Chapter 16 Chapter 15 Great victory in Yiwa, the door to the south is completely opened

Not long ago, Hu Zongnan adjusted the personnel and establishment of the troops stationed in northern Shaanxi.Dong Zhao was dismissed from the position of commander of the 1st Army and became the chairman of the Shaanxi Provincial Government; Yan Ming replaced Chen Wu as the commander of the 90th Division.The 27th Division and the 90th Division that originally belonged to the 1st Army were assigned to the 29th Army. The People's Liberation Army has entered winter training, and Hu Zongnan's troops have temporarily gained a respite.For any Chinese, the desire to reunite with their families during the Spring Festival cannot be stopped by any force.When the Spring Festival approached in 1948, Hu Zongnan's brigade commanders and teachers in northern Shaanxi went to Xi'an one after another, took his concubine out of restaurants and into the theater, drinking and playing cards, and celebrated the Spring Festival with singing and dancing.

The same is true for Hu Zongnan, who slipped from Yan'an to Xi'an by forming the Pei Changhui Corps to leave Tongguan east, and the Yan'an command post, which symbolized conquest, was also dismantled. Just after the New Year's Eve, and the atmosphere of the Spring Festival has not yet dissipated, Hu Zongnan suddenly received a report from the front that the main force of the Communist Army was committing crimes in the south, with unknown intentions.Hu Zongnan immediately became nervous, grabbed the phone and rushed Liu Kan, Yan Ming, Wang Yingzun (the commander of the 27th Division), Deng Zhongmei (the deputy commander of the 27th Division) from the theater tavern to the front line.

After living in Xi'an for a few days, their hearts were already intoxicated by the wine and lights there. In the first few days, they couldn't get into the situation, and they always felt empty in their hearts, regretting that they should not wear this military uniform.Putting on this military uniform, I regret that I should not have been born in such a chaotic era!Fortunately, the enemy situation was not as serious as Hu Zongnan said during the few days when they arrived at the army station, so they could let their mentality transition slowly. This Spring Festival, the leaders of the Northwest Field Army did not live as well as Hu Zongnan and his group. Their only spiritual feast was the morale and fighting spirit that broke out from the troops' winter training. On February 12, as soon as the troops shouted to set off, the soldiers were like wild horses that had run loose, eager to run to Yichuan in one breath.Many former liberation fighters of the 29th Army also said that they had never seen their army commander Liu Kan before, and this time they must personally capture him alive.

At this time, Zhao Shoushan, the former commander-in-chief of the 3rd Army of the Kuomintang, was appointed by the Central Military Commission as the second deputy commander of the Northwest Field Army on February 6.During the Anti-Japanese War, he fought side by side with the Eighth Route Army, which was not tolerated by Chiang Kai-shek. In 1946, he was relieved of his military power and ordered to go abroad.Seeing the fighting spirit and mental state of the field army soldiers, Zhao Shoushan told Peng Dehuai that this was something he had never seen in the Kuomintang army. On the 17th, after Nishino entered Jinsha Town, Gangu Station, and Yanchang, another brigade-level chief meeting was held in Foguyuan, south of Yanchang.This time, Peng Dehuai's determination was to eat Liu Kan in one bite. Even if he couldn't eat him, he would eat most of him, so that he would have no power to attack and completely solve the war in northern Shaanxi. Therefore, all the work before the battle We have to make it more detailed.

This is a fairy society, there is no fixed pattern and routine, anyone who wants to speak can speak.When everyone brainstorms, they can often come up with good ideas.For example, this meeting came to such a conclusion: if the troops attack Yichuan, there will be three main forces of Liu Kan gathered in the south of Fu County and southwest of Yichuan in Luochuan, Huangling, and Yijun to help Yichuan. road.One is along the Luo (Chuan) Yi (Yichuan) Highway to Yichuan via Wazi Street; the other is from Huangling and Luochuan to Yichuan via Shibao; the other is from Huangling and Luochuan along Luoyi Highway to Yichuan From the Golden Lion Temple in the north to Yichuan.Comparing the three roads, the first road is short, but the ditch is deep and dense, and it is easy to be ambushed; the second road is far, twice as far as the first road. For Liu Kan, this road does not seem to have any favorable conditions; Although the possibility of being ambushed by Santiao is small, heavy firearms are not easy to pass through mountains and ridges.Judging from Liu Kan's combat rules in the past few months in northern Shaanxi and his current cautious combat psychology, he may propose to Hu Zongnan to take the third path.But when the situation was urgent, out of his eagerness to solve the siege of Yichuan, with Hu Zongnan's temper, he was very likely to order Liu Kan to take the first route because he relied on his troops to strengthen the crowd.

