Chapter 13 Chapter 12 Internal and external coordination, "two extensions" Qingjian sang the prelude to counterattack

The summary of the Shajiadian battle has already been done. At the meeting, Mao Zedong waved his big hand and made an evaluation: "Side water and side enemies are taboo for military strategists, but our Northwest Field Army under the command of Mr. Peng fought bravely. It has completely changed the situation in northern Shaanxi. This battle was indeed fought well, and it has decisive significance for the battle in the northwest. Our most difficult period has passed!" Shajiadian was indeed a crucial battle. Not only Mao Zedong and Peng Dehuai saw its importance, but Hu Zongnan also saw its importance.While the battle was going on, Hu Zongnan never left the command post, paying attention to the battle situation in Shajiadian day and night.Some people say that Hu Zongnan suffered a total of three blows on the Northwest battlefield: the first blow was in southern Shanxi, when the entire 1st army, 1st division, and 1st brigade were wiped out by the Chen Xie column, and his myth of "the first division in the world" was broken. The second shot was at Panlong. All the materials he had tried so hard to transport from Xi'an were captured by the People's Liberation Army, and his vitality was severely injured since then; the third shot was Shajiadian, which set a precedent for the reorganization division being wiped out. From offensive to defensive.

Xiong Xianghui had already left Yan'an to study in the United States on May 21, and no one could approach him in time at this time and say a few words of comfort.Hu Zongnan was alone with a sullen face, neither standing nor sitting in the command post, and the others stayed far away from him, for fear of provoking him as a lion.Chiang Kai-shek had just arrived and re-deployed the battlefield in northern Shaanxi, but the headmaster went ahead and suffered a big defeat on the back.Isn't this a kind of irony to the principal?Hu Zongnan now thought of Sheng Wen.When Panlong just lost, Sheng Wen suggested to abandon Yan'an, shrink the troops, wait for work with ease, and fight a protracted war with the People's Liberation Army.At that time, Hu Zongnan shook his head when he heard it: "What bad idea did you come up with? Give up Yan'an, the old man still wants my life!"

Now the facts are in front of us, hundreds of thousands of troops are running around in the mountains all day, there is no way out at all, and there is always the danger of being ambushed by the People's Liberation Army.Abandoning Yan'an and retreating to advance is the only way at present.However, the current military situation in the whole country is going from bad to worse, and Chiang Kai-shek still wants to use northern Shaanxi and Yan'an to make a big fuss politically.Abandoning Yan'an, Chiang Kai-shek would not agree to anything.The main purpose of his coming to Yan'an a few days ago was to ask Hu Zongnan to attack immediately and occupy the counties in northern Shaanxi, so that he could create public opinion after he returned.

At this time, Hu Zongnan was deeply involved in the contradiction between the military in northern Shaanxi and the politics of the whole country.National politics occupies the main position of contradiction.That being the case, the deployment can only be made according to Chiang Kai-shek's intention.Hu Zongnan decided to stick to Suide, Qingjian, and Wayaobao in the vast hinterland north of Yan'an, forming a barrier to protect Yan'an, and shrink all the main forces to Yan'an and Guanzhong for rest. This is a very dangerous deployment, and Hu Zongnan himself knows that it is tantamount to putting Suide, Qingjian, and Wayaobao under the control of the People's Liberation Army. As long as the People's Liberation Army is willing to eat the defenders of these three cities It was as easy as pie.Hu Zongnan also had no choice, he made the deployment based on Chiang Kai-shek's political intentions.So when Liao Ang strongly opposed this decision, Hu Zongnan didn't get angry, but was very calm, and just said to follow the order.

Before Hu Zongnan's troops retreated southward, Chen Geng and Xie Fuzhi led the fourth column of Shanxi, Hebei, Luyu and began to go south. After crossing the Yellow River in Mengjin and Maojin, Henan, they went straight to Tongguan, directly threatening Xi'an and Guanzhong, Hu Zongnan's old nest. area. Hu Zongnan was caught off guard by this move by the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China. He only felt passive and sad all the time.On the 26th, the main force north of Suide was ordered to withdraw southward immediately to defend Xi'an and the Guanzhong area.

