such weather would be even more effective in taking surprise and surprise. Around 10 o'clock, the fog gradually cleared, and the enemy really came.I saw the Japanese soldiers clearing the way ahead, followed by Wu Huawen led the headquarters and the 1st Army, heading north along the west side of the railway. Song Wen, head of the 13th Regiment of the 5th Brigade, immediately reported to Luo Binghui after observing the enemy's dispatch.Luo Binghui and others were observing with binoculars on the front line. They also saw that the enemy was gathering in the wild field at the northeast corner of the Beijiehe River. There was a large area of ​​darkness, so he asked the 13th regiment to pay close attention to the changes in the enemy's situation, cut off the enemy's back at the right time, and close the "gate". At about 1:00 p.m., the enemy rear guard had left the Beijie River for more than one kilometer. Song Wen reported to the headquarters, and at the same time sent the 1st Battalion of the regiment directly into the Beijie River, and suddenly opened fire on the 1st company entrenched there. The enemy was unable to parry , retreated to the southern boundary river stronghold. The 13th Regiment quickly occupied the North Boundary River and cut off the escape route of Wuhua's cultural department to the south. At this time, the 8th Division, 5th Brigade, and 9th Brigade let go of the Japanese troops who opened the way, and quickly divided and suppressed the Wuhua Cultural Department from both sides of the road. When the 26th Regiment of the 9th Brigade rushed to the cemetery line on the west side of the railway bridge in Qiange Village, they were blocked by intensive firepower from the Wulipu enemy, forming a standoff.The latter 1st Battalion quickly crossed the railway from the north side of the 3rd Battalion, went straight into Zhangjiazhuang, split the enemy, and attacked southward. The first part of the 8th Division has captured Baoanshan in the northwest of Jiehe. One of the enemies in the Wulipu area was annihilated by our 26th regiment, and the other fled in the direction of Qixianzhuang. The remnants of the enemy fled in the direction of Qixianzhuang, and were wiped out by the 27th Regiment (less than 1 battalion) in cooperation with the 5th Brigade in the Qixianzhuang and Dongbali areas. At 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the battle ended victoriously. The battle lasted for two hours. Wuhua's Ministry of Culture was beaten dizzy, and most of its active forces were wiped out. Yu Huai'an, the commander of the 1st Army, surrendered his guns one after another.Seeing that the situation was not going well, Wu Huawen left his troops, took his trusted guards, and under the cover of a dozen cavalrymen, rushed to the Japanese army's ranks. In this campaign, the various departments of the New Fourth Army wiped out the Ministry of Culture and Culture of Wuhua in one fell swoop, wiped out more than 4,000 enemies, and achieved the first great victory in the self-defense war in southern Shandong.The captured officers and soldiers wore two kinds of epaulet symbols: one is the Japanese puppet "Xingya Aihua" with blue and red letters on a white background, and the other is the "Five Roads" with blue letters on a white background by the Kuomintang. , but also the "National Army".This is strong evidence of Chiang Kai-shek's confluence of Chiang Kai-shek, the enemy, and the puppet. Fleeing the enemy is like a lost dog, retreating in Jiehe Town.Luo Binghui led his troops to continue fighting, took advantage of the situation to surround the enemies of Jiehe, and then launched a strong attack to occupy Jiehe Town in one fell swoop. The Jiehebei ambush campaign was the first major battle that Luo Binghui fought after leading his troops northward to Shandong.This large-scale ambush indicates that the New Fourth Army will begin to shift from the original guerrilla warfare to mobile warfare and positional warfare; from small-scale battles to large-scale coordinated operations.With this change, the requirements for commanders will be higher, and the stage for displaying the art of command will be larger.The victory of the battle hit the arrogance of the enemy who invaded the north, expanded the liberated area, and created favorable conditions for crushing the enemy who invaded the north. On November 5, the 8th Division of the Shandong Military Region moved southward along the area west of Jinpu Road and approached Lincheng. That day and night, the 8th Division was closely coordinated by the 1st Battalion of the 23rd Regiment and the 13th Regiment of the 5th Brigade to attack the main point of Baishan near Lincheng.Relying on a large bunker, the enemy defended with intensive firepower. The 1st Battalion and 3rd Company sent a blasting team up, trying to blow it up with a pull grenade.Unexpectedly, after placing the grenade, the demolitionist stepped back and stretched the string vigorously, but the grenade didn't sound when the string broke.Seeing that it was almost dawn, the company commander was terribly anxious.At this time, the squad leader Chen Jinhe took the initiative to ask for a fight.The company commander told him to withdraw