So, where is the ambush located?Peng Dehuai, who has the reputation of predicting the enemy like a god, also fell into long-term thinking. Peng Dehuai paced back and forth in the cave alone with his hands behind his back. This was when Peng Dehuai was brewing a decisive opinion.Therefore, the venue was quiet, and no one disturbed his thinking. Wazi Street is the throat of Luoyi Highway. There are high mountains on both sides. The mountains are steep and overgrown with thorns. Wazi Street is sandwiched in the middle, forming a canyon about 15 kilometers long.As long as Liu Kan comes to aid on the Luoyi Highway, he must pass through Wazi Street!And to eat up the reinforcements of Liu Kan's two reorganized divisions, they must also take advantage of the "pocket terrain" of Wazi Street. As long as Liu Kan comes here, the battle will be as smooth as the settlement of Li Jiyun in Qinghuabian.But the question is, will Liu Kan take the Luoyi Highway?Out of eagerness to solve the siege of Yichuan, Liu Kan is more likely to take this path!

Peng Dehuai made up his mind: "Take the first way as the focus of the ambush, and take into account the third way. In order to make Liu Kan take the first way, then the action of besieging Yichuan must be sudden and fast, with the posture of a magic soldier descending from the sky. Appearing in front of Zhang Hanchu (the commander of the 24th Brigade of the 76th Division guarding Yichuan), catering to Hu Zongnan's eagerness to relieve the siege of Yichuan, he ordered Liu Kan to take Wazi Street." This decision has both the focus and the strategy to achieve the focus.The chiefs who were present at that time looked at Peng Dehuai and immediately applauded.

Our army was ordered to besiege Yichuan with the Three Columns and the Six Columns. When Xu Guangda and Sun Zhiyuan led the Three Columns, Luo Yuanfa and Xu Liqing led the Six Columns, and suddenly appeared outside Yichuan City, Zhang Hanchu woke up like a dream—it turned out that the PLA You are playing your own mind! Previously, Zhang Hanchu had also been notified that the main force of the People's Liberation Army was moving southward, but the People's Liberation Army suddenly stopped east and west, and stopped on the 17th. He couldn't figure out the intention of the People's Liberation Army. He speculated that the People's Liberation Army might be going to regain the "old capital" Yan'an, so he relaxed. Be vigilant.Little did they know that only five days later, the People's Liberation Army came to my door without anyone noticing.

After Zhang Hanchu reported the situation to Hu Zongnan, he rushed to the position outside the city.What made him more gratified was that the city defense of Yichuan was very strong.As early as Yan Xishan's occupation period, he built many permanent and semi-permanent fortifications and bunkers around the city.After Hu Zongnan took over the defense, he spared no effort. He invited many military experts and foreign military advisers to visit here, and he also hired hundreds of civilians to work on it for several months. The trenches were dug four feet wide and four feet deep, and bunkers were built one after another.After Zhang Hanchu brought his team here last October, he cleaned up the fortifications again, widening and digging deeper.Coupled with several natural barriers such as Qilang Mountain in the west of the city, Tiger Mountain in the north of the city, Taizi Mountain in the northwest corner, and Fengchi Mountain in the northeast, there is really a situation where one man guards the gate and ten thousand people cannot open it.Zhang Hanchu held up the binoculars, and the People's Liberation Army troops were attacking some small strongholds outside the city.Chen Yuwu, the chief of staff who came together, was a little uneasy, and said: "Brigade Commander, the People's Liberation Army has come here this time is not good!" Zhang Hanchu was also a little apprehensive, but still calm, turned his head and said coldly: "What are you afraid of! Mr. Hu called and said Commander Liu Kan's two divisions have gathered in Luochuan, and if Yichuan is in an emergency, he will order Liu Kan Xingye to come to help."

In fact, Chen Yuwu didn't know that Zhang Hanchu came to be the brigade commander out of anger.Previously, the entire 24th Brigade was wiped out in the First Battle of Qingjian, and the brigade commander Zhang Xin was also captured by the People's Liberation Army.Unwilling to fail, Hu Zongnan rebuilt the number of the 24th brigade, and asked Zhang Hanchu to be the brigade commander, and assigned him three regiments, one was the Zhao Ren regiment, the other was the Cai Zhongfang regiment, and the other was the Gao Xiangang regiment that originally belonged to the 24th brigade.Originally, Zhang Hanchu was the deputy commander of the 27th Division. He had a bad relationship with Zhao Ren and Cai Zhongfang, and the situation in Yichuan was relatively dangerous at that time, so he was 100% unwilling to come.However, Hu Zongnan forced Zhang Hanchu to be the commander of the 24th brigade on the grounds that the party and the country were in danger and needed the lives of soldiers.Although Zhang Hanchu is a little nervous now, he is still relatively calm. He has made up his mind: I will do my best, and I will defend if I can. If I can't, I can't help it!