The troops withdrawing to the south were under the unified command of Dong Zhao. He divided the troops into two groups: Chen Wu led the 90th Division (with 4 regiments in charge of the 53rd and 61st brigades) as the vanguard. Lishan and Shizuiyi covered the main force going south; Dong Zhao himself led the entire 1st division (administrating the 1st and 78th brigades, a total of 4 regiments) and the entire 47th brigade and two regiments. The two regiments of the 55th Brigade went south along the Xianyu Highway in turn. It was August, and it was raining continuously. In addition, after a major defeat and insufficient food, the morale of the troops fell to the lowest point since entering northern Shaanxi.The soldiers stumbled as they walked, and they were out of line and out of line.Because they were hungry, the troops searched and looted along the way, robbing whatever they saw, eating what they could eat, and burning what they couldn't eat.All of a sudden, everywhere Dong Jun passed was a mess.Dong Zhao sat on the jeep with no expression on his face. Seeing that the discipline of the troops was so bad, he didn't bother to take care of it. Now, he also lost the vigor he had when he first entered Yan'an.Through the glass window, looking at the loess plateau shrouded in rain, infinite desolation flooded Dong Zhao's heart.He has led troops to fight for many years, and made outstanding military exploits on the anti-Japanese battlefield.However, he did not expect the situation to be so embarrassing after fighting with the People's Liberation Army for a few months.From March to August, the troops were dragged around the mountains all day long, and the Communist Party used the "big parade" to describe the state of the national army, which could not be more appropriate.After making such a big circle, I finally headed south today.Dong Zhao vaguely felt that he might never come back after leaving.

After Chen Xie's column went south, Mao Zedong had been watching Hu Zongnan's changes.He predicted that Hu Zongnan would no longer put his main force on the line of Suide and Qingjian and would go south.Therefore, when the Northwest Field Army held a meeting in Qiandongyuan Village, Mao Zedong proposed to the brigade and above cadres present at the meeting that Xiye should be prepared to pursue Hu Jun.After Dong Zhao led the army to move, Mao Zedong sent an urgent telegram to Peng Dehuai on the 28th: ​​Lead the whole army to immediately transfer to the enemy's vanguard (between Mizhi and Suide or straight out of Qingjian) to prevent the enemy from advancing south; on the 29th he sent another telegram : Take three to four days to rush to the front line of Shizuiyi and Jiulishan to seize the opportunity and kill the enemy.

Peng Dehuai decided to deal with Dong Zhao by adopting the method of "following forward and chasing after". One force went south quickly, circled in front of Dong Jun, and set up an ambush in search of favorable terrain, while the other force chased him along the Xianyu Highway. The ambush was chosen to be in Chakou Village. Our field army had already figured out that Dong Zhao's troops were going to detour here to advance to Yan'an.A long concave road in the east of Chakou Village and the continuous highlands on both sides form a natural pocket.The Northwest Field Army occupied the high ground on both sides and lay down on the mountain to wait for Dong Jun's arrival.

On September 1, Dong Zhao led the main force to come.The first to get into the pocket is the main division 1.The entire division had been ambushed before, so division commander Luo Lie was cautious.Little did they know that at the fork, they still ran into the blocking of the People's Liberation Army.As soon as the guns rang out on both sides of the mountain, Luo Lie reported to Dong Zhao.Dong Zhao found Liu Kan and decided to command the 1st and 78th brigades to capture the highlands north of Audao. Zhong Song commanded the 12th and 55th brigades to capture the highlands south of Audao. After occupying the highlands, expand outward as much as possible, and then alternately go ahead.

The Dong and Liu armies had a total of 8 brigades, several times more than the PLA's ambush troops, but the battle was still not going smoothly.It was not until the evening of that day that a few small hills were captured.Taking advantage of the good mood of victory, the People's Liberation Army was full of energy and threw grenades into the ravine. This battle was larger and more intense than any previous battle in northern Shaanxi.The strength of the 8 brigades of Hu Jun was all surrounded by the People's Liberation Army. It should be an excellent time to wipe out the enemy.However, the People's Liberation Army had too few ambush troops, and because the road was slippery after the rain, the follow-up troops did not keep up. The fighting continued until the third morning, when the Dong and Liu armies gradually attacked and occupied the high ground on both sides.

