Chapter 14 Chapter Thirteen Choose one out of three, weigh the pros and cons and withdraw from Yulin

The Mid-Autumn Festival in 1947 was spent in Zhuguanzhai, Jia County, and Mao Zedong and his party moved to Shenquan Fort by the Jialu River in early October. When Zhou Enlai gave a situation report to the staff of the central government on September 28, he summarized Chiang Kai-shek's three major weaknesses: insufficient troops, emptiness in the rear, and opposition from the people.Zhou Enlai's summary can be said to hit the nail on the head.Chiang Kai-shek's current military strength is less than 3 million, which is 1.5 million fewer than when the war began. Because of insufficient troops, he had to implement partition defense.In the Kuomintang-controlled area, the "anti-hunger, anti-civil war, and anti-persecution" democratic movement, which was called the "second front" by Mao Zedong, continued to rise, and there was great momentum to overthrow Chiang Kai-shek.As for the Communist Party, the People's Liberation Army became stronger and stronger over the Vietnam War, the liberated areas grew rapidly, and the land reform that broke the feudal land system for thousands of years was also vigorously carried out. Directly approaching the Yangtze River, the war situation has undergone dramatic changes. It can be said that morale is high and people's hearts are united.

It was late at night, and with the soft moonlight, the undulating mountains outside the window were faintly visible.Mao Zedong in the cave was smoking a cigarette, constantly reminiscing about his struggle with the Kuomintang in the past two years.From the time he resolutely went to Chongqing to negotiate, he withstood the pressure and went through hardships, finally kicking off the prelude to today's military counter-offensive.During this period, there were thrilling adventures in northern Shaanxi, the initial failure of the Northeast War, the failure of the Suiyuan Campaign, the hearty battles of Panlong and Meng Lianggu, and the great wisdom and courage of the three-way army that penetrated into Chiang Kai-shek's heart.

The military counteroffensive has begun, and Mao Zedong decided to draft a political declaration of the Chinese People's Liberation Army's war against the Kuomintang Chiang Kai-shek, further dealing a fatal blow to Chiang Kai-shek politically. He took a drag on his cigarette, picked up his pen and wrote quickly, and wrote the first paragraph of the declaration: "The Chinese People's Liberation Army, after smashing Chiang Kai-shek's offensive, has now launched a massive counterattack. Our army on the southern front has attacked the Yangtze River Basin, and our army on the northern front has launched a counterattack. The army has already attacked the two routes of Zhongchang and Beining. Wherever our army goes, the enemy is invincible, and the people are cheering. The whole situation between the enemy and ourselves has basically changed compared with a year ago." Here, Mao Zedong put The people's army he founded and led was officially named the "Chinese People's Liberation Army."

Mao Zedong counted Chiang Kai-shek's heinous crimes, from "ungrateful betrayal of the revolutionary alliance between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party" and "betrayal of Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary Three People's Principles and Three Great Policies" in 1927 to "Americans pay for money and guns, and Chiang Kai-shek for people , Kill the Chinese for the Americans" civil war began. "The twenty-year rule of Chiang Kai-shek is a traitorous, dictatorial and anti-people rule." This was Mao Zedong's final conclusion to Chiang Kai-shek. After taking a sip of water, Mao Zedong continued to write: "Today, the vast majority of people in the country, regardless of land, north or south, regardless of age, have realized Chiang Kai-shek's heinous crimes, and hope that our army will counterattack as soon as possible, overthrow Chiang Kai-shek, and liberate the whole of China. .”

"Land has no distinction between north and south, and year has no distinction between old and young." This sentence is from Chiang Kai-shek's talk in Lushan Mountain in 1937. Responsibility, everyone should have the determination to sacrifice everything", Mao Zedong used it here today, and it has a special irony for Chiang Kai-shek. Of course, the current Mao Zedong is not satisfied with this kind of satire on Chiang Kai-shek. What he needs is "Down with Chiang Kai-shek and liberate the whole of China!" Mao Zedong announced the eight basic policies of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, that is, the Communist Party of China, to form a national united front, overthrow Chiang Kai-shek's dictatorship government, and establish a democratic coalition government; to arrest, try and punish civil war criminals headed by Chiang Kai-shek; to abolish Chiang Kai-shek's The dictatorship system guarantees the people’s freedom of speech, publication, assembly, and association; the property of the four major families of Chiang Kai-shek, Song Ziwen, Kong Xiangxi, and Chen Lifu and other major war criminals must be confiscated; the feudal system of exploitation must be abolished and the system of land to the tiller implemented; It is necessary to recognize the equal right of all ethnic minorities in China to self-government; to abolish all traitorous treaties of Chiang Kai-shek and to abolish all foreign debts of Chiang Kai-shek's traitorous government.

Chiang Kai-shek, who used to be a leader, has already become a heinous public enemy of the people! On October 10, Xinhua News Agency broadcast the declaration in full.With a special mood and great patience, Chiang Kai-shek finished listening to the radio.He clenched his teeth, the veins on his forehead stood out, and his eyes were fixed on the radio on the table.He stood quietly, without getting angry, there was a ball of anger burning in his heart, and a feeling of failure was slowly rising.After standing there for a long time, I found Wu Zhongxin: "Give me a copy of the manifesto of the 'Communist Bandit', I want to study it carefully."