Chen Yuwu said nothing more, and went down the mountain with Zhang Hanchu. On the 24th, the third column and the sixth column of the field army suddenly launched an attack on Yichuan City together.Xu Guangda commanded the three columns and six columns to be fully deployed from the west to the east of the city, focusing on the Waqilang Mountain in the west of the city, Tiger Mountain in the north of the city, and Taizi Mountain in the northwest.On the 26th, Zhang Kaiji, the commander of the 2nd Brigade of the 3rd Vertical and Independent Brigade, went into battle in person and blasted an opening in the northwest corner of the city. When he heard Zhao Ren's report, Zhang Hanchu suddenly stood up from his chair, circling around the brigade headquarters and cursing, "Damn it, what kind of fight is this!" On the 24th, when the third and sixth verticals had just started to attack, Zhang Hanchu sent an urgent telegram to Hu Zongnan, asking for reinforcements.Later, Hu Zongnan replied by telegram, saying that Liu Kan had led a large army to come to help in the starry night.Two days have passed, and I haven't seen the shadow yet!Zhang Hanchu grabbed a pen, and drafted an emergency telegram to Hu Zongnan, and forwarded it to Liu Kan, requesting immediate help, otherwise Yichuan would be lost! Liu Kan came slowly, not only Zhang Hanchu was anxious, but Peng Dehuai was also anxious!Ever since the Three Columns and Six Columns began to besiege Yichuan, Peng Dehuai has been focusing on Liu Kan.Now Liu Kan still has two reorganization divisions, the 27th Division and the 90th Division, in his hands, and they are always on the move, so that every move Peng Dehuai takes must consider Liu Kan's existence.So, this time Peng Dehuai made up his mind to knock him out.The troops that Nishino was about to block had been lying in ambush in the ravine for several days according to his order. The morale that the soldiers complained and found out in the "three investigations of complaints" could not be held back for a long time, and they went straight out.Peng Dehuai was so impatient, he grabbed the phone and wanted to call Xu Guangda: "Guangda, hurry up, we haven't seen Liu Kan yet!" From Xi'an after the Spring Festival to the front line, Liu Kan didn't feel very good.A few days ago, although he led his troops to scurry in the mountains and suffered a lot, every time he fought against Peng Dehuai, Peng Dehuai did not set the mobile corps he led as the main target, and only sent a small group of troops Just stop yourself from moving forward.For example, it is the same in Yangma River and Qingjian.But this time is different!Tens of thousands of people from the People's Liberation Army bypassed Yan'an and went south to attack Yichuan. Yichuan only had a brigade of 3 regiments. Liu Kan led the team to march towards Yichuan very cautiously. The 61st Brigade of the 90th Division and the 47th Brigade of the 27th Division searched along the north and south sides of the road, and the two brigades also sent advance battalions to conduct firepower searches. Thin and thin, I am afraid of being ambushed by the People's Liberation Army. The one sent by Peng Dehuai to conduct reconnaissance was the 1st Brigade. On the 26th, when the Independent 1st Brigade ran to Wazi Street without anyone knowing it, it happened to run into the search company of the 90th Division. Without saying a word, Wang Shangrong called the 3rd Regiment to go out and quickly solved the search company of the 90th Division.After capturing a few prisoners, I asked, and learned that Liu Kan's army was coming to rescue along the Luoyi Highway, and they had already arrived at Yongxiang, which is less than 25 kilometers away from Wazi Street! Wang Shangrong decided to see what happened, so as not to be deceived by the enemy. On the evening of the 26th, the team arrived at Guanting to find out what was true, and it turned out to be true. Liu Kan had already arrived in Yongxiang and was about to camp. In fact, before Wang Shangrong arrived at Guanting, Liu Kan's scouts spotted them.Liu Kan had expected that Peng Dehuai would definitely play the trick of "siege the city and fight for aid".According to the situation at the time, the siege of Yichuan could only be solved by solving the blocking forces first.So when Hu Zongnan repeatedly urged Liu Kan to speed up his advance to Yichuan, he sent an urgent message to the Xi'an Sui Department, proposing to concentrate on solving the blocking forces of the People's Liberation Army first, and then go to solve the siege of Yichuan.And pointed out that this is currently the only option! That night, Hu Zongnan happened to be attending a banquet, where he was drinking and dancing, very chic.With Hu Zongnan not around, none of the deputy directors or chief of staff of the Xi'an Sui Department dared to make decisions on such an important matter.Who would want to shoulder this burden when the army was defeated like a mountain!If it doesn't work out, Yichuan falls, Liu Kan is wiped out, Chairman Jiang blames it, and Hu Zongnan pushes the responsibility again, that's the end of the head!So, hide if you can!So Liu Kan's urgent telegram was delayed like this. At that time, in order to attract Liu Kan and his troops to come to help quickly, the three verticals and six verticals used all their strength to launch a fierce attack on