"It seems that we still can't eat Hu Zongnan in one bite!" Peng Dehuai said to Zhang Wenzhou holding up his binoculars, and Zhang Wenzhou also held up his binoculars. He took Peng Dehuai's words: "Boss, let them go first, and then eat slowly. Eat I'll be choking soon!" Peng Dehuai also had the same intention, immediately took down the binoculars, turned his head and said to the radio soldiers: "Get out!" Dong Zhao and Liu Kan sighed silently as they watched the People's Liberation Army's back gradually receding.The team has been beaten to pieces, with thousands of casualties, and as the leader of an army, the gold stars on his shoulders have lost their former luster.They shook their heads at the same time, and there was a sense of failure that swept over their bodies. The article "Strategic Guidelines for the Second Year of the War of Liberation" drafted by Mao Zedong was published when Xi Ye intercepted Dong Zhao.He wrote quite excitingly: "Hold a nationwide counter-offensive, the main force will go to the outer lines, lead the war to the Kuomintang ruled areas, and wipe out a large number of enemies on the outer lines; part of the task is to continue to wipe out the enemies on the inner lines and restore lost ground." At this point in the war, the three armies of Liu Deng, Chen Xie, and Chen Su had been involved in offensive operations on the outer line, forming the shape of a "pin" straight into the heart of Chiang Kai-shek's rule. Mao Zedong concluded that a nationwide counter-offensive could begin.He has been working intensely these days, deploying a nationwide strategic counteroffensive plan.On the Northwest battlefield, he also continued to issue instructions that the Northwest Field Army should turn to the inside counterattack in due course. Peng Dehuai was encouraged by the situation in front of him.Hu Zongnan now only leaves a small amount of troops to defend Yanchuan, Yanchang and Qingjian, while the main force has shrunk to the vicinity of Yan'an to make up for it, completely losing the power to attack.He himself even ran to Xi'an in a panic, and he was holding meetings and mobilizing troops to deal with the threat posed by Chen Xie's column attacking western Henan.When he received the article "Strategic Guidelines" drafted by Mao Zedong, Peng Dehuai initially sketched in his mind an internal counter-offensive plan to attack Yan (Yanchuan, Yanchang) and Qing (Qingjian), but he still seemed preoccupied, as if there was something else Don't worry about things. The only thing I can't let go of at this time is food.Victories and battles continued to be fought on the northwest battlefield, but the food shortage also became more and more serious.The cadres and soldiers basically fought in a semi-starved state.From March to August, the best time was just after the Battle of Panlong. After eating wheat buns for several days, the white and tender buns were held by the cadres and soldiers so fondly that they were reluctant to eat them. This year, the entire northern part of Shaanxi was in turmoil, and there was no harvest of food at all.And Hu Zongnan's troops burned, killed and looted all the way, and the already barren Loess Plateau suffered even more.By August, the food shortage had reached a point where it could not get any worse.At that time, villagers in northern Shaanxi called a porridge made of black beans, chaff, bark and wild vegetables "Qianqian Rice", but even this "Qianqian Rice" was not available for every meal.Before the Shajiadian battle, the troops basically had no food supply. As long as it was green, they almost ate whatever they saw. In the end, even wild vegetables and bark were eaten up.The army was hungry, and the central government was also hungry.Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai ate wild vegetables and bark with the soldiers.Because he ate too much of this kind of food and couldn't digest it, Mao Zedong still couldn't defecate for a while, which drove the guards around in a hurry. The role of food in war has long been concluded by military strategists. Sun Tzu also left behind the famous saying "before the soldiers and horses are moved, the food and fodder must go first" to warn future generations.Mao Zedong, who is familiar with the art of war, naturally knows this truth.Before the Yan'an Defense War, he ordered the troops to be diligent and thrifty in the form of documents, and to store more food for later use.However, due to the continuous months of war, the already barren northern Shaanxi was affected by the natural and geographical conditions, no matter how economical it was, the supply of food was still insufficient.A very important reason why Chen Xie's column did not cross the river and entered northern Shaanxi was because of the food problem.From the beginning of the Yan'an defense battle, Peng Dehuai felt that there were two enemies on the northwest battlefield, one was Hu Zongnan, and the other was his own stomach.To a certain extent, the battle in the northwest battlefield is food.At the Xiaohe meeting, the central government handed over the burden of raising food to He Long.In late August, Mao Zedong sent He Long a special telegram asking for food. Knowing that Chairman Mao also had no food to eat, He Long really felt the extent of the food shortage of the Northwest Field Army.He immediately organized a huge food-raising team and appointed himself the captain.Before the team set off, he briefly said a few words, saying: "The fraternal troops in northern Shaanxi are fighting hungry every day, and even Chairman Mao has no food. This is our dereliction of duty! The central government entrusted the task of raising food to We, we must not disappoint the trust of the Party Central Committee and Chairman Mao. Going out this time, we must complete the task no matter what!" He Long tapped his pipe and changed the subject, "Of course, we must pay attention to the discipline of the masses, and we must not be Kuomintang Soldiers!" The food-raising team set off.There was no need to do too much mobilization at all. As soon as they heard that Chairman Mao could only eat black beans, the masses took out their own food and lined up to donate it.In a few days, one hundred thousand shi of grain was raised.The food is available, but transportation has become a big problem.Yan Xishan's eyes were wide open, and his troops were also worrying about having nothing to eat.He sent several brigades to rob these treasures, but was beaten to pieces by He Long's well-arranged food protection team.He Long sent the grain to the bank of the Yellow River, and Ren Bishi picked it up, and continued to transport it westward, all the way to the Northwest People's Liberation Army garrison. The arrival of food made Peng Dehuai very excited. "Boss He is sending charcoal in a timely manner!" He held up a handful of golden wheat, and expressed his heartfelt emotion to the staff around him.But this amount of food is still not enough for the already greatly expanded Northwest Field Army.The food problem still plagued Peng Dehuai. The Chen Xie column that went south had completely paralyzed the Longhai Road, forced Luoyang and Zhengzhou in the east, knocked on Tongguan in the west, fought back and forth from east to west, and gradually liberated Xin'an, Shanxian County, Lingbao, Yanxiang, Luoning, Lushi and other places. They attacked Weinan again and approached Guanzhong.At this time, the main force of the Northwest Field Army also went south, and our army launched a joint offensive from the north and the south, directly threatening Xi'an. Guanzhong is in a hurry, and Xi'an is in a hurry.Hu Zongnan broke out in a cold sweat, and Chiang Kai-shek was so frightened that he flew to Xi'an overnight.The last time I flew to Yan'an, this time I flew to Xi'an, and it took just over a month before and after, but the situation in the Northwest battlefield has undergone earth-shaking changes.If Hu Zongnan still had a bit of offensive ability when he went to Yan'an last time, then after the Battle of Shajiadian and Chen Xie's attack on Western Henan, Hu Zongnan was completely in a passive defensive position.Chiang Kai-shek came here in a hurry, he didn't blame Hu Zongnan, but his face remained ashen, lacking the enthusiasm he had when he saw Hu Zongnan before.Chiang Kai-shek's plan was to quickly mobilize 10 and a half brigades of troops from Dabie Mountain, Yuncheng, Yulin and other places to deploy defenses in Xi'an, Tongguan, and Luoyang to prevent Chen Xie from advancing westward. After researching with Zhou Enlai and Ren Bishi, Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, and Ren Bishi felt that it was meaningless for Chen Xie to march westward, so he adjusted Chen Xie's marching route by 180 degrees, turned to attack eastward, cooperated with Liu Deng to attack the Central Plains, and the Northwest Field Army also changed from the original Go south to continue fighting on the inner line, annihilating the isolated enemy north of Yan'an. Qingjian, Yanchuan, and Yanchang have become several dead cities in the mountains of northern Shaanxi. Peng Dehuai aimed his combat arrows at these positions.Now Peng Dehuai already has 4 columns and a teaching brigade with a total strength of 50,000 to 60,000 troops. The fourth column was established by the Military Commission on September 21. Wang Shitai was the commander and political commissar, and Yan Kui was the deputy commander and political commissar. chief of staff.Jurisdiction over the 1st Garrison Brigade, brigade commander and political commissar Gao Jinchun; the 3rd Garrison Brigade, brigade commander Huang Luobin, political commissar Gao Weisong; the 6th Cavalry Division, division commander Hu Jingduo, and political commissar Li Zonggui. With more soldiers and more generals, the battles are much easier to fight.Peng Dehuai decided to divide his troops into two groups, and fight on the inside and outside lines at the same time, closely coordinating and cooperating with each other. On September 23, when the autumn was crisp and the sun was shining brightly, Peng Dehuai called the heads of the various verticals and brigades to Anjiaqu in the northwest of Yanchang, and held a mobilization meeting to divide the troops into two groups.Peng Dehuai's deployment was as follows: the second and fourth columns marched southward into the Huanglong Mountains to conduct outer-line operations and open up the Huanglong base area; the first and third columns, the teaching brigade, and the new 4th brigade continued to fight on the inner line for a month to wipe out the enemies north of Yan'an. Huanglong Mountain includes the vast mountainous area south of Luochuan and Yichuan, north of Baishui, Chengcheng and Heyang, east of Tongchuan-Yan'an section of Xianyu Highway, and west of the Yellow River.Huanglong Mountain has high mountains, deep valleys and complex terrain. It is connected to Luliang and Shanxi Liberated Areas