Wu Zhongxin turned around and left as ordered, and the announcer's voice came from the radio again, saying that the People's Liberation Army Headquarters issued the "Chinese People's Liberation Army Slogan", the first of which was "Down with Chiang Kai-shek and liberate the whole of China". Chiang Kai-shek continued to listen with a gloomy face. "Down with the traitorous Chiang Kai-shek", "Down with the autocratic Chiang Kai-shek", "Down with the war criminal Chiang Kai-shek"... One by one, Chiang Kai-shek was almost suffocated.His mouth and nose suddenly distorted, and he couldn't hold it any longer. He snarled "Mum Hippie" and rushed to smash the radio to pieces.

At this time, Mao Zedong was still full of ideas, and the sky was gradually dawning, but he was still not tired at all. Mao Zedong then drafted the "Order of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Headquarters Concerning the Reissue of the Three Major Disciplines and Eight Points of Attention." The "Three Great Disciplines and Eight Points of Attention" were the disciplines formulated by Mao Zedong for the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army during the Second Civil Revolutionary War.At the beginning of the establishment of the Red Army, he asked the troops to speak kindly to the masses, not to fight, not to beat people, not to curse people. In the spring of 1928, when the Red Army was in Jinggangshan, Mao Zedong stipulated three more disciplines: obey the command in action, do not take anything from workers and peasants, and return to the public if the local tyrants are beaten. In the summer of 1928, six points of attention were put forward: door paneling, baling and laying grass, speaking in a friendly manner, fair trading, returning borrowed things, and compensating for damaged things. After 1929, Mao Zedong changed the "do not take anything from workers and peasants" among the three major disciplines to "don't take a needle or thread from the masses", and changed "return to the public if the local tyrants are beaten" to "return to the public everything captured".For the six points of attention, "avoiding women in the bath" and "not searching the pockets of prisoners" were added, thus becoming the "three major disciplines and eight points of attention".These disciplines used to be an important part of the political work of the Red Army, and played a special role in the construction and development of the Red Army during that special fighting period.

Now that the Red Army has broken away from the guerrilla state and its ranks are growing day by day, with the gradual arrival of victory, some violations of discipline in the army have become serious again.Violations of discipline, such as molesting women, eating and drinking, and destroying crops of the masses, occur from time to time.Mao Zedong used the typical "Mao's" font to write down the current "three major disciplines and eight attentions" of the People's Liberation Army.Three major disciplines: follow orders in all actions, do not take stitches from the masses, and return everything seized to the public; eight points of attention: speak kindly, buy and sell fairly, return borrowed things, compensate for damaged things, do not hit or swear, do not damage crops, Do not molest women, do not abuse captives.

Mao Zedong completed several important documents in the War of Liberation on this day.It was almost noon, and Mao Zedong was sleepy and tired. Under the repeated urging of the guards, he drank a mouthful of dark porridge and took a few more pills before slowly falling asleep.His gradual snoring was even and rhythmic, just like the beating pulse of the Chinese revolution, calm and determined. The troops have been pulled to the Suide area for rest and reorganization.It is a feature of Peng Dehuai's use of troops to organize rest after the war.Even two or three days of rest can reduce fatigue and adjust the mental state of the troops.However, the rest organized by Peng Dehuai was not about eating and sleeping, but the continuation of the battle.Rectifying discipline and checking fighting spirit are the inevitable contents of rest.As a result, many fighters with tenacious fighting spirit were encouraged and praised, and the phenomenon of lax style and lax discipline was severely criticized.When the atmosphere is upright and the discipline is up, you can devote yourself to the next battle with full enthusiasm and high fighting spirit.