Yichuan with a full-scale attack. During the entire night of the 26th, Hu Zongnan spent his life drunk, while Liu Kan spent anxiously waiting, and Zhang Hanchu of Yichuan spent his time in increasingly fierce battles.The main attack direction of the field army is Tiger Mountain and Waiqilang Mountain.Zhang Hanchu had no choice but to order the troops to stand firm and wait for help.At dawn on the 27th, Cai Zhongfang kept calling, saying that the battle at Taizi Mountain was horrific and that there might be danger. Later, it was Zhao Ren who called, saying that the danger at Qilang Mountain was not small.A few hours later, the defenders receded like a tide, losing the key points of the city such as Tiger Mountain, Wanling Mountain, and Waiqilang Mountain one after another.The danger of the city being destroyed was approaching step by step, and Zhang Hanchu was neither standing nor sitting in the brigade.I regret that I should have listened to Hu Zongnan's rhetoric and ran here to be so frightened.He sent an emergency call to Hu Zongnan again, almost whining, and with a tone of reprimanding Liu Kan for being too slow in rescue. It was already noon on the 27th when Hu Zongnan, who had been playing all night, returned to the Sui Department.The secretary sent the telegrams from Zhang Hanchu and Liu Kan to Hu Zongnan at the same time, and he read Zhang Hanchu's first.Looking at it, his face suddenly became gloomy.I only went to play for one night, and the situation has deteriorated to such an extent!What is that Liu Kan doing! ?Dally!After reading Liu Kan's telegram, a wave of anger came up. "Yichuan is in dire jeopardy. If you don't rush to rescue it, you're holding back on the grounds of solving some blocking forces. Greedy life is afraid of death, delaying the fighter plane, death penalty!!!" Hu Zongnan slapped the table, furious.After taking a few deep breaths, he turned to Sheng Wen, the chief of staff, and said, "Tell him that there is no time to deal with the blocking forces of the communist army, and we must quickly solve the siege of Yichuan! The siege of Yichuan is incomprehensible. ask!" For Hu Zongnan's unrealistic and unbalanced call back, Liu Kan and his team were almost completely desperate! "Peng Dehuai has already arranged a 'pocket' in front, which is tantamount to driving us into the pocket!" Liu Kan wanted to cry but had no tears. "Why don't you ask for instructions again? Explain the stakes to Mr. Hu clearly," said Wang Yingzun, the commander of the 27th Division.Liu Kan didn't speak for a long time, then stood up from the chair with a gloomy face, clenched his fists and said, "No more! The big deal is that I will use my pockets to die for the party and the country. However, if I, Liu Kan, die, I think he, Hu People are not far from death!" After speaking, he turned around and ordered: "Go! Keep going!" Liu Kan led the team and set out on the road helplessly!It was night, and snowflakes floated in the sky, one after another, covering the whole earth. As Liu Kan expected, Peng Dehuai did arrange a big "pocket" in front, and the "pocket" was on Wazi Street.Peng Dehuai's deployment is: the three verticals (commander Xu Guangda, political commissar Sun Zhiyuan), and the sixth vertical (commander Luo Yuanfa, political commissar Xu Liqing) will continue to attack Yichuan City violently with one force, and the other will advance westward to prepare for a frontal confrontation Liu Kan did not allow the enemy's reinforcements to join the Yichuan defenders; the first column (commander He Bingyan and political commissar Liao Hansheng) waited for orders in hiding near Guanting, cut off Liu Kan's retreat after he passed, and then attacked from the left; the second column ( Commander and political commissar Wang Zhen) quickly crossed the Yellow River from Shanxi to the west, and attacked Liu Kan's right wing from south to north; the four verticals (commander and political commissar Wang Shitai) attacked the enemy's left wing from north to south, and finally encircled and wiped out Liu Kan.After Liu Kan is dealt with, he will go back and deal with Zhang Hanchu. The snow fell more and more heavily, and no one was seen more than ten meters away, which added a bit of fear to the already very dangerous rescue operation.Liu Kan's spirit was very tense, and he seemed to have a premonition that this might be his way of no return.In order to ensure safety, Liu Kan sent many search teams to search along the mountain ridges on both sides of the Luoyi Highway.However, due to the thick snow on the ground, it was hard to tell which was the road and which was the pit. Many people in the search team sent out fell into the thorn bushes and never came out again. Therefore, the search was unsuccessful. Liu Kan was terrified all the way, and when the team approached the pavilion, he was so nervous that he dared not go any further.At that time, the Independence 1 Brigade and Independence 7 Brigade of our army were ambushing in the ravine near Guanting. Their task was to break the rear, so Liu Kan passed through Guanting safely.Afterwards, the Independent 1st Brigade and the 7th Independent Brigade immediately followed up and followed Liu Kan's buttocks towards Wazi Street. The battle for the siege of Yichuan by the third and sixth columns of the field army is still going on fiercely, and the first few positions