in the east, connected to the Guanzhong District in the west, adjacent to the Yanzhou District in the north, and can be used as a support for attacking the Guandong Prefecture in the south.Occupying this place can greatly expand the offensive position of the Northwest Field Army. Peng Dehuai also ordered the second and fourth verticals to come here because of the strategic position here.In fact, as early as the Second Civil Revolutionary War, this place was part of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Revolutionary Base.During the Anti-Japanese War, Hu Zongnan's troops continued to harass the border area and occupied this area.The advance of the Northwest Field Army into the Huanglong Mountains is tantamount to returning to the old place. The troops led by Wang Zhen set off on the 24th. On that day, Peng Dehuai sent a telegram ordering him to cross the Da and Xiaolao Mountains, pass through Nanniwan and Jiulongquan and head south.When Wang Zhen received the telegram, his cheeks flushed with excitement.It's time to go to Nanniwan again. This place where I once fought, which was once called "the good Jiangnan in northern Shaanxi", has been occupied by Hu Zongnan for a few months, what will it look like now? Wang Zhen was riding a horse, recalling the scenes of the mass production movement as he walked.The scene of the harvest, the scene of Chairman Mao and Commander-in-Chief Zhu inspecting Nanniwan are still vivid in my mind; the song "Nanniwan", which is sung from all over the country, is still lingering in my ears from time to time.I shed my own sweat here, and also created the glory of the 359th Brigade. The fertile soil of Nanniwan, together with that glorious history, Wang Zhen can't let go of it no matter what! The Kuomintang soldiers were like frightened birds. When they heard that Wang Zhen was coming with a large army, they fled long ago.The troops crossed the Da and Xiaolao Mountains and arrived at Nanniwan.But at this time, Nanniwan was completely different.In the past few months, Hu Zongnan "has made a big disturbance in the Heavenly Palace" in Nanniwan. His troops have done a lot of evil and scarred this good piece of Jiangnan in northern Shaanxi.There are no crops in the field, and weeds are overgrown; the door frames and windows of the houses have been removed and fortified, leaving pieces of broken walls; Revolutionary slogans were also shoveled away; and the auditorium where Lu Xun Academy of Art performed "Fishing and Killing Home" and "Three Attacks on Zhujiazhuang" was full of excrement everywhere, which stinks unbearably. Wang Zhen's face was gloomy, and he walked forward quietly without saying a word.Today's Nanniwan is desolate as far as the eye can see. How can there be such a scene of joy and excitement a few years ago?Guo Peng could understand Wang Zhen's mood and kept sending orders to the troops to keep quiet.In fact, at this time, the hearts of the soldiers of the 359th Brigade and the 4th Independent Brigade had already been filled with anger. The troops rested in Nanniwan for a few days and moved on.At this time, Wang Shitai had led the fourth column from Baishui County to the north and entered Huanglong Mountain. On October 1, the second and fourth columns met in Shitou Town, southeast of Luochuan. After the second and fourth columns joined forces, Peng Dehuai led the first and third columns, the teaching brigade, and the new 4th brigade to boldly launch an offensive in Liangyan and Qingjian. On October 1, the three verticals and the teaching brigade took action together, first taking Yanchuan and Yanchang, and annihilating the two battalions of the Kuomintang.The 358th Brigade of Yizong attacked again and captured Sanshilipu in the south of Qingjian City, cutting off the connection between Qingjian, Zichang, Suide and Yan'an. After sweeping away these peripheral areas, Qingjian was completely exposed to the eyes of the Northwest Field Army. Qingjian was still occupied by Liao Ang at the end of March.At the beginning, Qingjian was guarded by the troops directly under the 76th Division of the Kuomintang and the 24th Brigade. Liao Ang, the commander of the division, had been sitting in Qingjian and commanded the troops to build a lot of solid fortifications on the periphery of Qingjian. There are layers of barbed wire, and around the perimeter of the barbed wire, patches of landmines are buried.Liao Ang once reported to Hu Zongnan that the Qingjian fortifications were solid, easy to defend and easy to attack, and guaranteed to be foolproof. After the 135th Brigade was wiped out in Yangmahe in April, the 72nd Regiment of the 24th Brigade was moved from Qingjian to Wayaobao, and Qingjian's troops began to appear somewhat insufficient.After Hu Zongnan failed successively in Panlong and Shajiadian, Liao Ang became anxious.Especially after the First World War in Shajiadian, when Hu Zongnan's main force went south, Qingjian was left alone.Liao Ang is usually eloquent and familiar with the art of war, but when this happens, he starts to waver.He once discussed with Liu Xuechao, chief of staff, and Zhang Xin, commander of the 24th brigade, and advocated withdrawing from Qingjian on the grounds of insufficient garrison forces, and went south with the main force.But Hu Zongnan did not agree.Since then, Mr. Liao Ang has been staying in his strong cave dwelling all day long, using poker cards to fortune-tell his own fate. Liao Ang's superstition was well