after connecting the cable.Chen Jinhe climbed to the bunker under the cover of machine guns, but found that there was no way to hang the guy wires.At this time, he didn't hesitate, and didn't retreat, he resolutely pulled the grenade with his hand.The bunker collapsed with a loud bang, and Chen Jinhe was honorably sacrificed.When Chen Yi heard the news at the headquarters, he said excitedly: "Chen Jinhe is the leader of the actual war and a communist hero through and through!" After the battle, the Jinpu frontline troops carried out extensive learning activities from Chen Jinhe.In memory of Chen Jinhe, the local people's government named "Baishan" as "Chen Jinhe Mountain". After the Jiehe River was laid down, the more than 50 kilometers from the middle section of the Jinpu Railway to Teng County in the south and Yanzhou in the north were all controlled by the New Fourth Army and the Eighth Route Army.The task of cutting off Jinpu Road has been preliminarily completed, and Chiang Kai-shek's plan to transport troops northward along Jinpu Road has gone bankrupt. In order to prevent the main force of the Kuomintang army from attacking on a large scale, the units of the Jinpu Front Field Army followed the spirit of the instructions of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China, and took advantage of the fact that the enemy's foothold was not stable, and launched an attack before the enemy. On the evening of November 25, the Jinpu frontline field army launched an attack on the enemies in Hanzhuang and other strongholds, quickly captured the outer strongholds, destroyed the railways between Lincheng and Tengxian, Lincheng and Zaozhuang, and Lincheng and Xuzhou, and completed the battle with South Korea. Surrounded by Zhuang and Lincheng. A squadron of nearly 100 Japanese soldiers entrenched at Hanzhuang Station, more than 1,000 members of Zhang Naiyu's Puppet Army in Hanzhuang Town and the 19th Division of the enemy stationed in Lincheng still refused to surrender.According to the order of the New Fourth Army, the Second Column, with the cooperation of the 19th Brigade of the 7th Division of the New Fourth Army, launched the Battle of Linhan in late November.Before the war, Luo Binghui made careful arrangements for the Second Column and gave a special mobilization speech. The geographical location of Hanzhuang is very important. It directly controls Weishan Lake and is an important gateway to southern Shandong and a barrier to Shandong.Since the opening of the Jinpu Railway, Lincheng has become a transportation hub and an important military town.During the Japanese invasion of China, they paid special attention to Lincheng, built a large number of gun towers and fortifications, and had armored trains patrolling the railway.Lincheng is divided into north and south districts, and there are several hills outside the city as commanding heights. Luo Binghui handed over the task of attacking Hanzhuang to the 11th Regiment of the 2nd Column, 4th Brigade. At 3:00 pm on November 26, Chen Yi directly called Wu Huaduo, the head of the 11th Regiment.As soon as Wu Huaduo picked up the microphone, he heard Chen Yi's familiar Sichuan accent: "Are you Duke Wu?" "I'm Wu Huaduo", Captain Wu hurriedly replied, and then said embarrassedly: "The commander really knows how to joke, how can I, Wu Huaduo, be Duke Wu?" Chen Yi's hearty laughter came from the microphone, and Captain Wu also laughed.Chen Yi then inquired about the situation of the 11th regiment, and asked the 11th regiment to quickly take down Hanzhuang, resolutely wipe out the Japanese and puppet troops who refused to surrender and close the gate of Shandong. According to the instructions of Commander Chen Yi, Luo Binghui then made specific deployments to Wu Huaduo and put forward tactical requirements.He told Head Wu: "The necessity and importance of this battle, Commander Chen, has given clear instructions. Your task is to take this stronghold down. Now time is running out, the task is arduous, and a quick decision is required. You can only win but not lose. Is there any difficulty?" ?” "Please rest assured, Chief, we promise to complete the task! See you at Hanzhuang Station tonight!" Wu Huaduo replied loudly and firmly, full of confidence in victory. "Okay! Good!" Luo Binghui continued, "We must seize the time to fully prepare for battle, establish a fighting style of daring to fight and fight quickly, and fight hard and desperately. We can only win, not lose. , we must show the prestige of the people's army!" Wu Huaduo knew the weight of the burden on his shoulders. After receiving the call, he promptly conveyed the instructions of Commander Chen Yi and Commander Luo Binghui to the commanders and fighters of the regiment, mobilized before the battle, and established an invincible confidence in victory. Wu Huaduo ordered to use explosives to blow up the iron bridge on the canal, cutting off the enemy's reinforcements and escape routes.At the same time, he personally led two battalions to attack Hanzhuang.Under the sudden blow, the defending enemy was wiped out before he recovered his senses.When the defending enemy relied on the fortifications to resist stubbornly, the 