they seized are still in hand, and the results of the battle are still expanding.Except for the second column of our army that did not arrive at the scheduled location in time due to the slippery snowy road, the other columns entered the pre-ambush location according to prior arrangements. Before the troops entered Wazi Street, Liu Kan could already smell the smell of gunpowder.In order to rush to Yichuan to meet Zhang Hanchu as soon as possible, he repeatedly ordered to pass through Wazi Street quickly, so as soon as the troops entered Wazi Street, they accelerated their speed and were very vigilant. Holding up his binoculars, Peng Dehuai saw Liu Kan's team of more than 20,000 people huddled together and gradually entered the ambush circle. At this time, Liu Kan was nervous, and Peng Dehuai was also a little worried.More than 20,000 people, can you eat it in one bite?If you can't eat it, there is no hope for Yichuan. Liu Kan's team was more than ten miles long from end to end, and everyone looked around, looking flustered, obviously afraid of being ambushed here. On the evening of the 28th, Liu Kan's team passed through Wazi Street in fear.He Bingyan and Liao Hansheng quickly rushed up from behind with Yi Zong, and sealed off the entrance of Wazi Street. After blocking the entrance of Wazi Street, Peng Dehuai felt confident.He clenched his fist and gave an order to the messenger: "Fight!" All of a sudden, thick gunpowder smoke rose from Wazi Street, and the sound of dense guns and guns came and went one after another.Liu Kan worried about what happened all day and night, and it finally happened. Liu Kan could see clearly that the firepower of the People's Liberation Army was coming from the front, the left side, and the rear, but the gunshots from the right side were rare.As soon as the battle started, Wang Yingzun, the commander of the 27th Division, proposed to break out from the gap on the south side, and then walk up the mountain to reach Yichuan City.In the case of being attacked on several sides, it is of course a good thing to go out through the gap.But Liu Kan thought about it for a long time, and still felt that there was something strange in it.He said: "Peng Dehuai deployed troops on three sides, leaving only one side aside. Is there such a way of attack? I think he is probably trying to attack the west. Maybe there is a bigger conspiracy hidden in the valley to the south!" Wang Yingzun also felt that it made sense, so he stopped insisting and fought a positional war with the People's Liberation Army wholeheartedly. The field army took advantage of the danger and held on high, gradually gaining the upper hand, and the encirclement circle of the People's Liberation Army gradually narrowed.If you don't think of a way, I'm afraid the whole army will be buried here.He called Wang Yingzun and ordered to immediately send a regiment to occupy the southern mountain ridge to find out the situation. The mountain ridge in the south connects 6 hills in series, stretches across the southeast of Wazi Street, and is a natural barrier surrounding Wazi Street.If the mountain ridge is in our hands, we can be condescending, complete the arc-shaped encirclement of Liu Kan, and block the enemy's last retreat; cover.Because the second column was blocked by heavy snow and did not come in time, when the battle just started, Peng Dehuai looked at the mountain ridge in front of the sand table, and wanted to draw some troops from other columns to capture it first.But in the battle of such a large corps, the soldiers are all radishes and pits, and the other columns cannot draw out any troops.But now it's different, the regiment sent by Wang Yingzun quickly seized the favorable terrain, and Liu Kan's troops showed signs of protruding from here! Peng Dehuai took a few steps to the phone and connected He Bingyan: "Bingyan, order the 358th Brigade to quickly dispatch a regiment to seize the southern mountain ridge at all costs!" Peng Dehuai can trust the fighting style of the 358th brigade.At this critical juncture, Huang Xinting and Yu Qiuli were also very pleased to have entrusted such a major task to the 358th Brigade.The two of them discussed for a long time in the command post, and finally decided to hand over this task to the 714 regiment, which first launched the "Complaints and Three Investigations" campaign.When Huang Xinting conveyed the combat order to the head of the regiment Ren Shihong on the phone, he said earnestly: "The 714 regiment is a glorious group. It has repeatedly made military achievements in the past. The just-concluded 'Complaints and Three Investigations' campaign has made new achievements. This time, the The entrustment of the task to you is the trust of the superiors in you, and it is also the test of your work of "complaints and three investigations"!" A flame suddenly rose in Ren Shihong's heart, and he grabbed the phone and said: "Brigade commander and political commissar, don't worry, it can't be completed. Mission, Wen Li (Xu Wenli, political commissar of the 714 regiment) and I will not come back to see you!" Ren Shihong and Xu Wenli set off with the team. It can be said that this was a key battle in the entire battle to encircle and wipe out Liu Kan.If you fight well, you can seize the position and complete the siege of Liu Kan; if you don't fight well, Liu Kan will