Peng Dehuai took a trip to various units. The cadres above the battalion level of the sixth column, which had just been formed by the teaching brigade and the new 4th brigade, were holding a mobilization meeting on unity under the organization of commander Luo Yuanfa and political commissar Xu Liqing.Under the leadership of the brigade commander Cheng Yuechang and the political commissar Huang Zhentang, the comrades of the new 4th brigade expressed their commitment to complete every task assigned by the superior.Other troops are also holding squad meetings to study the PLA Manifesto drafted by Mao Zedong and the "three major disciplines and eight points of attention" instructions. The sound of the mountain.Seeing the high morale of the soldiers, Peng Dehuai's heart was filled with honey, which was much better than eating a bowl of white rice or drinking a bowl of millet porridge. On the 11th, Mao Zedong forwarded the combat experience in the Northwest battlefield to the heads of the strategic areas, and greatly praised the Northwest Field Army led by Peng Dehuai, which made Peng Dehuai feel embarrassed.In Peng Dehuai's view, the victory in the northwest battlefield was completely achieved under the leadership of Chairman Mao of the Party Central Committee. Peng Dehuai only implemented the correct intention of Chairman Mao of the Party Central Committee, and he could not be said to have made any contribution. On the 12th, after Mao Zedong drafted congratulatory telegrams to Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping for annihilating the two brigades in Zhangjiadian, Qidian, and Lijiaji, he gave Peng Dehuai multiple choice questions.Three plans were proposed for Nishino's next move: one was to attack Liu Kan on the spot; Not to fight Liu Kan, nor to fight Yulin, the whole army went south to Luochuan, Central (now Huangling), Yijun, and Tongguan (now Tongchuan). Peng Dehuai gathered the heads of the Xiye Brigade and above, and formed a consensus: Hu Zongnan focused on guarding the front lines of Xi'an and Tongguan, and Xu Bao's 28th Brigade had been airlifted to Xi'an. In this way, Yulin only had the headquarters of the 22nd Army and the entire 86th Division , the new 11th Brigade and the 5th Shaanxi Security Regiment have a total of more than 9,000 people serving as garrisons, and their strength is relatively weak. Among them, the 257th and 258th Regiments of the 86th Division and the 1st Regiment of the New 11th Brigade are scattered in the south of Yulin City, Shenmu, and Fuzhou. Gu and Liuguanzhai, Yulin defended the enemy even weaker.What's more, when they attacked Yulin last time, they had captured many strongholds around Yulin, making Yulin completely an isolated city.In this way, attacking Yulin seems to be the best choice for granted.If Yulin can be captured, food and ammunition can be supplemented, the rear can be consolidated, and the worries of the next step to the south can be relieved, and the safety of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Central Military Commission can be guaranteed.What's more, Hu Zongnan is too busy to take care of himself now, and the possibility of aiding Yu is unlikely. Even if he aids Yu, the exhausted army will come from afar, and the combat effectiveness will be very limited.Ma Hongkui in the west blindly guards the territory, he will not be easily dispatched. However, the shadow of the failure of the last attack on Yulin still hangs over the minds of the chiefs, and many chiefs expressed concern about Yulin's solid city defense.However, in the face of many favorable factors, this difficulty can be overcome.What's more, as long as the firepower is concentrated and more research and preparations are made in terms of tactics and technology, no matter how strong the city wall is, there is a way.Isn't Qingjian very strong?Five or six days to solve the problem!After analyzing all factors, Peng Dehuai finally slapped down the table: "That's it, attack Yulin. Hurry up and make preparations for the attack. According to the opinion of the Military Commission, wait for Liu Kan's troops to go south before attacking." Now Yulin is not only an isolated city, but also a dead city to some extent.Since the first attack by the Northwest Field Army, Guide Fort in the south of the city and Qingyun Mountain in the southeast have become a liberated area.In the whole Yulin, only the Yubao Highway can connect it with the outside world.The land in Yulin is barren, and there is very little production. There are more than 30,000 soldiers and civilians, and the food they need is almost completely transported by the Yubao road.On the other hand, the Yubao Highway has to pass through the Ordos Grassland, which stretches for hundreds of miles. The road here is sparsely populated and the road is desolate. Moreover, the Ikezhao League Military Region of the People’s Liberation Army is located in Wushen Banner. Between Yulin and Zhasa Banner, the Yubao Highway is not completely smooth.This question made Deng Baoshan very troubled. At that time, Deng Baoshan was extremely depressed.After fighting the Communist Party, the face has been torn, and the good-neighborly and friendly relations in the past can only be preserved as a memory.As for Chiang Kai-shek, he had long expected that he would collapse sooner or later. He would continue to stay in the Chiang Kai-shek system and fight against the Communist Party.But Hu Zongnan was already like a pile of mud, and it was too late to defend Xi'an and Guanzhong, and he had