known among the senior military officers at the divisional commander level of Hu Zongnan.When he led his troops to participate in the battle of the mountain castle, he checked the geomantic omen and said that the battle would be a great success and the stability of northern Shaanxi would be established, but in the end he was defeated and his life was almost lost.However, Liao Ang is a bit refined in his vulgar superstition.He likes ancient poems and books, and also loves to collect books. Sometimes he can shake his head and recite poems and fus.But in this way, the scholars who hid some books in Qingjian City will suffer.An old scholar in the late Qing Dynasty had some precious ancient books in his home, some of which were said to be priceless.When Liao Ang heard about it, he felt like he had found a treasure. He didn't expect that there were such treasures in this small town on the high slope of the loess. He immediately put down his teacher's airs, pretended to be elegant, and went to "sort out" the books for the old gentleman, and finally "sorted out" a book. A rare photocopy of the first Sikuquanshu.Liao Ang was overjoyed, and immediately dispatched a military truck, loaded two trucks together with other ancient books, and transported them all the way to Xi'an under armed escort, and then transferred them to his hometown in Sichuan.Poor old scholar, this treasure left by generations of scholars of ancestors, was ruined like this. Liao Ang is so superstitious and loves money like his life. Liu Xuechao and Zhang Xin shook their heads when they saw it, and the officers and soldiers under him also made up a military ballad for him: "Liao Ang, Liao Ang, eat and get paid, don't care about everything, don't worry about anything. Advocate, only Siku, think with one heart!" The sudden arrival of my field army awakened Liao Ang from his financial dream.He threw away the poker cards in his hand, raised his pistol and rushed straight to the Beacon Hill position.Bijia Mountain is the commanding height of Qingjian City, and it forms the east-west barrier of Qingjian City with Jiuli Mountain in the northeast of the city. Liao Ang's main position is located here.He raised his binoculars, and saw that the mountains and plains were full of People's Liberation Army, rushing towards Qingjian City. Fighting Qingjian is another tough battle.The People's Liberation Army does not have heavy firepower weapons and lacks experience in tackling tough situations. In 1946, in the Suiyuan Campaign launched by He Long and Nie Rongzhen, Guisui and Baotou could not be attacked for a long time, and the troops suffered heavy losses.The Northwest Field Army attacked Yulin in August, but it was also unable to attack for a long time, and had to retreat when Zhong Song came to help.It is not that Peng Dehuai has not considered and summed up the lessons learned in the past.For this reason, on October 3, Peng Dehuai specially held a meeting of column and brigade heads. He patted the table and shouted: "We must prepare for several days of continuous fighting, or we must not be afraid of fatigue and carry forward a highly heroic, resolute and tenacious fighting spirit. In tactics First, to attack every stronghold, you must be fully prepared in advance, do not act hastily, and do not let go of every fighter. Covert movements, combined with sudden attacks and short-term firepower, concentrate superior forces, break through with firepower, and split the enemy's position." With a bowl of water, he continued: "All corps must coordinate their actions to attack the weak enemy first, then the strong enemy, and strive to annihilate the defending enemy before the enemy's reinforcements arrive." Peng Dehuai predicted that after the siege of Qingjian started, Hu Zongnan would never sit idly by, and the main force that was called back to rest was very likely to come to help.Peng Dehuai studied the map for a long time, drew a line in the mountainous area north of Ganguyi, turned his head and said to Cheng Yuechang, the commander of the new 4th brigade: "You are here. Take cover and prepare to stop the enemy who comes to aid in Yan'an." On October 6th, a graceful sunset, Peng Dehuai had dinner, walked around the courtyard of the headquarters with his hands behind his back, checked the time, and asked the frontline commanders about their preparations.After a while, an order to launch a general attack on Qingjian flew to the siege troops of the Northwest Field Army. The first column and the third column were the main attackers, and the teaching brigade went to Jiuli Mountain, north of Qingjian, and was responsible for cutting off the connection between Qingjian and Suide; the 4th and 6th regiments of the Suide Army Division were responsible for solving the enemy of Zichang, and the new 4th brigade Peng Dehuai's request has already reached the mountainous area north of Gangu Station. The task of the 358th brigade was to attack from the southwest to the northeast, first capture Maqiyuan, Zhongloushan and other places, and then take the commanding height of the whole city of Qingjian-Changzishan. Climbing Mountain is the place where the field army fought hard to seize, and it is also the place where Liao Ang must stick to it.It stands 300 meters to the west of Qingjian City. The top of the mountain is rectangular, less than 100 meters wide, but winding for more than 500 meters.The terrain is high, surrounded by steep mountains and cliffs several