slip through this gap. The 6th company, which was the main attacker, attacked from the front, and the 4th company attacked from the enemy's right flank. The 6th company commander Zhao Guirong arrived at the 2nd assault squad.The squad leader is called Liu Sihu. During the winter training, he is a typical example of taking the lead in "complaining and three investigations".Liu Sihu pulled the whole class out and stood in a row in the snow.Holding a bowl of snow water, Zhao Guirong said very excitedly: "You are the sharp knife squad, and you are going to insert into the heart of the enemy's position! Originally, you were going to use wine to make you stronger, but now there is no wine, so I use this bowl of snow water instead." When the battle is over and you return victorious, you can make up for this drink!" After finishing speaking, he drank the bowl of snow water in one gulp. Our army's assault began, and Liu Sihu took the lead, leading the whole squad quickly through the barbed wire, and then across the ditch, heading straight for the Nanshan position.The howitzers defending the enemy fired over one after another, and Liu Sihu and his gang were not afraid, and they crawled forward in the snow.When the thick smoke cleared, Liu Sihu turned his head and counted the number of people, ten of them were all there. "Continue to charge!" Liu Sihu ordered loudly. At this time, Zhao Guirong, commander of the 6th company, followed up with other comrades from the whole company.The enemy's artillery fire hit this side again, and suddenly, there were two consecutive "oops" on the second squad's position, and two soldiers fell down, and the blood stained the white snow.Liu Sihu gritted his teeth, new and old hatred welled up in his heart, sparks of hatred burst out from his eyes, and he led the other soldiers to the enemy's position with a few strides. , The firepower on the defending enemy's position weakened immediately.Liu Sihu raised the red flag prepared in advance, and dialed the contact number for charge.Zhao Guirong led the whole company to attack the position from the ground, and started a hand-to-hand fight with the defending enemy.Liu Sihu knocked down four enemies in a row, his face and body were all splattered with blood.He was about to rush forward again when he suddenly heard the familiar hissing sound behind him.Turning his head, he saw that the squad leader Shu Zhaoming was knocked to the ground by an enemy who was chopping down with a shovel.At this critical moment, Liu Sihu took a leap, picked up the bayonet and stabbed at the enemy.The enemy's body turned sideways, the shovel did not fall off, Shu Zhaoming was out of danger, but Liu Sihu fell into the ditch next to him due to excessive force.Before Liu Sihu had time to turn over, four or five enemies rushed in in an instant. They waved their rifle butts and held up bayonets, and they rained on Liu Sihu.In an instant, Liu Sihu was beaten to pieces and fell into a pool of blood. At this time, all the troops of the 714th regiment rushed up, and on that small hill, the most primitive struggle began.Between the charge and the assassination, the defending enemy gradually retreated, and the reinforcements sent by Liu Kan stopped at the foot of the mountain and saw the bloody battle on the mountain, and dared not come up again. Huang Xinting and Yu Qiuli have been following the development of the war here.A nameless emotion welled up in their hearts again and again. For revenge, for revenge, and for the eternal happiness of their class brothers, the brothers of the 714 regiment have long put their lives and deaths at risk!Many familiar soldiers and cadres fell at that moment, forever.Until decades later, Yu Qiuli still remembered this string of names: Ren Shihong, head of the 714 regiment, Wu Zhian, chief of staff of the 714 regiment, Chen Zhanbiao, deputy battalion commander of the 2nd battalion, Zhao Guirong, commander of the 6th company, Guo Zhishan, instructor of the 6th company, and the assault platoon of the 6th company Chief Chen Zhanyuan, Li Changzhi, soldier of the 2nd Battalion and 6th Company of the 714th Regiment, Lu Xinli, a soldier of the 2nd Battalion and 4th Company of the 714th Regiment... This is a string of names forged with ideals and passion. They fell on that position, blocked the gap with their flesh and blood, and surrounded Liu Kan with tens of thousands of horses in Wazi Street. Liu Kan was terrified when he saw it!He didn't understand what power made the soldiers of the People's Liberation Army so brave, so disregarding life and death.He couldn't figure out why there was so much hatred accumulated in the hearts of these young men who were less than twenty years old?He was even more confused, why such an unstoppable fighting power burst out from those thin bodies? Before Liu Kan had time to think about these issues, Peng Dehuai's general attack had already begun. Wang Zhen's Second Column has already rushed over, and in cooperation with other columns, they pressed on the KMT's 29th Army from all directions.In the battle at Nanshan, the defenders sent by Liu Kan were still able to fight bravely with the PLA soldiers for a while, but this time, facing the overwhelming momentum of the PLA, his troops had already lost their minds and retreated from the front line. Among the ranks of Kuomintang generals, Liu Kan can