Chapter 4 Chapter 3 World War II Ping Han, Breaking Chiang Kai-shek's Huang Liang Dream

The ancient road in Handan raises the desert yellow dust.More than a dozen tall horses galloped from the depths of Taihang, carrying the elite command team of the Shanxi-Hebei-Luyu Military Region.Running in the front was a horse with a long chestnut mane and four hooves on the snow. On the horse's back sat the burly Liu Bocheng, and almost side by side with him was Deng Xiaoping riding a pure blue horse.Deputy Political Commissar Zhang Jichun, Chief of Staff Li Da and his accompanying staff officers and guards followed closely behind.In autumn, the weather is getting cooler, but every galloping horse is sweating profusely, with milky hot air spraying from its nostrils, as if they know their master's urgency.

At this time, the Xinxiang-Handan section of the Ping-Han Line was already covered in clouds of war and billowing in dust and smoke. After the disastrous defeat of Shangdang, Chiang Kai-shek was not reconciled, and focused his attack on the liberated areas on the Pingjin area, in an attempt to pave the way for the capture of the Northeast.According to Chiang Kai-shek's secret order, the Shangdang Campaign had just ended, and the 3rd and 16th armies led by Hu Zongnan arrived in Shijiazhuang via the Tongpu and Zhengtai railways, and the 1st army of the follow-up army advanced to the south of Wenxi.The first army of the Kuomintang army that invaded the north along the Jinpu Railway has already occupied Jinan from Xuzhou. Fu Zuoyi's troops continued to attack Chahar and approached Zhangjiakou; More than 10,000 people, under the leadership of Ma Fawu (also commander of the 40th Army) and Gao Shuxun, their deputy commanders, committed crimes from Xinxiang to the north along the Ping-Han line. The 3rd and 16th armies in the theater joined forces in Shijiazhuang, then continued to march north, and joined forces with the 92nd and 94th armies transported to Peiping by air to control the Pinghan Road.

After Liu Bocheng learned of the above actions of the Kuomintang army, he said to Deng Xiaoping: "Chiang Kai-shek kicked the football towards the central gate of the liberated area." To open the door to the North China Liberated Area, Handan City, an important town on the Ping-Han Line, must first be captured. Handan was the capital of the ancient State of Zhao, known as the "Nation of the Four Wars".Its name comes from the fact that Zhao State "is adjacent to Yanqi in the east, Qin in the west, Han and Wei in the south, and oppresses the Huns in the north", and "the enemy is several distances away".After Japan surrendered, Handan was liberated, and the government of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Border Region moved here, as did the Central Bureau and the military region.Based in Handan, the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Hebei troops can cooperate with Shandong and northern Jiangsu in the east, cooperate with Shaanxi and Gansu in the west, support the Central Plains in the south, and support Jinchaji in the north. Therefore, it is a veritable "place of the four wars".Liu Bocheng attaches great importance to this strategic location, and has said many times: "We are in the place of the Fourth World War, and we must shoulder the glorious task of the Army of the Fourth World War." to the northeast."

Of course, Mao Zedong was well aware of Chiang Kai-shek's careful deployment and attempts.Therefore, after returning to Yan'an from Chongqing, Mao Zedong immediately convened the responsible comrades of the Central Committee and the Military Commission to discuss countermeasures regardless of the fatigue of the journey. At 13:00 on October 12, the second day after returning to Yan'an, Mao Zedong personally drafted a telegram to Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping: "The main forces of Shandong and East China will be transferred to Jireliao and Northeast China, and it will take at least one month. "After the arrival of the various ministries, it will take two to three months at the earliest to set up the battlefield, familiarize themselves with the terrain, and complete preliminary preparations. Therefore, it is a serious strategic task for us to hinder and delay the northward advance of the stubborn army."

In the telegram, Mao Zedong instructed on behalf of the Central Military Commission: "We can concentrate more than 60,000 main forces in the Taihang and Hebei-Shandong-Henan regions, under the unified command of Liu Deng himself, to deal with the recalcitrant army marching northward on the Pinghan Road, and to wipe out part or most of them. .” After the telegram was sent, Mao Zedong still felt uneasy.Because this battle is really important, if it is not fought well, Chiang Kai-shek's arrogance will become even more arrogant.So, on October 17, he called the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Central Bureau, where Deng Xiaoping was the secretary, and pointed out the seriousness of the situation:

"The upcoming new Ping-Han campaign is to oppose the attack of the main forces of the Kuomintang and to achieve peace. The outcome of this campaign is extremely important to the overall situation... I hope to use the experience of the Shangdang campaign to mobilize Taihang Hebei, Shandong and Henan districts went all out, under the personal command of Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping, carefully organized each battle, and won the second Shangdang battle." For the Battle of Ping-Han, Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping had long been prepared.On October 10, when the victory of the Shangdang Campaign had been determined but not yet completely over, and the "Double Ten Agreement" was being signed in Chongqing, Liu Deng returned from the front line of the Shangdang to Chi'an Village, where the military region was stationed, to begin early deployment and give The leaders of the various columns formed during the Shangdang Campaign issued instructions: "In order to adapt to the organization of the next campaign, all troops on the Ping-Han line in southern Hebei, Hebei, Shandong and Henan, and Taihang will be under the command of Hongkun, Zaidao, and Renqiong. With a strong The troops control Tangyin and its two sides, monitor and delay the enemy's northward advance, and the main force quickly occupies Zishan, Linzhang, Cheng'an, Feixiang and other areas, and prepares to destroy the enemy in the north of Zhangbei. Hebei, Shandong, Henan and southern Hebei should relax the necessary directions and draw out The large army is deployed in a decisive direction on the Ping-Han line, and there is no need to worry about it everywhere, to disperse the troops, and to be weak everywhere."