feet high, it is an excellent place to build fortifications.When Liao Ang first arrived in Qingjian City, he set up dozens of forts, large and small, on the mountain, and set up barbed wire fences, outer trenches, and buried a large number of mines on the hillside.Liao Ang made this commanding height as airtight as an iron barrel. He believed that as long as Mount Climber was still there, Qingjian City could be preserved. The 715th regiment of our army took the lead. After capturing Maqiyuan, they charged all the way, blasted the barbed wire, broke through the trenches, and finally came to the foot of the mountain, where they fought fiercely with the defending enemy on the top of the climbing mountain. Liao Ang stamped his feet anxiously in his strong cave.He had already sent Hu Zongnan an urgent call for help, but at this time Hu Zongnan was also exhausted.Not to mention Wang Zhen and Wang Shitai's "disturbing the Heavenly Palace" in the Huanglong Mountains, Chen Geng and Xie Fuzhi are still active in the western part of Henan, and it is his life.Hu Zongnan didn't react too much to Liao Ang's telegram, and simply wrote a few words: stick to it and wait for help.After receiving Hu Zongnan's telegram, Liao Ang raised some hopes.But waiting left and right, but no reinforcements came.On October 6, after the general offensive of the Northwest Field Army was launched, he drew up another urgent telegram: The enemy's siege was very urgent and the fighting was fierce.No more rescue, only death and surrender!Liao Ang's wailing again aroused Hu Zongnan's pity.He ordered Liu Kan who was still in Yan'an, and immediately led his troops to help Qingjian. Peng Dehuai was in a hurry.After two days and two nights of siege, the troops were still stuck in the outlying strongholds.In desperation, he ran to the position of the 358th brigade in one breath, and the shells fell beside him, and the bullets also whizzed by. Solve the battle, otherwise, it will be the same as the siege of Yulin. Huang Xinting and Yu Qiuli were shocked, and quickly surrounded Peng Dehuai with their bodies. "Boss, this place is dangerous, evacuate quickly!" Yu Qiuli shouted.Peng Dehuai refused, and twisted his body stubbornly: "You are not afraid here, what am I afraid of!" This is not the place to be reasonable, nor is it the time to be reasonable. Huang Xinting made a gesture, and several soldiers went up together to carry Peng Dehuai back.As soon as he left, a few rounds of bullets came, and Peng Dehuai grinned innocently and said, "It seems that the task has not been completed, and Marx still doesn't want me!" Liu Kan led his troops all the way from Yan'an.On the battlefield in northern Shaanxi, Liu Kan has always played the role of the firefighting captain, wherever there is trouble, he will rush there.However, he was often reprimanded by Hu Zongnan because he encountered the blocking troops of the People's Liberation Army and was unable to advance and lost his opportunity to fight.This time it was the same again. When they reached Gangu Station, the new 4th brigade ambushing there beat out their drums and killed Liu Kan again by surprise. The siege battle is still going on intensely.According to Peng Dehuai's request, Huang Xinting and Yu Qiuli decided to adjust their deployment and hand over the task of attacking Mount Zishan to the 716th regiment.When the head of the regiment Chu Hanyuan and the political commissar Li Guangxiang accepted the task, Huang Xinting and Yu Qiuli supported each other and patted them on the shoulder several times without saying a word.Chu Hanyuan and Li Guangxiang understood, and while saluting, they looked at the two brigade chiefs affectionately, expressing their determination: they must complete the task. On the evening of the 9th, the 9th Company of the 3rd Battalion of the 716th Regiment of our army set off as an assault company.Liu Sengshan was at the front of the sharp knife platoon.They dug many bulletproof pits and garrison holes on the steep wall, and the enemy's grenades dropped from the mountain were basically impossible to hit.They hid in the bulletproof pit, climbed up step by step, combined with the ladder, and touched the edge of the mountain by night.Liu Sengshan gave an order, and the whole platoon of soldiers jumped out, rushed to the top of Mount Chuangzi in one breath, and started a hand-to-hand combat.Immediately afterwards, the 11th and 12th companies also followed. After nearly an hour of fighting, they finally got a foothold on the top of Mount Chuangzi. The head of the regiment, Chu Hanyuan, immediately organized the 1st and 2nd battalions to attack the top of the mountain, preparing to repel the enemy's counterattack.After a night of fighting and a bloody battle, the 716th regiment finally took the Mount Zishan position. "Climbing Mountain is lost!" Liao Ang threw away the phone and sat down on the ground, feeling that failure was coming. In the beginning, Liao Ang advocated breaking through.However, given that the PLA's firepower is too fierce, and its military strength has an absolute advantage, it may be difficult to break through the encirclement.Later, Hu Zongnan sent a telegram, ordering Liu Kan's troops to come for reinforcements, Liao Ang gave up the idea of ​​breaking out, and prepared to stick to the solid fortifications wholeheartedly, waiting for Liu Kan to rescue the siege.As soon as Liu Kan's troops arrive, the People's Liberation Army will surely retreat