no time to take care of Yulin's defense. Not only that, but he also transported Xu Bao away at the time of crisis in Yulin.Count on Hu Zongnan, what will happen! Fortunately, the Yulin military was assigned to Fu Zuoyi's 11th war zone and Hu Zongnan's first war zone at the same time. Deng Baoshan and Fu Zuoyi had always had a good personal relationship. In early October, he took Wang Binglin, the chief of the electrical affairs section, and Zhang Jingwen, the chief of the military supplies section, to Fu Zuoyi's place in Peking. I went, and temporarily stayed away from Yulin, a place where nothing happened. As soon as Deng Baoshan left, Yulin City Defense was handed over to Zuo Shiyun, commander of the 22nd Army, and Yu Fanggao, chief of the general staff of the Shanxi-Shanxi-Suibian Border Region.Zuo Shiyun and Yu Fanggao are different from Deng Baoshan. They were both born and raised in Yulin. Deng Baoshan can run, but they cannot.They have lived and fought in Yulin for decades, and their lives and honors have been closely linked with Yulin.If Yulin survives, they will survive; if Yulin dies, they will perish.Therefore, after Deng Baoshan left, they began to build a large-scale construction project and rebuilt the Yulin City Defense from the beginning to the end.Blockhouses, barbed wire fences were added, and trenches were repaired, especially in the Lingxiao Tower in the south of the city, which is an important defense area.Zuo Shiyun and Yu Fanggao believe that if this place is done well, the work of defending the city will be half done. Hearing that Xiye was going to fight Yulin again, He Long hurriedly mobilized a batch of explosives, grenades, and a large amount of food, and dispatched a field artillery platoon from the Jinsui troops to support the battle.The lack of weapons and ammunition was the main factor in the failure of the last attack on Yulin.One is the lack of heavy firepower weapons, which cannot form a powerful enough bombardment; the second is the lack of explosives. The two blasting of the city wall failed due to insufficient explosives.When Peng Dehuai received this batch of materials, his confidence immediately doubled. He called together the heads of the various troops and made another clear request on technical and disciplinary issues in the battle. On the 22nd, a sunny day with a slight chill in the autumn wind, the main force of the Northwest Field Army marched from Suide to Yulin.On the way, Peng Dehuai received another telegram from Wang Zhen and Wang Shitai to report the end of the Yellow Dragon Battle. After reading the telegram, Peng Dehuai showed a rare smile, raised the telegram and said to Zhang Zongxun: "Deputy Commander, Wang Zhen and Wang Shitai have won the battle!" Zhang Zongxun was appointed by the Military Commission as the deputy commander of the Northwest Field Army on September 13. He took office from the position of commander of the first column a few days ago, and He Bingyan succeeded the commander of the first column.While saying "Really?", he received the telegram and couldn't help shouting: "Oh, it's terrible. Lianke Huanglong, Baishui, Hancheng, Yichuan, and Xu Yongxiu (in the command post of Hu Zongnan's Yichuan stronghold) general commander)." Zhang Zongxun gave a thumbs up, "The record is not small!" Peng Dehuai laughed twice, and said: "Yes, we have to work hard! When we take Yulin, we will reward them!" The two chiefs led the troops and marched towards Yulin amidst laughter. The battle to wipe out the outer strongholds of Yulin was swift and smooth.After crossing the Wuding River in the north and cutting off the retreat route of the 11th Brigade and the 1st Regiment of the enemy's new 11th Brigade at Zhaozhuang, Sanchawan, and Liuguanzhai, the main force quickly passed through the east of Guidebao to Weijialou, Huayuegou, and Sanchawan. The attack advanced, and at dawn on the 27th, the enemies at the above-mentioned points were encircled and wiped out, and they quickly approached the south of Yulin City.The three verticals advanced through Mizhi and Shiyaoping, surrounded and wiped out the enemies of Dianhuangmao and Changlebao, and then the main force approached the north of Yulin City.On the 25th, the Sixth Column gathered in secret near Zhaojiamao via Shiyaoping and Xuanshuiwan. At dawn on the 27th, the enemy surrounded Qingyun Mountain with a force, and the main force approached the east of Yulin City. Although Zuo Shiyun had been prepared for a long time, the rapid arrival of the People's Liberation Army still surprised him a lot.Deng Baoshan was not in Yulin. Zuo Shiyun, commander of the 22nd Army, Xu Zhijia, commander of the 86th Division, Yu Fanggao, chief of staff of the General Headquarters, and Hu Jingtong, a senior officer of the General Headquarters, immediately formed a temporary command post, and Xu Zhijia was the commander-in-chief of the city defense. Chiang Kai-shek was busy again to keep Yulin.He immediately ordered the 3rd Military Region of the Air Force to immediately send planes to help the battle, and asked Hu Zongnan to raise food and ammunition to airdrop supplies to the Yucheng defenders, and also sent a telegram to Ma Hongkui, ordering him to help Yu immediately.And Deng Baoshan, who was far away in Beiping, was also highly nervous. With Yulin being besieged for the first time, no one dared to believe that Yulin City could survive this time.It is said that the Communist Party, the Communist Party, and the wife are the devil who kills without blinking an eye, so