After receiving Mao Zedong's telegram, Liu Deng suddenly felt the urgency of the situation and the weight on his shoulders.They know very well that whether this battle can be fought well is not a matter of a liberated area in Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong and Henan, but is related to the situation of the whole country.To complete such a major and urgent task, only two words can be used, and that is - must win. However, winning is extremely difficult.At this time, the vanguard of the enemy's four-way army had arrived in Tangyin. The 40th Army and the New 8th Army went north from Qi County on the 16th; the 30th Army occupied Xinxiang on the 14th, arrived at Ji County on the 15th, and marched northward on the 16th; Army and the 32nd Army are gathering urgently in Zhengzhou and Kaifeng. Once all the 80,000 soldiers and horses are overwhelmed, there will be a huge disparity with the 60,000 troops that Liu Deng can concentrate and have just finished the Shangdang Campaign and have no time to rest.

The only way to win in difficult situations is to rely on strategy. With 80,000 enemy troops, Liu Deng will naturally not put all of them on the battlefield.They were determined to block 30,000 of them to the south of the Zhang River, let the guerrillas hold them back, and divide and encircle more than 40,000 enemies to annihilate them.This requires an ideal preset battlefield that can accommodate more than 100,000 soldiers and horses of the enemy and us. In those days, Liu Bocheng immersed himself in the map all day long, exchanging opinions with Deng Xiaoping from time to time.Gradually, their eyes focused on the river loop formed by Zhanghe River and Fuyang River in the southeast of Handan.This river loop is like a dustpan with its mouth facing northeast. The two corners of the dustpan are connected to Quzhou at one end and Guantao at the other. Towns and other towns that the enemy must contend for.From the perspective of terrain, this is the Hetao area between the Zhanghe River and the Fuyang River. The terrain is flat and the soil is sandy. Except for the sparse villages, it is difficult for the enemy to build solid fortifications, which is convenient for our army to attack.This is the last line of defense to stop the Kuomintang army. If the enemy army is allowed to pass, the situation will be extremely unfavorable to me.

Liu Bocheng circled the big "dustpan" on the map with a red pen, stared at it for a while, and then threw the pen away: "Commissioner Deng, do you remember the Weizi mentioned in the ancient books?" Deng Xiaoping smoked a cigarette and said knowingly: "That is the concubine brother of King Zhou of Shang in the Yin and Shang Dynasties." "It is this person. King Zhou had no way, and Wei Zi escaped from here when he was forced to flee to the Western Zhou Dynasty." "This place was called Chaoge in ancient times, and Weizi fled from Chaoge to Shangdang Weizi Town. It is a pity that Shangdang has been recovered by our army, and the Kuomintang entered Chaoge and got into the pocket. It is impossible to escape. We're on our way." Deng Xiaoping snuffed out his cigarette, and at the same time he blew out the last puff of smoke onto the map.Suddenly, smoke billowed from the "dustpan".

On October 20, Liu Deng led the field army headquarters to leave Chi'an Village at the foot of the Taihang Mountains, and marched towards the Fengfeng mining area, which is a short distance from Handan, where he established a headquarters to implement the command of the Ping-Han Campaign. The speed of the horse team gradually slowed down, and the dust and smoke gradually dissipated.The scenery on the side of the road became clear, and Handan was in sight.Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping believed in the reins, admiring the fields in late autumn, looking at the ancient city of Handan within reach, and the conversation followed.