12th regiment of the 4th brigade rushed over and surrounded the enemy army together with the 11th regiment. The Grandma Temple in Hanzhuang is the command center of the Zhang Naiyu Department of the Puppet Army.On the periphery of the temple, there is a water polder with a width of more than 30 meters and a depth of five or six meters, which is covered with barbed wire and wooden stakes.There is also an electrified barbed wire outside the water fair.Relying on such terrain, the enemy desperately resisted and fired continuously.At a critical moment, the Tuping guns brought by the attacking troops from Huainan failed again and were temporarily unable to attack. The enemies in the polder became more rampant.Zhang Naiyu's little wife yelled shamelessly from the gun tower in the polder: "Fight it, why don't you fight it? If you break into the polder, I will sleep with you." The soldiers' lungs exploded.At this time, Luo Binghui, who was commanding operations on the front line, heard the news and quickly dispatched cannons.After aiming, one shot hits the enemy command center.The soldiers took advantage of the momentum and captured Nai Nai Temple in one fell swoop.Zhang Naiyu only cared about running for his life, but his youngest wife jumped into the ditch and drowned in a panic.Most of the more than 800 people of Zhang Naiyu's puppet army were annihilated. A few enemies tried to flee to Xuzhou, but because the bridge was blown up, they fell into the canal and drowned. After midnight, when the 10th Regiment and other departments were cleaning the battlefield, Commander Luo Binghui rushed to Hanzhuang Station to check on the spot. "You fought well, you fought beautifully!" Commander Luo said to Wu Huaduo and others while watching, "Now that we have occupied Hanzhuang, we can secure the southern gate of Shandong! will be broken by us." The victory in the battle of Hanzhuang not only cut off the traffic on the Linhan line in one fell swoop, but also provided the premise and guarantee for the victory of the entire battle, but also honed the troops and enhanced the ability of cadres and soldiers to fight tough battles. At this time, Chen Daqing, commander-in-chief of the 19th Kuomintang Army Group Army stationed in Lincheng, was restless.Chen Daqing, graduated from the first phase of Whampoa Military Academy in January 1925, and served successively as company commander, battalion commander, regiment commander, and division commander. On December 1, Chen Daqing led his troops to commit crimes south along Jinpu Road, in an attempt to open up the connection between Lincheng and Xuzhou.When the enemy entered the ambush position preset by the 19th Brigade of the 7th Division of our army, it was immediately attacked by our army's fierce firepower, and then they all surrendered to the 19th Brigade of the 7th Division. On the evening of the same day, the Jinpu frontline field army used the 5th and 9th brigades of the second column to attack the newly formed 29th Division of the 97th Army of the Kuomintang to the east of Lincheng; the 8th Division marched south to Lincheng, and intercepted and wiped out the aid from Lincheng. The enemy; the 4th Brigade of the Second Column and the 19th Brigade of the 7th Division occupied the Shagou area south of Lincheng to prevent and wipe out the enemy of Xuzhou's northern aid; the 17th Regiment of the 9th Brigade of the Lunan Garrison monitored the enemy in Zaozhuang. Beginning on December 3, the 5th and 9th Brigades of the Second Vertical continued to carry out fierce attacks on the position of the newly formed 29th Division behind the stubborn enemy in the east of Lincheng, and fought fiercely for two days and nights.Eliminated a regiment of the Kuomintang Army and occupied all positions.In the battle for bunkers and commanding heights one by one, our 26th regiment fought extremely hard. More than 1,100 people including regiment leader Yan Guang and political commissar Xie Xiyu were injured and 294 died.Under the cover of artillery fire, the peripheral Kuomintang defenders retreated into Lincheng in a hurry. According to the records of the Military Department of the 97th Army, "The army's supplies have been maintained under extremely difficult circumstances. From now on, they will only be maintained with sweet potatoes, sorghum, and black beans. Even one day is enough. After November 26, the entire army's supplies have been exhausted. It was extremely difficult, and the outskirts of Silishi were not guarded, and the supplies were even more embarrassing. The officers and soldiers only had one meal a day, and more than a hundred horses starved to death, and there was nowhere to buy horse grass and horse feed. The ammunition was exhausted." Just when the 97th Army was at the end of its rope, Chiang Kai-shek finally gave them a hand. On December 5, the Kuomintang Air Force transport plane, escorted by fighter jets, flew over Lincheng and dropped more than 30 packages of food and ammunition.After that, they came to airdrop many times, so that the 97th Army could be maintained.It was not until January 10, 1946 that the Kuomintang and the Communist Party announced an armistice that the siege of Lincheng was lifted