why don't you just run away and wait for death?At this time, the panic among the soldiers and civilians in Yucheng had reached its peak.As soon as the plane transporting supplies from Xi'an arrived, many family members of military officers rushed to the airport with their children and daughters, crying and begging, and rushing to get on the plane.And the pilots of the Kuomintang, because of the government's financial constraints, have not received their salary for several days. At this time, if they charge some fees, it will be too easy to make a fortune!So they announced to the "refugees" that each person needs to pay one tael of gold before boarding the plane to Xi'an. As long as you can survive and get out of Yulin City safely, what is a tael of gold?The family members of the officers lined up and generously handed over the one tael of gold bought for the hope of survival to the pilots.As a result, the ground staff at Yulin Airport became jealous, and they also demanded dividends.But the pilots refused to agree, and they must have embezzled the windfall. "If you don't give it up, don't give it up, let's see how I deal with you!" The ground staff at Yulin Airport cursed viciously, and the plan for revenge was already planned.The pilots went back happily, waiting to collect the gold the next day.But on the second day, that is, on the 27th, when the pilots flew to Yulin again with guns, ammunition and food, they found that they could not get in touch with Yulin Air Station, and finally made an emergency landing without guidance. But as soon as it landed, it happened to be caught by the People's Liberation Army.A few shells from the People's Liberation Army passed by, turning the plane, the pilots, the golden dreams of the pilots, and a large amount of supplies into ashes. This plane crash ruined a lot of ammunition and food that Yulin urgently needed. Zuo Shiyun was furious when he heard about it, and he patted the table to find out the cause of the crash.But in times of turmoil, a plane crash is like a brigade and division of the national army being wiped out, which is very normal.The People's Liberation Army's offensive became more and more fierce, and this incident was over.It was not until Hu Jingtong and others who were captured after liberation wrote their memoirs that they revealed the whole story. Nishino still regards the Lingxiao Tower as the main attack target, and still uses the method of trench operations to approach the enemy.On the afternoon of the 27th, the occupation of Wulitun and the "September 18" highland in the south of the Lingxiao Tower was completed.The 257th Regiment of the 86th Division of the Kuomintang Army guarding the Lingxiao Tower had learned the power of Xiye during the last Yulin battle. This time, as the PLA gradually approached the trench operations, morale also fell to the extreme.The head of the regiment, Gao Lingyun, organized several small teams to cooperate with the "60" artillery to launch a counterattack, but to no avail.By the evening of the 30th, the 714th Regiment of the 358th Brigade of the First Column of the Field Army, the 2nd and 3rd Regiments of the Independent 1st Brigade, and the 771st Regiment of the Newly Formed 4th Brigade of the Sixth Column launched a joint assault on the main positions of Lingxiao Tower and Sanyi Temple with infantry. . Gao Lingyun was sweating profusely at the command post, and pressed all the reserve team, including cooks, hygienists and other non-combatants, but still couldn't withstand Xi Ye's attack.Zuo Shiyun and Xu Zhijia immediately made a decision. Regardless of the threat of simultaneous attack on other positions, they ordered two companies from the defenders of the west and north cities to rush for reinforcements. Safety. The minefields of Lingxiao Tower have been swept away, the barbed wire fence has also been broken through, and some bright and dark bunkers have also been interspersed and removed by the PLA's engineering troops. The two companies transferred have no effect on the situation at this time. Seeing that the PLA is about to After attacking, Gao Lingyun sent an emergency call to Zuo Shiyun, suggesting to withdraw from Lingxiao Tower, preserve his strength, and prepare to fight again. Zuo Shiyun didn't believe that the situation of Lingxiao Tower was so serious that so many solid fortifications were broken through like this?He sent Zhang Yunqu, the deputy commander of the 86th Division, to conduct a field inspection. Zhang saw the fierce battle and felt that Gao Lingyun was powerless.Finally, he waved his hand weakly: "Let's retreat!" Gao Lingyuntuan left a battalion dead, and ran back into the city like a gust of wind.At this time, the 714th Regiment of the 358th Brigade of our army also occupied Sanyi Temple. Holding a pencil, Peng Dehuai ticked off the enemy positions and strongholds outside Yulin City one by one. After Lingxiao Pagoda and Sanyi Temple were ticked off, the troops of the Field Army formed a large circle outside Yulin City, achieving the goal of fighting against the enemy. Another siege of Yulin.Zhang Zongxun was also encouraged by the current battle situation. He looked at the map and asked in a low voice: "Mr. Peng, when do you think the general offensive will be launched?" Peng Dehuai tapped the map with a pencil, nodded and said, "It will be at 5 o'clock in the afternoon on November 2. Tell the troops to consolidate the existing positions, expand the results of the battle, and make all preparations for the siege!" Deng Baoshan