Handan, an ancient city with a history of more than 2,300 years, is located in the central part of North China. Liu Bocheng, who had studied in the Soviet Union, and Deng Xiaoping, who had studied in France, were no strangers.They talked about the famous historical sites in Handan, such as Lin Xiangru's "Entering Carriage Lane", the "dressing building" and "Zhaomei Pond" of Zhao's court ladies, from the Warring States period. There is Congtai of King Wuling of Zhao, which is located in the northwest corner of the city wall and is still in its glory. "There is also a small station on Pinghan Road outside Handan City, which is quite famous!" Liu Bocheng said with a smile. "If I'm not mistaken, you must be referring to the Huangliang station." Deng Xiaoping continued. Liu Bocheng nodded, turned around and asked the accompanying guards: "Which one of you knows the allusion and source of this station name?" Everyone knew that Liu Bocheng was going to say "ancient", and this "ancient" must be related to the upcoming battle, so they gathered together and listened to Liu Bocheng's story. This is a story recorded in a book written by Shen Jiji in the Tang Dynasty.In ancient times, there was a poor scholar named Lu Sheng.In order to make meritorious deeds and become famous, he went to Beijing several times to rush for the exam, but he lost his name to Sun Shan.Later, when he was staying in a post station in Handan, he met Lu Weng and lamented that he was born at an untimely time and that his talents were not met.Lu Weng gave him a celadon pillow and asked him to sleep peacefully for a while while the owner steamed the yellow rice.As soon as Lu Sheng laid his head on the pillow, he soon fell asleep.In his sleep, he married a wife and gave birth to a son, and he was selected as a Jinshi, made military exploits, became an official to Jiedushi, and served as a prime minister for ten years. He was a high-ranking official with a generous salary and full of children and grandchildren. He really enjoyed endless glory and wealth... Waiting for him When I woke up, I realized it was a dream.Looking around, not only Lu Weng is still there, but even the owner's yellow rice is still uncooked in the pot. After Liu Bocheng told the story, he said with a smile: "Chiang Kai-shek wanted to pick the fruits of victory, and he dreamed of opening up the Ping-Han Railway. But who gave him the magic pillow and made him dream of dominating North China and the whole of China?" "Of course it is Lu Weng. His celadon pillow is the most effective." Deng Xiaoping said seriously, "It's just that Chiang Kai-shek's fate is not as good as that of Lu Sheng. On this Handan Road, I can guarantee that his yellow beam will never be as good as that of Lu Sheng. It will be cooked!" On October 22, all the enemy vanguard group crossed the Zhanghe River to the north.With the New 8th Army led by Gao Shuxun and the Eighth Column of the Hebei Civil Army as the left wing, and the 40th Army and the 30th Army led by Ma Fawu as the right wing, they pressed forward with all their strength along both sides of the Ping-Han Railway.The 40th Army and the New 8th Army were originally Feng Yuxiang's old troops, and most of the officers and soldiers were from Hebei.This time he went north to take the lead, and it was Chiang Kai-shek who took advantage of the psychology of the officers and soldiers of the Northwest Army to return home, gave them some territory, and enticed them to work hard.On the other hand, Chiang Kai-shek has always squeezed out and discriminated against non-directed troops. When attacking the liberated areas, he let these troops work hard in front, exhausting their strength, and achieving the goal of killing two birds with one stone.In this regard, the generals of the Northwest Army knew very well that internal conflicts had already been exposed before the soldiers and horses moved. Since the "pockets" and "iron pincers" have not yet been formed, the "pockets" and "jaws" have to tighten the "mouths" and bite the "jaws" tightly to block the enemy's advance. Liu Deng urgently ordered Yang Dezhi and Su Zhenhua to implement a large-depth mobile defense and fight against the front to consume, delay, and fatigue the enemy, and continue to clamp the enemy's main force to the east, so that it can break away from the Ping-Han Railway and enter the unstoppable area. The sandy area of ​​Fuyang River and Hetao in the southeast of Handan is beneficial to the enemy. On the one hand, it makes the enemy fall into unfavorable terrain. In order to realize the intention of the command headquarters, after Yang Dezhi and Su Zhenhua made the preparations for the battle, they led the main force of the column to quickly deploy, forming three lines of defense to block the enemy. At dawn on the 22nd, the 4th regiment of the first column entered the first line of defense under the command of the regiment leader Fu Xuejie, guarding Nandongfang and nearby villages.At 10 a.m., two regiments of the enemy's 40th Army attacked Nandongfang.After fighting fiercely, the 4th regiment took the initiative to withdraw from the battle after inflicting heavy damage on the enemy, and went to the Changxiang Camp area to build a second fortification to prepare for the enemy's attack the next day. At dawn on the 23rd, the main force of Yizong entered the third defense area.Commander Yang Dezhi decided on the spot that the 1st Brigade, with the best equipment and the strongest combat effectiveness, would take on the task of blocking the enemy