be said to have experienced many battles.Graduated from Whampoa Phase I, participated in the Northern Expedition, "encircled and suppressed" the Red Army, and fought against Japan.Based on his combat experience, he has already realized that although there are still nearly 20,000 troops, the morale of the army has been shaken and the fighting spirit has disintegrated. If he wants to stand out from the encirclement today, a miracle will not happen. Liu Kan pinned all his hopes on the reinforcements.But where did the reinforcements come from?It was snowing heavily, and the planes could not be sent out; the Pei Changhui Corps was still in Tongguan, and it could not quench its thirst; and the 17th Division guarding Yan'an was too weak to act rashly; the 27th Division and the 91st Regiment staying in Luochuan There were too few, and when they reached the small temple village west of Wazi Street, they were defeated by the People's Liberation Army again. Hu Zongnan called Xue Minquan and Sheng Wen overnight to discuss countermeasures, and everyone sat in a circle without speaking.Hu Zongnan was in a hurry, slapped the table and shouted: "Speak up! You are usually better at talking than one at a time, but you will stop talking at this time!" The venue was still silent.The war situation has come to this, who can have any countermeasures!At best, wait for the snow to stop and send a few planes to build up the momentum. Other than that, Liu Kan can only rely on himself. At this time, Liu Kan was completely hopeless.The news of the frontline defeat kept coming, and the commanders also fell in batches. Yan Ming, the commander of the 90th Division, Zhou Youzhi, the commander of the 31st Brigade, Li Da, the commander of the 47th Brigade, and Han Zhizhi, the deputy commander of the 53rd Brigade... … The loudspeakers of the People's Liberation Army have clearly heard the shouts of "Hand in your guns and don't kill" and "The People's Liberation Army treats prisoners preferentially", which means that failure has come.Thinking of the lofty aspirations of Huangpu when he graduated, the glorious history of the bloody battle with the Japanese army at Zijingshan and Yangquanguan, and the glorious scene of taking over the rank of lieutenant general from Chiang Kai-shek, Liu Kan couldn't help but feel infinitely sad. "Thirty fame and dust, eight thousand miles of road, cloud and moon"! "If you don't succeed, you will become benevolent", never be an idiot!After sending the last telegram to Hu Zongnan, and wailing again that "the defeat has been decided", Liu Kan picked up a grenade, opened the insurance cover, and committed suicide. When Liu Kan died, the entire army was in turmoil.By 4:00 pm on March 1, all the remnants of the enemy, more than 10,000 people, were all huddled in a ditch, and they surrendered one after another.It just so happened that the weather turned fine that day, and Hu Zongnan sent all the planes that could be mobilized at Xi'an Airport to help in the battle, but at this point in the battle, no amount of bombs could save the situation.The plane hovered at low altitude for a few weeks, expressed condolences to Liu Kan of "Chengren" and left helplessly.At 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the battle on Wazi Street ended, and Liu Kan's two reorganized divisions were all wiped out. Zhang Hanchu climbed on a crenel of the Yichuan city wall and witnessed Liu Kan's fall with a telescope.Liu Kan's 20,000 army is still like this, how can his mere 3,000 troops stop it?Thirty-six strategies, the best strategy is to go!Some are old and some are young, and they are captured or killed by the People's Liberation Army. How will the family be arranged? On the night of March 1, Zhang Hanchu fled with his guards and jumped into the city.Unexpectedly, he injured his lower back and it was even more inconvenient to walk.Under the escort of the guards, he ran around for a day in the gunfire and smoke, trekking through mountains and rivers, his clothes were soaked, but he was still captured by two cooking soldiers from the 2nd Brigade of the 3rd Column and 2nd Brigade of our Field Army who delivered meals. Accidentally captured a Kuomintang major general brigade commander, the two cooking soldiers were overjoyed and immediately sent Zhang Hanchu to the brigade headquarters.He was overjoyed to receive the two steamed buns rewarded by brigade commander Zhang Kaiji. Zhang Hanchu was drenched all over, trembling and looking at Zhang Kaiji warily. "Don't be afraid, the People's Liberation Army treats prisoners preferentially! Li Jiyun, Mai Zhongyu, Li Kungang, Liao Ang, and Liu Ziqi are all together, playing chess and cards every day, and living a more comfortable life than us! When we see Commander Xu (Xu Guangda), he will also send you off. Go!" With a smile on his face, Zhang Kaiji asked the guards to bring Zhang Hanchu's cotton coat and trousers, and asked the cook to prepare wine and food.The next day, Zhang Hanchu was sent to Xu Guangda's headquarters, and Xu Guangda was even more caring and loving.Several years later, when Zhang Hanchu recalled this scene, he said: "In the past, I had doubts about the policy of the People's Liberation Army's lenient treatment of prisoners, especially the lenientness of captured generals. This time I was personally on the scene and received preferential treatment. Very