flew to Peiping just in time for Chiang Kai-shek to come to Peiping, so together with Li Zongren, Wu Qiwei, Sun Lianzhong, Fu Zuoyi, etc., he participated in the North China Military Conference held by Chiang Kai-shek in Huairentang, Zhongnanhai. The history of the bandit military and matters that senior generals should pay attention to".After the meeting, Fu Zuoyi went to Zhangyuan (Zhangjiakou).He took Zhang Yuan from the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Field Army last year, and now it is the place where he sits and commands.On Fu Zuoyi's Chasui defense line, Yulin also occupies an important corner.Yulin was not protected, and Baotou's buttocks were exposed.The People's Liberation Army is light and simple, starting from Yulin all the way north, with just a light kick, it can kick Baotou upside down.Then move eastward and join forces with He Long's Jinsui Military Region and Nie Rongzhen's Jinchaji troops, and Chasui will be a great threat.For this point, Fu Zuoyi, who is capable of writing and martial arts, can still see it clearly. Deng Baoshan took Zuo Shiyun's emergency telegram and flew to Zhang Yuan in a hurry.Deng Baoshan is here asking for help, Fu Zuoyi is still very interesting, like a big brother to a little brother, he took Deng Baoshan's hand and said: "Don't be afraid, your business is my business. Hu Zongnan doesn't care, I will take care of it!" But in fact , Deng Baoshan is older than him! Deng Baoshan hadn't withdrawn her hand yet, her face was full of gratitude.He originally thought that Fu Zuoyi would practice Tai Chi, but he didn't expect him to be so straightforward.He held Fu Zuoyi's hand tightly: "Commander Fu, I, Deng, will remember you, and the soldiers and civilians of Yulin will remember you!" Fu Zuoyi hurriedly waved his hands and said, "No, no! I'm short on money, and the defense line stretches for thousands of miles, and the troops for you are limited. The most important thing is to have the Yulin army and people work together! At the beginning, I planned to airlift the traffic police team to you , but now the airport has been lost, and air transportation is impossible. How about this, I will immediately order Liang Panchi, the deputy commander of the 17th Division, to lead a reinforced regiment, take a car from Baotou to Zhasa Banner, under your command, and use cameras to assist Yu." Although the strength of a regiment is too small, Deng Baoshan still has a feeling of being cared for. Compared with Hu Zongnan, Fu Zuoyi is much better.After a while, Deng Baoshan said: "The strength of a regiment is a little less. But if you really can't get more troops, you can see if you can mobilize Ma Hongkui. The chairman's order has been issued, but Ma Hongkui only cares about protecting his own territory, so he will not spend money to help Yu." "That's fine. I'll fly to Ningxia tomorrow and clarify the stakes with Ma Hongkui." Fu Zuoyi got up together, turned his head and said, "It's not too late, and you don't want to stay in Zhangyuan for a long time. Go to Baotou immediately and strengthen your relationship with Liang Panchi." Let's go about the regiment." Fu Zuoyi's loyalty, ability and decisiveness made his impression on Deng Baoshan even deeper.Deng Baoshan didn't say anything anymore. Although Yulin was still in danger, he already felt much more at ease. Zuo Shiyun knew the result of the discussion between Deng Baoshan and Fu Zuoyi immediately.Two days ago, the 258th Regiment of the 86th Division stationed in Shenmu and Fugu had been brought to Yulin City, and now there are reinforcements coming to rescue them. Zuo Shiyun rubbed his hands, and couldn't help but smiled and said his catchphrase again: "I'm here!" Let's just say, 'When things are in a hurry, there will be surprises'! Let's not be afraid, stick to it and wait for help, there will be a way out. Master Xu and Chief of Staff Yu, go to the battle and give encouragement to the brothers!" After assigning the task, Zuo Shiyun hummed a little tune that he hadn't hummed for a long time, and walked up and down in the headquarters. This was the moment when Zuo Shiyun was in the best mood since the People's Liberation Army besieged the city.But within half an hour, a report came from the front: In the south section of the city and the east section of the south city near the Kuixing Tower in the southeast corner, the People's Liberation Army was found to be digging a tunnel, and the tunnel had almost reached the foot of the city! "Ah!" Zuo Shiyun turned around, his face pale. Zuo Shiyun had experienced the War of Resistance Against Japan. When the Chinese Expeditionary Force was in Songshan, Yunnan, they used the method of digging tunnels, filled the tunnels with explosives, and destroyed the long-standing strongholds built by the Japanese on Songshan.Now the People's Liberation Army has also adopted tunnel blasting tactics, and the tunnels have extended to the city. This is too dangerous and terrible!Zuo Shiyun's excitement just now was swept away, and he was so shocked that he was sweating profusely in an instant. Before using tunnel tactics, our field army had forcibly attacked the city at dusk on the 2nd, but it failed because the ladder was too short, the city wall was too high, the enemy's firepower was too fierce, and there were too many hidden firepower points.Peng Dehuai hurriedly ordered to stop the storm, use tunnel blasting instead, and hand over the task to the 1st Vertical and 1st Brigade.Brigadier Wang Shangrong rolled up his sleeves