head-on. The enemy attacking from the front should attack from the side to ensure that the 1st brigade can consolidate the defense of the frontal position. The artillery fire was overwhelming, and the bullets were like locusts, crushing a brigade unable to lift their heads. One by one the soldiers fell.Groups of wounded were carried down. Yang Junsheng, commander of the 1st Brigade, a descendant of the old Red Guards in the Jiangxi Soviet Area, a man whose father was killed by the Kuomintang since childhood, has blood in his eyes.He roared: "I'm bankrupt today! Attention all brigade staff, follow me on the front line!" With a roar from the brigade commander, the sijin government agencies rushed out to replenish the weak areas.While fighting, they built fortifications, repelled an enemy attack, and built a bloody line of defense. Li Da called again to ask about the situation of the battle. Yang Junsheng looked at the enemy swarming up in the dark, and replied confidently: "Please tell Chief Liu and Deng that with me, Yang Junsheng, there is a position for the 1st Brigade!" "What a good Yang Junsheng, what a good one I am invincible!" Liu Bocheng sighed after hearing Li Da's report.This commander who was born and died and fought on the battlefield for decades has experienced this kind of scene. He knows how tragic it is to block the front line of a powerful enemy, and he even prepared the worst for this tragic situation. Sure enough, on the afternoon of the 24th, the enemy broke through the flank positions of the 1st Brigade and 6th Regiment. People's hearts suddenly hung up. At 8 o'clock in the evening, Yang Junsheng called. With the support of the Chaocheng Brigade and the Column Special Service Battalion, the 1st Brigade and the 6th Regiment restored their original positions after repeated attacks. Wars are sometimes like dominoes. When one point is exerted, it will form a chain sensation and cause a fundamental change in the overall situation.Almost at the same time, Li Da received a series of exciting calls: most of the troops assembled in the center had arrived at the scheduled location, and the 4th and 6th brigades of the second column, led by Kong Qingde, took control of the Zhangzhuangqiao, Luochengtou, and Chenjiagang areas in the southwest of Handan; the third column, led by Chen Xilian, concentrated in the area west of Cheqiguan and Guanglu Town; the 1st and 5th detachments of Taihang reached the area west of Cixian County. So far, a pincer situation surrounded by the enemy on three sides has been formed. Liu Bocheng took a deep breath, and excitedly said to Deng Xiaoping, Bo Yibo, Zhang Jichun and Li Da: "The situation is very good now! The enemy has got into the horns, and he can't advance or retreat. It's my turn." Cleaned up one by one!" At this time, two detachments of the independent 4th Brigade and the 17th Division under the command of Yang Yong, deputy commander of the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region, also rushed to the battlefield.Liu Deng felt that the time was ripe, and immediately issued orders to all the troops, preparing to launch a general offensive. The atmosphere of the imminent war immediately enveloped every pre-volt position. Suddenly, a call to stop the attack came to the headquarters. The call was made by Wang Dingnan, an underground party member working under Gao Shuxun. Wang Dingnan had joined Gao Shuxun's army since the Anti-Japanese War, and after years of contacts, he has become Gao Shuxun's friend and guest.Gao Shuxun, the deputy commander of the eleventh war zone, was born in Yanshan, Hebei, from a poor background, and joined Feng Yuxiang's subordinates as a soldier in his early years.Since Gao Shuxun and his new 8th Army were originally from the Northwest Army and not directly related to Chiang Kai-shek, they have been discriminated against and excluded for a long time.After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Chiang Kai-shek not only did not change the policy of discriminating against collateral, but forced them to go to the front line of the civil war and serve as cannon fodder.Gao Shuxun was extremely dissatisfied with this.Before he was ordered to go north this time, he had taken action intentionally and had Wang Dingnan get in touch with the Communist Party.As early as during the Shangdang Campaign, Wang Dingnan reported Gao Shuxun's situation to Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping.Liu Deng learned of Gao Shuxun's progressive tendency, so he decided that Wang Dingnan should return immediately and mobilize the high-level battlefield to revolt.If this move is successful, it will be absolutely sure to wipe out the enemies of the Northern Criminals in the future Ping-Han campaign. However, the development of the situation has deviated greatly from the expectation.Gao Shuxun originally planned to lead the New 8th Army and the Hebei People's Army to go north alone, collect all the Kuomintang soldiers and puppet troops they passed through, and hand them over to the Communist Party together with the towns they stole.Unexpectedly, Chiang Kai-shek let the three armies of Gao Shuxun and Mafawu go hand in hand, which disrupted Gao Shuxun's entire plan.Time passed day by day, and the situation became more and more urgent.Today, Liu Deng's field army is ready to launch the final general offensive on the Ping-Han line. Wang Dingnan rushed to the third column and called Liu Deng. After obtaining the consent, on the 26th, Chief of Staff Liu Deng sent Li Da and