due to the voluntary withdrawal of our troops. In view of the fact that our army has too few heavy weapons and limited attacking capabilities, the headquarters ordered the siege of Lincheng.When the Kuomintang army can't bear it, our army can seek opportunities to annihilate the 97th Army that broke out or the enemy who came to aid from Xuzhou during the movement.At the same time, transfer troops to take Teng County first. Stationed in Teng County are the Li Hua Department of the 1st Brigade of the 19th Group Army of the KMT and the Zhao Yixuan Department of the 2nd Shandong Security Division. The 8th Division of the Shandong Military Region was tasked with attacking Teng County.The head of the 8th Division and regiment personally went to the front of the city wall 50 meters to observe the terrain, and decided to use the east gate as a breakthrough.There are three blockhouses at the east gate, which is the biggest obstacle.There are deer villages and river ditches under the city wall, forming four blockade lines. The 8th Division organized the main attack company to repeatedly look at the terrain, study tactics, organized a blasting team, a bombing team, and an assault team, and prepared ladders and shovels for climbing the city wall. At 4 o'clock in the afternoon on December 12, our army's mountain artillery opened fire, firing 17 rounds, 15 rounds hit, and the three artillery towers at the east gate were all destroyed.The blasting team rushed to the first barbed wire fence. As soon as the first pack of explosives went off, our army's machine guns and mortars roared, suppressing the enemy's firepower. The second blasting team rushed to the deer village. Seeing that the deer village was loose, the soldiers drilled through the middle and climbed to the front of the city gate. With a loud noise, the east gate was blasted open.The bombing team and assault squad behind took advantage of the smoke and quickly rushed into the city.They tactfully avoided the bunkers on the street, drilled houses and climbed over walls, and started street fighting, so that the enemy's firepower could not block the way forward. The follow-up troops rushed into the city and divided and surrounded the enemy.And use the captives as guides to find the enemy's division and regiment headquarters to fight.This trick was very effective. An enemy regiment commander wanted to resist at first, but when he saw that he had only 200 men left and was separated from other troops, he lost confidence and surrendered.In this battle, the 8th Division wiped out more than 8,000 defenders with 400 casualties.Among them, 7,600 people were captured, more than 1,000 people under the enemy's division commander were killed and wounded, and 6 mountain artillery pieces and a large number of guns and ammunition were seized.However, Comrade Wang Lushui, commander of the 8th Division, died gloriously in the battle. So far, the Battle of Linhan ended successfully, and more than 20,000 enemy troops were wiped out. "Xinhua Daily" reported in detail the battle of Linhan on January 4, 1946: Special news from our newspaper in Shandong: Our self-defense battle on the Jinpu front line has come to an end.According to the results announced by the Frontline Field Command, the comprehensive battle results are as follows: From November 25 to December 13, Hanzhuang, Shagou (between Lincheng and Xuzhou), Guanqiao (between Lincheng and Tengxian), Tengxian Town, and Xiaojiao were captured from November 25 to December 13. , Taozhuang (both in the middle of the Linzao branch line) and other important strongholds, 2,815 enemy and puppets were killed and wounded.Cooperating with the enemy and the puppets to attack us (and resulting in) casualties of more than 1,550 Kuomintang troops, captured more than 4,000 enemy troops, 6,130 puppet troops, and 7,900 people who laid down their weapons (Chen Daqing recruited Yasukuni troops 3,000 people, 4,000 people from the 1st Brigade of the 19th Group Army and 900 people from other units).In addition, more than 2,000 people from He Zhibin's 36th Division of the Kuomintang's newly reorganized uprising on the battlefield rejected the civil war and entered the liberated area.I paid 5 guns of various types, 61 grenades, 261 light machine guns, 36 heavy machine guns, 10,550 rifles, 33 American automatic rifles, 265 horses, 25 cars, and a lot of other military supplies. After this battle, the enemy and puppets north of Xuzhou have been largely wiped out. During the 3-month battle along the Jinpu Railway, our army overcame the difficulties of insufficient troops and backward equipment in the turmoil of strategic adjustment, and made continuous attacks, controlling the 130-kilometer section of the Jinpu Railway and the railway from Lincheng to Zaozhuang, annihilating the Many Kuomintang troops and Japanese and puppet troops delayed the Kuomintang's plan to quickly open up the Jinpu Road and move troops northward.It had to rely on sea transportation to transport the troops transferred to the northeast to the shore of Qinhuangdao.This effectively accelerated the march of the liberated areas into the Northeast, and gained a strategic initiative for opening up the Northeast base.