and personally supervised the tunnel construction. By the time Zuo Shiyun discovered it, nearly 70% of the tunnel work had been completed. Our field army is brewing a huge death threat on the ground outside the city, and panic once again swept through the whole city of Yulin.A soldier in Gao Lingyun's special agent platoon suddenly lost his mind and shouted, "The Eighth Route Army has dug a hole in the ground."The chaotic situation made Zuo Shiyun unable to control it anymore. He wailed to Deng Baoshan again and again, as if breaking the city was imminent.Deng Baoshan was hundreds of miles away from Yulin, but there was nothing she could do. Zuo Shiyun tried every means to sabotage the PLA's tunnel operations, but he couldn't find the exact location of the PLA's tunnel operations and had little effect. My 1st Brigade was divided into "three shifts" to carry out tunnel operations around the clock. By the morning of the 8th, the 60-meter-long and 120-meter-long tunnel operations were completed near the Kuixing Building in the southeast of the city. The explosives in the tunnels were piled up like hills. , forming enough explosive power. On the night of November 8th, the moonlight was hazy, and everything was quiet. At 11 o'clock in the evening, Peng Dehuai issued a second siege order. The artillery unit of our army concentrated its firepower to bombard the defenders of Yucheng, and the blasting unit of the 1st Independent Brigade quickly ignited. With two loud noises, the entire city of Yulin was shaken, and the hearts of the Kuomintang troops in the city were shaken. In order to prevent the shock wave generated by the blasting, the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Regiment of our army's commando team was deployed relatively far away. After a cloud of thick black smoke rose, it was clear that a 20-meter-long gap in the city wall had been blasted. The 1st Battalion quickly attacked, shouting and rushing towards the gap.The defenders of Yucheng also discovered this gap and immediately organized firepower to block it. In an instant, tens of thousands of shells were fired from all directions in the city. The dense firepower net sealed the gap tightly. The 1st Battalion attacked several times. They were all blocked by fierce firepower.The battalion commander reported: "The firepower is too strong to break through!" Peng Dehuai stomped his feet: "What happened! The commando is so far away, what happened!" Wang Shangrong was also furious. He worked hard to dig the tunnel for four or five days, and took great risks to blow up the gap, but within a few minutes the enemy blocked it with firepower.He picked up the phone and scolded the head of the 2nd regiment severely.Peng Dehuai said with a gloomy face, "Stop swearing, continue to work in the tunnels, and then attack the city with blasting!" Before the tunnel was dug, Deng Baoshan came, with about 6,000 people from the temporary 17th division, and set off from Sanbian and Baotou to reinforce Yulin. Ma Hongkui's reinforcements also came, more than 30,000 people mighty! Originally, Ma Hongkui didn't want to send troops, so he began to delay and wait and see with various excuses.Later, under the repeated urging of Chiang Kai-shek, he planned to send the reorganized 18th Division to temporarily reorganize the 9th Brigade, and add two regiments to deal with it.However, Lu Zhongliang, the commander of the 9th brigade temporarily, suggested: "The PLA is good at besieging cities and fighting for aid. If fewer troops go there, they will be eaten up. If you want to go, go more. Otherwise, not only will you not be able to complete the task, but it will also have a bad impact on Ningxia as a whole." Ma Hongkui was still hesitant.Just at this time, Fu Zuoyi came.Ma Hongkui was full of suspicion, not knowing what kind of medicine Fu Zuoyi sold in the gourd.Fu Zuoyi patted Ma Hongkui on the thick shoulder, and said with a smile, "Brother Shaoyun, I'm here to give you some advice." Ma Hongkui still looked wary: "Brother Yisheng, just speak up if you have something to say." Fu Zuoyi clapped his hands: " Good!" He took a sip of water: "Brother Shaoyun, you are clear about the relationship between Baoshan and the Communist Party, but the People's Liberation Army still wants to beat him. After driving you away on three sides last time, they didn't take advantage of the victory to chase after you, but turned around and hit him. Yulin. One hit is not enough, this time it comes again. Why, buddy, have you thought about it?" Ma Hongkui shook his head, staring at Fu Zuoyi.Fu Zuoyi paced around the room, pretending to be closed for a while, and turned up Ma Hongkui's appetite before saying, "You haven't thought about it, let me tell you! You, but Yulin is behind, and there is a threat. So they must first eliminate the threat from the front and back of the attack on Ningxia! Yulin and Ningxia have a close relationship, and if Yulin is not guaranteed, Ningxia is in danger! When the People's Liberation Army takes Yulin, the next target is you!" Fu Zuoyi turned around suddenly, with a serious face, and pointed his right hand at Ma Hongkui. The corners of Ma Hongkui's eyes twitched a few times, his body seemed to be shaking, and he asked himself in his heart: "Is it so serious?" Fu Zuoyi adjusted his tone, sat down, turned his head towards Ma Hongkui and continued: "Yulin is a fortress for the chairman to block the northern gate of Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia, and it is also a bridge connecting