Wang Dingnan, the chief of staff, to brave stray bullets and cross the line of fire to the chief of the 11th war zone. When Gao Shuxun saw Wang Dingnan, he explained guiltily: "Dingnan, you know that when I was in Xinxiang, I proposed to Sun Lianzhong that I was willing to lead the New Eighth Army and the Hebei People's Army to go northward along the Ping-Han line alone. Later, Sun Lianzhong Said that I could not pass alone, so I asked the 40th Army and the 30th Army to come with me. At that time, I could not tell Sun Lianzhong that I could pass. Look at this..." Wang Dingnan said: "This is because Chiang Kai-shek is worried about you, and Sun Lianzhong made this decision." Gao Shuxun sighed: "I have realized something. But since the three armies are advancing side by side, I have no choice but to take one step at a time." "I'm afraid this is a bit negative." Li Da looked at Gao Shuxun, "Commander Liu and Political Commissar Deng originally agreed with your plan to go north with one army. But now that three armies are going north, Chairman Mao has already ordered Commander Liu and Political Commissar Deng to decide The three armies are not allowed to go north, so that the Kuomintang can realize its strategy of attacking our liberated areas throughout the country. Therefore, Chief Liu Deng hopes that you will put the national righteousness as the most important thing, hold a battlefield uprising, and immediately stand on the side of the people." Gao Shuxun was stunned for a moment: "Uprising on the spot?" "Yes, in order to leave time for the uprising, Chief Liu and Deng have agreed to postpone the general offensive." Li Da showed all his cards, "Now is the critical moment, and the uprising now will make great contributions to you, the people, and the country .” Li Da and Wang Dingnan talked with Gao Shuxun all night long, understanding them with reason and moving them with emotion. Gao Shuxun paced back and forth in the room, saying to himself: "I want to go to revolution... I am determined... just..." "It's not a long-term solution for you to rely on others like this." Li Da and Wang Dingnan saw the confusion of Gao Shuxun's inner thoughts, and then his words became sharper, "By withdrawing from the civil war, you will be worthy of your compatriots who died; only by stopping the civil war, can you comfort the soldiers who died in battle Only by opposing the civil war can we ensure that the eight-year war of resistance will not be wasted, and the Chinese nation will have a real hope of revival. If you continue to tie your fate to Chiang Kai-shek's chariot, Mr. Gao, as a miscellaneous name outside the circle, will not escape doom after all! " "I have been deceived by him, Chairman Jiang, for a long time. What's the 'Party-state thinks it will kill the city'? 'Chiangzheng has high hopes'? It is nothing more than letting me confront the Eighth Route Army and destroy me by the hands of the Eighth Route Army." Gao Shuxun said angrily, but his expression was still in a daze, "Dingnan, I've been thinking about these things for a long time. It's just..." Wang Dingnan said earnestly: "Brother Jianhou, you must make a decisive decision when it comes to big things, and you must not be indecisive! Only extraordinary people can make extraordinary achievements." Gao Shuxun blinked his eyes, and then sighed again: "My wife, who has shared weal and woe with me for many years, and the family members of many officers in our army are all in Xuzhou now. If we declare an uprising immediately, won't the Kuomintang harm them?" Gao Shuxun's worries are reasonable.If this problem is not solved, it will be difficult for the uprising to be carried out smoothly.Li Da thought for a while, and said very sincerely: "This is a practical problem. I will immediately ask Commander Liu and Political Commissar Deng to try to solve it." "Good! Good!" Gao Shuxun's mood improved obviously, "I'll wait for your news!" On the 27th, Li Da first returned to report to Liu Deng. In the early morning of the 28th, Wang Dingnan once again crossed the line of fire and directly arrived at Liu Deng's headquarters. After listening to Wang Dingnan's report, Deng Xiaoping said: "The current uprising by the High Ministry will not only have a great impact on the current situation, but will also have a great impact on future politics. Comrade Dingnan, the timing is very important!" "The opportunity must not be lost, the time will never come again; if the opportunity is broken, it will be disrupted." Liu Bocheng walked around the room for a few steps, and then said: "As for Mrs. Gao's safety issue, we can apply to the central government for resolution. Comrade Dingnan, You draft a telegram first, and I will sign it." An important and complicated matter was resolved decisively and simply in a few words.Wang Dingnan quickly drafted the telegram and handed it over to Liu Bocheng.Liu Bocheng was very satisfied when he saw that the telegram not only asked for instructions, but also proposed the specific method of "asking Comrade Chen Yi of the New Fourth Army to send someone to Xuzhou Station to pick up Mrs. Gao Shuxun". He signed it immediately and ordered it to be sent out immediately. Time was running out, and Wang Dingnan was about to say goodbye. Deng Xiaoping shook Wang Dingnan's hand: "Tell General Gao Shuxun that we must look at the overall situation, cooperate with our army's actions, and make a major contribution to the revolution." On the afternoon of the 29th, Wang Dingnan crossed the line of fire three