without fighting, just like the siege of Yulin.But until now, there is still no news of Liu Kan, and the commanding heights of the city defense have been captured, so the next step may be to capture them without a fight. When Liao Ang was terrified by the loss of Mount Climber, news came that the east city had been blasted away. A small number of siege troops from the People's Liberation Army had broken into the city and were engaged in street fighting with the national army. Liao Ang was hit hard again.He walked out of the cave, and the sound of shouts and guns in the east of the city could be clearly heard.After a while, the officers and soldiers of the national army who retreated from the east of the city flooded in like a tide, and they couldn't stop them. Liao Ang's headquarters was in chaos. Some of the officers were dressing up and preparing to break out of the encirclement, while others were packing up and preparing to move. Liao Ang's mood was extremely bad, and he was also a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, so he couldn't protect himself.The People's Liberation Army's attack became more and more fierce. Liao Ang stood in front of the cave dwelling, listening to the continuous sound of guns and artillery in the city, and was full of thoughts. Zhang Xin also rushed over from the front line, and together with Chief of Staff Liu Xuechao, he was going to discuss with Liao Ang the final rescue method.When he walked to Liao Ang's cave, he saw a big fire blazing. Liao Ang was crying like a dog in mourning, burning the 3 billion French coins that Hu Zongnan airdropped a few days ago.Liao Ang has already made his final plan, he wants to burn the money to the underworld, and then use it for his own enjoyment. Seeing Liao Ang, the leader of the first division, doing so at this critical moment, Liu Xuechao and Zhang Xin were extremely disappointed.Liao Ang is a bit smart, he can analyze the enemy's situation and explain the truth with eloquence, even penetrating.But on the rapidly changing battlefield, when he was asked to come up with a decision within a few minutes, he faltered and hesitated.If this money is used to reward officers and soldiers, it will definitely boost their fighting spirit.Now being burned to ashes, whether it is Liu Xuechao, Zhang Xin, or the soldiers who helped Liao Ang burn the money, they all feel sad! Liu Xuechao and Zhang Xin dragged Liao Ang into the cave and asked him what to do.Liao Ang raised his head, his expression still terrified, and said, "What else can I do?!" Zhang Xin said, "Master, can't you wait like this?" Liu Xuechao stretched out three fingers: "There are three ways: one is to wait again." Organize the troops to carry out a counter-attack, and try to beat the People's Liberation Army out of the city; the second is to quickly organize a breakout and preserve part of the strength; the third is to wait and catch and prepare to be captured." Hearing that he was going to be a prisoner, Liao Ang's eyelids twitched a few times, he couldn't accept this reality.But he couldn't come up with a plan, and he still bowed his head and sighed.Zhang Xin was in a hurry, looked at Liao Ang eagerly, then looked at Liu Xuechao and said, "If the chief of staff's proposals don't work, then there is only one way out." Liao Ang raised his head, as if he saw hope.Zhang Xin paused, drew his pistol and said: "'If you don't succeed, you will succeed', follow the order of the division commander, me, and the chief of staff!" The gunshots in the city were still ringing rapidly, the shouts of killing, horses barking outside the door, and the shouts of "Hand up your guns and don't kill, the PLA treats prisoners preferentially" from the loudspeakers of the People's Liberation Army all entered the dead silence of Liao Ang. In an ordinary cave dwelling.The three officers did not speak, quietly waiting for something.After a long time, Liu Xuechao said: "We have tried our best, and this is not what we want to see. Brigadier Zhang, put away your guns! Send the remaining cash and oceans from the division and brigade headquarters to the brothers. Ladies and gentlemen, those who can leave should go, and those who cannot leave should wait for the PLA to come! Li Kungang said that it is true that the PLA gives preferential treatment to prisoners, and we don’t have to worry too much about the future!” After speaking, tears fell like rain, and he returned with a soft sob own cave. The night was completely dark.Because of the blackout, the city was completely dark.Liao Ang, Zhang Xin and Liu Xuechao all stayed in the cave, waiting for that moment to come. After a few hours, all the troops defending the city collapsed, and the People's Liberation Army flooded in from all directions.Under the leadership of the Kuomintang captive soldiers, a search team immediately arrived in front of the cave dwelling of Liao Ang, the division headquarters.Liao Ang had been waiting for this moment for a long time, he did not resist, and he hardly made any effort to conceal his identity.The brigade commander Zhang Xin was even more straightforward. When the People's Liberation Army opened the cave door, he said loudly: "Lead the way. Let's go!" The time was the early morning of October 11, 1947. The new 4th brigade of our army has completed the blocking mission, and got out of the way to let Liu Kan rush over.After cleaning the battlefield, our army also withdrew from Qingjian City in time.