you and me. Its military status cannot be overestimated! Hu Zongnan is now I'm afraid of being beaten, and I can't take care of myself. It's hard to maintain the situation in the Northwest by him. Ma Bufang has always competed with you for favor and success, and wants to be ahead of you in everything. The last time he fought such a battle in Heshui, what are you bragging about? "Heshui Great Victory" stole the limelight. Now that Yulin is in danger, it doesn't mean that Yulin is vulnerable. The last time the People's Liberation Army was unable to attack for a long time is proof! You sent 20,000 troops from west to east to attack the back of the People's Liberation Army. Send some more troops to attack head-on, and the siege of Yulin will be easily solved. Your status in Ningxia and the strength of your 'Majiajun' will be determined in one battle! It can be said that now is the time for you to make contributions to the party and the country, and it is you An excellent opportunity to surpass Hu Zongnan and Ma Bufang!" Fu Zuoyi paused on purpose, stood up and looked at the rolling mountains outside the house, and slowed down his speech: "But you are still watching and waiting. If you continue like this, you will not only lose Ningxia, but also lose your fame for the rest of your life!" Ma Hongkui sat there blankly, as if thousands of horses were galloping in his heart.There are still so many articles to do in the isolated city of Yulin, no wonder the chairman of the committee will not let him go! After Fu Zuoyi left, Ma Hongkui quickly held a military meeting and told his subordinates what Fu Zuoyi had told him.He gambled his life and made his second son Ma Dunjing the commander, leading the 3 regiments of Lu Zhongliang, commander of the 9th brigade (attached to the 2nd security regiment), and the 3 regiments of Ma Guangzong, commander of the reorganized 168th brigade ( Attached to the 5th Regiment of Security Forces), 2 regiments of Ma Quanliang Department of the First Column of the Ningxia Security Forces, and 3 regiments of the 10th Cavalry Brigade reorganized by his eldest son Ma Dunhou, plus artillery, cavalry, and engineer battalions, a total of more than 30,000 people, in the "strengthening Under the name of "Trilateral Defense", it marched towards Yulin on November 7. However, the wily Ma Hongkui still stayed.Fu Zuoyi's words are certainly nice to hear, but in case of an actual battle, if the entire army is wiped out, or if the army is lost, wouldn't he be completely defeated?Therefore, before the two brothers Ma Dunjing and Ma Dunhou went out to fight, Ma Hongkui specifically confessed: "If you can fight, you will fight, and if you can't fight, you will return. Go on and destroy the Communist Army on the premise of preserving yourself!" It was the first time that Ma Dunjing led the soldiers to go out, and he didn't encounter any enemy on the way, so he felt quite comfortable. On the 11th, Ma Dunjing received a personal letter from Chiang Kai-shek airdropped to herself, claiming that "this aid to Yu is related to the overall situation in the Northwest and the future of the father and son of Xianshi (referring to Ma Dunjing)." After reading the letter, Ma Dunjing felt even more excited , The scene of Yulin soldiers and civilians warmly welcoming me after the successful aid to Yu has emerged in my mind. Ma Dunjing led his troops to move on, and suddenly got a report that they encountered a reconnaissance unit of the People's Liberation Army and found a letter from the officer who was killed. Go forward, as if you don’t dare to commit crimes again.” "Don't dare to commit crimes? Speed ​​up for me!" Ma Dunjing was completely overwhelmed by optimism. The horse bandit troops accelerated their advance and arrived at Yuandatan, 60 kilometers northwest of Yulin, on the 12th.When they arrived at Yuandataan, there was still no movement of the PLA. Ma Dunjing became more daring and ordered the troops to continue eastward.但东出元大滩不足10公里，在野茅滩这个地方，遇到了解放军的阻击，双方立即展开了激战。 解放军部队是358旅的714、715团。西野司令部前天得到邓宝珊带着暂17师已抵五道河子、孟家湾一带的不实情报，害得部队主力向北扑了个大空。这次又听说马敦静率部前来，就派714、715团去摸摸情况，还真一下子就跟马敦静的部队交上了火。 马敦静一直害怕解放军围城打援，一遭遇上714、715团，神经立刻紧张起来，还向胡宗南直喊，要求飞机参战，两个小时后，胡宗南的3架飞机到了。 马敦静有点小题大做了。黄新廷、余秋里并没有要714、715团在这里跟马敦静一拼高低的意思，等基本上摸清马敦静的虚实后，两团就主动向后撤退了。马敦静也很知趣，下令部队后撤到元大滩，构筑野战工事。 彭德怀神情严肃，摊开地图看了很长时间，然后沿着马敦静、邓宝珊率兵来援的路线在地图上画下了两个锐利的箭头。彭德怀端起茶杯喝了口水，又把目光落在了地图上的元大滩。从榆林出发，他又画下了三个箭头，直指元大滩，分别标上一纵、三纵、六纵。彭德怀下定了决心，少量部队继续围城，主力西出歼灭马敦静部。 13日黄昏时分，西野主力从北、西、南三个方向同时向元大滩马敦静部展开了攻击。 马敦静完全被这突如其来的变故吓得不知所措，侦察兵报告，解放军一共有8个纵队。8个纵队，这还了得！这岂不是马家军的好几倍！ 前方阵地的枪炮声已越来越急促，战况报告也不断送过来。卢忠良的正面阵地战斗最激烈，解放军发起了好几场冲锋，现在已冲到阵地上来了，两军已展开肉搏，亮起了刺刀。而北面马光宗的阵地上，也是炮声隆隆，据点已被解放军夺走好几个。还有南面，战局也似有支撑不下去的迹象。 马敦静坐在指挥部里筹划着怎样配置兵力，忽听外面枪声大作，不禁一阵紧张。他所在的位置可是核心阵地，难道解放军冲到这里来了？他心脏狂跳不止，哆哆嗦嗦起身外出，只见阵地上自己的士兵在互相对射，而又没有解放军冲上来，显然这是一场误会。事后查明，第168旅第502团营长李寿春的马脱缰，饲养兵追马过来，阵地守军连问口令不答，因而开枪射击，于是自己内部瞎打起来。 “乱弹琴，真他妈的乱弹琴！”马敦静恶狠狠地甩手就骂。 激战仍在进行，马敦厚的骑兵已溃退下来。马敦静不禁向大哥怒喝：“叫骑兵顶住，立刻顶住！”马敦厚也不是省油的灯，坚持说骑兵夜间不能独立作战。前方炮火纷飞，兄弟俩争吵不休。这时候，步兵也开始溃退下来，一连接一连的，止都止不住。但先前叫胡宗南派来的飞机又不见踪影，叫左世允派兵出城在元大滩夹击解放军，左世允的兵也未到。难道就这样眼看着部队被解放军吃掉？ 到14日中午，马敦静已明显感到力不从心了。他犹豫再三，决定向老父亲报告一切。他本来和其他人约定，不到万不得已，是不向父亲报告战况的，免得他在千里之外独自担心。 马鸿逵二话不说，立即给左世允发了封措辞激烈的电报：“我派我的两个儿子，率领我所有的部队前去为你们解围，但总不见你们的队伍出击，我才明白我是上了你们的当！” 左世允也是一肚子的苦水，队伍已被解放军打得七零八落，根本找不到一个完整建制的连队。收到马敦静的电报后，他东拼西凑，终于组织了差不多一个团的人马，但刚刚到城门口，解放军队伍就冲了过来，不得已又退了回去。这回收到马鸿逵的电报，只好又组织了一团人马，由杨仲横率领，冲出城去。 战斗进行的这几天，彭德怀一直寝食难安。部队在沙漠地带连日作战，风餐露宿。虽谈不上饥寒交迫，但肚子一直是没填饱的。榆林城攻了十多天，没攻下；元大滩攻了两天，也没拿下。各部队报上来的伤亡统计已达4，000多人——这是西北战场从来没有过的！眼下邓宝珊率着6，000多人一步步朝榆林开过来了，杨仲横团也来了。再坚持下去，势必要付出更多的牺牲。 面对严峻形势，彭德怀权衡利弊后再次命部队撤出了榆林。