times and brought news that Gao Shuxun was determined to revolt. On the morning of the 30th, Gao Shuxun left Ma Fawu and others and came to the headquarters of the New 8th Army in Matou Town.In the afternoon, Gao Shuxun called a meeting of military officers above the group, and said solemnly: "There is a war ahead. When I call you, I will definitely think: What is so important! Yes, what we want to discuss is the issue related to the future and destiny of our army. In the past Everyone knows everything about it. Now that the three armies are going north, only one of us is fighting desperately in front. Ammunition cannot be dispatched, defense cannot be changed, and troops cannot be increased. Who ordered this rare thing? Everyone understands, During the anti-Japanese period, the 69th Army was allocated, and the new 8th Army was drawn down, which repeatedly weakened us. Japan surrendered, and they adopted the method of automatic elimination. Speaking of this, Gao Shuxun paused for a moment, and said in a more emphatic tone: "According to the current situation, we should negotiate a truce with the other party, and the fight cannot continue!" There was no response from the venue for a long time. Except for a few officers who objected and expressed their resignation, most officers supported Gao Shuxun's decision. That night, Gao Shuxun's headquarters kept calling. He asked the divisions about the situation and connected with us by phone.Liu Bocheng said loudly to him on the phone: "You are welcome to revolt, and I will meet you tomorrow." Subsequently, Liu Bocheng issued an order to the troops to attack the New 8th Army and separate it from Ma Fawu's troops to ensure the success of the uprising. The "dominos" of the Battle of Ping-Han fell.The uprising of more than 10,000 people under Gao Shuxun not only quickly changed the balance of military forces between the enemy and ourselves on the Ping-Han battlefield, but also caused a big gap in the deployment of the Kuomintang army. The 40th Army and the 30th Army. Before the uprising, Gao Shuxun considered that he had worked with Ma Fawu and others for many years, so he called Ma Fawu to persuade Ma Fawu to revolt together.Ma Fawu still wanted to persevere and refused.Seeing that the fight was hopeless, Gao Shuxun had no choice but to say to Ma Fawu and Chief of Staff Li Xudong: "It seems that going northward is impossible, and I have decided not to go. Go back to the south of the Zhanghe River as soon as possible. I have asked the Eighth Route Army to let you go there. .The representatives of the Eighth Route Army are here now." Ma Fawu was so shocked that he was speechless for a while.Li Xudong burst into tears immediately.He knew in his heart that after Gao Shuxun's uprising, the two armies of Mafa Wu had no choice but to be annihilated. On October 29th, teams of troops gathered towards the north bank of the Zhanghe River with great arrogance and arrogance. The undulating hills, like flowing water, converged into this large war stage that accommodated 150,000 enemy troops and supporters. What a grand and magnificent scene and momentum! At 9 o'clock in the evening, as if a finger rang the electric bell of the theater, the curtain of the general attack opened.As the thrilling plots were staged one after another, the news of the victory of the war also came one by one. On the map of the Fengfeng command post where Liu Deng is located, the red arrows continue to extend and develop. Under the command of Wang Hongkun, Chen Zaidao, and Song Renqiong, the North Group oppressed the enemy from north to south, and at the same time attacked and wiped out the enemies in the north and south, successively conquering more than 20 villages and towns; Most of the 106th Division of the 40th Army occupied Cuiqu, Nanbao, and Zhaozhuang, opening a big gap in the enemy's defense system; Gaoyu, Zhongmatou, and Yanjiazhan; Matou Town between Zhongmatou and Yanjiazhan was controlled by Gao Shuxun who had already revolted. As both sides of the Fuyang River south of Handan and north of Cixian were all controlled by our army, the progress of the battle changed drastically.Liu Deng estimated that the enemy would surely retreat. Sure enough, signs of the enemy's retreat appeared. Chen Xilian of the South Group called the headquarters: "The enemy is building fortifications south of the core position, and some troops are mobilizing, and they are in a panic..." Deng Xiaoping put down the phone and said to Liu Bocheng: "The enemy wants to run away, we must take the initiative." At this time, Liu Bocheng had already circled the map, and the plan to annihilate the enemy came out accordingly: "Use the main force of one column and three columns, and start a covert movement at dusk. First, the enemy moves south to the north of the Zhang River to cut off the enemy's retreat; Press down to the south from below, wait for the enemy to leave the fortification zone, and attack the enemy with a concentric pincer and a violent round attack, focusing on the head office and deployment system, and annihilate each one; stronghold to block the enemy's retreat, and to arrange a flank attack on the south bank of the Zhanghe River to cut across the 32nd Army of the enemy's reinforcements." "Very good." Deng Xiaoping made a forceful pinching movement, "The first column moves on the east side of the enemy's retreat road, and the third column moves on the west side of the enemy's retreat road. This is another pincer attack!" Chen Xilian called again. He noticed