moved." On the morning of March 3, the city of Yichuan was broken and all the defending enemies were wiped out. Mao Zedong couldn't restrain the excitement in his heart. On the 2nd and 4th, he sent two consecutive telegrams to Peng Dehuai, Zhang Zongxun, and Zhao Shoushan, calling the Battle of Yichuan the first victory in the Northwest battlefield.The basic reason lies in more than two months of winter training.After this battle, apart from the two brigades of the 17th Division guarding Yan'an and the two brigades of the 1st Division that returned to Tongguan from western Henan, Hu Zong's southern part had relatively strong combat effectiveness, and had no main force.The gates for my march to Weibei and Longnan have been opened. Peng Dehuai, who never sang, hummed a Hunan ditty in the headquarters. The joy brought by victory could not be suppressed in Peng Dehuai's heart at this time.The sun had come out and the land was clear. Peng Dehuai's nervousness for the past few days was wiped away by the victory in the Yichuan battle. The captives were sent over in batches, and the seized supplies piled up like a mountain.Peng Dehuai turned around a few times, pulled Zhang Zongxun and Zhao Shoushan up and said, "Let's go! Go ahead and see the results of the battle, and also my Hunan fellow (referring to Liu Kan, from Taoyuan, Hunan)!" Zhang Zongxun smiled and whispered Said: "Boss, your Hunan fellow 'Chengren' is here!" "Suicide?" Peng Dehuai turned his head in surprise, and said after a long while: "I thought the Kuomintang officers were afraid of death! Liu Kan finally has a bit of backbone, he is not greedy for life and afraid of death, and he didn't embarrass us Hunan people. He is a good man." !" said Zhang Zongxun and Zhao Shoushan laughing.Peng Dehuai walked a few steps, and added: "Although Liu Kan is reactionary, he still has meritorious service in resisting the Japanese. Wrap up the body, and Yan Ming, and return it to Hu Zongnan! The officials have become lieutenant generals, so let Hu Zongnan give it to him." Let's hold a memorial service!" Hu Zongnan is receiving Wang Yingzun, the commander of the 27th Division.Wang Yingzun escaped from our army's encirclement by taking advantage of the darkness.He ran desperately all the way to Luochuan, got a broken car, bumped in the mountains for two days, and finally arrived in Xi'an alive.At this time, his clothes were ragged, his face was ashen, and he kept muttering "too miserable, too miserable".Obviously, he hasn't fully recovered from the nightmare of Wazi Street.Hu Zongnan hadn't contacted the front line for two days. He didn't know how Liu Kan lost, but seeing Wang Yingzun like this, he immediately understood everything.Hu Zongnan didn't blame anyone. At this time, it was meaningless to blame anyone.The biggest should not be that Liu Kan's combat opinions should not be easily denied.If you listen to Liu Kan's opinion, at most you can only lose the entire 24th Brigade and Yichuan City, so that it won't be such a crushing defeat. Hu Zongnan leaned on the chair helplessly, turned on the radio, and tuned the channel to the People's Liberation Army Radio Station.It has been Hu Zongnan's habit since he attacked Yan'an to learn about the specific battle situation through the PLA radio station.After the fall of Beaulieu, this habit was interrupted for a while, but it gradually resumed later. Not long after the radio was turned on, the voice of a female PLA announcer came from the radio: "Mr. Hu Zongnan and the families of the dead and injured of the Kuomintang officers and soldiers, please pay attention: we are treating your wounded officers and soldiers, and we have buried the dead officers and soldiers for you. In the reorganized 29th Army The corpses of General Liu Kan and Lieutenant General Yan Ming of the Reorganized 90th Division have been buried, and will be sent to Luochuan City at 9:00 tomorrow morning, please send someone to pick them up. Broadcast it again..." Hu Zongnan's eyes were wide open, and his mouth was also open!He didn't know that he would hear such news!Is this the generosity of the PLA, or the PLA's insult to itself?Hu Zongnan only felt his cheeks heat up and felt ashamed.After a while, he stood up suddenly, pounded the table and shouted: "Shame, shame..." However, even if it is a shame, Hu Zongnan has to admit it.If you don't accept luck, why face the soldiers of the three armies?A general of the national army who has the courage to lose should have the courage to face all the consequences of losing!第二天，胡宗南派人到了洛川，接回了刘戡、严明的尸体。他亲自主持，隆重地开了个追悼大会，号召部下向刘戡、严明“为党国捐躯的英雄壮举学习”，接着又呈请蒋介石追认刘戡、严明两人为陆军上将！ 蒋介石已被胡宗南彻底激怒。宜川一仗，使他还颇为自信的陕北战场彻底陷入了困境，毛泽东说解放军向渭北、陇南进军的门户业已洞开，这一点都不假。得到宜川遭劫的消息时，蒋介石整个脸都变了形，抓起电话就向胡宗南骂开了：“娘希匹，打的什么仗，两个师又没了。胡宗南，你给我听着，我现在宣布：撤你的职，留任察看……” 电话这头的胡宗南一声不哼，木头一般立在原地。这是蒋介石第一次如此凶狠地训斥他！但蒋介石在电话里骂完后还不过瘾，又发电报再骂一次：宜川丧师，为国军“剿匪”最大之挫折…… 胡宗南拿着蒋介石的电报，死人一般坐在椅子上，一动不动。彭德怀啊彭德怀，你下手也太狠了点儿吧！我的主力整编第29军军部、整编第27、90师及整编第76师24旅，共计5个整编旅、2.94万人全被你消灭；我的将军们，除整27师师长王应尊腿长跑了回来外，其余或毙或俘，无一幸免。这一仗，你把我打出了致命内伤啊！还有，刘戡、严明的尸体，你们找个地方埋了不就得了！还非送回来不可，还在广播里喊，显示你们所谓的宽厚仁义，你这是在侮辱我啊…… 胡宗南欲哭无泪，欲喊无声，只觉得万箭穿心，心窝子一阵阵地痛。那令人敬畏的上将头衔曾给他带来无尽荣耀、无上荣光，但此时，这一切令人眼花缭乱的虚幻之物，都已经如破灭的肥皂泡一样，消失得无影无踪了。现在，他第一次感到了痛苦、耻辱和无可奈何。他霎那间明白，做官可以失败，但做将军，却不能失败。将军的失败，意味着千万人头落地，意味着万里沃土丧失，甚至意味着政权的倒台、国家的破灭！ 太沉重了，太沉重了！ 数年后，国民党在其所谓的《戡乱战史》中对宜川战役作了定论：是役，自刘戡军失利后，关中空虚，被迫调晋南、豫西大军进至关中，以致造成晋南开放，临汾被围，洛阳失守，伏牛山区共军强大之局面。