that the 67th Division of the enemy's 30th Army had entered and occupied Xiyucao in order to cover the 11th theater and lead the main force to retreat. "What countermeasures do you have?" Deng Xiaoping asked. Chen Xilian replied: "I am going to send Ma Zhongquan to lead the 8th brigade to attack and wipe out this group of enemies." Xiyucao Village is located in the east of Cixian County and north of Zhanghe River. The enemies in the village are the 67th Division of the 30th Army and the 199th and 200th regiments. Equipment and tactics are top-notch. This is a formidable enemy.Ma Zhongquan's 8th Brigade was newly formed, and this was the first battle it fought after its formation. The morale of the 8th Brigade was full, and what they were looking forward to was to chew on a hard bone and give it a good start. That night, the 8th Brigade forced Xiyucao, and played vigorously from the beginning. In order to seize the commanding heights in the village, Ma Zhongquan decided to use the 23rd Regiment to attack the enemy from the west of the village unexpectedly, and use the 24th Regiment to respond from the south of the village to disrupt the enemy's position. As soon as the order was issued, Zhang Qinghe, the commander of the 1st Battalion of the 22nd Regiment, led two commandos to attack the sand dunes in the west of the village with swift movements and took control of the wall. The 24th regiment also broke through the frontier and developed into the village.In the darkness, the enemy rushed here and there, in a mess. "The enemy didn't have time to counterattack, we happened to catch the prisoners!" Jin Xiaorui, the commander of the 3rd company, shouted and organized troops to rush into the enemy's barracks, forcing the enemy to have nowhere to hide. Wu Jindong, the deputy battalion commander of the 1st Battalion, is an old Red Army man. He holds a machine gun, and he is there wherever there is danger.Even though he was wounded in many places, he still insisted on fighting, and when he saw the enemy counterattack, he would shoot wherever he saw it. Until the last moment before the sacrifice, he pulled the trigger and shot a series of enemies. In this way, after bloody battles day and night, the 8th Brigade wiped out Xiyu Cao defending the enemy and captured Li Zhengxue, the commander of the enemy's 67th Division. On the afternoon of the 31st, Li Da hung a newly drawn map of the battle situation on the wall of Fengfeng's headquarters.The flat map shows a three-dimensional war picture.The enemy is at the end of its strength, and is adopting the tactics of covering villages one by one, breaking away from the fortification position, and breaking through to the south. In order to break the enemy's plan to flee south, our various armies are weaving a big net. Yang Dezhi commanded the first column from the east, Chen Xilian commanded the third column and other troops from the west, divided into multiple columns, and fanned the enemy fleeing south; Chen Zaidao and Qin Jiwei commanded the second column and the troops of the southern Hebei military region, tracking from north to south Pursue; Yang Yong and Zhang Tingfa commanded troops from the Taihang and Hebei-Shandong-Henan military regions, and went out to the north and south of the Zhanghe River to attack. The enemies in the encirclement are completely engulfed in the flames of the people's war.The 20,000 people led by Ma Fawu, the deputy commander of the 11th theater of the enemy, were first followed and pursued by our army, then intercepted from two sides, and then blocked head-on. The area around Maying and Maying defended stubbornly and called for help.The 32nd Army of the enemy's follow-up unit, which was blocked on the south bank of the Zhang River, immediately launched a fierce attack on our troops extending to the south bank of the Zhang River with the main force in order to relieve the siege of Mafa Wu. "Time is running out, we must quickly open up the situation, and we must not let the enemy's 32nd Army join us!" Deng Xiaoping said after analyzing the battle situation, "Now the battle has entered a decisive stage. Our first task is not to let Ma Fawu escape!" "Shoot people first and shoot horses, and capture thieves first!" Liu Bocheng said immediately, "Pressing fleas with five fingers is not enough, we must concentrate on the first and second columns, and deal with Mafa Wu's officers first!" The reconnaissance information was sent quickly.The executive department of Mafawu is located in the former flagpole chapter. Liu Deng immediately decided to attack the former flagpole chapter with the main force from the east and the north from the second. Under the order of the general attack, Yang Dezhi and Su Zhenhua immediately made deployments: the main force of the 1st and 2nd brigades attacked Maying from the southeast and northeast of Maying, and the 3rd brigade merged with the 19th Regiment in the second vertical to attack the front and rear flagpole chapters. At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the battle started.The 3rd Battalion of the 7th Regiment, which was the main attacker, broke into the horse camp first. The enemies in the desperate situation resisted desperately, and the battle was extremely tragic and arduous. Xu Santai, the instructor of the 8th company, and the communications squad leader of the battalion headquarters were surrounded by the enemy in a cotton room in a separate courtyard. The 20th Regiment Assault Troops entered the eastern part of the former flagpole chapter, suffered heavy casualties in the fierce battle, and the head of the regiment, Wang Dashun, died heroically. The 16th regiment entered from the southeast, and the 19th regiment entered the former flagpole chapter from the southwest, but was stubbornly blocked by several times the enemy in the village. After fierce fighting, only part of the courtyard near the breakthrough was captured. The 2nd Echelon of the 19th Regiment continued to reinforce, but was blocked by the enemy's intensive firepower and was oppressed outside the breakthrough. The intruding troops had to withdraw from the battle at dawn, but the 16th Regiment, which was the first to enter the former flagpole chapter, was surrounded by the enemy in the village and lost contact with the First Column Command... On the morning of November 1, Yang Dezhi and Su Zhenhua decided to abandon the attack on Maying and the rear flagpole chapter, concentrate their main forces, and adopt Liu Bocheng's usual "tiger digging out the heart" tactic, focusing on attacking the front flagpole chapter, and fulfilling the requirement of destroying the enemy's head first. Yang Dezhi handed over the assault task to Yang Junsheng.After he let Yang Junsheng break into the former flagpole chapter, he quickly got in touch with the 16th regiment trapped in the village.Since the daytime, the sound of guns and cannons in Zhangcun, Qianqiganzhang has not been heard. Yang Dezhi was silent for a while, and said: "If the 16th regiment has been eaten by the enemy, you will carry out the task of attacking the enemy's head alone. On your shoulders The burden is heavy, and the whole column is watching you." Yang Junsheng had just received the order, and the slogan of the First Brigade was already shaking the sky: "Resolutely destroy the enemy's commander's department!" "Fight the enemy bravely and make military exploits for the people!..." At this time, the sun had already set, and the surrounding fields were shrouded in a quiet dusk. There were no soaring red and green signal flares, and there was no passionate bugle sound. Zhou Dimin, the instructor of the 3rd Battalion who had just won the victory on the front line of Cuiqu, once again approached the front flagpole chapter with the 7th Company concealed, opened a breakthrough in the southwest corner by surprise, and quickly Extend to the village. The enemy was exhausted after fighting day and night. Except for the security unit and the firearms on duty, the rest rested in bunkers, fortifications, and trenches. The 7th company and the assault troops that swarmed in were like magic soldiers descending from heaven.The enemy was stunned for a moment, and then hastily resisted.And those who had no time to resist retreated and set fire to houses along the street in an attempt to stop the attacking troops with fire.Amidst the raging fire and thick smoke, the sound of shouting and killing was accompanied by the sound of gunshots and explosions of grenades, which rang out together, stirring up the front flagpole. The 2nd Battalion attacked the west side of the Huanglong Temple where the Fifth Chief of Mafa was stationed, and was attacked by fierce firepower.The enemy concentrated almost all of their light and heavy weapons in this fortification built against the walls of the temple, throwing everything at them. Attack after attack, blocked again and again.A group of warriors fell, and another group of warriors rushed up. Instructor Zhou Dimin was also injured. He called Shi Yuchang, the instructor of the 7th company, and Li Zanxiang, the instructor of the 9th company, and said pantingly: "No matter what difficulties you have, you must find a way to overcome... In a word, you must work hard to win Mafa 5th." Minister's Department!" Shi Yuchang and Li Zanxiang issued a military order: "Don't worry, we won't come to see you if we can't beat the Fifth Chief of Mafa!" The desperate battle has begun!Under the cover of powerful firepower, Shi Yuchang led the commando to set up a long ladder, climb up from the east side of the temple wall, and started hand-to-hand combat with the guarding enemies. Under the supervision of the commander, the enemy soldiers counterattacked wildly in groups. They first used machine guns and submachine guns to shoot indiscriminately, then threw grenades and grenades brutally, and then used stones, gun stocks, rolling logs, door panels, and boiling water to smash the Assault warriors who splash on ladders and climb walls. The 7th and 9th companies followed suit, taking turns to climb up ladders, and finally opened the breakthrough of Huanglong Temple at the cost of blood, and rushed into the enemy's commander's department first, disrupting the enemy's command system. 顽抗的敌人失去了指挥，顿时乱作一团，忽然又像得到什么召唤似的，一窝蜂朝西南方向仓皇拥去。 原来是马法五带着贴身卫队向那边突围逃窜了。 “决不能让马法五跑掉！”杨得志一声令下，1旅、2旅、3旅全部出动，沿着田间地野追击溃逃的敌人。 真是兵败如山倒。刚刚还气势汹汹像群恶狼的敌人，转眼间互相践踏，成了一群被打断腿、砸断脊梁的丧家之犬。 旗杆章西南几公里的野外，像个围猎场，追击的、截击的、阻击的部队各显神威，用上了十八般武艺。有的战士跑得快，冲到前面把敌人的退路封锁，敌人只好又往回跑，正撞在追击战士的枪口下；有的连队看到敌人不追，抄近道赶到敌人前面潜伏下来，等到敌人来到，轻重武器一齐扫射，像割麦子一般；还有的机枪手，杀开一条路，闯到敌人中央，抱着机关枪转着圈地突突，好像平地里刮起了旋风…… 11月2日中午，一纵3旅2团警卫连传来捷报，他们活捉了国民党第十一战区副司令长官马法五。至此，平汉战役胜利结束。 刘邓出手不凡，连续打了两场胜仗，挫掉蒋介石的锐气，毛泽东对此非常高兴，从陕北专门发来贺电。 上党和平汉战役结束后，晋冀鲁豫军区根据中央的指示，对全区部队进行新的编组，共组成6个野战纵队： 第一纵队：司令员杨得志，政治委员苏振华； 第二纵队：司令员陈再道，政治委员宋任穷； 第三纵队：司令员陈锡联，政治委员彭涛； 第四纵队：司令员陈赓，政治委员谢富治； 第六纵队：司令员王宏坤，政治委员段君毅； 第七纵队：司令员杨勇，政治委员张霖之。 至此，整个晋冀鲁豫军区野战部队和地方部队发展到31万余人，武器装备也在上党、平汉两大战役中得到改善，基本完成了从游击战到集中的运动战的转变。 12月底，晋冀鲁豫军区总部在刘伯承、邓小平的率领下，整队出发，离开了太行山这个8年抗战的根据地，离开了赤岸这个小山村，离开了在阳光下波光闪闪的清漳河，以拥有6个纵队的正规野战军的建制，向东迈进，奔向那广袤的华北大平原，去迎接更大的战斗。